Praise Is Power | Pr Kenneth Chin

You're listening to a message to go from acts Church. We hope this message

will light up your day this morning. I would like to speak about the

power of praise, and I want us to remember this because sometimes very easy

to forget there is power in praise. And it's easy when you're all right,

when you come on a Sunday and you've just praised the Lord, it's

easy to go like, yeah, past, I know this. But this

is not for Sunday only. This is from Monday to Saturday where we're going

through tough times, challenging times, times that are you know, not so

good, not so easy. It is those times that you need to know

that God has taught us and has given us the knowledge that praise is key

to our breakthrough. Right, So let me just start with that why I

want to bring this word to you, and I'll share one or two testimonies

depending on the time, and we'll see how the Lord wants to encourage you

this morning. Now, let's very quickly look at the scripture. At midnight,

Paul and Silas or seal Us. Paul and seal Us were praying and

singing hymns to God. Praying is one thing, and I think all of

us know how to pray when we need something from God, but I'm not

sure whether all of us know how to sing to the Lord. And when

you use the word hymns, it gives you a sense that those songs were

not just modern day songs. And I've written out of a lot of emotions

feelings the hymns. Doctor James would would probably nod his head in agreement,

because you know, in the older days when songs came out, it was

not just hymns like Amazing Grace and all that. It was very scriptural.

Hymns were full of scripture. And that's why that's even how we remember scripture.

We remember scriptures. It's the Christia by singing, you know. And

today it's not like that very much. So I've asked Joel VJ. I've

asked Jack Ling, I've asked some of our songwriters to begin to go back

to drawing out scripture, to put songs together so that the church can be

equipped with the Word of God, true song. So hymns were actually the

Word of God in music, all right. So I want to say it

to you because I need you understand that when pauland Silas or Silas was h

praising the Lord there in the midst of the dungeon. It was the darkest

place. They put pauland Silas or Silas in the darkest dungeon, deep so

that you know, nobody could reach them. So some of you could also

feel like that today, you could feel like you're in the darkest, most

confusing state or crossroad in your life. Well, I got good news for

you. There is a way out of that, and the way is the

way of praise. So I don't just want you to end up knowing how

to pray. I want all of you to know again and be reminded that

it's not just pray, but it's got to end sing hims to God.

And what happened was the prisoners were listening to them, you know. I

pray that your neighbors will start hearing some praise that will come out of your

house. I pray that your colleagues at work will start hearing you praise the

Lord even though your company is going through a hard time. I pray that

the people around you will start to hear some praises coming out from your mouth.

Even in times of difficulty. Somebody say Amen suddenly, and I love.

The words suddenly is because every time you see the word suddenly, God

is about to move. There was a great earth quake so that the foundations

of the prison were shaken. I pray that the foundations of your prison will

also be shaken. Can I hear a great amen? Today? Let it

be today and immediately all the doors the prison doors will open. I pray

that your prison doors also will be open today in Jesus name. And everyone's

chains were loose. I prophesy in Jesus name that your chains will also be

loose in Jesus name. But how did it start? It started with prayer

and singing of hymns prayer. A lot of us don't need to be reminded.

We go like, oh yeah, every time we are in trouble,

we pray, of course, we pray. Must we pray. We pray

like med We pray ten times, we pray a hundred times. We come

out for all the callers many times we can, so that people can pray

for us. And that is good, that's included. But how many of

us will take another step deeper and praise the Lord? So in Jesus' name

again, I want to say, may the foundations of the prison in your

life be shaken. May those doors be open, and may chains fall to

the ground. Can I hear a good amen? One more time? Praise

the Lord. You know, I heard a funny story by a very good

story many years ago a preacher was preaching on this scripture and he said,

a little bird came into the prison cell. And then Paul and Silas was

singing. I don't know what song. Maybe they just say they sang,

pray the Lord, Oh my soul, Pray the Lord. And a bird,

you know, started to flat its wing and then he started singing with

Paul and silence, and you know that there was a beat, you know,

Pray the Lord. And then the bird started flying away from the prison

and going higher and higher, and he went up to heaven and God said,

oh, I can hear someone singing. And the angel said to God,

it's a bird. It's a little bird that just came down, or

rather came up from the earth, or bring the little bird in. And

the little bird started coming into God's presence and he started flapping his wings and

started saying pray. And then the angels went like, oh, that's a

good tune. That's a good sound, and he come nearer. I hear,

come nearer, and the bird came nearer to God. And then God

heard, Oh pray, and God loved the tune so much he started tapping

his feet. And because the Bible says the earth is God's footstool, that's

how the earthquake happened. Halladey ah phrase God. Okay, so come out,

put a beat on God's feet today. Amen with your praise, and

let those prison doors you know, began to open because God is happy with

your praise. Now let's move deeper. Let's go into the next scripture.

This one. I want to remind you. The Bible says you are holy,

Oh God, and throne in the praises of Israel. I love this

word so much because it's the word of God and one. So it's true

that when we praise God, he is enthroned, he is glorified, he

is lifted up. But even more importantly, he comes and he builds.

Let's just say this Poopit is a throne. God sits on this throne.

Right now. We all know that this throne is in heaven. All of

us know that our father, who are in heaven, Hello be thy name.

But suddenly, in your darkness and in your trouble, and in your

distress and in your depression, you don't feel like singing. But then your

pastor thought and you took it back with you and go like, I'm gonna

try this. I'm gonna just stop praising the Lord anyway. You know what

happens. His throne is not just in heaven now, He builds it right

there in your praise. And suddenly, in your darkness as you praise the

Lord, a throne is being built. And God now is not just seated

in heaven above, he is seated in your praise. He has just come

upon you now. Another scripture in the KJV King James version uses the word

inhabits that means God dwells, he comes and lives in our praise. Somebody

say, amen, he lives, he comes, he stays, He sticks

to your praise, He abides in your praise. He lives in your praise.

He dwells in your praise. Why is it important? Because it's not

just our father who are in heaven, which is true, is our Father

who's just next to me, our Father who's just upon me. You're with

me. And God wants to be with us. That's why he said.

You know, when Jesus was born, he said, you shall call his

name Emmanuel. Why God with us? God never just wanted to be in

heaven up high. You know, a lot of people know that God is

in heaven, even the Buddhist, no, even the Muslims know. Everybody

knows that he's in heaven. But as a Christian, we know that he's

in heaven and on earth, especially when we praise him. There is no

prison that can keep him out. God doesn't need visiting ours. He doesn't

need the warden's permission. As soon as you start praising God in the place

that you're at, whether it be good or bad, bright or dark,

God inhabits. God comes and say, hey, I hear praise. Let's

go build our throne there. And so the next slight says, the enemy

isn't afraid of our praise. He's afraid of God's presence. You said,

pasta, is he just singing that does it? No? He's not just

singing that does it. He's not afraid of ex church songs. He's not

afraid of heal songs. He's not afraid of Bethel songs. He's not afraid

of any song. In fact, can I tell you what? The devil

is a chief musician. He loves songs, he loves music. He loves

a full band if you can get it. He loves an orchestra, if

you get it, he loves it. And sometimes we think all less we

have a full band. The devil doesn't flee because of a full band.

At can you add one? More onemo? Trumpeter, more s excephonies.

I love music. You think it's your music that drives him away. You

think it's the big orchestra, the drummer that drums. No, no,

it's not even your voice. Why do I say that? Because I guess

only we We just lunge X brick Fields X break Fields is powered by the

Deaf Community Allow. I walked into the Deaf Community church. What happened?

I entered the first leader's briefinger in the morning, A silent on silent because

they're all deaf and they're signing. But I thought you, yeah, I

thought you a few things, right? This is what again? Chicken paw

paw pow fish ball. Okay, so I caught you? This reallya tao?

Remember how a man? Remember? So I've learned a few things.

How do you say, my law is again my law? Okay? So

yeah, always a sign language. But is the devil afraid of voice or

the volume of your voice, then he will he will never be afraid of

the deaf community. Church. Are you with me? So you you didn't

understand, because uh, sometimes you know, even as peaches and passes,

we think a booming voice will get the devil out. Hello. I don't

think you can be louded in the devil. I think his voice is louded

in yours. So what is he afraid of? Your media? Oh?

Wonderful media? So the devil fleet because of your media? Is fleet?

Even the right word? Oh Rachel is not? Anyways? Fleet? And

anyway there's another English teacher here would probably say maybe Christians. Oh flat,

And I knew he was wrong. He's all afraid of our style. You're

not even afraid of his suit and tie. You're not afraid of that.

It's not afraid of your music. Got drums, no drums. He's not

afraid. He's afraid because God came. He's afraid because in his presence there

is liberty. How do we get liberated? He came, He came and

He's now enthroned in the praises of his people, and so the devil flees.

That's correctly, and I believe he fled as Albert was leading us in

praise. He's afraid of God's presence, and that's why. Also the Bible

says, in his presence is fullness of joy, and the joy of the

Lord is how strength next one, Okay, let's go deeper. Can I

go deeper? All right? Psalm one hundred US four. You should memorize

this very good verse, to mayorize the Bible says, and his gates with

thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. A lot of Christians I know have

told me before pastor this last one month, I haven't felt his presence.

I try everything, I haven't felt his presence. I prayed, prayed,

pray, so haven't felt his presence. As for the last year, I

haven't felt God's presence. I can't do church even you know. So I

tell you all, you can go to the best church in the world.

Also, if you don't get this right, you will never get it right.

Okay. So I want to remind us the way we enter God's presence

is thanksgiving and the Bible doesn't say anything else about how we should enter His

presence. It must be with thanksgiving, and so a lot of Christians I

know, and I've done it before, so I understand this. We are

so troubled that as soon as we enter or try to enter God's presence,

we come with our trouble first. We have got so many complaints. We

come with our complaints first. You know, we get down on our knees.

If you ever get down our knees, and we say, God,

you are you know what happened? Like God? You know why? God

you know? And the Bible doesn't tell us. We enter by complaint or

enter by telling him our troubles and our problems. I have an automatic gait.

Some of you're living in apartments. You don't have that. But I

have a gate, and my remote control obeys me. As soon as I

press my remote control, the gate opens, I can drive. I haven't

even come near my my houser maybe about well near enough, about maybe twenty

meters he works a day. Okay, I press the gate opens, the

gate opens. I want to challenge you to come near to my house and

use your remote control. Rogers Rogers or rogers goes around checking is it ready?

He can over He said, oh, okay, okay, so maybe

we should ask Rogers to come to my house and test this theory out.

But most of the time, nineteen nine point ninety nine percent, your remote

controller opens, your door doesn't open. Mind, But do you get what

I'm trying to say, a lot of us are trying to open God's gate

without all remote control. Complain more, hire, why isn't my gate opening

my remote control? Because we use our remote control, not God's. God

wants to use his remote control and his thanksgiving. And as soon as you

enter with thanksgiving. Oh you know, there's another scripture in Philippines, Chapter

four, be anxious for nothing, verse six, be anxious for nothing but

in everything by prayer and supplication. Oh yeah, so we want to pray,

we want to supplicate. But then he goes on to say with thanksgiving.

So even if you are to bring your prayer to the latter, you've

got to bring it with have to have to, or you will never enter

to not use your old remote control, he won't work on God's gate.

You enter his gates with thanks giving, you have to. You have to.

Some you can't give thanks for a lot of things because you're so down,

you're so you know distress, you're so challenged in life is dark,

it's difficult, and yet I'm sure you can find a way to thank God.

So this is important. Use God's remote control thanksgiving. So I told

you before, I tell you again sometimes that I don't have accunt thing of

anything you thank go for because so many troubles and so many decisions, so

busy, so stressor and God still say you will not enter true stress and

his gaze with stress, no, and his gaze we complain, no,

and his gaze with whatever. With my old remote control no, no,

and his gage with Lord, I thank you that I can wake up this

morning. Every morning, Lord, I think I wake up. I get

up from bit let it my first sit up? Yeah, I finished my

seat up at night. When I go back every day, do at least

what exercise? Sit up, nighttime, sit down? Okay, one sit

up a day, I said, not, thank you there, I can

wake up because some people cannot get up from bait. Got bad sauce.

Then I get up from bait. I stand up. It can stand because

some people cannot stand, you know. I go to the hospital visitation I

can see some people can't stand without a walker, can't stand. Then I

walk to the bathroom. I can walk war. Then I go and use

the toilet. I don't want to be so detailer, but you understand that.

Then it flows, It flows, all edward flows without pain. Whoa,

I put my hands. I'm over here. WHOA. I said,

thank you Lord. The plumbing works, not just outside plumbing. Inside plumbing

works. A la lujah because inside the plumbing, God, you don't know

what what's wrong with it? Right, hallelujah, Praise God. And then

I go to my room. I have a prayer room. I said,

thank you for this beautiful prayer room. I get down on my knees right

for you know, probably about four minutes. I get on my knees,

and I said, Lord, thank you my niece working today, because some

people, our niece can over work. My wife just complained to me last

week. My niece paying fuller. Got sound. That's it got sounds over

me. Thank you Lord. And even when you start taking God now with

a few things, that it just keeps rolling. Now you got more things.

Oh whah, some jo I have clothes to wear, but let me

go deeper because it doesn't just stop there. You realize that that praise actually

is a deeper thing. Early on we realized that Paul and Silas pray and

saying and praise. So don't just stop at pray, and don't just stop

at Thanksgiving, because praise always gets you deeper. Pray always takes you further

further than your feelings, because sometimes you don't feel like praising deeper, further,

higher, how his cauds. So there's a gates. There's something in

life, in Christian life called the gates. How do you enter Thanksgiving?

But you just stay there? No, you've gotta praise because now as you

praise, praise the Lord. I don't really feel like it, but praise

the Lord. I don't understand what's happening in my life, but praise the

Lord. See, if you just go by old understanding, you always just

stop. Hear me, But the Bible says, trust in the Lord with

all your heart, lean not on your own understanding in all your ways.

Acknowledge Him, and he shall direct your path Proverbs three, verse five and

six. But we don't go deepersy, So don't lean on your own your

own understanding. We just are o kailer, you know this is the Endler

no Hopeler, I don't know what to I don't have the money. Like

okay, you old understanding. But as you start to praise the Lord,

praise, I don't feel like it. By praise, what happened with even

without you knowing, is you're going deeper into the place called the courts.

And many Christians don't find themselves in the courts. And because you're not in

the courts, you don't get your prayers answered the way it should be.

Let me show you very very quickly the next portion of scripture Esther, you

remember esthernal Esther was the queen who heard that there was an evil plot by

a Haman, and Hamman wanted to annihilate the whole Jewish people with me.

But there was a man called Mordecai, and Mordecai came to Esther. Esther

actually thought she was safer in the palace. But Mordecai says, hey,

if you don't do this, God will raise up somebody else. Yes,

Esther, who knows that you were born for such a time as this was

famous phrase? And what is did Esther say? We don't know what we

sometimes don't quote what Esther said as to said, if I perish, I

perish. So there was a bonus and a courage on Esther to say,

this is the right thing to do. I will do it. If I

die, I die. Because there's a lord that says, if the king

doesn't call you a you cannot come. He must call you. And if

you just show up, ah, you can be killed. So Esther knew

this law. And yet the Bible says she on the third day of the

fast, she put on her royal robes and stood in the way. There's

a place in our lives called the court. It is not just the gates.

Sometimes we think that God will answer you at the gates. No,

the gates is only just beginning. Thanksgiving gets you there. But please,

my dear brothers and sisters, in the law that I loved so my that

I believe, if I can give you this and you can use it,

you will go deeper. You will breakthrough some things in your life that you

haven't been able to break through. Just by prayer and by thanksgiving, God

was to take you deeper. So Esther didn't just go to the gates because

she couldn't be seen at the gates. If you want to be seen by

God, you have to come to His courts, and courts is the inner

place, far beyond the gates. And a lot of Christians don't find themselves

in the courts because the only way to get to the courts is praise,

praise. So I encourage all of you, yeah, all of us enter

his gates. Thank you, Lord, thank you Lord, Thank you Lord,

Thank you Lord, thank you Lord. Oh God, I thank you

for everything that you've done. And then you might say, oh God,

but my life is miserable, My life is terrible, and I don't know

what to do, and sometimes I think about all kinds of thoughts, and

Lord, I want to give up. And so thanksgiving God to you to

the gates. And then now you think, okay, let's just give you

a petition. That immediately give you a petition, And God says, no,

no, no, no, that's a deeper place, my son.

Huh, I don't know. I just passed your gates. Where do I

go? Now? Just keep on praising me. Oh okay, Lord,

even though I want to give up, but I praise you that you never

give up on me. Even though I don't know what to do, I

praise you because you know what to do. Even though Lord, I'm lost,

but in you I'm found. And you keep praising God. And then

you find yourself in this place called the courts, and there the King sees

you as he sees Esther. And the King lifts up his scepter, and

Esther draws near, and Esther, it says, in the next slight ester

five was one of the tree. And the King held out to Esther the

golden scepter that was in his hand because he saw her, you see,

and there was favor. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the

sceptor. So listen, I want to remind you that in God's presence,

they are levels. That's why even in the temple there was the outer courts,

inner courts. Remember, there was the Holy of Holies. In God's

plan, in his mind, he works like that, there is a place

of outer A lot of Christians are there expecting for a miracle. I don't

know what to do. Then sudenly someone teaches them thanksgiving. Okay, thank

you for teaching me that our thank God. And then someone else teaches you

the courts of the Lord, the courts of the Lord. And then esther.

After being seen and the sceptor was lifted up, she went even nearer

to touch the scepter. So there's another near a place. And that's why

when we call for all the call and call for people, how many of

you to a church where the altar court is behind? The alto call is

always front, because there is the concept of God that you can draw nearer

to the Lord. Those people who are back sliden or not in church?

Do you see them sitting in front of the back There's a reason, because

there is you know, there is this levels with God. And so of

course finally the back sladen will if you know they are totally frustrated, they

will leave and go even further. And when they are revived, they come

nearer until so near, until they can even touch God as it will.

Are you also with me? Now you understand why sometimes I will put some

of our prayers don't get answered, some about the break truths that we want

don't really happen. Is because oh, it's only praise they can get us

there. Only praise they can get us there. All right, everybody,

okay, okay, So let me give you one more scripture Isaiah sixty one,

verse three the Bible says, to console those who mourning Zion, to

give them beauty for ashes. Wow, you know, God wants to do

a great exchange with us today, the oil of joy for mourning. Are

you crying? Are you morning? Are you down? For some reason?

God wants to exchange with you today the oil of joy. And then he

says the garment of praise, says very quickly, just for one minute,

I just want to talk about that Esther hasn't seen her husband, the king

for six months, I think, and you would think that she should come

before the king with something a little bit more succeed, you know, because

my husband hasn't touched me. I haven't touched him. Maybe let's go and

entice him. Let me wear some really nice lingerie and stand before the courts,

and the king goes, whoa baby, I miss you, you know.

No, the Bible says, she dressed her royal robes. I really

believe, friends, that there is such a thing called the garment of praise

where you put on an attitude, where you put on a posture, and

don't just come in comfortably, like you know, God was your best friend.

I had a friend, a pastor friend who is now in his sixties.

He said to me, he grew up with the Kalantan prince. They

were friends, Albert Isaac his grandfather. I can't remember what Isaac, but

they have a road called after his grandfather's name in Kalantan, so very close

to royalty. But when the Kalantan Prince finally became the king some years ago

in Malaysia, the king invited Albert and said, hey, word, come,

you know, I know it's his coronation or something. And Albert said

to me something. He learned something when he was putting up, when he

was thinking about what to dress. He said this, this Clanthon Prince.

I used to play Gooli with him, marbles. I used to, you

know, go into the drains with him. You know, we used to

fight sometimes I will push the Kranton Prince. He will push me because we

were just boys. And then he said this, now I'm going to see

the king. I cannot wear jeans. A lot of us treat God like

a friend, but there are times we need to treat him like a king,

and we need to dress. And I'm not just talking about dressing.

I'm talking about the attitude, the mindset, also with me and Albert sid

this with me personally, is it I learned something about dressing for the Lord.

We might be best friends with Jesus, but never never take here for

granted. Dress in an attitude of honor and worship and praise because he's the

King of kings and the Lord of lords. Everybody. Okay, praise takes

us deeper, That's what the next flight says, and I want you to

believe it takes us higher, further into things that we never thought possible.

Now, the next light says, praise with the word. So I come

back to that because early on I said, hymns are songs of scripture,

and we need to come back to scripture, whether we are singing it or

not. So I want to encourage all of you to go home with a

word from the Lord and take that word and praise him for the whole week

and see where you end up. I believe you will end up higher,

deeper, further. If you believe it. Say amen. So let me

give you the next scripture and then tell you the testimony. The next scripture

is found in Psalms one, verse eight to nine. It is better to

trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to

trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princess. This is the word

of the Lord, and the word was given to me to use for twenty

one days. You remember uted twenty one days. Now, let me give

you the backstory. About two years ago, I was in my prayer room

and I was looking out my window and I saw something that I seen for

ten years already. But that morning the Lord made me see something very ugly.

And sometimes I tell you in life, you can actually accept things that

you shouldn't be accepting. One all right, but you've just grown god down

numb. So I have on my upstairs first floor, outside my room and

unfinished renovation. Okay, there were dirty looking rusted rods still sticking out because

once upon a time I wanted to finish the renovation, but I had no

money. Okay, so I waited. I say, God, when you

provide, I will build it. I will finish it. One morning the

Lord made me look outside, make me a little bit disgusted with what I

saw. I said, Kenneth, finish it. The word was so clear

to me, Kenneth finish it. So I immediately in my heart said God,

But I don't have the money. When I looked into my bank account,

I think there was probably like four thousand ringing at that time, two

years ago, four thousand ring I said, Lord, what can I do

with this? The Lord says, if I order, I will pay.

And so I said, God, you're ordering me to do this? He

says, yes, because your neighbors now know that you're past. I don't

want them to think that your God cannot provide. So it's for my honor,

it's for my glory. Do you know that somebody's got to ask you

to do things, and not for you, for him? And he says,

your house is probably the ugliest house on the street, but your God

is the greatest God. It doesn't jive finish it. So I struggle.

I must tell you. I struggle because I knew it was going to be

expensive. Anyway, I've learned to obey when I need to obey, even

though I struggle. I may have you struggles, Ah, struggle, but

you know the word has come. And so the Lord says to me,

uh, you know, because I said, God, I don't know how

where do I start? He says, start to draw the give it a

vision? Without vision, my people perish, so give it a vision.

And I remember, I said, Lord, who will draw this for me?

No, architect is very expensive, and he said, call Daniel Saleng.

I didn't know so clear, so I picked up the phone. Hey

Daniel, sorry to bother. You are so no brother, But I'm just

uh five minutes away from your house. I said, how come? So

I'm just driving past. I'm going back to Klang. But you caught me

just in time to turn. So God provides. So he turns, comes

to my house. He hears my dream and he draws a vision. And

the vision is even better than the dream. Very nice looking house. I'll

we call him Denzel for sure, brother in law to Sunny. Yeah that

day two years ago. No license to be archie, that yet, okay,

so cheaper, I'm kidding. He actually drew for free because I counted

like a real privilege to serve you. And so I said, thank you

so much. Zel. Of course today he's got license in the here,

so you got to pay him. He's surviving on his own. He's he's

like on his own anyway. Then I said, okay, Lord, I

got a drawing. It's very nice. Thank you, he says, now

start I said, okay, which contractors who I use? Just used one

as reliable, caught the contractor in looked at the drawing, quoted me two

hundred thousand ring it. I almost fell off my chair snee, but God

ordered so I obey. I said, Lord, I don't even have the

capital or you know, the deposit or the starting uh funds, because the

contractor said, I only need that seven thousand ringing to start. He only

needed. However, you know four thousand and three seven thousand is a bit

of a distance. Yeah, how may you know that even if it's five

thousands of two distance? Seven thousands two discerns? He said, uh,

because I think it caused me pasted this contractor that we have. His name

is Kent Ken is a good anyway, he said to me passer two hundred

thousand. I know, but I only need when something people say only need.

You don't know your situation though, anyway, So I pray, I

said, Lord, how am I going to do this? I've been living

by faith for thirty years now, no salary for thirty years. I've seen

God move over and over again. You see how God fed me so well?

So God is good and so God, I said, God. And

you know, this is what I learn from the Lord. And when he

wants to do something, he doesn't throw money from heaven when it's too easy

for him. He always used men because the man or the woman that he

uses are he will also bless. He is like a privilege to be used

in the project. Now because you stand so, I said, God,

is there a man you're going to use? He says, yes, I

already have his name in mind. So he put his name in my mind.

Before that, I was thinking about about four or five men, one

particular multi millionaire. I was thinking about you. Maybe I should write to

him, because the last time I met him, about six months ago,

he said, I was again, if anytime you have any ne just write

to me. So I remember writing to him for a need here in a

legacy. He didn't reply. Then I wrote to him about something else,

I think about our football academy. No reply. You know, sometimes people

will tell you write to me any time, but he didn't tell you that

he will reply anytime. You don't say so he was. He probably not

wrong. He's not Wronger. Now you know why I got gave him the

scripture. It is better to trust in the Lord than to book confidence in

man. So I really don't know. So anyway, finally the Lord made

me know. He says, this is the name you write to him.

I prepared his heart your go will prepare your heart when you are the men

and you're the woman. If you're not, don't try to knock the door

down. Now, even though they are billionaire, don't try to knock the

door down, because if it's not, no, it's not the all right.

So I went up to this brother eight with him, and we were

having good fellowship. And finally, brother, the reason why I came to

see you is because of this. So I told him the whole story and

told him I prayed and the Lord put your name in my heart. So

the only reason I'm coming to you is because I just want to know whether

you are that man you look at me. He said, A passa,

don't worry about it. Consider it settled. I will help you with the

payment of this building. Well, hallelujah, praise God on because God already

prepared his heart. So I went back, and about two weeks later he

signed the check of fifty thousand ringing for me. All right, So now

I have more than thirty seven so I said, can come, you know,

and when I gave him the check, Ida, I was so thankful,

and I was so thankful, saying, oh God, thank you.

Then as he started the job, weeks went by and I saw no money.

I saw no money. Weeks went by, I saw money and can

I think he was hoping that I will pay him again. But he didn't

say very much. Sometimes he just shows me I won money face. I

don't know how it looks, but like, hey, no, no,

he didn't do thatta. So anyway, then Elder King, yah, who

is my middle man? Elder King? I said, I think pastor,

he's thinking of the next forty thousand. I'm like, wow. So this

brother who gave me the first fifty thousand invited me to come and minister among

you know, his people. So I went, I said, wow,

thank you Lord for this invitation. Now I can ask him again. And

as I was going on the losses, do not say a word because you

said he wants it. He said he wants it. Itch kobla, why

are you reminding for or? I don't know. Now. Sometimes a lot

will ask you to remind our people. Sometimes no need to remind, okay,

So I am going. I am ministring with his brother. So I'm

ministring ministring two days. The third day is coming where I fly back and

the brother takes me. You know, I'm my heart saying okay, God,

I can't ask him right, don't even say a word. Please,

don't also give you any updates. You know sometimes that we don't ask for

money. You know, by the way, my house is doing very well.

You know. Don't don't do any drop shot, don't do any smash

okay, not okay, jazz praise. So in the car we've reached the

airport. Right, my heart is beating fast out cannot say anything, so

I want to say under my breath. And then I got to come out

of the car slowly like it was slow motion. Then he took my back

out of his boot fast. Can thank you for come me? I said,

you are welcome, brother, And I was about to turn my bag

has wheels. I was about to see the step and then he holds my

hand, turns me around. I forgot to give you this boom white envelope.

Well, I believe it was my offering for speaking in his church.

It was a very big offering, another fifty thousand ring. It okay,

praise the Lord. So I only of us don't open the envelope in front

of him that right now, we say thank you very much. Rather and

then as you're waiting for your plan in the waiting room, open cry,

I cried, said Lord. You know lah, we don't have to always

try our own strength, own wisdom. And so one hundred thousand ear right,

okay. For the next four months, no news. And the building

against is being built, and ken is like building it, and sometimes I

is building it. He's looking through my window to see what I mean or

not. And then the face comes again, the expect payment again. Okay.

Now, I'm remember one time, you know, I really by bank

account went down to two thousand ring it, and I remember I wanted to

give him something just to appease him. And that Sunday, I think every

remember uh and Edward. Remember I was speaking somewhere else, but the Lord

told me, Kenneth, you got your offering for Sunday right, go back

to church, go back to cake and give it. But in KK I

was late because I was speaking somewhere else. So I rushed because I wanted

to put my offering in. Now you him, he might be saying,

past it, you don't get salary or what's your offering? What's ten percent?

Now I just put I just give to the rope whatever he puts on

my heart. So I I got here and I saw Edward was Edward says

post so good to see you. Ten more minutes left right to ten.

The deserve ten more minutes left to finish, I said, Edward. The

first thing I thought about I was my offering. Edward says, Pastor.

We counted a ready in my face to Edward, I don't care because the

Lord's you know that the Lord wants to do a miracle in my life.

He reminded me put your offering in, put by faith. And then so

Edward, you know, so I went to you couldn't see Erin because Erin

really are like she's backing up my day. So I went to Erin,

I says, Sister, my offering, She said, past counter Edi.

I took her hand, I put the offering into her hand. I said

bye, and then uh. Twenty four hours later, a lady from this

church Corpassendra. I said, uh, Passendra, I'm very blessed financially this

one. Can I give you something? Passender? Look at me, he

can. Kenneth, there is someone who I said, no, no,

no, dawn't, especially when it comes from our church. Doesn't seem bathing

money. I don't. So the lady had to call seven more times over

the course of twenty four more hours. No, God told me I must

give. God told me I must give. So I say, if God

says so, then give her. Right. So she gave three thousand ringed

and three thousand ring kid is No, I gave three hundred for my offering,

and so it's ten percent of that. And so I took all three

thousand and I gave it to Ken. I said, can and he's got

something after the former's ever gave me anything more. So Ken three thousand.

You look, oh, thank you. I thought it was going to be

thirty thousand by anyway, Thank you. So I was really down, and

I said, when is this brother gonna contact me? Because the Lord kept

saying, don't contact him, don't pressure him. Can Earth just trust me?

I said, I trust you, Lord, I trust you, but

the payment coming soon, I think, please help And then I says,

I am helping you. I gave you one hundred eady right, I gave

you one hundred thousand and eighty. Can't you trust me for the other hundred?

I can by just taking a bit too long. Then God said,

take this scripture. It is better to trust in the Lord and the confidence

in man. It is better to trust in Lord and to put confidence in

Princess. Take this scripture and praise me for twenty one days. So during

the U turn, every day, I did not think about the building.

I did not think about Kent. I did not think about this man who's

supposed to give me some help. I just thought about the Lord. Twenty

one days. Every morning. It is better to trust in the Lord to

put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord and to

put confidence in Princess every day, sometimes three times a day, sometimes five

times a day. Every time I feel a litt bit downer, the liberty

scatter, it is better to trust in the Lord that the poor confidence in

man. I'm not ordering my little eyes. I'm just doing it, okay.

It is better to trust in the Lord that the pod confidence in man.

I'm shivering because actually I'm scared while saying it. It is better to

trust in the Lord. The twenty second day means a day after you turn

this brother calls me. Ah ah, I said, thank you for the

call. He says, come pasta, let's have a meal. I said,

amen, what do you want to eat? Anything you want to eat,

Let's go. So we talk and he's telling me testimonies after testimonies,

and then towards the end, I said, uh, anyway, brother,

regarding my renovations, and he said he stopped me there. He said,

pass Acadatha's exactly what I want to talk to you about. He says,

I know I promised you and I will help you. Now. I never

thought it was a promise now, but since you said it, a hollow

you eat is a promise. Better keep to it. Those I promised you

that I'll help you. But the things that happened the last four or five

months pass have been so tough on me, he said. He says,

I have been scraping the barrel of my bank account because he's got huge projects,

a lot of stuff, and things were not moving, so he had

to pay from his own pocket, and so he said this to me.

You know, his own words are, I was so embarrassed that I cannot

fulfill my promise to you. I was so embarrassed, Pastor, I couldn't

even call you. I couldn't even talk to you. I was embarrassed.

I wanted to let you know something. You might think that people are very

rich, very strong waves way there, but they have their own problems as

well. They have their own difficulties. They have their own days that they

go through their own darkness. With me, you don't judge people, and

don't judge people. People have their days, even the strongest pastor have their

days. Be merciful, be compassionate, be understanding, be patient. That's

why God didn't allow me to call him, because then it would add to

his embarrassment. Right I would know. I would have forced him in,

you know, and he probably might have borrowed from somebody, So God knows

what he's doing. Then he said to me, Pastor Kenneth, there are

four parcels of land I have that have been waiting for two to three years

to sell. One is even a beach front in a particular popular beach area,

and I own the best beach front. It's probably about twenty million if

I get to sell it. He says. He couldn't sell for three years

four parcels of land, but he said in the last twenty one days to

a month. He didn't know I was prayinger he did. I wasn't even

praying. I was praising. I was using this word and just praising the

Lord. It is better than trust in the Lord. I was praising.

And he said to me, without me telling him that I was doing this,

twenty one days, he said to me, passecandeth I thought, just

to sell one piece of lanner, I would be very blessed. I sold

all four, all four in the in justice last one month, one after

the other of passacondath. God made away, so I don't know better,

to the tune of fifty million or whatever it is. He sold all his

parcels that he wanted to sow. And now his face is lighted up.

He himself has no more stress because now it's easy. And then some other

contracts are happening. You know, the government is calling him or so for

different things. So he said, Pastor Kenna's just the last month. I

smiled in my heart where like God, only you knew you wanted me to

praise, not just for myself, but for him. Do you understand that

sometimes when we praise God, someone else is also getting a bridgerue? Someone

else especially the people that were called to help you. They are also,

so don't be so selfish. It's not always about us. It's about the

people around us. When you praise, their prisons are opening, their ground

is shaking. Are you with me? And their chains are falling? And

that's the power of God. All I did twenty one days was praise the

Lord, but not in singing, just the word praise, praise, praise.

So then I went to Bosana. He says, Pastor Kenneth, I'm

going to fulfill my promise to you. I came out from Botswana, I

came to church, wanted to give my tithe on the on on online.

You know, I knew I was left with something like you know, I

don't know two thousand plus three thousand, and I said, okay, what

do you want Lord? And lot says give me ten percent and I say

okay. So I was about to write ten percent of whatever I had left

in my bank and then I saw one hundred over thousand ringgit in my bank

balance. He didn't send me a message to say that he sent it.

So about a day later I send him. I said, brother, is

it you that bank TSEs money? He said, yeah, there's the fulfillment

of my promise. I gave you a hundred before I give you a hundred

now, because all together is two hundred. Right. So, ladies and

gentleman, I'm standing in front of you saying the bill is paid. Come

on, let's praise the Lord in this place. Hallelujah, ay man Amen.

The next slide just says when the tuner is asked God, who shall

go first, he said, Judah first. What does Judah mean? Praise

praise? Let praise always go first when you are in trouble. Let praise

always go first when you are down. I'm gonna tell you about Moses in

the next few minutes. Moses was stuck in between the Red Sea and Pharaoh's

army, and what God told him was Excedus fourteen thirteen to fourteen. Moses

said to the people, do not be afraid. That's exactly what I want

to tell all of you here. There is nothing that God cannot do.

Stand still, people, be patient, be calm, be at peace.

See the salvation of the Lord, which he will accomplish for you today.

For the Egyptians you see today, you shall see again no more forever.

The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace next slide.

And the Lord said to Moses, why do you cry to me?

I sometimes shake my head when God says this. You know why? I

thought that those who cry to the Lord shall hear God answer. The Bible

actually actually says there's some verses that say say this. No, I cried

out to the Lord, and he hit my prayer. He hurt my cry.

So for God to say to Moses, let's say I'm got your Moses,

are Moses, why are you crying? Why are you crying? It's

almost like saying why are you praying? Because there's a time to prayer and

there's the time to praise. If you learn from Paul that said three times

I asked the Lord to take this away from me? How come we just

three times? So I learned from Paul three times is good enough because the

first time he hurt me already the second time or so he hurt me.

In the third time he hurt me. But he hasn't answered me. Never

mind, after I pray three times, I'm gonna praise all the time,

meaning meaning is a Lord, I got stomachhousers, Please take away the stomahousers.

God someone house. Is very painful. Second time, Oh God,

please he'll be Third time, Oh God, still there, lah painful?

Lo God, please help me. Third time. Fourth time, didn't happen

yet. God, even though it's still bothering me, I will praise you

because you are a good God, and by his stripes I am here.

Fifth day, Oh Lord, I can still feel it growling, and it's

painful and it's stirring. But Lord, you are good, and you are

good all the time. Sixth time, seven time. Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Because something happens when you pray.

Why do you cry to me? Stop praying so much? I heard you

the first time. What you need to do is lift up your rod,

lift up your hand and stretch it to the sea and watch the sea pot.

And the symbol of the lifting up of hands is a symbol of praise.

Let me show you another one. Excedu seventeen ECCE seventeen is a war

between the Amalekites and Joshua went down to fight, and we know the famous

story. The famous story says that Moses went up to the hill and he

began to lift up his hands, and every time he lifted up his hands

Israel one. Yes, every time his hands went down, they lost.

But can I use your hands for a while? You can sit down.

If this is children's church, let me make it very plain to you.

Hands up, win, hands down, loose? You know why Christians lose?

Hands up win, hands down. You can do this in childance church

because I think the children will get it. I'm not sure whether people he

will get it not, Albert. Sometimes we have few with so many much

more knowledge than the children, and our knowledge can really spoil the game.

Too much knowledge. But they never did it for that neighbor. They never

did it for the Christian, They never did it for the Hello. Listen,

we don't know the situation, and listen that there's also no plan being

no Albert, like Moses was tired, hands went down. I got said,

let me change the plan. No change planner, No change plan.

What's the plan? Hands up? Hands down? All my time? Hands

up? Hands up, Emily, hands up when hands down? Yes,

so much so that the people got it, so they had to do something

about it. They already knew hands down, loose, hands up? So

what did Aaron and her do? Put the hand on their shoulder because there's

no other way. These hands ain't coming down no matter what. I always

see me. These hands ain't coming down no matter what. These hands ain't

coming down no matter what. We as a church can support you, but

we cannot put your hands up for you. We can support you, take

my shoulders. I can support you as a church, But this is not

my hand. It's your hand. You still have to choose to put it

up. And sometimes we blame the church, we blame the homes, we

blame the people because but it's not their hands, it's yours. Put up

your hands, you win. Put down your hands, you lose. I

can help you. I can pray with you. I can stand beside you.

Your parents, your family members can help you. But it's still not

their hands. It's your hands. Aybody, Okay, Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord. Hands up, you win, Hands down, you lose.

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