Right, Mercy & Grace | Pr Alvin Keng

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

will light up your day life. Okay, let's talk about life a little

bit. You know, life is hard, right correct? Correct? Amen?

Yeah, yeah, but life is sometimes not easy correct. And we

go through challenges, you know, and well you know, you know what

psychologists say, right when you go through challenges, you go through a problem,

there's only two responses, fight or flight, right, you know,

you idify it or you fly run away. But thank God, we are

all God's children. We are more than two responses like okay, um,

and uh, we're gonna talk about right, mercy and grace today and basically

it's our This district works. You you will believe it long enough. You've

seen it many many times. You know what is right? You know,

mercy, God's mercy, Grace. We talk about grace a lot. They

got the grace message and all these different things. Um, do you know

that as children of God, these three things that we see on the screen

here, it is basically a responses that we can have towards life's challenges.

Okay, and hopefully today I can unpack with us that there is a time

to exercise our right we'll go right on to exercise our right or a time

to engage in God's mercy, right or experience his grace. There is a

timing to some of these things. So let's go to the first thing first.

Let's talk about right. Okay, So what is right? Right is

power? Do you believe that? Do you believe that you have power in

Jesus name? Okay, well, you guys are similar. Right is power?

Okay, let me go deeper a little bit. Okay, John one

child, what does it say. We'll go into scripture. Okay, But

as many as received him to them, he gave them the right to become

children of God, to those who believe in his name, who gave us

the right, God Christ, Christ gave us the right to be child of

God. As many as received Oh, it's a requirement now, you know

we always say, oh, no requirement. You know, actually as requirement

now as many as received him. So we got to receive him first before

we can have the right to be cheering O God. Your catch that you

got to receive him first before you can have the right to become cheer of

God. Let's go next. Revelation twenty two fourteen. What they say Blessed

are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right of the

tree of like. Wow, another requirement. Blessed are those who do you

actually have to do the commandment? No, to have the right. How

many of us are doing His commandments and to have have the right to the

tree of life. And we enter through the gates of the city. Okay,

Matthew ten one says, And we had called his child disciples to him.

He gave them our power. God gave them power. Jesus gave them

power over what unclean spirits to cast them out. Do you know that we

have unclean spirits in the house? Do you know that the spirit of addiction,

spirit graphy is spare of last? Hey, all, this is not

good. Run now, please don't keep in your house cannot I think the

only spirit that we should give in a house is God, the Holy Spirit.

You know, don't don't don't, don't don't have all these other things

there is not clean right. And to heal all kinds of sickness and all

kinds of diseases. And I tell you, healing and prayer for healing is

something that all Christian believe. On tell me a Christian, they don't believe

in healing. No, all of us will believe in healing because we can

say it so many times. All by his tripes you can heal. Jesus

can heal. Whether he heal or not, that's another thing. Don't worry.

We're going to that later. But do we believe that Christ can heal?

Right? Half the thing he do is healing, you know, right?

Correct? On, So we all believe. We all believe that He

can heal through true his power. Amen. Um, Okay, let me

talk a little bit about right. Okay, you'll understand what right means not

um. You know, as a Malaician citizen, I have the right to

be here, right. You know you watch those cup shows? Is oh,

you have the right to remain silent? You know you know people fight

about their rights all the time. Right. Let me give you an and

and let me give you a fun example. Okay, John, John and

Jenny they're gonna have a kid soon. Right, Um? Do they know

his son daughter? Boy? No name? Or you're keeping a secret.

I don't know. Okay, Jonathan Junior, let's come Johnathan Junior for now.

Just fun now? So, so John, is he owns you own

a house? Right? John he's you don't own a house renting? Okay,

you have a house, Okay, you are you have the right to

be in the house because you're renting a house. Kase and and and then

him and so imagine John's son born ready. Um, don't you think Johnson

have the right to be in the house. You mean every time Johnson wanted

to go to his house, you have to Daddy? Can I come inside

the door? Do you think that would happened? No? Right, he

will just go right, he will just take the water and take the food.

How many of you here's to your parents? One? Do you have

to ask your dab's permission every time you knew you walk into your room?

No? Right, you have the right to walk into the room. Right,

But does the room belong to you? Ah question? Actually it doesn't.

It belongs to your father because your father owns the house. Right,

my house, I own a house, me and my wife, You are

colonners of the house. Doesn't belong to my kid. No, but it's

our house because dear my children, they have a right to be there.

You gave me a note right until I the own them and go do that?

But you get what I mean? So you see, we all understand

right, correct, we all understand right? Do they need to ask me?

No, they do. They know we don't understand right. Likewise,

we have children of God. Do you know that we have rights? Do

you know that when the Bible say you can pray? And they see you

can? Because that's you're right, you know that. But of course you

have to do the right thing. I'm asking Jesus name. I'm not asking

her Win King's name that nothing's going to work. Why say, because he

has all the authority, and he's authority, he's given right. So if

you're in my house, then I can give you the authority. But it's

not my house that I cannot. I can't go to John's house. Say

okay, I therefore be gone pastor. No can't. I can't do that.

I don't have that right. It's John's house. You'll catch that.

So, as children of God, we do have the right, and right

is powerful, it has authority. Amen. Okay, let's go to Matthew

seventeen twenty story unpacked with your so, Jesus said to them, because of

your unbelief. For usually, I say to you, if you have faith

as a mustard, you know how big a mastercy is? I never knew

how big a mastercy is? You know? And there I saw it.

A mustard seed is smaller than a sesame sea. Do you know that it

is smaller than you know how small a sesamese? It is? A master

seat is way smaller than a sesame seat. Okay, you will say to

this mountain move from here today? It will move and nothing possible. Do

you know how powerful that is? Do you know? When fathers of the

house say something. Of course, whether the children listen or not is an

nothings. Consequences were ensue. But if a father of the house say something

in the house, you'd better be done. If the dead in the house

lay the law, you'd better be done right, better follow you know you're

gonna You're gonna get it right. So there is authority in saying, how

how confident it is that you just say if your faith as a master say,

you will say to this mountain not, you will say please not,

You will say, oh can you please? No, you will say,

and then it will happen. The authority understanding the right. It's not about

amount of faith, but believe Amen. Problems eighteen twenty one says what death

and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it.

What it is true. This is something I've learned when I was young until

now. That is rare powerful. Your tongue is rare powerful. What you

say, what you proclaim, what you declare is rare powerful. That's why

we pray, That's why we worship, because we're declaring. You're using our

mouth to speak. Don't just be quiet. Thanks. We come to this

place where we say, oh, no, I'm very quiet, purson quiet.

No, God knows some words in my heart where I used to be

like until I learned the power of declaration, and I will speak declaration.

I was speaking to being because there's power in life and death. I learned

from a young age. My mom say, got nothing good to say,

don't say it? So okay, low most of the time. I'm quiet,

right, But you got to learn that there's declaration. Parents, what

have you declared in your children's life when they were young? You gotta speak

different things now already, right, you gotta speak different things. What has

been declared on our life? It's very powerful. Oh you're good for nothing.

You can never study I am my kids already dumb one. He's very

Chinese. You know better not say good things. Do you know that it's

powerful? You know? I think Henry Port said if you if you think

you can, you can. If you think you cannot, you cannot.

Well, I like to say, if you say you can, you can,

you say you can, I cannot. There's power in the tongue.

Those who love is fruit. For those of you who are doing psychology,

you're doing counseling. You know a lot of times, a lot of things

people take on in their lives is because of what has been said to them.

Whether true or not doesn't matter. There's power in what I said,

so we can remember there's powering that. Amen, there's power Little ten nineteen.

What does it say? Behold, I give you the authority to trample

over serpents and squaw serpents and scoplions. How many of you there tramper over

serpents? Actually, I was telling the BJ for us that I quite scared

snakes because from young I had an encounter with a black cobra, you know,

when I was really long story like I want to talk about it now,

but yeah, you know, authority to trample over serpents and scompions and

over all the power of the enemy. And nothing nothing nothing, no thing

something no, no, there's nothing, nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Wow, power shot right if you're based right? Quite fun right.

Let me share with you a little bit, uh an example over before that,

you know, we go to the we go to next and John fourteen.

Most assuredly, I say to he who believes in me, the works

that I do, he will also and greater works at this he will do

because I go to my Father, and whatever you ask in my name that

I will do. That the Father may be glorified in the son. If

you ask anything in my name, I'll do it. So you see the

right as children of God. But we asking whose named Jesus, because he

has authority, and he has given us the authority. You'll catch that.

We have to understand the relationship we have with our God. Do we live

like we got no rights? Sometimes we do? Know? Oh, always

mean nothing can happen. I cannot pray, friends, we have rights as

we've got to practice those strives. Okay, I give you an I give

you an example. Um So when I got married, Okay, the uh

and and and uh, I did my honeymoon in uh Kota Balu right.

Uh and uh it was past recommend that. I think the time we had

we had contacts there, you know, the owner our organization, so okay,

favor. So we're like, okay, i'll try that. I know

I made booking through them, and then just send an email not to asking

and uh not not hoping for anything, maybe just a discount, you know.

And I thought, okay, I'll stay in a normal room at all

um and and I tell you the testimony is that, um, I don't

know how it's by by a miracle. They bunked us up to Ocean View

Suite, who toss very nice, you know, really enjoyed myself. It

was super cool. You know, it was super cool and and the price

is still the same line like the you know, deluxe room that we got.

And I was very blessed. And we went there and they had fun,

you know, and then came back and then I was talking Abuster,

like Buster enjoyed it because passed the privilege of you know, saying that before

because he ministers to sib Skyline and uh, and he asked me, it's

like, oh, you know, very good right of view. You have

very good a pastor. Oh I got nice sunset head can see everything or

the food is good. Everything is good. And he asked me this question,

Elvin, do you check out the lounge or not? I'm like,

what lounge? Huh go lounge lounge? Buster, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, there's a lounge. Is executive lounge. You know somehow else

have this? Okay, I guess when you book a certain room, then

you get these privileges. Um, oh, executive lounge and and you know

it's open from like ten to four and you go there and then you can

have like high tea and drinks. And I said, Paster, no,

I didn't. I you have to pay no, no, on you pay

one. It's part of the room package. If you get the Ocean sweet,

it's a prout of the room. Get now. Look at him.

I'm like, Buster, I had no idea. I had no idea there

was such a thing. And I and I'm back here ready and I'm like,

oh man, And he was like, well, me and Passna we

love going there. And I'm like every day we'll go out, Like Puster,

I had no idea. I had a right to go to the lounge,

but I didn't know No so nowadays, right when I go to a

hotel R I asked them all count questions. I'm the count of customer.

So what else? What else is the thing that you never tell me about

that I can do? I will aways ask a question because of the one

experience, right, I missed it today I haven't yet, but yes there

are somehe else they will do that. They'll give you that. And you

see the thing about having a right, having power. And now I had

a right to the lounge, but I didn't know. I didn't know it

was there. And because I didn't know, I couldn't go there. I

couldn't practice my right. And because of that, I couldn't enjoy it.

And until today I remember it. I marry, how many years I did

anything? Uh? Three? Ten years? City? Okay? No,

I know, regret I if I'm over it? Okay? Yeah. So

so what do you do with the right that's given to you? You know,

I just said that we have a right you know as your round God.

But what do you do with it? Well, the first thing is

you need to know you have it law. Right. If you don't know

have you don't know, you don't know that you can use it. Right.

So you need to know you have it. Secondly is you, of

course need to know how to use it law right. You know, if

I go to the lounge, the lounge opened from ten to four. If

I go to the lounge at ten pm and expect them to open, it's

not going to happen. Right. I can't say I have the right I

demand open. It's not gonna happen. I'm just gonna be a Karen there.

It's gonna be very difficult. You know. I need to know how

to use it. I need to go there and say I'm room number what

what what? And I'm here and they will let me go in, you

know. But I didn't know, so I didn't know. I didn't know

how to use it, right, Um, And the thing is why do

we need to use it? Why do we need to practice our rights?

Because if we don't use it, we might lose it. I've never used

going to the I've never experienced. I will never be aby experienced executive launch

in the hotel. The hotel like kind of like no moreity. So we

don't know, right. So my encouragement is our response, firstly is that

we need to know that we can exercise our rights. As children, card,

we need to know what he's our rights? First? Do you know

that you have the power to pray for the sick? Right, you've got

to exercise it and use it. What are the rights you have? What

are the promises in the Bible for you? What are the other personal promises

that the Lord has given you? Declare it constantly? Speak it constantly.

I'll make you the head and not the tail, seeing for a square of

God, and all should be added too. You declare it. Sometimes you

feel like, I mean, God doesn't need remind us, but you can't

remind him. It's okay. One sometimes they reminder is more for you than

him. But we gotta learn to declare things like that. Believe. Declare

you know and know how to use it? How do you use it?

No? I just we just talked about Um, you gotta do the commandments

first. Then only you have the right. Right. So are we walking

in God's light? Are we practicing? Or are we allowing? Okay,

the spirit to come. Don't not only got spirit? Amen? So right

equals power and we got to exercise it. Amen. And my encouragement is

don't sell your right for temporary pleasures. Don't sell don't sell it for temper

you know, you know who soil. He's right in the Bible for a

soup, a bowl or soup he saw? Yeah, do you know that

in the Okay, I think I don't know how many families practice is.

But the elder son Okay, I'm the eldest son in my family. You

know, I just had to go through this whole thing in December, and

the eldest one is normally given a double portion more. Why no, you're

you're the elder so you know because there is an expectation now that the elder

son would take care of everyone else. That's why you have more. No,

you have more so they can enjoy. No, No, you are

more because you have to take care of them because if they mess up,

they lose everything. You are responsible to take care of them or so that's

how you are more. He saw lost it. He gave his brother away

here very hungry. I want to give it. You know that in life

sometimes that can happen to us because you want temporary gainer, be faster anything.

Now, you know, don't give up You're right for temporary pleasure.

Oh kay i Kenna. All I need to do is just sign this document.

All I need to do is just give this money packet underneath they can

really temporary pleasure. You will say you will get there. Okay now,

but you're giving up your rights, guys. Don't do it. Don't do

it, heymen. So let's say you know you're right. I know my

right. I know what to do. A challenge effaces me and I not

to respond, but nothing happened. Or there we go to the mob's kaila

is God's timing? No? No, no, no no. What should

we do? We should engage God's mercy? What do we do? Cleta

remember who gave us authority? Got right? So we are desperate. Something

happens. We need something happen. Then you got to engage his mercy.

Someone for seven eleven says what the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,

in those who hope in his mercy? Are you hoping in God's mercy

today? Are you hoping in the mercy of the Lord today? Next?

But I've trusted in your mercy. My heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

Have mercy on me, o, Lord, for I am weak. Oh

Lord, heal me for my bones a trouble. Do you notice a common

team by asking for mercy. We need him, we need his mercy,

fear him and hope for his mercy. Yeah, fine, you practice the

right right, don't happen or a Lord, you promise me either or but

still like that? How he's mercy? Lamentations three twenty two says, what

do they say? True? The Lord's mercies? We are not consumed?

Do you know that this is so significant? We are not consumed? Not

Chinese? Right? We always likes they die and die, die die everything

die die means end, really, you know, never say die? Guys.

Yes, it's painful, Yes, the challenge is hard, Yes,

we have to go through it, but not yet die. It is not

ended yet. They still hope. We are not consumed? Why because his

compassions fail. Not? The Lord has compassion over you. He has compassion

and this is the wonderful thing. These are promised our guys. His mercies

are new every morning. Why is this significant that his mercies are new every

morning? Because God wants to do something new in your life today. Don't

look at yesterday's testimony, don't look at yesterday. He wants to do something

new and freshterday, Yesterday, expiready, Everything that happened yesterday, expirdy.

Today is new. His mercy is new today. His encouragement is new today.

The testimony should be new today. It's going to be fresh. Amen.

And He's faithful. God is faithful, so we can trust in his

mercy. Let me give you one more encouragement. Second Chronicles twenty twenty one

thy two what they to say, and really consulted with the people. He

appointed those who should sing to the Lord, who should praise the beauty of

Horney as he went out before the army and praising. You see, we

sing this every time we sing this, but do we really know the significance

of it. Praise the Lord for his mercy and the yours forever until the

day you die. His mercy will still be there for you. You will

never end. It will never end. Now when they begin to sing and

praise the lot said ambushous against people, you can see God's mercy. Do

you know that God has mercy not just on his children but on everyone.

Isn't that whoever that call upon his name? You know the Lord will have

mercy. You know that is an encouragement that we need to have when you're

facing a challenge. God's mercy is not a right. We are totally undeserving

of his mercy. He's completely up to his discussion A lot you never answer,

I plead ready he's up to him, you know. But his mercy

is fully adequate. And it's impossible to repeat. I'm sure some of us

here we have testimonies about how God came true for us, how God's mercy

preserved us, how true his mercy only we are still alive to day.

It is true the mercies of the Lord. And you know, the only

way you can actually repay God's mercy, if at all, is to show

mercy to other us. That's the only way. Matthew eighteen talks about the

servant who was given mercy so much, you know, forgiven so much that

forgiven everything. And then he goes out the first person that sees all seem

a hunteringate. He go and take him by the try and say hello,

give me back my money and the flea please of mercy. And he said

okay, And then he did the fool everything, you know, tray him

the jail, you know, sell He's wow, how cruel and evil he's

dead? Do you know that in our lives when the Lord redeems us.

When the Lord saved us. It's like it's like that servant that he paid

the food that and imagine we are redeemed, we are blessed, we have

experienced his grace, and we can go out and be angry out the people.

Huh you take my pucking space. H Okay, I'm using like simple

jokestar. But he's true or no, are we angry? You have no

mercy on? People call himself a Christian? Do this? Can't think to

me, how dare he? Wow? Got mercy and not? Guys,

go ahead, mercy on you? No, got safe? You know got

safe first. No, don't be so quick to point finger. Even Christ

said there's no condemnation. Christ new work condemned. You know. The people

came brought the doubt trust. Come, come, come, Come, come

Jesus he's writing on the sand. Hey, the law, says a troll

stone and stoneha. No, what should you do now? Person on trip

him? Now he write things the right thing? This guy cool sometimes right,

he looks up the one with the first scene through the first zone.

Now can do the right thing. They're one by one left my left.

Jesus had all right now because he had no sinner to throw stone at her.

No, he looked up, he saw the lady. She looked at

him. Where have you accused us? Gone? Lord, they've all left.

What was his response? No, now let me throw the stone because

I got no sin No cool I condemn you also no more. Christ has

no contemned condemnation to us. That's why, no matter what we did,

no matter how we are, no matter what how we had misbehaved, even

in the past. Weak, do you know that when you go to God

he will always accept you. He always has mercy for you met your nineteen

Where does it say, but go and learn what this means. I desire

mercy and not sacrifice. So I did not come to call the righteous,

but sinners to repent us. Oh Lord, Look I've sacrificed for you.

I wake up so early. I've done so many things. Look, Lord,

I've given you my all. I've sold my house and sold my car.

But you didn't forgive your brother. But you didn't forgive your mom.

But it didn't forgive you that. It's meaningless. Guys, It's not about

what we do. Amen, mercy pleading the Lord humility God only you can

Mercy brings us out of uncomfortable situations. So first response is right, right,

something happened, pray cast the demon out all these things, and then

let's say, don't happen. You're still stuck. What do you do?

Mercy Lord, please help me. You know when I was going through,

for those who know, November last year to December was a very uncomfortable situation,

and I pleaded for God's mercy right the I think it was a Saturday.

No, it was a Friday, Friday, Holmes, Right, Mom's

supposed to come back. I was at Holmes. I got a phone call

from my brother. Don't know why. The hospital decided to look over tests.

Then she was positive. Next day is supposed to fly back. Now

a lot of uncertainty. I woke up at four I am. For one

and a half hours, I was prostrated on the floor, not even kneeling,

faced on the floor, pleading for the mercy of the Lord. Lord,

Help mercy, Lord, he Mercy Lord, bring us out of this

situation. Nothing else I could do, nothing, pleading for his mercy.

Sometimes we reached that place, Lord, I don't want to do Ready,

I played for your mercy and then lo and behold fingers cross everything, hopefully

go through. Then the news came back. Cannot release stuck for another week,

In fact, stuck for two weeks. Wow, gonna So when it

happens, what, oh Lord, your mercy failed me? No, not

yet. When things like that happened, then He's got's grace that will bring

you true grace's patience. Second conintens Child seven. I says, my grace

is sufficient for you. My strength is to make perfect in weakness. Therefore,

most gladly, I read a balls in my infirmities, that the power

of Christ may rest upon me. God's grace is sufficient for us. Some

tiny three For what does it say, though I walk through the valley of

the shadow of that walk through the valley? Why is the word true so

important? Didn't walk stop and then take cartoon? No, walk through the

means from the start of the valley all the way until the end of the

valley. You have to walk through it. You're to go through the challenge.

I fear no evil. Why because you are with me, your rod

and your staff, they comfort me. Mercy brings you out of it.

God's mercy will bring you out. You don't have to walk through the valley.

You'll bring it out. But God's grace will help you walk through it.

We walked through it, not necessarily delivered from Do you know who else

walked through challenge? Champagne? Look twenty two these Jesus again, He said,

Father, if it is your will, take this cup away from me.

Nevertheless, not my will, but your spin done. Why is he

so significant that Christ went through it? You know Jesus could just easily.

Okay, guys, it's okay. I think it's a bit too painful.

Sorry, God, I didn't know. Do you know why we have happened?

We won't be here. We wouldn't be able to experience God's through God's

redemptive. We wouldn't be here. Maybe He's chosen people stay around, but

the gentiles will be here. He came to die for all. He had

to go through it, He had to go through. What is the challenge

there we're going through today that we know we didn't deserve your on? Do

you know that God's grace to bring a trough? It cost grace will bring

a truth. I had to walk through what happened in my family for one

man. True, No, he was painful after that day, I remember,

I mean the main concern was costla two point five k ring it every

night, and I'm like, how do we pay for this? Lord?

What you I know you provide love? But this is ridiculous. He's getting

more more ridiculous. But I to walk through it. I need a God's

grace. That's something that that had to happen. I had to trust and

wait on him. Had to no choice. It's not like, you know,

not really no choice. Want to fly down to Just trust and Lord,

I know you're good. Lord, I know you're good. Lord,

I know you're good. Who do we look to when we're in situation?

Said that, Well, he brews you up too, looking unto Jesus,

the author and finish of our faith, who for the joy that was set

before him and dialed the cross, despising the shame, and why was his

reward, well, his reward of God's safe. But then he was given

the authority and he was able to sit down with the right hand of the

throne of God. He knows the right hand mean the significance of the right

hand his authority. Wow, we went one full circle. Who gave us

authority? Jesus the only reason why he could give us the authority is because

he had to go through this and endure everything, and then God gave him

the authority which she passed on to us. One full circle, one full

circle. So grace, he is aten and finished of our faith. Are

you going through a challenging time right now? Maybe you play for God's mercy.

Don't stop pleading for God's mercy, I guys, because you never know

whether the mercy will come. To keep believing that the Lord might grant his

mercy on you if you're going through a tough time. But if it doesn't

come immediately, know that his grace is sufficient, know that you have to

walk through it. It was very interesting when passed her shat this right he

gave this example of me and my wife with my son. Okay, she's

not here, he's not here. I can share them more just now there

bed for those that don't know. I I have a son who has smart

autism, my elder son. If you look at him now, he's like

superstity, you know. Just now. We drove step early and then he

came my car. We were talking in a car. It was quite cool,

right, um, And you can go read about it. I'm not

gonna talk about it. Laum. We had to go through it. No,

oh, Lord, hear him for it is No, it's not signals

like guys right in all kind word use disability, signals whatever. Okay,

I've come to a realization that my son makes me a better dad. Really,

my son has made me and my wife better parents. We had to

walk through it. Do you know that God sometimes can put you through it

trouble, not for your own sake? Did I know then when I was

going through it? Right one of the moments in my life, I really

fell down quick everything, Lord, I serve you for fifteen years. Why

are you giving this problem? Give a rich money's problem. I got no

money because it's very expensive, you know, very expensive from what I know.

Actually, now I know more Kenroon Karon, You're gonna money, can

want. But But but when I was there, give someone else this problem?

Did I know that we will start, especially in society. Did I

know that we were organizing, that we will come to a place we're organized

conference. Did I know that many more other parents would be encouraged just by

telling story. I've not done a lot of things now, but the more

people that have encouraged with our church pursuing this is ridiculous. You know.

Um, I have this story of a parent who came to our church who

was very concerned because unfortunately m previously the person was not welcome elsewhere. And

they're so thankful because now the child and the parents are here. Well then

you they're still we're cautious, but they have a place. And when I

went through everything, true, no, not not stop, oh stop,

okay, done, No, had to go through. No, still going

through, still going through this this journey. Okay, of course better better

go off, you know, awareness and all, but still going through it.

So us here we are, still are going through our challenge. But

God's grace is sufficient. Still going through it. But the Lord will sustain

you and he will encourage you. And it's not for us, No,

it's not for us. The only reason why we now have certain things was

just a simple question. Lord. It cannot be that the church got no

answer for these people. It cannot be that we can be good in area.

Other things are, but these people we don't know what to do.

Cannot be cannot And I tell you the amount of families, especially these kids

in our church now, I'm very surprised. Almost every church bank God one

or two. And I'm encouraged because they are plumped into this community because it's

a rare lonly journey. If you don't know, maybe we're Asian or so,

we don't really share. Grace brings us true uncomfortable situations. Are you

going through a difficult situation now in your life? We're not here to compare.

I'm not here to compare your Oh you must No, No, I'm

not here. I'm here to share with us what I caught. When Pastor

share, because I went through it, And when he's sharing, I'm like,

Wow, Lord Pastor, this is good staff man. This will really

benefit our people because when we know how to respond when life rooses different challenges,

we will be victorious because we will know when to practice our right as

should of God. We will know when to engage in God's mercy. We

will know when to trust God's grace. We're not in all fails. We

know, Lord, Okay, there's definitely a bigger reason why I'm going through

this. I trust in your grace. James one twenty four says, my

brethren cannot all join when you fall into rest trials, knowing that the testing

of your faith produces patience produces what testing of your faith produces patience. Though

I thought faith more important patience or God once as our patience. But let

patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking

nothing. So what should you do? Wait long, Wait long, Isaiah

say, But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, renew

their strength. They shall mount up with wingside eagles. They shall run and

not be whey. They shall want and not faith. Your strength will be

renewed. You're not gonna hear his mercies are new? You know, Yes,

the pain is still there. The torney is still there. Paul talked

about a torney side. He's doing God's work, but he's still got one

to self like, remind him that God still God. Sometimes we need that.

We think they were so big time so well, I know it,

But actually we are not known. The Lord is the one that is bigger

than us. Wait on him and trust in him. Trust in God.

Amen. Isaiah says, you will keep him in perfect peace. God will

keep you in perfect peace. Whose mind is stayed on God? Where is

your mind? And is your mind on the problem? Is your mind on

the issue? Is your mind on trying to find a solution. Stop Stop

stop doing that, stop trying to find your own solution. That your mind

be stayed on God and trusting him. He will grunt you his britruth.

You're grunting you your brit truth. Problems three five or six says trust in

the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all

your ways. Acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. So grace means

we've got to be patient, and we're not just being patient for fun.

You've got to trust that God will come true. So as we're going through

whatever it may be, just no that God's grace is with you. Amen.

I hope you guys are blessed. I was really blessed when pass sharing

this. Okay, right, Mercy and grace? Do we know not as

believers do we know how to do these things? Sometimes we don't know how.

Hopefully today we can learn, you know. And there's always a reason

why I see one. I share this just now so God will never put

you is easy allowed to say this now when you're out of it, right,

trust me, But when you're in it, you don't like it.

When God will never put you through something for no reason. One He's not

a say this. He will never put you through something for no reason,

even though you feel like what is happening. Then I went through that.

I went through that on last year and of last year, and later on

I tell you, okay, I remember in January, I pray, no,

I have not experienced you in a long time. January January twenty two,

last years team as well. God, he s all right, Lord,

God is able. Can you do something in my life you're asking for

you, right, Can you do something in my life that will show me

that you're still here? While he really showed up, man, he really

showed up for me. At the end of the year, before the year

ends, somehow I had this peace. I also mentioned to see what I

think I've told you right that I don't know why that everything I know I

was in the turmoil. Then I felt like it will end before the year

ends, and true enough closure before the new year starts. Because I know

that my God will always take care of me. He will never bring this

problem. I don't have that confidence. Lord. I know you will never

bring this problem to next year because next is new. So I declare that

you will not be continued somehow or rather something will stop somehow, rather you

will come true, and he did, We'll paid. The bill is paid.

And this is the testimony. I didn't claim insurance. The bill was

paid. Fool. I don't know. God provided God won't let you go

through it until today. Do I know why I have to go through?

Well? He my faith, that's one I don't know. Maybe it was

an encouragement. Maybe in future something will happen again that I can encourage someone

having a family member overseas not weller. It's not funner guys, so much

things you have to overcome, right, But I don't know. Do I

fully know what the Lord wants me to do? I don't know. Did

I imagine that we will be ministering to many many more families, especially I

never knew when I went through that. But let me encourage you. Whatever

you're going through today, there is always a reason, especially if it's not

your fault. I mean, it's your fault, then please get out of

if ga, how does yah you've nego? Jerry Pasawana, please please come

out, come out. Okay, don't don't go and try past out?

Aready? Right? But it's not your fault. But you're going through that

challenge there's a reason why don't really bring you truth? You will be an

encouragement to many more others. Amen. We hope you've been blessed by this

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