Unpacking the Vision of Acts Church Session 2 | Dr. Jill

You're listening to a message to go from X Church.

We hope this message will light up your day. We

are now currently doing this series called Unpacking the ex

Church Vision Series. Okay, like I said, EX Church is

ready twenty five years old, and sometimes as we grow up,

it's good to get a reminder of who we are

meant to be. Sometimes we may you know, get a

little bit sidetracked, or we may get busy or distracted

with the things of life. And so it's good even

as an adult, right, we get reminded of you know,

our roots, who you know we're already called to be,

and what we're meant to do with our lives.

So same like a church.

We're twenty five years old this year and next year

the theme that God has given us as a church

is called what's the theme.

For next year? Leaders have counting on you?

Re revival, that's right. So every year God gives us

a theme which is a specific direction for the year

for our church. And the theme for this year is

disciple First. Yeah, it's about discipleship, about being disciple and

discipling others.

Now we're going to cross over to next year.

Ready, it's Christmas, right, and so The theme for next

year is.

Going to be revival. Revival.

Now, when I say the word revival, what comes to

your mind? Can I hear an answer from this side?

When I say revival, what comes to your mind? Don't worry,

Just give me the first answer that comes to your mind.

Doesn't have to be a spiritual answer. Okay, this I

get ready here because I'm going to hear from you. Okay,

when I say revival, what do you what comes to

your mind? Come back to life again?

Yeah? Very good, Thank you, Joshua.

Yeah, that's that's one of the definitions of revival, coming

back to life.

Yeah.

I used to be involved with reviving quite a number

of people medically. Okay, So, like any said, I am

a real doctor. I am a legit doctor, okay, not

a quack doctor. And I actually used to work in

hospital Kuala Lumpur, which is just down the road, actually

just a few I think few kilometers was the hospital

that I used to work in. And I used to

be involved in reviving a lot of patients who collapsed.

We have to do CPR, we have to shock them,

inject stuff, break their ribs to bring them back to life.

So I used to be involved with that literally bringing

people back to life.

That was a privilege.

And okay, can I hear this like when I say revival,

what comes to your mind?

Fire? Yes, fire, says the mama on fire.

Oh by the way, Leoni, you guys did an amazing

job on extreme really really felt the presence of God.

Yeah.

For me, a sign of how I feel God's presence

is I start tearing. Yeah. I don't know about you,

but for me, when I start tearing in church, I

know God is here. God is and I really felt

his presence. Thank you, Leona. You know I just want

to just I try a little bit. Singing Christmas carols

can be.

Very very powerful. Okay.

Can I just show a picture of grandparents with grandchildren? Okay,

so I show you just now my husband's picture.

Right.

So, just this week we had a privilege of going

back to Quantan as a family. And so this is

my mom in law, the beautiful lady in the middle

wearing rad together, my father in law, my children, and

my nephew and niece were there as well. Now, my

mom in law, right, she was a pre believer for

many years and what day when her neighbor's house had caroling,

she actually saw angels around her neighbor's house, and at

that point in time she knew Jesus is the real

God and she got safe true Christmas carols. So never

ever underestimate the power of singing carols in or out

of church. In fact, we she's singing out of church

even more the power of worship because it just brings

down God's presence. It brings down God's angels. And my

mom in law saw angels during Christmas caroling at her

neighbor's house and she got safe. And now today she's

on fire. Although if you see my mom in law,

she's like this because there's a problem with her back.

She's bent over, she's leaned sideways. But she's still serving

in church. She's doing what Selena is doing right now.

She's teaching children in church at her age seventy plus.

Like this, that's a life that has experienced God personally,

is revived and continues to serve Him no matter what happens. Yeah,

and so I just wanted to share that as something

to encourage you, the power of caroling, of worshiping, bringing

God's presence, God's angels down to touch and to transform lives. Okay,

now we shall get into the message proper, okay.

So we are like I said, the theme for.

Next year is revival, and so Leona said fire okay,

and I for me, one of the angles of revival

is coming back to the original. So revival can have

many meanings, coming back to life, being on fire for

God and coming back to the original what and who

we are meant to be and do? And so that's

why we are going through this series. It's actually preparing

us for next year to come back to Hey, actually,

who did God call ex church to be a What

did he call us to do? Maybe we are not

sure or we're forgotten or got distracted along the way.

Twenty five years old already as a church. Some of

you are new as well. So it's good that everybody

comes back to the same page so that we can

run forward together as God's Church.

Amen. Amen, So that's why we're doing this. Now. Can

I see those of you who have your book? Can

you wave it to me? Yeah? Okay? Who doesn't have

a book?

Okay?

Please raise? Okay.

Can our host maybe get some of our friends who

do not have a book yet or forgot to bring okay, norries?

Maybe uh do you have the photocopy.

Okay, those who who need to refer to the notes today,

if you already have a book, you can still get

a photocopy from us, so it will help you as well.

So for this series, we need you to bring your

work book every week.

Okay, it will help you. Now.

I believe last week Elder Kenya was here, right, and

he started us off on this series. I'm going to

continue today. I'm the second relay runner. They're going to

be formal relay runners okay in January, yes, I believe. Yeah,

Selena should be one of them. Duel also should be

one of them. So yeah, just just be open to

what God has to say through each of us every week.

All right, Now let's go to the recap. Yeah, okay,

so we as we started this series. Okay, it's called unpacking.

Everybody say, unpacking the vision.

Of ex Church. Yeah, now why do we unpack? Yeah?

We unpacked so that we can understand the vision. But

not only an understand. After we understand, we hope that

all of us can undertake the vision. It's just like

sharing with you a recipe, right, you don't just want

to understand the recipe, you want to actually try it

out so that you can taste good food.

Similar. Okay.

So we don't just want to hte knowledge as we

go through this series. We want to be able to

translate it to our heart, to our hands, to our feet,

to our mouth, to the world around us.

Amen man, Okay. So we unpacked to understand and undertake.

And we also in the last week we learned or

we were we were reminded about the big vision. Everyone

say big vision, big vision, yeah, which is based on

the word of God, not on the word of men.

So if anybody asks you what is ex church vision

based on, you cannot say is based on Pasta Kennov's

word or Selena's word. No it's not. It's based on

God's word and God's word alone.

Okay.

So our big vision is based on Habercook two fourteen

and also Genesis one twenty eight.

Right.

And in these two verses, right, what are the similarities. First,

God wants us to feel the earth and how to

be fruitful and multiply to make disciples and why so

that we can have dominion, not in a bad way,

but in a good way, to have influence for God.

Because if you think about it, when God first made

the heavens and the earth, and God made men without sin.

Everything belonged to God. And then because men and women

were tempted and they sin, they disobey God. Then that's

how sin and the enemy came into the world. And

that's why we have so many issues up to this day.

But we want to take back the world for God

because the world actually rightfully belongs to God. Yeah, and

so that's why we want to have dominion, We want

to have influence as God's people to take back this

world for him is rightfully his right. Okay, now let's

go on. Okay, So in the next line. So in

the last session, I believe, Elder Kenya also shared that

as we unpack issue, leaders to action. Like I said

earlier on right, and you may say, what how do

I think action? Now? I don't know where to start.

I don't know what to do. So Pastor has shared

with us seven ways we.

Can take action.

Yeah, okay, It's just like for example, we say I

want to lose ten kilos, Where do I begin? Do

I start with my diet first? Do I start with

my exercise first?

Where do I begin? Real story? He's kidding, So we

are showing you how to begin?

Ah, all right, just like you wanna lose me, this

is how you want to gain that spiritual wada.

Where do you begin?

So there are seven piece all listed here, and last

week I believe Elder Kenyak covered the first P to

the fifth P and this week we are still going

to be on the fifth P. Then in the coming

weeks we will move on to the last two piece.

So this week we are at prepare everyone say prepare, okay,

all right, now let's move on to the next slide. Okay,

So just now we talk about the big vision, which

is to fill the earth by making disciples so that

we can have dominion. Today we are going to be

focusing on the big mission. Everyone say big mission, yes, okay.

And the big mission of EXTS Church is very simple

into words, make disciples. Turn to your neighbor and say

make disciples.

Okay. Now let's go on to the next light.

When we talk about the vision of wanting to fill

the earth with the knowledge of the glory of God,

it may sound very abstract and very daunting to us. Again,

where do I begin? Right, So we break it down

to something bite size for you. We break it down

to an action step called be fruitful and multiply. If

each of us can be fruitful and multiply, then slowly

we can actually feel the earth with the knowledge of

the glory of God, everyone doing their part. Yeah, but again,

still seems a bit abstract, right, How do I be

fruitful and multiply? Still seems a bit abstract? How many

of you at this point still feels a bit abstract?

Raise your hands, don't worry. Okay, good, good, good. I

just want to know. Yeah, if I was sitting in

your shoes, I will also think. Okay, it still sounds

a bit abstract. So we're gonna break it down even

more so. Being fruitful and multiply can look like three things. Okay,

I'm gonna share with you three things of how being

fruitful and multiply looks like intangible action steps. Okay, Number one,

being fruitful and multiply can look like this making disciples,

Making disciples. And we don't just want to make disciples,

because everyone can do that, you know, raise someone, follow them,

But we want to make disciples that make the difference

for God.

So we want to.

Make disciples, but not just make disciples and followers like

everybody else in the world. Influencers make disciples. CEOs or

big companies make disciples. Politicians make disciples. But we've got

to be careful what kind of disciples are we making.

It's going to be Jesus disciples. So make disciples that

make the difference. If we are a Jesus disciple, confirm

we will make the difference in our world. Everything that

we touch, every path that we walk, every life that

we encounter, will surely not be the same. Again, that

is a mark of a true Jesus disciple. But you

can have disciples of influencers. You can have disciples or CEOs.

You can have disciples or of politicians. May they make

the difference in the world. Not necessarily so, But Jesus

disciple will for sure make the difference.

Wherever we go.

Yeah, God says in Joshua, right, I will give you

every ground that you tread upon. There must always be

transformation in every step that we take as Jesus disciple. Okay,

Now number two, how does being fruitful and multiply look like? It?

Can look like this as well? By producing leaders producing leaders,

So we don't just want to produce disciples who follow

after Jesus and also help others to follow Jesus. We

want these disciples to grow to become leaders. Another word

for leaders is pioneers. What do you understand by the

word pioneer. What does pioneer mean to you? Start something

very good? Start something?

Yes, Because technically, if you are a leader, you lead

the way.

When you start something, you're leading others to follow in

that something new that you're starting, right, So that's why

leaders are pioneers.

Pioneers are leaders.

Okay, And in the last session, I believe, Elder, can

you already said that every one of us can be

a leader, not just people who are trained, who have

a formal title. No, no, no, all of us can

be leaders for God. If we're already influencing someone, that

makes us a leader already.

Yeah. Now, we want to turn.

Every pre believer to be a partner, right, and every

partner to be a pioneer, a leader, and every pioneer

to be a parent.

So what this means in simple.

English is we want to help every pre believer that

comes to ext church get safe and follow Jesus. There

is being a disciple, there is being a partner. But

don't just remain here, grow to become a leader who

helps to draw others closest, lead others closer to Jesus.

Be a pioneer, and then, finally, don't just remain there,

become a parent. A parent basically means someone a leader

who is able to reproduce other leaders, a leader who

is able to reproduce other leaders. If you think about it,

in life, right, many of us go through the natural

life cycle.

We grow up.

We cannot stop growing up, right. Nobody here can say

stop growing up or reverse grow up like Benjamin Button cannot.

But like it or not, we will all grow up. Yeah.

I've just started to see white hair come out.

Oh okay, I take it as style.

Yeah, I can't stop it, right, I can color it,

but it's still going to come out. And so we

can't stop growing up physically, Why then do we stop

growing up spiritually?

We should also grow spiritually. And I see a big

note from Sister Julie. Amen.

Yeah, we've got to also be willing to grow up spiritually.

Don't just remain as a child spiritually forever, God has

meant us to grow as well in our spirit.

Okay, and this is how we can grow Okay.

Now, the next slide still on the second way that

be fruitful and multiply can look like produce leaders. Okay,

so Pasta said, you plan a disciple, you will produce

a leader. It's just that you plan a durant seed,

you will rip a durant fruit. Yeah, you plan a disciple,

you produce a leader. Maybe some of you say, okay,

I want to be a leader for God. I want

to influence others towards Him. Where do I begin? It

starts with you being a disciple first, because we can

never be a leader for God unless we are a

disciple first. If not, it will be the blind leading

the blind. How can I lead others to follow Jesus

when I'm also not following after his man or woman

who is leading me closer to him? Right?

Okay?

So for example, in our church, Pastor knd Of planted

past the Lezras in Botswana many years ago, and today

he is leading our churches in Botswana. Yeah, we've got

tree church plants there already. From one become tree. Passa

Kenna planted pasta Beanji in Osaka and today with ex

Osaka that is growing. Pasta Kenna planted pasta Joel in

Melbourne and today they are also growing. I had a

privilege to visit ex Melbourne just a few months ago

and they are definitely growing.

Yeah. And so Pasta planted different disciples in different parts

of the world, and today they have grown to be

leaders for God's kingdom in their part of the world.

The continent of Africa, country of Japan, Australia.

Yeah, okay, so passes it.

When we plant the seed of a good disciple in

good soil, we get many, many folds, over thirty times,

over one hundred times over. The possibilities are limitless, okay.

So what we get when we plant a disciple as

a seed, the fruit is a leader.

Okay.

So as maybe some of you are already being disciple, create,

continue on and one day you will see the fruit

of leadership.

In your life.

This world needs leadership in the right sense, in God's sense,

because now this world is becoming more crazy as everyone

wants to do their own thing, fight for their own rights.

I don't know.

Now truth has become so great, right has become wrong,

wrong has become right, you know I'm talking about we

need people who will lead men coming back into the

right way, God's way.

And that's why leaders are important.

Yeah, don't shy away from being a leader, because that's

how you are going to bring God's kingdom here on earth.

You say, oh, I want my family member to be safe,

then be his leader in your family. I want my

children to be saved. Be God's leader to them. I

want my marketplace to be safe. Be God's leader in

your marketplace. If you don't lead people to God, who will? Right,

I can be in your marketplace. I can be in

your family, but you are there. So really this is radical.

But we say God, I want to see people around

me safe. Then really the big.

Step of faith towards that is there to be God's

leader wherever you're planted and lead them to Christ. Amen.

Okay, next, okay, number three, how can be fruitful and multiply?

Look light? Yeah?

So it's like, Kayla, I show you. I call it

my mau mau Bible because it has a lot of

mau mau. It's very furrey. I need to fix the

skin soon. It is, but same Bible, but different angles.

Right.

You see the front cover, you see the back cover,

you see the sides. So this is what we're doing

with this point. Okay, same point, different angles.

Right.

So number three, how can we be fruitful and multiply

is to raise and release Daniels Daniels into the marketplace.

Say Daniels, anyone called Daniel here? Not yet?

Not okay, not yet, Leona, No Daniels in your Daniel

laying okay before we joy us kneezing there ready, Okay,

So we again, this is how we can be fruitful

and multiply. Right, we say we want to, you know,

take our marketplace for God. How can we do that

is by being willing to be raised and sent out

as Daniels into our marketplace. People may never step into

a church, people may never encounter our spiritual practices, but

people know you, People encounter you.

So you are the walking Church.

You are walking Christ wherever you are at. And therefore

that's why this is what Daniel became. He became the

walking Church, the walking Christ in his marketplace, which is

in the courtyard of the Kings. Not just one king,

he served four kings, different kingdom somewhere. Yeah, all right,

So we want to be raised and released as Daniels

into our marketplace because we may be the only Jesus

and Church that people will ever.

Encounter in their lives.

Now, God, wants us to folks, So question, wish mountain

or mountains of influence in your life?

Is God leading you to take.

All of us have our mountains of influence wherever we

are at. Choose one mountain, one area of influence in

your life. God is leading you to take now at

this season. Maybe next season is another mountain. Okay, have

a think about it. God wants us to focus on

growing deep roots to produce good fruit. And we say, God,

how do we grow deeper in You? What? Grow deeper

into His word? Into His word? His word really is

our life. Amen, And we want to grow deeper into

His word. Maybe can I just sidetrack here a little bit.

Let's all turn to Psalms chapter one. Okay, this is church,

go to turn to the word of God.

Amen. Amen.

So this is one of my favorite portions of scripture.

Psalms chapter one, verse Okayler, we'll go all the way

from verse one to verse three.

Okay, very cool. Okay, I'm just gonna read it.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the council

of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of scoffers.

Verse two. But his delight is in the law.

Of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day

and night.

Verse three.

He is like a tree planted by the streams of water,

that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf

does not whither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Don't you want to be like that in life? We

know that in life all kinds of seasons will come

and go, but we want to remain planted anchered in

the Lord. No matter what season of life you are

going through, even the difficult ones, we want to remain alive.

We want to not just survive, but we want to thrive.

We want to flourish no matter what seasons we go through.

And being dead in a way that last man standing

in whatever season you're going through.

That's going to bring glory to God.

People are going to wonder everyone has died in this season.

How come you're the only tree that is standing. Then

that's how you can introduce them to our God. You

want to know my secret why I'm still alive and

not just alive, but I am driving. When there's a draft,

there's a famine, I am still driving. My leaves are green.

I have plenty of fruits. My secret is because my

roots are upon the world of God. He is my

living water. My roots are deep underneath the ground, even

though the surface looks dry and barren. That's how we're

going to introduce people to our God who keeps us

not just surviving, but driving to the famines of life.

Amen.

Amen, Okay, right, So I just wanted to expound on

this point a little bit more, going why it is

important to go deep into the world. Okay, Now let's

move on to the next slide. So the overall picture,

this is actually like the most important slide. And I

know in our book the is a little bit small,

but for me I actually highlighted because it's important enough.

Right if you forget everything that we say to you,

just remember these tree lines.

What is the vision of ex church?

That is to have dominion over the earth, not in

a bad sense, but in a good sense, to be

His influences.

Okay, and how do we do that? The mission? How

we get there is.

True discipleship, making this disciples and the specific direction is

to be a Daniel in our marketplace, raise and send

out dar nils.

Okay, all right, are we going to move on yep. Okay, cool.

Now let's go on to the next point. Okay, God

doesn't want us just to be EX Church as a branding.

Oh it looks so good, it sounds so good, it

feels so good to be an ex church. But God

wants X to be more than a brand. He wants

us to be a lifestyle. Everybody say, live style lifestyle

you know why. Let's go on to the next slide. Honestly, right,

like I said, not everybody in your circle of influence

will get to step into EX Church. Some of the

people you know may never get to step into X church.

And even if they get to step into X church,

they may not fully understand what we're doing. What is

this worship? How come got bells on the on the

feet when you know?

What is this?

Well? Why this person talks so longer in front of

are you there? Another person talks so longer? What is

this praying? A whit white touch touch one?

Why? Why why white closed eyes one? You ah, they

want my money? Or why? Why you get what I mean?

For a person who is not used to church, they

may not get what we're doing, but you know what

they get. They get it when you are punctual for

your appointment or responsibility, they get it. They get it

when you give your best and you show an excellent

spirit in your studies, in your work, in your labor.

They get it when you are caring to its them,

when you take notice of what they're going through, when

you offer to help them or be patient. They also

get it when you offer to pray for them and

many other things. See you get where I'm going now,

they get our ex off.

All this ects of care, X.

Of service, ecxs of kindness, ex of friendship, et cetera.

And so people may not get Church, people may not

get Christ straight away as well, but people will get

these practical ecxs of dot dot dot. And that's how

we connect with pre believers through these practical acts of

And this was an image and vision that got downloaded

to pass the kind of a few years ago.

And we want to share this with you.

Okay, all right, So next light, So to connect to

to help someone know Christ, the first step is to

connect with him. And to connect is to be able

to make sense even before we make disciples. If we

are not making sense to the world around us, people

won't border about knowing our Jesus, what kind of person

is this? I don't even have common sense in living life.

I don't want to know his God. If his God

was so great, how come this person no common sense?

All right? We don't want that to be the statement

of our lives.

We want people to say, Hey, while this guy is amazing, la,

not only he's amazing, but he's different. He's different from

the rest of the people that I know. I want

to know what's his secret? Okay, So what kind of

sense am I going to make this week? Something for

you to think? Don't just think, ah, put it into action. Okay,

all right, but what kind of sense are we going

to make this week to the people around us who

do not know Jesus yet? It can be a very

simple thing, like I this week, God helped me to

be on time for all my appointments. Maybe there is

a big thing already for us to be on time

for the whole week, you know, not just one day,

two days, the whole week after that, continue on other weeks. Ah,

not easy, not easy to be on time with kl

trafficer and all of you understand, say amen, okay, next one, Okay,

now we're going to move on, right to another part,

which is to review some numbers.

How many of you here are numbers? People give me away?

You love numbers? Oh, Leona, my boy? Okay, tune hong,

Okay here halfway. My flag is half raised. Yeah, I'm

okay with numbers, but not I don't love it that much. Okay,

But numbers are important to God. There's even a book

called numbers in the Bible if you didn't know. Okay,

and God, numbers are important. The Trinity is a number, right,

three Okay, So let's read this together from haber Cook

two to two one two three. Then the Lord answered

me and said, write the vision and make it plain

on tablets that he may run.

Who reads it? Haber Cook two two.

See. Even God himself says that it's not enough to

know the vision, you know, to make it clear to everyone.

But we've got to put it into action. We've got

two run with it. And that's what we hope for

you to do. Even through this series. You'll be so clear,

so convicted, you can't help but to start running. You know,

like kidser, you feed them a lot sugar, right, they

get sugar higher, they cannot control themselves, but they start running. Okay,

so yeah, we're trying to feed your spiritual sugar here,

so you can't help, but your spiritual feed are going

to start running.

Running for Jesus in the right way. Amen, Amen. Okay.

Now next, like now, okay, I have two sets of

numbers to share with you today.

One is two digit. One is for digit.

Don't go and buy four D after DESA Okay. The

first set of numbers, which is two digit, is the

number ten. Everyone say ten, okay, so hy ten? Now

when pastors shared this unpacking series, right, he actually did

it in twenty twenty one January online during the MCO

and so at that point in time, it is still

the beginning of this decade twenty twenty one, So passes

it the focus for ex Church for the next ten years.

That mean saying from twenty twenty one all the way

to twenty thirty.

Is this.

Now if you see X Church now is twenty five

years old. The first twenty years of ex Church. God

called us to be a Joseph church. So when you

think of Joseph, you think of the famine and how

he built storehouses to feed those who needed food. The

storehouse is God's house. So when we are called to

be a Joseph church. God spent the first twenty years

building us up as his storehouse. But that's not enough

because God never meant for us to just get comfortable

in being his storehouse. That's where we crossed over into

the second twenty years to be a Daniel church. Why

do we store up so much so that we can

feed others who need the food of God Right now?

In twenty fifteen, God gave called us to be a

Hezekiah church. If you know the story of King Hezekiah,

he was one of the pretty good kings of the

Kingdom of Judah, and he felt very sick. He was

almost going to die, and then he pleaded with God,

and God at mercy, God sped his life and say, Hezekiah,

I will add fifteen more years to your life. But

in these fifteen years, you have to do what I say,

which is to set your house in order. So in

twenty fifteen, if we are called to be a Hazarkaiah church,

that means the next checkpoint is actually fifteen years later,

which is twenty thirty.

Okay, just hold that thought.

And then in twenty eighteen, God called us to be

a Nihi Maya church. Now, don't get confuser, Like I said,

all the same thing, the same direction that God wants

to get us, but we're looking at different angles. So

one angers be a Daniel church. Another angle is be

a Hezekiah church. Another anger is be a Nihi Maya church.

Same direction God is leading us, just different.

Angles of getting there. Okay.

So in twenty eighteen, God say be a nehi Maya church.

So Nehi Maya existed after King Hezekiah, after the children

of Israel was sent into exile, and they returned back

to Jerusalem, and they had to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,

rebuild their gates, rebuild their identity as a nation. And

so from twenty eighteen, and they took twelve years to

rebuild the wall. So if in twenty eighteen God calls

to be a nihi Maya church, our next checkpoint falls

in the same year, twenty thirty.

Okay, Now let's go on to the next line. Okay.

So ten At that point in time, Pastor also drew

from the story of Daniel.

Daniel and his friends.

Were carried away into exile to the King of Babylon's palace,

and he wanted to make them his mighty men and

feed them all kinds of meat, all kinds of maybe alcohol,

and different delicacies. But Daniel and his friends, being God's people,

said no, we will not partic the diet of the world.

We will keep to our diet, which is God's diet.

So they only took vegetables and water. And then they

said test us for ten days, and see after ten

days how we perform. If you think we did not perform, well,

then we will eat your diet. But if you think

we perform better than the men who eat your diet,

let us continue in our diet for the next three years.

How many of you hear are on water and vegetables,

Now give me a wave, anyone and anyone, okay, maybe

once in a while you're on water and vegetables, give

me a wave fasting period maybe. So ten days they

did that, and they came out buffer, stronger, better than

the king's men. And so ten days in the story

of Daniel equals ten years for ex Church. So from

twenty twenty one all the way to twenty thirty is

ten years.

Yeah.

So in these ten years, God wants us to set

our house in order. That's why we're also doing this

series because we're getting everyone on the same page. This

is part of setting our house in order.

Next night I thought we have sorry, let me see.

Okay now minds.

But in your book, if you can turn to page fifteen,

page fifteen, okay, there are more points there. So not

just to set our house in order, but to rebuild

our identity as a church. Yeah, and God wants to

strengthen and make us ready just like Daniel and his friends. Okay,

we're gonna move on to the next line. This is

the second set of numbers, which I told you is

for digits one thousand. We start with one thousand first, okay,

times one thousand. Now, how many of you were here

before twenty ten? Can I see a wave?

Sign me? Wow? Long time? Kenny, yes, Leonard for sure

before twenty ten. Maybe not yet. Eddie, so not yet,

Kelvin twenty ten? Which month? Okay?

Okay, So you're part of this. So those of us

who have been around twenty ten and before that, you

would have remembered that as a church, we wanted to

buy a big building and it was literally called Lord

number ten because the number is really number ten on

the Jarlant and it was a big factory bungalow lot

with land all around, and then got caught back next

to it some more double story. Yeah, some of us

remember cleaning it so much does and then cutting the

la lung. Yeah, preparing for the groundbreaking ceremony which was

on ten ten ten, Lord number ten on the tenth

of October twenty ten, ten ten ten ten, Wake you

out of it? Okay, so definitely very significant. Some of

us were part of that, that journey of church ex

church trying to buy our own building. Now we raised

up I think, yeah, a lot Manila, two over a

million for the earnest deposit, and we gave unto the Lord.

But God knew better. He didn't want us to just

have one big building and stay comfortable there. So God

allowed us to actually lose the building. It's a long

story for another day, but God actually allowed us to

lose the building.

Yeah.

So maybe some of you you feel that you strive

so hard in your life to get something that you

really want, only to come to a point that you

lose it. Don't be discouraged, don't be disheartened, because maybe

that is not God's best for you. What we think

is our best may not be God's best for us.

He has the best in store. So I don't know

who I'm speaking to here, but if you feel like

you've lost the very thing that you strive for in

your life, know that that is not the end with God.

Because maybe that wasn't God's best for you. God has

his best for you waiting, right, And so the building

Lot ten wasn't God's best for us. He knew maybe,

how I mean, what would happen to us if you

really got the building? So he allowed us to lose it,

and it was a very difficult period for us as

a church. If you remember Pastor Kennav he actually shared

he almost wanted to give up being pastor of ex

church and he wanted to maybe try and go into

the marketplace and earn back all the money that people

gave to pay back everyone.

That was how how I guess how bad you felt.

But all the way Pastor has been listening to God's voice,

even after the point of losing the building, and after that,

our pastor has always been listening to God's voice. So

it was not a mistake God allowed to happen. And so,

but what came out of it? Turn to your neighbor

and say you came out of it, and I'm serious.

Turn to another neighbors, say you came out of it.

I know it.

You're a bit skeptical. How did we come out of

a building that was lost? You want to know how?

It's because we lost Lot ten that today we have

x Unbunk. Today, we have X cyber Jaya. Today we

have close to fifty X plants locally and globally. If

we did not lose Lot ten, you and I will

not be here today on the twelve of eleven of No,

it's not eleven fourteen. Oh gosh, I'm looking at the

time fourteenth of December. If God did not allow us

to lose that one big building, we will all still

be stuck there and we will not have church plans

all over where.

So many more people get blessed? How many of you?

Honestly, if church was really in Lo ten, Glenn Marie,

near Subang area, you'll be there, be far right. Yeah,

So aren't you glad the exambunk is here nearer to

where you are at a and so many more people

get to rise up? Yeah? Okay, now next point, Okay,

So what was a disappointment was an appointment by God.

Next light. The building was lost, but we found our vision.

God said, don't build a cat treed cathedral for me,

but spread out. Okay, next light. Now, if Pastor Kenneth

could be used by God to build a church of

one thousand people, yes, today we are more than one

thousand people. What makes us think that God cannot use

you and I to build another one thousand more people?

Each person? Pastor himself acknowledged, I am not an extraordinary person.

I am ordinary, just like every one of you passes

it that any sharing.

I am an ordinary man. But we've got He makes

it extraordinary. And if He can use me past the

say one person to build one thousand people, he can

use you too, each to build one thousand people. Do

you believe that? Turn to your neighbors, say God can

use you. Turn to the other neighbors, say God can

use me. I know it sounds very dawnting, but today

I'm going to press me in a wild cloth in prayer.

We're going to pray that God will really help us

to believe believe that it's possible.

For God to use you and I.

Okay, now, so we dream that God will use every

person in ext church. Okay, next line, the one thousand

that we already have. We are part of that one thousand.

You and I here are part of the initial deposit.

We are the deposit of one thousand. Those of you

who are good with investments, how can we multiply us

the one thousand deposit two more returns? This is the

Julius big not there. Sorry, I'm not rare numbers and

investment person. I'm trying my invest but you get it now.

Okay.

So the one thousand that we already have cannot just

remain as they are the one thousand lives, right, but

they are to be made disciples leaders. And finally, Daniel

I shared this earlier on that will be sent out

to fill the earth with the knowledge of the glory

of the Lord. Here, I want to just pause us

for a while. Can we turn to Hosea sixty six.

This is something extra, but I thought I want to share.

With us Josea sixty six.

Okay, I give us a while to find Josea is

read after the book of Daniel. Okay, are we at

Josea sixty six?

Very cool? Okay, So I'm going to read it for us.

It says this is what God says a true the

prophet Josea, for I desire state fast love and not

sacrifice the knowledge of God rather than burn offerings. For

I desire stay fast love and not sacrifice the knowledge

of God rather than burn offerings. This was a particular

scripture that I read during my quiet time this week,

and it really spoke to me because some of us

wonder why why must fill the earth with the knowledge

of the glory of God. I know haveber cook Tool

says that I know. Pastor Kenno says that I know.

Extra says that, but why are why are whia? This

is God himself answering because I desire state fast love

and not sacrifice the knowledge of God rather than burn

off rings. This is what God really wants. And those

of us who are in any form of relationship, whether

it's family, friends, romantic, whatever you name it work. We

want people to really know us for who we are right,

not just assume who we are or have a wrong

perception of who we are.

You think about it.

In every genuine, healthy relationship, we will always want the

other party to really know us as well who we

really are, and accept us as who we really are

and love us as who we really are. And God

is the creator of relationships. He too desires to be known.

He too desires to be loved. What you're feeling with

another human, God also desires it, and that's why we

are made in His image. So now can you see

why God wants the earth to be filled with the

knowledge of the glory of God is because He desires

a genuine relationship with all of us.

Amen.

So I just wanted to add that to us. Okay, okay,

we're gonna move on now. So next line. So yeah, okay,

so we already have the first one thousand, which is

you and I turn to your neighbor and say you

and I. Yeah, God will do the reckulous with the

other one thousand that are yet to be in His

house and kingdom. But our part now is to focus

on what we have, the one thousand that we have,

which is you and I. Leave the next one thousand

to God right next, Like, okay, so here again, Pastor

reminded us the bottom line of discipleship is to follow

me as I follow Christ. You have follow the leader

that God has placed in your life as he or

she follows Christ. Next, it's like, now, this one thousand, okay,

times one thousand. Pastor actually cautioned us, don't get hung

up on the number one thousand times one thousand. I

know for us, Sir, I don't know about different ethnicities,

but for us Chinese, well, are we really calmed down

to the number the that simil the DoD one, you know,

if it's really fifty nine point nine nine cents or

this producta please give me back by one cent if

I give you sixty ring it. Yeah, so we mean

Asian Asian background archers. We come from a tough background, right,

every sven counts. But don't get hung up or the numbers.

It's not about the numbers. Tell yourself, it's not about

the numbers. Tell yourself. It's about the spirit. So this

one thousand times one thousand. Yeah, if we hit the numbers,

great bonus. But it's not about the numbers. It's about

the spirit. Pastor wants us to have. This spirit of

keep going. One thousand times one thousand can be summarized

in the spirit of keep going, just keep going, and

we will hit that one thousand by one thousand, okay,

And how do we keep going? Keep going in making disciples,

keep going in planting churches. We never stopped. Keep going

and producing leaders, keep going and producing daniels and sending

them out. Keep keep keep going, don't stop. Pastor Kennov

at his age over fifty, he planted x kotacker mooning.

Someone would think at his level he should just sit back,

relaxed and monitor all his startups. That's what a lot

of the worldly CEOs do. Right. We SEEO Wi come

down and be a executive officer all over again. No way,

but Pasta Kennov, that's what he did founding senior Pastor

came down to the ground, got his hands dirty, planted

x kotucker mooning a few years ago, and he's still

constantly planting churches around the world.

He keeps going.

And I think that's a great example that our pastor set,

even at his senior level, at his age. You see

now he's got a lot of white hair, so he

still keeps going. With his foot limping, he still keeps going.

And if our pastor can do that, let's also do it.

Let's keep going. Okay, all right, next slide. Okay, yeah,

So what at that point in time in twenty twenty one,

pastors the vision that God gave Pastor was to see

ten thousand disciples in ten years, and so it's almost

equating to one thousand new believers and disciples every year.

And we want it to be really new.

Souls, not just church transfers that they We were having

a conversation I think in TSBO with Elder ping Hole,

and he was just highlighting to us that the Church

of Malaysia right actually hasn't grown in percentage in the

last ten years. We are still about ten percent thereabouts

the general population of Malaysia. But then you look left

right center, it's so many new churches popping up, and

you wonder who's feeling the churches. Many times it's church transfers.

But we want new souls, friends, We don't just want

church transfers.

We want new souls. Everyone'say, new souls.

Okay. Now, so as we draw to a close, extreme

can come up ready. Sorry if I've taken a little

bit of time, but because this is teaching, I want

you to really get as much as you can. And

we're drawing to a close already. Okay, So after all

that we talked about Daniels, we talk about numbers. What

is our take home point? What is that practical action

step to take home? This is it focus on what

we already have. Okay, let's go to the next line.

Let's focus with our own lives first, because we are

part of the initial one thousand. And let's focus on

the people that God has given us because they are

also part of the initial one thousand. The people that

we know in church that are not disciples yet could

be your homie, could be your The people that yourself

in the same dream team could be your friend, same

church plan, lunch kaki, pick up a kaki, but you

get it. Let's focus with the one thousand that we

have first, which is you and I.

We talk about ourselves we disciple yet?

If not yet, then can we say yes to discipleship

this year? Us pray, pray that God will lead us

to the right person to disciple us. God is God

cares who disciples you, just like how he cares who

is your life partner. He cares which company you work in.

If God can care for all that are, don't tell

me he won't care for who disciples us. He will

trust him. It will be the right fit, the right fit,

maybe not the perfect fit, but the right fit. Because

what we need is not comfort. What we need is

the right thing in life. Many times we look for

that perfect fit because we want to feel comfortable with

that person. That person takes all our checklists. But maybe

that person is not the right fit for us, Like

a parent, right. A parent may not always feel comfortable

to a child, but it's the right person to raise

up a child. So if you're worried, God, Yes, I

want to be discipled, but I'm so worried.

Who will disciple me? Will it be the right person? Pray?

Trust God that he will lead both of you to

each other. Okay, if you can do it for your life, partner,

he can do it for your school, your work, what

more can you not do it for his church? Yeah? Amen,

so that's us. If we are already being discipled, then okay, God,

how can I grow in my disciple ship walk? And

how can I now disciple others? If that's what? Something

for those of us who are being discipled to think about.

So first is are we being discipled?

Not yet?

Let's say yes in faith? If we're already disciples, are

we discipling someone? If not yet, let's say yes in

faith as well, And then pray, and then God will

lead you to the right person to disciple as well. Okay,

so that's one taking stock of who we have right

So like what passes say, we are tiding this first

one thousand to him. We're saying, Lord, take me, I

want to become your disciple. Take the person next to me,

make them your disciple. To take us this one thousand

that we have.

Take us.

We tie ourselves to you so that you can multiply

us to reach the many more thousands that you want

us to reach. Okay, So this is the end of

today's So again the questions that I believe is in

our book as well. Let me double check, yes there is.

These are the three action steps. When you go back

in your quiet time, I encourage you to actually go

through these three questions. Who has got given to us

in our influence in church? And why do you think

He's given them to us? Not a mistake? God never

makes mistakes. And what is the best that we can do.

To bring out the best in that person? So even

for me, this is a good heart check.

You know, I personally disciple about ten ladies of different

seasons of life. Some are younger than me, some are

my peers, some are older than me. But discipleship is

not about physical age. It's not even about intellectual age.

It's about spiritual maturity. And so sometimes, you know, not

all my relationship with the ten ladies are all equal,

all nice.

Nice, nice, nice, nice nice.

Sometimes different seasons, some ladies can be a bit challenging

to disciple. Like children, Naha, not all the same. Yeah,

there will be days and seasons. And so even as

we're going through this series, I feel challenged in my

relationship with one of my ladies. I think she's also

going to her own season. And then it's a good

hard check for me, like why has God given me

this particular lady? God did not make any mistake, and

how can I bring out the best in her? So

I'm also trying to apply what I preach, and I

share this with you in all honesty so that you

too will be encouraged to apply God's word in our lives.

So go back, pray with God. Who has God given

each of you? And what can you do to bring

out the best in them? So now I'm asking out God. Yes,

it's a been challenging to disciple this particular lady at

this point in time because she's going through stuff. But Lord,

show me, show me, help me how to bring out

the best in her. Because you gave her to me.

You made no mistake. You made no mistake.

So Lord, help me to be a good steward, to

steward this life. Well helped me. I can't do it

on my own.

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