Jesus, Only You | Elder Terence

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Today's message is entitled Jesus Only You, Joy, Joy, Jesus

only You. Yeah, it kind of sounds like Christmasy, right,

So I asked all of what is this all about?

You know, we have many incidents and issues in life

that tend to try to make us sad. Cragno, And

have you had instances where when you have one of

those sad days? You know what is a sad day?

You go and you turn on the music and then

the music is slow and people are crying, you know

that kind of music, sad like your dog died like

something like that. You know, and your whole day is

spend morning and groaning you. And you know what happens

when you have one of those days? Have in fact,

am I speaking to people who've had days like that?

Have you found that on those days? Somehow your body hurts,

your joants hurt, Everything seems wrong, nothing seems right. That's

what happens when you don't have joy. It SAPs the

strength from you, and God wants us not to have

our strength removed. I tell you what happened a couple

of weeks back. You see, when I share the word

of God, I put my heart and soul and you know,

I get up in the morning and I pray, and

the enemy doesn't like that, and so what does he do.

He tries to attack me. And basically how he tries

to attack me is he tries to remove my joy.

That's the easiest way for him to get to me

is to remove my joy. Us praying for this person,

that's my Elder Mabel, myself praying for this person that's

very close to us. We were praying and we understand

that this person was going through some medical tests. Right,

so when I prayed, the word came to me cancer,

and when Elder Mabel prayed, the word came to her operation.

You know, it's amazing that we didn't fall to pieces.

It's amazing that we did not become sad and despondent. Hey,

when you get news that's not good, don't despair. So

at the moment that that news came, I was in

my room in the office, and at that very moment

I received a call and this person said the results

have come back and it's a fifteen to thirty percent

chance or likelihood of cancer. And the doctor has advised

immediate surgery. Oh, and then she said send for a

second opinion to a surgeon in the US. And the

surgeon in the US wrote back and said, immediate surge.

Do not delay. At that moment, Pastor past the room.

Pastor never passes my office. I got to tell you,

he never passes the office. The first time he passed

the office at that specific time, when I put down

the call, my spirit said, tell Pastor. You know, for me,

when something happens, the first person I run to is God,

and only after I go to God, then I'll go

to somebody else. But this time the spirit of the

Lord said, tell Pastor. And the funny thing is Pastor

was right outside my room talking to somebody else. He

could have walked off, but no, as long as the

phone call was there, he was there talking. And after

he finished his conversation, say Pastor, can I have a

word with you? Sure, he came into my office, been

into my office before with me there, so I told him,

and he said, don't worry, I'll pray together with you.

And you know, somehow, when I went back home, Elder

Mabel also was not troubled I was not troubled, And

then we discussed why we were not troubled. She said,

because the Lord already told me this was going to

be an operation. Then she asked me, why weren't you

troubled because the Lord already told me it was going

to be cancer. Wow, the Lord prepares us. You know

why we cannot afford to be sad and despondent and

to lose our joy, because the Bible says the joy

of the Lord is our strength, and if we remain strong,

the enemy cannot win. You have to rely Jesus only you.

So then I begin to ask the Lord this morning,

as I took my ten kilometer walk for all of you,

praying and asking the Lord Lord, what do I share

with him? The Lord asked me to share something that's

not in my notes, but I'm going to tell you

it says, Eh, I'm going to be just sharing this

little bit from the Book of Luke, and it's about

John the Baptist. And John the Baptist was now in prison. Right,

he was in prison, and he was about to lose

his head. Not get angry, He was not about to

get angry, but he was literally about to lose his head. Okay,

he's about to be executed, and in a moment which

every time I've read before I thought was a moment

of weakness, that he would say to his disciples. I

read the scripture. Okay, it's from let's read it together,

reading from Luke, chapter seven, verse eighteen. Then the disciples

of John reported to him concerning all these things. And John,

calling two of his disciples to him, send them to

Jesus saying, are you the coming one? Or do we

look for another? When the men had come to him,

they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying,

are you the one? Or do we look for another?

At that moment, I'm imagining, okay, Jesus could have done

this in Jesus name. Come up, the demon came out

in Jesus' name, received in my name, receive your sight.

I heal you in Jesus' name. I command you, take

up your bed and walk, And the lame walked. Then

he looks to John's disciples and he says this. He says,

at that very hour, he cured many infirmities, afflictions, and

evil spirits to many blind. He gave sight. And Jesus

answered and said to him to them, Go and tell John,

or should I do? In the Jesus voice, go and

tell John the things you have seen and heard, that

the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,

and the deaf here all the dead are raised, the

poor have the Gospel preached to them. And blessed is

he who is not offended because of me. See, when

you read the Bible, Jesus is not some weak voice.

You know, he instills confidence and strength. The Lord revealed

this to me. John was not doubting Jesus. Have you

ever asked yourself this question? What is the meaning of life?

Have you ever asked this question? Have you asked this question?

Have I fulfilled my calling? Has my life been worth it?

Have I done the right thing? Did I do what

I was supposed to do? Then? The other thing the

Lord could in my heart is isn't it strange that

these were cousins? All right? Jesus was John's cousin. John

was in prison. Do you know Jesus didn't go and

visit him, so Bader his cousin. Jesus didn't go and

visit John. Can I tell you this, thank God, that

we have strong characters in the Bible. The Bible does

not have whimps. Jesus was not a whimp, and neither

was John. John was also not a wimp. They knew

what work they had to do, and they went about

doing that work. They did not fall to pieces because

something bad happened. Did Jesus stop doing his work because

John was in prison? No? Was John upset that Jesus

did not go and visit him in prison. If he

was upset, he would have told his disciples to tell Jesus,

what's the matter with you? I'm your cousin man, I'm

here rotting in this.

Where are you?

I haven't seen you yet? Don't you love me? Did

John say that? No? John was only concerned with one thing.

Have I wasted my life? Or did I do what

I came here to do? And Jesus affirmed that Jesus

was telling John through what did his disciples saw That

people were being helped, that lame people were walking, that

blind was seeing that the dead were being raised to life.

So many great things were happening. So Jesus was telling him,

you didn't miss out on what you were supposed to do.

You did exactly what you came here for you pointed

them to me. They have come to me, And blessed

is he who is not offended because of me? Isn't

that a great validation for John's life? So now John

could go and meet God when his head was removed,

knowing that he did exactly what he was supposed to do.

What has that got to do with joy? See? Joy?

There's a difference between joy and happiness. Did you know

that there used to be a song that we used

to sing twenty years ago? Happiness is to know the Savior,

living a life within his favor, taking a trip from

my behavior. Happiness is the Lord. Real joy is mine,

no matter if teardrops fall, I found the secret. It's

Jesus in my heart. Hallelujah. Have you all heard that

song before? No? Eh, more than three years ago. Happiness.

There's a difference between happiness and joy, and sometimes we

confuse it. You see, happiness is dependent upon some external influence.

I get a new car, I'm happy. When the car

becomes old, I'm not happy anymore. Okay, I have a

new baby. You are so happy with the baby, and

then the baby starts crying in the night, cannot sleep.

Then you start to rethink that position right not parents

is the truth. It's the truth. Happiness is dependent upon

some external influence. I got money, I'm happy. I got

no money. I'm sad. But joy depends on the state

of your heart. You can be unhappy but joyful at

the same time. How many of you are happy when

your body is hurting. Oh, I'm so happy my hand.

I broke my hand. I'm so happy the bone is

sticking out. Wah, you's so Joyfuler No, you are not

happy that your hand is broken, but in your heart

you can be joyful. You're alive. Crack on not two

days I was walking. I was thanking the Lord, Lord,

thank you for saving my life when the bike hit me.

You'll have all heard that testimony. I've said it so

many times before. Then the Lord cut through and he said,

that was not the first time I saved your life.

So I said, when when you were born? I was

a premature baby. By the way, I was born three

week two three weeks premature. So I was born in

November twenty seventh. I actually should have been born in December,

so another two weeks if I would have come here.

Make sure you wish me happy birthday. Okay, that's my

It's supposed to be my real birthday anyway. Anyway, what

happened was the cord around my neck, the umbilical cord

was around my neck, and my mother started bleeding in

the house. It wasn't just a little bit of blood.

It was a lot of blood. Was There was so

much blood that my father when crazy. My father didn't

know what to do. He was already in a state

of panic. My aunt says, he was just dying. Any

number on the phone those days are it's dial Okay,

he's just dying. He doesn't know what he's dying. He's

just gone off already because there was so much blood.

Thank God for my aunt, she called her boyfriend. Boyfriend

brought her car, brought his car, and it took me

to took my mom to Bangsa hospital. This was nineteen

sixty one, sixty four years ago. And the doctor immediately

wheeled my mother in. And I was born by Caesar,

not Caesar Augustas or anybody else. I was a cesarean okay,

the doctor told my mom. Five minutes later, both of

you would have died. The Lord preserved me. The Lord

preserved me. When I was seven or eight years old.

Why so that I could share Jesus, so that I

could speak to someone about this Lord, this God. Nothing

makes me more happy than to see people come to

the Lord. I was in Eli last week or two

weeks ago, something like that, and I shared this word

of God that I shared with you, Jesus, It's okay,

It's going to be okay. And there were people in

the group. So when I gave the altar call, I

saw one girl put up the hand, but the guy

by the side of the girl caught my eye and

somehow I just couldn't let it go. After the service

was over, when everybody left the hall, I spoke to

the two of them, and that guy also gave his

life to the Lord. Guys, you and I got to

understand that joy is infectious. It supersedes happiness because happiness

depends on what's going on around you. But joy is inside.

You can have so much a hurt and pain but

still be joyful. You know, my sister, she used to

be in this church. Before she passed away. She said, Terrence,

I don't know what else to do. I said, you've

done everything you need to. What is that you have

not denied Jesus. That's a joy that's in your heart.

That's a joy that's in your heart. So how many

of us remember this joy? How many of us remember

that when Jesus saved us something happened. In scripture it says, inefficients,

do it for by grace you have been saved through faith,

and that not of yourselves. It is a gift of God.

It wasn't any lousy gift. Okay, it was a gift

of God, his only son, given to us to save

our souls. And we are so unhappy because we don't

have money in our pocket. Look at us? Are any

of us starving? Look at me? Do I look like

I'm starving? We all got rounded cheeks because God somehow

supplies all our needs according to his riches in glory, Guys, joy,

the joy of the Lord is the most important you

mask God, because if you let that go, you let

your strength go. Do not trade your joy for happiness

that is temporal. And having said that, there's nothing wrong

in being happy. Okay, what have people got against happiness?

Happy birthday or I cannot even say happy birthday, must

say blessed Birthday's okay, Merry Christmas or cannot say. You

gotta say blessed Christmas. Hey, do you know the word

mary is in the Bible. It says a merry heart

doeth good like a medicine. Why that is a joy?

Merriedness is a joy. It is not happiness. Guys. We

have to stop concentrating on things that are not important.

And you know what, we as Christians tend to be

so concerned or because the world says this, so we

we pull away. Guys. Nothing wrong in saying happy birthday,

nothing wrong in saying happy anniversary, nothing wrong in saying

Merry Christmas. There's nothing wrong in happiness. Okay, if you're happy,

praise the Lord. Just thank God that there's something more

for you, toy. That's life long. You know, when you

have the joy of the Lord, you look forward to

the happy moments. Also, there's going to be lots of

it in your life. When you succeed in your studies,

when you get your first car, when you buy your house.

How many of you are so happy when you get

your first house? Only one person? There are two persons, okay,

the rest of you're not happy? Love okay, three guys.

One five years after that, you're saying your Lord, everything

is breaking down. Learn to fix it. Learn to fix it.

The Lord has given you something. Hey, you know, when

the Lord gave you your salvation, you're meant to look

after that salvation. The Bible says you have to you

have to guard your salvation. There is some work involved

in maintaining that joy. How do you maintain that joy?

Very easy? I'll give you a simple one. Don't give

it up. Don't give your joy up. You know, when

was the last time, When was the last time you

were happy? When was the last time you were joyful?

Can you remember? Can you remember when was the last

time you let joy show on your face? You know

you have people in the office. I've had some bosses,

good morning, what's so good about the morning? They can

actually ask me that what's so good about the morning?

I say, well, you didn't die in an accident. I

could tell my bosses that if you dare tell me

what's so good about the morning, then I should be

able to say, you didn't die in an accident? Why not?

This is education. Sometimes you got to educate. There are

so many things that you can do. You know that

joy is like a peace that when somebody looks at

you they just know you're all together. They just know

you're all right. And then they look at themselves and

they come up to you and ask you, what's what's

it about you? What makes you different? And they say,

what are you talking about? No, I don't know. There

is something about you that draws me. Have you ever

experienced anything like that? You know what that is? That

is the spirit of the Lord in your spirit. That

is the spirit of the Lord that is shining thought

from you. You guys are batteries. Did you know it?

I've said it before. If you like superhero movies. In

brightest day, in darkest might, no evil shall escape my sight.

Let those who worship evils might beware my power green

Lantern's light. Guys, you are superheroes, but you don't know

it because you belong to the hero superheroes. Who's that?

Jesus he put you on this earth what to remain

the way you are? No, he put you on this

earth to make a difference. He puts you on this

earth to let his light shine through, so that when

somebody looks at you, you are a battery that someone

can or help from. But if you carry yourself with

your chindren dragging the ground. Who wants to follow you?

Because everybody else is already like that. Everybody else is

already dragging their chin on the ground. There are some

people who appear to be happy, very happy, ha ha ha,

but no joy in their heart. How you know, next

day they jump off a cliff. Do you know? There

are many people like that? What makes you different? Are

you gonna use Jesus that's in your heart or you're

just gonna keep him to yourself. You know, there's a

wonderful thing being the age of sixty four. You know

what that is? You don't care anymore. You don't care

whether people like you. You don't care whether people don't

like you. When the time comes, you just say what

you need to say. The other day, one man came

up to me and he said, so. I looked at him,

and I said, wow, you look a lot better. When

I saw you a few months ago. You were very ill.

He says, yes, I was just recovering from a heart attack.

And during that time, when I was recovering from a

heart attack, there was so much pain in my body.

I just wanted to commit suicide. I said, you cannot

do that. You've got two children. You can't do that.

I said, you know what I want you. I need

you to come to church so I can share Jesus

with you. Because Jesus loves you. Not only is he

is he loving you, but he'll take care of you. Now.

If this was me a few years ago, I would

say yes sir and forgot about it. But when you

get older, you don't care anymore. You don't care what

people you don't like, So what law everybody else don't

like me? It's okay, I live. But what's more important

is I share Jesus with you. You have an opportunity

to live. You know why Christians don't share Jesus because

they are afraid of rejection. You know why some people

are good in sales and some people are not good

in sales. The ones who are good in sales are

not afraid of rejection. The ones who are not good

in sales get rejected. Chin on the ground, cannot sleep

for a week, cannot You have to pick yourself, You

have to go on. Okay, our condition, When was the

last time you could raise our hands? Just because when

is the last time you just raise your hands and

said praise the Lord? Why in publica your hands are always done,

not when I walk, when I told you this before.

When I walk, sometimes people think I'm a madman because

I got my music, my gospel music, and my hands

are you know, I'm praising the Lord and sometimes and

I'm walking. It's like with rhythm, you know, because the

song is Your body just will react according to what joy?

Ma joy? It's that joy that God, one of my

neighbors saved. Will you let that joy flow out? It's

the joy of the Lord. Who is what is this joy? Jesus?

Only you, only Jesus can make that difference. You know.

In scripture Hebrews twelve to one, it says, therefore we also,

since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,

let us lay aside every weight and sin which so

easily and snares us, and let us run with endurance

the race that is set before us. Do you know

that in the first scripture I shared with you the

pressure is taken of you because who is the one

who says Jesus it was free? So this joy, this

joy that's been given to you, is what free. You

don't like freer? How many of you don't like free? Well,

praise the Lord. If you put up your hand, I

will have to say something is wrong with you. Everybody

loves free, right or not. But you know there's one

thing that threatens to rob that joy. You know what

it is? Sin? Now? Sin is a weight. Sin is

a wait. It stays on you, It lingers on you,

and its job is to try to pull you down.

How many of you know that in a long distance event,

anything that you use can become a wait? Do you

ever wonder why long distance runners they wear thin clothes?

The cloth is so thin. The pin also that's holding

the number very thin? Why because after forty kilometers? Trust me,

your hair also makes it seem like you're heavy. That's

why I don't have hair. So when I walklers is

a very light. Sin is a weight, and you know

what scripture says about sin later side, Hey, you worry

about whether or not you do it one hundred times?

A thousand times? Do you know that God is not

worried about it? You know what concerns God? Do you

ask him to forgive you one hundred times? Do you

mean it a hundred times? Will you trust him one

hundred times? Is his word stronger than your sin? A

hundred times, Guys, you and I were most likely sin

for the rest of our life. Why because we don't

have a perfected mind. Yet Sometimes we think we are

being righteous, and the Lord slaps you in the head

and say, you have no idea what righteousness is. Come

to me and I will teach you. I think I'm

very righteous. Sometimes then he says, let me show you

that your righteousness like filthy wrack. Come to me. I will,

I will handle it. Guys, that's the thing about the Lord.

You know. You know why he forgives you every time

you ask him, because his word is true. If you

will ask me for forgiveness, I will remove your sin

as far as the east is from the west. If

you do not believe that the Lord will forgive you

of your sin, you are not believing his word. If

you're not believing his word, how can he be pleased

with you? You see, it's not He loved you when

you were rotten already, so now that you have come

into his knowledge, he's going to stop loving you. He

loved you first just the way you are. But the

very fact that now you say, God, please forgive me

of my sinning Jesus name, isn't that a realization that

you need to change. Isn't that a realization that there's

something better in Jesus? Isn't that a realization that you

want to make a change in your life? Yes, so

you know what a million times God will forgive you.

You know when he will stop forgiving you, when you

stop asking him. That's why Scripture says, lay aside every weight.

It's not difficult. It's not difficult to lay aside every weight.

If it were it's difficult, Scripture wouldn't have made it

so easy. You can actually lay it aside when you

go hiking. I went. I went once to this I

don't know where. I just ulu something or the other.

It was a do you remember were you there? It's

a stream and then it goes up like about two

kilometers and then there is a waterfall up there, big

big place. Oh my goodness, I almost died climbing up

that place to kill me. By the time I reached

the top, I had no more energy and I was stinking.

Oh no, I think they're going to have to carry

me down in a stretcher. I was so tired. And

then I did something very silly. I drank the water

from the stream do you know you never drink water

from the stream because you can get laptose pyrosis. But

it was the sweetest, coolest tasting water I have ever tasted.

I mean really tasted good. The water really tasted I

drank a lot. I was so tired. Gave me the

strength to come down. I want you to know that

if I was carrying a bag, you know, like how

these guys they go, they carry their bag, I don't

think I would have even made it ten percent up

the hill because it was that tiring their roots and

then you have to cross, and then your shoes get wet,

and it's really horrible. But don't discourage you from going up. Okay,

so let us lay aside every way. Do you know

that the scripture says that you put on the garment

for the spirit of heaviness. Your scripture says that it

simply means that maintaining the joy of the Lord is

as simple putting on a shirt or a quote. It

is intentional. Will you believe it or not? That's all.

Though you believe it, it's the same as you just

putting on a quote. Put on a garment of praise

for the spirit of heaviness. You know, I'm writing a song.

It's going to be my first worship song I've ever written.

It's already seventy to eighty percent complete. The music is

already done, very nice music. The music's all done, recorded everything.

It's just now the lyrics. A few changes are going

to make and then it'll be ready. You know, one

of the most wonderful things is to worship the Lord.

One of the most wonderful things is to sing praise

to him. And it's so natural that you want to

do it because your life changes, your life changes. You

want to see the bad stuff in your life disappear.

Get down to praising the Lord. You want to see

your bad situation change. Just worship Jesus. Put on that

garment of praise. You will find it so difficult to

remain without joy when you praise, because the moment you praise,

what happens the Lord comes into your situation. You know

what happens when the Lord comes into your situation. He

brings his joy with him. Isn't it wonderful? We don't

have to say of ourselves. We have Jesus Who's done it.

You know. The one scripture in Acts twenty one twelve thirteen.

It says, now where I've heard these things, Both we

and those from the place pleaded with him not to

go up to Jerusalem, and Paul answers, what do you

mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I ready

not only to be bound but also to die Jerusalem

for the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Guys, Paul

here was in a situation where the people were telling him,

don't go, don't go, don't go. You're gonna die. You're

gonna die, You're gonna die. You know what he said,

don't break my heart, don't go break in my heart.

That's an Elton John somya. So the thing is this,

we are not supposed to dwell on things that discourages us.

Lord wants to remind someone here today. I don't know

who this person is. I don't know what your situation is.

But changing it is simple. It's removing it. It's letting

it down, it's letting it go. Stress. This is stress

that tries to get to us. You know, Scripture, I'm

just going to run through this very quickly. In two

thirty four, we handle stress by being ready. What does

it mean to being ready? Be ready? Just know what

you have to do so when time comes, just do it.

Just do it. That's being ready. In two Korendians twelve nine,

it says by our weakness before the Lord. So in

other words, bring your weaknesses before the Lord. Let him know. Lord,

you know I can't do this. You think the Lord

is going to show you away because you can't achieve

what he wants you to do. He say, come here

and sit down. Let me talk to you, let me

encourage you, let me tell you why you can still

do it. You know how many times I've gone to

the Lord and say, Lord, I can't do it. Do

you think that it's easy for me to come up

here and share the Word of God with you? Trust me?

Why do you think I spend one hour just on

the service praying because I need the Lord to annoying

the word. If you don't get anything from it, I've

wasted your time. Do you know what kind of a

responsibility that is? You waste somebody's time to come to

hear from the Lord and you just share nonsense. So

I go to the Lord to make sure that what

I share will have an impact in your life. Live

for Christ. Philippians want to anyone live for Christ? What

is living for Christ? Seek opportunity to share Jesus love.

What is Jesus' mean commandment to us? We all know it.

Go into the world, preach the gospel, make disciples. It's

what makes the Lord happy. So make the Lord happy.

You know, if you have an old person that doesn't

know the Lord and you want that person to be safe,

call me. I come. You know why I think I

got this face that connects with old people. Maybe because,

like my relatives say, I was born old. You know

when I came out of the womb. You know how

I came out. I came out through the stomach. But

they said this guy came out talking and he was

like old. So I guess there must be a reason

for that. You know why you need to get people safe.

You need to snatch them from the jaws of death.

You need them to know the one who saved you

and me. And it also says they that renew Okay,

this one, I gotta let you know. I believe. I

believe this is a personal belief that there is no

such thing as burnout in the Christian faith. No such

thing as burnout. Why I believe burnout is a cop

out And the reason why I don't believe there's burnout

in the Christian faith is because Jesus gave us an answer.

And what does Jesus say? Jesus said, he said, I

think it's in Isaiah. They that weighed upon the Lord

shall what renew there Streand so, guys, you've run out

of strength, You're weak, you can't do it anymore. What

a you going to do? Wait on the Lord? What

is weigit on the Lord? Pray and listen. They that

weigh upon the Lord? What the description say will renew

their strength? They shall mount up as wings like eagles.

They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk

and not faint. Guys, what is fainting? Fainting is burn out.

As I go towards the last lap of my life,

I want to bring people to the Lord. Why at

least I go in before the Lord. Say, Lord, you

know I'm a rotten syner, right, but at least one

thing I think I got right. I shed you and

see these people. God say, not because of me, because

of you, But I was given this privilege because you

think you and I can go and talk to the

Lord like that. When we see the Lord, we just

fall on our face and say, God, forgive us, cause

none of us will be able to say anything before

the Lord to try and make us look good. But

you know what, God is gracious. He will lift you up.

And he says, oh, my faithful servant. You know I

love the way you shed Jesus. I love the way

you talked about me. He will encourage you. But you

think you're gonna go there like some big shot. I

got news for you. Ain't gonna happen. Scripture says I

can do all things to Christ to strengthens me. Guys,

life is just positive, not because negative. Don't think negative

things don't happen to you. It's because you are able

to face every encounter life can and will change for you.

I mean, I can share with you all the things

that the Lord gives me ideas about you, believe it

or not. He no, I can't share this yet maybe

I can, all right. He even gave me an idea

about costume for the play. He says, so it yourself.

So am I going to do so? I don't know,

But you see, God is there how not to be joyful?

What's your work problem? Do you think your work problem

is something God cannot solve you have a job because

God created that item. Okay, your boss things He created

the item. No, no, no, no, God created the item

so you could have a job. Yeah, that's the way

it works, the way it's of the pressures of It's

liberating to have the Holy Spirit come up with the ideas,

isn't it. We stress out in this world today because

this world is always looking for people who've got ideas.

Oh and over and over again. You know, I used

to say this that in Malaysia. In Malaysia, this tends

to be true. In Malaysia, if you're a guy and

you reach the age of thirty five or forty years old,

you know that employers rarely want to employ you. You know,

it's very difficult for a guy in his forties to

find a job. Not so in other countries, but in

Malaysia tends to be true. Why is that because they

think maybe you don't have sharp ideas, maybe they think

you're too slow. Really, but God can give you ideas.

God can give you a way to do things. God

can make you different, He can make you stand out.

Because you think God runs out of ideas, man can

run out of ideas. Do you think God runs out

of ideas, He is the same God living in you.

So it's liberating to have the Holy Spirit help you

with ideas. So every idea in life and for life,

every idea for family and home, every idea from work,

who does it come from Jesus. One very important caution.

It's very easy for all these things that I've shared

to be missed. It's very easy to stop these blessings,

very easy. You know what stops it? Not giving Jesus

the glory. Not giving Jesus the glory. I am so

scared not to bless the Lord with things that he

has given me. I'm so scared not to give him

the glory. You know why. Then the answers will stop coming.

Then the blessings will stop coming, because I've taken the

glory for myself. But when I go to a job

and I do it, and I say, what, this is

such a great idea, I say, God helped me. I

give him the glory. He has given me the idea.

Who am I actually giving the glory to God? Every time?

So when I am blessing the name of the Lord,

will the idea stop coming? No? They will continue and

continue and continue, just like that boy that the Lord

did not let me go, and say, go and share

with him what you shared with me. Just now, that's

the encouragement for you. Because you don't let go, that

person will be safe. You see, that's how you do it.

That's how you do it. So do not sorrow me

him I at eight ten, and it says, do not

sorrow for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Isn't it liberating to have his strength Jesus strength, The

weights off, the pressure is off. Now we are strong.

Now we are strong. And I'm going to keep it going. Man.

You know how I'm going to keep it going. I'm

going to walk. I'll sing, man, I'll sing. You don't

like my singing, that's your problem. God likes my singing. Okay,

I will dance. Why you can dance, yes, but I

don't dance before you. Okay. I dance in the room

before the Lord. Okay, I dance, yeah, But over here

I will dance lot. You know. The reason I dance

is because the Lord has given me movement. Those of

you that when you worship the Lord you stand straight

and still, I'll encourage you to move, all right, because

it's an attitude of the heart. If you can move

for the Lord and dance, you probably move for him,

you know, in the things that he gives you. I

will raise my hands like that madman in the neighborhood.

He's okay, it's okay. If people think I'm crazy, I

can leave. They ask me how it's okay. I can live.

You're the chhire. You lift up your head and I say,

I believe in a great God. What that's why you

raise it?

Yes?

Open doors man, Your craziness will open doors for people

to talk to you. Love. I live like there's a God.

I live like there's a God. Do you live like

there's a God in your life? Don't be afraid. Don't

be afraid, guys, don't be afraid. You're getting quiet on me.

Don't be afraid to praise the Lord in public. Praise

the Lord. Thank you Jesus, because somebody needs to hear it.

In Look four eighteen, the spirit of the Lord is

upon me because he has anointed me to preach the

gospel to the poor. You and I we have an anointing.

Do you believe it? How do I know it? Because

Matthew twenty eight was not given to some it was

given to all. You have an anointing to preach the

gospel to whom the poor. He is said to heal

the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and

recovery r side to the blind, to set a liberty

those who are oppressed. Now the Lord is spirit, and

where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

You have been given a liberty to live the life

that Jesus has decided for you. Don't let anybody put

you in a box and say don't live it that way.

You are free, so don't let anybody try and remove

that liberty from you. The enemy tries to remove that

liberty by maybe making you sick. Remember I started off

by saying that sickness should not be a reason to

steal your joy, Because when sickness cannot steal your joy,

who has to live sickness. You have been given the

liberty to share the word of God. Don't be afraid

to tell your friend uncle Jesus loves you and he

wants to save you. He does, and if you will

open your heart to him, he will come in and

he will save you. Tell people that the choice is

up to them whether to believe or not, but you

have spoken the word. You have that liberty. So my

last word to you in this last minute is live it,

Live it Live. The joy of the Lord is your strength.

Live joy, Jesus only you. When you run into an issue,

just remember Jesus only you can help.

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