Between The Red Sea and Pharaoh's Army | Pr Kenneth Chin

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I want to speak about this whole situation between the

Red Sea and Pharaoh's army. And let me start by

the first slight by saying to you God's promises for us,

Yes and amen if you believe it's amen, and really, really,

God loves us, and he really has got good promises

for all of our lives. And his promises no one

can change, no one can turn around, no one can disqualify.

It is his promises to you. You didn't earn it.

I didn't earn it, and we will never be able

to earn it. But the Lord loves us and he

gives us promises, promises of abundant life, eternal life, joy, health.

By his stripes, we are healed, We are made whole, wholeness. Amen,

without fear, because He hasn't given us a spirit of fear,

but of love. You know, power, sound mind? Yeah, So

a lot of wonderful promises in God's word. Let's move

to the next light. But before the promise is usually

the problem, before the promise can come to pass. How

many of you out mature enough here to know long

enough a Christian to know that it's true that God's

promises doesn't come without problems, and a lot allows it

because then we will focus on him. Problems are not

there to destroy us. Problems are allowed by God to

keep our eyes on Him before the promise is usually

the problem. I'm sure you can agree with that. First

Corinthians eleven twenty three has this very simple verse that says,

on the same night in which he was betrayed to bread,

he couldn't be more conflicting this sentence that he was

about to, you know, experience this wonderful fulfillment of the

promise right that he would be savior of the world,

that he was chosen as the Messiah, and he was

about to take bread, but on the same night in

which he was betrayed took bread. So betrayal and bread

hand in hand. Yeah, so promise, but it doesn't come

without problems. But what's the problem? Says the next light.

What's the problem? We need to identify the problem? What

is it? Let me ask another question? Is the problem

with God? Oh Lord? I want a son, I want

a child, but you know, until now twenty nine years

of marriage, but I don't have children. I love children,

you know, as you can see how I spend so

much time with benjis kid, you know, teaching him. How

I just love children to bids, my wife loves children.

But God has not seen it fit to give us.

And you know, we only discover the possibility is that

God has got so much for us to do that

he knew that. Yeah, that wasn't part of his plan

for us. And I guess if Jesus didn't have children

and Jesus wasn't married, it was because the mission and

purpose should come first. And if the Lord wants it

to happen, it will happen. But it's not for me.

But it's a problem with God. God, Why you know,

why are you shure like that? God? I thought you

were kind, I thought you were loving, I thought you

were good. I thought you were my father. You know?

Why why did you heal my mom? Why didn't you,

you know, deliver my dad from cancer? God? Why you know?

That'sum is the problem with God. And those of you

again in this room who are mature enough, will say no,

the problem is never with God. In fact, in Matthew

nineteen twenty six. Nineteen twenty six is a good year.

But Jesus looked at them and said to them, With men,

this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

So just by reading the scripture, you understand that if

there's any impossibility is because of men. But with God

all things are possible. So the problem cannot be with God,

because with God everything is possible. But if there's any possibility,

it's usually on the side of men. All right, So

let's now look at Exodus fourteen eight to fourteen. All right,

the problem is not with God. The problem is with

our own hearts, our own minds. God wants to, by

his grace and mercy, to deal with us so that

we can continue to remove the very obstacles in our

lives that causes us to experience the impossible, when God

wants us to experience the possible. All right, some of

you may know of my testimony. For the last thirty years,

I've lived without a salary and yet travel the world.

I have a house now. I renovated I head value

the other day my house was valued because I wanted

to know after all the renovations I've done. The house

is quite quite old. Are the house is about how

many years now? About twenty five, twenty six years old.

But I bought it after ten years of staying there

by the grace of God. God gave me money to

buy the house. You can't imagine right how a person

who has no salary can buy a house where God

bought the house for him and gave me a favor

with the bank who gave me a loan without needing

any needing any collateral. And then from nothing, from nothing,

a professional valued my house. And the professional who valued

my house valued it for free. His fee was five

thousand Milliar's a pastor for you. I'll do it for

free because I'm actually valuing God's house. This house is

the house of medical is my privilege to value this

house sold. He evaluated at two point two million. So

I told my wife, hey, we are millionaires, you know,

from nothing. So maybe there's a little bit of faith

I can share with you of how to live a

victorious life and overcoming life. My wife, when she broke

up with the boyfriend that she had who was a

doctor many many years ago, doctor who was rich, said

to her, you know, if you break up with me,

you never travel the world. And she gives thanks to

the Lord today that she is doing exactly that. So God,

God is good. You know God is good. He he's

our provider, he's our protector. Yeah, so she married a

poor man. But poverty, real poverty is not in your pocket.

Real poverty is in your mind. A lot, a lot

of people can be very rich in their wallets, but

hardly anything in their spirit. So we want to be

rich toward God. The Bible says, be rich to it God. Amen.

So I want to I want to share with you

a few things here in Exodus fourteen. So let's read

Exodus fourteen. If you have your bibles. I didn't put

the scripture up because we are in the process of

everybody reading your own Bible. I think some of us

have been spoiled or religious look at the screen, and

we got to I think the script scripture will always

be on the screen, so I don't have to turn

my Bible. I think I want to encourage you to

do that. So Exodus fourteen, let's read verse four. The

Bible says, I will harden Pharaoh's heart so that he

will pursue them, and I will gain honor over Pharaoh

and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know

that I am the Lord, and they did so. Now

it was told the King of Egypt that the people

had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants

was turned against the people, and they said, why have

we done this, that we have let Israel go from

serving us. I want you to just take a politia

for a moment and understand from Pharaoh's point of view,

the whole economy of Egypt will fall if he allowed

the workers to leave like that. Malaysia's economy almost fell

when during the pandemic the Indodesians went back, you know,

the different workers went back. The construction business almost fell,

the hotel business almost fell. Everybody was struggling. So a

country can't let go all of them. So that's why

you can imagine why Pharaoh was probably so driven and

thinking to himself, what foolish. Maybe his advisers came, maybe

the cabinet came and said, King, what did you do?

We will die without these workers, you know, and all

our restaurants. You know, there was one time, right restaurants

here in Malaysia, the Mama they only had certain times

where they make china because they didn't have enough stuff.

So they say, okay, only these two hours, do you

have roati All the other hours that same rotimate has

to do drinks? Remember that, so he can create heaven

in a country. So I think that's where Pharaoh's heart

was hardened. And he said, I've got to pursue these

guys and bring them all back by force. So verse six,

so he made ready his chariot and took his people

with him. Verse seven is quite unique. He took six

hundred chariots and all the chariots, not just chariots, but

choice chariots, and all the charitots of Egypt. I wonder

why king would bring his whole army against a people

who are weak and harmless and weaponless. You know, I

think even if they brought a hundred to Copdio, but

they brought the whole army and captains over every one

of them. Okay, Basically Pharaoh cleaned up his whole battalion

and whole army and ran after Israel. Verse eight. And

the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt,

and he pursued the child of Israel. And the true

of Israel went out with boldness. Somebody say boldness. That's

verse eight. So the Egyptians pursued them all the horses

and charots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, his army, and overtook them,

camping by a p beside the by the sea, beside

p Hahiroth, before bal Zephon verse ten. And when Pharaoh Junior,

somebody said, Junia, the Chundre of Israel, lifted their eyes,

and behold the Egyptians march after them. So they were

very afraid. And the Childre of Israel cried out to

the lord. So verse eight was very bold, verse ten

was very afraid. How does a Christian move from very

bold to very afraid in two verses? We will learned today.

Then they said to Moses in verse eleven, because there

were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away

to die in the wilderness? Wow, no graves in Egypt.

Have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?

Why have you so dealt with us to bring us

up out of Egypt? First, chielf, is this not the

word that we told you in Egypt, saying let us

alone that we may serve the Egyptians. For it would

have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than

that we should die in the wilderness verse thirteen, and

Moses said to the people, do not be afraid. Wow,

very important, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord,

which he will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians

whom you see today, you shall see again no more

forever verse fourteen. The Lord will fight for you. Somebody

say amen, and you shall hold your peace. Next light, Please,

why come out with such a big army. I want

to remind us all this morning of Satan's strategy, at

least one of his very effective strategy, and that is

in intimidation. The enemy's strategy has been almost always has been,

and I think will always be until Jesus comes back

and takes his rightful place. Intimidation. Intimidation. He wants to

make the bark louder than the bite. He wants to

make Doris's fear that it might happen again even more

serious than the actual stroke that she was delivered, even

the very first day she added. The two planes flew

into the Twin Towers many miles away from Malaysia, but

those of us who watched it on television for a

few months did not fly. And that's why a lot

of airlines suffered. Why although it's not close to you,

You were not on the plane, maybe even didn't know

anybody a plane. But what happened was fear came and

the enemy just knows how to get us, even though

you know, whatever it is that we had experience was

small in comparison to what remains in us. Are you

with me? The bite can be healed in three days,

but the pain can go on in your heart and

mind for a long time. Are to come and that

is what we need to deal with. God wants to

deal with the internal, the real stuff that goes on

that actually blocks us from experiencing his breakthrough. You know, yeah.

The next slight says, you know, the enemy likes to

make it look bigger than it really is. And the

next light after that gives you a scripture. First bitter

five eight, Be sober, Be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil,

walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Why didn't the Bible says he walks about like a

biting lion because the raw is usually more scary than

the bite or the claw. But the Bible is trying

to tell us, yes, he goes around like a roaring lion.

But it's a raw and the raw is loud, and

you know, the encouragement to all of us is, do

not be afraid of the raw, and do not be

afraid of the bark. Do not constant trade or you

know what could be or you know what may be

and uh, you know, just just continue to keep your

eyes on the Lord. Uh. And if any of you

are going through that even this morning, that the pain,

you know, the funeral lasts for two days, but the

pain of losing somebody can last forever. Yeah, And what

what is it that's that's still being allowed to carry

on in your minds and hearts? What is it that

you know? The bite is no longer there, but the

raw is still there I used to be. You still

hear the raw. You close your eyes and you sleep

the d You hear the bite. You know you're not.

The enemy is not even near you. There's no teeth

that can come close to you, because Jesus is around.

But the raw is in your ear. You see. The

roar is no longer outside your house. You have allowed

it into your ear and the imagination can go wild. Okay,

next light, how do we get from very bold to

very afraid in a very short time. Verse eight, very bold,

verse ten, very afraid. Well, the next light says, it's

what we see. It's all about what we see. It's

not just what we see, but how we see. It's

not just sight but spirit. So, uh, why why did

the people of Israel march out with Bondus because they

saw God? Can some of you repeat to me the

ten plagues? One was watered the river water turned to blood?

Anyone else? Locusts? There were there were frogs, there were flies?

Was there? Lies were there?

What?

What else were there? Well? Sorry, yeah, boils boys or

boys is terrible, right, everybody getting boils all over their body.

I don't think there's enough hospital to treat that. Right,

Boils everywhere as bad? It's bad. And then the final

one was firstborn, firstborn, firstborn, even though of the animals,

firstborn died except for the people of Israel, Amen, because

God covered them. The passover member pass over, the Angel

of Death pass over there Israel, Israel, Israel, Israeli Holmes,

because there was the blood blood, So made the blood

of Jesus Christ on all of us, so that the

enemy continues to pass over. Can't can't touch us. Darkness

can't touch es. Sickness can't touches amen. Disease can't touch us.

The blood, the blood, the blood continue, Wow, tell you

is the power of the Blood of Jesus powerful, powerful,

And so you can imagine right, ten plagues, God frogs.

But they saw God fries. But they then saw God

move a river turned to blood. They saw God move, God, God,

God God. Before they left Egypt, their eyes were on God,

just God. How have you know that when you go

to camp, you get very excited right camp, because in

three days everything is about God. Huh. You come in

the bus. You know, someone is singing some Godley songs.

Someone is you know, doing some God lee uh, game icebreaker.

Then you're given your whatever it is uh that you

should you know you're in this games group. And your

games group is called by a ready godly name hopefully

you know. And then then you arrive and because hallelujah,

praise God broke God. And then you go and then

you register to give you a God tag and and

and and a God Manual. And then you go to

your room. Your room is called Messiah or you are

your room Your room is called you know Jesus is Lord.

And then okay, all of you come for the first session.

You know, you're running to God. And then the first

session starts with prayer, actually welcome, Welcome in Jesus' name

of God. And then you know, you got are you

ready for worship? Yeah, you know, and even if you want,

everybody else he's excited. So you get up. I don't

know what it's all about. And then you know, the worship,

you know, goes crazy. Right. The first song, you know,

walk by Faith or whatever, it's old song. Okay, they

doing the you know, the gott He dance, you know, uh,

the Godley dance. H and and and and as as

and and and then and then and then wow, you

know the spirit of what moves and it's God. And

then the songs are good, right, God, you are so

so good. Somebody wrote that song and and and so

they're all very blessed. And then they sit down and

and and bless your neighbor or pray for your neighbor,

and it's God. And then the worship. The preacher comes

up and he's talking about the share market. No, he's

talking about God. Yeah, yeah, And then there's all the

call and then there's God right, and then there's tears

and godlee tears and godly prayer. And then there's four

or five of the calls. And then I've let lunch

and then share with us what you caught from a

lunchtime you're talking about God. And then the next morning

very and in the morning, seven year, seven am his devotion.

You've never done devotion the rest of your life except them.

But because God is so much in you, what you

can get up and you wank your friends and what

you open your eyes, your eyeballs are still not awake,

and you you know, you slap your eyebows with your

socks and then your you you get a couple wake

in God. Yeah, bread, breakfast, break first, you gotta share

each other what you learn from devotion, God and God

and God and find me at the end. You know

I will live for you. I'll give my life to you.

Uh you know, let us be one voice to glorify

your name. You know all these Kumbaya songs and all

and wonderful. I want to live. I want to die

for you, Jesus. You know I'm gonna win the world

for you. Hallelujah, Praise God. And then back into the bus.

God again, right, you know, let's take the next two

hours to share testimonies. Oh God, how can you not

be going home with bondus? Right? And then you get

home after six hours actually the trip was only two hours.

Six hours. You go home because the tire the bus

punctioned along the way down from Cameron Highlands and extally

camerons always are okay, but you know, coming coming out

bunks it and he has to puncture and a corner

where there is no line, no connection, no connection, so

you couldn't call your dad. Your dad is waiting under

two to three o'clock in the morning. He's not Christian. Okay,

Actually they are very nice tong Christian parents. But this

one he's angry because you are the only daughter. And

he's already hurt that there is a cute guy that

you're like in the camp. Okay. So as a father,

as a father, as a father, you you watch to

see Joe will have this problem in the days to come. Ah,

he will have twice twice, not just once twice. Ah yeah, okay, okay, yeah,

if he buys illegal gun from dieland okay, just out

okay and uh and then okay, so so, and then

and then at a time when there was lines, you're

coming down and look there was connection. But you're sleeping. No,

you're a sleeper because so late it really is, you know,

one o'clock in the morning. Took When you arrive and

your father is fuming mad, fuming mad, he's having all

kind of thoughts with you and a guy. He's like,

you didn't call me right, And then he says to

the wife, you go sleep, I'll handle this. You go

to sleep, and then you're coming to the house and

all you want to do is to share with your

parents the next day what God has that for you.

But you don't have to because He's already everything for you.

And then you turn on the lights and then you

get a shout, why are you so late? Pharaoh DREUNR.

We all repeated that this's up. And when Pharaoh junr

there are pharaohs in our lives? Right did you did?

Because you were watching I walk by failure, because you

saw God, God, God, God, God, God, God God everywhere

you tease God. And now you're going with Bonus and

Pharaoh Junior. Just two verses later, two hours data you

reach it. I will never allow you to go to camp. Ever,

go back to your room. Now you are what's grounded

for seven days something that I don't know. Okay, but

you're not so said about the seven days groundedness because

you said I will give my life you got right,

But you're more said that you couldn't share with your father.

But what God has done, and within two days, two

weeks now you're no longer in church. After two months,

you know, we've seen that happen right with our own lives,

with our friends. How many camps we have gone to,

how many conferences and how many of the calls, and

how many people saying God, I'll serve you forever and

ever and ever amen? And then two months day you

can't see them. Where are they? Because Pharaoh drew? Pharaoh drew.

Everyone in this room has a Pharaoh. You go back

to office. Let me not even continue. We've got people configure.

Okaya continue, you get it. Ah, family gatherings, Huh, you're

very happy before the family gather ring. But because the

same auntie is there, who's asked you when you're gonna

get married? Huh, the same auntie. And then you finally

get married, and where you're gonna have a child the

same auntie Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Oh let my people go? Who

you with me? Then? Now your eyes were on God,

Ma ten plagues, God, God, God, God, God, God go.

Everywhere you look is God like cam like conference. And

now you walk because your Why are you so bold?

Because your eyes are on God? Why are you afraid now?

Because your eyes turned to Pharaoh? When Pharaoh drew near,

they lifted their eyes. They saw problem, they saw death,

they saw that's it gone. I'm a goner. That's why

a lot of times the Lord would say, keep your

eyes on me, right looking and to Jesus, the author

and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that

was set before him and the cross Jesus look up to.

Jesus were constantly being encouraged by the Lord. God is

not denying that Pharaoh is coming after you. He's not

denying that your dad is angry. He's not denying that

your boss is not a very understanding lady. He's not

denying all that. He's just saying, keep your eyes on me.

I will get you through this. I would deliver you,

I will save you, I will help you. Are you

still with me every time you're scared? Be very honest.

Your eyes got off God or a moment. It's true.

Every time you're down, your eyes got off God for

a moment. Every time you're depressed, your eyes got off

God for a moment. Because if our eyes are on

the ladder, it's very difficult for anger to come in jealousy,

to come in frustration, to come in disappointment. Even if

you were to come in, I cannot scale because your

eyes are on You know, there was a I met

many years ago. He was delivered from his drug addiction.

I said, when that did happen? What? What can you

remember the day, Kenneth, I remember it like it was yesterday,

and it was fifteen years before that. I remember like

it was yesterday because when I was crying out to God,

God said, your problem is very big, He said, is

drug problem?

God?

Nobody gets delivered from from drug problem. I've been in

it for the since I was fifteen. Now I'm thirty five,

twenty years And God says, my son, get up from

your seat, go out to the garden. And then he

went up. He says, yes, God, I'm in the garden now.

And God says, look up the sky, okay, look left,

look right, look fright and look back. He said, yeah,

I don't know what this exercise for. But he said,

how big is the sky? I can't measure it? How

big is the God who made the sky? Ah much

bigger than the sky? I guess. Now, compare it with

your drug problem. He just cried. He got down on

his knees and said, God, you are amazingly great. And

when you put side by side with your problem, no

matter what you're going through, it's puny small. And you

know that's how he got delivered. He just had to

see the greatness of God. And then he went through

the He still had to go through the program, quote

the ky or that, but then he went treat with faith.

He went to God, you're with me. You are great God.

I'm gonna go through this program. I'm gonna I'm gonna

be well. I'm gonna go through this. Whatever it is,

I'm gonna I'm gonna go through. I might even have

to go through surgery. But God is greater than even

the doctors. I might have to go through even whatever

it is, bankruptcy, I don't know, but God is greater.

He's my provider. I might have to go through whatever

it is. I'm going through. But by God is great,

greater than any army put together. It's not sight. Only

guys's spirit spirit, spirit, spirit. So what you focus on

only gets bigger. This is what I've learned. What you

focus on, you focus on the end too long. The

end looks like a monster. You focus on your problem

too long, your problem looks insurmountable. You know, I've been

married for twenty nine years and there were times I

tell you what that my marriage was really challenged. Uh,

you know, my wife knows this. I've thought about divorce

maybe about seven times before in my life. And one

of the challenges with a husband and wife who's ministrying

in this kind of active ministry as we are, sometimes

we find it we might not have a husband, We

just have a bastard. Sometimes I find it I don't

have a wife. I just have a co worker. It's

very hard. So morning, noon and night we are, you know,

same office. That's why a lot of companies don't allow

people to work together and say office, not just because

of secrecy or there's a there's a good wisdom for that.

But if you can handle it, if you can hack it,

that's why I try to. I try I try my

best to. If you are working on the third floor,

I work on the second floor. We try not to see.

That's why pandemic broke up a lot marriages, because you

so much I does every day. You need time away,

you need time to then come back. At least my

wife got something to say to me. You know what

happened to office? I don't even say yeah, of course

everything you know what I say, I go like water,

you know, Oh this happened, that happened. I'm glad. Sorry

now I'm I'm retired. So I spent a lot of

time working from home. Uh, and I like that because

my wife can come back you know today, you know,

and I will say, oh, you know today, I also

you know, I ate this, and I drank that and

everything and that teller is about eating went on because

when you're working from Homer, you know, I had chart

time and added extra pulls. Anyway, okay, So so why

why was I so close to thinking about divorce? Was

because I started to meditate on something that you know,

like for example, Uh, for example, I know how when

you want an example, it doesn't come now when you

don't want it was always there, tell something somebody to

do with my wife not understanding something. Okay, she's not

supportive or whatever it is. I uh and and I

feel like, oh, why is my wife? And then you

go like, hun, do people's wife? And then doesn't she

know that? You know, I'm I'm having to do all

this and I work very hard. You know, all my

staff gets salary except me.

Uh.

You know, it's a hard life to live. And I

start meditating on it. I start to focus on it,

and actually it goes deeper, and he goes further. After

a while, you lose yourself, no, and then she becomes

she now becomes the person that is not understanding. Actual

she's very understanding. She person that's selfish, and she's not selfish.

But you let your thoughts go in, and then you

might even come to places where by actually maybe we

shouldn't be married. And because you know stuff like that,

you know what I'm saying. So I want to encourage

all of you to learn how to stop yourself from

thinking further, stop yourself from going there. You know how

the statement we sometimes here don't go there? All right,

So let me draw towards the last lap now and

let's let's let's let's let's read the next couple of slides. Okay.

Exodus fourteen ten to eleven says that the turn of

Israel cried out to the Lord. Then they said to Moses.

Now this scripture here, the first part belongs to verse ten,

the second part belongs to verse eleven. But I put

them as one part because can you see that the

first part is actually not wrong. We should be teaching

people to seek the Lord, to cry out to God.

But the second part they complain to men. When I

find myself in a position whereby I'm going to God

but also complaining to man, I know that something is

not right. Because we are told to look to God

and trust in him. But if we are in that

place whereby our mouth, you know, you got sweet water

coming out the same source and bitter water coming out

of the same source, it shouldn't be with us Christians.

But I found myself doing it a few times, and

so this is what the Lord had to tell me.

The next site says, when this happens, there's a clear

sign that something needs to be addressed, a clear sign

you either see. There's a statement here in extras we

say bring everything to God. Before you bring anything to men,

I'll repeat it, bring everything to God before you bring

anything to men. All right, bring everything to God before

you bring anything to men. So if you are bringing

everything to God, but also you know, trying to confirm

with men whether this is right, I think something is wrong.

So a clear sign that something needs to be addressed.

It needs to be a heart check. Let's now try

to run this lab as quickly as we can, because

I think you will understand everything I'm about to say

to you. There needs to be a heart check, ladies

and gentlemen, resisters, they need to be a heart check.

Let's do it Jeremiah seventeen ten. And that it's found

on the screen, so you don't have to turn to it.

The Bible says the heart is deceitful above all things,

and desperately wicked. Who can know it? Either?

Lord?

Such a heart? Who's such a heart? The Lord? And

I test the mind? Who allows tests to come into

our lives? God? Why why does he search? Why does

he test? I love the scripture? When God search us

and tests us, it is so that he can give

to us according to his ways, according to the fruit

of his doings. When the devil tests us, and when

the devil does things to us. He does things to

us to take away. When God does anything to us

test or search, he does it to give more. No

one passes Form five and go back to Form four.

They pass, and they go up to Form six. You

keep going higher with God. Are you still with me?

So when there's a test in your life, the purpose

is to pass it so that you can mature and

be promoted and be blessed even more than where you are.

The devil does it differently. He tests to still kill, destroy.

God tests to give more, even to give every man

to give, to give is the purpose for testing. God

is good God. Somebody amen. So as I draw towards

the last lap, I just want to give you. This

is the point of what I'm trying to bring to you,

and this is what God gave me many years ago,

and I'll give it to you now. Between the asking

and the answer is the attitude. Some of you know

that I'm doing my DBA, my doctorate in Business Administration.

I'm halfway through. I'm doing my thesis now, and they

asked me about my topic for THESS. So I'm writing

about attitude about you know, youth development and how young

people need to have attitude change in their lives before

they can make it in life. And I went to

interview Rack and Mudha, and I realized that it's there

are thirty years now. October is their thirtieth anniversary and

they've spent about one billion ring it. And I asked them,

are you really really happy with what the result is?

Before they shoot their heir God, I don't think we'll

ever be really happy. And I dug deeper and I said,

you know, are you happy with the activities? They say, yeah,

our activities are being well attended. I said, but what

are your activities for? And the officers said, our activities

are to change attitudes. I say, is that you're overarching vision?

He said yeah. Everything we want to do in Rakabuda

is to change atitudes and young people. I say, how

is that going? We don't know, no way to measure,

no way to know. I said, but you're very happy

that there's attendance. Yeah, attendance is very good, but attitude

we're not sure. So attitude is what God is after,

because attitude will really take you far. Now listen to

me as I draw towards close. This is asking God

please help me. And this is the answer. Yay, God,

thank you. And sometimes between asking and the answer there

is a big gulf and we don't know why God

is delaying, why God is taking so long. And I'm

telling you this morning so that you understand it. God

is after an attitude. Uh let me let me do

this with with you, Selena, because you are insurance church. Okay,

you can see now all right, yeah you are certainly

your face changed to change to child's face you okay, okay,

so so uh uh do one of those childish things

about asking for uh a drink, a drink or maybe

or okay, okay, what you know children in a flower

to you know, tro for Okay, now demand demand you

want what? Okay? Now I know what. Every child goes differently, right,

what do you say? You keep going, you keep fussing,

you keep oh what the I'm thirsty? Yes, but what

do you say? I want water? Selena? Daddy has taught

you many times, what do you say, I say I

want water? Okay? As somebody's we as Christians do that

actually is very easy for the father to give you whatever.

He's trying to teach you attitude. Like every parent, he

is trying to teach you attitude so basically that he

said I taught you before it is please right, so okay,

now now you're you're learning because you really want this water. Okay, please,

I want water. Okay. So somebody is al so fast

all right because something is like please right, how what

do you have you say? Say? Probably right now, we've

all gone through this before, all right, because there's a

lot of stumbleness and stumpleness inside. Okay, h only a

rod can take out that. Okay, all right, so here

we go, so so very nicely, you touch you touched

daddy's already. How many of you want touch Daddy's hat today?

Touch his hat? Okay? Because it's very easy. You think,

you think whatever you're asking for from God is hard.

It's so easy for him to give you. Between the

asking and the answer, between the asking and the answer,

the answer is very easy. And you know, Sina, because

I already had the water behind my back Adi Salvie's

ice cream, right, And so the children take so long

to say please the ice cream melting behind the fartherest

back eddea, please don't let your blessing melt. So you

say please say okay, So she grabs how many have

you seen me with this for? And the father he's

after the fatherest after something else. He's not after your pain.

He's not, he's not. He's a good father. So you

grabbed it, You grab it like every child will grab it.

But the father holds on tightly because he's expecting something else. Right,

So he goes like, now, what do you say? Okay?

So she didn't get it, lot still get it. Although

we've been taught before. So now then he taught you before.

What do you say when someone gives you something? Please?

You said it earlier, well done. You must be a

long time in us. What do you say now and

somebody gives it you? Sometimes? Thank you say properly? Okay.

So this whole thing goes on, sometimes for weeks, sometimes

for months, sometimes for years, the ice cream melting, you know, right?

You with me? And what is a parent? After? The attitude?

That's all because Selena and anyone else here, you understand.

Once she gets her please and thank you? Right, you're

set for life. You're set for life. Think about it

for a moment. I can put you anywhere, send you

to any uncle's house, and tie's house, school camp, wherever

you get your please and you thank you writer. You

are going to go far. God wants us to go far.

He takes you from no order aside trip and you

got all this attitude of please and and all the

other stuff that thanksgiving and you know all that and

all that God was the digit. The attitude is so

important that sadly you go from or ask me to Singapore.

Oh wow, I can Singapore trip. Then from Seopore you

go further, and then you go further, and you know,

and God just bless blesses you because not because you

have a secret way of asking him. Oh teach me

how to pray, very secret. No no, no, no, it's

the attitude. And so I need to close, I know,

because my time is up. But did you get me? Okay,

So here we go. Let's look at five quick attitudes

and then and then go home, or rather go for lunch.

Number one Graves Graves. The people had grave attitude. They

they they saw Graves and they said, why have you

brought us out here to die? So stop being so negative. Everybody,

a lot of us have negative attitudes. No matter what

Malaysia does, that Malaysia will never be good enough enough.

Don't do that don't do that to yourself because you're

setting yourself up to my grade for no reason. Okay,

look at the beautiful things, right, don't always look down

on people on things or you know, make the best

of it. I really have the best wife God could

have ever given me. Really, but we have. We do

have problems now and then, but our eyes just getting

back on the Lalla. Lord, you're the one that gave

me Sandra. Okay, I don't know what's happening today. Look

to the Lord. Don't confess grave, don't confess death. Can

I know all of you Malaysian students are Monday exam Sunday.

Haven't studied your words? Should die one? Right, sure, die one? No,

stop saying that. Stop saying that. When I was doing law,

the Lord to me, Kenneth, I can do miracles in

one hour, so you've got eight hours more to study.

I can do eight miracles study. You know, some of

us are so paralyzed with fear, we don't even do

the very thing that needs to be done. Do you

know who else was paralyzed? Peter standing on water, saw

the saw the waves. Ah. He starts to sing. You know,

I think he sang because paralyzed. But I think myself

he's a fisher man. No, he don't know how she may.

This is the first time he's seeing. Where's may. Just

do what you've been taught to do. No, when you're paralyze,

even though you've got three more days to study your

hoe study, you're just in your room worried that you fail.

I've got a fail. And somebody had to come in

your room and slap you across the face and go

study right number two number two? Why they said to Moses,

why have you done this to us? This wire is

a very very big thing in our lives. I know

a lady who, at twenty five years old, still couldn't

break through because at how she lost her mother. Mother

died of cancer, and she's been asking God, why do

you take my mom away? How can you say you

are good God? How can you say say that you

know that your loving father? So even though she in

the church, served, went to cell group, but couldn't get over.

Why why am I in exampank? Why am I serving?

Why must I be on every Sunday? Why why must

I be preaching every Sunday? Why you understand? Why Eddie?

Why so I asked the Lord. I asked a lot.

I said, Lord, why do you keep testing me with finances?

You know, idiot, I don't have salary. You keep testing

me finances. I had no money. You asked me to

go and buy a house. Why do you want to

do that? And the Lord said to me, Kenneth, every

time I test you was in there testimony. I said, yeah, true.

Said then why don't you want to be tested? I said,

because the first four letters of the word testimony is

a test, so the test must come before the tests

the money. But I did, I said, God, God, you

look at all these rich Christians driving me cities, bends

and rose roys and test them. They look very happy. No,

I cannot be very honest with you. I really, I

was like me again, me again. That day the Lord

asked me to give a certain amount of for the

mission's pledge. It was three quarters of my bank account.

Whind me again, right, And then one month later he

gives him back four times more. Pray Schola hallejah. I

he is it right away at the back of your house,

the back of my house. I say, I'm okay with

the back of my house. And she is very ugly

very ugly. Okay. My neighbors probably say, wait, is this

guy going to finish? I know, ten years? Ten years,

and there are rods coming out sometimes say oh yeah,

I've got a few lightning rods, you know at the

back there, because lightning keep hitting my house. You know, yeah,

lightning keeping hitting your house because you're not obeying God.

So anyway, uh I you know, Okay, Okay, Lord, I surrendered,

not say Lord. If you really want the renovation, this

is your house, you just do it. Two hundred thousand

ring It is the cost of the house in my

bank account, and that I'm two thousand and eight in

my bad do you know that's very far. A couple

of zeros missing, A couple of zeros missing. The back

is done. I'm finish it, you know, finished two thousand Okay,

I'm just making a story very short to you because

actually there's a lot more to that. Oh I told you, right,

I told you at the camp. I told you how

it was that. Okay, So stop asking why, just say

why not God? Why not? Bringing on? Lord? Bringing on?

I know you're a good God. Frustration number three. We

told you so, but you didn't listen. Oh we told

you so, but you didn't listen. Do you know that

frustration can kill you. There are a lot of people

who have left church because they're frustrated, because they feel

that you're only listening to them. No, people have left companies,

left countries frustrations. I can say, it will eat you up,

and it will destroy you. It will deny you of

your destiny. No, it's okay to be frustrated. But why

don't you take that frustration and give it to God?

Give it to God. Number four regret. It would have

been better, Moses if we would have, you know, remained

in Egypt. You know, regret is a very big thing.

I know some people who have regretted marrying their spouse,

and every day they live in misery. Some people regret,

you know, my greating. Some people regret not my greating.

Some some people regret I know, all kinds of things.

I know some doctors who regret that being medicine because

they wanted to be balleied as this. You know, I

just wanted something really really north and south. Yeah. They

wanted to, you know, do this and and and then

they have to do this, you know. Okay, Yeah, but

regret is very real. Regret it would have been better.

Can you all just learn to make the best of

what you have. If you're in Malaysia, make the best

of what you have. Ah. If you are married, Adie,

then don't don't want not to be Okay. If you're

not married, then you know, stay cool and just ask

God for grace. Ask God, God, you know the timing,

right timing? Okay. If you have three kids that really,

don't don't wish you have only two? Okay? Yeah, but

if you didn't want two, pass endred and I are

opened for Did you see a job on the Instagram

so that the parents told us son sn I just

want to let you know you adopted And the sun

said always thought you and my real parents. And the

parents said, yeah, we are your real parents. But someone's

coming to adopt you now. Terrible. I don't love Okay,

I regret Okay. Final final compact comparison comparison comparison. You

know what I said, It would be having better if

we were serving the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

How many in this room don't put up your hands

have actually been compared before in your life? You know?

Why can't you be more like your brother Why can't

you be more like your sister? Why can't you be

more like your cousin? He graduated from Harvard. You graduated

from Harvard kindergarten and and and that's some kindergarten's name, Havard,

but it's not. I don't think you with Halbard and

and and and Why couldn't you get you know, this

call that that that scholarship? Why could you get a

better job? Why couldn't you work in sample? Why could

you go and get you know, so that mummy and

daddy could one day retire in Melbourne?

You know.

Comparison, When I went to uh New Zealand to speak

for ten years, every year they caught me to speak.

The first year I went, I sat among all these

Caucasian guys. Okay, I was probably the only Asian out

of four hundred leaders sat there, and I was good

to be the speaker. But before me goes up, this

guy called Russell Evans. Russell Evans was the other speaker.

He goes up there and he's planet Shakers, right, and wow,

they they love him to bits famous all that his jokes. Wow.

So I'm looking at him going to and I'm telling myself, Wow,

I wanted to burn all my notes, you know, because

compared to you know, compare I'm Malaysian. I thought I

knew how to speak good English. But after I hear English,

mine was just England, you know, saying go on by England.

Not so good, you know. And so and so I

sat there, I was, I was trembling inside. I didn't

show outside. How do I follow that act? My my

story is not like his stories. He's got so many albums,

et cetera. I known album experiment, maybe one, and that's

still an experiment. So so the Holy Spirit minister to me,

and I was saying, there is Kenneth Chain. They invited you,

they won your stories. Don't go up there. Please, don't

go up there and change your accent, you know how

he sunly? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, And then yah that

there would be there that would be the one for X,

that's yours, okay, belongs to one of your guys. Yeah,

and then you know, I mean move like move like

the guy before me, you know, hit my shoe on

the ground like he did. Y Just be yourself, you know.

One of the beautiful things about Opera and Free being

Oprah in Free, the biggest uh you know talk show

holes multi billionaire was that she was herself for years

and years she had a weight problem. I'm Oprah, you

you judge me for the content, and the following became

in the billions. People want to buy you, not a

version of you, not a copy of you, be yourself

because you were made in that image. Yeah, are okay,

this is very very important. And so when I got

over that and go like, okay, I'm good, and I

tell you what I was really trying to call myself

from saying louder, but sometimes the lot came out. You know, God,

it's all good. Lah. Yeah, I remember one particular one

was sam Monk. Sam Monk was the passer of equipershis

He had to come up to me and said, passa Kenneth,

very good message. I just wanted to know what was

the word you were saying this now? Kennon not? Okay?

What is Kendon?

Not?

Here in militia Kenya? What is kendon not? Do you understand?

Simple English? Peasant? Last night, this is the response of Moses.

And if I can be a Moses to you this morning,

let me be encouragement to you. Number one, don't be afraid.

Remember I told you. Fear is the one that lasts

a longer time. You can't. If you can't move on

from fear, you will not move on. Move on from fear.

But number two, stand still. You know there's another scripture

I think in some forty six verse ten, be still

and know that I'm God. You know the scripture. Why

be still? Because when we're not still, we will move.

You know. Like someone told me before when I was

praying for Passendra for three and a half years, When

I was praying for Passender for trae and a half years,

whether she will be the one for me? Uh, the

Lord to me, he put her on the altar. So

after I come to and prayer, I said, Lord, Sandra

put her on the altar. Yes, Lord, yes, Lord, I

put Sandra on the altar. And then six months later,

Passandra introduces me to her boyfriend and I shake the

boys friend's hand, course, because I was I was Passender's

friend friend zone, and so I'm shaking the hand of

her boyfriend. And I'm no, no, this doctor. I mean, hey,

a lot, she's so good looking. A lot of guys

have been lining up. They take ticket like the bank

at the bank take the uh and and so I'm

I'm I'm shaking the hand and I'm praying tongue made

the best man win. Now he said that, no, my door.

I don't know somebody he was praying, but I'm praying.

I don't know why. Every time I put on the altar,

you know, like another boyfriend or you know. So I said, Lord,

what's going on? God says, don't worry living sacrifices. They

move just every time you come this, put hand, actor,

put hand author, put on. Stand still just means that

don't do it your way. Have you ever had somebody,

let's say they want to put maybe a pin on

you stand still? Huh and you go stand still? Do

you know what stands to means? To stand still? Don't

run around with your own contexts connections that though dance

Free has taught me this many years ago. And that's

why I tell you that there just human beings to me.

Don't go butter them up and lick their shoe. They're

just human beings. My God is greater, all right. So

it's very very important. Don't call everybody, don't have a

black book, just have one book. You know, we call

it Facebook because in the morning I tune into God's face,

and I read his book face book stands to stand sale.

How many times you tell children it's pretty cutting heaven,

the knife.

The knife slat the caasons is coming, and all he

wants to give you is a good haircut.

That's all. That's all God was to give you good.

He always means good for us. But we don't want

to be still, right because we know somebody, We know

this guy, We know that guy, and make a call

to try to be still and know that I'm God.

You know, there's another scripture that says, those who wait

upon the Lord shall be what's the screer. Yeah, it's

a beautiful picture. Those who wait upon a lot shall

renew their strength. You know why you renew your strength?

Because if I'm running everywhere, then by the time I

end up here, after run to everyone here asking for money,

I said, for example, I come here, I'm so tired. Right,

But if I wait upon the Lord, the Lord that

says to me, no, go to Tim, because he's Tim

ho one, He's the owner of this deep sumption. Now no, no,

not just kid. So so then then is this really

God's choice? Is really Tim? God's choice is really Tim?

Say Tim? I don't know why I did not put

you on my heart, but uh, my ministry is going

through this, hey faster. I was just only praying for

you this morning, blah blah blah blah blah blah. And

I knew that you were going to come and see

me one day, and I didn't know it was going

to be today. I really got to check in my

Pockaston and we're like, wow, that's easier than I thought.

And then when you walk back to the center, your

strength is still renew know, still got so much strength left.

But a lot of people go around and asking every Tom,

Dick and Harry and then they get buried sands still see.

The Lord will fight for you. The Egyptians you see today,

you will see no more tomorrow.

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