The 3 Fs (Future, Favour, Faith) | Pr Alvin Keng

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So today I'm going to give you something that some

of you probably have been asking. And this is something

I've learned. I've learned from my spiritual father, Pascua Ena,

and I've seen it it works, okay, and it's not

just working in ministry, but I think it works in

every area of your life.

You know.

This is also something I recently spoke to a leader

and I said, this is something I look for when

people ask me for advice, you know, or passag Shall

I do this? Shall I marry this girl? Should I

buy this car? Shall buy this house? I apply these

principles right when I want to advise them, you know.

So I want to encourage you guys to also learn

from this.

And basically the subtitle is how to discern the will

of God in your life and make major decisions? You

guys want to learn that How to discern discern no, okay,

how to know God's will all your life and make

major decisions. So far, I've I've learned this and I

think it's worked very well, okay, right, And I want

to tell you where I'm taking it from. Basically, it's

from the book now every believer, can you know it's

chapter four okay?

And of course if you read the.

Books in the context of church plant thingla.

Right.

But actually this principle right in is a principle actually right,

and I tell you it's proven. I can give you

some testimonies later. Can also apply in choosing life partner,

can can can okay, switching career, starting business, buying property,

and so much more can can? You can still apply

these principles as a yastic So what are the principles? Well,

there's three fs, future favor and faith. Okay, future favor

and faith.

Right. Uh.

And it's it's basically a yachts stick of measurement, right,

it's a yacht sick.

It's not you know.

You might say, oh, you know, passelwen it is in

the Bible. Well it is, Well, I would say it's condensed,

really la. If you want me to give you scripture,

which I'll give you a scripture after date on how to

apply it's there.

But this is just a yard stick.

For you to consider as you think about God's weel

over your life.

Okay.

And if you want to really know whether the decision

you're making is a decision that's from the Lord. This

is a good yard stick, This is a good measuring

are you guys okay?

Right?

Of course? I want to clarify. The first step is

always to pray. Okay, you you cannot apply this and

don't prayer or say this, no, no, no no. Prayer

is very important. Receiving God's work is very important. That's

the first thing that has to happen, right, praying and waiting.

For God's response. But there's a batter.

How do you know that one is really God's response?

What is your response? I mean, you've seen this before,

You've experienced it before.

Right, How you really know is God? You know? I

know some people are very confident.

Do you know that when you come to your leader

or come to me as a pastor and say, passe Elvin,

I want to marry this girl.

I want to marry this guy because God told me.

Do you know I canno say anything anymore already?

Do you know it's a copper as well?

You know I want to work in this company here

and I believe it's from the law now and God

spoke to me. Do you know that I cannot say no.

Knowing God never, I can't say anything you do.

Can I go to wherever you want to? Even if

God told me.

That that's probably not the wisest thing for you, But

I can't say anything. Your casht are you're flowing with

the top process, So it's a yeah stick. I'm trying

to help you because this helped me right in different areas.

Right.

But remember, praying is important. You cannot circumvent making decisions

without without with no prayer, cannot Prayer is important.

And can I give you another tip?

The amount of times you spend praying is also the

amount of confidence you will get. Do you know that

you pray little and you think that it's from a

lot and you make a big decision. I'm a bit

worried for you. Actually, I'm a lot worried. La.

Okay, I'm a lot.

Worried because we all grow right and we all learn right. Okay,

So first step, pray and wait for God. But how

can you be confident that is from God and not

ourselves and our own desires? How can you be how

can you be confident that it's not if that's God's

voice or not, even after you've prayed and I've waited

on God's response.

How are we confident? Well, you can use this yeastic Okay.

First verse I will give to you is in Matthew

chapter fourteen, verse twenty six to three one.

Okay, you know.

And again if you apply this principle in different stories

in the Bible, you will recognize some of the key

things that happen when people make key decisions. Okay, Like

I say, we're just condensing it for your understanding.

Okay.

When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they

were terrified and they say, it's a goal, squire, Okay,

it's a goals they said, and cried out in fear.

And they're probably right because Jesus. If we remember Jesus,

how he look like he got long haired beard, right,

wear a white color with a red sash, look like

ghost you know, imagine if it's a storm and everything

look like ghosts, right, you can I imagine that?

Just imagine you shall. I have to bring up a

he's out Jesus.

Yeah, you should see him in a in former clothes

or set my former clothes. He's wearing Jesus sandals. Not

all the time, okay, anyway, anyway, but Jesus immediately say

to them, take courage it is I.

Don't be afraid. Lord.

If it's you, Peter reply, tell me to come to

you on the water. Come, he said. Then Peter got

down out of the boat, walked on the water and

came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he

was afraid and beginning to sink, cry out, Lord save me.

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. You

of little faith, he said, why did you doubt? Okay,

we all know this story, amazing story. If Peter didn't

focus his eyes Jesus and he didn't look at anything

else or his problems, he will still continue. But can

we give Peter a bit of credit because he actually

how many of you will be on a crazy stormy

boat seeing a possible goals they cannot see clearly because

it's a stormer okay, right? And then you hear Jesus voice.

Have I even seen the faciat voice? Immediately you will think, Hey,

call me out there. I will walk on the water.

None of you.

Right, I also won't do that. This guy is crazy,

but he actually did it. Why because first principle, he

saw a future if Jesus, can I can. If it's Christ,

you know it's a big reason, it's a big greas.

Right.

He saw a future first saw future Mantel fourteen to eight. Lord,

if it's you, tell me to come to you on

the water. How many of us when we make decisions

for our future we think about that it's Christ first,

or actually it's us first, or what we want first.

But let me give you this principle. First thing first

is can you see a future?

Here? Can or not?

Do you know that it's not very hard to see

a future when you like a person or I can

see you know, I think all guys go through this.

I went through these when you like the girl, whether

she like you or not?

Done?

Like you really imagine walking on the hor and getting marriedly? Okay, girls,

I don't know what you imagine now. I'm not a girl,

so I won't know. But maybe you see something else right?

Right? You see him fathering your children? I don't know.

Maybe imagine it or how many kids I have and

I'm gonna I don't know. Okay, but can you see

a future? Right? What does future mean? Future means potential?

Right? Seeing the future means potential if you don't see

a future, then don't even bother. You know, if people

cannot see a future in anything, right, it's very difficult

to move forward beyond that. So seeing a future is

very important. Do you see a future in college? Do

you see a future in this company? If you don't

see a future and you say, oh God called me here,

but you don't see a future even in natural do

you know that you're gonna stop it? And some of

you have made those decisions before you don't see a future,

or maybe you early see a future, then you later

don't see a future. I mean, I don't know whatever

it may be, but it always starts to sing, do

I see a future here?

One of the best advice I got.

And I'm still practicing things like that from Pascana is

that you know, I still remember when I want to

buy my house and when I when I want to

like not even buy rand the house and I was

gonna get married near look for a place to stay

and pass. Give me the best advice, walk the land,

go drive there. You don't take one day, And that's

the same advice I give people. Go and imagine can

you stay there and not don't just hear what people say,

don't just look at the pictures, go and feel it.

Feel it.

Ask God, God, as I want this land? Is it

where you want me to stay? Ask that question? Prayma right?

Oh no, no, no, no, no, this is a good place,

doctor Jason. It's a good place because you know it's near.

The lat He's near the lat right.

It's a very good place because you know everybody like

you know how many times we have made decisions right

that we never walk the leander and we go and

then we regretted it. Have we worked the can we

see a future here? Have you checked out your neighbors?

Are they nice neighbors or not? Before you buy the house?

You want that car? Have you driven it? Do you

feel it?

You know what I mean?

Can I tell you that for this, this whole feeling

thing right, relationship? Cannot I know a lot of people,

Oh no, it test strifeles. No, No, there's not such

a strife. You want to test strifles very easy. We

got this thing called pre courtship for you to test

life without any commitment.

Yet.

You're not together yet, but you can test drive the friendship.

You don't test drive the relationship. You know why because

I learned from my you know Nigerian brother, dating is

a waste of time. I just have to add that

in Okay anyway, So future is important.

Husband and wife?

Can you see a future together?

Can or not? Right?

You must see a future together? Leaders, Do you see

a future together as we build this church? Because the

moment you don't see a future is not gonna work.

You know what's gonna happen. You are going to be

a torn in doctor Jason's splash. I'm just using it

as example. You're gonna be difficult. Everything else what cannot

when you don't see a future. So seeing a future

is important, very important. Right Can you see a future together?

If not, it's gonna be difficult. Husband and wife as

a team. Can you see a future? It's very important

to see a future?

Can or not? Can I see a future here?

You know? And sometimes it doesn't have to be perfect,

but at least see a future. Unless you totally don't

see any future anywhere, you have already closed the door. No,

don't even your prayer and ask God the moment you

don't see a future cannot ready. Do you know that

if you are able to see a future even in

the darkest of situations, there'll be light. But the moment

you cannot see a future however bright or so are.

Everything's going to be dug. You'll catch that. So what

you see in your spirit? Do you see a future?

Nihi Maya two seventeen says, come and let us build

the wall of Jerusalem that they may no longer be reproached.

You know, one of the years we had built a wall, right,

not the Trump build the wall, but the Exchange build

the wall.

Right?

Do you know that they only took fifty two days

to build the wall? Well, first went fifty two days.

Now my house renovation are supposed to end in five

months to nine months, guys, and now it wasn't even

a wall. It was just yeah, nine grueling months. Right,

They only to fifty two days. And do you know

that they did it in distress. One hand had to

hold sort, one hand.

Had to hold break.

But fifty two days they've done it because they saw

a future. You want to know how long the wall

was in ruins? I went and did some research. One

hundred and fourteen years it was in ruins, and they

only took fifty two days to complete it.

Think about that.

Trends are there things in your life today that has

been in ruins for one hundred and fourteen years because

you cannot see a future in it and it's still

in ruins. Are you learning something? First principle? Can see

future or not? Do you know that the first principle

very easy, very easy to see future?

Right?

We all have to see potential? Oh potential? What this girl's.

Opaty confirm can see future?

One? Then you talk to your holiday and they say,

please don't, right, please don't please improve yourself first?

Right you go to this place or what the job is?

So good? All of us came on.

We always look at potential one friends, so no issue

see in the future. Right, and maybe some for some

of us here maybe we are more passive. Mistake, it's

harder to see the future. Then the encouragement is, can

you start seeing it different light? Can you start praying

asking God to open.

Up your eyes?

You know, I still remember a conversation we had, I

think in my house, you know, talking about I think

some of the ladies were talking about you know who

they are married to now, right, I see remember this

conversation and it was quite cute because you want to

ladies said, yeah, God spoke to me, and God said,

you can do better than this way. Well ouch, man,

I so very ouch yeah like hm hm, And now

they're happily married, Praise the Lord. The guy must be

prying real hard, you know before that I don't know.

So seeing future is very important. You'll get it right.

But we also then we need the second principle to

help us because some of us are were positive everything yes, yes, yes,

and we put ourselves in situations where we suffer. So

because everything is so yes, right, this part is harder.

Let me tell you the second principle. Favor Okay Mantel

fourteen twenty nine says, come. He said, just one word, come, Jesus.

If it's you, call me and I can on what

He didn't say that. He said, call me and I'll

walk to you, you know, right, and Jesuits just say come.

So next question, friends, is God's favor here? Just because

you can see future doesn't mean God's favor is there.

I think we've have a line saying before just because

it's good doesn't mean it's God. A lot of things

in those world good, our friends.

It is good, it's good, but is it God?

Very important question asks, right, do you have a divine

appointment there? Not? Just because it sounds good doesn't mean

you should do it very, very careful. Just because I

remember a brother of Vela, I think he shared he

shared this line. Whatever that I think it's in the Bible.

So whatever that is shines that it's not gold. Just

because it's shiny, it doesn't mean it's good. Right, And

do you know that we can actually, you know, persevere

in what we want to the point that we will

compromise on different things. Do you know that that can happen?

Right?

If we if we fall into our flesh more, then

we will compromise on the spirit. That's the reality of life,

you know? So good to ask the question? Is God here?

Yes?

Thank you for the house I want the house. I've

seen the house I've I've done this.

It's good. But God, I you hear? God? Are you here?

What is God's favor? Well, let me teach you a

few things I've learned. To receive favor is to receive

an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual.

You'll catch that. How do you know it's God right

to favor something?

If God favors you to favor something, someone or something

means to show approval of preference, meaning you get preference.

No means unfair. No, it is unfair. Right, God's favor

is unfair to other people, but it's good for you. Okay,

let me go through scripture some nineteen Seventyes, Si, it's

made the favor of the Lord rests upon us. Establish

the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the

work of our hands. When you have the favor of

the Lord. Now things will become quote unquote easier. Not

things will get easy, but things will be easier for you. Right,

because you have the lot's favor, you have the loss

annoying thing right some ninety seventeen nalty. I prefer this version.

It says made a lot our God, show his approval.

You want God's approval or not? Do you want god'spproval?

I want God's approval. Right, and make our efforts successful.

Do you know it still takes effort? It does still

take effort, But is your effort successful?

Right? Let me tell you something I've learned.

Right, and again, it's not all encompassing, but I think

it's worth Like I say, it's a yacht stake.

So I ask myself this question every time.

I face something or do something and I've really well,

let's just say, I've done it a few times in

my life to know what to do I want not

to do. I've learned this lesson a little bit, you know,

and I've learned it the hard way, but not so

hot until I cannot reverse things right. So the question

I ask myself is, or if you think about it

this way, if there's more strife, hardship and heartaches compaed

to testimonies, then maybe just maybe God's not with me.

I'm not gonna testimonies are do you know that strive,

hardship and all can come, but then you will have testimonies,

then you know God's with you.

But if you experience strife, had.

Chip and all and there's no testimonies, then you gotta

be careful. Then you gotta reconsider. Then you're gonna maybe

it's time to ask God, is this really your will

for my life? And you know, sometimes we can get

high saved because we tell everybody idea that is God's will.

We spoke to everybody at we tell our home leader.

Everybody say okay, you know, like I said, Minian, God

spoke to me and told me I'm gonna do this.

You cannot say anything today. Can God spoke to you?

Then you go hit you're so convicted, and then there's hardship, strife, problems.

But then there's no favor of the lord. I think

you better better step back. Better step back, because you

can steal you turn on. No, that's why we have

you turn here, right. I also believe that whatever that

we are embucking on has to be done with joy

and a sense of fulfillment and purpose. I'm not saying

that when you have favored the lota, you won't experience

any hardship. You will still experience hardship. You still experience

all these things. But it's different when you have the

job of the lot. It's different when it's still fulfeling.

It's different when you're willing to make it. It's different

when you still see an unfair advantage to you. I

give you some testimony, it's what I mean by this.

Then you have an understanding. Hopefully I use experience as

an example. And again I know that I just mentioned

that this also applies not just in ministry, but my

experience in ministry. First, and then later I'll share you

a personal testimony Okay, can you guys catch that, because

this principle is not just all you do ministry only effects.

You know, sometimes we feel someie our minds so smaller. Actually,

God cares about everything in your life on and a

lot of ministry principles you can apply in your life.

One do you know that price, rold don't draw that

line right when?

So we started XPJA in twenty twelve. This is the

teen years ready, okay, September? And what happened was there

we prayed, you know, for a location and we had

no location. Friends, can I tell you this? No location.

The only relevance I have with PJ was that was

born in Asuna hospital. I don't know any rich uncle.

I'm not connected to anybody. I'm a crying boy, right

And the only reason why I guess I'm helping lead

is because I'm full time. Not only reason, okay, but

that timeline, you know, and I married my wife and

she's a home leader in PJ.

And just what happened, I'm here lot, okay.

So but we prayed, we pray for six months and

we're looking for a venue and then one of the

people that were interested said, hey, use my office, and

that time. It was at least a girl over there

right at facing section seventeen one of the shops, and

we met that to pray for one or two months.

And then one of the people that was involved, Henry,

I remember, he said, Hey, do you know that these

plays have a hall?

H really a theater hall. This is the hall out

they were in right now.

And he said that maybe we can ask and and

at that time I was just following instructions.

Okay, uh.

Past the Ken was very involved in in in the planting.

And we made an appointment to meet the management, right

and and and then we came. We saw the space,

we saw the outside space, and it was mostly past

the Okay. I was just observing because I don't understand

how to see these things or do these things yet.

Right.

And he went and he spoke to the management at

that time, right and again give me you an example

about favor of the lawna and the management said, oh,

you are church, you.

Want to use this space on Sunday? Oh okay. And

then they said, oh, we actually built this place.

With the church in mind, because before you guys, there

was another church there was meeting here.

For a year and we're like wow.

But they were very honest to tell us that they

had a very sour ending to their relationship. And then

we were like, oh, I don't know whether they will

ran to us or not.

Right, I'm being very honest.

You guys are okay about recognizing us favor. So we're like, okay, la,

see how la? And then they had a certain pricing

and then we're like, don't know whether it can or not.

And I remember they were very keen to rent to us.

We will wear a surprise, huh why And then we

gave them our you know, references and all. And then

and then of course we started using their place, you know.

And then we thought, okay, let's use Studio on two

first and during any time you were smaller, you know.

Of course, the first service when we launched it, we

had artiches plans. We purposed it another day on a Sunday,

and we had about three hundred people here, I remember,

And then the real service was the following week, right,

And we met in studio on two and I think

it's the first service that doctor Jason came and until

now he's HeLa okay, right, And we met there and

we had fifty and I remember our pastor cannot say

it fifty people. Once we hit the sorry, it was

like and again, oh me or little favor. I think

God has to test me, right in my mom like

I am maybe in the next six months we will

come here.

Maybe in the next six months. Okay. The time we

had about fifty passes.

Say once it reach us, maybe about eighty, then we

need to consider it. Took three weeks for it to

hit eighty people. Then I'm like, okay, God, my timeline

is six months. Your timeline is three three months, sorry,

three weeks. So we shifted to the theater and until

today is we're here?

Okay.

So remember I said one of the favor was, you know,

we knew the history and in our minds, nobody will

rent to another church because very malfine. All but they

opened the door and they say.

You can use it.

And then we shifted here and they say sure, and

of course we are here until now right, So we

were wreck And then the other plus point was the pricing.

I can't tell you, I can't remember the pricing that

but they gave us a good discount for us to

use and they even tell us, hey, friends, where can

you have a place that doesn't belong to you, are

that they booked the whole year for you? You know?

Do you know that when other people use this space,

they pay more, but we have favor with them? Then

you tell me that this space is not for us,

So recognizing us where is important. Let me tell you

another thing that I still remind myself. See, is God's

favor gonna be with us forever in this space?

I don't know.

Okay, I'm not gonna take it for granted. If one

day we've got no favorite, we move flat.

Okay.

By that time, all of you here might be you know,

millionaires city, or maybe some of you are ready secret

millionaires and you own a hall somewhere. You know that

you can offer us for cheap. Please send me no okay,

I don't know. I know, I'm just pulling it out there, okay.

Or maybe you have a rich uncle.

I don't know. I'm still praying for a rich uncle.

Er. Yeah, we are here for thirteen years. Ready, friends,

the management has changed three times. I'm still here. Tell

me that not us favor? Think about it. You guys

like this place, right, so let's take care of this space.

Can you recognize God's favor in your life. Not it

is it don't make sense on No, he don't make

sense son. You know, I learned about that. And then

when I walk with Passus Steven to plant Xbu, we

were also looking for us favor. We were looking for

gus favor. I remember this one place that we went

and some of us here, we were involved in it,

and they wanted to rent a place in Katie called

the High for someone that it was a shop lot upstairs,

three flows up, you know, and they were like, oh

and Passa.

Steve was very.

Happy because he could recognize that the place.

No he and of course he learning this.

And by the time I really learned about future favor

faith ready right, So I work with him and I

show him not you know, pasta cannot emulated deciper ship.

I learned how it looks like I practice on my

own life. I practice on the things of God, right,

And then I'm trying to teach him and he don't

understand because everything looks good. He saw the future in

a place, awesome place tree flows are still got leave

very small leaf. And then we went and do it

wrecky and then we were like a we already like

Kanchungan Kota Damasarai, and then we organized the wreki and

then our church elders came, you know, and I remember

I had a chat with you know, Ale and el

Can look at me and said, no, I cannot at

this space. And I'm like, okay, I don't really understand why,

but I recognized God's anointing over the elders of our

church that they have wisdom and they might see.

Things I don't see.

And of course he brought up you know, you'll be

very difficult for young families, one leaf stroller, all these

different things, and of course passus Steven is our campus pasta.

He's like, ha, young families, new care about them or not?

You don't feel the rasa you're doing rasa? Okay, huh,

we're gonna reach campus student naw, don't you worry about them?

Yeah? Right?

But I said no, he was not happier. Of course,

I said let's keep looking, and then he's like, oh,

but then, and then can I be honest? I can't

go through too much details, but there were one of

two things about the deal which felt iffy to Mi.

La felt just a bit efe like like there are

one or two things. We had to compromise, and I'm like, no, God,

if you give us savor, you'll be full on clean

slate one okay, right, So I told him, you know, happy,

and then we went hunting and then eventually we found

One World hotel and that was another story, you know.

I I don't have much time to go through that,

and we met there. But let me tell you the

thing that I didn't know and he didn't know, an

elder didn't know but got new. If you go to

Xbu now, right, half the congregation, our young families, I

tell you this thing about seeing God saver is very

amazing one, you know. So I'm gonna teachase to you guys.

Hopefully you can see it right, because we can see

the future for our life, but we don't think into

consideration God's favor or God's hand in it, and then

we get ourselves in trouble and then we ask God,

why why? Why?

A Lord?

I thought you supposed blessed and gods sitting there like

these are huge charity passerson really, you know. And of

course God will save you lave, okay, he is our

God and loves us right, but favor of the Lord,

right A good question I ask myself, you know, and

time and time again, I will ask myself this question.

That's why I think maybe my wife will so when

she see me like pursue something and I'm like, so

answer for it, and I can't just suddenly stop and

don't do it anymore, And then she's like confused, right, Yeah,

she were confused because I will ask myself this one question.

Does this bring me grief? You understand word grief or not?

Grief is not hart cheating.

All grief is not just sending us grief is like,

oh really, I don't feel like waking up in the morning.

Then I will ask God, God, I'm a child of God, following,

you shouldn't bring me grief. Yes, I know it brings

me challenges. I know it brings me a heartache sometimes

to make me stronger, but it will never bring me grief. Instead,

it will always bring me peace and your favor. So

if it brings me grief, don't do That's how I'm

very careful. Also, we're partnering people nowadays. Does this bring

me grief?

You know?

And of course you must test test test love, right,

And I'm okay one because I know that when I

follow God, It'll be good.

Your catch that.

Let's talk about the third principle. So the first principle

is easy. The second principle we kind of can see

it also sometimes you know you can and can I

tell you this thing about God's favor. God's favor is

very obvious one. You cannot explain it one. And once

it happen, then you need to act on the third principle,

which is faith.

Your catch that?

What does the scripture say? Matthew fourteen twenty nine says,

then Peter got down out of the board, walked through

the water, and came toward Jesus. These faith part really friends,

You already saw the future, You already experienced God's favor.

Is your turn now to work out in faith? No?

No, God, wait, can you show me another sign? Sometimes

God be nice to you and show you one sign. No, no, no, no,

I'm not really yet, you know. Let the young fellas

do it, the young fella. The old people say that,

the young fellow do. The young fellas say, let the

old people do then, who do nobody do the passa

do everything. Second Corinthians five seven says, for we walk

by faith and not by sight. Proverbs five three six.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean

not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him,

and he.

Should direct your paths.

Hebrews eleven six says, but without faith it is impossible

to please him. For he who comes to God must

believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder

of those who delive gently seek him. We need faith, friends,

This is the third part, right, it's hardest. But do

you know that when you step can step by in

faith the next time you face situations I this again

you know how to do. But of course there's the

two things in the beginning that has happened. You know,

if you step by in faith without checking whether you

got favor of God and whether you see a future,

that's foolishness. It's not faith. You see the yard stick,

You see how it works. Yes, you need to see

a future. But if you see a future and you

don't search a first favor and you step by in faith,

it's foolish. Not so so God, God, as you do

or not? Is it really God's voice? Be very very careful,

Elma fast said, be very very quiet, say be very

very careful.

It's a good yard stick. Right, it's a good yard stick.

You'll catch that. So after so chef you.

So we had to step out in faith to look

for another place. And I remember we had a conversation

passke Enough and he said, you know, hey, guys, I

know you've been looking for a venue for ex Kota

Damansara already for a long time and you cannot find

a place. No favor okay, one near miss, near heat

And he said, actually, did God really say ex Kota Damansara.

There was a question he asked. And again the two

people that were involved in this project was me and

passed Steven. And that was very interesting. I always ask God,

why do you send him? Of all people, why do

you send this guy from ex Central Subang? You know,

why didn't you raise someone from my leadership? Because that

was what was the plan. You know, I really shared

with the leadership. Were gon, any of you want to

take it up? Nobody take it up. So the deal

with me was, oh, you know, God, nobody.

Take it up. I take it up. Blah. Actually I

got a secret planner.

You know, I want to leave this place time weare

this courage, Can I be honest with you? I want

to experience more of newness of God because I was

dealing with stiff neck people, right, I mean, you guys

are awesome. So I was like, ah, right, but got

ready his person up. So even say, actually, God just

asked me a blanche, he doesn't have to be Katie.

It can be anywhere, because yeah, it can be anyway.

And for me it's like I just want to plant chiela.

God didn't specifically say x KAT. God said x kat.

You know, we only chose XKT because there was the

potential just plan that we talked about. Right, So then

he said, why don't you guys check out one more hotel,

you know, and if you do one more hotel, then

he's in Bano Tama, then maybe you can call it

x Bana Dama. And I went, okay, let's go check

it out. So we went right, we went, and we

saw the place and we saw the new nice hall

and I remember where clearly he was going for five

thousand ringgit even it's taken three thousand ringgit no not tree, yeah,

five thousand ring git half a day. And we were like,

cannot ford that can free hundred people. And then we

were like oh okay, and we're going to leave really,

you know. And the guy say, hey, hold on, what's

your budget and we're like, oct yeah, budgets very low.

And he's like, you know what, there's one place that

I want to show you. You know, it's always the

kind of situation. There's one place I want to show

you that I don't normally show the people, but I

think you guys might like it. And we went and

see the old hall that they just ran out bit

third and that was where we met, right, and of

course that time the whole costs three thousand and eight eight.

And then I again I walked it before MA, so

I tell pass Steven, you know a lot of potential.

We saw the future in that place. Is possible to

have exkis and all these different things. And then I said, okay,

when they were quoting us, I said, us for fifty

percent discount, you're very extion. Now, no, I want to

recognize costs favor, right. And the thing is we also

know the pricing and all that, but PJ is don't

know why you're very expensive, right, you guys own homes

in PJ. PJ homes are like more expended and kil homes.

You're going to be a rich man.

Next time.

They say yes, and I say, Stephen, time to walk

in faith, because God really spoke, and of course they

met that he experienced future favor faith. They just shifted

maybe a this year. I think shifted to Avante Hotel.

They also have a similar testimony. Hey, I will catch

out the testimony. They're looking for a place too small

already he wanted to go to another place, went to

Avante Hotel.

Guys, I went to a hotel before. Let's just say that.

They didn't give us the time of day because the

only Lion corporate clients.

We are too small a project for them.

So he went there. Of course the time he already knew.

So I'm like, okay, you know how the Jalan Jalana

and then he Jala himself. He went and see the

place of pasquav and I think they met my wife

there and they were going to leave the place because

again never really Lion.

And then else he.

Was walking out, his Sonny got a phone call even

where are you? He was the manager from the one

that gave us a place in one hotel. The manager

I forgot his name. Day he called, Hey, I saw

you just came out of one hotel.

What are you doing there? Yeah, of course you're like,

oh no, he said, Well, can I let me just

be honest.

You were looking for a place. Oh really, Hey, can

I tell you something, Steven. I just started my new

job at Avande Hotel yesterday. I know what you need.

Let me get it for you favor of God. Can

I share you another thing that's quite cool? Every time

I drive the Avande Hotel, and it's not just me

any speaker, Okay, I think past also we experience his

elder Terence every time we drive the other day hotel.

We have a reserve parking at the valet for us.

Tell me that it's not God's favor. We're not paying

so much more or no, everything that they need, they

have friends. We've got to recognize God's favor in our life.

And once you recognize, we move in faithity your cash

tian On, let me share you a few things and

I'll share your personal testimony. I know I don't have

much time, Maday, what can derailers? So what can derailers

from this future favor faith?

Thing?

Well, I just wrote down a few things here. Okay,

I'll share you three things.

Okay.

First thing is discouragement and destruction, right Matthew fourteen, the dsays,

but when he saw the win, he was afraid, beginning

to sing and cry out, Lord save me, Thank God,

Jesus there. But you see, if we see a future,

whether you see a future, maybe there's favor.

Maybe you need to stand faith.

Do you know at any of this time you can

be distracted, You can be discouraged, and discursion is very powerful.

Once the devil disguises you on you won't pursue what

God has for you already?

Do you know that Joma was discouraged many times?

Recently, I was talking to a young adult and he

was telling me the different challenges hey to face because

he was also neurodivergent and he had to go through

different challenges. And he told me that, you know past

one of the things one of the Bible that I

really love us job because Joe went through every single

challenger and until the end he didn't get a reason

why from God. And I loved that because I experienced

that and I still don't know why I'm going through

sound the challenges, but God was with him. Wow. Friends,

can we have that perspective like Shaderick meschag and a

bandy goal. Even if God don't save us, we will

still not bow down to you. Right, Discouragements and destruction.

Do you know that discouragements can derail you? So yeah,

it's derail men. This is the plan. Yes, there's bums

along the way, there's things along the way. If you

just held on a little longer, you wouldn't have You

would have experienced a break truth. But we are discouraged

and we start sinking. Second thing that can be realised

it's our own hearts.

This is very, very true. Right.

Jeremiah seventeen nine says the heart is deceitful above all

things and beyond cure. Who can understand it. The one

other thing that I've learned right in my life as

a believer in disciple shape is that I cannot trust myself.

I cannot trust myself, especially if I really want that

thing I like. You cannot trust myself because I will

tell myself, convince myself, justify all the things to get it.

It's always good to bounce it off in another percent.

That's why discipleship is very important. It's always good to

have a neutral party speaking into your life. That's why

we are so big on it because if we really

want it, we'll get it. That's the reality of life, right, die, die,

you will go get it. So our hearts is deceitful.

That's why it's good to have a bouncing off, right.

That's the answer to that is Jeremiah seventeen seven ten. Okay,

maybe we turn to it real quick, are you guys?

Okay?

You can be patient enough for me to share my testimonials,

all right, can I Okay?

Our end with that?

Okay, So Jeremiah seventeen seven to ten will be the

answer to the heart. Oh my goodness, Maybe actually we

can help me, okay, he says, yeah seventeen seventeen, say yeah, okay.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and

who's helped me the Lord. Don't trust yourself, trusting God. Okay,

what's next? For he shall be like a tree planted

by the waters, which spreads out these roots by the river,

and will not feel when the heat comes by. Its

sleep will be green and not be anxious in the

year of draft, nor we'll cease from yielding fruit. The

heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately we who

can know it. The Lord search the heart and test

the mind, even to give every man according to his ways,

according to the fruit of his doings. One good way

to check yourself is to be close to God.

One good way is to trust God word. God's word.

God says, there is wisdom in the counsel of many.

Don't just listen to any counsel.

Within the church.

People who are you know who knows what we're talking

about in terms of aligning to God.

That's the counsel you need.

Can you listen to people out there who don't have God? Can?

Can you go listen to them? They'll give you another

kind of advice. Is it going to be bad? No,

it's going to be good. But is it going to

be God's advice? So be careful who you listen to friends, right,

because the reality is our heart is deceitful. The last thing,

which is a very drama thing that would derail us

from God's plan is this. The opposite of submission is rebellion.

That that's the reality. He rules the thing sevent Things says,

Obey those who rule over you and be submissive, for

they watch out for your souls. As those who must

give account, let them do so with joy and not

with grief, for that will be unprofitable for you.

That's the reality.

While we're big on decyber shit, well, we want to

help people. That's the goal of it, right, So we

got to be wear careful friends.

We got to bear careful.

As we want to pursue the will of God in

our lives and as we measure it up. We also

got to check our hearts and be aligned to God

right because God does have good things for us friends.

And yes it might be challenging, but it's not impossible.

It might be difficult, but God will have testimony.

You know.

One of the things that I'm praying for in our

church is we need campus students.

Really, we use to have their tee.

And I don't know, maybe the DEVI wil come and

mess different ones up and different people lost hope over

the church. But I remember when I plow the ground,

you know, we started one, two three, God brought the

right people.

Now we're seeing trickles come back.

Yesterday, one of the leaders, I think Jamie Shid, she

shared in a group, Hey, you know, I feel that

you know, anybody want to follow us to go and

reach out to the chempras student to go and give flyers.

I say, go ahead, if you're feeling like go hit

walk in faith. And we got one sign up. You

know how prescious that one sign up is. Even if

the person don't come, just even if the person don't

receive Jesus on the spot, it doesn't matter. Maybe we

can help the person have better mental health. Don't look

down on the little.

That you have.

But as we saw, as we continue to sow friends,

Chemera students, hear me out, as you continue to sew

your bad food, don't despise the little that you saw.

Don't despise that one invite because as you do it

and as you want in faith, you will come. God

will will be the one who gives you the increase.

Let me share you a testimony on future favor of faith,

and I will start with not so nice things.

So I stay in my house since twenty.

Eleven, that's like fourteen years ready, And I think I've

said before that there was a period in my life

where I didn't like my house very much, and I

wanted the shift to p J right, because again, convince myself, right,

oh you know here is better. Right, then I can

have homes and then I can be closer to some

of you guys, then we can have fellowship and stuff

for that.

Right. And for two years we look, we.

Search, and I remember my wife was very stressed out

because the husband was giving her stress. Right, and we

say my chief and all that kind of stuff. But

thank God, thank God, as I applied this, I didn't

see God's favor at all.

I didn't.

I saw a future. I saw a future, but I

didn't see God's favor. So don't see God's favor. Thank God,

I know enough to don't do lah. So there was

once I remember I said, dear, you know what, let's

just stay here. Let me deal with this frustration. And

I saw the stress leave for eyes. Two years stress

leave for eyes. Now I was like, wow, Lord, what

have I done? And then God started changing my perspective

about my house. He started telling me, hey, if you

want a nicer, bigger house, can you take care of

this one? READI or not change my perspective. And of

course pandemic happened, and different things happened, and I started

this project on doing up my house, you know, gardening la,

doing this, doing that, lah, different things lah right, and

it was good and I started living my house again,

I'm like, woll, Lord, thank you for this house. And

of course during the pandemic, this is like the best

thing ever are you know?

You tied up each other.

You can go upstairs if we say in a condo

or tie if each other can't go anywhere, no, and

then my kids can still run outside.

We can pull you know, it was good.

I was like, well, Lord, thank god I didn't shift

because I wore being in financial ruin. I would have

been in I don't know what else happened to me.

La right, So Stewart ship, Stewart the house and then

come the final frontier because during this time, even when

I let my house, the back of my house was

a jungle where animals life to stay.

There was one amd where my.

Wife texts me and say, dear, a cobra just came

into the back of our washing machine at ten ninety

t am and I'm like, I have to do it

is a baby cobra. And I think recently or so,

there was another drama. You know, got Monito isard come

in the front of our house. Anyway, there's another story, right,

And my wife was sitting there for twenty minutes to

care the monitar is it having a conversation with him?

Okay, you can ask me later.

Okay, there was the final frontier, but no, my neeed

to renovate, so don't do anything.

Law.

And then this year, my you know, you talk about

the cybership. Let me give you the power of the

cyber ship. You know, whatever that your disciple has can

flow down? Can no can flow down? And what happened

was my pastor switch. Your father ran everything his house,

good la. And then of course he shared here and

I was like, yeah, praise to God, you know. And

then my hearded leaders run everything house and I'm like, okay, great, law,

both you got money, go ahead, you know, I mean

has got no money but got provided.

Okay, we all know, thank God, but I don't have ma.

And then of course how they encourage our Hey, where

do you try? You know?

Then I li Liana, we lion. I didn't see a future. Friends,

I just liean on me. Okay, okay, like Liana, let

me call the contractors, see so happened to be placed?

Give me the coord you know.

And then I Liana asked us, you know you're shown

to help me draw the plans and then pray you

know maybe like it will happen, but honestly, I didn't

see the future. It's like it didn't happen. It's fine,

I'll be happy. And of course I've said that before

hear it. And then the first testimony happened. God gave

me a seat, money, not a lot, no friends, not

even fifty ten percent on me of the projected and

I'm like, and I was so shocked with it that

when I came home, my wife looked at me and say,

what are you so worried? And I said, this happened,

and I said, should need to be happy. I'm like,

it's never happened to me if I'm shocked, But I

knew God was telling me move forward.

So then I had to take the step of faith.

This is how my house looks like, Dinna, So stele

of faith, right, take a stele of faith, Jalana. And

of course, if you're familiar with renovation work, you can

stop Halfayanna.

It's not all the way.

So I was like, okay, Lord, if you run out money,

then I would just deal with.

Whatever comes my way.

But at least there's a roof, and you know, so

don't don't don't forward first this leave it to this.

So what happened was.

God showed me a future and God showed me faith

at the same favor at the same time.

So he opened up my eyes. So what do I do?

Walk one step on?

What?

One step?

Okay, take the step of faith and then wait, can

I see another future?

Show me favor? Take the step of faith.

Right during this time and this season, my wife was

very stressed out in the world, and she asked me

how they are, and I said, yeah, you know what,

just quit your job black. I also think it's about

time a lot of favor, thinking that she will find

job in two months, and God gave her a five

month break. You know the job is is her sabbatical?

Is my wilderness?

Single income family house renovation? A lot of money going out?

Can we survive? Do we have money? I fastworded tsemoney

to yalla? This is how my house loooks sit. Now

can you show the next photo?

Do you know that?

There were many many times where I in my mom like,

you know what, if you've got no capbiness is fine.

If no things is fine, it's friends.

God provided.

I mean, thank God. Now wife, job you know we are,

you know, building our finances and stuff like that. If

you ask me then when we started, do we have

the money to complete the job? Don't have no, And

of course the job is, well, my job is. You know,

God gave past the keenough that one person name I

was praying very hard for the one person Namer. I

was also looking at those people here, and you know,

maybe God impressed your heart or my name to pray

for you. Until today. I didn't get any name until today.

No rich uncle called me. But God provided the bill,

got provided the bill. We fully pay off everything, really,

and we're enjoying the kitchen now right.

No stress, I mean got stressed start, but no grief.

No grief friends. And the thing is, the kitchen is

being well.

Used now okay, because I get to givite people.

You'll come right.

Those that haven't come here, don't worry, give me time.

I'm tackling it slowly with my wife. I hope you

catch something today. I know it's a very simple well simple,

not simple, yeah, stick. But the encouragement is, at the

end of the day, you learn how to walk in faith,

you learn how to want in the spirit, you learn

how to trust God through different challenges, and you know,

that God will opened the door.

He will, he will open the door for you.

He will show you things, and then it's our turn

to walk in faith, because if we hold ourselves.

Back, once you can see the future.

Once you can see and and you know, the wonderful

thing why I'm sharing that that story to you is because.

I didn't see a future in my mind.

In my simple mind, I'm like, Noah, no way, I'm

gonna run away my house knowing it's going to be

so nice, you know, until today me and kitchen and

going like this is our kitchen. I cannot believe. Man,

you know it's the nicest room in so you're like

hanging out there, you know there is like the living

room is okay?

I mean, God, it's good our friends. I'm not saying

this to boss.

I'm just saying this to encourage you because I wonder

what will be your testimony. I wonder that when you

learn to work in you know, with this in mind,

what God.

Would do for you? And please check, please don't keep

it to yourself. Can you see a future? Now?

I know somew you here you are believing for different things,

But can you see a future? And yes, you can

see a future good. Then the next thing is, God,

are you here with me? Can you show me, show

me a sign? And once you show you a clear signer,

please move readly, no, don't wait, move really because we

need to take responsibility of what we pray for. And

I tell you after that you're life. If your experience

with Him will grow and there'll be other things, not

just in the area of ministry, but the area of

your life.

It's very important. Amen.

I know I don't have much time right now. I

just want to pray for different ones here. Maybe we'll

just encourage you to just close your eyes and just

reflect a little bit on your own line. Da da

da shadia sick. I know different people here are believing

for children. I'm earnestly praying for you. I'm declaring really

that twenty twenty five is going to be a fruitful

year for BJA in the area of kids.

I believe that with you.

Yes, some might have to go through IBF, some might be,

you know, believing for natural some might be overcoming their fears.

Friends, I'm believing.

With you that God will come true for you, not

your own efforts, but God's effort. But this is a

good principle. Do you see a future not? Most important?

Yes? Is it together? Husband, wife? Yes? Ask for God's

favor and he.

Will lead you. Once he leads, you walk in faith

and trust him. Trust him, trust his timing, Trust his timing.

Don't be so conscum. Trust his timing. Even if it

takes a wal more, it's okay. Trust his timing.

I think sometimes a lot of us we jump into

things because we think it's good, but then we get

our us in trouble, and then after.

That we're too a shame to deal with.

Ned do a shame to come back to a shame

and every can you're living it and think it becomes.

Part of our life.

Don't get their friends, don't get there. God is here

for you. Do not forsake him. God is here for

your family. Do not forsaking. Do you know that if

you made mistakes in the past, it's okay because high

s blood wash us all seen away. You can start

a fresh day. That's the wonderful thing about God. You

don't have to live in fear or live in the

fear of past regrets. You can walk into a new future.

I'm just sharing you testimonies. But do you know the

amouth mistakes. I make many, many mistakes. That's why I

learned to adjust. I learned to be wiser. I learned

to not get myself in trouble, and I hope you'll

do the same.

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