Always Give Only Your Best To God (Part 2) | Pr Alvin Keng

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Let me share with you the title of the message today.

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always give only your best of God? Okay, and we're

gonna talk about the how today. How do you always

give only your best of God? And just a little

bit of introduction for those that may not be familiar.

So in ex Church and in different churches, we have

different expressions you know. Of course, all churches that are legit,

we believe in Jesus. We believe that he died for

since we believe that he's a son of God and

God send him here to redeem us.

Okay.

We believe in the Bible, the living Word of God.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, you know, that's what

we believe in certain called things. Of course, different churches

we have different expressions, different minor things, you know. As

you can see, I don't wear a rope here, I

don't have a staff you know, some to just practice that.

Nothing wrong with that is just the expression. Okay for

us as x and we started in two thousand, God

has given past the head of the man who had started,

who say yes to the Lord to start this church

and then with a bunch of young people join and

then start the young people.

Now we're already nobody laughing. Uh and uh and and

and and.

And God has been good okay, and the things that

God has given our church. And again it's all aligned

to the word of God. Okay, uh, you know, and

I'll talk about it a little bit. And as we

continue to multiply, and as the Lord continues to uh

you know, cause us to plant, you know, we shouldn't

lose the spirit of what the Lord has given to us, correct, right,

I mean, if you a very good example, but not

a nice example to use this McDonald's. Imagine you go

to the McDonald's, you know, the person who started the

McDonald's right after ten shops. Then it looks differently. Then

it looks different than don't call it McDonald's. Likewise, we

have alsoady saying sometimes in X rays we say, hey,

it looks a little bit different than don't call it

exl you know we're excenal yes and nolah. I'm house proud, okay,

because when you come here, the Lord has given us

certain things and and and it's unique to us. I

would say certain things, but then it is also something

that you can practice anywhere else because when the church

talks about stuff, we talk about your faith. Your catch

they are not and your faith talks about who you

believe in, what you believe in, what you practice. You

see where I'm going what you practice right. Ultimately, it

is about us following Jesus. Amen, only half of you

agree me. Ultimately it is about us following Jesus. It's

about us being disciples, meaning we need to look more

and more like Christ.

Imen.

And when I say that, I'm not saying we expect

all the women here to grow beards and start worrying white.

No, that's not why I'm saying.

But we should look like Christ in our spirit, in

our conduct, in what we believe in, in our convictions.

That's what we ultimately shu look like. So a good gauge.

Why sorry?

We like to challenge people, okay, because if you don't

have any challenge your life and you stay the same forever,

and then you look back ten years and you say,

where have I come?

You've not moved? Friends? Is life? You gotta move? Can

you move?

Or not? Can you not your neighbor and say you

gotta move? What you're not convinced? Don't be a pure warmer.

We're gonna pu here to warm only sets. Okay, So

always give only your best God, it is a value

that we believe in our church. Last the last time

I shed. If you're all perselves this from you know?

Is it bibigl Yes? I went extensively in explaining to

you why it is not just you know, nice to

hear things. It is not just a value. No, we

believe in it because it's from the Bible. Because we

love the Lord, our God, with all our heart, with

all our soul, with all our mind, with all our strength.

And when you love something or someone with everything, then

you give that person your best. Amen half again, only agree.

The rest is sleeping. Sorry, I'm on fire today, So

you respond or don't respond.

I'm not gonna care.

I'm just gonna preach it because yesterday I learned it

all though, that my job as a leader is to

just share and whether you receive it or not. It

is after the Holy Spirit. It's not my problem. So

I'm not gonna offend you. Don't worry. I'm just gonna

share what the Lord has praid on my heart so

that you catch it. Amen, hopefully you catch it. Don't

worry the ballom you throw so fast. Okay, So what

is the heart issue? What is the issue? Think about it.

It is a heart matter. It is always a heart matter.

When you read the scriptures, Jesus always addresses the heart.

He never addresses Oh you know you don't dress like that.

You don't, of course you come to church and hey,

why you talk about my dressinger. Well, where your heart is,

your action will follow. There's something you have to talk

about it. But we don't judge anybody here. But you

got to remember it is a hard issue. It is

not a law issue.

So don't be distracted, don't be offended thinking that is.

Oh, just just want me to be a goody goody,

goody goody friends. It is always, has always been a

hot issue because once you settle the heart, everything else

where easy on.

But the moment is not the moment.

The heart is not settled, then we will have people

get I don't want to describe after something you fear

talking about you where people always trying to fight, trying

to push, trying to judge, trying to friends. It has

always been a hard issue. It's always been a hard issue,

even for.

Me as well. Right.

Why is Pastor Elvin standing here preaching to you all?

Why am I trying my best to disciple people? Is

it just for my glory? It is just so the

XPJ can look good and look great. No, friends, I

want to follow Jesus. And if Jesus called me, if

the Lord has called me to do this, then I

will do it unto him with all my best, whether

you like me or not.

Because I'm not here the police man. I'm here to

please God.

And sometimes by pleasing God, men get offended sometimes, right,

And that's what I have to deal with. If you

think I like no, I don't like it. I don't

like it if people don't like me. But it's always

been a hard issue.

Friends.

Only God can save your soul, you know why, because

he's the one that made your soul.

You didn't make your own soul. I didn't make your soul.

The devil did. Of course.

No other men meet your soul. God made your soul

so only he can save your soul. No one else can. Right,

and his blueprint for our redemption plan has always been

to save our souls, to save us, and not our status,

not our belongings, material wealth, not our achievements, not things

that are temporal on this earth. I remember talking to

someone and I told this person, I said, you know, no,

suddenly now you are like into gym and doing all

these things. I told the person is I said, you know,

when you face death, you change a lot of things

in your life. You know, especially when you have something

to live for right when you face that. But when

you don't face theav a very easy, easy come, easy go.

But when you face death you tend to have you

tend to evaluate a lot of things.

I remember the first.

Time I had a brushweet death, not me, by a friend.

And this was a famous story in Klang. Three youths passed.

Away in KKB and one of it was not close

but kindergarten.

We know each other kindergarten. Somehow we still friends.

And I found out as a teen that the person

passed away right drowned. Try to save people, and I

went for the whake service and I saw his face

the same as on Why I tell you it was

super existential.

Man.

What I had to think about after that. When we

face death, a lot of things come into perspective. But

when you don't face death on a day, well you

don't face death then okay, La, you know we still

live that. I'm not just talking about dying for final ky.

So God's blueprint for a redemption plan has always been

to save our souls, and it's talking about we need

to happen renewed mind Romans twelve right, because we're living

in a natural world right, and we won't be able

to comprehend all these things with our own logic. Friends,

if you try to figure out or try to understand

how God works in your logic, you will fail. Trust me.

I have given up trying to understand. I have spent

more time trying to figure out the Bible and the

Word and what God means. Read and try and figureut

how God works. Oh why does this happen? Why does

that happen? Sometimes we don't know, we have no answer, right,

Oh why does this tragedy happen?

You know? I like how this pastor or online share it?

He said. I don't know. I'm not God. I don't know.

But let me tell you what I believe God has done.

Let me tell you how that tragedy has become a testimony.

Let me tell you how the thing that is suffering

has changed to hope, to love, to something that all

of us can only say. This has to be God

because naturally it will not happen, because normally it won't happen.

Are guys catching something? So we have to have a

renewed mind? Friends?

Can I challenge you to have a renewed mind? Can

I challenge you in twenty twenty five think about things differently?

If you've been thinking about church, God, life, your faith

the same all these past years, time to change your mind.

Yesterday and although I had a very good friend he

shed on stage, he said, two years, and I know

you very well. Two years he's been struggling, striving the

word right to accept different things because he was very

confident in different things. And God had to change his mind.

And he said, okay, God, since you you know, let

me let me allow you to mow me after that. Wow,

you look at him now, You'll be like for those

that know him will be like Wow. Yes, He's a

change man, right, Lisia, And God is working in his life.

Amazing.

This man once said I will never buy a house,

bought a house last year. This year, I'm like, wow, God,

you can change. Of course, I Enjoe and say maybe

one day he will have a child because there's something

he said he won't do as well.

I'm purposely saying this because I know he might listen

to it.

Hebrews eleven one to say is now, faith is a

substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not

seen for by it, the elders obtain a good testimony

by faith. We understand that the world's were framed by

the word of God, so that the things were which

are not seeing were not made of things which are visible.

This thing about faith is very interesting, friends, because it's illogical.

That's why you need faith to believe. Huh.

You mean, I can, you know, stretch out my hand

and pray for someone and just because the Bible say

by he strikes you are he he's hell?

Yeah?

Yeah, yeah, it's illogical. Yes, it is, because we worship

of God is supernatural. You mean, it's very logical for

you to pray for things from nothing come out something.

What does that tell your friends?

It tells you that you cannot use the logic of

this world to explain what the Lord has for your life.

You will struggle, you will strive. The more you try

to push God in a box, the more frustration you

will have. But the more you humble yourself and follow God,

he will reveal to you things that you do not know.

He has revealed to me so much in my own life,

how to work by faith, how to trust God, how

to do crazy things. Why Because I've seen it in

the lives of other people. I've seen it in testimonies

about how people believe in healing. And if I believe

in a God that is a god of the supernatural,

then I can believe in the same thing. It is

the evidence of what has been happening, not just hearsay.

That's why the encouragement from the stage is very simple.

Test God and see how good He is in your

life for yourself, because you cannot live on another person's testimony.

You can only live on your own testimony. And the

more you try and live on someone else's testimony, the

more you will discouraged engage God yourself. That's the wonderful

thing about our faith. Everybody here can engage God on yourself.

The only question is are we going to do it? Now?

Amen? And that's my introduction.

So friends, okay, I just a bit passionate, are you guys?

Okay? Okay? So I have fair friends. Don't try and

logify everything. Okay. So today we're going to talk about

how to give got our best? Right?

So I thought we'll start with the negative, okay, then

we go positive. So let me ask you a question.

What would stop us from giving got our best?

Okay?

And for fun, right, I'm just gonna ask differently here

what do you think will stop you from giving out

your best? Let's start with Daniel Wow, okay, not you

other people?

Out of people?

What what will stop you, know, that person from giving

their best? Just one word?

Uh?

One word? You don't know? Chasing after worldly things, chasing

after worlding things?

Okay, listing, complacent, complacent, complacency okay, says thinking I'm going

to leave alone.

I asked past, what will stop wiliness?

Worliness? Okay, okay, let me find another victim? Yeah, iran,

what will stop fear?

Fear? Okay? Nah? Let me come Millian now, minion.

What will stop people from giving their best to God? Yeah?

Fear?

Okay, Oh you're copying. Shut answer. Actually, there are a

lot of things are okay. They are a lot of things.

But I wrote down here five things are okay. Again,

this is not an exhaustive Lisa. If you understand what

they were. If you don't get what their woman is

going to ask your parents, gay, it's not Exhaustedly a

lot of things can stop you. But as I was

thinking and praying and thinking about it, I think some

of these things are quite common. And if you're not careful, friends,

can I say this? None of you here have ill intent?

Okay? No, you know what. The one thing I've learned.

Through my years of ministry and years of being a

human being on this earth, everybody has good in them.

Everybody has good in them. Everybody wants to be successful, everybody.

Everybody. When I say success, I'm not oh, you know

you want to get a goods?

No. No, everybody wants to do well. Everybody who wants to succeed,

like everybody. Nobody wants to fail. And nobody starts off

taking I'm starting to I'm starting so I can fail. No,

nobody everybody. That is my basis of looking at people. Now, however,

everybody got in my language, everybody got bad habits, everybody

got your own vices or so some people will say,

and that's life, and we want to encourage everybody to grow.

Amen, like you guys catch me.

So when we talk about things, don't think it as oh,

you know you're talking about me. No, no, no, no, we're

talking about your vices. We're talking about your bad habits.

We're not talking about you. You're a good person, right,

because if you're not good person, and then no point

talking to you, know, right. So, so don't get offenders

so fast. Cannot don't take offense so fast.

You know.

The one thing that you shouldn't take a lot is offense. Right,

it's very well suffering. One recently I had to counsel

someone right, took offense over something.

Three years.

Three years are same issue, you know, and then manifests

in different areas now and then I'm like, wow, he

just went back there from day one, and I'm like,

just forgive, la, just forgive. Thankfully it ended well. Now

the persons happy. You can see in the facer lifted.

So don't see me the offense. Gay, amen? So what

will stop us? Well, you might not like this word comfort.

We are creatures of comfort.

I too far? La, well, design I cannot before? Oh yeah,

too long?

Lah, it's too boring, not funny enough. No, No, this

doesn't suit me. No, it doesn't s it's not my thing. Okay,

comfort comfort, comfort can really mess us up.

You know.

I notice because IOSO have been there and the and

the thing about us is that we constantly look for comfort.

And it's fine, that's the way we are wired. But

we're talking about giving our best. I'm not saying comfort

is bad now, guys, I'm just saying what can stop you?

Because if that becomes god, if comfort becomes God, then

every single thing you do will be towards comfort. Get

what I mean. So I'm not talking about comfort bad. No, no, no, comfort,

it's actually good. Please wear comfortable clothes, stay in a

comfortable house, do all these things?

Right?

But but is it God? Is it the main? Do

you do you evaluate everything according to this? Because if

you do, it's very dangerous.

Not for me, no for you know. Okay, Well, the

next thing is I try and put everything in seas. Okay.

The next thing that can stop you? Is change more

like spare change?

Or?

Do I have lever?

You know you're not giving your best when you're just

looking for change, right, you're just looking for changes only.

I'm so busy ready, Okay, I'll just give you this

little bit. You know how many of you would love

to have that it's just an afterthought? You are just

an afterthought? Do you know that you are not just

an afterthought? And gosts eyes? Do you know that he

loves you? Do you know that his sacrifices son for you?

You're not an afterthought?

Now? Then? Why is God enough to thought to us? Sometimes?

Hey, when I'm sharing this thing, I also feel you know,

because I am like that again, I'm human being as well. Okay,

change or this word sound very nice one? Okay, but

I just put you here. Commitments Huh? Isn't commutment good?

I'm committed to my wife. Yes, yes, yes, it's good.

But other commitments can also affect us giving our best

for God. We talk about God being taught first, first priority, right,

But when there's something else as a first priority, then

you're committed something else. So the Bible is very clear,

so you can alserve two masters. It's either God or Memon.

You choose, you know, we have to choose so other

communers can affect it. I'm too busy. There's something important

I you to do. Nothing wrong with our friends, nothing wrong,

But it's that top in your life. That's something you

got to consider because if it is that has become

God to you, love people.

Don't catch that. Oh no, mind sill come to church.

I still believe in Jesus. Yes, yes you do.

But our actions speak very loud. And I'm not saying

that now so that you can go and look at people. No,

I'm saying that so that you can look at yourself.

I check my action and why I do. It'll be

hard to check other people. No, because you can't see

us in your heart. So please don't go and do that.

But I'm saying the actions because then you can see

your own actions. What have you been practicing? You without realizing?

Right? That might be? Where or God is you get?

I mean? Right? Well?

Another thing that can stop you is complaints. This I

don't know when you explainer complaints? How many of you

have met a person that complains all the time? Find

or not a person that complains all the time? Do

you think they will give their best. Do you think

will they will give their best? I mean you be

the judge number five, okay, and this is the last

time for me, don't you. You can add your on list,

but I would encourage you to think about how to

give your best and not how not to give your best.

So I'm just giving us thoughts so that we can

think about it a bit. I put here combat trauma. Uh,

none of us are in have been sold just before

combat trauma? Right past bad experiences with church, with leaders.

With Christians.

But why is that got to do with God? Well,

let me go into scripture. So let's start with this,

how do I give God my best?

How? Well?

I would like to rephrase this question because he will

help you a little bit more because if we ask

how to give God my best? Then something very hard

to internalize. But if we ask the question, how do

I love God the best? It makes it very clearly.

You'll catch it, right, So it starts with love first,

Do we love God or not?

Yes? No?

Because with that simple question he will determine everything else

that comes after. Right, and there's a decision you have

to decide. Nobody's going to force you to decide that decision.

You will have to decide because your expression of love

is unique, and your expression of love towards the Lord,

it is something you will do. If you love something

else more than God, then that will take more of

your time. There will be something that will be priority.

Is how we work, Okay, Right, that's the first motivation.

It is very hard to give your best to someone

or something if you don't love them.

It is very hard. Have you been in love before? Friends?

Have you?

I was just talking to a leader just now, and

you're talking about how you know fresh, young, green smelling couples. No,

not a couple of ye couple. I'm so excited to

talk to each.

Other every day.

Right. For those of you here are married, you remember

the first time the girl that you like that's now

your wife. Okay, girl that you like that's not your wife? Please,

there's nothing about it, Okay, how it works last time?

Right?

It's as we love. There's something I learned in marriage

that's very important. Communication, right, couples married couples. Communication. There's

another important one thing I learned. Sometimes we love the

way we want to be loved. Corner, we love someone

the way we want to be loved, but because all

of us have different love languages, we try our best

to love someone the way we will do it, the

way we like it. But actually that person doesn't feel love.

Does that make sense to your The guy say a

single here, girls, says a singer. I'm giving you a tipes,

so you better write this down.

So effectively.

If you want to love someone, you gotta love the

way the person will feel love. You gotta love the

way the person will feel love. You'll catch there not

because if you keep trying to love, Oh, you know,

I like to be serviced, so I will keep sinking person.

But this person loves word or affirmation. And then suddenly

you have a you know, power town hall meeting husband

and wife, and then your wife will say, oh, I

don't you don't love me anymore? You used to buy flowers?

And then the husband's lie, But I serve you every day.

I give you everything, I give you my life. I

work so hard five five five for fight, and then

and then chicken talking to that and then they you know,

they stressity, they go and see pasta ma elin and

then pass alien because they're not emotionally you know, connected

to the situation.

They're like are you guys hearing yourself and then passed.

I have to tell the guy, why don't you say

I love you your wife? Every day?

And then anyone say why don't you start cutting fruits

for him in the morning? You know, and then suddenly

suddenly it's changed. Doesn't mean that they don't love each other. No,

they still love each other. It's just that the expression

is not clicking. You understand that. Okay, none of you

are getting me this morning. Good morning everyone. I hope

you understand. So unless I start the American you're like,

oh no, no, no, you find all the type. Okay,

go back and practice. It's kay.

Do you know that it's the same with God. Do

you know that it's the same with God. Let's read scripture? Yeah,

can you read scripture?

He says, John fourteen fifteen eighteen says, if you love me,

keep my commandments?

Friends, are you reading what I'm reading? If you love me,

who's meaning God?

Right? Keep my commandments out? Ooh, and I will pray

the Father and he will give you another helper. Oh, okay,

who's this help of the Holy Spirit? That he may

abide with you forever, the spirit of truth whom the

world cannot receive because he neither sees him nor knows him.

Do you know this points right important? The world cannot

receive because it neither sees him or knows him. That

is why Christians, you are weird. People won't understand you.

People won't get why you're so happy in times where

it's stopped, because the helper is there to help you,

and the world will not understand. So stop trying to

be relevant to the world. Stop trying to fit in

because you can't, especially if you have the Holy spray

of you. That's where the frustration lizes. I feel sometimes.

In fact, I would say, you have something better than

the world has to offer, because you have peace, you

have love. Are you catching something or that He neither

sees him nor knows him, but you know him, for

he dwells with you and will be in you. I

will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

That's the promise from God. We will not be alone.

If you're feeling alone, here, there's a life from the devil,

because the helper is in you. If you have received Christ,

the Holy spray is there, talk to him. Do you

know that God will talk back? He will John fourteen

you want to say, is he who has my commondness

and keeps them? Is he who loves me out? And

he who loves me will be loved by my father,

and I will love him and manifest myself to him. Friends,

you want to love God, it is quite simple. Keep

his commandments. If you don't know what his commandments is,

read it simple, not complicated. Oh God, I will sacrifice

my life for you.

Hello? Are you even keeping my commments? What you so? First? One?

Sacrifice life? Chill?

Love right, brother, chill? Are we even keeping his commments?

Not think about it? How do we keep his commments?

Well?

Loving others? John twenty one, fifteen nineteen. Okay, let me

read that. John twenty one, fifteen nineteen v Extually we

can help me. I guys, okay, I realized when I

appreciate everybody's really quiet wire, Am I too offensive?

I'm so sorry if I am?

You know?

Noah? Okay, give me some assurance. Are guys.

Sorry? Insecure? Insecure picture? I'm not as confident as fast me.

I realize every time he said I would have to

you know, check on him for fun? John John chapter

twenty one. Okay, John twenty one, How Kenna.

Is it there all right? Okay? Great fifteen to nineteen? Okay,

say so.

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon,

son of Jonah, do you love me more than this?

He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I

love you. He said to him, So, if we love Jesus,

what do we do? Find some lamb and make sure

you feed it?

Okay?

So after this or you go go and look for

a live lamb, buy and then feed the lamb. Then

you love Jesus. Okay, we take God's it literally. Y'all

know I'm joking. Right next, he said to him again

a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?

He said to him, Yes, Lord, you know that I

love you. He said to him, ten my sheep. And

next he said to him at that time, Simonson, Jnah,

do you love me? Peter was grieved, or God, how

many times? How many times must you ask me the

same question?

Don't you know? I love you?

One John four nineteen twenty one says we love him

because he first loved us. If someone says I love

God and hates his brother, he is a liar, for

he who does not love his brother whom he has seen.

How can he love God whom he has not seen?

And this commandment we have from him, that he who

loves God must love his brother.

Also. Friends, if you have offense in this place, deal

with it.

If someone here has offended you, someone someone else has

offended you, please go and ask, Go and forgive the person.

If you need to sort it out, sorted out.

If you need to ask for forgiveness, ask for forgiveness,

because it's very difficult to love God when there's unforgiveness

in your heart. It could be unforgiveness or something very

small said, something very very small, and we hold on

to realize goal at it, and then we suffer the

rest of our lives. Friends, I've seen how bitterness can

cause unnecessary strife in the family. I'm a product of

having people angry each other all the time, and I

tell myself I don't want it ever again. I go

from a very angry family, all very angry one angry

for no reason. Why small thing was really a bit nonsense.

Lave right. We got to love others. You want to

love God, keep his commandments, love others.

Oh, play people are cruel, They are horrible Ye're the

worst on this earth. I know, and Jesus still loves you.

You're also human, none of us ye are perfect. I'm

also human. Jesus loves me because he.

Loves me first. I can love other people because he

loves me first. I can love other people. Amen. So

keep his commandments and love others.

Don't give God something that doesn't cost you. I think

there's something we can learn from King David. King David

is it a man after God's own heart. He knew

how to give God his best. There was a story

in the Bible, second Samuel twenty four where I think

King David's sin because God asks him, don't do something.

You can go and read yourself. Okay, it's second seven,

chapter twenty four. So God asked King David not to

count hit number his people. King number is people for

whatever reason, maybe insecurity. And then God God actually brought

like a plague to the land and kill a lot

of people who know.

And King David is like, why do you kill all

my sheep? Right? Can you please punish me in stead?

And God said, okay, I'm gonna you know, because God

knows King David's heart. God gave King David an assignment

and said, you need to build an altar, offer me sacrifices,

and then you will stop.

That's how you redeem yourself.

And when King David was building the author and finding

the items to you know, offer this sacrifice, he was

in this place where there's this guy called Arona, the

owner of the land. Friends, you know what the king is, right,

you know what king is, Okay, only half of you know.

The rest of you don't know a king is.

Okay.

I know my name is king, but it's not I'm

not a king, okay, I'm a prince buty anyway, So

he's king of all Israel. No, he can think whatever

he wants. No, right, in fact, the lot of let's say, hey,

you know, King, what are you doing? Can you can

you just take and use whatever you want? Anything I have,

go for it, and you're not King David's responds with

he said. The King said to Rana, no, but I

will surely buy it from you for a price. Nor

will I offer burn offerings to the Lord, my God,

with that which costs me nothing. So, friends, when you

want to offer up something to the Lord, again, this

might be very like how to say it requires some

maturity to understand this. It gonna cost you something. If

it doesn't cost you anything, it's not from you, you'll

get it. Okay, I use this example. Uh, if you're

a campus student. Okay, No, we tell we tell young guys.

Guys are guys listener and girls listener. We tell young

guys to say, you want to get a girlfriend, can

don't use your father's money to take out for a date?

Your catch? That your catch?

That similar concept about value right. We want to give

God our best right. You got to cost us right

if it doesn't cost you, is your best? Think about it? Friends, again,

I'm not asking you, okay after Lisa, some of you

might go straight away because of the combat trauma in Churchia.

You might immediately think, okay after this per seveway's gonna

take an offering. Guys, I'm not doing any of that.

I'm talking about our relationship we've got. How are we

giving to God? How are we giving? Are we giving

our best? So don't give God something that doesn't cost you?

Give God what you have your catch that give God?

Yet because you see when we talk giving your best right,

I've had this conversation before, and maybe let me be

a bit more honest with you, the stage, the worship team.

I've had this conversation before with a young person and

passe alwyn.

We must give got our best, so we must buy

the most expensive sound system.

We must get the most expensive problem the most so

the church must invest in all this most expensive.

Day so they can give God our best. Good thought,

right makes sense? Right? You mean.

When we only have one guitar, we cannot give got

our best? You mean when we only have a cajon

we can all give our best? What does that mean?

You know? Friends?

Maybe I'm older now. Maybe if I was younger, I

will still think the same way, But now I don't.

I think giving got your best is not just about

a million dollar sound system. I think giving got your

best Again, if God blesses us, and can I clarify,

if really the Lord has blessed the church right with

a million dollars as you praise the lalla, then we

can use it. But if you ask me again, I'm

not the one managing funds at all. But if you

ask me, if you have a million dollars in church,

where would you rather go? I think it will make

sense to go permissions? Okay, because you want to go

and worship God in heaven. I think Heaven has the

best sound system. So again I can argue until the

cows come home. Okay, because none of us here or whatever.

But the principle of giving God your best does not

rely on what you don't have. It only relies on

what you have. You'll get that, so don't be deceived.

I can only give God my best when I have

the Mercedes car. Then I can start driving people around.

I can only cook for Daniel when my kitchen is renovated.

Prior to this, the past ten years, I cannot cook

for Daniel. I don't have a good enough ovan. My

kitchen is not good enough. I can only cook Maggie

me in it. Daniel have seen how I gave the

home their best. And I did it not because I

want to prove well. I did because improved a point.

But I did it because I wanted to show the

campus students what giving God your best means. And I'll

tell you why I did their kitchen, and I've learned

a very important lesson. A campers student kitchen has nothing.

No, no, he's not his right.

I remember going and we did homes and I was

like Okay, you know, I just brought the ingredients friends

to cut tomatosa. It took us one hour because the

knife was blunt and the chopping was so small. We

started homes at ninth right, what could have been done

in an hour with proper kitchen agreement to a long time,

I thought myself, no way, next week going to be different.

The next home is going to be different. It was

just a one thing, and I said, what would be

nice to bless sea? I was even thinking about logic

or you know, very math fun Now I was just like, okay,

what will bless the cameras?

Doudent?

What will show them that Holmes is the greatest place

on this earth? And I'll do my best. And when

I when I'm doing food, I want to give my best,

no matter what I have. So I brought my oven

and I roast a chicken for them, and I think

from that day onwards we had a lot of express

So people come out from there or so. I don't

know why, maybe the way inspired or whatever. I've never

joy express. Okay, what am I trying to tell you?

Friends?

Giving God your best does not rely on what you

don't have. It relies solely on what you have. In

the Bible, it talks about the lady with the two mice.

She gave everything to everyone is like, oh, you know

so little. You know, look at all the wonderful people

that gave more money, and Christ said, truly, I say

to you that this poor widow has put in more

than all. Let me share with you a testimony now

end because I knew God. I've actually got two more points.

But I probably won't cover it now. I don't know

whether i'll cover it, you know, So maybe we go

through the picture of my car and okay, I'll share

with you and friends. I'm not sharing to boast, and

if I boss, it is to boast how wonderful God

is in my life. I'm sharing because take it from me.

If I'm going to preach it to you, I have

to walk the talk first. That's why I share with you. Yeah,

that's me and my wife by the time you're married.

So I used to drive this my first car, actually right,

and I love this car best car ever. When bank

people people cry, I don't cry on Okay, it's a proton.

It's a hashbag and I don't know why my dad

when he buys car from here, he thinks. He probably

thinks I like the color. He made sure he got

a lime green metallic isara. You can spot it a

mile away. Why, I don't know, right, And I dropped

this car for many years, right, And what happened was,

you know, I got married, and of course Jess had

the own car. She has a wonderful car called the Arthos,

which I until today I really really detest.

And I have my car which I love.

And it was twenty ten an ex Church was going

to get this new building and we needed to raise funds.

We needed to raise the ten percent. The building costed

thirteen million ringate and we were going to build a

great building for the Lord, right and then of course

fast the belief and creation. And we raised up the

funds okay, right, one point three million ring it to

get the building. You know, and you know, if you've

been extra strong enough for those of you who are you,

I want to clarify this. We are a chich of faith.

We don't have big dato startings backing someone. The biggest

doato we have is got That's how we operate, That's

how our passes operate. You can go and read the story. Okay,

So I'm not gonna go to the I'm gonna talk

about my part so excited that everybody talked how twenty

ten was also the year that I just got married.

And for those of you who don't know, I'm full time. Okay,

the law has come me full time. So therefore maybe

certain things I don't have the luxury of certain things

really have to live by faith loaer okay, may not

have a lot of things right, and God has been.

Good so far.

I wanted to give, but I had nothing I wanted

to give, or so sow and give behind nothing and

nothing literally and just got married. No, So I'm like how,

And of course my wife she gave, and different ones gave,

and I said, Lord, what can I give? And then

he showed me this car, and I'm like, god, you

know that I got no car. Right after this, he said,

you asked me right what you want to give? I'm

like okay, And then married, MA can still ask the wife. Yeah,

I didn't got asked me to give my car away. See,

by the time, my wife knows me already, okay, she

knows how to operate, and she trusts me. And she

said I was hoping. She said, huh, yeah, we just

got married. No, Lah, don't give your car away. We

need it because we have to drive to work and

all just one can know enough. Instead, she said, dear,

you've got us to do it. Do it, Lah, and

I hallelujah. So I went look for a buyer and friends,

this guy is an old carnel. It's like an old car.

It's like probably second third.

You know.

I sold it for three thousand, and I gave everything

to the building fund. How I wish, I can tell you. Oh,

and then the lot provided suddenly someone came here past Elvin.

This is key to my new BMW. I wish, I

wish anyway, if any of you feel like to do

that now. Nothing happened. I gave got my best. Nothing happened.

Long story shot, we didn't get the building. Foolish right,

foolish right?

But do you know that?

And and I and I can say this confidently because

I've been with the church long enough. A lot of

just when they go to a building fund and things

like this happened right normally, the just split one actually

didn't split because we all knew and believed that God

called us for it, But somehow we didn't get it.

Do you know what happened after we lost the building?

You know, normally lose the building, EDDI, then oh you know,

let's tach it. Do you know what happened after we

lost a building? And can I tell you it was

a downtime for the rest of us? Are for Passa

Kennep as well. He was very honest to share on stage,

but got ministered to him. God told him you wanted it,

but that was not my plan for you. You know,

it was God's plan for us now fifteen twenty years later,

fifteen years later, Yeah, this is God's plan church planting movement. Guys,

if we've gotten the building now, I will still probably

doing XTEV.

You know.

We didn't, but that's not the point. So I gave

God my best. But we lost a building anyway. But

I wasn't unhappy or angry because I knew it was

from God. Nobody, friends, nobody coaxed me. Pasta didn't come

and say, hey, Elvin, what can you give her? No,

no one I wanted to. I say, God, you speak

to me.

This is unto you. No one, this problem my own problem.

And of course I'm married. Me and my wife's problem.

Gave and of course I was praying with her, Lord,

please give me a car, Please give me a car,

Please give me a car.

I didn't get a car. We dropped my wife's car

for a while. Not just that.

I the time she was working in where she was

working near Ika, I was working to Subang. We're saying

quota company. I think God was already training me to

plant xtpday that time. Ready, because right every morning, with

one car, I will drive her all the way to

the office in Ikia, I mean in the area. Maybe

maybe I was training me for KT or so all

the way for two years our friends two years, drive

all the way there, drop her off, drive to Subang.

Do you know my how many gems are there? Right?

And then after that finish work, drive back to pick

up and then go home in Charlah. One and a

half hours on the road every day.

One way. I did it willingly. No, it's the day

of like, oh, I would never do that again. Of course,

during the.

Time we were newly married, and I'm sharing this to

some friends and I say, hey, I remember, I think

it was the first man marriage. And then they asked

me because we had separate car, separate plan, right and asked,

where's your wife?

I said, actually, I don't know.

I don't know, as my wife was a very independent,

but that that period of time, it kind of forced

us to communicate, like you know, so we got like

schedule to plan and I did it and it actually

helped our communication way better. So I really am thankful

for that season, although it was painful. And then later

on what happened was I remember and I remember, I'm

thinking a bit more time.

Okay.

Remember I share with you once that my wife has

a spirit of discernment. I believe that when she dreams

about something, it happens. So this is where the testimony

gets interesting. So one day, so of course we were like, oh,

should be buy a car? You know, her car is

like not, won't be able to survive this kind of drive.

And then one day we were like one day suddenly

and she woke up. Now she said, year, I don't

know why, I feel like We're gonna get a Toyota

ViOS silver color. And I'm like, huh why so specific

and the time we were kind of looking for a

CARDI we didn't budget, you know, something that is you know,

wrote worthy for the family just two hours and Ema

some family that we can drive to Penang and come

back and stuff like that easily. So I'm like, okay, yeah,

of course that died. I didn't know that she has

this gifting, right, And I'm like whatever, okay. And then

two weeks later and all Elk regular car. So he

was helping us fine. And then I told el K

about this that He's like, oh okay, And I remember

we had a potential car, and I started looking for her.

I mean since my wife said myself, just going look like,

start looking for Toyota with yours, but don't care about

the color. And then somehow the lot opened the door

for us to get this car. It was a good price.

We went and see the car. Both of us saw

it was the color that she described and we were shocked.

He fit our budget. It was slightly below market rate

for this car. And guys, can I tell you I

love this car. This guy is an awesome car.

Okay.

I would recommend anybody to buy these views, not the

new one new want a bit too heavy? Design is

quite cool. You can drive like that around the road, okay.

And this was our family car for a while until

we got our current car. And the reason why the

old it is is because that's my grandma. I was

looking for photos of the crator de'side. The only photo

I got off the isra can you turn back? It

was only that part because I didn't take photo of

my car that one I found online. Okay, so that

you know what, so that you know how it looks like.

Then the picture after that, can you see the bitch

after that? So there's my actual car in my house.

And then my grandma. She's the type, but I think

she created Adobe Photoshop before it was created a lot

because you know, she has like albums of photos with

and somehow my grandma liked to take photo of car

and house with us standing in front of it. So

I make sure to find this, you know, my wife

and me and got provided. He didn't provide like some

amazing give me a khaki, No, but God provided. God

provided incrementally. I won't be able to go to detail

a lot, but he just provided we were able to

afford the car.

We drop his car.

For a long time. I really really loved this car

until the problem. We want to release. I'm like, I

feel really like said I want to let go of.

Friends.

Why am I trying to tell you this, and of

course I think. I mean, if I want to share

with you every single time the Lord has blessed me,

I won't be able to go be you readier. But

I still believe in giving up my best, and that

is a very I learned from this church. Friends, when

you give got your best, he will not short change you.

He will never Sometimes we shot change ourself because we

hold back, and then we ask, go, wh why why

why didn't you.

No?

If the Lord has asked you to do something, to

do it? And if God is your first love, if

God is the one that's talked, then he should be taught,

not second, third.

Fourth, fifth.

Can I share if you're a simple thing that y'all

can do, even starting next week when we meet for worship,

and maybe actually you can come up reading when we

meet for worship here on a Sunday. Do you know

that worship is not for you? We're not putting Daniel

here and then we all worship him. Now, we're not

putting Iran here and we alwayship him.

No, worship is for God.

Can I encourage your friends? I think the simplest thing

you can do, the simplest thing, and I know somethings.

It's difficult for Okay, I'm not gonna argue, but I

think the simplest thing you can do to give God

your best.

Is to offer up your worship to him. It's just that.

Then once you come in too that, once you do that,

see how God moves in your life. He might touch

other things, he might move other things, He might reveal

other things to you. He might create other things. But

the first time is us. Have we taken God for granted?

I'm not telling you here so that I can get

punctual attendance for experience. You know, I'm telling you here

because I know for a fact, I know true life

experience that when you give God your best and you

honor him, he will take care of you. Do you

know that the more I encourage you to believe in

God and serve Him, and all the less work I

have as a pastor, It's funny, right, It's true, because

thank God, meanises you're not me, and I love that

because who knows how long more we have this opportunity

to stand here? Who knows how long more we have

this opportunity to leadership praying for you? Now you know

you can come here from prayer. Do you think this

would be forever?

Friends?

Jesus coming soon now? Hello, look at what's happening, and

here we are still living life like nothing's happening.

Friends. Time to grow, time to mature, time to experience

all that the Lord has for your life. But it

starts sweep you. Amen.

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