Product of Discouragement | Pastor Alvin Keng

You're listening to a message to go from at church.

We hope this message will light up your dea.

So this is a word that I believe God wants

to share with you guys. It's not a new word

because this word was something that Passagon approached in twenty eighteen.

You know.

And if you want the original message, and I encourage

you go listen to it as well. You know, hopefully

I do a good job. It's called the product of discouragement. Okay,

the products and like, oh what's that?

Now? Don't worry, you know, we will get through it. Okay.

So with really being sensitive of time, I'm just gonna

run through scripture. Please turn to Hebrews chapter twelve, verse

one two two. Hebrews Chapter twelve, verse one to two.

I'm sure by now you would know that our culture

is that we bring our Bibles to church.

Amen.

Only only my wife is supporting me this morning. I

know it's very cold, but you know, when you get

your lungs, you know, shouting and all, then you might

warm up your body a little bit. Okay, So it's

our culture domreeon bibles. So let's read Hebrews chapter twelve,

verse one. He says here. Therefore we also, since we

are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, maybe

I get Nick to help me screw this in because

I'm worried. There drop again, m by so great a

cloud of witnesses. Let us lay aside every weight this part, Yeah,

every weight and the sin which so easily and snares,

and let us run with endurance the race that is

set before us.

And we all know this next scripture because we use

it all the time.

Looking Ato, Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith,

who for the joy that was set before him, and

they are the cross, despising the shame, and has sat

down at the right hand of the throne of God.

You know who is Christ? He is the author and

finisher of our faith. What does that mean? Let's go

deeper into the world. First question I want to ask

all of you here, okay, and this time you can

answer truthfully. Anyone here run marathons, Just just wave your hand.

Run marathons, half marathon, if it's fun, run five kmsto

still countered?

Okay? Yeah, anyone here or you've run before? I see one? Jamie,

what Tony serious? Wow? Tony?

Okay, cherylso run marathon. Yeah, well done, Cheryl, and good good.

Okay, So.

I tried running before, you know, when I wanted to

start my health day. I think I share about it

before here, and somehow it.

Just didn't work.

Okay, uh, and I found another way. But whether you

run marathons or not, today all of us are running

a race. You know, all of us are running this race.

And that's what the Bible says. You know, we are

running this race. But what race is it? We run

every day?

Guys?

Of course, now you're looking around your neighbor and saying, huh,

you also runner. Don't look around, okay, nor around. It

is called what it is called a marathon of faith.

It's a marathon of faith. It's a race of life.

And that's what we're running. That's the race that all

of us are running. Whether or not we physically run

the race or not, it is a race. It is

a faith race, you know that a faith race. We're

all running this race. We're all running this race together,

especially if you are a believer in Christ. We are

running this race. But we're not just supposed to run

the race. We should finish it. We should finish this race.

Of faith.

You know that. You know, when you see people run

a race.

Of course, now the Olympic, you we cheer the person

that wins, you know, and we cheer the person. But

when you talk about the race of faith, you just

need to finish it. Winning it is finishing it. How

many of you like this race? As long as I

finish it, I'm done. Huh yeah, as long as I

finish the race. Don't halfway, don't halfway ten meters before

give up, don't don't one meter before I it is okay. No,

I'm hungry now I'm gonna no, no, no, finish the race.

Get a finisher T shirt from Jesus. No, he gives

you a crown, not a T shirt. You know, finish

a race. We need to finish the race. You're you're

you know that you'll know that. If you didn't know that,

then you hopefully today you'll know that it is a

race that of faith that we need to finish. And

the Bible teaches us how we should run this race. Okay,

let's let's go into it. And it's written the he

brows chapter twelve of US one to two. I've got

five points here. The first point is we gotta put

a side every weight. What what is weight?

Right?

The next point is put aside the sin we so

easily and snarzes. And then it also says, let us

run with endurance right, looking ato Jesus the author, and

finish off our faith. So we got to look to Jesus. Okay,

Number one, put us side every way. Is there anything

your life that's weighty or not? It's a bit hard

to run when you got waights right, you know, when

you're carrying weights. And it talks about scene as well,

and we'll go a little bit deeper into it, okay,

and it asks it tells us Bible tells us to

run with endurance.

You know what endurance is?

Just basically, I think the last time I shared about endurance,

I used to the hand just in a sorry used

to be cantonese. Today I don't know. I hope I'm correct. No,

my wife is checking it. I never I shouldn't say

I say wrong thing. Later, Yeah, I seem to be

saying wrong thing. And we're gonna look into Jesus when

we run this race. There has to be a focal point.

There has to be something you're looking at. There has

to be a reference point.

It's funny.

Just now I was telling doctor Jason what I'm gonna

do later for the message. It's like I thought, you

promise not to share gym reference city Sorr. Yeah, guys,

today one somehow it fits. You gotta have a reference

point on where you want to hit, because if you

do half, then you will be going everywhere. So we

all look to Jesus in this way race of faith,

and we gotta run with joy. Where's it return here?

We gotta run with joy because you see looking at

Jesus the autumn finish our faith who for the joy

that was set before him? See Chrisler, he ran this

race radio. No, he came already. He was born for

thirty years. He just followed his parents and then after

that he started ministry three years.

Then done deal.

He left it to twelve guys and he left, well,

not just chelf guys. He left it to twelve that

was close to him, but it was more than twelve.

And he left and the world was never the same

again because he didn't just leave us physically. He did

something in the spiritual and that's why we have the

Holy Spirit today with us, and that's why we can

pray to God. Because those of us who are sinners, right,

who our lives are not perfect, we can be connected

with God.

How wonderful is that?

If you're here and you're not a believer, if you're

here and you don't know who this Christ is, if

you're here and you're thinking that Christianity is just a

religion that you practice. I come to church on Sunday.

I read my bibe. No, guys, it is a relationship

with Christ. I want to encourage all of you here

have a relationship with Jesus. Have a relationship, not just

follow a set of laws. That's what the Pharisees and

setusis did. Jesus came to show that it's about relationship.

It's not just about a set of laws and rules.

Amen.

So friends, let's run this race and let's do it. Well, Amen,

I need this group decide, decide? Not sure, guys, can

we run this race and finish it? Run this race? Well,

let's run this race? Well altogether everyone and see running

this raceer? You know you know the thing about running races,

he said, they are challenges, no right for some of us,

For me as espectually, the challenge to run a race

is to wake up in the morning. That's the first

challenge to overcome the pillow. Right, it's very tough, very

tough on you here. Well done to those of you

are here. You overcome the pillow and you here on

a Sunday. It's so nice right to sleep in today,

nice and cold and raining. Oh my goodness, thank god,

tomorrow's holiday. But for those of you who going, it's

not really holiday for you. And now I'm just joking, Okay,

go enjoy yourself. There are challenges, friends. Do you know

what's the greatest challenge to running a race? The greatest

challenge is the challenge that stops you from running.

Right. Have you seen those races where people run around

then they stop halfway.

A bit wasted, Right, It's like you're doing so well.

Maybe you're not winning, but you were running. Yes, it

was tough. You felt like, you know, you want to faint,

ready and pass out? Ready, you know you felt that

what acid liketed making your you know, but don't stop,

Paul says in secon teenty four seven.

I fought the good fight. I finished the race. I've

kept the faith.

But friends, this is something that I also need to

share a few that this race that we're running it is.

It is not a race for muscles. It is not

a race for titles. Oh you know I reach a

pastorhood then I no, no, guys, it's not a race

for titles. Bishop Cardinal, however, Masha, but no, we follow

that track.

Do you know that?

It's not not a race of promotions as well? You

know we work so hard for promotions. Sometimes we work

so hard and we don't get the promotion. You get discourage.

It's also not a race of who's good looking young people.

Let me talk to you here today. However much you

do the duck face and take photon selfie, right, you're

not running the race that Jesus has in tenner for us.

If you feel it, you feel it, Okay, If you

don't feel it's fine. It is not a race of

who's more good looking. It is also not a race

for success.

Guys.

There's so many books written, how do you be successful?

How do you redefine success?

How?

Guys? This is what the Bible says. Is not what

I say, and it's not Pastor Elvins said. It is

not my definition. This is the Bible's definition. We are

running a race looking into Jesus. Jesus in the eyes

of the world was not successful. He was supposed to

come and liberate a group of people, but he was

hung on the cross.

He was punished. He failed, the world thinks.

But those of us who know the truth, we knew

he succeeded because he won over death and he has

given us eternal life. So he didn't fail. But in

the eyes of the world he failed. You know that

in the eyes of the world he failed. In the

eyes of the world, Jesus was just a fairy tale.

So much show that Hollyowd uses Jesus name as a

swear word. Why of all the different people only need

Jesus use as swear word so many other words to use, right,

think about it. The world is against him.

And the world will be against you. That's what the

Bible says.

Really, because if we run this race looking to Christ,

then you will get challenges. You will get problems because

you are running this race. So don't be surprised when

you run this race you got a problem. Suddenly have

to do forty five degree incline. Forty five degrees quite higher,

maybe five degree incline of fifteen degree incline. You're for

those you who know you know what I'm talking about.

The more inclined, the harder. It is a race of faith.

Friends.

In a physical race, the weight, So we talk about

the weight first point weight, so it says put aside

every week. So you know when you run a race.

How many of you know that when you run a

and you carry your laptop back, you're gonna be less effective.

Some of you your laptop back is rare heavy. Right

when you're carrying your school bag and you're you know

it's gonna be when you're running a race.

Do you think you carry all day?

Noah?

You will you remove the weight?

Right, So, in a physical race, the weight often refers

to stuff on the outside, stuff that you can remove,

right if you watch I remember seeing this documentary about

how they were trying to shave off seconds seconds, No

shave off seconds from the runners or wear the aerodynamic

you know, and then basically don't wear anything heavy. Maybe

the shoe or so is light. How many of you

light light shoes? Running shoes all light on?

Right? If you got heavy running shoes mean something is

wrong in the la.

Right, So for a runner, a coach would checked he

would check all the items like the shoes, the clothing,

any other weight I can shave off. Don't wear your

Apple watch because you need to run. Any form of

weight removed. So, friends, are there weights in your life?

But you know that's a physical race. Remember why it

said it was it's a race of faith, you know,

a race of faith. The thing about a race of

faith when you talk about weights, right, it is stuff

on the inside.

It's stuff on the inside.

That weighs you down, not the outside physical you can

see outside.

Hey, why are you carrying the laptop back? Remove it right?

Then you won't be ever run. But in a spiritual race, friends,

the weight is on the inside. It cannot be seen

by the natural eye. You might look happy, Hey, hallelujah,

praised the Lord.

Amen.

You know we do not say the right thing. But

in the insight, it's weighing you down. It's insight, it's

weighing you down. That's why it's so deceiving. Don't you

think so?

It is? It is so deceiving. That's why the Bible

says it's so easily and stances.

Why is it easily? And because it's happening to us

without even us knowing, you know, sometimes it does. It's

happening to our family without even us knowing. We think

everything is fine as long as they continue doing the thing.

It creeps in slowly and by the time you realize it,

it's done its job. Some of you might not even

realize it what that way is. So the Bible shares

about two things that can stop us, right, and I

want to give you a message illustration. There are two

things that can stop us.

Okay, yeah, there.

Are two things that can stop us. Can you see it? Wait,

it's very heavy, you know. No, no, no, it's tan kg

and e okay, no, I cannot. I cannot do fifteen

it's too heavy. Imagine if I'm running with this weight.

It's so hard, right, how do I run? It's tough?

If we read Hebrews. So let's can we study the

Bible a little bit so that we can run this

race better?

Can or not?

Can you guys follow me right as we study a

little bit too and be a bit aware.

So the Bible says there are two things I can

stop us.

One is the way and one more is the sin.

He didn't see the Bible didn't say sins, No, say sin.

One sin can stop us from running this race. Friends,

let's talk about a wait first, what is the weight

that you need to put aside this morning so they

can run better? Is it the weight of self lack

of self image, lack of self confidence? Do you have

the weight of like I must make everybody happy? All

these things are heavy? You know heavy? Okay, that's the way.

What is the weight in your life? And the thing

about weight is that different people, different weights that you're carrying.

That's causing you to behavior when you run. That's why

it's hard to run. That's why it's hard to run

this race. That's why it's hard to be committed, because

there's a weight. My hand's hurt thing even as I'm

carrying it's gonna put it down. The second thing that

weighs us down is the sin that's so easily and

snares us. What is this scene? Let's read the Bible

and find out what this sin is. Okay, we find

out and studied Why why study the Bible? Because I

can't just be telling you what I think. You know,

it's really had to be from scripture. And we're going

to take the context of this scene that stops you

from running and stops you and me from running well

from the Bible itself, from this chapter itself, because when

the writer writes it's very specific. Amen, what does he

mean when he wrote sin Let's read on her verse

three to six. For consider him who endured such hostility

from sinner. So he's talking about Jesus. Now run this race.

Look to Jesus. Jesus he is the author and finish

of our faith for the joy of you know what.

Was said before him.

He saw it, He saw the joy, he was chasing

after the joy, He endured the cross, he despised the shame,

and then he was given to be sitting down at

the right hand of the throne of God. So we

know what happened in the end, and we who are

running strace, we've got to consider him. He endured such

hostility from sinners again himself. Are you having challenges in

your workplace? Are you having challenges to people who do

not Christ? Yet, don't be surprised. Jesus so went through it.

Lets you become wary and discouraged in your souls. Wow,

I think it's the answer is here. For consider him

who endures such hostility from sinners against himself lest you become.

Wary and discouraged in your souls. Let's read on.

You have not yet resisted to bloodshed striving against sin,

and you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you

as sons. My son, do not despise the chestening of

the Lord, nor be the discourage when you are rebuked

by him. For whom the Lord loves, he chastens and

schoorges every son whom he receives. The Bible wants us

that we can become wary. And if the weight wearies

you down, then what is the sin.

Thanks ing? The sin.

Is discouragement. How come you say the scenes describing me?

You're sure not? Discussion is a scene?

Man? Let me ask you a simple question. How many

are here? Never been discouraged? On?

Can you raise up your hands? You've never been discouraged.

You've always been encouraged, always pushing forward. You've never been

discouraged in your life. You know when you're discouraged? Right,

and in different ones, say you can answer me when

you are discouraged. The last time you were discouraged, how

do you feel?

You felt like you felt light? Why nobody answering me?

You on? You want not answer.

Right, you felt like throwing the towel wall, very very poetic.

You felt like you discussion.

You felt like.

Only Adrian felt like giving up. Everyone here don't feel

like giving up?

Right?

Are you guys who care? Not? Good morning? Everybody?

Am I speaking to people? Or am I speaking to

the wall? What do you feel like when you're discouraged?

Is that true? You feel lousy?

Yeah? But you felt like giving up? Right?

You felt like throwing the towel right, the last time

you were discouraged? Let me ask you another question. The

last time you were discouraged in whatever manner, did you

not slow down? If we were running this race the

last time you were discouraged, did you not slow down?

Did you not feel like giving up? And?

For some hours here did we not stop? I say

we because I also been there. I have been discouraged

many times, and when I feel discouraged, I feel like

giving up. Many times. I don't feel like moving faster

when I'm discouraged. You know, I think it'd be something

wrong with me. You know, discouragement can slow you down.

You can.

And dangerously it can also cause you to stop running

when you discourage. Maybe last time, when you came to

the church. First time, you were early, but after a

while becomes later and later and later. Maybe when we started,

we were passionate. You know, that's the wonderful thing about

being young, passionate. Let's go out, come on all the way.

And then one person says something that discourages es us,

and then suddenly our parents say something that discourages and

then suddenly something happened, and then Sunday this happened, and

Sunday that happened, and Sunday everything happened. It's okay, let

me store down. I am getting older. You know your

lingo changes when you discourage. Last time is can one?

Everything? Can one? We can do it.

Come on, let's believe. Then now suddenly know huh again again?

How many times it e? How many times are every heavy?

Lah?

This thing very heavy? Very heavy? It is really hey, guys, don't.

Put it down. Friends, we are running this race of faith.

Do we not forget.

Faith in what faith in giving, faith in coming for service,

faith in praying, praying for the sake. How many of

you first time when you knew that and understood the

revelation that when you pray for the sick, they will

get healed, and you're so excited, but after a few discouragements,

you akela in God's timing, you know we use system

in God's timing.

When God really speak to me, and yeah, I do it?

No, no, where in the Bible I read now when

God speak to you and you you pray for the sick,

No way I read. In fact, he says, pray for

the sick, and some things you have to fast and pray.

Some things you have to ask the elders to come

and annoint and pray. Know where the Bible, friends, we

are running strays of faith, you know, some of us

here we are running even though we don't see any signs.

Let me try and go deeper in this point.

You don't see any signs, but you've been running are

You've been running and believing us for many many years.

Ready, but you don't see any signs.

You need to hear testimonies, and you're stilling courage by

the testimony is and you continue to believe.

Is it happening? No, there's no.

In gym terms, they say no games yet nothing happening.

But why are you still going to the gym? Why

are you still be living? Why is you coming to church.

Nothing is happening yet. Do you see the difference? Because

it is a race of faith. You're acting in faith

when you don't see it in science, and you still come.

You're acting in faith when you still decline even though

it has not happened yet. But the moment discouragement says in.

Sure not sure not?

Uh?

You see the difference.

Faith causes you to keep running, but discouragement would stop

you or slow you down from running. There you guys, okay,

So how do we overcome discouragement?

Friends? How do we overcome this? The Bible teaches us

that right, first point is.

Looking until Jesus the author, and finish off our faith.

I know there are a lot of solutions out there.

Oh go take a break, go and talk to change

your environment.

Right, that's what people advise. Friends.

I give you one solution. Look to Jesus. He was discouraged,

he was down. He's a race of Faithor let's remember

that again. Why look to Jesus because maybe someone's here.

I'll be looking at men all this while. Did men

die for you? Or did God die for you? Who

is your reference point?

See? Men died for you?

And then fine, look at menla but I don't think

men die for you. Your boss didn't die for you, your

parents didn't die for you, for your sines. I mean, okay,

your best friend didn't die for Since Jesus did, then

why can't we look at him? We got to keep

our eyes on him when we're running this race of faith.

Sometimes we keep our eyes on the wrong thing. Keep

our eyes on what's happening right now in the church scene.

Keep our eyes on friends. Can I admit to you

here I will make mistakes this morning or so go,

Some drama happened that I made a mistake, and I

apologize for it. I'm human, So please don't look at me.

I'll fail you. Let's all look to Jesus.

Amen. Sometimes we look at the wrong things. That's why

we get discouraged.

We get discouraged, and we you know who wins or not.

When you guys don't run the race, you don't win.

The devil wins.

Another one bites the dust race that was started because

of who Christ.

He was the one that started this race, and we

are continuing this race because of him. No other reason,

isn't it right? No other reason, friends, no other reason

but Christ. So our eyes need to be upon him,

looking unto Jesus, the author and finish of faith, who

for the joy that was set before him, and dealed

the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at

the right hand of the throne of God. Are you

guys okay, let me give you another truth. Okay, I

see goda be all time, and I'll try to rush this.

This gurish man has another word. Do you know that

I can I show you? Okay, maybe I read the

scripture first and see whe they can catch it. This

garish man has another word, And I'm gonna be reading

from Hero for six. For whom the Lord loves, he

chastens and schorges every son whom he receives. If you

end your chestening, God deals with you as with sons.

For what son is there whom a father does not

chasten chasaman's discipline? Now, okay, But if you are without chestening,

of which become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore,

we are bad if we have had human fathers who

correct us, corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall

we not much more readily be in subjucation to the

Father of the spirits and life for they. Indeed, for

a few days chasten us as seem best to them,

but he for our profit that we may be partakers

of His holiness. Now no chestening seems to be joyful

for the present, but painful. Nevertheless, afterward, it yields the

peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained

by it. Discourage Man has another word.

Friends.

We might not like to hear this, but discourage man

has a word. And the other word that I want

to introduce to you is disciplined. Huh you mean when

I'm discouraged, I'm being disciplined by God.

I don't know. I'm not saying you know.

I'm just saying that there's another possible word that became

used when we talk about discouragement, discipline.

If you die.

If you guys don't like the word discipline, let me

give you another word from Biblah. Training. Training. Training is painful, right,

but God wants to train us. That's what the chapter says.

It says, first, lay aside every way, right, lay a

side every way. And the sin that easily and stands

wor scene is discouragement. Because when we don't lay the side,

we will get affected by it. But you see what

happens that causes you to discouraged? Said, I am nice

things that are heavy, right, it's weird, it's heavy, it's

heavy to run. But if you change discouragement into discipline

and training, then don't you think after a while you

can carry it? You can carry it discouragement? What happens

if I continue to do these friends, I will be

a gym bro buff hands right? Don't you think this

is training or very heavier? But I'm gonna train lord behavior,

We're gonna train well ware discouraging, I'm gonna train. I'm

gonna train friends. Can I give you this statement? If

you are not following me what I'm trying to tell you,

I I Elvin King am a product of all my discouragements.

Oh my pa ask discouragements and maybe future you here

sitting down here are a product of all your discouragements.

You either choose to take all your discouragements and become bitter,

or you take on the discouragement and you choose to

make it better. You'll catch that you can avoid diskaris

mans friends, you cannot avoids when it comes, you look

to Christ or you respond when it comes you look

to Christ and then what do you do? Because you

still have the discouragement? Right, you can choose to respond

to the discouragement. If I had a hundred or maybe

a thousand disgaragements in the past forty years of my

life from young until now, my response to every single

discarage man makes me who I am today?

Is that correct or not?

My response to every single discaragh man mikes me who

I am today?

Isn't it correct? Right?

Do we respond or react? If we keep reacting to

these garage mans? That is where we are today. Con

That's why we are all products of our discourage man.

Whether we like it or not, we are. But what

is the difference? We can choose to respond for better

or for worse. Friends, we are product of discurage. I

cannot come in and tell you all, let's have all

positive thinking. Okay, when dis garish man come, no friends,

dis garage man will come. The only question is are

you gonna allow it to ensnare you or are you

gonna start training? Are you gonna start training or just

let it weigh you down? Ah savila, ah savy. But

you see, once you train with tank a g Before this,

I cannot do this. No, I can actually do fifteen,

but I started with five.

In January.

When you respond to discourage man, then you move forward,

and then when another one comes and then move forward.

But where are you looking, Jesus? Why?

Because this is a race of faith and we want

everyone here to finish. So friends, let's finish. Can we finish?

Let's finish? There's another thing that keeps us from Running's endurance.

When do you need to endure when there is paining? Friends,

when you're having fun time, don't need to enduana? How

many of you all? I mean enduring. I'm having such

a good time. I'm enduring.

None of you here say that none of you here

will endure your holiday?

Right?

None of you here will? And you're a nice will

fay and during I cannot take it? I usually eat,

But then none of you here. Maybe some will end

your ice cream? Do you and your ice cream? I

mean not against it where you're eating it? La right,

none of us here. But when it's painful, we need

to endure. When we am the diskyish man, we need

to endure. When we go to tough times, we endure,

and dis garish man can come from anywhere.

Some of you here.

I hope you're not disguision with this message to day

and you'll be encouraged. It might be a word from

a person, it might be a situation you experience, but friends,

can I encourage you Whether you like it or not,

You're a product of your discouragements. My encouragement is respond

and make it better. Respond and train.

Amen.

This is a revelation that passed the kind of shard

long time ago and recently as listened to it and

I'm like, wow, Lord, so much truth and the church

needs to hear it.

You know.

This is why sometimes some people they decide to change church,

or change job, or change because they discourage, you know.

And the problem with discouragement is that.

You need to be encouraged again. You need to get

your confidence again. You know, when you discourage that you

run slower. But when you are encouraged, what happens. You

pick up the pace, you start running faster, you start

believing that it can be done. You start seeing And

this is my last fitness gym example. When we start

the set, there's one set that I don't like. It's

called the Filthy fifties. Ah, yes, it's as filthy as again.

Thing about it if I shouldn't using this example, okay,

but basically it's ten different movements fifty times.

How many movements is that? Five hundred movements?

First one very discouraging, second one still discouraging, third, fourth, fifth.

Six, seven, eight. I think you finished that? Eight? Oh

man more two more nine.

I feel like I want to dieary, But there's one

more set ten nine eight seven sick. Then you you

speed up? You sweet up? Why because you're finished faster?

One?

We're done, I conquered, I overcome. I'm still running. I finished,

and that is the most important. It's not about doing

it fast. It's not about who can behavior is not

but who can run faster? As long as you finish,

that is the most important.

Friends.

I'm just gonna because I need to live already. I

hope you caught something today. I'm going to allow the

extreme band to minister because I really do believe that

the Lord wants to minister to those of you who

are here and my encouragement and I think I reallyase

it to Joe to lead.

But if you are here this.

Morning and you know that you have a way in

your life, or you know that you've been dealing with discouragements.

That's why maybe somebody's here have been dealing with discuragements

even in church. That's why it become cynical. It's a

very dangerous place to be friends.

Don't do that.

Come and be ministered to by the Lord, the leaders

to be here, ready to pray for you.

I know I have to leave, I would love to

be here.

Don't allow the sin to understand you, don't allow the

way to make you better.

Keeping this race because we can run a better race.

Amen.

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