Knowing Our Purpose | Pr Gloria

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We hope this message will light up your day.

Okay, so let's go on to today's word. And I'm

just drawing from what I called during the Missions conference,

and because at the end of the day, when I

was hearing all theirs, their sharing writ their stories and

and even looking at the legacy that they are leaving behind. Right,

the very reason why they are able to do what

they're doing for so many years, you know, and paying

the price though it's so difficult, it's because they are

very clear of their purpose, right, They're very clear of

their existence. Because sometimes as human sometimes by most times,

I think, we get so distracted with what's important in

front of us. Do we agree? Right? And so many

voices as well, you know what do we need to

pay attention to? What do I say? Yes? And know

to write? So we are always influenced by different things

around us, right, But what can keep you in the

cause and to keep moving forward is when you're very

sure of your identity, that's first. And why are we existed?

Why were we created in this earth? You know? Why

were we you know? Why did you just go the

extra mile on the cross? For you and me. There

must be a bigger purpose. Yeah. And if you're seated

here today and you're thinking, I don't know what's my purpose.

I want to give up? Can I cheer you on

and say don't do that, because there's so much more hit, right,

And God is working in ways sometimes that we cannot see,

but he's doing something. And so we're going to learn

today from the early Church. Okay, the Book of Accies.

We have been reading this if you've been following the

forty Days of Fast thing, right, we've been reading the

Book of Acts as well. And I'm going to start

with the first portion here from Jesus himself. He's encounter

and you can turn your bibles to John chapter four, right,

John chapter four versus thirty one. Okay, this is when

they were in the midst of, you know, doing ministry

and following Jesus to the different places that he was

traveling to. And this is what I mean by sometimes

we get so distracted because the disciples were so concerned about, Okay,

what should we eat. I'm sure we're all thinking of

what's lunch next or so right, It's just a human thing,

you know. We think of the flesh and so the

disciples tries to say, okay, we need to get food

for Jesus. But his focus was so different. I mean,

he was fully man, fully flesh when he was on earth,

and I'm sure he had times when he was hungry

and thirsty as well. Right, he did that, but at

the same time he knew that my priorities is what

my purpose is. Very clear. Yeah, so let's just read

on from John chapter four versus thirty one. The kid says,

in the meantime, his disciples urged him, saying, rubbi eat,

But he said to them, I have food to eat

of which you do not know. Therefore, the disciples say

to one another, as anyone brought him anything to eat.

Jesus say to them, my food is to do the

will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.

Do you not say, there are still four months and

then comes the harvest. Behold, I say to you, lift

up your eyes and look at the fields, for they

are already white for harvests. And he who reaps receives

wages and gathers fruit for eternal life. That both he

who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For

in this saying it is true one source and another reaps.

I send you to reap that for which you have

no labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into

their labors. God blessed the reading of his word. So

this whole conversation is of how Jesus is sharing of

the need, Okay, And he uses an example of agriculture.

How harvesting happens. There's a time, there's a season for it, right,

and how we are called to partner. You know, we

can't keep striving and keep doing things in our own

way because God has his own timing at the same time. Yeah,

but what he's calling us to do here is that

are we answering the call right? Because the harvest is plentiful.

There are needs that are before us, right, and are

we actually trying to work on the ground. Whether you

see the fruits now or later is the matter of season.

You know.

God is the one who convicts, hearts softens ground. But

we are called to answer and to do it first. Yeah,

And if you can just now take some time and

think about your surrounding, Okay, whether you're staying here insurance

or whether you are in your workplace in the midst

of your family, what are the needs that you can see?

Are there still people that needs to be saved? Sometimes

within our families as well? Right that cliques that are

around you, you walk in and out every time seeing them,

do they know Christ? Yeah, you go to your school

every other day. Are their friends who still do not

know the truth? Or when you hear the news and

you hear the things that we you know, when we

I mean I signed up for the workshop on the

oran Asli right, Nick and Trident was there too, and

when you hear the stories and these are our very

own native people and they're not too far, they're just

within Slango. And yet statistics shows that there are so

many still unriched people, unreached people group. And it's not

because they don't want but no one has reached out

to these people, right, just trying to help us understand

the need that's out there, and if only we step out,

we can see it. And that is why we see

that whole conversation between the disciples. Disciples were very you know,

they go only see what's for now, what we're going

to eat, what's next. But Jesus saw beyond that. He knew, yes,

we've got to feed our flesh, but my priority is

to do the will of my father. Yeah, how many

of us will answer that call? Right? And that is

going to be our message for today. Whether do we know?

Why do we exist? Yeah? And our purpose? So let's

just draw from the early Church, you know, to because

the whole thing about this early church, when we read

about the Book of AX. If you've been long enough

a believer, I'm sure you've read this book as well,

you'll see how the church just grew quickly. That must

be a secret there, right, there must be something that

they caught because they're serving the same God. Well during

the Book of X, Jesus was not there walking with them. Yeah,

they had the Holy Spirit. So they're kind of like

the same time with us, you know, like how extra

us is we are the same season and time with

the Book of X. So what is it that we

can glean from this church that we can also believe

and see God moving in our church as well? Yeah?

So the first thing is that the early church knew

why they existed, and in fact, we were very unified

of that purpose. Yeah, they knew their calling and that's

why when you read you know, different scriptures in X

four thirty two. Right, it says now the multitudes of

those who believe were of one heart and one soul,

and with great power the apostles were giving testimonies to

the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and with great grace

was on all of them. So the first thing is

that they were off one heart and one soul. That's

very important. Were they of different shapes and sizes, I'm

sure yeah, there were tall ones that were the different raises,

different personalities, but yet one heart, one soul. Is it possible? Yes,

For the longest time humankind has been fighting about diversity,

in fact until today, right, But you know what it

was possible in the Book of CS right, people could

respect all the differences and at the same time being

one spirit. Yeah. And Jesus in fact, it enlisted these

followers not to a life of leisure, but to a

life of service. We saw that in his life as well.

While each had a different task, they had the same

calling to fulfill the great commission of their generation. So

we can all have different abilities, we can all have

different interests, desires. But my one question for allow us

today is are we aware that we have one calling?

Because if our church cannot recognize that one calling. It's

going to be so hard for us to save souls

out there because everyone is going to be doing their

whole thing. Right, let's focus this part of church. Let's

focus on that part. Sometimes things that we shouldn't even

pay attention to, right, conversations and you know, talking about others,

these things are not important. What's important to win souls? Right?

But are we very clear with that purpose? Yeah? There

was one leader, which is Jesus. Do we know who

our leader is? Not past the gloria Jesus? Right, Jesus

is the leader of our church one purpose which is

to communicate the Gospel to all people, to all people.

So if we are positioned here for us in this location,

how much are we doing to bring that gospel out? Yeah?

And I think it's very important that we recognize this.

If not, like I said, the time goes by so

far as August, But what are we doing as a church,

Because we can do different initiatives, having surveys, having homes,

having prayer service, these things are very important, but on

our daily basis, what are the parts or roles that

we are playing to contribute towards building God's Churchy? So

We're going to look at a couple of points here.

The first one that we can see from the Book

of x X chapter four versus thirty two, right, And

the first point is that there was unity in the

Church of God. What does unity look to you? Tell

me togetherness? Peace? Someone said peace? Is it? Okay? One? Okay?

So how do you see it among people? So let's

say they see extra us. How would we know that

we are in unity? How would you see that? If

someone is asking you? Right, church always talks about unity,

But how how do we see that? Or not just

to us, maybe just Christians as a whole fellowship? People

come together for fellowship, okay, because you want to spend

time with people that you know, you can get along,

you care for them, you come go your journey with

them through the ups and downs. Right, So there's that

sense of fellowship. Yes, we have different backgrounds. Turn to

the person next to you. Do they look like you?

I'm sure not unless there's a twin. But even twin

is not here. Okay. We are all different backgrounds, right,

different and personalities. Do we always agree with each other? No?

But we still love each other?

Right.

We are called as brothers and sisters. In Christ, right,

and different backgrounds, but we come together. What else values? Yes,

we share the same values, right, especially as a believer

that things that we know is important. What should we do?

What should we not do? Right? Yeah? Anything else? Acceptance? Yeah,

that's so important and the church should always be open

for acceptance. Right the moment, we are so fixated to

our way of doing things. I am right, we're going

to just shut people out, right, like what God always says,

you know, love, I mean love the sinner, but hate

the sin. Right. So Jesus was a good example. He

will love everyone, even those that the community disregarded. No

one wanted to talk to them, but he went and

talked to them. Can we be like that as well? Right?

Reaching out to those others don't want to be a

friend too, They're not the cool kids, and yet you

reach out to them because you're just so different. Yeah,

that is unity, right, acceptance. So when we look at

the early church, right, let's go back to scriptures your

X chapter four versus thirty two. Okay, the same scripture

that we read. It's not just gonna read again. Now.

The multitude of those who believed were a one heart,

one soul, neither did anyone say that any of the

things he possessed was his own? But they had all

things in common. Yeah, So first of all, they had

a relationship, like some of you mentioned, we have fellowship.

They enjoyed each other's company, you know, and they could

share different different ups and downs in life together. Right.

They were followers of Christ in partnership. So that is

why we are so big in calling each other partners,

not just members. Right, members we just come and enjoy

the free gifts, but partners is when you want to

work together and build the Kingdom of God. Yeah, And

I think what's so important and we speak about unity

here beyond the fellowship, beyond the spend spending time together

and all that, it's important that we understand that the

purpose is to corporate together, not just in what we

do well within the four walls, but what can we

do well to in the outside as well. So now

that we say, okay, we have same values, right, we

come from different personalities and backgrounds, yet we come together,

we enjoy each other's fellowship. But can we bring the

same unity when we're out there? Because I believe that

when it's tested, you know, when they see Okay, who

Christians are meaning they can see Shelin in a different place,

you know, they can see Michelle in a different place,

Nick in a different place, but yet they see. Right,

these three people still got something that is the same.

They still carry the same value. They're different people, but

because they believe in one God, we all have that

one God. They carry the same value. But the moment

we don't have that in similar That is why people

sometimes doubt are you a Christian? Right? And sadly sometimes

that's reality. Yeah, people don't want to be friends with Christians.

Why you're just too holy? I can't be myself share

with you. Or you're always just wanting to preach the word,

but you're not listening to me. Right, Yes, we are

called to bring the word, We are called to be

walking in spirit, but can be also relate to people.

Because Jesus did that first, right, he shared a meal,

he could talk to them. Then he brought the word

because you know what, there's a friendship that was built first.

There was a relationship build and people trust. Well, this

person came to me when everyone else said no, But

this person was so humble to come down to me. Yeah,

and I believe that. So when unity is tested because

in church, right, it's so easy for us to see

or identify all leaders are all were in court. Okay,

everyone is dressing their best, everyone has a way of

responding and saying yes and worshiping, right, because it's a community. Yeah,

But when you are out there, can we still bring

the same values. Yeah? And I'll give you a challenge

to do that. When you go back for your Mondays,

to your work, to your school, can you speak the

same the way you speak in church? Because in church

everyone is so polite, right, I hope so. Okay, at

least we don't hear swearing and all that. Okay, we

are like just a bit more polite, a bit more smiley,

And but can we be that same person out there

or when work comes and stressed out and you know

you're speaking like anyone else? Right, that's the real hard check,

because you know what they are the ones who need Christ?

Your friends here, I think, yeah, all of us here

no Christ, right, But it's the people out there that

needs to know the real deal. Why do I need

to be a believer? Why do I need to believe

in this God that you say is the only one?

So if I cannot testify and say the goodness and

the and the transformation that He has made in my life.

If I can't show that out, then I can't lead

people to Christ. Yeah. And that's a challenge I always

put myself into because I'm constantly meeting people of different

faith and sometimes it's the majority, most times it's majority,

all right. And so that's when I always ask myself,

how can I show to people that or don't just

tell them I'm a Christian, but true my actions through

the things I say to the ways I respond. Can

I just leave a little bit of Christ in them?

Can I leave a little bit of hope or love

in them? Yeah? And I pray that will be the

desire for extra Us. And that is how you will

win people to Christ. You don't have to try so hard,

you don't have to memorize the Bible, you don't have

to be a scholar to do that. You just got

to be a true follower of Jesus Christ. Amen. How

many of you are followers of Jesus Christ? Right? Yeah,

let's do that. Let's answer the call and let's bring

back that same values out there. Yeah, that is what

true unity is. Amen. Right. The second one that we

can learn from this. Firstly is the unity. The second

is that the Book of X when you see the

people here, they experience the power of God and that

is why they could speak about him so boldly. Yeah,

how many of you will? I mean, if you've been

working long enough and someone says, can you refer this

person to work in this company? And if you don't

know this person at all, would you dare to say yes,

can you hire him or her? I don't think so, right.

Most of the time, you trust that this person can

do their job. They are credible, you know all these things. Okay,

then yes, I can be your reference. Yeah. I always

had to do this when I was teaching last time.

You know, students will come back to me and say, Miscloria,

can you please put can you refer me for a

job I'm applying and all that someone I'll say no

because I don't even know you in class, right, you're

not listening, and now you want my reference? Right? And

then of course there are those who I'll say yes. Right.

But what I'm trying to say here is that when

you experience the power of God, when you have experienced

God for yourself, it will be so much more easier

for you to bring the gospel out because your life

is self is a living testimony. They see you and

they say, wow, you've gone through so much. You know

you have you you have all the reasons to give up.

But yet you are coming every day to the office smiling.

You're coming every day encouraging others. The something, right is

what are you doing? Are you eating something? He said, no,

I'm eating the bread of life. Right, that is what

keeps me going. Yeah, that is your fuel, it says

in fort Export the Detree. The apostles testified powerfully to

the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's great blessing

was upon them all. How many of you believe that

God's blessings are in your life? Yeah, wherever you go,

as long as you as you know that God is

with you. He blesses his people. Yeah, He blessed this

the promise that he gave to Abraham. And you know,

you know that we're all the descendants of Abraham. If

you talk about Abraham is our great great great great grandfather. Yeah,

and we've got to declare that over our lives, his

blessings is upon our life. Now. Purpose is the power

of power in the engine of life. Purpose assures us

that the steering will is connected to the engine. Yeah,

going to repeat that, purpose is the power in the

engine of life. Purpose assures us that the steering will

is connected to the engine. If you think about anyone

around you that have lost purpose, you lose the old

hope of life. You lose the reason of why I

need to wake up the next day because I don't

have a purpose. Okay, and let me remind you this.

Your purpose is not to earn a salary. Your purpose

is not to you know, make others happy. Yeah, but

there must be a deeper purpose. What if the person

that you're making you happy leaves you one day who

says no, I don't want to be your friend, then

what you lose your purpose or the job that you're

working so hard for day and night, and the company says, oh,

we have to shut down. So does it mean you

lose your purpose? So what is the purpose that it's

not going to change, It's going to remain and we

all know what is it. Our purpose is to walk

with God to glorify his name, because that never changes,

it is always the same. Amen. Yeah, when it's going

to read a code here it says without purpose, there

is emotion without email, So you're just walking. Have you

seen people walking zombies and you know, walking not knowing

where they're going, no emotion. There is activity without accomplishment.

So you can sometimes go through your every day. You

can do your routine, wake up in the morning, brush

your teeth, eat your breakfast, go to work. But am

I really accomplishing anything? Do I feel fulfilled? Am I

answering the call of God? Yeah, so there's no accomplishment.

There is efficiency without effectiveness. So I can still take

my checklist, I can still get things done right, but

is it effective? Is it for a bigger purpose in life? Yeah?

It all goes back to our purpose, our purpose. So

when we speak about the early disciples from the Book

of X, they had a laser like focus on their

purpose and that is why they could experience the power

of God, or we call it the dynamite power. Yeah,

was it difficult at that point? Definitely? When you read

the scriptures, you know, when you study and understand it,

you will see that they went through oppositions like anyone. Yeah,

people were against them, they were throwing them into prison.

But yet you know, we know the story about them

in prison, and the people prayed together and the angels

came and set them free. That was the kind of

power that they were holding on to. Right, That was

the kind of prayers that they see. And that is

why it was so contagious that others saw these things happening,

and people wanted to seek. They were seeking for answers,

and they're saying, I want to know the same God, right,

because the power of God was just so evident and

the same thing. If you can think about our lives, right,

can someone say that I can see the power of

God in your life? Yeah? Meaning we are walking testimonies.

Your old friend sees you after a long time and

they say, I thought you were a failure, but look

at you today, such a transformed person. Right, And I'm

not talking about the earthly success, yeah, but I'm talking

about the person that you become full of boldness, full

of courage, and that kind of courage can only come

from God. Yeah. No, motivator speaker, you can pay thousands,

bring it to that will get you there, could be

very temporary, but only God can give you such boldness.

Talk about Moses. This guy fleed and took refuge to

a place where you didn't want to face anyone. He

gave up right and just tending his flock, and then

God met him where he was and do you know

what happened after that? Yeah, And one of my friends

reminded me of this thing about Moses. Do you know

that most was that one person that you know, the

enemy tried to change his life, you know, in a

way where okay, if they wanted to kill all Hebrew

babies at that point, you know, he was supposed to die,

but his mother kept him in a basket. You all

know the story, right, And somehow we ended in the

palace among the royals, and you know that is why

he was able to read and write. Okay, at that

time it was not as like as how common it

is now. Everyone goes to school, you know, in those

kind of communities. Only if you're from the royal lineage,

you have the privilege then you get education. Yeah, and

so Moses was one of them who was from the

Hebrew descendants. You know, he could have been growing up

in that community, but you wouldn't have been able to read,

learn and be educated. But somehow he landed in the palace.

He got the best education. I'm sure the best teachers

at that time, and he got so educated, you know,

for what, because he was the one who wrote all

the other books in the Bible, the ones from Genesis. Yeah,

and so can you see how God uses this one

person that the enemy tried to change his story? But

because God is more powerful, God's plan and purpose no

one can change that. Turn the person next to you

and tell them, no one can change God's purpose in

your life. Yeah, not even your own mistakes. If you

can come back to him, he can turn things around. Yeah.

And so what the enemy taught is a mistake.

You know.

Moses, he was the one that gave us a reason

why God chose to write these scriptures that we have today. Yeah,

he was one of the few ones who could write.

And then God chose him again to free his people.

Look at a plot, twist of the character, and the

same thing can happen in our lives as well. If

we can recognize the power of God in our lives.

So can I encourage your church to not underestimate the

work of God. If you're believing for a healing, keep

believing it until the end, don't give up. Yeah, if

you're believing for salvation, even for the most difficult person

in your family, Keep praying, keep pressing on. Yeah, if

you're going through a tough time, you're saying, God, I

need a breakthrough, keep believing it. Do not give up.

Do not give up, because in the measure of our faith,

it'll be done unto you. Yeah, the moment you say

if the moment you give doubt the room, that's when

you're not seeing the work of God. It's like you're blind.

You're getting blinded with what if, the doubts, the problems.

But if you can just be open and say God, whatever,

could you do it? I just surrendered you. God can

change things a man, He can move mountains ways in

things that we can't imagine or expect. God is able

to do it. But we just got to press on.

I know it's not easy sometimes, but just keep pressing on. Amen. Yeah.

So when we just even look at how they experienced

the power of God, they were able to bring that

to others. Yeah, and the power was so evident by

them finding strength in their differences. You know, they were

so different, they were so diverse, but because they could

come together and pray, because they could come together and

meet and build the church even in that they saw

God moving because God, God is a God who who

sees our obedient heart. And if we can see that, Okay,

these people, though you're so different, do your different opinions,

though it's hard for you, and you're still coming together,

then I want to do some thing for your church.

I want to honor that. I am going to answer

your prayers because you're obedient to me first, and God

honored that as well. Yeah, there were diversity in opinions gifts,

but somehow they found ways to come back together and

experience the power of God. So if we can just

think about our church and the differences that we are in,

let's not just get so fixated to oh we're different,

I don't agree with this, I can't do this or that.

Can we focus on experiencing God first? Yeah, the power

of God? Because if I can, I can confidently say

that if all of us, not just saying extra us,

but all of ex church, if we can all have

our quiet time built right, if you can walk in

the spirit right, if we can build our faith, can

you imagine what's going to happen to that? To our church.

It's going to be added. People are going to come

because you know, when someone's and pray, you don't just

say a prayer, but you say a powerful prayer, a

prayer of faith, a prayer of declaration. And anyone who

comes in who is looking for that healing, they will

be healed. Yeah, and so it's about hers catching it first,

the unity in spirit and the unity in power because

in this room, in fact, if God is moving and

he's saying, yes, I want to touch, I want to minister,

But if there's doubts here, how is it going to happen?

Just being real? Yeah, as a speaker, if God tells me,

can you prophesy? And if I'm going to say what

if they don't say no, then I'm stopping that from happening.

So can you understand that it is about your response.

It goes back to the power of one respond that

impacts everything else. Yeah, So when God speaks, don't be littiled,

don't just push it away. There's the reason why he

does such things. Yeah, the power of God. Unity exists

in the midst of diversity because we follow one same God. Amen. Yeah,

So I'm praying and believing that we'll all have that encounter. Yeah,

don't just write on and say Yes, my God can

heal because you healed that person. But can I say

that my God can heal because I've experienced it in

my life? Right, I've experienced that breakthrough? Ask God? You know,

if you feel that you're just your your faith journey

has been just same old, same old, nothing sparkly, then

it's time to go down on your knees, right, because

if not, we're all going to feel I mean, in

anything at all, you will lose the reason of why

we do things. So let your faith journey be exciting.

It has to be exciting, right, It has to be.

You have to always feel fire to it like any

other relationship. Right, Your relationship with God has to build

and become even stronger. Amen. So can we believe that

each one of us who have testimonies to share yeahp

in the coming weeks before the year ends. Whether it's

your personal life or the people around you or your

work you're seeing you wanting changed to happen, it can

happen if only you believe in the power of God.

All right Now, The third thing that we can learn

from this Book of ax here is that because they

has unity, because they could experience God's power and they

shared it to others. They discovered the favor of God. Yeah,

they discovered the favor of God. Going back to this

scripture here in chapter four was the retreat, and with

great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of

the law Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.

It was not a matter of how well they could speak, yeah,

or how influential. Some people didn't even like them, you know.

That's they were opposed in many ways, right, But yet

they found such favor because what the word of God

tells us. Yeah, great grace was upon all of them.

How many of you know that you have God's favor

in your life. Yeah, And you've got to mean it,

meaning when you have a conversation, wherever you go, you've

got to go with the confidence that God is with me.

His favor is upon me. Doors that seems to be,

you know, close for a long time, he can open it.

People that you find so hard to speak to, he

can soften the grounds. Yeah, that is how God works.

I have seen reconciliation happening in the midst of no

different ones. I've journeyed with tough relationships. God makes things happen. Yeah,

it's only the matter of whether we can recognize the

favor of God. You know, when we speak about grace,

grace means unmerited love of favor. And they would and

because they would, because God is a generous god. Yeah,

and he freely gives. And when you see this book

of Acts, the people, you know, their hearts broke over

the same things that broke the heart of God. That

is why they were so after God's heart. You know,

they were against sin. They were all in the business

of saving souls, reaching out for the laws, you know,

so their heart just broke for that, for whatever broke

God's heart. And that is why they were just so soft.

You know, if you if you think about times when

you were broken. Okay, I'm not talking about no Monea

broke as in you go through different trials in life.

Somehow it makes you softer because you've gone through the bellies. Yeah,

you've gone through different things, and you're coming to a

place of surrender. God, I surrender. Someone can only surrender

when you when you give up, right, you give up

and you say God, I have no other way, only

your way. Right. And because they were just so broken

in that sense where they could see the needs. You know,

for those who came for the missions conference, the first

speaker was sharing about you know, she has a prayer

mat that she goes and pray on all the time,

and most days it's filled with tears because she just

cries over the injustice that she sees around us, how

people are oppressed. You know, young girls who are you know, mistreated.

So the things that she sees, it just breaks the

heart because these are just not right, and she keeps praying.

And that is what we mean by broken. You know,

the things around us. When you hear a bad story,

something bad happens to someone, how do you feel about it?

Does it make you want to just pray more, make

you want to do something? In fact, you talk to

any other missionaries or people even do social work. There

what drives them is because they just can't stand injustice.

They just can't stand when bad things happen, and therefore

they just want to work harder. Right, They're just broken

in that way, and because there was such softness, God

could actually work in them and they could see God's favor.

They were just so aligned, so connected to the ways

of God, that they could actually see that God is

actually using me God is actually moving. So if you

want to experience God's blessings, we first need to be

very obedient to His purpose, both as individuals as a church,

because it goes together. As long as you belong to

a church, you are belonging to the covering, you know,

to the word that God gives you. So can we

be obedient to that as well? Right, answering the call

of God. Answering the call of God. Amen. So let's

let's walk in the favor of God. Because you know,

when when you know God's favor is with you, you

will walk with more confidence. You'll walk with more boldness.

You know, you won't just walk around feeling defeated. You know,

if you go in and face your your classroom and

you have a difficult lecturer who is always saying no

to you, and you say no, I'm a child of God.

God's favor is with me. I'm doing what is right.

So nothing should come, no harm should come near me.

And you go and you'll see the way she speaks

to you is different. Yeah, the favor of God is

with us. Amen. And the last point that we can

learn from your from this book of Axia is that

what these people did Okay, the apostles and the church,

they actually answered the prayer of God, all right, or

they answered the prayer of Jesus himself, because you know

what Jesus prayed. Let's look at John chapter seventeen. See

there's distractions that can smell the food already. Okay, John

chapter seventeen, Versus twenty. Let's take some time and look

at what is the heart of Jesus for us. Okay,

it says here are you all there? Yeah? John Chapter seventeen,

verses twenty. I do not pray for this alone, but

also for those who will believe in me through their word,

that they may be one, as you, Father are in me,

and I in you, that they also may be one

in us, that the world may believe that you sent me,

and the glory which you gave me, I have given them,

that they may be one just as we are one,

I in them and you in me, that they may

be made perfect in one, and that the world may

know that you have sent me and have loved them

as you have loved me. Verse twenty four. Father, I

desire that they, also, whom you gave me, may be

with me where I am, that they may behold my

glory which you have given me, for you loved me

before the foundation of the world, or Righteous Father, the

world has not known you, but I have known you,

and this have known that, and this have known that

you sent me. And I have declared to them your name,

and will declare it that the love with which you

loved me may be in them and I in them. Amen.

What does this scripture tell you? What do you think

Jesus was praying for for unity, that we be one?

Because he says, you and I Father, right, we are one,

and so when we are one, then the world will

know who we are. And in fact, this was the prayer.

If you look at chapter eighteen, you know what happens

after that, the whole betrayal of Judah, right, and then

we know the story about the cross, So meaning this

was one of his final prayers. His prayer was not God,

just bless them, protect them. Yeah, I'll give them all

the riches. We didn't say those prayers, but he prayed

that will be one. So can you see how that

is in the heartbeat of God himself? And then I'll

wonder that how much it breaks his heart when we

see sometimes, even as believers, when we can't be one

when we can't agree with the same thing, or we

can sometimes miss out the purpose because we're so caught

up with so many other things. Yeah, be one, and

that is why we see this reflected in the Book

of Acts. They could experience the power of God, they

could experience people being added into the church because they

were one. Though it was not easy, but they did

it anyway. Yeah, they did it anyway. How does this

sinking into your hearts? Because we can be one church

a lot of people, but ultimately, it's that one choice

that I can make as an individual that contributes to

the oneness. So it goes back to the way I

look at my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Do

I see them as different? Can I still respect them

for their differences? Can I still love them beyond the

flaws that we see with human eyes? Right? Can we

focus on that one purpose? Because what I do as

a person, or what all of us do as one person,

is what brings this oneness. The moment one person is

out in your own side track, right, then the one

is cannot achieve. It's when everyone does it together. Yeah,

everyone does it together. We are one body of Christ. Yeah,

So let's not just ignore this prayer or the heart beat.

I would say the heartbeat of Jesus, because most of

the time when you pray for something or when you're

leaving for an important mission, like yesays Right, he had

an important mission, and I'm sure he was in fear

and trembling, he was all human at the same time

to go through that, but he could still mention something

that was so important, which is a message that we

need to carry on until today. Yeah, So can we

safeguard this oneness? Right? Can be safe? God? This one

is Sometimes the oness is all about what happens in

the family as parents, How we build that within our kids,

what happens within our homes? Right, we meet in different homes,

we meet with different people. How can we keep that oneness?

How can we keep that within now o' dream teams.

We're all serving in different ministries, right, we are all

doing different roles, playing music, doing the projection, the sound.

But ultimately we all need to come back to that oneness. Yeah,

let's keep reminding our team members. Let's keep reminding those

you're journeying with discipleship to not be distracted too much,

but to say, hey, come back. Maybe you've been too

far away, Come back and be one. Yeah, be one.

I pray that we'll always be a church. That Love's

love should always be our priority, because that's what He

told us to do, to love one another and to

always be looking out for others. You know, the moment

we start stop looking out for people, then I think

we miss out the point of life. Because when we

think about just myself, my family, my needs never ends.

There's always going to be things to be done right.

But if I can only care for another person, if

I can only love another person with the means that

I have, it goes a long way. Yeah, it goes

a long way. If unity creates belief, then disunity fosters disbelief.

Like I said, if we all have the same values

and if you bring them that out, we're going to

attract people to Christ. But if we're all going to

be doing our own thing out there own agenda, then

people are going to start doubting. Is this the way

of God? Is this what the church teaches? Is this

what the Word of God is about? It creates disbelief.

How can the world come to believe the gospel if

those who are already believing it, doubting it. Yeah, don't

talk about the gospel if you don't believe the word

of God.

Yet.

You've got to fully be convinced. You've got to fully

desire the power of God. You've got to fully say God,

I'm all in. I'm not just putting one link in

and testing the waters. Who walked on water? We had

he did? He, you know, put one link and try

he did. He tried to stumble, but it's only when

he put two feets he could walk on water. And

you know what, it made it better because Jesus was there. Yeah,

Jesus was there.

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