We are Overcomers, More than Conquerors | Pr Alvin Keng

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The title which is we are overcomers. Okay, come, let's

everybody say that we are overcomers. Some of you don't

believe in it. Let's try that again. We are overcomers.

And the subtitle is more than conquerors.

Okay.

Let's read Romans chapter eight, verse thirty one to thirty nine. Romans,

Chapter eight, So I hope you've got your Bibles. Please

turn to it. Don't just rely on the slide. Let's

do a little bit of flipping. Exercise your fingers a

little bit. I know they're tired from all the typing,

but it's going to be good. Romans chapter eight, verse

thirty one to thirty nine. Are you guys there yet?

Only only Elane is there? And passa Gloria? Are you

guys there yet? Oh man Excras, don't sleep on me.

I'm gonna read. Okay, what then shall we say to

these things? If God is for us, who can be

against us? Will such an awesome promiser? If God is

for us, who can be against us? Right, he who

did not spare his own son, but delivered him up

for us all. How shall he not with him also

freely give us all things? What shall bring a charge

against God's elect? It is God who justifies? Okay, And

what did you say next? Who shall bring?

Okay? Who is he who condemns?

It is it is Christ who died, And furthermore is

also raisen, who is even at the right hand of God,

who also makes intercession for us. You know that Christ

makes intercession for you somewhere's here? Maybe find it very

difficult to pray? Maybe you know, I hope this year

you will be you know, do you have prayer service here?

But the girl God, how many people nominally comes?

Ten?

I see more than ten we were here. Sorry, Yah,

side Jet side Jep. I hope you guys are okay

with that.

Oh.

By the way, you're in church, So if you cannot

take some of these comments, I'm so sorry, because you

come to church to do what to grow in your faith? Right,

It's like when you go to the gym. I don't

know that I have chat this here before I think I have. Right,

you'll remember, for those that remember, you come to church

to receive the word, So don't tarrasa. If you receive

the word because I'm not gonna come here and say,

you know what, guys, don't go prayer service, Okay, don't

go homes, don't come to Sunday.

And do you think I'm gonna say that?

You know if I start saying that, you gotta be

way careful because you came to church to receive the word.

You came to church to be challenged in your faith. Amen.

You came to church to be challenged. That's what you

came to church for.

It's like how when you go to the gym, right,

You don't go to the gym to expect to eat

a meal. You got to gym to exercise. You got

to gym, blue. Sweet, you know what's gonna happen if

you don't go in your faith. You're gonna come to

Passaga and say, Passa, I want my money back, right,

because I'm not growing faith.

You know, hey, we need growing our faith. Amen? Right?

So who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution, of famine or nakedness

or peril assault as it is written? For your sake,

we are killed all day long. We are slaughtered as

sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all these things. We

are more than conquer us through Him who loved us

a man. For I'm persuaded. Neither death nor life, nor injels,

nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

nor hid nor death, nor any other created thing shall

be able to separate us from the Love of God,

which is in Christ, Jesus our Lord. Okay, so house,

you're twenty twenty five coming so far. Wow, that's awesome.

Those that say good, those that are still not sure,

I hope that you will receive something today.

They will encourage you. Amen.

Let me start with the bad news you onside the

good news of bad news outside. The bad news is like, okay,

the bad news is we will have trouble in the world.

Know that? Do you know that you have trouble? How

many if you hear things that you will not have trouble? One? Everybody?

You wake up? You know zimpathy do that. It's a

wonderful day.

My, oh my, what a wonderful day. Right, it's sunshine, rainbows. No, right,

some of us wake up like, oh man, up again? Stress,

have to go to work, have to get stuck in

the gym, Oh my goodness, Gem's worse now, school holiday,

so that not where I'm at. Okay, better for you,

but it's a school ho day for me, so anyway,

but we will have trouble, you'll know, right, Do you know?

Do you know that you have trouble?

Even if you're a Christian, even if you believe Jesus,

You've got trouble.

Do you know that?

I mean, if you didn't know that, let me tell you. Okay,

so far, based on what I understand and experience, I've

been living for forty two years. This year is my

forty third year leaving. Ready, even with Jesus, you still

have problems lack right, So if you're surprised that you

don't have problems, right, then you just got to wake

up todayla. Okay, we will face trouble in our lives.

It is a guarantee.

Wow. Ouch, that's the bad news air. Okay.

Job fourteen one says man is born of a woman.

How many of you here are born of women? Okay,

only pass the gloria the rest of we're not born

of women? Born of what but a woman? You wave

your hand? One of women? One of whomen? Yeah, you're

born of women? Right, I'm guessing unless it's immaculate. Even

the immigular birth is born of a woman. Okay, man

born of a woman. Or they covered everything. The Bible covered,

even Jesus man that is born of a woman. Is

a few days. Look at a neighbor and say you've

got a few days and full of trouble. Don't your

other neighbor, and the whole days will be full of trouble. Well,

then a lot of you toush wood friends, quite sad

life quite said first bitter fortune said, beloved, think it is?

Think it not strange concerning the fury trial, which is

to try you.

Fury trial.

Fire is hot, it's not good, right, but there's a

fairy trial to try you.

No.

And the interesting thing.

The Bible says is, hey, guys, don't think that it's

weird that you have a faury trial that is testing you.

Even today, it is not weird, right, as though some

strange things happened to you can let me address this.

A lot of times Christians we have this tendency. Maybe

it's the whole I don't know whether it's an Asian thing.

We live by marriage, your unself married?

Is I do right?

Something good happens? I do wrong, something that happens. So

sometimes can live under this. Well, I would say, lie,

and it's not true that, oh you know, I sin,

So that's why God is punishing me, you know. And

then when we do something that we shouldn't do and

then something bad happens, and then we think that that's

the case that God is punishing me because I sin. Friends,

can I let you know that it's not true? Don't

think that way. Do you know what happens if you

continue to believe in that, you will go further away,

further and further away from the Lord because it's not

about sinning, but it's about repentance and redemption. What happens

to you are is consequences God God already want us

ready right that there's trouble. So don't think that, oh

you know, I did everything right? What I You know

how many times as Christians we feel like that, oh Lord,

I did everything right. Well, I come to church, I

go to homes. You know, I'm a leader, I pray,

I fast. Why bad things still happen? Look at Joe,

bad things will happen, things still happen. Correct, So we

got to accept it, we gotta understand it.

We got to know it.

I see a lot of you here, probably maybe one

or two campus students, but you know a lot of

you here. I will say, eat more rice than sound.

The young people sorry, in more sortness, and the young

people it rise. A third always use right, Yeah, I

love your your love rice skate and it. Let's not

go Let's not go there. Um let's read second second

rins Form eight nine says we're hot, pressed from on

every side, yet not crushed. We are perplexed, but not

in despair, persecutor not for sakens, struck down but not destroyed.

Just because something bad happens, it doesn't mean you need

to give up and throwing the towel, coray. Not just

because something bad happens, Just because you didn't get what

you want, Just because maybe twenty twenty four you'll believing

for something great and it didn't happen, doesn't mean that

we should give up, give up.

Lah, you know something like that.

I'm like that, you know something arguing with my wife. Okay, however,

I don't talk radio whatever. You know, sometimes you get

to that frustrated stage. You know, well I need to

grow from that, right, and like you just go like whatever,

John sixteenth, Andrey says these things.

I've spoken to you that in me you have peace

in the world.

You will have tribulation, not even trouble, friends, tribulation, Going

google what tribulation means? Not fun, It's beyond trouble, it's

beyond challenging in the world. Your tribulation, but be of

good cheer. I have overcome the world.

Wow.

Wow, there's a promise. You know, there's a promise. Who

is the one that said that?

Jesus? I'm guessing. I'm assuming all.

Of us you are believers, right, all of us you

are believing in Jesus. I'm assuming. Okay, gous, I cannot

you know, but I just assume. Do you know that

he has overcome the world. Therefore you can overcome the world.

Therefore you can overcome your problems. Therefore you can overcome

whatever that you're facing. Thankfully, Jesus overcame the world, thankfully.

And because he overcame the world, there is power, willediness

to also overcome our challenges. Okay, power, weediness? What does

power mean?

Power? Authority?

A lot of these things, right, can be something that

is uh, well, I wouldn't say unexplainable, but you know,

try and explain this a little bit. You know, when

we think about power, it's not just like, oh power,

you know, power, the Holy Spirit.

It's not just like that.

Friends, you know, it's not just that when we talk

about power something like you talk about ability. Right, I'm

sure Benny knows a lot about ability. Of course you

exercises and white thai, right is it jujitsu?

Okay?

Maybe the first day when he went into the jiu

jitsu his white belt. Everything else you cannot do, right,

how many years ago?

Is that? Eleven years ago?

Now?

What belt? Huh? Purple?

After this is brown? After that is like how many

before it was white? So eleven years you got to purple,

so it was white? Then then what eleven years? Only

jump tooth colors?

And he.

No, I know, I know, I'm saying. I'm not saying

that you're slow. I'm saying that it takes that long.

So another ten years he's going to be black. Then

you better not mess with him many actually even now,

so don't mess with him. Right, But it takes time

for us to grow in our ability, amen, grow in

our faith, grow in our belief right, right, So what

are we overcoming? Friends, We're overcoming the world. What is

the world. It is an ideology, It is a way

of life. It is a doctrine. Right, you know heard

about doctrine. You're not doctrine means doctrine means a way,

you think? Right, which way do we believe or apply?

We got to decide. Is it God's way, the world's way?

God said in his word pray for the sake by

Jesus stripes. We are healed, and we have to decide.

And when I say this, our friends, don't get me wrong.

I'm not saying don't go to the doctor, don't take

your medicine, don't go and find out. No no no, I'm

not saying, oh they don't go for treatment, No no,

no no. However, God said then you better follow. But

I'm not saying that. All I'm saying is that we

can believe in that. But sometimes we can be very

selective in our belief. You know, we can pray for

a job, you know, pray for something and when it

doesn't happen, and then.

All hell breaks loose, right, you know, we get disappointed.

Do you know that we can also overcome the world

because Christs overcome the world.

Why do we say that.

Well, again, I assume all of us here are believers.

So what is a believer not just a believer, but

a disciple of Christ?

Right?

Because God said, God, therefore and make disciples. Jesus way man,

he made disciples. So here in X we believe in

making disciples, not just follow us, making well, not follow us,

not fans follow us, right disciples, people that will do practice,

profess right, live the life, not just say on it. Oh,

I'm my name is Elvin. I have a Christian name.

So I come to church because of that. No, I

believe in Jesus. So I practice what I believe right,

and it takes time. It's tough, it's hard, right, it's

not easy. Right, we don't just say we do what

we say right. And because Christ have overcome the world,

I believe I can overcome the world. I can overcome

the challenges in the world right, whether it's physical, natural

challenges or spiritual challenges.

You'll catch that.

First John five four five says four whatever is born

of God overcomes the world world. That's a very very

powerful statement. What are you born off? What are you

born off? It's very powerful when the Bible uses the

term born why because when you are born, you are.

It's a birth, you know.

That's why the term that he used with Nicodemus is

born again, because you're born Rhema.

Right, we're all physically born into this world. Right.

But then when you say born again, it is spiritual rebirth.

The ideas that I used to have is different now.

The identity that used to have is different now, right.

That's why baptism is significant. How many of you baptize it?

Right?

Those that haven't baptize it, I will encourage you to

go through it. Why because it is not just a

practice or no. There is a significance in baptism because

we say we die to self and we live in Christ.

You'll catch that, right, It's a different birth. So if

you're born of God, then truly we follow Christ. Like

when I say follow, not just follow in action, but

following everything else. Nowe with authority as well, with the

power as well. Right, And this is the victory that

has overcome the world. First John four or five.

Our faith.

So what has overcome the world? Our faith has overcome

the world.

Our faith.

Who is he who overcomes the world, But he who

believes that Jesus is the son of God. A lot

of people believe that He is a lot of things.

So today I will ask you this question, who do

you believe Christ is?

Firstly? Second is who do you believe Christ is in

your life? Do you know why? That is important?

Because it is very hard to practice what Christ teaches

if we don't fully believe in him. Christianity is not

just a lifestyle now, friends, it is a relationship with God.

That is the lifestyle, right because the relationship got will

make the lifestyle happen. It's not just a lifestyle in oh,

I'm a Christian therefore I no, no, no, it's not

just a lifestyle practice. It's a lifestyle that is a relationship.

And why is the relationship important? Because we are let

me ask you a question or I just got this revelation?

Why is the relationship your parents important?

Again?

If you are you know you, maybe you are from

a single family or whatever it is? Why pretty aside,

But why is your relationship with your parents important? Idea

your mommy or dad? Why was it important when you

were young?

Think about it?

Maybe because when you were young you needed more guidance.

Maybe when you're young, when you were young, you needed

more help. Maybe when you were young, you needed more direction.

You needed to learn things like self control. You needed

to learn different things, and you need to learn from somewhere.

Con That's why reship relationship is important, because, man, I

tell you, if I get I may I have two

young sons. If I get one ring getter for every

time I tell my son to do something and he

immediately does it, right, oh my goodness, I'll be a

rich man. Right, I'm not rich because he I tell

him ten times long and he still doesn't do it.

I've been telling him to do something for years and

he still doesn't. You do it, But I still tell

him because I got relationship with him. Now you know

why our relationship with Christ important because he guides us,

he leads us. You won't listen to someone that you

got no relationship with, you know, do you know that?

Or you've got a horrible relationship with you know, you

won't listen to them. But when you have a good

relationship with someone, you will listen.

Right.

I know all of you here will listen to Pasta

Gloria because he's such an awesome pastor and you'll have

awesome relationship with her.

Right. So that's the thing it's how it is.

That's why God chose us relationship rather than rules and regulations.

Are friends when you come inside here, please wear suit

and you know no no, no friends. If we run

by rules and regulations, are all of us fail? Ready?

I fail?

Ready?

I feel a long time ready. Okay, thank God. It's relationship,

not just rules and regulations. So question, friends, are we

born of God? Because if you are not, then today

we have to decide. I want to be born of God.

It's just it's a decision. The Bible says that we

are born again transform friends. Our lives are transformed through

Christ Jesus. That is what happens.

Amen.

First John four one for let's read that. Are you

guys getting something from this? Only Edward and passa Gloria.

The rest are still quiet. I'm so sorry. In PJ right,

a lot of people, so we have to single out.

But here it's not as many, so you know, so

I can see who are not responding to me.

It's okay, It's okay, and very nice. One I think believed.

Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether

they are of God. Because many false prophets have gone

out into the world. Okay, let me teach you something

that I really well, not really practice, but I learned

from this. Okay, if you don't believe what I say today,

test it.

Test it. Oh this is born again thing said away,

I don't understand.

No, no, test it. Don't test me. Test it you'll get

you'll get it. You don't test the messenger. You know

you test the message true, No, away, pray for the sick,

can get human test it. This is how confident I am.

Can I've done it before. Maybe in the beginning. Don't

know that's a nice We're like, oh you know it

got timing. No, no, no, no, no, it can really happen. When

right can really happen? One can heal one? God can

heal one?

Amen?

Test it and do not believe every spirit your cash

What I mean by Bible says again? Now, when when

we when the Bible talks about spirit, it's not like oh,

when slippings and you wake out, then there's this white

colored cloth. No no, no, no. Everything you hear online, everything

you see, even in the faith, test it.

Test it.

Don't just believe blindly, test it for yourself. Test and

see that the Lord is good. How do you fully

know that God is good unless you test yourself and

you experience yourself. Do you know how powerful this faith

is that I'm not just saying, hey, guys, just trust me. No, no, no,

please don't trust me. Trust God. That's him.

Oh, t'st me. I'll feel that's the crazy thing about

our faith. No, I don't know that we've really thought

truly it is not.

Our faith is the only faith right that allows you

to test it. I will not any other faith allows

you to do that, not or they will straight are

you test your test and see there we come and

punish you. Hey, hello, test lot. If you think this

don't work, then fine, go do something else.

But it works, then.

Believe test it right, whether I've God, that's what. Whether

it's from God or not very important. So give you

a tip, passa Gloria. I just got this new job.

I don't know why, whether God giving me or not.

Test it.

If the job is going to take you more away

from church, do you think that is from God? Because

God doesn't lead you to a place that you don't

need him anymore, that's reality?

Why?

Because He still wants to have a relationship with you.

How many of you here have a family member, whether

it's a child or a mom, want to come to

a place where you don't need them anymore. Wow, sounds so,

said Laselven. But that's true sometimes the way we treat God,

aren't we his children born again? Why we're so fast

to find what we like and cut and survey the relationship?

By this?

You know, the spirit of God? See why tests because

then you will know who God is. You will know

how to recognize God's voice. You will know when I'm here,

this is God's presence, not other presents. Right, We've got

to test it. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ

has come in the flesh is of God. What spirits

are out there right now? What spirits are we listening

to right now? Do you know that they are a

lot of people who profess that they are believers, but

then they profess other things.

Oh, Jesus is just a good teacher. Don't have to

follow one? Now? Why it is so extreme? You know?

God made you know? I mean, I don't know, I'm

just creating stuff. I have not seen or read any

of these. Kase, I got no time, okay. And every

spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come

in the flesh is not of God.

We're clear. The Bible is very clear. Right.

And this is the spirit of the anti Christ, which

you have heard was coming and is now already in

the world. Here ready, friends, here, ready, just going on

the TV. You'll see all these things on YouTube. You'll

see all these things here already. Okay, you are of God,

little children, and have overcome them.

Amen, you have overcome them.

Right, because he who is in you is greater than

he who is.

In the world. Wow, such a powerful scripture.

He who is in you, you have Jesus in you

this morning. He who is in you is greater than

he who is in the world. So, friends, we are

worn to test the spirits, and we are taught to

discern the fruit of people. We are taught where Mantel

seven sixteen twenty you will know them by their fruits?

Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes? Or fixed from disus?

I use this example the last time I appreciates. Okay,

do we gather durian from cow grass or mango stein?

From trying to think of a tree that have no fruit?

On m poison? Ivy?

No, right, we don't, right, imagine sitting in the crowd

grass and looking at it and saying, duriant, please come out.

People look at you go crazy? Are you right? So

we need to test?

Even so, every good tree best good fruit, but a

bad tree beast bad fruit. A good tree cannot bad

bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bad good fruit.

Every tree that does not bad good fruit is cut

down and throwing into the fire. Therefore, by their fruits

you will know them. I will share this perspective because

it's something I've learned and something I well, I guess

I'm confident to say this.

You can judge me. Buy my fruit? How what's that? Now?

You mean you plant banana tree at home? No? No, no, no, no.

People I hang out with the people I disciple. How

are they? I mean you might not know them because

it's gas, you know, but how are they? Are they

good people? Are they angry people? Are the people that

will bless others? Or are the people that are.

Difficult to deal with? That's my fruit, right?

Why because I sow into their lives side right, So

you can judge me by that right And that's how

you know.

All pass the gloria. You can see what is the

fruit she's producing. Right.

Likewise, all of us also producing something. So we flip

it a little bit. And I'm not I'm not here

to wag any of you. Please please REMEMBND said we're

grow in our faith. Likewise, how to know whether or

not we are producing good fruit? Look at the fruit

we produce around us. Okay, I'll say this way, and

I hope none of you, well I know none of

you are like that, or you look like really awesome people. Okay,

I use myself for example. Okay, I think I'm sure

before that I'm I have an anger problem. It does

come out emotional anger. I can say a lot of

things are oh you know, I got a lot emotion

damage when I was young, stuff like that. Right, And

and the thing is that I've learned is that you know,

have you hang out with a person that every time

had a person, you don't hang out a person costs everything.

The person's right angry one. Right, you don't hang out

a person because the person's always angry. And then when

you hang out a person, you so you know, I

am not a nice person. Right, that's the fruit the

person produces. Imagine you come to every situation and it

gets worse quite that, right, I'm not pointing at it,

but reflect reflect Am I bringing peace to the situation? Right?

And you know some of these friends everywhere, these person

goes at what everybody's had you And I'm not talking

about please don't get me wrong in terms of personality type.

You know sometimes we use that term. Oh no, this

person's personalities right, bubbly and right?

No, no, no, I'm not talking about that. A lot

of people who are bubbly are may not have any fruit.

Just because everyone want to talk to them doesn't mean

that they are producing anything, you know, So don't be

deceived by personality or what is on the outside, because

it takes time to grow fruit.

What is the person producing? Right? Or maybe are not

producing anything? Not gonna go? So?

So friends, can I encourage you? And can I challenge you?

What are you producing? How are the people around you?

How are your family members? Do they want you around

or not?

I hope they do? One think about it? Right? How

are your I don't know, home members. You know, you

don't have to be the most happening person. No, don't, don't.

Don't get me wrong. But what is the fruit you're producing? Right?

It's something for us to consider. Right, I think about it.

You know, I have this statement, a life statement that

I want. I want to grow older to be the

friendly uncle and that anybody can approach. Why because I

have a reputation. Okay, there's a small moon nowadays. I

have a reputation since growing up that I'm very garn

until today.

Tyrell knows Chirsty what with me? So you guys get

all me on.

Okay, I have a reputation, right, I can't change that,

you know. So I pray that I will grow old

to be a friendly uncle. That it's not you know,

I mean, you've seen those like friendly uncles. You've also

seen those grumpy ancles. I want to be more friendly

uncle than grumpy anclor. So I keep telling myself that

don't be grumpy, you know, don't be be nice enough

that people want to call you, approach you. Right, and

that's the fruit I want to build, right I guys, Okay,

so we're all overcomers, amen, we're all overcomers.

Right. Let me share you a testimony about overcoming.

So I think twenty twenty twenty two, my so my

mom shared a little bit. My mom was diagnosed well

not diagnosed my mom had breast cancer.

Right, and unfortunately she was not my late mom.

And unfortunately she was not you know, she had her

own challenges and fears, and she decided not to go

Western medicine style, you know. And she found out actually

during the pandemic. But she didn't well, not say that,

she didn't do anything. She went another direction. Now, okay,

and I only got to find out about it in

twenty twenty one. Okay, by the time, we had no

idea how bad it was or how challenging it was

and all, but it was bad, redilar and it came

to a point mid twenty twenty two, man, I should

convince her to go and see a doctor, and she

convince her to at least get some medical help and

all right, uh and uh and and the plan was

she wanted to go see my brother, my brother's overseas

uh in New Zealand at the time, uh, you know there.

And the plan was to go and see him for

a month and then come back. Okay, but actually it

was quite bad ready, right, And I remember talking busses

and raw because again passes, they they walked different different

as I did.

Ask I said past her, what's the worst case scenario.

How would I know?

And I remember Pasted telling me the pain would come

and you'll be unbearable, and that is a sign. I'm like, okay,

you know, so I of course pray, believe, you know,

ask God to open doors, and and try my best

to be the peacemaker. So I spent time with her

and all. And during this moment, I knew in my

heart of hearts that it was not great. Okay, I knew,

and and to me it's like, okay, I'm my eldest

son and this my mom. I told her I would

respect your wishes. I'm not going to force you to

do anything. But at the same time, I also need

to figure out what I need to do in that situation.

So I remember God told me during my quiet time,

minister to her. I'm like, huh, minister, my mom. I

know I'm a pastora, but he's my mom.

Come on, right. But the word came minister to her.

I'm like, okay, minister, so minister, spend time, take up

my can talk to her right. And the plan was

in November, she was going to go for a month

and then come back and then go and see so

I men should get her a home busit in October

and basically.

Just to put her fears to rest.

So I spent a lot of time my mom to

try and get her to seek medical attention, all right,

But I didn't know how bad it was because for

two months before the flight to she's been having pain every.

Night, cannot sleep.

She didn't tell anyone, I'm not spaying Treasuore, it's like

next level. Okay, they say that women's trashold right as

I can go to child both more strong air guy

guys spain a bit cannot Editan know, you want to

end it, all right, right? So so what happened was

I ministered to her. And when I say ministry, it

just means assurance. Now I remember a few conversations I

had my mom assurance talking to her. I said, Mom,

you know, if you see a light, go towards it.

How can the sun say things like that?

Why? Because she needed to be at peace, I said, hey,

all of us are grown up. You get to see

your you know, grandchildren. Really we'll be fine.

I'll make sure I take you out, you know, all

these different things so that she is at rest. And

I remember leading leading to the time where.

She had to fly.

She was really at peace and happy and all and said, Okay,

we're gonna come back and see how And and my

mom hates the hospital. She because my grandma also went

through breast cancer and I this ideed know I found

out later.

And she was.

Depressed after the surgery because they had to cut off

some things, you know, So it was tough. It was tough,

and she didn't want that at all. She's like, no,

you know, Jesus will heal me. You know, I will

be fine. Okay, I also believe in that, but we'll see.

So I remember sending her to the airport with my dad.

Uh and yeah, you know, I kind of knew in

my heart of hearts that I don't know whether that

will be the last time I sent them laugh. So

I did my best and then she went and unfortunately

the pain was so unbearable. She was only there for

a week and then had to fly back emergency, well

not emergency fly, but fly back and did something you

might not know because the PJA one will know a

little bit more because during this period of one month,

I shared with them on the flight back to Malaysia

and it was a twelve hour flight. I think eight

to twelve hour of flight from New Zealand to Malaysia,

she had a seizure on the plane. Actually she had

five seizures in a plane and they had to do

it emergency landing drama. So they had an emergency landing

in Brisbane right one hour away from New Zealand. And

there were different things that of course could say, you know,

you know, God got it because so happened on the plane.

There were five doctors and one of the doctor was

a neurosurgeon, and they had a medication to help with

the seizure.

So happened.

So I'm like, I think about it, I'm like, okay, crazy,

but thank God. And then of course they were deciding

Bali or Brisbane. And of course I don't really need

to go into details on which healthcare might be better

lat Okay, So long story shot, they landed, went to

the hospital, choose me my dad right, and then think

about this way, I'm not very rich, friends, I'm full

time Okay, I'm not full time pastor, but I work

for organization and I'm not from a rich family. Okay,

So I mean we're okayla okay. But I can't just

fly anywhere really nearly if you get what I mean, right,

So think about this way. My parents, not young are

in Brisbane, my younger brother is in Perth, my second

brother is in New Zealand. They just saw them and

send them back. I'm in Malaysia and this emergency happened. Wow,

crazy half.

Right?

Uh, A lot happened. Let's just say for one month

I was stressed out. So it was in November actually

not November, mid November or near and November, and then

it was like how do we get them back and all?

And it's quite challenging because she had seizures in the plane.

They didn't know how to deal with it, and she

couldn't fly back to Malaysia.

No, and uh.

And the other challenge was every night in Australia because

my parents are not insured. Well, we bought travel insurance,

but travel insurance you have to pay first. And in

the end they didn't you know, they didn't claim. We

couldn't claim trivial insurance. Okay, let's just say it was

a very stressful period. And every night I remember it

was how much Aussie dollars are I think it was

two point eight k ringedler.

Every night she's there yeah, every night. The building thing

so so so a lot of confusion. I mean, I

won't go too much? Did that?

I don't have time. A lot of confusion, A lot

of like what do we do? Who's going to go there?

Do I fly? Let's go and get a visa, you know.

Then found out that Australia suddenly after COVID decided to

close your doors, we had to get visa, you know,

I had I went to the Australian Commission and he

was long, and they said to make an appointment and

a lot of drama.

How much you say to go?

It was December, Christmas to Brisbane is expensive. Yeah, all

these different things happen.

It's tough. How do you overcome? I don't know, right,

I don't know.

I mean, thankfully I had a good extra family, very

you know, encouraging, pass us over, very understanding.

And I had to work, well kind of work, no work.

You know.

I was given like some form of like a relief

if I need it. But can I just sit down

and think about the problem? Right, So just go to

work lad from one week to two weeks. See, we're

trying to figure out how no figure out a few things,

figure out because we're not there. So in the end,

my brother from Perth, because he was in Australia, he

went and I was waiting for my visa and then

in the end I managed to get my visa, but

then it didn't make sense to go, so I thought,

I wait here and then received them all these different things. Okay,

and my dad was there, you know, I mean God

was good. There was a church contact there and then

they really helped the care. And then we had different friends.

But from one week to two weeks, and then two weeks, yeah,

let's fly back because she cannot fly back normally. Sure, right,

So I had to go from medical thing and the

medical thing calls about a means thinker. He basically ranges

from ten thousand Aussie to one hundred thousand or zila norminalation.

Now you'll complay yourself, but we makes you figured got

one out for about I think fifteen thousand Aussie Okay,

to get the nurse to fly back my mom and

stuff like that. So on the day it's supposed to

come and I'm supposed to you know, pick it up, like, yeah,

there's a plan two weeks okay, two weeks has a

plan lo and behold, I get a text in the

morning at six your mom has COVID. She cannot leave

the hospital. What apparently they put her with some COVID patients.

I don't know why.

Yeah, yeah, a lot of drama. Okay, I was gonna

fetch them ide you know. Wow, Friends, I can tell

you and then you can all have to do it

for COVID another two weeks.

Now two point it ring it, two point it caring it.

I think if I come to total hospital bill, I

could buy a house to day. No, not house that

now now now that time, go by house. Now it's

one hundred eighty thousand around there around there. Okay, stressful,

We're stressful. There were nights where I'll wake up at

six am and I just don't want to pray. You know,

you thought after two weeks it'll be like, oh yeah,

we're done and then hah hah hah hello, huh how

thankfully the nurse said, there min will wait.

Wait.

My mom was there for a month before they manished

we men should get her flight. Had to change flight.

Oh no, at six am? When then that's going to

pick her up? Then they say she got COVID. Can

I release frost men frost. There were nights I'll prostrate

on the floor and just pray, God, have mercy, God

have mercy.

Three. Do you all know what the team of twenty

twenty two is? Do you remember?

Do you remember?

Is it?

No? I think that's twenty twenty two. He was twenty

twenty three, Yeah, twenty twenty two.

Is God is able?

I remember praying in January, God, I want to experience

you know, I want to experience friends. Nothing happened through

the year, nothing happened.

This happened in December. We can overcome. Can I tell

you that?

Although I was stressed in all deep in my heart

of hearts, I knew that God was going to do

something before the year ends.

But I don't know what or how.

But deep in my heart has deep I say, deep,

you know, like I don't share this to anybody deep

because if you do, then you'll be seen as a

crazy person.

Right. I knew God.

I know You're not gonna let me go to next

year with this hanging in my back. But I just

trust in you. She came back a week before Christmas,

went to the hospital. One whole week in hospital, A

lot of drama again during that time, I had to

wait with her in the emergency.

The doctor say, she, okay, what can you send back.

We've got all the documents, you know, all the documents,

you know, brain scan and everything. They didn't even look

at it because it was not a transfer. Different things

like okay. One week in the hospital. Doctor came to

a point where again different things happened during that period,

which I can't go too deep into. Of course, if not,

we won't be we will go back. A lord of

drama happened.

In the end.

The doctor said, sena home. She doesn't want to be here.

She actually came back because when she had sez she

was gone in the mind. But then she came back,

and then that last week she was around. Then after

that she had a nice seizure in the hospital somewhere Tuesday,

I actually had a Christmas thing with Ai and I

had to leave halfway to the hospital to see her.

Right and then they put her in the highway dependency

ward and then the doctors came to a point where

they say, hey, you know it's pallilative care, meaning bring

her home. She says she wants to die at home.

We all know because in Australia they did a scan

in the brain. They found like five different spots, so

it kind of spread to the brainy. But because there

was no official diagnosis, she didn't know to do a biopsy.

They didn't want to say anything.

Okay, but we all know lah right, So.

That happened Friday. We got a call doctor say tomorrow

come but not a lot of us. So I was

waiting for the call. On the twenty fourth of December,

waiting for the call. Okay, Christmas Eve, uh and uh.

Suddenly my brother got a call called me said the

doctor say come now. And during the time, I really

was ready to receive her into my home. Ready, So

we got a medical bit. We were gonna arrange for

a lot of rashla. We're gonna arrange for our nurse

to come and take care. And then again I had

two young kids in my house, so I'm like, well,

I don't know how to deal with this, but just

do it anyway. And I remember el lersl they were

helping us out. So they went to Ikia to buy

a buy a sofa bit for the nurse and all.

So they were helping, said, and then I got, of course,

some friends will help. Doctor Jason Chin came help, say, hey,

I don't know how to do this. You know you

are familiar with all the government hospital processor you come

and help me, And I say, can't.

No problem came eleven o'clock, got a call my brother.

Doctor say come now, you don't know happen when I

brought my dad went there, cried all the way to

the hospital, saw my brother there, and.

My mom passed on on Christmas Day? Right, why am

I sharing this to you? Oh? Said sorry and said

I'm still here.

Got to care of quite a lot of things, got

paid the hospital bill. We were able to negotiate with

the hospital to settle the bill for fifteen thousand US

dollars because that's all the money we had. No different

ones contributed different ones. There was a fund raison going

to the side differm our friends so that we managed

to cover that bill. So it was done before before

In December, I wrote to the hospital. They say, okay,

my dad was safe, thankfully, and my mom didn't have

to suffer anymore.

On the day I was supposed to take her.

Home, got took her home, said but everything closed before

twenty three came. I can just imagine and I don't

say this because I'm uh how to say. I don't

say this because I don't care, but I can just

imagine the amount of trouble or pain or stress I

will still have if my mom still carry on being

around in pain. It was tough now, friends, It's a

story that I think I've not really shed in full detail, well,

although not all full detail until today. God took my

mom home, she said, peace got closed the chapter before

the new started.

Right.

I knew in my heart of hearts taking care of

you know, giving gallilative care to a dominantly impatient is

not easy. And me and my wife we were like,

I don't know how we're gonna do it, but we're

gonna figure it out now. So I didn't really have

to go through that, got paid the bill. We were

not in that, uh, and we overcome. Friends, what I'm

not sharing this story you to tell you I got

a lot of drama. You know, I got a lot

of other drama stories that that has happened in my life.

But I'm still here. I thank god, damn still here.

I thank god.

I'm still happy. Well adjusted the term right, well adjusted?

You I think I don't think I'm well adjusted, but anyway,

So friends, what is it you're going through. I want

to let you know that you can overcome.

I don't know. I don't know.

It might not have happened yet. Because my story in

the year I still remember. After I finished it, God,

I pray in January, then December your move. Then now

I can say, God is able, not fun at all.

So when you pray, a Lord, please do something in

my life, be very careful pray for it will happen.

Right.

But we have overcome. Let me shure you what is

the reward for overcomers. Revelations three, nineteen twenty one says,

as many as I love, I rebuild and chasten. Therefore,

be zealous and rapent. Behold, I stand at the door,

and not if anyone hears my voice and opens the door,

I will come in to him and dine with him,

and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will

grant him to sit with me on my throne, as

I also overcame and sat down with my father on

his throne. Revelations three five says he who overcomes shall

be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot

out his name from the book of life. But I

will confess his name before my Father and before his

angels revelations. Chetaill of he who overcomes. I will make

him a bill, and the temper of my God. He

shall go out on nor more. I will write on

him the name of my God and the name of

the city of my God, the New Jerusalem, which comes

out down of heaven from my God. And I will

write on him my new name. Amen, you want to

sit at the trone with Christ. Very interesting, he says,

he who overcomes shall be cloth in white gums. I

will not blot out his name from the Book of Life.

I read this, and I'm like, why did God said?

Why didn't God say I will write his name in

the Book of Life Instead, It says, I will not

blot out Do you know why? Because friends, your name

is already there. But this means your name's ready there.

I know your name is ready in the Book of Life.

All our names are ready in the Book of Life.

The only question is are we going to overcome the world?

So it's not about whether we qualify, because we already qualified.

But it's a question on whether or not we will

be fitful. And my Encouragehman is be fitful. You already

receive and revelations. Treat Ub says, he overcomes, I will

make him a pillar in the temper of God. This

is the Let me go a little bit deep into this.

What I caught from this is that you see this

is this is not a pillow. I thought it's a pillar. Okay,

I got pillar, della pill What does a pillar doer

for a building?

Support? Right? Support?

Right? A pillar is support right? If you knock down

the pillow, what's gonna happen the second floor? A tumble

lie means basic right? Who are the pillars in next

to us?

You catch that.

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in

the temple of my God. Friends, I want to encourage you.

Can you be a pillar in this place? You know

what else a pillar does? When you have a pillar right,

you can lean on the pillar right. Other people can

lean on you when you are a pillar, when you're strong.

When they are weak and you're strong, they can lean

on you. But if there's no pillars in the house,

how is the house going to stand? If there's no

pillars here, how is the pillar going to stand? Do

you know that this place will be stronger when we

have more pillars. If it's just past the gloria e lene.

Now two pillow on me. You put a flat fronder

thing will flip left or right. You put four on

ego four. But if it gets more heavy, then you'll tumble.

But imagine if there's many many pillars at the site, wow,

where they have to break. Man, can you be a

pillar in this place? Can you rise up this year?

Can you take up leadership? Can you say, yeah, I

want to self with the little I have? Can you

be a pillar here because there are other people out

there that needs to lean on you?

Right pillar?

Now do you know why the Bible teaches us to

rejoice in tribulations? Now do you know the reason? Romans

five three five says not only that, but we also

glory in tribulation or gloria, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,

and perseverance, character and character. Hope, now, hope that's not

disappointed because the love of God has been poured out

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given

to us, my brethren, counting all joy when you fall

into rarest trials, knowing that the testing of your faith

produces patients. But let patients have this perfect work that

you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Let me

tell you some of the testimonies beyond just the hospital

bill being paid. Well, I had time to spend with

my mom. I had time to and I knew that

when she left, she.

Was said peace because I follow I God say, and

God said, minister.

Imagining if I'm like, just you know, he didn't realize anything,

and yeah, I don't get involved. You know, no, God

said something obeyed right. The other thing that I did, so,

although there was it was it actually not or yourself?

Oh my goodness, what time I think close to fourteen

hour wait in the emergency for them to admet my mom.

It's just me and her, right, fourteen hour? Do you

know I did during that time? And this is a

tip I got from Elena. Right, That's why I had

the relationship. Were important, this have a ship, he said.

One of the things that he regretted was not videoing

his mom his mom passed. He told me that I said, okay,

I'll do it. So at the hospital of it, I

asked her to record everything for all the message or

all the family members, just in case, and after she

passed on, I send it to everybody, even me myself,

I have one. There are a lot of things that

happen in this time of tribulation for my life that

I can really see that God helped me overcome. But

I had to trust in him. I had to rely

on him. I to say, Lord, you have overcome the world.

So I have overcome. And I said, I'm still here.

I'm still here.

I was broken.

I overcome. What is it in your life that you

think you need to overcome? Oh, James want to say,

is my brethren coming all joy? When you fall into

various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patients,

but that patients have His perfect work, that you may

be perfect and complete, lacking nothing, you want to lect

nothing in this place.

Allow yourselves to go through the fire.

Now, I think we've come to a generation and a

time where people celebrate self care, self des and self dead. Friends,

I want to encourage you. God wants us to grow

in our faith. God wants us to grow stronger. So yes,

half times come. But I remember reading this somewhere. Half

times don't last, but tough people do. Do we have

tough people in this place? Do you have people that

want to be pillars in this place. Yes, yes, fine, fine,

got problems. Let's you know, be comforted and move you know,

move on, don't stay move on, just keep walking. No,

I think that's a there's a verse in the Bible

in Isaiah that says, oh, man, what's the verse again?

The one about you know.

Uh, God will will cause you to rise upright, resting

a lot, resting a lot, And God, the Lord caused

you to rise up sol like ingles right.

And then if you can't, then you say something like

if you can fly, you run. If you can run,

you walk. If you can't walk, you crawl. Why crawl?

You are still moving forward? Friends? We got to still

move forward? Right.

It was a crazy one, man, but I still had

to go forward. I had no other option. Yes, still said, yes,

still going through things, but still move forward.

Don't get stuck, don't get stuck, don't say you cannot,

can just do it. God would be with you.

I don't know how many of you here need to

hear this, but you can overcome. Yes, the price, yes,

the prince impossible, the price crazy. I told you, I've

never explained something where I literally proceed that flow and

for one hour, say God, have mercy. I don't want

to pray it. E on the virtue of giving up

radio now seriously, like whatever, I still hold on. Lord,

this come true. Lord, this come true, and He came true.

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