Hunger | Elder Wong Kien Yiak

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Hunger, hunger friends. The scripture it is found in Matthew

chapter five. The be attitudes, berattitudes, right, Matthew chapter five,

all right, verse six, Men chapter five, verse six.

You know the berattitudes? Cool? Methew chapter five. Are you

guys there?

Well, you're faster, you're That's why you'll keep using the applot.

That's why cool. Okay, Matthew chapter five. I'm just gonna

read for word stree Okay. Blessed are the poor in spirit?

All right? For the us is the king of heaven.

Poor in spirits is the king of heaven, the progress

of God. Blessed those so more they shall be comforted Inmen.

So if you are aver in the valley right now,

like constantly in tears, constantly the word is overwhelmed with

the situation, overwhelmed with the circumstances. The Bible says, and

God's promise is this that he will comfort He's a comforter. Right,

he would sustain us, he would encourage us. He will

lift us up, and he will put our feet upon

the rock. We shall not be shaken or removed. The

Bible also says it was five, blessed the meek, for

they shall inherit the earth. Blessed the mix, they shall

inherit the earth. I think many times you look at

mekness as we look as meekness as a sign of failure,

sign of surrender, sign of you know, not a fighter,

I mean, not a warrior, not a fighter, sign of

you know, like people want to take advantage of you.

And God's words totally opposite. Friends.

Although the Bible here say blessed the meek, friends, the

mekness here is not in the physical physical expression alone,

but on our spirit humility, and God was reminds us

this morning again again and again, friends, you put in

the spirit which for again there's a promise. That's something

to look for us to look forward to. That's those

uh morning, they shall be comforted.

Here's the worse. Five, that's not the big they shall

inherit the earth.

And this God's promise to you and to me as well, friends,

that we shall inherit friends, now comes worth six semis

in between everything comes worth six.

And all of us here could relate to it.

Friends, can relate to it blessed those hunger and urds

of righteousness, they shall be filled.

And many times you look at this portion of scripture.

The question here is this that although physical hunger, there

is a physical in feeling.

You know what I mean.

You will feel that if you're hungry physically you reach

out for food or bread or Maggie me, the moment

you eat it.

Your field, there is a physical feeling. Right.

But the Bible here says that's those hunger and terns

or righteouters, they shall be filled. I think many times

in our Christian journey you and I will find that

the feeling that God is saying here may not necessarily

translate a physical experience. In other words, of stomachs are food, uh?

In other words, that you don't need to eat dinner

tonight or after this, you don't need to go for lunch.

You're so filled, friends.

And this is what God promised to us, is that

let's look at it less those so hunger and thirsts hunger.

God will use hunger. What you and I understands hunger.

Everyone of us here, regardless of our social background or

economic background. You're not actual ens hunger before immen. All right,

you're not experienced hunger before. Friends, Sometimes our hunger is

not because we have money to buy food. Sometimes we

are hungry because you want it certain kinds of food,

right and no matter what other things that you want

to eat, the substitute the potento chips in your drawer

that you are that you use to fill your stomach

during tea time, although it's makes your stomach fool, but

you know that there is a certain emptiness after that.

If you understand, try to say, there's a certain there's

a certain power whereby it is fueled, but no satisfaction.

You are fool, But there's the emptiness like what did

I just eat? And God this morning wants to remind

us again that let's really look at some parties in

our lives. Let's real look at the way we live

our lives. So that you don't need any substitute.

How cool is that?

So that you and I've not reached out for something

that is doesn't have the right vitamins or nutrients. You know,

if you keep eating jump food every day, what happens.

I know of a church partner in earlier days who

only drink Coca cola. Only drink Coca cola Okay, no water,

only drink coke. Right, He's as skinny as Benny. Right,

only drink only And I thought to myself, wow, he

has a different body system.

Right.

But many times in our life friends have have been

not look at what do we hunger thirst for? Have

we look at our lives? What do we hunger and

thirst for?

Friends?

And the challenge for every believer is this, although there

is a desire, for example, in our heart and our

mind to follow the Lord, how many of you know, friends,

whatever you consume, whether you eat, we will be manifested

one way or another, whether you consume, whether you hunger,

and why will you tast? For we will be expressed

one way or another. And there are a lot of

believers in the around the world right now, although they

could be in church, could looks like they're in the

present of God. But yet the translation from the infeeling

translation from what they're eating, what they're chewing, what they're

meditating upon, reveals really reveals what they consume. And many

times in our life, so it's so true for our

physical hunger as well. We always got around saying that

I'm okay, I'm fine, I'm eating well right, only to

be translated the next couple of years. It shows. It

shows in our blood results. It shows also in the

way our official expression. It shows in the way whether

we're happy or not.

Friends.

And many times in our life, friends, we keep reaching

off for things. Friends we feel we thought, this is

what is needed. If we'll just go overload and over

those we just praise a worship song in our life,

what happens? No depth, no depth to go through life,

no depth to go to challenges, no depth to overcome situation.

The Bible says in Romans chapter.

In Romans chapter, travelers too, but be transformed by the

renewing of your mind. Friends, There's a calling for you

and for me this morning to renew our mind. And

that's why God puts one hunger and thirsts because you

and I can relate to hunger, and you and I

can relate to what is it like to be thirsty?

So it goes. It goes something like, these friends, let

me just look at my nose. All right, Well, we

put a lot of thought physically, Don't mean we put

a lot of talk to what we eat physically, don't

some of us do? All right?

You pass a certain age, you are like solve something

you cannot eat as much right where your your your

below a certain age, something you can eat a bit

more right and after a while, friends, if you're one

of those physically inclined person that that that fitness is

your goal and your aim, you will actually be rare

watching with what you consume true or not?

Why not? And because of that, friends we become or

people we get labors, very picky choosie and you.

Are not going to get a lot of large invitation

because this person only eats silicicle of food.

Right.

And it's very hard friends to ask you for a

meal because you only eat cilicle of food. It's hard

to involve you in the social life because you won't

consume raumde Burger anymore. I saw one parent before telling

the kid who is five and seven, I think pointed

sausages and breakfast.

What is this food? The children just replied processed food

five and seven.

I don't remember saying what five seven and never told

my parents it's processful. I just say this is good food,

all right, five and seven? The children told the parents

process food not good for health.

Wow.

I am like start them young right this way too young, right,

way too young, so we put love thought, although we

pull love thought what we eat physically. But God, this

want what reminds us of the scripture that it is

also important to pay attention spiritually as well. Friends, pay

attentions spiritually as well, because if you're just consuming just songs,

good Christian songs, bad song, good Christian song, our diet

is lop sided.

Our diet is lopsided.

And because many times, while we feel good listening to music,

obviously like like like a good worship song, but the depth,

the following, the obedience coming up from it could be

very litter because as songs gets played in our car,

we get the most often or most of the time,

we only choose what we like to listen.

We only get.

We only choose the places which song that we like

with canan our heart, we canan our spirit. And very

seldom we put on worship songs or songs regard that

that spurs is that spurs us on into the mission field.

There used to be a song back in the eighties

called please those Semi Africa, Yes, written by a guy

called Catt Wesley Brown. I always remember the title please

those Semi Africa. It's a mission song. Basically just saying,

at the end of the day, God, you can send

me anywhere in the world. But it's funny because I

don't get it. It wasn't the song wasn't played a

lot of places. Again, you know why we get to

choose the moment, We get to pick and choose friends.

The obedience could be lacking inside there because sometimes God

always gives us stuff that may not be nice, but

it's go for our spirit. May not be nice, but

go for our spirit, all right. So God reminds us

that it's also important to pay at what we are,

what our soul is craving for, what your spirit is

craving for. If you're only interested, if you're only interested

in a particular title, then something else our spiritual growth

could be lopsided. I was asked a question, Elder, so

what is our stand regarding tribulation prepostor I just say that, Look,

all I know is this that I do not know

what the future will look like. There is atological stand

that people will take. However, even if whatever stand that

you take, what are you going to do for the

Lord today?

Whatever theological stand that you take, how would it change

the way you relate to God, And how would you

live out for his glory, for his honor, Because a

lot of times people take stands, but they don't live

out their daily living for the Lord.

They don't leave out, for example, honoring your parents. Many

Christians I know that they don't honor their parents.

Get really quiet here. It's okay. I know many teens.

Sometimes they come back and parents complain that, yeah, my

teen's so helpful in church, but the moment they go

back home, they need to be treated as king and queens.

Helpful in church, not very healthful at home. Polite in

church by route at home consistency lifting up our hands

doing worship, but at home we don't even lift up

our hous to the Lord and God.

This point would remind us, what's outso cravying? Forth? Friends?

If we're only craving for autology, argument, or rather discourse,

we will growing the area with deep knowledge in the area,

but not necessary obedience.

Where is room for faith? The Lord say to us, So,

what is you're so spirit caving for? Friends? Is there

room for faith?

On the way here, I was hearing a particular testimony

of a guy who just told the Lord, Lord, I

want to go.

I would just take one year.

To go for mission. A couple, okay, with with with

one young boy and maybe one on the way. I'll

just take one year to go for mission out from

the one year for mission. Really no, he doesn't really

have a lot charisma, just normal like normal school teacher.

I look like the right normal school teacher look. Decided

to go for a mission for a year. One year

become twenty five years, twenty five years. Say I just

told the Lord, Lord, if you want me to say,

I was saying he wants me to go, I'll go.

But Lord, you have to tell me. So what is

you're so in spirit caving for? If it's just only

in friends, if it's only just coming to church, you'll

be filled. If it's only just reading a portion of scripture,

and that you will be filled. But God, this one

asks us go deeper into it. Friends, let me just

go next one.

Hunger and est is powerful motivator for action.

Come on, isn't it true? Hunger and terest is a

powerful motivator for action because you and I friends sometimes

allow hunger to.

Dictate.

Sorry excuse early in the morning. How we live our life,

what we eat, and what we do. We're craving for

a buffet at a certain price, we will save up

money for it. Isn't it strange? We will save up

money for it. Once a year you pamper yourself because

you work so hard. Once a year you just treat

yourself to something you've never eaten before. Maybe into me,

double skiddy? Right, I know, I'll try our church A

guy a guy, and in our church, I think he

ate about hand packers into me one shot. I think

it's ten track record, ten packets.

How I do not know?

He was young on a campus student. All right, ten

packets of into me one shot? Wow, I said that.

Try to repeat it. He won't repeat it anymore, but

hung hungry. This is a powerful motivator for action. We

will be feeled by what we crave for. You'll be

feeled by what you create for.

It's very dangerous, friends, if you ever notice track record

right of your own self, your own eating habits.

Right the moment you put one pro cracker into your mouth.

I have not seen anybody exercise restrained very strong. The

moment you put one, there's a very high chance you

reach out for you hope the God, yes, you try

one piece of Catchum? I have not seen anybody just

say that I was just one peanut, one only.

That's it. You push it away, you'll be feeled by

what you quit for. Friends, How true it is in

our spiritual life as well, our spiritual journey as well.

Friends, your spiritual your spiritual journey as well. Turn with

me right now to Genesis chapter twenty five. Let me

try to illus illustrate this Genesis chapter twenty five, Verse

twenty nine to thirty four, the story of Esau and Jacob.

The story of Esau and Jacob. Hunger is a very

powerful motivator. Friends, the story of Esau and Jacob. Now

Jacob cook us too. Jacob must be a fantastic cook,

or he must have a very good social media page

that people want to flow and it from his kitchen.

Think about it for a moment. You and not have

cooked before, friends, don't we? I mean we cooked before,

either back at Maggie me or freight rice or so whatever.

Give you a cook before? How many of us here

you got a housepit? They come back home and they

just say, I want to eat what you cook? Very seldom,

isn't it unless you're the exceptional cooker?

Right? That smell is so enticing. That draws them.

Into the kitchen, and you know they're hungry because they're

just hovering around the kitchen trying to be helpful and

just say, let me help you to taste all this

is one taste, and you spect the same suit the

taste again. So Jacob goes to the Bible says he

saw came in from the field. The Bible say he

was very tired and very weary, very dangerous for you

and for me. Friends, whenever we go to the field,

come back tired and not being filed. Think about it

for a moment. You're not going to work on the

daily basis, and on the daily basis we come back tired.

That's where we should be watching for because doesn't mean

we have a victorious time at the field that we

can let our God down when we get back home.

Doesn't mean we have a great time at our workplace.

Translate to a victorious time at home and in our

journey as well. Friends, doesn't mean we have a great Sunday.

The Monday, it will be a victorious day, and you

and I have to be very careful. The Bible says,

he's so keep me very tired, very tired, the Bible says,

all right. Then he said to Jacob, please fit me

with the same rate stew. Now, friends, you can you

can decipher it. Okay, so I watch to be elder.

Is velvet cake. That's why he baked. It's a it's

a great stuff.

Okay. So here's a rat.

So I say it could be a ritsir gait great wine.

I say it could be ric carrier as well, but whatever.

The friends, the.

Smell is so intoxicating. It starts with the smell draws

him in tired. I'm hungry. I'm hungry, The Bible says, right,

please feed me with the same ways to for I'm

very sometimes right, You and I can justify.

Why we do what we do it.

Think about it a moment we try to justify do

we in our action? I choose this because I think

it's right. I do this because I think they deserve this.

Just because we are tired doesn't mean we have a

right for everything. Think why for a moment, don't you

know I'm hurt?

Don't you know what I mean? Pain? And we go

to life like that.

You know, friends, we go through life thinking that I

have an excuse, so I have a reason why I

do certain things.

The Bible said he was tired, and this is the

thing that Jacob asked from him.

Therefore in versity one, Jacob, say, sell me your birthright

as of this day, think about there can I can

give you this, this, stow this food, but sell me

your birthright, Sell me your birthright. Friends, sublibically, the birth right,

the birthright of the first bond signify double porture of inheritance.

Think about the double porture of inheritance. Who doesn't want

double porture of inheritance?

Come on double discount for e level and level say

oh shure, nobody reject one, nobody rejects the.

Right. Jacob, just put forth. Think about your Jacob just

put forth a very very ridiculous request. Sell me your birthright,

and I will give you this too.

How many times in our lives and we are tired,

we get really and assuming requests.

It comes away.

Our way, friends, your way, your way, friends, to give

up your conviction, to give up your routine, to give

up your time with your children, to give up things

that you hope very close to your heart for.

Something that can feel immediately satisfy.

You're craving immediately, And many times in our journey because

we are tired. We allowed it many times. Because in

our journey we are tired, we allow things in our life. Jacob,

do not point a gun and it's all hate. Jacob

just asked him a question. Come on, sell me your

birth right and I'll give you this. I'm not sure

how many of us here this morning.

In your journey.

You want reflect back on the right friends, You reflect

back on that the request or temptation comes away. It

doesn't come in the form of like you cannot resist,

like you know, like like you cannot resist you. I mean,

it comes a very subtle way, whereby as easy as

to sell me a befriend and I'll give you this

rits to just press a snooze button and you get

extra thirty minutes of sleep, extra thirty minutes of sleep.

Right after all, how many sundays in the year it

rained in the morning. How many sundays in the year

that the sun doesn't come out bright? It just comes

out there's an old cast. Ever is a nice stout

covering the sun rays. The snooze button come on, and

you're there at the very the moment you press it.

Extra thirty minutes. Think about it. It's just a press

of a button. I'm a firm believer. Friends, away to

start in the morning? Is this to beat your alarm

before your alarm rings you wake up?

Really? First victory of the day.

So I told my wife, I sent my alarm at

five am in the morning. I got out of four.

If I look at my alarmclock, I beat you. And

most time, most times she was like, how enough do

you do it? I don't know my internal body clock.

I just want to beat something in the morning.

Right.

There was a time, there was a time I was

supposed to go to another state to do training, and

I and I only I'm supposed to leave my house about.

Five to thirty in the morning.

I slept at four am in the morning that I

woke up at five without alarm clock.

I look at it, I say, this is it?

No turning back, no snooze because I SCS news. I

can all wake up after that? Friends, what about you? Friends?

What would you sell out for? Boss? To think about it? Right?

Why did? Why did?

It's not even there was no even like for example,

like if you are holding onto your conviction, you could like, no,

can I give we negotiate again? Maybe I pay you

with two loads of goal. Right, think about that. Maybe

I pay your two loads of gold, then you give

me this two right? This there was no negotiation. Friends,

in Jacob, there was no negotiation. The Bible says in

worse thany two. Look, I'm about to die, So what

is this birth right to me? So I'm about to die?

What is this birth right to me?

Friends?

And sometimes in our life we say already this is

a mantra as well, holding on to this conviction, holding

on to what I believe in the on God's promise.

I've been holding off for so long for my life

and not seeing seen a change. So what's the point

of holding on? What's the point of believing? What's the

point of serving? I don't see a change. Friends, I

want to encourage you this morning. Look beyond just say

I'm about to die, and look at our own life

as well. What have we in our own in our

life as well? Whereby you say it's not worth holding

onto God for so long? For every young working a doubt,

the challenge is this is to hold onto God's promise,

that God is faithful, that he will promote you, not

we promote ourself. For every campus zone is this that God,

You're bigger than my exam. I will still come to

change even know exem me tomorrow.

What have we in our life? In our journey?

Friends have responded like he saw that I'm about to die?

What's what's what's the point of holding on to this?

There is a double porture of inheritance hill of the household.

He so has it has his life made the moment

that his father passed away. He will inherit everything everything,

But it's just because of a bowl of stew.

Give it up. If wed the stir of he saw

what was a very sad story because after that he

backed his dead.

Please bless me as well. I want you to think

for a moment, friends, we think that it's just words.

He saw just sort that I you know how we

make promises to our own see links, I'll give you everything,

our I will suck for you and everything that it's

just words and not realizing words got meaning, word's got power.

Words as authority in our life. That's why we have

to use our works very very carefully with our lips.

And whenever we confess in our own heart with the

old spirit, the more we confess that we are the

word dumb.

Then we will turn out like that. There is power

in it.

Friends, And many times in our journey, like he saw, friends,

I just say only I give you, doesn't mean I really,

really really give.

You, but not knowing there's consequences. Friends, there is consequences.

The moment you lift up your hands and say I

receive Jesus christis my personal law and savior, something happens

like he's all, say, okay, I'll give you my birth friend,

just give me the food right now. He could have

could have thought it is just words, and therefore after

I'm stue the first born physically, nothing can dispute that right.

I still can overturn you.

He just thought that I can ask my father just

to bless me, but not knowing their spiritual significance in

what he did many times the journey, whatever we hunger,

we turst for in our own life. Friends, be manifested.

Just let me just go to this hunger costas On

to give up his birth right. Birth right is a

privilege of becoming a priest of the family. Think about it,

priest or family. I'll give it up for a bore

of rits to right to receive a double portion of inheritance.

I'll give it up for a bore of ste inheriteds

to be the judicial authority of his father. I give

it up for a bore oft. If you only knew

what God has promised us in the long run, We'll

hold on to it a bit tighter. We'll hold on

to it no matter what the challenge is. We'll try

to the very end not to let it go. If

only we knew that what God has promised us friends,

and the future that we have in the Lord, we'll

hold on to God a little bit closer.

To our heart of our spirit. Said. The Bible says,

hunger int or righteous, they shall be filed about five.

Verse six reminds us the bet that when we pay

more attention to what we hunger for, when we pay

attention to what we hunger and turst for in our life,

when we pay attention to word we hunger and turst for,

it's a reflection of our action. The more we pay

attention to the world we hunger and we turns for friends,

the more action reflects the commitment.

If you are the.

Type the hunger and just turst for God, and your

action will reflect that. But many times in our life.

Although we say we are hungry for God, but translate

to something else. Can Chedd is honestly with you, I

go another hour. Don't read here the street, Combanka, Seriously,

I've bid many times to trust to street. I'm gonna

let you know, right, but I reached there just I

think they're praying between you, you know, And I thought myself,

why do I need to rush to to us and

you guys are not getting the fullness of everything I

till time before time. I'm going to take all the

way to eleven thirty five, then after that ten minutes

to get there, and I'm not get there. I don't

have to sit to the announcement after that, right, okay, music,

Cheddy is honestly with your as candidly as possible.

Right.

Many times, as believers, we are called to be generous.

Crying not crying up now generously is not something that

you have physically. In other words, you're reach therefore your generous. No,

it is a mindset first of all, right, you agree

with that mindset. So therefore we had one point in

our time, our church history, collect clothes, clothes that missed

no words, clothes, and.

You don't want any more, don't want any more? Do

want anymore?

Right, maybe donate We can clean it up and give

it away to different orphanages, folks, so maybe they can

give it a second life.

So that was the call. Please think and what you

can donate for this cause? Right, this cost.

So these are faithful believers, lift up their hands worshiping God.

Outcomes the call to give clothes. We were shot with

the staff that came our way. Some really good stuff

like you can sell it again a brand new and

praise God. But some friends, you can become off shoulders.

You can pull the collar or become off shoulder with

the tag like they say, still can use because cover

all the whiter parts shoulder are not important. The color

of friends. You know, T shirt collar got whole on below,

still can use, think about it, still can use, still

can use. We had one T shirt that came he

got stained stainer, white color T shirt got stained. Still

can use. We have another T shir that came in

got holes and all the places they want to look at.

What the site.

He's gotta be a host the end of the tcher

gonna be a host. Why they do it because still

can use really reflects reds what their life is being

filled with. Wherever you hunger, your turns fall reflect in

your action. You want to give minimum to God for

maximum blessing from the Lord. God has always asked one

hundred percent of our hearts. That's why in the profer,

Samuel say that don't look at the physical experience appearance,

that Lord ChRI should just look at the physical appearance

you no, friends, your lift doesn't mean as a person

lift up.

Their hands in church is holy all the heart is

right before the Lord. Because it really reflects in a

way we give to the community.

Friends, we had a toy collection. One time a fire

truck came into our way. The toy fire truck got

three views. Still can use got fire truck with trevious

better than no fire truck without any views. At least

they get to play with the fire truck. That was

the reason given to us. It really reflects frends in

your journey as well. You and I friends, because we

because I've been doing in chess for past radio ways,

I know how people react and behave.

And many times, although sounds very spiritual, but it reflects

in the way we go for homes, it reflects in

the way we live off from Monday to Friday.

Calculative, the calculative. I'm getting deeper. I know, friends, That's

why I say I got another one out with you, guys.

I may not get invited back to Tarist for this

whole year anymore.

Right, calculative, Look, calculative, friends, Come on, let's those one

hundred and terms of righteousness, the way righteous righteous, the

way to live our life that's pleasing to God.

Right, we want to worship God with just solves. But

our live, friends, may not be in alignment the way

we live ourlive me not give him glory enough be

worthy to give him glory, friends, because we choose to

live in a mindset in a way whereby it doesn't.

Give anybody any glory as well.

So the next time we do call for a T

shirt or close donation drive, please friends, do not give

T shirt with color you can pull to the site

become off shoulder, don't or below the UMPI there's yellow stains.

We have that as well. Please don't.

Because it doesn't give anybody any glory at all.

It doesn't.

Let me just go on, friends, problems have the forwards,

read the tree. Come on, keep and God your have

with all vigilance. Come on, Keep and God your have

this new living translation. All right, it's going to be

different when NKGV that's on the screen. Keep and God

you have with all vigilance. Friends, Keep and God you

have with all vigilance. Many times in our life, friends,

because we are tired, we let our God down. Our

patience is teened. That's why our anger is very visible.

We are challenged all the time at world. The moment

someone gives us another challenge at hope, we lash out.

But the Bible here says, if problems something for words,

train the tree, keep and got your heart with all vigilance.

In other words, even though when we are tired, come on,

even though when we are so stretched, God is going

to give us the grace.

And the strength to help us to God and to

remind us.

Because your birthright is more valuable than the bore of it's.

Too, Keep and God your heart with all vigilance, the

Bible says, And above all, sorry for out of it

flows the spring of life. Why the esau crave for

the rads to it's because it's not just one incident

that costs you to fall. Think about it.

Never in life just because of one incident, everything crumbles

after that. There was a consistency of letting our God down.

Consistency of letting our God down. How many you know

if you if you're a morning riser one time snoozing

your alarm doesn't make you a snooze addict.

It doesn't.

It's the consistent behavior of snoozing your alarm that caused

you to be a snooze addict. Because it's very normal

you reach out every time alarm makes you reach out,

you just snooze.

You reach out, you just snooze.

My wife likes to snooze alarmed one so therefore sometimes

I play check on her allow. I said it half

an hour earlier to get the time whereby I wanted

her to wake up. Because you have the strategies how

to overcome this habit. My mom and lawd here anyway,

this part of prase. You keep reaching, We keep reaching,

We keep reaching. It's so comfortable. It's part of verse

after wild friends, it is part of us after a while.

So the Bible says, regardless when whether we are tired,

challenge or brain juice is zero negative.

The Bible says, keep and God your heart with all religion,

with all vigilance for our It flows friends, the spring

of life.

In other words, everything about your life flows from your attitude,

from your heart it.

Saul did not crave for the races to because the

food was good. He has been consistently allowing his guard

to drop. And that's why I got him to a

place whereby I can just give it up very easily.

If it's part of your friends, part of your conviction,

part of your life, dearly, it doesn't get released so quickly.

When you'd be thinking about it, tempting around it. I

don't think he saw this. It was Jacob first time

trying to rob the birth right. I don't think Jacob

also then one day, Oh, my brother's coming back from

the fewer. Let me cook something, let me tempt him.

Jacob quest study e Sauce corrected very well by this

brother of miner stime up firsty, well, yeah, come about you.

You're and I got siblings. Oh come on, you're not

God save you. You know how your sibling works, won right,

You know how your seebling works. You know what button

to pushould make your siblings agree on.

You know or what?

Butter's not the push to make your siblings right. So

you know, so, I guess Jacob has study. He saw

my brother. He's a person that will give it to

some of the first one. Think about you if you'll

give it. So therefore, let me test the boundary. Test

the boundary.

I am sure. I am very sure.

I wasn't Jacob first time cooking the wads too, It wasn't.

He must have gotten him addicted. Think about you, he

got him addicted whereby the moment he made it.

Tempted.

Some of us here are from hometowns, and you have

your mom's favorite dish. Your mom's favorite dish she only

cooked onds on special occasion. Anda and esaw favorite dish

could be the rights to I'm very sure because Jacob,

the Bible says, is a deceiver study Esau like a

specimen below a microscope. My brother is always led by

his stomach.

Come back right. Think about it.

At what point in time that the brother that Jacob

knew when the brother's going to come back and start cooking.

He must have calculated plan out where I got so

such a coincidence I cooked, he's back.

You think about it such, I'm cooking, Oh you come back? Oh? Come.

He must have planned everything out and Esau fell in

like a chat. Think about it.

That's why the Bible says, got your heart all vigilants,

because the trap was set up for Esau.

And Esaul felt for it out for me. The Bible says,

fall out from your heart springs the issue of life

right because of one way is too Easaul's life was

never the same. Again, that's where the scripture is asking

us this morning.

To guard our hearts. Be very careful, we were coming

moments we make. Be very careful who you align your

yourself with. Be very careful with our mindset as well,

because sometimes it's not of different things, because our mindset

is stopping us from allowing.

God to speak to us.

Be very careful how you see your own life, whether

your own self, value, your own self worth, because not

knowing that there are people out there who will take

advantage of us. Just let me just go on a

few more scriptures. Right, I just got the close with this.

Let's look at Jesus life. Let's look at Jesus life.

The Bible says, Jesus life right in John chapter four

wards Study four in John chapter four Worse thirty four. Sorry, yeah,

let's let's let me go the worst four verstudy four

All right, Jesus said.

To them, my food is to do the view of

him who sent me, and to finish his work. My

foot is do the view of him who sent me,

and to finish his work. My foot is to do

the view of him who sent me, and to finish

his work. Jesus, new friends, his purpose here on earth

is to do the view of the Father. Think about it.

Jesus knew his purpose. Jesus understood his purpose here on earth,

so he used his hunger. Or rather he's craving for

one very thing is feel for me to achieve God's

purpose here on earth. Our my life is given to

me for one very purpose, to please Him and to

finish his work. But that's why do hunger, and righteous

they shall be feeled. To live a fulfilling life. To

live a life that is filled is to know what

God wants out from us in our daily life. So

so Jesus can say, my food is doue the will

of the Father who sent me, and to finish his work.

Many times in our life with our journey friends, we

only want to do what we want and what we

think other people want. I think it's about time that

you and I friends, to live a life that's pleasing

to God that just wants the word.

This is the Lord. If you want me to do this,

I'll do this.

Friends, I just got one more scripture joint up to

fourteen verse seven, Joe, the fourteen verse seven. I've glorified

you on earth, and I've finished the work which I've

given me to do. I've glorified you on earth and

finished the work which you have given me to do.

And this is how I'm going to close. The life

of Jesus is marked with the ultimate obedience all the

way to the cross. Right, so bless her, so hunger,

and so righteousness. Friends, think about it.

If you know there is a cross in front of you,

If you know there is a cross that's in front

of you, will we go all the way to the end.

Will we go all the way to the end? Say Lord,

If this is the cross, then Lord help me to

bear it. Let's look a life of Jesus. Friends.

The Bible says that my foot is do the will

of Him will send me to finish his work. Right,

Jesus knew there was a cross that he has to

be the ultimate sacrifice. And because he knew has to

be ultimate sacrifice. He has to keep his life pure, blameless, sinless.

To live a life like Christ. Friends, is understand our

purpose here on earth. God has given us breath this morning,

live this morning, a reason to be here this morning.

Friends.

There's so many churches in Malaysia, but somehow or rather,

you chose acts. So there has to be a reason.

It's not because we chose this church because you're the

only church around here. I spoke this said one time

called the company. I say, we are not the only

church around here. Just across open the window and there's

another church across the street. But you chose here. There

is the reason why you decided to stay in this church.

There has to be a reason, friends, why you're here.

Not because I love the community. Well, people do go,

Oh the community do go? Do age after a while,

it has to be bigger than that. There has to

be a significant purpose while you're here. So Jesus understood

his assignment on earth.

Think about that.

Jesus understood his assignment on Earth. How about Earth? Do

we understand assignment or per personal Because many times you

get distracted because of our feelings.

I'm hurt.

Therefore, I'm going to live like that. I was betrayed. Therefore,

I'm going to live my life like that. I was disappointed.

I'm going to live my life like that.

The Bible says that Jesus, although he had the crowd

with him, the crowd all left him. Come on, all

left him. The people whom he healed decided to turn

against him and chose stone at him.

That did not distract Jesus from the cross. Blessed those

so hunger and terms of righteousness. The way you live

your life pleasing to God, they shall be filled. And

jesus life mission is to be filled. To know that

at the end of the day, to go all the

way of obedience is a right way to grow. How

about us, friends, knowing at the cross that's coming before us,

the challenges holding on to Christ's conviction, Friends, you'll be

tempted to compromise, to think that if I don't do

it now, I'll miss out if I don't have it now.

Like what you sall say, what's the point of me

holding up right now? Because if I'm going to die

or it, this doesn't make anything any sense to me.

And many times in our life I've seen true I've

I've voked a journey with so many people for the

past twenty.

Five years in church, people who left the faith.

People will bend in the faith, not because any day

because they just couldn't have the strength to hold on

to God anymore. My encouragement as a minister of the

Lord is just to encourage you and me to hold

to the Lord all.

The way to the very end.

Do you know when people come returning back to the Lord,

I till you went, just before they pass on, just

before they pass on. And the funny thing here is

this about passing on? Is just this is that they

want a Christian barrier. They want a Christian barrier, and

many times we have to explain the person week. The

Christian marrier is not so much for the date, because

the date is dead. It's more for the living to

be at peace doing the soul is in heaven.

But we do so we do. Our job is not

just to bury people.

Our job is to cause me all to live for

there here on earth and to live it to the

first how God wants to be. That's why the scripture

says that my food is to do the view of

the Father who sent me, and to finish his work

as I close right now, friends, so what do you

hunger and test four? So recently our homes homes keep keisha?

Isn't its right? Key homes or health indicator for homes

or small groups or cell group?

Part of it? Friends? Was our daily devotion? Member? There's

one daily devotion? Go go home? So now yor gotta gotta? Okay? Good? Good?

All right? If I ask lawyer for a tendants reading? Right?

All right?

So what away was our our ours? Our daily devotion?

How is your Bible reading? How is the daily devotion?

As is it?

Has it been healthy enough? So I attend the one

homes in Rawang just a couple of days ago Rawang,

they had this game. I thought it was very interesting.

They had this game.

Okay, I want you to arrange the books of the

New Testament, the Books of the New Testament.

Okay, the Books of New Testament in order? Right. I

got everything correct.

Until Tessalonians and untimodity. That that one that I got

mixed up a bit because you're so used to our app,

because you don't look at at the site referencing anymore.

How has that been in our lives?

Friends?

So if we look at our cage eyes, our key

health indicators. Isn't having a good devotion, a strong devotion

life good for our spirit?

Is it great for missions? Good for our spirit? Isn't

being generous good for our spirits? Not just for homes?

A lot of people think that the cash is just

for homes, but you are take the ten points and

you boil down to our own spiritual journey and own

spiritual life. Isn't witnessing good for our spirit? So therefore

it's like close, friends, closer close. I'm not here to

knock anybody, but just encourage you think of what we've

been consuming. Also because one day when the report cuts,

when your blood is drawn, it reveals really what we're consuming.

It does.

And no matter what we try to justify, friends, trying

to you know, we always justify what we eat. One friends, seriously,

I'm for the nineties year. I know every we always

try to just right. I a this one once a year,

only one. We heard the distable one once in very

special occasion. We justify what we eat.

But our justification that the only thing is that every

time our favorite is come out, we justify that's about

every other week.

But when the blood result comes out? Friends, how may

you know your high class show? It's not because of

the mew we head yesterday. It's a consistent consumption. The

way of mindset is right now, consistent consumption. If the

law ask you the serf, you keep saying, no consistent consumption.

So what has a lot been speaking to you?

As I close? Friends? If I would do do a

blood test right now, what what would you reveal? What

would you reveal? Friends?

Tests are not to humiliate you, to put you down,

but to just to tell you that there there are

changes you need to make so that the coming days

would be better, so that the coming days will be brighter,

so that the coming days would be both fulfiling, so

that you can experience the fullness of God in your life.

Amen.

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