Prayer | Olivia Leong

You're listening to a message to go from axt church. We hope this message

will light up your day. Today. We're gonna talk about pray. Yeah,

okay. I was asking God, God, what title, what tongueay?

What amazing title should I give for today? I was praying, God,

what is it? You know? Everybody have very nice, fancy title.

I'm my God, prayer, prayer, Okay, prayer. I was

prayer, prayer. I was thinking until the very last minute, even this

morning, God was the title. Was the title? Okay, prayer,

prayer, prayer. It shall be all right. So because God has been

speaking to me even throughout the entire man from December till now, there's so

many occasions that God reminds me that actually prayer is very important. And I

really believe this is the word of God, even for this season, even

this Sunday, this week. I do not know each one of your situations

in your personal lives. I believe God wants to remind us as a church

also to continue to present in prayer. A very good example is prety last

testimony as well. Thank you so much. I thought that testimony is like

a great testimony to end the preaching and yeah, let's pray. You know,

every prayer really does contribute to what God is going to do. Okay,

so let's not give up. Okay, let's let's read. Okay,

And and very funny thing is next light God led me to this First Semuel

chapter seventeen about David and Goliath. Okay, a bit funky on the on

the fhons, but yeah, David and Goliath. David with capital d's and

Goliath with all small letters. Okay, but the font size is different.

Okay, there is a reason David and Goliath. Wow. When I was

preparing this message, I said, God, I don't know how prayer and

David and Golia are going to a link, but let's go. Let's let

the Holy Spirit lead us even as we open His word today. So if

you have your Bibles or your digital Bibles, your physical you can turn to

First Samuel chapter seventeen. Okay, it's a long passage, so Holy Spirit

shall lead us through all right. Okay, let's go in verse one,

right, it says here, First Semul chapter seventeen, Verse one. Now

the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle and were gathered at Sukkoth, which

belongs to Judah, they and camp between Sukkoth and Azekah in Hefe's Damim verse

two, and Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they

encamped in the valley of Elah and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.

All right. So next, like you see a map, right,

okay, So if you can see the map, I shall come here so

you can see this is like Bethlehem, right, and this is the Gaza

strip which is occupied by the Philistines. Then during the David and Goliath time,

right, and this is a zoom in this This is a zoom in

of this place, right, and in this area you can see the Israelites

are camping here and the Philistines are camping here. All right. This is

going to be the battleground in between. And in fact, this place where

the Israelites are camping is actually on a small hill. And this site as

well is on a small hill where the Philistines are camping, and in between

them is a valley. The valley's name is called Ella Ella, the Valley

of Ella. So always remember what happens at the Valley of Ella is the

battle between David and Goliath. Okay, so if ever you go visit,

you know, Jerusalem in Israel, I believe some of you guys will have

a tour there. They will bring you there. Okay. You can also

go on YouTube. There was a documentary about it the okay. So that's

that's this place, all right. And Bethlehem is on this side. This

is where David is. He traveled to to He traveled to the Value of

Ella to meet his brothers. Later we will read about it, okay,

So just a summary. Also at the end, I'm like breaking all the

the fun but anyway, everybody knows the story, right, So so what

happened is at the end of the day, David won and he chased all

the physics in all the way from the Value of Ella all the way to

God. And Kron is very far five km maybe not as big as long

as a marathon, but it's actually very far, okay. So can you

can imagine they were like chasing all the way. Okay, So just remember

this map while we continue to read. All right, let's continue verse two,

okay, all right? Then verse s three. The Philistines stood on

a mountain on one side, and the Israel and Israel stood on a mountain

on the other side, with a valley between them was four And a champion

went out from the camp of the Philistines named Goliath and from Garth, whose

height was six cubits and a span Okay, And he had a bronze helmet

and on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail.

And the weight of the court was five thousand shackles of bronze. And he

had bronze armor on his legs, bronze javelin between his shoulders. Yeah.

Now the stuff of his spear was like the weaver's beam, and his irons

ye hate weighed six hundred sheckles, and shield bearer was when before him.

Right, So this is a description of the enemy fully armed. Okay.

The verse in verse four says a champion Okay, I search a champion means

in this case, is actually one who fights alone, single handedly representing his

nation. If warring nations agreed to contest, a great deal of bloodshed can

be avoided. So it's just between them, okay. So they whoever wins

the winning nation will yeah, over like overthrow the okay, but without shedding

too many blood needed. So the champion, that's why it's called champion.

So that's why I'm thinking champion. Okay. So that means every time you

have spots those people on the court, they are called champions already. I

mean all those they already champion. I can imagine. Okay. So in

the Bible say the champion. The meanning of champion is bad. Okay,

okay, all right, so interesting okay? And then yes, and the

giant was six cubits and a span is very tall? Ten feet tall?

Is this ten feet? I don't know? Is this time fit? Does

anyone know? Ten feet? Yes? Shirh fine, I'm five six feet

yeah, so until the ceiling here is ten feet, so can you imagine

ten feet? Yes? So tall Goliath is so tall? Okay. And

imagine he's fully armed, and it's so long, the description from the head

to the feet right everything bronze his weapons or bronze okay, and he even

have a shield bearer. I don't know why he needed a shep better.

He's so fully armed, he still need a shield barrel. Okay, So

he got a shee barrel. Wow. So sometimes we hear our enemy or

that big mountain in front of us, it's like, oh, super impossible,

like this big giant Goliath fully ten feutal for everything on the like,

so impossible to overcome. Let's continue to read verse seven, verse eight.

Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel. This is Goliath,

right. He stood and cried out to the armies of Israel and said

to them, why have you come out to line up for battle? Am

I not a philistine? And you are the servants of Saul. Choose a

man for yourselves and let him come down to me. If he is able

to fight with me and kill me, then he will be your servants.

But I will preva. But if I prevail against him and kill him,

then you shall be our servants and serve us. Gave us tend the end,

the philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel. They give me

a man that we may fight together. Okay, so he's challenging the Israelites,

right. So this this small passition talks about how the enemy throws psychological

attack at the Israelites, right, not just showing his wonderful gumm wonderful armor.

Right. So shiny shiny can imagine bronze, right, and I think

malah Mail, you can imagine the production right then he say those words of

psychological attack. Why you come out? Yeah, why have you come out

to line up for battle? Even question the purpose of the Israelizes? Why

you come out? You know? You know sometimes the enemy also question us,

right, some people our purpose, like why are we doing this?

And why do we come to church every Sunday? Why do we have to

go to homes? Why? What's the purpose? Slip at home is okay?

You know you sp right this whole week? Question the purpose? You

say, the enemy always like to question the purpose of why we want to

do things for God. So be careful always remember like these words are not

just not just from from ourselves, but it could be the evil one questioning

us, right, like like Goliath. And he also said that Goliath also

said, am I not a philishing? Am you the servants of Saul?

You know? Servants on me? I am finishing? You are servants?

You know, like you're not trying to question the identity of the Israelized.

Hey, your servants on me? I am the Philistine? You know?

Like that? Ah, you know, sometimes a lot of times we are

also questioned of our identity. Who are we in Christ? We are the

child of the Living God. We are God's God's ambassador. We are who

God has called us to be. And you know, always know that we

are more than just the servants of the living God. We are his child.

Okay. So yes, always remember your identity. Okay. And then

in verse nine he also says about come and fight with me, whoever is

able to come and fight, right. And then later on he also said

in verse ten, the Philistine said, I defied the armies of Israel this

day, right, defy the armies of Israel. I went to search.

What is the meaning of Israel? The meaning of Israel means God prevails.

So that means the enemy is coming against Heaven rules. Hey, we learn

Heaven rules, right, all these past few months, twelve months, we

learn about Heaven's rules. Heaven rules, and the enemy comes and defy.

Goliath is defying the armies of Israel. Israel means God prevails, God prevails,

Heaven rules. Right, He's coming against God. The enemy always challenges

God's sovereignty. Right. That's why sometimes you feel very defeated in times of

our journey when we don't remember that actually God rules like the enemy always challenges

god sovereignty. Okay, let's continue to read verse eleven. When Saul and

all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismaye of God and

greatly afraid if I were to be in the opposition, also very scared,

yes, can imagine now. So when here though in verse eleven it says

here greatly this made some other versions says terrified, greatly terrified, and lost

all hope. Have you ever been there, friends, brothers and sisters.

Have you ever been in that situation where you're so terrified, don't know what

to do, lost all hope, no hope at all. So this is

what they felt. Okay, verse twelve. Let's read now, David was

the sun was sorry. David was the son of that who's sorry? Was

that a tite of Bethlehem Judah? Okay, So he's from Judah, from

Bethlehem. Okay, David okay? Whose name was Jesse. His father's name

was Jesse, and who had eight sons. So Jesse had eight sons,

and the man was old. Jesse was very old, advanced in years in

the days of Saul. Right, the three older sons of Jesse had gone

to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went

to the battle were earlier. First born next to him is Abinadab, and

the third is Shama. David was the youngest, and the three olders followed

Saul. So you can imagine David is the youngest baby brother, okay,

among the eighth verse fifteen. But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to

feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. So meaning to say, David actually was

serving in the courts of the king. So okay, playing the harp and

things like that. Right, So he occasionally go back to Bethlehem to help

his father shepherd his the ships, okay, verse sixteen. And the Philistine

junior, So the Philistine is Goliath. Okay. The Philistine drew ner and

presented himself forty days, morning and evening. Wow, forty days, not

five days, not ten days, not fifteen days, not twenty days,

not thirty days, forty days day and night, morning and evening, throwing

those psychological words at the Israelized. Well, have you ever been in this

situation where you are constantly trolled over like all those words that are discouraging all

what you see in the physical Goliath, the Philistine every day presented himself in

his whole shiny shiny bronze armor, the fithal every day until sometimes become numb.

You know, I don't know, I don't know. Sometimes we can

become numb until you're like, it's like that, La, it's like that

means like that, you know, forty days, you know you Okay,

So seventeen then Jesse said to his son David, take now for your brothers,

and ifa of this dried grain and these stand loaves, and run to

your brothers at the camp. Okay, and carry these ten cheeses to the

captain of their thousand and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news

of them. Right. So, David, being the youngest in the family,

right, must still be the one who serves everyone else in the family,

right, you know, God, brothers and sisters. God still uses

the foolish to shame the vice. Okay. He still uses the least too,

to uh, to teach or maybe to even show something to those who

are not the least. Right. Yeah, And God can use anything and

everyone who is willing and courageous enough to step up, especially in the form

of prayer. In this in this context of prayer, Okay, don't say

we are too young, okay we or we are too old, we are

done. No, we still can be used by God. Okay, we

can still. God can still use us no matter what seasons of our lives

are. Right, So let's be strong and courageous to step up in prayer.

Someone asks for prayer. Come on, let's pray together. Let's let's

be courageous enough to pray. And it is also our choice. Do you

know that there is some things that God can do and there are some things

that we need to do right, for example, praying God don't expect to

I hardly say God, God praying you know, No, No, we

pray, Okay, we pray. This is our responsibility. We pray.

We disciple people. You know, God is suvereign. God doesn't disciple people.

God calls us to disciple people. That's why the church is here to

disciple. You know, you cannot ask God please disciple me. I'll stay

at home and God, You're disciple with Jesus Holy Spirit. Yes, but

He's using people to disciple us. So there are some things that God us

and God gives us the responsibility to be partners together with him to grow the

Kingdom of God. So one of it is also prayer. Right, you

don't pray, pray prayer. God gives us prayer so that we can also

commune and communicate with him, all right, prayer, right? And one

thing very nice? Oh yeah, Romans Chapter Travelers one also did say that,

you know, we need to tryransformed the renewing of our mind to know

his will. Yeah, So whenever we pray, we want to know what

God is. Your will first be transformed with his word, and to know

he. To know him more is to know his word and to continue to

commune with him. Right, Okay, Verse twenty, let's read. So

David rose early in the morning and left his ship with a keeper and took

the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the

camp as the army was going out to fight and shouting for the battle.

Here we can see David he rose up early in the morning. Okay,

early in the morning. The father says something, he rose up early in

the morning. Wow, the super ideal son. Right, you don't oversleep.

You know, he already received the command. He do it with all

his might, and he does it his best. He obeys even his father.

Wow. Amazing, amazing, right. And he you know, he

don't just obey his father. He has a responsibility to take care of his

sheep. So he he's responsible enough to arrange a replacement for his responsibility of

taking care of you. He didn't, he didn't reject his sheep, or

he didn't just leave his sheep and just do whatever his father tells. He

is responsible, So you see, it's something where God sees this David,

even in the daily right, and even in the things that God calls us

to, we know that of course we have other responsibilities, like for myself

and my children, right, I don't just do the word of God and

then just like let my children know, I need to take care of my

children as all and also serve the word of God together right together as a

church. Let's do this together with responsibility of what God have given us.

And God is looking. Tell your neighbor, God is looking, yes,

God is looking okay, right, yes, And David was faithful in the

little things, and God honored him. His father sent him to deliver food

his brothers and the captain, and to bring back news of how his brothers

are doing. Okay, so that is what he's supposed to do, right,

verse twenty four. Let's ready, Sorry, I skip so much,

okay, Verse twenty Okay, verse twenty one. For Israel and the Philippines

had drawn up the battle array army against army, so you can imagine,

you know, the yeah, the battleground okay, verse twenty two. And

David left his supplies in the hands of the supply keeper, ran to the

army and came and greeted his brothers. Then as he talked with them,

the brothers, when David talked to his brothers, that was the champion,

the Philistine of God, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of

the Philistines. And he spoke, according to the same words, psychological attack

again, so David heard them. Okay. So at this day, I

believe it's the fortieth day. Okay. Forty. The number forty very significant,

everybody, right, the number forty, right, forty. The number

forty in the Bible speaks of new beginnings and transformation, right, And the

Bible just have to say, at the fortieth day, right, and it's

a day of transformation. It's a day of new beginnings. Probably the Israelites

didn't know, okay, but it is a day of something new. It's

going to happen. And God raised David for such a time as this.

Right, So I want to declare fortieth whatever year, fortieth season for each

one of us, a new beginning, twenty twenty four, a year of

new beginnings made that come to pass for you in Jesus' name, right,

Okay? So where was I verse onana? Was? Okay? Okay?

Say same words to them, yes, verse twenty four. And all the

men of Israel when they saw the man fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.

When I read twenty four many times preparing this word, I read the

scripture many times, and I, after reading so many, I paused at

verse twenty four. Interestingly that the author of First Samuel, and in verse

twenty four it says, and all the men of Israel when they saw the

man. Interesting that the author would say the man and not the giant.

Did you see it? I don't know. Do you see it? The

one that I bolded? I know it's very hard to read that it's not

really border here, but it's the man. The author refers to the giant

as the man, not the giant. See how interesting the perspective of the

author is it's the man. It's just a man, yes, sah,

He's still a man. He's still a man. He's not God. He's

man. Right. He didn't even say giant. He's a man, right,

He's the man, right. And he fled from him and were dreadfully

afraid verse twenty five. So the men of Israel said, have you seen

this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel.

And it shall be that the man who kills him, the king will

enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father's

house exemption from Texas in is Wow verse twenty six. Then David spoke to

the man who stood by him, saying, what shall be done for the

man who kills the finishing and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who

is this uncircumcised first scene? That he should defy the armies of the living

God? Verse twenty seven. And the people answered him in this manner,

saying, so shall it be done for the man who kills him? Yeah?

So here we can see. Despite a lucrative reward offered by the kings

by King Saul to kill Goliath, David was more focused on God's reputation,

and he is very deeply motivated to see God glorified. Yeah, yes,

the reward is just like by the way, but he's more focused on God's

reputation. Are we living for the reputation of the Lord every day? That's

a good question to ask, even for myself, ask our hearts. Whatever

we do, are we protecting the reputation of the living God? Okay?

Right? Verse twenty eight? Okay, twenty eight. Now Eliap, his

oldest brother, hurt when he spoke to them, to the man, when

he when Iliab heard David speaking to the soldiers, and Aliab's anger was aroused

against David, and he said, why did you come down here? And

with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness. I know your

pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see

the battle? All right? So verse twenty eight Eliab the cocor, the

big brother, the queer, the anan, right, the older brother really

David seeing him as being proud and very rude, very naughty. Okay.

Insolence means naughtiness in King James versions is naughtiness right just to come and watch

the battle for his entertainments. That's what I understand from this verse. Right.

He thought that David just want to have an entermerent or see some battle

fighting, you know, like watching cinema. All right, okay, but

you know, let's continueate verse twenty nine. Verse twenty nine, and David

said, what have I done? Now? Why big brother always like cluing

me? What did I do? Like? What have died? I don't

now? Is there not a cause? Wow? Is there not a cause?

In verse twenty nine, David reminded Eliah, his big brother, and

the soldiers that is there not a cause? But they kept saying the same

thing due to fear, you know, of seeing that big giant and all

dress up in full armor, right, and they see everything in their physical

eyes verse thirty Then he turned from him toward another day. Okay, David

went to see another like, went to talk to another soldier and said the

same thing, and these people answered him as the first one did. Okay,

So nobody's listening to David. Is there not a cause? Okay?

Nobody's following him? No following, nobody followed David. Okay, so it

seems like he's alone Verse thirty one. Now when the words of which David

spoke were heard. They reported them to King Saul, and he sent for

him Verse thirty two. Then David said to Saul, let no man's heart

fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this philistine.

And Saul said to David, you are not able to go against this philistine,

to fight with him, for you are a youth and he a man

of war. From his youth. Hello, you don't go fight with him.

You are a small kiddo. You know we don't fight he from his

youth. He's been worrying. You know, you don't fight. Yeah,

something like that. Okay, so yeah, he Verse thirty one. Even

King Saul looked down on David's ability because he is a youth. Philippians for

Us twelve says, let no one despise your youth, but be an example

to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit,

in faith, and in purity. May this be a reminder to all of

us, right, let us not be looked down because of who we are.

A wish position, we are, a wish season. We are we

still can even in difficult situations, we still can rise up. Church,

Come on, let's rise up. Is there not a cause, people,

church, children of the Living God, okay, Verse thirty three, Verse

thirty four. But David said to Saul, your servant used to keep his

father's sheep. And when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb

out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and

delivered the lamb from its mouth. And when it rolled a rose against me,

I caught it by its beard and struck and killed it. Right verse

thirty six, Your servant has killed both lion and bear. And this uncircumstance,

I'm uncircumcised. Philistin will be like one of them, seeing he has

defied the armies of the Living God. Right and continue us thirty seven.

Moreover, David said, the Lord who delivered me from the paw of the

lion and from the paw of the bear, he will deliver me from the

hand of the philistine. And Saul said to David, go and the God

be with you. Why like kings say like that, Come I go with

you, La, I don't know you go you go, God be with

you? Are you yo? Okay? Come on anyway, David, something

to high up about David. David had a testimony. Do we have a

testimony? Do we have a testimony, a really personal testimony of your relationship

with God, like what Priscilla has shed today. This is her testimony.

This is a testimony of her fighting with the lion and the paron killed.

Yeah, you know God is with me, and God is gonna use that

testimony to do something greater. You can use your testimonies. That's why journal,

your testimony is. Okay, last time we used to write. Right

now we can block, we can video what do you call that? You

do? Vlock eye? You can belock yourself so you know, create a

what do you call it? Oh myso you can playlist? Please vilocks of

your journey? Yeah, something something good now that you can do? Okay,

some digital ideas. Yeah, your testimony is remember them because these are

powerful tools to remind us to do greater things of God when God caused us

to do something right. Okay, okay, let's continue. Where are we

verse? Forty no, no worse thirty eight yees. Today it's so salt

clothes David. Okay, so go with you, but I give you my

almala worse the day it's so salt clothes. David with his armor, and

he put on bronze helmet on his head, and he also clothed him with

a cold meal. Verse thirty nine. David fastened his sword to his to

his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And

David said to Sault, I cannot work with this, for I have not

tested them. So David took them off. Yeah, so here in verse

thirty nine. Sorry, Verse forty thirty nine and forty right, don't be

like someone else when God has made you to be who you are, don't

be someone else. God can use you as you are, right, don't

have to put on King Saul's armor. You can be yourself. God can

use you as you are. And what is in your hands, everything that

you have experienced a lot on little whatever it is. Yeah, God has

brought you true when you were born until now wherever you are at. God

has already given you all that you need to know to do his will.

All right, yes, yes, okay, So God has been training you.

Okay, and David, yeah like go Nedian, Yeah, okay,

right, okay, let's continue Verse forty one, oh sorry, Verse forty

then then David took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself

five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the shepherd's bag in a

pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand, and he

drew near to the Philistine. Right, David only had a staff, stones

and a sling. He didn't just have stone and sling. But he also

have a staff and this stuff. You know, as a shepherd. They

marked down their testimonies on it. Okay, yeah, I don't know how,

but they did. Okay, so stuff represents all their testimonies. So

he took his staff with him. I don't not know how he has.

He has two hands, but got so many things that he's holding. Okay,

but whatever in his hands, he took it, his staff, his

stone, and his sling. And his sling apparently is his leader sling.

Okay, sling. And very interesting fact, did you know that Benjamins,

Uh, this David is from the tribe of Benjamin. Right, the Benjamines

were so accurate that they were able to split a hair with it every time.

So every time they sling, they can. They are they are very

good. They are very accurate. Okay, you can even find this in

Judges chapter twenty, verse fifteen, to sixteen Judges, Chapter twenty, verse

fifteen to sixteen. There was a record where the bagamind's actually very skillful to

sling in such a way one streend or hey, they can even split it.

Waa. Great archers are the actually Benjamins. So you know David is

very skillful. Okay, right, let's continue, okay, Verse forty one.

So the finishtin came, the goliath came. Okay, the phinish thing

came and began drawing near to David. And the man who bore the shield

went before him was forty two. And when the phinishtin looked about and saw

David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, rudy and

good looking. Wow. Okays for the tree. So the Philistine said to

David, am I a dog that you come with me with? Six?

And the phinishtin cursed David by his God's forty four. And the philistin said

to David, come to me, and I will give your flesh to the

birds of the air and the beasts of the field. Right so here we

can see David. Sorry, Goliath was belittling David. He was youthed ruddy,

ruddy, means like, you know, not like worrying people. Worrying

people they have scars, they're like got a lot of marks, you know.

But this David, very handsome, very smooth skin, you know what,

this little fellow coming over. And so David was like Golias was belittling

David. Can you imagine every single one that David made, they are belittling

him. Practically, there's nobody, even the king don't even believed in David.

Nobody. You know, times have you been in this journey when there

are times when you feel very alone in your journey and when God has called

you to do something, be reminded of this story today. Okay, God

is with you. Okay, let's continue verse forty five. Then David said

to the Philistine, come to me with that. You come to me with

a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come

to you in the name of the Lord of Host, the God of the

armies of Israel, whom you have defouled. Wow, was anyone here?

Last week we learn about Jehovah's saber and what is Jehovah Sabaoth means the Lord

of Host. Wow. When you know when Elder Rose was sharing the word

last Sunday. I'm like, ooh, this clicked. Wow. You know,

I mean, God is speaking to us Church. I don't know how

you feel, but it's like, wow, God, you are reminding again

that you are jehol vers subb. You are the God of all, the

God of the armies of Israel. You are the Lord of hosts. He

commands the army of Israel. God is with you. You are at the

majority. And when you do the will of God, when you stand,

even though you are alone in this journey, he is with you. All

right, Okay, continue verse forty six. This day, this is what

David say to Goliath. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand,

and I will strike you and take your head off from you. And

this day I will give the caucuses of your of the camp of the Philistines,

to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth,

that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Verse

forty seven. Then all the assembly shall know that the Lord does not save

with the sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and he

will give you into our hands. Wow. Well, he's just a youth,

but such amazing words. And it's a great reminder as a church today.

Wow, these words, these words are how you say, it's still

very real because we are still reading. You see in verse forty six,

right, it says David says that that all may know, that all the

earth may know. Well, we here, we are here in Malaysia,

We're here in Ciber, the Earth. We are part of the earth.

Right, we are hearing this word, this testimony, this story. It

is true. It's still very true. All the earth may know that there

is a God in Israel. There is a God. So that incident took

place many many years ago in the Middle East, and today here in Malaysia,

we are still hearing of it. We are knowing the God of Israel

and the incident that happened. Amazing, okay, and and yeah, that

everyone will know okay, and you see here sorry, in verse forty six,

David's confidence was in the Lord, and the Lord he was. His

confidence is in the Lord, and that enabled him to prophesy his victory,

that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel and all

the assembly. Well, he's so brave in front of all the enemies.

I can imagine the officials the Philistine army and at the same time the Israelites

behind as well. You know, he was at the battlefield, right,

he was the champion, Right, he was the champion there for representing Israel

and the king. You know, he's in front of the king and he's

saying this, He's saying this, and he was so so confident. His

confidence was in the Lord. Right, that all this assembly shall know for

the battle is the Lord's so much confidence because I really believe that he had

spent so much time knowing his God. He spends so much time in his

free time while taking care of the sheeps. I believe it may be quite

boring just looking at the sheep waiting. You know, I can't imagine a

lot of free time. He was spending time singing to God, getting to

know God, hearing of the scriptures of what happened in the old times when

Moses brought the israelize all the wonderful miracles, and he knows this God of

Israel is amazing and powerful like Jehovah's Sabbath, right, right, Okay,

let's continue verse forty eight. So it was when the Philistine arose and the

philistenings in life. So now the battle starts. When the philisting arose and

came and drew near to meet David, And David hurried and ran toward the

army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and

took out a stone, and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his

forehead, so that the stone sank into the forehead, and he fell on

his face to the earth, fell his faith on the earth. I fell

his faith on the earth. Right, wow, duo, okay, right

okay, Verse fifty, Verse fifty. So David prevailed over the Philistine,

and with a sling and a stone and struck the philistin and killed him.

But there was no sword in his hand, in his in the hand of

David verse fifty one. Therefore David ran and stood over the first thing,

took his sword and drew it out and off his sith and killed him and

cut off his head with it. And then the Philistines saw that their champion

was dead. They fled champion can diez. The champion was dead. Wow

victory over Israel who right right Verse fifty two. Now the right so verse

fifty two. Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued

the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley, sorry entrance of the

valley, and to the gates of Ikron. Remember the map, all the

way to Iikron, and the wounded and the wounded of the Philistines fell along

the road of Raim, even as far as God and Ikron. Right,

yes, and verse fifty three. Then the children of Israel returned from chasing

the Philistines, and they planted their tents. Yeah, or not just chase

a finishing, they plundered their tensil. So, wow, what a great

victory, wasn't it just because of one David who believed in his God,

knowing that he's so courageous, and that broke true. And yeah, the

reason of all this war is because the Philicines want to take land of the

Israelites, where the Israelites previously was conquering the land. Also, so now

the Phylicians was coming. But then the Israelites were so afraid by this champion

Goliath, right so, and now that they won, it's such an imp

important incident that it is he to be found in the Bible because this is

where the Israelites took the land back right, right, so very important.

Next light from from the Lord's Prayer Matthew chapter six, verse nine to thirteen.

Right, you can read that right, and I believe all of us

or most of us will know the Lord's Prayer. But focusing on verse thirteen

and draw perils of the story of this David and Goliath. So God's kingdom

right. So the last verse says here for yours sorry, The last in

verse thirteen of the Lord's Prayer says, for yours is the kingdom and the

power and the glory forever. So this was a teaching from Pasa Kenneth also

Elder rules right, So pass also taught us this assault for yours is the

kingdom. Perils. Let's draw perils to the story of David and Goliath.

Right. David established God's seignty and prophesied his victory that day, and it's

Heaven rules God's kingdom. He established that even though everyone thought it's really impossible.

But David stood his ground and stood his ground on the fact that he

knew God is with him and God rules. Heaven rules right, establish God's

kingdom. Okay. Next, his power God's power was manifested when he's the

stone sunk into Goliath's forehead at the very first shot and killed him. This

is God's power supernatural. Okay, yes, low Benjamin the Menamides very skillful,

can split the hair. But God used him. I mean I'm sure

they are Benjamins in the armies or so right, I'm sure why didn't you

use your skill? Why this so scared? They have a skill to shoot,

right, or maybe they didn't have their sling because they have all the

army, Yeah, there are spears and all no things. Don't know why

didn't bring your So God can use you in every situation. Funny situation like

why would you bring a sling to an army? I mean yeah, battlefield,

Yes, why would you bring a sling to a battlefield? Right?

You can because God has given you that that ability. Benjamins, Why why

didn't why nobody step up? Right? Interesting? Right? I was wondering,

like why Okay, but then God can use you. God can use

us when we are willing to step up to be willing to be used by

God. Right, God's power was manifested, So this this is the thing

God wants to use us. Right, And our role. Okay, we

may not be like you know, like what the Bible says, the stone

go over to the head. Maybe we cannot do that, but God can

do that. That is God's part. Our part is to bring the sling

and the stone and sling it. Right. If we don't do it,

God cannot use that. So he's a partnership thing. Right, Always remember

that. I'm also reminding myself. Yes, right, God's power was manifested

when the stone sunk into David's colias Golias for it at the very first shot

and killed him. That is the supernatural okay, and his glory that all

the earth may know, and today all of us know. Write this story,

we are reading the incident today, that all the earth may know that

there is a God in Israel, and all this assembly shall know, for

the battle is the Lord's whole. Indeed, all of the Earth and all

of Israel know this story. Everybody knows this story. Okay, this story

is not and all because David declared it. You can declare it in your

situation that all may know. You know, of course, yes, as

the Lord leads you. Okay, that all may know for God's glory.

Okay, Right, so even in this always remember this. How do you

say concept right? God wants to be glorified. Okay. God's kingdom can

be established in our workplaces, in our families by us first knowing His kingdom.

That's why you come to church. That's why we do. We teach

the word of God to know his kingdom and what he has, what powers,

what amazing plans that God has for his kingdom. Right, come and

be part of it, right, and come and know his word? Right?

And also how do we know this by even praying? When we pray,

when we pray, even in our quiet time, yes, even more

so, come together corporately to pray. Prayer service is happening this Tuesday at

our hub Okay, home leaders will let you know, but I'm letting you

know in advance in application of the word today. Prayer service is on this

coming Tuesday at the hub. Be there eight pm. Okay, right,

So let's come together. You'll know about more. When we pray. We

hear so other people praying, and you never know, God can use a

willing heart to pray and Prophesye a lot of times when we have our local

prayer service and even our corporate prayer service as well. Prophecies are being made

right, and I am so encouraged and I am so blessed. I wish

that all my homies, all my Excityjaya partners are there to hear it.

It's so good and so encouraging. Holy Spirit was there and always there to

minister to us. And yeah, I wanna you know, encourage us to

do that corporate prayer right and also pr four y every quarter. Okay,

So just listen up to homeleaders when they give a shout out on that as

well. Okay, corporate prayer very important. You know, the kingdom,

know God, okay, and his power. When we pray, there is

power. You see God's work in our lives individually as a church, as

a nation and also the world. Right, we pray and we see God.

I'm very excited of what God is doing in Malaysia, very excited to

see how the churches are coming together like never before, you know, praying

and in interceding for Malaysia and also the world as well. So come and

see right and experience God, his kingdom and his power. This is so

that God be glorified his glory Hypacook two fourteen. For the earth will be

filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the

sea. Right you like it or not, you don't want to come a

prayer service, We cannot stop you, but we are encouraging you don't miss

out because when the earth is filled with the knowledge of the glory of the

Lord, as the cover is the sea, you don't want to miss it.

Okay. Yeah, so be part of it, and you know God

can use you. Just a small testimony of myself. I'm my testimony.

This testimony not very big, but I just want to share a testimony right

after after from five after pre you, Okay, I en wrote myself in

this School of Youth Ministry for three months. It's like a small Bible school,

okay. And after graduation gave us a small ceremony. I returned back

to school to con they knew my Firm six and God gave me and a

few friends of mine a burden to pray for our school. And together with

my SYM friends, my School of Youth Ministry friends and classmates, how we

happen. Yeah, they also happened to be my schoolmates as well. Yeah,

and they also continue to be their Firm six. And together we pray

every morning for our school to seek the Lord. After almost about a year

of praying, God led us to start a Christian fellowship. Our school is

a government school, it's very hard to start a Christian fellowship, right,

and we want to start a Christian fellowship to mainly focusing on praying for the

school and reaching out to our pre believing friends and teachers. And we had,

of course challenges right doing God's work. Come on, we're I got

no challenge. God is always there right then, with all you know or

the shining Bronzemmer you know and everything challenges is already there. And our challenge

was our school. Yes, our schools a government school, so our principal

did not allow us to have any religious society. Right, we hear this

Lord, And we didn't have any venue to meet as we were not allowed

to meet in the school grounds for this meeting. So we spoke to some

of our Christian teachers and also our Christian schoolmates and we agreed to come together

to pray for our school and reach out to pre believers. So two months

after that, the two months after the start of CFS, so we managed

to start right and I was yes, so I was driving already, so

I was fetching a friend to CF and while I was driving, I was

supposed to turn right at a junction. Okay. I saw a car coming

on the left right, but it was quite resistance. So I thought,

from my judgment, I can cross the road right. Malaysian roads, you

don't right. You have to cross a road to go to the other side.

Okay. So the car was coming on the left, there was a

distance I can drive, yeah, I can, I can cross okay.

However, there was cars parts up along the side on the right hand side

okay, okay. I was in Pinang. Pinangoes are very small, okay,

so I some people still park along the road okay, so it makes

it even smaller. And because of that, my visibility of the cars come.

The traffic coming on the right was slightly blocked. So seeing there's no

traffic on the right, I presume, like you know, it seems like

no traffic. So I thought, I can cross the road because the car

is still coming, but I still can cross right. Yeah, So I

accelerated the car to turn right, but suddenly a motorcyclist came and crashed into

my car and crashed into the windscreen, the window, the glass. So

until today, actually I have a scar on my face on my right here.

If you want to come and see, yeah, I can show you.

Okay, there was a scar. It's a deep scar. Until today

I still have it right and yeah, because of the glass shattered, I

was rushed to a nearby cleaning to get myself stitched up right, But the

motorcyclist is really badly injured. That was my I think that was my first

car accident. I never had it before. I felt so traumatized the whole

incident. So because I was on my way to cf like, woh God,

why do I have to end up in this situation. Later that evening,

while I was resting at home from the incident, I got a call

from my friends at CFD eventually started off without me. I said, just

go ahead, yeah, so they startled off without me. So, uh

yeah, I got a call from my cf friends that evening. And you

know, amazingly what happened that day. A friend of ours who joined us,

who is a pre deliver came to join us for the very first time,

gave her heart to Jesus that day. She gave up her tarot cards.

They she burned her terrot castle in the place where we had CF was

outside the school grounds in one of church friends vicinity. The auntie helped us

to you know, have this done, and a pastor was there as well,

so amazing. So our friend actually gave her life to God. Really

praised God for that. And I, because I was also the secretary of

the CF, I'm privileged to have the records of the meeting and minutes with

me. Actually I wanted to bring it, but anyway, yeah, I

still have it until today. And all what happened, God visited us and

what we learned and everything, I still have the book with me. I

cherished it very much because it's an incident. It's a season where I really

must remember God's power and the testimony that he has given us. So since

then, the CF also grew in numbers. So after that incident, the

CF grew in numbers. And we started off with four people and he grew

to thirteen people with one salvation, and all this in the span of five

months. Though we were small all in numbers, we were very small.

And that's why I say it's just a very small testimony. The journey showed

us that we when we leave. When we live out His kingdom through pray,

listen, and obey, and witness, we see God's power at work

and God glorified. It was just that season and it's amazing, right,

and I believe that all of us also have that season and use it for

His glory. Pray and listen, obey and witness, okay, because we

want to hear what God is leading us. Don't just go by our own

strategies, but listen, pray, listen, and obey and witness. Okay.

So for closing call for action Church, right, pray in everything.

Philippians four five to seven says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything

by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to

God and the peace of God we supposs us all understanding, were God your

hearts and minds. Thrue Christ Jesus. So with thanksgiving, you know,

just a very short testimony as well for the Okay, my mother in law

is a really amazing woman. Okay. She has been helping me with my

kids, right, and especially when I after I gave birth, she was

there helping. And also my second daughter when she was there when I gave

birth, she was also there to help when she was born, until like

and then pandemic hits. Then we're thinking, okay, maybe let mother in

law stay with us for a while. I mean, how many of us

here married and having your mother in last in the house can be a bit

difficult sometimes, especially in a long term right and many times after, especially

after the pandemic. The plan was that she can go, she can return

back to her home in Joha. Right after the pandemic. M CEO is

done, right, but apparently not because there was a situation in the family.

So I'm like, God, can I have my freedom? And can

I have my space? I was actually really struggling within myself, like God,

you know, can we can I just have my space? But you

know, God actually constantly remind me in his way every time I have my

prayer, my my quiet time when I pray God, you know, And

God led me and reminded me of these Philippines four five seven. Bring every

in everything pray and in prayer, in everything, prayer by prayer and supplication

with thanksgiving. And I'm reminded that I need to give thanks, and I'm

constantly reminding myself. So I thank God for my mother in law who is

being such a great help. She coaks, she cleans, and you know,

she takes care of the kids while we can't. You know, she's

a great help. I'm constantly you know, taking this really personally to me

and even for yourself as well. If you have a situation like this or

maybe something more complicated. Always remember to give thanks in every situation, Okay,

in everything, bring it to prayer right as a song? Right,

yeah, okay, anyway. Ephesians chapter six, verse ten to eighteen.

I'll just read the verse eighteen. He says, you pray always with all

prayer and supplication in the spirit. Be watchful to this end with all perseverance

and supplication for all the saints. This verse eighteen is a verse that is

afterward Paul was writing to the Ephicians to put on the whole armor of God.

Right, and in this last line in verse eighteen, says, praying

always with all prayer. You know, in everything, pray in everything,

good times, bad times. Right, remember to pray. So when we

pray, we are telling God God, we need you. God, we

are depending on You. We are nothing without him. Right. That's point

number one for call to action. Okay, all this call to action is

to action, not just on PowerPoint now, okay, next light point number

two. Okay, pray, believing, pray believing. March sixteen, seventeen

to eighteen says, and these signs will follow those who believe in My name.

They will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues, they

will stake up serpents, and if they drink anything deaily, it will be

by no means hurt them. They will lay hands on the seat and they

will recover. Amen. Right, and these signs will follow those who believe.

Hold on to this promise of the Word of God is powerful. Every

time you feel like, ah, your prayer or Lord work or what this

is the word of God. It says, these signs will follow those who

believe. When we pray, let's pray believing, pray believing, because these

signs will follow. Believe church, believe, rise up, let faith a

rise within a US. Right. And the reasons for signs healing deliverance are

confirmation of the Word of God. The confirmation of the Word of God.

These are the signs right and His kingdom established. So it confirms also the

accuracy and the legitimacy of the Word of God. Eventually these signs will also

lead to God being glorified that all may know Him. Right. And when

we pray, let's pray in faith, believing, and His power is seen

through the signs. Right. Another short testimony of this. You know,

we are praying for my mother in law's salvation. She is Mandarin. Speaking

is very hard for me right to speak in Mandarin. But I'm trying to

see how I can bring my mom, my mom in law to come to

know Christ. Even true action is harder. I feel, I don't know,

but I feel it's harder, but I continue to pray. So every

time there's a prayer request, I always ask different, please pray for my

mom in last salvation. Right. So, and you know, praise God

because we pray believing. It's a journey, right. And some of us

heard this estiming the money before. My mother in law had a big fibroid

in her uterus, and so there was a surgery done two years ago.

Thank God, the surgery was successful. But before the surgery that happened,

she actually prayed to Jesus because she was afraid. I think this is,

yeah, a major surgery for her, right, and she prayed to Jesus.

She called on Jesus. The word of God says those that call on

the name of the Lord shall be saved. I hold that verse very closely

to my heart. God. My mother in law has Auntie Amy is her

name. So pray together with me, Okay, pray for her salvation.

Auntie Amy called on your name, and you said in your word, those

that call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. I, believing

God Church, believe together with me for the salvation of my mother in law.

So she did so. I really believe that one day she will even

confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Okay, so and believe in her heart.

Okay. So let's continue verse sorry point number three. Pray persistently Galicians

sixty nine, and let us not grow very while doing good in for in

due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart in this while doing

good. Don't wory, don't weary while doing good, don't wory in praying,

keep praying, don't wory, don't give up. Let's continue to pray

and prays in right to h Yeah. And you know, in in line

of persistent prayer, also you can also look up in Luke, chapter eleven,

verse five to eight. This is a story of a friend coming at

midnight to ask for break. Okay, next light, Yeah, Luke,

chapter eleven, verse five to eight. Okay, go back and read that

your homework. Okay. Read how persistent persistence even while man is also willing

to answer persistent requests. What more our heavenly Father, Amen? Right,

I can write extreme to come up and all of us rise to our feet

as we close. Right, So remember these three points. Pray in everything,

pray believing, and pray persistently. We hope you've been blessed by this

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