God Leads Revival | Eld Terence Atkinson

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We hope this message will light up your day.

Today I want to share with you that God leads

revival and guys, never get fed up of hearing the

word revival. Okay, because we tend to think, you know,

a lot of times we think that revival involves somebody else.

Revival is about somebody else getting blessed of the Lord.

Revival is about everybody else but us. Let me tell

you that revival, something special, always begins with you. You

have a part to play. Before the revival spreads around,

it starts in your heart. And I want you to

know that the one who leads revival is God. So

let's go into the word. And the word is taken

from Acts chapter 16, verse 16 to 34. Now it

Acts 16:16–34

happened that as we went to prayer, that a certain

slave girl possessed with the spirit of divination met us

and brought her master's much profit by fortune telling. Now

as it happened, as they went to pray, who was

the they? Paul and Silas. Okay? They were going to

pray as it went. You got to understand that was

their day. That was their life. That was their work.

That was what they did. So how many of us

in our lives have something that we do as it happened?

As it happened, we got in the car to go

to work. As it happened, we opened the front door

of our office. As it happened, we met someone at

office today. You get what I'm saying? So it was

a normal practice for them, all right? So they were

met by somebody strange. Not everything that happens in your

life is going to be what you expect it to be.

Very often, life will throw you a lot of curves

that you do not expect. And in this case, it

was a person who was possessed with the spirit of, divination,

who brought a master's much profit by fortune telling. Can

demons tell the future? How many of you think demons

can tell the future? Put up your hands. Don't be shy.

How many of you think demons cannot tell the future?

Put up your hands. How many of you just don't know?

Let me tell you what seems to be fortune telling, okay?

what seems to be the ability to tell the future.

You do know that your enemy is what? The father

of lies. He is a big liar and therefore all

his second thirds and his army of cohorts, they are

liars as well. Now, if one demon was hiding behind

that pillar, ready to trip the next guy that falls,

that comes along and make him fall on his face, Now,

another demon in a possessed person tells Eliza, you know,

you watch and see, in a short while, the next

person that walks past that wall is going to fall.

So the next person walks, Tim walks past the wall,

Tim puts out a leg and he falls. And then

everybody said, wow, can you tell the future, ma?

Wow.

And this is how the enemy is lying to a

lot of people. This fortune telling bit with the parrot

and with all these things. God, guys, you and I,

we got to be aware that there's only one person

who knows the future. And that is who? God. You

know why? Because God is the future and the present

and the past. all at the same time. Guys, this

is what happened. All right? So let's move on. Now,

this girl followed Paul and us and cried out saying,

these men are the servants of the Most High God

who proclaim to us the way of salvation. Now, was

this statement correct? Yes. This statement was correct. You know,

let me tell you that sometimes confusion comes because some

people say a few correct things, And then the zinc

one lie in and you think, oh, everything's correct. And

you get taken up. You get fooled overall. That was

the purpose. But I want you to know, and this

she did for many days, many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed,

turned and said to the spirit, I command you in

the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.

And he came out that very hour. What she said

was correct, right? Why would Paul get annoyed? Do you know? Okay.

If this girl said it this way, if she said

it this way, let me go back. These men are

the servants of the Most High God who proclaim to

us the way of salvation. You like that voice? Would

you get annoyed? No, isn't it? It's like somebody nice,

you know, it's like throwing flowers in your pot. You know,

it sounds so nice, right? Would you get annoyed at that? No.

How many of you have heard a person who's possessed speak?

Can I see your hands? I have. I used to

be in church from 12 to 4 in the morning

every night practically praying for deliverance cases. You'd be surprised

how many possessed cases there are in Singapore. And when

they speak, it would have sounded like this. These men

are servants of the most high God who proclaim the

way of salvation. You won't get irritated at somebody speaking

like that to you every day. Every day. Every day,

every moment. But you got to give Paul and Silas

some credit. They were pretty, you know, chill. Until, until

he tried to interfere with their desire to do God's work.

And then Paul acted. What did Paul say? I command

you in the name of Jesus Christ, come out of her.

And he came out that very hour. You know when

you are speaking to possession kids, no need to shout actually.

You can actually say, I command you in Jesus' name,

come out. Because the demon is not deaf. And your

authority doesn't need to be shouted. Jesus never went around shouting,

you know. He just spoke, come out. That's man of class.

Jesus man of class. So the demon came out that

very hour and the master saw that their hope of

profit was gone. They seized Paul and Silas and dragged

them into the marketplace authorities. Okay. In your life, how

many of you have experienced this? Not everyone likes it

when you do good. Have you experienced that in your life?

You do something good and you think everyone should be happy, right? No.

Some people are jealous. Some people don't like to see

a smile on other people's faces. When you do something good,

they find a way to try and spoil it. Correct?

Have you experienced... I've been in working life for 41 years.

No good deed goes unpunished. How many of you have

experienced that? Some of the young ones are nodding their head. Okay,

you got 30 years more of working life. It's not

the end, much more. But you see, it is something

in life you and I have to face. Alright? And

what profits, you must always remember this, if anything profits God,

it causes loss to the enemy and he will react

so guys if things are not going so well for

you even though you seem to be doing right don't

be surprised just check yourself and you just a lot

you know i just did this right thing and and

things are going you know why is it not working

out so well Remember who is behind the situation. It's

very important for you to remember who is behind the

situation so you can overcome it. It was the enemy.

And the enemy didn't like it. And what did they do?

They brought Paul inside. into the marketplace paul and silas

were actually walking there somewhere and then i brought them

into the center of the marketplace and you know why

i i just have this thing against this term marketplace

christians i just don't like this term there's something very

personal But I love the term Christians in the marketplace.

There's a difference, you know. Because the marketplace Christians tend

to think the Lord's word is somebody else's to do.

I got to make money for the kingdom. God never

asked you to make money for the kingdom. He asked

you to live for Jesus. So they brought them to

the magistrates and they said, these men being Jews exceedingly

trouble our city. And they teach customs which are not

lawful for us to do, being Romans to receive and observe.

So you know what Paul and Silas were doing when

they were there. They were sharing Jesus. And until the

money issue became a problem, they couldn't be bothered. Do

you think they were bothered about what was troubling the city?

Do you think they were bothered about what was troubling

the Romans or the Roman customs? They couldn't care less.

Only when their pocket was hurt, then they gave them

over to the authorities. So if you are being troubled,

you must be hurting some bad person somewhere. Really? And

that is a time to rejoice, huh? Yeah, a time

to rejoice. You got to remember this, huh? Against truth,

against something that is true, the enemy only has lies.

And you know, lies never stand before God. This should

give you encouragement, meaning that you are going to be

in a position to go to God and ask Him

to help you. Because lies cannot stand. So don't be

surprised if many rise up against you or that you

seem alone. Do you know that the multitude has always

had a history of picking the wrong side? The... You know,

if somebody says in your office, although you say the

right thing and somebody says, everybody thinks that way, he says,

you're in good company. You're in the company of the

people that caused Jesus to be crucified. The crowds always

pick the wrong side. So you and I, we don't

go by the crowds. We go by the leading of

the Holy Spirit. So sometimes you feel alone. And I'm

telling you this because sometimes you will feel alone. You say,

I'm doing the right thing. And how come everything seems

to be going wrong? Perhaps you're getting an answer. Because

you're doing the right thing. Evil is coming up against you.

It's not going to stay that way. And I hope

by the end of this message you get encouraged. So

then the multitude rose up together against them. And the

magistrates stole their clothes and commanded them to be beaten

with rods. So much of drama. Drama Minggu ini. Drama. Hey,

the guys did wrong. Why are you going to tear

your clothes? Does it make sense or not? You see,

the enemy never makes sense. I do something good and

Joel comes and he tears his coat. I lose. You

got to buy a new coat, isn't it? Who lost?

I or him? Does it make sense or not? Ask you.

Do you ever think of yourself, what's wrong with these people?

I did. I'm thinking to myself, what's wrong with you?

Do you know that sometimes, this is the other thing,

it hurts to do the right thing. It hurts to

do the right thing. See, Paul and Silas did the

right thing. And what did they get for it? They

got a beating. I'm going to tell you a story

about my dad, which I told you before, but I

will go on a little bit further. So when I

shared Jesus with my dad the first time, I got

punched in the face. It's going to hurt to do

the right thing. He was a boxer. And he gave

me one. But I want to tell you something. I

was okay. I'm not a boxer. I'm not a boxer.

There was no injury. There was no cut lip. There

was no broken teeth. Sometimes it's going to hurt to

do the right thing. Will you and I have the

courage to continue? The courage not to be dissuaded because

we feel a little pain. Hey guys, it's okay. Hey,

I got to tell you this. I never missed church, huh?

Even when I was so sick, I would just get

on my bike and go to church. When I was younger,

I would just go, no matter how much of fever

I had, no matter, you know. You know why? Because

God is greater than my fever. God is greater than

my illness. God is greater. Now that I'm a little

bit older, I realize one thing, lah. It's not up

to me because I go to church and then I

pass my coffin call to you and to your vet,

share and share like, pass to everybody. That's the only

reason now I would not go. Is God greater? Yes.

I can have faith for myself. But you have to

have faith for yourself. If one day you all come

to that conclusion and say, I have faith that no

matter what sick person comes into my presence, I'm okay

with it because God looks after me. Well done, my

good and faithful servant. You have arrived at an understanding

of who your God is. And when they had laid

many stripes, it wasn't a few stripes. It shows you

how evil tends to attack what is good. So guys,

I keep saying this. I don't know, somebody must be

going through some rough stuff. If you're going through some

rough stuff, it's okay. They laid many stripes to them,

then they threw them into prison. commanding the jailer to

keep them securely. Having given such a charge, he put

them in the inner stocks in prison and fastened their

feet in stocks. This tells you what your enemy wants

to do to you. He wants to throw you away

and he wants you to be forgotten. The enemy doesn't

want you to be seen anymore. The enemy doesn't want

you to be known anymore. The enemy wants you to

be totally forgotten. Let me tell you, what do you

think that dungeon was that they were thrown, that prison

was nice? Do you think it was a nice prison?

How many of you think there was a toilet there?

The toilet was everywhere. It was one big toilet. When

you needed to go, just go. Your feet is in

prison stocks the whole day. You think what, the fellow

was going to come and undo your, to take you

to the toilet? No. If you have to do short call,

do it there. If you have to do long call,

you do it there. You sat in it. You smelled it.

You lied in it. Your hands were all over it. Cockroaches, rats.

Imagine this. This is exactly where they were. Why do

I tell you this? Sometimes you think you're supposed to

be going in a certain direction. And it seems as

if God puts you exactly in the opposite. How can

this be God? You ask. But I got to tell

you this. God leads revival. I just buried my father yesterday.

You're going to hear scripture afterwards that was promised 2,000

years ago that came to pass in my life. In

my life, It took 47 years for that scripture to

be answered. But God is true. Because 47 years is

nothing to him. It's just a dump in eternity. And

after 47 years, let me tell you, my father went

through some rough stuff. I would have liked that things

were different. But God put me in that situation that

seemed dark. So when I found out my father was ill,

he had been admitted to hospital that morning, I went

to see him. I said, Dad, how are you? He said,

I'm in pain. I said, let me tell you something.

It's very important for me to know that you will

meet Jesus as a friend. And Jesus has been good

to you. Jesus has taken Jennifer home. Jesus has taken

Nigel home. Jesus will one day come to take you home.

The thing is, will you meet him as a friend

and allow him to heal your body and heal your

heart and heal your spirit I said dad will you

receive Jesus he said yes and that moment I let

him prayer and he repeated every word then began a

three-month journey he went through so many issues during that

time to try and find out what was wrong with

him and finally the doctor said there's nothing more we

can do it for him we are sending him home

he was bleeding upper tract bleeding for three months. Okay?

And then roughly about one and a half months ago,

that means he was sent back because the doctor said

there's nothing more that can be done for him. He

was 94, by the way. He is, you know, most

likely he's going to go off. So he came home.

But I remember he always had a good When he

came home, he started sitting up and eating his breakfast.

And then after that, he had another downturn about one

and a half months ago. And he was sent back

to the hospital. This time, when I went in, he

was in emergency. So this is a big, actually emergency

room is about this size, okay? Lots of hospital beds

all over. So he was in the corner over there

and I'm coming through the door here. And how this

94-year-old man can spot me, I have no idea. He

looked from the corner. He says, Terrence. I felt a

little bit embarrassed, you know, because he said, you're right

in the middle of emergency. He called me. So when

I went up there, you believe it or not, I'm

telling you the truth. This is Klang General Hospital. All

the patients were looking at me, you know, because of

the way my dad shouted. And as I walked up

to him, he did this. Jesus. Jesus. Declarations of faith. Twice.

Twice.

I didn't understand it. I would later on. So when

I went up there, everybody is looking at me. So

I said, Dad, how are you? I'm fine. How are you?

It's my dad, huh? See, are you in pain? Yes,

I'm in a little pain. And with the authority, like

I own the place, I just walked up to the

doctor and said, Doctor, give him morphine now. The doctor

didn't argue, you know, morphine. I'll take care of it.

Doctor came and gave it. And then when I went

to talk to my dad, everybody's looking. I missed it.

I missed it. What I should have done is, all

of you, my father believes in Jesus. Do you want

to believe? I missed it. I won't again. If this

situation happens again, I don't care. I will share Jesus

with them. I really don't care. So my dad got

the morphine. He went to sleep. So started his journey

in that hospital for for three weeks. In three weeks,

he got a little sore on his foot. He's not diabetic,

but because of the pressure sore. And that pressure sore

turned necrotic. And his leg. But after one and a

half months, the doctor said, there's nothing we can do.

We cannot operate on him. We're sending him home again.

In fact, the doctors were very surprised he came back

to hospital anyway because they thought he would pass away

at home. So this time he went home. Now this

time when I went to see my dad, so I

walked in the door and now we have his bed

in the hall. He looks and he calls to me, Terrence,

come here. So I came and he said, Terrence, I

know you and Malcolm are praying for me. Malcolm is

my younger brother. He's a pastor. He's a pastor. He said,

I know you and Malcolm are praying for me. Dad,

how are you? I'm okay, how are you? Do you

want a drink? This is my father, you know, he's in, he's,

you know. And immediately after that, he went to sleep.

Came to the last day, this is Wednesday. Wednesday morning,

he got up and the caregiver said, hi, handsome. He replied, hi.

He was a charmer, my father. Do you want to eat?

Want breakfast? Would you like some Milo? Okay. He went,

he took his Milo, then he went off to sleep.

So she monitors his BP. Around afternoon, his BP, you know,

because I monitor it every day three or four times,

so I know. And I say, ah, I think I

have to take notice, it's dropping. About six o'clock, the

next reading came. It had dropped much lower. I told

Elder Mabel, we have to go. In my spirit, we

have to go. So we left. We drove to Klang.

As we were reaching the roundabout, just two minutes from

the house, there was a conference call with my two

other brothers and the caregiver, and the caregiver was crying.

But we couldn't hear what she was saying, and we couldn't...

Some of the... Thing was so bad. So I just said, guys,

if you can hear me, just put down the phone.

I'll go and check. So I reached the house two

minutes later. He had just passed away. I missed him

by two minutes. So when I told Pastor Kenneth, I

missed him by two minutes. Pastor said, that is why

God had you hear those two declarations of Jesus' name

Because the two minutes is nothing compared to when he

breathed and he declared the name of Jesus. How true

is that? So now, I'm sent into the dungeon of

so-called mourning. It's what everybody expects it. So I did

the message on the first night of the week. In

my spirit, I could not feel sad. I did not

feel sad. There was no sadness on my face showing.

And trust me, older people misunderstood because they expect me

to be broken. I shared from the Word of God

how Jesus had the home prepared for my dad and

had called him. And the last words as I ended

the message was, I refuse To mourn. For how can

I mourn. When Jesus says to my father. Well done

my good and faithful servant. Enter now. Into the joy

of your Lord. Guys. When you get into a point

of darkness. And seeming hopelessness. God provides a way out.

And his way out is found in his word. I couldn't,

until today, I cannot feel sad. Do you know why?

I waited 47 years to hear him give his life

to Jesus. I waited 47 years to ensure that another

one down, another one with the Lord. It's quite strange. Apparently,

the caregiver said on the day that he passed away,

although he was asleep, in his sleep, he was mouthing

the word, mummy. He was mouthing the word mummy. Now,

people don't understand this because I'm the last person my

grandmother saw before she slipped into a coma. And in

that stage, after she had her stroke, I shared Jesus

with her. And I said, do you want to accept Jesus?

She said, yes. And I led her to Christ. And

my grandmother then stroked my hair. That time I had hair, okay?

I know it's hard to believe, but she stroked my hair.

Then she slipped away into a sleep. And like my dad,

three months later, she went home to be with the Lord. Guys,

you got to live your life like that. You are

a battery. That when somebody needs Jesus, you're there. When

you need Jesus, trust me, He's there. Paul and Silas,

what did they do? It says here, by midnight, Paul

and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God. Do

you think they had fallen to pieces because they were

sitting in their own mess? No. No. And the prisoners

were listening to them. Guys, God sent them into the

darkest of places so the people who couldn't, the world

couldn't be bothered with would hear Jesus. He sent them

into the place where those that people wanted to forget

Jesus could minister to them. See, it's not always the well-dressed.

We always love, truth be told, we always love to

witness the well-dressed people. But do you know where Jesus

sent Paul and Silas to? To share with those that

people wanted to forget. And suddenly, suddenly, It's sudden for us.

It's not for God. You know, whenever anything happens suddenly,

it's not because God is suddenly, you know. God is

very planned. It's God's perfect timing. For us, it's suddenly

because we are not privileged to that information. You want

to be privileged to that information? Can. You have to

get close to God. Do you know that if you

get close to God, things will not be suddenly to you?

How do you know this? Is there scripture to prove it?

Look at Abraham. Abraham was very thick with God. Right?

Very close to God. When God wanted to do something

to Sodom and Gomorrah, he had a discussion with Abraham.

Was Abraham surprised? Was it suddenly for Abraham? No. In

God's perfect timing. And God will let you know. The

closer you get to God, the more you get to listen. Suddenly,

there was a great earthquake that the foundations of the

prison were shaken. And immediately, the doors were opened and

everyone's chains were loosed. I also want to tell you

another small testimony. So, I said yesterday, the day before

yesterday was the day of the second week. So by

the time we got back, it was about 12.30 in

the night. And one would think you can just go

back home and sleep and rest. And praise the Lord,

I was very tired. And driving back, maybe a little callous.

And a truck banged into my car. You know. And

I was thinking to myself, oh no, my car is gone.

Because this was one huge truck. Huge. Huge. But somehow

we were calm. I remember myself very calm. So I

moved to the side of the road. Look, my door

was gone. So I looked at the guy. Because actually

what was happening was some road work and they were

shifting us all towards inner lanes. So as we were moving,

the truck hit us. So anyway, I looked at the guy.

He says, you know, I was... So I said, okay.

We took photographs. I shook hands with him. Shook hands

with him. and said, we'll just go and make the report.

That was it. By interaction with him, it was about

two minutes. We went home. We slept whatever way we could.

And yesterday, after I finished yesterday, I went to the

police station to make a report. I wanted to tell

you this. The Word of God knows your heart. The Word.

So my reading for that day was, you know, um...

The reading was, all things work together for good to

them that love God and are called according to his purpose.

I said, wow, God, it's going to be okay. So

I told her, maybe it's going to be okay. So

when I went to the police station, I made a report. Finally,

I went to the sergeant. Sergeant showed the camcorder. Then

the sergeant said, actually, you've got to understand one thing.

If the guy is on the street, and even if

you put your signal or whatever is up front, even

if you move into his lane, you are at fault.

Under normal circumstances, I will have to summon you. I

will have to find you. But the driver of the van,

the driver of the truck said, he doesn't want to

make an issue of it. He's just doing it for

record purposes. So I want you to know, I'm not

going to find you. And after that, We had a conversation.

She said, what are you? I said, I'm Serani. You

can speak Malay or not? I said, I can try.

So I spoke to her in Malay. And I said,

people laugh when I speak Malay. She said, why? I said,

because I learned Malay from the textbook. So when I speak,

I speak like textbook. So she laughed. We talked. We chatted.

She found out about my father. She gave condolences. And

we had a very nice discussion. And after that, I

told her, Thank you for making this experience pleasant. Nobody

likes to come and make police reports. And it's always

a very stressful thing. But you have made it so pleasurable.

Thank you so very much. She went with a smile.

She says, I'm sorry once again for your death. And

that's my... I mean, God knows, right? God knows. So

at midnight, Paul and Silas were singing. You know what

is this? Singing psalms. And hymns, you know what it is?

You know what was that praying? That praying comes from

the word prosikomai. And it gives the idea of I'm

exchanging what I have for what you will give me.

So at that moment when Paul and Silas were praying,

they were exchanging their circumstance. Let me tell you what

a horrible place they were in. They were exchanging and

what was God doing? God was going to come through

with His blessing. And what was His blessing? Suddenly, suddenly

the gates, there's a great earthquake so that the foundations

of the prison were shaken. The very, very thing that

keeps you behind bars, that was the thing that was shaken.

That was the thing that God destroyed. The thing that

holds you to ransom, that was what was destroyed. And

the doors were open. They were free now. And the

chains were loosed. What chains? The things that keep you down.

The things that prevent you from being the best. The

things that discourage you. The things that Don't allow you

to be free. And you're always at the back of

your mind, got some kind of worry. And I want

you to know, this is what I mean, that when

God sends you, He keeps that heart revived. What is

that revived heart? Despite your circumstance and situation, you can

still praise and sing. You can still worship Him. Hey,

the conditions were horrid. You and I, we are in

our own soil. Can we worship the Lord? Paul and

Silas are teaching us something, you know. They're teaching us

no matter what your circumstance is, you can be in

an attitude of praise. You can be in an attitude

of worship. Hey, all the people who were, all the

Christians who've been put in prison during the communist times

in Russia, you think their situation was good? They're encouraged

by this word. No matter how bad the mess is,

you can still worship the Lord. No matter how bad

your situation is, perfect time to praise the Lord. That's

what it is. And the people of the prison are

waking from his sleep. The people that try to destroy

you suddenly come to a realization, you belong to God.

Oh my, what have I done? See, revival also breaks

through the enemy's stronghold on your enemies. See, you got

to understand, huh? Your enemies are your enemies not because

they want to be, you know. Because there's something holding them.

When you break through your situation, you break theirs as well.

And the keeper of the prison waking, he wanted to

kill himself. He assumed that supposing the prisoners had fled,

drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But

Paul said with a loud voice, do yourself no harm.

The prison doors were open. Can I ask you a question?

What kept the prisoners from running away? Got internet? What

about Instagram? Facebook? Skype? Oh, many of you don't know

what Skype is. WhatsApp? You think when the prisoners ran

out of prison, they can still catch them? Got radio? Hey!

When they run out of prison, you go to the

next town already, nobody knows who you are. Once you're

out of that prison, you're gone, you're free. Why didn't

the prisoners run? Did you ever ask yourself that question?

Why didn't they run from that horrid, filthy place? Because

they were free. Their spirits were free The things, their

thoughts that kept them captive were broken and shaken. And

the things that held them, their beliefs or their lack

of understanding or their lack of faith, those chains fell off.

And suddenly they can see, I'm free. Their spirits are free.

Do you know that when your spirit is free, your

surroundings don't count anymore? My scripture says that conviction by

the manifestation of the presence of God, people will stop

running away from God. If we will exchange our ideas

for His and start praising Him in our pits, people

will see God's hand and it will convict them. How

wonderful is this? People who are shackled and chained are

so free in their spirit that they don't need to

run anymore. My daughter visits someone in prison. She's been

in prison for 18 years due to a drug offense.

And she's an Indonesian, but she has learned English and

she's studied the Bible and she is such a firm believer.

And my daughter always says, I've been a Christian for

so many years, but she teaches me so many things

about Christ that I could never see in any other

way because she is such a believer and she has

been responsible for praying so many people into freedom. Their

sentience commuted. And then she says, I do not know

why mine has not come through yet because she's supposed

to be in prison for 38 years or something like

that or something. but she holds firm in her faith

in Jesus Christ. And her spirit is free. Paul and

Silas were sent into that prison because God wanted those

people whom others didn't want to know, He wanted to

free them from the burdens of their spirit and their

soul and their situation. Then, He called for a light

and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, and he

brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do

to be saved? So they said, Believe on the Lord

Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to all

who were in his house. Guys, I'm so grateful. to

Paul and Silas for what they did. Because of what

they did, it caused the Lord to speak a promise.

You and your household will be saved. So can you

understand why 47 years and then my dad gets saved?

Why it's such a blessing? How many of you have

unsaved loved ones? Do you want them saved? You must

remain faithful. You must believe. You must praise. You must worship.

And you got to pray. And you know what? Your

family members have no choice. Whether they like it or not,

they will be saved. Because that is the promise that

God has given us. If Paul and Silas were not

in prison, the whole family would have been lost. Who

is going to be saved by your troubles? Who is

going to be saved by your troubles and by doing

the right thing? Guys, you're in trouble. Praise the Lord. God,

who am I going to save? Who's going to be

saved through this testimony? You know, if that's the way

you live, trust me, the enemy will stay far away

from you. Because he knows every time he hits you,

ten people come to the Lord, he will stop hitting you,

trust me. Guys, it's in the Word. It's in the Word.

And he took them that very same hour that night

and washed their stripes and immediately he and his family

were baptised. And when he had brought them into his house,

he set food before them and he rejoiced, having believed

in God with all his household. Wow. Let me tell you,

you think the story ends because somebody else gets saved?

God has forgotten about you? No. What the scripture says,

he took them, he dressed their wounds, he cleaned them,

And then after that, they had a celebration. Guys, you

think God doesn't want to celebrate? He wants to celebrate,

trust me. He wants to celebrate with you. You do

God's work, He's not going to leave you alone. He's

going to celebrate with you. He's going to comfort you.

He's going to heal your wounds. And He will celebrate

with you. I've been sharing this word now for a

few weeks. And I realize, in fact, the second song,

first song or second song we sing had some verses

that were connected with this. All right? So someone here

is going to be blessed by that word. Just put

it to practice, guys, and see it take place. Put

it to practice and see it take place. You know,

as people come to the Lord, right? More and more,

they come to the Lord. My message on the first

night of the week was like an evangelistic message, you know.

Because I know there are people down there who do

not know Jesus. And as far as I'm concerned, my

father is already with the Lord. They are the ones

who need to know. They are the ones who need

to know. Guys, I hope this message finds a place

in your heart.

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