Thank you Jesus, if you Can't Sing, sing with us.
Eternal, living, one holy one before God, there I am that I am
Eternal, living one holy one, faithful God the I am that I am.
Pour out your grace, pour it on me, the grace that makes man
become a new. Pour out your grace, pour it on
me, the grace that makes man become and do a town of living
God and a living God, Holy One before God.
The maker of heaven. Oh, the Maker of heaven in the
earth, you are the Lord the Lord.
O the Maker of heaven in the earth, dear King of kings, you
are the Lord. So burnt on your brain.
Pour out yourself on us, Lord, we open up to you, we are ready.
We are ready. Pour out yourself on us, Lord,
We open up to You, Lord, be not to you.
We are ready, we are ready. Pour out yourself on us, love.
We open up to you. Oh we are ready.
So power out your grave, Pour it on below your grain.
Is that makes man becoming new. Pour on your grace law.
Pour it on me low your grace that makes man.
We'll say one more time, pour on your grace, law.
Pour it on me, love. Your grace, that makes man, that
makes man be calm. Pour on your grace, love.
Pour it on me, love. I might take a lap of friend on
to the Lord. Hallelujah, today is the climax
of our GPCC. Week.
And the Lord has taken us through Monday to all the day,
through all the days. And today we are climaxing it.
So whatever that we do, I want you to have it back on your mind
that we are climaxing what, the GPCC week today.
So whatever we do here, you put yourself in it.
Allow the Lord to bless you. Aha.
Before you leave, Hallelujah, you're about to listen to the
word of God. So I want you to bring out your
pen, bring out your note parts, everything that you need to
receive from the Lord whenever you are coming to the presence
of God, you make sure that you have everything you need.
Now want to give us the word of God is no other person that our
own international Barbara Grouponi.
Let's welcome here with a club offering.
Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, Amen.
May the peace and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be on to ask
all. Amen.
GPCC because she didn't come for the GPCC week.
I mean the evening services. You do not know our slogan, You
do not know our slogan. So when I said GPCC, I'm
wondering what it is. I'm sure some of you do not even
know what GPCC stands for. But by the grace of God, God
will help us and today we will know what it means, what they
stand for and what they seek to achieve.
So that's slogan for GPCC. When we say GPCCGPCC is Ghana
Pentecostal Charismatic Council, Ghana Pentecostal Charismatic
Council. So we are looking at all the
Pentecostal churches, we are looking at all the charismatic
churches coming together as one body in Christ to do the mandate
of our Father in heaven. So we have a slogan and the
slogan is when I say GPCC, you respond unity and spirit.
GPCC, GPCC by the special grace of God, the chairman or the
President for the GPCC is Dear Apostle, the Chairman of the
Church of Pentecost and the person of Apostle Eric Namiche.
By the special grace of God, he is the Chairman of the Ghana
Pentecostal Charismatic Council and they have a mandate.
They have a mandate. Their aim is to work towards the
unity of the Church both spiritually and physically.
Their aim is to work towards the unity of the Church both
spiritually and physically. So whether you attend CSE,
whether you attend Assemblies of God, whether you attend the
Church of Pentecost, we are all one in Christ.
Hallelujah. So I wanted the choir to help me
sing this song. The church is marching on.
My.
Church for my own glory. I will build my church for my
own glory, and the gates of hell shine.
No prevail, I say. I will build my church.
I will build my church for my
old glory. I will build my church for my
old blue and the gate of hell. The.
Hallelujah, so you are the
church, I am the church and by the grace of God we are marching
on. Amen.
So the whole week, as Kingsley mentioned, the whole week was
for GPCC for our zone. We met at the Assemblies of God
for during the evening services. So I am not coming to say
anything new. I'm just coming to summarize all
the things we learnt during the evening services that you
couldn't attend. So I'm coming to tell you what
we learned today. I'll add a little.
Then we I, I bring the sermon to an end.
By the special grace of God, the theme for this year's GPCC week
is Shining as stars in the world.
Shining as stars. I didn't hear your Amen.
Only one person said Amen. Shining as stars in the world.
So turn to your neighbor and say that you are a star and you must
shine. You are a star and you must
shine. Our uncle Scripture that we are
running with the whole week or we run with the whole week was
taken from Philippians Chapter 2, verse 15.
Philippians chapter 2, verse 15. That is our anchor scripture for
the GPCC week. We will come back to this, but I
want to give you a background to Philippians chapter 2.
This, the book of Philippians was written by Apostle Paul and
he wrote this when he was in prison.
He has established a church in Philippi and then it came to his
knowledge that there was some discourse and disfuse in the
church. So it became necessary that he
writes a letter to the church to encourage them and to give a
word of advice to them as to how they will live in His absence.
Hallelujah. Please project John chapter 8,
verse 12 for me. John chapter 8, verse 12.
Right when Jesus spoke again to
the people, he said I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never work in darkness, but to have
the light of life. Hallelujah.
So as you are sitting there, some versions say light, other
versions also using star. So as you are sitting there, I
want you to have the understanding that you are the
light of the world because you have believed Savior Jesus, who
is the light. Jesus is the light, and because
you have believed in Jesus, by extension, you are the light of
the world. So wherever you find yourself,
knowing that you are not there as an ordinary person, you are
the light and therefore you must shine like a star.
Hallelujah. Now, one of the questions that
came up during the service, the evening service was what does it
mean for a person to shine? When we say someone is shining,
what does it mean? What does it mean for a person
to shine? And the response that came was
figuratively, people shine when they stand out for doing
something extremely well. So in our journey of life, when
you stand out for doing something extremely well, we
deem you to be as a person who is shining.
So when I ask a question now and then, I mention, I ask you that
in your layman knowledge, when we are, when we are talking
about those who run, who will you say is the fastest runner?
Over the years? I want one person to give me an
answer. Over the years, the whole world.
When we say fastest runner, who will you mention?
Hussein boat. It is very simple.
This one you don't need. If you are a person who follow
international news, you don't need anybody to tell you that it
is the same boat. Hallelujah.
I am sure if I ask the guys to hear who is the best footballer,
they will be able to mention their name.
Me I some people will say Messi, some people will say what
Ronaldo, depending on their their team you support,
depending on their team you support, you'll be able.
But at least they are quite. Let's say you can mention about
5 people that worldwide we know that these people have
distinguished themselves, they are shining, they have stood out
for something or they are doing something extremely well.
So they are known worldwide as people who shine.
Hallelujah. In same grace, when we are
mentioning some ministers who sing or preach worldwide, you'll
be able to mention some people because these people have stood
out. They are shining in their field.
They are doing extremely well and they are they are winning
souls for Christ. So I want to ask a question, as
you are sitting there in your field, are you shining in your
banking hall? Are you shining in your school
as a teacher? Have you stood out as a medical
doctor? Are you shining in the hospital
where we get to Lakma Hospital and we are looking for the best
nurse. Will your name come up?
Will your name come up in in the legal field?
We are looking for lawyers who are well learned who are not
biased. Will your will your name be
mentioned in the church? We are looking for people who
sacrifice for the Lord. Will you be some?
Will you be part of the group of people whose names will be
mentioned? So as I am mentioning the
various professions, think of your own In the construction
field, when we are looking for the best architects, will your
name come up? Are you standing out?
Are you distinguishing yourself? Are you being a light?
Are you shining? Are you?
What are you doing differently to be the light in the field
where you are? Hallelujah.
So I want you to ponder over it, think about it, think about it.
There are some people when you go to their schools and you you
mentioned that everybody ruffian, everybody knows are you
there? You are the color of the school.
Well, I tell you where for a funeral somewhere my SHS.
And then I saw some seniors like when were SHS the way these
people used to bully aspire. That's that's why they assign
you. They're the honest bully.
They can bully you. And then you, you call home.
Are you part of such people? Or when they go to your Senior
High School and they say, oh, we are looking for so, so and so
they'll say, oh, As for this, this person, dear people will
have something good to say about you.
So in your field, wherever you find yourself, are you living a
life worthy of the call you have received?
It is an answer for you to ponder over.
Answer it yourself. And if you are not living the
life worthy of the call you have received, it's just my prayer
that on this climax day of the GPCC, grace will be available
for you so that you will stand out in your field.
Hallelujah. Now we moved on to another
question. And then they asked that how can
1 shine like a star? How can you shine?
Or what are the things that are the the exhibits or the things
you portray which when people see you will be identified as a
star. What are some of the exhibits?
Now take me to my uncle, the uncle scripture for the week,
which is Philippians chapter 2 verse 15.
But let's start from the verse 12.
Let's start from the verse 12, right?
It reads, Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always
obeyed. This is Paul talking earlier on
I told you he was writing this when he was in prison, and then
he wrote this as a letter to the people of the church in Philippi
because he was addressing some issues in the church.
So he was telling them that. Therefore, my dear friends, He
addressed them as friends, as you have always obeyed not only
in my presence, but now much more in my absence.
Continue to work out your salvation with fear and
trembling. Please let's go, for it is God
who works in youth's will and to act in order to fulfill His good
purpose. Please continue.
Do everything without grumbling or arguing so that you may
become blameless and pure children of God without fault in
a wrapped and crooked generation.
Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.
When you are reading the Bible or the OR if you're an English
student and you are reading and then you see that you see the
word, then it means that something precedes it.
OK, then also means afterwards or next.
So it means that there are some things that has been outlined
when you do those things. After, after doing those things,
then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.
It also means that if you do not do those things, you will not
shine like a star. Are we following?
Are we together? Are you confused?
Right. So please take me to the verse
12. The same Philippines shot at me.
That's all. My dear friends, actually I've
always obeyed not only in my presence, but not much more in
my absence. So one of the exhibits or the
things that will portray that you are a true Christian is who
you are When no one is watching, when no one is there, when a
supervisor is not at work, what do you do?
When, where you work, there's no CCTV camera to monitor what you
are doing, what do you do? You still do your work?
Or, oh, once the haunted Mahinda.
Then you sleep, then you chat, then you do other things
contrary to the core purpose of the work.
So what do you do when no one is watching you?
What do you do when I'm presiding?
It's not there. Oh, I didn't remember.
Yeah. Presiding by cheating or back.
Transamania. What do you do when your boss is
not there? When presiding?
It's not there when your spouse is not there.
When your husband or your wife is not at home.
Maybe they've travelled for two weeks.
What do you do? Because they're not there to
monitor you. What do you do?
I'm here to submit to you that when you do or you obey God's
Word, or you still stand true to the core message of our Lord
Jesus Christ, when no one is watching you, then you will
shine like a star. Hallelujah.
You must reflect Christ when no one is watching you, when no one
is monitoring you. And you do the right thing.
That shows that you are a true Christian.
Hallelujah. This reminds me of the story in
Daniel chapter 3. Please project Daniel chapter 3
verse 16 for me. It is a popular story we all
know and it is about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who were
stars in their generation. These three persons found
themselves in Babylon. We all know the story and then
it came to a point that King Nebuchadnezzar has built an
image and then he wanted them to bow to the image.
Now their response in that not 316 touches me so well.
When you go home, you can read the whole of that, not Chapter
3, but my emphasis is on the 316.
Now let me read the response they gave to the king after
everybody has bowed and they distinguished themselves.
Shadrack, Meshad, and Abednego replied to him, which is King
Nebuchadnezzar. We do not need to defend
ourselves before you in this matter.
Please continue. If we are thrown into the
blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from
it, and He would deliver us from Your Majesty's hand.
Please continue. I like the verse 18 so much.
The verse 18, there I was. I spent time here a little and I
was actually thinking about it. The verse 18 says, but even if
he does not, that is why the class is so.
The preceding one says, Oh yes, our God, they will know He will
deliver us. But the verse 18 is saying that,
but even if He does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that
we will not save your gods or worship the image of gold you
have set up. That is where my emphasis is.
Today's Christianity has become Uber.
Everything will go well. Of course, when you come to
Christ, everything is fine, everything is going well with
you. But when you get to the stage
that you have fasted, you have prayed, you have done
everything, and the assets are not coming, will you decide to
bend The Cave? That is the question.
When you were a lady and you want to marry, you have waited,
you have prayed, you have done everything.
The marriage is not coming. Maybe according to the calendar
of God, it is not yet your time. Will you decide that?
Oh air, bend to me, Let me bend the curve, let me fornicate, let
me masturbate. Hallelujah.
Even if when you marry and then childbirth is not coming, what
will you do? Even if you have done everything
and then your prayers are not being answered, what will you
still continue to hold on to your true Christianity and
continue to shine like a star? It is a question for us to
ponder over. When you have finished school
and you are looking for a job and you have prayed and prayed
and the job is not coming and then you went to 1 institution
with the person. Oh come on, let me sleep with
you and give you a job. Even if God does not do it, we
know He would do it regardless. Even if He does not do it, will
you say you sleep with the boss for the job?
It's a question for us to point that when you go to work and you
are a man and you're the secretary at work is looking
very seductive and your wife is not there, what will you do?
Even if that is a clause, Hallelujah.
Oh, why are you quiet? Hallelujah.
Does it mean you're pondering about what I'm saying?
We so Soviet version and Abednego were were stars.
They were light because the whole of Babylon, everybody is
afraid of the king. Everybody is bending The Cave.
Everybody is lowering the standards of Christianity
because if they do, if they do not do it, the king has made a
decree that you will die. And this is the situation they
find themselves in. And that's who they know that
they are children of light. So what would they do?
So they told the King, As for, As for you, this man, we know
our God will save us. But even if he does not send us
into the fire, we will go through Hallelujah.
And they actually you, you know the story, they were actually
put in the finance. And then you see, when I was
reading it, I, I got stuck at a point because Bible says that
when you go, you can read everything.
Bible says that even those who put them inside a furnace crowd
or the soldiers smooth, they died.
So you can see how hot the furnace was.
So they're not, they were going, we're going to put them.
The soldiers are dying. But they still decided that no,
because we are stars, we will not lower our standards.
We will still go through the process even if our God will not
give us Hallelujah, such level of faith in God, true
Christianity. And then by getting to the end,
Bible Messes understands that when they went through the
process, please meet at me. If you can get to the part where
the king saw the Son of Man among them, I'll be glad.
Bible Messes understand that when they went through the
process, they went into the fire.
They will be happy in the fire. They were happy their king
Nebuchadnezzar, he was watching them.
So I was like a movie. Everybody was oh say Muslim a
swan thing, mum bended donkey Kabosi mum bended go through and
they actually went. Now everybody was watching naked
double beard as I leaped to his feet in amazement and he he
asked his advices Why is there three men that we tied up and
threw into the fire. They replied certainly your
majesty, please continue. He said, look, I said four men
walking in the fire, Hallelujah on bold and unharmed.
It means that they were in the fire, but they were not bent.
Hallelujah. And the fourth person looks like
a son of the gods, Hallelujah. So in the fire, God was with
them. Even if, if we know our God will
save us, but even if they allowed themselves to go through
the process, they didn't bent the standards of God.
And then I, I, I want to announce to you that God came
through for them. So if you are here and you have
gotten to a stage in your Christianity where things are so
rough that according to your flesh you want to bend your
standards, I pray for grace for you.
The grace that came on Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
Nobody is saying it is easy the way I'm talking like this.
You may oh, this says it is not easy.
We know, we know, it's not easy, even if God does not come for
us. But the good news is that when
you allow yourself to go through the process, God will definitely
come through for you. Hallelujah.
Just as he came from measured shadow and Abednego.
And then at the end of the day, they were shining light.
Stars, they were lights. Hallelujah.
Die on me, Keep trusting me in all you do.
Surely my prayer senses with you.
Surely the tree will be lookout to me.
Lookout to me, realight on me. So that is the second thing that
according to Philippians chapter 2, when you do, you will shine
like I start. The first one we saw was that
even if nobody is there, do the right thing when no one is
watching. And then the second thing we
have also realized is that As for God, He will come through
for us, but even if He doesn't, we should still hold on to our
mandates. And we know at the end he will
come through for us and we will be shining our stars in the
world. Hallelujah.
Now when you go to Philippines chapter 2, verse 15, that was
like I mentioned, please give me Philippians 215.
Very soon I'll bring the message to an end, right?
Please go to 14. OK 13, 12 OK so the next thing
we can see before we come to the den part which will make us
shine is that it says that continue to work out your
salvation with fear and trembling.
Please continue, for it is God who works in you to will and to
act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
So the next thing that you will exhibit or the next thing that
you will do which will make people see that you are shining
as a star, or which will make you stand out or be
distinguished, is that you have to work out your own salvation
with fear and Chamberlain Hallelujah, how do we work out
our salvation? Let's no one like you.
You have to study the Word of God, Amen.
There, there is no shortcut. There's no shortcut.
It's good to listen to podcasts. It's listen, it's good to join
online prayers. It's good to do all the things
you need to do as a Christian, but you have to study the word
of God for yourself. You have to have time, a time
where you take the the hard copy of the word of God, you sit
down. That is what we call quiet time
and meditation. You sit down, you read, you
meditate, and then you receive revelations from.
There is no shortcut. You have to read the Word of God
if you want to be a true Christian.
You have to commit yourself to prayer while you are reading the
word of God and then you are praying.
You are working out your own salvation.
You have to also add fasting to it.
You see some of these things when we say, you may think, oh,
we always hear it. That's what they wear.
They say every day we should read the word.
Every day they say prayer. Every day they say fasting.
We always say it and we continue to say it because that is where
power lies. Say that is where power lies.
Say it to yourself, That is where power lies.
You cannot be a Christian without power if you are a
Christian without power. The last time I was listening to
add Bishop Duncan Williams during the the program that the
Church of Pentecost invited all the churches, what was their
name? All Ministers Conference.
Very well, I was listening to him.
I don't know why most of you listen.
And then he was saying that and I quote, if you are a Christian
without power, the devil will use you as teaching guy.
He said it. If you didn't listen, I'm
telling you, the devil will use you as teaching guy.
You know what teaching guy is? If you are a Christian without
power, the devil will use you as teaching guy.
I remember one time I was going, I was with a colleague and we're
using the chado, the chado route to work.
And then we got to a house where you see this houses that they
use the electrical wires to cover to how should I say it,
the house is faced with electrical wires.
The one that's when the light in the evening, you see light and
then thieves are not able to come through.
Do you do you understand what I'm saying?
You see that electrical wiring very well.
So when we got to one house with electrical wiring there, he told
me that Barbara, this electrical wiring, there's no power in it.
And I said, as I said, how come me and you, we are not in that
house, we are not there. How did you know that there's no
power in it? Then he said, can't you see
cobwebs around the fire? Can't you see Lizas moving
around in the fire? It means that there is no power.
Then you are saying that he has one in his house where at one
night he, he was in his room and then he puts it on.
You know when you put it on, there's fire all around so
thieves cannot break in. He said he put it on and then he
could hear a noise. So he came out and then he was
looking around to see whether there are thieves around or
someone is trying to break into the house or something.
What is actually going on? Then he said as he looked, he
saw one small lizard trapped at the corner of the wire.
Small lizard? Oh, when the lizard got to where
the wiring was, because there was power, it's died.
So when you are a Christian without power, the devil will
use you like Tsinga. But it is my prayer that the
devil will not use anyone like Tsinga here in the name of
Jesus. So commit yourself to the word
of God. Commit yourself to prayer.
Commit yourself to fasting. Commit yourself to the ministry
of the Holy Ghost. When you do that, you will
receive power. I want to quote Katherine
Coleman. Katherine Coleman said
something. Those of you who don't know
Katherine Coleman, she was a powerful woman of God in her
generation. She said that God has not given
to me. She was talking to her
congregation and she was telling them that God has not given to
me. One thing He will not give to
any of you young people if you pay the price.
So for every anointing, there is a price to pay, there is a price
to pay. There are sacrifices you must
do. The anointing does not come just
just just like that. There's a price to pay.
There's a sacrifice you must do. And one of the sacrifices is
what we are teaching you. Commit yourself to the study of
the word. Commit yourself to prayer.
Commit yourself to fasting. Commit yourself to the ministry
of the Holy Ghost. And as you continually do this,
you will receive power. Amen.
You see, we have gotten to a generation of AI.
Everything is on the Internet, see a time is coming that if you
are a parent and you do not have power and you do not have the
Holy Ghost, why you talk to your children?
Don't even listen because they can find everything on the
Internet. What are you going to tell them
that they don't know on AI immediately the Google Papa, it
is there. So what would distinguish you as
a parent when you talk to your children?
Don't hear. It is the Holy Ghost,
Hallelujah, it is the Holy Ghost.
It is the Holy Ghost, it is the Holy Ghost.
So you cannot do without working out your salvation with fear and
trembling. When you do so, you will become
a light in your generation. You become a star.
You become a star in your workplace, wherever you find
yourself at home, and then you will shine for people to see.
People will see you, and then through you don't come to the
serving knowledge of Christ. Even as I'm bringing my message
to an end, I want to reiterate to you that Jesus is light.
And because we have believed in Him, we are also light.
We need to shine wherever we find ourselves.
When no one is watching us, we need to do the right thing.
God will come through for us. Even if He does not, we need to
still maintain our standards. And in the end, He will come
through for us. You need to work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling.
You need to study the Word. You need to commit yourself to
prayer, to the Holy Ghost, sacrifice to the Lord.
Give so seats to the Lord. And as you are doing this, you
will be a light. Your star will shine brighter
and brighter and brighter, and you will stand out in your
field. You will live a life worthy of
your calling. Amen.
Shall. We bless our secretary.
God richly bless you. In the next 5 minutes we want to
ask you, what did you hear? Please pause the microphone.
Tell us what you had before we pray.
What did you hear? Just tell us what you hate.
Don't say all so that others can see the rest.
Please no brother. Start from Perita and pass it
on. It's not optional.
Just tell us what you hate. You just pass it on to the next
person when you finish. I heard.
That I'm a star in the world. I heard that.
Even if God doesn't come true for me, I still have to believe
in Him. What ahead is that?
We should rely on Him and all our needs should be granted.
Amen. I heard that we are starting, we
must shine. I heard that we are starting, we
might shine. And even if the situation, the
world is becoming difficult for us, we shouldn't maneuver our
ways. We should focus on Christ and
pray. Amen.
So to add up, I had people shine when they do something extremely
well in their jurisdiction. And so as Christians, wherever
we find ourselves, we should endeavor to sign.
Do something to stand out for a good name.
Amen. I heard that in any situation I
must stand firm in my Christian life.
I heard that I should be prayerful.
I heard I must read the Word all the time.
I heard that to function well we need the power of God and
irrespective of the condition, we need to still stand by God's
promise. I.
Heard that we should have faith in God.
That is not easy, but we don't have to give up.
I heard that as Christians you have to shine everywhere we find
ourselves to serve and as an example for others.
I heard that even if there is no one watching, you have to be
sincere to yourself. I heard that even after praying
and fasting and still things aren't going the way you
expected. Don't give up, still continue to
pray because that is where power lies.
And that we should shine in every circumstances.
I learned that we should trust God and allow Him to guide our
path. What I learned is as a
Christian, we must be powerful, and to be powerful you must read
your Bible, you must pray and then fast.
I learned that we should do everything without grumbling and
arguing. Hence, we should always read our
Bibles because there is no shortcut.
Even if you want to join prayers, you still have to read
your Bible so that you meditate on it.
I like that I might shine anywhere I find myself.
I learnt that we should believe in God no matter the situation,
just like Daniel and his friends did.
I learned that we must stand out wherever we find ourselves.
I learnt that we should work on our salvation with fear and
trembling. Then you will shine like the
stars in the sky. Amen.
I learned that we shouldn't bend the curve.
I learned that even if all odds are against us, we still believe
in God. I learned that we should
continue doing everything we are destined to do and never give
up. I learned that we should always
hold on to God. God will always come through for
His children. Even if He doesn't come through,
we should hold on because He would come through at the end.
I learned that Jesus is the light of the world and because
we believe in Him, we are also the light of the world.
I learned that we should be good.
We should do good even in the absence of the law.
I also learned that we should stand firm no matter, no matter
the circumstances that we find ourselves, we should keep on
trusting God and he will come true for us.
I learned that Jesus is the light of the world.
He that followed him shall not work in darkness.
I learned that we should have faith.
We should have faith in the Lord.
I learned that we should be strong in our faith.
Just as Daniel and his friends do not bow down to the God, we
should still trust in God in times of difficult.
I learned that you can't be a Christian without the power of
God. So we should also read our word
and then pray and fast. I learned that we should be
prayerful at all times. I learned that we should be
children of God without fault so that in such a crook generation
so that we can stand out and be a star.
I also learned that we should become stars in wherever we find
ourselves or our spheres. I learned that I should do the
right. And all my boss is not around.
I also learned that as Christians, when you come to the
saving knowledge of Christ, things will not seem to be easy,
but we should still trust in God for you come true for us.
We should believe Jesus Christ anytime I learned that we should
have faith I. Learned that Jesus Christ is the
light of the world. I learned that we need to take
time to study the Word. I learned that you cannot be a
Christian without power, so you have to have your career time
with God. I learned that we should trust
God always and not get fed up of weight.
I learned that we should obey God not only in His presence,
also work on our salvation with fear and trembling.
I also learned Daniel 3/16 when she used the story of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego to admonish us to keep trusting in
God even if our prayers are not answer.
What I learned that is, as believers, our shy mass reflect
on others so that them too can get impact.
I learned that as Christians, we should continue to shine as the
stars of the world. We should have strong faith in
the Lord and trust Him in all things.
I. Also learned that in order to
have power we should be praying, fasting, and reading the word of
God. I learned that before you shine,
you need to pay a price. I learned that even IF even in
our difficult times, we must still hold on to our faith.
I learned that we shouldn't just be Christians without power and
so we must have time to read the Bible.
I learned that we should trust the Lord in any situation we
find ourselves. To work out my salvation with
fear and trembling also, and also to do what is right
regardless of where I find myself.
I learned that we must have power as Christians as we are
just marking time. I learned that the test of true
Christianity is when we choose to do the right things when no
one is watching. I learned that in everything we
must have faith in God. I learned that if you don't have
power, the devil will use you as touching.
I learned that we must be the light wherever we find
ourselves. I heard that the situation she
keeps shining. Amen also quoted from Daniel
chapter 3 verse 18 as Shadrach, Mesak and Abed Naku said to the
king that even if God does not deliver them, they will not bow
down to the their gods. So she admonished Christians to
also and always stay focused believing that God will
intervene no matter how the situation is.
So that is what I learned. I also learned that in terms of
difficulties, I will trust in the Lord.
I also learned that we should work out our salvation with fear
and trembling, and we should also do things without arguing
and grumbling. I learned that when no one is
watching, we should let our light shine.
Amen. I also learned that even in our
secret places, we should always try to do the right thing.
I also heard that we must be commencement to the mandate.
I also learned that we should do everything without arguing and
grumbling. I learned that to shine our
stars in the world, we need to stay committed to God's mandate.
I learned that in all circumstances, we should keep on
trusting God. Amen And learns that Jesus is
the light, and whoever follows him shall not walk in the
darkness, but to have the light of the life be the light,
writing everywhere you find yourself.
Shine like the star. Endeavor to do everything due
diligently. Let your work speak for you.
Amen. God bless you all.
Yes. I also learned that we need to
be intentional about our growth in Christ in a study of the
Word, prayer, fasting, and also sacrificing the House of God.
Amen. Amen.
Please project Daniel 318 for us.
Let me ask this question. Maybe I need two or three people
to try and answer. Then we pray from what she read,
Daniel 318. But even if he does not, we want
you to know, your majesty, that we will not serve your ghosts or
worship the image of gold you have sets up.
The question I want to ask here is they knew God was with them,
right? They knew God was with them.
So if God is with them, why would God allow them to go
through this temptation? Is my question clear?
God could have prevented them from going through this
temptation, but why did God allow them to go through this
trial? Yes, there is a hand here.
OK, my point of view, I'll say he was trying to test their
faith. He.
Was trying to test their faith. Yes, I need 2 persons more.
Again, the tests might not necessarily be about the person
going through the test, but for the glory of God to be revealed
and to the others around. Amen.
OK, yeah, one more person. OK.
And so we what I'll say is that the test they went to was in the
first Test they've been through. So they knew that the Lord will
save them. That's why they said even if he
doesn't save us in this fire, we will still not bow before him.
So God has done things greater than what the fire they are
going to pass that's why. Amen.
Can you repeat it again? So what I'm saying is that God
has tested them and God has done things for them like miraculous
things for them before. So they knew, they knew that the
fire they were going to was something small for God to do
Amen. So even if God, I didn't save
them. Amen.
So the point I want us to learn here is that, and our speaker
for today said it, as believers, as people of God, as children of
God, the number one reason why God has called us is to give us
eternal life. Amen.
And the eternal life He has promised us is more valuable
than anything. And she said that in our
dispensation people want to use shortcuts.
And she said something throughout the whole week.
The Lord lay something on my heart to come and talk about it.
And I was asking myself, But majority of you are singles, why
should I come and talk about it? And then she mentioned it.
The Lord laid on my heart to say here that those of us who are
married yet we commit adultery, and when we come to church, we
come to church as if nothing has happened and it is normal, no
repentance, nothing. It's because of our dispensation
corner. The days when somebody falls In
Sync, you could see that the person will come before the Lord
crying for forgiveness of sins. But in our dispensation the
person is sleeping in it and when he comes to church and you
call him the kind of tongues the person will blow it will marvel
you. Praise the Lord, please.
The word of God that has come today.
Let us take it with all seriousness.
When someone was going through a Shire and then he was being
encouraged with the word of God and then he said it is in the
Bible. Let me give you a typical
example. Then we pray the whole week.
You do not come to church as you have come to church.
Let your time in the presence of God be meaningful to you.
At least you should be able to catch something.
My first child, she's 12 years old.
She is suffering from cerebral palsy.
She has never worked before. She cannot use her whole hands
to do anything. So what it means is that we have
to do everything for her. Please, are you here?
And then one time she she has fallen sick severally by one
time she got choked and then I rushed her to the hospital.
In fact, she died because it got to a point that she was briefly
and so at the hospital I was praying for him and people were
looking at me Papi now Oh, but I was situation with my own corner
on top and then I kept on praying, praying, praying.
So the Lord intervened and she came back to consciousness.
The other time I was asking myself, you see, when you read
the Bible and facing the reality, they are two different
things. Imagine you having a child who
cannot do anything. Because of her, I cannot go out
the time I want. In fact, just say it is not
easy. Every morning I have to buffer,
I have to feed her. You have to at least dedicate 2
hours for her before you can go out.
And then what came to my mind is the woman in the Bible who bled
for 12 years. If it should be you, what will
you do and what will be your prayer?
Praise the Lord. Whenever we talk about the
Scriptures, the Bible and the reality, they are two different
things. But I came to realize that the
reason why I wasn't thinking like those people is because the
Spirit of God was my strength. So what brings the difference?
You come face to face with death just like these people.
Yet they chose death. God could have decided to allow
them to die. And if they should die, they
know they are going to heaven. Hello, in our dispensation, how
many of us can stand for our faith?
We love ourselves so much that we are only interested in what
we shall eat, drink where, what we shall gain today and then be
popular. Please, I want to beg you in the
name of the Lord, if you are here this morning and you can
hear my voice. Some of us, we have come to
church because today is Sunday. Some of us, we have come to
church because if you don't come, someone may ask you why
did you not go? But I want to believe that God
has brought you this morning to speak to you.
So please, if you can stand for your faith, if you can stand and
shine just like these people, you can never do away with the
Spirit of God because He is our strength.
And without the Spirit of God, you cannot be exceptional,
praise the Lord. So please, as I'm calling Elder
Amuzu to come and lead us, pray. She has mentioned a lot of
things. Many of us, our dealings with
God is not correct. Many of us, we are not faithful
to God. Many of us, if no one is not
dead, we use the shortcuts. And so we did the short the
shortest time that we are going to pray.
You see, the Lord refused to redeem.
It doesn't matter how long we are going to use to pray by your
sincerity to God matters. So please ask you are going to
enter into a time of prayer. I want to believe that God want
to restore us. God want to bring us back on
track. God does not want us to go into
eternal condemnation and that is the reason why you have the
opportunity. I have the opportunity to hear
this message. So after hearing this message,
if you will not be wise enough to turn back and say, God, I
have come back to you, forgive me and give me your strength so
that I can stand for you. If you will not be wise enough,
then I mean. They shall be on our feet as we
thank God for the message that He has given unto us.
The Lord is working on us, and as we've come to him, let's
thank Him for this message, for the mysteries that He has
refused unto us this morning. Father, we thank you for the
mysteries that You've revealed unto us.
The Father we are supposed to shine wherever that we find
ourselves. Father, we are supposed to
reflect you, Christ, wherever that we find you ourselves.
We thank you for the message that you've given unto us.
We bless you, Lord. We thank you, Father, for this
messenger in the name of Jesus, we thank you Lisha Daba Daba, we
thank you. Lord.
I want us to pray on this. I don't know by inside me the
Lord is telling me that we have come to Him and there are
certain things that we know ourselves.
We do it in secret that doesn't reflect Christ, but us.
The message has come. We are supposed to shine
wherever that we find ourselves, whether people are looking at us
or people are not looking at us. You know yourself, I know
myself. And we are praying and we are
telling God that may the Lord forgive us if you've done
something against Israela may the Lord forgive us and grant
us. They needed grace and mercy to
reflect Him. Whatever that we do, let's pray.
Leave us. Surya dadaaba.
Father, we come before you. You know our hearts, and Father,
you know our deeds. We are pleading for forgiveness,
Lord, that if you've done anything against your way, Lord,
Father, you know our heart and you know our deeds.
The Father, forgive us, Lord, Father, forgive us.
Labor surya past shanda daba. We plead for mercy, Lord the
Father, if you've done anything against your willa, Father, we
pray that you forgive us. And father, grant us another
chance, Lord, to reflect you. Christ, Lord, liber Surya daba
as Shanda daba daba. Labor Surya Daba.
Daba. You forgive us, Lord, and help
us, Lord. You know how You know how this
Lord laba suya daba le shanda daba daba.
Laba suya daba daba messy Lord messy Lord laba suya daba.
Laba suya daba daba. Shine on me.
Shine on us, Lord Aliba Surya Daba, shine on me.
We are praying once again and we are telling God that may he
shine on us, Sir, wherever that we find ourselves.
And may the Lord shine on us. Sir, when the Lord shine on you,
you reflect him wherever that you find yourself.
Like the Daniel, like the Joseph, like the James McKeon,
the Lord shine on us. May the Lord shine on us.
Let's pray liba surya daba. Shine on us, Lord, wherever that
we find ourselves, you will shine on us, Lord, to reflect
you, Lord. Shine on your church, Lord.
Shine on our lives, Lord. Shine on our weaknesses, Lord.
In our marriages, Lord. Shine on it in our reckless,
Lord. Shine there in our business,
Lord. Shine there in the name of
Jesus. There are some of us in the
sight of men. We are shining.
By the sight of God. We do not shine.
What is the essence of it? Jesus?
It's better we shine in the sight of God and not shine in
the sight of men than to shine in the sight of men.
I want you to raise your two hands.
We are singing. We surrender unto you all to
Jesus. I surrender.
While we finish. Just open up and speak to Him.
That is our last prayer for today, but please be sincere
unto him. God the Lord is in our miss and
His purpose this morning is to save someone from the wrong
path. All to Jesus I surrender.
Of our love and trust in his friends as it is.
If you can kneel on your feet, kneel and surrender all your
problems, all the things that you've done against the will of
God, surrender unto Him. Surrender our problems.
We surrender to our beddies and talent.
Leba surya daba daba daba leba surya daba, leba surya daba,
leba surya daba. If you've done anything against
your villa, we surrender to you. Lord.
Please. None.
As we've come to the Lord to surrender all our DS, our bad
DS, and we have a new hearts and a new mind, the Lord is telling
us that He, the Lord will be with us and He, the Lord will be
our rock and our refuge. He will never leave us more
forsake us. All that we need to do is we
have to get close to the Lord. We have to get close to the
Lord. We give you all the praise.
We thank you, Lord, for what you've done in our lives, for
speaking unto us that, Father, we are supposed to shine.
And Father, if you'll be able to shine, then we must reflect you.
Lord, we must stop our bodies and get close to you.
Lord and Father, we bless you for this world.
We pray that Father, you continue to dwell in our myths
and lead us in whatever that we do.
May your present lead us in whatever that we do.
We bless you, Lord, in Jesus and our period Thanksgiving.
Amen. Let's be outstanding whilst we
sing next song to the glory of God.
Hallelujah. Yeah.
Let's. Make a joyful noise onto the
Holy Spirit. Hallelujah if our sister Ophelia
is in a mess.