1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,160 I don't want to talk about, you know, just flowing with emotion. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,920 You know, I just want to share something that is a Rhema, that 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,080 is something relevant or connected to what's happening 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,960 today. My topic today is this peace. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:25,640 Finding peace in the midst of chaos and uncertainty #1 peace 6 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,520 comes from God. The Bible tells us that Jesus is 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:37,400 the Prince of Peace, and this peace comes from him through his 8 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:46,000 Holy Spirit. Now you see, I placed 1234 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:51,080 passages of scriptures. If you read those, you will 10 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,800 understand that it is God who gives peace. 11 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:03,080 So if you're if, if in a given situation that you are in or 12 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,840 maybe you're facing and you're something that you know, you're 13 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,200 so troubled and you don't know what to do, you're so stressed, 14 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:15,640 cortisol level is so high, you cannot sleep. 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Your brain always feeds. I mean the your body, the 16 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,200 hormones is producing a lot of cortisol that produces a lot of 17 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,960 sugar to your brain and you cannot sleep, stress. 18 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,080 Remember this, ask God, Lord, you are my peace. 19 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,920 I need peace right now. So the world cannot give peace. 20 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,760 That's why the Bible says they say peace, peace, but there is 21 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,360 no peace. When they say peace, sudden 22 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,440 destruction comes. Why? 23 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,040 Because you know what, the world do not have that anointing. 24 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,680 They don't have the spirit of peace. 25 00:01:55,120 --> 00:02:00,200 It's a false peace that they have, deception they have. 26 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:07,560 But peace comes from one source only, that is in the person of 27 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,480 the Lord Jesus Christ, a person who doesn't have Jesus. 28 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,720 If you're not born again, you cannot have peace even by 29 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,400 yourself. You cannot correct. 30 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,680 Now. If you're a Christian and you 31 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,320 don't have peace, something is wrong. 32 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:36,200 Maybe you need a mirror. OK, so #2 do not let anxiety, 33 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,320 discouragement take over your thoughts and emotion. 34 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,720 Instead, give your worries to God and trust in His 35 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:46,960 faithfulness. You know what? 36 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,160 This is true. So if you're a Christian and you 37 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:57,080 don't have peace, maybe, just maybe this is one of the reasons 38 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:02,600 why you don't have peace because instead of trusting God you, 39 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:09,080 you're so focused with your with your what you're facing, 40 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,200 correct? You're so worried. 41 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,000 Amen. Don't worry. 42 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,280 Hallelujah. Let me read the scripture. 43 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:29,160 It says in Philippians 4, Philippians 4 verse 4, it says, 44 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,920 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, rejoice. 45 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,240 Let your gentleness be evident to all. 46 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:43,600 And then it says here, listen. Philippians 44A45 he says, the 47 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:49,120 Lord is near. Knowing that the Lord is near, 48 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,160 then we have the reason to rejoice. 49 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,400 Amen. We have the reason not to be 50 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,240 shaken. You remember Jesus when when the 51 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,840 boat was sinking and he was sleeping and the disciples is 52 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,680 Lord, don't you care? We're sinking, we're going to 53 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,040 die and and the Lord is sleeping. 54 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,400 And the Lord said, O thou of little faith, he stood up and 55 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:21,440 and commanded the waves. He said peace be still, just one 56 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,960 command. They forgot that the Lord is 57 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,400 there. If the boat will sink, who will 58 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,000 sink first? It's the Lord, right? 59 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:38,600 Because he's sleeping. That's why I said how? 60 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:45,800 Imagine if I was there, I will just sit beside Jesus and wait, 61 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,800 wait and see because I don't want to disturb him sleeping. 62 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,440 Amen. I don't want the Lord to tell 63 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:58,320 me, O thou of little faith, because if the boat will sink, I 64 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,480 will hold on to him. Amen. 65 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,800 Amen. The Lord is near. 66 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,440 Philippians 4 verse 5 say the say that with me the Lord is 67 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:14,160 near. So when the situation is 68 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:19,040 chaotic, OK, and you are not certain what's going to happen 69 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,640 next, you don't know what to do, what do you do? 70 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,360 Believe that the Lord is near you. 71 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,920 She knows how to rescue us, Amen. 72 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:35,360 Because not all the time you, we will be together. 73 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:42,240 There might be times when we may be somewhere else and you are 74 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,760 somewhere else. So so do not give in to 75 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,160 discouragement. Do not allow discouragement or 76 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:55,320 this thoughts to hunt you and take over or hijack your 77 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:00,280 thoughts and your emotions. But instead, and what does the 78 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:04,920 Bible say first? Peter 57 cast all your anxiety, 79 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:10,120 your cares on him because he cares for you or give all your 80 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,240 worries to God because he cares about us. 81 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:17,360 It happens. You know, Lord, I cannot do 82 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,360 this. Help me help, help, help. 83 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,560 I don't need to carry this burden. 84 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:32,520 You see, when I was a young pastor, it's so hard, especially 85 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,000 when people criticize you, when people say things about you and 86 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:42,320 it's not true. And it's really so hard until I 87 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:48,440 learned something to give, to give unto the Lord these 88 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:55,280 criticisms, this destructive criticisms, not constructive, 89 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:00,640 destructive. OK, the devil will try to, you 90 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,600 know, push you to the limits, so you will quit serving the Lord. 91 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,080 But you have to be very discerning. 92 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,920 Is this from the Lord or not? If it's of the Lord, you 93 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,360 respond, Amen. But if it's not of the Lord, 94 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,640 learn how to give it to the Lord. 95 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:24,600 Learn to unload, unload it. Do you have a cup, plastic cup? 96 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:32,440 Anybody go down there? This is a prophetic times. 97 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,800 Is there a ram somewhere God will provide? 98 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,040 No, no, sorry. Look at this cup. 99 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,880 Now I need water. OK, good. 100 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,560 Plenty of water. A little later. 101 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:57,640 Now I need scissors. Very demanding, huh? 102 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,800 OK, you have scissors. Amazing. 103 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:13,680 What else should I ask? I need 1,000,000 pesos before I 104 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,640 ask for one million. You raise the credit card. 105 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,520 Wow. It's joking. 106 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,960 Eric is joking. So anyway, look, this cup 107 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,600 represents your heart. This is your heart. 108 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:36,679 The world is so chaotic. So much trouble enough, you 109 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:42,960 know, grab a subra subra. So if the Lord is giving you, 110 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,840 teaching you something, giving you revelation, correcting you, 111 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,440 you accept it, correct? Agree. 112 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,720 But if you are, what you're hearing is something that is not 113 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:04,360 of the Lord, something that will destroy your faith, your your 114 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,960 commitment, your devotion to God. 115 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:16,440 Do you know what to do? You have to put there, Sorry, 116 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,800 who owns this? I'm sorry, I did not ask for 117 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:27,440 permission. But anyway, why did I put a hole 118 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,680 at the? Can somebody hold my microphone 119 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:37,680 here? Why? 120 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:44,720 Because if there are, if, if it is of the Lord you, you keep it. 121 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,480 It's helpful. But if something is not of the 122 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:54,200 Lord that comes directly to your ear, through your eyes, through 123 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,400 whatever, you just allow it to flow. 124 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,280 Don't keep it. So you are stress free. 125 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,720 Amen, Amen. Amen. 126 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:15,560 So whatever is not of the Lord, go just OK, somebody wants you 127 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:18,880 to stop preaching the gospel and they criticize you, it doesn't 128 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,080 matter. Keep preaching the gospel, Amen. 129 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:31,720 Just learn how to put an exit at the, you know, criticism comes 130 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,480 here, goes out here. That's good. 131 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,240 Because you know what? At the end of the day, what 132 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,240 matters is the glory of God. As long as what you're doing 133 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,920 glorifies God, that's it. Don't care too much about you 134 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:52,960 being honored, recognized. Even if they say bad things 135 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,880 about you, that's OK. Don't desire honor. 136 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,440 Don't desire recognition because what do you have? 137 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,840 Is there something that you can boast about yourself? 138 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,400 Even your good accomplishment is not yours. 139 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,120 Remember, all of those are grace, grace, grace, not yours. 140 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,960 We all of us are absolutely nothing. 141 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:23,720 We have nothing to say. God, I am good at this. 142 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:31,440 I am. You know you have nothing, so 143 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,360 even if you feel good, remember this. 144 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,480 God is the source of all good things. 145 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:44,080 Everything that you have are but entrustments for what? 146 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:52,200 To glorify God, not for your personal glory. 147 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,800 So don't carry things that will cause you stress. 148 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,920 Amen. Amen. 149 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:14,000 Now, so instead of, you know, entertaining all of these 150 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:24,320 negative stressful comments from the devil, OK, trust God. 151 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:31,920 God is faithful. Anyway, let's continue #3 OK, go 152 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,280 back. Hardships are divine discipline 153 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,800 or training for all believers. I want you to understand that 154 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:47,120 there are trials or tribulations that God will allow and, and, 155 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:52,040 and when these things happen, learn to overcome. 156 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:58,600 Consider because sometimes God will allow it so you can learn, 157 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,600 so you can grow. So I will not read anymore 158 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:09,120 Hebrews 12/1 to 11, James 1 chapter chapter 1, verses 2 to 159 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,320 4. Because the truth is, you know, 160 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:20,000 there are times that God will allow us to go through trials, 161 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,920 discipline, training, so we become mature and strong. 162 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,360 Amen. It will form the character of 163 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,120 Christ in US. Hallelujah. 164 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,200 It's all there. If you read Hebrews chapter 12-1 165 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,840 to 11 men, discipline is important. 166 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,040 That's why our parents discipline us. 167 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,520 And this discipline can form something good in US. 168 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:56,320 Discipline. Not it's not only spanking and 169 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,800 what else at the KC or correcting, OK. 170 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:05,160 I mean, discipline as a training, OK. 171 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,880 You know, like I said, right now I'm back to farming. 172 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,520 You don't tell. I realize I am not a minister 173 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,720 who became a farmer. Wrong. 174 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:21,160 I was a farmer who became a minister and then back to 175 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,680 farming. Do you understand? 176 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:28,520 But during those days, Ma, don't be angry, huh? 177 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,200 But my mother and my father, they were. 178 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,840 They have the rules. They set the rules. 179 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,680 You wake up early in the morning, you pull the weeds 180 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,320 around the house. So me and my cousins, we have to 181 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:52,320 wake up and then feed, feed the the chickens, clean the water 182 00:14:53,320 --> 00:15:01,320 line and then put new water, water the plants, the light. 183 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,960 I have to milk the Anglonubian goats. 184 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:10,200 After milking them, I have to bring them to the grass fields, 185 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:15,760 tie them there, and then I can take a bath and go to school. 186 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,080 And then my classmates are OK. And then I'm tired and I'm 187 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,320 sweaty because I have to drive my bicycle from the farm to the 188 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:28,280 school every day. And I was thinking, oh man, this 189 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,320 is punishment all the time. I was thinking my life. 190 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:38,480 I'm always punished by forcing me to work while my classmates 191 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,320 are all OK. They have all the time to do 192 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,640 their assignments and I'm not. I said why? 193 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:50,240 I don't, I don't understand. I did not like it until I got to 194 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,480 college and finally I'm away from farm. 195 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:59,680 Yes, finally I see city. I said, oh, it's different here. 196 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,880 Happy. No more goats, no more, no more 197 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,560 earthworms, no more cleaning the poultry. 198 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,720 You know it smells the poop of the chickens. 199 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,000 You have thousands of chickens, man. 200 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,720 Do you understand? For me, there was something 201 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,160 like, I don't like this, but I have to work. 202 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,840 Guess what? After the pandemic, I realized, 203 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,000 aha, why is it easy for me to do farming now? 204 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:40,720 Because I'm used to it. Why do you think God sent Moses 205 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,360 back to Egypt? Because he was there. 206 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,680 He used to be there. He understands how the 207 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,720 government works now he can deal with Pharaoh. 208 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:57,400 Do you understand? And so, and so now I appreciated 209 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:03,480 my mom and my dad. I said, wow, Finally I realized 210 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,440 it was not them after all. It was the Lord. 211 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,280 It was God who disciplined me, who trained me to do farming 212 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:16,480 that now it's not due to me. You know why? 213 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,040 Because I already have all the actual training. 214 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:25,920 I had seven years actual training every day. 215 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,080 And then after my class, I have to go back to serve my 216 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,640 grandmother all of his flowers. I have to water carry them. 217 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,040 There's no drip irrigation during the time. 218 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,440 It's it's manual. And you know what you have to 219 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:48,240 use hand pump and two, two big pails. 220 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,240 No, it's not pale. Bigger than pale. 221 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:55,480 It's the Baguio oil laton. You know that. 222 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,480 It's the square two. I have to fill it up and then 223 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:04,960 walk very far because I have to water all my grandmother's 224 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:11,400 flowers in parts from the house all the way to the highway. 225 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,400 And then after that I have to do bicycle, go back to school to do 226 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:20,120 the mapping. That's my life. 227 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:24,040 I have to go home dark. But listen up. 228 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:29,520 Discipline is so important and now you cannot you nothing 229 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,480 scares me with farming. You know why I've I've done 230 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,240 that. I know that you scare me with 231 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,200 with with with the snakes. No, I'm not scared because I 232 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:46,920 have encountered big, big snakes during the time I was so scared. 233 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,120 All sorts of snakes, snakes that you cut and then they attack 234 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:52,320 you. They, they, they crawl very 235 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,480 fast. I know, been there. 236 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:02,000 So now I now I realize, oh God, I didn't realize that you were 237 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,920 equipping me during that time. What was added now was the 238 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:14,120 theory OK, but the practicum I started with the actual before 239 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:19,400 the before the theory. Let's go back to our topic. 240 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,920 So discipline, appreciate it. So when you go through hardships 241 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,720 and something like that and you feel like you're being punished, 242 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,480 no, you're not punished. Can you tell somebody you are 243 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:36,840 not being punished? OK, God is allowing that thing 244 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:43,280 so He can train you to prepare you for something ahead that 245 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:48,120 nobody knows about. You can be in a situation that 246 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,560 you can see it now. So many young people. 247 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,800 OK, get busy doing the right thing. 248 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,440 I know you hate guys. One of the things that is so 249 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,320 hard to challenge about is farming. 250 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,040 No one will volunteer on farming. 251 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,000 But thank you, Axel. Thank you, Joshua. 252 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:12,800 See. No, Papa. 253 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:22,160 See Jamel. See Jelmar, Kinsapaba, Asila. 254 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,200 Yeah. Yeah. 255 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:29,200 These people have volunteered to come to the house and help, but 256 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:37,000 they learned the bar Axel, how many snakes did we do have a 257 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:42,160 snake jump on Axel No. And we were all laughing. 258 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,200 You know what, not all snakes are poisonous. 259 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:49,280 You know, they they come from, you know, from the ground, from 260 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,120 the tree. But here's the thing. 261 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,320 If you're used to this, they are part of farm of a farm because 262 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:03,880 the ecosystem, they balance the, the, the, the rats, the, you 263 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,920 know, anyway, we're not here to talk about that. 264 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:15,120 And so I realized that survival, the skill survival skills are 265 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:18,200 very important if we want to pass it on. 266 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:23,400 And I'm thankful to Eric at the KC, the Fire School of Ministry, 267 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:29,600 for allowing us to insert at least so people knows how to 268 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,200 grow food, understand the system. 269 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:40,160 Amen. And experience a little how to 270 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,320 or how to handle tools, connect things. 271 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:49,360 System is very important. Sufferings #4 sufferings are 272 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,120 temporary. His promises are eternal. 273 00:21:52,680 --> 00:22:01,560 Look at Job, you know, Job, the trial that he went through, you 274 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,320 know, the life of Job and the life of Abraham. 275 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,680 I, I, I will never forget. I said God. 276 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,920 These are the trials that I don't want you to allow to 277 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:19,720 happen to my life because I said God, maybe I cannot do it. 278 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:24,880 So I'll be honest right now. Let's make contract you, you 279 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:31,040 give me trials, but not this kind because it if it comes with 280 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:36,160 your loved ones, your children, your grandchild, your wow, my 281 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:42,440 Lord, I cannot, I cannot you give me more trials, but not not 282 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,360 involving my loved ones, you know, like Abraham. 283 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,920 Give me the one you love. Ah, man, that's hard. 284 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:54,280 But when I was single, I said, God, I can do this. 285 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,440 I can do this. Then they got married and we 286 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,280 have Jonathan. And then all of the sudden at 287 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,440 the hospital while I was carrying Jonathan from from the 288 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,760 nursery to our room. And then the helicopter came 289 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:16,960 because there was war and they were transporting soldiers that 290 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,520 were wounded. And so it was so loud. 291 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,560 So you cannot hear anything. I was looking at the helicopter. 292 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,760 I, I only hear the, the rotor at the flapping. 293 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:34,960 I mean the sound of the, the loud sound of the, the, the 294 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:40,560 propeller chopping the air. Then you see the leaves like and 295 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:45,400 then I heard this said remember your prayer that you can offer 296 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,720 your son like Abraham. I said, can you do it? 297 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,240 Then I look at the face of Jonathan. 298 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,840 I said, my Lord, I repent because I cannot. 299 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:07,320 Sorry Lord, sorry. And that is why if Revelation 13 300 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,240 happens, I will not allow you guys to die from starvation. 301 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:17,560 I said no, Lord, we can die for Jesus, but not from starvation. 302 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,760 Oh, you come early in heaven. How did you die? 303 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:27,000 Oh, I have no food to eat. Yes, God gives us wisdom just 304 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,040 like I mean, can God rain down mana? 305 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,600 Yeah, you can. But the first rain that he sends 306 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:39,400 to us is wisdom like Joseph. Amen. 307 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,680 Now, use your hands. Use your brain. 308 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,280 So. So we experimented in the house. 309 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,560 You know the Taro. You know who knows Taro? 310 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:54,200 What's this Taro Gabi. We already know we can eat the 311 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,520 leaves, but the stem, can we eat the stem? 312 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,120 So we tried to harvest. I harvested 3 stems and I 313 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,200 thought my wife will cook 3 stems. 314 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,320 He only cook 1. You know why? 315 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,240 Because it's big. The Taro is taller than me. 316 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,960 So. So the two stems are still in 317 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,480 the house. Kuyabadi, did you cook the other 318 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,720 from? Not yet. 319 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,560 Not yet. So I'm interested to hear 320 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,920 because that can be eaten. We can eat the root crop, we can 321 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,200 eat the leaves now the stem, the Lil and kayo. 322 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:36,760 Mcpatubo Ogtaro. OK guys, listen, family, family, 323 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:44,840 listen. Is it good to cook vegetables 324 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,760 not coming from the market, but coming from your backyard? 325 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,680 Yes, that is the encouragement that I want to share. 326 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,480 Second, Kings, remember during the time of Solomon that in 327 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,160 every house there's a vineyard. Vineyard. 328 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,440 You mean grapes? So now we don't have much of the 329 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:09,720 grapes, but you can put aloo bati, you can gross up, and you 330 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:16,960 can harvest. So guys, sufferings can happen. 331 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,120 Listen, I do not preach like this. 332 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,680 If you repent of your sins and receive Jesus as your Lord and 333 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,480 Savior, you will not have trouble anymore in your life. 334 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:36,920 No, Jesus did not promise that. In fact, if you receive Jesus, 335 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,880 you will face trials of many kinds because the devil will try 336 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,400 to stop you from following Jesus. 337 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,520 That's why you have trials now than before. 338 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,840 That's why a lot of people say, when I was an unbeliever, I 339 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,600 don't have this kind of trials. Now I'm a believer. 340 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,560 Now I'm full of trials. Good for you, because if you 341 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,920 respond, you will grow. Amen. 342 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,560 So if you have trials, rejoice. Can you tell somebody if you 343 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:09,640 have trials, rejoice, if you are suffering for Jesus, rejoice, 344 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,800 but remember this, listen up, read, read, read, read. 345 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:21,880 What sufferings are, what temporary, but God's promises 346 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,640 are eternal. Meaning to say what was the 347 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:32,400 verse Romans 8, Romans 818. Can we read that one? 348 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:39,520 It says, yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory 349 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:46,600 he will reveal to us later. OK, I consider that our present 350 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,080 sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that 351 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,640 will be revealed in us. So meaning to say, even if we 352 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:59,520 have to go through sufferings, as long as Jesus is glorified, 353 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:06,800 as long as the suffering is not you creating it, it's not a self 354 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:13,120 inflict suffering, but a suffering because you are trying 355 00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:16,800 to glorify or you want to to serve God. 356 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:22,120 Guess what, the Lord has something good for you, just 357 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:24,880 like Job. Remember Job, he went through 358 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,720 something, it was a trial. And then what did God do to Job 359 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,000 who passed the trial? He doubled all his blessings. 360 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:40,000 Amen. So again, the sufferings are 361 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,120 nothing. So if you are going through 362 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:48,720 great suffering, remember great blessings are waiting. 363 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:54,040 Greater blessing is waiting of you for you. 364 00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,880 Just pass the test with flying colors. 365 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,000 Amen. So, so you, you, you, you just 366 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,640 read Hebrews 1036 to 37. What, what, what does that say? 367 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,600 So you need what you need to persevere. 368 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,480 Patient endurance is what you need now so that you will 369 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,840 continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that 370 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,640 He has promised you. See, God's promise will come 371 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:30,320 later after you pass the test. There's so many characters in 372 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,720 the Bible. God gave them a promise, but the 373 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:37,600 promise did not happen, not after they are being tested. 374 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,000 Amen. Can you tell somebody you will 375 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,920 be tested? But don't quit. 376 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,920 I will not promise you that you will not face tribulation. 377 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,320 You will face trials of many kinds, but remember this. 378 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,800 Don't quit. Keep going. believe in God. 379 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,960 You see, He knows how to provide for his people. 380 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,120 Trust Him. Amen. 381 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,320 Last but not the least, I'm done. 382 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,800 OK, finish. Seek a first. 383 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,480 Seek God's Kingdom and his righteousness. 384 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,080 So you see, friends, this is one of the secret. 385 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,560 The last one besides that you don't need to entertain lives 386 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,680 from the enemy is that you trust God. 387 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,880 If they're there, you're facing sufferings for the Lord. 388 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,760 Remember, God's blessing is greater than the suffering 389 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,240 you're facing. Amen. 390 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,080 And also, you know that when life is uncertain, when life is 391 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,920 difficult, when life is hard, huh. 392 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:55,520 God is teaching us how to face this trials, this uncertainty 393 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,760 with faith and trust. We learn how to trust Jesus 394 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:05,600 because we went through it. So guys, we can find rest in the 395 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:11,080 middle of the storm. We have rest in the midst of the 396 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,280 storm, Jesus, because the Lord is near us. 397 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:20,680 So when times are uncertain, remember this, fix your eyes on 398 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:26,880 Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith. 399 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,960 Now I can discuss more if we read all those scriptures, but 400 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,640 you know, for the sake of time, I want you to understand that 401 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:40,600 it's all about Jesus. Matthew 631 So do not worry 402 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,000 saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink? 403 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,840 What shall we wear? Verse 32 For the pagans, run, 404 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,720 the unbelievers, run after all these things, and your heavenly 405 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,920 Father knows what you need, that you need them, but seek it 406 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,040 first, His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these 407 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,600 things will be given to you as well. 408 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,160 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will 409 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:05,280 worry about itself. Each day had enough trouble of 410 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:12,520 its own, so get used to it guys. The world will always be in 411 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,920 trouble. Proverbs 3 five. 412 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,680 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own 413 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,360 understanding in all your ways. Submit it to Him. 414 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:24,320 Submit to Him and He will make your path straight. 415 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,040 Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord and shun evil. 416 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,080 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your 417 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,680 bones. Honor the Lord with your wealth, 418 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,960 with the first fruits of all your crops. 419 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,560 Then your barns will be filled to overflowing. 420 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,920 Your vats will will bream over with new wine. 421 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:49,720 So remember our guide is the book called the Bible. 422 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,680 Everything is in the Bible so we follow the Lord. 423 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:54,160 Amen.