***And you shall know the truth. And the truth will set you free!!!***

In our Christian walk with God, have you ever struggle whereby God ask u to do sth yet your feelings tell u to do another?

Rmb Jesus being tempts after He was baptised and being brought into the wilderness. See how he contested with the devil by saying "It is written". Jesus shows us how to live by God's word and not trust our feelings. Yes we shld show our feeling readily to others but we shld even more listen to God's response to our life. Jesus fought with the devil with the Word of God. What makes us different from non-believers is that God love you but u have to believe or else the devil can rob away ur trust in God, as the devil can manipulate ur feelings but not ur faith. Cuz faith is sth within u, it gives u the strength when u believe. Like Abraham, he is able to trust God that he is called father of our faith. Abraham was initially called Abram but God changes his name and thus change his destiny. Walking in faith requires the change of name, though not in paper but in Spirit. Simon Peter also have his name change when Jesus called him into his destiny.

Eph 1:7-14(NKJV)
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

This verses speak that wateva we faced or go thru, the ultimate aim is to glorify God. It is not that God gloat over our sorrows, but it is when trails that does not defeat u but leads u to triumph that glorifies the power of God. Notice God will always leads u thru adversities and give u more strength to overcome ur situation. However when we refuse to progress, our feeling are being provoke and we start to blame God. So whenever you faced with trails is for us to progress. We have to change our mindset from defeat into conqueror.

Ps 23 [NKJV]
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pasture; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.

You notice that King David called God as The Lord in the first verse to He in the second and third verse to YOU in verse five and six. You see Each time David draws God closer thru the name he used to called God. We also need to do the same, drawing near to God for him to touch us. God take a long time to do sth suddenly. It is how God response, He want us to dwell in his presence and not hastily pass Him by. We shld also need to know that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit alone is more than enough that we can request of, as thru them, we can have the riches and glory thru Him. We shld not care more of the blessings and forgets the blesser, more of the healings and forgets the healer.

Jn 11 speaks of an interesting story abt Mary and Martha abt the death of Lazarus. Martha was so engross with her feeling that she send words on "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." Jesus nva response immediately cuz He have a better plan that can glorify God. We can see how Jesus raised Lazarus and glorify God. It is not the end until God says so. God is a giver of life not death. Right here and right now you will see God glorify.

Lets take another look at Luke10:38-42, over here we see a distinct difference between Mary and Martha, one is a worshipper, while the other is worker. But what impress Jesus is Mary and not Martha. Faith is often where God's power flow. So we need to have the Mary's style of worship.

Third night sermon
Our God is a colourful God. Church that experiences growth proves one thing which is it is fun to attend. We need to move aways from dull service into a vibrant experience as our God is vibrant.

2 Kings 4:8-10
8 Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. 10 Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”

We got to prepare room for God to visit us, but not juz visit but stay with us. We need to have the passion and fire in our life. It is about connecting with id not juz praying to Him, we need to know God and experience Him. We need to create space for God.

Notice in the verse:

Bed is where dreams and visions are.

Chair is where The Lord takes the Lordship over our life.

Table is where we can feast with the Lord.

Lampstamp is where the light of God shine thru us

*So we need to renew our mind and heart for God to enter and be receive in us. Miracles is always a stretch of our hands. We need to stretch out for God as He draws near to us.

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