1:28 to help those people. He's just the same today. He's just the same today. He's just the same today. 1:43 The God who helped those people is just the same today. [Music] When David met a war of field to 2:01 fight the giant with his weapons and David with God's might and David's warm as the [Music] 2:17 giant God who helped young baby is just the same today. He's just the same today. He's just the same 2:33 today. The God who helped loves me is just the same today. [Music] And Daniel being faithful would not bow down to 2:51 men. God's enemies that threw him into a lion's den. God crossed those hungry lions and brought them all their prey. 3:09 The God who stood with Daniel is just the same today. He's just the same today. He's just the same today. The God who stood with 3:28 Daniel is just the same today. As in one room they waited. The fire from heaven did 3:43 fall. The Holy Spirit came and baptized them one and all. They lost their fears and wories. Proclaim salvation's way. 4:00 The God who sent his spirit is just the same today. He's just the same today. He's just the same today. The God who sent his 4:20 spirit is just the same today. 4:25 [Music] Who else commands all the hosts of 4:52 heaven? Who else could make every king bow down? Who else can whisper in darkness tremble? Only a holy 5:12 God. What are the beauty? What are the beauty divine such praises? What a splendor outshines the 5:28 sun. What a majesty rules with justice. Only a holy God. [Music] Come and 5:45 behold you. The one cry out. Sing holy forever. Holy 6:01 God. Come and worship the holy God. [Music] 6:16 What the glory consumes like fire? What other power can raise the dead? What other name remains undefeated? Only a holy God. Who else could rescue 6:40 me? Who else could rescue me from my failing? Who else would offer his only son? Who else invites me to call him 6:59 father? Only a holy God. Holy holy God. Come and 7:19 hold the one and the only cry out. Sing holy forever a holy 7:34 God. Come and worship the holy God. [Music] [Music] 7:59 [Music] listening. There is no better place. There is no better 8:14 place than to be here and to look upon your face. In your church are all 8:30 alone. No better place than to be before your [Music] throne. God of comfort, Lord of mercy, love that knows 8:49 nobody. [Music] I adore you. Worship and bow down. Worship and bow down. Let's do that again from the 9:07 top. There is no better place than to be here and to look upon your face. [Music] In your church, you're all 9:27 alone. No better place than to be before your throne. [Music] God of comfort, Lord of mercy, love that knows 9:45 no bound. I adore you. Worship and bow down. Worship and bow down. 10:00 [Music] Brothers and sisters, let's pray. 10:30 Loving father, Lord, we praise you and thank you. So Lord, we want to turn our eyes and our thoughts and our hearts to you and incline our ears to listen and come with faith Lord that pleases 10:49 you. That you are able to change us. That your word has power, Lord. We commit ourselves. We thank you. Our hearts are full Lord. We ask for strength and concentration. We pray for your rich anointing Lord on on Brother 11:07 Victor and brother Vincent as they share. We commit this session into your hands. We pray in your mighty name Jesus name. Amen. So thank you so much brother Victor, brother Vincent, we want to hear from you this last session. We will hear 11:22 brother Victor first and then brother Vincent. Acts 13. Acts chapter 12:13 13. I'd like to show three people, three men. One is Lord Jesus Christ. And I'd like 12:30 to show two other godly men. Um, Acts 13:36. Acts 13:36. Oh, please. For David after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation fell as fell 12:48 asleep and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay encouragement. When we read this verse, what an encouragement it is for us. 13:08 for after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation. He fell asleep. About whom? About David or transgression or presumption sin. He fell into such a trans such a 13:30 transgression such a sin about him. It is written like this. adultery, [Music] murder after having fell into such sins, 13:50 adultery and murder, he had served the purpose of God in his generation. What hope, how much hope this verse gives us. So, even in our life in the past I don't think there's any 14:15 presumptuous sin above this adultery and murder even such a man could fulfill the purpose of thought some are like this 14:37 um family failure. I am a failure. I have um you know fell into I have fallen into adultery. I've been unfaithful to my wife. Yes, they would rise up again. 15:06 discouraged stage forever. They will be in a discouraged state and they will not be useful in their lives. What occupies their mind? I was unfaithful to my wife and I fell into 15:25 adultery. Some they would have they would be growing up well in the church. At some point they would have married to the unbeliever and backslid. After a few years they will 15:48 come back to the church. What would be their state after they come back? They will go to a corner, find a place and sit there suitable place. They will say to themselves, "This is a suitable place for me and sit in a corner. Brother, this is not the place." 16:10 I would encourage such brothers, why are you going and sitting in corner? This is not the place for you. In the discouraged state, don't be in this discouraged state. This is not the place for you. Old Testament man. If the Old Testament man had served 16:26 his purpose in the new covenant, how much more we could live for him, finance matter? Some they would have been unfaithful in financial matters. Some they would have been disciplined in the church. And such ones they will repent 16:50 and come back to the church in the later days. Yes. The position doesn't matter for us facilitator whether I'm a facilitator or an elder that doesn't matter. Okay. It doesn't matter. I was 17:10 disciplined. Because of that I don't need to find a corner and sit there. the family whether it was a failure in the spiritual aspects or in the family situation. Acts 13:36 Acts 13 verse 36 has an answer for us. Even after falling into such 17:37 terrible sin, David served the purpose of God in his generation. So give no room to Satan. We can resist him. I've been cleansed by the blood of Jesus. 17:57 Yes, it was true that I fell into such a sin. He wrote about in Psalm 51. He did not hide his sin. He accepted that he was a sinner. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. So 18:14 We read about him like this. First Kings 15 verse 5 kings 15 verse 5 Old Testament reference first Kings 15 verse 5. Even in the Old Testament we read about him like this. First Kings 18:33 chapter 15 verse 5. Because David did was what what was right in the sight of the Lord and had not turned aside from anything that he had commanded him all the days of his life. He had not turned aside from 18:53 anything that he had commanded him all the days of his life. He did what was right in the sight of the Lord. Except in case of except one thing except in the case of the 19:09 Hitite. See except one thing except in the case of Ura the Hitittite he had completed everything. He has done everything right. Go home and please meditate about 19:38 David. Was he doing everything according to the you know everything right according to the sight of the Lord? We can say many wrong things. Many things that he did wrong. But God did not keep in his record all of these things. 19:56 except one thing. David did what was right in the sight of the Lord. Had not turned aside from anything that he had commanded him all the days of his life except in the 20:14 case of Ury the Hitittite. Old testament even this verse was recorded in the Old Testament. Kings chapter Kings 1 kings 15 this is written in 1 kings chapter 15 new covenant when it came to the new covenant even that one thing was not 20:33 recorded praise the lord glorious thing praise the lord what a glorious thing it is see acts chapter 13 see 13 verse 22 verse 22 so we have such a god as our father kings except in the case of Ura 20:56 theite was recorded in kings. Acts 13:22. When it comes to Acts 13:22, please read. After he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king. Concerning whom he also testified and said, "I have found David, the son of 21:13 Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will." Testimony. What a testimony. Wonderful testimony. What a glorious testimony about David. 1 Kings 15. What we read in 1 Kings 15 could have been mentioned 21:33 here, but there's no mention of that. God overlooked all of that. What did God see? I found him a man after my heart. Message versiones message translation. 21:53 How is it that written in the message translation about David? What God is writing about David? This is what God told about David. You know how the David's heart is 22:11 beating? His heart is beating to my heart. I found him a man after my heart. Just like how my heart beats, the David heart of David beats. 22:29 David, how did David's heart beat? From the age of 17 from when he was a shepherd boy, God's glory, God's beauty, after some years 22:56 God's arc. God's arc. God's arc. I need to bring the God's arc into the city. Philistians. Somehow the God's ark should come from the Philistians. I need to make a tent for God's 23:13 ark. I need to build a temple for God's ark. I need to gather all the materials materials needed to build this temple. Mind heart full. God, God, God, God. His mind and his heart was fully 23:31 about God, God, God. When it when that's the case, God will not record about Usia's matter. First Kings that was recorded in first 23:47 kings new new acts 13 when it came to the new covenant acts God said my heart his heart is after my heart some's heart are beating like this 24:06 today leave the people who are outside money dup D money, money, money. Even in hard know the heart are beating after money, money, money, money. If we have to project the heart 24:36 there, that's how the heart will beat. Money, money, money, money. Neat, neat, neat, neat. You know the parents of young people, their hearts, how is how is it 24:53 beating? Neat exam. Neat. Neat. Neat. US citizenship. US citizenship. Lup. That's That's their heartbeat. We house house 25:15 apartment house. That's how it beats. in Salem. Uh CSI Christian family had 25:41 given their house for our church to gather in Salem. Christians. He's a devote CSI Christian, a pious Christian. He's a good businessman. 2019. When I met him in 2019, he was 26:04 doing an important business in Salem. um 2020 20 after branch start after he started a branch in another place called I met him last year. He started a 26:24 branch in Dhaburi. God is blessing what he was doing. See imagine see they imagine They have the dream imagination. See their imagination that 26:43 I have to start my branch business here, there, here. A child of God. We should have a dream. We should have such a burden or thought. Oh, in this place, God's name 27:02 should be glorified in in the area. in this area, in this village, in this place. Body of Christ, the body of Christ should be formed in this place. Fellowship, the fellowship should be formed in this place. Yes. Worldly 27:15 people business. Worldly people about their business, they are dreaming about their business and they prosper. In the same way in spiritual things, God looks at our heart about our children's 27:36 salvation about they born again active Christians about that our children should be active Christians that our children should be filled with the Holy Spirit that the name of name of the lord should be glorified yes old testament 27:54 man David heart god's kingdom beauty, glory, his ark, temple, the old covenant man, David, his heart was filled with things after God, his kingdom, his temple, his ark. That is why he could he could serve 28:18 the purpose of God in his own generation. Okay, let's we'll come back to David. Okay, David. David after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, he fell 28:36 asleep. Um, 2 Timothy chapter 4, we read about Paul in 2 Timothy 4. 2 Timothy 4:7 verse 7. 2 Timothy 4:7. 2 Timothy 4:7 that I fought a 28:58 good 2 Timothy, sorry. 2 Timothy 4:7. Ah, I fought a good fight. I finished the course. I have kept the faith. Yes, Paul. Paul finished the course 29:15 successfully. I have kept the faith. A crown has kept crown of righteousness kept for me. Okay, new covenant. In the new covenant, we read about Paul. Okay, one more. Lord Jesus, we can read about Lord Jesus as well. 29:32 John 17:4. John 17:4 in just 33 and a half years he had 29:55 completed the course and he saying I have glorified you on earth having accomplished the work which you have given me to do. Yes. Jesus completed his course. He glorified the father. Apostle Paul finished his course 30:16 and he had glorified the father. Old testament in the old covenant. David finished his race successfully. There were so many falls and ups and downs in his life. successful still he finished his course 30:35 successfully. What is the secret for all of their lives? There should have been some secretes there some secret for the life of Jesus. All should have had some secret in his life. David had some secret in his [Applause] 30:52 life secret. All of them had the same secret in their life. If we have that thing in our life that's enough. We too can finish our course whether we fall down or rise up. It doesn't matter facilitator whether we are facilitators 31:13 or elders or saint. It doesn't matter whether we are juniors or seniors. It doesn't matter secret. The secret that three of them had should be our secret as well. That is the theme of our conference. 31:31 Devotion. Devotion. Old testament. Whether it was old covenant David whether it was Paul. Jesus. Whether it was Jesus. Yes. Desire. All of them had a desire 31:48 towards God. I want to show those verses to you. Psalm 27. Psalm verse 20. Psalm chapter 27 verse 4. Verse four possible Psalms 27 verse4 one thing I have asked from the Lord that I shall 32:08 seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate him meditate in his temple verse four one thing I have asked that I shall 32:26 seek Not two. Not even two. Just one thing I asked from the Lord. Nothing else. This was about David. What shall we say about 32:48 Paul? Psalm 27. We are going to meditate about Psalm 27. And before that I want to show from the life of Paul as well. Okay. Paul can Paul already secret enough. What was secret in Paul's life? Philippians chapter 3. Philippians chapter 33:12 3. Paul arrest on the way to Damascus. God arrested Paul. You are under arrest. And God said you are under arrest. Verse um 12. Verse 12. 33:32 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. that I may lay hold of that for which 33:54 also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus on the way to Damascus first encounter first encounter with Jesus 34:11 Paul you are under arrest Jesus said Paul you are under arrest That day I was laid hold from that day on for which I was 34:29 laid hold of I want to I may lay hold of that pass on for that I do one thing one thing I do one thing I do verse 13 and 14. 13 I do not regard 34:51 myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do, forgetting what lies began and reaching forward to what lies ahead. Praise the Lord. I press on towards the goal, not two things. Paul also had one thing. Lord Jesus, your glory is enough for me. 35:12 Will glory kingdom likeness. Your will, your glory, your kingdom, your likeness is all that I need. I want to become like you. That was his desire. 35:31 Yes. God laid hold of Paul till the end of his life. He wanted to lay hold of it and finished this course. Okay. Jesus about Jesus. He told Martha one thing 35:48 needed one thing is needed. Mary had chosen a good part. She has chosen Lord's presence. Moment he saw Mary, he identified, "Oh, 36:08 Mary has the same spirit that I have. It is the same spirit that I have. Martha is engaged with so many different things. See, oh Mary, she has my spirit. Just like how I sit in my 36:31 father's present presence and listen to the father, she's sitting here. She resembles me. Yes. A good part that should that will not be taken away. This is this is the only needful thing. Nothing else. 36:49 Only one thing is needed. Yes, that is how Jesus had kept father's presence and lived in father's presence. That's how Paul lived. That's how David walked. Yes, 37:08 beloved. Such ones will be able to finish their course successfully. Only one thing is needful. Only one thing that I'll seek for only one thing is what I will do. Nothing else is 37:26 important for me. Apart from them, nobody else will be able to complete their course. Lord, even in the past, if I'm a failure, I want to repent today. Without this one thing, I'm 37:45 keeping so many other things. Lord, with this one thing, I seek after so many other things as well. Seek only after God's righteousness. Seek only his 38:02 kingdom. In him everything is there. In him everything is there. We don't need to seek anything outside of him. Psalm 27. You can turn to Psalm 27 verse four verse four. We don't know exactly when the 38:27 psalm was written. We don't know whether it was before he was made a king or after that. And we don't need to do a research on that as well. Okay. This is how I see it. Psalm 27. I my assumption is that Psalm 27 38:51 would have been written before he became a king. Psalm 63. Psalm 63 was written after he become a king and he was you know pushed away by by Abselum. Okay. in in the in the 39:08 position this in this place all his desire of the heart was that I should stay in the house of the Lord and see his beauty and meditate already the prophet Samuel 39:33 anointed him with oil and made him a king Now he has to become a king. Saul, the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and he is filled with evil spirit. But he had no desire to be a 39:55 king. Yes, beloved. Turn to this verse. 1st Samuel chapter 26 verse verse 40:17 8 then Abishai said to David let's let's kill Saul or let's finish Saul's story verse eight you read verse eight today God had delivered your enemy into your hand now therefore Four, please let me strike him with the spear 40:35 to the ground with one stroke and I will strike him the second time. I will not strike him the second time. Could not tolerate what was happening. I wish David were cousin 40:59 brothers. age group. All were in the same age group. This was spirit. You know why are 41:18 you dragging the matter so long? The Lord has already anointed you to be the king here. This this is the right opportunity. Let us kill Saul and you can become the king. I can become a you know minister commander. Commanderin-chief. I can become Abishai. 41:33 Commanderin-chief. Abishai the commanderin-chief. King commander-in-chief. You be the king. I'll be the commander-in-chief. Why are you waiting so long? We'll kill him today. What was David's answer? No. No. No. No. Don't do 41:53 that. See verse 10. Verse 10. David also said there are three things. The three things mentioned there. Let the Lord strike him or his day will come that he 42:11 dies or let him die in a battle. I could accept two things in that statement but one thing I couldn't accept. Do you know what you cannot accept? Can you tell what you cannot 42:31 accept in the three things? All of you sitting in the dark. Okay. What we cannot accept or let his day come that he will 42:51 die after he becomes old. Abisha and David are having a conversation. David uh what if Saul you know lives up to 120 43:07 years old and then he dies. What is the use that you become a king after that? I don't know whether I will live up to that point. palace. So then when can we enjoy being 43:27 a king and then live in a palace? We can have an army. Is it possible? No desire at all. What can we know from this verse that there was no 43:45 desire in the heart of David? Even if he dies at age of 120, it doesn't matter to me. Oh, the prophet Samuel has anointed 44:06 you. Oh, it doesn't matter. God's glory matters. I have written this covenant in my heart 44:24 many years ago. God's will should be done in God's time, in God's way. I want to repeat God's will should be done in God's way, in God's time. God's will. David, is it God's will for David to 44:47 become a king? Yes. Yes. 100% God's will. 100% God's will. God's time. Is Was that the God's time? God's? No, that was not God's time. God's way. It was not God's way 45:05 that David kills Saul and becomes the king. And God is testing David in such a place. Let us leave this matter aside. Let's come to our practical life. At some time we know that this is 45:28 God's will for me. God's time. But that was not God's time. God's way and that was not God's way. Who will wait for that? Oh, I'm not ready to wait. Then what happened to David's story, philosophy? For some, that is 45:45 some theology and philosophy. That's all. All that is just a message. God's will. When it comes to practical life, we know that is it is God's will for me. But that is not God's time. Some go ahead of their 46:08 time. Some do some things out of God's way, whether it's marriage or business or whether it's business or building a house. Yes. Practical things in many things, many practical things. God's will, God's will is there. God's God's time. But God's 46:26 will, God's way and God's time is not there. Jesus secret. This is the code word or secret in the life of Jesus. My hour has not yet had come. My hour has not yet had come. New testament gospel. You go and 46:45 read how many times it is said about Jesus in the four gospels. My hour has not had come. My hour has not had come. My hour has not had come. My hour has not had come. My hour has come. In some places my hour has come. Yes. What a beautiful 47:00 life. What a beautiful life it is to live like that. You know we tend to go ahead of the time and do something. The Old Testament man look at Old Testament man. He found this. Leave it. Leave 47:20 him. The Lord will take care of him. I won't do this. Kingship in the palace in the kingdom. Kingship. Palace. Kingdom. That's not my desire. One thing I seek 47:37 for I have only one desire. Nothing else. Beauty. Beauty. His beauty and his glory. I need to see him. That's all. You know if a person is living like this 47:57 can anyone destroy God's will in his life? Yes. Glory and beauty. The day that the beauty of the 48:20 Lord started diminishing in his life, Burya's wife Batiba became beautiful in his eyes. Yes. beauty. Is the world or the things of 48:47 the world or the beauty of the world is becoming beautiful to you? Especially married husbands, you know, other than your wife, your age may be, you know, you may be old. Maybe your wife age is also you know 49:05 getting older. I'd like to show this verse to you. Proverbs chapter 17. Proverbs 17:17. Proverbs 17 verse 17. I took this verse for me as a husband. 49:24 This is how we read this verse. Proverbs 17:17. Proverbs 17:E1 17. Okay, that that's not how it is written. I want to change it and read it. A husband loves his wife all at all 49:48 times. It talks about a friend loves at all times. At all times. Who is my friend? My wife is my friend. Companion. Best companion. We read in Malachi that the wife is the best companion. Companion. She is my friend 50:07 or companion. As a husband, as a friend, I should love her at all times. Should be true in my life. Even if the hair is lost, it's 50:34 fine. Even if the teeth start falling, he will love her at all times. What's the reason? All those who see the glory of Jesus, they will 50:57 never betray the wife of the youth. The treacherous thing. They will never do a treacherous thing to the wife of the youth. Yes. You have to love at all times. Even sisters should take this verse for 51:20 you. You should love your husband at all times. Job's wife did not love her husband at all times. We heard in the morning, leprosy, leprosy, the sickness that Job had in 51:39 his body. In another place we read um You know my breath is different to my wife. She was not able to take care of the 51:57 husband. Already she had lost 10 children. All her all the estate were lost. Now the husband is sick. She couldn't go near her near him. So much of smell. Jo had written about 52:16 it. My breath is you know my my wife could not stand and bear my breath. Weak vessel curse and die. As a weaker vessel she told Job, curse God and die. Yes, beloved. Yes. Whether it's a husband or wife, as 52:41 friends, as companions, we should love each other at all times. Today we have wives who love their husband. If the husband is earning [Applause] well, when I have all provisions, I will 53:00 love him. I will respect him, I will obey him. estate financial ground when he's facing a loss there's no estate and then I won't do it this is the problem of the wife what is the problem of the 53:16 husband I have to love her at all times you know whether it's poverty or at all times I have to love external inner beauty even if the external beauty is gone We should be trained to see the 53:34 inner beauty. Meekness, meekness, quiet spirit, quiet spirit, submissive spirit, submissive spirit. Dear sisters, Dear sisters, please in the name of Jesus, I plead you cultivate your inner beauty. Inner 53:51 beauty. Cultivate your inner beauty. External beauty. Even if the external beauty goes away in a day inner beauty they can you know be beautiful 54:09 inside the bond can be strong even if my wife lose her external beauty spirit what a submissive spirit that she has spirit what a quiet spirit that she has meekness what meekness she has praise the lord 54:27 I can love my wife at all times. Yes, inner beauty. We should cultivate the inner beauty. Okay. The husband should love the wife at all [Music] times. When is it possible? When is this 54:46 life possible? All those who see the glory of God, it's possible for them. For David at one point, yes, it started going down. First Kings like we read in the matter of and 55:08 that devotion went down. Now the beauty of went up. Okay, we see that there was adultery and murder. Okay, 27. Let's turn to Psalm 27. One thing I 55:26 desire. This is the spirit of David. One thing I desire. Yes. Failure. Was there failure? Yes. He was unfaithful. This verse became true in the life of Jesus. Davids Jesus 100%. 55:46 This was a psalm of David but it was fulfilled in the life of Jesus 100%. Okay. In the verse four verse five and six there are two wonderful promises. In verse five and six there are two wonderful promises written there. 56:05 I want to show that promise and close in the in the verse five and six promises in the verse four the promise the promises found in verse five and six is only for those who meet the condition on verse four. Yes, we should claim 56:22 these two promises. We should claim these two promises. If the promises are for one thing I desire those who say that I desire one thing. Okay. Verse six. Let's come to verse six. My head will be lifted up above my 56:42 enemies. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. For David, it was earthly enemies. Jesus to Jesus. Who are Jesus enemies? Jesus took hold of this verse in his 57:00 life. Jesus knew Psalm 24 verse 27:4 very well. Yes. Father, I don't have any other desire apart from you. Lord, all I desire is to do your 57:14 will. Verse six. So he knew verse six as well. What does it mean? My head will be lifted up above my enemy which is Satan. How many of us desire this 57:40 promise? Lord lift my head above my enemies above Satan. Satan that Satan should be under my feet. Promise. This is a promise. Okay. Verse five. Verse five. One more promise. One more promise. In the day of trouble, he will 58:03 conceal me in his tabernacle. He will hide me in his secret place. And he will lift me upon a rock. Yes. Verse five also talks about he will lift me. Verse six also talks about he will lift me. You please read verse five. He 58:20 will lift me upon a rock. Oh, he will lift me upon a rock. He will lift me above my enemies. Yesouble. What is that evil? What is that trouble? He wrote it but he failed in 58:41 that. Yes, he fell into a trouble. But those we we who live in the new covenant, we can claim this promise for us. Jesus Jesus say, "Father concealed Jesus in his 59:01 tent." [Music] The father concealed Jesus that no sin or no evil would come to him. Young people, whether it is trouble or 59:25 evil, God can hide you or conceal you in his tabernacle or in his presence. boy. No boy or a girl can hijack you. They can't get into their 59:43 trap. God will conceal you. associates, some drug addicts, porn, your friends, whether they are drug addicts or addict to pornography, 1:00:02 they can't pull you to their side because God will conceal you in in his tabernacle. boyfriend, girlfriend, whether it's a boyfriend or a girlfriend. You can't get into any trap because God will conceal you and protect 1:00:18 you. He will lift you up on a rock. He will lift you up above Satan. Do we need any other promise apart from this? Do we need to expect anything 1:00:36 else? Lord protect me from evil. Protect my family from evil. Lord, hide me. Conceal me in your tent covetousness. Lord, our children should 1:00:55 not get into covetousness. Protect them and conceal them. saying that the enemies will not overpower them. Lord, lift them up in the four and the five and six promise 1:01:15 condition. What is the condition for promise that is found in verse five and six? 27 and four promise for them. This promises are true. One one thing I desire. One thing I desire five and six promises for them. 1:01:32 Five and six are the promises for them. Now five six if I have desire for thousand1 things I need to forget verse five and six. This is how David fulfilled his 1:01:53 course. Was there a failure? Yes, there was a failure but he acknowledged his failure. He said it was me. He did not hide like Saul. Yes, it was me. And he wrote a psalm about it. He did not hide his sin. 1:02:11 What was the result? God lifted him up again. Okay. It's okay. You can go forward. Psalm 27:4 again. Take Psalm 27:4 for you. I will protect you in the day of trouble. I will lift your head above the enemies. 1:02:30 He finished his life. He's finished his course. Yes, beloved. He fell and got up. Jesus, Jesus did not even fail, but he finished his course. This verses was fulfilled in the life of David partially. But 1:02:49 Jesus. But for Jesus, it was fulfilled completely. Jesus, you need to follow Jesus. We can see the glory of Jesus there. May God help each of us to complete our race successful in the 1:03:08 place where we are. It doesn't matter sheep. God saw that 1:03:27 Oh, his heart is after my heart. That's all. That's enough. Let us see his glory. Let us be full filled with the devotion with the love towards him. Let the love of Christ can 1:03:46 constrain us. First day first session that's how Charles finished in first session Paul we saw about brother Paul Romans 8 to 2 Corinthians 1:04:06 11 Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 11 we saw all the trials that he went through the passion what drove him or what the passion towards Christ drove him. Only one thing. He laid hold of it and he, you 1:04:26 know, longingly went after it. Um, I like to mention this in closing. Uh, 1793 1793 1793 English missionary William Gary Kolkata William Gary came to Kolkata in 1793. 1:04:46 and he came to India was about 32 years old. He stayed there for 41 years. That's what I think. He came at the age of 32 and he stayed in Kolkata for 41 years. He never 1:05:04 went back. The love of Christ constrained him or controlled him. when he came he lost his 1:05:22 child. What a big thing it was. Because of that uh his wife became mad 1:05:38 translation when he had to translate the Bible into the language Bengali Bengali language. He had to tie his wife in a room then translate. Only one thing drove him. Lord, you laid hold me for 1:06:02 something. I want to lay hold of it and I want to seek that. Lord, let your love constrain me or control me. I came to Bengal. I have to fulfill it. Lord, even if I lose my 1:06:19 child, even if my wife has become senseless translation, printing press, one day the press, the translation, printing press got fire. Nothing could stop him. He 1:06:38 fulfilled his ministry. Whatever you laid hold for me, I want to lay hold of it and I want to seek that. So in the life when we seek such a life, what shall we say? Carmichel. English Ireland. She came 1:06:58 from Ireland. English came to South India at the age of 28. She came for 55 years. She stayed at Donov. We went as a whole church from 1:07:21 church to Donov and tombstone of William Gary. This verse were written written little achieved so much but this were 1:07:43 the words unworthy little used. See how they looked at themselves. Lord for what you did I did nothing in return. She never went back to Ireland. 1:08:02 She stayed in Donovich family. She came from a very rich family. She came as a very young girl at the age of 28 for last 10 years or 20 years. I'm I'm not sure. But she was bedridden, temple 1:08:25 girls. She rescued and bought salvation to so many orphans and widows and temple girls. What constrained them? The love of Christ constrained them, controlled them for whatever they were laid hold 1:08:43 of, they wanted to lay hold of it and they sincerely sought after that. Yes. The devotion, the devotion drove them. Yes. Spiritual father we see about so many centuries. But our spiritual father in our 1:09:00 generation at the at a young age, he had a desire to become admiral in navy. Psalm 274. What happened? Psalm 27:4 became true. One thing, one thing I desire. One thing I desired, that's all. 1:09:19 Your glory. One thing needed, one thing I do, one thing I desire. One thing is needed. One thing I do, one thing that I desire, that's all. He resigned his job. Yes. Once upon a time, gospel came from 1:09:42 western country to India. Now gospel is going from here to western countries. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Only one thing. What drove all of them? David, whether it was David, 1:09:58 Paul, Jesus, William, William, or brother Zack, one thing, one thing, devotion. Devotion to Christ. Let it impel us. And in the day of trouble, God will 1:10:18 hide us. We can bring Satan under our feet. Okay. Ups and down. ups and downs, it doesn't matter. God will raise us up immediately. May God help us. Amen. Amen. [Music] 1:11:08 [Music] We'll sing this song. Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. Shall we all 1:11:31 stand and sing? Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful [Music] 1:11:49 face and the things of earth will grow strangely live in the light of his glory and grace. Turn your thoughts upon 1:12:12 Jesus. Drink deep of his comforting blood. And the thoughts of sin and of self and strife will be lost in the 1:12:31 rapture above. [Music] Please be seated. We have come to the end of the today 1:13:05 conference as sister Annie told in the morning. Yeah, we have mixed feelings. No uh that we are we have to go back to our places. And there will be temptations, trials, difficulties 1:13:24 we'll all to face. But God has strengthened us, I believe, through his presence, through his blessings, through his word. And I believe God has challenged every one of us to live a life of simple pure devotion to 1:13:42 God. So when you see the theme, the first word simple. So keep your life as simple as possible. Don't complicate your life. When some 1:14:01 people want to accept Christ, they think of the complications and they lose heart. They think whether all the problems could be solved or not. So much to settle, so 1:14:22 much bribe, corruption and lived like that and how to settle restitution is very difficult but God will give grace but unnecessarily they have complicated their life being simple one thing is 1:14:40 needed one thing I will do one goal So make your life as simple as possible. Mary has chosen that good part simply sitting at the feet of Jesus listening and don't add on to weights as 1:15:05 we read in Hebrews chapter 12 we read sin and not only sin along with that so many other burdens so don't Take all those things. It will slow down your 1:15:23 work in the spiritual journey. Hebrews chapter 12 and verse two. Fixing your eyes on Jesus. Yeah. 1 verse one. You run this race with endurance. The race that is 1:15:40 set before us. Leia said every encumbrance, every burden, not only sin. There may be many things which are sinless which may seem lawful but it adds to your weight lot of chains. 1:15:59 So not only sin every encumbrance you leave it don't add on make your life as simple as possible easy to run the race otherwise if you make your life 1:16:19 complicated don't make your children's life complicated Lord give us grace another way of telling is blessed are the poor in spirit. Always coming to an understanding about my 1:16:38 need. Lord, I need your guidance. I'm a simple person. Lord, I need your guidance. Without that, I cannot plan my life. I need your presence, Lord. Today, I need you, Lord. I need your strength. I need your 1:16:54 blessing. I need Lord guidance. Show me the way one step at a time. So let us make our life as simple as possible. I don't want to complicate my life. No hidden agenda. Hidden hidden 1:17:11 agenda. So many things underneath underneath. So many things unsettled. So sometimes when people want to shift their house, it's a big challenge. All the things old things come you don't know which one to reject 1:17:29 which one to take and where to take where to keep really but if you have less things and simple it's easy so don't add on burdens to life another way of telling being simple is be like little 1:17:48 children are they they don't have any complications unless you become like little children you know uh morning sister Annie was telling uh her grandchildren they think that their cousins or relatives are here they want they're 1:18:06 waiting to come yeah they came last few months before and uh the youth camp was over then I requested by Santosh no on the way to airport our church people wants to want to see you would you be kind 1:18:25 enough to come? He said yeah by all means and his family came and our children they sang welcome song and they all sat and brothers and sisters were there. So Santosh was sharing and very simply he shared when 1:18:43 Jesus came from heaven to this earth how difficult it would have been. You compare the heavenly atmosphere with this earth full of darkness, dust pollution and just sin. And when he saw the children, he was so excited. Oh, something like heaven is 1:19:03 here. The spirit of heaven is here. He was excited. Then he said, become be like children, little children. Then the kingdom of God will be yours. Because there people are like that. So being simple like children they don't 1:19:19 complicate. So the first word don't forget simple. The second word pure. Lord make me pure. Always let there be a cry the depth of your heart. I want to be pure. Blessed are the pure 1:19:36 in heart for they shall see God. Whatever situation comes. Are you able to see God? It is God who has sent the situation to me. All the 12 g 10 spies saw the giants, but 1:19:55 Joshua and Caleb, they saw God. That's pure eyes. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God, not the giants. People who see the giants, who see the problems, they get discouraged. They will discourage others also. They stop 1:20:12 people going going forward. They make people backslide. Discouragement is a contagious one. Now when you talk to some people, they'll discourage. Keep on discouraging whenever you go. Keep yourself away from such people. So 1:20:26 blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Morning we saw Abraham. Though his body was dead, he did not count on it. He did not mind of it. He saw God. Telescope the focus is on God. The word of God is our 1:20:44 telescope. Are you focusing on God or you are seeing immediate problems. When sometimes no rat comes into a house, the rat comes into house. No, the owner takes a big stick and he wants to kill the rat. You know what the 1:21:04 rat will will the rat be looking at? Oh, such a big stick rod. How will I escape? One hit, I'll be out. Is it thinking like that? It will never see the rod. It will always see the hole where it can escape very quick. No time sees the hole 1:21:19 and goes out. So in all your difficult situations maybe by huge rod one stroke you may think you are finished. No, God has made some provision a small hole. 1:21:34 Find out what's my way of out. That's what we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 13. God does not tempt us beyond our ability. Always he has a way of 1:21:50 escape. So God has God is teaching us many lessons through the creatures like a rat also. It is not going to see the rod and how man the big man is how strong he is. No. 1:22:07 So let us ask God Lord give me pure eyes. You are going in a place where temptation is too strong. Pray to God. Lord I want pure eyes. We have this in a tamil also. Welcome Holy Spirit. I need your presence. That's a good song. So we sing 1:22:26 the church. But one day I was in a textile shop tempted and there God reminded me it is this place you have to sing this song Lord welcome Holy Spirit give me your presence Lord give 1:22:44 me pure eyes Lord pure thoughts Lord pure heart Lord purity when I was in my college I was taught whenever you go and meet a girl because I was uh uh prayer secretary or follow-up secretary in the youth ministry. I had to arrange some 1:23:03 meetings and all. Sometimes we had to go and speak to the girls who are believers. So we were given advice never meet a girl when she's alone. You go with another brother. So I always take another student I have to go and meet 1:23:19 this girl. Will you come? Or the other person should be with somebody else. Never never meet a girl when she's alone or a boy opposite sex alone. So that way you'll be protected and whenever you are tempted 1:23:37 you pray Lord such a pretty face I see but I don't know whether she's born again or not. If she dies she'll go to without the knowledge of God she will go to hell. Lord please save her or save him. Pray. Every situation devil brings 1:23:52 you to uh take you away from God, you go nearer to God through prayer. Lord, give me pure eyes, pure ears. Whatever I hear, Lord, let it be pure. And in in my in my inner ear, let me hear your voice 1:24:11 like Mary was listening to Jesus. Lord that hearing will make your heart more pure, purer your ears, eyes and Lord let my words that I speak through this mouth. Let it be pure. No filthy language, no language which discourages 1:24:30 others. It should be of edification, seasoned with salt. So the second word is pure. know sometimes when you allow your eyes to wander. There was one 1:24:46 brother and uh his eyeballs got locked. I I had I asked how it is. Yeah. He could not move his eyeball. So if he has to see that he has see like this like that oral he has to see. I thought what is a treatment and all? Maybe after 1:25:04 a week's time it become all right. So sometimes when you move and wander your eyes your eye balls get locked with somebody and you are not able to see others. So ask God Lord protect my eyes 1:25:22 because I want to see you Lord. I want to see your glory. So there's a second word a pure eyes and pure thoughts. I want the wisdom Lord because when we read in James chapter 3 and verse 17 some young 1:25:42 brother asked me how to have the wisdom of God. James 3:17 the wisdom from above is first of all pure. Now wisdom from above if if it has to come and land it has to find some good place like 1:25:59 aircraft cannot land anywhere. How much cres of amount rupees they spend to prepare the way where the aircraft come and land? It needs something which comes from above. The same way when the heavenly wisdom wants to land, it needs 1:26:18 a pure mind. Lord, renew my mind. Lord, make it pure. Be not conformed. Romans 12:12. Be not conformed to this world, but be renewed by the word of God. Renew. Why do we need the word of God? So that your thought process is purified. So that the 1:26:36 heavenly wisdom can come and stay there. Then you'll be able to prove what is good, acceptable and perfect will of God. There will not be struggle to find out what's the will of God. What's the will of God? There'll not be struggle. 1:26:49 You'll be able to find out the way will of God easily because the wisdom of God comes. It is pure, peaceable. Wherever you go, there will be peace. You will sow the seeds of peace. You'll be a peacemaker. You read James 1:27:05 3:17. The wisdom of God is pure. Lord, give me a pure thought, Lord. You read 2 Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 5 uh 5. 2 Corinthians. We bring to captivity every thought that raises against the knowledge of God. Every thought I bring 1:27:25 to captivity. Captivity means bring everybody to become your slave. Captivity like that I should be able to bring all thoughts to my captivity. I should not allow my thoughts to wander as I like. Keep yourself uh engaged the word of God. Some useful 1:27:44 things idle man's mind is devil's workshop. When I was about to finish my UG college studies, there was a farewell meeting and one professor was speaking and he said one thing I never forget. The best antidote against backsliding is 1:28:02 active involvement in God's work. Active involvement in God's work. So young people, if you have a lot of time, don't waste it. Don't be idle. Involve in God's work. When I finished my engineering, I had one or two months 1:28:18 time until I get results. I didn't stay at home. I went to the southern tip of Tamil Nadu and went to every school, college, testified, gathered people, gave talks, went to colleges and I didn't have any mind to join when I got 1:28:34 a job. I thought I'll continue that work. It was so joyful. Then I wrote letters to them, spoke to them. So actively involved in God's work. So much is the field ripened, harvest is plenty and laborers are few. Lord here am I. 1:28:51 God is asking whom shall I send? Always God may not call your name. Whom shall I send? That's a burden of heart. Isaiah said Isaiah was not waiting whether God will call my name. Here am I lord I'm ready to go. Offer yourself like that. 1:29:06 So second word is pure. And then devotion. What is devotion? A deep commitment to God. Not a superficial commitment. A deep commitment. When trials come, difficulties come, temptations come, nobody can move me 1:29:23 from the faith that I have with on God. Nahhemia says, "Will a man like me will run away?" Deep commitment to build the walls of Jerusalem. very few people came 1,700 came along with him another time 1:29:43 40,000 people very few people who had who are devoted to the temple of god so devotion a deep commitment my loyalty is to go my faithfulness is to go I want to be loyal until the end I want to run this reigns we heard and dedication to 1:30:01 God dedication of my will my desire it is aligned with God, my interest, love, affection to God that is devotion. Lord, I want to be devoted to you. Then the final word is the first 1:30:19 word. In the beginning, God. Devotion to God. Bible starts with that in the beginning God. Start the day with God. End the day with God. Talk to him. The morning when you wake up, talk to God. 1:30:37 in the bed. Medicate on God. Lord, I want to listen to you. Lord, what is your burden of your heart? What is your will? What do you want me to do? Lord, ask develop that practice. In the beginning, God. And when you read John 1 1:30:54 and verse one, in the beginning was word and the word was with God and the word was God. Same thing. So word of God, read the word of God. Medicate the word of God. Immerse yourself in the word of God. Some somebody said, "I want to 1:31:09 memorize the word of God." Memorize the scriptures and let the word of God guide you, protect you. The word became flesh and dwelt among us. And let the word of God be your guidance, Lord. The word of God. And then 1 John chapter 1 and verse 1:31:28 one that word we saw we looked at we touched how much he says that word and that word brings light that word brings life that word brings fellowship so many things he's keeps on telling so if you 1:31:45 honor God if you honor God's word God will honor you if you reject God's word you are rejecting God if you despise God's word you are rejecting God because he's the author. Holy Spirit is the author. All the word are inspired by the 1:32:00 Holy Spirit. So let us remember this theme throughout our life. Simple, pure devotion and God. Lord, I belong to you. I don't belong to the devil. I don't belong to the world. I do not 1:32:18 belong to myself. I belong to you. Lord, you be my priority and you be first in my life. Lord, wherever you go, honor God. If you honor God, God will honor you. Maybe you are in a mess along with other students. You are eating the food. 1:32:34 Pray. I make it a point wherever I go, I pray. Then some people come and ask, are you a Christian? What do you pray for? I share Lord feed the poor people who don't have food plus this food. Thank you for this food. Let them know that 1:32:47 you are a you are Christian. Let them know they don't be ashamed to carry the Bible because you want to please others. No, Lord, I want to honor your word. I want to um I want your word, Lord. So, let the word of God protect you, guide 1:33:04 you, and it it will teach you. It will discipline you as we read in uh 1 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:16. They are all inspired by God. So may God uh help all of us to really love God. God love the 1:33:24 Lord with all your heart with all your soul with all your strength with all your mind. Lord I want to be a wholehearted person completely devoted to you Lord and let us make this commitment at the end of this meeting. So let us remember the words simple pure 1:33:42 devotion and God and may God bless us all. Thank you. Thank you Vincent Victor. 1:34:08 It was a feast. Maybe we heard many many things. Thank God for the technology. There's recording of all that. We can go back home and like Jesus said sit and count the cost and we can listen to it. But 1:34:27 um in all these things sometimes it can be overwhelming and oh so many things I heard how can I do this but what is that devotion devotion to 1:34:43 Christ we shouldn't miss the important part of all this two days we heard so many things that's What this this verse was taken from 2 Corinthians 1:35:01 11 what Paul said there 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul was bit concerned Paul was a weeping man he was burdened for people he says I am zealous for you with a godly 1:35:19 jealousy for I have betrothed you I betrothed do to one husband. We heard about one thing I desire. He talks about one husband. Who is that one husband? So that to Christ I might 1:35:38 present you as a pure virgin Christ. See be purity. We talk about purity simple devotion. But it's to whom? It's to our bridegroom. Heavenly bridegroom. is our good shepherd. He laid down his life for 1:35:58 us. And what Paul was afraid, he says, I am afraid that as the serpent deceived you by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity and devotion to Christ. We shouldn't miss the Lord. He is somebody 1:36:17 who is very very important. At the end we take back Lord my heart is burning like u 2 Corinthians 5:14 where Paul says I'm constrained [Music] compelled impel uh another translation 1:36:36 says it it constrains and forces me that I love Christ because he loved me. May the Lord help us that we are gripped by him not it that so many things I have to do this this this this 1:36:53 but if all that doesn't originate from love for my beloved Lord my shepherd it all goes waste may the Lord uh inspire us so that we will be gripped by him and 1:37:09 uh we go back hey we found a shepherd we found a lover lover of our soul and I want to love him. That's what Paul was afraid. You can be led astray to another Jesus, another gospel, another spirit. He was 1:37:26 scared. He was afraid that Lord only that devotion to the Lord may be gripped. He he be gripped in our hearts. May the Lord help us. We can stand up and uh um respond to what we heard. just to listen to his voice. I just 1:37:50 would like to read a verse which Jesus himself said. Let's hear what Jesus is trying to speak to our heart. Jesus is speaking here. Matthew 11 2018 message version I would like to 1:38:09 read. Are you tired, worn out, burned out on religion? Jesus is calling, "Come to me. Get away with me because I am a 1:38:26 loving shepherd who laid down my life for you and you will recover your life and I will show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me. Watch how 1:38:43 I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. But I won't de lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you will learn to live freely and lightly. What a 1:39:02 wonderful spirit of the Lord and shepherd and our savior. May the Lord help us to respond. Father, we thank you. Thank you, Father, for this wonderful time you gave us, Lord Jesus. Thank you for your presence through your 1:39:18 spirit. We praise you, brothers and sisters. Take time to give thanks to the Lord. Praise you, Lord. Thank you. Thank you, Father, for your love and care and compassion to us, Lord. Giving us two wonderful days, your presence, your 1:39:33 anointing, your utterance, and your leading. Lord, thank you for your servants spoke the word of God. Lord, we praise you. Thank you for the scripture and the truths which set us free from all bondages. Lord, thank you for 1:39:48 wonderful promises you've given us. Lord, you have given us all that we need, the promises and commands to be set free from all the lusts of this world. Lord, thank you. Thank you, Father, for blessing us with your word, 1:40:03 your presence. Praise you, Lord. Praise you Lord. We want to commit ourselves. We want to trust you Lord. Thank you for your love for us. We commit ourselves Lord. We ask you father in Jesus name. Amen. Please be seated brothers and 1:40:18 sisters. here in.
