0:02 [music] >> Hi everyone. Um after being part of such a blessed weekend where the Lord was clearly in our midst, um I was asking myself, what is the mark that the Lord has really spoken to me? And this is what the Lord has been 0:21 teaching me in the last 6 months from Isaiah 55:10-11, and it's my outlook um after this conference. Isaiah 55:10-11 says, "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth and making it bear 0:38 and sprout, so will my word be, which goes forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty without accomplishing what I desire." According to this verse, the mark that the Lord has spoken to me in SCG 2026 is that he is actually making the words 0:55 we've heard bear fruit in my life. The Lord has spoken to me here if my life is permanently changed from here on out. And I say this because I've seen so often in my life, I can see some great idea in the Bible or even some great and 1:10 true idea in the Bible, and I can be eager in the moment to obey it and even share it in the midweek meeting, but I take a look at my life a month or two later and that word has lost its grip on me that it had earlier. And so, after this conference and with 1:27 this verse in my mind, there's now burning passion in me that says, "Lord, you must make these challenging words permanent in my life. You must. Otherwise, I would have come here, listened to some messages, met some people, but completely missed hearing 1:41 from the Lord. And I will have wasted my time here if you don't make these things true in my life, Lord. So, please make them real reality in my life." And I know he will. Amen. >> Hello everyone. During the conference, God really spoke 1:55 to my heart through Brother O's message. The Lord revealed to me that finding contentment in Jesus isn't a one-time experience, but a lifelong process that God is walking me through. I used to wonder why I face certain trials or why he allowed certain 2:14 difficulties in my life, but now I see that God allows these challenges to build my faith and draw me closer to him. I know that the Christian life isn't a promise of comfort or ease. When that book was shared, Romans 8:28 and 29, 2:27 which reads, "And we know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love God and those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image 2:40 of his son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brethren." When it it really made sense to me that God promises to work everything out for my good, but that good isn't about having an easy life on Earth. It's about molding me to become more 2:56 like Jesus. Moving forward, I want to truly accept God's will for my life, trusting that he will fill me with the Holy Spirit and give me the grace to press on to perfection. Amen. >> A very good evening, brothers and sisters. 3:08 I'm very much blessed by this conference and being here. God gave me light on many areas of my life. Before coming to the conference, I was asking God to fill me with the Holy Spirit like just it was another task in my day. 3:22 I was waking up asking him to fill me with the Holy Spirit and just checking the box. I was encouraged and at the same time also convicted by the parable of the widow and the judge. Despite the judge being evil, the widow 3:37 persistently kept asking for justice, and the judge granted the widow her wishes because she kept on persistently asking him. So, with our heavenly Father who's holy, blameless, and perfect, and gladly choosing to give us the things of his 3:53 kingdom. And from this day I will persist in asking him until I receive it because the Holy Spirit is the power to live a victorious Christian life. Something that really touched my heart is in Song of Solomon's chapter 4 verse 4:05 9 where Jesus says to us, his bride, that we make his heartbeat faster with a single glance of our eyes. Despite of many distractions and placing or directing our eyes on something else, Jesus is eagerly waiting for us to keep 4:21 our eyes fixed on to him. This helped me understand and gave me a new perspective with which Jesus looks at me and gave me confidence to trust him even more. I also like the sermon on the contentment uh which I can totally 4:35 relate to. The last one year of my life have uh has been extremely hard for me emotionally. Things has have not been going the way I wanted. Uh my only solution was to look on to Jesus. I sing this hymn every time I'm discouraged. 4:53 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in his wonderful face. And the things of this earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace. Now I can say with full assurance that I'm happy and content in knowing that 5:08 God is the one who placed me at a certain place. He's the one who closed a certain door. He is the one who makes something happen. He's the one who makes something not happen. And he's the one who draws my boundaries. And also uh we also heard in the morning 5:22 that our disappointments are God's best appointments. And I was also encouraged by knowing that God will not allow any trials in my life without the intention of developing the attributes of Jesus Christ in my life. So, I trust his plan and protection. 5:37 Thank you very much for listening. >> Today I wanted to share on a few articles that blessed me during this conference. The first is Our Beautiful Boundaries by Uncle Bobby. Coming into this conference, I was very frustrated 5:48 with the boundaries of my life and how I felt like I was being restricted and confined by those situations. This article helped me to see that God wants to help me redefine what freedom means. Freedom doesn't mean getting whatever 6:01 getting to do whatever I want to or having control over situations, but freedom means being free to be able to cling to Jesus and know him deeper and deeper through every trial. God wants to change my heart rather than change the seemingly restricting 6:14 situation. Part of this means humbling myself and resigning every desire I have to God, realizing that it is in good hands and he is working everything for my best. Whatever a cost it may come at, it is worth it. As I began to explore Romans 8:28 and 6:28 what that verse meant to me, I began to see how I had seen it in a very contractual and selfish way. Uh just as described in the article is 10 Shekels and a Shirt by Paris Reedhead, I had seen God and his perfect will being fulfilled in my life as a 6:42 means to my own happiness, security, and self-fulfillment. I realized that I often obeyed God when it's hard because he has promised that it will eventually turn out for my good. And so I'm motivated about what God can give me 6:53 rather than obeying him out of an outpouring of his love for me. Christ did not die for me to have a happy life on Earth, although that might be a byproduct. He died so that I could have a relationship with him. And obeying his commandments is so that I 7:05 can know him more and not constantly have a relationship broken by sin. This ties into the article we read called Himself by A.B. Simpson, where I was reminded that it is Christ himself that I must want and not the things that 7:16 I can get from him, whether earthly or spiritual. And I'm not there yet, but I want God to change my heart so I can look beyond my boundaries and see him. When my eyes are fixed on Jesus and him alone, I can be full of contentment, satisfaction, joy, 7:29 and peace. Thank you. >> Yeah, throughout the conference, I was encouraged to give my life fully for God. I want to have my ambition set on blessing God alone every day. I want to become a disciple by hating father, mother, brother, sister, hating 7:44 self, and giving up my possessions and ambitions. I am encouraged that to live a life pleasing to God, it is not by my works, but it is when I pour out myself life and I abide in Christ as my head, that the life of Christ will flow into me. 8:00 In this way, Jesus will save me to the uttermost from living for myself. I am also encouraged to seek God for the Holy Spirit with all my heart. And I keep asking him, he will definitely fill me. As in the paraphrase of Luke 11 verse 13, 8:15 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who keep on asking him?" Since I have asked him, I confess my faith that he has filled me with this 8:28 Holy Spirit. I believe the Lord will help me to live fully for God and not for myself any longer, and he will lead me in continuous victory. Amen. >> Hello, everyone. Over these last few days, the Holy Spirit has been convicting, 8:42 exhorting, and encouraging my heart. I was convicted by trusting in my own senses to determine the will of God. Like the example of Lot lifting up his eyes to look on the land which he chose for himself in Genesis 13:10. 8:56 The opposite would be Abraham who did not judge by what his eyes saw or ears heard uh when all the land was in front of his eyes. And in Genesis 13:14, it says, "The Lord said to Abraham, after Lot had separated from him, now lift up your 9:11 eyes." I am encouraged to wait on the power of the Holy Spirit like Jesus told his disciples in Acts 1:4. To paraphrase, don't do anything until you receive power from on high. By waiting on him, all the glory will belong to him. I want to seek and keep 9:29 seeking, knock and keep knocking, ask and keep asking for the power of the Holy Spirit like Jesus encouraged his disciples to do in Luke 11:9. I have seen that by rushing or my getting tired of waiting, I am not actually 9:44 seeking himself. The Lord has encouraged me to simply wait, and not because I will get something out of waiting, but for the purpose of being still and knowing that he is God. Psalm 46:10. I want to seek him with all of my heart, 9:59 to know the secret things of Christ because he deserves to be sought. Thank you. >> Uh praise the Lord, brothers and sisters. Um these past few days have been a real blessing to me. Um there were many things that touched 10:11 me throughout the conference, but um two things in particular stayed with me. Um firstly, brother Jeremy, he shared from Acts uh chapter 17 uh verse 26 and 27, that um God has arranged every circumstance in our lives so that we would seek him, find him, and 10:28 know him more. Um that reminded me of the story from the article Our Beautiful Boundaries, uh about a mouse trapped inside a glass jar. The mouse wanted freedom, but instead of praying to get out, he prayed about becoming an ant. Uh 10:45 when he became small, the jar uh when the jar uh suddenly became a vast forest. And what blessed me was the thought that God doesn't suddenly remove a trial, but sometimes he wants to change the trial. And uh it challenged me because so often 11:02 my question would be, "Why, Lord?" And but I felt that Lord changed the question to "Lord, why you What are you trying to show me through this?" Um Secondly, brother Olu, he shared about a man who loved music too much, and he was 11:16 buried buried with his guitar, but today all that remains is a broken guitar in the ground. Um that we cannot take anything for granted with us when we leave this world. And in the same context, I was blessed by the words of a song we sang, 11:30 uh "When it's all been said and done, all my treasures will mean nothing. Only what I've done for love's reward will stand the rest of time. Uh, my prayer is that, um, I've received this past few days, and uh, this wouldn't just be a conference 11:43 experience, but it would bear a lasting fruit in my life. Thank you. >> Good evening, family. Uh, over these past few days, what encouraged and challenged me the most was seeing how much God desires a deeper relationship with us. 11:59 The first question that stayed in my heart was how much I do I value Jesus. I was challenged to examine whether I truly seek him above everything else, and whether every matter in my life is settled before him. I was reminded that true repentance and 12:17 a right relationship with God are more important. I was also convicted by Acts 17:26, where we were reminded that the purpose of our life is to seek God. Many of questions and frustrations come when we become self-seeking instead of seeking 12:35 God. And the picture of the bride and the bridegroom, the Lord desires a relationship with us. Song of Solomon's 4:9 says, "You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes." I was amazed to see how much the 12:53 Lord delights in those who love him. And I was encouraged by the illustration and reminded that the Christian life is like a race. Focus must be on reaching the goal that God has set before us. As we faithfully run toward Christ and 13:11 his will, God himself brings the right people alongside us, those who are running in the same direction and with the same purpose. We need to pursue Christ and also as we seek him, he joins us with others 13:27 who are also seeking him wholeheartedly and one verse came to my mind Zephaniah 3:17. He is silently planning for you in love. Thank you. >> Hi family. >> [clears throat] >> Coming into this conference this year, my spiritual life was honestly all over 13:45 the place up and ups and downs but mostly it felt dry. I felt discouraged and defeated by sin because deep down I didn't put the Lord first. >> [clears throat] >> I even asked the Lord, "Why did you choose me? I keep running away like the 14:01 prodigal son." But over these past few days he's hit the reset button. I was mainly discouraged because I didn't fully surrender to Christ. I kept sinning with my tongue, my eyes, my ears, etc. But when Uncle Santosh shared from Song of Solomon 4:7, it 14:18 showed me the infinite love of God. You're all together beautiful my darling and there's no blemish on you. >> [clears throat] >> This is how he phrased it. Jesus loves me even in my imperfections. He looks for a heart of repentance and faith. So 14:32 when I come and say, "Lord, I want to surrender my filthy tongue, my eyes, and my ears." God says, "Sham, I love that about you." And that really touched me. God loves me even in my imperfections and wants to help me surrender. 14:46 Then Uncle Jeremy shared from Luke 12:32. Don't be afraid little flock for it gives your father great happiness to give you the kingdom. And that was a promise to me. The only way I'll ever overcome sin is to be filled with the 15:00 Holy Spirit and Jesus is more than happy to do that for me. All I have to do is ask in faith and during praise night yesterday the Lord led me to ask him in faith and I fully believe he filled me yesterday. Then we sang the song, "It's all been 15:15 said and done." And the verse goes, "You look beyond our weakness and find purest gold in mire clay making sinners into saints. And I felt the Lord say to me, "Sham, I looked past your weaknesses and chose you to be transformed from the filthy scaly into 15:30 purest gold." >> [snorts] >> And then again, we sang, "He will hold me fast." And the words goes, "When I fear my faith will fail, when the tempter would prevail, I could never keep my hold, but Christ will hold me fast." In my utter weaknesses against 15:44 the giants in my life, Jesus promises me, "I'll be there to hold you fast, Sham, because I filled you with my spirit." Praise God. He's reset me. He's filled me with the Holy Spirit, and I cling to the promise that he'll finish the work 15:57 that he started in me. Thank you for listening. >> Hello. Um through this conference, I got to experience blessed love and purity of fellowship. I'm very grateful to the elders for feeding us spiritual food and for Christ in them and his love pouring 16:12 out through them. Thank God I've been able to see the wretched state of my own heart. I've been learned more about self-seeking behavior. I've gained more light as I've been here, and I've been deeply convicted of deeply rooted sin. 16:26 I'm far from being where I want to be, but God can bring me there. Please pray for Jesus's disciples, of which I really hope I'm one. Thank you. >> [music] >> One of the verses in this song says, 16:45 "What have we to idol [music] do do with idols who have companied with him?" Dear brothers, dear sisters, when Jesus has drawn you into his presence [music] and you get to walk with him, you can't ever walk along with an idol anymore or hold on to 17:02 an idol in your life. You've companied [music] with the King of kings, the living God, the only living God. How can we ever go back to the small, trifling idols of this world? Lay those idols aside. [music] Let the Lord 17:15 remove them by seeing how beautiful, how majestic [music] he is. >> Have you heard [singing] and seen him, known him? Is [music] not [singing] yours a captured heart? Sheep among [singing] 10,000 [music] 17:35 known him, joyful chose the [singing] better part. Idols once [music and singing] they won you, charmed you, lovely things of time and sense, gilded [singing and music] dust as sin disarmed you, 17:55 honeyed [singing] draughts you turned from them. Captivated [music] by his [singing] beauty, worthy tribute haste [music] to bring. Let his [singing] peerless worth constrain you, crowned [music] >> [singing] 18:14 >> him our unrivaled King. What [music] has stripped the seeming >> [singing] >> beauty from the idols of [music] the earth? Not >> [singing] >> a sense of right or duty, 18:34 but the sight of peerless [music and singing] worth. Not the crushing [music and singing] of those idols with its bitter void and smart, but [singing] the >> [music] 18:52 >> beaming of his beauty, the unveiling >> [music] >> of his heart. Captivated [singing and music] by his beauty, worthy tribute haste to bring. Let his peerless worth 19:12 constrain you, crowned him our King. unrivaled [music] king. Tis the >> [singing and music] >> Lord that melted Peter. Tis that grace that [music] Stephen saw. >> [singing] 19:29 >> Tis the heart that went with [music] Mary. Can alone from idols draw. >> [singing] [music] >> Draw and win and fill completely [singing] till the cup >> [music] >> overflow the 19:48 brim. What have we >> [music] >> to do >> [singing] >> with idols who have company with him? >> [music] >> Captivated >> [singing] >> by his beauty, worthy tributes >> [music] >> to bring. 20:07 Let his [singing] fearless word constrain you. Crown him now unrivaled [music] king. Who extinguishes [music] their taper till [singing] they 20:24 hail the rising sun? Who discards the garb [music and singing] of winter till the summer has begun? [music] Captivated [singing] by his [music] beauty, worthy tributes >> [singing] 20:44 >> to bring. Let his fearless word >> [music] >> constrain you. >> [singing] >> Crown him now unrivaled king. >> [music] >> Please be seated. >> I've heard a lot of things this week that I want to sit with and meditate on 21:02 and pray about and pray that it will become life. But I think it all boils down to to this for me. John 12:24 says, "Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit." For the last several years, 21:18 I've learned a lot about humility from falling to the ground and dying because of my own sin. And even in that, I went down kicking and screaming. I don't want to do that anymore. I want to pick up the shovel, dig a hole, and jump in there and die 21:31 with Jesus. That is the only way I can have real [clears throat] fruit. I want to keep coming back to him to fill me with his spirit um for every single breath that I take. And I believe that he will help me to do this, and I claim this promise in faith 21:44 that he will fill me every single day so that I can die to me and live for him. >> Hi everyone. Um this week has been such a blessing for me, and one thing that especially spoke to me was what Mr. RJ shared about compromise. 21:57 I used to think compromise was mostly about big decisions, but I learned that it can easily start with something much smaller than that. It can be the little moments where I know what God is asking, but I start looking for an easier 22:08 version of it instead. Mr. RJ talked about Lot. God told him to flee to the mountains, but Lot asked if he could go somewhere closer instead. It didn't seem like a huge difference, but it wasn't what God had said. That really made me think about how easy it 22:22 is for me to do something similar, where I kind of reshape things to fit what makes me com- more comfortable. We also looked at Abraham. When God asked him to offer Isaac, Abraham obeyed. He trusted God and followed what 22:35 God asked of him, even though it was incredibly difficult. I found myself asking whether there are areas in my life where I know what God wants, but I'm still hoping for a more comfortable option. It was a good reminder for me to keep 22:46 learning to trust that God's way is better than my own, even when I don't fully understand it. Psalm 25:14 says, "The secret of the Lord is for those who fear him." This verse was such an encouragement to me because it reminded me that God draws 23:00 close to those who honor him and take his word seriously. One of the many things I'm taking away from this week is a desire to be faithful in the small things. I want to keep growing and trusting God and following him even in the little 23:11 decisions of everyday life. Thank you. >> Good evening, everyone. So, before coming to this conference, I was living a life in exhaustion, busyness, and defeat. Through this conference and the articles that I read, God helped me realize that 23:25 many of the things I was doing were not what the Lord had told me to do. I went all by myself. I was living soul-ishly rather than being led by the spirit. I was not seeking the Lord in prayer or listening to his voice in my day-to-day 23:37 life. In the article Living in the Will of God, Jesus never acted merely because he saw a need. He saw the need, was concerned about it, but acted only when his father told him to do. This has deeply challenged me. As I return home from here, I want to 23:53 learn depending on the Lord continually, not to be afraid to live an ordinary life, wait on him, and never grow tired of asking to be filled with Holy Spirit. My hope as I go back home, as it is written in Songs of Solomon, 24:08 chapter 7 and verse 11, when the bride becomes a co-worker with her bridegroom and says, "Come, my love, let us go out into the fields and work together." And that's my hope as I go from this conference. Thank you. >> Hi, family. 24:21 Um since yesterday, this song has been on my heart. I've known you as a father, I've known you as a friend, and I've lived in the goodness of God. As I've been thinking of what to share after a very full weekend of rich, 24:35 challenging, but encouraging teachings and conversations that disclosed the secrets of my heart, to see that God was most certainly in your midst and had me had me repenting of my ways with a new hope to walk by faith in a pure testimony 24:50 that glorifies Jesus. The past couple days have been a reset for me and turned my perspective away from myself and difficult circumstances but to my heavenly father who loves me and does all things well. I've been challenged to 25:03 submit myself under God's mighty hand. Humble myself and accept the Lord's boundaries and his will with gratitude, contentment, and surrender to obedient to obedience. Surrendering my desires, wants, and ideas, and walk in obedience to God's 25:19 ways. To see my circumstances as opportunities for God to teach me through contentment and commitment. To turn away from self-seeking, looking away from my failures, and to see a heavenly father waiting for me to come with my burdens. He who rejoices over me 25:35 and silently plans for me in love and will not let me go. As a father, he will he disciplines his children to work out his will so that I may yield fruits of righteousness and be a sweet aroma in every place. So, today I'm thankful for 25:48 my heavenly father who patiently loves and cares for me, heard my cries and prayers over the last few months, answered and came through to show me himself because he alone is the answer and he is enough. I want to forget what lies behind and press 26:03 onward. Seek his Holy Spirit and by grace run this race that is set before me, focusing on being the bride of Christ with this uh What a faithful God have I? Because all my life he has been faithful. All my life he has been good. 26:16 And I have lived in the goodness of God. >> I'm blessed by about what Zack has shared about Jesus. Do I use Jesus as my way up to get to heaven, or do I use Do I see Jesus as my all in all? So, 26:34 I would say that I struggle with making Jesus my way to heaven. But, my prayer is that I might might make Jesus my all in all. So, there's some three verses that I thought about when I was thinking about 26:52 this. The first one is John um 3:16. It says uh in 3:16 3:16. It says uh For God so loved the world that he gave 27:11 his only begotten son so whoever believes in him not should not perish but have everlasting life in him. John 15 and this is what Jesus has done for I feel like for all of us for me mainly 27:30 is uh John 15:13. Greater love has no man than he than this that a man lay his life down for me to make Jesus my all in all. I must he must increase 27:50 but I must decrease. Thank you. >> Hi everyone. I want to thank God for this conference and allowing me to be here. Also elders RLCF Church from the youngest to the oldest. Uh first thing that encouraged me is that I must be filled with the Holy 28:09 Spirit. Uh I will share from Acts 17:26 uh through 27. Um He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth. 28:27 Having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation that they would seek God if perhaps they might feel around for him and find him. Though he is not far from each one of us. So God put boundaries in my life that I 28:44 will seek after with and learn to live by faith, depending on him all the time. Second thing which encouraged me is uh which I heard is when I sin, God's heart toward me does not change, but my heart toward him change. And also third 29:02 thing is the reason why I why I'm created is in the Revelation 4:11. It's from uh King James King James Version translation. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou hast made created all things, and for thy 29:19 pleasure they are and they are created. Uh I pray that God will accomplish >> [clears throat] >> accomplish this in my life. Thank you. >> I'm blessed by this gathering and the theme finding contentment in Christ alone. 29:33 One area that affects contentment for me is loneliness. It's something that I've thought about. But I was reminded this week that there's one way to overcome loneliness, and we read about it in John 12. John 12:24 to 25. Truly, truly, I say to 29:48 you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. This is the solution for me when it 30:03 comes to loneliness. Fall into the earth and die so that I can bear much fruit. I also want to understand that starting a family is not a solution to loneliness, but rather to live out what I read in John 12. Another thing that blessed me this week 30:20 is being taught that the Lord has a perfect will for me today from today onward, despite all the mistakes I've made in the past years of my life. Something I heard a member of RLCF say today is any decision I make, I want to run it 30:39 by the Lord. I want to keep that in mind and talk to God about decisions that I will need to make. Praise God for this wonderful conference. >> Hi. So, Jeremy ankle's teaching truly stood out to me. Once again, I was reminded 30:54 about the importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit to persistently ask and to not grow tired of the reminder to be filled. I'm realizing more and more that I cannot live a life content with Christ without being filled. 31:07 There is a point where I start to feel discouraged about certain areas in my life where I'm aware that I do not have the power of the Holy Spirit, but immediately Jeremy ankle shared Luke 12:32. Do not be afraid, little flock, 31:20 for your father has chosen to give you the kingdom. It's my father's best interest to fill me with his Holy Spirit. I just need to keep asking and knocking and be aware that if I'm not finding, then I'm either doubting or not seeking with all my 31:34 heart. My hope is that when I go home, all of these truths will not simply remain conference lessons, but will become realities in my daily walk with Christ. I desire to continue to seek him with all my heart, asking him to fill me with his Holy Spirit and 31:49 trusting that he delights to give himself to me. I'm thankful for the reminders, encouragement, and fellowship throughout the conference and I pray that what God has taught me here will continue to bear fruit in my life. 32:00 >> I've really enjoyed the conference and have been very encouraged. I really like hearing everyone's testimonies and also hearing everyone share on the articles. There were so many things that people shared that I never would have thought 32:11 of while reading it. I also like the article Our Beautiful Boundaries and the story of the mouse who was put in a jar and felt trapped by the jar. He asked to be an ant and had all the space he would ever need. I want to continue to grow and trust the 32:25 boundaries God has placed for me. It mentioned Romans 8:28 which has meant a lot to me in the current season of my life. I want to continually trust that every situation God has allowed is good. I also like hearing everyone share on 32:39 the article on financial discipline and how important it is to be faithful with money even in the little areas. I also really like what brother Zach shared on the Song of Solomon about Jesus' deep love for us and the personal 32:53 relationship he wants. I'm very grateful the Lord allowed me to be here. Thanks. >> I was encouraged by what Santosh Santosh Shakal shared about the Lord measuring success by faith rather than by how many times I do or not overcome. 33:06 I want to grow in my confidence in Jesus that he is able to complete the work he's begun in me and make me like him. I also want to grow in making it a habit of confessing this faith out loud. I was also challenged to praise God not 33:19 just after storms after I get through the Red Sea but before and realizing that it's a privilege to get to offer him the sacrifice of praise not just be like every other person who praises him afterwards but the privilege of a 33:31 disciple is to praise him in the middle of the storm and doing this not only glorifies him but strengthens my faith and confidence in him. >> Hello everyone. Um this conference has been a very blessed time for me spiritually and through a period of a 33:44 struggle it's been like um a real boost for me. And um one thing that particularly stood out to me um uh through brother Jeremy's message was the necessity to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Um it was something that my dad 33:58 conveyed to me before the conference repetitively and it was um reinforced while I was here. Um through the message I realized that I wasn't being persistent enough in asking the Lord to give me the Holy Spirit and um later on brother Santosh spoke along the 34:14 same lines and uh he encouraged me that even you know if I don't feel like I'm thirsty I need to ask constantly and that will build the thirst itself. And once I've asked I need to be confident that the Lord has filled me 34:27 and go into whatever activity of life that um is next with you faith and um the evidence itself of my being filled may even be present months after. Um but it will be power that she's provided. Um to close I'd like to read 34:45 the verse that Brother Jeremy shared. Um a few of us have shared it already. Luke 12:32. Do not be afraid, little flock, because your father has given chosen to give you the kingdom. Um the kingdom being righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. 34:58 Romans 14:17. And uh what stands out there is that God has already chosen to fill me. And so I've received it by faith, and I believe that he'll do it more in the coming days. Amen. >> Hello. My name is Keziah Stoll, and I'm 35:12 from RLCF. Before the conference, I was frustrated that some of the truths I knew weren't actually true in my life. Um but God, who is always faithful to me, turned my frustration into faith and hope. Brother Jeremy's message was especially 35:27 encouraging and answered many of my questions. He told us that we must be filled with the Holy Spirit and encouraged us to persevere in seeking to be filled. To seek and keep on seeking. I believe that God will help me not grow 35:43 weary in my search because he wants me both to ask and be filled. Brother Jeremy shared two promises that I have claimed for myself. Luke 12:32. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your father has chosen gladly to give you the 35:58 kingdom. And Luke 11:13. If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? I believe that God gladly gives me his Spirit, and I understand more than ever 36:16 the importance of being filled. I have faith that God is helping these teachings to be true in my life, and that he helps me to be pleasing to himself. >> Um hello, everyone. Um again, I've been super blessed by this conference and 36:29 I've heard things here that I've never heard before even as someone who grew up in CFC. The first thing that encouraged me was from Mr. Ijay. He gave the example of Lot and his unwillingness to give up Sodom and even though the Bible says 36:40 that Lot was a righteous man, he still held on to something in that city. And in my own life for the longest time my attitude was like I'm going to be a wholehearted disciplined disciple for God after a few more years. I just want 36:52 to enjoy the world a little more. But if you see Lot compromise like that and his whole family line was messed up and it ended up really badly for him. So when I procrastinate surrendering everything to God, I'm not really delaying the 37:03 decision. I'm actively choosing destruction. The line is very clear between living for God and not living for God. I can't be lukewarm. The second one was from Mr. Santosh. He pointed out a verse in scripture, Luke 18:8. When the son of man comes, will he 37:16 find faith on earth? I think it's a temptation for a lot of us to think that all God cares about is that we overcome sin and even if we overcome or not, he's just indifferent about it. But Mr. Santosh gave the example of two people. If one hasn't 37:29 sinned in a long time, but he did it off of his own strength and he's arrogant about it and the other hasn't overcome, but he's crying out for God for grace and even if he falls, he gets back up. God is more pleased with the second one 37:39 because he has that faith. So the measure of my spiritual success is how much I depend on God, how desperately I ask him for mercy and grace and even if I'm not overcoming because he rejoices over me with shouts of joy because he sees that faith in me. Again, 37:53 thank you everyone. >> Good evening. I learned so much in the past couple days. The highlights of what I learned The highlights of what I learned in the book of songs is that the book of song the song of Solomon is a story about God's view of 38:07 me. I always wondered why that book was in the Bible, but now every time I read it, I have a whole new perspective on it. Secondly, I learned that Jesus always did the will of his father. He never did his will. He said not my will, but your will be 38:23 done, Father, so that you name may be glorified." Jesus lived his life to bring glory and honor to God's name. That's how I want to live my life, too, to bring God glory and honor. Lastly, I have learned Lastly, I learned 38:41 um Sorry. Lastly, I learned how to value how much Jesus did for me. He sacrificed everything for me so that I could be his child and have a personal relationship with Um he could have stayed in heaven where everything is perfect, but he did his 39:00 father's will um and came to this evil world, suffered persecution persecution, beatings, insults, etc. All for me. Because he did all that for me, I'll gladly go through anything or do anything for my savior. And I can gladly call him and I think I can 39:19 honestly call him my very best friend. I'll help I love him because he first loved me. Thank you. >> Um so, before coming to this conference, uh my Christian life felt somewhat incomplete. Uh Like I knew the right things to do, to 39:33 say, to and to practice, but there was honestly something missing in my life. I would desire to pray, but nothing I said truly expressed how my heart felt. I desired to spend time with the Lord, but I didn't have an assurance that I 39:43 was truly being heard. But I've learned that that this was a lack of faith. God rejoices when he sees us when he sees faith in us and is very much pleased by it. Interestingly enough, uh this gave me more faith. Um and it's like I was overthinking it at some 40:01 point and overthinking it um and shifting my perspective of who God truly was. But I can truly say from this conference I've seen God. I've seen who he is. I've seen more of who he is and it's it's in a way that has changed 40:15 it makes me want to look back and adjust some things in my life because it's it's like I'm looking at somebody else. Um So, if I can summarize this conference into a sentence, I believe it will go something like this. God is very 40:28 pleased and excited for the simple faith we have in our hearts, but it's a faith that he began. A faith that, as it grows, gives us more gives us more of the character of Christ as we press on to perfection. Looking unto him and 40:41 looking unto him in all things. Well, that's actually two sentences. Um But, this conference has helped me to see Jesus first and then understand more of myself. And also, another point another important thing is to be filled 40:53 with the spirit for all things. I want to speak these things in faith to encourage myself that that he will make them true in my life. No matter the small instance such as serving food as we heard in the example of Stephen in the Bible where he was 41:06 chosen um because he was filled with the Holy Spirit to serve food. And somebody else who had to be filled with the Holy Spirit to um to minister to churches. Both instances needed the requirement of the Holy Spirit. So, if I can press on in my life 41:22 in that direction, I believe the Lord will work in me um continually. Amen. >> Good evening, family. So, I was blessed by a lot of things that were mentioned in these meetings. Um some of which are uh One thing that was shared by brother 41:39 Jeremy during our sisters Q&A section was that mark One mark of a godly woman is a meek and humble spirit. Um And I know in my life that I would often doubt God's uh ability in my life and put such a hindrance on him 41:58 through my unbelief. Um And I know now that we were created to glorify God. Glorify his image. And that the ordinariness of our lives doesn't mean that God can't be pleased with us. God loves us all just as much as he loved Jesus. 42:16 Because if Jesus is our older brother, God has no partiality towards his children. God rejoices over me, his daughter. He sings a song of gladness over me. And I know now that he will finish his work that he started. Zechariah 4:6 42:33 said, "This is God's message. Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty. You will succeed because my spirit, though you are weak." Thank you. >> All right, hello everyone. So, something that really blessed me from this 42:50 conference was uh from uh from a teaching uh that we had on Friday about being willing to surrender to God um and going through a school. The only way we learn uh the only way we learn to 43:08 completely surrender to God and obey him in all things is through the trials we face. Uh where we're given a choice whether to put him first or not, like a test in school to check what you learn so you can, you know, move on to the 43:19 next grade level. And something that really blessed me isn't just the fact that we should accept these trials into our life as part of God's guide for us, but to also rejoice in them. Uh Romans 5:3 says to celebrate in our 43:31 tribulations. In my experience, I tend to pray for things like humility and righteousness, but I often want to avoid the processes behind attaining those attributes. The main reason I want to avoid this is because I'm I'm afraid I may go through situations 43:45 similar through uh what Job went through. But, 1 Corinthians 10:13 says God God won't go beyond what we can handle and will stick to our grade level instead of giving trials that are a grade level above. Obviously, Job was on a different level, 43:59 so he had to like go through a lot harder tribulations, uh things he's capable of handling. Because of this reassurance, I pray to God to not simply get something like humility or righteousness, but to give me the strength by the Holy Spirit to help me 44:13 go through the trials he set forth in my life for my good and to rejoice in them because through them he is conforming me more and more to the likeness of Jesus. Thanks for listening. >> I'm very thankful for all the things 44:25 that the Lord has been speaking to me in this conference. I was especially blessed by brother Jeremy's message on the importance of being always filled with the Holy Spirit. I've heard so many messages on this in the past, but the 44:38 Lord has been pressing this on my heart in a new way this week. In his message, brother Jeremy was emphasizing that we must every day wait in Jerusalem until we have been clothed with power from on high. Luke 24:49. And to seek for this with all my heart 44:54 and without doubting because the Holy Spirit is so essential for this Christian life. Along the same lines, I was also very blessed by what brother Santos shared saying that in order to be filled with true power, I must be freed 45:07 from pleasing and loving myself and my flesh. Otherwise, I will be just holding to a form of godliness but denying its power. 2 Timothy 3:5. I'm seeing many areas of my life where my flesh is still present, but I've been so 45:24 filled with hope and encouraged by Psalms 149:4. The Lord takes pleasure in his people. He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. And also Luke 12:32. Do not be afraid little flock for your father has chosen gladly to give you the 45:41 kingdom. It is my great hope and longing going away from this conference that the things I have learned will become living and active in my life. And I want to have the faith have faith that God is faithful that he's been longing for me 45:55 to enter into this abundant life from before I was even born and that he will do this work in me. Thank you. >> Hello everyone. Um So, the thing that stood out to me the most in the conference was uh the neces- the necessity of being filled with the 46:10 Holy Spirit. And uh from Jeremy uncle's message, he said that two reasons why I might be seeking for the Holy Spirit but not finding it. Um the first reason was half-heartedness. Um He pointed out a verse, Jeremiah 29:13. 46:29 "And you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart." And uh I realized that uh even when I'm asking for the Holy Spirit, I'm not always seeking with all my heart. Uh and there are still some things of this world that have a hold on 46:43 me. And uh I want I repent of this attitude whenever I see it in my heart. And I want to seek the Holy Spirit wholeheartedly. And the second reason he pointed out was doubting. And um sometimes when I'm asking God for the 46:57 Holy Spirit, I can sense in the back of my mind that I don't really believe it fully. Uh but I'm being convicted to have more faith and believe that God will give it to me because it makes him so happy to give the Holy Spirit to me. 47:13 And uh I believe that the Lord will help me to grow in faith and seek the Holy Spirit more wholeheartedly. Thank you. >> Hello church family. I'm very blessed to be here. Coming into this conference, I was struggling with many things including 47:27 unbelief, doubt, half-heartedness, and discouragement. As the conference started and I was sitting through the sessions, I started noticing a similar pattern in the central themes of the messages. They were, you must have faith which 47:41 pleases God and you must be filled with the Holy Spirit. The article called Himself by A.B. Simpson discusses the faith of God or true faith, which is a dependence and trust in God in in absolutely every way. While reading this article, I realized I 47:58 can't even have real faith on my own. I knew I needed God for everything in my life, but this deepened my understanding of what everything means. Truly, I have nothing in myself, and I cannot do anything without God. He needs to do the work in me, and 48:12 that's where the Holy Spirit comes in. The new and living way is impossible. The incontinent, being content in Christ alone is impossible without the Holy Spirit. All this and much more was a lot of challenging truth to take in. 48:26 Over the past few days, Galatians 6:9 has been a precious encouragement to me not to lose heart, that I will um not to lose heart um that I will reap a harvest if I simply do not give up. Instead of becoming discouraged with how 48:41 far away I am spiritually from Christ's level of holiness, I want to have eyes of faith to trust in my bridegroom that just like Joshua and Caleb in Numbers 13 and 14, God will lead me into the promised land and defeat all the giants 48:55 in my life, no matter how big they are. As 2 Corinthians 5:15 states, "And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again." Thank you. >> [music] 49:18 [music] >> Peter tells us to speak of the hope that is within us, to give a defense [music] of that hope. And I praise the Lord for the hope that we've been hearing this evening. >> [singing and music] >> There is a hope that burns within my 49:38 heart that gives me strength for [singing and music] every passing day. A glimpse of glory [singing] now revealed [music] in meager part, yet drives away >> [singing] >> all doubt 49:57 >> [music] >> away. I stand in Christ with >> [music and singing] >> sins forgiven, and Christ in me the hope of heaven. >> [music] [singing] 50:14 >> My highest calling and my deepest joy, >> [music] >> to >> [singing] >> make this well my home. >> [music] >> There is a [singing] hope that lifts my weary head, 50:33 a consolation [music] strong [singing] against despair, that when the world has plunged me in its deepest >> [music] >> pit, I [singing] find the Savior >> [music] >> there. 50:52 Through present >> [singing] >> sufferings, future's near, [music] He whispers [singing] courage in my ear. >> [music] >> For I am safe in everlasting >> [singing] >> arms, and >> [music] 51:12 >> they will leave me home. There is a hope [singing and music] that stands the test of time, >> [music] >> that lifts my eyes [singing] beyond the beckoning grave, to see [music] the matchless [singing] 51:32 beauty of a day divine, when I behold His [singing and music] face. When suffering ceases and sorrows >> [music and singing] >> die, 51:50 every longing satisfied >> [music and singing] >> when joy unspeakable will flood my soul for [singing] I am truly >> [music] >> home. When suffering [singing] [music] 52:09 cease and sorrows die and >> [singing] >> every longing satisfied >> [music] >> when joy >> [singing] >> unspeakable will flood my >> [music] >> soul for [singing] I 52:29 am truly home. >> [music] >> Amen. Please be seated. >> Hello all. Good evening. Uh before coming to SDG 2026, um I have uh thought about pros and cons and I did not have good pros coming to here, 52:48 but after coming to here fellowship with godly elders and all the brothers and sisters who came here. They in day in and day out talking with them and listening to their testimonies and uh failures and sins encouraged me a lot to 53:08 continue in my faith. Uh one of the most important session which spoke to me is good foundation assurance in Christ and filled with being filled with Holy Spirit and never get tired of asking for the being filled with the 53:24 Holy Spirit every day for everyday life and everyday tasks. Uh So, other than those, those are the most important things I want to live and uh get being through in my life in the future. Some other things God spoke to me are 53:40 I'm accountable to all resources God has given me. I must be careful with time and money the most. Only when you experience the true love of Christ, you can love selflessly back to the Christ. Jesus Christ is a means and the end of 53:56 my life. He's one of the lessons I've learned that without him I cannot live the Christian life and he is the end goal I'm looking forward to. Setting the matter right when God convicts you is a measure of success or measure of faithfulness is 54:16 what I understood in this uh in this conference and I want to grow in that area as much as possible. Thank you all for listening to me. >> Hi everyone. Um I was very blessed by all the encouragements and exhortations. 54:35 I get I get to hear from the elders and also the time spent with brothers and sisters. Um it was like a taste of heaven and I'm very grateful for that. God spoke God spoke to my heart through this conference. Talking with a sister 54:53 um about the articles sharing made me realize the pride in my heart. While reading specific questions from the article, I felt very spiritual because I thought that my answers that I write are very good and I understood it 55:08 in my mind. But finally not in my heart. Gladly God saw that sin in my heart and made sure I get no chance to answer these specific questions publicly and humble me. I also realized the importance [clears throat] about being filled with 55:27 the Holy Spirit and seek for it daily. It empowers and guides us into the right direction. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is actually the answer for every questions or situations I have or will face in my life. Our heavenly father wants us to ask for 55:45 it even more than we do. So, I want to take it to heart as it is said in James 1:5. I paraphrase it. Um if any of you lacks of wisdom or the feeling of the Holy Spirit, let him have let him ask God who gives 56:02 generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. Thank you for listening. >> Good evening, brothers and sisters. I just wanted to share something the Lord blessed me with actually through the our our initial testimonies on Thursday 56:17 morning. In the several days leading up to the conferences I was considering the outline and the things to share that the elders had mentioned in the the information sheet. Just I I was thinking about what to do and nothing was coming together like I 56:34 wasn't sure what the Lord even wanted me to say. And over time like I'm I'm flying here like nothing's going right. And I had some ideas but no confidence in what the Lord wanted me to say and things stayed this way right until around the 56:51 time we got to the Burches Thursday morning and the Lord Lord gave me the verse from Luke chapter 3 that I shared and then everything just kind of came together. And this was really a big encouragement to me of the importance of of waiting on 57:06 the Lord and trusting that he will give me what what he wants me to say when in times when I'm trying to share something from my life. So, I just wanted to give this to you all and I hope it blesses you as it did me. And in closing I want to share a verse 57:24 from Jeremiah chapter 1 that the Lord reminded me of. Beginning in in verse 6 when Jeremiah said, "I do not know how to speak because I am a youth." But the Lord said to him, "Do not say I am a youth because everywhere I send 57:41 you, you shall go. And all that I command you, you shall speak." Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. And the And the Lord said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth." Thank you all for all 57:52 the words you've been sharing this evening. >> Hello. Um hello, everyone. At the start of the conference, I was very encouraged by a short line someone said during temp- testimonies on Thursdays. My value to God isn't based on what 58:06 happens today. It was determined long ago on the cross. For a while, I accepted this mindset mindset that valued that my value to Christ um would decrease when I would fall. And then it would increase when I kept a sinless streak. 58:20 But this was a great light to me that Jesus sealed the covenant with me before I did anything for him. And I love him simply because he loved first in 1 John 4:19. This was confirmed during praise night in the line, "My value fixed, my 58:33 ransom paid at the cross." in the song "My Worth Is Not in What I Own." Something I was blessed with from the sessions is that the Holy Spirit is the answer to every question that I have. And my only purpose on this earth is for 58:45 God's pleasure. As I was listening and singing about these things, I felt the reassurance in my heart to simply have faith that God will continue the work that he has started for his glory and not for me. Um the last thing that I was challenged 58:57 with is to never have a side affair with the world. I hope to be secure in the love of Christ and turn my eyes upon him, but also fall into the ground and die so that only he would remain. The following lines of this song 59:10 encouraged me greatly and sums it up well. "We must run, we must run. There's a glorious prize to be won. Jesus' bride, Jesus' bride, cast away every other thought beside." Thank you. >> Uh finding or learning contentment in 59:22 Christ alone was our theme. And what particularly stood out to me was that phrase in Christ alone. I've been asking myself this question, am I all in on Christ? And in the world they tell you to diversify your portfolio, 59:35 don't put all your eggs in one basket. And I internally had this attitude to the Christian life where I'm 95% in on Jesus, but the other 5% I'm investing into myself or into the world. And I was asking the elders, how do you 59:49 um have this desire to continually be all in? And one of the things that they shared that blessed me was asking to see how much Jesus loved you little by little and more and more each day. It is not a self-derived faith that gives you the 1:00:02 ability to be all in. It's only through the Holy Spirit showing you how much Jesus loves you, how he is all in on you. I might not be ready to be a martyr for Christ by tomorrow, but I want to see his love for me little by little enough 1:00:16 for each trial. I don't want this to be some emotional or temporary statement, but through the Holy Spirit and only the Holy Spirit, moment by moment, nothing of myself, seeing the fullness of Jesus' love. Amen. >> So, first of all, 1:00:31 I would like to say that God is so good and always good. I'm so blessed to have been a part of this conference. Before coming to the conference, I was 1:00:48 starting to struggle with different Okay. I'm not good at speaking in front of people. I was starting to struggle with 1:01:07 different circumstances in my life. God has been teaching me through this conference the secret of true contentment. But I can't find true contentment without daily seeking to be 1:01:27 be filled with the Holy Spirit. A void uh verse that challenges me in Philippians 4:11-13. I am not saying this because I am in need. For I have learned to be content 1:01:46 whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, 1:02:05 whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. This is a spiritual goal 1:02:23 I want to strive for with the help of the Holy Spirit. I feel like I'm barely scratching the surface of everything I've learned from this conference. Uh honestly, it was a little bit overwhelming at times. But, these words are just the beginning 1:02:42 of a much larger journey of growth. God is so wonderful. >> Um what I have learned at this singles discipleship gathering. Um so, in a teaching session, Brother Olu said some statements that challenged me regarding contentment. He said, uh to 1:03:01 be content is to say, "I don't even want what anyone else has." Also, I'm I'm happy with what I have. I'm not there yet, but I want to be able to say that. Uh Brother Zach talked about the importance of asking God to fill us with 1:03:13 His Holy Spirit. This is a special prayer that we find in John 17 uh that is exclusively for disciples. In Romans 8:29 we find that the greatest thing that God can do to us is to make us like Christ. He also spoke of the importance 1:03:29 of seeking God first and putting him first in my life, Matthew 6:33. In 1 John 4:19 it says, "We love him because he first loved us." Since God loved me first, I want to respond. I want my responsibility to love him in return. 1:03:45 In John 16:14 it says, "The Holy Spirit will glorify Jesus and show him to us." Uh Santosh mentioned that all that out of all creation only restored humans can live to please God alone. In 2 Timothy 3:12 it says, "All that will 1:04:04 live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." In Hebrews 11 we find that God that faith is what we need to please God. It was through faith that people in the Old Testament obtained a good report. The definition of faith is helpless 1:04:18 dependence on God. Uh in in a Q&A session Jeremy mentioned the second half of the verse in Jeremiah 48:10, "Cursed is he that keeps back his sword from blood." This is a picture of crucifying our will. Um thank you. >> Uh I believe that I believe one thing 1:04:36 that God has spoken to my heart during this conference is to remember that Jesus is a real person to me. There was a question that was asked during the Q&A session inquiring about how to know whether God wanted them to be a Paul or a Barnabas. 1:04:52 And one of the elders replied by saying, "Neither. Be like Jesus. Seek to be like Christ and he will guide you from there." Someone also shared with me about when Andrew inquired about Jesus and Jesus invited him to his home. And then Andrew 1:05:10 wanted to follow Jesus after that and be his disciple. It's because he saw something in Jesus, not healing or a miracle, but he probably saw some purity in Jesus, perhaps the way he spoke or the way he treated Andrew. We learn today to be content because he 1:05:26 will never leave us or forsake us. It means that the real person of Jesus and his presence and seeing him and what Andrew saw in him that day, uh that is the Jesus that won't leave us. I want to keep seeing how real Jesus 1:05:42 is and not lose sight of that. I believe that God will do this in my life to open my eyes to see who Jesus really is and what he is like and uh he will fill me with his Holy Spirit and make this true in my life. >> Praise God that when he sets us [music] 1:06:01 free, Jesus said, "If the son shall shall set you free, you shall be free indeed." It's what the song sings about. Once I was bound by sin's galling fetters, chained like a slave, I [music] struggled in vain. But I received a glorious freedom. 1:06:18 I didn't finally break through on my own. I received a glorious freedom. When Jesus [music] broke my fetters in twain. Sing from your heart. >> Once I was [singing and music] bound by sin's galling fetters, chained like a slave, I struggled in 1:06:38 [singing] vain. But I received [music] a glorious freedom [singing] when Jesus broke my fetters in twain. >> [music] >> Glorious [singing] freedom, wonderful freedom, 1:06:57 >> [music] [singing] >> no more in chains of sin I repine. Jesus, [music and singing] the glorious, came and set me free. Now [singing] and forever, He shall be [music] mine. Freedom from [singing] all the 1:07:20 carnal affections, >> [music and singing] >> freedom from envy, hatred, and strife. Freedom from vain >> [music] >> and worldly ambitions, >> [singing] >> freedom from [music] all that 1:07:37 sadden my life. Glorious freedom, [music and singing] wonderful freedom, no more in chains >> [music and singing] >> of sin I repine. Jesus the glorious, emancipator. 1:07:56 >> [music and singing] >> Now and forever, He shall be mine. Freedom from [music] pride and all sinful >> [singing] >> follies, freedom from love >> [music] 1:08:14 >> and glitter of gold. Freedom from evil temper and anger, [music and singing] glorious freedom, rapture untold. Glorious freedom, >> [music and singing] 1:08:31 >> wonderful freedom, no more in [music] chains >> [singing] >> of sin I repine. Jesus the glorious, >> [music] >> emancipator. >> [singing] >> Now and forever, [music] He shall be [singing] mine. 1:08:53 Freedom from [music] fear with all of its torments, [singing] freedom from care with all of its pain. >> [music] >> Freedom in [singing] Christ, my blessed redeemer, >> [music] 1:09:10 >> He who has rent >> [singing] >> my fetters in twain. Glorious freedom, wonderful freedom, no more in [music] chains >> [singing] >> of sin I repine. Jesus, the glorious 1:09:29 >> [music] >> emancipator, now and forever, [singing] >> [music] >> He shall be mine. >> Glorious freedom. >> Glorious [singing] freedom, wonderful freedom, no more in [singing] chains of sin I 1:09:49 repine. >> [music] >> Jesus, the [singing] glorious emancipator, >> [music] >> now and forever, [singing] He shall be mine. Jesus, the glorious [singing and music] emancipator, now and forever, 1:10:11 >> [music] >> Jesus [singing] is mine. >> Hello everyone. >> [clears throat] >> The little seeds that were planted in my heart throughout this conference were of His wonderful love towards me and just 1:10:29 how precious our heavenly Father is. After seeing how He speaks over us in Song of Songs in such a lovely way and that my name is inscribed in the palm of His hand and that He emptied Himself out for me and [clears throat] was separated from 1:10:46 His Father because of my sin I want to love Him with all of my heart. I was convicted of not seeking Him wholeheartedly. The only way I can truly glorify His name is if he fills me with the power of his Holy Spirit. I saw the boundaries that he placed 1:11:02 around me were placed out of his perfect love so that I can seek him and find him. He is so very near to us, but it is our sin that keeps us far from him. I want to seek him wholeheartedly and wait on my heavenly father to fill me 1:11:16 with the Holy Spirit and continue to fill me day by day. The prayer of my heart is to earnestly seek him with all of my heart and not for my own good, um but because he is worthy and to trust that he who began a good work in me will perfect it until 1:11:32 the day of Jesus Christ for his glory and my good. And I wanted to leave you all with a little phrase that really blesses me and encourages me to see my beautiful boundaries. Um if any other circumstance would be better for me than the one that I am in, 1:11:48 then divine love would have already placed me there. And in Psalms 16:6, it says, "The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me." Thank you. >> Hi, I'm DK from Dallas and one thing I 1:12:04 learned from this conference is having Jesus as your bridegroom. And I guess in ways to just practically see that is knowing that when a husband returns home to work that he always has his wife, but he still prioritizes his work. The same 1:12:18 could also be for any of us that while we each have things that we need to do, things that need to prioritize, we have to remember where our true priority is. And one thing that the world always preaches is that it's never enough, that 1:12:31 you should always do more and more and more. But one thing that God always says is that I am enough and that you don't need anything else but me. So, it's always great to um just see how God just loves all of us and that we are that we are enough for 1:12:47 him despite the world saying that we aren't enough for it. So, yeah, that was just one of the things I learned while at this conference and uh thank you for having us. >> All right, this is DeMarcus from Dallas CFC. 1:13:04 And one thing I am very encouraged by being in this conference for the few days that I was actually able to attend. You know, comparing this from the last time I was here, I came in 2022 and during that time I felt like I 1:13:20 really didn't have any desire to follow the Lord. I knew God was real, I knew Jesus was God, but I wanted to to live my own life and I wanted to do whatever it was that I wanted to do and trying to be a Christian at the same time, obviously 1:13:35 those things are hot and cold, complete opposites. And I would I felt very unfulfilled in my life and I was just going through a lot during that time. And I'm just so thankful for the Lord for being merciful and giving me, you 1:13:50 know, four years to to come back to him and I'm just so thankful that I'm able to to be here and be around all my like-minded brothers and sisters in Christ. They've been such an encouragement to me these past few days. 1:14:03 Just being able to hear their different testimonies that I have heard and just even the conversations that I've had. Instead of me feeling ashamed like I I did a few years ago, I'm now going to be leaving here encouraged and wanting to 1:14:18 run instead of walk like I was doing before. I probably was walking backwards before, but instead of walking towards Christ, I'm more encouraged to to run like I see everybody else doing. So, maybe to encourage anybody else that 1:14:33 could be feeling how I felt a few years ago where you don't know if you really have a a desire for the Lord, I just continue to ask the Lord to to work to work in your life to to show you that he really cares and loves you and he wants 1:14:49 the best for you. So, I think that's my my takeaway from from this few days of the conference. So, very glad that I can be here. Thank you. >> I've been blessed by many teachings and encouragements this conference. Something I'd like to share is as we 1:15:06 read in one of the articles that Jesus was perpetually poor in spirit and that God intended men to live in perpetual dependence upon God. To me, it's a reminder to turn to God more frequently than I currently do. To express my helpless dependence on him 1:15:22 continually throughout the day and likewise to express thanksgiving and have faith that God will strengthen me every hour and for any challenge or any trial. Not leaning on my own ability or human wisdom, human strength 1:15:37 but instead to lead to lean entirely and continually upon the Lord and be continually filled with His Holy Spirit. I believe this allows a believer to enter a life of peace and of being pleasing to God our Father. We can then be at that perfect rest when 1:15:57 we abide in him and are in perpetual communion with him praying always. Of course, we also have to to obey him and do his will. And ultimately, there is no greater blessing than to be in close fellowship with God. In His presence is fullness of joy. We 1:16:15 read in Psalms 16:11. And in John 15:5 we read I am the vine, you are the bran- the branches. He that abideth in me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. 1:16:35 For without me, you can do nothing. >> Everyone, I hope everybody is doing well. Um as some of you guys heard or maybe have known, I had to leave the conference a little bit early because of some health issues that I am going through, but I 1:16:53 want to take some time to thank you all for all of you guys who've checked up on me, um prayed for me, and walked through it with me. All the sisters that took care of me, and all the brothers who and elders who prayed with me. Um I'm very 1:17:08 grateful and thankful for the time that the Lord had given me at the conference, and I know it's not in vain, my time there. Um growing up I've learned that God doesn't waste anything, not even the small things. In fact, little is much when God 1:17:25 is in it. Um my testimony actually began started beginning with my first testimony that I shared with you all about wanting to confess my hope to say, "It is well with my soul, no matter what happens." I think I got the biggest honor to 1:17:43 actually put that into practice um when I left the conference because God said, "Are you able to say, 'It is well with my soul if I take you in this direction?'" In fact, in my testimony, I think I said there are sometimes U-turns 1:18:00 that happen. Um God will take us in a big U-turn um and turn us around, and are we still able to say, "It is well with my soul?" And I've been given the opportunity to put that into practice. And what greatness that is. I'm learning 1:18:15 to boast in my weakness and not feel like I need to prove myself because that's not what God has called me to do. I don't need to push through my weaknesses when he has called me to to boast in my weakness and say, "This 1:18:33 is This is where my grace is going to be sufficient for you, and I'm going to be stronger, and you're going to see my power. So, I'm believing for myself healing, and but I also am praying for all of you guys that the Lord is going to do great things for all 1:18:51 of you. Again, thank you for supporting me. To God be the glory for everything, and I can't wait to hear what you all have learned from the conference as well. Y'all take care. >> Something I've been reminded of through 1:19:04 this past weekend is that it is really important to be a disciple. Psalms 25:14 says that the secret of the Lord is for those who fear him. And a disciple is one who fears the Lord and seeks to obey his word, not just have a knowledge or 1:19:19 understanding of it. And as a disciple, I want to have a relationship of constant fellowship and love with God like that of a bride and bridegroom, not one of ritual or routine. And being a disciple requires me to seek to be 1:19:32 filled with the Holy Spirit, have patience and discipline. The use of my life and time has also stuck out to me in the life of a disciple. I want to receive from God's word daily instead of being caught up in the distractions of the world. One of 1:19:44 the brothers had shared that God's will is about clinging to his promises and trusting in his timing. I want to have faith in seeing that the life of a disciple is one of complete joy and rest in him and is the best life I can live. 1:19:56 Luke 12:32 also blessed me as it says that God has chosen to give us the kingdom. God has already planned my life and is eager to show me his path and kingdom even more than I am to seek it. And if I seek his kingdom first and 1:20:07 foremost, all else that I need he will provide for. I want to make it my ambition to glorify God in all the areas of my life and be a wholehearted disciple of his. Amen. >> Good evening, family. This conference has blessed me a lot. I 1:20:21 walked in with a spiritual need in my life, and it has been met. There There is one sin which I have been convicted of in this conference, and that I now see as worse than committing murder or adultery. And that is doubting the love of God. 1:20:37 Galatians 3:13 says, Christ became a curse for me. And today this morning we heard 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, Jesus became a sin for me. He was condemned, crucified, and even gave up the most precious thing to him, his fellowship with the Father. 1:20:53 Even though he saw my entire future and all my failures, he still did it for me. Does he need to do more to prove his love for me? No. If I get married and my wife comes to me and says she's not sure if I love her, I would be very hurt. 1:21:10 And I'm done hurting my Lord by saying to him I doubt his love. I repent of this evil and and as sister Annie shared, I want to renew my covenant with the Lord this conference and enter into a true love relationship of obedience to him. 1:21:26 I now see how eager he is to spend time with me. How his heart beats every faster every time I look at him. And I want to give him that pleasure every day. I want to take up my cross daily, drive out every desire other than the desire 1:21:41 for God, and make sure that they never enter again. As the article himself says, with every breath I take, I want to breathe Christ in and breathe myself out. I will I will stop breathing on the day I die and be fully conformed to his image. 1:21:58 Thank you. Amen. >> Hello everyone. My name is Abby. The last couple days have been such a blessing filled with precious moments. There are many things that the Holy Spirit convicted me of, encouraged me, and comforted me in. 1:22:11 The lasting impression this conference has left on my heart is that all I need is our Lord, only himself. I'm encouraged to seek him now because if I seek him, everything else will fall into place for me, but because he deserves 1:22:24 all of me and deserves is an understatement. He paid He paid my price in full and I'm no longer my own. And since I'm not my own, my life has nothing to do with me and everything to do with his glory. I don't want to be taken up with 1:22:40 wonderful spiritual truths like denying myself, but miss the substance, which is Christ. Another thing that one of the brothers shared is to never get tired of seeking. Ask and keep asking. Seek and keep seeking. Our Jesus encourages us 1:22:54 not to lose heart. Luke 18:1. He tells me, "Do not fear little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you his kingdom." Luke 12:32. I'm encouraged to pursue him only, to never cease praying, and to for the 1:23:06 continual filling of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Thank you. >> So, in this conference, God has been showing me more areas of self in my life. So, even in the things that are seemingly good. So, one of the verses is our our aim should be pleasing to God, 1:23:19 right? And I like to paraphrase it and say, "I have to make God proud." Or God should be able to look at me and say, "That's my boy." But But there's even a bit of self in that. It's like I have to make God proud. God has to look at me. And that's It's It's 1:23:33 like I'm saying, "God, you brought me all this way. You've got me here. I kind of got the hang of it. So, you know, you you take a backseat. I've got it from now." And it's it's making me the hero of the story. It's not making Jesus the 1:23:44 hero of the story. And he's also even though I'm failing even in that, he's showing me his love, you know, despite all my failures. Through everything, he's especially fond of me. Uh he admires these eyes, these lips, these hands that have failed him. 1:23:59 And he wants to, you know, be right next to me in every in everything I do. And so, now I wanted to be no longer I, but Christ in me. And everything I do, I want to do for his glory. And God also spoke to me through Colossians through Colossians, 1:24:14 where it says, "My life is hidden Christ." And I like to imagine um when Satan goes to God and accuses of him accuses me and says, "God, do you see that boy? Is he really yours? Do you see what he's doing?" And God says, 1:24:26 "What are you talking about? I don't see anyone. I only see Jesus. And even if I do something good, God only sees Jesus. So, in everything is Jesus. And all of this is possible only if I see Jesus." And we heard that Andrew just spent one 1:24:40 day with Jesus, and that was enough for him. And I got something better. God has given me his Holy Spirit, who won't show me Jesus just once. He will show me the beauty of Jesus every day. And I know that if my Jesus is with me, 1:24:54 that's all I need. And yeah, that that's really all I need. And I just need to keep asking for it. And I believe God will do it in my life. >> Good evening, everyone. Initially, when I came into this conference, I really just wanted to see 1:25:10 Christ in action. That was the desire of my heart. I never thought that I would witness the love of Christ. John 14:15 says, "If you love me, then keep my commandments." The Lord encouraged me with this verse by taking me through a situation this weekend to 1:25:27 show me this command obeyed in the love of the Lord. John 13, halfway through verse 34 through 35, says, "Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will you know will know that you are my disciples if you 1:25:42 love one another." 1 John 4:19 says, "We love because he loved us first." I honestly have never been part of a church body that loves one another until I came to a CFC church and CFC church events. I've witnessed fellowship among brothers 1:25:57 and sisters here with many different backgrounds, upbringings, and help They all have helped care and and uh take well, to take care of one another here. It was a blessing to see the love of Christ in action, whether by encouraging 1:26:09 words from a brother or sister, or the faithful and true testimonies that were shared, or even something like children obeying their parents in the household. I do not have absolutely absolute certainty that I'm I am filled and 1:26:22 surrounded by the love of Christ, but the desire of my heart is to be filled with the Holy Spirit in this area. And as I leave this conference, I hope to be filled with the Holy Spirit so that I may love others at home in 1:26:34 patience and in kindness. Thank you. >> The Lord has been calling us these days. And uh >> [music] >> it would be wonderful if we could continue this on until Christ comes, but he's got a mission for us, family. Dear brothers, sisters, children, 1:26:51 especially you and you young people, >> [music] >> God has a plan for you. There's a mission field out there waiting for you. Not in a far-off country necessarily, but right there in your neighborhood, in your workplace, in your school, 1:27:04 among your relatives. It's the [music] mission field. This is why he has filled you. >> [music] >> This is why he is filling you that you might answer the call. Let's sing. >> Hear the call of the kingdom. [singing] Lift your eyes to [music] the king. Let 1:27:22 his song rise within you as a fragrant [music and singing] offering. Our God, rich in mercy, [music] came in [singing] Christ to redeem all who trust in [music] his unfailing [singing] grace. Hear the call of the kingdom to be 1:27:44 children [singing] of light [music] with the mercy of heaven, the humility [singing] of Christ. Walk in [music] justly before him, loving [singing] all that is right, that the light of Christ may shine through [music and singing] 1:28:02 us. King of heaven, >> [singing] >> we will [music] answer the call. We will follow, >> [music] >> bringing hope [singing] to the world filled with passion, >> [music] >> filled with power 1:28:20 to proclaim salvation [singing] in Jesus' >> [music] >> name. Call of the kingdom to reach [singing and music] out to the lost with the Father's compassion and the wonder [music and singing] of the 1:28:38 cross, bringing peace and forgiveness and a hope [music and singing] yet to come. Let the nations put their trust in him. King [music] of heaven, we will [singing] answer the call. We 1:28:57 [music] will follow, bringing hope >> [singing] >> to the world filled with passion, >> [music] >> filled with power to proclaim salvation [music and singing] in Jesus' name. King of heaven, 1:29:16 >> [music] >> we will answer the call. We will follow, >> [music] >> bringing hope to [singing] the world filled with [music] passion, filled with power to proclaim salvation [music and singing] in Jesus' 1:29:35 name. Salvation in Jesus' >> [music] >> name. Salvation in Jesus' name. >> [music] >> How 1:29:54 >> [singing] >> firm a foundation >> [music] >> ye saints of the Lord >> [singing] >> is laid for your [music] faith in His excellent [singing] word. What can He say [music] than to you [singing] 1:30:13 He hath said, "To you >> [music] >> who unto >> [singing] >> Jesus have fled, >> [music] >> Fear not, I am with thee, oh be not dismayed, >> [music and singing] >> for 1:30:32 I am thy God, and will >> [singing and music] >> still be with thee, I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause [music and singing] thee to stand. Upheld by My >> [music] >> righteous >> [singing] >> omnipotent 1:30:51 hand." And through >> [music] >> the deep waters I [singing] call thee to go, the >> [music] >> rivers of sorrow shall [singing] not overflow, for I will be 1:31:12 with thee, thy troubles [music and singing] to bless, and sanctify >> [music] >> to thee thy deepest distress. >> [singing] >> And through fiery trials thy [music] pathway shall lie, 1:31:31 thy grace all sufficient >> [singing] [music] >> shall be thy supply, the flames shall not hurt thee, >> [singing] >> I only >> [music] >> design thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine." 1:31:51 >> [music] >> Be still, and know that I am God, all my people [music] find word my sorrow in eternal >> [music] 1:32:07 >> unchangeable rock. >> [singing] >> And then when >> [music] >> graven shall their temples adorn, >> [singing] >> like rams they shall stand [music] in thy bounds be born. The [music] 1:32:26 soul that on Jesus >> [singing] >> hath leaned for repose, >> [music] >> I will not, I will not desert to his >> [music and singing] >> foes. That soul, though all hell should 1:32:46 endeavor to shake, >> [music] >> I'll >> [singing] >> never, no, never, no, >> [music] >> never forsake. Let's sing that verse again one more time for you. >> [music and singing] >> Let's sing with me and sing that soul 1:33:03 that on Jesus has leaned for repose. Is that you this evening? And Jesus says, "I will not, I will [music and singing] not forsake even though all hell shall try to shake you." And I will never [music] leave you or forsake you. Let's sing it from your 1:33:17 heart. The soul [singing] that on Jesus has >> [music] >> leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert >> [music and singing] >> to his foes. That soul, >> [music and singing] >> though all hell should 1:33:36 endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, >> [singing and music] >> never forsake. That soul, though all hell [music and singing] should endeavor to shake, I'll >> [music] 1:33:56 >> never, no, never, >> [singing] >> no, never forsake. >> [music] >> What do God's people say? >> Amen. >> Say it like you mean it. >> Amen. >> Amen. >> [music]
