“But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment. And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.” —Psalm 9:7-10
“Your faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You established the earth, and it stands.” —Psalm 119:90
“‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’” —Jeremiah 29:11
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” —Romans 8:28
“For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.” —Hebrews 4:15
“Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” —Isaiah 41:10
“God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.” —Psalm 46:1
“God Inspires Our Trust” By In Touch Ministries:
“Our Father in heaven always keeps His promises and never leaves us alone.”
“As far as children can tell, their mom and dad know everything and can do anything. And kids typically don’t question that assumption without reason (for example, if they see a parent mishandle a situation or someone else influences their level of trust). Parents demonstrate reliability by consistently providing shelter, food, and safety—and also by lovingly teaching, comforting, and guiding their sons and daughters. Then the children can sleep in peace, knowing their needs will be met.
Likewise, we know that we can trust our heavenly Father because He has shown Himself trustworthy from the beginning of time. Psalm 119:90 says, “[God’s] faithfulness continues throughout generations.” He has never broken a promise, and His plans for us have always been for our good (Jeremiah 29:11; Romans 8:28). What’s more, God understands our weaknesses and never asks us to do anything that He won’t help us accomplish (Hebrews 4:15; Isaiah 41:10). We can trust that even in the worst situations, He will be with us (Psalm 46:1).
What does trusting God look like in your life this week? Where can you relinquish control to Him?”
[All Bible verses are in the NASB1995 Translation.]
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~ Scriptures about forgiveness ~
Matthew 6:15
"But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Ephesians 4:32
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Colossians 3:13
"Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."
Daniel 9:9
"To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him."
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Proverbs 10:12
"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."
Micah 7:18
"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."
Mark 11:25
"And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
Luke 17:3-4
"Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."
Luke 6:37
"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"
Matthew 6:14
"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Isaiah 1:8
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
James 5:16
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
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6.] More Money More Problems
This was the only place in Hong Kong where the gifts
of the SPIRIT were being used, & this is where I told
some stories last night [57:04]
That they some of the visitors came along &
they were quite upset with what was going
on—they said because it was a huge number
suddenly we'd grown into hundreds they said
“How did you do this?!” Oh I don't know we
sort of grew..
“Where did you get all these people? Do you
call yourself a pastor? Are you a fellowship?
Do you think women should be..”
I dunno, it just sort of happened. [57:38]
The LORD is so sweet.
But you see, showing all that fruit
didn't mean we were successful.
What is successful is doing the will of GOD &
therefore consider it pure joy my brothers
whenever you face trials of many kinds cause
you know the testing of your faith produces
perseverance. [James 1:2-4]
James 1:2-4 | Rejoicing in Trials [Philippians 1:12-20]
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter
trials of many kinds, ³ because you know the testing of
your faith develops perseverance.
⁴ Allow perseverance to finish its work, so you may
be mature and complete—not lacking anything.”
2 Peter 1:3-9 | Partakers of the Divine Nature
³ HIS divine power has given us everything we
need for life & godliness thru the knowledge
of HIM WHO called us by HIS OWN glory and
excellence. ⁴ Through these HE has given us
HIS precious & magnificent promises, so that
thru them you may become partakers of the
divine nature, now that you've escaped the
corruption in world caused by evil desires. ⁵
For this very reason, make every effort to add
to your faith virtue; & to virtue, knowledge; ⁶
& to knowledge, self-control; & to self-control,
perseverance; & to perseverance, godliness; ⁷
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if you possess
these qualities & continue to grow in them,
they will keep you from being ineffective &
unproductive in your knowledge of our LORD
JESUS CHRIST. ⁹ But whoever lacks these traits
is nearsighted to point of blindness, having
forgotten he has been cleansed from past sins.
And Romans 5, “Rejoice in your sufferings.”
Romans 5:3-5 | ³ Not only that, but we also rejoice
in our sufferings, because we know that suffering
produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character;
& character, hope. ⁵ & hope does not disappoint us
cause GOD has poured out HIS love into our hearts
through the HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE has given us.
6.1] What is sufferings?
Think Naomi put it so well yesterday sufferings is
really understanding & sharing the heart of the
LORD JESUS for us.
You have to get over your own sufferings, ok
We're not counting that. We're counting on
sharing HIS. Rejoice therefore in sufferings
because they will produce perseverance &
perseverance will produce character which
will produce hope!
And hope does not disappoint us because
GOD has poured out HIS love into our hearts
by the HOLY SPIRIT which HE has given us!
You see just at the right time CHRIST died for the
ungodly & HE's given me the privilege of loving
the ungodly & living with the ungodly—who've
just become a bit godly. [59:15]
And lead [them] loving & growing up.
6.2] Final Word of Encouragement
So I want to bless some of you, encouraged some
of you, & ask you to stand so we can pray for you
• Have you started your race? [1:00:002]
• And will you finish?
Paul says I've finished the race marked out
[2 Timothy 4:7]
The enemies are the ones you're competing against:
[1] Sexual temptation,
[2] Needing all your friends approval,
[3] Not going somewhere because by staying
behind you might find a good marriage partner
They're all enemies!
You think the LORD is going to withhold any good
thing from you? If you do HIS will, HE will not.
Are you going to miss out on what your friends get?
Yes but you have the better part,
you have the better part [1:01:00]
Luke 10:41-42 | “Martha, Martha,” the LORD
replied, “you're worried & upset about many
things. ⁴² But only one thing is necessary and
Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will
not be taken away from her.”
You have eternity, the joy in Heaven. All those people
that you've touched along the way [and] like JESUS for
the joy set before HIM
—HE endured the cross & scorned in shame, so I
want to ask you: Have you started your race and
will you run it with perseverance?
Let me bless you all & then I especially want to pray
for the Caleb's—Max my friend, I thought you were
telling me to start the worship. [1:01:39]
Do you want to close your eyes & open your hands
and receive this. I bless you to run the race marked
out for you, I bless you to go for the portion which
has been reserved for you.
• Because you were made for it
• you were made by a CREATOR
WHO made you so carefully & specially that only
thru you, could HIS love & HIS heart be displayed
to certain people.
………………………………………………………………………….
I bless you to be free from needing to look
successful or counting numbers; I bless you
not to be jealous of those of your friends
………………………………………………………………………….
—who seem to have what's called a ministry
never mind that stuff, never mind that stuff
• we're not here on Earth to start ministries
• we're here on Earth to love our neighbors
• to love the poor
A Ministry might come out of it.
I bless you to run with patience & if you don't see
what the LORD has envisioned you with, not to be
disappointed—but to know that whatever you do
in the LORD's Name is not in vain.
There will be a harvest!
Someone else may reap it. There will be a harvest
for those of you who've started, who've got stuck
• I'm just sowing
• I'm just sowing
• I'm just sowing
I bless you to know there's always a harvest
• always someone
• always
Don't say four more months & then the harvest
There's a harvest everywhere.
So for those of you who only sow, I bless you
to do some reaping because there's a harvest
around everywhere
somewhere everywhere in this city, in the
place you live—there's a harvest waiting..
I sent you to reap. What you have not worked for
others have done the hard work, & you will reap
the benefits of their labor.
So those of you who got stuck, just do a little
sowing—go & do some reaping & know that
you are called to reap what others have sown
And you won't be proud, but you must do some
reaping, there's always a harvest somewhere.
For those of you that think you've got to spend your
life reaping, I bless you to sow with the heart of the
LORD JESUS patiently loving the unlovely, and when
they don't change as quickly as you think they should
that the HOLY SPIRIT will show you your own self and
how patient HE has been with you—to allow you to
make mistakes & still love you. [1:04:50]
To have your weaknesses & still to have used you.
I bless you who are young to start training some of
my friends have started training they're teenagers
• They're having a month without cell phones
that's tough because some of you are going
to spend your lives in a place where there'll
be no cell phones; & you really will have to
leave your father's household—to go to the
land—where HE sends you without instant
communication or gratification except from
the GOD & to know HIS approval
• I bless you young people, if you have race with
men on foot & they have worn you out—how
will you compete with horses?
• if you stumble in safe country how will you
manage by the thickets in the Jordan?
Therefore everyone who competes for the race goes
into strict training — & you do this to get a crown that
will last forever. [1:07:04]
So I bless you young people to be very patient & to
be very impatient & believe.
For those of you who've labored a long time
& seemed not what you hoped for... I'd like
you to come forward
Those of you who are disappointed, you've
done the math & it wasn't what you hoped
for—we're really asking you forward
To congratulate you.
Also want to invite some older people, who are
afraid that you missed it—you know there is a
call on your life.
Here's the good news:
It's not too late. I've got some friends in Britain,
who started at the age of 65—just the right age.
I mean they finished having their kids & grandkids
of course they've got time—great to look after the
poor in their City, Marvelous.
- Not too late at all
- Not too late at all Caleb
I'm just as young, I'm just as vigorous!
The LORD has kept you alive all this time, so you can
claim your inheritance—so open your hands!
We say for all of you—who have not seen what you
have hoped [for] there will be a harvest. So faint not,
faint not, faint not, faint not!
Someone else may reap it! They may even put it in
a magazine & claim it as theirs, you laugh at them.
It wasn't yours either — it was just the work of the
LORD & HE let them be in it, & HE let you be in it,
& the glory goes to HIM! [1:09:27]
Yeah we don't need that on Earth, we don't need
that. We can live without it—actually it's a bit
distracting isn't it?
So I bless you to live a bit quietly—a bit quietly
For those of you who are disappointed:
This is what perseverance produce: character & hope
so go on! If you stopped, if the poor have robbed you
of your hope
—if the one you prayed for has disappointed
you well done, this is just a few steps you have
to go on. [1:10:20]
Doesn't mean to say your Ministry failed
So much better is it [than] not to start it, & end
up with bloody knees then not to have run at all.
And the Church is full of people with clean knees,
so if you messed up: Great! HE is so pleased you ran
If you lost your goods, if you trusted somebody who
turned out to cheat you—well done! Well done!
Love covers a multitude of sins—you did well, that
is all that counts is love—the only thing that counts
is faith expressing itself, if you messed up & trusted
the wrong person.
Other people can be cynical—but I'm not
- You did good
- You did good
- You did good
You may learn to grow in wisdom, you may learn
to find people who help you through these ways.
But don't become cynical or hard-hearted, we don't
need that; & by the way those of you who minister
with the poor, never taken advice from pastors that
haven't lived it. [1:11:44]
—it's not right, they don't know what they're talking
about—only those who physically been on the floor
with the poor have a right.
And those people will never offer you advice.
I don't. They'll just say well done. We understand
that's it, so if your pastors giving you advice, and
he doesn't do this stuff:
Say thank you very much and pray for him.
He just doesn't know that's all—& I can see because
I can see, I can see because I can see, because I can
see in the distance millions of people praising the
LORD because you people here—are going to go on
running your race. [1:13:00]
And you don't have to write Facebook or newsletters
with all your successes—you don't need to make up
great stories so you get financial support.
That's stupid.
It's tempting though, the LORD will provide for you
—you haven't got to impress with the miracles so
bless you.
Thank you Jackie, thank you, thank you brilliant!
Testing of Your Faith 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Jackie Pullinger [Hebrews 12:1-3]
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