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Scriptures Referenced
47. Feed my sheep—John 21:15-16 John 21:15-16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The Love Motivation
15 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do—with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
16 Again He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
Teach disciples to obey—Matthew 28:20 Matthew 28:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
20 teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age.”
Mark 16:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV) 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP) 5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
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00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily, 13 March 2016, a Sunday titled Feed my sheep and teach Christians to obey. Feed my sheep and teach Christians to Obey. Brothers and sisters, Feed my sheep is in John 21:15 16.
00:20 Again, let’s understand this. Let’s examine ourselves daily. Yesterday we dealt with watch and pray, watch and pray.
00:28 Watch and pray that we do not fall into temptation. Do not go into temptation. Therefore, the watch and pray is critical.
00:33 Examine. Examine what your heart is desiring, whether it is in line with the word of God. This is where our problem is.
00:40 Of course, we have an enemy. Your enemy, the devil walks about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour or swallow. That is Jesus Christ himself told us now, the husband of our child telling us, watch your enemy.
00:57 Be vigilant. Do not give him a foothold. Your enemy is Satan.
01:01 Now, this is hidden. Now, therefore, now we must watch that. Because without that, the devil will come and tempt our heart.
01:10 Our heart already is wicked and it will be drawn by the heart desire. The devil will come. Temptation.
01:16 Now, temptation can’t come until we are drawn by our own heart desire. Our heart desire must now be changed by renewing in the spirit of our minds, by renewing the spirit of minds with the word of God so that our heart will change in line with God’s heart, what God wants us to want and feel. Brothers, that’s a trick.
01:38 That’s the issue. Renewing the spirit of our mind by looking at the word of God and meditating on the word of God. And then the heart will change.
01:46 And then that is repentance. Repentance is having a new way of thinking, the way that Jesus wants us to think, the way Father God wants us to think. And that has to be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
01:57 Jesus says. And now when we do that, and let’s do that, we have to examine ourselves and watch the word of God. Watch the word of God now.
02:06 Next thing. Now, today we’re dealing with feed my sheep. He says, these are part of the fifty commandments of Jesus Christ.
02:13 We may or may not complete all, but we have done a lot. And even if this, we just do some of these, our hearts will change, our minds will change, our heart will. We will become the children of God and we’ll be pleasing to Jesus Christ.
02:26 We will be pleasing and the Holy Spirit will take over and bring you to glory. To glory. It is not a question of doing some of the religious activities.
02:31 It is not going to settle you you have to get into the spirit, because we are spirit being. Father, God is spirit and worship him in spirit and in truth. The devil is a spirit being.
02:46 Now we have to battle in the spirit. Brothers and sisters, in John 21:15. So when they had finished breakfast, now Jesus remember, Jesus made breakfast for them.
02:59 Can you imagine? Jesus said to Simon, Simon, son of John or son of John. They may say, son of John, do you love me more than these others do? With total commitment and devotion. They also love.
03:17 Then he saying, the others love me also. But do you love me more than this? That is what Jesus asking Peter, Simon. At the time, his name was Simon, Simon Peter, do you love me more than this? More than all these others who love me? He said, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
03:38 With a deep personal affection. As for a close friend, that’s the bracket. The explanation in amplified.
03:44 Jesus said to him, feed my sheep. So I’ll read this without the explanation. Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than this? Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
03:56 Now he’s humble now. He didn’t say, I love you more than this. He didn’t say, I love you more than the others.
04:02 He said, lord, you know that I love you. He’s humble already. Why? Remember before the cock crows thrice, before the cock crows, he denied him three times.
04:11 And that time he came out of pride. Earlier he said, no, I will not deny you. And this and that.
04:17 Jesus said, look here, before the cockroach, you will deny me three times. And it happened. And it broke him.
04:21 It broke Peter. When he denied him three times, Jesus looked at him. And he looked at Jesus at that time, and it broke him.
04:31 It broke his heart. And then he became humble. That’s why when Jesus said, do you love me more than this? His answer, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
04:40 His answer didn’t say, I love you more than this. Yes, Lord, I love you more than this. No, he’s humble.
04:45 Now. Humbleness is a great issue. We must be humble in our thinking, humble way.
04:51 Humbleness of the mind. We have to become humble in the mind. First, the mind has to make our minds humble.
04:58 Our thinking has to be humble. Otherwise it’s false humility. Hello, brother.
05:03 Good morning, brother. How are you, brother? Not bothering anything. It’s just cliches.
05:08 It’s just a list of words coming out, you know, oh, God will bless you. Jesus bless you, brother. Jesus bless you, sister.
05:16 All these cliches. It has to start with the humbleness of the mind. It has to start in the mind.
05:23 Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. That is why there are books written on the battlefields in the mind. Because the devil goes for the mind first.
05:31 When the devil can catch your way of thinking. He caught you. How do I know this? It is of course, God says, be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
05:39 That’s how you know that. But I now know in the experience, because it happened to me before. My mind was caught by the world and the thinking and the science and everything else, and the physics and the chemistry and the nuclear science or whatever.
05:51 And the thinking. Thinking more than others. What a pride.
05:56 Pride, Pride. That was what My mind was full of it. When my mind was full of it, my heart also will become pride.
06:03 You won’t know it. So the humbleness in the mind is critical. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
06:10 That’s why there is a fantastic statement here. Jesus asked him, simon, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than this? He said to him, yes, Lord, you know that I love you. What a thing.
06:22 The man, the apostle now has become humble. He is still a disciple there. Has become humble.
06:30 He was different before. While he was a disciple, he also had a lot of pride. But now he is humbled.
06:38 The humbleness comes when we fell into sin and we returned. When we fall into sin and run away, humbleness won’t come. That’s pride.
06:47 When you run away. When you fall into sin and you don’t want to go to Jesus, you just run away. Oh, I don’t know.
06:52 And then deny and don’t know. Deny. By denying that you don’t sin, you’re actually denying Christ.
06:58 Why? Jesus said, all have fallen short of the glory of sin. Then all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. And now when you sin.
07:05 No, no, I’m okay. I’m okay. I’m okay.
07:07 What? You’re denying Christ because Christ says something else. You say something else, then you’re denying Christ. So if you do something and say something and think something, particularly think something opposite to the word of God.
07:21 You are denying Christ because Christ says A, you say, no, it is minus A or B or something else. You are denying Christ because you are denying what he said. You are denying Christ.
07:33 Brothers and sisters, when you fall into sin, the conviction comes. Run to Christ. Run to Jesus.
07:40 Sorry, Lord Jesus. Humble yourself and admit. Confess your sin.
07:46 There are false teachers teaching you to confess. Once when you came to Jesus Christ. Thereafter, nothing to confess anymore.
07:53 He is forgiven, giving you automatically washing you of all sin. Look, there Are sins we may not know that obviously he shows mercy and grace. But the sins that we know, we better confess.
08:06 Because even says confess your sins to one another. Confessing is not going to one confession and saying once a week or once a Sunday or once a month, or once on Christmas or once it’s thereabouts, Easter or thereabouts. That’s not it.
08:21 It’s an ongoing thing. Because you’re washing. We are washing the dirt out of us on a regular basis.
08:28 Confessing. He didn’t say, go to one man, confess yourselves sins to one another, to one another, not to a particular chap, not to a particular pastor or priest or whatever. Confessing to one another openly.
08:42 Why that is humbleness. Jesus wants us to be humble. Without humbleness in the mind, without humbleness in the heart, we cannot be really redeemed.
08:53 Because humbleness is fundamental in following Christ. Humbleness of the mind. Do you love me more than thee, son of Jonah Simon? Yes, Lord.
09:05 You know that I love you. Humble, humble. Always check here.
09:11 This is a good check. Whatever you speak, whatever you say, is it humble? Now the words may be humble. Are you humble in the heart? Are you humble in your thinking? You can say a lot of good Christian like words, but your mind may be thinking you’re better than the others.
09:29 That is why there’s another word of God which says, think yourself. Think others more highly than yourself. Think others more highly themselves.
09:39 I had to use that because before I came to the Lord I used to think of myself very highly. Very highly. And particularly when people cannot understand the things I could understand.
09:50 Finish. In fact I begin to think the stupid evil, all that has cost me so much of damage. Pride.
09:58 Pride is from Satan. So I was full of it. Full of pride in the mind.
10:03 First my mind was full of pride. And then after my heart will think, these people do not know what I am talking about. This is a complicated thing.
10:10 They don’t want to understand, but they want to talk as if they understand. They are stupid people. They don’t want to understand one thing, want to talk as if they understand.
10:18 What rubbish is that? Now my heart will rise up. That was what I was before Christ. Then when I came to God Almighty, when he arrested me, then I could see my mind was full of pride.
10:30 First of all, my mind was full of pride against Christ. My mind was full of pride, was not humble at all, was full of pride against Christ. How was I against Christ? Against his word, against his word.
10:46 For instance, his word will say, those who want to be the highest have to be the lowest first. Those who want to be the highest in heaven must be the lowest first. And even here, if you humble yourself, Jesus will raise you up here and you will have a great life.
11:02 But if you put yourself in pride and argument, quarrel, everything will come and you will not know the things of Christ. You will not know the spiritual things, because it will. Your pride is killing you.
11:14 My pride was killing me. And the pride is a big doorway. Jesus Christ says, do not give the devil a foothold.
11:22 But pride is a big opening, big opening. The avala comes in, he comes in and waxes. Because why pride is a big opening.
11:32 Pride is a really big opening for Satan to come. Because the first sin in all of eternity was pride. Satan had pride first he was Lucifer, Lucifer had pride.
11:46 And then when he was cast out, he had to become turned to Satan. Because separated from God Almighty, separated from the source of life. So Satan had pride.
11:59 Pride, pride. That’s what killing all of us. Better understand this.
12:04 The whole world that is suffering is full of pride. They may put on fault. There are a lot of Christians, I see this very soft, gentle like.
12:13 But inside their mind and heart full of pride. When they are dealing with the poor. When they are dealing with the poor, what you call patronize them, for instance, they will be poor in the church and they patronize the poor.
12:29 How are you, brother? How are you, sister? But they patronizing, they don’t feel anything there. They think, okay, Jesus said, take care of the poor, so I am blessed. I have blessed, so I will take care of the poor.
12:39 That’s a prideful heart. You humble yourself and think more highly of the fellow in front of you who is poor. Humble yourself, think more highly of him.
12:49 Ah, that can you do, you can do in the name of Jesus Christ. I had to learn to do that. When people come to me, people cannot understand anything.
12:59 But they are suffering. God Almighty. Because I told him, lord, I want your mind.
13:03 I don’t want my mind anymore. That was a covenant. Now, when I first came, within one, two weeks, a few weeks already I decided this.
13:10 I already realized it’s my mind who’ve done all this nonsense. And my mind, it’s my mind, not me. My mind.
13:17 Spirit being is child of God. And told Jesus, I don’t have mind. Lord, Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ, make my mind like mind of Christ.
13:28 Not my old mind anymore, not my carnal mind, not a fallen nature mind. In the name of Jesus Christ, I ask you, Holy Spirit, make it that kind of prayer. You can say you can say, but remember when you say it, the mind of Christ will come.
13:41 When the mind of Christ comes, then you have to obey. Next step is, oh, I got the mind of Christ. What do you do with the mind of Christ? Obey, obey, obey, obey.
13:51 That is why the next segment here is teach Christians to obey, brothers and sisters, the mind. So when you’re looking at people, think more highly of them. There are people who really don’t know any scripture or harm.
14:04 Ridiculous scripture misunderstanding come. They’ll come from Jesus. False teachings and then put on a prideful show here and talk to others as if they know in front of me.
14:13 They’ll keep quiet. When they go into groups to discuss. Oh, they take control.
14:18 They can’t even cast out evil spirits. And the pride will be rising out of them. I’ve seen so many.
14:24 The pride will be coming out of them, oozing out of them. Brothers and sisters. Pride in the mind.
14:30 Pride of the mind. Humble the mind in Jesus Christ’s name. You can do it.
14:30 Pride of the heart. Patronizing people. Hello, how are you, brother? All patronize truth.
14:40 You worship and love Jesus Christ. In truth. You love one another.
14:45 In truth. From a pure, sincere love. From a pure heart.
14:49 Jesus says, love everyone with a sincere heart. From a sincere love. From a pure heart.
14:56 Sincere love from a pure heart. Sincere love from a pure heart. The love has to be sincere.
15:01 Love has to be sincere. Brothers and sisters, this is very important. Check yourself today.
15:06 Check yourself anytime. Are you a child of God? How is your mind? Is your mind prideful? Is your mind prideful? Or is your mind humble? Or are you able to recognize? Hey, I’m thinking proudly. I’m thinking opposite to the word of Jesus Christ.
15:20 I’m opposite to the word of God. My mind is thinking proudly. Am I? Am I? Oh, yes, yes.
15:28 Sorry, Lord. Sorry, Lord. Merciful.
15:30 It says, spirit of pride, get out of the name of Jesus Christ. Get out of me. Spirit of pride.
15:34 Get out and not to return. I receive humbleness. I receive a spirit of humbleness.
15:39 Make me humble, Lord Jesus Christ, make me humble. I want to be yours. I want to please you.
15:41 I want to not grieve you anymore. Make me humble of mind. Make me humble of heart.
15:48 You begin to pray like that, brothers and sisters, that is why. Matthew 28:20, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And lo, I am with you always, regardless of circumstance and on every occasion, even to the end of the age, remaining with you perpetually teaching them to obey everything.
16:07 That’s a command for each of the disciples. To teach others. Feed my sheep means feed my sheep.
16:13 God said, if you love me, feed my sheep. Now we have to teach others what we know. Teach others to obey everything.
16:19 There are false teachings. They say, no, no, no. If you forgot to obey or didn’t obey, it’s okay.
16:23 He will overlook that because he loves you. He died for you. He died for you.
16:27 Even though you do anything, ya Allah, when you come to him, he accepts you because you didn’t know Him. Now that you know him, now you want to follow him. If you really want to be a disciple, you want to be a Christian, obey everything he commanded you.
16:41 Willing to obey. Willing to obey everything. Once you’re willing to obey everything step by step, he will make it obey.
16:47 He will make you obey in Jesus name. I know this. You can do this.
16:51 Brothers, sisters. You have to do this to please Jesus Christ of Nazareth. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, command every heart to obey Jesus.
17:00 And that is what loving Jesus is. Loving Jesus is obeying his commandments. Amen.
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Scriptures Referenced
45. Watch and pray—Matthew 26:41
Matthew 26:41 Amplified Bible (AMP)
41 Keep actively watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the [a]body is weak.”
47. Feed my sheep—John 21:15-16
John 21:15-16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The Love Motivation 15 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do—with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
16 Again He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with total commitment and devotion]?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You [with a deep, personal affection, as for a close friend].” Jesus said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
Mark 16:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV) 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you— unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV) 3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) 2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should
Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
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00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 12 March 2016 A Saturday. Watch and pray and feed my sheep. These are Jesus words.
00:12 We are dealing with the commandments of Jesus Christ. Watch and pray and feed my sheep. Brothers and sisters, the command is in Matthew 26:41.
00:22 Matthew 26:41. I am reading from Amplified. Keep actively watching and praying that you may not come into temptation.
00:32 The Spirit is willing, but the body is weak. Keep actively watching and praying that you may not come into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.
00:43 Brothers and sisters, today let’s remember this. There are a lot of churches, lot of people will be telling you to pray for this and pray for that. In fact, we will be sitting in Asia.
00:54 They say, pray for America. Then they will say, pray for Jerusalem so that we are blessed. So people praying, the reason they are praying for Jerusalem, the peace of Jerusalem, is so that they be blessed.
01:05 Because that’s an obscure scripture they’ve taken and they made it out of context. So everybody thinks they can just pray for Jerusalem and be blessed. Brothers and sisters, blessing comes from Christ.
01:19 Christ, it is finished. He said on the cross 2,000 years ago, it is finished. It’s finished.
01:26 By his birth, he suffered, he died, he went into hell, he rose again. Now his faith is what we need. We need to believe in his faith.
01:35 We need to believe in Jesus Christ. And the belief, according to your belief, will be done unto you. Whatsoever you believe without doubting, ask in prayer according to the will of God, will be done unto you.
01:50 Brothers and sisters, if it’s a simple matter of just praying for Jerusalem, we will be blessed. That’s really out of context. Why then you can sin and sin and sin and just pray for Jerusalem and you’ll be blessed.
02:02 And that is why the people are still in a mess. People’s lives are total mess. Many are mess.
02:08 They’re suffering. No peace. No peace and no peace in the house.
02:13 No peace in their soul that things are breaking up. Oh, because I’m doing This thing for 20 years, I see all kinds of troubles. And then when I get to the bottom of it, it will be that they have misunderstood.
02:27 They think they don’t have to examine themselves, they don’t have to deny themselves, pick up the cross. They don’t have to deny the flesh nothing. But they just have to do some of the religious activities that the false teaching, false teachers have told them.
02:43 And their hearts also like it. Why their hearts like it? Because they do not want to address our sin Jesus said, they do not want to come to me because they want to keep their sin. So those who do not want to go to Jesus Christ.
02:56 Now, Jesus Christ means what? Deny yourself and pick up the cross. If you love me, keep my commandments. Now that has not been talked about in many, many places.
03:08 If ritualistic Christianity is thought about all, oh, come and do this, come and do that. Do all activity traditions of men. But the first thing Jesus said is what the last thing he said before he left earth is preach the gospel.
03:25 That those who believe these signs will follow. They will cast out evil spirits in my name. Now, that’s why you have to start casting out evil spirits in Jesus Christ’s name.
03:36 Why do we cast out? Because we have become captives of these evil spirits, captives of demons. Oh, they’re not going to put on a show for you. They’re not going to put oha and all that, you know, demonized thing.
03:49 It’s not going to be like that. It will be a simple captivity in. Captivity in sin, captivity in some addiction.
03:55 You cannot let go of cigarettes. You cannot let go of sexual immorality. You cannot let go of lying.
03:55 You cannot let go of of jealousy. You cannot let go of envy. You cannot let go of anger.
04:06 It’s like that. So when you cannot let go of anything of this that is harming you, which is not of Christ, if you cannot let go of anything that is not of Christ, is against Christ, then you are a captive. Captive.
04:21 And that is why Jesus said, cast out evil spirits in my name. You have to start doing that first. This is the only way.
04:28 You are going to be set free by Jesus Christ by using his name, using his power, believing in his command to cast out, cast out the evil spirit of anger, cast out the evil spirit of jealousy, cast out the evil spirit of anxiousness or anxiety, cast out the evil spirit of worry. Now you cast out. Cast out.
04:49 That is praying. You’re praying, you’re casting out. You’re casting out.
04:53 That is why he said, watch and pray. Watch and pray. Did you say do ritualistically? In fact, he says, don’t do as the unbelievers do.
05:01 Repeating your prayer on and on and on. The same sentence being repeated, repeated, repeated, repeated 10 times, 100 times. Whatever he said, that is pointless, that you do not even know who they are praying to.
05:15 They just repeat and repeat and repeat. Here he says, watch and pray. Watch what? Watch.
05:22 Watch what, brother? Watch that we do not come into temptation. We do not come to temptation. There is some temptation coming to us.
05:30 How Are we tempted when we are drawn by our own heart desire? That’s how we are tempted. Remember temptation better understand this clearly. He has spelled out all this for us.
05:42 Temptation comes when we are drawn by our own heart desire. Then temptation comes. When temptation is full blown, sin comes.
05:49 And sin is full blown, death comes. Now, physically, you may die many years later. But in the meantime, you died in the spirit.
05:59 Spirit death. You know the spirit. Man is dead because they didn’t sin.
06:05 Then. You now have to be made alive in Christ. When you believe in Christ, the Spirit of God will come and use the blood of Jesus Christ and wash away your sins and your spirit man will become alive in Christ.
06:18 Now, actively watching and praying. Watch and pray. Watch and watch yourself.
06:25 Watch what? Watch Jerusalem. No, watch yourself. Watch yourself.
06:30 Jesus already said, my kingdom is not of this world. My kingdom is not of this world. So he is coming to establish a new kingdom.
06:39 So therefore he wants you to be settled with him. Seek ye the kingdom of God and his righteousness first and all his things will be added unto you. Seek ye the kingdom of God and his righteousness first.
06:55 Did he say, pray for Jerusalem? There’s one scripture saying, pray for Jerusalem. That you know that you are blessed. You know the peace of Jerusalem and you’ll be blessed.
07:05 But the point again is this. That is, remember this. He was saying this before he died and rose again.
07:14 He’s saying before he died and rose again. When he rose again, then he says this in Christ, there’s no Jew or Gentile, there’s no Jew or unbeliever. That is all one in one in Christ, you are Christians.
07:31 These things he spoke to the Jews when he was walking this earth. And it’s not gone on the cross yet. So now what people are doing to twist the thing.
07:42 Pray for peace of Jerusalem and you’ll be blessed. Pray for peace of Jerusalem and people start praying for the peace of Jerusalem, Why they want to be blessed. But the actual blessing, he already told you, seek the kingdom of God and righteousness first.
07:55 And all this will be added. All your needs will be settled. You are blessed.
08:00 You are blessed. All your needs will be settled. Now, the sign that you can check is this.
08:07 If you are praying for the peace of Jerusalem and you see your life and your conduct is still in a mess. In a mess, you may have money. That’s not the only blessing.
08:15 Blessing. Blessing means money, Money, money. Yeah, we need the money.
08:19 It’s incidental to our life. Oh, but don’t make it the main thing to our life. Because the Main thing of life is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
08:26 That’s the main thing. He is the main thing to our life. He is life.
08:30 I am the way, the truth and life. Money is not our life. It’s incidental to our life.
08:36 And Jesus said he will provide our needs and he does. I’ve seen this in not my case alone, other cases, other people, other souls ministering for this for so long. A lot of people who follow this righteousness, peace and joy seeking the kingdom of God.
08:51 They’ve been blessed. First, watching and praying that you may not come into temptation. So you recognize temptation watch means examine yourself watching.
09:01 That’s why the examining yourself is critical. You examine yourself. Is your heart being drawn to things that are not of Christ? Is your heart being drawn to the ways of the world? Is your heart being drawn to things that are not of God? Is your heart is being drawn to those things.
09:19 You immediately cut it in the name of Jesus Christ and command that spirit. Because there’s some demon communicating with your heart and drawing your heart. Our heart is treacherously wicked.
09:31 A demon is actively talking to your heart and drawing your heart. You better start dealing with the heart by renewing in the spirit of the mind. Now you begin to take the word of God.
09:42 Now watch the word of God. First you have watched yourself. You examine yourself.
09:46 Now you watch the word of God in the spirit. Read the word of God again and again. That’s related to your situation.
09:54 The temptation when you watch already, you know that particular temptation. Let’s say anger coming. Okay, then what? Anyone angry with a brother without a cause is a murderer.
10:04 So you begin to say, I don’t want to be a murderer in Jesus name heart. You shut up. Mind you shut up.
10:10 God’s word is this. If I’m angry with people without a cause, I’m a murderer, brother. Now if I’m angry, anger will harm me.
10:19 All kinds of cortisol will be produced by the adrenal glands and there will be a lot of damage. Inflammation taking place all over me. Why? This cortisol is a hormone that produces when you’re angry, when you’re upset, when you’re fear, when you’re confused, all that will happen.
10:36 So this cortisol. Oh, no, no. We need cortisol.
10:39 But then if we continue being angry, then begin to damage your body. Now all kinds of things are coming. Now, brothers and sisters, today you watch and pray.
10:47 You examine yourself. You watch whether you’re going into temptation or not. So some people call you to go somewhere.
10:54 Is it causing you temptation? Now One of the things I always see is people who are not rooted. They do not put Christ first. They want Christ.
11:04 They want Christ. They want to put Christ first. But when a situation comes, immediately the mind forgets about that.
11:11 They forget it is Jesus Christ who settles you. They forget that what they do immediately they begin to be drawn. Because they have to go with the people of the world to go and settle some things.
11:22 They are drawn there. They go in there because they are hoping that finally, before you know it, your faith becomes on the faith of man. You are putting your faith in man.
11:30 God said, do not put your faith in man. Now, why then the man says this, the man says that. And then you begin to follow here, this way, that way.
11:37 Because now you have forgotten that provided for you is Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He is the only one died for you. Rose again now.
11:45 Now when you begin to now begin. Yeah. Jesus will use man to help you from time to time.
11:51 But do not put your faith in man. Be grateful to the man. But do not put your faith in man.
11:57 So the man said, no, no. Now I have to. You know I have to.
12:01 Suddenly I have to call you. Then what happens? I’ve seen this. Not one person, many people over the years.
12:06 Then they begin to think. Okay, I think I do not bother, but said, today I have to wait for this man’s call. If I go to church, I cannot attend to this man.
12:14 Suddenly he calls. Now faith is where. Faith is in the man.
12:18 Now automatically. Jesus Christ is far from you now. You have left him.
12:25 You’re left thinking about him. You’re left about faith in him. You left your trust in him, your life.
12:32 You look back and see how did you get life. You were in a mess then only your life came. You are in pain and Jesus settled you.
12:39 You have all kinds of health issues. Jesus settled you. Look at that.
12:43 Look, your family has no peace. That’s Jesus settled you. But suddenly, for one issue, step by step, the devil will draw you.
12:49 He’ll draw you somewhere. And you do not know. Never watch and pray.
12:53 Watch. Am I putting Jesus Christ first? If I do not put Jesus Christ first and I begin to put the faith in men. What is this? Suppose that service today and you begin to think.
13:04 No, no, I will wait for the call. If not, I may lose this thing. The man will call.
13:09 The man will call. Faith is where in the man. If you say, no, Lord, I trust you.
13:15 You’re the one who settles everything. I will go and settle your first. Put God first.
13:20 Put the things of God first. Put the things of Jesus Christ first, put the things of Jesus Christ first. So you watch and pray, and then you pray, commanding your heart and mind.
13:30 No, my trust will not be in men. My. My trust will be in Jesus Christ.
13:34 Then the devil cannot steal from you. The devil cannot steal from you. But if you are moved by this, and it happens because you are in the world.
13:42 Therefore Jesus told the disciples, you are in the world, but you are not of this world. You are in the world, but not of this world means two different things. You are in the world, we all are in the world.
13:52 But we are not born of this world. We are born of God. We are born of Jesus Christ.
13:57 Always put Jesus Christ first, brothers and sisters. Therefore, this issue, this issue of trusting Christ, slowly your heart will go, you know, develop. Yeah.
14:07 It is tempted to me also from time to time, and cut the thing in Jesus Christ’s name. But if you put Jesus all the time first, first, first, suddenly the Holy Spirit will tell you, no, don’t do this. Do the things of God first.
14:20 You go to service to serve, not to be served. To serve and not to be served. So when you go to service, you are thinking of others.
14:29 How do I serve them? What word will I talk to them? What can I tell the children? What I can tell the women? What can I share that happened in my life that can glorify Jesus Christ today? How do I break bread with my brothers and sisters? How do I have a meal with them today? This my family in Christ. I have to go. I have to go.
14:47 Oh, that time the heart would tell. Hey, you lose the thing. Man said he’ll call you.
14:51 Yeah, if he calls, then if you can go. Supposing, on the other hand, flood, can you go? Cannot flood. You stay at the house waiting for this call.
15:01 Waiting for this call. And the flood happens. Big traffic jam.
15:05 Can go, cannot go. What happens when you. Let’s say you have so much of pain in your knees and you cannot get up and walk? Can you go, cannot go.
15:13 Who’s going to settle you? Only Jesus Christ can settle you. That’s why. But then, if you do not put Jesus Christ first, and you put the things of God you do not do first.
15:23 And you put the things of man. That one they told you. And then you’re hanging on to this.
15:27 That’s exactly what the devil will come to steal. And now he has a right. He has a right.
15:33 I told you, even our money, if you surrender to Jesus Christ, the fellow cannot steal. But if I keep it to myself and decide how I do with my money as I wish. The devil can steal, but from Jesus Christ he can’t steal.
15:46 Now the Pharaoh will come and tempt you now. Now, the very thing you are now depending on, hoping on. Now you do not have it because he can steal from you.
15:56 Why you did not put the things of God first? You did not put the things of Jesus Christ first. Always put the things of Jesus Christ first. Now, I cannot force you.
16:09 I can only tell you how the spirit world works. How the spirit world working. How the devil tempts us.
16:13 How the devil takes our faith, slowly. Draws our heart. How our wicked heart very quickly goes in faith in man and not on God.
16:23 Our wicked heart quickly goes to the faith of man and not in God. Brothers and sisters, today remember this. Watch and pray.
16:29 Watch and pray. Watch that we do not fall into temptation. Body is weak.
16:34 The Bible says, command the body to stand down. Command the heart and mind to rise up in Jesus Christ and follow Jesus and the faith in Jesus. The spirit man is willing.
16:45 Yes. Watch and pray. Watch and pray.
16:48 Put the things of Jesus Christ always first. Always first. For your own safety.
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Scriptures Referenced
13. Practice secret disciplines (giving, praying, fasting) —Matthew 6:1-18 Matthew 6:1-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Giving to the Poor and Prayer 1 “Be [very] careful not to do your [a]good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven. 2 “So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
3 But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy],
4 so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. 5 “Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
6 But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. 7 “And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
8 So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9 “Pray, then, [b]in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, [c]Hallowed be Your name. 10 ‘[d]Your kingdom come, Your [e]will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 ‘Give us this day our [f]daily bread. 12 ‘And forgive us our [g]debts, as we have forgiven our debtors [letting go of both the wrong and the resentment]. 13 ‘And do not [h]lead us into temptation, but deliver us from [i]evil. [j][For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]’ 14 For if you forgive [k]others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses. Fasting, The True Treasure, Wealth (Mammon) 16 “And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
17 But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face
18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by people, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.
Mark 16:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
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00:01 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily, 26 February 2016 Practice secret disciplines. Praying and fasting. Praying and fasting.
00:02 Brothers and sisters, yesterday we did giving to the poor and to give in secret, not like the Gentiles do, and not with selfish motives and all that. Brothers and sisters, today we are talking about praying and fasting in secret. Father, God wants us to do it secret.
00:31 Now let’s read that. That is from verse 5 Matthew 26, Matthew 6, Matthew 6, 5. Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites.
00:47 For they pray not just the Gentiles, not just unbelievers. Do not be like the hypocrites. So there are hypocrites within the church or within the children of God.
00:59 Do not also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray publicly standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they already have their reward in full. When you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is in secret.
01:24 And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you, will reward you. And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be hurt because of their many words. So do not be like them, praying as they do.
01:42 For your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Brothers and sisters, this is a fantastic statement. It is a very important statement because many people don’t know, and they do this, and some people actually practice this hypocritical thing.
01:59 They begin to pray. I’ll pray for you, brother. I’ll pray for you.
02:01 I prayed for you, sister. I prayed for you. You lose your reward.
02:06 Don’t go around telling people that you prayed for somebody, because why are you telling people you prayed for somebody now? Why are you telling somebody? Our heart, our heart, our problem is our desperately wicked, righteously wicked heart. Our heart wants recognition. That’s why I prayed for you, brother.
02:27 Don’t worry, brother, you’ve done this. You’re going through this. I prayed for you.
02:31 We prayed for you. Is that necessary? Not necessary. If you pray, keep quiet now.
02:39 Unless in genuinity, in sincerity, you know, you need to encourage this person and say, then you see a group, don’t take yourself. I prayed for you. The church is praying for you, brother.
02:53 The church is praying for you, sister. That means you put a group so that you dilute your own importance. You dilute your own importance.
03:05 Why? We do not want you to lose your reward here. We don’t want you to lose your reward here. Because Jesus Christ says, then you pray like hypocrite.
03:13 You stand in the street corners and pray. And then you go and tell people you prayed and all that you already got your reward. Your reward is right.
03:21 Somebody says, thank you, isn’t it? Or somebody says, oh, they’re praying for me. Put a group, forget about yourself. Thereby the whole thing in Christ is denying ourselves and picking the cross, picking up our cross, denying ourselves.
03:35 Do not put our because our heart like this. It wants to be very important. And that is a demonic thing.
03:42 The devil is always talking to our heart. Our heart to become more and more and more important. We are more and more nothing.
03:51 The most lowest of us all here will be the highest in heaven. So look at this again. Look at this again.
03:59 So when you need to pray, somebody say, please pray for me. You see? Yes, thank Jesus Christ. But brother sister will teach you to pray even.
04:08 Why Jesus wants you to pray. He is your father. He wants you to pray.
04:11 He wants you to come to him. Don’t you think that is normal? As I repeatedly say that if a person has got few children, doesn’t he want you children to come talk to him? Not just one child, representing the whole lot. This is what parliament is.
04:29 One person is a congressman. And everybody all sit quiet. And the congressman comes reports or the parliamentarian comes a report.
04:37 Member of Parliament. No, he wants a relationship. If your father means he wants you to talk to him.
04:44 And now this question of secret room business. Now, most private room. Most private room.
04:49 Of course, it can be anywhere. Let us say you are among people. Most private room will be in your heart.
04:54 You can pray in your heart. Whatever you ask or think more than that will be done unto you. Which is according to his word.
04:56 Whatever you ask or think, think whatever you ask or think in line with his word. More than that he’ll blunt for you because he’s saying what? The Father knows what you need before you ask him. He knows.
05:14 Now your Father knows what you need before you ask him, but then he give it to you. Now that is why there’s another verse which says, if your earthly father, if your earthly fathers were wicked, he says, if their son asks for fish, will you give them a snake? If the earthly father gives you, if you ask the earthly Father and he says earthly fathers are wicked, if you ask the earthly father for bread, will he give a stone? No. Here.
05:44 How Much more. Your heavenly Father, who is holy, who is perfect, knows your need before you ask him, it will be done. This the faith we must come to, the faith we must come to is this.
05:54 Now the other thing is they call for corporate place. Now, this one is a meaningless repetition. Repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat.
06:02 Every religion does this. They have beads. All religions have beads.
06:07 In Jesus Christ there are no beads. There are no beads. Otherwise they’ll keep on hanging on to the beads for strength, for faith.
06:15 Your faith. You will not know. Without you realizing, your heart and mind will be drawn into the beads.
06:22 Jesus Christ says, I am Spirit, God is spirit. Worship me in spirit and in truth. But what happens if you keep on doing the beast business? And beads after beads after beast, your heart and mind unwittingly, unknowingly, undiscerningly will begin to go.
06:38 Faith in beasts. So much so people hang these beasts in the cars. All religious, I’m talking about, they hang in the beast, in their cars.
06:44 And all because the things are beastful. Protect them. Pity.
06:48 But that is how they’ve been duped or they’ve been taught or misunderstood or whatever. Those of you listening today, worship me. Heaven, Spirit and end Truth.
06:59 When you command the demon to go in the name of Jesus Christ, he will go. Now. Spirit of accident, if you are concerned of accident, spirit of accident, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to get out in the name of Jesus Christ.
07:10 And not to return. But at the same time, do not give the devil a foothold. Do not give the devil a foothold.
07:16 How do we give the devil a foothold? By allowing to follow the temptation. How does temptation come when we are drawn by our own heart desire? Temptation comes. When temptation is full blown, sin comes.
07:29 When sin is full blown blown, death comes. This is very clear. It’s very clear in James.
07:34 So how does temptation come? Temptation comes like that. We know how temptation comes. The devil talks to your heart.
07:41 But then the devil can only talk to your heart. When your heart is drawn by your own heart desire. It’s not.
07:47 Some translation will say, by your own heart’s evil desire. It’s not true. By your own heart desire, the devil will come talk to you.
07:55 Therefore we want God’s desire in our hearts. How does your own heart desire can end up in this? Let us say you’re looking for I must do medicine. I must do medicine.
08:07 I don’t have money. I must do medicine, my son. Must do medicine, must do medicine, must do medicine, must do.
08:13 And you don’t even have $20,000. This whole thing costs a few hundred thousand dollars. And the child couldn’t get a scholarship because some points are missing or some conditions in the country or whatever the economy couldn’t get.
08:25 But I must do, I must do. And then before you know it, you end up going, borrowing, borrowing, boring. You end up being sometimes end up stealing, end up borrowing and not able to pay, don’t pay all these things together.
08:37 And the sun finally may or may not even complete. Actually, that is why you need God’s desire. Now I must have a house, I must have rent a car.
08:46 And then a bank clerk. Finally he may do something with a check. Or you are in a company working for.
08:52 And you may do something with a petty cash or something because drawn by your own desire. What is so evil about wanting to do a big degree or wanting to have a house. But you become an obsession, you know, you say, Lord, I’ll be content with food and clothing.
09:10 Jesus Christ commands us to be content with food and clothing. Like that, content. But he says contentment with godliness, great gain, step by step.
09:20 Can you imagine? Your health will be good, things will come to you. He will take care of you in contentment, you’ll grow. I’ve seen this for many, many, many people at the same time.
09:31 Many don’t follow. But the road is narrow. Road is narrow.
09:35 And difficult is the way brothers and sisters today remember this me in English. Repetition, repeat, repeat. Why he says that for the Gentiles, for the unbelievers think they will be hurt because of their many words, God.
09:48 You think God cannot hear. But if you’re not born of the Spirit, you cannot know in your spirit, you will not know in your spirit that father God actually hears your prayer. That Jesus Christ actually hears a prayer.
09:59 So you pray blindly. You pray wanting something you want volition, really you want. But unless you’re born of the Spirit, you will not know inside you that your prayer actually connecting with God.
10:11 You will not know. Some hazy thing will happen and you will begin to go for it. Go for it, go for it.
10:18 Repeat and repeat and repeat. But if you know, even one single line of prayer would be enough, even what you think will be enough. Because you say, I accept all Jesus Christ because your will for me is the best.
10:30 The other thing, people can’t accept what Jesus Christ is saying. Why they do not know or do not believe in their heart that Jesus Christ will do the best for you. Best, best for you.
10:42 And then right now they have thought called corporate prayers. What happens now? This happened in America. But now they all want some people calling for corporate prayer and fasting so that they get the right politician as a president.
10:57 Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ, I already dealt this before. Jesus Christ clearly said, my kingdom is not of this world. My kingdom is not of this world.
11:06 This corporate prayer and fasting is in the Old Testament whereby he says, if people will turn from the wicked ways by fasting, I will answer them and then heal their land. First of all, in Jesus Christ, we are a holy nation. We are not an earthly nation.
11:27 Our nation is not here. We are citizens of heaven. But what do they do, these people, unknowingly or for their own benefit? They begin to get a lot of people to pray for something.
11:38 And what they then don’t do is do not check year by year. When you got a whole lot of Christians to pray or fast, did it work? Did it work? They won’t check that. They won’t put the statistics for that.
11:52 You find that actually many countries, these Christians who are misled call people all their own agenda. You know, they want to look good. They want to look good to the, to the, to the government of the land or to other people.
12:07 We are praying for this country. We are praying. They want to look good.
12:10 So remember some of the leaders calling for corporate prayer also, they themselves may want to look good. We don’t know all this, of course, they may be sincere and actually sincerely wrong. There are people who are sincere but sincerely wrong.
12:23 So they begin to get people all together pray. But then they are not going to check every year. Now you as a believer of Christ, a disciple of Jesus Christ, you better ask yourself, don’t listen to me.
12:35 You ask yourself. Because God has given us a sound mind. Ask yourself and see whether this is true.
12:43 Now remember, our land is a holy nation. We are going to pray for people to be saved, to be got out of their blindness, get out of their misery, send the captives free. We are going to pray for casting out evil spirits, teaching people there are so many things to do.
13:01 It’s a very busy day actually for me. It’s busy day for disciples. It’s a very busy day daily.
13:07 So many things to do. Now, brothers and sisters, so don’t get caught in all this. The Father God will need what you need before you ask him.
13:15 He knows already in verse eight. So let us now do that. Now the same thing with the fasting.
13:23 Fasting through treasure and wealth. 16 it says, Whenever you’re fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on A sad and dismal face. Like actors discolouring their faces with ashes or dirt so that their fasting may be seen by men.
13:39 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they already have their reward in full. I am fasting today. I’m fasting today.
13:47 Your fasting keeps quiet. Keep quiet. Command your heart to shut up because you don’t want people to know why you want.
13:53 That’s your intention. But finally people know. Okay, that’s it.
13:57 It’s okay. But your intention should be clear. That’s what God goes by, intention.
14:02 Your intention is you want to fast in secret. If people know, people ask. Then suppose you’re sitting there for some meeting or some lunch.
14:09 Then they went for lunch, brought food. Then you can say, among Christians, today, I’m fasting. But your intention must be clear.
14:16 Your heart is not seeking, oh, I’m fasting. That is intentional. So you have to say you’re fasting because somebody offering you food so you don’t offend them.
14:25 That’s okay. That’s good. Tell them.
14:27 So therefore, everything God wants us to do in secret and we need to tell, we will tell. But that is told in the spirit of humility and not trying to get the reward for trying to get people to look at you and say you are fasting or whatever. Brothers and sisters, remember.
14:41 Then he said, put oil on your head as you normally would, to groom your hands, wash your face, so that your fasting will not be noticed by people. It doesn’t want us to be noticed. But by your father who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you.
14:55 Now this statement, your father who is in secret, your father who is in secret. Can you imagine? And your father who sees in secret will reward you. Who is in secret means he is in the most holy place.
15:08 He is in the fact. You have to see Kim diligently to find him. Because he is in secret.
15:08 He is in a secret place. He is not available to everyone. He is only available to those who want him.
15:22 That’s why the word is, your father who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you. Brothers and sisters, today, same thing. So why do we fast in the New Testament? It’s not the Old Testament.
15:36 People think you fast and God will do something. It is not like that anymore. We are children of God.
15:41 Jesus Christ is inside you. Jesus Christ inside you. So your father was in secret.
15:47 Now Jesus Christ, also your father, he’s inside us. So now, and we are in Jesus Christ. So we are already inside there.
15:56 So we are not going to look for him in a secret place. He is inside me. So, brothers and sisters, today you fast so that your character will change.
16:05 You will overcome sin, you will overcome temptations. Your heart will change. You’ll become more and more like Christ.
16:11 That’s why you fast to kill the flesh, to kill your body’s desire, to deny yourself, become the cross. That’s why you fast. You fast for that reason.
16:18 You don’t fast to get reward from God. He’s already promised that whatever your needs will be settled. And he sees us through.
16:26 His promises are yes and yes and amen. So do not fast to get something from Jesus Christ. Do you remember? Do you fast to go get something from your earthly father? No.
16:36 You ask him in faith. You ask Him. But what is not amiss? Ask him what is right.
16:42 He will give it to you. What is wrong for you, what can damage you. He won’t give it to you.
16:45 Brother and sisters, today remember, Jesus is in you. You are in Jesus Christ. You are a holy priest.
16:52 Let’s go and be a holy priest. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
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Scriptures Referenced
13. Practice secret disciplines (giving, praying, fasting) —Matthew 6:1-18 Matthew 6:1-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Giving to the Poor and Prayer 1 “Be [very] careful not to do your [a]good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven. 2 “So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
3 But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy],
4 so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. 5 “Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
6 But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. 7 “And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
8 So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 9 “Pray, then, [b]in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, [c]Hallowed be Your name. 10 ‘[d]Your kingdom come, Your [e]will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 ‘Give us this day our [f]daily bread. 12 ‘And forgive us our [g]debts, as we have forgiven our debtors [letting go of both the wrong and the resentment]. 13 ‘And do not [h]lead us into temptation, but deliver us from [i]evil. [j][For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]’ 14 For if you forgive [k]others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses. Fasting, The True Treasure, Wealth (Mammon) 16 “And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.
17 But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face
18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by people, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.
Mark 16:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) 6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves
Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?
Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.
Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
AI-generated transcript below — please excuse any errors
00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the Power of Christ Daily 25 February 2016 Practice secret disciplines Practice secret disciplines. This title was what was given on the website. Remember we are doing the 50 commands of Jesus Christ that they have collected.
00:17 It may not be perfect, it may be some 50 something or not, it doesn’t matter. We will use that because even we know some of these commandments and we obey. Brothers and sisters, the effect, the powerful benefit for each of us just have to obey the words of Jesus Christ, our Lord, our Master, husband of our soul, the one who suffered and died and rose again, even went to hell for me.
00:44 Oh I find this brothers and sisters, as I said in the graceoflife.com there is this download mp3 you can download whereby the words of Jesus have been put into a one hour cd. You just play it on and on, download it and play it on and on. In your room thinking and meditating on what Jesus words are, we find tremendous benefit.
01:10 And also play it for your children. You will find it tremendous benefit because it goes into the spirit. Even when you are not meditating on it, even when you are sleeping, your spirit man is still absorbing it.
01:21 Your spirit man is absorbing it. Your children’s spirit man is absorbing it. And it will happen.
01:26 The spirit of God will then use it to move us. Brothers and sisters, listening to the word of God is an important good thing for us. It’s a good thing.
01:38 It’s a useful thing. The Word of God will change us from inside us. Brothers and sisters, this title given by this website and then it’s a very long scripture.
01:48 Here it is. Matthew 6:1 18. We’ll do as much as we can today because we need to get to the understanding behind these things and behind what’s happening in the world.
01:58 Brothers, first of all is a subtitle to that is saying Giving to the poor and prayer. Giving to the poor and prayer. Be very careful.
02:07 Matthew 6:1 Be very careful not to do your good deeds publicly to be seen by men. And otherwise you will have no reward. No reward prepared and waiting for you.
02:18 In bracket it says this is the amplified version with your Father who is in heaven. Be very careful. He says amplified.
02:25 It’s not just be careful. Amplify saying be very careful. Because when they look at the Greek and the Hebrew translations, the impact on the word While the simple English word be careful, the actual meaning is be very, very careful.
02:41 Be extremely careful not to do your good deeds publicly to be seen by men. Otherwise you will have no reward prepared and awaiting you with your Father who is in heaven. 2 so whenever you give to the poor, do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you to advertise it as a hypocrite.
03:04 Do the hypocrites, they define this as like actors acting out a role in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may be honoured and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you they already have their reward in full. So now 2 is saying, so whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you to advertise it as like hypocrites, do like actors acting out a role in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men.
03:14 I assure you and most honestly say to you they already have their reward in full. Where the reward, the people say, oh, this person is so kind, so good, he’s doing this for the poor, he’s doing this. So when you begin to do this with this intention and you blow trumpet like the hypocrites, do you already know reward.
03:56 So therefore, when we give to the poor and do acts of kindness, Jesus Christ is commanding us to be in secret, not blowing our trumpet and all. Of course, sometimes you will be giving people in the public you may be giving, let’s say a beggar is there and then you put money and others are seeing it. This doesn’t apply to that, because you are there, the beggar is there.
04:20 Whoever is begging or suffering or somebody has got some disability and they are there. And you are led in the spirit to put some money that also. Brothers and sisters, please ask Jesus Christ, ask the Spirit of God whether to give 1, 2, how much to give because the monies are not yours anymore.
04:38 It’s not mine anymore. When we come to Jesus Christ, we have surrendered all. We have surrendered all.
04:44 That means nothing belongs to us. Everything belongs to him. And that is a safe place to be.
04:49 Why, if it belongs to you, the devil will steal, kill and destroy. If it belongs to Christ, you cannot steal, kill and destroy. But it’s not important enough just to say by words, oh, it belongs to Christ, it belongs to Christ.
05:02 But actually you act as if it’s yours. Suppose I say belong to Christ, I surrender. Door.
05:07 And then whenever something I want to make decision, I make decision on my own. I take the money I have and decide to do what I want. Do not wait on the Lord Jesus Christ.
05:13 Do not wait on the spirit of God to give me an understanding. What do I do. Then what will happen is the money finally be stolen and you will still be suffering for no reason.
05:26 And again you won’t have reward because you did not give or do things according to what the Spirit of God is telling you. Very important brothers and sisters, before you give, before you do something with the money that God has given you, you consult him, you ask him, he’s the husband of your soul. He’s just like a husband and wife.
05:46 When the husband has given the wife some money to take out the house and this and that, and then buy the provisions or whatever. If she wants to buy something else other than that, doesn’t she have to ask her husband? I’m talking about a good God fearing wife. If you’re talking about a wife who doesn’t care about God.
06:03 And then it’s not a born again family, it’s not born again spirit. They’re not following Christ, this family is not following Christ. Don’t expect that because they don’t understand these things.
06:12 You think when we were not in Christ, you think we were all following the rules of Christ? No, we were just doing what we wanted. But we believe because we don’t have Christ, we don’t have consultation, we just have to go and do and have to fend for ourselves, fend for ourselves and master ourselves up again. Now before I come back to this, let me finish one more verse.
06:33 3. When you give to the poor, do acts of kindness. Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.
06:41 Give in complete secrecy. Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Give incomplete secrecy so that when your charitable acts will be done in secret, and your Father who sees what you’ve done in secret, will reward you.
06:56 Remember, the reward only comes when you do in secrecy. If you are doing it for for the benefit of people, you’re blowing a trumpet. There’s no reward.
07:07 But more importantly, a disciple will consult, will ask Jesus Christ, what do I do with this money? And a disciple will also, if not sure, some extraordinary expenses out of the normal expenditure you’re doing out of the normal purchases, you will sit and take counsel among your brethren. Two or three godly counsel gives you safety. Do not operate on your own because you have a family in Christ.
07:36 That is, if you are in a congregation that really established in Christ, caring and loving for one another as Jesus Christ has loved us. That’s the second highest commandment. If you do not have that family in Christ, then obviously you have a situation.
07:48 Then you have to wait on the Lord Jesus Christ and do by yourself. But remember what you are spending. The money is not yours anymore.
07:57 It’s not mine anymore. It is his And I love that position. You know why? It’s safe when we listen to Jesus Christ, the spirit of God do this.
08:06 Spend here, don’t spend here, give here, don’t give there. Is it safe because the spirit of God is doing now let us say you heard wrongly. He says give somewhere and then you believe that you’re giving because Jesus has told you then you’re giving that you’ll still be protected if you are hearing in sincerity.
08:26 In sincerity. If your heart already wants something and then you want to buy that and then you are forcing yourself to look for signals and signs from Jesus Christ, spirit of God to buy that that is not sincere. If it’s not sincere insincere then you will not get the protection from Christ because it’s insincere.
08:46 You are moving your own way. Brother. Is giving business an important thing now? One of the earliest things what happened was it’s only a few weeks after I’ve come to the Lord.
08:57 I was going to church and they used to have healing and deliverance ministry. I think it’s Wednesday. I think they have it at 3 o’clock.
09:05 I think so. They used to have there at 2 o’clock or 2:30. I forgot then I used to rush there from some distance away because we were in Patanjaya and this in care.
09:18 So now so I will drive and I’m so working at the time. So time problem. So last day I was dash there.
09:28 So one day I was doing that and parked up there park it and his is going on in chow kit. So I parked there and there I saw one boy. I can see the brother asking money for when I parked the car.
09:41 He wants money because I parking the car there. And I know looking I being in spirit. This fella if I if I don’t give him he may scratch the car.
09:50 So I gave him 50 cents. I gave him 50 cents. Now as soon as I gave him 50 cents and I moving away because I don’t want the card to be scratched.
10:02 I know this cap is also a drug addict. So I start scratching it because I’m looking like it. Anyway thank Jesus Christ then conviction my spirit.
10:12 I walk in Jesus the spirit of God telling me impression in my heart. Why did you give the 50 cents? So I speaking to myself. So I told the Lord Jesus Christ because I believe this fellow will stretch the car if I don’t give 50 cents.
10:30 He said, did you ask me then when I realized, because I know about the surrender business, the surrender. Then when I realized that I didn’t ask him. And Jesus, the spirit of God is telling me ask everything.
10:41 Because he’s teaching me to learn to hear him in everything. Because I’ve just come to the Lord Jesus Christ. He wants me to listen to this small still voice for every small thing first.
10:53 Because when you start listening to small things, then only bigger things you can hear. But all that I’m not thinking of that I’m thinking of while in church, all this going on. But then is it.
11:04 It’s time. Ah, because it’s safety for you. It’s a good thing.
11:08 And your surrender doll, it belongs to. It does not belong to you. Sorry, Lord Jesus.
11:13 I went. But it’s playing in my mind the next few days. Why? How? How did.
11:17 So I realized that he wants me to hear his voice. He wants me to ask for every little thing so that it’s a practice in me to hear my father’s voice, to hear the husband or my soul’s voice. The time I didn’t even know he’s the husband or my soul, by the way.
11:31 But he says, I don’t know all this. So then I decided, yes, I will, you know. Yes, yes, yes.
11:37 Then of course after that, a couple of weeks later, same scenario, rushing there, parked the car and saw this chap, another chap with all this nasal mask all over. So it’s definitely addict. And then that time Jesus said, couldn’t he protect the car? Wouldn’t Jesus protect the car? The spirit of God wouldn’t protect the car.
12:05 Why are you believing? They must give money and give man money, otherwise a man will scratch a car. So I saw this chair. The second Tyson around, saw this chap, dolls and needle marks and all.
12:15 So I decided not to give Jesus, brought her the car and moved on. And I. Okay, immediately another impression. Why didn’t you ask me? So I didn’t.
12:26 There now only I’m beginning to realize I forgot all about the earlier discussion with the Lord. Then why? Why then? Sorry Lord. Sorry Lord.
12:36 He said, now go and give 2 ringgit. Because they did not give the fellow any money. Because I said, Jesus has brought the car and that’s it.
12:42 This is money. So that’s it, I’m moving. He said, why didn’t you give the question? He’s saying, why didn’t you ask me? Ask me.
12:51 So he said, now I fell in my spirit. Go and give 2 ringgit with this fellow. Full of little marks.
12:57 I’m believing he’ll use it for drugs. But again he gave the two ringgit because now I disturbed in my spirit already. When I get the two ringgit, then I’m moving off again and sitting in the congregation and thinking about what’s going on here.
13:13 Then the next that is teaching me, ask him, Ask Him. Only he will know. For instance, who knows this same colorful of pockmarks, needle marks, you see? And you concluded? I concluded he’s a drug addict.
13:25 He was going to use the money for drugs. And who knows, he might have just prayed and said, if you are God, where are you? I’m suffering. I need a sign, somebody to help me.
13:36 And then if you have God, give me two ringgit somewhere. And somebody give me two ringgit to show your God. Who knows what they have prayed? We won’t know.
13:45 Only Jesus will know. Because he’s complete control of the entire universe and some of what he wants us to do, he wants us to ask him. Ask him godly counsel if we cannot hear because you have surrendered and every cent belongs to Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
14:04 At the same time, do not. When he told you to give something, do not show off quietly give. Left hand shouldn’t know what the right hand is doing.
14:13 But if you cannot help it, when you’re giving somebody, you’re giving and people are saying that’s okay because you’re not blowing a trumpet. That’s how the situation has taken place. You’re not doing it to advertise.
14:22 You’re not doing it to get revenue from there. You’re not doing it to feel good or show people that intention must be clear. Our hearts are wicked, brothers and sisters.
14:32 Our heart will say, if I give this to this fellow, especially in the business world, he’ll say, okay, I better go give this to this chap. Give a gift so he will return the favor. You give a gift.
14:43 You give a gift full stop. Because your Lord Jesus Christ told you to give a gift. Do not give a gift expecting something in return.
14:51 Then you already have your reward here because you have a plan. Our hearts are like that. Our hearts are wicked.
14:58 So we have control our hearts, brothers and sisters, be very careful. Control our hearts. Because our hearts are like that, brothers and sisters, today, remember this.
15:09 Everything. What he wants us to do is when it comes to the Lord. And after that, forever, while we’re walking, to ask Him.
15:16 And after a while, it will be a sensing in your spirit. That means you will know he’s moving you. He will know it is Settled.
15:23 When you are settled in the spirit to give something, somebody you know, it’s your Lord Jesus Christ move moving you to give, then you are looking at other things. Because you’re moving, being moved from glory to glory. You’re not going to wait on when does give, but when you’re uncertain.
15:37 Stop, stop, stop, stop. When you’re uncertain, stop. Pray, worship, wait for a moment, ask until you are settled that this is what the Spirit of God is telling you to do.
15:48 Otherwise you’ll be giving away Jesus Christ money without asking him. And that is a big no no. Because the devil, seeing that knows that you are just doing.
15:58 And I’m just doing what I want with the money given by God to me. He has a right to come and steal. Because we say when we first came to the Lord, I surrender all.
16:09 In fact, initially when I went there the first Sunday they were singing the song. I surrendered all. I did not sing after I was saved.
16:16 I dare not sing. Why? I don’t know what I’m surrendering. I’m unable to.
16:20 My heart won’t let go, you know. Then the next week though the same thing, the thing answered. And all that time the spirit of God already convicted me in one week.
16:27 It’s better to surrender all. That’s the only way to live life. Because by keeping it, I messed up.
16:33 When I didn’t surrender for all these years, what happened? I messed up completely. The devil stole from me. So then I decided yes, I surrender all.
16:42 All from today, Lord Jesus Christ, you are my Lord and savior. Everything you decide for me. Lord, I surrendered my mind.
16:48 Even that day. I don’t even my mind because it has almost destroyed me. In Jesus name I pray Jesus will take care of you brothers and sisters.
