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5 Life Lessons and Moral Value In "The Jungle Book Movie (2016)" (Spoilers Alert!) 1) Love is the most powerful force in the universe - it can even transcend species.
In the movie "The Jungle Book (2016)", Raksha the wolf adopted Mowgli and raised him as her own man-cub. She treated him like a real wolf and was always encouraging and loving towards him. Love transcends species!
24 April 2016 - When God Comes To Visit - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineWe need to be a channel, a branch that is connected to the Living Vine, to be a blessing to the nations. Like the city of Nineveh in Jonah's time, the nations don't know their right hand from their left. If God has given you influence, don't use your influence to bring haters up. Just ignore them. The devil will keep coming against grace, saying that it is a license to sin, but we shouldn't care about what he says. Just keep preaching the gospel. Always believe the best of your brother or sister in Christ, don't assume the worst unless proven otherwise. Exodus 10:23 - Egypt was in deep supernatural darkness. This "light" in this verse is referring to supernatural light, and not the kind of physical light that can be produced by lighting a torch (if not the Egyptians could have produced light in their dwellings too). “They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.” (Exodus 10:23 NKJV) All believers are righteous in God's eyes. We are justified by faith. Don't focus on your victory over Satan, focus on Jesus! God appeared to Moses in a burning bush. The fire represents suffering and torment. God appeared in the same nature that the children of Israel were experiencing. God is with us all the time. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Make sure you are hearing the word of God, and that it is Jesus-centered. Spend time in rich fellowship with the Lord. Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he won't depart from it. The words "way he should go" and "depart from it" are the words for mouth and taste. As a parent, feed your child the things of God even if he/she resists them. There are some guys who even when they are forty years old still love and prefer their mum's cooking. Your persistence will cause your children not to depart from the things of God when they grow up.  We need to be a channel, a branch that is connected to the Living Vine, to be a blessing to the nations. Like the city of Nineveh in Jonah's time, the nations don't know their right hand from their left. Genesis 18:1-33 - Abraham was sitting in the heat of the day. When you are under pressure, pray and talk about it to the Lord, then sit and wait for the Lord. Mamre is in Hebron. Mamre is "fatness". Hebron is "fellowship". Together: The fatness of fellowship. The devil doesn't want you to have communion with the One with whom nothing is impossible. "Bowed himself to the ground" is translated as the Hebrew word "Shakar", which means worship. This is the first occurrence of the word "worship". Jesus is the Lord that appeared to Abraham. Jesus appeared like a man - this was before He was born as a Man - at this point, He was all God and not Man. Abraham was ninety-nine years old and yet he was able to run to meet the Lord. His strength and youth was renewed. When we see the Lord, we will run! Like how Abraham told Sarah to make cakes without telling her the reason for doing so, sometimes we have to say yes, do it first, and discuss it later. Three measures of fine meal represents the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the bodily representation of all three. If you want to have fat and juicy fellowship with the Lord, always talk to Him about His Son and what He has done. Some self-professed Christians believe in abstaining from butter and meat. The Lord ate milk, butter and meat. Don't let your child become an idol and tear yourself up over him/her. Don't let your duties in marriage make you forget that you're supposed to enjoy your marriage - after your children are grown up, the one who will spend the rest of your life with you is your spouse. There is no word for "husband" or "wife" in the Bible, only "man" and "woman". That keeps the attraction between husband and wife. Sarah called Abraham "my lord" in her heart. She had so much respect for Abraham. God's love for us will cause us to have our family and household to be put into divine order. Despite Abraham's dwelling being near Sodom (Sodom was like in his backyard), God still visited him, and God still delivered miracles to him and his family (Sarah at ninety years old would bear a child). Despite the world around you being in deep darkness, there can still be light in your dwelling! * Remaining verses about God, Abraham, Sodom and Gomorrah will be elaborated on in next week's Pastor Joseph Prince sermon! “Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.” So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.” And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate. Then they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, in the tent.” And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.) Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!” Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.” Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD. And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” So the LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. ” And he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there should be forty found there?” So He said, “I will not do it for the sake of forty.” Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.” And he said, “Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.” Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.” So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.” (Genesis 18:1-33 NKJV) Genesis 19:1 - Lot was sitting as a leader in the world that was heading towards destruction. “Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.” (Genesis 19:1 NKJV) The one thousand years of Millennial rule by Jesus on earth will put to end all the complaints that man has against God (For example: "We can't see God." - At that time, everyone will see Jesus face-to-face). It is a literal thousand years, not figurative. In that time, there will still be people rebelling against God. After the thousand years, Satan who will be in captivity in that time of peace on earth will be released, and he will draw people to him to make war against God.  Abraham was ninety-nine years old and yet he was able to run to meet the Lord. His strength and youth was renewed. When we see the Lord, we will run! Despite Abraham's dwelling being near Sodom (Sodom was like in his backyard), God still visited him, and God still delivered miracles to him and his family (Sarah at ninety years old would bear a child). Despite the world around you being in deep darkness, there can still be light in your dwelling! One of the best things about Christian living is that we can live life without being limited by the things of the world. Ladies, you can be beautiful even without having to use the things of the world. It is ok to use makeup and as much of it as you want. Even an old barn will look good if it is painted (it's Pastor Prince's joke :) )! Faith doesn't work by feeling. Show God your faith, and He will give you your strength! For example: If you're feeling pain in your body but you need to stand up and walk somewhere to get something, trust God and say "I trust in you Lord for strength in my body in Jesus' name, Amen", and stand up and walk believing that you have indeed received the strength. 1 Peter 3:4-6 - The secret of Sarah's youth and beauty: A woman's incorruptible beauty comes from having a kind and gentle spirit, trusting God, and subjecting herself to the authority of her husband. To trust God means that you are not afraid that your husband will terrorise you when you subject yourself to his authority. A woman is not less than her husband. Different roles doesn't mean inequality. “rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.” (I Peter 3:4-6 NKJV) In the Garden of Eden, Adam was there when the serpent was talking to Eve, but Adam did not say anything. The whole world fell because a man failed to perform his leadership role. Meditation on God's word brings revelation. Luke 15:11-32 - In the parable of the prodigal son, the father represents God the Father. The father had a rebellious son who left home; and the older son was self-righteous. Despite being a good father, his success rate as a father was 0%. Sometimes your child has to go through the pig pen as a consequence of their decisions, and the pig pen can be good for them. In the end, the younger son came back home. When he came home and experienced the father's grace, he had a greater revelation of his father. If you feel distant from or your child has left you, be encouraged and keep believing, because your son or daughter will come home. “Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. ’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’ “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry. “Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.’ “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’ “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”” (Luke 15:11-32 NKJV)  The secret of Sarah's youth and beauty: A woman's incorruptible beauty comes from having a kind and gentle spirit, trusting God, and subjecting herself to the authority of her husband. To trust God means that you are not afraid that your husband will terrorise you when you subject yourself to his authority. A woman is not less than her husband. Different roles doesn't mean inequality. I hope that you have been blessed by reading this post on "24 April 2016 - When God Comes To Visit - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes Online". Learn how you can have a good, confident expectation of good even in these dark end times, and be blessed with light in your dwelling at all times! Click Here to read Pastor Joseph Prince's Sermon Notes on that powerful message! Want to receive Jesus into your life, be saved from your sins and inherit unmerited favor and eternal life as a child of God? Go this link and simply pray the prayer aloud! Welcome to God's big, happy family - You are now a child of God! Please Like, Share and Comment on this post if you were blessed by reading these sermon notes! Be blessed and walk in divine favor, Milton Goh ---------------------------------------------- Follow me on Instagram @miltongohblog Connect with me on FaceBook here. Watch my videos on YouTube here. * Please Take Note: These sermon notes are not official New Creation Church (NCC) or Pastor Joseph Prince sermon notes. These sermon notes are not affiliated with NCC or Pastor Prince. These sermon notes are independently-compiled by me, and I'm just a loyal and regular attendee of the the church's Sunday services, and I feel led to take detailed personal sermon notes of Pastor Prince's anointed messages to share them with the world, which desperately needs the true word of God and the original gospel of grace. I feel blessed to be able to attend Pastor Joseph Prince's services in person, and would like to help everyone who isn't able to attend in person, to get hold of the messages as soon as it is preached!  Click the Photo to go to the Facebook page of "Milton and Emilee School System"! Give it a "Like" and a prayer of blessing! Thank you for your support! To multitudes of souls saved for Jesus in Pakistan! 17 April 2016 - Abide In Christ for True Success - Pastor Lim Lian Neo Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineOprah Winfrey did thirty-over-thousand interviews in her amazing career, and almost every time, whether it was a person that was rich or poor, ruler or pauper, they would ask "How did I do? Was I okay?". Every single person needs affirmation. We all want to be validated. Even Ivy League students need to fee secure and significant. An Ivy League degree is not a guarantee of true significance and security. True security, significance and success comes from One Person - Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17 - Through Jesus, we will have much more than just success. We will REIGN in life! True security is found in the abundance of grace. How can we truly feel secure if we have to EARN someone's love? The favor we receive from God is completely unmerited. True significance comes when we know that we are the righteousness of God in Christ, and that is it a gift to us that cannot be lost! We are favored and made righteous because God is so good, not because we are good. The gift of righteousness causes us to have good behavior. Most people know this verse, but we need to experience this verse so that it becomes a revelation. It needs to go from our head to our heart to bear fruit in our lives. “For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:17 NKJV) John 15:5 - Without Jesus, you can do nothing without worth or value. It is all dead works without life. We cannot manufacture life. No one can. You want life? You want righteousness to bear real fruit in your life? You must abide in Jesus. When we abide in Jesus, the eternal Vine life will flow into our internal, and come out to impact our external. It will affect our daily lives. ““I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5 NKJV)  When we abide in Jesus, the eternal Vine life will flow into our internal, and come out to impact our external. It will affect our daily lives. John 15:5-8 - "Abide" is "meno" in Greek, which means to abide, to continue, to remain. This passage is about fruit-bearing, not about salvation. It's not saying that salvation can be lost. To abide in Christ, abide in His word. When you have God's word in you by meditating on and hearing it, you are abiding in Christ. The Lord doesn't want us to go from declaring God's promises one day, and the next day getting angry, fed up, discouraged, staring daggers at your spouse and the like. Don't be a double-minded person - that's not abiding in Christ. ““I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” (John 15:5-8 NIV) The Lord knows what thoughts the devil and the world will try to plant in your heart. The devil will attack you in this area: he will say that others are favored and you are not. The negative reports and words are not your own. Reject them. Have this revelation: The Lord's words are eternal. His words can never fail.  To abide in Christ, abide in His word. When you have God's word in you by meditating on and hearing it, you are abiding in Christ. John 15:9-10 - How do we keep God's commandments to abide in His love? ““As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” (John 15:9-10 NKJV) I John 3:23 - This is God's commandment to us - it's simply to believe in the name of Jesus Christ and love one another. By doing so, we are abiding in Christ's love. “And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.” (I John 3:23 NKJV) I John 4:16 - To believe in the love that God has for us is to RELY on it. By relying on Jesus, we can have intimacy with Him. Start practicing with the small things. Rely on God's Shalom peace and wisdom. Practice His presence. Allow Jesus to be your love, your patience, your wisdom. Allow the eternal word and Vine life to impact your internal, and change your external. If we treat Jesus and God's words like a fairy tale that isn't real, we don't have the Vine life flowing in us. Without the Vine life flowing in us, there will be death in areas of our lives. When you truly know and believe in the love that the King of Heaven has for you, you will have life and life more abundantly. Life will be beautiful! “And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” (I John 4:16 NKJV) “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” (1 John 4:16 NIV) Isaiah 59:19 - It is much easier to abide in Christ when times are good. The time where you truly need to abide in Christ is in the times where the enemy comes in like a flood. A standard is a conspicuous object (as a banner) formerly carried at the top of a pole and used to mark a rallying point especially in battle or to serve as an emblem. The power of God is Christ crucified. Jesus took the crown of thorns, He took the beatings for us. Every beating and every punishment was taken for us. We should judge our favor by what Jesus has done for us at the cross. The Son of God became the Son of Man, so that we can become sons and daughters of God! Every time the enemy comes in like a flood, point the enemy to the cross, and see Jesus bearing it all for us. We will SURELY see our victory, no matter how long it takes. “So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.” (Isaiah 59:19 NKJV)  The power of God is Christ crucified. Jesus took the crown of thorns, He took the beatings for us. Every beating and every punishment was taken for us. We should judge our favor by what Jesus has done for us at the cross. The Son of God became the Son of Man, so that we can become sons and daughters of God! Every time the enemy comes in like a flood, point the enemy to the cross, and see Jesus bearing it all for us. We will SURELY see our victory, no matter how long it takes. I hope that you have been blessed by reading this post on "17 April 2016 - Abide In Christ for True Success - Pastor Lim Lian Neo Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes Online". Learn how you can have a good, confident expectation of good even in these dark end times, and be blessed with light in your dwelling at all times! Click Here to read Pastor Joseph Prince's Sermon Notes on that powerful message! Want to receive Jesus into your life, be saved from your sins and inherit unmerited favor and eternal life as a child of God? Go this link and simply pray the prayer aloud! Welcome to God's big, happy family - You are now a child of God! Please Like, Share and Comment on this post if you were blessed by reading these sermon notes! Be blessed and walk in divine favor, Milton Goh ---------------------------------------------- Follow me on Instagram @miltongohblog Connect with me on FaceBook here. Watch my videos on YouTube here. * Please Take Note: These sermon notes are not official New Creation Church (NCC) or Pastor Joseph Prince sermon notes. These sermon notes are not affiliated with NCC or Pastor Prince. These sermon notes are independently-compiled by me, and I'm just a loyal and regular attendee of the the church's Sunday services, and I feel led to take detailed personal sermon notes of Pastor Prince's anointed messages to share them with the world, which desperately needs the true word of God and the original gospel of grace. I feel blessed to be able to attend Pastor Joseph Prince's services in person, and would like to help everyone who isn't able to attend in person, to get hold of the messages as soon as it is preached!  Click the Photo to go to the Facebook page of "Milton and Emilee School System"! Give it a "Like" and a prayer of blessing! Thank you for your support! To multitudes of souls saved for Jesus in Pakistan! 17 April 2016 - Abide In Christ for True Success - Pastor Lim Lian Neo Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes Online
10 April 2016 - God's Light In Your Dwelling - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes OnlineTestimony of a blessed restored marriage shared by Pastor Joseph Prince: This brother in Christ from Illinois was jobless and having marital problems. He believed that he was being punished for his sins. He believed that God brought him into bad times to teach him lessons. He got entangled in pornography. When he read the book "Destined to Reign" he was impacted by grace and he kept declaring that "I am the righteousness of God in Christ!". The addiction effortlessly left him. He says that now he is empowered through Christ. He also received a job that is much better than before, and his marriage is now restored and much better than before. Church is where the spiritual food is being put out for us to be fed. We don't have to tithe, we GET TO tithe. When God asks you to give to Him, He's setting you up for a blessing! Jesus asked to use Peter's boat, which led to Peter having a net-breaking, boat-sinking load of fishes. Jesus' blood cleansed all our sin debt. The deck is now cleared. Whatever you give now is a seed you sow, not a debt you owe! If you sow a seed, you get a tree with many seeds and fruits back. What you give to God will never come back the same. God will always out-give man. He will never be indebted to you because He is greater than you in every way! Commercialism is something that God gives, but we should not become absorbed by it. Communism is not God's way. God's way is Capitalism, industry, and business. Pastor Prince has never approached anyone, rich or poor, to ask for money, and by the grace of God, he will never have to. Psalms 128:3-4 - The fruitful vine is for producing wine, not grape juice. Corn, wine and oil are three important commodities in Israel in Jesus' time. Jesus' first miracle was to turn miracle into wine. He compressed time. "You have kept the best wine until now". The end time generation is the most blessed compared to previous generations. God doesn't believe in drunkenness. He wants you to walk in the glory of God. Jesus didn't dress wealthy-ly, but He is majestic and stately. “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD.” (Psalms 128:3-4 NKJV)  We don't have to tithe, we GET TO tithe. When God asks you to give to Him, He's setting you up for a blessing! Jesus asked to use Peter's boat, which led to Peter having a net-breaking, boat-sinking load of fishes. We are the branches. Jesus is the Vine. We don't have to try to be a branch. Just be a branch. Don't try to be the vine. Rest in the Vine (Jesus). Many believers struggle too hard. They try to supply themselves. For a Christian, your own effort is a mistake. All you have to do is to let go completely. Just know Who is the Source - Jesus. Point people to the Source. If you have an addiction like pornography or smoking, just rest and say "Jesus this is Your problem, not my problem.". Without Him, you can do nothing. You can't break your own addictions. When the devil knocks at your door, let Christ in you answer the door, not you. The responsibility to produce belongs to the Vine. Jesus said "Without Me you can do nothing" (John 15). We really cannot do anything without Jesus. We can't even make ourselves. That's the most basic level. The problem with us is that we always feel we need to do something. We should trust Jesus that we'll be fully prepared to produce everything that we need to produce. Exodus 10:21-23 - This is where the world is today, spiritually-speaking. All the people of God have light in their dwellings, despite the world around them being in deep darkness. The Egyptians who had more supply, resources and fuel, could not turn on the light. But the Hebrew slaves had supernatural light in their dwellings. The darkness is a supernatural darkness and it can only be driven away by supernatural light. The deep darkness is only laying the background for believers to shine brightly. “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness which may even be felt.” So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.” (Exodus 10:21-23 NKJV) God doesn't see individual nations - the only nation that belongs to God right now is Israel. When God looks down on the earth, He only sees Jews, Gentiles and the Church. Everything in Matthew 24 is meant for the Jews. It's talking about the signs of Jesus' Second Coming. The church will not be there in what Jesus is talking about. The church will already have been enraptured earlier on. The world now is intolerant of people who are intolerant of sinful lifestyles. We have this generation where people are calling good, evil, and evil, good. This is a condition when God's people is not on top. The heathens are on top. There's no such thing as a Christian nation on earth. A Christian nation means that every citizen would have to be a born-again believer. There's only Christian people. These moral issues are present because there is no sap coming out from the Vine in their lives. They are not even in the Vine. Why are we shocked when we see sinners sinning? Sinners sin. God hates the sin in the sinner, but He loves the sinner. The light is made more obvious now in this world of deep darkness. You can't fully remove the problem just by removing the cancer. Spears and swords (modern technology and the likes) can't remove a spiritual problem. Matthew 5:15 - The basket represents commerce and measurement. Don't be overly-commercialized and in the process, cover your light. If you are a businessperson, don't do your business and try to cover or hide the fact that you are a believer. “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.” (Matthew 5:15 NKJV) Luke 8:16 - A bed represents laziness and self-indulgence. Don't let your light be covered by your laziness and self-indulgence. ““No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light.” (Luke 8:16 NKJV) Wherever believers are, they push back the darkness. A true story shared by Pastor Prince: In Africa, there was a witch that performed miracles and incantations, and one day, an elderly lady who was just going home from church passed by her. The witch fell to the ground, whining and crying. Her colleagues and friends asked her what happened and why she was so fearful. The witch replied, "Didn't you see the ball of light behind??" You never know how you affect the world around you as a believer. Even if you can't, the world of darkness and the devil can see your light. Don't become worldly in your thinking and start to just accept whatever sickness or disease that affects you or your loved ones. Just rebuke the sickness and discomfort in Jesus' name!  This is where the world is today, spiritually-speaking. All the people of God have light in their dwellings, despite the world around them being in deep darkness. The Egyptians who had more supply, resources and fuel, could not turn on the light. But the Hebrew slaves had supernatural light in their dwellings. The darkness is a supernatural darkness and it can only be driven away by supernatural light. The deep darkness is only laying the background for believers to shine brightly. Exodus 10:9-12 - Pharaoh represents the devil Satan. Worldliness is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. The devil tries to make you compromise in your life. The children of Israel can't have the feast in Egypt. They have to have it outside of Egypt. Pharaoh tried to only allow the men go out of Egypt to worship the Lord, and not the others. Don't have worldliness in your life. Have your family with you for church. In God's light, we see light. If you love your child, don't have a sick-sentimentalism and give them everything that they want. Don't kill them that way. Don't leave your family in Egypt when you are in church. Just one word from God can change your life. Don't rob your child of that. If your child is still taking allowance from you and living under your roof and you still have some authority as parents over their lives, use that authority. Bring your children to church with you. If you're afraid to cause a crisis between you and your child, just create it anyway. It is better for your child this way. Don't be afraid of crisis. Christ is in the crisis. “And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” Then he said to them, “The LORD had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the LORD, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.”” (Exodus 10:9-12 NKJV) If we have Christ, when we win, we win, and when we lose, we still win. We always win! Jonah 1:3 - Jonah disobeyed God - instead of going to Nineveh, he went down to Joppa. Whenever you don't listen to God, you go down. Later, Jonah went even further down when he was swallowed by the whale (big fish). "But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD." (Jonah 1:3 NKJV) Jonah 4:1-5 - Jonah wanted the opposite result of what he preached. He was angry when Nineveh repented. Jonah didn't want to go to Nineveh because he knew that God's nature is gracious. He knew that God would spare the city. See the gracious heart of your God! Jonah went out of the city and waited there, still hoping that God would judge and destroy Nineveh! “But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. So he prayed to the LORD, and said, “Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!” Then the LORD said, “ Is it right for you to be angry?” So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.” (Jonah 4:1-5 NKJV) Hell is real. It came from our loving and gracious Savior Jesus' mouth that in hell, the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. It is a place of torment where there is gnashing of teeth. Universalism (the belief that everyone is saved) is a lie from the pit of hell. The devil doesn't want you to know the truth that you need to believe in Jesus to be saved. Only whoever believes in Jesus is saved. Jonah 4:9-11 - This is what God thinks of every city in the world. He sees each city as one that can't discern between their right hand and their left. Judgement will come eventually, but this is the compassionate heart of God towards the world. “Then God said to Jonah, “ Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “ It is right for me to be angry, even to death!” But the LORD said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”” (Jonah 4:9-11 NKJV) Isaiah 49:24-25 - As a believer who is a parent, you are the righteous. "Taken away" should be translated as "released". God will save your children from their sinful lifestyles and addictions! “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, Or the captives of the righteous be delivered? But thus says the LORD: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.” (Isaiah 49:24-25 NKJV) God wants to save households. God is a family-God. He told Noah to bring his family into the Ark. If you want your household to be established, start with the husband being established in the Lord. The stability of the husband will cause the wife and children to be established too.  Jonah disobeyed God - instead of going to Nineveh, he went down to Joppa. Whenever you don't listen to God, you go down. Later, Jonah went even further down when he was swallowed by the whale (big fish). 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To multitudes of souls saved for Jesus in Pakistan! 3 April 2016 - The Right Way To Fear The Lord - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes Online We tend to dislike in people what we see in ourselves. In a relationship or marriage, when the man gives a choice to the woman, and if she makes a mistake, it is the man's mistake. Learn scripture verses and put them in your memory. Let the sword of the Spirit and you become one. When Jesus was being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, Jesus quoted the scripture as it is, and He didn't personalize it. If Jesus answered the devil with "it is written...", how can we think to fight the devil with logic and reasoning? There's power in speaking the Bible verses as they are. Say "It is written..." and quote the verse that corresponds to your situation or need. II Timothy 4:18 - The Lord will deliver you from EVERY evil work. God wants your life blessed, and there is a laser-sharp word of God for every situation. “And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!” (II Timothy 4:18 NKJV) When it's impossible with man, it's possible with God. God doesn't help those who help themselves. That statement is not from the Bible! God helps those who are helpless. The 15 songs of Psalms 120 - 134 are known as the Songs of Degrees/Ascents. With each song, you go higher. God brings you higher and higher. 15 is the number of rest. You will come to a place of victory. Psalm 128:1-6 - Psalm 128 is one of the Songs of Degrees/Ascents. When you eat you will be happy. Your wife will not dry up. She will be like a fruitful vine. God created us to laugh. Your children are anointed. Your children are like olive plants. Olive oil is used for medicine, cleansing, and holy purposes. These verses are a faith picture for you to show you God's promises for your family in the future. This is a picture of a prosperous and blessed household. When the man is blessed, his whole household - his wife and his children are blessed. The wife is not the leader, the man is the leader. You will see your children's children - that's a promise of long life! In the Old Testament, there is not one characteristic that causes someone to be more blessed than having the fear of the Lord. “Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD. The LORD bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem All the days of your life. Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!” (Psalms 128:1-6 NKJV) When you have to resort to sexual innuendos to get people to laugh, that's the lowest level of humor. Just like olives, in the garden of "Gethsemane" (the word means olive press) Jesus was first pressed in the darkness to bring us into the light. The second stage, Jesus was beaten, it is for our medicine - by His stripes we are healed. The third stage, Jesus' death cleansed us of our sins. It is better for the devil not to attack you, because when he attacks you and you know how to counter-attack, you will get spoils. Don't sit down looking spoiled, look at the spoils of war! With an attack comes the law of restoration/ compensation. God doesn't justify people who are blameless. God justifies the ungodly. For grace to be grace, it has to be unmerited. Psalms 130:3-4 - If God marked each of our sins every time we sin, who could stand? Knowing the forgiveness of our sins accomplished by Jesus at the cross causes us to correctly fear the Lord. “If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.” (Psalms 130:3-4 NKJV) Jesus was not captured, He laid down His life. When the people tried to throw Jesus down the cliff, Jesus walked right through their midst. He did not have to run away. That's cool. When people tried to kill Jesus before His appointed time, they could not do so. When the soldiers came to capture Jesus at night, Jesus said "I AM" and all the soldiers fell on the ground. It was His prerogative to decide when they could get up. At the cross, Jesus' head did not involuntarily drop when He died. He positioned His head for death, and He dismissed His spirit.  Just like olives, in the garden of "Gethsemane" (the word means olive press) Jesus was first pressed in the darkness to bring us into the light. The second stage, Jesus was beaten, it is for our medicine - by His stripes we are healed. The third stage, Jesus' death cleansed us of our sins. Romans 8:15 - Fear is just one step away from hate. Children will always hate the people that they fear. Children will follow true authority. Having a slavish fear is not the right way to fear the Lord. “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”” (Romans 8:15 NKJV) A lot of superhero stories today have been inspired by the gospel story. Children today are flocking to watch such superhero movies. Matthew 4:10 - Jesus defined what fearing the Lord is. He defined fearing the Lord as worshiping the Lord. Jesus is the Writer of the Scriptures! The Writer must define what the words mean. “Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”” (Matthew 4:10 NKJV) Deuteronomy 6:13 - This is the verse that Jesus was quoting to the devil in the wilderness, as recorded in Matthew 4:10. “You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name.” (Deuteronomy 6:13 NKJV) Hebrews 12:28-29 - We can correctly fear the Lord by having grace. To "have grace" is in the present active tense, meaning that we have to actively possess it. This fear is not a slavish fear, but a sonship fear - a reverent and awesome respect of God. Whatever is not of grace will be burned up - Our God is a consuming fire. “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29 NKJV) Romans 5:1 - The word "peace" is also in the present active tense. We have to actively possess this peace. The presence of this peace is not verified by going by our feelings. “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” (Romans 5:1 NKJV) Leviticus 10:1-2 - The two sons of Aaron added fire from an external source (possibly by rubbing two flints together) which was not commanded by the Lord, therefore they were killed. How do we apply this to our lives today: Any message or any song that is not based on the Person and centrality of Jesus, it is considered strange fire. “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.” (Leviticus 10:1-2 KJV) Leviticus 9:24 - The fire of the altar cannot be put out - it has to keep burning. “And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.” (Leviticus 9:24 KJV) I Corinthians 15:41 - In heaven, we aren't going to be playing the harp all the time. We will be ruling. Just like each star differs from another star in glory, each person will have different capacities in their new bodies - first on earth during the Millennial rule of Jesus Christ, and then in heaven. They will be using their talents and gifts forever. “There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.” (I Corinthians 15:41 NKJV) The spirit that is released in these last days is not anti-God, it is anti-Christ. It goes against Jesus. Philippians 2:12-13 - You can't work out what you don't have in you. The verse is not talking about getting salvation through your own works. When God works it in, you work it out! "Fear and trembling" is an expression (example: Raining cats and dogs) - it is Hebraism. It expresses awe for what God has done for you. “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:12-13 NKJV) Mark 5:33-34 - The woman is fearing and trembling, meaning she is in awe of the healing that has happened to her, not that she is afraid. She was in awe because she knew what HAD happened to her, not because of what WAS GOING TO happen to her. Her fearing and trembling was not something bad, it was something good. “But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”” (Mark 5:33-34 NKJV)  In heaven, we aren't going to be playing the harp all the time. We will be ruling. Just like each star differs from another star in glory, each person will have different capacities in their new bodies - first on earth during the Millennial rule of Jesus Christ, and then in heaven. They will be using their talents and gifts forever. Luke 19:12-27 - Putting money in the bank is the last resort to the Lord. He wants us to use our money to multiply it. How you see God will affect your talents. In church, people who truly serve the Lord with their eyes on Him (and not for the sake of impressing people) have their strength multiplied and increased instead of being tired. The man who didn't multiply his minas hid it in the handkerchief because he feared his master in the wrong way. He also had a wrong impression about his master, saying that he was an austere man. Under Law, the Lord was demanding. Under grace, the Lord is supplying! When the Lord asks you to serve, He is setting you up for a blessing. Our God is a good Paymaster. Jesus asked to use Peter's boat and it caused Peter to have a catch of a net-breaking, boat-sinking load of fishes! “Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’ “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’ “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’ “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”” (Luke 19:12-27 NKJV) Numbers 14:22-24 - The secret to staying young is to follow the Lord fully. Caleb having a "different spirit" should be translated as a having a "following spirit". The Lord said that Caleb had followed Him fully. “because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it. But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.” (Numbers 14:22-24 NKJV) Numbers 32-11-12 - God said that Caleb and Joshua have wholly followed Him. “‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.’” (Numbers 32:11-12 NKJV) Joshua 14:8, 14 - Caleb drove out the Giants at the age of 85. He remained young and strong because he wholly followed the Lord. “Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God... Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.” (Joshua 14:8, 14 NKJV) John 21:20-22 - When you are conscious of the Lord's love for you, you are following the Lord already. John didn't have to be told to follow Jesus because he knew the love of Jesus for him and was already unconsciously following Jesus. Peter who boasted in his own love for Jesus, had to be told to follow Jesus. Politicians, it is easy to point to other people, but you should focus on following the Lord When you follow the Lord, you will stay young. “Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”” (John 21:20-22 NKJV)  Caleb drove out the Giants at the age of 85. He remained young and strong because he wholly followed the Lord. I hope that you have been blessed by reading this post on "3 April 2016 - The Right Way To Fear The Lord - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes Online - New Creation Church Sermon Notes Online". Learn what has been accomplished by Jesus for you through His death at the cross and His resurrection in this Easter Sunday 2016 sermon! Click Here to read Pastor Joseph Prince's Sermon Notes on that powerful message! Want to receive Jesus into your life, be saved from your sins and inherit unmerited favor and eternal life as a child of God? Go this link and simply pray the prayer aloud! Welcome to God's big, happy family - You are now a child of God! Please Like, Share and Comment on this post if you were blessed by reading these sermon notes! 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