Fresh Supply For Today’s Needs (Full Sermon) | Joseph Prince | Gospel Partner Episode

In this Gospel Partner episode, be reassured and encouraged as you catch a fresh revelation of God’s heart to provide for you day by day.

God wants us dependent on Him all
the time. Whatever obstacles you

are faced with right now, God does
not give you the faith before you

step right up to it. In spite of
your fear, do it! And you find the

strength will flow, the provision
will flow. So what if the cost of

living goes up? God is more than
able to over-supply! He is the

Great Giver! And grace is giving.
Grace is supply! He keeps on

giving! Which means, people, we
have to keep on going back, keep on

going back, keep on going back to
Him. Amen. He keeps on giving. Are

you there to receive?

Hi, this is Joseph Prince! Thanks
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God’s Word today!

Thank you, Pastor Lawrence, and
blessed Sunday church indeed. Today

I have some exciting, good news to
share with all of you. You know,

since the launch of the Gospel
Partner Initiative in January 2022,

Pastor Prince has taken the step of
faith and began making his messages

available for free on YouTube. And
so far, based on the data from

YouTube, the latest messages have
reached 5 million views, praise the

Lord. All right, 2 million watch
ours in 150 countries all around

the world, praise the Lord.
Hallelujah. And not only that,

while Pastor and his family were
having their family vacation in the

month of June 2022, all right, um,
Pastor’s, uh, YouTube channel has

crossed over 1 million subscribers,
hallelujah. Let’s give Jesus the

praise, hallelujah. So, while
Pastor was resting, right, God was

accelerating the gospel of grace
all around the world, praise the

Lord. And uh, here’s a snapshot of
some of the testimonies that we

have been receiving. Uh, Andolo
Kimwelli from, uh, Kenya in Sou–in

East Africa says of us, “I can
confidently say this Gospel Partner

vision is the doing of the Lord.
Thank you for adding the sermon

notes. It is helping me preach the
same message here in Kenya. Thank

you, Pastor Prince and the team.”
Joseph Agiopong shares, “These

messages are pure truths and
vitamins for the spirit. I’m only

midway through, but I already feel
so blessed. A huge thank you to the

Gospel Partners who are helping to
bring these full sermons to some of

us who would otherwise not afford
them at this moment. God bless you

all. All praise to Jesus.” And
finally this other person shares,

“I’ve had shoulder pain for six
months. I watched this service

while I was in the bathroom.” Well,
I believe he was in a bathtub. “And

when Pastor Prince said, ‘Touch
where you have pain in your body,’

I touched my shoulder, and I
believed that the pain was gone.

So, I moved my shoulder into the
position that caused me pain, and

the pain was gone. I spent a few
minutes looking for the pain,” he

was looking for the pain, “but it
was totally gone,” he couldn’t find

it. All right, and he says, “Thank
you, Lord Jesus, for your finished

work at the cross and healing my
shoulder. I’m so grateful for your

great love and the divine exchange
at the cross for me. Thank you,

thank you Lord Jesus. All the way
from London, my name is Ivan.” So,

praise the Lord that the gospel of
grace is restfully accelerated all

around the world and to 150
countries. Let’s give Jesus a

praise, hallelujah. And right now,
church, please join me as we

welcome Pastor Prince. Praise God.
Isn’t that wonderful? All those

testimonies and what the Lord is
doing in the–in the ministry. See,

you’re all part of this, because
you belong to this church, all

right? And just like every pastor,
every church is unique around the

world and each one has a specific
purpose for which God placed them

there, this church has its purpose.
And I believe it is to uncover,

amen, dust off, bring to the
forefront the gospel of grace the

way Paul preached it, amen. And uh,
we have done this for all these

years now, and last year something
happened. Um, middle of the year, I

remember that, uh, I couldn’t sleep
at night. Now, sometimes when you

find you cannot sleep at night,
don’t always blame the devil, all

right? Or don’t blame the–the
nasty biryani you ate last night,

okay? Sometimes if you try your
best and you find you’re not sleepy

and all that, especially if there’s
a kind of, like, awakeness, you

know, uh, the enemy one comes with
oppression or headache or things

like that, but God one is always
like you feel alive, you feel

fresh, but you only slept, like,
uh, one, two hours, then you wake

up, and you wonder why you couldn’t
go back to sleep. Maybe he wants to

talk to you. All right, so ask the
Lord, speak, Lord. Remember Samuel,

the boy, when he learned to hear
God’s voice, amen, God spoke to

him, but he did not know that he
was hearing God, so he needed

someone who– I am that someone, I
am that– that Samuel that tells

you, the next time, ask him, Lord,
speak. I am listening. Amen? And

uh, he might rebuke you then and
there, he might show you a inner

vision, he might give you a hazon
vision, he might give you a, uh,

just a word, or he might just drop
into your heart a desire to do

something, amen. But, uh, ask the
Lord. I believe that many a times

we miss, uh, God because we do not
know the ways of the Lord,

especially in hearing God, okay?
So, some of you had a recent

experience of that, I’m sure. So,
somewhere middle of last year,

2021, I couldn’t sleep, and I asked
the Lord, “Lord, are you–are you

saying something to me that, you
know, during the day especially,

like Job says, you know, God says
to Job that it is in the– in man’s

sleep, in deep slumberings, when
man is on his pillow that God opens

up the ear and instill the
instruction.” I think it’s because

many a times we are too busy. It’s
not that God is not speaking to you

during the daytime, it’s just that
we are too busy, we are running

around, amen, we are looking at our
phone all the time, especially

today’s, uh, you know, today’s
world is–is just, uh, it’s like

there’s an invisible chain to our
phone. And uh, any free time we

have, we don’t meditate, we just
look at our phone. And I think the

enemy has succeeded. The phone
itself is not wrong, it is amoral,

all right? But what you do with it.
So, the thing is that God speaks to

us at night, and–and I’m just
reminding you of that, but let me

tell you what happened then. So, I
asked the Lord, and the Lord began

to show me something that has been
brewing in my heart, something that

has been growing in my heart, a
desire to see the gospel go faster.

And this was the words the Lord
placed in my heart, that the gospel

should go faster, louder, and
stronger, amen? Go farther than

where it has gone. And I know that
missionaries of times past and all

that, they had to go physically to
bring the gospel. They had to learn

the language of the people there,
amen? And uh, they had to, uh, uh,

uh, surmount hurdles like– like
high cliffs, mountains, and even

traverse, uh, deep valleys, gorges,
and even through the seas and all

that. It takes time, but I believe
that God ordained technology,

that’s why I say the phone is not
wrong, amen, for the gospel, amen.

In fact, the Bible says, uh, you
know, “We ought to exhort one

another daily,” that’s why we have
WhatsApp, we have Messages, we can

encourage each other daily. Use it
for the glory of God, amen? So, God

said to me he wants the–the gospel
to go faster, stronger, but then

I–I felt like, you know, I have an
intellectual property, which means,

uh, uh, the messages, all right,
are sold, amen, and, um,

that’s–that’s–that’s the lot of
all the pastors and leaders all

over the world. Now, I don’t draw a
salary from this church, all right?

It’s something that the Lord has
placed on my heart, it’s a very

unique thing which I don’t
encourage any other pastor to do.

So, this has gone on for many years
now, and now I felt like the Lord

is telling me to give that up. So,
I’m thinking to myself,

how–how–you know what I’m saying?
How am I going to do this, Lord?

But still I felt in my heart the
gospel must go out. And I felt also

that, you know, if you sell the
messages, okay, even though our

price compared to, uh, you know,
some other places and all that,

is–is competitive, okay, it’s a
very good price, but I felt like

I–I–I–I want to remove the
price, I want to remove the–

especially on my latest, uh,
messages, my latest messages are

the lion’s share of the income.
Okay, let me stop for a while and

say, are you following me so far or
not? Can I share my–can I share my

heart? Can I–yeah. It’s not often
I do this, okay? It’s not often I

open up my heart and become
vulnerable, amen. So, I wanna bring

you up to speed to what is
happening. So, uh, because of that,

I felt like, uh, the latest
message– messages are usually the

lion’s share of the, you know, the
income from the intellectual

property, okay? Of course, not–not
the old messages. In fact, we give

away a lot of the old messages,
and, uh, um, but the–the main–

the main block come from the latest
messages. And I felt like the Lord

is saying, “Give it up. Have no
wall.” God says, “Let there be no

walls,” and I saw the walls all
being–being broken down. “Let it

go forth stronger, further, louder.
Are you willing to?” Again, back

when the Lord told me to give up my
income in the church, the church

was doing very well, all right, the
church was already a large church,

and but I said, “Lord, how?” But
there was a–he was quiet. Same

thing, he was quiet. He asked me,
“Will you?” I–I know him by now. I

know he loves me, amen. I know I’m
not dealing with a tyrant, I’m

dealing with a Father who loves me,
who loves you, when the very hairs

of your head are all numbered,
amen. He knows number zero, so he

knows. He cares for us. Every
detail, he’s concerned for every

detail of our life, amen? There’s
not one thought in your mind, the

Bible says, that he doesn’t know,
and yet he loves all of us, amen?

So, I–I–there was a silence for a
while. “Will you do it?” I said,

“Yes.” All right, so the next day I
spoke to, uh, Pastor Darren, who is

the one that’s running the
ministry, and–and–but at the same

time Pastor Darren has had his own
experience with the Lord, and what

he heard was this word wall, to
remove the wall around the latest

messages. Now, how can that be? How
can he hear, you know, around the

same time that I’m hearing unless
it is the same Lord? That was the

time I knew that Pastor Darren was
truly born again. No, I’m just

teasing. He’s someone with what I
call Solomonic wisdom, and, uh, so

we both talk, and I shared, you
know, I shared with him, uh, uh,

some of the things at first, and
then I told him that last night I

couldn’t sleep and all that, and
then he starts sharing with me what

he received from the Lord, and I
start–I start to get excited, and

I start telling him, “I was about
to tell you to look into this,”

because I’m not gonna go into the
details and all that, because my

job is always to prepare message,
you know? And uh, you prepare a lot

of messages, because Sunday comes
very fast, very fast, you know? And

uh, I’m preparing messages, then
spend time with my pastors, sharing

messages with them, sharing the
Word with them, and, uh, it’s

always, like, things to prepare,
amen. That’s my life, and that’s

what I–I–I’m called to do. So,
I’m not called to administrate or

govern. So, I told him to look into
it, and, uh, what–what a job he

has done. In a short time–you
heard the testimonies just now,

amen? Now, I did not do all that
because I saw all that, amen?

I–I–I don’t even know about the
YouTube hitting 1 million

subscribers and all that, and it
happened while I was on holiday.

Remember what I told you last week?
As you rest, amen, enjoy the Lord,

the Lord provides for you. Here’s
another example. I come back to

this. So, uh, the best of all, the
lives that have been impacted.

These people are wanting the gospel
to go out. They are–actually, the

people themselves are sponsoring
the gospel to other people. They

are–they are getting, like, books
like “Destined to Reign” and

putting it in the hands of all
these people. So, instead of one

person, my messages are there. And
then something else the Lord showed

me that night was that– and I
shared this with, uh, Darren the

next day, it’s like all these years
of my–my sermons, all these years

is like Joseph’s storehouse. Just
so happen my name is Joseph,

Joseph’s storehouse. The seven
years of plenty that he’s to save,

amen, and at the right time when
the seven years of famine

commenced, God says, “Open up the
treasure house.” I felt like the

Lord is telling me, “Open up the
treasure house,” amen. And uh, so

it’ll be given to anyone that asks,
it will just bless, and the people

become a blessing, so I just wanna
thank everyone that has become a

Gospel Partner here in this church
as well as all over the world. You

are truly, truly my hands reaching
out, extended hands, as if my hands

are not long enough, you know? And
you are reaching out to all the

four corners of the earth, and the
gospel will be preached, amen, to

the four corners of the earth, and
then Jesus will return, amen, and

you are part of this, praise the
Lord. So, that means, uh, by the

way, this is not, uh, uh, unique,
because Paul talk about his

partners, amen, time and time
again. Read the Bible, Paul talk

about, uh, your fellow partner in
the gospel, my fellow partner, my

fellow partner. It’s the same
thing, gospel–we call it Gospel

Partners. Amen, so whatever
blessing, amen, whatever rewards

even that I receive, you will
receive, amen. Because it is fellow

helpers and Gospel Partners. That’s
what partners get, amen? Praise the

Lord. So, we are seeing the gospel
spread all over the world. That’s

why in a short time now we are
seeing people wanting more. But you

see, there’s something that–that
we cannot do is to make people want

to hear. That’s the Holy Spirit.
But what–what we are hearing now

is that people wanna hear, so
that’s really something good, amen.

And uh, by the grace of God, by the
grace of God for the next 60 years

we’ll still be providing the
people, amen. Amen, I–I–I wanna

be around. All right, how many
wanna be around with me? Amen. Stay

strong, stay young, stay blessed,
amen. And all the people that say

amen receives it. Amen, praise God,
ha, ha, praise the Lord, amen. You

ready for God’s Word? Okay, in a
way we are continuing from what,

uh, where we left off last week,
but it is a brand-new sermon. But I

just wanna tell all of you this,
okay, that there’s a principle in

the Bible that that which has been
is that which is, present tense.

And that which is, is that which
shall be. Now, this is what Solomon

says in Ecclesiastes. You look up
here, he says, “What has been is

what will be.” So, you read all the
Old Testament stories, why do you

read them if it happened, like,
3,000 years ago, it happened 4,000

years ago, some of them as you go
far back, amen? Now, why are we

reading them? Because the Bible
says in Corinthians that they are

written for our admonition, and the
word used also is all these things

are– that happened to them are
tupos, types, they are types,

there’s a pattern that we can
learn. In fact, they faced the same

crisis we face. Let’s see what
equipment God gave them. Let’s see

what steps they take. Let’s see
how–what was their posture that

they took, amen? Because we are
seeing the same trouble. Are you

seeing what I’m saying? All right,
you need to understand that there’s

nothing new under the sun. Solomon
says, “What has been is what will

be, and what has been done is what
will be done, and there is nothing

new under the sun.” So, even seven
years of plenty, have we passed

that? I do not know, okay. But I
sense that, uh, we have not–we are

entering into some– some years of
famine, all right? We had seven

years of plenty, seven years of
famine, and the fact the Lord spoke

to me last week about–last
week–last year about this, uh,

opening of the storehouse, the
storehouse was only opened at the

beginning of the famine when the
famine started and the people felt

the brunt of it. And uh, the Lord
allows that to happen, because, uh,

sometimes, you know, when people
are prosperous, people are doing

well, they don’t think about God.
And God loves them. They don’t

think about their souls, that they
are lost. They don’t like to think

they are lost, amen, but the Bible
uses the word sinners. “And Christ

died for sinners. It was while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for

us.” You know, that’s love. It
wasn’t God says, “Shape up or ship

out,” amen, “Clean yourself before
you come to me.” God never said

that. God never said that. Man says
that, amen. God says, “Come as you

are,” amen, “and I’ll change you.”
Receive Jesus first, and then he

gives you power to become sons of
God. Amen, praise the Lord. It was

while we were still sinners Christ
died for us. Are you listening,

people? So, as we look at the
pattern of the–what has–has

happened, we see what will be.
Amen, what will be. So, the same

resources, the same wisdom God gave
Joseph, the same wisdom gave the

people in the, uh, Old Testament,
and the same resources God gave

them is what God wants us to do
study. “Pastor, is there a time we

see all over the world right now
the church– the church are being,

you know, it’s like the church is
being subjugated.” There was a

time, uh, even in America, uh,
statistics, uh, you know, um, polls

taken about the church, people who
don’t even go to church respect the

church, they speak kindly of the
church. Yes, I do know that some of

it is the church’s fault, it’s our
fault. We have, uh, we have fallen

publicly, we have done things that
we shouldn’t have done, so the

church–I’m talking about the
church world as a whole. And I

understand that, but, you know, uh,
falling down and all that are

people who also happened in the–in
times past, you know? Decades ago,

even a century ago, last century,
and even during the time of Martin

Luther there were no perfect
Christians in terms of moral

behavior, amen. But–but that’s why
we need to be, uh, established in

the fact that we are the
righteousness of God, and

righteousness is a gift. If I can
be my own righteousness, I can work

to a place where I can have my own
righteousness, I don’t need Jesus’s

righteousness. If I have my own
clothes to wear and it’s very

bright and shiny, why do I need
somebody else’s? No, we don’t. All

of us are sinners. But there’s good
news, we qualify for the Savior. We

qualify for his robe of
righteousness, and that’s the

gospel. We–listen, there’s no
other set of belief that tells you

that righteousness, right standing
with God, righteousness can be

given to you as a gift. Only in the
gospel. No other set of belief. You

can show me any set of belief,
amen, you won’t find where they

provide righteousness as a gift.
Only the gospel, amen. Only the

gospel. So, we have received this
gift, and that’s why I’m very

excited, I’m still excited, I’m not
over it yet. I’m not over John

3:16. I’m not over 2 Corinthians
5:21 where “God made Jesus to be

sin for us at the cross that we
might be made the righteousness of

God in him.” I’m not over that yet.
And I’m very excited, amen. It

makes my day, especially when you
look at yourself, and you can be so

self-absorbed, and you look at your
thoughts, they can be so dark, and

the more you look at the dark
thoughts, the more dark your

thoughts become, and the more you
see your thoughts become dark, the

more dark your thoughts become,
and–and this vicious cycle is what

causes this condition nowadays,
they call it mental health. But God

never meant for us to be
self-occupied. God never meant for

us to behold our goriness. He meant
for us to behold his glory and be

transformed from glory to glory
into the same image of the Lord,

amen? We have someone to look at
that is so beautiful. If you look

at a diamond, right, amen, you turn
it around, you will see all the

sparkles, the gems, the radiance,
the brilliance, amen. And it’s only

a created thing, the diamond. The
one who created the diamond, all

things were made by him, and
without him was not anything made

that was made, and the Word became
flesh. He came as man. If what he

created is beautiful, how much more
he? If your children, you find them

so adorable, your grandchildren,
amen, so endearing, the one who

made them must be more endearing.
If he made the beautiful flowers,

amen, to give you this sweet
fragrance that you enjoy, you look

at the majestic mountains, surely
the one who made them is more

beautiful, more fragrant, more
majestic than the lofty mountains,

amen. Because, you see, the greater
cannot come out from the lesser.

There’s never such a thing. It’s
always the lesser comes out of the

greater. So, if that can–if that
is true, how much more he, amen?

But the devil has, uh, blinded
people’s minds, lest they should

see the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ. But we endeavor to

let people know, amen, and we’ll
continue to let people know. Can I

have a good amen? Praise the Lord.
So, as we step in, what has been is

what will be, amen. If you look
carefully at the first, uh, part of

the Bible, you’ll find that the
first man, the first woman, right,

you have the Tree of Life, the Tree
of Knowledge of Good and Evil,

right, and you have the–the rivers
that flow through Eden. What do you

have in the last book of the Bible?
You have no Tree of Knowledge of

Good and Evil, but the Tree of
Life, amen. Do you see that? You

see paradise forfeited, paradise
regained, restored. So, in a way it

is a mirror image, except for the
book of Revelation. There it is

greater in its glory and grandeur,
amen, compared to the time of Eden.

So, you have a mirror image. If I
look at that carefully, if book of

Revelation is the final part going
back to the– it’s in a sense we

are going forward by going
backwards. So, somewhere along the

way, where are we now? Noah’s
flood? Something will happen before

Noah’s flood. Men become more and
more evil. The Bible says, “And God

saw the wickedness of man–man’s
heart, and the thoughts of his

mind–of his heart was only evil
continually, and it grieved God.”

It grieved God. And God only saw
Noah righteous. What did Jesus say

before he comes again? He says that
“As the days of Noah, so will

the–” remember, “As the days of
Noah.” So, it’s like he’s telling

us about our future. When he spoke
that, amen, he’s talking about our

times, but our times are like
before his time, Noah. Are we

seeing the days of Noah? Amen,
people think there are some brand

new, uh, sins now being invented,
no. They are as old as Noah’s time.

It’s just brought back to in style
and in vogue where everyone accepts

it. So, man will become more and
more evil and more and more

rebellious against God, refuse to
acknowledge God. You can say

anything you want to say, amen, but
you talk about God, all right, that

becomes, like, taboo. Now, friend,
we are coming to those times, and

it’s important for our children to
grow up in a family. See, what Noah

did is this, I love this verse. “By
faith, Noah prepared an ark for the

saving of his house.” By faith,
Noah prepared an ark to the saving

of his house.” If others wanna
perish, okay, and they refuse to

hear the gospel, listen, you
prepare your house. Every day by

your words to your children and by
your behavior, amen, by what you

portray, you are actually putting
another plank on your ark. You are

preparing your ark, every day
you’re preparing your ark, amen, to

the saving of your house. I pray
that be a word for some of you,

amen. And start reading to your
children if they are younger, start

reading– if they are teenagers and
all of that, encourage them, but

start saying something about Jesus.
Start somewhere, amen. Have a deal

with them, even if it’s, like,
Saturday night. “Every Saturday

night you are mine, okay? Can I
r–can I share you some things from

the Bible?” Start with once a week,
then maybe slowly, all right? If

they are younger, you can influence
them even more. If they are older,

not so–so easy, amen. And many of
you feel uncomfortable, “I’m not a

pastor, Pastor Prince,” and all
that. Everyone reads the Bible.

Everyone ought to spend time in
God’s Word, not just pastors, amen?

So, that’s the reason we are
opening up the storehouse. We have

so many teachings. And then we have
to start this Grace Academy, amen.

And we will tell you what to study,
what you need, because the Grace

Academy covers every kind of
teaching. I even have a teaching

that is still so relevant today
that God gave me called– a series

called, “How to Find Your Life
Partner.” Amen, and it–it–it was

a search in my own life, and I
found verses that tell you

that–that, uh, there is an
appointed one. So, I used the Bible

phrase, “An appointed one.” Some
people, uh, during their time they

teach on God’s perfect choice, and
I–I had it from the God’s perfect

choice, because I always thought to
myself, if there’s a perfect choice

and one and only choice, amen,
instead of the appointed one like

Rebekah for Isaac– Can I just talk
about this for a while? Okay, never

mind. For the next five hours, I’ll
just share with you, lah, whatever

comes in– so, make three sermons
into one, amen? Ha, ha, ha. And

then, uh, so, uh, the Lord showed
me there’s an appointed one, like–

like the servant was asking, “God,
show me–” the women are coming to

the well– “Show me who is the
appoint–your appointed one,

appointed one.” Not God’s perfect
choice. Those who say that there’s

one and only and all that, okay,
what happens when your one and only

dies? That means everyone, everyone
in the–um, every Christian, all

right, is meant for someone, right?
So, if your one and only dies, can

you remarry? Whoever you remarry,
you are robbing the person who is

supposed to marry this person.
Because this person is the perfect

choice for the other person. But if
you remarry this person, your

perfect choice has died, you
remarry this person, this person is

being robbed of her or his perfect
choice. You see, so it doesn’t make

sense, amen. But there is something
called God’s appointed one, amen.

And if a person loses, you know,
for some reason, amen, which we

all, uh, understand that these
things happen, amen. For some

reason they lose the–the, uh,
appointed one, or the person wants

to leave, it doesn’t mean the
person has no one else out there,

or the person that– the next
person’s gonna be second best,

amen. You know, this is worth its
weight in gold, this teaching.

“Preach it, Pastor Prince, praise
the Lord, ’cause people have all

kinds of ideas,” amen. Are you with
me so far? I’m still with the

appointed one, and I intend to go
on forever with my appointed one,

amen? Yup. Praise the Lord. So, as
we see, like what we said in Hosea

6, look at that again. “What has
been is what will be.” “After two

days He will revive us,” we saw
that last week, “And on the third

day He will raise us up.” So, on
the third day he will raise us up,

something will happen on the third
day. It did not say it would happen

on the first day or the second day.
By the way, these days–in God’s

estimation, the days are like– in
2 Peter real fast, the principle–

“But, beloved, do not forget this
one thing, that with the Lord one

day is as a thousand years, and a
thousand years is like one day.”

See the principle? Amen. So, you
tell God, “God, give–” you know,

you’re praying for a life partner.
“Give me the most beautiful–” or a

woman is praying– “Give me the
wealthiest man, or give–” and then

God says, “Wait a minute,” okay?
Then you calculate. A thousand

years with him is like one day, all
right, how many minutes are there

in one day, you calculate, then
you’ll come to it. No, I’m just

kidding, okay? In fact, last week
we talk about God says, “Before

they pray, I will answer.” As they
are speaking, all right, God hears,

all right, amen. How many of you
had that experience? You–even

before you pray, God answers. Now,
that’s not to encourage

prayer–prayerlessness. I’m just
telling you that that’s that verse,

and it’s happening on the third
day. So, after two days something

gonna happen, “He will revive”
after, not during the two days. So,

the first 2,000 years, the
Christians then, even during the

time of Martin Luther and all that,
they cannot claim what we can

claim. We are the generation. And I
think, perhaps, January the 1st,

2001 we stepped into the very early
morning of the third day, amen,

because we are 2,000 years from
Jesus, amen. So, two days has

passed. As far as God is concerned,
only two days has passed. God

doesn’t live in the time zone. God
is outside time inasmuch as he

created time. So, two days has
passed, we are now on the third

day. “On the third day He will
raise us up, That we may live in

His sight.” Something will happen.
“After two days He will revive us.”

And by the way, the word revive is
chayah, say chayah. And chayah in

Hebrew means give life, also to
heal and to restore. It’ll be a

time of restoration on the third
day. So, when we study what has

been, it’s what will be, amen, and
what is, is what shall be in the

future. The principle, “There’s
nothing new under the sun.” We

learn that this principle is to
assist us, amen, to see what is

happening, amen, and to gain
wisdom, to draw wisdom from God to

handle it, praise God. So, we see
that there’s another principle in 2

Kings 20, I believe it is. It says,
talking about Hezekiah, Hezekiah

was told by God that he’s gonna
die. Imagine, what a word. God sent

Isaiah to tell Hezekiah, “Set your
house in order, you’re gonna die.”

Imagine you receive that kind of
word from a prophet. So, he was

crying, he turned to the wall and
he cried. He cried, and he cried,

and he cried, and he wept, and then
he–he–he called upon God, and God

says, “Return.” God told Isaiah.
Isaiah was walking out of– out of

the palace, and– and God says,
“Return,” and he made an about

change. So, you saw that? I’ll try
that again, amen. He was walking,

and then he, “Return.” Yo. You can
tell by the way I use my walk, I’m

a man of God, no time to talk.
Yeah. All right. Ha, ha, ha. Okay,

I’m sorry, that was free. All
right, so “Thus says the LORD, the

God of David your father: ‘I have
heard your prayer, I have seen your

tears.'” It’s one thing to hear the
prayer. God sees your tears. Every

teardrop you cry, he sees it. You
might think no one sees it. Even

one tiny drop, he sees it. Even the
one you hold back, he sees it,

amen? And he says, “I have heard
your prayer, I have seen your

tears; surely I will heal you.” Not
maybe, surely I will heal you. So,

who says that even though God
ordained for him to die at a time,

okay, for some reason, don’t ask,
this is, uh, with God. It’s one of

those things with God. But God told
him, right, but you can still talk

to God. You can still negotiate
with God. Isn’t a lot of prayers

negotiation as well? Amen, not that
you have anything to give God.

That’s the only difference. But
it’s actually–you can actually

talk to God in a way. All right,
one of these days I’ll probably

teach on that. There are some
prayers you can actually in a way

not argue, but present to God your
case, amen. And you tell God. When

you see things happening to people,
you can tell God. “Don’t let these

things catch me by surprise, Lord.
I’m particular about these kind of

things for me and my family,” or
whatever, you can talk to God. You

have not because you ask not. So,
he asked God for life, amen. He was

supposed to die. Not the devil told
him, God told him he’s supposed to

die, but he talked to God, the same
God who said that, and he asked God

for life. So, God sent the prophet
back, amen, God says, “Surely I

will heal you,” when? “On the third
day you shall go up to the house of

the LORD.” Listen, church, as we
see the day approaching, Jesus

coming back for us, more and more
we should gather in the house of

the Lord. Amen, come together in
the house of the Lord, and, uh,

worship the Lord. “Don’t forsake
the assembling of ourselves

together,” the Bible says, so much
the more as you see the day

approaching. And that which was is
that which shall be. Who are the

ones that actually knew, were the
first ones to be told that– I’m

not talking about the prophecies
and all that, I’m talking about the

actual event when Jesus was born,
who was the–who are the first

group that was told that Jesus
would be born in Israel? Outside

Israel, probably in Iraq, it would
be the Magis, amen, but in Israel,

who were the first ones? Shepherds,
very good, who said shepherds?

Brilliant, amen. You are from New
Creation Church, I know, amen. So,

uh, uh, the–the shepherds. In the
second coming of Jesus, that which

has been is that which will be.
Amen. Who will be the group of

people? Shepherds. This shepherd is
telling you, so much the more

that–as you see the day
approaching. You must have people

who will see the day approaching,
or else how can you see? You see

the day approaching, right? So, we
see the day approaching more than

any other generation. So, we see
the day approaching, and I’m

telling you I see it. So much the
more we must not forsake the

assembling of ourselves together,
so much the more as we see the day

approaching. Okay? So, gather more
and more. When we are sad, we

gather together. In fact, when we
were persecuted in the book of

Acts, they got together and prayed
to God with one accord, and God

shook the place, man. I’m telling
you, the place where they prayed

was shaken. It’s time to shake this
performing arts center, I’m telling

you, amen. Gather together, pray,
amen. Amen. Every time they are in

trouble, they got together, and
they were–they were powerful,

because why? When–how–how good
and how pleasant when brethren grow

together in unity, for there God
commands life, there the dew of

Hermon falls, amen,
the–the–the–the anointing of the

Holy Spirit, and then good things
happen, amen. When God’s people get

together, great things happen. The
miracles, a lot of the miracles

that happened, the greater part of
miracles happen when they are

together. Praise the Lord. So,
don’t forsake the assembling.

Another thing, another thing you
see that happened, there was a man

that came when baby Jesus was about
to be dedicated. So, that’s the

first coming of Jesus. Second
coming of Jesus, he will come back

not as a baby, amen, he will split
the clouds for us. And we know he’s

gonna come back. But there was a
man who lived a long, good old age.

What’s her name–what’s his name?
Simeon. There’ll be those who are

alive and remain until they see
Jesus face to face. There’ll be

a–a–a–a generation of Christians
that’ll be living long. I said

they’ll be living long. Say amen at
this point, and you might get it.

They live long. They are alive, not
just alive because they’re young,

some people are alive just because
they’re young, but they’re alive

and remain alive. They have some
secrets from God revealed from them

to–to know how to be alive and
remain alive, amen. They don’t grow

old too early. In fact, they–they
have this promise, “As thy days,”

that means as your days increase,
“So shall your strength be.” They

live in that promise. Ah,
naturals–natural knowledge tells

you, as your days increase, as your
days increase, the lesser shall

your strength be. Increasing days,
decreasing strength. God’s Word is,

“As your days, so shall your
strength.” This is not natural. It

belongs to an extraordinary God,
amen, praise the Lord, and that’s

the promise that God has for his
people. So, there’s a lot of

parallels we can see, and now I
think from this passage of Hezekiah

we know that on the third day
there’s gonna be healing. Gonna be

healing, even the times past there
are people who are supposed to die

at a certain time and all that, but
in this generation, the third day

generation, which all of us are,
there’ll be healing. Not only

healing, provision. Remember the
story of, uh, Abraham? God told

Abraham to, uh, bring his son to a
mountain. He didn’t tell what

mountain, “A mountain that I will
show you of,” all right? Later on.

So, God’s way is always he doesn’t
show us everything. “Thy Word is a

lamp,” where? “Across my path, all
the way to the end,” No, no, I can

see–I can see the end from here
because it’s so bright. No, no,

God’s way is never like that. God’s
way is, “Your word is a lamp unto

my feet,” so the more I walk, the
clearer it becomes, the path, amen.

Every step is a step of faith. You
trust the Lord. “Thy word is a lamp

unto my feet, then a light unto my
path,” because as you are walking

it becomes brighter and brighter,
your path, amen? Amen, so some

things you don’t understand now,
don’t worry. It will get clearer.

Some provisions you don’t have
right now, don’t worry, it will

come. But God doesn’t–doesn’t let
it happen, the obstacle is not

removed, the gate is not opened,
the supply is not given until we

are faced with– until we come up
to the closed gate. Until we come

up to the–to the obstacle. Have
you noticed that about God? Like

last week saw the ark–the priest
of the, um, of Israel carrying the

ark of the covenant, a picture of
Jesus Christ, amen. All right, they

were–they were carrying the ark,
and they were the first one to step

into the river Jordan, but God says
the river Jordan–God’s Word says

the river Jordan was overflowing at
that time, probably in the month of

March, April, springtime. It was
overflowing because the mountain,

uh, the–the ice and all that, the
snow during the wintertime is now

melting, and it’s melting a lot,
and it’s just like, uh, a tsunami

of water, just going through, uh,
through the river Jordan. It’s

wider than usual, and at this time
God says, “Step into the river

Jordan,” and the Bible says it
didn’t happen the night before.

They were all in their camps. They
came out at night with their

torches and lanterns to look, no,
it’s the same. They can’t even come

near. It is overflowing. They can
hear it. Even as they–they come

near the next day, it wasn’t open
until the one bearing the glory of

Jesus, the one who has a heart for
the glory of Jesus, the one

who–who, uh, lifts Jesus high, all
right? That’s a priestly ministry,

the priests, they step, they step
in an overflowing river. An

overflowing river that flows from
the highest mountain in Israel,

Mount Hermon, at the foot of Mount
Hermon, that’s where the river

Yarden, Jorden, begins. Jordan
means in Hebrew descender. And do

you know that it’s the only river
in the world, all right, for so

many miles descends to the lowest
place of planet Earth, the Dead

Sea. The Dead Sea is the lowest
place on planet Earth. So, it’s a

picture of down, down, down, down,
down, and God says, “Ever since

Adam fell,” and along the way
there’s a city called Adam. And God

says, “Ever since Adam fell, man
have been going down, down, down,”

down where? To the Dead Sea.
Sulphur, amen, brimstone, the place

of hell, finally, and then Jesus,
the ark of the covenant, came in

between and stopped the whole
thing, and God slapped back the

river all the way. “And it stood
like a heap,” the Bible says, all

the way where? It mentioned the
city of Adam, which means God will

slap back the curse all the way,
all that came because of man’s fall

will all be reversed, will all be
restored because of Jesus Christ,

amen. So, Jesus went in, uh, the
ark of the covenant, and it’s born

by priests, people who have
priestly ministry in these last

days, amen. They’re gonna step into
the river. But notice the ri–as

they come close, as they come
close, they can hear the roaring,

floodtide, the torrential river,
but they still walk in faith. They

are bearing the glory of Jesus, so
whatever needs you may have,

whatever obstacles you are faced
with right now, God does not give

you the faith or God does not show
you the miracle before you step

right up to it. That’s God’s way.
It was only when the priests

stepped, “As soon,” the Bible says,
“as the sole of their feet touched

the river,” bang, the river was
slapped back. So, that’s how God

supplies. God wants us dependent on
him all the time. He wants us

dependent on him all the time.
Like, he doesn’t put strength in

me, you know, when–when–when
I–when I– I remember the first

time I was called to preach many
years ago. I was a teenager, and I

was so nervous, I was so scared
that I memorized my entire sermon.

I memorized my joke, I memorized
everything word for word. That’s

how nervous I was. To the point
that if I forget something, I don’t

know how to get back because the
memory– when you memorize verses

or memorize your sermon, you cannot
go back to where you left off, you

know, because, “Was it this line or
this line?” I memorized because I

was so nervous. I had to speak to a
lot of people, and–and–and my

nature, as it is, even in secondary
school I told I was a stam–a st–I

was a st–st–I was a stam– I was
a stammerer. See, that’s a

demonstration of it. Amen. So, I
was a stammerer, I couldn’t speak

well, amen, and that which has been
was Moses who was also stammering,

right? That is, is also stammering.
God uses people who stammer to

speak for him. God–God manifests
his strength in our weakness. The

world says, “Hide your weakness,
it’s shameful to look at. Don’t

display your weakness.” We tell our
children, “Don’t display your

weakness.” God–God manifests his
strength only–only in weakness. A

donkey came along, the donkey died,
heart attack or sunstroke. Then the

vultures came, ate up all the
flesh. The wolves came, jackals ate

up all the flesh, left the bones.
And all the ants came and the

little creatures and finish off all
the bones. Now left only bone. The

poor donkey is dead. Along came a
man, a skinny man, all right? And

he was surrounded by a thousand
men. They’re surrounding him. This

is not Chinese Wei Yan, this is for
real. This is not some–some

superhero, Marvel, you know, those
are fictitious, okay, this is real,

in the Bible. And I know he’s
skinny because I know that Samson

wasn’t strong, why? I know because
when the Holy Spirit comes on him,

that’s when he can–when he can
unhinge that–that bronze gate,

amen. If not, he–he’s just an any
mere man. So, God’s way is what?

His strength is made perfect in a
skinny person. So, you see the

skinny guy, you know? And all the
Philistines are surrounding him, a

thousand– He turn around, there’s
nothing in his hands but something

dead, something there are flies
buzzing around. You look at the

jawbone of a donkey, he took it,
and with the jawbone of a donkey he

killed 1,000 Philistines. No one
would think to pick the jawbone of

something that’s dead and deader
than dead. You know deader than

dead? All right, but God uses that.
When you say you are dead, God

says, “I can resurrect you.” All of
us are–are–are testimonies of

that. We’re all dead in our sins,
but you has he quickened, make you

alive, amen. If God can–God can
raise the dead, come on, people. We

are all raised from the dead
already, you know. We’re not gonna

die. We’re gonna fall asleep if
Jesus tarries, amen, if Jesus

tarries, we’re gonna fall asleep,
amen, but we’re not gonna die.

Death is behind you already.
Remember that death and judgement

are behind you for the believer.
That’s why the Bible use for the

believer, “Fall asleep,” amen. Just
take off to be with Jesus. So,

God–God’s strength is made perfect
in his weakness, amen. But the

supply comes as you go. There
were–there were ten lepers, and

they needed what? Healing, right?
So, they–they–they came to Jesus

and says, “We need healing,” and
Jesus says, “Go show yourself to

the priest.” Now, you–under the
law, the law says, “Go show

yourself to the priest after you
are well.” There’s no law, check

out the– the book of Leviticus
where it’s given. You never find

that the priest, all right,
examines someone who has been

healed. He examines to see if the
person is sick, to determine he has

a sickness, all right? Now, this is
when Jesus says, “Go show yourself

to the priest,” which means, act
like you are healed, trust my word.

The Bible says, “As they went, they
were cleansed,” “As they went, they

were cleansed.” Are you listening,
people? Amen. So, again, it’s like

right at the very last moment the
provision comes. Let’s say you have

presentation tomorrow, amen. Like I
said just now, my first time I–I

had to memorize everything. I had
to learn the principle, because

I–I felt no courage in my heart, I
felt no inspiration in my spirit. I

was thinking, how, how am I gonna
prepare. I just memorize something,

you know, I think, just– I’ve
learned then that you don’t have to

worry about all that. Just do what
you need to do, pray, ask God,

prepare your message, and then when
you are there, many a times even

the last moment, he’ll give you the
inspiration, he’ll give you the

strength, he’ll give you the words,
amen, I’ve learned that. You know,

a soldier during the time of Joshua
and all that, he–he–he–he needs

to learn that–that God will not
put strength in his muscle as he’s,

uh, looking at his, uh, polishing
his sword the night before the

battle of the Phillistines. No, it
doesn’t happen that way. The

courage comes when God says, “Fear
not,” that means they are fearing.

In spite of your fear, do it. And
you find the strength will flow.

The provision will flow. The supply
will flow. Can I have a good amen?

Jesus says, “Fill the water pots
with water,” but they–they need

wine. “Fill the six water pots with
water,” but they need wine. See,

one of the things about the
Royal–it’s the Royal Academy of

Grace. I just called it royal,
right? Royal Academy of Grace is

that we’re gonna fill you up. The
six earthen pots are actually a

picture–stone pots, actually, not
earthen, stone pots are actually

pictures of men. Number six is
number of men. Men might be full of

the water of the Word, then God can
turn it into wine. That’s the

supernatural, amen. So, when you
fill yourself with God’s Word, God

will turn it into wine, into wine,
intoxicating wine, praise God,

hallelujah. But when did the
transformation happen? When Jesus

says, “Fill the water pots with
water,” they were all in the back

parts of the wedding feast in the
kitchen somewhere, and–and Mary

was there, and the servants were
there. They looking at it, it

changed? No, he said something
else. “Bear it to the governor of

the feast.” Now, who dares to bear
it to the governor of the feast?

It’s just water. “You’re making fun
of me or what?” Let me do it

Israeli style. “You’re making fun
of me?” Right? But the Bible says,

“As they went,” amen. The jars
passed by Jesus and blushed before

its maker and became wine,
hallelujah. Are you listening,

people? Amen. So, as you obey,
“Whatever he says to you,” Mary

says, “Do it.” As you obey.
“We–we–we caught–we caught no

fish. We toil all night, all day,
and–you carpenter, we fishermen,

experienced fishermen.” “Throw your
net on the right side.” “Right

side, left side, we try every side.
We know this–this lake. But

because you say so,” Peter say that
“I’ll throw the net.” And this

time, all right, he threw the net,
he could not catch. I mean, he

could not pull, sorry, he could not
pull because what? There’s such a

great catch, draught of fishes.
Until finally he pull it, the nets

begin to break. He never prepared
the net that tight because he never

could imagine a harvest that much.
And finally when he got it into the

boat, and–and–and other boats
came to help, the boat began to

sink at the weight of it. So, that
tells us how the Lord provides. I

don’t know how people who are
against prosperity, that God does

prosper, preach that. God gave you
one fish. God supplies what you

need, not what you want. They’ll
rewrite the Bible. The Bible

doesn’t say God–the Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not need. “I

shall not want.” Which means lack.
Whatever lack there is in your

life, amen. Yes, God doesn’t want
us materialistic. You see, you

cannot serve God and money, and–
and what I see nowadays is people

serving money. It’s one thing,
listen, to work, amen, to–to look

for profitability because you owe
it to the Lord. The–you know, when

God made man, God made men, and
this was God’s command: Be fruitful

and multiply. It’s not just to have
children and all that, it’s to be

fruitful. What–what are you–be
productive. Wherever you are put

in, be productive, amen. Serve the
company, serve the boss, whoever

God has put above you, amen. Serve
the government. Amen, and by the

way, uh, uh, the position in Romans
is very clear, the Bible says,

“Honor the authorities.” In the
book of Peter, “Submit to the

king,” and if you know Peter, who
wrote Peter in saying that, and

Paul who wrote Romans in saying,
“Be subject to the government” and

all that, they were under the Roman
rule. And the Roman rule, your

government cannot be more worse
than the rule, all right? They were

the Romans, they were–they were
very harsh. Their governance was a

harsh governance. They rule with an
iron rod. They worship Caesar, and

Israel was under them, and yet Paul
wrote that, obey the government,

unless they tell you to worship
something else. What I see in the

body of Christ now is a breakdown
in all this to the point it’s so

breakdown, you’re just despised.
It’s like, “No more seeing the

good, but seeing the bad.” It’s not
a matter of, like, you know, the

honor is gone, “But you don’t know
why–” God didn’t tell you to obey

because they are perfect. Jesus was
12 years old when his parents came

to look for him. He was in the
Temple, and he went back with them.

The Bible says he was subject to
them. At that time, 12 years old,

he was more smart than all the
rabbis that was questioning him,

the doctors of the law, who were
the who’s who, you know, the top

people, the VIPs of Jerusalem. The
very top of Israel, in fact, were

there, and they were asking him
que– they were amazed at his

understanding, 12 years old. But it
was not proper for him to teach.

The fact that they were amazed at
his answers, at his understanding

and answers, which means what? He
waited until they asked him

question, then he answers. It was
not his place to preach the Sermon

on the Mount. There’s something
beautiful about his moral–the

Lord’s moral beauty. He is
altogether lovely. At the age of 12

he knew how to be a boy. He knew
more than them, he knew more than

his parents, and yet the Bible says
when the parents came, he went with

them, and he was subject unto them.
And the next verse says, “He

increased in wisdom and stature and
favor,” in favor with God and men.

God’ll take care of you. No one can
abuse you. When you work for your

boss, you’re drawing a salary from
the company, honor the boss. “He

doesn’t deserve my respect.” You do
it for the Lord’s sake. The–the

verse in Peter I quoted just now,
“Submit to every ordinance of men

for the Lord’s sake.” “Preach it
Pastor Prince, hallelujah, thank

you, Lord, hallelujah.” So, I was
saying something very good just

now, but never mind. There was–I
don’t believe even my rabbit trail

is for no purpose, there’s a reason
for it, amen? So, as we–as we look

at, uh, uh, all this, we realize
that God is teaching us the supply

comes as we obey him, as we flow
with him. And sometimes it means

we–we call it a bit late, but for
God it’s nothing late. Why is God

doing this? Why? Why, as soon as
the sole of their foot touch river

Jordan, he open? Why does God wait?
Because want a dependent people.

You see, for us, “God, give me all
the courage right now, God. I don’t

wanna pray, just give me–give me a
supply of courage for one month.

Why I pray, ‘Give us this day our
daily bread,’ then tomorrow I must

pray some more?” Yes. That makes
you talk to him, that makes you

reliant on him, amen. Just like one
parent I know who tell their kids,

okay, “You need to call back and
talk to me,” all right, and–and

then this–every time you come and
talk to–back to me, this amount of

money will come flowing to you,
amen? So, he doesn’t give the kids,

okay, “One lump sum, here, 1,000,
200, 5,000, here 10,000,” and the

kid will never talk to you, never
call you. When they call you

overseas and all that, uh, usually,
money. So, there–there–it’s a

smart parent who knows how to
dispense in portions. It makes you

come back. Isn’t it so? One more
time. “Preach it, Pastor Prince.”

So, why that is so, “Give us this
day our daily bread,” God says, um,

to Israel, “Okay, listen, you don’t
take your–don’t, uh,

don’t–don’t–don’t save your
manna. Your manna will come, trust

me.” All right, God says, “Trust
me, I will supply you everything,

amen. Your manna will come. Don’t
eat yesterday’s manna. Don’t–don’t

horde it, don’t save it, don’t keep
it,” amen, but some of them did.

You know the story, right? They
kept the manna, and what happened?

It bred worms and stank. That’s
what happens when you don’t listen

to God, all right? There’ll be
worms, and it will stink. Amen. So,

God gives manna every day. They had
to trust God. So what if the cost

of living goes up? God is more than
able to oversupply. His name is El

Shaddai, the God who is more than
enough, but how will the supply

come? And–and this is a thing. You
know, Jesus said in the Sermon on

the Mount, he says this, all right.
I, uh, I remember what I was

saying. “You cannot serve God and
money.” You see, one thing to serve

profitability and honor your
company and honor, you know, where

you are set and all that and be
productive, but to aim for wealth

and to live for wealth, I’ll tell
you this, you’ll never be

satisfied. Even when you’re lying
on a–on a–on a silk, uh,

mattress, all right, how much will
you enjoy that? One month, two

months, new car, how long do you
enjoy that? Half a year before you

start looking for– What–what is
it? What is it that you– You know,

I’m not against all these things.
Money’s to be used. Don’t let it

use you, amen. Jesus said, “You
cannot serve God and money.” You

see, Jesus said it like this, okay,
uh, look at the verse in Sermon on

the Mount. He said, “Therefore I
say to you this boy, this lovely

boy is now grown.” He’s about 30
years old now. Now as a man he

preaches. As a boy it’s not right
to preach to the elders, but

he–you can answer. That’s how they
were–you got that just now, okay.

Now he’s preaching, Sermon on the
Mount, okay, Matthew 6, “Therefore

I say to you, do not worry about
your life.” Do not worry about your

life. Okay, I will–I–I–I need to
finish what I said just now. The

third day, Abraham did not know
which mountain, but the Bible says,

show them the first verse, “On the
third day Abraham lifted his eyes.”

He saw the mountain, saw the place.
Where’s the place? Mount Moriah.

Later on in the same chapter he
will call Mount Moriah

Jehovah-Jireh. In that mountain,
all right, is a place of supply.

So, we see that on the third day
there will be healing like– not

like the previous, you know, the
church history and– You cannot

look at church history and say,
“Oh, there wasn’t much healing

then, it–you know, they didn’t do
this, they–” You cannot look at

that. Even then there were a lot of
healings going on. It’s just many

people don’t want to record that
part, right? But there’ll be

healing on the third day, and
there’ll be provision, why? Because

Mount Moriah is called
Jehovah-Jireh, he called the altar

Jehovah-Jireh, because in the
mountain of Moriah it shall be

seen, he shall be seen. The same
Mount Moriah where Abraham offered

his son, didn’t offer his son, God
stopped him from offering his son,

but God–so that God can give up
his Son. That’s another story and

another mystery that I’ve–I’ve
shared before. God was referring to

his Son all the time. Okay, on the
range of Mount Moriah, the highest

peak of Mount Moriah, I believe
that Abraham had a vision. He

turned around and saw not just the
ram caught by the–by the horns, he

saw Jesus on the cross. That he
will come 2,000 years later from

Abraham’s time and down that– The
highest ridge of Mount Moriah is

Calvary. Are you with me so far?
It’s Calvary. That’s where all the

supply comes, amen. Forgiveness of
sins, being–the gift of

righteousness, not only that,
healing for our bodies, peace for

our minds, amen, aggressive peace
that garrisons our hearts and minds

from worries, cares, anxieties,
depression, amen. Even–even

prosperity in the sense of not
materialism, not greed, but more

than enough supply to be a blessing
to others the way God ordained it.

God did not bring Israel to a land
that has milk and honey. The–the

word God used time and time and
time again is the word flow, tsuph.

The word flow in the Hebrew is very
clear, it’s a flow. It’s not the

land has milk and honey, I bring
you to a land flowing with milk and

honey, flowing with milk and honey.
Deal with that. I didn’t write it.

God wrote it. So, back to this, you
cannot serve God and money. If

you–listen, some people say,
“Well, you don’t–you know, you

serve God, that means you become
poor, all right? Don’t talk about

money. You cannot serve God and
mammon,” all right. But, no, it’s

not that. You can’t even say, “You
serve him, you’ll be poor.” You

can’t–look at all the of the Bible
that–that served God. They never

lack. David says, “The Lord is my
shepherd. I got a lot of lack,

though.” Ah, yo. No. “The Lord is
my shepherd, I shall not lack,” I

shall not lack. Amen? Now, it says
to you, “Don’t serve God–you

cannot–you cannot–” not don’t
serve, “You cannot.” There’s no

such thing, it’s impossible, “You
cannot serve God and materialism.”

Now, be productive, but does that
mean that you will not be provided

for? He never say that. In fact,
Jesus said something that I don’t

know why preachers don’t preach it
the way Jesus said it. One time,

the one disciple, and we thank God
for Peter. You know, we laugh at

Peter and all that, he ask all the
kind of question, but you know,

thank God he asked. We also wanna
ask, or we dare not to ask, you

know that kind of thing? We’re
always grateful, right? Amen, we

are grateful in the group and all
that, somebody wanna ask me a

question, then somebody go and egg
Pastor Mark to say something,

Pastor Mark says it. You know,
everyone is happy, even though we

all laugh at the question, but
actually it’s somebody egg him on,

and I know who is that somebody.
We’re all grateful for Peter, amen?

Peter asked this question, okay,
look at the question first. Peter

began to say to Jesus, “See, we
have left all and followed You.”

What does that mean? “We have left
all and followed You.” It means

that, “What shall we have? We left
all and followed You.” And Jesus

said this–so his idea is what?
Poverty, you won’t have enough, all

right? He left everything. What did
Jesus answer him? Jesus answered

and said, “Assuredly, I say to you,
there is no one who has left

house–” house, say house
Singaporeans. Yeah, I think some

other countries as well, you can
say house. “There is no one who has

left house,” this has come to an
amen, okay? Assuredly there is

amen, which means it is an
affirmation, all right? A true

statement, or truly, truly, I say
to you, “There is no one who has

left house or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or wife or

children or lands, for My sake and
the gospel’s,” this does not say

abandon them. He didn’t say
abandon, he said leave, because

there are times, all right, because
of the Lord, we sacrifice time,

time with them, we are not with
them, we–we are serving the Lord.

Today it’s another thing
altogether. Today you ask you

someone to serve, they’ll say,
“My–let me ask my wife.” Usually

it’s ask the wife, not ask the
husband, “Ask my wife.” I thought,

you know, uh, you can decide,
“Yeah, I have the final word.” I

always tell my wife after she
say–she–I give her that, I just

say, “Yes dear,” that’s my final
word. Like in heaven, right, there

was a queue, you know? There’s a
queue, and one queue says, “Man,”

all right, “Man dominated by their
wife,” as far as your eye can say,

the queue went far away, you know?
And then there was one person

standing on the other side, no
queue, only one person, and the

queue says, “Man not dominated by
their wife.” It’s just a joke,

ladies, just a joke, okay. “Man not
dominated by their wife,” and

there’s only one person. So, this
guy just–just came to heaven,

right? He’s very curious, how come
only one person? So, he went to

Pastor Mark, and–and he said, he
said, “How–how do you do it? How

do you do it?” He says, “I don’t
know, my wife asked me to stand

here.” Okay, so, ha, ha, so, it’s
not a matter of abandon, it’s a

matter of– it’s a matter of
sacrifice, for who’s sake? Now,

it’s not just sacrifice. Don’t
spend time with their children and

all that to do what they like, to
play golf, all right? Now, I’m not

against, uh, golf. I’m not against
golf, okay? But I’m just saying

that if you wanna qualify for this,
look at what Jesus says, “For my

sake and the gospel’s.” There is a
sacrifice involved, but you know

what? You cannot out-give God. He
says what–whoever is left,

whatever you leave, you–whoever
leaves all that, “There’s no one

who has left all this who shall not
receive a hundredfold now in this

time–houses and brothers,” and
say, now, you know why it’s now in

this time? Because a lot of people
like to put it in the sweet– “In

the sweet by and by, we shall meet
on that beautiful shore.” He didn’t

say, “You will receive a
hundredfold,” all right, everybody

will have a hundredfold and more in
heaven. But this, “Now in this

time,” why do we preach that? Why
don’t we preach that? He’s talking

about tangible things or spiritual
things? Houses, fathers, mothers.

My father is real, eh? My–my wife
is real. My sister is real. My bro

is real, amen? I mean, there’s–you
receive what? A hundredfold.

However you wanna, he didn’t say,
“Hundred more,” he says

hundredfold, whatever you want to
interpret that as, hundred more or

hundredfold or whatever it is,
listen, it is a lot more. Right,

it’s a lot more. “Who shall not
receive a hundredfold now in this

time–houses and brothers and
sisters and mothers and children

and lands,” Singaporeans, “lands.”
Singapore, “Lands.” If God has to

make land for you, he’ll make land.
I claimed this promise many years

ago when–when, uh, there were
people telling me, Christian

leaders telling me, right,
“Nowadays, Singapore, there’s no

more land. You cannot build
anything.” I said, “God, I trust

you can. I don’t know how. Your
word is a lamp unto my feet. I just

trust you, provide for us.” You are
sitting in a miracle, okay? You are

sitting in a miracle. And by the
way, you can come and sit in this

miracle, don’t sit at home. Come,
join us. The–the dew–the dew and

the presence is different from
being alone at home. At home you

can be distracted. Ah, see, see,
see, see, see where you go? All

right, you can get distracted at
home, amen. So, notice, it says you

will receive when? “Now in this
life,” amen? Houses, brothers,

notice, “with persecution.” Okay,
when you start to prosper–notice

that persecution come, he promised
persecution when you receive a

hundredfold. You receive a lot of
persecution. Trust me, when you

prosper, you received persecution.
And you know, persecuting don’t

come from a dog, doesn’t from, uh,
from a cat. It come from a being

with two legs and a mouth, you
know? They will persecute you. But

you know something? Jesus promised
you that, so you cannot escape. And

by the way, in case you are
thinking, wah, “Whoever leave– has

left house, brothers, even wife, I
wanna leave my wife. I’ll get a

hundred wife.” Wife’s not mentioned
here in the hundredfold, you see.

“Houses, brothers, sisters,
mothers, children, lands, with

persecution.” Your wife, wife is
not mentioned there. You receive

many more brothers, yes. I–I, you
know, something for the gospel’s

sake, ever since I preached the
gospel, I’ve had so many brothers

and sisters all over the world, and
they’re all watching right now,

praise God, amen. “And in the age
to come,” ah, now he says in the

age to come. What do they have?
They have, “Eternal life.” Not

because of giving up, but because
of Jesus, amen. So, this is not a

promise when you go to heaven. “Now
in this time.” Everyone say now in

this time. Say it again, now in
this time. Believe God for it.

Don’t listen to people that are
trying to stop you from–from

prospering and all that. Yet, I
wanna close with this, remember,

you cannot serve materialism. See,
go back to Sermon on the Mount, and

Jesus says, “Therefore I say to
you, do not worry about your life.”

Notice it starts with therefore.
You all know I preach on this a

lot. In my “Let Go Life” the whole
sermon is based on–on this, amen?

“Therefore I say to you, do not
worry about your life. What you

shall eat, what you shall drink, or
what you shall wear, for all the

Gentiles, the unbelievers, seek for
these things. Your heavenly Father

knoweth.” I love that. “Your
heavenly Father knoweth what you

need. But notice it start with
therefore. You cannot start

something therefore. Therefore
means what? There’s a previous

verse. Find out why therefore is
there for, okay? The previous verse

says this, “No one can serve two
masters,” same Jesus talking, amen.

“For either he’ll hate the one and
love the other, or else he’ll be

loyal to the one and despise the
other.” You cannot serve God and

money. And yet that doesn’t mean
you have lack. When you serve God–

You see, it’s one–it’s one thing
to prosper with, you know, prosper

materially only. There are many
poor rich people. And there are

many Christians who are prosperous,
prosperous. In, out. I mean, are

you with me so far? So, he’s
telling you, you cannot serve God,

and all you’re thinking of, like,
it all depends, the bottom line is

that–yeah, I’ll–I’ll go to church
on Sunday, as long, you know, I–I

have nothing on, on Sunday, to
build my wealth, build my assets,

build my–you know, it’s all about
money, money, money, money. It’s

something beyond. The people who
will sacrifice time with their

family because of money, it’s the–
it’s the opposite of what Jesus

says. “For my sake and the
gospel’s,” it’s for money.

Wha–wha–what’s the big deal,
you’re driving a big car? It will

last only a while, you can just
impress people– Then my wife says,

“Something to compensate.” He’s got
something to prove. Again, I’m not

against these things, I’m not
against nice watches. You all have

your preference, some people like
nice watches. Nice watches are

really beautiful. A few weeks ago I
saw–I saw a shop that had all

the–how they did the watches, it’s
intricate, it’s beautiful. But you

know something, to live just for
that watch–you spend it–you

rock– your kids are growing up,
you never had this chance and all

that just for this watch, for that
car. Mm, for that car, for this

watch. And there’s no peace. You’re
making money than you ever made

before, but you are restless, you
are stressed, you cannot sleep

well, lost a lot of precious
friends all because of your pursuit

of mammon. You cannot serve God and
mammon. By the way, mammon is a

transliteration from the Aramaic.
Jesus spoke Aramaic. A lot of

Hebrew in Aramaic, but Aramaic’s
like a slang. You say, like,

Hokkien, Mandarin. You say Mandarin
is Hokkien? No, we explain to

people it’s not. It’s a–it’s a
slang. I mean, it’s not a slang, it

is a dialect. So, uh, um, Aramaic
is a dialect, and–and–and–and

they–they personify– when someone
personify, um, materialism or

wealth, they call it mammon,
mamonas in Aramaic. Mammon is

a–like you say a woman. Wisdom is
like a woman, embrace her, and

she’ll embrace you, right? That’s
personification, so personified

wealth is mammon. You cannot serve
God and mammon. He’s referring to

wealth. Does that mean that God
wants you to have little? No, he

says don’t worry about all these
things. Look at that, right at the

end of the p–the portion. And
I–I’m bringing this to a close.

“Therefore do not worry about
tomorrow, tomorrow will worry about

its own things. Sufficient for the
day is its own trouble.” That means

what? Every day got its own
trouble, don’t worry about

tomorrow. Jesus is saying, “The
grace I give you is only for

today.” He wants you to live today.
A lot of people live tomorrow

today, or they live in the past
today. You know, the past is like,

if only, you know. If only. If only
I was born in the richer family,

wealthy family. If only I had
succeeded doing that. If only I had

gone to university. If only, if
only my–my–if only, if only, if

only. Then the future, they live in
the future, it’s like what? What

if? What if this happens? What if?
What if? What if? If only. You are

here today. Every day is precious,
’cause time pass so fast. When I

see my Justin grow up, and I’m
thinking to myself, he tells me the

other day, “I think my molar is
coming out.” And then he says, uh,

“The dentist told me that molar
comes out at 12 years old.” I say,

“Boy, you are ten.” You know what
I’m saying? “You are ten years old,

you are not twelve years.” I mean,
the mom–mom’s–my mom. My wife. My

wife said, “He eats a lot of
cheese. He loves cheese, and that’s

what’s causing the whole thing, you
know? Oh man, so fast, that little

boy. I’m sure you felt that when
your son grew up, right? Your

daughter grew up. You thought
they’d be small forever. I knew it,

of course, with Jessica, I already
have experience, but you still

wanna live in this, you know?
Friend, every day there’s enough

grace. Enjoy every day, don’t live
in the future. You see your mind

going to the future– By the way,
the exponents of mental health says

that people who are– who can live
in the present are mentally

healthy. Jesus knew that a long
time ago. Save your money on

research, he knows. Go to him. He
is the same yesterday, today, and

forever. He says what? “Enough
trouble, there’s enough trouble.”

There’s no grace– “I gave you the
grace, right, the manna, the supply

for today. I give you the peace and
all that. It’s not to be used for

tomorrow.” Worrying about tomorrow,
when tomorrow come, the grace will

be there, just like the manna comes
every day, okay? Are you with me so

far? “So, how do I get this supply,
Pastor Prince, how do I get this

supply?” Okay, I’ll close with
this. For many years I thought that

when Jesus multiplied the loaves
and the fishes, I thought that he

actually, um, broke it, he looked
to heaven– what was his five

things he did? Number of grace,
amen. He received the five loaves

and two fish, he received or took,
one. He looked up to heaven, two.

In all our needs, supply is there.
Supply is–we are in the kingdom of

God, there’s no lack. It’s only
invisible, and invisible does not

mean non-tangible, does not mean
it’s not real. In fact, the things

that are invisible are eternal.
Now, lest we go into the next

service, I’ll stop here. Just
enough for you to know that. Amen,

like the radio waves, TV waves
around us, they are all eternal.

The waves, the waves are there all
the time. The air around us, amen,

it’s eternal. But you cannot see
it, amen. Whatever you can see–in

fact, the Bible says, “Whatever you
can see is temporal. It grows old

and then perishes,” okay? So, watch
this. I always thought that, okay,

number one, he took the five loves,
two fish. He looked to heaven,

that’s where the supply comes from.
He’s the pattern man, he’s showing

us how all provisions come into our
life, look up to heaven, number

two. He thanked God, he blessed
God, blessed God, that’s the third

thing he did, number three, he
blessed God. Number four, he broke

the loaves. Number five, he gave it
to his disciples, right? Where did

he multiply? Where did he multiply?
For years I thought it multiplied

as the disciples gave, all right?
Five thousand men, not counting

women, probably around ten to
fifteen thousand, children

included. And as–as the–as they
gave, wow, some more, as they gave,

some more, right? The
multiplication. But let’s look at

this verse here in–in Luke’s
account. By the way, all the

synoptic gospels– by the way, all
the gospels, rather, Matthew, Mark,

Luke, John. Synoptic, Matthew,
Mark, Luke, plus John, has all this

account. “Then–” it must be very
important for it to appear in all

the four gospels. Now, this is
Luke’s account, “He took the five

loaves and the two fish.” All
right, took, one; looking up to

heaven, two; he blessed, three; he
broke them, four; and gave, five.

All right, number five, “He gave
them to the disciples to set before

the multitude. And so they all ate
and were filled, and twelve baskets

of the leftover fragments were
taken up by them.” So, would you

say that’s more than enough? Would
you say that’s more than enough? In

fact, Phillip says, “Can 200
denarii–where can we go and buy?”

So, their solution’s go and buy
food for these hungry people, go

and buy. People think the solution
to this is just go and buy, but

Jesus had a higher solution. Even
after you buy with 200 denarii,

which is half year’s wage, he says
only–everyone, everyone can only

take a little, right? Show them a
little, can only take a little.

“‘Where shall we buy bread?’ This
He said to test him. ‘Two

hundred,'” yeah, “‘that every one
of them may have a little.'” So,

even after you buy, the scarcity
mentality is in man, the flesh.

Everyone takes a little, right?
Now, what did Jesus do? He look up

to heaven, all the supply is there.
You know where it multiplied? Go

back to Luke. “He blessed and broke
them,” the loaves and fishes,

’cause he took the five loves and
two fish. So, he broke the five

loaves. He also broke the fish. The
Bible says small fish, there were

two fishes. Watch this. Which part
did the miracle happen? As he

looked up, the miracle multiplied
in his–where? Where did it happen?

As they gave? So, for years I
thought the disciples–and I’ve

preached that, as they gave it
multiplied in their hands, but the

answer is here. If you look
at–taking, it is aorist tense,

once and for all. All right? “Look
up to heaven,” once and for all,

it’s in the past tense in the
Greek. And your–your New

Testament’s in Greek. “He blessed”
is past tense, but when it comes to

“Gave” to the disciples,” imperfect
tense. He kept on giving to them.

From whose hands? Jesus’s hands, he
kept on giving. The NLT says it

like this. NLT got it right. “He
kept giving the bread and fish to

the disciples.” Notice kept giving,
he kept giving, kept giving. It

multiplied in his hands. The NASB,
“He gave them to the disciples,”

say it, “again and again.” Again
and again, the fish, the loaves,

the fish, the loaves. Here comes
Bartholomew, here. Here comes

Thomas, here, amen. They had
to–which means what? They had to

go to the people, give, all right,
probably their cloak, put a lot

here, they go, but sooner or later
you run out of it, they have to go

back to him. They have to go back
to him again and again, and that,

my friend, is the key. It’s go back
to him again and again. Because he

keeps on giving, amen? How many
days has it been, you didn’t talk

to the Lord, you didn’t come to
him? Do you–don’t you know that he

keeps on giving and giving and
giving, and you were not there to

receive. The answer is keep on
coming to him, and I’ll close with

this. He kept on giving, which
means what? Every time we come to

him, we gotta see the supply
coming, but we must be in position,

we must be there before him to
receive. I wish I have time to take

you through the scriptures to show
you every time someone come to

Jesus’s presence because they are
weak or whatever, they are

strengthened. If they are sick,
they are–they are healed. If they

are blind, they see. Something is
imparted, something is given,

something is released when they are
in the presence of Jesus. Not that

they give to Jesus. We talk as if
we are the great giver, he is the

great giver, and grace is giving.
Grace is supply. He keeps on

giving, which means, people, we
have to keep on going back, keep on

going back, keep on going back to
him, amen. Because he keeps on

giving, he keeps on giving. We keep
on going back, how often? Again and

again and again. Your last week’s
going to him won’t suffice for

today, amen. Keep on–why not God
just give me a month’s supply? He

knows you will forget him, so you
go back to him and say, “Cost of

electricity’s going up, cost of
living as a whole is rising, but

here you are, Lord. Nothing takes
you by surprise. And just being in

his presence, something is
imparted, amen? He keeps on giving.

Are you there to receive? I always
see my time with the Lord as he’s

giving me, even before I kneel down
or even before I pray and talk to

him, he keeps giving. Those
moments, those days that are gone

when you didn’t spend time with
him, you cannot get them back, but

let’s start today. And you are
here. You came to him today.

Something has been supplied.
Something has been imparted, amen?

Every head bowed, every eye closed
all across this place, wherever you

are. Friend, if you have never
received, now, again, he is giving

what now? Salvation, forgiveness of
sins, a new birth. You can be born

again, amen. You don’t like your
life, yourself, the way you are?

All this time you can be born
again, born a child of God, born

righteous, born in the royal
family, the priestly family, born

again. Friend, if that is you,
wherever you are, pray this prayer

from your heart. I’ll lead you.
Say: heavenly Father, I confess

with my mouth Jesus Christ is my
Lord. And I believe in my heart

that because Christ died for my
sins, he died in my place, and on

the third day you raised him from
the dead, that was the time I was

justified. It was because you
justified me from all my sins,

acquitted me from them all that
Jesus was raised from the dead.

Thank you, Father. I am now a child
of God. All my sins are forgiven.

Fill me now with your Holy Spirit.
Teach me to follow you all the days

of my life. In Jesus’s name. And
all the people said amen. Stand to

your feet, people, stand to your
feet. Hallelujah. Lift your hands

all over the place, wherever you’re
watching this, online as well. The

Lord bless you this coming week,
you and your loved ones. The Lord

bless you with the blessings of
father Abraham, the blessings of

Deuteronomy 28, the blessings of
Psalms 23. The Lord bless you with

the land flowing with milk and
honey, and let it manifest in the

days to come. The Lord bless you,
and the Lord keep you, preserve you

and your families throughout this
week from every infection, from

every harm and danger from evil
people, and from all the powers of

darkness. The Lord lift up his
countenance, smile on you, and

grant to you, impart into your
heart and into the hearts of your

families his wonderful shalom peace
to guard your heart and mind from

worry, fear, and care throughout
this week. In Jesus’s name. And all

the people said amen. God bless
you, we’ll see you again.

When I learned about the freedom in
grace, it was just amazing for me.

I know I’m loved and I know I’m
righteous and that’s what people

are hungry to hear. The Lord also
led me and opened the door for a

jail ministry I do in the city
where I’m at and I’ve seen guys

just get radically transformed
through this message. I had four

lumps in my breasts, two in each
breast. Due to holy Communion,

Jesus healed me. He’s teaching the
Word of God. He’s teaching the

Bible and I think it’s awesome that
men and women are coming back to

God the way God intended, through
the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

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