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People, we’re in the end days!
God is saying to you:
“Number your days
so you become wise.”
Don’t waste time, people!
Don’t waste time.
It says: “Walk circumspectly,
not as fools but as wise,”
“redeeming the time.”
God is saying in the
midst of the evil days
all around us,
you can actually
buy back the time,
buy “kairos.”
How do you do it?
By being filled with the Spirit!
When you’re being
filled with the Spirit,
you will understand
what the will of the Lord is
and you will walk as wise.
What’s the point of
having a long life
if it is a miserable life.
There’s a better way.
Hi, this is Joseph Prince.
Thanks for tuning in. I just
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Be bless as you feed on
God’s Word today!
Praise the Lord! For all
the young people in the
house as well. Are you ready
for some good news?
Praise the Lord. We have some
testimonies to share with you.
And the first testimony
comes to us from a sister
from India. And she writes
that I’m 28 years old this
year, and I’m working as a
doctor in India. I grew up
in a Christian household,
but I never felt connected
to God. That is so sad. You
grew up in a Christian
household but never felt
connected to God.
Additionally, she says I was
diagnosed with diabetes.
A couple of years back, I
suffered my first panic
attack, accompanied by
depression. I fell into a
downward spiral of sadness
and self-pity. And it led me
to self-mutilation and even
contemplating ending my
life. I became convinced
that meeting Jesus was the
only way to achieve peace in
my life, and she means
meeting Jesus face to face
in heaven. So I attempted
suicide. But miraculously, I
survived. Later, I left my
job and went home to live
with my parents. Over the
next year, I began watching
all of Pastor Prince’s
sermons. There’s a lot of
sermons Wow. And I’m happy
to share that he has opened
my eyes to Jesus all over
again. Over time, the Lord
healed my heart. And I feel
so close to him, to Jesus
that is, He delivered me
from depression. And now I
live every day to worship Him.
Not only that, all my
diabetic symptoms have
disappeared, and I’m
resuming my work.
Once again. Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord for
delivering this sister from
depression and diabetes.
Hallelujah! Now, the next few
testimonials we have from
three Sundays ago…
if you’re in church,
or remember the
pastor ministered
and there was a
strong healing anointing.
And we have many
testimonies, shared live,
right, at our service.
And some of these brothers
and sisters have written in so
here are these testimonies.
The first testimony comes
to us from a sister from
Florida, in the United States,
and she writes that:
I watched New Creation
Church Online every Sunday,
on Sunday, the 23rd of July 2023.
As Pastor Prince began
to preach, he shared a word
of healing regarding a liver
condition. During that time,
my stomach had been hurting
a lot, and my doctor had
recommended a computerised
tomography or CT scan for my
stomach and liver. Hence, I
received the word of healing
for myself. As she was
watching new Christian
Church Online online
service. That very week I
underwent the scan and
everything turned out well
my condition also improved.
Thank you, Pastor Prince for
sharing that word for me
praise the Lord hallelujah.
Okay, next testimony is from a
sister from Singapore. She
writes that recently, I’ve
been experiencing a
combination of menstrual
cramps and a sore tummy,
aching almost constantly
with varying degrees of
intensity. On Saturday, the
22nd of July, I had a dull
ache, and when evening came,
it became so painful to bend
over and hold onto my
abdomen. The next morning,
my tummy was still slightly
sore. But I decided to
attend church and Marina Bay
Sands ballrooms and all our
brothers and sisters at
Marina Bay Sands shout
Hallelujah, praise the Lord.
And during praise and
worship, the pain in my
abdomen intensified, making
me feel increasingly
uncomfortable. During the
service, Pastor Prince
called for healing for
stomach pain. He mentioned
that a person had been
experiencing pain. They
became more acute the
previous evening, and he
progressively increased as
the night went on. That
exactly mirrored what I had
gone through the day before.
When Pastor Prince prayed
for stomach pains, I simply
said, Yes, God, and
immediately I truly mean
instantly the pain vanished.
I want to praise
the Lord and thank Jesus for
loving me so deeply and
taking care of me praise
the Lord for this beautiful
testimony. Wow. All right,
next one, is a sister from
Singapore as well and she
writes that I just returned
from overseas, where I
experienced swollen feet due
to water retention, making
it difficult to stand or
squat for extended periods.
I also had been having pain
in my right back are the
right side of her back on
Sunday the 23rd of July
2023. I decided to attend
the 11:30am online service
at home. The way she wrote I
thought you decide to attend
at 11.30 service by the
online service at home.
Right during the service,
Pastor Prince prayed for
those with pain in the left
shoulder, right back and
swollen feet. Remarkably,
after the session, the
swelling in both my feet
subsided tremendously. And
the pain in my right back
was completely gone. I’m
grateful that Jesus didn’t
forget about me and that his
healing power reached me
even as I tuned in from
home. Thank you Jesus. And
thank you Pastor Prince!
Praise the Lord, hallelujah!
And the final testimony is
from a brother from
Singapore. Finally a brother
writing in Hallelujah. Thank
you brother for writing in.
And he writes a couple of
months ago, I had a fall
while playing football
getting ready for the new
season of new football
season. Right resulting in
scrapes on my left knee,
shoulder blade and elbow.
While my knee healed. I
continue to feel pain in my
shoulder blade and elbow. On
Sunday, the 23rd of July
2023. During a time of
ministering in church,
Pastor Prince called out for
left shoulder for those who
have left shoulder blade
pain. I was stunned because
he was so specific. I
received the healing and
placed the hand over the
affected area. Immediately I
noticed an improvement. The
pain I would usually feel
when rotating my shoulder
was completely gone. I was
amazed. However, my elbow
was still hurting. And it
was more intense than a pain
in my shoulder. So I prayed.
And I told a lot about it at
that time. Pastor Prince was
praying for other
conditions. Then suddenly,
he mentioned that God was
healing elbows. I was beyond
stunned and completely
flabbergasted—one of my
favourite words in the
English vocabulary,
flabbergasted. Wow.
Gradually, the pain in my
elbow began to dissipate
until it vanished entirely.
I had received double
healing. This experience
left me in awe because there
was no possible scientific
explanation to it. All I
could do was to give thanks
to God and church, let us
give thanks to God for these
beautiful testimonies. And
please join me as we welcome
Pastor Prince!
I wanna share with you
something that, actually,
I hope you enjoyed today’s
episode! But don’t go just
like what I shared just now,
you see God bringing
everything for these past
weeks. He’s been speaking to
us, speaking to us, and
every season in life, when
you come to church, God has
a rhema Word for you. That’s
a strong conviction I have.
If I have a pastors and
ministers seminar that I’m
teaching, I will always tell
them, “Look for the rhema
Word.” You find Pastor
Prince always saying this
often, amen? The Word in
season. Because you look at
the Bible, there’s so much
in the Bible to teach from.
So much in the Bible,
Matthew, all right, to
Revelation. Which one? What
is the Word that God has?
And the Bible says, “Who is
that wise and faithful
steward who knows how to
give food in due season?”
Jesus said. This is a very
small parable. He says, “Who
is that wise–” It’s not
even a parable actually.
It’s an expression, an
illustration Jesus says when
He comes again, you know?
But before that, “Who is
that wise and faithful
steward who can give to the
household food in due
season?” So the word “due
season” means food for the
right occasion, amen? So you
all know that you all don’t
like to eat the same food
every day, right or not?
Right? And that’s why you
want some variety. Sometimes
you tell your wife, “You
know, I miss eating that,”
and then she prepares it for
you. And what a joy, that
food in season. What a joy,
am I right? Amen? Okay, we
got some honest people in
front here, all right? Am I
right? Food in season is
wonderful. The Bible says,
“A word spoken in due
season, how good is it?”
Book of Proverbs. “A word
spoken in due season.”
Sometimes a word spoken is
not in due season, it’s as
bad as heresy sometimes,
amen, because it is not said
in due season. So, I
endeavor to bring forth the
Word, but it’s like for the
past weeks, if you notice,
God is just causing
everything that’s been
taught to come to this place
where I’m gonna share with
you today how a Christian
looks like, a victorious
Christian, a blessed
Christian, a whole and
healthy Christian, a
Christian in the sight of
God that’s pleasing Him. How
does he look like in this
world? How does he look
like, amen? You’ll find that
God brings everything
together that we have
learned. And I just wanna
share this with you because
it’s gonna bless you. Are
you ready? All right, you
always know that God’s ways
are contrary to the ways of
the world. The world says,
all right, “Push yourself
forward.” Jesus says,
“Humble yourself and God
will exalt you.” The world
says, “Come on, push
yourself upwards. Exalt your
own self. No one else will
do it for you,” and Jesus
says, “You humble yourself
and God will exalt you.” I
tell you, God’s hand is
bigger than any boss, any
corporation, any company,
anyone else, amen. You don’t
have to please man, you only
have to please God. Praise
the Lord. In fact, I read
the other day that– in the
Book of Psalms that
promotion doesn’t come from
the north, neither does it
come from– sorry, it
doesn’t come from the east,
or the west, or the south,
amen. I just mentioned
north, so north is not
mentioned. North is not
mentioned. It doesn’t come
from the east, from the
west, from the south. Where
does it come? North, amen?
Only God promotes. When
God–when man exalt, they
can substitute you. You see
that in football all the
time, all right? They exalt
you to a certain position,
they observe you, you don’t
perform, they take you out.
They replace you. They
substitute you, right? You
get what I’m saying? When
God exalts you, amen, He
never, never substitute you.
At the right time–there’s a
phrase, “He will exalt you
in due time.” At the right
time, He exalts you. Yes,
Joseph might now be a slave
in that household, and in
another place he’s now in a
dungeon, but in due time,
when God exalts, wow, God
exalts. Your trials are
temporal. What you’re going
through right now is
temporal. Your victory is
long. In fact, there’s a
verse in Job that says, “The
triumphing of the–” Old
King James, “The triumphing
of the wicked is short, but
the righteous are joyful–
rejoices continually,” amen.
Praise the Lord. How does a
Christian look like? I’ll
give you a snapshot right
now from the Bible and
you’ll see how God is
bringing all the messages
we’ve been hearing these
past weeks together in this
message, amen. Let’s look at
Ephesians 5. “See then that
you walk circumspectly, not
as fools but as wise.”
People, we are in the end
days. We’re in the last
days. You see all kinds of
things happening around the
world, right? If it’s not
famine, you know, it’s not
financial downturn, it is
not a collapse of
moral–moral values that we
hold dear in any civilized
society. Look, the
foundation blocks are the
moral– the Ten Commandments
actually is behind every
successful modern nation.
They believe in
Judeo-Christian principles,
amen? The Ten Commandments
especially. We still observe
that outwardly. It cannot
change your heart, but
people are afraid to break
it because there are
consequence. “Thou shall not
kill” has a consequence,
amen? Murder has a
consequence. Stealing has a
consequence in every
civilized nation. Can I have
a good amen, people? So, but
the law cannot change our
hearts. Only Jesus can. Only
grace can. And the Bible
says in these last days,
“Walk circumspectly.” What
does that mean? Walk
accurately. The word
“circumspect” means
accurately. Don’t waste
time, people. Don’t waste
time. It says, “Walk
circumspectly, not as fools
but as wise, redeeming the
time, because the days are
evil.” We see that now. We
see it happening all over
the world. The days are
evil. God says to us, “Yes.”
Do we just sit down there
and say, “Days are evil, you
know? I pity my children,
you know? When I was born,
it wasn’t like this, but now
days are evil. It’s very
hard for them.” No, redeem
the time. You know what’s
redeem? It means you buy,
amen. Snatch, buy. Buy back
the time. Buy back the time.
Literally, the word “redeem”
is to buy back the time. And
the word “time” here is
“kairos.” “Kairos” means
what? Not just any old time,
but fortunate time,
opportunity, good moments,
fortunate moments, okay,
favorable moments. It’s
called “Kairos.” I don’t
have to repeat that. That’s
the theme of our– this year
in our church, amen? Kairos,
praise the Lord. Say,
“Kairos.” So God is saying
in the midst of the evil
days all around us, amen,
it’s all around us, God says
you can actually buy kairos
and have more days and
moments with you, your
family, your children, your
future, with your body,
amen. You know, it’s not a
kairos moment when you go
see a doctor, right or not?
You know that you are not
feeling well and all that,
amen? Thank God for doctors
and all, but they always
tell me–I have one doctor
who will tell me, I say,
“See you,” he say, “No,
don’t wish for that,” he
said. And that is a smart
doctor. His success is that
you don’t come and see him
anymore, all right? Not
because you go to somebody
else but because the problem
is no more. So the thing is
this, you know, when you are
being summoned to the courts
for something, all right,
that you have done wrong and
you are being sued or
whatever it is, that’s an
evil day. That’s not a good
day. That’s not a good day.
So, the Bible says there’ll
be a lot of days that are
evil around us, sick days
and all that. Around us, I
said. It doesn’t say these
evil days are ours. In fact,
the Bible says in another
place, “He that will love
life and see good days.” So
I always tell people, you
know, if God doesn’t want us
to say this, huh, “See good
says,” right, why did He
tell us more than once, once
in the Old Testament and
another time in the New
Testament, “If you want to
enjoy life and see good
days, refrain your tongue
from evil”? So God wants you
to see good days, and yet
the Bible tells us in
Ephesians 6 that, “Finally
you stand in the armor of
God that you may be able to
stand in the evil days,”
singular, whereas here,
“Days are evil” is plural.
So for the believer, you
have an evil day. It’s a day
where things are not
happening the way you want
it to happen. In fact, it is
prolonging. The evil day can
be a–but it’s a day. God
used the illustration of a
day, not months, not years,
thank God. So for a
believer, your evil season
is a day, but your good days
are plural, “See good days.”
God wants you to see good
days, amen? So I believe
there are trials, I believe
in life, just this– the
fact that you are on this
side of heaven and this
earth is fallen, man is
fallen, amen, there will be
trials. There will be
trials, but God is telling
us, all right, don’t keep on
looking, having this, you
know, persecution complex,
having this adversity
mentality that everything in
life is an adversity. I
gotta fight, I gotta fight,
I gotta fight. I told you
all before about the type A
personality, people who
are– they observe their
diet, they’re very careful
about what they eat, they
exercise a lot, but they are
the type A personality,
which means they are driven,
driven by goals, deadlines.
They are rushing, rushing
here, rushing there,
rushing. And then they are
having so many things, not
enough sleep and all that.
But they observe what they
eat and they are careful
about exercise and all that,
and then one day you find
they have heart attack. You
are hearing more and more of
this in these last days, all
right? What’s the problem?
The problem is not in the
exercise. It’s not in the
food that they ate. They
observe that carefully. It
is the type A personality.
And I don’t know if you
notice or not, but the world
is getting to be a more and
more stressful place. You
know, this is an oasis of
love. The church of Jesus
Christ is an oasis of love,
amen. It’s a place where you
come and you replenish
yourself at the feet of
Jesus, praise the Lord. So
the Bible says, “Walk
circumspectly, not as
fools.” Stop wasting your
time. Redeem your time. You
know what the Bible says
about your average years?
It’s like talking to modern
man now, in Psalms 90 it
says this. But I’m not
referring–I said, “Your
average years.” I shouldn’t
be saying that, but I think
you understand what I’m
saying when I come from the
perspective, majority of
people in our nation,
majority of people in the
world, they live under this,
okay? Majority, 70 to 80
years old. “The days of our
lives are seventy years; by
reason of strength,” if they
are strong, “they are eighty
years, yet their boast is
only labor and sorrow; it is
soon cut off, and we fly
away.” How far are you to
70? How far are you to 80?
“Pastor, early in the
morning, you discourage us
already.” All right, so the
good news is–don’t you
agree that this is what the
world believes in, right? I
mean, not believes in. It’s
a fact. They will tell you
that, roughly around there.
You know, medical insurance
and all that, they will
tell– they won’t invest
more than once you are about
70, 80. They know, all
right? In Singapore–not
just in Singapore, all the
modern countries you go to
today where there’s even
good medical provisions in
that country, people still
live around this age. Am I
right? We know, “With long
life, I will satisfy him.” I
mean, you all are well
taught, but you know that
this is not well taught
outside. It’s well taught
here. I hope you better
appreciate what you have,
you know, in this New
Creation Church, amen? We
keep on banging back home,
all right, always, “With
long life will I satisfy
you.” So this is Psalms
what? Class? We live in
Psalms 91, right? So Psalms
91 says what? “With long
life I will satisfy him, and
show him My salvation.” Now,
you see the word “satisfy”
is a very interesting word.
I’ll come back to that
again. “With long life.” So
Psalms 91 is just back to
back, side by side, Psalms
90, Psalms 91. It’s like God
is saying, all right, “Where
do you want to live?” Okay,
if you live under the law,
Psalms 90. And I’ll tell
you, there are–Psalm 90 is
a psalm by Moses, not David.
Some people believe that
Moses also wrote Psalms 91,
but many people believe
David wrote Psalms 91, okay?
But for sure, Moses wrote
Psalms 90. He’s talking
about them in the wilderness
when they were under
judgment, because they are
supposed to travel 40 days
and they are in the Promised
Land. But instead, because
of their rebellion, it took
them 40 years. So these are
the people–to prove to you
they were under God’s anger,
which we are not under, look
at the proof of the context,
all right? Context is always
king. Never take the verse
out of context. “For all our
days have passed away in
Your wrath; we finish our
years like a sigh.” Can you
see that, the context? Why
are they living 70 to 80
years? Is it God’s will? No,
they were under God’s wrath.
Okay, look at the sandwich.
Even after that, okay, below
it says what? “Who knows the
power of Your anger? For as
the fear of You, so is Your
wrath.” Can you see that?
Can you see that? “So is
Your wrath.” So it’s
sandwiched with wrath and
anger. So the thing is this,
the devil goes about as a
roaring lion, I’ve shared
before, impersonating God as
being angry with you, his
voice. And that is in my
teaching, in my past
teaching about, from the
book of Proverbs, the
roaring of a lion is like
the anger of a king, okay?
So but, it’s not the King
Jesus. He’s going around
impersonating that God is
angry with you. Even the
sense that God is angry with
you can shorten your life.
These are people under the
law. These are people under
the law. But we don’t live
yet. If you’d like to
receive prayer, share your
70, 80 years. We live, “With
long life will I satisfy
him.” That means you’re not
satisfied at 80, you want to
be satisfied at 90, go
ahead. God’s criteria, God
didn’t say, “It’s My–My
will is the criteria.” God
says, all right, “My will is
that your satisfaction,” all
right? If that is not
enough, let me show you from
the Bible. And this word,
“With long life will I
satisfy him,” see the word
“satisfy,” all right? It is
the word “saveah.” Say
“saveah.” Learn something
Hebrew, “saveah.” “Saveah”
means “satisfy.” It is
not–it’s not always full.
The number one use of the
word “saveah” is “satisfy,”
the same word used in Psalms
103, verse 5. One of the
blessings, amen, for the
believer is, “God satisfieth
your mouth with good things
so that your youth is
renewed like the eagles.”
Satisfy, “saveah.” So the
word “saveah” is “satisfy.”
And it says in–at the end
of Abraham’s life, this is
what it says, “Abraham
breathed his last and died
at a good old age, an old
man and satisfied with life;
and he was gathered to his
people.” “Satisfied with
life.” He didn’t just die
because he’s old. He didn’t
just die because he lived a
long life already. He was
satisfied, folks. Satisfied,
that’s God’s criteria, amen.
Are you listening? “But
Pastor, what if it’s God’s
will?” God’s Word is God’s
will. God’s will is in God’s
Word. He does not will
something for you that’s not
in His Word. And people say,
you know, “What is God’s
will for you?” You ask them,
“What is God’s will for
you?” And it’s always
something vague, you know?
You gotta fast 40 days to
hear God’s will. No, there
are things–there are times
and seasons we seek the Lord
for things that are more
specific, but these things
are very clear in the Word.
God’s Word is God’s will.
God’s will is God’s Word.
Satisfied. The reason I show
you NASB is because, here is
the problem, your King James
and your New King James in
this area is not very good
because it says, “Full of
years,” or “Full of days.”
“He died full of days,” or
“full of years” in this
case. Doesn’t make sense.
The word “years” is not even
there. So NLT puts it like
this, “Abraham died at a
ripe old age, having lived a
long and satisfying life.”
The word “saveah,”
“satisfied,” must be there.
So how about Abraham’s son
when he came to the end of
his life? By the way,
Abraham was 175 years old.
His son, Isaac, was I think
160 plus or something like
that, he died. Isaac–huh?
Hundred and eighty, Pastor
Henry. Pastor Henry’s memory
is amazing. So he lived five
years more than his father.
His father lived 175, amen,
180 for Isaac, Abraham’s
son, amen? We all know the
forces that is natural in
this world. They want us to
stay natural. And the Bible
says, “Be not conformed to
this world, but be
transformed by the renewing
of your mind.” More and more
church people are thinking
like the world. When we are
to be a supernatural people,
we become naturalized. The
devil himself is
supernatural, but he wants
you naturalized, confined to
natural resources, natural
sustenance, natural
everything, depending on
natural strength. That’s why
the law was written back
then, to bring forth man’s
natural strength. God
purposely did that to show
man he has none, only we
live by grace. So the
criteria–this word, see
“full of days”? New King
James, “Full of days,” it’s
not accurate. What it means,
“Full of days”? Oh, God,
many days, Lord? Yeah, it’s
not. It’s not correct. In
the Hebrew, it’s the word
“saveah.” “Saveah” used,
“With long life will I
saveah him, satisfy him.”
Literally, it’s satisfy. In
fact, some places it is
over-satisfied, satiation,
to the point of satiation,
all right? You know when you
feel like you ate too much
and you, wah, you know?
That’s what the Jews use. In
Hebrew, that’s how they say
“saveah,” satisfied. Then
you say, “Hmm.” So all of
them, only when they say,
“I’m satisfied. I wanna go
back to the Lord.” Hear what
I’m saying? So Isaac, being
old and full of days. But
here the Youngs is very
accurate. The Youngs bring
up, “Satisfied with days.”
Satisfied with days. So even
Isaac was satisfied with
days, amen. David, David,
the Bible says, “He died in
a good old age, full of
days.” Again, your New King
James. But in the Youngs,
“Satisfied with days,”
right? Job, Job, how ’bout
Job, the man who suffered so
much, right? Look at Job’s
end. “Job died, old and full
of days.” What is “full of
days”? Again, “Satisfied
[with] days.” Satisfied with
days. So when God says,
“With long life will I
satisfy you,” the criteria
is that you’re satisfaction.
You must be satisfied. You
wanna go back or not, all
right? It’s not forced on
you, amen? So does that mean
you won’t be attacked with
sickness and all that? No,
but at least you know this,
you see? You reject it in
Jesus’s name. If you have to
go to the doctor, you go to
the doctor knowing that this
is not God’s will. In fact,
the doctor is there to tell
you, “This must not be in
your body. We’ll do all we
can to get it out of your
body,” amen. “Even by
surgery, we’ll do it.” The
doctor is on the same side
as God, amen. But don’t
accept, sit down there,
“Well, maybe it’s God’s will
for me to have that.” And
then your theology is all
messed up because when your
child is sick, you will
bring your child to the
doctor first. Maybe God is
teaching your child a lesson
or you a lesson, right, if
you believe that theory. No,
as a father you know this is
not right. But we live in a
fallen world, you
understand, so there’ll be
Christians dying. We’re not
gonna look at all that
because there is a
generation, the Bible says,
that’ll be alive and remain
when Jesus comes again,
okay? So let me go–I don’t
wanna go ahead of myself,
but–so we understand that.
We understand. So in Job–in
Psalms 90–go back to Psalms
90 where we don’t live in.
But there is a word of
wisdom in the midst of all
these heavy verses, right?
Drop down, look at this.
“Teach us to number our
days, that we may gain a
heart of wisdom.” Some
people act like they are
living forever, but God is
saying to you, “Number your
days so you become wise.”
Some people act like they
live forever, you know?
Right, oh, you know? Ever
thought, like, when you were
young, 30 years old is very
old. Then you became 30.
When you are younger, whoa,
30 years old is old people
already, you know? You hear
the guy is 30 years old,
your mother is 30 years old,
right? Wow, very old
already. Then you hit 30,
you realize it’s not so old.
I’m still very childish,
right? Then you think maybe
50 is old. Then you come to
50 years old and say, “Hey,
I’m still learning,” right?
Amen? Okay, so how does a
Christian look like? So he’s
a person who his walk–who
walks with wisdom. Last week
we learned about natural
walking, as well as walking
spiritually. Our walk gets
stronger and stronger. “As
thy days, so shall thy
strength be.” And regardless
of what is in front of you,
amen, just keep on walking
in the Spirit. Walk on
through the wind. Walk on
through the rain. Though
your dreams be tossed and
blown. Walk on, walk on with
hope in your heart. And
you’ll never walk alone.
You’ll never walk– Where
are all my supporters?
Alone. Well, for those who
don’t know what happened,
okay, that was Liverpool’s
song, okay? So we go
right–keep on walking. Keep
on walking in the Spirit,
amen? And go back to that
verse again. So teach–wait,
go back to the verse, “Teach
us to number our days.” Do
you know there’s a
calculator, you go online,
to calculate your days? How
many days have you lived? I
know many of you know what
year you are right now, your
age, right? You are 45 years
old. “I’m 45 years old,
Pastor Prince.” How many
days have you lived, huh?
Right, there is a
calculator. There’s more
than one, okay? You just key
in your birth date, your
birth year and all that,
your birth date and your
birth year, and it tells you
exactly how many days you
have lived. Just for the
sake of this message–I’ve
done it before some time
back, but again I said for
this message I’ll just
calculate again, okay? Guess
what? This past week, my
days has been 22,000. On
Tuesday, it’s 22,000. So now
today it’s –005 days,
22,000. And 22 for me is my
ministry number, and here
I’m teaching you about this,
and I’m telling you it’s
22,000. My son, only 4,000
plus. Think about it. Number
your days. Be wise. Number
your days. Realize days are
passing by, and you thought,
“Well, I just–there’s
always–” Before you know
it, they’re grown up. It’s
not a cliche, you know, to
say they grow up so fast.
They grow up very fast. But
there are those, for them,
time seems to fly, and for
some people time drags so
slow. “Jacob served seven
years for Rachel and they
were but a few days for him
because of his love for
her.” One of the most
romantic verses in the
Bible. Jacob’s seven years
passed by fast because of
his love for Rachel. Number
your days. So, how do I go
about doing this, Pastor? I
don’t wanna miss any more
time. I want to make use. I
want every moment to be a
kairos moment, a fortunate
moment, a good moment, an
opportunity, amen. I want to
see more of that. I don’t
want my time to just pass
by. Before I know it, one
week pass, one week pass.
Pastors who are preaching,
they know this. They know
that before you know it,
Sunday comes very fast.
Sunday comes very fast,
amen. I’ll tell you that.
Don’t you find it so, amen?
Even like you’re planning
for your holiday, before you
know it you are planning to
come back from holiday
already. Holiday just came
and went, right? Good days
seems to come and go. So the
Bible is telling you how
to–literally, God can make
days longer or shorter,
amen. Some of you live like,
“Wow, how come it’s just
passed?” Some of you say,
“Wow, I’ve been satisfied
with this past week. Wow,
this past night has been
great. I’m satisfied.”
That’s the kind of life,
satisfied with days, all
right? Not just a long life.
What’s the point of having a
long life if it’s a
miserable life, amen? Are
you with me so far? So how
do I go about it, Pastor
Prince? Let’s come right to
it because of time. And we
see here it tells us,
“Therefore do not be unwise,
but understanding what the
will of the Lord is.” How
can I know the will of the
Lord specifically for me?
Yes, from the Bible you can
get a general will of God,
but specifically, like who
to marry, which school do I
apply for, all right, for my
further studies, and where
do I– you know, what’s my
area of vocation? What is my
calling, amen, in life? For
all this, you want the easy
way or the hard way to find
out? I’ll tell you, the hard
way is like this. You
gotta–now, I’m not against
fasting. When I fast, I
don’t tell people I’m
fasting. But they tell you,
you gotta fast, kneel down,
shut the door, pray, pray,
pray until God speaks to
you, okay? I’m not knocking
that. People are doing that.
But I’m telling you, God’s
way–I always like to follow
the Word of God. The Word of
God is safe, all right? It
doesn’t tell me spend–New
Testament doesn’t say spend
days and days in fasting in
the New Testament, written
directly to you, to the
church. What does it do? It
tells you this. It tells you
this. So how not to be
unwise, but understanding
what the will of the Lord
is. Go on. “And do not be
drunk with wine, in which
is,” excess, or,
“dissipation; but be filled
with the Spirit, speaking to
one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in
your heart to the Lord,
giving thanks always for all
things to God and the Father
in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ.” Can you see,
God is bringing all the
messages that we’ve been
hearing these past months
together. Can you see or
not? Giving thanks,
rejoicing, a merry heart
does good like medicine,
amen. It’s all coming
together. Wisdom, amen,
Solomon’s wisdom especially,
talking about Solomon. All
that wisdom, and praise, and
songs are linked together.
Look at this. It’s been
telling us, “Don’t be
unwise. Walk accurately. Buy
back the kairos moments.
Snatch it! The world is
trying to get it from you
and turn it into days of
evil, moments of evil.” But
God says, “Take that
opportunity.” Buy out the
testimony, or find out more
about Gospel Partner, just
opportunity, amen. How do
you do it? By being filled
with the Spirit. And you’ll
not be unwise, but
understanding– this verse
comes right after, “Don’t be
unwise, but understanding
what the will of the Lord
is.” So if you are filled
with the Spirit, you just
know when the right time
comes for you to know the
will of the Lord, you will
just know. So the key is to
be being filled. Now, I’m
using the term in the Greek.
It says, “Do not be drunk
with wine, in which is,”
excess, or, “dissipation;
but be filled with the
Spirit.” So it’s the same
way. A person drinking wine,
for example, all right,
where there’s excess– Here
it points to excess, all
right. How does he act? He
doesn’t think about tomorrow
anymore, okay? He meets up
with friends, got fellowship
under the same tent. I tell
you my problem, I tell you,
you know, and then another
cup. All the friends say,
“Oh,” you know? And I don’t
know why movies and all that
is promoting this among our
young people. That’s the
only way the world has, all
right, recoursed to. Sad.
What’s the solution to your
mental health? Drink away
your worries. Drink away.
Just drink away. So God is
saying there’s a better way.
You see, your body–your
inner person realizes
there’s something like wine
that you need, but God is
saying what you really need
is spiritual wine. You need
the Holy Spirit, amen. And
the same symptom happened,
you know? When someone is
drunk, they don’t worry
anymore about their money,
their finances. They are–if
they are shy, they are now
bold it seems, you know? Of
course, we know all this is
negative. It’s
braggadocious. But they
don’t worry about tomorrow.
God says the same things
will happen when someone is
filled with the Spirit. They
are bold, amen, in a
wonderful way, and then they
are not worried anymore.
They don’t worry about
tomorrow. They don’t worry
about their finances, their
health. They just don’t
worry. But best of all,
there’s no hangover. It
doesn’t damage your liver.
God says–but the term used
here in the Greek is
amazing. You know what it
says, “But be filled with
the Spirit”? It’s literally
the word “be being filled
with the Spirit.” It’s the
present tense, but the voice
there is passive voice.
Passive voice. You would
have thought that being
filled with the Spirit is
active voice. You gotta keep
yourself filled with the
Spirit. No, your part is
passive, which means there’s
something that you do
actively, but being filled
with the Spirit is passive.
And yet, though it’s
passive, God says, “I want
you to constantly be
receiving it.” So the word
down here, I can say it like
this, “Be or allow yourself
to continually being filled
with the Spirit.” That’s the
Greek word. Present tense,
but active voice– sorry,
passive voice. Allow
yourself. You know what’s
active, right? The boy hit
the ball, active. The boy,
active, right? The ball was
hit by the boy, all right?
The ball is in passive,
passive mode, right? So
here, being filled with the
Spirit is passive on our
part, yet we must allow it
to happen. So what is the
active part? “Speaking to
one another.” “Speaking”
there in the Greek is
present active. Now, that’s
where you gotta be active.
You gotta be active in the
past of speaking. Do you see
that? To being be filled
with the Spirit– How many
want to be full of the Holy
Spirit the whole day, all
day long, all day long? In
fact, in Psalms 90, I told
you, in the midst of all
that darkness, right, in
Psalms 90, “Your days are 70
and 80,” and all that, it
teaches to number our days.
You know, go back to that
again. It actually goes down
to tell you, “Number our
days,” right? Next one, “Oh,
satisfy us early with Your
mercy,” hesed, “that we may
rejoice and be glad all our
days!” You wanna be glad all
your days? Wanna be glad all
your days? Early in the
morning, satisfy yourself
with God’s grace. The word
“early” is “boker.” “Boker.”
You go to Israel, one of the
things they teach you Hebrew
is what? “Boker tov,” Good
morning. “Tov” is “good,”
“boker” is “morning.” So the
word here is “boker.”
Satisfy us early in the
morning. Start the day
right. Start the day right,
enjoying His goodness, and
guess what? All day you’ll
be glad. Not just one day,
not just two days, all our
days you’ll be glad. Start
the day wrong and the day,
you know, at the end you’re
not satisfied. “Pastor, five
years have come and gone,
and I’ve wasted my life.”
That’s why the Bible says
addict– do you know the
Bible says one day in the
house of God is worth a
thousand outside. So the God
values time, it’s like
people saying, “I wanna come
back to the church,” you
know? Honestly, every moment
you have down here, the
devil will try to give you
some boredom and some
feelings of, you know,
banality about the thing or
whatever, but be careful
it’s a spiritual warfare.
Those who are outside long
to be here. That’s why true
believers, whenever they are
looking far away, they’re on
holiday, and they look back
online to see our church and
all that, they wish they are
there. If you’re a true
believer, you’ll wish you
were there. You’ll feel
lost, in a sense. You wish
you were there. I know. I
had to grab the railings and
all that in my hotel room
when I look at online and
all that, you know, the
church and all. I wanna be
there! But I gotta observe
my sabbatical this year.
That’s the reason why I
didn’t go for sabbatical
ever. It’s my first time. At
22,000 days, I think it’s
good, amen. So it tells us,
“Satisfy yourself.” The word
“satisfy” there is what?
“Saveah,” same word. Satisfy
yourself, what? With God’s
grace, early in the morning,
in the Word, singing to the
Lord. In fact, you’ll find
singing to the Lord being
featured very often. “That
we may rejoice and be glad
all our days!” God’ll make
your day full of joy, kairos
days. Hey, let’s go on. Now,
go back to Ephesians 5. It
says, “”Be being filled with
the Spirit,” means allow
yourself to be filled with
the Spirit, and your part is
to actively what? Speak.
“Speaking to yourself,”
what? “In psalms, hymns,
spiritual songs.” I’m not
gonna take too much time
here just to tell you don’t
worry about the order of it
and all that. All that means
spiritual songs, songs about
the kingdom of God, songs
about the Lord, songs that
are Christian songs, as far
as we are concerned. The
word “psalms” is
actually–the word “psalms”
is from the Book of Psalms.
Hymns are songs written, all
right, even in Paul’s time,
right, written by the
inspiration of the Spirit.
Today, we have songs written
by the inspiration of the
Spirit, okay? And then
spiritual songs, praying,
singing in tongues.
[speaking in tongues] Those
are spiritual songs. The
Bible says these are the
things you are to do
actively, and guess what?
You are being filled with
the Spirit. “Well, I thought
you gotta stay down there
and wait for hours, you
know, the whole Spirit–”
No, God says as you’re
driving to work, start
singing. Start singing. “But
I can’t sing, Pastor
Prince.” It says to you–it
says to you here, “Speaking
songs.” You cannot sing, can
you speak songs? God is so
merciful, you know? He says,
“Speaking spiritual songs,
speaking hymns, speaking
psalms.” Can you do that?
And no one is listening to
you anyway, all right? As
you’re driving to work,
sing. Sing a simple chorus.
You don’t like some songs,
you feel like they’re quite
complicated, I can’t
remember everything, sing
the song we sang just now.
That’s why I brought it up
just now. Thou art my God
and I will praise Thee. Thou
art my God, I will exalt
Thee. Oh, give thanks unto
the Lord for– Now, that
song, “Give thanks to the
Lord for He is good, for His
mercy endures forever,”
comes in the Scriptures
again, and again, and again.
Jehoshaphat sang that song
when he was surrounded by
the enemies. Enemies
outnumbered him and Judah,
all right, and when he sang
that song, he sent praises
singing this song with these
words, the enemies fought
among themselves. And
Jehoshaphat and his men had
three days of picking up the
spoils of war, the gold and
the silver, and the sundial
Rolex on all the hands of
the enemies. Three days. And
you know what they called
the valley? Beracah, the
Valley of Blessing. Beracah,
Valley of Blessing. So,
speak to yourself psalms.
When you are speaking to
yourself, singing to
yourself, all right, singing
to yourself, it’s not for
anyone else to hear. It’s
just for you to hear. When
you come together, it’s for
everyone else, amen? But
people think that singing
songs is just, you know,
just give vent to your
expression, you know, as a
Christian. No, it’s vital
for your Spirit-filled life.
You know, a merry heart, the
Bible says, is not just
laugh at nothing, or the
world’s mirth, which the
Bible says is like crackling
of thorns. The sound is not
very nice, crackling of
thorns, right? But the joy
of the Lord, really this
singing to yourself is– you
know, during my time by
myself, I’ll tell you this,
I learn so much from the
Lord about singing to
yourself. I find that in any
situation, where previously
I’ll be more short-tempered,
maybe irritated with
something, I find I can
flow. I can be in a good
disposition, amen? In fact,
if you keep on reading
Ephesians, it drops down all
the way. Not just the giving
thanks, but, “Wives, submit
to your husband.” And then
drop down, it says,
“Husbands, love your wives,
as Christ loved the church.”
Do you see that? It’s the
oil. It’s the oil in your
marriage relationship. And
then it drops down to,
“Children, obey your
parents,” fathers and
children, how to treat their
children, but first of all,
you must keep yourself being
filled with the Spirit. And
then it’s gotta do with
wisdom, right? We read just
now, right, “Walk as wise,
understanding what the will
of the Lord is.” It’s tied
up with wisdom. When you are
filled with the Spirit, you
are filled with wisdom. Your
life becomes a life, like
what we said for the past
weeks, you’re not a type-A
personality. So you try to
find from the world, or from
YouTube, or from somewhere
online how does a Christian
look like. No, this is the
picture here, right here.
Keep on singing, on the
road. You hear us
illustrating a lot from
road, because a road is
really the place of church
out there, where the rubber
meets the road, literally,
amen? What if you sing? You
start singing first. And
then if someone does
something, you’ll find you
are still in the flow. It’s
easy. Now, I know you can
pray in tongues as well, but
actually the word
“speaking–praying in
tongues” is not here. It’s
implied, but it’s not here.
“Spiritual songs” there is
most likely praying in
tongues, singing in tongues,
all right? But it says,
“Speak to yourself in
psalms, hymns.” How many
psalms do you know? Psalms
like, “Thy lovingkindness.”
Just now I mentioned to you,
“Thou art my God.” It’s
taken from the psalms. Learn
a simple chorus, amen, and
sing it. “But what if I
don’t mean it, Pastor?” Keep
on singing it and you are
being filled with the
Spirit. And when you are
being filled with the
Spirit, you will understand
what the will of the Lord
is, you will walk as wise.
You will buy back all those
kairos moments. Are you
listening, people? You know,
the Bible says that God gave
wisdom to Solomon, and this
is the kind of wisdom God
gave Solomon. It says that,
“God gave Solomon wisdom,
exceedingly great
understanding, and largeness
of heart like the sand on
the seashore.” I’ve told you
all before, right, that it’s
not enough to have wisdom.
You must have a big heart,
largeness of heart, because
people with wisdom can take
advantage of people. But you
must have a big heart. Big
heart alone with no wisdom
also no use. Money gone,
people borrow. Never mind,
lah, never–you know, it’s
not that. You gotta be wise.
You gotta have both. But
look at this. “Solomon’s
wisdom excelled the wisdom
of all the men of the East
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
He was wiser than all men–
than Ethan, than Heman,
Chalcol, Darda.” So first of
all, it tells you he was
wiser than all the men of
the East. All the men–the
men of the East that lived
during his time in China,
India, all the Far East wise
men, right, Solomon was
wiser than them. And we have
many wise men among them.
God didn’t say they are
foolish. God said they are
wise men, but Solomon
excelled their wisdom. “And
he was wiser than all men–
than Ethan, Heman, Chalcol,
Darda, the sons of Mahol.”
This is very interesting.
You know who are they? They
are actually the worship
leaders in his father
David’s tabernacle.
Solomon’s father is David,
and his tabernacle has all
these worship leaders, all
right? And they are Ethan,
Heman, Chalcol, Darda. Now,
first of all, how do you get
filled with the Spirit? You
just sing to yourself. Thy
lovingkindness is better
than life. On your way to an
interview, or a
presentation, or meeting
someone. Thy lovingkindness
is better than life. Not
only it fills you with the
Spirit, it sets you in the
right key. even though your
song you are singing in the
wrong key. Thank God, God
says speaking, amen? If you
do that, you will flow with
your husband, you will flow
with your wife, you will
flow with your children, and
God will bless you. There’ll
be wisdom just being there,
just knowing what to do. Not
knowing what the interview
holds, not knowing how to
present something, not
knowing what’s ahead of you
as you counsel someone, all
right? On your way there, as
you sing in the Spirit. But
not just for moments like
this, all day long, sing.
Martin Luther says that
besides the Word of God, the
greatest gift God gave man
is the gift of music. It
drives the devil mad, he
says. Good music, godly
music, amen. How many of you
click the link on this
screen. If not, I’ll see you
hear the music, it’s like,
oh man, it goes right deep
in your soul. Well, those
songs that you like or
whatever, use it. Have a few
ready for the day. Start
satisfying yourself early in
the day and all day long,
you’ll be satisfied with
that day. Praise God. Are
you with me so far? One
time, there was a man of
God, and his name is Elisha,
and he was in a bad mood.
He’s a prophet, he’s
supposed to prophesy, but he
was in a bad mood, okay? So
what happened? The king of
Israel cut an alliance, all
right? They had a deal
between themselves. But the
king of Judah is a good
king, Jehoshaphat, but the
king of Israel, Jehoram at
that time, was a bad king.
So anyway, Jehoshaphat says,
“Before we go to war,” he
told the king, “I’d like to
hear a prophet of God.”
Being a godly man, he said,
“I’d like to hear a prophet
of God.” Then he says, “Ah,
this guy, the only one is
Elisha.” “So bring him
here.” So Elisha came, and
Elisha looked at the king of
Israel. This is what Elisha
said, “Elisha said, ‘As the
LORD of hosts lives, before
whom I stand, surely were it
not that I regard the
presence of Jehoshaphat king
of Judah, I would not even
look at you.” Because of
King Jehoshaphat, he told
the king of Israel, “I won’t
even look at your face. But
I show him face, not you.”
So it sounds like the man of
God is in a bad mood. Does
that encourage you? Does it
sound like he’s not in a
good flow? You’re asking
this man to prophesy. He
knows he’s not in the flow.
So what does he does? The
first word, “Now bring me a
musician.” Elisha says,
“Bring me a musician.” And
see what happened. “Then it
happened, when the musician
played, the hand of the LORD
came upon him. ‘And thus
says the LORD,’ he says,
‘Make this valley full of
ditches.'” Make–dig lots of
holes, amen? Make this
valley full of ditches. And
then they stand back, God
sent water to fill up the
ditches because his army
is– the army of Israel and
Judah were about to die of
thirst, let alone fight the
enemy. And this is the
answer, but notice how the
hand of the Lord came upon
him. That’s why I love to
worship God even before
ministering in the Spirit.
It takes time, you know, for
us, but it’s a simple thing
because I cannot depend on
myself. We are dependent on
the Lord. But by making you
all sing as well, you are
being filled. And then when
we are all filled, guess
what? The flow is so easy.
Are you listening, people?
Okay, I wanna bring this to
a close, okay? So watch this
now. Let’s go back to
Solomon’s man that I
mentioned just now. Why did
I mentioned them? “He was
wiser than all men,” then
all these names are
mentioned. And we know
there’s no redundant mention
of names in the Bible. All
these people are brothers,
by the way, just to let you
know. They are all
from–they’re all grandsons
of, you know who? Judah. And
the mother’s name? Tamar, if
you remember the story.
Tamar and Judah,
daughter-in-law actually.
And from the line came Jesus
Christ, but not through
their father. Through their
uncle, Perez. Their father
is Zerah, from Tamar and
Judah. So they are from the
tribe of Judah. Judah means
praise, and God always says,
“Whenever there’s trouble,
enemies in front, let the
tribe of Judah go first.”
What is that saying? Offer
praise. Offer praise.
There’s a true story of a
man, his name is Mr. Frank
Foglio, an Italian pastor.
He wrote the book that’s
widely read many, many years
ago, called, “Hey, God,” all
right, and how he found God
in a very supernaturally
natural way. And his
daughter, his young
daughter, probably at that
time about early 20s or late
teens, had an accident,
terrible accident where her
brain was damaged. And then
she was put in a hospital
and then there’s no cure,
nothing, and they put her in
a special home for people
with mental issues, and
mental health issues, and
all that. And the father
visited her faithfully. He
always visited her. Then not
only that, her condition
grew worse and worse, so
they put her in a special
room all the way inside, all
right? And the father went
on going every– I forgot,
every other day or every
day, but he would go and
visit the daughter. And one
day as he go down there, his
heart got a bit angry with
God. He said, “God, You
could have prevented this.”
He just complained to God,
and God says, “Praise me.”
“Praise You?” He said, “No
way! For this kind of thing,
no way!” And God says,
“Praise me.” He refused.
Then he went on further, do
all the preliminaries to
check in, and then he went
on to a first room, and then
He says– God says to him,
“Praise me.” His heart began
to melt a little bit. Then
when he stepped forward to
that inner room where his
daughter was specially
kept– and the daughter
doesn’t know anyone. She’s
gone. Doesn’t know where she
is and she’s acting like,
you know, someone who is
completely deranged. All
this visit, he said, “God–”
early on, he said, “God, why
am I visiting? She doesn’t
even recognize me.” And
right before her door, God
said again, “Praise me.” And
he said, “God, I praise you.
I don’t understand what’s
happening, but I praise
you.” And right inside,
there was a shout, “I want
my father! I want my daddy!
I want my daddy!” The door
flung open, the daughter
took one look at the father,
and she recognized him. She
ran to him, hugged him. The
miracle was so, so amazing
that the very next week, she
was standing in church with
the father, completely
sound. I’ve heard and I’ve
read of testimonies of men
and women of God that have
seen amazing miracles just
by praising. And there’s
another one, Justin
Cornwall’s brother, where
his brother is training in
psychiatry. And he was
looking for a part-time job
at that time before he went
on further studies,
something like that, and he
actually was given a job in
a mental asylum. So he went
to this place and he asked
the Lord what he should do,
so they gave him a special
assignment. And in this room
where all the patients were
there, they were all people
who have lost their minds,
and there was all kinds of
filth and excrement on the
wall, on the floor. And he
just went down there and
said, “Lord, what shall I
do?” and the Lord said to
him, “Sit down and praise
me,” all right? So–and they
were all circling him like
vultures, you know, when he
sat in the center. They all
went around him and all
that, and he just–that was
his session. He has a few
hours he spend down there.
That was his session. He sit
down there, he just start
singing– Jesus loves me,
this I know for the Bible
tells me so. Little ones to
him belong. Nothing
happened. They went around
him. They got–always look
at him and all that, and
they all have that kind of
eyes and all that. After, he
left. The next day, he came
back again for his session,
said, “Lord, what shall I
do?” Lord says, “Do the same
thing.” He sang, Jesus loves
me, this I know. And again,
again, right, no reaction,
nothing. The third time he
went for his session, sat
down in the midst, he starts
singing– Jesus loves me,
this I know. Then someone
continued– For the Bible
tells me so. Then another
one continued– Little ones
to him belong. They are weak
but He is strong. Then a few
more people– Yes, Jesus
loves me. Yes, Jesus loves
me. And the whole place
reverberate with God’s
praise. Cut a long story
short, there were about, I
forgot, 40, 50 people there.
All of them were dismissed
after that. Some longer
time, some lesser time, but
all were dismissed except
for two or three. That to me
is an amazing testimony.
Just a simple chorus. And
yet we despise singing. We
despise, like, “Ah, it’s a
small thing,” and all that.
No, just singing all day and
all that. No, no, that’s why
you are so bad-tempered.
That’s why you are so
stressful. It’s hurting your
heart. You are stressed. And
you’ll find the burdens get
heavier when you are in that
kind of mode, right? But
when you sing, something
just lifts, amen. In these
last days–I’ll finish with
these last days, okay?
Praise the Lord, okay? Are
you all okay? You see, we’re
putting it all together, you
know? Merry heart, giving
thanks for all things,
right? Just sing to God.
Thank God in your song.
Okay, in the last days. We
are in the last days, okay?
We are in the last days. God
hides secrets in the last
days. What about provision?
Aye, I forgot to give you
the names, the names of
these men. Very quick, Ethan
means like a perennial
flowing river. The picture
of a river, ever flowing.
His name means ever flowing.
Isn’t that what Ephesians 5
tells us? Keep on speaking,
ever flowing. Keep on
speaking and you are ever
being filled, perennially
flowing, always flowing.
Ever flowing, that’s the
name Ethan, all right? The
name Heman is faithful,
amen? Be faithful in doing
that. Chalcol, very
interesting. What does
Chalcol mean? Chalcol means
to be provided for, to be
supplied. Isn’t that
interesting? The first time
to be provided–this root
word of “Chalcol,” this is a
name, a name. All of them
are brothers, by the way.
Their grandparents are Tamar
and Judah, all right? And
Chalcol, the root word of
“col” came from– the first
occurrence is when Joseph
told his brothers, “Come
near me. I’ll put you in the
land of Goshen.” “Goshen”
means “The place of drawing
near,” literally. Goshen,
draw near. I’ll show you the
verse, lah. “You shall dwell
in the land of Goshen,”
drawing near, “you shall be
near me.” I’m speaking
prophetically to many of you
who are concerned about the
media report and all the
news report you’ve been
observing and looking at for
the past week. Do not be
afraid of what is befalling
the earth, amen? What’s
coming to Singapore,
whatever it is, do not be
afraid. Look at God’s news.
Don’t look at the world’s
news and go by your spirit
is taking the color and the
taint of that. Make sure you
get your inspiration and
your spirit from the
Scriptures. Literally it’s
the Spirit, being filled
with the Spirit, amen. Are
you listening? Joseph, our
Heavenly Joseph, is saying,
“Come to the land of
Goshen.” “Goshen” means
“draw near.” “You shall be
near to me, and your
children, your children’s
children, your flocks and
your herds, and all that you
have. There I’ll provide for
you.” This is the word
“chalcol.” The root word is
from here, where the name
Chalcol comes from. “Lest
you and your household, and
all that you have, come to
poverty; for there are still
five years of famine.” So in
the midst of famine, in the
midst of famine, when you
hear the news, remember this
verse. I had to put this
verse down. I wanted you to
be blessed by this verse. I
believe God has put this
verse in my heart to tell
you it is a Word for the
now. Draw near to Jesus by
singing to Him, amen. Your
lovingkindness is better
than life. Amen? Draw near.
“There,” the place of
drawing near. There! Where?
Where? There. Where? There.
Right? Not any old place.
“There,” the place of
nearness to Jesus, “I will
provide for you, for you and
your children.” Whatever you
need, in the midst of
famine. Even though right
now there’s still five more
years of famine, He says
you’ll be provided for. So
back to the names again.
“And Darda, the sons of
Mahol.” You know what’s
Darda? Pearl of wisdom.
Didn’t we say that praise
and– all these are worship
leaders, by the way. They’re
all worship leaders. And it
seems like worship, praise,
singing to the Lord is
closely tied up with wisdom,
understanding what the will
of the Lord is, amen?
“Darda, the sons of Mahol.”
“Mahol” means dance, right?
“And his fame was in all the
surrounding nations. Solomon
spoke three thousand
proverbs, his songs were one
thousand and five.” We’re in
the last days, and let’s go
to Isaiah 60 for the last
passage. “Arise, shine.”
Say, “Arise, shine.” “Your
light has come! And the
glory of the LORD is risen
upon you. Behold, the
darkness shall cover the
earth, deep darkness the
people; the LORD will arise
over you, His glory will be
seen upon you.” It’s
something that the world can
see on you in these last
days. I’m gonna finish this
real fast. Drop down, “The
Gentiles shall come to your
light.” Non-Christians will
come to your light. We know
Gentiles means non-Jews in
the context here, but every
prophecy–listen, every
prophecy, there are two
sides to it, the near
fulfillment and the far
fulfillment always. When
Peter stood up on the Day of
Pentecost, he says, “This is
that which Prophet Joel
spoke of.” That is a near
fulfillment, amen? But Joel
also spoke about the end
time when Jesus come back
again. So there’s a dual
fulfillment, near and
future. All right, so watch
this. “Gentiles shall come
to your light.” These are
non-Christians, they will
come to your light. “And
kings to the brightness of
your rising.” When will this
happen? When darkness covers
the earth. Christian, your
light will shine brighter.
They will see you singing,
amen, even under your
breath. Sometimes it’s not
possible to sing out loud,
sing under your breath,
in the next episode!
amen. “Lift up your eyes all
around, and see: They all
gather together, they come
to you.” There’ll be
salvation. People will
gather themself. It used to
be, like, we’d go out there
and find people. Now they
will gather themself and
they will come to you
because of the light on you,
amen. And your children that
are rebellious, it’s a
picture of, like, a prodigal
son. “Your sons will come
from far,” like the prodigal
son. They will come home.
“Your sons shall come from
far, and your daughters
shall be nursed at your
side,” amen? Okay, then drop
down. God is telling us,
“Then you shall see and
become radiant, your heart
shall swell with joy;
Because of the abundance of
the sea shall be turned to
you.” Now, this is
figurative speech now. The
Bible has used figurative
speech of something, you
better know. That means
what? Abundance of the sea.
Sea is always a picture of
mankind. There’ll be a
landslide salvation harvest
in the end time. But watch
this, “The wealth of the
Gentiles will come to you.”
I’m just reading the Bible,
aiyah. You wanna say
something against me, just
say, lor. I’m just reading
the Bible and it says it
will happen in the end
times, just like the last
plague. You know what’s the
last plague? The death of
the firstborn. On the same
night, what happened? Israel
came out with gold and
silver. All the back pay,
all they have been cheated
of, they came out with
silver and gold, all right?
I’m just reading the Bible.
The end of what God does is
always as gold and silver,
why? The gold and silver is
not to build a golden calf.
It’s how you use it. It’s to
build the tabernacle in the
wilderness, okay? Now, it
says here, drop down,
“Therefore your gates shall
be open continually.” Your
gates must be open
continually. People, your
gates must be open
continually. There is a
distant fulfillment when
Jesus returns and there is a
literal gate, literal city
when Jesus returns, but
there’s a near fulfillment
truth for us. What’s the
truth? What’s the gate? Your
gate must be open, why?
“They shall not be shut day
or night, that men may bring
to you the wealth of the
Gentiles,” the unbelievers,
“and their kings in
procession.” So how to open
the gate, Pastor? Let’s find
out what’s the gate. Drop
down and I’ll close with
this verse. “You shall call
your walls Salvation, and
your gates Praise.” You know
what’s your wall? Your wall
is, literally in the Hebrew
here, “Yeshua.” You will
call your walls Yeshua. So
it’s like we are all in
Christ. Am I right? We are
surround–like
all-encompassed with Christ.
We are all in Christ. Can I
have a good amen? We are all
in Christ, right? But God is
saying your gate… The
Bible says in more than one
place, “Set a door on my
lips.” Door, it calls it a
door. It calls it the gate.
Let your gates be open,
what? How often?
Continually. Look at the
previous verse again. “Let
your gates be open
continually,” why? “That men
may bring to you the wealth
of the Gentiles.” And not
only wealth, there’ll be
salvation. Those people
bringing the wealth, they
are kings. They are the VIPs
in this world. They will
come in if you praise. We
found the secret of the
gates. You came in just to
learn that, well, you are
blessed already, okay? Amen?
Amen? So have a song in your
heart. Stand to your feet.
Have a song in your heart
that you memorize. Maybe a
book of Psalms. Maybe it’s a
song that we wrote. I see
grace. Amen? Something that
you enjoy singing. Get two
or three songs under your
belt and throughout the day
here and there, sing. When
you are tempted to get
angry, sing. Sing under your
breath or make melody in
your heart if you cannot
sing out loud, because
singing is no small thing.
You are being filled with
the Spirit. You are being
filled with wisdom as well.
And God wants it ever
flowing, amen? And your
relationship with your
spouse will be just oiled,
amen, smooth. It won’t be
creaky. There’ll be no
friction because the oil is
there, praise God, when you
are singing in the Spirit.
It’s a simple truth. Anyone
asks you, “What did Pastor
Prince preach?” Sing songs.
Lift your hands all across
this place. Thou art my God
and I will praise Thee. Thou
art my God, I will exalt
Thee. Oh, give thanks unto
the Lord, for He is good.
For His mercy endureth
forever. If you’re going to
put your trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ right now, you
have never done so, pray
this prayer with me. Say,
“Lord Jesus, I confess You
as my Savior, as my Lord, as
my God, and I believe You
rose from the dead when I
was acquitted, justified in
You. Thank You for dying for
my sins. Thank You that
You’re alive today from the
dead to be my Shepherd, to
be my Lord. I am saved. In
Jesus’s name, amen.” And
friend, with that song, go
out of here, make it your
homework, amen? Sing as
often as you can. Not
necessarily this song, any
song that God puts on your
heart, okay? Love you all.
God bless. And you’ll never
walk alone.