Bridging Heaven and Earth: Trusting God's Provision

jacob saw a dream once of a ladder that came from heaven to earth and jesus said that that ladder pictured in john 1 51 he said you'll see the angels of god descending and descending on the son of man that's what jacob saw the angels ascending and descending on a ladder and the wonderful thing about that ladder is that it reached right down to earth the foot of that ladder was on the earth the lower end of that ladder was not about one mile above the earth you know it was right at earth level that's how jesus is if you can't rise up to his level this is okay you can still do work for me you love me only with a human love sure feed my lambs with that new a new convert who says what can i do lord my love is so little okay you can also do something for those who are little younger than you the little lambs the little children the ones who don't know as much as you we can obey the command of to love jesus and obey his command to feed the lambs maybe you can't feed the sheep they aren't older than you feed my lambs was the first command and shepherd my sheep and feed my sheep he will one day come to the level of feeding the sheep as well but start with feeding the lambs [00:04:18]

this is the one passage in scripture which tells us clearly where grace gives that grace is strength it also says that in second corinthians 12 but here it tells us clearly grace is the strength hebrews 3 8 which strengthens my heart see we read in philippians 2 that god writes his lord my mind and my heart philippians 2 12 and 13. to write it in my mind means it gives me a desire to do god's will i think many of us have that i believe many of you who listen about a real desire to do god's will my dear brothers and sisters don't ever ever ever think that you produce that desire yourself you did not he wrote is law in your mind that's what made you different from that other unbeliever or atheist or even from that other half-hearted believer who doesn't have a passion to obey god don't ever think that you did something better than him no god wrote his law in your mind and gave you a desire to do his will if you recognize that it will keep you humble all your life that even in the desire to do god's will is from god [00:06:12]

pray for those who are in authority not to decide whom we are going to vote for that's not what he's telling us to do he says pray 1 timothy 2 1 that we christians verse 1 timothy 2 2 may lead a quiet peaceful life in all godliness and dignity yeah that's what i want to do not to pray that this person will be elected or that person will be defeated or this thing that thing or to answer people's questions are you conservative or you're liberal or left or right i say listen i'm a christian i don't belong to this world my citizenship is not of this world my citizenship is in heaven a lot of christians in this particular past few months don't forgotten that and even those who were involved in some of the righteous things that happened they were talking about christ there some of them can you believe it they lead to a peaceful and a godly life it says we must pray that we must lead a quiet peaceful life in godliness and dignity the very opposite of what some christians were involved in dear brothers and sisters don't get involved in that [00:09:54]

help people to know how their heart can be strengthened by grace and pray that because almost all politicians tell lies what they promise to do they often don't do after they get elected i've seen that for years and years in india and it's true in every country in the world what shall we pray for we shall pray lord i don't know who's the right person to be elected and all but i know one thing i have to pray my prayer will be answered that we can lead a quiet peaceable life in godliness and dignity with the dignity that is becoming of a servant of god of a child of god who acknowledges that our citizenship is not of this world and i tell you here people make so much choice of this is this person that person in india the choice is between one non-christian and another non-christian both groups support abortion both groups support a lot of ungodly things which shall i choose you don't have the luxury there of choosing between certain things like some people think they have here [00:11:27]

make sure your heart is strengthened by grace that's the only way you will overcome in these last days don't get tracked sidetracked with strange teachings a lot of them these days and the other thing is he says here in verse 5 it's all in the same context hebrews 35 make sure your character is free from the love of money we also heard about that there's nothing wrong in earning money there's nothing wrong in saving money the bible says go to the end see how it saves for the future good lesson for us but there's a dot there's a earning money saving money loving money three completely different things you can earn you can save but don't love it because it will destroy you and why should we not love it because we must be content with what we have because he has said i will never desert you nor will i ever forsake you but here is a commandment and a promise and like we just heard earlier for every promise there is a condition here is a promise i will hebrews 13 5 the lord says to you my brother sister though you are listening i will never desert you i will never forsake you [00:15:26]

i will never desert you i will never forsake you whatever need there is in your home for your children for their health for their education for anything even if you are rock bottom poor i will never leave you nor desert your forsake you i'm telling you i have proved i've been in i left my job 56 years ago more than 56 years ago and i've never asked anybody for money and god's taking care of me and i'll tell you this i proved the reality of it i said lord i will be content with what i have when i had little i was content with what i had and he gave me more i used more but he has never deserted me or forsaken me till today i often think of the apostle paul he earned his living by uh making tense you know paul is a great example we have taught in all our cfc churches that not no cfc elder should take money from the offering box for his support and all of our more than 100 elders have followed that and no cfc elder must send prayer letters asking for money and all of us have followed that [00:16:40]

you be content with what you have god is miraculous ways of providing your need if you fulfill the condition i will not love money i will never love money i will earn money i work as hard as i can i'll be wise for the future to save money from myself and my children like it says in 2nd corinthians 12 14 to save for my children but i will not love money and i will always be content with whatever i have you sisters especially wives don't pressure your husbands to get this and get that if he's the one running the finances he knows what you can afford please submit to your husband's wisdom there if he says no darling we can't afford that please submit to that be content with what you have i can assure you you will experience the reality of this he will never desert you the picture the lord gave me as a young christian worker years ago was think of the disciples who were feeding the five thousand twelve men who were feeding five thousand men can you imagine how long it took they were all hungry the disciples were feeding the food giving out the food or hungry and if you give food to others and you're hungry you'll feel more hungry [00:19:38]

and you know how much was left why 12 baskets why not only 10 because there were 12 disciples god made sure that every disciple could have a full basket when he went home to take to his family much more than all the others got you served the lord and that's what the lord said to me years ago you serve me don't think of yourself think of the 5000 think of the others give yourself completely and i'll have a basket for you at the end of your life i've proved it and you'll prove it my brother don't miss out on experiencing these wonderful things when you follow the command i will not love money i will be pure in my sex life and my thoughts and i will always be content with what i have he will never desert you nor forsake you and i will not allow all these strange teachings to carry me away i'm concentrating on jesus who's the same yesterday today and forever he will bring fruit from my life always always and my heart will be strengthened by grace [00:21:05]

i thank god that even a weak person who loves jesus with a human love can have a ministry to help the little lambs who are younger than him i pray that will be true for all of you god bless you all [00:24:20]

i thank god that when he says if my heart can be strengthened by grace he does it and i thank god that even a weak person who loves jesus with a human love can have a ministry to help the little lambs who are younger than him i pray that will be true for all of you god bless you all [00:24:20]

i thank god there's no contradiction in scripture i thank god that when he says if my heart can be strengthened by grace he does it and i thank god that even a weak person who loves jesus with a human love can have a ministry to help the little lambs who are younger than him i pray that will be true for all of you god bless you all [00:24:20]