Cross the Finish Line: Run with Faith and Endurance

There is one word that I want you to lock this in your heart. If Jesus had finished the race for you, why can't you stand up and you walk for him? Oh. Jesus has finished the race for you, done it on the cross some two thousand years ago, why can't you keep walking for him? I know some of you have been discouraged along the way. Things happen, but I think you need God's strength today refreshing for another push to go forward. He said, will keep walking. I will keep running this race no matter what because God has already predestined your arrival. It's already there. [01:32:33] (66 seconds)  #FinishedByGrace

He still came back on the third day and tell his disciple, now, this is your starting point. I finish it on the cross. You start here. Hey. Go into all the world. Preach the gospel. Take the good news. Hey. Take the good news. Hey. And run to the finish line. Those 12 disciples, they become the pinnacle of the church movement today. [01:20:45] (34 seconds)  #StartWhereHeEnded

Hang around with people who are full of faith, full of vision, and no hunger for the presence of God, hunger for the word, hunger for the holy spirit. That's what we need. We don't need religious people who just like. We need people who are on fire for God. You know, Jesus crossed the finish line too. Jesus said at the cross, it is finished. It is finished. He crossed the finish line at that moment, but he was still not finished with us. [01:19:54] (42 seconds)  #OnFireForGod

That's why Paul told Timothy, hey, Timothy, you you watch me. See, I've been come through all this thing. Paul was telling Timothy the stuff that he was going through. I've been beaten. I've been persecuted. I've been thrown in prison. I've been get all this kind of stuff. But I've come to a point that I know that I've kept the faith, and I finished the race. I've crossed my finish line so that you can now is your time to rise up. [01:07:56] (38 seconds)  #FinishLikePaul

They go and cross the finish line. They die for the gospel so that we can worship God today. Hey? Because somebody had crossed the finish line for them. You know, are people waiting there for you to cross your finish line because they want to live on your story. They want to walk on your legacy. They want, you know, to continue with what they see in you. Right? Probably is we have too many weak people. And our God is searching for a heart that is loyal to run the race to the finish line. [01:21:20] (47 seconds)  #LegacyOfSacrifice

I was told when I was little that I won't amount to anything because I was just a school dropout from my siblings. I was the one that always got kicked out of school, never do well, but it was God's saving grace that I'm preaching to you today. I fail in English. I fail in maths. That won't qualify me to come to New Zealand, but God brought me here because I choose to believe that there is a destiny for me. [01:31:33] (40 seconds)  #FromDropoutToDestiny

And I heard my name being mentioned in a very bad way. They said, this guy here, he's not qualified to teach. Imagine when you hear that. Should I go back to the village? I said, no. I step in with them. I do what I'm doing. I keep walking. I keep walking. I keep walking. My parents, my family, they didn't, you know, they didn't really accept me for what I believe, what I stand for, come to the family they never even recognize. So I just keep walking. [01:14:58] (40 seconds)  #KeepWalkingDespiteRejection

See, normally we hear this word in a funeral. But I took it on a different angle because we are the one in the land of living. This message is not only a message for people who conducting funeral. Oh, we come and farewell him today. He's run the race, you know, and all the look on our face, we cherish that moment. But today, I wanna tell you this message is for us who are walking the journey. Running the race. [01:04:38] (34 seconds)  #MessageForTheLiving