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March 16, 2025 · 28 min
This is Part 2 of a 2 part episode. Watch the previous video for Part 1.In this powerful and timely message from Revelation 2:8–11, Rev Paul Jeyachandran unpacks Jesus’ words to the suffering church in Smyrna—a persecuted, impoverished, yet spiritually rich church. Despite their hardship, Jesus gives two bold commands: “Do not fear” and “Be faithful.”📖 What does it mean to remain fearless and faithful when everything around you feels dark?🕊️ How can we embrace suffering as a refining tool, rather than something to avoid?🌍 What does persecution look like today—and how can we prepare for it?This sermon dives deep into the character of Christ—the One who is “the First and the Last,” who has conquered death and holds the keys to eternity. In Him, we find the courage to face trials and the strength to remain faithful.🔥 Key Takeaways:Jesus knows our suffering and stands with us in the fire.Persecution refines, not destroys.Courage comes from knowing Christ’s victory over death.Faithfulness in the small things now prepares us for bigger trials ahead.Suffering is temporary—eternal reward awaits.🙏 Be inspired to:Live boldly and fearlessly in the face of oppositionStay faithful through small, daily acts of obediencePray fervently for the persecuted church around the world📌 Whether you’re walking through hardship or preparing your heart for what’s to come, this sermon will strengthen your faith and deepen your trust in the sovereign, risen Christ.—📌 Subscribe for weekly discipleship messages grounded in Scripture🎧 Listen to Making Intentional Disciples with Rev Paul Jeyachandran on Spotify, YouTube, & Pray.com🎓 Get FREE discipleship training and resources at IDMC College🌐 Discover more at idmcmovement.com#RevelationSeries #Persecution #FaithOverFear #ChristianSuffering #RevPaulJeyachandran #SmyrnaChurch #FearlessFaith #EndTimesFaith #CrownOfLife #HandlingHardTimes #BiblicalTeaching #PersecutedChurch #JesusIsVictorious
Series IDMC Movement March 16, 2025 · 28 min · IDMC Movement
This is Part 2 of a 2 part episode. Watch the previous video for Part 1.In this powerful and timely message from Revelation 2:8–11, Rev Paul Jeyachandran unpacks Jesus’ words to the suffering church in Smyrna—a persecuted, impoverished, yet spiritually rich church. Despite their hardship, Jesus gives two bold commands: “Do not fear” and “Be faithful.”📖 What does it mean to remain fearless and faithful when everything around you feels dark?🕊️ How can we embrace suffering as a refining tool, rather than something to avoid?🌍 What does persecution look like today—and how can we prepare for it?This sermon dives deep into the character of Christ—the One who is “the First and the Last,” who has conquered death and holds the keys to eternity. In Him, we find the courage to face trials and the strength to remain faithful.🔥 Key Takeaways:Jesus knows our suffering and stands with us in the fire.Persecution refines, not destroys.Courage comes from knowing Christ’s victory over death.Faithfulness in the small things now prepares us for bigger trials ahead.Suffering is temporary—eternal reward awaits.🙏 Be inspired to:Live boldly and fearlessly in the face of oppositionStay faithful through small, daily acts of obediencePray fervently for the persecuted church around the world📌 Whether you’re walking through hardship or preparing your heart for what’s to come, this sermon will strengthen your faith and deepen your trust in the sovereign, risen Christ.—📌 Subscribe for weekly discipleship messages grounded in Scripture🎧 Listen to Making Intentional Disciples with Rev Paul Jeyachandran on Spotify, YouTube, & Pray.com🎓 Get FREE discipleship training and resources at IDMC College🌐 Discover more at idmcmovement.com#RevelationSeries #Persecution #FaithOverFear #ChristianSuffering #RevPaulJeyachandran #SmyrnaChurch #FearlessFaith #EndTimesFaith #CrownOfLife #HandlingHardTimes #BiblicalTeaching #PersecutedChurch #JesusIsVictorious ...more Show the full description Show less This is Part 2 of a 2 part episode. Watch the previous video for Part 1.In this powerful and timely message from Revelation 2:8–11, Rev Paul Jeyachandran unpacks Jesus’ words to the suffering church in Smyrna—a persecuted, impoverished, yet spiritually rich church. Despite their hardship, Jesus gives two bold commands: “Do not fear” and “Be faithful.”📖 What does it mean to remain fearless and faithful when everything around you feels dark?🕊️ How can we embrace suffering as a refining tool, rather than something to avoid?🌍 What does persecution look like today—and how can we prepare for it?This sermon dives deep into the character of Christ—the One who is “the First and the Last,” who has conquered death and holds the keys to eternity. In Him, we find the courage to face trials and the strength to remain faithful.🔥 Key Takeaways:Jesus knows our suffering and stands with us in the fire.Persecution refines, not destroys.Courage comes from knowing Christ’s victory over death.Faithfulness in the small things now prepares us for bigger trials ahead.Suffering is temporary—eternal reward awaits.🙏 Be inspired to:Live boldly and fearlessly in the face of oppositionStay faithful through small, daily acts of obediencePray fervently for the persecuted church around the world📌 Whether you’re walking through hardship or preparing your heart for what’s to come, this sermon will strengthen your faith and deepen your trust in the sovereign, risen Christ.—📌 Subscribe for weekly discipleship messages grounded in Scripture🎧 Listen to Making Intentional Disciples with Rev Paul Jeyachandran on Spotify, YouTube, & Pray.com🎓 Get FREE discipleship training and resources at IDMC College🌐 Discover more at idmcmovement.com#RevelationSeries #Persecution #FaithOverFear #ChristianSuffering #RevPaulJeyachandran #SmyrnaChurch #FearlessFaith #EndTimesFaith #CrownOfLife #HandlingHardTimes #BiblicalTeaching #PersecutedChurch #JesusIsVictorious
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0:03 So it's associated with death. So I want you to listen to me carefully. This how how do you get myrrh? You get myrrh by crushing it. Then the fragrance comes out. You0:15 crush it to produce the oil. The same manner that Christians in the city of Smyrna, they are being crushed. That's the picture. And Jesus uses this unique word. He says they are0:27 going through a crushing pressure, and they're being squeezed, and they're going through intense, severe pressure. And pressure in where? There are 4 kinds of tribulation he talks about. 1, there's a0:38 tribulation of persecution. There's a tribulation of poverty. There's a tribulation of profanity. In other words, people are slandering them. And then there is a even a in West End, it talks about0:50 prisonment. Prison sentence. Some of you will be thrown into prison. So they're going through a severe testing. Now you and I, we need to ask ourselves this1:01 question. Jesus is all powerful. In verse 8, he's the first and the last. He's sovereign over everything. He is almighty. He's preeminent. He's glorious. He is victorious. He1:13 has overcome death, and he lives forever, and he is for his people. And yet he says, I know you're going through these things. And then in1:25 verse 10, he says, do not fear for what you're about to suffer. He allows the suffering. He allows the pain and the persecution. Now if you1:37 and I, we were in the presence of God, we will ask him this question, isn't it? Lord, you are all powerful, almighty. Why can't you just stop this? See, you and I,1:49 we need to understand the wisdom of God. God is not interested in just keeping us comfortable. He's interested in conforming us to the image of his son. God is
2:00 not just interested in keeping us happy. God wants us to be holy. He's looking for a church that's continuing to be refined. And part of the refining process, he goes you and I go through
2:12 necessary journeys of life. In this house, we call it the necessary journey. And here, they are going through a necessary journey of being purified, and this is a crushing pressure,
2:24 pressure of pain and poverty and even imprisonment. Now you may say, but pastor, we are living in a country where we don't go through such
2:35 severe persecution. Yes. You're right. We don't go through severe persecution. But can I humbly say this? If you want to live a godly life, you will be
2:47 persecuted, the Bible says. Look what it means. Second Timothy chapter 3 and verse 12. Indeed, all those who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will
2:59 be persecuted. Anyone who desires to live a godly life will be persecuted. So if you're not being persecuted, you should ask yourself, am I really living a godly life?
3:10 Why? Because the persecution, we sometimes think of the word persecution as only other people putting inflicting pain or suffering to us.
3:22 But sometimes it's also a mental agony. It is also emotional trauma that you and I go through. Why? Because pressures can come from any different place, many different place. Look at this.
3:34 In Matthew chapter 5, and look at verse 10 to verse 12, look at what it says. Matthew chapter 5 verse 10, it says, Blessed are those who are persecuted for
3:46 righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you, persecute you, and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my
3:57 account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Here, Jesus was saying, blessed are
4:09 you, and you should rejoice that you're being persecuted. And he extends that definition of being persecuted to being reviled. Right? Not only that, that when others
4:21 utter all kinds of evil against you, falsely accuse you. Now this means the persecution is much broader in its definition, in its
4:32 scope. That means if you want to live a godly life as a young person, maybe when you go to school and you don't want to use that that that opportunity to
4:44 smoke like others are smoking, and you say, I don't want to smoke. I don't wanna I don't wanna take drugs. I don't want to commit sexual immorality. I don't want to be watching that kind of
4:55 videos. I don't I don't say such vulgarity. I don't want to speak such vulgarity. Now when you do these things, your friends will mock you. They may even call you that you're not bold, you're not audacious,
5:07 you're not you're you're not man enough. I want you to listen to me carefully. The pressures of this world. But if you take a stand for Jesus and you say, no, I want to live a godly life. I want
5:19 to live a life that pleases God. You will be unpopular. That's a persecution. So some of you will go through that kind of pressure, that crushing pressure, whether you're a young person in school or
5:31 university. It's gonna affect you in different aspects of life. You know, some of you may say, pastor, I'm so tempted to go out with a non Christian,
5:43 but I want to live for Jesus. So you many people won't understand why you can't go out with a non Christian. But you take a stand, you'll be a laughingstock. Many many Christian young people
5:55 take that commitment not to have premarital sex. They want to keep themselves as virgin. They want to keep themselves pure, not only to honor God, but also to give to their to their
6:07 married partner, to 1 day, to their husband or to their wife. They want to present their body to them. They wanna keep themselves. And this is you do it in obedience to God's word
6:18 because marriage sex is created for in the confinement of a marriage. So you wanna live righteously. You will be persecuted. People will laugh at you. You're a 40 year old virgin, they will call. And
6:30 that's a movie title, by the way. But these are things that people will mock at us. So these are things that you and I go through. We so sometimes our persecution could be verbal. Sometimes it could be relational.
6:42 Do you know how so many people who take take a faith and they believe in Christ, they are ostracized from their own family members. They are cast out from their own family members. They are disowned. They are they are
6:54 written off the will, so to speak. Listen. Whether it's verbal, whether it's relational, whether it is some for some of us, it could be it could be a physical challenge. It doesn't matter.
7:06 When you want to obey Christ, when you want to pursue godliness in your life, you wanna live for the glory of God, and you want to enforce the kingdom of God, you will be
7:18 persecuted, the Bible says. But I want you to understand this. You may not date you may not know you you may not have that many choices who I can date. But
7:30 can I humbly say this? Honor God. God will reward you. Be faithful. Be faithful. That's what Jesus is calling us to. Doesn't matter what your age group is. Be
7:41 faithful. Hallelujah. So 1 of the things that you and I, we need to understand is we are living in the kingdom of world kingdom of this world. And the kingdom of this world is being dominated
7:53 by the kingdom of darkness. But at the same time, Jesus says the kingdom of God is also advancing. Kingdom of God is where Jesus is king, and he rules and reigns in and heart in
8:05 through the lives of his people. So we allow him to rule and reign over us. So when the kingdom of darkness is pushing in and taking dominion over the kingdom of the world, we, as people of God,
8:17 we push back. We we we resist the devil. We resist the power of darkness. We don't wrestle against the flesh and blood, but we wrestle against principalities and powers of darkness.
8:29 Why I say this? Because in this context, Jesus is actually saying, who is behind their persecution? If you had noticed in verse 10, he goes on
8:41 to say, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison. He says the devil. In verse 9, he says, the Jews
8:53 slander them. The Jews are the ones who are throwing some of them in court cases against some of the Christians and throwing them into prison. And in fact, Jesus says, they are they are Jews, and
9:05 they are not Jews. They claim to be Jews, but they are not real Jews. Why? Because they deny Jesus as lord. See, true Jew is not someone who is just circumcised in the
9:16 flesh. According to Romans chapter 2 and verse 8 28, and verse 29. What does it say? For no 1 is a Jew who is merely outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical,
9:29 but a Jew is 1 inwardly, and the circumcision is a matter of the heart by the spirit and not by the letter. In other words, who is a real Jew? The real Jew is not someone who just had a circumcision on the outside.
9:40 He's a person who is circumcised in his heart. He loves the Lord. He knows the Bible points the Old Testament points to a messiah, and the messiah is Jesus. That's true Jew.
9:52 So here, this letter written by a Jew, he says, they are not really Jew. But they say they are Jew, but they are not really Jew. But they are a synagogue of Satan. In other words, Satan
10:04 has now taken over the religious ritualistic Jews, and he's operating through them. See, devil always operates
10:16 through others, through through bring opposition to us, through bring tribulation to us. And here, the Bible says, don't be caught up with the people. Know who's behind it. Who's behind it? It is
10:28 the devil. Now why is the devil going to go after the church? Why does the devil go after Christians? You know, devil hates Jesus, but devil cannot do anything with Jesus because devil has been defeated
10:40 before Jesus. On the cross, Jesus crushed him. Now listen. But he goes after the ones that Jesus loves. So this is where you and I, we need to understand. It's almost like this. You may
10:52 understand this. If a girlfriend is dumped by the boyfriend, the girlfriend cannot beat up the boyfriend. She cannot punch him. She cannot do anything to him. So what does she do? She takes his photo and
11:04 does what she wants, tears it into million pieces and eats it. I I think it's from 1 of those Bollywood movies. But I want you to listen to me carefully. Why is this
11:15 so important for us to understand? You and I are loved by the Lord, and that's why the devil is looking for an opportunity. So that's why the Bible
11:27 says you know who is behind it, but don't be afraid. Why? Because Jesus has overcome the devil. Jesus has overcome death, and he gives us life. He's the 1 who
11:38 gives us this counsel. Not only that, he says, be faithful. Hallelujah. Now you and I gotta understand this. In verse 9, he goes on to say, I know your
11:50 tribulation and your poverty. And in the brackets, he says, but you are rich. I love that. I love that the fact that he says you are rich. Outside, they
12:02 are poor. Externally, they are poor. To the eyes of the world, they are poor. But in the eyes of Jesus, they are rich. Rich because greater is their reward in heaven for their faithful
12:14 endurance. Greater is the reward. They have Jesus as their lord. They have Jesus as their king. They have all of heaven's resources at their disposal. They are seated together
12:26 in heavenlies. They have the same Holy Spirit that worked in Jesus. All these are riches that the world will never understand. And Jesus says, you are richer than you think.
12:39 In Philippians chapter 1 and verse 29, the Bible says, for it has been granted to us, for it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ, you should not only believe in him,
12:51 but also suffer for his sake. I want you to pay circle that word granted. It is that word so unique. It says it's the word grace. It's a grace gift. It's a charisma.
13:02 It's a charismatic gift. What is that gift? It has been granted to you, gifted to you, that not only you believe for for the sake of Christ, but you also suffer.
13:15 In other words, when you go you and I go through that period of tribulation and persecution, it is a gift that has
13:27 been granted. No wonder the early apostles had this testimony. Look at this in Acts chapter 5 and verse 40 and verse 41. When they had called in the Apostles, they beat them and charged them
13:39 not to speak in the name of Jesus and let them go. Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for their name. Look at that. They got beaten up. And then they
13:51 were told never to speak in his name. But they left the council, and they came out rejoicing. Why? Because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for their name. Finally,
14:03 they come to that place to recognize, God, you are with us. You are glorified even in this season. Now I know that some of you are going through really dark and difficult
14:14 times in your life, And I pray that this word comes to encourage you because what is required of us when we go through that season is to remain
14:25 faithful. And we can remain faithful because he is sovereign. He's watching over everything. Yes. The devil is the 1 behind it. It's the devil's action, but I don't want you to
14:37 forget, it is the Lord's intention. There is an intention of the Lord, and there's an action of the devil. What is the Lord's intention? The Lord actually allows it. He
14:49 superintendents it. He sovereignly orchestrates it so that his purposes can come to pass in our lives. What is his purpose? His purpose is
15:01 found in verse 10, and I want you to catch that verse 10 1 more time. It says, that you may be tested. It's that word, so that. It's the purpose clause. Why
15:13 does he allow all this? Why does the Lord allow the devil to do that? There is a limit. He doesn't the devil doesn't have a free rein to do anything and everything he wants. Look. He says, for 10 days, you will have
15:25 tribulation. In other words, there's a limitation. 10 days here doesn't literally mean 10 days. It means for a small, short period of time. But after that, he has no room to do
15:36 anything. So it is a it is it is a for that short period, Jesus says, I allow it. But here, I want you to listen. Why does he allow it? He says, so that you may be tested. So can I give you
15:48 a perspective of suffering? The right perspective for suffering I want you to have is this. From a human viewpoint, it is misery. From a devil's viewpoint, satanic viewpoint, it
16:00 is mystery. He knows that God is powerful, and yet God is silent. He knows God is sovereign. He can stop it anytime, but yet he allows it. It's a mystery to the devil. But I want you to
16:12 understand, from the divine viewpoint, from the Lord's viewpoint, it is ministry. From your viewpoint, it's misery. From the devil's viewpoint, it's a mystery. But from the Lord's viewpoint, it is
16:24 a ministry that you may be tested. Isn't that what James says in James chapter 1 and verse 2 to 4? He says, count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials
16:36 of various kinds. For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness, and let steadfastness have its full effect that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Listen what
16:48 how he says that when you come through the testings and you remain faithful, you it produces steadfastness. And this steadfastness will equip you, will refine you, will
16:59 qualify you to become perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. In other words, you become mature. That's the ultimate goal, that the Lord allows certain things in our
17:11 lives. Look at it in other words. First Peter chapter 5 and verse 10. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself
17:23 restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. Praise God. The Lord will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. He wants to do all this, but he brings you
17:35 through a necessary journey. And that is why, towards the end of this passage, Jesus actually says to them in verse 10, he says, I will give you the crown of life.
17:46 Verse 11, he says to the churches, the 1 who conquers will not be hurt by the second death. Jesus gives you 2 rewards. He gives you the confirmation. He gives you the words that will strengthen you. He says,
17:58 if you endure all the way to the end, I will give you the crown of life. The word crown there is not that you'll be wearing a crown in heaven called life. It's it's the way of what is the
18:10 crown? The crown is life. So it's not the word for a crown like what the queen wears, but it's a crown like what a a person receives when they run a race in those days.
18:22 They receive a a floral wreath. And here, Jesus says, that's what I will give you. I will give you life as a crown. He's the only 1 who can give you life. That's why it says, you will not be
18:34 hurt by the second death. Hallelujah. Now what is the second death? Let's finish by saying this. Everybody who is born in this world will die
18:45 once. Right? And after that, the Bible says face judgment. Now if you have been born in this world once and you did not
18:57 born again, you did not have a born again experience, you will have to die another time. Those who are born once, that means
19:08 they refuse to be born again, they will die twice. They will die once physically, and then they will also die second time. In Revelation
19:20 chapter 20, it says, they will be thrown into the lake of fire, and that lake of fire is a spiritual death. It's what the Bible calls a second death, and that death is
19:32 eternal. It's not that they will be nonexistent after that. They will be eternally existing in a lake of fire. It's torment to the soul. Listen to me carefully. That's the second death, the Bible says.
19:44 So if you're born once, you die twice. But if you're born twice, in other words, you're born in this world and then you're born again in Christ, then you will only
19:56 die once. So I want you to catch this. Born once, die twice. Born twice, die once. And this is the picture that God wants you
20:08 to carry. So who is this that is saying to us? Be fearless. Be faithful. It is the 1 who is sovereign, the 1 who is good, the 1 who is wise, and the 1 who is
20:19 always in control, and the 1 who will bring his purposes come to pass. He is the 1 who is saying to you, be fearless. Be faithful. So have recapture the
20:31 boldness of the council in relation to its source. At the same time, who is the 1 who is saying this? He's the 1 who is faithful to you. He's faithful
20:43 to see you through the end. Don't just be worried about the physical life here. Be concerned about the eternal life. And he is the 1 who says, I promise you, both
20:54 in this life and the life to come, I will be with you. And he says, be faithful. So that's why we need to recapture the brilliance of the council in relation
21:06 to its scope, scope of now and in eternity. Now how do we apply this? I wanna apply this sermon in 2 ways. 1, I want us to pray for the persecuted church.
21:20 Secondly, I want you to be faithful in whatever persecution you're going through. It's a limited persecution. Firstly, I want you to think about the persecuted church. Do you know,
21:32 accumulatively, there has been 36000000 people, 36000000000 people that have lived in this world. 36000000000 people so far, people who have lived in this world, accumulatively,
21:43 36000000000. Out of that 36000000012 billion have been evangelized. Out of that 12000000008 billion have become Christians. Out of
21:55 the 8000000000 Christians that have lived in this world so far or currently living, 70000000 have been martyred. I want you to listen. Out of that
22:07 70000055 million had been killed by their state. Many of them were actually killed in the twentieth century. Nearly
22:17 45000000 were killed in the twentieth century, and many of them that were killed were killed in Soviet Union. Now these are important figures for us to understand. In other words,
22:29 what happens these days? Nearly hundred and 60000 Christians are killed every year. That is 1 in hundred and 20 Christians. 1 Christian for every
22:41 hundred and 20 Christians go through persecution and martyrdom as a result. You and I, we need to pray for the persecuted church. You may never be persecuted like that, but you and I, we need to pray for
22:53 the persecuted church. Secondly, you are going through some sort of verbal, physical, relational, emotional persecution. And I want you to encourage you in your
23:05 limited persecution. I want you to remain faithful. Be fearless and be faithful. Now my question as a pastor is this.
23:17 In this day and age, in this Western world that we live in, you experience a lot of freedom, religious freedom. And people say
23:29 they want to be faithful to the lord, but they find it so difficult to be faithful. They can't be faithful to a church. They can't be faithful to reading the
23:40 scriptures. They can't be faithful in praying and worshiping the lord. They can't be faithful in attending a small group and keeping themselves accountable. They can't even be faithful in their finances, in
23:52 tithing, in giving. They can't even be faithful in in fellowshipping with other believers. They can't be faithful in sharing the gospel to their pre believing friends and
24:04 family members. You and I struggle to be faithful when times are good. I wonder how many of us will really be faithful if we
24:15 are thrown in a place like the Middle East, surrounded by other religion, and you are a small minority where you don't have freedom of religion,
24:28 or whether you're thrown into a war torn society where your your your your religion is is an outcast. If you say, I'm a Christian, you will not get a job. If you say, I'm
24:40 a Christian, you will not be welcome in a community. If you say, I'm a Christian, you cannot rent a house or even buy a house. You cannot find a job. Nobody will come and shop in your shops. I want you to listen to me.
24:50 How will we cope? Now as a pastor, it it I have this concern. We are living in the last leg of the last days. This kind of persecution will
25:02 only increase, and I would never I would not be surprised if that happens even in some of our Western developed nations, where today,
25:14 there is freedom of religion. But what if in the future if it doesn't? So I want you to listen to me carefully, church. I want you to take to heart this whole message. Be faithful.
25:26 Be fearless. And now in small ways, be faithful in your life. Be faithful in your giving. Be faithful in your serving. Be faithful in being part of a loving
25:38 church. Be faithful in serving in a small group. Be faithful to your small group members and and keep yourself accountable and grow together. Be faithful to your husband. Be faithful to your wife.
25:50 Be faithful to your parents. Be faithful to your children. If you can't do this in good times, I don't know how we will do it in the in the persecution times. So come back to that place. In
26:02 closing, let me say this. You and I are living in the last leg of the last days. I pray that the Lord would raise among in our midst people who are fervent for the Lord, people who
26:13 are strong in their faith, and they are faithful, and they are bold, and they are fearless. And I pray that the Lord will send us into the ends of the earth to minister the
26:25 word of God. Some of us, you he will call you to go to difficult places. Some of you will be sent to dangerous places. But be bold. Be fearless because the
26:37 1 who promised you life, he's with you, and he oversees every aspect of our life. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. I pray, mighty God, that you continue to speak
26:49 to our hearts. Even this morning, I know that you're calling us as a church to be faithful, to be faithful to you, to be faithful to your word, to be faithful to the
27:01 members of the family in where you have placed us. Lord, continue to give us grace to hold on to Jesus. And I pray for my brothers and sisters who are going through dark
27:13 and difficult seasons in their life. I pray, mighty God, that they will continue to look to you from whom they receive life. I pray in Jesus' name that they will be ministered to even this
27:25 morning, knowing that a day will come when the Lord Jesus will continue to give them life, and that life is eternal.
27:36 Hallelujah. And, Lord, I pray that you continue to remind those who are going through a tough season. They may look poor externally, but they are rich because in
27:48 Christ, we have everything. So today, Father God, we pray for your mercy, your grace to abound in our midst. In Jesus' name, we pray. And people of God said, amen and amen.
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