Eternal Life (Heaven) is a Free Gift from God

DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE that you are going to be with God in Heaven?

IF GOD WERE TO ASK YOU, “Why should I let you into My Heaven?” what would you say?

Did you know that the Bible tells how you can know for sure that you have eternal life and will go to be with God in Heaven?

The Bible says, “…the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

No amount of personal effort, good works, or religious deeds can earn a place in Heaven for you.

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Eternal life is a free gift from God. We cannot earn eternal life and we don’t deserve eternal life but God wants to give eternal life to you.

But man cannot receive eternal life because man struggles with sin. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) And “the wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23) Sin is something that we do and think that is against God’s principles and includes such things as lying, lust, cheating, deceit, evil thoughts, immoral behavior, and more.

Because of sin, we can never be perfect. And because of sin, man cannot save himself.

However, in spite of our sin, God is loving and merciful. “God is love.” (1 John 4:8) And He says, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

But the same Bible which tells us that God loves us, also tells us that God is just. Therefore, He must punish sin but He also wants to love man.

We have a problem. God solved this problem for us in the Person of Jesus Christ. “In the beginning was the Word (Jesus)… and the Word (Jesus) was God. And the Word (Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us…” (John 1:1,14)

Jesus Christ came to earth and lived a sinless life, but while on earth, what did He do? The Bible tells us that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

God sacrificed Jesus to take away all our sin. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) Christ the Son died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and rose from the grave to purchase a place for us in Heaven.

TODAY, JESUS CHRIST OFFERS US THAT ETERNAL LIFE (HEAVEN) AS A FREE GIFT.

And we can receive that eternal life through faith. Saving faith is trusting in Jesus Christ alone for eternal life. It means resting upon Christ alone and what He has done rather than in what you or I have done to get us into Heaven.

“…Believe (trust) on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved…” (Acts 16:31)

Faith is just to say “Yes” and invite Jesus into our hearts.

Christ in us is the hope of glory.

DO YOU HAVE CHRIST IN YOU?

The question that God is asking you now is would you like to receive the gift of eternal life?

Transfer your trust from what you have been doing to what Jesus Christ has done for you on His cross.

Accept Jesus Christ as Saviour. Open the “door” to your heart and invite Him in.

Receive Jesus Christ as Lord. Give Him the “driver’s seat” and “controls” of your life.

Repent. Be willing to turn from anything that is not pleasing to Him. He will reveal His will to you as you grow in your relationship with Him.

All that you have to do is to pray a simple prayer to transfer your trust from yourself to Jesus Christ.

“Lord Jesus, thank You for Your gift of eternal life. I know I’m a sinner and do not deserve eternal life. But You loved me so You died and rose from the grave to purchase a place in Heaven for me. I now trust in You alone for eternal life and repent of my sin. Please take control as Lord of my life. Thank you so much! Amen.”

Prayer School – Pastor Julius Suubi Day 3: How to Trigger a New Wave

Day 3: How to Trigger a New Wave

“Behold, the former things have come to pass,

And new things I declare;

Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

Isaiah 42:9 NKJV

“Behold, I will do a new thing,

Now it shall spring forth;

Shall you not know it?

I will even make a road in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert.”

Isaiah 43:19 NKJV

“The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.’”

Deuteronomy 1:6 NKJV

One of the most frustrating things is to be in stagnation, where there is absolutely nothing new taking place in your life, especially in your spiritual life. That is not God’s agenda. He lifts us from glory to glory.

For us to unlock stagnation, we need to unlock the things of the spiritual realm that will drive the natural realm.

If we are going to impact the world, there are four things we need to master:

1. The mastery of the realm of the spirit

2. The mastery of the realm of the flesh — you will never achieve spiritual breakthrough if your flesh rules you (lack of discipline)

3. The mastery over the devil — we should not allow the devil to outsmart us. We cannot be ignorant. A child of God is supposed to be balanced and able to operate in the third heavens while understanding what is happening in the second heavens (the plans and agendas of the evil one)

4. The mastery over nature — how we apply the laws of the Spirit in the natural realm. We need wisdom to amplify spiritual laws into the natural.

Holy Spirit, give me new wisdom on how to apply the laws of the Holy Spirit here on earth.

What happens when you don’t trigger a new thing:

1. Stagnation will become the order of the day

2. We will begin to lose ground — the forces of darkness will advance

3. The promises of God will not become reality. They remain in the spiritual realm and will not manifest naturally. It is not in the talking but in the doing if we want to see the manifestation of God in our lives.

Characteristics of a new thing:

1. God is the One who does the new thing. Not you, not us. We need to partner with God to see a new thing, a new wave of revival. Seek Him for the new thing.

2. A new thing is truly new. Nothing from the past. “I will do a new thing” — it is something you have not yet achieved in life. Your eyes have not seen it before. Holy Spirit, release a new anointing, a fresh anointing over my life. In your prayer, enter a dimension you have never entered before. The Lord is doing something new. God wants to trigger something new in FGA, and it begins with me.

3. It will spring forth — it will be sudden and appear quickly. Don’t get tired of seeking the Lord. Keep seeking and praying, then suddenly something new will break out. What would have taken 10 years, the Holy Spirit can accelerate in a moment.

4. The new thing will be obvious to everyone around you. It will be publicly known. A move of God will break out soon in Malaysia. Our prayers are not in vain. Are you ready for a new thing? The new thing will create a wave for the next dimension. God will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

How do we trigger the new thing?

1. You need the Rhema word. Logos gives us the general will of God, but Rhema gives us the specific mind of God for a particular situation.

“Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.’ So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.”

I Kings 17:2–5 NKJV

Rhema is specific — for example, the Brook Cherith.

Lord, give me a Rhema word for this season. What do You want me to do?

When you go to sleep, your spirit does not sleep. It interacts in the realm of the spirit. Revelational knowledge requires Rhema.

Declare:

“Bind the strongman in my life in Jesus’ name! Strongman, lose the people, lose the resources, lose the land! Bind the strongmen of diabetes, high blood pressure, and divorce in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

2. A season of seeking God deeply — cycles of fasting, extending your prayer time, and being rooted in God’s Word. Longer fasts catapult you into new spiritual territories. To maintain spiritual territories, you have to practise cycles of fasting — one or two days a week done consistently.

3. Successful spiritual warfare — let’s believe God that between June and December we will see something new: a new fire, a new anointing, and a new dimension of revelation.

Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank You for something new that You are doing in Malaysia, in my church, and in my life. Tonight, we trigger something new — a new fire and a new dimension of revelation. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Prayer School – Pastor Julius Suubi Day 2 – How Do We Trigger New Things / Miracles?

Day 2 – How Do We Trigger New Things / Miracles?

The depth of your prayer — how deep is your prayer?

“Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me.”

Psalms 42:7 NKJV

“Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters, they see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.”

Psalms 107:23–24 NKJV

The principle of dealing with deep demonic structures is that we need to go deep in the realm of the Spirit. We must go deep into the dimension of travailing in the Spirit. God sits at the circle of the earth. The spiritual realm runs in cycles.

When you read the Word of God, observe the choice of words and tone.

A sea is a massive body of water. A ship is used to travel long distances. This speaks about tenacity — the ability to be a long-distance traveler in the realm of the Spirit. We do not go deep in a day. It is a journey.

Lord, give me tenacity! Take me into the deep waters of Your Spirit.

Great waters, not shallow waters. When we do not go deep, the supernatural power of God will start to fizzle out. When was your last powerful testimony?

They will see wonders. It is beyond a miracle. This is where God wants to bring us — into a dimension of wonder. We will see wonders that will shake nations.

Lord, I’m ready. Use me!

“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before her pain came, she delivered a male child. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.”

Isaiah 66:7–8 NKJV

We must enter into the realm of travail. As soon as Zion travails, acceleration comes.

“Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.’”

John 2:4 NKJV

“His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He says to you, do it.’”

John 2:5 NKJV

Two things can change timings: where there is faith, and where there is a need. This will trigger miracles to happen in our lives.

The law of continuity.

“These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.”

Acts 1:14 NKJV

Prayer must become a lifestyle, not something we do once in a while. In the spiritual realm, there are requirements that need to be fulfilled. God operates in fullness.

“Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the waterpots with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim.”

John 2:6–7 NKJV

It is our responsibility to fill up the pots. Our prayers are like water filling the pots.

Once the jars are filled, Jesus will turn the water into wine. Activate your family altar.

“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.”

Daniel 6:10 NKJV

Daniel prayed three times a day. Practice the law of continuity.

Holy Spirit, give me the fire of continuity! Give me the grace of continuity.

It is better to pray 30 minutes a day than 5 hours once a month.

Revelational knowledge.

“In weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—”

II Corinthians 11:27 NKJV

Paul lived a fasting lifestyle. We need to do weekly spiritual transactions and go on long fasts periodically. Fast once or twice a week. Even the Pharisees fasted twice a week. Our righteousness must exceed theirs.

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,”

Ephesians 1:17 NKJV

We must pray with revelational knowledge.

Think: what is fighting your family? What is fighting your nation?

Father, in the name of Jesus, any enchantment against my family, my life, or my ministry, I break it in Jesus’ name.

You are a city on a hill. But some of us are barely visible in the realm of the Holy Spirit because veils of darkness have been cast upon our lives.

Holy Spirit, open my eyes. Open the eyes of the Church in the mighty name of Jesus. Give me revelational knowledge.

We need revelational knowledge and firepower. Abide in His Word.

Prayer School – Pastor Julius Suubi Day 1 – Determinants of an Impactful Prayer Life: The Mechanics of Prayer

Prayer School – Pastor Julius Suubi

Day 1. 

 – Determinants of an Impactful Prayer Life: The Mechanics of Prayer

The way we pray will determine whether our prayers will be answered. “Call unto Me and I shall answer you.” When you have answered prayers, do not keep them to yourself — testify.

Prayer must originate with God.

“Then we will not turn back from You; revive us, and we will call upon Your name.”

Psalms 80:18 NKJV

The Holy Spirit must quicken us to pray. Prayer is a territory in the realm of the Spirit. We may slowly lose ground, so we need the person of the Holy Spirit to quicken us.

Holy Spirit, quicken me to call upon Your name, that I may not backslide in prayer.

Everyone is supposed to have a covenant time of prayer. How do you choose a covenant time? The Holy Spirit will lead you. If the Holy Spirit quickens you to pray at your covenant time and you miss it, you may miss a portal into a higher dimension. Pray without ceasing and be led by the Spirit.

Knowing what is in the heart of God — we must discern what is in the heart of God, and we will enter into open heavens and into God’s timing. There will be many activations.

Holy Spirit, open my spiritual eyes to see what You want me to see. God shares His secrets with us. We will see many answered prayers in Jesus’ name.

The fragrance of your prayer.

Every prayer has a fragrance because it is a sacrifice.

“And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, ‘I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.’”

Genesis 8:21 NKJV

Prayers ascend to heaven like an aroma or smoke. Your eyes will receive clarity to see in the realm of the Spirit. One of the great manifestations of the Holy Spirit is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. All the prayer movements happening around the world are filling the “jars” of a global revival. We are in a season of divine preparation. This will be greater than what happened on the Day of Pentecost. Do not walk in fear, and do not fear the end times.

Before the end times come, there is going to be a global harvest of souls. In the name of Jesus, we call souls to come into the Kingdom of God. We call Asia forth.

Do your prayers contain thanksgiving, praise, and worship? Or do they come from a place of fear and complaint? Praise and worship regardless of the situation.

When we mix our prayers with thanksgiving and stop complaining, God moves.

Lord, I thank You for my life. Thank You for every situation that I am going through. Make our prayers rich with fragrance.

The magnitude of the prayer versus the magnitude of the problem.

Different problems require different dimensions of firepower. The enemy wants to fight over our miracle.

“Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, ‘The child has not awakened.’”

II Kings 4:31 NKJV

The rod had power, but it did not have enough power for that particular problem. The magnitude of power did not match the magnitude of the problem. Sometimes unanswered prayers are due to a lack of firepower.

Holy Spirit, increase my firepower!

For a headache, you need Panadol. For cancer, you cannot just take Panadol.

The spiritual realm operates in different atmospheres. The realm of the Spirit has measures.

“Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, ‘Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.’”

Revelation 11:1 NKJV

How wide is your altar? The altar is supposed to expand every day.

Holy Spirit, expand my prayer capacity.

When it expands, you begin to see new things in your life. You become an atmosphere changer. Things will start to shift.

Practical application:

• 1 hour of prayer — many temptations you will overcome.

• 3 hours of prayer — when the Lord prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Your level of revelation will increase, and your spiritual discernment will become sharper. We need to pray for at least three hours for impact to happen.

• 5 hours of prayer.

• 8 hours of prayer.

Lord, revive my spirit. Awaken my spirit again.

The Narrow Way (Matthew 7:13-20)

Speaker: I-Ching Thomas

Topic: The Narrow Way (Matthew 7:13-20)

Date: 2 May 2021

 

Matthew 7:13-14

·         “Enter by the narrow gate,” Jesus recommends. Now the time for decision has come. Pick a side. Will it be the kingdom of Satan or the kingdom of God? The prevailing culture or the Christian counter-culture?  

·         Jesus cuts across our convenient syncretism. He will not allow us the comfortable solutions we prefer. Instead, He insists that ultimately, there is only choice because there are only two possibilities to choose from.

·         For example, in Psalm 1, those who delight in God’s law prosper but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

 

The Wide Gate

·         Is the road of tolerance and permissiveness.

·         Has no boundaries of thought, conduct, morals and ethics.

·         Travellers follow their own inclination and desires.

·         Don’t have to leave anything behind eg. sins, self-righteousness, pride, hatred

·         Many have chosen it because it is easy, convenient and simple.

·         Jesus taught that the easy way entered by the wide gate leads to destruction.

“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one-the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C.S. Lewis

 

The Narrow Gate

·         One has to look for it and find it.

·         Must make the necessary changes and adjustments to go through.

·         Have to leave everything behind eg. our sins, selfish ambitions, greed, hatred.

·         First deny oneself.

·         Very few have chosen it or found it because it is not as easy as the broad road.

·         By contrast, the hard way entered by the narrow gate leads to life

·         Jesus wants us to live out what He taught. Jesus is laying out the best possible way to live for all of us, all of the time—not easier, not more comfortable, not necessarily with an immediate benefit or pay off, but overall a better way to live because it is what God had intended life for us to be. But we have to choose to walk through the narrow gate towards the narrow path.

 

Matthew 7:15-20

·         One of the main challenges after a person chooses to follow Jesus is that they are at risk of being lured away by false beliefs, false teachings and false prophets.

·         It is mistakenly believed that conversion alone is sufficient.

·         Jesus’ words are not only warning us of enemies of the faith from the outside.

·         Jesus’ words are also warnings to us who claim to be Jesus’ followers.

·         A false teacher will claim to be a teacher of the truth. The wolf would dress up in sheep’s clothing to impress gullible Christians. They may conceal their true identity beneath the cloak of Christian piety or impressive rhetoric.

·         But Jesus warns us to be on our guard. Pray for discernment and do not be dazzled by a person’s outward clothing, charisma, charm, qualifications and so on.

·         We must look beneath the appearance to the reality.

·         Jesus says to evaluate prophets by their fruits.

 

Three kinds of fruits to look out for by which false prophets reveal their true identity:

The person’s character and conduct –

·         The fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) versus the acts or works of the flesh.

The soundness of the person’s actual teaching –

·         The tree is known by its fruit. The good man out of his own treasure brings forth good; the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. If a person’s heart is revealed in his words as the tree is known by its fruit, we have a responsibility to test a teacher by his teaching. In addition to the moral test is the doctrinal test.

The person’s influence –

·         What effect does their teaching have on their followers? Sometimes the falsity of false teachings is not immediately obvious when we look at the person’s behaviour and teachings. Unfortunately, it becomes apparent only in disastrous results. Does the person’s teaching promote ungodliness and cause bitterness or divisions? Or does it by contrast, produce faith, love, godliness and unity?

 

Fruits take time to grow and ripen. We have to be patient to examine it closely. It is not always possible to recognise a tree and its fruits from a distance. Sometimes, even up close, we may at first miss the symptoms of disease in a tree or the internal rottenness of a fruit. This is where we pray and ask God for discernment. Ask the Holy Spirit to show us. As a community, we discern together.

 

Conclusion

Pick your side today.

·         The easier way that leads to destruction or the harder, narrower way but will lead to life.

·         Choose the way of Jesus because His way will lead to life.

Take Jesus’ warnings seriously.

·         Cults and false teachings would not take root and flourish as rampantly if we pay attention to proper discipleship.

·         We need to take heed and take action.

·         Beware of being misled by false prophets and beware that you don’t end up as a false teacher or false prophet yourself.

·         We do that by being intentional in our growth as followers of Jesus.

·         The Apostle Paul says the goal of our new life as followers of Christ is a slow change until Christ is formed in us. (Galatians 4:19)

·         But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

·         Following Jesus and growing as a disciple takes time, sacrifice and discipline.

·         We must want to be a true follower of Jesus, and we must be determined about it.

·         We have to work with the Holy Spirit towards growing in knowledge and intimacy with Christ.

The desire to follow Jesus without action is insufficient.

·         Decide to devote ourselves to becoming like Christ in real practical ways in our lives.

·         Look at His life and be willing to work with Him in His words as He transforms us to be more like Him.

·         From Scripture, we observe Jesus’ interaction with His disciples.

 

Principles that can help us practically today to live out a life of discipleship:

Interaction with God’s Word –

·         We study, reflect and meditate on our own as well as in small groups.

·         Resources such as Study Bible, references, well-written Christian books are available today to help us develop a biblical worldview.

·         Interacting with God’s Word regularly is equivalent to sitting at Jesus’ feet to learn from Him.

·         A growing knowledge of the Word of God will protect us from deceptions or false teaching, and also guard ourselves from teaching false beliefs as well.

Examine the world critically –

·         In Acts 17, Luke writes about the Bereans who listened to Paul and Silas preach and then they would go home and check with Scripture to see if what they taught is true.

·         Likewise, all of us must be like the Bereans.

·         Make it a habit to examine and question the values and ideas of the world in relative to what the Scripture teaches.

·         God’s truth builds up God’s church.

·         Each one of us is to take Christ’s warning seriously. 

Judge Not? (Matthew 7:1-6)

Elder Saw Lip Hean

18-04-2021

Breaking the Bondage of Worry (Matthew 6:25-34)

Speaker: Mrs. Ang Siew Khim

Topic: Breaking the Bondage of Worry (Matthew 6:25-34)

Date: 11 April 2021

1. Three areas that we always worry about:

1. Basic essentials of life, such as food, drink and clothing (v.25);

2. Physical make-up (v.27);

3. The Future and its troubles (v.34)

2. Definition of “WORRY”: anxiety, distress, being troubles; persistent mental uneasiness, nagging concern

3. Five reasons NOT to worry:

1. Life is more than food and clothes;

2. We are more valuable than the plants and birds that are taken care of by God;

3. Worry cannot change a single thing in our life;

4. Worry is bad for health;

5. Extreme worry becomes FEAR, which is a spirit of bondage that requires deliverance

4. Reasons to STOP WORRYING:

1. Worry is SIN! – it is a lack of Trust in God (v.26,30). We need to stop worrying to show that we believe Him;

2. Worry causes sickness – A mindset of constant worry will lead to physical and mental illness, such as depression, schizophrenia, high blood pressure, etc.;

3. It is borrowing trouble from the future (v.34);

4. It is brooding over what may NEVER happen;

5. We are creating for ourselves AND OTHERS trouble and misery;

6. Weight that kills prematurely and shorten our life;

7. Mental and physical suicide [*Suicide should never even be a thing to think about as it is a sin. Murder is a sin, despite killing others or killing yourself. Murder may deprive one’s salvation! If you face problems or difficulties, bring it to the Lord and seek help from others (pastor, counsellor, friend, etc.). There are always solutions to your problems!];

8. Waste of time that should be spent more profitably (Philippians 4:8);

9. Worry is a ROBBER of one’s FAITH, PEACE and TRUST;

10. WORRIER is a stumbling block to others;

11. A disgrace to God, implying that He cannot be trusted;

12. Anticipation of trouble(s) that may not happen;

13. Worry is torment over something that will likely be a blessing;

14. Worry is mental cruelty to ourselves;

15. Don’t be like the people of the world, concerning necessities of life, future and its challenges. A worrying living is a living as if we have NO heavenly Father. WE ARE DIFFERENT, WE ARE SPECIAL.

5. Extreme Worry is the same as FEAR: worry 🡪 obsession 🡪 oppression

1. When a spirit of fear torments, it even causes physical pain

2. Extreme worry and fear bring about sicknesses, such as emotional depression, biochemical change and physical disorders including headache, neck and shoulder pain, insomnia, panic attacks, etc.

3. TURN YOUR WORRIES INTO POSITIVE PRAYERS! Make the devil worry instead!!

6. Biblical Evidences where God cares for us

1. Genesis 12:1-3 God provided Abraham food, raiment and most of all safety

2. The angel told Hagar that God had heard Ishmael crying and that God would help them. The angel showed Hagar where water was, and after drinking the water, Ishmael got better

3. Joseph’s life – God was with him throughout the ups and downs

4. God delivered the Israelites out of Egypt

5. King Saul was going to kill David if it was the last thing he ever did. David stayed one step ahead of Saul because David listened to God. David was under the protection of the Lord

 

7. Three idols the world serves

1. Baal: the false gods with ceremonies of occultism, satan-worship;

2. Molech: the god that demands child sacrifices, sexual immorality, perversion;

3. Mammon: the god of materialism, money, greed, pride, pleasure

1 John 2:15-17 (English Standard Version)

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Conclusion: Worldly troubles are temporary and just a part of our lives. Tomorrow may have challenges but God will enable us. Thoughtful preparation for the future is not condemned BUT fretting about it is condemned. Our final Goal and Focus should be on the KINGDOM OF GOD and its righteousness. Whatever success and talent God has given to us, it is for us to make use for the Kingdom of God and its righteousness. [v.33 (King James Version) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.] We are in challenging times where the antichrist system has already started. We need the DISCERNMENT of the HOLY SPIRIT, not to see with our eyes, but be guided by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 6:34 (King James Version)

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.