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Exodus 13 21

God goes before us to lead the way

   God was there to provide direction and protection even in the darkness

Deu 1

God is fighting for us

God will keep His promises to us, but we need to believe and trust in Him

Exodus 23 28

God's ways are not our ways.. He often uses ways that is unexpected

   We must not limit God's way

Exodus

Exodus

Sometimes, God will provide the miracles fast, but God has His time plan

   We must learn to be patience

Joshua 24

God knows exactly the right time, at the right moment

Joshua 3

Joshua 3

Joshua

Joshua

God went ahead of them at town of Adam

For the people, just trust the Lord

God will make a way for us

Isiah 45

A mountain is obstacle that is too hard for us

   Don't worry cos God can level it for us... We got to believe

Deu 31

John

We can always put our trust in Jesus... He is always there, with the perfect timing

    We need to be patient, trust and seek Him in prayer

      Live in faith and not in fear

treasures of darkness

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Matt 4 16

In the darkest darkness, God is with us!

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God being with us in the darkness doesn't mean God bring us out immediately...

   If we expects immediate, we becomes impatient

      God works according to His timetable, not ours

Isiah

God didn't say "you will not face"

John 12

Our gift are

Too much light will hinder our growth

Unless the seed is planted in the dark place, there will be no harvest

   The seed is not burried, but planted... Over time, it will grow to something nice

Isiah 

Only in darkness we learn and grow

   When everything is so smooth, there is nothing we can be moulded

Only in the darkness that we know how to appreciate things and reshuffle our priorities of life

what time is Christmas

Genesis

The Holy Spirit came when it's the darkness time

Acts 2 17

Before a reccurraction , there must be a death somewhere

5 lessons abt vision and dreams

1. get your vision and dream from God

Not all vision and dreams are from God

   A good vision / dream draws us closer to God

   A bad vision / dream will compromise our values

We need a recalation from heaven

Luke 30 1

Jesus was a vision, dream

2. ask God for a strategy

Mary is not in doubt, but asked "how"

3. let the Holy Spirit lead and empower you

let the Holy Spirit.. don't go by our cleverness or experiences

   Holy Spirit is the first person we encounter

4. have faith in the Word of God

God's word will never fail

Unbelieve repels God

We need both the Holy Spirit and the Word (bible)

Matt 16

Matt 11 28

Luke 1 36

5. surrender to the will of God

God always honor our freewill

   He will never force.. He will only move when we are willing to move with Him

      We need to trust, trust is from love

God must be more important than anything

Mary surrendered herself 100% to God

The dream and vision will grow bigger and bigger !

Avent = jesus is coming!

Matt 4

Jesus came to people living in the shadows of death

   Jesus will always come to us

John 14

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John 11

Jesus feels the lost of a loved one

John 12

Jesus knows choosing to love and forgive even if shamed, 

is not easy

John 13 21

Jesus felt betrayals from His disciples

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something always happen when we look at Jesus

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Jesus is faith in both good and bad times, day and night

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John 14

John 14 18

John 14 23

no matter what the disciples face, they will never be alone

Jesus promise to protect and shepard

Jesus said I will come to you again.. what is is about?

1. 

John 14

John 14 20

union

eph 1 20

Romans 8 11

2.

John 

John 14 17

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the Holy Spirit is alongside

Romans 8

the Holy Spirit is our helper 

3.

John 14

rev 22

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 1 cor 8

knowledge is power, but knowledge also makes us proud

1 cor 13 2

Romans 5 5

baptism into the divine love of God

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love is not what God has/ possess.. but He Himself is love

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God know us all intimately 

John 4 8

we are created in God's image, not the other round

love is defined in His devine nature

how to see what is God's love like

revelation

only when we see Him face to face then we can see the whole pic

God revealed via the bible and Jesus' life 

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1 Tim 2 5

complete self giving and surrender.. and there is no turning 

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Matt 12 28

Romans 8 37

Romans 8 39

no matter how hard sin and death can try, nothing can separate us from the love of God 

the cross

bears all things including sin and death

day of Pentecost

God poured Himself on all flesh to bring salvation, reconciliation, healing

acts 2 17

1 John 4 20

love till the end

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Eccl 8

It's not how we start but how we end

   Don't start hot and end it cold

Impt to start off well, but more impt to end off well

No matter how our year is, God's love is the same

Hebrews 6

We are to continue the love till the lame

   We need to have enduring patience till the end

Hebrews 6 10

God remembers all that we have done

   Rherefore we are to be deligent

Key

1. Faith

God want us to lean on Him... God is a strong pillar

Faith is chosing to believe what God has said

Choose to believe in God's word

Hebrews 11

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To love God till the end, we need to have faith

Having faith is a choice

2. Patient endurance

Patient keeps is going before we see the promise of God coming to past

Rev 14 12

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Steadfast

   Stead - firm, consistent, unwavering

   Fast - something

2 thess

God wants us to response in steadfastness and firm faith

Col 3 12

Endure with good temper

Endure patiently 

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Don't give up, keep movin

Romans 8

God wants us to cast our problems to Him and not hold on to it

Learn to trust God's timing

Hebrews 

John 13

Motivation to love till the end is to remb tt God loves us till the end

Jesus loved everything about the disciples

   Jesus loved them even when they are in their worst

Hebrews 12

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Pslam

John 13