my Sheperd in my valley

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-life is a mixture.. mixture of success and failures, good times and bad times

   -if there are no rain and sunshine, it will turn into a very dry dessert

4things abt valleys

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John 16 33

It's not a matter of if, but a matter of when

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Valley comes when we don't expect.. we can't plan for it

3. Valleys are temporary

There is an expiry date

Valley is like a tunnel... There is a beginning and an end

   It's dark when were entering, but as we are travelling in the tunnel, we will start to see light

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1 Peter

Faith is not on the mountain top.. we only build faith in the valleys of life

What to do in the valley

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tjere is a galisph in every valley, and they are there to keep us in the valley

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David knew the he has a covenant with God, that God is with him and if God is with him who can be against him

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David walked through, not run or fly through

Everytime we can see the shadow, it means that is a light nearby

We can choose not to be discouraged

   Choose to look at the light instead of the shadow

   Look at God instead of our problem

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Jesus didn't promise that we will not go through the valley but Jesus promised that we will not go through the valley alone

Isiah 

Psalm 23

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What to do in the valley? Find the footprints of Jesus in the valley!

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At the other side of the valley is our overflow

The valley is there not to stop us but to bring us higher

Hosea 2

be the next person

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Isiah

God not only wants to speak to us personally but through us personally

be spirit filled, spirit led and spirit motivated

God doesnt leave us alone..  pour His spirit on us

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It starts with desire, and God will give us the power

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Will we be willing to be the person

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Just listen everyday

quality of discernment 

a. Sensitive

   prayer is a lifestyle, a conversation with God

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B. vision

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Ability to see and hear in the spirit what God would say

C. hearing 

2. faith 

Faith involve risk.. the enemy always want to put fear in our path but we are not made of spirit of fear !

Our faith is in Jesus!

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is willing to use anyone who is willing to listen and obey

God called us to be spirit of faith

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3. Obedience

Nv be ashamed of who God is and who we are!

   We are filled with the spirit!

We got to stir up our gift!

We must be the do-er of the Word

We can't walk in the spirit without a consistant life of prayer

3 things we can learn from Jesus' preayer life

1. Prayer preceesa ministry

John 11 41

Before Jesus arrival at the tomb, Jesus was alr praying

John 11 43

Jesus did a miracle.. if we can believe, all things are possible

Work without ministry without prayer is worthless

We must serve God first in prayer then the people

We must make prayer our priority

Acts 1 14

Acts 4 31

The first thing the church do is pray

Don't let business and challenges rob us the time to pray

The demand of life is always there

   Prayer must preceesa ministry

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Luke

Jesus prays alone and with the disciples

Matt 18

There is a fellowship in prayer

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3. Prayer is the space where God speaks

So often, we don't recognize God's voice

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John 10

Jesus expects us to hear His voice

We must train our ears to recognize His voice

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Psalm 1 2

Meditate on the Word, we are sensitize our ears

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in Christ and in the spirit

we must know tt we are created in the image of God

   who we are and authority we have in God 

2 cor 5

in Christ, we have a new identity

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we are in Christ 

   to live within the sphere of Christ's control and power 

gal 2 20

we are living in Christ and Christ is also living in us

eph 6 10

we are only strong only in Christ

eph 1 3

in Christ! outside of Christ is another story

Phil 4 13

Phil 4 19

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in the spirit is to live within the sphere of the Sp

Romans 8 5 6

to live a life free from fear, anxiety... by the Holy Spirit..

   in the Holy Spirit, we will have clear mind, having the wisdom to make the right decision, giving us inner peace

romans 8 11

Jesus was raised from the death through the Spirit

stay within the realm within God's control..

Romans 8 1

everything They do together

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gal 5 25

gal 5 16

we have to make to choice to walk in Spirit 

gal 5 22

fruit of the spirit 

Matt 5 6

Matt 6 33

things won't come until we seek God's righteousness first

   stay in the spirit the more we have the power to walk on righteousness

Romans 5 17

God has a abundance of grace to help us overcome our sin

   power to live righteously... progressively through the Holy Spirit 

unless we give Satan the access, Satan can't do anything to us

1. brings wellness to our mind

2. brings inner peace

valuing our relationship with God

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Eccles 7 8

exodus 

the children of Israel made idols and made God angry! and God made known to Moses that God wants to destroy the people

  but God didn't

exodus 1 3

   problem is the people didn't realise that they had taken God's love and grace for granted

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of all gifts, Jesus values most with personal walk with God

1. do we still value the presence of God in our life

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have we use success to replace our relationship with God?

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we have a choice... God won't force

exodus 33 15

Moses understood the value of the relationship with God

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grace and favour of God with make us distinct from the world when we are in the bad situation

   world turn towards their money, connections.. child of God will turn to God and God will turn it into something good for us

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when in success, we are in balance..not going overboard

when going through the worse situation, can sleep in peace cos God can turn it for good

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hopeless, presence of God will give us assurance 

the people will feel hopeless, anxious, unsecure in tough times 

2. do we value

exodus 33 1

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it's easy to choose between good and bad.. but to choose God and good is the tough

   we need to value God over good

if we see good = God and not God =good, then problem..

we won't be able to see that God have something for us when we are going through bad times

exodus 33 18

Moses asked God to show His glory 

it's difficult to lead 3m stiff necked people, but it's worth it

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3. do we value God's heart

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expression of God is always kind, peace and joy

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our facial expression reflects our heart

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be genuine and God will show up

we can still be successful without God, but we won't be able to survive well in tough situation without God

   this is the distinction between Christians and non Christians