How To Live Your Best Life Starting Today (Full Sermon) | Joseph Prince | Gospel Partner Episode

Give Jesus all the praise, and
all the worship, and all the

glory. He is the healer, amen?
He is the healer. And you

know, I was just fascinated by
the idea. Just yesterday, I

was praying and I was just
thinking, as I was preparing

for the message, that you
know, the Lord, from what I

know, the last miracle He did
before He was arrested was

actually the one who came to
arrest Him. There was a group

of them brandishing their
staves and swords, you know,

to come to arrest Jesus in the
Garden of Gethsemane. They

were sent to arrest Him. And
Jesus says, “Why you bring

weapons and all that? I was
with you in the temple. I

never resisted you, and now
you bring–” you know? And

then remember that Peter had a
sword somewhere. He’s been

watching some Chinese kung fu
shows, right, and out came his

sword. And then he went for
the guy’s–I believe he was

really gonna decapitate the
guy’s head. I mean, in a

moment of passion and love for
the Lord, okay, he actually

wanted to cut off the guy’s
head. So the guy must have

ducked like this for his ear
to be sliced off, right? I

don’t think he was trying like
this… He was doing like

this… and the guy knocked–I
mean, nodded–I mean, sort of

put his head sideways like
this, and then sliced off. The

last miracle Jesus did was to
pick up that ear and put it

back on the one who came to
arrest Him. Can you imagine

that guy? He’s probably the
only one left behind with the

sword after that, the only one
left in the garden, thinking,

“What happened? Why am I
arresting this man?” No more

blood, completely healed. And
for the rest of his life, even

when he grow old, he cannot
hear from here, but here

perfect. He’ll always remember
what the Lord did, amen? But

it fascinated me also that
after He rose from the dead,

Jesus never did the kind of
miracles of healing and

deliverance. There was the
miraculous catch of the fish,

but not healing or
deliverance. And I asked the

Lord why. “Because,” the Lord
says, “after I’m risen from

the dead, I have authorized my
church.” He said this, “All

power is given unto Me,” and
there word there is

“authority,” “in heaven and on
earth.” He told His disciples,

“Go ye therefore.” Notice the
“therefore” is there, because

all authority is in Jesus. “Go
ye therefore.” That means,

“I’m now authorizing you to
preach the gospel in–” And

not just to preach the gospel,
but in Mark’s account, Mark

chapter 16, it says, “And
these signs shall follow them

that believe. In My name, they
shall cast out devils. In My

name, they shall lay hands on
the sick and the sick shall

recover.” See, so He’s
authorized us. If we don’t

pray for the sick, the sick
remain sick. Hoping, wishing

is not gonna cut it, amen.
Praying, pleading to God when

God has authorized us. Imagine
if you see a traffic police,

okay, and he’s calling his HQ,
right, his command center,

saying that, “What shall I do?
There’s a 3-tonner coming

ahead of me.” He’d be out of a
job, amen? Use your authority,

amen. Lift up your hand.
You’ve been authorized. I

don’t care how big you are,
how small you are. It’s got

nothing to do with your flesh.
It’s nothing to do with who

you are. It is whose you are
and who you represent. So he

must lift up his hand and say,
“Stop,” amen? So you see the

nonsense going on in the
world, especially in your

family or people that you care
for, use your authority in the

name of Jesus. I believe,
like–you know, it’s

interesting that people don’t
wanna talk about demons

anymore. They say that this
person has a mental issue.

Look, if someone says that he
is another person and there

are two person in one
personality, one person, all

right, I’ll say it’s a
spiritual problem. Call it

what you want, okay? One guy
says, “I’m Paul,” another guy

says, “I’m Peter.” You cannot
have two in one. One of them

must be cast out. Are you
listening? You have the same

dream every night. You have
the same dream every night,

amen? Obviously there is a
spirit trying to torment you.

And by the way, their nature
is always to torment, to hurt,

to destroy. Jesus says, “To
steal, kill, and destroy,” but

Jesus says, “I am come that
you might have life and have

it more abundantly.” Are you
listening, people, amen? So we

are on this trajectory here. I
see what the Lord is doing

this part of the season in our
church. He’s teaching us. He

wants us to live long. He
wants us to walk healthy,

amen? He wants us to prosper
in our souls, to be holy,

beautiful in our character.
You know, there is a thirst

recently, even, you know, for
me to see character that is

lacking in this world today,
especially in believers, to be

like Jesus, amen. Jesus is
amazing. He’s kind. He is

kind, but He’s firm, amen.
He’s lowly, and yet no one

dare presume on Him. Even the
disciples, when they talk

about, you know, who is gonna
be the greatest, they’re not

even talk to Him. And they say
that, you know, no one is a

hero to his valet. That means
the valet, back in those days,

is like a guy who helps you
soldier up your–harness up

your horse, and soldier up
your armor, and that kind of

thing. He sees you day in and
day out, so it’s hard to be a

hero to your valet. But then,
to His disciples, there are

times they dare not ask Him
questions. They live day in

and day out and they had that
awe about Him. They had that

admiration for Him, amen. He
drew them. He was a man who

commanded loyalty and respect.
Spoke to fishermen, hardened

fishermen, washing their nets
by the seaside, and He says,

“Follow Me.” They left
everything and followed Him.

Can you imagine? What was that
in His voice, in His person,

that He would say, “Follow
Me,” and they left everything

and followed Him. That’s why I
don’t like shows that portray

Jesus, ’cause no actor can
really portray Jesus. So I get

a bit perturbed watching shows
that try to portray Jesus,

whether it’s a modern Jesus or
a cool Jesus, it’s never as

cool as the Jesus I see in the
spirit that’s painted by the

Holy Spirit on the canvas of
my spirit when I read the Word

of God. I see Him, amen,
majestic, princely, like the

cedars of Lebanon, hallelujah.
And then come an actor, try to

act. Ugh, you spoil
everything. And he thinks he’s

being cool, you know? It’s not
cool at all. Okay, that is my

person beef, okay, so I just
wanna share that with you. But

I feel that we need to have
this admiration for the godly

character of our Lord Jesus
Christ, amen. We need to have

this kindness and truthfulness
in our family relationships.

It’s easier for us to be kind
to strangers than we are with

our family because we know
that they will always love us.

We know that they’ll always be
there, all right, which is not

true. We know that, you know,
when we come back, they’ll be

there to affirm us, or provide
food for us, or whatever it

is, so we tend to, like, you
know, let our guard down,

amen? And before you know it,
you are more rude to them. You

don’t use courtesies anymore.
And the marriage breaks down,

the relationship with the
children breaks down because

of our language. So I pray
that you would have a hunger

and thirst for–this is, by
the way, a teaching on

holiness, practical holiness.
The holiness of Jesus is not

something, you know, holier
than thou, all right? It’s not

that kind of holiness. It’s
not self-righteous holiness.

No, it’s a beautiful holiness.
People are attracted to Him.

Sinners are attracted to Him,
amen. I pray that you will

want to be like Jesus. We need
men especially in these last

days who is like Jesus. Can
you imagine a man, all right,

who is not affected by his
surroundings? He is the

thermostat. He sets the tone
and the atmosphere of his

surrounding. Instead of men
who are thermometers. Whatever

the surrounding is, they
blend, amen, for fear of what

men think of them, for fear of
not getting enough likes on

their social media. For fear,
so they conform to the

majority. Young people, I know
there’s a rebellious streak

that God has put, that God has
allowed, which is not

disobedience, which is not
evil. There’s a rebellion

against what is bad, what is
evil, what is injustice. When

you see people being–like,
people being bullied or child

trafficking, there must be an
anger in you. And this kind of

Christianity where Christians
are gentle, but they’re not

firm, that’s not Jesus. Jesus
overturned moneychangers’

table because they were taking
advantage of the people, amen,

taking advantage of the poor.
So you must be angry. The

Bible says, “Be angry and
don’t sin.” Now, some of you

are saying, “You know, Pastor
Prince, that’s why I always

follow that Bible. That verse
is my favorite verse,” amen?

No, no, it says, “Be angry,
but in your anger sin not.” So

Christians who have no anger,
just gentle, it’s not being

conformed to the image of
Jesus, all right? I want to be

like Jesus. You want to be
like Jesus. Want true

holiness, not pseudo-holiness.
And all the people said amen.

Okay, praise the Lord. Mmm,
what shall I preach? Yeah, so

the thing about this is always
when I come up, all right, the

Spirit of God is, of course,
right, speaking and anointing

me, and many times I find that
I don’t finish the sermon that

I have prepared. But you don’t
have to worry about the sermon

you prepare because it’s more
important what the Spirit is

saying, okay, than what Joseph
Prince has prepared. Can I

have a good amen? How you all
doing, good? You’re blessed by

the sermon last week? Not too
heavy? You like the part where

I said that when you see your
friends or your loved ones

flirting in your workplace and
all that, go and tell them

before it gets too late,
right? Didn’t I tell you that?

And then, you know, sometimes
we have standards in our

church and we have people who
come against us, saying, “Why

is it that you all have this
thing? Where is it in the

Bible that you cannot send a
girl home?” Bro, the Bible

says, “Make no provision for
the flesh.” We advise our

leaders, after care group,
after a session or whatever in

church and all that, don’t
send the opposite sex back

home one on one. “Preach it,
Pastor Prince!” Right? All

right, so you know, you say
that, “No, I absolutely have

pure thoughts towards her.”
That’s how it starts. That’s

not how it will end. Don’t
trust your flesh. Joseph

Prince would not trust his
flesh to be counseling a girl

behind closed doors. No, no,
no, no, there’s no telling

what she’ll do to me, amen?
So–no, no, I’m just kidding,

but I don’t trust my flesh. If
I see something on social

media or whatever that implies
that this little post here is

gonna be a bit more suggestive
and all that, bang, because

why? I don’t trust my flesh. I
will unsubscribe or I

won’t–you know, because it’s
dangerous. Guys, you must

start here. That’s how all our
leaders are told no counseling

of the opposite sex behind
closed doors, amen. You need

to send people home, send them
all home. Make sure the last

one is a guy, or a 95-year-old
granny. Huh? So that’s what

will be practiced in our
church, all right? I have been

told that, “This is ancient,
Pastor Prince, you know? Why

do this? Why do that?” Well,
this is the reason, because

you never know when the flesh
takes over. Don’t trust your

flesh. If you are dating,
amen, keep it beautiful for

the wedding night. Opening
presents before the day is

really lousy. It gives you a
lousy feeling when the day

comes. When Christmas comes,
ugh, opened already my

present. You know, it’s like
everyone is opening a present,

but you are… You know what
I’m saying? You don’t

understand, okay. “But I
understand, Pastor Prince.”

You are so cute. Okay? Are you
with me so far? “All right,

can you please start
preaching, Pastor Prince?” I

am preaching, amen? This is
what the Spirit of God would

have me say to you, amen. The
sermon I preached was on

Sunday. That’s, all right,
Pastor Prince–that sermon has

been preached some time back,
never had the release. That

sermon was preached actually
towards the end of last year,

but I’ve never shown it even
to my pastors until the Lord

says, “Now.” Then I share it,
okay? So it is the Lord. It’s

a Word in season, amen. Praise
the Lord. Now, I want you to

see this verse. It says, “As
thy days–” Let’s all say it.

“As thy days, so shall thy
strength be.” Say it again to

each other. “As thy days, so
shall thy strength be.” Now,

this goes opposite of the way
the world tells us. You know,

when you go to a doctor and
you tell them–have you

noticed recently when you go
to a doctor, all right, they

will tell you, “Oh, this
problem, never mind. You know,

it’s part of aging.” Don’t put
up your hands, anyone? Right?

And anything, you know, you
say, “It’s part of aging. It’s

part of aging.” So it’s very
normal, amen. For the world,

it’s normal. As you progress
in your days, so shall your

infirmities be more. As your
days increase, they also

increase. That’s the norm of
the world, but this promise in

the Bible–and that’s why it’s
a promise, and God wants us to

lay hold of it. As your days
increase. Notice the word

“days,” plural. “As your days
increase, so shall your

strength be.” You gotta
repent. You gotta change your

mind about the way you think.
Your best days are yet ahead.

I don’t care how old you are,
your best days are still

ahead, amen. Your best days
are still ahead. Praise the

Lord. So shall your strength
be. So shall your strength be.

There is a Japanese man by the
name of Shigeaki

Hinohara-ra-ra, something, the
last–I’m sorry, but the last

one is Hinohara, something
like that, okay? And the first

part is Shigeaki, okay?
Anyway, he’s a doctor and his

father is a Christian. He’s a
Methodist pastor. He just

passed away a few years ago at
the age of 105. So when asked,

all right, about his secret,
he says, “Every morning, olive

oil.” Before I heard about
him, our pastors, we learned

this in Israel in, was it
1990s? We learned about it

already, olive oil, okay? He
says olive oil. He swears by

olive oil. Another thing, use
your stairs. We all use lift,

right? He says go up the
stairs. Even in his old age,

he go up the stairs. He says
he go up the stairs two steps

at one time. Try one first,
okay? Amen, amen. And if you

read online and all that, they
won’t tell you that he will

tell you it’s his faith, but
it is faith in God’s Word,

reading God’s Word every day,
that gives this man his

health. He’s a Christian. They
won’t even tell you he’s a

Christian, and that’s the main
part that’s not being shared

out there in the world because
the world don’t want to

acknowledge that, hmm? I have
a Korean friend who just went

back to South Korea, and
before he went he told me his

mother–his grandmother is
nearing I think 800–100 and

still reading the Bible, still
going to church, always

telling him, “Make sure you go
to church.” So I told him,

“Next time you go back, you
ask her that I asked what’s

her secret.” He said, “Okay.”
So he came back after the

holidays and he says, “My
grandmother says read the

Bible and drink plenty of
water.” You know, this lady,

he said that her mind, her
wits, and all that is very

sharp. No Alzheimer’s,
nothing. You know, they say

it’s very normal for
your–right, guys, they say

that your prostate enlarges,
your brain shrinks. Don’t

accept it, amen. I said don’t
accept it, amen. “As your

days, so shall your strength
be.” Amen. So this is an

amazing promise, but let’s
look at the context. I believe

in context maybe we can learn
some things. So God wants your

spiritual strength to
increase. God wants your

physical strength to increase,
amen. God wants your moral

strength–that you are a
person that people look at,

they want to be like you,
amen? Not just your physical

health and strength. Come on,
amen? More importantly is the

beauty of the inside. You look
at some ladies, right, they

are a certain age, maybe in
70s, and there’s a beauty that

goes beyond age, goes beyond
makeup. And that’s the thing

that can never grow old, that
part, if you continue to grow

in Christ, amen? And it’s
true. Everything the Bible

says don’t do, if you do,
you’ll grow old faster. You

get angry, always get angry,
you’ll grow old faster, amen.

You are happy, happy, merry
heart, you’ll stay young. “A

merry heart does good, like
medicine,” amen. The Bible

says in Proverbs 17:22, “A
merry heart does good, like

medicine.” The word “medicine”
there is the word “marpe.”

“They shall be life and health
to all their flesh,” God’s

Word. That word there, “life
and health,” is “marpe.”

Health to all their flesh,
marpe. It’s medicine, medicine

to–and it’s good medicine.
Notice, “But a broken spirit,”

causes osteoporosis. Now, you
won’t find that in the

scientific world, but I’ll
tell you this, this is the

wisdom of God. It’s telling
you you can eat well, you can

drink lots of milk and all
that, right, but if your

spirit is broken. So Proverbs
15 says, “A merry heart makes

a cheerful countenance, but by
sorrow of the heart, the

spirit is broken.” See, sorrow
of the heart, the spirit is

broken. “And a broken spirit
dries the bones.” See, you

cannot just say, “Oh, you
know, we preach on the

spiritual part. We–you know,
we’re not talking about

physical part.” You cannot
separate the man. Sometimes

for study purposes, we tell
you you are a spirit made in

the image of God, you have a
mind, you have a soul, and you

live in this house called
body, amen. And one day, you

will leave this body behind if
Jesus tarries, and then you

step out of it, but the real
you still will be encased

somewhere, heaven or hell.
That’s why the Bible says that

hell was prepared for the
devil and his angels, but for

those who reject the Savior,
reject His sacrifice for them,

reject the love of God, you’ll
join the devil in a place of

eternal fire. That’s in the
Bible. So a broken spirit

dries the bones, and what
breaks the– what causes the

spirit to be broken? Sorrow of
the heart. Proverbs 15,

“Sorrow of the heart.” And
that’s–you say, “Well, these

are all Old Testament verses.”
No, no, they are all for us

today. This is the wisdom of
God, come on. You want a New

Testament verse. I’ll give it
to you right now. 2

Corinthians 7, “For sadness as
intended by God produces a

repentance that leads to
salvation, leaving no regret,

but worldly sadness brings
about death.” There’s only one

sadness God says you are
permitted to have it. It’s

when you are corrected, you
feel sad. There’s a period of

sadness because you have been
corrected, you have been

rebuked. You don’t like it.
You feel sad, but it’s a

sadness that leads to changing
of mind in certain areas of

your life, amen, which you
will never regret changing

your mind about that area, all
right? But worldly sadness

works death. It produces
death. New King James Version,

“Godly sorrow–” Sorry, “Godly
sorrow worketh repentance, but

worldly sorrow worketh death,”
produces death. New King James

says, “Produces death.” So do
you think this death is

spiritual death? I submit not,
because why? Once you are

saved, you are eternally
saved. And it cannot be undone

just because you are sad. So
what death is this? Think

about it. Worldly sadness
produces death. That’s why the

devil always makes people sad.
You know, the Gadarene

Demoniac that Jesus traversed
the entire Sea of Galilee to

deliver him, day and night,
you know–by the way, if you

are sitting down–I mean, you
are over here in Capernaum, we

have been there before, you
can actually see Gadara on the

other side, Kursi, where the
most demonized man was. And he

would scream, he would shout.
Jesus and His disciples, as

they were here, as Jesus was
teaching, many people would

just turn around and hear him
shouting and screaming,

cutting himself, crying,
weeping. There’s a part of him

that’s still conscious that
he’s been taken over by

another entity. Something is
happening in the world today.

We need to come back to
spiritual things, amen. And

the only answer is Jesus. One
word from Jesus in Hebrew,

“Lech,” Go. All demons left,
jumped into all the pigs. The

pigs say, “No way, I’ll kill
myself.” They jump into the

water. So being suicidal,
being depressed, mental health

issues is no joke, but why is
it that with so much more

wealth for today’s generation,
so much more conveniences,

everything is at the tip of
our smartphone, why is it

that–more entertainment. Why
is it there’s more increase of

mental health issues? Now,
thank God, you know, medicine

helps reduce the symptoms. It
helps reduce the symptoms, but

the answer is found in the
name of Jesus. Demons bow to

the name of Jesus. The Bible
says, “At the name of Jesus,

every knee bows.” Are you
listening, people? So,

“Worldly sadness brings about
death. A merry heart does

good, like medicine.” So be
happy. And you know, best of

all, where you try to make
yourself happy all the time,

find every excuse to be happy,
joke, laugh, smile at home.

Find things to laugh about.
Remember when you dated your

wife, you made her laugh so
much, amen. And then you got

her, okay, and then she cry
all the rest. No, okay. You

made her cry. “No, Pastor
Prince, no girl, no cry.”

Okay. That’s a song, huh? So,
by the way, I’m reminded of a

man called Norman Cousins, all
right? Like Cousins, like

cousins. Or his name is
Cousins with an S, Norman

Cousins. You can find it in
Wikipedia, not now! Okay, this

Norman Cousins in some time
back, 1964, he was diagnosed.

He’s a professor who later on
became an author to write

about, you know, the method by
which he obtained healing, all

right? But what he said was
this. He was diagnosed with a

crippling connective tissue
disease, which gets worse and

worse until you die. And they
call it ankylosing

spondylitis. I’m trying my
best. You know what he did,

this professor? He checked
himself into a place where he

has a lot of funny videos,
back then they used videos,

and he has tapings of it, and
all humor, and he has a

lot–he took a lot of vitamin
C, and laugh and laugh every

day. The–by the way, you can
see this on his Wikipedia, on

Norman Cousins, the doctors
gave him 1 in 500 chance to

live. He took a lot of vitamin
C, and laugh, and laugh, and

laugh, and laugh his way right
into healing. Right into

healing, amen. That’s the
world. We have something

better. “Rejoice in the Lord,”
it says. Paul writes like

this. Paul says in Philippians
chapter 3, “Finally, my

brethren, rejoice in the Lord.
For me to write the same

things to you is not tedious,
but for you it is safe.” You

know, when your pastors stand
up here and preach to you, and

you say, “Well, I’ve heard it
before,” for them it’s not

tedious, but for you it is
safe. It’s for you, you know?

It’s not for them, you know?
For them sometimes it feels

tedious. I’m sure they have
heard of this before, but our

safe. It’s not tedious, why? I
love you, God loves you, and

for you it is safe, amen?
Praise the Lord. “For me to

write the same things to you
is not tedious, but for you it

is safe.” And then we have
something very interesting. We

have a story that tells us
something–you know, and this

is something that is very
personal because I was very

touched when God showed this
to me. Let’s go to this story

in Matthew 15, which is one of
the things that people don’t

understand, what happened
here. “Then Jesus went out

from there and departed to the
region of Tyre and Sidon.”

Say, “Tyre and Sidon.” Now,
this area of Tyre, let me show

you Tyre, all right? Jesus
went out from there. Tyre is

near the coast. Can you see
that? The area of Caesarea,

coastal area of Caesarea and
Sidon. So Sea of Galilee to

Tyre. Now, the Bible says
Jesus went–now, you must know

where Jesus was. He was at the
Sea of Galilee, most like

Capernaum. And He and His
disciples went all the way up

the hilly terrain and all
that, all the way to Tyre. It

is 39 miles. It will take
probably more than a day,

okay? And that is talking
about good walkers, up the

terrain, down the terrain.
Jesus can do it in more than

one day, of course. Other
people, three days

comfortably. But it’s a long
walk. It’s one of the walks

where nothing notable
happened. No miracle is

recorded from the time Jesus
left the Sea of Galilee all

the way to Tyre. And Tyre is
an area where it’s known for,

you know, the–for its evil
practices. And people down

there, most of them are
Gentiles. Jesus came close

there, why? Someone says,
“Well, because He needed time

to be alone with His
disciples.” He can be alone on

a mountain somewhere. He’s
done it before. He’s gone to a

mountain by Himself privately
and prayed. There are many

places around the Sea of
Galilee as well. But He went

all the way there, and we know
there’s no miracle that

happened in the journey–along
the journey that’s recorded

for us. In other words, Jesus
went there for one purpose,

for one person, and this is
the person. Let’s continue the

story. “Behold, a woman of
Canaan came from that region

and cried out to Him, saying,
‘Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son

of David! My daughter is
severely demon-possessed.’ But

He answered her not a word.”
Now, that’s strange. She came

to Jesus and said, “My
daughter is tormented,” okay?

The manifestation is the mind.
You know, her mind is not

straight. And the devil is
always after the mind. He’s

not after your good looks,
he’s after your mind. He’s not

after your muscles, Lawrence.
He’s after your mind. Yeah, I

once, together with Pastor
Henry, was casting a demon out

of a woman when a man’s voice
out of the throat spoke out. A

man’s voice spoke out of this
woman, and you know what he

said to me? “I want her mind,”
very angrily. “I want her

mind. I want her mind.” The
devil wants your mind. That’s

why you find your main getting
astray. My first message this

year was about the mind. Guard
your mind. And by the way, a

lot of books out there,
secular books on mind, that’s

not gonna help you. These
things are spiritual. You need

a stronger spiritual power to
overcome it. Your mind is the

battlefield, amen? Oh man,
time is catching up, ugh! I’ll

continue next service I think.
Okay, “Send her away, for she

cries after us.” So He didn’t
answer her a word, why? What

did she came? How did she come
to Jesus and what did she came

with? Go back, verse 22. She
says, “Have mercy on me, O

Lord, Son of David! My
daughter is severely

demon-possessed.” Now, she
came in pretense. She is

not–she is a Canaanite woman.
She’s not a Jew. And don’t

forget what Jesus said when He
first came. He came to the

lost sheep of the house of
Israel. Matthew 10, just 10.

Five verses before–five
chapters before this, Jesus

says to His disciples, “Don’t
go to the way of Gentiles, do

not enter the city of Samaria.
But go rather to the lost

sheep of the house of Israel.”
Now, if somebody says, “All

the words of Jesus we still
must apply today,” can you

apply this? So must read in
term of the gospels. Yes, a

lot of it applies to us today,
but you still must read it in

the context. Are you
listening? Now, all the

epistles are written for us
today, but some of it is

prophetic about the future,
some is for the time now, some

is for us, many is for us, but
there are moments like this

it’s not for us anymore,
because after Jesus died, the

gospel, the good news is not
just for the lost sheep of the

house of Israel. It’s for all
the world. “Go into all the

world and preach the gospel.”
Jesus told Nicodemus, “For God

so loved the world,” amen.
“But go rather to the lost

sheep of the house.” Now, go
back to Matthew 15. And she

came in pretense, so Jesus
says–“His disciples came and

urged Him, saying, ‘Send her
away, for she cries out after

us.'” Many times, the
disciples of Jesus, they are

less compassionate, less
patient than the Master. Don’t

be discouraged looking at
Christians. Don’t judge

Christianity by the
Christians, judge Christianity

by our Christ. I know we
should be good examples. I

know we should let our light
shine. I know that, okay? But

we are not perfect. We’ll be
the first one to tell you

that. So don’t be discouraged
with Christianity just because

of Christians. Many times,
they are more impatient and

all that. I guarantee you, the
Master, their Master is

altogether lovely. He’s
patient. “But then, Pastor

Prince, how come He didn’t
answer her a word?” Because

she came in pretense. If you
come in pretense, it’s hard to

love you. Because if I love
you when you are pretending,

you will never feel love
because you came in pretense,

and I love you. Or you date
someone and it’s all pretense,

right? You never know that you
are loved until you drop down

the guard and let the person
see you as you really are, be

yourself, and then when the
person loves you, you are

loved, okay? So Jesus was
bringing her to that place.

Don’t forget, He traveled all
the way just for her. Because

why? No miracles happened
along the way. Many times when

Jesus is on His way there, a
lot of things happen. He will

heal, a lot of miracles on the
way. But in this long

distance, 39 miles, He never
did one miracle. So what was

the purpose? Just for that one
woman. All right, so they

said, “Send her away, she
cries after us.” But He

answered and said, “I was not
sent except to the lost sheep

of the house of Israel.”
That’s His first coming. It’s

for the lost sheep of the
house of Israel, okay? And

after He died, it’s for the
world. You got it? “Then she

came and worshipped Him.” Now
she said–she dropped down

the–she dropped the word,
“Son of David.” “Son of David”

is a phrase only to be used by
Jewish people at that time.

When you say, “Son of David,”
it’s a Messianic term that

Jewish people use. So she came
saying, at first, what? “Son

of David,” right? Pretended to
be a Jew, but she’s not. She’s

a Gentile.” And now she
dropped the “Son of David,”

dropped the pretense, and
said, “Lord, help me!” Now,

watch, all right? You thought,
“Okay, she got a

breakthrough,” but the next
word, “He answered and said,

‘It’s not good to take the
children’s bread and throw it

to the little dogs.'” Now,
stop here and say, “Wow,

seriously? He become even more
nasty.” It’s not. In those

days, right, Gentiles are
known as dogs to the nation of

Israel, amen. They’re outside
the kingdom. Yep, just like

God’s people are sheep, amen,
Gentiles, non-Jews are dogs.

But Jesus actually used a
diminutive term when Jesus

says, afterwards, “But He
answered and said, ‘It’s not

good to take the children’s
bread and throw it to the

little dogs.'” It is a very
tender term, “Puppies.” It’s

not right to take the
children’s bread and throw it

to the puppies, because they
are now conversing as what?

Jew and Gentile. The covenant
is with the Jew first. And

then He says this, “It’s not
right to take the children’s

bread from the table, Master’s
table, and give it to the

puppies.” He’s giving her a
picture of what? Giving her a

loophole before the time.
Before the Gentiles can enjoy

salvation, and forgiveness of
sins, and miracles, and

blessings from God after Jesus
died and rose again, He gave

her a loophole even though it
wasn’t time. He make her come

into the house not as someone
who can sit on the table, but

as a little puppy, loved,
adored. You know, puppies

don’t have to do anything, you
know? Don’t have to do a

somersault, don’t have to cook
for you, and all that, right?

Don’t have to make sausage and
all that or hot dog, all

right? They just be themself.
Some people just give pleasure

and their love just by being
themself. Flowers are the

same, just bloom, tomorrow
die. They just give. You know,

you give flowers because they
just–they don’t have to act.

They don’t have to
demonstrate. Just be

themselves, amen? So puppies
are adorable, amen. So Jesus

gave her a loophole. So what
she said? “Then she said,

‘Yes, Lord, even the little
dogs eat the crumbs which fall

from their masters’ table.'”
So the children’s bread then–

she was asking for what?
Healing. Jesus did not say,

“It’s not right to take
healing and give it.” He did

not say that. He used the word
“children’s bread.” Now,

today, you and I, we are no
more Gentiles. We are sitting

at the table. Pass the bread,
please. Pass the butter, amen?

Pass the olive oil. So what is
the children’s bread? She’s

asking for healing or
deliverance for her daughter,

right? Amen? And Jesus calls
it children’s bread. This is

very interesting, why? Because
this is one incident–by the

way, look at Jesus’ response.
She actually said, “Lord, even

the little dogs eat the crumbs
which fall from their masters’

table.” I should read you this
first. She says, “Even the

little puppies eat the
crumbs,” because Jesus opened

that scenario for her. He gave
her that image, so she says,

“Even the little crumbs,
right, puppies eat it.” And

what is Jesus’ response? “O
woman, great is your faith!”

“You got Me. You got Me. I was
testing you. You got Me.”

Faith always unveils the
person of Jesus. “You got Me.

You know My heart. I came all
the way here actually just for

you, but I had to bring you to
a place where you are real. No

pretense, and then you will
feel loved by Me.” I don’t

know whether He told her or
not that He came all the way

there, but we know based on
the journey, right? Look at

the journey again on the map.
It’s a long way, 39 miles,

hmm, to Tyre. Now, what is
interesting is this, and I’ll

close with this. There’s so
much more I wanna share, but

praise God. Are you with me so
far? You know, the Lord wants

you to be real because if
you’re not having an answer,

you’re praying religious
prayers, same ol’ prayer you

heard someone pray, when He
wants you to pray for your

heart. Speak to Him from your
heart. Be real, amen. Prayer

becomes exciting when you are
really talking to Him. The

burdens and whatever there is
in your heart, you speak from

your heart. You tell Him your
fears. You don’t pray prayers

like you heard someone pray,
or try to pray Pastor

Lawrence’s prayer, or that
kind of thing. You know,

that’s not the kind of thing
that God is looking for. He

wants realness, amen? In your
friendship, you don’t just

talk about good times, right?
You talk about times when

you’re bad. Say, “Lord, today
I just feel lousy, Lord. Lord,

I don’t know why everything
seems to be working against

me.” And Lord says, “I’m
working something behind the

scene for you, for your good,”
amen? You must tell Him. Be

open with Him. Talk to Him.
Say, “Lord, I don’t feel like

praying for this person. In
fact, I feel like laying hands

real fast, with great velocity
across his face, all right

Lord?” And you think the Lord,
“How dare you say that, My

son”? No, that’s the kind of
language, because you are

walking with the Lord. And for
those of you who are

theological, isn’t this
confessing your sins, telling

the Lord what you feel? In
other words, there’s nothing

that shocks Him. He knows
everything. He knows from

Galilee–I mean, 39 miles
away, He knew that woman is

there, crying, huh? So here we
have this area of Tyre. And by

the way, Tyre is very
interesting. Tyre is a grand

city, but full of wickedness.
It’s like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Later on, Jesus says, “Woe to
you Chorazin! Woe to you

Bethsaida! If the mighty works
that are done to you are done

in Tyre, Tyre would have
remained to this day,” Matthew

11. So Tyre was destroyed by
Alexander the Great. Do you

know that Tyre actually–the
real Tyre is an island. Do you

see the coast, Tyre? If you
look at an ancient map, there

is another Tyre in the sea,
just across it. And an old map

will show a causeway to the
island. The island is now

destroyed. You know who
destroyed the island and you

know who built the causeway?
Alexander the Great. He came

down this way, and then they
boasted. They said, “No one

can conquer us. No one can
defeat us. We are mighty. We

are strong.” Alexander the
Great got really angry, all

right, started building a
causeway to the island. Laid a

siege that lasted for seven
months, and then he attacked.

It’s a prophecy in Ezekiel 26
that Tyre would fall. The Tyre

of the port, the island, fell.
Until today, visitors in Tyre,

this part of Tyre, you can
actually look at the causeway,

some of the remains that left,
the stones that fell off of

the causeway that Alexander
built. But it is actually in

the tribal area of Asher. So
them the map, Asher. See the

tribal area of Asher? Can you
see Asher? These are the

twelve tribes of Israel and
their allotted territories,

okay? Now, why am I showing
you this? Because I want to

show you something in closing.
All right, look up here.

There’s a prophecy by Jacob in
Genesis 49, verse 1. Jacob

says–49, verse 1. “Jacob
called his sons and said,

‘Gather together, that I may
tell you what shall befall you

in the last days.'” So it’s a
prophecy. He gathered all his

12 sons together and says,
“Come, come together, all

right? I’m gonna tell you
what’s gonna happen to you in

the last days.” And the last
days can include the time of

Jesus’ birth all the way to
the Second Coming of Jesus,

because last days is not just
end times the way we think of

it. It can mean that, but last
days also can mean, for

example, I quote, Hebrews
chapter 1, verse 2 –verse 1

and 2, “God, who at sundry
times and in diverse manners

spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, has

in these last days spoken unto
us by his Son.” So last days

are what? Last days of the age
of the law, all right? God

spoke to us, the writer of
Hebrews says, in these last

days through His Son. He spoke
through prophets and all that,

but now in the last days, He
spoke to His Son–through His

Son. Now, last days means
what? Last days of the age of

law. The new day of grace has
begun through Jesus Christ.

Are you with me so far? So
some must see the context. So

some time ago, I preached a
sermon called, “The Blessings

of Jacob on the Twelve
Tribes,” many–because I

received a revelation from the
Lord that I can see the

stories of the Bible in the
prophecies of Father Jacob all

the way from the first book of
the Bible, Genesis, Genesis

49, when he prophesied, right?
Jesus had not yet come, amen.

He prophesied even the events
of Jesus, the Gospels even.

And I was so excited, I
preached to you all, right?

Remember? If you don’t
remember, never mind. Okay? I

love you still. Praise God.
Okay, so in the last

days–look at this. I’ll give
you a few samples, okay? Drop

down to Asher. “Bread from
Asher shall be rich, and he

shall yield royal dainties.”
Before that is Gad. “Gad, a

troop shall tramp upon him,
and he shall triumph at last.”

Or King James says, “A troop
shall over come him,” Gad.

Gad, the territory of Gad. You
see Gad? Show them the map of

Gad, G-A-D, Gad. Gad is on
this side, the green one,

light green. Can you see? It’s
on the other side of the Sea

of Galilee. It goes all the
way to the bottom of the Sea

of Galilee. That’s Gad, from
where you get the word

“Gadara.” So the man who was
the most demon-possessed

person that Jesus cast the
demons out, Jesus crossed the

Lake of Galilee, he is from
the tribe of Gad. Are you with

me so far? And it’s almost
like Jacob almost–listen,

almost 2,000 years before
Jesus came in the flesh,

prophesied over his sons, the
territory and all that, that

this would happen, this would
happen, this would happen. I

used to wonder what is it all
about until the Lord began to

show me years ago, and I
preached “The Blessings on the

Twelve Tribes.” But even when
I preached back then, I didn’t

have the full revelation of
which tribe fit the story of

Jesus. And you all know, by
the way, Old Testament

unveiled Jesus. It’s like
a–you know, a mystery page

that you pass to your son and
say, “Can you find this? Can

you find that?” Hidden stuff,
you know? We find Jesus in all

these places. All right, so go
back to the prophecy. Gad,

Gadara, the area of–that’s
why they call it the Gadarene

demoniac, from Gad, all right?
Tell me if this story means

something. A troop shall
overcome him, shall attack

him. What’s the name of the
demons? Legion. That’s the

name of a troop, a Roman
troop, legion. A legion, a

troop, will overcome him, but
at last he will triumph. But

we know he triumphed by not
triumphing by his own efforts.

He triumphed through the Lord.
This is the way he triumphed.

He sat down at Jesus’ feet,
clothed in his right mind.

Spend time with Jesus, that’s
attacking the enemy. Your

peace attacks the enemy
because he wants you to be

sad, morose, discouraged,
depressed. He makes you think

of bad, bad things. And the
whole day, be alert to your

thoughts. The Bible says,
“Whatever things are true,

virtuous, if it’s
praiseworthy, think on these

things.” Don’t think of
things, and you know — go

through all this kind of
nonsense. Oh, this guy whacked

this guy. This guy whacked
that guy while this guy raged

on the road, lah. This guy not
happy, lah. Stop it! Your

health is at stake, your peace
of mind, amen. And they are

very wicked, I tell you. All
of a sudden, right, you don’t

even follow ladies and all
that, boom, one lady come up

scantily clad. They’re trying
to get our children, our boys

hooked. So watch out for this
area. You got something

against social media? No, I
got nothing against social

media. I’m against people who
are addicted to social media,

looking at people’s lives with
no purpose. These are the ones

that– You want something to
look at social media? Know

what you want, go to that,
come out free. Freely go in,

come out free. Don’t get the
bondage. You ever had, “I want

to look at social media to
see–” or get the facts about

something, right? Then before,
you see something else. Oh,

interesting down here. Then
you travel all the way, the

way. Then finally you come
back. What was I looking for?

Oh, I was looking for this.
None of you experienced that?

So none of you have been
robbed of time? Maybe just me,

okay? Know what you want, go
for it, extricate yourself,

okay? Okay, so that’s Gad. And
then Naphtali. “Naphtali is a

deer let loose; He uses
beautiful words.” Sounds

evangelistic. The word
“evangelist,” “evangel” is

good news, beautiful words,
okay? You know why? Naphtali

is the whole area there of the
Lake of Galilee, the Sea of

Galilee. Galilee is actually
under the tribe of Naphtali.

Some parts here is Zebulun,
it’s under Zebulun, but the

area around– like Capernaum
is in Naphtali, all right? The

Sea of Galilee is in Naphtali.
And just to let you know that

the disciples of Jesus, nearly
all of them are from Naphtali.

When Jesus went up, okay, the
angels came by them. They were

looking up, looking up, then
the angel came by and said,

“Looking at what?” No, he
didn’t say that. As they

looked up, the angel says,
“The same Jesus you see go up

will come back again in the
same way.” So this idea the

coming of Jesus, very popular
now, will come spiritually,

the coming of Jesus is
actually spiritual in AD 70,

that is nothing, right,
compared to Scripture. The

Scripture has nothing to say
to that because the Bible says

the same Jesus went bodily up
will come again bodily. The

same way you saw–the same
manner you saw Him go up, He’s

coming down again, right? The
angel said that. Remember

that? But what did the angel
call the disciples there

looking up? “You men of
Galilee.” They are men of

Galilee. Many of them are from
Naphtali. Some of them are

from Zebulun, okay? One of
them is from Judah. Guess who?

His name says “Judas.” Judah
from Judah, a town in Judah

called Kerioth. He’s Judas
Is– “Ish” is “man.” Literally

Judas Iscariot, Judah the man
from Kerioth. You know what’s

Kerioth? City, a city in
Judah. It’s just a city. It

means city. Compared to
kampong people, city people

like Singapore got more
tactics, lah. Okay, I just

show you. So isn’t it a
prophecy of the disciples in

the ministry of Jesus?
Naphtali. Drop down, one more.

“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A
fruitful bough by a well.” I

shared this before. “His
branches run over the wall.”

When you find that the branch
run over a wall, the wall is

always the wall of partition,
separating, at that time, the

Jew from the Gentile. But
Jesus sat down at the well.

Isn’t this interesting, right?
And it mentioned that the well

was the well of Jacob, who
prophesied all this. And he

prophesied of the heavenly
Joseph to come. And the story

of Joseph typified Jesus in so
many ways, illustrate the life

of Jesus all the way like no
other character. So the

Heavenly Joseph in John 4 sat
down, amen, and a Gentile

woman came to him. His
blessings, even when He’s

tired, will rich even over the
wall of partition. Isn’t that

beautiful? He’s fruitful while
He’s tired. We know He’s tired

because of John 4. It’s a
picture of Jesus at the well.

He’s a fruitful bough by a
well. Even when He’s tired, He

blesses. “And why is–Pastor
Prince, why is Jesus tired? He

is God.” No, He came as man.
I’m talking about that time

when He came as man. As a man,
it was a long journey. By the

way, He traverses all the way
again. I love the verse before

that. It says, “He must needs
go through Samaria for that

one woman.” So Jesus is not
always looking for crowds. He

goes for the one. You’re not a
face in a crowd, you are a

face to Him. He loves you,
amen? Okay, I’m gonna bring

this to a close. How many
closes already? One, two,

three. Okay, this is extra
time, okay, because it’s

goalless, so extra time. All
right, okay, so I have shared

on Gad. I’ve shared on
Naphtali before, I think many

years ago when I had the
revelation. And you won’t find

this in many of the Bible
commentaries and all that

because it is something that I
felt like when the Lord opened

my eyes, I was so excited. I
love to see Jesus in the Old

Testament, even in the
prophecies and the blessings

of Father Jacob over his sons.
Do you agree? But from that

time when I shared, I didn’t
share on Asher because I

didn’t understand, “Bread from
Asher shall be rich.” What

does that mean? So let’s look
at the tribe of Asher, the

territory again. It covers
Tyre and Sidon. Can you see

that? Jesus went there. That’s
Tyre. Can you see Tyre there,

right? It’s the tribe of
Asher. Does it allude to

anything that Jesus did in
Asher in the area of Tyre?

Let’s look at Matthew 15
again. Show them the verse.

Jesus went–departed there and
went to the region of Tyre and

Sidon. And what happened?
“It’s not right to take the

children’s bread.” What was
the prophecy of Asher? Go back

to Asher. “Bread from Asher
shall be rich.” It’s healing

bread. Even the crumb drove
the devil out of the girl. I’m

telling you, some of you are
saying, “I only have a small

piece of bread when I take the
Communion and all that.” I’m

telling you, a small crumb
will drive that cancer out of

your body, in Jesus’ name. If
you discern correctly, if you

discern it’s the Lord’s body,
amen. I mean, back then I

didn’t see this. So you can
see this is a recent

revelation and I wanted to
share with you. Okay or not?

“Bread from Asher shall be
rich.” And the story of Tyre

and Sidon in Asher, the only
one that Jesus in Asher– in

Tyre and Sidon talks about the
children’s bread. And she

responded with, “The children
even have the crumbs–The

puppies have the crumbs,”
rather, “that fall from the

master’s table.” Are you with
me so far? One more? No, lah,

time already, lah. One more?
You asked for it, huh? Okay,

really? I’ll do it real fast,
okay? Real fast. Okay, there

are two prophecies of the
twelve tribes. One is the

Father Jacob, which we read
just now. Another one is Moses

before he died, all right? So
Moses 1 says this of Asher,

“And of Asher he said, Let
Asher be blessed with

children; let him be
acceptable to his brethren.”

New King James says,
“Favorable to his brethren.”

“Let him dip his foot in oil.”
Oil is mentioned. “Your shoes

shall be iron and brass; and
as thy days, so shall thy

strength be.” Now we see
something. It’s in the

blessing of Asher. So why did
I talk about a merry heart?

Because “Asher” means “happy.”
The blessing of happiness. The

blessing of Asher is the
blessing of happiness. This is

what’s gonna happen when you
are happy. Your bread will be

fat, nourishing. Not empty
bread, amen. “And of happiness

he said, Let happiness be
blessed with children.” Have

you noticed the story of that
woman is talking about

involving what? A child. “Let
Asher be blessed with

children.” In other words, you
won’t lose your child. “Let

him be acceptable,” or in the
New King James, favorable, “to

his brethren, let him dip his
foot in oil.” That means your

walk is a walk in the Spirit.
“And your shoes shall be iron

and brass.” You know, when
they climb the Himalayas or

the snow-peaked mountains and
all that, they have spikes

under their boots, all right,
of iron and even some brass.

That means it’s–you don’t
want to be found underneath

those shoes. They are strong,
strong to conquer. Iron is

very strong. Iron destroys the
rest, like the Bible says, and

you march. And it’s Luke
10:19. Jesus says, “Behold, I

give you authority to tread
upon serpents and scorpions,

and over all the power of the
enemy.” Trample. “I give you

authority to trample.”
Christian, go forward. You

don’t go forward, nothing gets
trampled. They keep on coming

to you and bothering you, then
run off. They keep on coming,

molesting you, and they run
off. They molest your mind.

They disturb you, then they
run off. Hey, keep on moving.

Keep on walking. Keep on
coming to church, amen. Keep

on moving. As you move, your
shoes are iron and brass. You

will crush them under your
feet, all right? “I give you

the authority to trample on
serpents and scorpions, and

over all the power of the
enemy, and nothing–” But I’m

scared that they fight back.
“Nothing shall by any means

hurt you.” Didn’t just say,
“Nothing will hurt you.” It’d

be sufficient. “Nothing shall
by any means hurt you.” Are

you listening, huh? Okay, go
back to the prophecy again,

Deuteronomy. “And as thy days,
so shall thy strength be.” So

natural truth, you can see
some natural truth, you know?

There are different layers.
Walk, don’t be lazy, walk.

Walk a lot, and as your days
increase, walk more. Walk.

Your workplace is here, your
building is here, and your car

park here is all full, good.
You get a chance to walk.

Walk, walk, walk. “And as thy
days, so shall thy strength

be.” I see a little insight
into this, okay? That’s not

the main thing. The spiritual
truth is the main thing. I

understand that. I understand
that, amen. If you see, you

see, lah. You don’t see, you
don’t see, okay? “As thy days,

so shall thy strength be.” I
wanna close with this real

fast. There’s a story of
Elijah, and then he was sent

to a place called Tyre. Show
them real quick. Show them —

“The word of the LORD came to
him, saying, ‘Arise, go to

Zarephath, which belongs to
Sidon.” Are of Tyre and Sidon,

remember? At that time,
Jezebel was ruling Israel, her

husband Ahab and her, and you
know what? God says, “Go to

Jezebel’s hometown, Sidon.”
Can you believe that? And what

happened down there? Because
of time, “See, I have

commanded a widow there to
provide for you.” It’s a time

of famine. It’s a time of
famine, and God sent Elijah

there. “A woman there will
provide for you.” But when he

came down there, the woman was
picking up sticks. And then

Elijah says, “Do you have
anything in your house?” She

says, “Oh no.” “Give me some
water to drink.” “Oh no, this

guy’s asking for food. I only
have a handful.” Real quick, a

handful, all right? “Bring me
a little water,” she says.

“And she was going, he called
to her and said, ‘Bring me a

morsel of bread in your hand.”
Say, “A morsel of bread.” Say,

“A morsel of bread.” Okay,
drop down. What? Her response

was what? Drop down. “I only
have a handful of flour. I

don’t have bread, only a
handful of flour.” Flour is

where you get bread, right? A
handful of flour. A little

oil. “I’m gathering a couple
of sticks that I may go in and

prepare for myself and my son,
that we may eat it, and,”

mati–“die.” And the man of
God said, “Do not fear; go and

do as you have said, but make
me a small cake from it first,

and bring it to me.” Go back
to verse 11 again. All right,

what did he say? “Bring me a
morsel of bread.” He just

asked for a morsel of bread.
Those who have ears to hear,

the word “morsel” is “crumb.”
Elijah says, “Give me a crumb

of bread.” Where did this
story happen? In the territory

of Asher. His bread shall be
rich. Ha ha ha ha, hallelujah!

You know, this thing–when God
revealed this kind of thing to

me, I’m so excited in my study
I can hardly contain myself.

It’s all dovetailing. When I
preached this, like, many,

many years ago, when I
preached the blessings of

Jacob and all that, I didn’t
see about Asher and all this.

God really loves you all, you
know? Oh, hallelujah, amen. So

a lot of–I only have a
handful, a little oil. Oil!

Oil! Deuteronomy 33 said what?
Go back to–it says, “Let him

dip his feet in oil.” So we
have bread, then we have oil.

Obviously it’s olive oil, a
picture of the Holy Spirit,

amen. And now the woman says,
“I only have a small amount of

flour to make bread and a very
little oil so that my son and

I can eat, we die.” So the man
of God, being the man of God,

being the man of God, said,
“Let me eat first.” Sometimes

the ways of God, the world
makes a mockery of, like, the

tithes, and the giving, and
all that. I’ll tell you one

thing, you can never, never
outgive God. Whatever you give

to the Lord, okay–now, of
course, I’m not talking about

the abuse and the nonsense
that’s going on, you know, in

that kind of prosperity,
right, to enrich themselves.

I’m talking about–there’s a
right way. God’s way is the

generous heart becomes
bountiful, amen. There are

those who scatter and get
increase. You can never

outgive God. The man of God
says, “Give me a cake first.

Don’t be afraid. Make me a
small cake. For thus says the

LORD God: ‘The bin of flour
shall not be used up, nor

shall the jar of oil run dry,
until the day the LORD sends

rain on the earth.’ She went
away and did according to the

word of Elijah; and she and he
and her household ate for many

days.” Her son ate, she ate,
Elijah ate, her son ate, she

ate, Elijah ate. All three
years of the famine, they ate.

They took the oil. They ate,
drink olive oil, they ate,

hallelujah. “And the bin of
flour was not used up, nor did

the jar of oil run dry.” No
Amazon, no RedMart, no special

things you can order online.
The bin of oil–or flour never

used up, the jar of oil never
run dry, “according to the

word of the LORD which He
spoke by Elijah.” And where

did this story happen? Where
did this story happen? In the

territory of Asher, the
blessing of Asher. Is oil

mentioned? Yes. Is bread
mentioned? Yes. One more

thing, is a child mentioned?
Let Asher be blessed with

children. Both stories have a
child. One is a daughter, one

is a son. I think God is
saying, “Be happy, I’m gonna

bless your children. Even if
they appear dead, I will raise

them,” amen. They seem to have
little compared to the people

of the world, the children of
the world. They don’t have

much knowledge. They seem to
be held back and all that, but

little becomes much with the
blessing of the Lord, amen.

You might say, “Well, well–”
You know, God spoke to this

woman to provide for Elijah.
“I have commanded a woman

there to provide for you.”
When he met the woman, he

thought maybe he’d meet a rich
woman, right, amen, with a big

house and all that to take
care of him. Saw a woman

sweeping, looking for sticks,
and saying, “Sorry, going to

die already.” Imagine that. “I
have commanded this woman to

provide for you, Elijah.” But
the way God does it is that

everyone gets blessed.
Everyone gets blessed. And I

love it because many years
after this, Jesus in His

hometown of Nazareth, He
illustrated. He says that,

“You know, there were many
lepers in the days of Elijah.”

Last one, okay? “Tell you,
many widows were in Israel in

the days of Elijah, when the
heaven was shut up three

years, six months, and there
was a great famine. To none of

them was Elijah sent except to
Zarephath,” and he purposely

says, “in the region of
Sidon,” the hometown of that

wicked Jezebel, “to a woman
who was a widow.” You know,

when God gives you a chance to
give, He’s honoring you. He’s

seeing a harvest for you. For
you, you see your– “Ugh, why

all this on me? Why not find
somebody else? Find Pastor

Mark,” amen? It’s an honor for
you. He loves you. That’s why

He travels all the way from
Galilee, 39 miles, just for

that woman. Even though at
first He didn’t want to answer

her because of her pretense,
it’s all the way there because

He loves her, amen? So when he
said this, think about it. He

mentioned in the region of
Sidon, and he mentioned

Elisha, Elijah’s successor, in
the next one. He says

Elisha–“Many lepers were in
Israel in the time of Elisha,

but none of them was cleansed
except Naaman the Gentile, the

Syrian.” Oh, that made them
very angry because both

illustrations were on
non-Jews. I’ll tell you

something else, and I’ll–I’ll
close with this. You all very

bad, huh? Okay, you know, both
of them has got to do with

health and wealth, if you
want. Okay, provision,

provision, all right? The word
“wealth” is a bit nasty for

some people, right, so
provision. Provision and

health. Watch this, all right?
That woman of Zarephath, what

did she get? Provision.
Naaman, what did he get?

Healing. They were angry at
this message back then and

they are still angry at this
message. Grace brought these

two provisions to people who
don’t deserve it, Gentiles,

amen. Look at the response.
Jesus says, “None of them were

healed except Naaman the
Syrian.” He mentioned that.

“All those in the synagogue,
when they heard these things,

were filled with wrath, and
rose up and thrust Jesus out

of the city; and they led Him
to the brow of the hill.”

Whoaaaa. “They led Him to the
brow of the hill on which

their city was built, that
they might throw Him down over

the cliff.” About to throw Him
down, then He did this…

That’s the end of the message,
okay? Praise the Lord. He

walked right in their midst,
amen? So praise the name–come

on, give Jesus the praise,
hallelujah. Now, some of you

need to go, go ahead, all
right? Scatter, go. Go into

all the world and preach the
good news to the poor. Get the

blessing of Asher, amen. Stand
to your feet. I want to bless

you with the blessings of
Asher, amen. Be happy. Be

happy. Especially rejoice in
the Lord. Norman Cousins got

“Candid Camera” videos to
laugh at, but we got someone

better, amen, rejoicing in the
Lord, amen, among our loved

ones. Learn to laugh again.
Learn to laugh with your wife,

with your husband. Don’t talk
about serious things all the

time. And for goodness’ sake,
don’t talk about politics all

the time. Learn to laugh.
Learn to joke with each other.

Learn to laugh at her jokes
even though it’s puny and

little. It’s a little flour,
amen. Learn to laugh at your

children’s jokes, amen. Don’t
think you are so–you know,

when you are morose and quiet.
And by the way, if you meet

Christians and they are
professors of theology and all

that, whatever they are, you
know, the test that they are

walking with the Lord, they
are truly holy, is there’s a

joy. There’s a happy heart.
The blessing of Asher will be

there and health will be
there, amen. Don’t forget to

laugh, amen? A new commandment
I give you today: laugh,

laugh, and laugh some more.
Lift your hands all across

this place, amen. We are being
serious, folks. I’m serious.

I’m serious. You will keep
your life. It’s a safeguard.

Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice
in the Lord. See His beauty.

In a world that people that we
trust, people that we look up

to are failing, they are feet
of clay, hey, what else is

new? Abraham failed. David
failed. We turn our eyes from

all this and look on Jesus,
the one who never failed. He’s

altogether lovely. He died on
the cross for our sins, why?

Why did He come all the way,
further than 39 miles, all the

way from heaven? Why did He
come? Because God loves you.

Why did He bore that hell
pains and sins in His own

body? Because He loves you.
Why is it of all the people,

your heart was tenderized,
softened to see the beauty of

the cross when many of your
friends and others didn’t, and

you accepted Jesus? ‘Cause God
loves you. Why is it today

you’re enjoying the blessed
life, enjoying the riches of

God’s Word? Because God loves
you. You have every reason to

rejoice in the Lord, amen.
This coming week, the Lord

bless you with the blessings
of Asher. Out of you, out of

your family will come bread
that is rich, that will feed

the multitudes that are lost.
You will dip your feet in oil,

you and your children. You
will walk in the Spirit

throughout this week. Your
shoes shall be iron and

bronze. You’ll overcome all
the powers of darkness, and

don’t be afraid. Nothing shall
by any means–from them,

nothing shall by any means
hurt you. And I pronounce a

blessing, not just for those
who are advancing in years,

even those who are young. As
your days–the blessings of

Asher. As your days advance,
as your days increase, so

shall your strength, in Jesus’
name. And all the people

said–And one more, one more,
one more, one more, one more.

If you want Jesus to be your
Savior and Lord, pray this

prayer. Say, “Jesus, I confess
You as my Lord and Savior. You

died for my sins and rose from
the dead without my sins.

Jesus Christ is my Lord,
amen.” Praise the Lord. God

bless you, amen. I hope you
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