Much More Restoration Is Coming! (Full Sermon) | Joseph Prince | Gospel Partner Episode

God always restores much more.

You lost a loved one,
you lost an item,

you lost money, you
lost that relationship,

that sense of being close to God,

there’s restoration coming!

Jesus became the
One on the cross,

to give back to you
what you have lost.

And not just what
you have lost.

It is always greater
in quality or quantity!

Open your eyes to
what God is doing today!

He has not lost the formula
to make manna.

He has not forgotten
how to open a way,

where there is no way.

He’s the same yesterday,
today and forever.

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Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
Well, good to see all of you in

church today! And church, those
of you who were here 2 Sundays

ago would know that Pastor
Prince ministerered a strong

healing anointing during the
services, and we have some

testimonies to share with you
today. In fact, 2 testimonies

out of the many that have come
in. So the first testimony comes

to us from a sister from India.
And she writes that I had been

experiencing severe pain in my
back, which then spread to my

abdomen. I could not stand, sit
or even move normally, as the

pain would be excruciating. When
I tried to move at night when I

lay in bed, I could also not
turn myself as it will aggravate

the pain. I tried using hot
water bags and painkillers to

ease the pain, but to no avail.
This went on for a few days.

Then on Sunday, the 5th of
February 2023, Pastor Prince

ministerered to the sick and
prayed for those suffering from

back aches. When he was praying,
I could feel the power of the

Holy Spirit and warmth
descending on me. When Pastor

Prince asked us to move and
check our afflicted area, I bent

down and there was no more pain
in my back, the pain vanished

entirely. And I was healed.
After that day, I could resume

work and was fit again. All
glory to Jesus for healing me!

Praise God for this wonderful
testimony. Hallelujah. Right the

next one comes to us, from a
sister from Singapore, and she

writes: I had been experiencing
lower back pain for a few days

because of long hours sitting in
front of the computer. Many of

us will identify that. And the
next one also many of us will

identify with: and also because
of lack of exercise, and on 5th

of February 2023, two Sundays
ago, I attended the 2nd service

at the Star Performing Arts
Centre. Before his sermon,

Pastor Prince prayed for people
suffering from joint and

shoulder pain. After he prayed,
people in the congregation

started testifying about their
healing. However, I was still in

pain and kept asking the Lord:
“Why am I not healed?” “I want

to be healed too.” And perhaps
some of us during the ministry

time, we are asking these
questions as well. And then she

goes on to add: Shortly after,
Pastor Prince started preaching,

I felt a cool sensation. The
other sister felt a warm

sensation. This sister felt a
cool sensation. In my lower

back. After a while, the feeling
spread to my thigh and calf and

I realised that the pain was no
longer there. Today. I am

healed! Praise the Lord and
thank you Pastor Prince. Praise

the Lord for these wonderful
testimonies!

Praise God. Hello, church.
Greetings with praise and mercy

on you. First, I just wanna, on
behalf of my family also, to

thank all of you for all your
precious condolences and

especially your prayers for me
and my family during this time

of my mother’s homegoing to be
with the Lord. She is in a far

better place than any of us,
okay? And I–of course I missed

her very much. She was the one
that talked to me about Jesus

when I was a small boy and not
fully understanding everything,

but she kept on talking to me
about the Lord. So I told her to

buy me a cross, and she–but the
only thing is that, you know,

she also brought me to see
vampire movies and all that. And

I asked her to buy me a cross
because vampires are scared to

look at the cross. Anyway, that
started me going on a journey

where the cross of Jesus Christ
became more and more preeminent

in my life, amen. And when she
looks down with all the cloud of

witnesses, she is among family,
amen? My dad is there, and my

grandfather is there,
grandmother is there. They have

all had a good time, good party
up there, amen. She’s young,

younger than me, amen. And
forever young, never again to

experience pain or anything like
that. You know, I got a strong

feeling that–I got a strong
feeling it will just be

temporary, very temporary,
because the Lord is coming back

soon. And the Bible says–amen,
give Him praise. Praise the

Lord. You know, that’s one of
the things that’s missing in the

preaching and teaching around
the world today, the emphasis on

the coming of the Lord. And the
Lord will bless any ministry

that talks about the Rapture
because they are preparing their

people, amen. That is the
blessed hope. And the Bible says

when he comes again with the
shout of the archangel, the last

trump, the dead in Christ will
rise first, amen. My mother is

gonna have a brand new body
before me. And we who are

alive–I said we who are
alive–again, our Christian

position is not to look to the
grave. It’s to look to the sky,

amen? And when He comes, the
dead in Christ will rise first.

They will get their bodies
first, and then we will get our

bodies. The Bible says this
mortality will put on

immortality. Our bodies become
instantly–the word there used

in the Bible is, “In the
twinkling of an eye.” Real

quick. In the Greek, atomic
second. Our bodies are

transformed to the point where
we are forever young, forever

healthy, forever strong to be
with the Lord. And so shall we

ever be with the Lord. So we are
looking–that is the blessed

hope. If you tell me the Rapture
will happen when Jesus comes

back–there’s no Rapture when
Jesus comes back, it’s referring

to Jesus at the end of seven
years’ Tribulation, that’s not

the blessed hope for the church.
How is that the blessed hope

when we are going through the
worst seven years of Tribulation

that the world has ever seen?
No, the blessed hope is Jesus

said, “In My Father’s house are
many mansions. I go and prepare

a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will

come again and receive you unto
Myself so that where I am, there

you may be also.” You see,
there’s no Tribulation, no

waiting for Tribulation. No,
church. There is no mark of the

beast around, anyone make you
afraid, amen? Jesus Himself said

that when you see all these
things happening, wars and

rumors of wars, pestilences,
earthquakes in various places,

what did Jesus say? What did
Jesus say? “For God so loved the

world that He–” No, what did
Jesus say? All right, Estee,

give them that verse up there.
All right, oh, “You will hear of

wars and rumors of wars.” What
is the difference between wars

and rumors of wars? Now we have
a war, right? Russia, Ukraine.

We, us, we are in the midst of
it. What are rumors of wars? New

Living Translation says,
“Threats of wars.” We hear about

threats of wars, right? But what
did Jesus say? “See–” Let’s all

read that. “See that you are not
troubled.” Look at your neighbor

and say, “See that you’re not
troubled.” Are you troubled? So

if anyone preaches in such a way
that tell you that, you know,

this is gonna happen, and we are
entering a great Tribulation,

and this is the mark of the
beast, don’t take this, don’t

take that, don’t take this, we
are not there yet. Let me

continue. He says, “For nation
will rise against nation, and

kingdom against kingdom. And
there will be famines,

pestilences.” We saw that,
right? Pandemics, plagues,

“Pestilences, and earthquakes,
earthquakes in various places.

All these are the beginning of
sorrows.” The word “sorrows”

there is the word “odin,” which
is used for a woman about to

give birth. She has birth pangs,
all right? It comes in waves,

birth pangs. It’s not the birth
yet. It’s birth pangs. So these

are signs that the earth–God
does not send these things. When

God made the heaven, He made the
heaven perfect. These things are

happening because of man’s sins,
all right? The Bible says, “The

earth responds to man’s sin,”
all right, in a way that’s–you

know, like for example, there’s
a large country, one of the

largest countries in the world.
For many years, they cannot even

have a proper wheat crop. I can
tell you nations that are–have

spilled blood, innocent blood,
persecuted Christians, they are

having problems with poverty,
lawlessness, and they can hardly

have a good wheat crop. They
have to depend on imports, why?

The earth is rebelling. So all
these are signs that the earth

is rebelling, amen? We call it
climate change. The Bible calls

it, “All creation is groaning.”
But when Jesus comes, everything

will set–be set right, amen?
And you know what’s the best of

all? I’m glad I will see my mom.
I’m glad I will see my dad. And

you will see your loved ones.
But we get to see Jesus

face-to-face, the altogether
lovely One, the Bright and

Morning Star, amen, the Lily of
the Valley, the Rose of Sharon,

the One the Bible calls the
desire of all nations. He’s all

lovely, so beautiful. We’re
gonna see Him face-to-face,

amen? Now we can sense His
presence with us. Even right now

as I speak, you can sense His
presence. But His presence is

here by the Holy Spirit, but
there we’ll see Him face-to-face

because He did not rise
spiritually. He rose bodily, and

He went up to heaven bodily, and
He will come again bodily. Look

to the skies. Your redemption
draws near. He does make

everything beautiful in His
time, amen. You see, the Lord

does everything in the right
time, amen. Even our seemingly,

you know, bad things,
adversities, and all that, God

allows it to happen at the
certain time that we might not

see at that moment that it is
actually the right time, because

that produces something later
on. We don’t even realize it is

because of this adversity, amen?
How many know that God makes all

things work together for His
child’s good, amen? You are sons

and daughters of God. Because of
that, your inheritance is at

everything. Not everything is
good, but everything in your

life is working for your good,
amen? Delays even, traffic

lights. For all you know, God
knows if you go too fast, you

are a person who is very fast,
very fast on the road, and there

is an impending accident in
front, so he allows a lot of red

lights. And here you are,
breathing fire and brimstone,

all right, because you’re not
happy about it. Thank the Lord.

Even small things like this. I’m
using a small illustration

because I want you to know that
all things means all things. You

gotta believe it. “I didn’t get
the seat I want today, Pastor.”

All things work together for
good. You are meant to be there.

You are meant to meet someone
maybe. You are meant to be at

the right place and God–always
remember God is protecting you.

And I know that many of you have
testimonies of how, you know,

you were restrained from going
somewhere and you found out

later on that was a problem
area, you know? God always–you

know, we complain now because we
don’t see His love for us. He

looks far ahead, amen? So Martha
and Mary may weep, and Jesus

wept, all right, together with
them, but Jesus knew He was

gonna raise Lazarus from the
dead. And Lazarus’s name will

always be there, amen, and He
knew the outcome, but they

didn’t because they live in the
moment. Actually, Martha lived

in the past and in the future.
Mary lived in the moment. And

there’s a Bible verse, very
beautiful verse, that says, “Now

is the accepted time. Now is the
Day of Salvation.” The first

part there, the accepted time,
“Now is the accepted time,” is

the word “kairos dektos.” Kairos
dektos. It’s a quotation from

Isaiah that shows “eth,” time,
and “ratzon.” Remember the year

of ratzon? So “ratzon” and
“dektos” in the Greek is the

same word, the time when God’s
grace profusely abound, amen. So

when is the kairos dektos,
accepted time? Now, now, now.

With all that is happening that
is dark in the world, God is

doing great things. Revivals are
breaking out everywhere, amen?

New covenant revival. Praise the
Lord, amen. Ministry of

righteousness revival. And
remember, when you listen to end

times, you listen to or you
watch this kind of thing, do not

let your heart be troubled. If
the person is saying that, “Oh,

the bowls are being poured in
the book of Revelation. We are

now in the beginning part of the
Tribulation, Great Tribulation,”

that person doesn’t know what
he’s talking, okay? Because the

child of God will not go through
that. The Bible says very

clearly in Romans 5, it tells us
this. It says, “But God

demonstrates His own love
towards us, in that while we

were still sinners, Christ died
for us.” Isn’t it amazing

that–think about how much God
loves you now, even, that you

are His child. While you were
still a sinner, God loved you.

God sent His Son while we were
all sinners, amen. We don’t care

about Him. We have no heart for
Him, amen. We were sinning our

way. All we like sheep have gone
astray, yet God sent His Son to

become the payment, the ransom
for our sins, amen. God

demonstrates His love for us.
Can I have a good amen? All

right, in all the evil that has
happened, remember evil is not

from God. Why did God make Adam
and Eve, Pastor Prince, if God

knew that they’re gonna sin?
Well, would you still make

someone and give them a free
choice, knowing that free choice

must be free choice? And if free
choice is exercise, there might

be a possibility they might
choose the wrong choice? And

because of that, you refuse to
make someone with free choice?

Then the best thing for you is
AI. But sometimes AIs will

misbehave, right? So God doesn’t
want an AI, you know, anything

with artificial intelligence. He
gave us free choice. He made us

in His image. But behind
everything, God knew man would

fall. But even behind that, God
in His full knowledge saw that

this evil, this fall of man
would bring forth the greatest

redemption, amen. You see, if
man continued unfallen, if man

continued sinless, right, not
sinning– not sinless, but not

sinning, innocent, all right,
there’s no guarantee that Adam

and Eve, if they succeeded, that
their descendants won’t. ‘Cause

by then there’ll be hundreds
times hundreds, there’ll be

thousands times ten thousands,
and as time goes on, the earth

will be populated. There’s no
guarantee that someone would not

sin, so it’s always a state of
insecurity. But with the

redemption of Christ, God sent
His Son who is the Last Adam.

Now in Christ there is a
guarantee and eternal security

for all of us, amen. Our
redemption is forever. You are

saved eternally, amen. There’s
no worry about–and think about

that. Adam and Eve, when they
were in the garden, they were in

charge of the earth. The Bible
says, for you and I, through

Christ’s redemptive work, we are
now joint heirs with Jesus

Christ in the center of the
universe. And where is it?

Beyond the Milky Way, beyond
what even the greatest telescope

that man can build can reach,
amen. That’s where my mom went

through. The angels brought her
right there, right through it,

to God’s presence, amen? One
day, the Bible says, heaven will

come down. Literally a whole
city will come down on earth,

all right? That’s another
message altogether. But how many

know that God gets glory–God
turns even the wrath of man to

praise Him. Not that God
initiates evil. God cannot. God

is perfect goodness. God is
love. But God gets glory–think

about it. How is truth
glorified? How is truth

magnified? In the midst of what?
Dishonesty. In the midst of

cheating. In the midst of all
this sin, when there’s truth,

truth is seen clearly. You see,
the part of God, mercy,

compassion, grace, love, cannot
be exercised, even though it is

inherent in the Godhead. Even
before man fell it is there, but

it cannot be demonstrated unless
there’s sin because grace is for

people who have sinned. Mercy is
for those who have failed. So

that part of God cannot be seen
until there’s a fall. So I’m not

saying, listen, that we fall so
that God’s grace can be seen.

No, that’s how people try to
pervert this, but the truth is

that’s the truth. Just like
truth cannot be seen unless it’s

among dishonesty, falsehood;
love cannot be seen in its

beauty until it is among
bitterness, vengefulness,

vindictiveness, bitterness,
unforgiveness. Then that someone

with love comes out, like Jesus
in the midst of Galilee. When He

walked around, there was hatred
around Him, amen, and yet He

healed the sick, raised the
dead, cleansed the leper.

Beautiful, grace in the midst of
ugliness that our sins have

brought into this world. So the
problem with the world today,

all right–people say, “Save the
world, save the world,” and

that’s good, but save the
people. The people are causing

the problems. If the people are
saved, your world gets right.

There was a pastor one time, he
was preparing his message and he

could not get his message, and
he was–it was Saturday night

and he was like, “Oh God, please
speak to me. Give me a message,

Lord,” all right? Have you been
there before, pastors? Right?

And his little boy came in and
asked him, “Dad, can you please

put this together?” And he said,
“Oh, no, no, no, no. I’m busy

now.” No, not put together, “Can
you help me–read to me this

story?” Then he realized
that–you know, that behind the

story there was a story about
earth, the globe, and behind,

you know, it was a man. So he
said, “I think I’ll make this

whole thing to a jigsaw piece so
that my son will be occupied and

don’t disturb me. I need the
Word from the Lord.” So the son,

he cut into a jigsaw–like a
jigsaw puzzle, and very quickly

the boy came back. He says,
“There’s no way he knows how the

earth is like.” And finally, the
boy came back. He’s pasted

everything together and it’s
perfect, just like how, you

know, the earth is supposed to
be. Then he said, “How did you

manage that?” Then, “Behind
there’s a picture of a man. When

I put the man right, the earth
becomes right.” Got the message?

So the pastor got the message.
When the man is right, his world

gets right, amen? It starts with
us. You see, we are so proud

that we refuse to admit that we
have weakness even. And yet, we

saw the last time I preached, we
talked about how God uses the

weak things. You know, it’s not
that after my weakness, then am

I strong. I grow out of my
weakness. There is a truth there

out of that, but that’s not what
Paul was saying when Paul says,

“When I am weak, then I am
strong.” But we don’t like that,

you see? What we wanna show in
the front and exhibit to all the

world is strength, you know? We
wanna show ourselves as being

capable to do it all. I’m
invincible. I’m–you know? You

know, that’s how we sing and
that’s how we believe. And then

all of a sudden, bang, something
happens to us and, you know, we

are no longer as invincible as
we thought. We forget. Our hope

is actually in our weakness. Our
weakness entitles us. It’s our

title to God’s strength, God’s
power. “My grace,” God told

Paul, “My grace is made complete
in your weakness.” But you say,

“I got no weakness,” right? Then
you are left to yourself. So God

uses the jawbone of a donkey in
the hands of Samson to kill

1,000 men, amen? God used the ox
goad, where you prod the goat to

move, it’s a long piece of– but
it’s meant not for war. It’s

meant to prod the buffalo on,
right? And He used that in the

hands of Shamgar to destroy 600
Philistines, amen. An earthen

vessel in the hands of 300 men,
301 plus Gideon, all right? When

Gideon shouts, “The trumpet of
the Lord, the sword of the

Lord,” and Gideon and they all
shouted the same, and they

smashed the earthen vessel, all
the enemies fled. What–Earthen

vessel and just a trumpet, and
the enemies fled? Amen, a piece

of bread and juice partaken,
amen, and the tumor disappears.

It’s because we despise weak
things, small things. We forget

the Bible says that God uses
weak, foolish things, ignoble

things to confound the mighty
and the wise, amen. So the

lesson of Job is very simple.
Even though he was a righteous

man in God’s eyes, upright in
God’s eyes, there was

self-righteousness in him, which
at the end of his dealings, God

allowed him to be tested. He
says, “I used to hear about You,

Lord, but now I see You with my
eyes and I abhor myself,” amen?

Straight away, God restored
everything he lost. Everything

he lost, amen. Amen? Everything
exactly. You count the number

that he lost, the number is
given, it’s exactly double. The

Bible says the Lord restored
double. And that’s the thing

that James tells us to consider
the end of the Lord in the case

of Job. The end–what did the
Lord do for him? He restored

everything. But you say that,
“But the children that he lost,

they’re the same number.” All
right, no, because you know why?

It’s double. Now he has all
these children, and exactly the

same number are in heaven. So in
other words, God is showing–you

see, if God doubled the
children, that means they are

lost, the previous ones were
lost. When he goes to heaven,

they are there. Everything was
doubled. Can I have a good amen,

people? So he had to go through
a lot. God had to challenge him

about his self-righteousness,
just like all of us. You know,

we point fingers at others. You
know, every time I think about

criticizing someone, I have to
stop and judge myself. Joseph

Prince, are you guilty of the
same thing? Maybe not to the

extent, but the potential is
there, or I’ve done it to a

certain extent. It’s good to be
like that. You know why? Because

it keeps you humble, all right?
It keeps you humble. So the

lesson that God is teaching us
is always, right, to be

conscious of weakness, but not
to stay there, and be conscious

of Christ and His power, amen,
in our life, amen? All the sins

that you all, you know, find
that makes you fall on your face

all the time, and you don’t
wanna do it, but when the

temptation comes, you find it so
strong. Do you know why? Because

you are still somehow trusting
in yourself. You need to come to

a place where you tell the Lord,
“I have this weakness. This is

my problem.” You know, people
who smoke and all that, they

tell you, right, “I can stop
anytime I want.” Have you heard

that? Come on, have you heard
that? All right, people who

drink can say, “I can stop
anytime I want.” Am I right? Am

I right or not? Okay, and you
all know the truth. You must

come to a place you say, “I
cannot. I need help,” amen? To

the Lord especially. To the
Lord. When you say, “I can’t,”

He can. Amen? So God uses the
weak things of the world to

confound the mighty. A little
boy, not with a sword in his

hand but a slingstone, to knock
down the champion, the best

solider there is in the army of
the Philistines, amen. So God’s

ways are humility, even though
He is the awesome God, amen. His

ways are all lowly. Stay low and
the dew will fall on you. Stay

low and grace will come on you.
Can I have a good amen, church?

Praise the Lord. All right,
hallelujah. You can go home now,

all right? So what’s your
weakness? What’s my weakness,

amen? Maybe your weakness is
that you say, “Oh Pastor Prince,

you talk about on the road and
all that, you and Pastor Mark

always the same.” Actually,
Pastor Mark always get the same

weakness I get. I don’t know why
because he preach after me, so

maybe it’s the same
illustration, I don’t know. But

maybe you ask, “Pastor Prince,
I’m really cool on the road, you

know? I’m very courteous on the
road.” That can be true, but you

have a weakness in other areas.
So it’s not confined within the

illustrations I use, okay? Are
you with me so far? All right,

so during this time of kairos
moment, this is gonna be kairos

year for all of us, amen? What’s
“kairos” again? In Hebrew, Old

Testament, it is the word “eth,”
“eth.” In Greek, it is “kairos,”

all right? So now is the kairos
moment. So God is saying to us

today, this year especially,
He’s gonna do great things for

us. Yes, the world will get
darker and darker. I always have

to remind people Pastor Prince
is not talking about the world.

The world will get darker and
darker. The church will get more

and more glorious, amen?
Brighter and brighter. Praise

the Lord. Thank You, Jesus,
amen? Are you part of the

church? And all the more we get
together, church, during this

time, and you find that we
have–do you know when you come

together and you worship the
Lord, that’s a snapshot of what

will happen throughout eternity?
You’re actually tasting heaven.

You’re tasting eternity already,
amen? And the presence of the

Lord will be so much more than
what you experience here, okay?

Praise the Lord. So during this
kairos moment, another thing

that God wants to do for us, and
this He impressed on me for a

few weeks now. I’ve been wanting
to share this but never got a

chance to because I believe
God–whatever I release in a

particular service, all right,
is actually what God wants for

that service. Even though I’ve
prepared way ahead, can be a few

years even, right, but I only
get to release that word if He

allows me, I have the release,
okay? And I have the release to

share this with you, that it is
also a time of restoration; that

whatever you have lost, whatever
you feel like you have been

robbed of, someone cheated you,
you’ve been scammed–that’s a

big word nowadays, especially in
Singapore. You’ve been scammed,

right? You say that, “It’s my
stupidity. It’s my foolishness.”

Maybe you subscribe to a
teaching that says if it’s

because of your stupidity, God
is not obliged to help you.

Church, the very fact that
Christ died for sinners means he

dies for our stupidity, amen. He
didn’t wait for us to become

smart and then He died for us.
He didn’t wait for us–so I have

a message I preached years ago,
very long message. The title is,

“How God Helps Us Even in the
Mistakes of Our Own Making,”

something like that. Very long,
right? So God helps us even with

the mistakes of our own making.
God helped Adam and Eve redeem

them, putting on coats of
skin–that means blood

sacrifice, amen, to cover them,
their sins–while they were

still in the their sins. They
were hiding from God. God

provided for them, amen? Are you
listening to what I’m saying? So

all our mistakes don’t– You
see, that’s self-righteousness

coming in again, by saying that,
“Oh, you know, God only help

people who help themselves.”
That’s not from the Bible. “Oh,

yes it is.” It’s not. Okay, it’s
from Benjamin Franklin, lah.

Okay? And the truth be known,
God helps those who are

helpless. We come to a place–in
that area you think you can help

yourself, there’s no grace
there. God–there’s no power of

God released there. It’s all
you. It’s all your own charisma,

your own skill, your own talent,
which is actually based on man

has expiry date. Won’t go so
far. With God’s grace, it goes

on, and on, and on. And that’s
why the Bible says, “They that

wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength. They shall mount

up with wings as eagles,” even
though they are old, because

wings as eagles in Psalms 103,
verse 5 says what? God renews

your youth like the eagles. So,
“Those that wait upon the Lord,

they shall renew their
strength,” amen? “They shall

mount up with wings as eagles.”
Now, listen to this. “They shall

run and not be weary. They shall
walk and not faint.” Then in

case you are wondering, “Oh
yeah, of course this is true,

lah, for the young people.” No,
he’s not talking about young

people. Especially he’s talking
about elderly people. You know

why? The next verse says, “Even
the youths shall faint and the

young man shall utterly fall,
but they that wait upon the

Lord.” Oh, the verse that
precedes this actually. It’s the

verse before this. It says,
“Even the youths shall faint and

the young man shall utterly
fall, but they that wait upon

the Lord shall renew their
strength.” You see? So the

contrast with young people. It’s
not young people running and not

be weary, walking and not
fainting. It’s referring to

people that wait upon the Lord,
amen. Praise the Lord. So the

word there, “Shall renew their
strength,” in the Hebrew, is,

“Exchange their strength.”
Literally, exchange their

strength, strength for strength.
What does that mean? If you have

strength, that’s good, isn’t it?
But no, your strength has an

expiry date. Why? Because it’s
human, amen. It won’t last the

race. So when you’re before the
Lord like you are right now,

waiting upon the Lord, amen,
every time you spend time with

God, there’s an exchange of
strength, natural strength for

His omnipotent strength. No
wonder you stay young and

strong. You will run and not be
weary, amen? You’ll walk and not

faint. Praise the Lord. So
that’s restoration in this

“eth,” Hebrew, “kairos” moment,
okay? All right, where do you

find that, Pastor? I wanna share
with you a beautiful story that

happened in the Old Testament,
and this is a story, the time of

Elisha. Elisha is a picture of
grace. It’s a picture of Jesus

Christ. Elijah is a picture of
the Old Testament, amen. That’s

why the vast majority of his
miracles are actually judgment,

all right? Judgment, with a few
miracles of grace, but basically

judgment. And the foremost, of
course, to call the famine upon

Israel because of their
idolatry, okay? But his

successor, Elisha, has a double
portion. He did double the

miracles of Elijah. And his
name, Elisha, has Jesus’ name at

the end, “Sha,” Yeshua, which
means, “My God saves,” all

right? Jesus is Yeshua, Yahweh
saves, all right, the covenant

name of God, but Elisha is from
Elohim, God the Creator saves.

Elijah is, “My God is Yahweh,”
amen, but here, God gets

personal and He comes to save.
And that’s why all the miracles

except for one, the miracles of
Elisha are all miracles of

grace. So we follow this story
now, 2 Kings chapter 8. “Then

Elisha spoke to the woman whose
son he had restored to life,

saying, ‘Arise and go, you and
your household, and stay

wherever you can; for the Lord
has called for a famine.'” Just

like right now, we are in the
midst of a famine, okay? There’s

a lot of financial upheavals
happening all over the world, a

lot of financial instability.
One time I was driving, I told

you all before, I drove–I was
driving in my car. I heard the

news and it says, “We’re gonna
share with you crisis in the

market,” you know, in the
financial market. I heard,

“Christ is.” Yes! We don’t have
to worry, amen? In everything,

He has the preeminence. Yeah,
for those who don’t know, it’s

“crisis” actually what was said,
but for the anointed ear, all

right, it is “Christ is.” So
when you hear “crisis,” don’t

worry. He is, amen? The Great I
Am is with you, praise God. Then

Elisha says, right, “Stay
wherever you can.” He told the

woman, all right, the woman
whose son he had restored to

life. Remember that woman? She
actually built a little place.

She told her husband, “This man
that passes by every time, he’s

a man of God.” Wanted to make a
little room for him, so they did

so, all right, and a little room
for him. And they have uncovered

Elisha’s bedroom, by the way,
all right, in Israel, and I have

taken pictures lying on his bed.
Okay, not his bed, lah, the soil

where his bed was. It’s like a
bedform. Am I right, Lawrence?

We were there. You can see
Lawrence nodding his head, okay?

And we were there. The pastors
were there, all right? Just

uncovered. Just uncovered. So
the last time we were there,

they just uncovered it. They
have to cover it because of the

pollution and all the–you know,
the birds might just make holes

in it and all that, so they have
to cover it. But they opened up

and they invited me to have a
chance to go into his room,

praise God. I felt the
anointing, hallelujah. If Elisha

asked Elijah for double portion,
there and there I prayed, “God

give me a double portion,” amen?
Hallelujah. So the woman had no

son and her husband was quite
old at that time, so Gehazi, the

servant of Elisha, said–you
know, Elisha was saying, “This

woman takes care of us, given us
a place to stay and all that,

provide for us. What shall be
done for her?” Gehazi the

servant says, “Oh, they have no
son.” And Elisha called her, and

she’s standing at the doorway.
“This time next year, you will

embrace a son,” amen. Recently,
a lady brought a baby and the

testimony was, she was telling
me, that, “This is the baby that

you said, ‘This time next year,
you will have a baby,'” when

they couldn’t have a baby, all
right? And I was speaking the

word, almost the same word as
Elisha did to the woman. “This

time next year, you’ll be
holding a baby.” And she was

holding it–and next year she
was holding the baby. The child

grew up, and went to the field
with the mother and the father,

and has sunstroke. I believe
it’s sunstroke. The Bible

doesn’t say it. All of a sudden,
he held his head and he fell,

and the mother rocked him in her
arms, and he died. And you know

the story, God used Elisha to
raise the boy. This is the

story, okay? Let’s follow on.
“So the woman–Elisha spoke to

the woman whose son he had
restored to life. He says,

‘Arise, go, you and your
household, and stay wherever you

can; for the Lord has called for
a famine, and furthermore, it

will come upon the land for
seven years.'” How long will it

be? Yes. Have you noticed seven
cycles of famine, seven cycles

of plenty? What are you saying,
Pastor Prince? Moving right

along. “So the woman arose and
did according to the saying of

the man of God, and she went
with her household and dwelt in

the land of the Philistines
seven years.” Then, go on. “It

came to pass, at the end of
seven years, that the woman

returned,” now, at the end of
seven years now, “that the woman

returned from the land of the
Philistines; and she went to

make an appeal to the king for
her house and for her land.”

Why? Because squatters came into
the land. She left the house,

right? Left the house vacant and
all that, the land. Other people

came in and took her house, her
lands. “A woman returned from

the land of the Philistines; she
went to make an appeal to the

king,” right? At that time, the
king, “for her house and her

land. Then the king talked with
Gehazi.” At the same time, the

king was talking with Elisha’s
servant, and the king was saying

to the servant of Elisha,
Gehazi, “Tell me, please, all

the great things Elisha has
done.” So of course there are a

lot of things Elisha did, right?
As he came to the part where

Elisha raised that woman’s son
from the dead, guess what

happened? Next verse, “Now it
happened, as he was telling the

king how he had restored the
dead to life,” how Elisha

was–had restored the dead to
life, “that there was the woman

whose son he had restored to
life.” There was the woman. This

reminds me of a church I know
whose theme this year is–no,

not kairos. You must say the
whole thing. Kairos year of the

right time, right place. So,
let’s see from the Word of God,

which God actually gave it to me
to tell you all there’s

restoration coming. Because with
right time, right place, see

what happened? “As he was
telling the king how Elisha

restored the dead to life, then
there was the woman whose son he

had restored to life, appealing
to the king for her house and

for her land. And Gehazi said,
‘My lord, O king, this is the

woman, and this is her son whom
Elisha restored to life.'” It

happened. Now was the accepted
time, the kairos dektos moment

for that woman, okay? “And when
the king asked the woman, she

told him. So the king appointed
a certain officer for her,

saying, ‘Restore all that was
hers, and all the proceeds of

the field from the day that she
left the land until now.'” No,

you didn’t get it. Before you
shout, listen. What did he give

her? Not just restoration of the
what she lost, much more.

“Restore all that was hers, and
all the proceeds of the field

from the day that she left the
land until now.” Every profit

that happened because of the
land, make sure she gets it. So

restore the house, restore the
land is one thing. It’s good

restoration already, but all the
proceeds from the day she left.

Seven years, yo. Seven years of
profits back paid. So God is

saying when He restores–and
we’ve been teaching this, right?

If you are listening, you will
hear that God always restores

much more. You lost a loved one,
you lost an item, you lost

money, you lost that
relationship, you lost whatever

it is, and you lost that sense
of being close to God

especially, you know, that
you’ve been longing for all this

time. I remember when I was
younger, I would worship the

Lord and I’d feel God’s
closeness, and nowadays I don’t

know why I don’t feel–you know,
if that’s all that, listen.

Especially that part of your
life, God’s gonna restore with

much more. So you won’t have to
look back to your younger years,

you know? And there’s a verse in
the Bible that says, in

Ecclesiastes, those who say that
the best days are in the past

are not wise. That’s the verse
in Ecclesiastes. Those that say

that the good years are in the
past are not wise. Yet I myself

am guilty of this many times. I
think back about the past. I

think about those good days,
those good years, and all that,

and I think about a lot of
things about the past. I think

about the revivals of the past.
I think about the man of God

that was there in the past. And
God will tell me–God gave me

this verse actually for me, not
for you all, lah. You’re all

very present and
forward-looking, you know, but

for me, for me, okay? So it came
as a rebuke. God says to say the

days that have passed are better
is not wise, amen? Open your

eyes to what God is doing today,
all right? He has not lost the

formula to make manna. He still
can provide for you every day.

He has not forgotten how to open
a way where there is no way, and

three million people crossed as
on dry land. He has not

forgotten how to bring meat for
you all to eat every single

evening. He has not forgotten to
be compassion–to be

compassionate. In fact, David
one time says, “Has the Lord

forgotten to be compassionate?”
Amen? It happens to man, human

nature. No, He is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.

So in the midst of famine, He
wants you to know one thing. Not

only will He provide for you,
God supplies with much more.

Much more left over. That woman
got restored, but with 120%.

Now, the reason we say 120% is
because of the teaching there is

five offerings in the book of
Leviticus, all right? The first

one is burnt offering; then we
have the mill offering, grain

offering; then we have the peace
offering; then we have the sin

offering; then we have the–
something called trespass

offering in the King James, or
guilt offering, okay? Now, in

the guilt offering, let’s say
you stole from someone. For

example, your sin was that you
stole from someone, and then

later on you realize that you
have sin and all that and you

wanna be right with God. Back in
the Old Testament, they will

bring a ram. They will bring a
ram. The ram is a picture of

Jesus, amen. A male lamb is a
ram. It’s a picture of Jesus

without blemish. So you bring it
to the priest, all right, but if

he has stolen from someone, all
right, it’s not just the lamb

has to pay for his sin, all
right? He has to make

recompense. He has to make
restoration, reparation. That’s

how your lawsuits all happened
in the Judeo-Christian values

and principles that make up the
bedrock of legality, all right,

taught in all civilized
countries in the world. It’s

based on principle of Leviticus.
Morality is based on the Ten

Commandments, right, amen? Of
course, true morality comes from

the heart, and that’s based on
grace, amen. But it governs the

world outwardly. It governs the
world. And if the world would

abide by this, outwardly even,
right, it will prosper, amen. So

here we go, the principles of
that. Now, I’m gonna show you an

example. Show them Leviticus 6.
“If he has sinned and has

realized his guilt and will
restore what he took by robbery

or what he got by oppression or
the deposit that was committed

to him or the lost thing that
was found–” Now, I want you to

stop and ask yourself why did
God write all these things down

for you? To fill up space with
it so that it make His Bible

thicker. No, every Scripture is
God-breathed. Does it speak to

us now? Yes, if we have eyes to
see and ears to hear. So

definitely it’s referring to all
of us who have sinned, am I

right? Amen, we’ve all sinned,
okay? And, “Or anything about

which he has sworn falsely.”. So
he covers every sin in this

category here. “He shall restore
it–he shall restore it in,”

what? “In full and shall add a
fifth to it.” So in full, a

fifth to it is what? A fifth is
what? Twenty percent. So in full

is 100%. You must restore it
100%, and then add 20% for

reparation. And that’s based on
the legality out there. That’s

why when someone does wrong and
they are compensated, they are

not compensated just with the
amount they lost. The person

would have to pay what? The
damage, the damages. Am I right,

amen? Now, don’t be sue-crazy,
okay? But my wife is Sue,

Pas–Oh, there you go again,
Pastor Prince. You are so corny.

Okay, “He shall restore it in
full and shall add a fifth to

it, and give it to whoever it
belongs on the day he realizes

his guilt.” Next verse, “He will
bring to the priest as his

compensation to the Lord a ram
without blemish.” This refers to

Jesus. So of course, all sins
are forgiven by the blood of

Jesus. Does it mean that today
you make reparation? It’s kind

of hard. Sometimes the person
that you wanna make reparations

to is dead. Sometimes the place
doesn’t exist anymore, okay? And

so the thing is this. Like the
thief on the cross, he’s a

thief. He tells Jesus, “Lord,
remember me when You come into

Your kingdom,” right? Remember
that? Was he saved? What did

Jesus tell him? “Today, you
shall be with Me in paradise.”

Now, Jesus didn’t say, “You know
what the Bible says, right? Go

down and make reparations,”
right? He didn’t tell him, “Go

down, make reparations 120%.”
And the thief would say, “I want

to, but I’m kind of stuck.” So
just know this, okay? So why was

it written? In a way, God hides
pictures about His Son. You know

who is the one that makes
reparation today? Jesus. Jesus.

But Pastor Prince, Jesus never
sinned. You are right. He never

sinned, but He took the place of
the person as if He sinned. That

is you and I. On that cross, God
made Him who knew no sin. My

son’s latest memory verse. Get
him at night, I say, “2

Corinthians 5:21.” He will say,
“He who knew no sin was made sin

for us that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him.” I

don’t care whether he memorize
like a parrot or not. One day,

that verse will speak to him.
Just put it there, just put it

there, just put it there, amen?
Amen? It’s a great memory verse.

“God made Jesus who knew no sin
to be sin for us that we might

be made the righteousness of God
in Him.” So He took our place.

He took the place as if He’s the
person who lied, who extorted,

who stole, swore falsely, or
whatever it is, the part of a

sinner, and I take the place as
the most, like, perfect man,

which is Jesus. Sinless,
perfect, right? The divine

exchange took place. So who is
the one that becomes liable for

my sins? Jesus. Therefore, the
one liable for all these sins

must be the one to make
reparations. Am I right? So

there’s a verse in the Bible
that says this in Psalms 69. It

says this, “They that hate me
without a cause.” Now, this is a

Messianic verse and I’ll show
you why. “They that hate me

without a cause,” all right, but
it’s a long verse, and it ends

with, “then I restored that
which I took not away.” Now, why

do I say it’s a Messianic verse?
Pastor Prince, how can you say

that? Here it says Jesus said,
“I restored that which I took

not away.” He didn’t take it
away, but he restored it. Got

it? Then the question comes,
“Why do you say this is

referring to Jesus? Maybe David
is talking about himself. Right,

good question. That’s why I
quoted the first part, “They

hated me without a cause,” this
verse. And I told you what? It’s

a Messianic verse. Why? Because
Jesus–listen, Jesus quoted this

verse in the upper room,
referring to Himself. In the

upper room, He says, “They will
send some of you. They will kill

some of you. They will persecute
you, all right, because they

hated Me.” This is what He said
in the upper room, John 17–15.

But Jesus is talking, “But this
happened that the word might be

fulfilled which is written in
their law, ‘They hated Me

without a cause.'” He’s quoting
what? Psalms 69. If He went on

quoting, He’d also say that, “I
restored that which I took not

away.” Got it? So in other
words, Jesus became the one on

the cross to give back to you
what you have lost. And not just

what you have lost. In the
mentality of humans, all right,

man today, they cannot go
beyond, you know, reparation in

terms of restoring something
back like you would restore a

sofa set. You would restore
your– no one restores TV

nowadays. They just buy a new
one, okay? Restore parts of your

car. And whatever you restore,
you repair, is usually not as

good as the original. Am I
right? So it’s better to buy an

original sometimes. You know
what I’m saying? Because you

know you will break down again.
But when God restores, when God

repairs, it’s always greater in
quality or quantity. David lost

a son, all right, and the next
son from the same woman,

Bathsheba, was seven-fold
quality, Solomon, amen. Among

the sons, God chose him to
succeed his father. If you lost

a loved one, all right, you lost
your husband, doesn’t mean God

will give you seven husbands.
Let it be, Pastor Prince! No,

no, you cannot handle it, all
right? But God will give you a

seven-fold husband, amen? Yeah,
when he plays games, he takes

off his shirt, only seven-fold.
Okay, okay, seven blocks. Seven

blocks, amen? Amen? Like me,
when I take off my, you know,

t-shirt or whatever, my son has
learnt to say, “Washboard!” Keep

on confessing, son. Keep on
confessing. Praise the Lord. Any

time, any time, all right,
Justin and I have this thing

going. He will say, “Washboard!”
I love to hear it, amen? Pastor,

you are teaching him to lie. No,
the Bible says, “We call those

things that are not as though
they are.” It’s the nature of

God. God saw darkness. God
didn’t say, “Darkness,” God

said, “Light!” amen? He’s
calling forth, amen? And I’m

seeing it happening, you know?
Really, I’m seeing it happen,

amen? Now I pour water
accidentally, it goes four ways.

Jealous, right? Never mind. He’s
gotta work hard for it. It comes

by grace. So this verse is
quoted from Psalms 69. So Jesus

restored what He did not take
away. Are you all with me so

far? Listen, the cross itself
gave us back–look at Psalms 5

again. We go on to
Psalms–sorry, Romans 5. “God

demonstrates–” we read that
just now. Now, “Much more then,

having now been justified by His
blood.” The church has not even

touched on the “much more.” The
church has not even touched on

the “much more.” You see, that
woman did not just get back her

house and her land. Maybe you
get back your house after seven

years someone else stay in it,
do you think–what kind of

quality is it, you know? But now
she has the money from seven

years profits to make all the
repairs and renovations she

needs, with plenty left over,
amen? Amen. Don’t you just love

God? So here, you find five
times in one chapter, Romans

5–ha, Romans 5, number of
grace. Romans 5, five times it’s

mentioned, “Much more, much
more, much more, much more, much

more.” What Jesus did is much
more, and the church hardly

touches on this. Look at this,
“Much more then, having now been

justified by His blood.” Are you
all justified by His blood?

Shout, “Amen!” Well, if you are,
listen. “Much more, we shall be

saved from wrath through Him.”
That tells you straightaway we

are not going through the Great
Tribulation, because the seven

years is known as the day of
God’s wrath. See? That’s why the

Rapture must happen before the
Tribulation. Hmm, good news?

Good news. The Bible calls it a
blessed hope. To say that we are

going through it, what blessed
hope, amen? But to say that we

won’t be going through it, yes,
that’s blessed hope, amen? But

we will experience the birth
pangs, but all these are just

the beginning. Just imagine if
the real thing happens on this

earth, it’s gonna be terrible.
And the Bible says the

Tribulation is such like
the–nothing ever seen since the

beginning of the world until
now. You don’t wanna be around.

And that’s why the Bible says
Jesus, at the end of seven

years, He comes back, all right?
He comes back with His saints

who are already there. Praise
the Lord, amen. So here it says

we shall be saved much more. “We
shall be saved from wrath

through Him. For if when we were
enemies we were reconciled to

God through the death of His
Son, much more, having been

reconciled, we shall be saved by
His life.” So every day–now, we

are already saved, right? This
verse means having been

reconciled, right? That means
what? Having been reconciled

means we are already saved, so
the next “saved” cannot be

referring to the “saved” that we
had when we experience being

born again, saved from eternal
destruction and damnation, amen?

We are forever saved, right?
Doesn’t refer to that. It refers

to what? Saved by His life. Much
more now that we are saved, much

more we shall be saved by His
life. We have extra now, which

means every day His life is
flowing out of us. It’s saving

you from your unclean habits.
It’s saving you from your bad

responses. It’s saving you,
listen, even bodily in your

mind, saving you from
depression, from feelings of

isolation, abandonment. It’s
saving you from all that by

introducing His love to you
every day. He makes you know

that you’re loved. You are
loved, amen? And also your body,

it saves you. You must believe
that. His life saves you bodily.

You say, “Aye, nowadays, you
know, we will say probably to

our friend, ‘Lau liao,'” you
know? Or you forget, “Aye,

nowadays I’m getting–” Getting,
you see? Out of your mouth. So

the Bible says God talks like
this. God calls those things

that are not in existence yet as
though they were in existence,

and then they become. Have you
noticed that Jesus never

confessed the present situation?
All right, until His disciples

are so dense, they don’t get it.
He says, “Lazarus is sleeping, I

go and wake him up.”
Jesus–Lazarus died already. Oh,

one of them say, “If he’s
sleeping, let him sleep.” Lazy,

lah, don’t wanna go. Then Jesus
says, “Lazarus is dead,” right?

Jesus tells a man whose hand is
withered, he’s not been working

with that hand. And right hand,
Luke tells us because he’s a

doctor. Luke says right hand.
And Jesus, “Stretch forth your

hand.” You don’t tell people
whose hand is withered to

stretch forth unless you are
calling those things that are

not present as though they are,
and they will be in the future,

amen? Jesus tells a man who has
been impotent in his feet for 38

years, “Stand upright on your
feet,” and the man stood up. You

don’t say that unless you see
the things that they don’t see.

You see the supply all over him.
You see the kingdom of God come.

You see all the provisions
around him. You see the health

and the shalom wholeness
abounding on him. Then call it

forth, amen. That’s why we have
the kingdom of God already here.

In the Spirit, we have it, and
what we are doing when we call

forth is not trying to create
something that wasn’t there

before. We are actually bringing
things in the spirit realm into

the physical, into the material.
Are you with me so far? Once you

know this, you cannot be alone
anymore because wherever you go,

you will see angels around you,
all right? Don’t talk to them,

talk to Jesus, all right? You
talk to them, you know, they

will move away. You talk to
Jesus and you see Jesus best of

all, with you all the time. And
you see the provisions in the

midst of, in the natural,
there’s lack. So they gave Jesus

five loaves and two fish. This
is getting good, come on. Gave

Jesus five loaves and two fish.
Jesus says, “How many loaves do

you have?” Only five loaves, two
fish. He’s talking about feeding

5,000 people, plus women and
children, probably 10,000, okay?

He asked them, “How many loaves
do you have?” Five loaves, two

fish. “Aye, only.” Singaporean
response, all right? Another

response, I don’t know which
country, lah. “What do you think

I am? Someone to fool around
with? I’m your boss, you know?”

Okay, also Singapore. Yeah,
Singaporean response, amen? You

know what? He took the five
loaves, five loaves, and you

read carefully in the Greek, it
is two small fish. It is a

diminutive term. Two small fish,
like sardines maybe, all right?

Two small fish. And He lifted
up, and what did He do? He

thanked God for the little, and
little became much. And later on

when the Holy Spirit spoke about
that narrative about Jesus

multiplying the loaves and
fishes, the Holy Spirit put this

word, “After the Lord gave
thanks.” Maybe you give thanks.

You keep on complaining about
that part of pain that you have.

Maybe you thank God for all the
rest of the health you have, who

knows? It will multiply to
envelope and to overwhelm that

pain. Thank the Lord for what
you have and it multiplies. The

Lord does not ask you for what
you don’t have. Said, “What is

this amongst so many?” One of
them says to Jesus, “What is

this five loaves,” in another
Gospel, “What is this amongst so

many?” Their eye is like,
“Little is–” You see, I told

you God uses the little things,
the weak things, the

insignificant things. I qualify,
amen. Are you with me so far? Oh

man, time is flying and I gotta
bring this to a close. Praise

God. Okay, bring this to a
close. Listen, God never asks

for what you don’t have. He asks
for what you have, all right? To

Moses, who was stammering and
stuttering, and he was

shepherding the flock at the
back side of the mountain, Mount

Sinai. When God– He saw the
burning bush, and God spoke to

him for the first time, he fell
down and he was trembling. And

then he said, “I can’t speak. I
stammer. I’m not eloquent.” Then

God says, “What is that in your
hand?” God never asks you for

what you don’t have. To you, you
despise little things that you

have. My house only have–you
know? God says, “What do you

have? What is that in your
hand?” A rod. Listen, with that

rod, he fed and led three
million people for 40 years in

the wilderness. Because when God
takes what you give Him, even

the little things, God puts His
Spirit and His power on it. A

woman whose husband had passed
on, and she was–the husband

owed a lot of money and the
creditors are coming to claim

her sons as slaves because the
husband did not pay for it, all

right? There are loans–the
money lenders, they are coming,

okay? And then Elisha came in,
another miracle of Elisha, a

miracle of grace, and Elisha
says to her, what? What did he

say? “What do you have in the
house?” Isn’t it obvious they

are now in abject poverty. They
have nothing. And we always say,

“I have nothing,” and yet
there’s something. I was tempted

to go down. I was reminded not
to go down. Pastor, you become

shorter. No, they are concerned
that I’ll fall off, you see?

They do not know sometimes, one
day it will happen, I just walk

there and I walk back again.
That may happen. Ha ha ha, all

right, because I always have
problems walking, right? So

that’s my weakness. In my
weakness, His strength is made

perfect, amen? Yeah, it’s not
because you got something else.

Okay, back to this again. Don’t
distract me. I said last moment,

right? It’s your fault. Okay,
listen. He asked, “What do you

have in your house?” and she
says, “I only have a small,

small flask of oil.” “Okay, go
borrow empty jars. Go borrow

empty vessels.” Empty vessels,
right? Not hard to find. Okay,

never mind. You get the joke,
you get the joke. “Find empty

vessels that make a lot of
noise. Okay, go find an empty

vessel, all right? Bring them
into–okay, now start pouring.”

Now, again, calling those things
that are not. You don’t pour a

little flask, a little, small
flask of oil, but when she start

pouring, the more she poured,
the more she poured, the more

she poured, the more she poured,
the more she poured, the more

she poured. The more Jesus
plucked pieces of bread to give

to His disciples, the more was
given, and He kept on giving

until the people says, “Enough!”
And after that, 12 basketful

left over, amen. And after that,
Elisha asked, “Bring me one more

jar, one more empty vessel,” and
the son says, “No more. We

collected only these ones,” and
the oil stopped. The oil didn’t

stop because not enough supply
from heaven. The oil stopped

because they limited Him. They
limited the supply. The

limitation is always our side.
God’s side has no limit. Like

the Bible says, “They limited
the Holy One of Israel.” And yet

Elisha says, “Sell all these
empty vessels now full of oil,

pay off your debt,” and listen,
not just pay off your debt,

“live off the rest.” Hundred and
twenty percent. Can you see

that? This woman that we read
about, “Restore to her all

that’s hers and her land, and
every proceed, every benefit,

every profit from the day she
left until now,” seven years.

Are you with me so far? He never
asks you for what you don’t

have. It’s always, “What do you
have?” Ah, this is just– Ah,

just a small– You know? That
shows we despise small, small

things. We don’t realize how God
can use. Like I told God last

time, He says, “I’m gonna use
you to speak to many,” He said.

I said to the Lord, “No, I–” I
pitied Him, you know? I felt for

the Lord. I said, “Lord, I’m a
stutterer. I’m a stammerer.” And

the Lord says, “I’m gonna use
that.” I said, “Lord, I

surrender this to You. If You
can use this, I surrender it to

You.” That’s why I always know,
I always remember there is a

Jacob’s tie about me in this
area. I know what it was, amen,

and it doesn’t mean that today I
depend upon my ability or

whatever. I dare not. Before I
come up to preach, I always ask

the Lord, all right, “Give me
that rhema Word.” It’s gotta be

a rhema Word. I pray for all of
you, amen. Even like praying in

the flow of the Spirit and all
that, I do not know until the

last moment, okay? I do not
know. Sometimes He will leave me

like that to depend on Him,
’cause sometimes my preparation

is my strength and He doesn’t
want me always to– So sometimes

God does things like this. I
hope you understand a bit of the

ways of God. It’s not like the
ways of man. And I pray that

this will give you the assurance
that whatever you have lost, in

this kairos year of the right
time and the right place, it’s

all coming back. And not just
coming back what you have lost

in a repaired way like the way
man would do it, but in God’s

way, worthy of His glory, worthy
of His omnipotence, amen. When

God does it, it’s not like man,
amen? It’s gonna be great,

hallelujah. But don’t expect the
manner of man, all right? Expect

sometimes it may come from
places you least expect. You are

going for a trip, you are going
for a meeting, along the way you

bump into someone. So happens
that woman came when–King was

saying, “Gehazi, tell me more.
Tell me more. Tell me what

Elisha did.” And this part, he
must have told the king a lot of

stories about Elisha, but this
part is about raising the son.

“This is the woman!” And that
will happen to you. And that’s

why when these things happen,
the reason we have a theme of

the year–God gives a theme of
the year in beginning of the

year so that when it happens,
you know it’s God. Without the

theme of the year, you might
not. Just say, “Oh yeah, I’m

lucky, yeah.” That’s the worst
thing you can say, okay? Lucky.

Friend, He’s got your back. He
will provide for you. I didn’t

even show you Romans 5, the one
that you all know. It says in

verse 17–there are five “much
more,” right? It says what? “For

if by one man’s sin,” offense,
Adam’s sin, all right, people

died, “death reigned,” right? It
goes on to say, “Much more

those,” all of you, “who
receive,” what? “Abundance of

grace and the gift of
righteousness will,” what?

“Reign in life.” That’s the
“much more.” That’s not being

preached. We are just happy to
saved, happy to be reconciled,

instead of seeing the “much more
we shall be saved from wrath.”

Future, amen? Having the
assurance. And for the lack of

that, people are suffering
depression, and fear, and all

kinds of–you know, all kinds of
crazy doctrines come out of

that, amen. Or here, this area,
instead of reigning in life, oh,

God expects us to just wait for
Jesus to come and then just

barely get by. No, friend.
“Reign in life” means reign in

life! Not under, in life. What
does a king do? He reigns.

That’s why when you speak,
there’s power. And it happens

much more those who receive
abundance of grace–these twins,

all right? Abundance of grace
and the gift of righteousness.

And that’s why I preach on these
two so much, why? I want you to

reign in life, and so you will
in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But always remember it’s because
of what Jesus has done. And all

the people said, “Amen.” Every
head bowed, every eye closed all

across this place. Praise the
name of Jesus. Father, I thank

You, Lord, for the precious
people, Lord. Perchance, Lord,

someone is tuning in right now
or someone has come that has

never received Jesus, Father, I
pray that You will cause that

person’s heart, Lord, to
respond. For we believe, Lord,

that it is You who brought them.
It is You who have prepared

their hearts. So if that is you,
my friend, just pray this prayer

right now and Jesus Christ will
come into your life. Jesus

Christ, the Son of God who died
on that cross, will come into

your life personally, and you
will be born again, and all the

much more will happen in your
life, amen? Jesus says, “I come

that you might have life and
have life more abundantly.” So

if that is what you want,
friend, pray this prayer with

me. Say, “Heavenly Father, I
believe Your Son Jesus Christ is

the Son of God who died on the
cross for my sins and became

liable for all my sins. And I
thank You that You raised Him

from the dead and He’s alive to
be my Good Shepherd, so I

confess Him now. Jesus Christ is
my Lord and my Savior. I thank

You, Father, all my sins now
have been put away. I’m now a

child of God, greatly blessed.
I’m highly favored by God and

deeply loved. In Jesus’ name,
amen.” Stand to your feet.

Praise the Lord. Hey, that’s how
you get saved. People say, “So

easy, man,” you know? And there
are people like that because of

their human mentality, so they
try to make it sound like being

saved is a process. It’s not. In
one fell swoop, you are saved

and saved forever. Praise the
Lord, amen? Praise the Lord.

Actually, prayer is an
expression of our weakness, all

right? That’s why the more you
know your weakness, the more

you’ll pray. This coming week,
let’s not take the week for

granted. Let’s trust the Lord to
put us at the right time at the

right place. Let’s trust God for
dektos and kairos moments.

Father, in Jesus’ name, I pray
for Your precious people,

Father, as they go forth, Lord,
this coming week, Lord, into the

unknown. Unknown for us, but all
known to You. Father, we pray in

the name of Jesus that the Lord
will go ahead of us and make all

the crooked places straight.
Protect us from unseen dangers.

Protect us, Lord, and our loved
ones, Lord, from unseen evil.

And Father, let us, Lord,
because it is unseen and because

You have gone ahead and
protected us, we might not even

know, Lord, that the enemy has
prepared something for us that

You have protected us from. So
keep–give us, Lord, a thankful

heart. Always, Lord, a thankful
heart; that this day forth,

Lord, we’ll give You thanks for
all that You are, and especially

for the gift of Your Son Jesus
Christ. We thank You, Lord. We

thank You, Lord. Give us a
thankful heart, in Jesus’ name.

And all the people said? God
bless you. We’ll see you again.

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