I tell you, it's not easy, you understand,
when you are so much in debt.
So ingrained all these years.
I owed the bank with ODs (overdrafts) and loans
and my interest rate was $105,000 every month.
Because at that time, the interest was over 6%,
at about 6.5% to 6.75%.
And it was just not easy every month.
And people later asked me:
"How do you get out of all this debt?"
And I tell you, I only listen to the gospel. Because I was so fearful.
Do you know every 15 minutes, you'll keep on thinking. And the
devil will keep on attacking. Then Pastor Prince said to fight the
good fight of faith, because it's a good fight. Because Jesus already
won! He won the fight for you already! Because He was nailed to
the cross, that He became poor that you may be made rich. It's the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is grace! Which means that no
matter who I am, the Lord is going to freely give me this grace. And
Pastor Prince began to give me the verse in 2 Corinthians 5:21. He
said: "Meditate on this." 2 Corinthians 5:21. You know, 2
Corinthians 5:21, you understand it comes before 2 Corinthians 8:9, and
2 Corinthians 9:8, the verse Pastor preached last week. Do you know
that these three verses are so important! It is when you meditate
on Him, Jesus Christ, that He who knew no sin became sin for me, that
I have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. When I keep
on saying: "Lord, I have been made the righteousness of God." I'm not
righteous at all! But I need to believe that I am the righteousness
of God in Christ Jesus! So I began holding onto 2 Corinthians 5:21.
"Lord, You are my righteousness!" Everyday, the devil kept on
condemning me, I felt bad. I felt lousy, I felt dirty. You know, I
wish I had not done that mistake. But it's done! But the gospel was
what saved me. So I kept on hearing. I could not breathe so I
kept on hearing. That's why I kept on hearing. Do you know how many
ear pieces (back then we used wired ones)—that I slept with? Do you
know I slept with Pastor's voice? Because I could not sleep. Do you
know how many ear pieces I broke? When you sleep with it, try it and
you will understand. With that kind of extreme fear, the stress, the
pressure, the condemnation, you need to be as extreme—to keep on
hearing and hearing and hearing. God's way to deliver us is by
hearing because 1 Corinthians 1:21 says that it is to the foolishness
of the preaching of the gospel, that "sozos", that saves those who
believe. So I need to believe, but this believing comes from faith,
which comes by hearing. So I kept on hearing. Pastor encouraged us to
hear. What must I do? Hearing. Wow, just by hearing? When you hear and
hear, can you receive your breakthrough? But that is the truth
of the gospel. This is the wisdom of God! This is the power of God!
And it is through hearing, when you keep on hearing. I thank God. Do
you know right now how many ear pieces I have broken? But right
now, we have Bluetooth. Do you know that right now—I still—everywhere I
go you'll see me with Airpods or if not with a Sony earpiece. Do you
know how many pairs I have? My wife always sees me—whenever any new
earpieces come out—now I'm not buying cars anymore, I am buying
earpieces. I'm buying earbuds. You know, I got the latest Sony S5, I
got the Sony S4 also, I got the Airpod Pros. I got the Jabra. You
know, you can ask me about it! Do you know what I used to like about
cars? About the Testarossa, the Ferrari 348 and 345? I knew the
Jaguar V12, you know I knew the start sound of the V12 but now, I
want the sound of the gospel. Amen! Hallelujah. It is because I keep on
hearing, and hearing, and hearing. And you know that I'm a Chinese,
right? Yes, you can see me. Hallelujah. I'm not
English-educated. I'm not good in English. Sometimes you cannot blame
your children, sometimes it is the teachers also. Most teachers are
good, I just met the wrong teacher. But as I leaned on to the Lord and
through Pastor's preaching, I began to see Jesus. I saw Jesus walking
to me. I saw Jesus walking to me, because he made Him real to me. Do
you know how to grow in grace? How do you grow out of debts? Or how do
you grow in health? This is how to grow. We hear Pastor's message,
start hearing because he brings you to Jesus. He brings you to the
sacrifices, he brings you to the altar, he brings you to the five
offerings. So when you begin to see Jesus, stop there. I began to see
Jesus, then what happened? I began to lean into Jesus, because when
you begin to see Jesus so real in your life, when you lean into
Jesus, that's when you grow. We can only grow in grace. 躺在耶稣的胸膛就是天堂。You
know, because I got no place to rest! I could not rest in riches,
because I didn't have it. I could not rest in my Rolex watches. I
could not rest in my Ferraris or my Mercedes, or anything. There was
just no way to rest, but I can rest in Him. That's where I found my
rest. And every time you listen to a sermon, you will begin to see
Jesus walking, then stop there, and begin to lean in. Ah, that's how
you grow. Hallelujah. Everyday, as I just not thinking—at that time,
every day, I was just meditating about my debts. My focus was on the
debts. When the debts are going to be cancelled, or when it was going
to be due. But now, as I begin to grow to lean on Him, that inner
life begin to grow. Because only perfect love can cast out fear.
He's the One with the perfect sacrifice, who perfectly paid for
my debts. I can lean on Him and His perfect love casts out all fear.
Then I began to be able to slowly breathe again. That's why I need
the earpiece, I need to keep on hearing and hearing. Then the Lord
Jesus Christ began to show me—He said: "The secret is in My name." I
saw that Jesus' name in Mandarin is 耶稣, right? 耶稣is Jesus' name, right?
He showed me the secret in His name! Do you want the breakthrough?
Then learn this secret. What's the secret for all your breakthroughs?
Begin to see 耶稣, alright? What is 耶稣 made up of? It is made up of
four characters. It is made up of the characters: "ear", "ear",
"fish" and "grain." Fish and grain, as you all know, refers to the five
loaves and two fishes. So begin to hear. In Hebrew, it's called "shema
shema." Begin to "shema shema." Our part is only to hear the
gospel. Then He began to show me this. The next picture. Ah, so I
put on the headphones. When you begin to keep on hearing Jesus,
begin to hear supply, you begin to see Him supplying you and not see
the lack. My eyes kept on seeing my bank statement as my lack.
Everything had lack, that the bank was going to foreclose, I was going
to be bankrupt and everything. But when I begin to hear—it takes a
thought to heal a thought. It takes a thought to heal a thought. This
is from Pastor Prince. Then I begin to treasure it, to hear and hear
and wow, I tell you. Pasto, throughout the years, kept on
building up on this. On the importance of hearing. Because why?
Because Galatians 3:5 says that: "Therefore He who supplies the
spirit to you and works miracles among you?" How does He work
miracles? "By the works of the law? NO!" "But by the hearing of faith."
Come on, let's say it together: "Hearing of faith." Hearing of
faith—righteousness. To hear Him. Pastor said that the supply there
is God-orchestrated! It is God-orchestrated, do you know that?
Wow, when I heard the Word, that God would orchestrate everything!
"You just focus on My Son and God will orchestrate everything, to
work all things together for your good." The focus is not on the
money, it's not when the debts can be settled, or when your healing is
going to come. At that time, I had high blood pressure, I had stomach
ulcers, I had migraine headaches. I was taking Panadols. You know, it
was so painful that I vomited every four hours. At that time, I took a
maximum of 16 Panadols just to kill the pain. And that's the painful
torment that I went through. But I kept hearing and hearing. And wow,
I was healed from inside out. I remembered one time I was vomiting
at the toilet bowl. But I remembered to fight the good fight
of faith. I was vomiting, but I still held on to the bowl and said:
"Praise the Lord for you are good." Although I am experiencing it, it
is not by experience or my feelings. It is not real. Because
the truth has set me free. Jesus paid for me that by His stripes, I
am healed. Despite of all my symptoms, I'm healed. Despite of
the panadols I am eating right now, I'm healed. Despite of my pain
piercing headaches. And I tell you that even as I was vomiting, I was
proclaiming. Even with the vomit on my mouth, I would say: "Praise the
Lord for you are good." Because that is the truth. Jesus you paid
for it. That was how I had my break through. My headaches, my migraine
headache, that was when I was 30+ years old. It never came back till
today. I'm 60. Amen. Praise the Lord. My high blood pressure was
another miracle. The doctors said: "No, you got to take medication for
your whole life." Whole life, medicine, you know. Please, when I
share this testimony, please let the doctor be your doctor. Don't
stop the medication by yourself because I went to the doctor. When
I was hearing and hearing, I didn't know I was growing. I became
stronger. I became healthier- 30-fold and 60-fold. I became
growing, and growing, and growing on the inside. Then suddenly, when
I took the medication, my high pressure was dropping too low. I
started having discomfort in my head. I went to see a doctor, the
doctor checked my blood pressure and he said: "Hey, your blood
pressure has dropped." It became better. So I had to cut my tablet
intake to half. Then I continued to hear. Remember: let the doctor
prove your testimony, don't try to prove it yourself. That is very
important. You cannot stop the medication yourself because you
need it. Especially if you're under such pressure, whatever you're
going through, God bring your through. Doctors are on our side.
They are helping us, please remember that. So when I started
taking half, I still felt discomfort, so I went back to the
doctor again. He said: "Okay, take one quarter." But even with one
quarter of medication, I still had discomfort. Because I was
constantly hearing, filling my mind with Jesus. "Lord, I cannot breathe
without you." When I kept on leaning on Jesus, leaning on His
bosom... Wow, Jesus was made real in my life through Pastor's
preaching. I was healed unconsciously. And with that
quarter of medication, I went to see the doctor. The doctor, at
last, had no choice but to say—I still remembered his face: "Okay,
stop the medication." Because he told me I got to take medication my
whole life. But after today, you know I thank God, recently I went
for a body checkup. And I didn't know the doctor was from our
church. Because you don't know who is doing the screening, the health
screening. So this doctor is from our church. And he knows Pastor
Daniel. He always says that he's so glad he gets to meet the pastors.
Whenever he is in need, God always sends our church pastors to him to
meet him. So when I was there, he told me: "Pastor, your blood
pressure is very good." So now, I can tell you that there is proof.
I'm not saying myself, it's the doctor who told me. My migraine
headaches are gone, my high blood pressure is also gone, my stomach
ulcer is also gone! Now I can eat "ba zhang" (Glutinous rice). You
know what I'm saying? Glutinous rice! When you have ulcer everyday,
you will burp very often. And it can be really painful and
everything but you know, I'm completely healed! Praise the Lord.
And it is through all this hearing. But first, God healed me from
inside first. When my soul, my mind is restful in Him, my body began to
be healed.