6.] More Money More Problems
This was the only place in Hong Kong where the gifts
of the SPIRIT were being used, & this is where I told
some stories last night [57:04]
That they some of the visitors came along &
they were quite upset with what was going
on—they said because it was a huge number
suddenly we'd grown into hundreds they said
“How did you do this?!” Oh I don't know we
sort of grew..
“Where did you get all these people? Do you
call yourself a pastor? Are you a fellowship?
Do you think women should be..”
I dunno, it just sort of happened. [57:38]
The LORD is so sweet.
But you see, showing all that fruit
didn't mean we were successful.
What is successful is doing the will of GOD &
therefore consider it pure joy my brothers
whenever you face trials of many kinds cause
you know the testing of your faith produces
perseverance. [James 1:2-4]
James 1:2-4 | Rejoicing in Trials [Philippians 1:12-20]
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter
trials of many kinds, ³ because you know the testing of
your faith develops perseverance.
⁴ Allow perseverance to finish its work, so you may
be mature and complete—not lacking anything.”
2 Peter 1:3-9 | Partakers of the Divine Nature
³ HIS divine power has given us everything we
need for life & godliness thru the knowledge
of HIM WHO called us by HIS OWN glory and
excellence. ⁴ Through these HE has given us
HIS precious & magnificent promises, so that
thru them you may become partakers of the
divine nature, now that you've escaped the
corruption in world caused by evil desires. ⁵
For this very reason, make every effort to add
to your faith virtue; & to virtue, knowledge; ⁶
& to knowledge, self-control; & to self-control,
perseverance; & to perseverance, godliness; ⁷
and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if you possess
these qualities & continue to grow in them,
they will keep you from being ineffective &
unproductive in your knowledge of our LORD
JESUS CHRIST. ⁹ But whoever lacks these traits
is nearsighted to point of blindness, having
forgotten he has been cleansed from past sins.
And Romans 5, “Rejoice in your sufferings.”
Romans 5:3-5 | ³ Not only that, but we also rejoice
in our sufferings, because we know that suffering
produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character;
& character, hope. ⁵ & hope does not disappoint us
cause GOD has poured out HIS love into our hearts
through the HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE has given us.
6.1] What is sufferings?
Think Naomi put it so well yesterday sufferings is
really understanding & sharing the heart of the
LORD JESUS for us.
You have to get over your own sufferings, ok
We're not counting that. We're counting on
sharing HIS. Rejoice therefore in sufferings
because they will produce perseverance &
perseverance will produce character which
will produce hope!
And hope does not disappoint us because
GOD has poured out HIS love into our hearts
by the HOLY SPIRIT which HE has given us!
You see just at the right time CHRIST died for the
ungodly & HE's given me the privilege of loving
the ungodly & living with the ungodly—who've
just become a bit godly. [59:15]
And lead [them] loving & growing up.
6.2] Final Word of Encouragement
So I want to bless some of you, encouraged some
of you, & ask you to stand so we can pray for you
• Have you started your race? [1:00:002]
• And will you finish?
Paul says I've finished the race marked out
[2 Timothy 4:7]
The enemies are the ones you're competing against:
[1] Sexual temptation,
[2] Needing all your friends approval,
[3] Not going somewhere because by staying
behind you might find a good marriage partner
They're all enemies!
You think the LORD is going to withhold any good
thing from you? If you do HIS will, HE will not.
Are you going to miss out on what your friends get?
Yes but you have the better part,
you have the better part [1:01:00]
Luke 10:41-42 | “Martha, Martha,” the LORD
replied, “you're worried & upset about many
things. ⁴² But only one thing is necessary and
Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will
not be taken away from her.”
You have eternity, the joy in Heaven. All those people
that you've touched along the way [and] like JESUS for
the joy set before HIM
—HE endured the cross & scorned in shame, so I
want to ask you: Have you started your race and
will you run it with perseverance?
Let me bless you all & then I especially want to pray
for the Caleb's—Max my friend, I thought you were
telling me to start the worship. [1:01:39]
Do you want to close your eyes & open your hands
and receive this. I bless you to run the race marked
out for you, I bless you to go for the portion which
has been reserved for you.
• Because you were made for it
• you were made by a CREATOR
WHO made you so carefully & specially that only
thru you, could HIS love & HIS heart be displayed
to certain people.
………………………………………………………………………….
I bless you to be free from needing to look
successful or counting numbers; I bless you
not to be jealous of those of your friends
………………………………………………………………………….
—who seem to have what's called a ministry
never mind that stuff, never mind that stuff
• we're not here on Earth to start ministries
• we're here on Earth to love our neighbors
• to love the poor
A Ministry might come out of it.
I bless you to run with patience & if you don't see
what the LORD has envisioned you with, not to be
disappointed—but to know that whatever you do
in the LORD's Name is not in vain.
There will be a harvest!
Someone else may reap it. There will be a harvest
for those of you who've started, who've got stuck
• I'm just sowing
• I'm just sowing
• I'm just sowing
I bless you to know there's always a harvest
• always someone
• always
Don't say four more months & then the harvest
There's a harvest everywhere.
So for those of you who only sow, I bless you
to do some reaping because there's a harvest
around everywhere
somewhere everywhere in this city, in the
place you live—there's a harvest waiting..
I sent you to reap. What you have not worked for
others have done the hard work, & you will reap
the benefits of their labor.
So those of you who got stuck, just do a little
sowing—go & do some reaping & know that
you are called to reap what others have sown
And you won't be proud, but you must do some
reaping, there's always a harvest somewhere.
For those of you that think you've got to spend your
life reaping, I bless you to sow with the heart of the
LORD JESUS patiently loving the unlovely, and when
they don't change as quickly as you think they should
that the HOLY SPIRIT will show you your own self and
how patient HE has been with you—to allow you to
make mistakes & still love you. [1:04:50]
To have your weaknesses & still to have used you.
I bless you who are young to start training some of
my friends have started training they're teenagers
• They're having a month without cell phones
that's tough because some of you are going
to spend your lives in a place where there'll
be no cell phones; & you really will have to
leave your father's household—to go to the
land—where HE sends you without instant
communication or gratification except from
the GOD & to know HIS approval
• I bless you young people, if you have race with
men on foot & they have worn you out—how
will you compete with horses?
• if you stumble in safe country how will you
manage by the thickets in the Jordan?
Therefore everyone who competes for the race goes
into strict training — & you do this to get a crown that
will last forever. [1:07:04]
So I bless you young people to be very patient & to
be very impatient & believe.
For those of you who've labored a long time
& seemed not what you hoped for... I'd like
you to come forward
Those of you who are disappointed, you've
done the math & it wasn't what you hoped
for—we're really asking you forward
To congratulate you.
Also want to invite some older people, who are
afraid that you missed it—you know there is a
call on your life.
Here's the good news:
It's not too late. I've got some friends in Britain,
who started at the age of 65—just the right age.
I mean they finished having their kids & grandkids
of course they've got time—great to look after the
poor in their City, Marvelous.
- Not too late at all
- Not too late at all Caleb
I'm just as young, I'm just as vigorous!
The LORD has kept you alive all this time, so you can
claim your inheritance—so open your hands!
We say for all of you—who have not seen what you
have hoped [for] there will be a harvest. So faint not,
faint not, faint not, faint not!
Someone else may reap it! They may even put it in
a magazine & claim it as theirs, you laugh at them.
It wasn't yours either — it was just the work of the
LORD & HE let them be in it, & HE let you be in it,
& the glory goes to HIM! [1:09:27]
Yeah we don't need that on Earth, we don't need
that. We can live without it—actually it's a bit
distracting isn't it?
So I bless you to live a bit quietly—a bit quietly
For those of you who are disappointed:
This is what perseverance produce: character & hope
so go on! If you stopped, if the poor have robbed you
of your hope
—if the one you prayed for has disappointed
you well done, this is just a few steps you have
to go on. [1:10:20]
Doesn't mean to say your Ministry failed
So much better is it [than] not to start it, & end
up with bloody knees then not to have run at all.
And the Church is full of people with clean knees,
so if you messed up: Great! HE is so pleased you ran
If you lost your goods, if you trusted somebody who
turned out to cheat you—well done! Well done!
Love covers a multitude of sins—you did well, that
is all that counts is love—the only thing that counts
is faith expressing itself, if you messed up & trusted
the wrong person.
Other people can be cynical—but I'm not
- You did good
- You did good
- You did good
You may learn to grow in wisdom, you may learn
to find people who help you through these ways.
But don't become cynical or hard-hearted, we don't
need that; & by the way those of you who minister
with the poor, never taken advice from pastors that
haven't lived it. [1:11:44]
—it's not right, they don't know what they're talking
about—only those who physically been on the floor
with the poor have a right.
And those people will never offer you advice.
I don't. They'll just say well done. We understand
that's it, so if your pastors giving you advice, and
he doesn't do this stuff:
Say thank you very much and pray for him.
He just doesn't know that's all—& I can see because
I can see, I can see because I can see, because I can
see in the distance millions of people praising the
LORD because you people here—are going to go on
running your race. [1:13:00]
And you don't have to write Facebook or newsletters
with all your successes—you don't need to make up
great stories so you get financial support.
That's stupid.
It's tempting though, the LORD will provide for you
—you haven't got to impress with the miracles so
bless you.
Thank you Jackie, thank you, thank you brilliant!
Testing of Your Faith 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Jackie Pullinger [Hebrews 12:1-3]
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Headcanons of how each of the guys would be as a dad. (No Ghostface)
warnings: mentions of infertility, mentions of illness of a parent, not much else other than that, this is mostly fluff
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author’s note: hiii I know it's been a while since I've written and posted. but I wanted to write a little something for father's day for our fave slahsers. I hope you enjoy!!
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Billy:
❈ Billy is such a girl dad, and you can’t change my mind
❈ you end up having twin girls, both of which look just like Billy
❈ they are attached to him in ways you can’t explain
❈ your girls love you, and you love them very much, but their dad is definitely the apple of their eye
❈ Billy spoils the hell out of the girls growing up
❈ they’re still very humble despite them getting everything they want
❈ you and Billy made sure to teach them values
❈ when they’re teenagers, they’re drop-dead gorgeous, which makes Billy nervous
❈ he’s definitely the dad who threatens the boys who date your daughters, even though you tell him to be smart
❈ but, knowing Billy and his past, you know for sure he would definitely kill for his girls
Stu:
❈ Stu is also a girl dad
❈ when your daughter is born, he’s a mess
❈ Stu has this huge smile he can’t wipe off his face every time he looks at your daughter
❈ he takes her everywhere with him when she’s a toddler and buys her any toy or candy she points out
❈ when school starts, you don’t who cries harder, Stu or your daughter
❈ prom and graduation are also very emotional times for Stu as his daughter is now grown up
❈ Stu is protective of his daughter, but not so much that he’d go into a murderous rage
❈ but he still scared the boys in her life enough to where they never hurt her too badly
❈ Stu is ecstatic when your daughter gets married and has children of her own
❈ just as he was a cool dad, he’s now a cool grandpa
Mickey:
❈ Mickey has always wanted a son to teach everything to
❈ so when you find out your baby is a boy, Mickey is beside himself with excitement
❈ he has a whole list of names picked out already
❈ when your son is born, Mickey stares in awe at him and how much he looks like the both of you
❈ he has your eyes and Mickey’s nose and smile
❈ Mickey is the perfect father, getting up to take care of him at night when it’s his turn
❈ sometimes he’ll do it when it’s your turn, too, so that you’ll get more rest
❈ and he’s just enthralled with his son and loves spending time with him
❈ skin-to-skin contact is Mickey’s favorite part of your son being a baby
❈ when your son is old enough to do things, Mickey is over the top with getting him into sports, art, music, and so on
❈ he wants his son to be happy no matter what he chooses to do with his childhood and his life
Roman:
❈ you have both a boy and a girl a few years apart
❈ the girl is older and very sassy, just like her father
❈ the boy is very shy and to himself, also just like his father at times
❈ Roman loves teaching the kids about art and film
❈ your daughter picks up photography, much to Roman’s delight, while your son is into costumes and designing them, which also makes Roman excited
❈ you both decide to send the kids to an art school, and Roman is upset that he won’t see the kids as often as he’d like during their teen years
❈ but he knows they love what they do and need the necessary education for those subjects
❈ once your kids are no longer kids and have graduated university, Roman makes sure that they get good jobs in the industry in Hollywood
❈ watching your little family be so close and working together makes you incredibly happy
Charlie:
❈ Charlie was very terrified when he found out you were pregnant
❈ but god, does he love his son more than anything
❈ your son looks like Charlie spit him out, with his large, round eyes and rosy lips
❈ your son is just like Charlie personality wise
❈ but your son can be very outspoken sometimes, which can make Charlie a little mad
❈ however, Charlie is very patient and learns how to handle your son and his attitude
❈ when your son struggles in school due to attention problems, Charlie researches and does everything possible in order to help his educational needs
❈ when your son graduates high school, he decides to go on to college for something Charlie isn’t a big fan of
❈ but upon seeing how skilled your son is in the career field, Charlie grows happy for him
❈ once your son has a family of his own, Charlie helps him a lot with raising his own son
Richie:
❈ at first, Richie wasn’t too keen on the idea of having children
❈ but when you both find out you’re infertile, his attitude changes
❈ suddenly, he wants to do anything to make you happy, including having children, even if they aren’t your biological ones
❈ you both decide to foster kids for a little while
❈ Richie is surprisingly wonderful with every kid who comes through your household
❈ one kid specifically holds a dear spot in your and Richie’s hearts, so you decide to adopt them permanently
❈ soon, you adopt a few more kids, making your family grow larger
❈ once all your kids have completed school and the house was empty, you realize just how much your unluckiness with fertility changed everything in your and Richie’s lives
Ethan:
❈ when your last living parent falls ill and is no longer able to take care of your little sibling, you have to step up and have temporary guardianship
❈ you and Ethan have been together for a while, but kids haven’t really been brought up quite yet
❈ so it’s weird suddenly having the responsibility shared between both of you for a child
❈ but the weird dynamic quickly becomes habit and routine
❈ Ethan takes your sibling to school, makes breakfast and packs their lunch, helps with their homework, and just about anything you can think of
❈ you and Ethan discuss having children of your own once your parent gets better and has your sibling back in their household
❈ but when your parent doesn’t get better, and it seems your sibling living with you is permanent, life throws another curveball, and you become pregnant
❈ so you and Ethan raise your sibling and child together very happily
❈ Ethan is great with kids because of his personality, and it definitely has reflected onto the kid he helped raise as well as his own child
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