I. Introduction

Good day to all! The topic I'll be discussing today is particularly good. And what is this topic? It's called: Victory Leads to Joy! Chinese Mingding Destiny is a joyful theology; it's a victorious theology. You'll find it easy to be joyful here. Today, I want to tell you that victory is the key! Note that this is the sixth lecture in my five-part Joy Series.

Some have asked me: Teacher, I've given as you said, but why am I not joyful? I respond: You haven't given enough. Then they say: Teacher, I've created as you instructed, but still no joy? I tell them: You haven't created enough. Just after creating, they start: Alas! Where's the joy? It would have been better not to ask, as even the little joy they had is now gone. Teacher, I've managed and toiled, but I'm not joyful; it's so strange! Teacher, your teachings aren't working. Today, I'll tell you: It's impossible for them not to work! The problem lies in not being victorious.

So, after my lecture today, I have a small worry: what if you completely eliminate joy after listening, and I become a non-victorious person! That's a disaster! Therefore, today I want to tell you that victory is a very simple matter; a person's lack of victory is a very painful thing. And what do people need to overcome? Actually, it's overcoming oneself; once you overcome yourself, many things become easier.

You see, I enjoy research; I like doing very academic research. I've studied many principles of living, and joy is one of them. I've also studied many phenomena of living well and living poorly. I've discovered something very wonderful: joy is indeed a very difficult thing, while being vexed is a very easy thing. In life, eight or nine times out of ten, we are troubled with toil and sorrow. Alas, toil and sorrow, hardship! Just any event can cause us to be vexed for half a day, or even several days. And before that event has passed, the next one arrives.

I tell you, the orders keep coming in one after another. Orders for vexation, orders for discouragement, orders for lack of joy, orders for suffering, orders for headaches. If you keep it up, I must warn you, you might develop cancer, and wouldn't that be the end of your life? Too many people are like this. What should we do? We must understand it and listen to my sharing.

You absolutely must not idly seek troubles! Seeking and seeking, you end up with loneliness, a life of vexation! A life of discouragement! Loneliness is even an exaggeration. Isn't this a tragedy? A person lives until death without understanding the principle of joy; it's too tragic! So I congratulate you on coming to Chinese Mingding Destiny. You begin to cut off those orders, refusing to accept them anymore! You start accepting orders for joy. People conjure up troubles for themselves in countless ways! Alas, if I were to give examples, there would be too many. Because the people I serve are all like this. If I were to tell a story, I tell you, I could grab a handful of similar cases. How difficult is this? It's just a choice in the heart.

Yesterday, a young sister in elementary school called me, why? Lacking joy. I was happy to hear that she lacked joy. Some might say, what are you saying? She's not joyful, and you're happy? An order has come to me; this is what I do; I accept this order. Accepting this order is like a delivery guy snatching an order; I'm so happy! After serving, the child is happy, and her perspective is changed. People say, The one who tied the bell must untie it. Have you all heard this saying? Actually, the bells I untie were not tied by me; they were tied by others. So you see, I'm specifically untying these bells of unhappiness that others have tied. Alas, I'm an expert at untying bells!

Some people say: Can you untie them? Isn't this what I study? What couldn't be solved yesterday, perhaps there will be a discovery today? Haven't I been studying this matter every day since childhood? I specialize in studying how to live well. Some people don't believe it; that's okay; bring it on and try. We opened this Joy Center, and we are not afraid of people coming to challenge us. Come and challenge; bring it on and try it; hopefully, you won't kick against iron. But, if you kick and then become joyful, then I must congratulate you! Oh, you kicked correctly.

What was this young sister vexed about? For example: What did others think of her? Did the teacher call on her? Did the teacher like her? I tell you, there's a whole bunch of these things. I tell everyone that many people care too much about themselves! To the extent that they have no time to care about you. They simply have no time to care about you. They think too highly of themselves! So how much impact do these things we care about have on the future? Actually, it's very little. So I told this child that Han Xin crawled between people's legs, crawled between the legs of those local thugs, and eventually became a great general of the Han Dynasty. I said, his psychology must have been strong enough.

I think childhood experiences have very little impact on the future. If childhood experiences have a big impact on a person's future, then it's better to say that only those experiences that can make you strong in childhood have a big impact on you. Then I told this child: I said, let me tell you a story. When I was a child, everyone was playing soccer, and after a game, I didn't touch the ball, which made the kids laugh. Then suddenly, someone passed me the ball, and I lifted my leg too early, and the ball went through my legs. That wasn't Han Xin crawling between legs; that was the soccer ball crawling between legs.

As a result, this child laughed after hearing it, and we had a common language. He said: Teacher, I can't touch the ball when I play rugby either. We're really in the same boat, and we both laughed a lot. I said it's interesting; I play soccer, and he plays rugby. I thank God! Playing soccer as a child produced a joke, and it ended up being used to comfort a child, and at such an old age, it became a topic of conversation to comfort a child. Hey, that's great! It turns out God really has prepared it; thank the Lord! Can it work without preparation? Thank God for the preparation!

The question is, how much impact does this have on a person? If I had been vexed and discouraged as a child, that would have been troublesome. I can still live happily even if I didn't kick the ball. I didn't live for that ball; if I lived for that ball, wouldn't I be a jerk? I can live happily, or I can live vexed. I choose to be happy! Later, I found that after growing up, I studied this thing and wow! How could such a young child's heart be so strong! Ah, how is my heart so strong? Later, I found that this thing is very interesting; starting from childhood, becoming a strong person determines your future!

If you're discouraged because you can't kick the ball, your heart is not strong enough. If you're discouraged because you can't touch the ball, your heart is not strong enough. At that time, I didn't know my heart; I was still a child. How strong was my heart? Hmph! Have you seen The True Story of Ah Q? It's almost like Ah Q: Hmph, when I have money in the future, I'll buy everyone a ball. I won't let you touch the ball; I'll hug the ball to sleep every day, with a strong heart. Nothing can crush a person with character; nothing can crush the strength of our hearts! Because we don't live by these things at all.

I tell you, I had a very magical experience when I was a child. For example, when I got first place on an exam, I didn't feel happy. Later, when I dropped to tenth place, I didn't take it to heart. My mom didn't take it to heart either. I tell you, I really have a good mom. Later, when I fell to twentieth place, I didn't take it to heart. I didn't take going to college to heart, and I didn't take not going to college to heart either. Later, I found: Wow! What kind of child is this? This child is too interesting.

One day, I shared with a sister; I often use my own example. I said: I sang off-key in elementary school; I started singing before others started, and I hadn't finished singing when others had finished. Later, they didn't want me anymore. I tell you, she said at the time: Oh, this child must be so hurt! I said: No, I'm not hurt. I really think this heart must be so strong! So strong. It turns out this is the way to live well.

I tell you, it's really like this. Later, I had to sing as a pastor, and even today I still sing off-key. Alas, I feel like I've been a divine person since I was a child! Not hurt, not taking it to heart. Everyone else was singing, and I was the only one who was kicked out. Alas, I thought, this guy, this must be so embarrassing. It's so embarrassing, but it doesn't matter. Isn't everyone laughing about it today? So cute. I think some people don't like this very much, but I really wish everyone could learn this.

Some people are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or sixties, and they still haven't learned this. I could do it when I was a child; why can't I teach you today? Why can't you learn it? Then some people come to me: Teacher, I don't want to listen to this. I said: Then what do you want to listen to? I really want to hear that you were very vexed, very discouraged, and very hurt when you were a child, and then you had a loser's comeback, and then how you became joyful, and how you overcame it. Alas, you want to hear this? There's no such thing. It's not like that. Actually, people are quite old, and they should sum it up. Don't take it seriously, and it's not a big deal.

Sometimes people also ask me: Teacher, you always talk about your own things, which makes me feel so stressed. You see, you studied well since you were a child, but I didn't study well since I was a child. Can you talk about something? Just pretend that you didn't study well when you were a child, and then pretend it was no big deal, and then you were a loser, a loser to the extreme, and then you had a loser's comeback; we want to hear that. I said, there's no such thing. I thought about it and said: What is this? What kind of mentality is this? Ah, you want to find a reason for yourself. I said: I like to talk about what can make losers have a comeback. What's 2+3=8, I like to talk about this. I am a person who makes losers have a comeback; that's great! I turn vexation into joy! That's great; this logic is right. It's not interesting to talk about losers' comebacks.

Later, I discovered that the matter of joy needs in-depth research. If we find the key point, think about how many unhappy people we can bless! Bless so many. Today, if those among us who are getting their Ph.D. and are unhappy come to me, I'll give them a little joy, enough to persevere like going to a gas station to fill up. The oil burns out and comes back again. I've become a joy gas station; how great is that? How big is this market? This market is huge. Those who are unhappy come to me and become joyful; I love to do this. Do you all understand?

Later, I discovered that the matter of joy needs in-depth research. If we find the key point, think about how many unhappy people we can bless! Bless so many. Today, if those among us who are getting their Ph.D. and are unhappy come to me, I'll give them a little joy, enough to persevere like going to a gas station to fill up. The oil burns out and comes back again. I've become a joy gas station; how great is that? How big is this market? This market is huge. Those who are unhappy come to me and become joyful; I love to do this. Do you all understand?

So today, I want to tell everyone that character is very important! Very, very important! That kind of character is called a victorious character! People with a victorious character will be joyful and live well! If you don't have it, you must quickly get some. Isn't that right? Hurry up and get some, hurry up and find some. That thing is so simple; it doesn't cost money, and you can't buy it with money. This thing isn't built with money; you have to build your character properly.

If you have children at home, don't think that degree certificates are important. Don't think that school exam scores are important. Of course, you can't say it's not important at all, but the most important thing is the child's character. So Chinese Mingding Destiny trains people, it is training character. Wronging you on purpose is to see how much you can endure; that's how it's done, professional! So everyone should know that if you have children at home, adjust your entire cultivation system to character no matter what. Without character, life is a tragedy! If you don't have children, build yourself into a person with character. Don't chase after those things. I'm telling you all this from the bottom of my heart: This character determines a person's life and determines the scene of a person's joy.

Throughout history, there are not many people with character. Last night at dinner, I made everyone laugh. I said: Look, some people look like aliens. Does everyone know who looks like an alien? But the problem is, there is character inside. That appearance is very worrying. But he has character; you know? After looking at it for a long time, the more you look at it, the better it looks. After looking at it for a long time, I increasingly feel that this appearance is great! Has everyone found it very durable? Why? Because he has that character in his bones, which makes him very durable. You marry a husband, marry one with character, hear me? Very interesting. Look at those who wear rock clothes and sing on stage; don't look at their small appearance; they are full of character.

Without character, even if she looks like a fairy, looking at her for a long time will cause aesthetic fatigue. Uncomfortable! Meaningless. She looks pretty, but the things she says lack character. When people without character speak, they say things without character, which is so distressing. I have a brother who learns from me, and he amuses me. He learns well, but I don't learn well, speaking with a strong accent. The person looks so beautiful, almost like an angel, and then opened her mouth and said: My mother said that she would buy me a big refrigerator when I get married. I can't speak well; I don't learn well. People must learn to have character. It doesn't matter if you don't look good. Don't be without character. Without character, even if you look like Charlie Chaplin, wearing a Communist Eighth Route Army hat and uniform, you still look like a traitor. That appearance is too worrying; that character is just not good.

Victory leads to joy, and with victory, that character is formed. I tell you: prolonged discouragement leads to a discouraged face; prolonged vexation leads to a vexed face. So the vicissitudes of time will climb onto your face, and the vicissitudes of time will definitely climb onto your neck. If you want to see a person's age, don't look at the face; the face can be fixed in so many ways. Look at the neck, and you will know the age. Time will climb onto your face. A sister told me: Pastor, you and your younger brother look very similar. I said: Yes! My brother and I look very similar. She said: But in a certain place, your brother's expression and your expression are completely different. Can they be the same? Our inner characters are different. So today, we must know that the principle of joy is very important! Today, I am talking to you about victory. Be a victorious and have character person no matter what.

You see, I studied about joy. Then I studied about living. Later, the more I studied, the more I studied about things in the spiritual realm. Later, I discovered there is a kind of demon called discouragement demon. When it attaches itself to a person, he will be discouraged for no reason. This person originally had a little bit of pickiness, but then the picky demon attached itself to him, and he became a very picky person. If a vexation demon attached itself to him, he would become very vexed. If a demon of contention attached itself to him, he would become very contentious. If a jealousy demon attached itself to him, he would become very jealous. Alas, all were uncomfortable. Isn't this envy, jealousy, and hatred? So, I discovered that the process of Chinese Mingding Destiny making people happy is closely related to casting out demons. Without casting out demons, it's difficult for you to continue.

The Bible puts it well: Jesus Christ preached the gospel, healed the sick, and cast out demons. If you don't cast out demons, you don't solve the problem. So those evangelicals who don't cast out demons and still think they have the orthodox gospel, it's not orthodox at all, it's a deviant version. Today, let's return to the orthodox gospel of Jesus Christ: preaching the gospel, healing the sick, and casting out demons—that's the true orthodox gospel. In the spiritual world, if you don't fight the battle, if you don't take them down, don't ever think that if you don't provoke them, they won't provoke you? That's not how it works. Even if you don't provoke them, they will still provoke you! They are demons, after all! Who did we provoke? The Japanese devils came anyway? We didn't provoke them! It was because of weakness. If you are strong in your bones and fight, refusing to allow these things to enter you. Then who do you allow to enter you? Allow joyful things to enter you. So we know one thing: Our God's Spirit is a Spirit of joy. With God's Spirit, people will be joyful. It's hard for people to be joyful on their own.

We have a sister among us whose father passed away from cancer, and she had these demons on her: entanglement, depression, competition, jealousy, all these. I feel that having these things grow in your bones is deadly! If some of you still have these things inside you, you must know that these things are called cancer personality. You might say you don't have cancer yet, but you're not far from it. You can't continue like this! Step on the brakes immediately! Even if you step on the brakes, the car is still going at 80 kilometers per hour, and you still have to travel some distance. If you don't step on the brakes, how far will it take you?

So you must have the Spirit of joy. What attracts demons? What attracts the Spirit of God? If you obey the Spirit of God, you attract the Spirit of God; if you obey the spirit of demons, you attract the spirit of demons. What does it mean to obey the spirit of demons? Obeying the spirit of demons means having demonic thoughts, which attracts demons; obeying the Spirit of God means having godly thoughts, which attracts the Spirit of God. This is a major discovery I've made. Someone typed, Try it, and then passed away! The first part was try it, and the second part really was passed away.

Observe carefully, observe more, serve more, and you'll get the hang of it. Why do people have those ideas? Because they feel they must keep living, that they can't live without these things. They feel they must live, they feel they can only live with these things. But in fact, even with these things, they still can't live. So that idea is actually a lie, a bondage. Because people think they're living well, but they're not living well at all. Once you invite demons in, you must know that it's easy to invite demons, but hard to send them away!

A believer must know that in the spiritual world, we overcome through the Lord, lacking nothing. That's the key! I ask you, what would a believer lack? A believer lacks nothing. Lacking nothing, what are you grasping at? Grabbing this and grabbing that, what are you grabbing at? Genesis puts it well! Isaac lived by relying on God, not by relying on wells. So when people snatched his wells, he gave them away. They snatched another well, and he gave it away again. He didn't live by relying on wells. If someone were to snatch your well today, wouldn't you fight them to the death? And what would happen? Fighting to the death, you'd lose your life. Concepts and ideas are easily changed. Once you change, you'll be joyful.

Later, did that child become joyful? He did, I specialize in this. I think, lacking nothing, you must tell yourself all your life, I lack nothing in my life. Last night, when I was preparing my sermon, a sister sent me a message saying that the people in her company were arguing with the boss about what? The company's parking spaces. Then she first accepted my advice, because that's what I teach, don't compete, don't grab, and don't make trouble. As a result, those who were fighting for parking spaces made such a fuss that it reached the US headquarters. Later, they finally gave out parking spaces, and this sister also got a parking space. People are living for parking spaces? It actually doesn't have much meaning.

So I'm telling you: A person in Jesus Christ, all good things, the God in heaven has prepared for us. You must know that you lack nothing, so what are you still thinking about? Are you lacking joy? If you lack nothing but joy, then let's get some more joy. God has anointed me with the oil of gladness, more than my companions. Today, brothers and sisters, begin to overcome yourselves, overcome the lies within you, the lies released by the devil, overcome our carnal logic, overcome the various concepts within us.

For example, a person wants to retire. Retirement needs to be in Jesus Christ, where all needs are met. Work, business, if you are willing to give it up for the Lord, there is nothing that you will not receive a hundredfold in this life and eternal life in the age to come. Some people say: I can't let go. Can't let go? That's because you think too highly of yourself, thinking that if you do this, what will happen? Actually, nothing will happen. It's possible that what you do is worse than not doing it. Once you do something wrong, it's better not to do it. Being busy puts the Lord aside. You've spent your whole life practicing a skill, which is the skill of forsaking the Lord. I'm telling you, we'll see!

So today, brothers and sisters must know: Don't be foolish! Ah, I wouldn't tell you to your face: You're being silly. Unless I'm pastoring you, I'll tell you. But even if I tell you, it's useless, so I won't say it anymore, to avoid being annoying. Come, let's read today's scripture. Today's scripture is in John chapter 16, verses 23 to 24. Do you all have Bibles? Let's open them and read together.

II. Scripture

In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. (John 16:23-24)

III. Prayer

God! Today, let Your words be engraved on our hearts, so that our hearts can firmly remember: All our needs are met in You. Whatever we ask, You will give us; whatever we ask, You will give us in the name of Jesus Christ. Because we are disciples of Jesus Christ, we are to walk the path of Jesus Christ, so whatever we ask in this life, we will receive. Because Your intention is to let us receive joy, to let our joy be complete; God! Today, give us wisdom and intelligence so that we can learn to obey the Holy Spirit, so that we know that in Jesus Christ we lack nothing. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

IV. Scripture Background

This Gospel of John is well written! Why? Because the Gospel of John was probably written after the apostles Paul, Peter, and others had died. John lived a very, very long time. He lived to be over ninety years old. He wrote this book called the Gospel of John in his very old age. I believe that he took some detours on the road of ministry in writing this Gospel of John. Why did he take some detours? Because he was with Peter, James, and others. James was the eldest, John was the third, and Peter was the second. John walked with them, and later these people died. As a result, he had a brand new understanding of the entire gospel of Jesus Christ in his heart. I believe John also had a new understanding of shepherding.

After he had a new understanding of shepherding, he wrote this Gospel of John, which reveals the teachings of Jesus Christ that were not written in Matthew, Luke, or Mark. Why were they not written? Because at that time, people's understanding of the way of Jesus Christ was still relatively shallow. They wrote Matthew, Luke, and Mark to the extent that they could receive. But when John wrote the Gospel of John, he was very old and had personally seen what kind of church the Apostle Paul had built and how important shepherding had become. Later, he wrote this.

Later, John, as an old man, became old and, having walked all the way, finally understood how important joy is. Joy is very important. As a result, he remembered what Jesus had said back then, and then he reorganized what Jesus had said. This is the Gospel of John. These are the words that the Lord Jesus spoke before being crucified. What he said is very interesting. I have slightly sorted out John chapter 16: First, Jesus went to be crucified, ascended to heaven, and then what? The Holy Spirit will be given.

You see, God works mysteriously, to what extent? To the extent that Jesus ascended to heaven and then bestowed the promised Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit comes to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, to make them blame themselves. Today, everyone must develop the habit of blaming themselves. You've all been doing it wrong in the past, haven't you? Being idle and entangled causes you all kinds of illnesses, and then you come to me for prayer. You say it's deep, but it's not, and you say it's shallow, but it's not.

So, today everyone knows that you haven't been doing it right in the past. Today, start doing it right. Don't say that mothers and sons meet like enemies, husbands and wives meet like enemies, right? You don't like the way I look, and I don't like the way you look. You just play being unpleasant when you have nothing to do. After a while, your eyes don't work well, your ears don't work well, and nothing works well.

Then some people, they don't work well, they go back and forth, back and forth, and are taken away by COVID-19. You say, in this life, isn't this entanglement? So, blaming yourself is the work of the Holy Spirit, which is that you have to admit that you didn't do it right. Then people didn't do it right, so you have to say, ah, you didn't do it right. Right? No, I'm just like this, I just want to be entangled, what can you do? There's no way to fix it.

So, when the Holy Spirit comes, then, until the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. Why? Because in the past we acted according to our own will, according to the desires of the flesh, acting according to our own will. Now that the Holy Spirit has come, He will guide us into and understand all the truth. This is powerful. Understanding the truth is because the truth can set us free.

Today, if you are feeling uncomfortable, I'm telling you, your brain is very dirty. If you don't clean it, you won't know. If you clean it, you'll be shocked. How dirty is it? Right? After it's dirty, it will all float to the surface, floating out all kinds of dirty diseases. So the Holy Spirit does such a thing, which is to solve a key problem, which is the problem of our thoughts.

Then what else did this thing solve? It also solved a very important problem. You must know that people need money to live, right? People need to be able to eat, people need to have clothes to wear, they need to have a house to live in, they can't just wander around the streets. Right? In Northeastern dialect, wandering around the streets, right? What happened as a result? What Jesus said is too important.

What did He say? At that time, you don't need to ask me anything, why? Because the Holy Spirit guides you. Then, whatever you ask the Father, He will give it to you in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name; now ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. Do you see the background of this passage of scripture? This passage of scripture is talking about joy.

We lack nothing in life. How much do you need? Right? If you lack nothing, then what are you doing if you're not joyful? You just lack joy, right? If you lack joy, hurry up and get some joy. If you're not joyful for too long, you'll develop a cancer personality. Then I'm telling you, what did Jesus say?

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take hear! I have overcome the world.

Brothers and sisters, today we overcome through Jesus Christ, who has overcome for us. There is a very interesting sentence in this, what did He say?

In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Originally, Jesus was providing a backdoor for us at the back. Because of this, Jesus will ask for us, do you hear that? We have a backdoor, a very solid backdoor. Right? Our background is very strong. So, this passage of scripture tells us one thing, which is that you should remove the worries of this world and that all your needs are met in Jesus Christ. Then you must know that God will lead you into this truth, understand the truth, at least understand the way of living. Right? Come, let's talk about it in detail today, I just gave a rough overview just now.

V. We Will Receive Whatever We Ask For

We will receive whatever we ask for, why? So that our joy may be complete. Let me ask you today, is the matter of receiving whatever we ask for really true or not? Later, I was researching why Christians' prayers, basket after basket, container after container, are not answered. I watched it with my own eyes in the church, and later I was very confused.

This place says that we will receive whatever we ask for and that our joy will be complete, and I was very confused. Later, I thought, if we were to build a church, we would build this one church, where we would receive whatever we ask for. As a result, I really saw it today. I'm really not bragging. Later, why didn't we receive it? Does everyone know why? It's not that God didn't give it, it's that God gave it, but the demons snatched it away halfway because you don't overcome.

Today, when we build a church, every Sunday, before the Sunday sermon, we declare our vision and mission, which is the Church of Overcoming Warriors. Why do so many receive in our midst? The testimonies every week are just a small part broadcast, but actually there are many, so many. There are a lot of testimonies that I myself ministered to.

We will receive whatever we ask for. In fact, this saying is very powerful, but many people have not received it. They say, Oh, what God said is not right. They don't say that they don't overcome themselves. They only say, Oh, that's what it means, that's what it means, explaining a lot. Later, I found that I was not convinced. I felt that what God said was right. I felt that what the Bible God said was right.

But today, no matter what sect this is or what sect that is, I'm telling you, it's difficult for them to interpret this passage of scripture. What does it mean to surely receive? You will surely receive whatever you ask for. It seems like you haven't received it? It's normal not to receive it. The Bible is not talking about this meaning, it's talking about that meaning, explaining a lot.

So today, what is the reason for not overcoming? Not overcoming and overcoming are two different things. The first thing is demons, and the second thing is the flesh. This is a very important concept that the Apostle Paul's gospel talks about. When the Apostle John wrote the Gospel of John, I believe he must have read a lot of the Apostle Paul's epistles.

Although John followed Jesus, he was still deeply influenced by James and Peter, because those people were the elder brothers of the old John. Later, they all died, and even Paul died. The old John was very confused. Alas? He was confused as to how building a church had become like this? Later, he went to take the Apostle Paul's epistles, took them and read them carefully, and later established something called the concept of overcoming.

If you ask me where the concept of overcoming comes from, it comes from the Apostle Paul. Who summarized it for him? John summarized it. If you read Revelation, you will find that he wrote a letter to the church about what? How does it go if you overcome? How does it go if you overcome? How does it go if you overcome? That's the reason, that's the thing. If you don't overcome, serve you right. Jesus has already predestined you to overcome, and you still don't overcome, isn't that serving you right?

What we ask for, we shall receive. Wow, that statement resonates deeply. So, do you believe it today? Yes, we believe. And if you haven't received it yet, first learn to overcome. Overcome what? First, overcome the sinful desires of your flesh. Because we don't need to rely on the sinful desires of the flesh to strive, to compete, to snatch. In Jesus Christ, there is already something better that satisfies us. This is the key.

Six, The Lord Jesus Is Our Backing

Why shall we receive everything we ask for? Because the Lord Jesus is our man in the corridors of power. The Lord Jesus is there interceding for us. We have someone in the royal court, don't we? Does everyone know that? With someone in the court, it's easier to be an official. When someone speaks a word for you in the court, it's effective. No matter who goes to our Heavenly Father with nonsense, Jesus is there speaking for us. That's strong backing. The Son of the Living God is our backing. I ask you, how strong is that backing?

Do you think you can't receive it? Can you? Of course, you can. Why? Because today we ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Here comes the question. If everything we ask for we shall receive, can we not rejoice? Now, sixth point, we have connections in heaven. The Lord Jesus is our connection, the Lord Jesus is our backing, we have someone in heaven backing us up. Can we not rejoice? Certainly, we rejoice. And we will surely receive, and we will surely rejoice. Later, in the entire process of founding Chinese Mingding Destiny, it was actually practicing this path of overcoming. Therefore, the concept of overcoming is inseparable from Chinese Mingding Destiny.

Everyone must understand, what kind of relationship is this? The biggest fear is having no relationship. You know Him, but He doesn't know you, that's troublesome. Can everyone understand? So, everyone must start having faith. In Chinese Mingding Destiny, on the entire path of practicing overcoming, in fulfilling this promise of the Lord Jesus, I tell you, we receive abundant grace.

So, some people ask me, is this Chinese Mingding Destiny charismatic? I say, it's more charismatic than charismatic. Is Chinese Mingding Destiny evangelical? It’s more evangelical than evangelical. What I mean is, evangelicals value the Bible, and we value the Bible even more than evangelicals. And charismatics perform miracles, we perform far more miracles than charismatics. Among us, almost everyone is healed. Why? Because overcoming is God's good will for us, God has already overcome for us in us.

Jesus Christ has already overcome for us, this statement is excellent. Jesus Christ said: In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. The difficulties of the world have little to do with you. In Me, there is peace, in Me, there is joy, in Me, there is all of this provision. How wonderful, isn't it? What a wonderful promise. So, today brothers and sisters must begin to know what wonderful promises Jesus Christ has.

Seven, We Are Full of Hope for the Future

I am talking about why we rejoice. I am talking about rejoicing only through overcoming. What we ask for, we shall receive, do we not need to rejoice? Of course, we rejoice. Why will we receive what we ask for? Because we have backing in heaven, don't we? And then I tell you, a person who doesn't rejoice is one who has no hope for the future.

Because your hope is built on your degree, your hope is built on your school, your hope is built on whether the teacher likes you or not, your hope is built on your business, your hope is built on your job, you cannot rejoice. Only by building our hope on Jesus Christ can our future be full of hope. Our God is a God who gives hope, our future will be even better, the future will be increasingly better.

Although the future will be increasingly better, our kingdom is not of this world, we are not pursuing the things of this world, we are pursuing the glory of eternity. Start being full of hope for the future, death is no longer a problem. Jesus was nailed to the cross, resurrected from the dead, we are living in this physical body today, and one day we may leave this world, but those who believe in the Lord will live forever, and those who live and believe will never die, this is God's promise, we are full of hope for the future. If you are an elderly person, your hope for old age is in Jesus Christ.

Yesterday a sister asked me, there is a nursing home run by a state-owned enterprise, to enter this nursing home you must first reserve a spot, you must first pay ten thousand dollars to reserve a spot, and then in the future, you will also have to pay seven thousand every month. She asked me what do I think? I said this is a scam. Our hope is not in this at all. What kind of old age are we planning for? We don't need to plan for old age, we only need to plan for youthfulness. Because in Jesus Christ, we never grow old. Our hopes are all in Jesus Christ, if people can live to five thousand years, then ninety years old is young, seventy years old is very young, let alone fifty years old. If there is no hope for the future, what else is there but entanglement and frustration? So, today, stop building your hope on the things of this world. Whether you are a young child, an adult, or a child, build your hope on the grace of Jesus Christ, and you will never be put to shame.

You know, when I was in elementary school, there were a few children in our class that the teachers especially liked. They were very lively and knew how to please people. What was someone like me? I was nothing. I just liked to quietly be a hidden person. But when I grew up, I later found out that those who relied on pleasing the teacher didn't turn out very well. Once there was even a classmate who was in the same compound as me. The teachers really liked he . Later, when he grew up, he even went to jail.

Relying on anything is not as good as relying on God! So today, let's silently trust in the Lord Jesus, and we will lack no good thing. We don't need to please this one or that one. We just need to please God because our hope is in Jesus Christ. Doesn't it say that? Whatever you ask for, God will give it to you. What do you still lack? Today, let's earnestly ask God to give us joy and joy abundantly. Let the oil of joy anoint us, let the spirit of joy fill us, let us be full of hope for the future. From the age of ten, have this hope to live to twenty, from the age of twenty, have this hope to live to thirty, and continue to carry this hope until you live to seventy or eighty, and no longer be a person without hope in this world.

Eight, All These Things Are Spoken to the Disciples

All these things that are said are for you, the you spoken of in the Bible, do you understand? Who exactly are these you? You are us, we are the you that Jesus speaks of, all these things that are said are for the disciples. The things spoken of earlier are for the disciples. If you don't want to be a disciple, you cannot overcome, if you don't want to be a disciple, you cannot obtain these things. That's why so many churches don't obtain these promises? Don't receive answers to their prayers? Because the things they are talking about are not the things Jesus talked about. Occasionally they talk about some, but many are not what Jesus said.

You must know that if you are unwilling to forsake for Jesus, you cannot be a disciple of Jesus Christ. So, are we willing to forsake for Jesus Christ today? If you are unwilling, you cannot be a disciple of Jesus Christ, if you cannot be a disciple, then you cannot overcome, if you cannot overcome, then you have no way to rejoice, if you have no way to rejoice, then you just live on. The same as the people of the world, how can there be hope? Their hope is in the hospital, their hope is in the tubes inserted in the hospital, so insert a few more tubes and patch it up.

Someone even came to me and said: Teacher, can you pray for him, so that his tubes will work better? I think it's better not to pray for that. If I were to pray, I would just pull out the tubes. Some people say, What kind of talk is that? Well, that's what I say. Who told you not to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? What are you busy with every day? If you are a disciple of Jesus Christ, can you obtain without forsaking? Remember, you cannot obtain without forsaking. Are you willing to forsake today? If you are willing to forsake, you will obey the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth. The most fundamental truth of these truths is: How to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. For the sake of the truth of Jesus Christ, you can forsake parents, children, brothers and sisters, fields, and houses.

Today, brothers and sisters, start cultivating this habit. Who has robbed you of your joy? Maybe it's your husband; maybe it's your mom and dad; maybe it's your children. But today, if you make a cut in the depths of your heart, no one can rob you of the joy inside, you will become an overcomer. That is a disciple of Jesus Christ, and a disciple must forsake. Good, did we come into this world to live for a certain woman? Did we come into this world to live for a certain man? Did we come into this world to live for a child? No. That's how it is, it comes as it comes. But we came into this world to live for our God. Why not rejoice? Because you are relying on your own hands.

Nine, No Longer Rely on Our Own Hands, But Rely on the Grace of God

You must know that if you want to rely on your own hands, you cannot help but become an entangled person, you will surely become an entangled person. Because that is a curse. Because if brothers and sisters live by relying on God, then they are walking on the path of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If you live by relying on your own hands, then you live like the descendants of Esau, the Amalekites. Today we cannot rely on our own hands anymore. If I tell you to let go, let go. You say: I can't let go. One day you really have to let go. You have to let go even if you don't want to. That would be funny.

There are some people I often say to, why can't you let go? He said: No, this project of mine is very important. Later, one day he let go, why did he let go? He got cancer. You say, can you let go if you get cancer? Later, what I said was quite unkind, I knew it myself was quite unkind. That I said: What if your mom dies? He said: Then I have to go if my mom dies. So, he can still let go, can't he? Actually, it's not that he can't let go, it's that he doesn't know which is more important.

Today, if we rely on our own hands, we feel that it is important that we do these things. Today, if we rely on the grace of God, even if we don't do anything, the sky won't fall. Living by relying on the grace of God is the most wise and intelligent thing to do. If today you are still busy with this and busy with that and have no time, I think you will have time in the future. You will have a lot of time in the coffin in the future. You must know the laws of blessing and curse, if you feel that you have to do something to hold something up, I tell you it's not like that. When you die, the earth will still turn. Even if he is a great leader, when he dies, the earth will still turn, let alone us little people.

Don't think that what we do is very important, actually many things are the same even if we don't do them. It doesn't matter what you forsake for the Lord. If you let me talk about my own experiences, I have so many. I almost lost my job. At that time, I established a church, and there was a lot of service, this service, that service, and exorcism was not enough, I still had to exorcise. Those all took time, but I still had to exorcise. What was said at that time was: Persist for one minute more than the devil. But my understanding was still not clear. Now I understand a little, it seems like I still have to persist for one minute more, but the efficiency has improved. At that time, there was no such thing as instant kill? At that time, it would be good to kill in months, monthly kill. But I want to tell you, even though my job was about to disappear, I never gave up on serving. Then some people said: That's you, I can't do it. If you can't do it, may God have mercy.

Later, I discovered, did the sky fall? The sky did not fall! The sky is still in the sky, and the throne of our God is still in the sky. Our God still uses the earth as His footstool and the sky as His throne, and God holds up all things in the universe. God's power has sustained me until today without collapsing. Establishing a church in the beginning was quite difficult, but by relying on God, I have never collapsed. Until today, because relying on God is blessing, and relying on oneself is a curse. If you deeply understand this law, can you not rejoice?

Ten, Summary:

Today, you must know that not rejoicing is a state of not overcoming. If you are not overcoming, then draw a line in the sand today and overcome! Never live a lonely life, a painful life, a frustrated life. Joy is so important in this life! God has already prepared this most wonderful thing for us, do you want it or not? If this most wonderful preparation is given to you and me, and then we despise this grace, what kind of curse should you receive? May everyone be able to obtain joy and become a joyful person! Don't carry this unjoyful thing on your back, and sow seeds of curses every day, and when these seeds of curses grow out, who will you swallow if you don't swallow them? You can't continue to sow seeds of curses anymore.

Today, start sowing seeds of blessing according to God's word, and desire to experience God more and more, and experience more of the oil of joy that God has given. The oil of joy will replace mourning, and the garment of praise will replace the spirit of despair. Today is a joyful day, although what I said is a bit heavy, it is still a joyful day. Wake up and turn back to God, you must know that a person's life is not long, so let this short life be filled with joy from heaven. Amen!

Let's sing a hymn and prepare to receive today's offering. If you don't understand the meaning of offering, please don't give. Today's hymn is the latest creation. The song is called God Makes Me Overcome Everything. I don't know how it happened to be so coincidental, but it fits so well with what I talked about today. No matter how high the mountain is, no matter how difficult the road is, by the Spirit of God, nothing is impossible! By the Spirit of God, with the little faith you have, you can throw the mountain into the sea! Today, you must know how vast God's power is. Today, be bold and courageous to enter the Promised Land! Because claiming the promise requires entering into battle, start knowing God and no longer fear.

At this time, raise your hands with me and pray: In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare that today I will be a joyful person. The feeling of discomfort, the feeling of entanglement must retreat! In the name of Jesus Christ, today I will obey God's truth! In the name of Jesus Christ, I will completely reject all worldly logic! I will completely reject all carnal logic! Today I live to live for God! In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare that the devil has nothing in me, and today he can no longer rob me of the joy inside.

In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare that I will be an overcomer. I am an overcomer by relying on the victory of Jesus Christ! In the name of Jesus Christ, I will plunder the enemy! Everything that God has given me, I will obtain! What I ask for, I will receive! In the name of Jesus Christ, I am God's victorious people! Every one of God's promises must be fulfilled in my life! Amen!

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen!