I. Introduction

Good day to everyone! Today, I will share a topic with you all entitled Filled with Hope. I tell you, a person filled with hope, especially the kind that comes from Heaven, will certainly become a divine person. This person will carry the mark of Jesus Christ, and miracles and wonders will accompany them. Whatever they touch will be transformed!

Yesterday, I received a phone call from a mother who was full of anxiety. I said, What's causing you so much distress? Tell me quickly. What was she worried about? Her child is only seven years old, and for schooling, she wants to find a prestigious school for the child. Attending that school requires a payment of three hundred and fifty thousand. She was worried because she couldn't raise that amount. Fortunately, she didn't have it; if she did, she would have given it away, and it would have been unrecoverable. A seven-year-old child attending school, paying three hundred and fifty thousand—what are you buying? Buying hope. Distress! Why the distress? Because she feels that it is hope, but it is not really hope. What is she hoping for? hoping that let the child can live little better in the future. But can this ensure a better future? Nobody knows. But with this kind of hope, it's hard not to be swindled!

So, what we hope for is what we worry about, and we pay the price for it, all for living a little better. Seven or eight-year-olds worry about primary school, teenagers worry about secondary school, and those nearing twenty worry about university. But is that hope? That's why I often find it amusing. I am not moved with these things. People think that's hope, thinking it will make their life better. By seventy, they worry about retirement. How many years do they have left? What retirement are you planning for? There are few years left. Many in this world do not make it to the end of the year.

Everything is closely related to hope, wouldn't you agree? All of it is a hope, but can it really be realized? Nobody knows. Sending someone to the ICU costs ten thousand a day. In my view, hospitals in Shenzhen are even more ruthless, charging over a hundred thousand a day. What for? So he can live. I tell you, you don't need to count on all five fingers, even one finger is enough. What to count? He will die sooner or later. What a feeling! Later, I thought that the best business to do is one that sells hope. Hospitals sell hope, schools sell hope, and recently, even selling burial plots sells hope. Some say, How can selling burial plots give hope? It gives hope to the living.

There was a man in his nineties, about to die. His children were driving around to find a burial plot for him. Expensive plots cost over a million, and not-so-good ones cost tens of thousands. Why buy a good plot? To bless future generations with prosperity. Can you trust the salesperson? You’ll get swindled. The salesman is selling hope to the living, not the dead. To bless the descendants. Backed by the mountain and facing the water, with good Feng Shui—it's all this nonsense. Hope—you can fabricate it.

Selling education gives people hope. But what people are selling is hope, expecting a better prospect in the future. Later, they send their children to Australia, Canada, the United States, etc., covered with gold. It’s simply adding a veneer. Not long after, I discovered it was just a layer of dung. Although they are all yellow, there is a vast difference between gold and dung. School district houses give you hope, wait for it, till it amounts to nothing. These things are all related to hope, and this kind of hope is false.

Are you familiar with healthcare? Healthcare is giving people the hope of living. You must know how capital works. In hospitals, Western medicine is the result of capital operations. Why does Traditional Chinese Medicine not have a good prospect? Because it is difficult for capital to operate in Traditional Chinese Medicine. So, how does Western medicine make money? You must know that if there is a medicine that prevents illness for a lifetime, capitalists will definitely buy that prescription and lock it in a safe; they cannot sell it. Once sold, capital cannot make money. So, medicine that truly cures does not make money. Think about it.

Do any of you work in hospitals? If you do, you definitely know. Because everyone has targets, you recommend people to me, and I recommend them to you. They say things like, Oh, your lungs don't seem so good. It's okay, I'll introduce you to a specialist who treats lungs. Went there they will tell you, Oh, you need surgery for this, and in severe cases, you'll need a ventilator. Putting on a ventilator costs tens of thousands a day, and they slowly collect the money. In the end, the patient dies. Who do you complain to? So many people can be cheated. Healthcare is a matter of life and death. So, pray that everyone is safe. Therefore, selling elder care sells hope; selling health products sells hope.

Recently, something else interesting has happened. Selling the capacity to make money is very profitable. People say, I sell what is called a life mentor. I teach you, and then I give you a certificate. Bam! You give them tens of thousands, and they give you a certificate, so you can be a life mentor, and then others will give you tens of thousands. Easy to see this is a scam. My mother used to tell me, Child, those who sell are always sharper than those who buy. Sellers are always smarter than buyers. They have studied the matter thoroughly before selling anything. There are also those who sell immigration services, handling immigration procedures for you. Can it be done like that? Or for example, selling PTP, which enables you to make money. All these things give people hope, but if people have worldly expectations, like an egg with a crack attracts flies.

So, scammers sell hope, but you give money to the scammers, and they give you hope. One of our sisters is very interesting. The other day, she mortgaged her house for tens of thousands and got scammed. I said, Why didn't you discuss it with me? She said, I thought it was an opportunity. You see, everyone thinks it’s an opportunity. I said, Even if it’s an opportunity, you can still discuss it with me. She said, If I discuss it with you, what if you block my path to wealth? Afraid that I would block her path to wealth, I was just blocking the scammer's path to wealth. People are so easily scammed. In our midst, there are so many people who have been scammed. 30,000 here, 100,000 there. Being scammed a few times for a lifetime is enough to burn you! The tens of thousands are gone today, do you need to pay them back? Who will pay back? It's a hard life!

I teach people to be shrewd, but after teaching, it's all in vain. Do you think I have lost hope? I really feel like coughing up blood. Later, I kept praying, and the hope inside me rose again. Otherwise, there would really be no hope. No matter how hard I teach, they won't learn, acting so foolishlike. Why? Because they don’t see through it. People's dreams, people's hopes are all in this world. If all your hopes are in this world, I tell you, it is very difficult not to be scammed. Those who were scammed to Myanmar and had their kidneys harvested, many of them went there with hope. Lack of understanding, lack of wisdom.

Some people ask me, Teacher, how can I see through things? I said this in a way that could be considered damaging, You'll see through things when you're lying in a coffin. Can this offend you today? People have no hope in this world. The only hope is a coffin. People like me don't even want a coffin. Now they're doing cremation. I said, After I die, just burn me and leave. They asked, What about the ashes? I said, Don't need the ashes! Leave them for the next person to make use of. It's not necessary to hope about.

So my answer is, buy a coffin and put it in your living room. Open the lid, and if you have nothing to do, go in and lie down for a while. Think: I'm already dead, I don't need to spend money anymore, I have no more dreams. Some people say, That's too ugly. It's not ugly, because the end result is all this. Some people don't like to say the word death, saying they'll wait until they're old. I said, You're not young now either. They said, No, my old age means I'm dead. Then just say I'm dead! Why say I'm old? Do you think you're still young now? You're kind of old as it is.

Remember, those who sell you hope in this world, no one can fulfill that promise. Are you suffering? Whom to blame, you are just hoping on this world things anyway. It is easy for man to be enticed, deviating from the hope that God has given us in Jesus Christ. The hope that God has given us in Jesus Christ, we do not hold on to it. Instead, we do cling to worldly hopes. Isn't that like a pig? Since ancient times, deviating from this eternal, glorious hope has almost become the main axis of the church. Actually, what I am saying today about being Filled with Hope, I have talked about is about the hope of the world.

The talks of some pastors are like soul soup. I could speak like that, but when I do, I have to give you some real stuff. What real stuff? I'll tear down your worldly hopes. Like some pastors who say, Tomorrow will be better days! How does he know? He doesn't know either. How can be better days? But a new year comes again. Then you have added one year on your age. Most important is to not be foolish. It is that our glorious hope in Jesus Christ, in eternity, has grown. The worst is when people only grow in age and nothing else. If you have to grow, then grow a bit in discerning good and evil, but that just makes life more difficult.

The new year has begun. Sisters have a characteristic: never congratulate them on getting another year older. They hate being a year older, always wanting to freeze their age. But you can't freeze it, even if you hide in the refrigerator. You see, when you're in your twenties, you get closer and closer to thirty, and you have thirty-something anxiety. How many of us have thirty-something anxiety? You'll find that people go from twenty-one to twenty-five or six in a flash. Time passes so quickly. Slip, and you're twenty-nine. Oh no, almost thirty! People like me are getting further and further away from thirty.

Like sisters the most do not want people to ask her age. Some sisters say, How old do you think I am? I would look at the lines on her neck, look at the crow's feet at the corner of her eyes, look at her nasolabial folds, which are difficult to hide. No matter what you do, you can't stop aging. After calculating, I would have to subtract ten years from her age, and I'll say twenty. She would reply, How can be so young? I was thirty-something. I know, I purposely said that. Don't you know I subtracted ten years? That's logic. So can you stop aging? Cannot stop.

So today, brothers and sisters, you must know that everyone wants to be young. Because old age is hard, and the older you get, the harder it is. What to do? There is no hope in the world, only aging. Wrinkles can only increase. The handsome guys and beautiful girls of yesteryear are now old, like Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, and his brother Andy Lau Shui are getting old. So, I'll introduce you to a place where you'll definitely be young. Where to go? Kingdom of Heaven, you will be the youngest in Heaven. People ask, How old are you? Abraham says, I'm four thousand. Asked David, David says, I'm three thousand. Asked Paul, Paul says, I'm two thousand. And you? I'm one hundred. Oh, too young. I find forty years old is too young, you know why now, right? There's a generation missing. Alas, its is place for all the young people.

There is a hope that cannot be lost, that is the glorious hope of eternity. People can grow old, but their hearts cannot. This sentence must have gone straight to your hearts. The other day, I met someone in their fifties, and I asked her, Do you still feel like you're eighteen or nineteen? She said, Teacher, how did you know? How could I not know? I’m the same. So, people don't want to be old, people want to be young on this earth. Today, let's immigrate to place of longevity together. So there is a hope that cannot be lost, that is, the glorious hope of eternity in Jesus Christ. Everyone is younger compared to God.

There is a burden that you are not allowed not to have, which is be burdened for the kingdom of God . There is a suffering that you cannot refuse. And that is a suffering for the kingdom of God. In the glorious hope of Jesus Christ, this hope is a treasure. I am not exaggerating. I have lived these past years with this hope, which is definitely not a deception or a scam. This hope will become the strength in your heart. This hope will see the abundant glory of God. This hope can draw many beautiful resources from the Kingdom of Heaven. This hope can make you a blessing to many people. Today, being filled with hope is not yearning for worldly hopes, it is hope that is in Heaven, an eternal and glorious hope that Jesus Christ fulfilled for us. There, aging is really frozen. There, people live with enthusiasm, wrinkles will not increase, it is completely frozen. That is the effort I did till today.

Over the past few years, although it has been very hard, because I am filled with hope from Heaven, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome. Having walked through these past ten years, we will need this kind of hope even more in the next ten years. In the past, we hoped to be like Jesus. Today, we hope that each of us will be like Jesus. In the past, we kept reading the 《Bible》, hoping that everyone would be filled with the knowledge of God's will in wisdom and understanding. Now, we still desire that brothers and sisters would be filled with the knowledge of God, knowing God's will, God's plan in wisdom and understanding. In the past, we hoped to be like Jesus. In the past, we hoped to understand the logic of the Apostle Paul. In the next ten years, we will begin to have a newer hope, hoping that God's will in this generation will be fulfilled through us, or that God's will in this generation will be fulfilled in us.

In studying the 《Bible》 and continuously knowing God, I suddenly discovered a mystery. This mystery rekindled my beautiful hope for the future. Do you know what I'm hoping for? I suddenly discovered that God has a very wonderful work. God created the universe, created the heavens and the earth, and then created Adam and Eve, letting them manage the Garden of Eden, leaving a part of task for Adam and Eve. When Jesus Christ was on earth, He did not establish the church, leaving a portion of responsibility to Paul. Very interesting, there is always work left for later people. The work of the Apostle Paul was not finished, leaving some for you and me. I am very fortunate to have founded Mingding Destiny in this period of time. I believe that Mingding Destiny is the most advanced and the most in line with God's will in this generation. We truly know that the 《Bible》 very well.

《Genesis》, 《Ecclesiastes》, 《Matthew》, 《Luke》, 《Revelation》, 《Acts》, have not been scrutinized like this, although it is very subjective, this is the truth. But after you have heard it, you come to that realization. So today, brothers and sisters, when we understand the letters of the Apostle Paul, I suddenly realize that there is still more glorious hope ahead of us. I hope that each of our brothers and sisters will begin to be like the Apostle Paul, like Jesus Christ. We must begin to complete the shepherding system that Paul did not complete. It was not finished by Paul, so this shepherding system is what we must do, building a glorious church, so that God's will in us can be fulfilled.

Behold, the next ten years will be a greater manifestation of God's glory. Behold, in the next ten years, the path of establishing our church will become more exciting. Exciting! Sometimes, I turn around and find that the work before us is as high as a mountain. But it doesn't matter, we can dig it one shovel at a time. Our God will definitely help us. For God, moving a mountain and filling a sea are minor tasks. So, do not lose hope, and be filled with glorious hope again. May the glory of God fill the whole earth!

Today, what we seem to see is only a spark, but a spark can start a prairie fire. Europe, the Americas, Canada, Korea, Asia, and Japan will all ignite the fire of Mingding Destiny. Amazing! God is going to use us Chinese. This is our Chinese generation. We will take over the baton from the Apostle Paul and begin to complete God's will in this generation. Thank God for letting me be a Chinese in this generation.

II. Scripture

if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister. I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily. (《Colossians》 1:23-29)

III. Prayer

God, may Your will in this era be fulfilled in us. God, may we be able to work with You in this generation to fulfill Your will. God, may our brothers and sisters persevere in this way, be grounded and steadfast, and not be moved away from the hope of the gospel. God, let Christ become our glorious hope in our hearts today. God, constantly inspire us, so that we can do our best for Your way because we love You. God, even if we suffer, we are willing to suffer for this way, let us fill up in our flesh what Christ lacks in His sufferings; emulating the Apostle Paul and become a vessel to manifest Your glory. God, may Your will be accomplished, raise us to take over the baton from the Apostle Paul. Enable us to continue the work that the Apostle Paul was unable to complete in this generation. You will surely lead us, that the will of God may be satisfied. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

IV. Scripture Background

The background of this passage is extraordinary. When the Apostle Paul wrote 《Colossians》, his entire theological system had reached a state of perfection. If I were to review it, the Apostle Paul's letters reached their peak in 《Colossians》. It was at the end of his service, when he was imprisoned in Rome awaiting trial. He was imprisoned there for two years. It was then that he wrote to the church in Colossae, resolving the problem that the Colossian church had with the gospel. We found the answer in 《Colossians》. Because the Apostle Paul's letters rarely talk about casting out demons, it's not that Paul didn't cast out demons, but although Paul cast out demons, healed, and did many works of liberation, his theological system was a different picture. His theological system is excellent overall, and this theological system immediately solved the confusion in me. What is his theological system? It is that all things were created through Jesus Christ.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. (《Colossians》 1:15-20)

This is well spoken, it turns out that this is the issue. Brothers and sisters must realize that all things are for the Lord Christ. If this is the case, what's the problem? The problem is not in casting out demons. What is the root of solving the problem? You were once alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. That is the root of the problem!

And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works《Colossians》 1:21

If we want to solve the root of the problem, we must solve problem of being separated from God and being enemies to Him through evil deeds. Since you are hostile to God, how can demons not come? This is the secret of Paul's theological system that I later discovered. It's so amazing. Therefore, He has now reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and without accusation before him, which is what our problems arise from: separation from God and enmity to God in your minds through evil deeds. Why? Because the hopes inside are those hopes. Because of the hopes inside you, you will make those choices and do those things. The hope inside is that kind of very very low expectation.

Brothers and sisters, I tell you today, to be an enemy of God is a grave matter. How does one become an enemy of God? It is because the heart is filled with worldly nonsense. Why do you do these things? Why are you cheated of 30,000, 40,000, or even more than 100,000? Because your hope is in such trivial matters. If we are enemies of God within, we will surely suffer losses. Don't blame me for not telling you today. If what we fill our hearts with today is the same old logic system, you will suffer losses.

To be an enemy of God, why is one an enemy of God? Because the heart is filled with worldly things. Why are people's emotions so strong? Why are their reactions so intense? Because they are filled with a worldly logic system. Even if Lao Ma* doesn't come, God will send someone like Lao Ma to mess with you. Therefore, the Apostle Paul's logic system is not about using God to cast out demons; we invite the demons ourselves. If you are an enemy of God, you are in league with demons. Where else would demons dwell if not within you? That is the problem. So Paul exhorts the Colossian believers: If you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. Why write these words? Because what difference is there between the Colossians and us today? No difference. Everyone must know that Colossae is in modern-day Turkey. To depart from the hope of the gospel is to fill oneself with worldly hopes.

Therefore, I tell everyone, the most critical thing for a person is to not be an enemy of God, for this will lead to many problems. I made a very wise choice. In the past years, from the time I believed in the Lord, I diligently read the Bible. Later, I read the Bible more than the average person—not just a little more, but much, much more. I was convinced of one thing: You can offend anyone, but you must not offend God. How wise is that conclusion! I have been so careful, yet occasionally I still become an enemy of God. I quickly get beaten, and after being beaten, I quickly return, so as not to lose the glorious hope in the eternal life of Jesus Christ.

Let me give you an example. Looking at the sorry state of some people, I think: When will I ever be able to teach them? Suddenly, I was discerning good and evil. Why? I was thinking: What to do? It's hard for them not to make mistakes in this state. They think wrong with everything they think and do wrong with everything they do. Oh, my goodness! I have to deal with myself. I felt that one year passed, two years passed, three years passed, and they were still the same. What to do? Then I was moved away from the hope of the gospel and got beaten. Someone said: Teacher, why are you also sick? I was beaten, I was disciplined. When I was young, I was disobedient, and my dad would whip me severely. Was I good then? Yes, I was good. I was quite obedient to begin with.

Today, brothers and sisters, we must know that this gospel is something we have all heard. Then Paul wrote to the Colossians because those with worldly hopes do not understand Paul. Paul was imprisoned for Jesus Christ. Paul said: Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. What are you confused about? Don't be confused. It's normal to suffer a little, but I am doing it for the kingdom of Jesus Christ because I have a glorious hope within me. Why were the Colossians confused? Because when they thought of Paul, they thought: What's going on? They were confused because if people only want to live well in this world, they will be utterly ruined!

Today, you either pay the price for the kingdom of God or you pay the price for worldly things. You either pay the price for the glorious hope in eternity—that is true payment, true hope—or you pay the price for worldly hopes. Choose one today. Let us live in this world filled with the hope of Paul. If one day you come before the Apostle Paul, he will surely call you little ones, children—that's a difference of two thousand years. So today we must know that Paul wrote this letter to tell us that it's normal to suffer a little, to endure a little hardship. Later I thought, serving God must also have this resolve.

Today we must know that what Paul preached is the mystery of how rich in glory it is among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. What do you think I mean by being filled with hope? To list the company, make some money, and quickly cash out? I think you should just cash out some hell money. It is that Christ must become the glorious hope within us. Can everyone understand this today? This is the background of the Apostle Paul's letter to the Colossians.

Today, this sentence still pierces our hearts. With the arrival of the New Year, should we readjust the hope within us? What a person hopes for is what they will pay the price for, what they will worry about. Today, worry about the kingdom of God. Therefore, Paul says: To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me. Among us today, are there any brothers and sisters who put the same effort into believing in the Lord as they did into preparing for university or high school exams? No, right? Then I must also have hope, hoping that everyone can put the same effort into believing in the Lord as they did into preparing for university or high school exams, because this hope is greater and more real than the hope of getting into university or high school. If you truly have it, you will strive with all your energy for it.

V. All Is for Christ

We must know this: All is for Christ. This is God's plan in eternity. If people don't believe this, then don't believe in the Lord. All is for Christ, so all that is in Christ becomes precious, and all that is outside of Christ becomes garbage. All things were created for Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is the hope of glory within us, because a person in this world is only passing through, and this passing is to accomplish one thing: those who belong to Christ are returned to Jesus Christ, and those outside of Christ become garbage. We were created for Christ. This is Mingding Destiny!

Why do I say that in these last days we must do one thing? The one thing we must do is to build up the body of Jesus Christ, which is a perfect plan of God in eternity. The body of Jesus Christ is the church, and our Mingding Destiny is to build up the body of Jesus Christ until we see the face of Jesus Christ, and can be united with Jesus Christ, becoming a new Jerusalem filled with the Spirit of God.

When we understand that this world and all that is in it will pass away, but in Jesus Christ, it is eternally lasting, what is in Jesus Christ? It is building up the church. What does the church do? Shepherds God's flock, transforming people so that they all have the likeness of Jesus Christ—that's it. To this generation, to be honest, don't think that when the words of God in the Bible are finished, it's over. It's not like that. Is the Bible finished? Not finished. Are the words of God finished? Not finished. What part is not finished? Shepherding. Until today, there is no complete shepherding system. I am picking up the slack, doing what Paul didn't finish.

I think that to build God's glorious church, there must be a complete shepherding system. In the past years, this matter must rely on God to complete it. God will surely reveal the complete shepherding system to us, allowing us to shepherd God's flock in this generation and build His glorious church, because all is for Christ. Without this foundation, just forget about the rest; don't believe. You should build the companies you should build, do whatever you should do. Everything is not for your company, everything is for Christ; everything is not for your small business, nor for your job, your home, your wife, your husband, your children, but for Christ. If this argument is not valid, then why believe in the Lord? What do you believe in? Believe in this! So after we read, we know.

VI. Formerly Enemies of God, Now Reconciled to God

Don't be an enemy of God anymore! Today, when I was praying, a breast cancer patient typed on YouTube, inviting me to pray for her, and I certainly prayed for her, but what is the problem? The problem is that in the past we were enemies of God. Where does cancer come from? From God's anger. Why? For being enemies of God. Why be enemies of God? Everyone must ponder. People with cancer personalities have something in their bones that you know without me telling you. They are often entangled in worldly things, and after being entangled, they get cancer. It has nothing to do with what you eat or drink. This pollution and that pollution are not that important. The most important pollution is the pollution in the depths of the heart.

If your heart is an enemy of God, it is impossible to be well. Why are people deceived? Not for any other reason, it is directed by God. Why are you deceived? It is because your heart is an enemy of God. Although you have an outward appearance of religion, God is still your enemy, and as a result, you are deceived in confusion. Do you want to continue to be confused today? In the past, we were enemies of God, now we are reconciled to God. How can we be reconciled to God? Our hearts are no longer enemies of God, and our hearts begin to obey God's words. The past hopes were wrong. The past visions and dreams were all worldly visions and dreams. What are you hoping for? The moment you breathe your last breath, before you are even burned to ashes, everything will be over. So before that matter is over, I must tell you today, because you can still understand now. If you don't understand now, you won't be able to understand then.

So reconciliation with God is key. Casting out demons is not the most important thing. Why? Because when we are controlled by demons, it is not actually because of the demons, but because we are enemies of God within. Your hope is wrong. You are full of hope, but they are all worldly hopes. What do some people hope for? The child is only seven years old, and they hope the child will marry a good wife. The wife hasn't even been born yet, right? That is the problem. Demons corrupt those who are enemies of God. Loving the world is unlucky. Can we be reconciled to God today? If you don't believe, then try it. I don't know how to persuade you. If you love the world to the point of being unlucky, will you continue to love it? Then stop loving it. Okay? Please, how much more misfortune do you need to stop loving the world?

As soon as you say don't love the world, you stop working. It's not for any other reason, it's because we love God and have the hope of glory in Jesus Christ, so we are grounded. Why are people deceived? It is because they always want to get it all at once, always wanting to do too little. Readjust the value system within us. If the hope within you is still a worldly hope, then you are struggling with God. You are not just unable to twist your arm against your thigh, your arm can't even twist God's little finger—can't even twist a hair on God's body.

VII. Continue in Your Faith, Established and Firm, Not Moved

You have tried being an enemy of God several times. Have you had enough? Enough. Do you still love the world? I don't love it. Do you love God? It seems like I need to examine it again. So people in the time of Colossae, in the time of Malachi, in the time of Nehemiah, in the time of Zerubbabel, in the time of Isaiah, in the time of Hosea, all the way back to the time of Adam and Eve, these problems are the same day after day. The burdens of this life will rob people of their dreams in eternity.

Because tomorrow morning you have to pay the phone bill, pay the rent, pay the installments. Then you think: Oh, I can't be without a job. Then you live your days in short-sightedness. As you work, what hope of eternity? Gone. Then you are tempted and deviate from the hope in Jesus Christ. Why? It's easy to get through the year, but hard to get through the days. Day after day, year after year, this can wear you down completely. It's really tiring, really hard, and as soon as you suffer a little, as soon as you endure a little hardship, you don't want to pay the price. So today I must tell you that Chinese Mingding Destiny is a destiny that pays the price, a destiny that serves with all its heart and strength.

Looking at the world, you have one more worry, looking at the world, you have two more worries, looking at the world, you have three more worries. The eldest is in high school, worrying about getting into university; worrying about the second child in junior high school, worrying about the third child in elementary school; later the eldest wants to get married, worrying about the house and the bride price, also worrying about the second child going to university, worrying about the third child getting into university. It never ends. When the children have children, you worry about your grandchildren.

What hope of glory? Where is the hope of glory? Can that be eaten? You just eat, eating like a gas tank. When you look in the mirror, you've become a grandma. There's a saying: Look at how grandma-like you live! Living so tired, filled with air, not steaming buns but fighting for face, with nothing in the pot. Then you start to get sick, and then you say to me: Pastor, quickly pray for me. I said: What's going on? I can't poop, I can't pee. Oh, it's all these things. You don't look for me when there's good food. It seems like this pastor's job doesn't have that grace.

Actually, today I really want to tell everyone, don't be tempted to lose the hope of glory in eternity. Let us be filled with hope, and these problems will be solved! How to solve them? It's difficult. Your mind is full of garbage. It's not polluted by the water you drink, it's polluted by the garbage released from your mind. Sometimes when I lead people in prayer, they burp like thunder. I lead them in prayer today and they burp like thunder, I lead them in prayer tomorrow and they burp like thunder, it never ends. In the past when we were in the physical church, there was a sister sitting below with a garbage bag in her hand, vomiting endlessly. Why? Her mind was full of garbage. Today she throws up a little, and tomorrow she fills it up again. She is a garbage-making machine, do you think her brain can work well? Sometimes if I say it too strongly it's not good, if I say it too lightly it's not effective.

Today, let us change these worldly worries into worries for God's kingdom, change paying the price for worldly things into paying the price for God's kingdom, for God, for His word, for His glorious destiny in eternity, strive with all our heart and strength! Living day-to-day can really wear people down, wearing them away until they're gone. Some people say to me: Teacher, what should I do with these things? I can't not do them, I have to pick up the kids after school. It's not that you can't take care of them, after you take care of them you still have to be filled with the hope of glory in heaven, and strive with all your heart and strength for it. Is there a problem? No problem.

We really need hope, don't be tempted, don't leave the hope of Jesus Christ, in the future you bounce around on earth, one day you can't bounce anymore, then you go to Jesus and say to Jesus: I'm here. Jesus says he doesn't know you. Maybe you won't even have the chance for Jesus to tell you he doesn't know you. When they look, how come there are demons? Oh, you came to the wrong place. So today I want to encourage everyone, I'm telling you, who lives the most wonderfully in this world? The Apostle Paul lives the most wonderfully. Why does he live wonderfully? Because for this vision from heaven, for this mission from heaven, for this hope from heaven, he was not tempted, and he has always strived with all his heart and strength!

VIII. Imitate the Example of the Apostle Paul

Don't be deceived anymore, what? There's only one Apostle Paul? There are so many, aren't there? Jesus Christ was incarnated as a human to lead many people like Jesus Christ to God and into God's kingdom, to lead many people like the Apostle Paul to God and into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Don't be deceived by this lie, the Apostle Paul is not alone. You know, I'm so excited. A few days ago I took out Rick Joyner's interview and watched it again. In that interview, Rick Joyner clearly said: A small group of Chinese people will be raised up by God to remove many erroneous things in the Christian faith. Does that sound like us? It sounds like us.

There is also a person named Gan Paul, who wrote a book many years ago called The Church Without a Face or Name. Is that us? Absolutely! This is a prophecy that God gave many years ago, saying: I will raise up a church, this church has no face, no human name, only Jesus Christ, everyone is Jesus Christ, everyone is the Apostle Paul, everyone strives with all their heart and strength for this, everyone will be raised up in this generation to manifest God's glory. In their words, see only Jesus, see no one else. When you come among us, and look around, oh my, it's all Jesus, it's overwhelming.

This is the hope that God wants to fulfill. It is not your will or my will that is fulfilled, it is God's will that is fulfilled, because what we hope for is God's will. Many years ago God had such a prophecy, and I didn't even know it. Later when I found out, I took a cold breath, feeling that I have quite a personality. We are a group of people with a very strong personality, that spirit in our bones is to hold on to this hope until forever, and to labor and strive with all our heart and strength for it. Even if we suffer for Jesus Christ, we boldly proclaim that we will fill up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions, and accomplish a miraculous thing in our flesh, just as Jesus Christ was crucified, we will also crucify the desires of the flesh on the cross. We feel joyful in any situation, because it is such a joy to pay the price for God. Because Christ in me is the hope of glory, filled with hope from heaven, God will certainly not put us to shame.

Behold, the next ten years will be ten years of more of God's glory being manifested, more wonderful years are ahead, more than ten years ago the hope in me was what the church is like today, today the hope in us is what the church will be like ten years from now. Let us cry out together to God, and say to God: God, may Your will be done on our bodies. Although it is very hard, we also wish that God would remove this bitterness, but we also tell our God: God, not according to our will, but according to Your will be done. God, we are willing to pay the price, we are willing to offer ourselves, just like Jesus Christ. God will certainly fulfill what I hope for!

Let us sing a hymn to prepare to receive today's offering. Actually, we are not offering tithes, but offering our bodies, today there is a glorious hope in us, which is to hope that we will be completely owned and used by God. Behold, good things are set before us, wonderful things are about to happen, good things are about to be fulfilled, filled with hope from God, many problems will be solved easily. No one will deceive you anymore, tell this world, You have nothing in me! God, use me, I am willing to offer myself completely, You are my God, I am Your child. Tell God right now: The road ahead is filled with God's glory! The road ahead is filled with the most wonderful moments of a lifetime. It's exciting just to think about it!

Raise your hands and pray with me: God, I will offer myself entirely, as a living sacrifice, may You accept me, may You cleanse me, remove the filth within me, remove the fear within me, I want to be filled with hope from heaven, hold on to Jesus Christ, all things were created by Jesus, I will build God's glorious church, build the body of Jesus Christ. God, raise me up, make me a vessel to manifest Your glory, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen! God will accept you, accept me!

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, forever. Amen! In the days ahead, let us look forward to more of God's work, more glory filling us, and your problems will be solved easily, Amen!