Let Go And Let God.

We had an amazing Father's Day sermon! Very thought-provoking.. by Pastor Ronnie Teoh! :)

SO yes, firstly... HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!
(to all fathers out there!! haha, and fathers-to-be!)

Let Go, Let God!
So what does it mean to let go?...and let God? READ ON!

The sermon was preached based on Exodus 2:1-10 which is the early life of Moses!

A. The story of Moses in this passage says more than meets the eye!

• Background: The jews in Egypt had grown too numerous. Pharoah commanded all Jewish boys to be killed


• When Moses' parents let God take control, a series of miracles happened in order to preserve the child.

Questions without logical answer:

1. Didn't Pharoah's daughter know about the king's command?
2. What made her defy it?
3. Couldn't she make the connection, that the girl who approached her was Moses' sister?
4. A hebrew woman to nurse the baby, wouldn't it be a conspiracy?
5. Moses' mother got a salary to teach him about their faith in God!
6. A young hebrew raised in Pharoah's court! Didn't it raise objections/questions?

B. Just as God had a place for Moses in His plans then, He wants our children for His plans for Malaysia today.

• God is waiting for us to let go of our children but we are not listening.


• When we truly let go and let God direct our children's lives, He will surprise us with what He can do with them.

C. Application- If God is going to do great things with our children, we need to understand 2 things:

• Set our children free for the Lord's use.


• Teach our children to follow the Lord, serve Him wholeheartedly and to make sacrifices, of necessary.

*grins* Actually the preacher gave out notes.. we had to fill in the blanks! :)

Yes, to sum it all up, parents were challenged to let go of their children & let God take control.

Haha, not let go as in let them be, but to trust that God has a plan and future for their child. After all, God has no grandchildren... haha, which means we are all children of God. ^^

As seen in the Moses' life. His mother willingly let go, and let God. And because of that, Moses' life was sparred and he grew up to be a great man of God which God used for His glory & purpose! Imagined if Moses' mother refuse to let go of him as a child.... what if she was too scared to act... too afraid to release her baby into God's hand... it would have cost her Moses' life!

*grins* sorree no pics!

I guess since most of us are still youths... haha, what we can get from this is that we should let go, and let God take control if OUR LIVES. :)

Sacred Assembly by Ps. Sean Prasad

Joel 1:14
Declare a holy fast;
call a sacred assembly.
summon the elders
and all who live in the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

Joel 2:15
Blow the trumpet in Zion,
declare a holy fast,
call a sacred assembly



-we are called to be a peculiar people not familiar
-peculiar -->weird, strange to the world
-the church must be a sacred assembly
-prophets are strange people but they are God's people
-The call is to form a strange sacred assembly

-the church cannot be like the world
-we are in this world but not of the world

..our dressing, our speech, our behaviour, our lifestyle, us as Christians..
does it reflect God or the world??



-we are to be made holy, to be different
-holy -->Hagious [Greek]
-Hagious --> consecrated, separated, dedicated
-in order to be holy, we have to walk before God always



..Blow the trumpet in Zion..
the trumpet is blown because there is a call to form a sacred assembly set apart for God's purpose and promises.

To form a Sacred Assembly :


.::. Repent With All Your Heart .::.



Joel 2:12
"even now," declares the Lord,
"return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning."

...return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning..[repentance]

-repent completely and continually every single moment of our lives.
-repent in every area of our lives
-let not one part of us get away with sin and wrong-doing
-keep your heart soft and mind strong [not the other way round]
-it must be of true repentance not just a mere feeling of remorse and regret
-true repentance must be of 100% not 99.9999%
-forgive those who have hurt us in any way
-if we don't, we will kill our spiritual life
-hurt --> bitterness --> hatred --> damnation to our souls
-learn to forgive as the Father forgives us


.::. Rend Your Heart .::.



Joel 2:13
Rend your heart and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.

-break your heart, tear it before God
-God do not reject a heart that is broken
-God desires a heart that is soft and sensitive to Him
-don't ever harden your heart towards Him
-God wants to do a spiritual surgery on your heart
-God was broken so you will be blessed
-only when you are broken, you cannot be moulded into His image
-until and unless God destroys the old, He cannot build a new one
-until and unless He kills the old, He cannot bring forth life
-until and unless He wounds the old, He cannot heal



.::. Return To God With All Your Heart .::.



Joel 2:13
Rend your heart and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.

-Remember God always as your first love
-Remember the day when you first experience His love
-Remember the day when you were all fired up for God
-walk together with Him in all circumstances
-His spirit will convict our spirit and we have to respond


Matthew 22:37
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment

Joel 2:12
"even now," declares the Lord,
"return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning."

until and unless we repent with all our heart, we cannot love God with all our heart