Have your own Personal Lingo with the LORD | John Giftah | Christian Sermon

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Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. One of

the things I wanted to talk to you about is found in the Book of

John, chapter twelve. Incident that happens right after Jesus raises Lazarus back to

life, and in honor of what Jesus has done and the different things,

there was a feast that was prepared at dinner that was prepared for Jesus,

and Martha served and Lazarus was also among those who ate with Jesus. And

at this point of time, Mary took twelve on jar of an expensive perfume

made of in essence of pornd and she anointed Jesus's feet with it, wiping

his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance, and

look at us for but Judas carried at the disciple who would later betray him,

said that perfume was worth a year's wages. He should have been given

to the poor instead of you know, spending so much of money on this

perfume on Jesus, and who was six is so crucial, he says,

not that he care about the poor, because he was a chief, and

he was in charge of the disciples money, and he often stole some for

himself. Now, a lot of times the em physici is focused on the

amount of money that was spent, like, oh, my goodness, Judas

is character is talking about the fact that this lady spends such a lot of

money on Jesus. And a lot of times the focus is on the amount

that was spent, and the criticism comes from the amount of amount that was

spent. And you know, even if you look at the same incident recorded

in the Book of Mark chapter fourteen, or even in the book of Matthew,

you know there are slight variations in the according in the way it is

mentioned. But it's referring to the same incident. But the thing I want

you to understand here is this important truth. Here. You see that when

you know Mary is anointing Jesus with the perfume, Judas is the one who

makes this comment. Right. If you look at the other translations, sorry,

the other books, like the accounts of Matthew and Mark, they're not

referring to us and telling us who made the comments. It says some of

the disciples made the comments, some of those who were there made the comments.

But here it specifies that it was Judas. You know, even if

you say, oh, that means it's not just Judas. It could be

others. Also. Maybe it's like, you know, a typical case scenario,

right, if one person raises their hand, there are a few people,

without even thinking, they would just say, yeah, this guy makes

sense. You know, I agree with what you say. Blah blah blah

blah, right, even without thinking for themselves. So that is what would

have possibly happened. Because the other records, the other accounts, the other

books are not mentioning about who said this, who started this statement, But

the Book of John is specifically telling us it was Judas, and it also

goes on to say that Judas never had a good intention. He was stealing

the money, which when I was just thinking about it, it just dawned

on me that, you know, the problem was not about the amount that

was spent at all. Like just imagine if the same lady, instead of

giving it in the form of buying the perfume and spending it on Jesus,

if she had donated the same amount in the form of cash, Judas would

have said, praise the Lord, Let's go and get this donors stone for

this big donation given by this lady. That's how he would have stated why,

because more money in the form of cash means he would get the opportunity

to steal some more. Right, So, what you understand here is that

the problem that they had, the criticism they had was not targeted at the

amount that was spent by the lady, but by the form in which she

presented or offering. Are you getting what I'm saying? The problem was not

the fact that she spent so much. You know, if she had spent

so much and given it as an offering in the form of cash, they

would have been really happy. This complained would I've never been raised. But

because she gave it in the form of perfume, none of these guys could

get any benefit from it. Judas could not steal any money. It could

not be distributed for other purposes. This was solely, or is, a

personal gift from Mary to Jesus. What I want you guys to understand you

this evening or this day as you're listening to this, is this important truth

that the reason why some people target you is because you are having your own

personal lingo with the Lord. You have your own personal experience with the Lord.

This lady was having a personal encounter with Jesus. She didn't just stick

to the protocol. She didn't just stick to the conventional method. She didn't

just stick to, you know, the typical way of giving an offering,

you know, the traditional approach. She did something that was very unique,

very personal to her from her heart. You know, one of the things

I want to share with you guys is when it comes to your relationship with

God, have your own personal lingo to it. You don't have to stick

to the conventional, typical, traditional approach that has been handed over to you.

You know, sometimes we just hear people say, you know, this

is the only way to do. No, when it comes to your walk

with the Lord, you don't have to do what everybody else is doing.

It can be just between you and the Lord. How is your walk with

God? Because you can do something for the sake of it and not mean

it, and it's all a waste, you know, on a typical O

case. You know, a lot of times when you ask people what is

praise and worship, they think it's just three fast songs and two slow songs

make praise and worship? You know, if you don't mean it, if

you don't understand what it is, it's if it's not an expression from your

heart, You're just singing songs. It's not praise and worship and pray.

Worship and praise need not be stuck to songs. You know, for me

as an individual, for me, songs is not the way I can express

myself. For me, it's more to do with dance. I just love

to move around and dance. And you know, I'm not saying I'm you

know, like a proper dancer or something, but my way of expression to

towards the Lord is to dance rather than through songs. So like that,

I'm asking you have your own personal rhythm with the Lord, a personal way

of expressing things to the Lord. This lady did not follow the typical method.

She followed her own personal lingo before the Lord. And that's what I

want to challenge each one of us. You know, one more example,

and I want to close in this segment, is that you know, when

it comes to Bible reading right, a lot of times typically we hear people

say, you know, you need to read the Bible in the morning,

right, you need to read the Bible. So when I was much young,

what used to happen was this was not working out for me. You

know, just take the Bible and read in the morning. I was half

sleepy, I couldn't focus, I couldn't understand, and I would just read

for the sake of reading and close the Bible. And it never made sense,

you know, it never made sense. I was keeping everyone else happy

because I was doing a good job of reading the Bible in front of everyone,

but I personally felt that this was not working out for me. Right.

And then when I was started praying about that, God gave me a

very unique creative idea, right, because I didn't want to lose my focus,

and you know, just do it for the sake of like a checklist.

So God gave me this idea where I would stand in the living room

in a certain place where I can see myself on five different places on the

showcase, glasses, the television and all of these things when I set them

at a certain angle. What used to happen is I used to take this

makeshift microphone that I had that my brother had made for me, and I

will take the Bible and I would read it like I'm preaching it. I

would just go and you know, read it like imagining that I'm preaching in

front of a huge crowd, front of the television and all of these things.

And I was used to, you know, ask the Lord for explanation.

The Holy Spirit would teach me things. So what used to happen was

I was learning, I was growing, I was feeding on the world.

At the same time, God was also preparing me as a preacher, as

a speaker. So when people ask me today, how do you feel like

preaching in a cruisiade for the first time or on TV for the first time,

in front of a huge crowd for the first time, did you get

scared? I feel like I've done this before. So that personal expression or

a personal thing that I had with the Lord prepared me as an individual for

what God has called me to do. That was very unique in a creative

way. That way, I didn't feel tired. I didn't feel like I

was losing my focus. I didn't feel like I was losing my concentration.

I didn't feel like I was reading for the sake of reading. I felt

that it was very unique. I enjoyed and through that process God was preparing

me like that. I'm praying each one of you if the typical conventional method

is not working out, if you're not someone who reads, but you love

listening, here's a podcast you're listening. If that means you love listening,

which means you can maybe go for an audio Bible. You know, if

praying with your mouth closed is not helping, maybe you can open your mouth

and pray loud. It might be helpful for you. So ask the Lord,

what is a unique creative way that you can develop your relationship with the

Lord, so that you can have your own thing with a Lord. You

don't have to follow what everybody else is doing a typical formula, and when

you have that personal linguo like this lady, especially, she didn't follow the

typical way of giving in the form of cash. She gave a perfume,

which was very personal. But that is something that we are speaking of.

That's what Jesus said about this lady as well. He said in the book

of Mark fourteen. He was saying, wherever the gospel is going to be

preached, this account of this lady will be mentioned all across the globe because

of what she has done. And that is the way of what you do

for the Lord, and a personal account will get you places that you never

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