Let's get into the sermon, I was thinking of the sermon and obviously I had some plans
of what to preach this morning, then we had the lockdowns on the Sunshine Coast, so I
wanted a sermon that's going to help both churches and you know I spent more time thinking
about the title for this sermon than the sermon itself, well not really but you know some
of the titles that I thought about was well you know Don't Lose Your Mind, that was the
first one that I thought about and then I thought no let's put Don't Lose Your Humanity,
you know I'm seeing people you know ring up Crime Stoppers if you've done that right now
hey don't lose your humanity okay calm down and what else, I can't remember what other
titles that I thought about but if you look at Philippians chapter 4 verse number 6, Philippians
chapter 4 verse number 6, it begins by saying be careful for nothing okay and I know in
the last few sermons I've been preaching I think for both churches I've been taking this
verse and applying it in different ways but of course be careful for nothing, don't be
full of care about everything is basically what it's saying there but just every little
thing that you're worried about don't be full of care don't be full of worry so I decided
to title the sermon this morning Stop Worrying, Stop Worrying okay now we are facing lockdowns
and it can be frustrating, I've been frustrated, I can be annoyed all right I don't even know
if I'm supposed to be in church like in the building today it's more than five kilometers
I get confused brethren I don't know what's going on right the things are changing every
few days I have no idea but here we are so if you want to call crime stoppers go ahead
but look you know we've all these lockdowns all these challenges the reason it's frustrating
the reason we get annoyed and maybe stressed and maybe worried is because God created us
to be social creatures okay God created us to be social creatures it's not good for people
to live alone it's not good for people to live a reclusive life some people feel like
they're you know rejects of society and so they go into a reclusive life but it does
more damage to your mental abilities more damage to your just the person that you are
that's not how God created us to be I'll quickly read to you from Genesis 2 18 of course at
the very beginning of the Bible God created Adam and Eve and it says in verse about 18
and the Lord God said it is not good that the man should be alone I will make him and
help meet for him of course we know this passage about marriage right Adam and Eve
getting married okay but the concept the principle is true it is not good that the man should
be alone God did not create us to be our loners God did not create us to be separated and
locked up in our homes and and you know not being able to see people that we want to see
and not be able to travel the way we want to travel God created us to be social creatures
and this is why you know you may be going through periods of worry and stress and concern
and you know that God is with you but it's just it's difficult still because you know
it's the way God created us to be and obviously with all these lockdowns that what the media
keeps promoting is that this is keeping us safe safe from the virus and you know it's
all it's for the best of mankind or whatever right anyway I've just seen a recent article
from the Sydney Morning Herald it's only came out four days ago it's an article from the
Sydney Morning Herald and I just want to read the first few paragraphs to you okay so this
is coming from a secular obviously article secular newspaper that is basically largely
promoting all the lockdowns promoting this new normal what they call the new normal is
abnormal okay you know I use the term new normal so we know what we're talking about
but really the new normal is abnormal okay it's anti-social but the article states before
COVID-19 arrived in Australia so this was the good old days back in 2019 all right the
first few months it says about five percent of Australians typically reported moderate
to severe symptoms of depression in the previous two weeks that's five percent leading before
COVID hits Australia before all the lockdowns you know five percent of people you know reported
moderate or severe symptoms of depression and then it says but by April 2020 so this is just
a few months a couple months after COVID hits in the lockdowns it says with the nation in its
first lockdown that increased five fold then it says by August one in five people have had at
least has had at least occasional thoughts in the previous two weeks that they would be better off
dead could you imagine that one in five people in Australia have thought you know I'm better off
dead hey that's just the people reporting these things what are the people that are too embarrassed
to say yeah I've given those thoughts okay I've had those thoughts it says Monash University
research has found strict lockdowns led to the highest levels of depression and anxiety on record
but where restrictions were eased people reported lower while still significant levels of mental
health problems at the height of Victoria's stage four restrictions in 2020 forty four percent of
people in the state forty four percent of people in the state reported moderate to severe symptoms
of depression and thirty four percent reported moderate or severe anxiety in states where
restrictions had eased thirty two percent had reported moderate to severe depression and twenty
three percent had moderate to severe anxiety so what do we see there okay five percent before
covered before lockdown for restrictions five percent of Australians reported moderate to
severe symptoms of depression well when Melbourne had its fourth lockdown and they've just recently
had the fifth lockdown so it's probably increased since then but when Melbourne had their fourth
lockdown that increased to forty four percent of people from five percent to forty four percent of
Australians or from Melbourne at least reporting depression and so these lockdowns are you know I
didn't get suicide rates yeah they couldn't get suicide numbers for in time for the sermon but
I'm sure they've increased I've heard reports that they have increased as well and so this
propaganda that lockdowns restrictions that are for the safety of the people you know it's all
hogwash it's all nonsense okay these lockdowns restrictions are doing things worse okay making
things worse now brethren most of our Australians most of our fellow citizens do not have the Lord
they are not saved okay we have the Lord praise God we're never truly alone because we have the
Holy Spirit indwelling in us but we can still go through periods of depression we can still go
through periods of anxiety but we have an advantage okay we have an advantage and so this sermon isn't
to the lost you know unsaved Australians this is to the saved Australians reminding yourself
you've always got the Lord with you okay and if you're going through periods of depression it's
not unusual okay this is what the lockdowns are doing now if you can quickly just turn to our
third John for me go to third John verse 13 third John verse number 13 and I'm gonna put on this
mask right now for the safety of humanity all right here it is so we're gonna read from 3rd
John 13 3rd John 13 the Bible reads I had many things to write but I will not with ink and pen
write unto thee look at verse number 14 but I trust I shall show shortly see thee and we shall
speak face to face our face to face let me take that off for a minute peace be to thee our friends
salute thee greet the friends by name you can see when Paul was separate from the Brethren he was
well he was excited right he was hopeful to see the Brethren face to face again with social
creatures you know it's important for us to see each other face to face to see the faces of people
this is what how God created us we all look different we all have different facial structures
right you we can all identify one another you know if I say a pack of dogs I can't differentiate
them okay if they're all the same kind of breed or whatever but with human beings you've got
someone's face and you can identify that person because God's created us to be very unique very
different okay so we can see each other face to face and that brings joy in society now right now
I'm sure there are some Brethren that are going well pastor Kevin is about to preach let's protest
let's take off these masks all right let's get out there let's go face down the police and get
ourselves arrested in front in prison that's not the point of this sermon today okay that's not the
point of something like okay we're just facing reality well this is a reality we've got in
lockdowns and people are depressed and the reason I read that passage is because these masks you
know when you walk around not just inside now outside apparently you've got to wear them okay
you can't differentiate people's faces okay now they can still tell people apart of course you
know if I go home with this my kids identify who I am okay but the average Australian the
average person that you know you might go to the shops and see they all kind of look alike to me
these days we all basically all have something blue covering half our face okay and we can't see
we can't even speak in fact you're not even encouraged to speak to each other okay so we're
separated you know when we're losing that facial identity through these lockdowns that's going to
cause some level of depression you know what we're being told hey stay one and a half meters
away from each other don't talk don't preach you know because my spit my land when you get COVID
or something all right I mean it's you know stand far apart you know we're being told you know who
I were allowed to visit in fact we're not allowed to visit anybody actually okay unless now if
you're a single and you're in the single bubble you can nominate another single to visit your
house I don't know okay you can't even you know you're not allowed to have who you want to come
over to your own house your own property okay you're not allowed to have people over at your
own house what's like what's gonna happen now look thank God I've got a family of 13 like my house is
still a hive of activity I wish it was a little bit less quiet in my house you know one of the
blessings of having a large family but you know I can see how people that may not be living with
their family or might be alone or just a small family might be struggling in these days okay
we're being told how far you can travel I think it's 5 K's or 10 K's I don't know in some of the
site in some different LGAs of Sydney and I don't know if that applies to all of Sydney I'm losing
track of all the rules brethren okay and we're being told you know what businesses are allowed
to operate what business are allowed to open obviously the big shops they're allowed to be
open but you know if you're a sole trader you know you're you know you've got your own small
business these people are struggling they don't have the income they don't have the money come in
they are unable to pay their bills they're unable to pay their rent okay they're unable to put food
on the table I mean boy what's happening to this country the economy is starting to really give in
and people saying hey government give me the job saver all right maybe that maybe the government
has the answer we can go and ask them for more money and you know the government keeps saying
that they are able to give us what is it 600 700 whatever if you've lost money but where they
getting that money from they get it from you it's like government give me money well actually yeah
take my wallet you know take a hundred bucks from my wallet and give me fifty dollars in return and
you can pay yourself fifty dollars that's what you know asking government for money that's what
you're doing you're taking a hundred dollars out of your pocket and maybe fifty dollars is an
exaggeration you're getting twenty dollars back okay but at least the government's come to help
us governments not helping anybody okay they're hurting us they're hurting humanity they're
hurting our mental health okay maybe I'm going insane a little bit I don't know brethren okay
but this is the reality of the situation we're in and we can't ignore it and what I want to preach
on today is you know it's time to protest no no what I want to preach on today brethren is you
know just to stop worrying how to stop worrying you know to be mentally strong to be mentally
stable of course and I I can I can hop on about how much you need to walk with the Lord and and
be in fellowship with the Lord and I've preached many sermons like that but I want to give you some
other practical tips today of how you can help yourself can you please turn to Matthew 24 Matthew
24 and verse number 10 Matthew 24 verse number 10 just another passage that I want to read to you
and just what we're seeing develop in our society go to Matthew 24 verse 10 and we know that Matthew
24 is about the end times about the the return of Christ about the great tribulation beginning of
sorrows the wrath of God all that okay I'm not saying we're in that period but we can see one
great truth from this passage II in Matthew 24 verse number 10 Matthew 24 verse number 10 and
then shall many be offended and betray one another and shall hate one another brethren this is what's
happening right now okay the fact that we're socially separated okay I'm talking about society
that people are willing to betray one another okay look and then shall many be offended people
are offended you know I'm on a Facebook group which has the local in the Fairfield community
whatever group and there are people constantly you know posting oh I saw my neighbor do X Y and Z
I saw this shop oh should that shop be opened I saw three people walk into a cafe together you
know and I'm gonna report them here's a photograph of what's going on boy what's happening people are
getting offended for what for walking into a cafe together for going to a park and kicking a ball
or you know what going 5.1 kilometers outside of their circumference instead of five kilometers
you know people are getting offended offended what and betraying one another and shall hate
one another what we're seeing in society is a breakdown a break and so I said you know don't
lose your humanity that was one of the titles I wanted to give this sermon it's like hey I'm
seeing somebody he's not wearing a mask outside I better call crime stoppers what's the crime
stoppers number this sermon is brought to you by crime stoppers okay let's call crime stoppers
crime stoppers who does who commits crime criminals let's okay let's ring I mean imagine being on a
call center for crime stoppers let's stop some crime you get a call all right what's your call
about I saw someone outside not wearing a mask oh man what a criminal I saw someone standing
half a meter away instead of art you know I told you to stand back I told you to stand two meters
away but he came and he was half a meter away and I need to report this incident I mean people
betraying one another we're losing our humanity okay that people because you don't see each
other's faces do you just see this and so you're a no-name you're you know what are you you know
what are you really and people are you know people are worried people are concerned people are
offended people are betraying one another and it says there shall hate one another look at verse
number 11 and many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many so when people are acting this
way you know what it's easy for false prophets to come on the scene and deceive many okay but
look at verse number 12 and because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold the love of
many shall wax cold we're seeing a society that is not loving the fellow man anymore okay Christ
told us commanded us to love our neighbors that's not happening in Australia okay in Sydney honestly
people are ringing up and and dobbing people in and going on Facebook and complaining and and
whining and and you know I'm not look and I'm not even I'm not even preaching a sermon to complain
about those people that are complaining okay they are victims as well you know if I'm gonna love my
neighbor I'm gonna love my community I'm gonna love the safe I'm gonna love the lost guess what
that means I've got to love even those that have contrary views to me okay in this sense I realize
that and something you need to understand our community the people that were with our neighbors
we're all victims okay we're all victims and they're just lashing out in the in the wrong
ways but they're lashing out because of the you know of the measure of the lockdowns or the
restrictions the mental health problems that they're suffering okay and we need to be able
to identify you know who is causing this versus just our fellow neighbors that are doing things
contrary to the way we would like them to do it okay now let me just quickly read to you another
power newspaper article that I read this was obviously in Sydney we had some protests last
week in the article it says New South Wales police said Crime Stoppers has received over
10,000 reports in what they've dubbed an amazing outcry over Sydney's anti lockdown protests over
the weekend okay now pastor Kevin are you for the protests no are you against the protests no
okay this is what some people don't understand this about me and they think man you must be
offensive we'll get to that shortly okay we'll get to that shortly okay I just want to show you
what is going on 10,000 phone calls okay to dub in somebody who in Australia you've got the right
to protest okay in Australia you have the right of religious freedom apparently but it's all been
taken away okay new powers have come on the scene and this is why you know fruit in Sydney
we're preaching through Jeremiah so we understand what happens when there's a transition in power
when there are new powers in play and what Jeremiah is teaching his people to do and we
need to obviously think and understand our society but also as Christians understand how God wants us
to act how he wants us to behave okay I'm not here to dub in some protester like I you know if
somebody my church said you know pastor do you think I should go to the protest I would say no
to you they say well what if I do you're gonna report me no I'm not gonna report you okay report
you in fact I hope you're successful but see anyway I want to just show you just some of the
time times where obviously you know I'll probably skip just this one passage but if you can please
turn to 2nd Thessalonians turn to 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3 I want you to also understand if you're
worrying that and I've said this many times many sermons there's nothing new under the Sun okay
people snitching on one another betraying one another it's always happened you know remember
back out when Daniel was praying and they set a new law a new law that you can't pray to any
gods anybody you can't ask anything from anybody except if they go to the king again the king signs
it into law and Daniel says you know what forget this opens up his windows and praise the Lord three
times a day and then what happens people betray him they find out they snitch on him and he gets
thrown into the lion's den he made he got out of it praise God okay I want you to also notice 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 3 and I won't ask to think about this with a new pair of eyes here especially
in the in the lockdown we're in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3 verse number 11 it's very important that
men go to work okay and it says here in verse number 11 for we hear that there are some which
walk among you disorderly working not at all but our busy bodies you see when you don't work you
become a busybody you become a gossiper you become a snitch you become a betrayer okay you walk
disorderly you know what God did not create us to be idle and do nothing and be locked down in a
house and we kind of you know what does it do it breeds this kind of behavior this is why you know
I think you know I get angry I guess when I see people reporting one another because they
whatever you know they forgot to check in at the store or something right but at the same time I
need to understand that our government the powers that be okay and I do believe Satan is running
things behind the scenes they're causing us to be locked down they're causing us to be idle they're
causing people to not go to work to not be productive then what's gonna happen people are
gonna become busybodies people are gonna walk this orderly and so I'm not so angry at my my
fellow citizens that are doing things like reporting and ringing crime stoppers I think
it's stupid but I'm not angry at them I'm angry at the powers that have turned these people like
this they have taken away their liberties have taken away their work their businesses and they're
going nuts they're going crazy and they've been taught by the media to think well if we just all
lockdown you know then we're gonna be it's gonna be quicker for us to get out of this and no it's
not if this is gonna happen this is gonna continue for a long time okay and I don't even know all the
reasons behind it I don't know what you know is it just some social engineering event are they
trying to turn us into zombies are they trying to turn Australia into a socialist communist country
I don't know there could be various reasons okay but stop worrying stop worrying that's a title
for the sermon this morning stop worrying okay now turn to Luke 22 turn to Luke chapter 22 Luke 22
of course the most famous person that got betrayed is our Lord Jesus Christ Luke 22 verse 47 Luke 22
verse 47 and while he yet spake behold a multitude and he that was called Judas one of the twelve
went before them and drew knee unto Jesus to kiss him now is kissing Jesus a you know a loving thing
to do it's it's loving okay he's showing love on the outward okay verse number 48 but Jesus said
unto him Judas betrays thou the Son of Man with a kiss okay betrays thou the Son of Man with a
kiss this is what's happening with our society we're being told hey lock down close your
businesses don't talk to people don't visit your family don't let people come okay for your good
we're kissing you all right turn your cheek we want to kiss you because we're trying to keep
you safe from this Delta covert whatever what happened to alpha was there an alpha was there
I don't know anyway it's the Delta one right we're keeping you safe we were giving you a kiss but
brethren our government is betraying us the powers that be are betraying us okay they're trying to
destroy us Judas's heart here was to destroy Jesus Christ for his own profit okay he got his silver
alright he got his wealth for betraying Jesus and we're being betrayed by our governments okay so
it's time to protest pastor Kevin I knew you're going to get no it's not time to protest it's not
time to do that okay go back for your Jeremiah series just remind yourself of what we've been
covering okay what Jeremiah has been preaching to the church okay not me Jeremiah okay get mad at
him anyway what I'm trying to drive you to right now is obviously when people are trying to amass
power when they're trying to take over and again I don't know exactly who these people are so is
that our is it our prime minister is it Scott Morrison is that you know our premieres are they
the wicked ones I'm sure many of them are wicked okay but I also believe many of these are pawns
many of these people are pawns and they're afraid as well they're afraid if I don't carry out you
know this worldwide plan what's going to happen to me and my family and and so you know remember
who we wrestle against okay we don't wrestle against flesh and blood and I want to remember
that as Christians okay so one of the great you know strategies to win a war or to amass power
of course I'm sure you've all heard of it is to divide and conquer to divide and conquer and even
Jesus Christ says you're actually in Luke so turn to Luke 11 if you can turn to Luke chapter 11 verse
number 17 Luke 11 17 for me Christ is speaking about the kingdom of Satan but he gives us a good
illustration here good points in Luke 11 17 it says but he knowing their thoughts said unto them
every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and a house divided against the
house fourth okay Christ is teaching us the concept of divide sorry yeah divide and conquer
if you divide a kingdom you divide a house it's going to fall you can win the victory that way
you can win a war that way and what we're seeing in our society is this divide and conquer mentality
okay you've got those that are for the lockdowns yeah you know what let's keep ourselves safe then
you have those that are against the lockdowns right instead of getting mad at the people
bring in the lockdowns right we get mad at each other all right oh you're for lockdowns you're
against law you're you know ring crime stoppers okay divide and conquer you know the the powers
that be are dividing our nation on purpose okay so they can amass their power get to make themselves
rich whoever it is it's the pharmaceuticals whether it's the governing authorities whether
it's bill gates or whatever else your conspiracy you know videos told you whatever it is brethren
all right who i don't know who i don't know who it is but i know at the end of the day it's satan
pulling the strings you say pastor kevin you've been telling us that god is judging
our nation judging our i do believe he's judging our world he is judging our nation
okay god many times just allows the wicked to do what they have to do okay so he can you know
increase in his wrath okay that he can bring judgment you know and uh do it justly because
of the wickedness that you know that that takes place in society in our in our nation in the world
and god may very well just be allowing these things to bring forth his judgment in this world
one thing i've been saying for a long time is that australia has lost its fear of god
and i believe god is just allowing these things to play out so people can run to him so people
can start worrying okay i'm talking about the unsaved here i'm not talking about the saved
okay don't make the unsaved they would develop a fear of god and say boy what does the bible
have to say you know what does the bible have to say about this what does god have to say
and that people will be drawn to the lord and this is why it's so important that god's people that we
remain mentally stable because i believe that as as things develop we're going to see you know
greater opportunities of seeing soul saints greater opportunities of preaching the gospel
because people in our society are going to be more receptive they're going to be more unstable
they're going to you know they're going to be struggling to pay their bills you know australia
is a very rich country for a long time you know our our citizens have thought well i don't need
god i can make myself you know i can make a living for myself you know i'm you know i don't have to
worry about food on the table we don't have to pray for our daily bread there's always bread in
the pantry you know we're very rich and we just have this mindset you know our nation's put away
god that they've they've forsaken god and i believe god's just allowing all this to
develop so we as god's people if we remain mentally strong that we can be used in a
powerful way to reach our community that are lost and confused that they'll be more receptive to the
gospel moving forward all right but divide and conquer and we um you know a lot of people
understand and uh if you're in my generation you understand the uh left right paradigm concepts
okay um people of my parents generation they don't fully understand this okay and uh we understand
this in our generation because we've seen how wicked the governments have become okay and what
is this this is the false idea that you know when you uh vote for let's let's talk about australia
right you're you're voting your liberal or your labor party okay people generally understand or
they view at least the labor party as the left-leaning party and the liberal party as the
right conservative leaning party okay and uh there's that there's that left right paradigm
that says you know you've got a voice you know you can choose which one of these you want in power but
one thing that i had to learn you know in my life is as i've seen the so-called liberal conservative
party in power they're the ones enforcing the the corrupt labor policies okay you know labor's
saying hey you know we need to bring in same-sex marriage and the conservative party saying you
know liberals no we're not going to do that but then when the liberal parties are in power they're
the ones that bring it in okay you've got the the left-leaning you know socialist party going hey
we need to take everyone's guns away and you got the conservative right-leaning party saying no
that's not right you know people deserve to be able to arm themselves and protect themselves and
and uh you know keep their families safe in home in case a intruder walks in but when the
liberal party was in okay uh what was the thing with um hobart what was the guy's name again
the serial the serial the guy that killed a whole bunch of people anyway it's the liberal party when
all the guns you know gonna the guns were were stripped away from gun owners okay and you start
seeing this and go well hold on it's the same party and yeah they are the same party they're
the same people okay labor gets people ready to be watered down and then and then liberal party
comes in right the right-leaning party comes in and they bring in the laws that the labor party
wanted to do right the liberal party the right-leaning party has become what the left-leaning
party is and the left party has gone to the devil okay so there's this false left and right paradigm
where you know again our previous generations don't fully understand this because they may have
come from a world where it actually mattered who you voted for actually mattered but these days it
doesn't matter okay it doesn't matter if it's scott morrison or some other look think about
look at the whole world think about all the people that all different parties are in power
and think about what's going on with covered they're all doing the same thing they're all
doing the same thing okay it's all the one party it doesn't matter who gets in power okay there's
wickedness in high places and they're doing this whole process of divide and conquer and so you
know the left-right paradigm is well you know which side you're going to choose you're going
to choose the left you're going to choose the right you're going to vote for and you feel like
you're contributing to society okay and you're really not okay and there's that sense of division
there and really what's happening they're just one party they're all part of the same group
they're all doing the same things that each other will do and so a lot of people understand this i
think a lot of people in my churches at least a lot of people in my generation understand
it's nonsense okay but they haven't realized that they fall into the same type of trap anyway with
this whole covid-19 lockdowns and uh you know restrictions let me explain to you what i mean
by that okay let me just say something else as well uh with these politicians bringing in the
lockdowns restrictions normally in the past i remember as a child i would watch the news
and i actually liked the media i actually liked the news because i would see them hammer the
politicians they were always like against the politicians right politicians would do something
they'll just hammer them and say why you know and just just expose them for their mistakes
i thought this is great you know it's great there's an organization keeping all these
politicians accountable okay but what are you seeing these days in the media they support
say no no pastor kevin they don't yeah i've seen them attack the politicians of the world no this
is what's going on the politicians come out all right all right we're going to put the city under
lockdown and the media comes out yes lashing out against the politician yes pretending that
false paradigm once again pretending they're against the politicians but then they come out
saying things like well you know when is the time for you know for you to go door to door
and ask and and get people vaccinated in their own doorstep it's like wow the the media they're
against the politicians they're calling out the politicians no they're furthering the politicians
cause the politicians are making the media seem like this extreme well when are you going to do
this and like oh no no you know we need to give people their liberties and then but before you
know it then you've got the scott morrison recently coming out saying hey you know what
uh down this pathway of of coming out of covert those that are vaccinated they're going to have
extra liberties against compared to those that are not vaccinated okay and so the media kind of
is is pushing you know these greater lockdowns these greater anti-social measures uh and but
they just put it out there it appears on the media that they're against the politicians no
they're furthering the cause as well so who do you trust you know right you go that's why you
gotta bitch you that's why you go to uh all these no no you don't go there you know you go to the
word of god you go to the lord okay here's the source of truth here's the source of truth okay
what am i talking about you say pastor kevin you're rambling on all right let me just quickly
give you some other things like people are being fooled into you know this left left right
paradigm as it were divide and conquer as it were okay and uh so what we're seeing is people that
are pro lockdowns as i said people that are against lockdowns okay and you've seen our
community you've seen people human beings at odds with one another you see people that are
for protesting and people that are against protesting right the people that are protesting
like you know looking at the the anti-protesters and they're like can't you see we're fighting for
your liberties we're standing for your rights you know what if you just got behind us and all the
population what are we 26 million if 26 million just rose up and stood against you know these
lockdowns we'll be out of this and we'll be able to bring in a you know a new government system or
whatever i don't know what they might be thinking and look i do believe many protesters have the
right heart they want to get out of this they realize there's mental health problems and it's
destroying the economy it's destroying people's lives okay i do believe they have the right
intentions like in their heart okay and then you've got the anti-protesters saying look at
these idiots why are you going out there they're just making it harder for us okay they're going
to spread the virus and they're going to give or if even if they don't spread the virus they're
giving the government excuse to bring in stricter lockdowns and yes that's that's true as well
they're actually both true okay say pastor cam which side are you on neither okay neither
because i don't want to play this game you know i don't want to be forced hey what side are you
going to choose are you going to choose the liberals of labor are you going to choose the
lockdowns or the anti-lockdown are you going to choose the protesting or the anti-protesting
brethren you don't have to choose okay you don't have to choose you'd be on the lord's side that's
what that's the side you'd be on you'd be on the lord's side and let the world go down the toilet
for a while okay and you stay mentally strong faithfully serving god in fellowship with god
okay what else pro maskers anti-maskers you know i was at a post office the other day wearing my
mask where'd it go where my mask and i had some businesses at the post office then comes in some
lady carrying on anti-maxer you know is our anti anti-masker right and she's like look at
all you idiots you know wearing masks it's bad for your health and probably is wearing this all
the time you know you know you're all you know zombies you know take them off stand up for your
rights and just carry on no one's talking to her she's talking to herself and actually i kind of
agree with her okay but you know what she's fallen into that trap she's playing the game
okay there's that divide and conquer situation and she sounds crazy i actually agree with
everything she was saying but i know the average person there be like who's this crazy woman
they're probably even more encouraged now to put on their masks maybe they're going to double mask
now after the same man see look at these anti-max uh maskers okay look look how crazy they are i
don't want to end up that way you know this is the strange days that we're living in right
pro-vaxxers anti-vaxx i'm anti-vaxx by the way brethren so you chose the side are you going to
protest no i'm not going to protest because i'm not playing the game okay i'm not playing the
game and look if somebody in my church and i've had a few calls someone says i'm thinking about
getting the vaccination my my my workplace they're making it mandatory pastor what do you think
you know i've preached on the topic already you know where i stand you know the biblical
principles that i've brought up on that topic but here's the thing you get the jab i don't
i hate calling the jab that's what they call it all now it's like this little play toy the jab
you get that thing in your arm you know god bless you i love you i don't care
it's your business it's between you and god you know and you know i'm not going to fight you
because you're my brother in the lord you know and here's here's what i'm talking about there's
a game playing there's a game and i want you to stop playing the game i want you to stop worrying
okay because here's what i'm finding i've got pastors and christians that are on facebook
and uh let's pretend for a moment that i'm for this okay i'm for this well let's say
another pastor of another church another ifb church is against this okay but i put this on
now i'm their enemy because they they're saying we shouldn't put them on i'm saying hey just put
them on just obey now even though that's my brother in the lord you know he's my saved
brother i love him because i've done this he doesn't love me anymore okay because he's playing
the game okay and instead you know what in fairfield there was this orthodox what's his name
this orthodox i forget his name some orthodox priest and he came out on on youtube and you know
what i agree with a lot what he said and he says hey you know don't wear the masks you know you
don't have to wear that stuff don't obey the government he's coming out with all this stuff
and talk about how the and you know what happened yeah you know what a lot of what he said is true
but then you've got pastors you've got christians that share that video and they're like wow look
at this yeah he's right but what is he promoting what is this person promoting he's promoting a
false prophet a man who's going to lead his congregation to hell because they don't believe
the gospel oh but he agrees with me on the topic of the masks he agrees with me on the topics on
the vaccinations he agrees with me on the topics of the protesters so what you're going to promote
him listen you're better off putting this on okay and dying from all the bacteria that builds on
there and go to heaven okay then take yourself and okay maybe you live a few years longer but then
you die and go to hell because you've promoted some some wicked orthodox priests who enforce
gospel okay what is happening tell you what's happening people don't realize they're playing
the game okay they've been involved in the game and they don't realize they think they're standing
up for something and you know but really you're you're you're playing that game that the powers
that be are forcing you into the whole divide and conquer thing okay and we're seeing now ifb
pastors and and a safe people dividing over these issues and siding with people that preach false
gospels okay it's crazy to me it's crazy to me i don't care where you stand on all this brethren
between you and god if you're saved if you're my brother in the lord my sister in the lord i love
you and i stand with you all right i'm with you you know we're on the lord side that's the side
we're on okay we're we're fighting a spiritual battle okay but we're getting the world is getting
distracted with with all this stuff stop playing the game you know something i learned as a child
there was i was once um invited to uh they call them play dates but anyway there was some kid that
didn't get along with anyone in school so the mother wanted me as a child to go and play with
her son okay well i mean if no one likes him i'm not gonna like him either probably but anyway
i remember playing some board game right and uh you know i can't remember i rode some dice
okay and i was doing well i was winning in the game and and that boy said oh you're cheating
you know you started to cheat okay and i'm like no i didn't cheat and so now you got to roll again
you know yeah that was wrong fine you know i just whatever wrote again you know continued playing
right and then he started to cheat so he could start winning the game right and i said okay and
you know there are many things you should learn as a child so you learn how to be
an adult okay and a lot of things just you know god has given given us you know uh as children's
sponges you know brain sponges so we can learn things and then we know how we can apply that
as we grow up and then i realized okay you know what if i continue playing the game i'm going to
lose okay because he's setting the rules and this is his house this is his game he's setting the
rules and he wants to make sure he wins okay even though i'm playing right he's going to claim that
i'm cheating and even when he's cheating he's going to claim that no he's doing everything
right okay he's playing the right game so how do i win this you know what i'm going to stop playing
game over and i walked away okay game over all right you walk away you don't play the game
and there are too many christians that are playing the game right now okay they've been
fooled into playing the game and you're going to lose you're going to lose you've got to stop
playing it okay you're going to get mad at your fellow man you're going to get angry at your
fellow you know a christian that got vaccinated you're going to get mad at some christian that
decided to wear a mask okay who's your brother in the lord who you ought to love okay you're
going to get mad when people you know you're going to get mad at the people that ring crime
stoppers and report a crime you don't realize they're the victim okay stop thinking that you
know that whole left and right paradigm a lot of people understand it but they don't understand
when they're in it okay you got to pull out of the game and stop playing listen when i pull out
of the game that guy that you know friend came running to me i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry you
know we play you know right you know i won't cheat anymore this and that you know but i got
to a point i said i'm not playing the game anymore okay i don't want to play it anyway with you okay
because you know you've set the rules up so you can win and brethren again you've got that false
idea i can choose this side i can choose this side you know what whatever side you choose you're
going to lose okay it's stacked against you right now okay the devil's in control so stop playing
the game as i said i wanted to title this don't lose your humanity because we're seeing people
with contrary views as the enemy it's wrong okay we don't wrestle against flesh and blood
can you please turn to first corinthians chapter nine first corinthians chapter nine
there's a lot that i wanted to talk about today i'm sorry if i go a bit over time i'm not even
sure what the time is right now go to first corinthians chapter nine for me first corinthians
chapter nine verse number 19 first corinthians 9 19 let's take the principle here from paul
okay paul a great soul winner okay a great church planter first corinthians 9 19 it says
for though i be free from all men yet have i have i made myself servant unto all that i
might gain them all forever i'm not interested in being like i'm an anti-vaxxer i'm not interested
in just making friends with the anti-vaxxer group of people you know what what do you say
i made myself servant unto all that i might gain them all it's our job to see souls
saved okay i know the lockdowns have stopped us okay but i'm telling you i believe god is going
to use this to instill a fear of god into the hearts of our fellow citizens and we need to be
prepared okay to gain okay to win the lost okay be prepared for these hard times coming up when
people are running and seeking the lord because if we don't give them the answer as we saw in
matthew 24 you're going to have the false prophets rise up and they're going to deceive many like the
orthodox guy okay that people are supporting promoting that are christians you know you know
leading people to listen to this guy they will cause him to preach a false gospel leading to hell
you know the verse number 20 and unto the jews i became as a jew that i might gain the jews
say oh the jews they're wicked ungodly people yeah they are you know what if i'm going to try
to win the jew you know what i'm going to have to do i'm going to try to find some common ground
with the jew okay yeah you know what because we're meant to be servants unto all men
to them that are under the law as under the law that i might gain them that are under the law
to them that are without law as without law not being not without law to god but under the law
to christ that i might gain them that are without law to the weak became i as weak that i might gain
the weak i am made all things to all men that i might by all means save some it sounds to me that
paul did not play the game he says you know what i'm going to be available to all i'm not going to
to you know uh push for this side of the argument against that side and create divisions you know
what i'm gonna i'm gonna be ready to be able to submit myself to be a servant to all that i might
win them all to christ and i fear that as christians if we get too caught up in the world's
affairs on whichever side it is that you're not going to be profitable you're not gonna be able to
win the loss you're not going to be able to win as many people in the times to come when people
start having that fear of god in their hearts once again okay we need to be used effectively by god
okay it doesn't matter who it is a jew a person that's under law a person that's uh you know
without law doesn't matter who they are brethren we need to be ready to find that common ground
be ready to give that person the gospel okay rather than seeing people as the enemy they're
not the enemy okay they're the victim the victim of what's going on in this world okay the lockdowns
etc i'll quickly read to you from ephesians 6 12 just as a reminder for we wrestle not against
flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rules of the darkness of this
world against spiritual wickedness in high places who's destroying humanity who's destroying society
who's destroying businesses who's destroying the livelihoods of people it's spiritual wickedness
it's the devil okay we can't fight the devil with flesh and blood okay we need to put on the armor
of god which i won't go through right now okay but satan the forces of satan wants you to turn
against your fellow man okay and he wants you to feel worried and uncertain about these days and
about the future that's what the satan wants he wants us to be unstable can you please turn to
romans chapter 12 romans chapter 12 and verse number two romans chapter 12 and verse number two
romans 12 2 which reads and be not conformed to this world let me stop there
be not conformed to this world say pastor should we go and protest don't be conformed to this world
should i go ring crime stoppers for those don't be conformed to this world
okay don't get distracted we're not wrestling against flesh and blood here okay
god can use us to his full potential if we don't conform ourselves to this world i know often we
keep preaching well that means don't sin like the world don't be wicked of course that's a that's
application but when we tie ourselves to worldly institutions and worldly arguments and worldly
positions you're going to find yourself being less productive for god you're not going to be ready
for the times to come what are we to do but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you
may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of god say god what is your will i
want to know your will i don't want to know what the vax pro-vaxxers will is i don't want to know
what the anti-vaxxer view is lord i want to know what your will is in my life help me to renew
my mind take your mind out of the gutter take your mind out of this world for a moment take your mind
out of uh the media and yes take your mind out of the alternative media take your mind out of
all these things that are causing you to get frustrated with society and with your fellow
man and wanting to wrestle with flesh and blood renew your mind and ask god god show me your will
lord get me ready for the time to come where i can be used as a mighty ambassador and win as
many souls as i can lord lord i pray that you'd get the the fear of god in the hearts of of
australian so i can be there ready lord with a stable mind you know without worrying lord that
i can be used effectively for your mission for your mission for your work can you please turn
to john 14 turn to john 14 verse number 25 john 14 verse number 25
john 14 verse 25 jesus christ says these things have i spoken unto you being yet present with you
but the comforter praise god that we're saved we've got the comforter
we've got the comforter stop worrying you've got the comforter i can understand
the unsaved aussie next door i can understand why he's worried i can understand why he's having
mental problems i can understand why he's suffering depression and all those kinds of
things that go with these lockdowns but you brethren you've got the comforter but the
comforter which is the holy ghost whom the father will send in my name he shall teach you all things
and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever i have said unto you what are you
doing during lockdown are you are you filling your mind with you know with the world with what's going
on in this world or you trying to learn from the holy ghost are you learning from the comforter
are you trying are you picking up your bibles more than you have before and asking god god
show me your truths prepare me for this wicked day that we're living in look at verse number 27
peace i leave with you my peace i give unto you christ is telling us he's given us his peace
look at the next words not as the world giveth this world's not going to give you peace
so but if we protest and we stop the lockdowns we're going to be at peace aren't we pastor
look there's a piece of the word gives but it's it's insignificant it cannot compare to the peace
to the peace of jesus christ my peace i give unto you not as the world giveth give i unto you
let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid brethren if you're choosing what side am
i on which battle am i fighting in this world you're not going to find the peace of god right
your heart will be troubled your heart will be afraid okay the devil wants you to pick a side
he wants to go fight some worldly battle out there okay and see your fellow man who
has a different opinion a different view as the enemy no they're not the enemy
okay you need to draw yourself closer to god to find the peace that jesus christ is offering you
through the comforter okay spend time with the lord use these times that you're stuck in that
in your house not to become idle and a busy body and concern yourself with worldly affairs
use your time with the comforter use your time with the lord pick up your bible learn more ask
god for his will to reveal his will in your life okay that's where the real peace is that's where
you're going to stop worrying about everything that's taking place in the world as i said the
wicked wants you to choose a side and uh and this is where i'm getting to the point now where you
say pastor you know you seem like you're for the protest but uh you know you don't want to
participate what's going on you know and if you're again if you're not going to participate
why aren't you ringing cripestoppers and reporting people faces that you may have seen on them
on the news well what's going on the next thing i want to talk about here today is about the power
of indifference the power of indifference okay you know what this whole thing with lockdowns
i'm indifferent and behind you say what does that mean okay i just i thought i'd get your
dictionary definition here okay indifference the one of the definitions that i found here was
without interest or concern not caring apathetic okay not caring oh you don't care pastor kevin
no remember the verse that we started with philippians 4 6 be careful for nothing that
sounds like not caring hey that sounds like being indifferent listen i've got my views i've got my
preferences but really brevin when it comes to this world i've learned to be indifferent meaning
that it doesn't matter if it's liberal or labour in power i'm indifferent i don't care okay because
i'm not of this world okay i'm not focused about you know i'm not focused on these things i'm not
i'm not going to get tired i'm not going to play the game okay i'm indifferent i don't care who
wins i'm on the lord side lord's going to win at the end of the day okay and uh you know some people
don't know what it means to be indifferent they think it's fence sitting say well say you just
sit on the fence you don't choose the side you don't have opinion i've got my opinions
okay i've got my sides okay but indifference is not fence sitting there's a danger in fence
sitting you know we should understand where you know what is right and wrong we should understand
you know uh the dangers that come with things like lockdowns we also have knowledge and awareness
okay uh the bible tells him james one eight a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways
i don't want to be a fence sitter offensive someone says well i don't know you know maybe
the lockdowns are good you know maybe they're not good i don't know i don't know that's a fence
sitter okay he's unstable in all his ways he can't make an opinion indifferent that's not
what indifference is okay being indifferent it's it's not offensive you say what i'm not even going
i'm not going to sit on the fence okay i'm not going to i'm not going to care about either side
and i'm not going to sit on the fence that's what it means to be indifferent i'm not going to play
the game okay i'm not going to give into this thing where you're forced to make a decision
okay uh and indifference is not ignorance that's the other thing i want to say indifference is not
ignorance you know um i don't mind wearing this again when i when i go uh shopping whatever i have
to wear it you know i don't want to cause any any problems you know i don't want to go and argue
against some shopkeeper that's just you know they're a victim as well and they're trying to
take on the mask all right i'll put it on okay there was a day that i i forgot to wear my mask
i got out of the car and i went to the shop the guy goes off can you go back to car and get your
mask i could have argued right all right i'm still you know okay took 30 seconds to go back to the
car and get it i don't make this guy's life any harder okay and you know what when i when i meet
people and i talk to people with masks i put a big smile on my face as much as i can and i try to be
extra polite because i'm sure everyone's suffering everyone's going through some mental strain
i'm not there to add more stress and worry in other people's lives okay but indifference is
not ignorance and so i don't mind wearing this and so because i don't mind wearing this
then i've got uh you know brethren safe brethren that are very loving and very caring and they
know that this is not good for me and so they'll give me information say well you know what uh
watch this video and learn how the masks are dangerous you know watch this video and learn
how the lockdowns i know all of that okay i know what are they doing saying they're saying pick
a side okay take it off you know i'm not interested in playing the game i mean i'm indifferent to it
okay i'm not interested but see i'm not ignorant i understand i've done my research i've looked at
the sides okay not only that i've watched the videos i've seen all that stuff you know what
i don't do i don't go necessarily go and promote all the videos that i've seen because i need to
fact check them as well okay look the mainstream media is full of lies the alternative media the
channels they're full of lies as well and people don't realize this okay just because one argument
one video sides with your opinion doesn't mean it's factually correct you start giving out
factually incorrect information you might even turn people against your position okay and so
it's not about being informed indifferent just means yeah i know i have my position i know what
is right and wrong and yeah i don't care anyway because i'm not in this world i'm not going to
play the game i'm not going to get involved i'm not going to see people that have the contrary
view as my enemy because they're victims as well okay
of course jesus christ says in matthew 10 16 and be therefore wise as serpents okay so we should
not be ignorant we should know we should develop our thoughts and opinions okay be wiser serpents
and harmless as doves you know what whichever side you're on i ought to be a dove to either side
i ought to be a servant to either side because my goal is to bring people into the kingdom
of jesus christ okay and if this world goes to hell let it if it brings the fear of god and we
can we can be more successful you know at giving the gospel to the lost now i want to just give you
some illustration here because i said don't worry stop worrying that's the title of the sermon today
stop worrying and we are going to go a bit over an hour but uh hope you guys are patient with me
and uh let me just draw a little circle here in the middle of my notes i'll color it in
you know we're all influential to some extent you know we're social creatures
we're influential to other people and uh you know when it comes to your world you know let's say
you're a single person you know this dot on my paper here represents you your life maybe your job
the things that you're in control of that little dot on paper represents where you've got 100
influence on things okay you've got control in that area right and uh you know when you
get married that circle grows a little bit bigger because now you've got someone else
that you can be an influence on and then you have children and that circle grows a little
bit bigger you know uh the average um family size or the average uh what is the average um
the average number of children that mothers are having in australia is 1.8 okay let's say two
let's run that up for two you know what we've had 11 what does that mean i can be five to six
times more effective to the next generation because we've got a bigger family so you know
what that that you know the bigger your family is or maybe you start your own business one day or
me as a pastor i've got two churches where i can be very influential uh in both churches you know
that that circle starts to grow as you start to be productive and develop and mature in life and
you you know you have your families you get your workplaces you develop and you grow and etc you
maybe start your own business one day that circle grows and i'll just draw where i don't know if you
can see that but i'll just i got it upside down that's 100 you know influence in that sphere of
life okay and then i'm going to draw another little circle around that now that circle around
that that represents let's say your friends okay other families other families in church
your work colleagues the people that you interact with on a regular basis but really i mean at the
end of the day they live their own lives they've got their own families and you're not as influential
to them as obviously that that circle in the middle there okay you might have not a hundred
percent influence but what you would have is about ten percent that's right that's right ten percent
influence in that circle there okay meaning that you know you live right you can give good advice
you're going to help people along but really at the end of the day they don't have to take your
advice on board let's say it's ten percent okay this is not obviously necessarily fully accurate
but you get the picture okay then you've got another circle i'll just draw that circle there
another circle around it that circle around that represents covid world okay that represents our
politicians that represents uh you know you you still have apparently some level of influence
you know maybe some of you say well we don't okay well let's just say you can still go to the polling
booths and cast a vote okay you can still have your voices heard to some extent okay
so let's just say you know your influence in that world in this world in the wicked world and
uh you know that there is let's say it's one percent and it's much less than one percent
but let's just you know make it easy okay so there's your area of influence a hundred percent
your family your jobs you know the things that you have control over ten percent the people that you
interact with you can be a good influence to some extent but at the end of the day not that much and
then when it comes to everything else you know your voice is like a drop in the ocean okay you
have some as a member of society you have some level of influence okay and then there's another
circle around that okay and that other circle is zero percent there's really nothing you can do
you can't change the laws of nature you can't change the weather okay you can't change a comet
that's flying in space or something right you can't you got that's that's that's fully god's
realm okay god is the one that's fully in control of that and you just really you're just living it
right there's nothing you can do right and uh and so you've got this as an aspect of your life and
you know what's going to drive you insane when you try to make changes over here
where you're the you've got the one percent influence okay this is going to drive you insane
see the more you get away from this circle the less influential you are and you've got people
that are out there protesting for example i'm for it okay but you're out there and listen they're
not going to make any difference okay very little difference one percent difference okay that's
there and so they're worried about all this stuff and you and look the further you get out of that
circle the more you're going to worry because you've got less control you've got less influence
okay how do you overcome worry you keep your mind here where you have full control where you have
full access to things okay okay that's where your mindset ought to be you're locked down you know
what you're spending more time with your family praise god you've got stronger influence there
like if i have one hour to influence people one hour i'm going to be more effective using that
one hour with my children okay then that one hour with my work colleagues or something okay and so
you know what i'm going to focus my attention during this time right there in the middle and
that's where i've got most control over when we start to lose control that's when we start to
worry because we don't know what the future holds you know we we lose that control of things and
and we say oh what's going to happen what's going to happen but here's one simple truth we know that
god is in control of that area that you've got no control over okay god is 100 in control of that
but you know what god is also 100 in control of this circle and god is 100 in control of that
circle and god is 100 in control of course of that circle okay and so while you lose control
and you start worrying when you when your mind is focused on these other things you need to remember
that god is in full control over every aspect of this okay 100 in control you have the holy
ghost living in you you are a child of the one who has a hundred percent control over everything
okay and you remind yourself that no matter how wicked crazy this world gets i have a god that is
in full control of what's happening i have a god that is not surprised about what's happening okay
god knew ahead of time we're going to have five weeks of lockdown plus four weeks of lockdown
god knew in ahead of time that the sunshine coastal is going to be locked down this weekend
okay god is the one in control of that okay and so what do you do you stop worrying about this
say well god you're in control and you just take care of the things that you do have full control
over that's what's going to help you to stop worrying can you please turn to colossians
chapter one colossians chapter one i'm almost done colossians chapter one verse number 16
colossians 1 16
just as a reminder to you okay colossians 1 16 says for by him were all things created
that are in heaven that are in earth visible and invisible whether they be
thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all power listen there are so many wicked powers
in this world okay but it says all things were created by him and for him and he is before all
things and by him all things consist what is this telling us god has not lost control okay god is not
worried god is in full control of what is happening okay i'm not saying god is causing
wickedness but god is allowing the weakness to take place for his ultimate purposes at the end
of the day okay one day christ is going to come back and fix it okay we're going to be with him
a thousand years we're going to be living this earth and we're going to have more control than
we've ever had before but don't lose focus of what's important what you're in control of
you know your family your children your jobs the things that you have full control that's what you
need to spend your time on your walk with god you'll learn in the bible read the bible your
prayer time you have control of that okay if you want to be mentally stable you keep your mindset
right there okay i'm not saying be ignorant of everything else okay be aware make sure your
mind is on the things that you have full control full influence over okay and you leave the rest
to god can you please go to philippians chapter four turn to philippians chapter four which is
the passage that we started off reading philippians chapter four philippians chapter four verse six
this is our concluding passage philippians four six be careful for nothing but so this is what we
do in prayer in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request
be made known unto god let me just go back to that circle okay so don't be full of care
hey be indifferent okay you have control there focus there you've lost control there all right
it's time to worry it's time to be full of care what do you do you go to god about everything
you take it to god who's in control of it all okay say god i'm worried about this i'm worried
about that i'm worried about this say god please take it off my shoulders take it off my mind lord
i know you're in control you take care of it lord so i can be focused on the area that i can
have most control i can have most influence on
verse number seven and the peace of god which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts
and minds through christ jesus the peace of god which passeth all understanding brethren are you
at peace today say pass i'm not at peace today well then apply it okay don't let today finish
okay make sure that after the service if you're worried if you're stressed
okay you're suffering anxiety and depression you go to the lord right now okay you say i don't know
what the future you know holds i don't know what's going to happen next year you know i've
got plans to move to queensland on top i don't know if that's going to happen okay i have no
control over that brethren but i know who has control over it that's my lord god okay so what
do we do we apply this sermon all right we prepare ourselves hey lord i've lost i'm worried there are
things i have no control over but i know you're in full control okay let me hand this over to you
let me give you my worries let me give you my concerns so i can be focused on the things that
i'm on influential the most where i can be influential the most my family my children okay
my my walk with you my study of the bible my knowledge of who you are god help me to focus
my attention on these things okay and not be distracted help me not to play the game help me
not to get involved in the wrestling with the flesh and blood and being you know create divisions
lord and being divided even amongst brethren help me not to be that kind of person help me to be
prepared for the right time when i can be used effectively for you lord when the fear of god
returns in the hearts of australians and i can be used in a mighty way to preach them the gospel
and to bring them into your kingdom all right let's pray