Shaun and The Word

Divine Set Up 9: If they have ears to hear, then SPEAK!

This episode will discuss the importance of Jesus’ word choice in the great commission. I will also share while in Jerusalem in 2006 how the Holy Spirit allowed me to be a part of a real life miracle. 

Divine set up 8: No need to ask, just GO!

This episode will speak about the call of God to bring the gospel to the nations. I will share my first experience at missions and how on that first trip God set me up with some pretty amazing relationships that would impact my life for years to come. 

The Divine SET Up 7: Good is not always God

In this episode we are going to look at the importance of discerning between good and God. We will look at the testimony of Joseph during the birth of Jesus and also hear about a divine set up testimony in my own life. 

Dealing with loss: Part 3

This is part 3 that in the dealing with loss series and in this episode We will discuss Father as protector. 

Dealing with loss: Part 2 Father as Provider

1. FATHER AS A PROVIDER: HIS comfort

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

 

• I would like to share about the passing of my mother.
• One thing I love about the Lord is that we can know Him as Father.
• Father is such a surreal name for it entails more then relationship, but includes attributes.
• For a Father title comes with Fatherly characteristics
• A Father is a preparer. The term for head of house (Father) literally means to be out front. Which means to lead or prepare the way
• Jesus reflects His fatherly attributes by saying He is going to prepare a place for us and one day soon He will come and reveal that place to us for all of eternity
• Another attribute of a Father is a Provider. Father provides
• Another Attribute of a Father is Protector. Father PROTECTS
• These are three attributes that really speak the loudest when understanding God as Father.

1. Father is a preparer (Gets things ready for the family)
2. Father is a provider (Makes sure family has all they need)
3. Father is a protector (Makes sure family is safe from the schemes of the enemy)

In a practical sense I would like to reflect how my Father moved on my family’s behalf during the lost of my mom.

 

1. Father as a PREPARER: His timing
2. FATHER AS A PROVIDER: HIS comfort

1. FATHER AS A PROTECTOR: HIS promises

 

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

 

• Jesus said He would give us HIS peace
• Let that sink in for a moment
• HIS PEACE
• Jesus has perfect, SHALOM!
• HIS SHALOM IS the very standard
• There is no higher mark, nor anything to compare it to, for it is PERFECT
• Jesus promised to provide and give us HIS PEACE

 

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

• The heart of Jesus to come and give LIFE and to give it abundantly is a beautiful promise.
• This word abundance is special
• It is used in another New Testament passage

Ephesians 3:20 (KJV 1900):

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us

 

 

• Abundance- very great, excessive, extremely, emphatic, surpassing, all the more, much greater

 

• Jesus proclaimed that one of the attributes of belonging to the Shepherd is an abundant life.

 

• The Apostle Paul uses this same term when describing what the Shepherd is capable of accomplishing in and for us. Exceedingly abundantly above all...

 

• During this season of loss I have experienced an abundance.

 

• The Lord’s abundance of presence. He has been so near and has truly proven His nearness in tangible ways through the entire process.

 

• The Lords peace has been given in abundance as well. I have never in my life experienced such a peace in the middle of such pain. Unreal!

 

• The Lord’s comfort through His Church has been so abundant that others have witnessed it themselves.

 

• There has been an abundance of food and fried chicken. So much so that I am literally sick of fried chicken.

 

• At the funeral service there were an abundance of flowers which showed the love and heart of so many.

 

• There was an abundance of pastors who in their own way ministered the gospel to us.

 

• There was an abundance of family members and friends that even in the midst of all of this pandemic they still showed up.

 

• Only Jesus could turn a hour of loss, into a season of abundance

 

• The potential of getting all the Lord has for you during times like this is only available when He is your Shepherd. Jesus said

 

John 10:9 (KJV 1900):

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

 

 

• Jesus said that He is the door that one must entered in order to enter in to the place where He can become your Shepherd.
• When we come to the one who stands not only as the door keeper but as the very way in to salvation we have access to all He has.
• The word Saved literally means “to have what God has for you”.
• When we are in need and Jesus is our Shepherd we have the opportunity to get all He has for us.
• In most cases, it is abundantly more then what we ever thought it could have been.

Dealing with Loss: My experience with the passing of my mother

Psalm 19:1-2

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.

 

• I would like to share about the passing of my mother.
• One thing I love about the Lord is that we can know Him as Father.
• Father is such a surreal name for it entails more then relationship, but includes attributes.
• For a Father title comes with Fatherly characteristics
• A Father is a preparer. The term for head of house (Father) literally means to be out front. Which means to lead or prepare the way
• Jesus reflects His fatherly attributes by saying He is going to prepare a place for us and one day soon He will come and reveal that place to us for all of eternity
• Another attribute of a Father is a Provider. Father provides
• Another Attribute of a Father is Protector. Father PROTECTS
• These are three attributes that really speak the loudest when understanding God as Father.

1. Father is a preparer (Gets things ready for the family)
2. Father is a provider (Makes sure family has all they need)
3. Father is a protector (Makes sure family is safe from the schemes of the enemy)

In a practical sense I would like to reflect how my Father moved on my family’s behalf during the lost of my mom.

 

1. Father as a PREPARER: His timing
2. FATHER AS A PROVIDER: HIS comfort
3. FATHER AS A PROTECTOR: HIS promises

 

1. Father as a PREPARER: His timing

 

Matthew 24:21-22

“For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. “Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

 

• I have written in my Bible from years ago, “The ELECT IMPACTS HISTORY AND TIME!”
• You see the Lord is in control of TIME and SEASONS and from this passage and so many like it, it appears as though He uses His ability and power to direct the course of time to a desired goal.
• What is that desired goal, the good of His people, and the glory of His name.

 

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

• The Apostle Paul declares that Jesus is out in front, and the out in front means leading the way, preparing the way
• Then it says, “HE is holding all things together.”
• He is out in front preparing the way and making sure that WAY is secure in HIM
• When we are in the States we stay with my mom
• She has always been gracious enough to allow us to be with her and help her in areas of need.
• Last year we bought a one way ticket for the first time, not knowing when we would return, but in November the Lord told me to return in December for He had something for me.
• We did and was able to have Christmas for the first time in the States in 4-5 years. Pretty special time with my family and loved ones, especially my mom
• Then at the start of the year we began to meet and prepare for our return to Vietnam and like every other time before the Lord gave me a general idea of when we are to go and so I purchased our tickets for the middle of March
• THEN CORONA
• SHUT DOWN, I mean COMPLETE LOCKDOWN
• VIETNAM closed, TICKETS CANCELED and nation on lockdown
• Because of my mom’s health condition we really had to be wise, respectful and careful, so we did not go any where
• Every day, we were home, in her little house hanging out with her and enjoying her
• Everyday we ate, laughed, drank coffee, argued, bothered, and spent time together
• Since December of 2019 until mid July 2020 we were with my mom almost every day, all day long.
• This Pandemic has been awful, and horrific, but it has also been used by God

 

 

Psalm 139:12

Even the darkness is not dark to You,

And the night is as bright as the day.

Darkness and light are alike to You.

 

• The night that my mom passed I had been teaching our pastors online and went to go to sleep about 2 am
• I heard some movment but it was normal movement, but I drifted off to sleep
• I woke up 45-1 hour later and went to go to the bathroom and poked my head into her room to check on her and saw her laying across the bed
• I went over and was trying to wake her up and was praying
• I just felt like it was not right, so I started CPR while I was on the phone with 911
• The ambulance came and took over CPR and was able to get a pulse, and vital signs
• They took her to the hospital and my family made their way here
• We were confronted with the reality that she is ready to go be with the Lord and in the midst of Corona Virus they were not letting people in to see their family members in that section, but God gave us great victory

The Divine Set Up 6: Don’t you quit

This episode speaks about how we long to see God’s promises but hardship and difficulties can sometimes cause us to give up or want to quit. However the word of God and the Spirit of God says, “Don’t you quit!!”

Hebrews 10:35-36

The Divine set up 5: What the Lord promises, He does

God is Faithful! You can trust His that He will do what He says He will do. 

Father’s Day 2020

Divine Set Up 4: Your job is to obey, leave the rest to the Lord

Divine Set Up 4: Your job is to obey, leave the rest to the Lord