Calvary Church Hong Kong

10/09/2026

11 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

Do You Have the Proper Priorities?

The seventh way to complete the sentence, “If you want God’s best…,” is be more concerned with the eternal than with the temporal.

There is a passage of Scripture in which the eternal and the temporal are set side by side and compared.

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:17–18 NKJV)
Paul says there are two categories of things: the eternal and the temporary. The temporary things are the things we can see, the things of this world that we contact with our senses. But the eternal things are unseen. They belong to the invisible, eternal world. He brings out a tremendously important principle: our light affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory while we are looking, not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen.

Most of us are going to go through affliction; we must face that fact. Sooner or later in life, we are going to face trouble, hardship, or difficulty, which will do for us something of eternal value on one basic condition: that we continue looking at the things that are not seen. But, if we take our eyes off the eternal things and begin to look only at the temporary things, at the things of this world that we contact with our natural senses, then our affliction is no longer working for us that eternal glory that it is God’s purpose for us to have.

When we come into trouble or affliction, it is very important that we learn to respond in the right way. We must not be distracted from the eternal by problems and troubles, but we must keep our eyes steadfastly fixed on the eternal and unseen.

(If you want to know a little more about this, the booklet ‘Life’s bitter pool’ will be a great blessing for you!)

Father, thank you for the glorious promise of eternity. By faith, I want to keep my eyes focused on the eternal things. If I have come into trouble or suffering, I will not focus on that, but keep my eyes on Jesus leading me into eternal life. I can already experience that by knowing you (John 17: 3). Thank you that my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Amen!

God Bless You 🙏

10/09/2026

09/09/2026

10 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

Faith Comes!

“Another principle that relates to hearing is stated in Romans 10:17: ‘So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.’” (NKJV)
That is a tremendously important truth: “ faith comes.” You do not need to be without faith. I remember a time when I was without faith. I was sick in a hospital for one year, and doctors could not heal me. I was hopeless. But one day the Holy Spirit quickened that statement to me, “Faith comes.” If you do not have faith, you can get it. How do you get it? By hearing. Hearing what? The Word of God. I began to hear God’s Word, and through it faith came, until eventually I was released from the hospital. I was healed, not by medical means, but by the supernatural power of God, because I received faith through hearing the Word of God.

The important thing that I want to emphasize is this: not only does faith come by hearing, but unbelief comes by hearing, too. Paul says this in 2 Timothy 2:16–18, where he is advising Timothy about how to lead a successful Christian life.

“Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like gangrene [or cancer; the word in the original text means both]. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.” (2 Timothy 2:16–18)
Paul is saying that if you want to keep your faith, you should not listen to godless chatter or the likes of Hymenaeus and Philetus, who were spreading false teaching. If you go on hearing it, it will enter into your heart and mind and will eat away your faith just like a cancer eats away sound flesh. Cultivate, instead, the practice of right hearing, in both what you hear and how you hear. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God.

As a logical safeguard, choose your friends and associates with care, because they will be the people to whom you will listen the most. You will want to listen to people who have something good to say, not something that destroys your faith.

“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14)
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.” (Ephesians 5:11–12)
Do not associate with people whose speech and conduct are evil. It will poison you spiritually. On the positive side, Paul says this to Timothy:

“Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” (2 Timothy 2:22)
In other words, if you are going to pursue the good things, you must pursue them in the right company, with people who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Holy Spirit, please guide me in the contacts and conversations I have with other people. Help me to not waste my time with unholy and empty talk, and teach me to pursue loyalty, love and peace, together with others are calling on the Lord from a pure heart.

God Bless You 🙏

08/09/2026

9 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

How Do You Hear?

Yesterday we’ve seen what to hear. But Jesus also tells us to be careful how we hear.

“Therefore take heed how you hear. For who-ever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.” (Luke 8:18 NKJV)
Again, we find the same solemn warning. The way in which we open up to hear God will determine the way in which God imparts Himself to us. But, if we shut God out by wrong hearing, then we become bankrupt. Jesus repeats the same principle—the principle of increase or decrease according to what we hear and how we hear.

I want to mention another principle about how to hear: we must learn what to accept and what to reject. There is a very pertinent statement in Job 12:11: “Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?”

The ear fulfills the same function in regard to words as the mouth does in regard to what we eat. We all know that if we put something into our mouth that is bitter or unpleasant, we do not swallow it; we spit it out. What that statement in Job is saying is that our ears need to do the same to what we hear. If we hear something that is bitter, negative, or destructive to our faith, then we should not accept it; we should reject it.

Just as the tongue tastes food, the ear tests words. I have often said to people, “When you listen to a preacher (or whoever is talking), do what you do when you eat fish: swallow the meat and spit out the bones. If you swallow the bones, you are going to be sorry for it.” That is my simple application of what Jesus meant when He said, “Take heed how you hear.” Let the right thing in, but keep the wrong thing out. If you let the wrong thing in, you will regret it.

Father, give please give me discernment through you Holy Spirit so I’ll know when to listen, en when to shut my ears. Open my ears to hear as a disciple (Isaiah 50:4). In Jesus Name, amen!

God Bless You 🙏

08/09/2026

Jesus Heals - Healing Service!

This Friday, 11 September, 7pm.
Invite your friends and loved ones who need special prayer. Looking forward to a miraculous time 🙏

Come Expecting A Miracle 🙌🏼

07/09/2026

8 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

What Do You Hear?

We’ve already seen several ways to complete the sentence “If you want God’s best…”. Another is: be careful how and what you hear. Obviously, this relates closely to the previous chapter’s theme of hearing and obeying God’s voice. We are going on with this theme of hearing.

I have already pointed out that all through the Bible, from the Old Testament into the New, the basic requirement for belonging to God’s people is hearing and obeying His voice. In the Old Testament, God said to Israel, “Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people” (Jeremiah 7:23 NKJV). In the New Testament, Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27 NKJV). That requirement never changes in any dispensation or any age.

We will now consider more of what is involved in hearing God’s voice. Jesus said two things at different times in the Gospels. He said, “Take heed what you hear,” and later on, He said, “Take heed how you hear.” Let us examine both of these statements and see what they have to say to us.

The first one, “what you hear,” is in Mark 4:23–25, where Jesus begins, “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” I understand that to mean, “If anyone has ears to hear God’s voice, let him hear.” I pointed out that we are not born naturally with the ability to hear God’s voice. It is something that must be imparted to us by the Holy Spirit. It is something that must be cultivated.

“Jesus goes on to say: ‘Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.’” (Mark 4:24–25 NKJV)
Jesus unfolds three principles here. First, the basic requirement is having the ability to hear, that is, to hear God’s voice. “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Second, by right hearing (or by listening to the right thing), we increase our spiritual resources. “To you who hear,” Jesus says, “more will be given.” The same measure that you use will be measured back to you. The more you give of your-self to hearing God’s voice, the more God will give Himself back to you. In other words, we settle the measure with which God will give Himself to us. The measure with which we hear is the measure with which God will impart Himself to us.

The third principle is that by wrong hearing (or failure to hear), we decrease our spiritual resources and finally become spiritually bankrupt. Jesus says, “Whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him” (Mark 4:25 NKJV). In my experience, I have encountered Christians who seem to be totally bankrupt, yet in past years they were abounding in the blessing of the Lord. What bankrupted them? They had lost the ability to hear (had ceased to cultivate that ability) and had begun to listen to the wrong things. They had cut God off and opened themselves up to evil, negative sources, which had bankrupted them spiritually.

The choice is up to you: are you going to allow God’s voice be stifled by other sounds, taking away what you've already received? Or do you choose to be someone who hears ... Someone to whom is given more?

Father, thank you, I do not have to do anything special to increase my spiritual supplies, but I only have to listen to your voice. Thank you for this beautiful promise.

God Bless You 🙏

06/09/2026

7 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

Are You Prepared to Seem Foolish in the Eyes of Other People?

Yesterday we’ve seen how important it is to promptly obey God’s voice.

The second warning I want to give you is: be prepared to seem foolish in the eyes of other people. In 1 Corinthians 1:25, Paul said, “The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men” (NKJV). If you believe that what people think is wise, you may miss God. In his same letter to the Corinthians, Paul is very emphatic:

“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him be-come a fool that he may become wise.” (1 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV)
To become truly wise, you have to start by be-coming a fool. Many people stumble over that, but there are many examples in the Bible. Noah built a ship on dry land when no one had ever seen rain.

That was foolish, but it was the wisdom of God. Naaman, the captain of Syria, went down into the Jordan River and exposed his leprous flesh by dipping himself seven times. How foolish! But he was healed. Then, in John 9, there was the man who had been born blind. Jesus placed clay on his eyes and then told him to go and wash in the pool of Siloam. How foolish he must have looked, groping his way to the pool of Siloam with clay on his eyes! But he was healed.

There was a situation in my own life years ago when I was preaching in East Africa. I held a seven-day series of services, and at the end of each message I said, “If anyone wants me to pray for his healing, stand up and I’ll pray for you.” There was a blind woman led to the meeting by a boy; every day for six days she stood up, I prayed, and nothing happened. I became embarrassed for her. The seventh day she was there again. I said, “If you want me to pray for your healing, stand up!” She stood. I closed my eyes and prayed, but I could not help wondering, “What’s going to happen to that poor woman?” When I opened my eyes, there she was, walking forward without the boy to show that her eyes had been healed! You see, she had to be willing to become a fool first.

Father, give me the courage to be prepared to be foolish in the eyes of people. I want to be obedient to you, even if others find this folly. I am willing to become foolish in the eyes of men because I can find your wisdom with it. Your wisdom is so precious to me, Lord!

God Bless You 🙏

06/09/2026

05/09/2026

6 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

Cultivate Prompt Obedience
– What Are You Waiting For

In the last couple of days we’ve seen how important it is to hear, and obey, God’s voice.

I want to give you two important warnings in connection with this theme of hearing God’s voice. First, cultivate prompt obedience—and I want to emphasize prompt. Abraham is set forth in the Bible as an example for all who believe, and one of the ways in which he is an example is that whenever he heard God’s voice, he obeyed Him promptly, without delay. Here is an example:

“Then He said, ‘Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.’ So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his don-key, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.” (Genesis 22:2–3 NKJV)
Notice, Abraham rose early in the morning the next day. As soon as it was possible, he set out to obey what he had heard God say to him. I can tell you from experience and from observation that the longer you delay to obey God, the harder it becomes. The only easy way to obey God is to obey Him promptly, the first time He speaks.

A beautiful detail from Abraham's story is that his unconditional immediate obedience was based on faith and trust. Just look what Abraham said to his servants before they went up the mountain: “And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; the lad[a] and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” Although Abraham knew what how terribly difficult it was what he needed to do, he was confident that God would provide a solution, and that trust was the basis of his unconditional obedience.

Let us look at a negative example. Somebody who delayed in obeying God was Lot’s wife. She was willing to come out of S***m, but she came so slowly she never made it. She looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt. One of the shortest verses in the teaching of Jesus is Luke 17:32: “Remember Lot’s wife!” In other words, do not delay to obey, or it may be too late.

In order to be able to obey immediately as Abraham did, it is necessary that you trust God. In the end, there is only one question: do you really trust God? He loves you, He gives you so much, and He knows so much better than you what is good for you.

Father, I choose to trust You and in doing so, to obey You immediately. Teach me not to decide for myself what is good for me, but to leave it to you. You are my Father! Thank You for being safe when I follow you and stay close to You.

God Bless You 🙏

04/09/2026

5 September 2026

God In The Morning 🙌🏼

Choose to Receive the Blessings!

In Deuteronomy, Moses reveals that the key to all God’s blessings is hearing and obeying His voice:

“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God.” (Deuteronomy 28:1–2 NKJV)
Notice, twice Moses says that the key condition is hearing and obeying the voice of God. He says if you do that, “all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.” You do not need to pursue the blessings; they will pursue you if you cultivate hearing the voice of God. On the other hand, a little farther on, in verse 15, he warns that if we fail to hear the voice of the Lord our God, it will be the exact opposite: instead of blessings will be curses.

“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and over-take you.” (Deuteronomy 28:15 NKJV)
So, failure to hear and obey the voice of the Lord brings upon us all the curses; hearing and obeying brings all the blessings. That is the watershed between blessing and cursing. We can either hear and obey the voice of the Lord, or we can fail to hear and obey the voice of the Lord.

In Jeremiah, the Lord lays down the key condition for being His people. He says to Israel:

“For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people.’” (Jeremiah 7:22–23 NKJV)
God is saying here that the ordinances of the law relating to the temple, the priesthood, and the sacrifices are secondary. The first thing that He required of His people when He brought them out of Egypt was not sacrifice, offering, or a lot of legal requirements. Rather, He required them to hear and obey His voice. By implication, He is saying that the sacrifices are good if they proceed out of hearing His voice, but if the people were to merely offer sacrifices without hearing His voice, it would not qualify them to be His people. They would be His people only if they would hear and obey His voice.

“That is the most concise statement in Scripture about what it is to be God’s people: ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people’ (Jeremiah 7:23 NKJV). And this does not change in the New Testament, where the condition for belonging to Jesus Christ is just the same. Jesus states it very simply in John 10:27: ‘My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.’” (NKJV)
Who are “My sheep”? They are the people of Jesus. They are not necessarily Catholics, Protestants, Baptists, Methodists, or any other particular denomination. The people who belong to Jesus are the people who hear His voice and follow Him. If you do not hear His voice, you cannot follow Him. That is always the mark of God’s true people: they hear His voice.

Thank you Father, that You do not make difficult demands on me and that I do not have to focus on keeping all kinds of rules but that I can simply follow You by listening to your voice. Amen!

God Bless You 🙏