Worship God With Your Whole Being | Peter Tan-Chi | June 28, 2026

0:00 Have you really ever wondered what true worship looks like? Remember there are many kinds of worship, many forms of worship standing clapping kneeling. But surprisingly, the Bible give us an example of what true worship is in Psalm 95. Psalm 95 tells us the how of worship, the what of worship. Watch this video and you will be blessed.

0:50 Today we continue our series on the book of Psalms on worship. Our topic today everybody worship God with your whole being. One more time. Worship God with your whole being. Now make a sign. How do I describe whole being? Worship God with your whole being. Like this. Worship God with your whole being. All right. Turn to your neighbor. Tell your neighbor. Worship God with your whole being. What does that mean? whole being. It begins with your head knowing who God is. It will come out with your mouth. You will sing. You will talk about him.

1:37 It will impact your heart. It will impact your fit. You will begin to obey him. All right, let's look at the Bible to see what worship is. Quick review. What is worship? through worship is our proper response to who God is, what he has done and what he will continue to do. If worship is our proper response, the following implication will follow. The more you know him, the greater and the better will be your response. Amen. So that means worship is our byproduct of knowing who God is. Our response to who God is. That means

2:24 the more you know God the better will be your worship. If your worship is not lively, it's not real. Is it possible you don't know God? or next phrase through worship is not knowing is not only response to who God is what he has done by implication if you don't experience God's goodness in your life you do not know what he has done for you you will have a problem because you are not able to respond properly you see if worship is a response that means it's a thermometer to measure your spirituality and lastly worship is what God will continue to do.

3:09 Why did I emphasize that? Simple. Let me tell you why. There are times when you are having problems. Maybe you are sick financially. You're having problem. If you don't believe that God is what he has done and what he will continue to do, notice future tense, what he will continue to do. This verse tells me, not this verse, this principle tells me I can continue to worship God even when I have problems because it says what he will continue to do. Meaning some of you are having problems today and your temptation is not to worship. But this truth tells you in the midst of problem

3:56 you worship him because you believe what God will continue to do. In my own walk with the Lord, it is during disappointments, during problems, when I encounter his grace, when I encounter his blessing, surprisingly even more. So a life of worship is what? Not dependent on circumstances. So how do you worship God is our response to who God is, what he has done and what he will continue to do. So you see this today in Psalm 95. In Psalm 95 we are going to discuss what is true worship. Ready go. Oh come let us sing for joy to the Lord. Let us

4:42 shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. First observation is a command. Come. What does it mean? Come. Are you together here today? You are part of those who are obeying what the Bible is saying. There are many ways to worship God. You can worship God alone. You can worship God in your bedroom. You can worship God any position. But in this particular verse, we are commanded to come together. Notice it's plural. Let us So worship is not private only. It's a community. So you are commanded to come.

5:28 Let us come together. What are we going to do? Sing. Now I don't know if you worship at home whether you sing. See many people think worship is listening to the Sunday message. That my friend is wrong. Worship is not just listening to a Sunday message. Worship is coming together. Say it with me. Coming together. What are you going to do? Sing. Not this. With your mind. You sing. I don't know whether you are singing with joy. It says sing for joy. To whom? To whom do you sing? >> To the Lord. Now I don't know what you did this morning. Did you sing to yourself? Did you sing to your neighbor? Or did you really sing to the Lord?

6:15 From now on, I like you to have this mindset. We are discussing about worship. Remember last Sunday we talked about bless the Lord, oh my soul. It's wholeheartedly. Bless the Lord, oh my soul and all that is within me. Yes, that is worship. It's internal. It's from the heart with your all being. But today you are learning something. There are many style of worship in the Bible. One of them is what? You come together. It's called community corporate worship because the Bible tells us God dwells in the presence of his people. And I've seen many lives transformed during worship service. I cannot explain this. There is something

7:03 about entering worship services and somehow you begin to encounter God's presence. So how do we worship God? Everybody read. Oh come. That's a command imperative in the Greek language. It is not a suggestion. Come. Let us corporate. Sing. Use your mouth joyfully to the Lord. Next. Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. That term to the rock of our salvation was used by David. This is the first time used by David in the book of 2 Samuel. That's why many scholars believe Psalm 95 was written by David. Hebrews chapter

7:49 4 alluded that this was written by David. So doesn't matter who wrote this. But the point is this. Look at the next verse everybody. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. Notice the command. come. What do you do? Before his presence. So in worship, I want you to think when you enter, you are now entering the presence of the Lord. When you sing, you sing to the Lord. And when you come, you want to give thanks to the Lord. So to give you that opportunity, I want you to whisper to your neighbor at least one or two things that you can thank the Lord for.

8:35 Okay? Ready? Go. Whisper to your neighbor one or two things. You You need to whisper. You need to talk to somebody like you. You are always alone. So look for somebody with you. Okay. What will you thank the Lord for? I'm watching you. Did you say that already? Did you reverse? Did you thank the Lord for something or not yet? Ladies and gentlemen, what a pity if you cannot even express to your neighbor. What do you want to thank the Lord for? That my friend is hard for me to imagine. Ladies and gentlemen, look at this verse. Let us

9:22 come before his presence. We are now in the presence of God with thanksgiving. So, I'm not legalistic. It doesn't matter what kind of clothes you wear, but I'm just think asking you if you are conscious that you are entering God's presence. If you are conscious you are going to visit the king of England or the president of the United States, you are conscious of that. Would it affect your preparation? Yes or no? I tell people my worship on Sunday, you prepare on Saturday night. I think of what clothes I'm going to wear. I think of trying to be there on time

10:08 because I'm conscious I am entering God's presence with thanksgiving. I look forward because I'm coming for the Lord. I am not coming just to meet people to please people. That is not my motivation. Worship is for the Lord. Amen. So I pray all of you starting today you will now understand when you worship God with your whole being begins with the mind head who God is. I'm entering his presence. Notice let us shout what? Joyfully. You are to shout joyfully with psalms. Worship is something

10:57 energetic, exuberance. It's not something dead. It's alive. Excitement because of who God is. And then the Bible tells us why what else? Why do you worship God? There are three things he tells you why you should worship God with joy. Number one, the Lord is a great God. The Lord is a great God. Number two, a great king. Oh, a great king above all gods. So, what can we learn about God? Number one, the Lord is a great God. You have to understand the culture of the time when the Bible was

11:43 written. Every nation have their gods. God for this, God for that. And many of us in our past, you pray to different saints or beings. Bible is telling us only one. The Lord is a great God. No other God. Next, a great king above all gods. Next, he's our creator. in whose hands are the depths of the earth. The ps of the mountains are his. Also notice the description. The depth of the earth to the highest mountain. The sea is his. It was he who made it and his hands form the dry land. So why do we worship God

12:30 with joy, with exuberance? He's a great God. He's a great king and he is our creator, the owner of everything. Big worship can only come from a big view of God. People worship God casually if their God is something casual. The higher your view of who God is, the deeper and greater will be your worship. The best example I can think of is David. You know David when he was so excited his first act when he became king was to tell the people let's bring back the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem.

13:15 The ark of the covenant represent God's presence. So David was so excited to bring the ark back. Now this is what happened. Everybody look at David's style of worship. David was dancing before the Lord with all his might. You see, there are many ways to worship God. I know of some churches like the Greek Orthodox, they probably stand. They don't sit. They just stand the whole worship service. For some, they stand, they sit. You can jump. But whatever it is, you worship God with your what? Whole being. Tell tell your neighbor, worship God with your whole being. You begin with the mind who God is. is gonna impact how you worship him.

14:00 Notice he was dancing before the Lord with all his might. Just imagine a king getting so excited and David was wearing a linen ephod. Now this kind of dressing is not exactly underwear but it's the undergarment. Okay. Now notice next, David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the trumpet. They were so excited. And then something happened. Mal, the daughter of Saul, the wife of David, looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before

14:46 the Lord. and she despised him in her heart. What happened? You know why? Let's read. Mikah, the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said how the king of Israel distinguished himself today. He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovered himself. What's the difference? David was focused on worshiping God. His wife was not focused on God. His wife was focused on public opinion. His

15:33 wife was looking not at God. You see, people who don't really worship God, they become critical during worship service. They criticize the music. They criticize the message. They're not able to worship God because in their mind it's not God. It's all about watching people because their heart is not focused on the worship of God. So don't be like Mikall. You are more concerned with what people will say, with what people will think than with who God is and what he will say about you. David didn't care about that. David did not focus on people. Look, David said to his wife, ML, it was before the Lord. You see, David is

16:19 always focused on God. Look, look at his encounter with God. God chose me above your father to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore, everybody read. Therefore, I will celebrate before the Lord. Worship is celebrating joyfully before the presence of God. Remember the last song. When you are in the presence of God, you are standing on holy ground. Where God is, it is holy. David was standing in his mind, I'm doing this for the Lord. Notice, I will

17:05 be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes. Mikall, the daughter of Saul, had no child to the day of her death. I've always wondered why this verse was inserted. You know why? I believe it is tell us that God was not happy with Mikall. God was happy with David. David said in verse 22, I will be more lightly esteemed. It does not matter if you think I'm a fool. It doesn't matter. I'm here to worship God. So ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you a true story. I shared this years ago. I don't know if you remember. I have a dear friend, a top corporate guy. And many times

17:53 he he's really sincere. I know he loves the Lord but he will never raise his hand. He will come to worship but sometimes worship is only in the head but not exactly in the heart. So what happened? One day in his annual physical checkup, the doctor told him, "I don't like what I'm seeing. I think you have cancer." Now, this guy was very busy. He's the president of a multinational company, a top multinational company. His wife was attending Bible study, but he seldom will have time. But the day that he

18:39 realized he had cancer and he asked all of us to pray for him, something happened. He began to have time for worship. He began to have time for Bible study. Isn't that so amazing? Suddenly you have time. You know why? Time for worship is a function of whether it is important to you or not. The truth is you are busy. I'm busy. But I will always find time for something that I believe is important. But I will never have time for something that is not important. So don't believe the lie. I don't have time to worship. You know why you don't have time? It's not important. Anyway, by the grace of God, we all

19:26 prayed, prayed, prayed. Then suddenly the thing cleared. So he got healed and you know he came and in our meeting he said can I confess? I said sure what what do you want to tell us? He said last Sunday I don't know how to explain this. When I entered the worship service, as they began to sing, I began to cry and my hands automatically went up. Peter, I don't understand. I said, I know because you have been touched by the spirit of God. And Christ became very real.

20:14 You see, if you are very proper, you don't want to do this, you don't want to dance, you know, I really don't care. You want to worship God, worship from the heart. You want to dance, it's okay to dance. You want to sit, it's okay to sit. You want to kneel, it's okay. But you got to do it for whom? For the Lord. So what are you learning? You got to worship God with your what? Whole being. Whole being. Okay? So it will impact your mind first. Know who he is. You will begin to sing. It will impact your heart. And notice the Bible tells us all the verb sing, make joyful noise, thanksgiving is all about the entire being of a man. Worship with your heart.

20:59 Now what does that mean? Worship with your heart. According to the book of Psalm 95, let's read this. Come, let us worship, bow down, kneel before the Lord. Ah notice you worship God you bow down you kneel it's called reverence you worship God with singing with your mouth you worship God with reverence respect what do I mean you bow down it's okay to bow down it's okay to kneel worship is not just jumping up and down. It is reverence knowing who God is. He

21:47 is everybody read. He is our God. Notice personalized our God. We are the people of his pasture. You belong to God and the sheep the sheep of his hand. God is our shepherd. He takes care of you. So it's very personalized. Worship therefore includes reverence. kneeling down, not always jumping up and down. Heart, reverence, respect, honor. That word bow down, that word kneel. Do you know all of this is related to the word bless? Remember last Sunday Psalm 103, bless

22:35 the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. That word bless comes from the root word kneel. It has the idea of bowing. It is the idea of surrendering. That's how you worship God with all your being. How does that happen? Example, in the case of Moses, when Moses encountered the Lord, notice what happened. God said, "Do not come near here. Remove your sandals from your feet for the place where you are standing is holy ground. Like what we sung this morning, holy ground. We're standing in holy ground. Where God is,

23:22 it is holy. Then Moses hid his face. Moses bowed down. The same thing with Joshua. When Joshua encountered the Lord, what happened to Joshua? Joshua fell on his face to the earth. Bow down. What has my Lord to say? In other words, you notice something when you have a personal real encounter with the living God. There is reverence. You kneel. You bow down. You surrender. That's worship. Your entire being, the head, you sing, the heart. Humility. In the book of Revelation, the Bible tells us, "When John encountered Jesus,

24:09 when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. And he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the living one, and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. and I have the keys of death and of hades. What can you learn? When the Apostle John encountered the Lord Jesus, what happened to him? He fell down like a dead person. When you and I encountered the real God, you experience his holiness, his greatness. And you know what touched my

24:55 heart? The Bible tells us Jesus put his hand placed his right hand on John. And he tells John, John, do not be afraid. I am the first and the last. Who do you worship on Sunday? The Lord Jesus. And what is the Lord Jesus saying? He is the first and the last, the living one. I was dead, but I'm alive forever more. Is Jesus alive forever more? Is he with us? Let's praise him. Thank you, Jesus, for being in our presence. That is how they worship the Lord. Sometimes you bow down. And the Bible tells us, if you don't mind, I'll give you a

25:41 bonus, okay? In Revelation, let's read together. After these things I looked, behold a great multitude which no one could count. So many people you cannot count. Every nation, all the tribes, peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb. The Bible says one day all of us you'll be part of this multitude where no one could count. I want you to imagine all races Asian, Japanese, Chinese, from the

26:26 Middle East, from India, from Africa, all nations, from every tribe, every tongue. What are what will we be doing? standing before the throne. Standing before the lamb. And what are we going to do? We're going to worship. We're going to use our mouth. Salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb. You notice you worship God the Father. You worship Jesus. Notice what else? Everybody read. and everybody and all the angels were standing around the throne around the elders representing the church and the four living creatures and they fell on

27:14 their faces before the throne and worship. So worship with your entire being, with your mouth, full knowledge of who God is, with your heart. Can I tell you how David did it? How did David worship God with his entire being? Well, let me give you this quotation. A small worship comes from a small view of God. Great worship comes from a great view of God. Is our worship small or our worship great? It should be great. Why? What a great God. So, David blessed the Lord. He's leading the worship service with all the assembly. Now, this is what

28:00 David said. I want you to notice what is David's theology about God. It includes the mind. You cannot have ignorance and worship God properly. David knew God. How does he describe God? Oh Lord, our Lord is the everybody greatness, power glory victory majesty everything that is in the heavens and the earth. Everything yours is the dominion. Oh Lord, you exalt yourself as head over all. You know what David is saying? The greatest king of king, majesty. And then

28:46 he said both riches and honor come from you. All your riches whatever you have today your position comes from the Lord. You rule over all in your hand is power and might. It lies in your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. In other words, all my position, all your success ultimately comes from who? God. Do you recognize all your blessings come from God? Or do you think it is because you are handsome, because you are good and you are so smart? That's where you are today. What do you think? You give the credit to God or you give the credit to yourself? To whom? >> I'm going to warn you. If you think it's

29:33 you, just realize you can have a stroke anytime. You can have a heart attack anytime. If God wants to take something away from you just like that. So everything we have is from God. Amen. Now I like what he said. Therefore our God, we thank you. I worship you. Who am I? Who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? All things come from you and from your hand we've given you. In other words, worship will impact your entire being. Look at me now. Including your

30:19 wallet. Ah, somebody shared this with me. Conversion starts from the head to the heart to the money to the wallet. I asked the guy, "What do you mean?" He says, "Peter, if you want to know somebody his spirituality, look at how he spends money." My friend, I praise God for many of you in CCF. We don't have we don't pass the offering boxes. Do you notice that? You know why we don't pass the offering boxes? Because we teach people God owns everything. If God owns everything, what does he expect from me? You know, for David,

31:07 generosity. Look at what David said. Read the next verse. David said, "We are sojourers. We are pilgrims. We are travelers, tenants, literally squatters. We are just squatters on earth. Our days are like shadow short." Oh Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a house. See, David was organizing a building project for the Lord. David said, "I know, oh my God, that you try the heart and delight in uprightness. I in the integrity of my heart have willingly offered all these things."

31:53 David's focus was Lord you know my heart and in the integrity of my heart I've offered willingly ladies and gentlemen once you know God owns everything giving is never a problem you recognize God as your owner yes or no can I tell you for my life I realize God owns everything God owns my life. God owns my family. God owns my children. God owns my business. God owns everything. CCF belongs to God. CCF is where it is today. Not because of us,

32:40 because of God. Amen. Everything you have belongs to God. So tell your neighbor, everything you have belongs to God. So when I tithe, the word tithe simply means 10%. It's not even giving. Tithing is recognizing God owns everything. The Bible says you recognize, you give back. I only ask you, you surrender the tight, the first 10%. That's not giving. That belongs to God. Anything else is giving. Can I tell you something? There's many of us here, we practice generosity. And I will tell you something. You can never outgive God.

33:26 But don't give with the idea of Lord. No, no. You don't bargain with God. I give because I recognize his ownership. So worship will impact your entire being. With your mouth, you sing to him. From the head, you sing. You say good things about him. You declare his goodness with the heart. Reverence. You surrender. And lastly, what does it mean? Worship with your hands. I wanted to put here worship with your feet, but h so doesn't matter. That means you worship with obedience. Okay,

34:15 you worship with your behavior. Obedience. What do I mean? The proof of obedience, the proof of worship is obedience. Are you aware of that? That's the proof. Jesus tells us, everybody ready? Why do you call me louder? Why do you call me Lord Lord and not do what I say? True worship involves obedience. Can I ask you a question? Is there anything in your life that you know right now God wants you to do and you are not doing it? Is there? If there is God is telling you

35:02 today, do something about it. If you call me Lord, obey me. So guys, ladies, either Jesus is Lord of all or he's not Lord at all. But don't deceive yourself. Look at how it is explained. Today, if you would hear his voice here, today you hear, do not harden your hearts. In other words, when God speaks to you, don't harden your hearts. You obey. That is worship. Look at the example as at Meibba

35:50 as in the day of Masa. Meibba means a strife. It's a place. God call it Marba. Strife. Masa is a place. God called it Masa because they were testing God. When your fathers tested me, they tried me though they had seen my work. What God is saying, their hearts is hardened. Even though you know what I've done, you heard me, but you don't obey. Your heart is hard. How do you know your

36:35 heart is hard? Can I tell you as you study the example I'm going to show you? When sin no longer bothers you, when you are no longer bothered, when you read the Bible and the word of God does not impact your heart, you become callous, that's your hardened heart. When you don't listen to people, when people wants to correct you, you don't listen. You become stubborn. That my friend is a hardened heart. Your conscience even though it's bothering you, you just set it aside.

37:22 That's a problem with these people. Let me show let me show show you. All the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness according to the command of the Lord. They were following God. They come at ref and there was no water. You know it's very difficult when you are thirsty and there's no water. So I understand the problem. No water. So what did they do? The people quarreled with Moses and said give us water that we may drink. Moses said to them why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord? What Moses saying?

38:08 The people thirsted there for water. They grumbled, complained and complained against Moses and said, "Why now have you brought us from Egypt to kill us and our children and the livestock with thirst?" You know what they were saying? You are bringing us here to die. Let me ask you a question. Did God tell them why he saved them from Egypt? Yes or no? Yes. God told them, "I will save you from Egypt, and I will bring you to the land of promise, a land flowing with

38:55 milk, honey. I'm going to give you a good land. In the meantime, you need to cross the desert, the wilderness. It was in the wilderness when they were encountering problem. But God's destination is never the wilderness. God's destination is the promised land. In the meantime, you need to go through the wilderness. But look at their conclusion. You are bringing us here to kill us. Hardened heart not listening. Therefore, God named the place Masa and Meibba.

39:41 So Masa and Meibba are two places that this event occurred because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel. Because they tested the Lord. He is the Lord among us. In other words, doubting God. To show you years later, it happened again in the book of numbers. All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses. They complained again. The whole congregation said, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt or would that we had died in the wilderness?" Prama drama. You know this drama over acting drama drama. I don't know how they acted. Some of you are good in acting. You are telling God,

40:27 Lord, why? Why? Why? Why is the Lord bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives, our little ones will become plunder. You see, when you have problems, I always tell people, don't ask why. You ask what is the lesson? Because sometimes God will never tell you why. Your job is to say what is the lesson boss? What do you want me to do boss? Not why why why be careful don't have a hard heart. And then this is the danger. The Lord said all the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I performed in Egypt in

41:14 the wilderness. What did God perform in Egypt? The water turning into blood, the mosquitoes, the flies, the darkness. Remember the Red Sea opening, God providing food, mana day in and day out. God opening the rock so that water will come out. God performed miracles after miracles. Notice I performed in Egypt in the wilderness, yet have put me to the test 10 times. Shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of

42:00 those who spurn me see it. You see, God gave the judgment. You are not going to enter the promised land. Ladies and gentlemen, this reality for 40 years I lost that generation. God says I'm not happy and said there are people who in their heart they do not know my ways. Therefore I swore in my anger truly they shall not enter into my rest. Why is this verse placed at the end of Psalm 95? It's counterintuitive.

42:46 It's so nice. Worship God singing God is great. Then suddenly you have these verses. Can I tell you why? Because God wants you to know true worship is not just singing. True worship is not just reverence. True worship is obedience. And ladies and gentlemen, without obedience. It is not true worship. That's why these verses were put there. It's a warning. It's a warning. They are a people who air in their heart. Something is wrong with their heart. You need to fix the heart problem. And they do not know the ways of the Lord. You know what's what are the ways of the Lord? When he allows you

43:31 to have problems, it's because he wants to teach you a lesson. Not because he's angry. The ways of the Lord is different. He wants to mold your character. But if you don't know him, you're going to be up. To understand this, you go to the book of Hebrews, because the book of Hebrews discuss this. To whom did he swear? Hebrews chapter 3. That they would not enter his rest. But to those who were louder disobedient, but he now connects disobedience with the heart. So we see they were not able to enter because of unbelief. He now connects disobedience with unbelief.

44:17 What does that mean? Listen to me. If you are sick, you go see a doctor and the doctor tells you, "Okay, I know your problem. Take this medicine, blah blah blah, three times a day, whatever." Okay, you go home. You don't take the medicine. Why? You went to see the doctor. The doctor tells you you got a problem. You take this medicine. You don't take the medicine. Will you get well? Why did you not take the medicine? Why you don't believe? You can never say I believe and I will not do it. Somebody told me this years

45:02 ago. To believe and not to obey is not to believe. Let me repeat for all of you. to believe and not to obey is not to believe. That's the problem. The Bible tells us they did not enter his rest. You see, the promised land is symbolic of God's amazing plan for you and for me. God wants you to enter the promised land, his rest. But if you keep disobeying him, the Bible tells us they were not able to enter. Why? Because of unbelief. Notice

45:50 this unbelief is connected with disobedience. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says today, everybody say today, louder today. If you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they provoke me in the days of trial in the wilderness. Today, you know why I like that word today? Because God is always speaking to you today. And today, you have a chance to listen or not to listen. Notice if you hear his voice you see many people don't hear

46:35 God is speaking to you. Do you hear him? Don't harden your heart. You know I've invited our CCF member to share with us her story. Let's welcome Okay. Matthew. Matthew please come. As Matthew is coming I want you to notice something. His heart was at first hardened and then something happened. Matthew, >> good afternoon. My parents were hardworking and made sure all my material needs were met. Because they were often away at work, I was left with a babysitter who subjected me to different forms of abuse. Looking

47:20 back, I believe that trauma become became the root of both my anger and my same-sex attraction. My parents became Christians in 1994 and faithfully serve God. They brought me to youth camps, church activities, and ministries, hoping I would grow close to him. Although I knew God, I never had a personal relationship with him. As I grew older, I became disrespectful, dishonest, stubborn, arrogant, and selfish. My life was filled with smoking, drinking, partying pornography lust

48:07 uncontrollable anger, and multiple same-sex relationships. I was fully devoted in worldly pleasures. In 2021, my mother passed away and my world fell apart. I struggled with grief, regret, anxiety, and thoughts of death. One day, in desperation, and grief, I called my aunt and asked if I could go to church with her. She brought me to the church where my mother used to attend. During the service, I broke down as memories of my parents flooded my mind. That day, people prayed for me and

48:55 I surrendered my life to Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Praise God. After that, my cousins invited me to join them at CCF every Sunday. Although I have known about it before, I only started attending regularly after my mother's death and their persistent invitations. As I grew in my faith, the Holy Spirit began convicting me about my anger and same-sex relationship. I had lived with a woman for years and believed our relationship was compatible with my Christian faith. Everything

49:42 changed when I heard pastor Peter Tanchi preach on 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 9 to 10 which warns that neither the sexually immoral idoltors adulterers men who practice homosexuality thieves the greedy drunkards revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. I realized that the life I was living was not pleasing to God. The conviction was so strong and I wanted to stop attending church. But I knew God was calling me back to him. I committed to attending church

50:28 regularly and joined a Dgroup. In May 2025, I attended the True Life retreat and later I was invited to women to women at CCF. From that day on, everything changed. I never felt judged. I am loved and welcomed. Through women to women and women living free, I developed the habit of reading God's word, spending time in prayer, and growing deeper in my relationship with Christ. As I learned more about his truth and his design, I became fully convinced that my same sex relationship

51:13 was not his will for me. My exartner noticed I had become emotionally distant and eventually our relationship ended. Surprisingly, after the breakup, I experienced please and clarity. I believe God was restoring my identity in him and teaching me to be led by the Holy Spirit instead of my anger or my own desires. Today I know that I am created in God's image. He did not create me to be controlled by anger or defined by same-sex attraction. He lovingly created me and gave me the

51:59 freedom to choose him. Despite all the pain that I have experienced, I thank God that he drew me back in his arms. Isaiah 43:E1 has become very precious to me. Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. Knowing that I belong to God fills my heart with peace, joy, and assurance. My love for him continues to grow each day. and his grace. I am committed in obeying him and never depart from his embrace. All praise, glory, and honor belongs to God alone.

52:46 Look at the New Testament how it explained. Psalm 95. Take care, brethren, that there not be anyone of you evil unbelieving heart. You see, unbelieving heart becomes evil. That falls away from the living God. You know, people can fall away. That's what it says. It's a warning. But everybody read now. But encourage one another. How often? >> Day after day. That's the purpose of a small group. That's the purpose of a church to encourage encourage one another day by day. Why? as long as it

53:32 is called today. So that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. The Bible wants you not to be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Notice deceitfulness. Sin is very deceitful. It promises you pleasure but at the end it will destroy you. Let me repeat. Sin is pleasurable but it will ultimately destroy you. It's deceitful. So how does a heart become hardened? Nobody wakes up in the morning and say

54:19 today I will harden my heart. No no no it happens gradually. Sin is very subtle. And can I tell you something? How does sin accomplish the hardening of the heart? Listen to me now. One compromise after another. When you compromise, when you give excuses, slowly but surely, your heart is being hardened. And once you do something that is wrong, initially you feel bad, but you keep giving excuses, you do it again. You do it again. What

55:05 happens? You don't feel guilty anymore. Your heart has hardened. So my friend, my concern especially for CCFers, for believers, you are entertaining something in your life that you know God does not want, but you are excusing yourself. Especially I'm telling all of you now, those of you who are busy in God's work, the busier you are in God's work, the more excuses you have for your moral life. If you are not walking with the Lord and God is bothering you, stop. Seek help. Don't have a hard heart. You know, a hard heart

55:53 happens when you ignore your conscience. A hard heart happens when you don't listen to correction. So, I don't know about you, but Paul tells us a warning, keeping faith. Everybody read keeping faith in a good conscience which some have rejected and suffered ship wreck in regard to their faith. The picture is graphic. Have you imagined a shipwreck? Big disaster. Some of us, some of you, if you are not careful, your ship is about to be a wreck.

56:41 You disregard conscience. Listen to your conscience. Don't be harmed. If your conscience is bothering you, come to us. We will help you. I'm not saying conscience is always correct, but learn to listen. We have become partakers of Christ. If we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end. In other words, many of you started out following Jesus. The Bible says you are partakers of Christ. What's the condition? If you hold fast, keep on trusting. Keep on believing. Today, everybody read today. If you hear

57:27 his voice, do not harden your hearts. That's the message of Psalm 95. Worship God with your whole being. Worship him. Sing good. Say good things about God. Be thankful. Yes. Heart humble. Reverence. Above all, obedience. Obey him. The greatest distance in the Christian life is the distance between the head and the heart. My definition, my quotation, the distance between heaven and hell is usually 12 in.

58:14 Let me repeat. The distance between going to heaven and going to hell is 12 in. What you know is one thing. What you do about it is another thing. So guys, God knows we are never going to be perfect. You need the Holy Spirit. Therefore, humble yourself. Humble your heart. Ask God to change your heart. If your heart is hard, I have good news for you. God will give you a soft heart. But you need to surrender. You see, to obey may be hard. To obey may be costly. But to disobey is more costly. You know the cost of disobedience.

59:02 People don't know the cost of disobedience. The cost of disobedience are not just the direct consequences of sin. It is the blessing that you will miss out. What do I mean? The blessing you will miss out. Notice God tells us my presence shall go with you and I will give you what? Rest. My friend, if you are fighting God, you don't have his presence. As I close, I want to share with you about my life. When I surrendered my life, all my decisions, no matter how small they are, became very significant. I was just thinking if I did not obey

59:48 God, I would not have met my wife. If I did not meet my wife, I will not have my children. Have you seen my children? Have you seen my grandchildren? I have 24 amazing grandchildren. I will not know what I would have missed. I would have missed Look at that wonderful wife of mine. My goodness. You know what I would have missed? I will not know. I will not know. I will miss my children, my family, and most of all, I will not even know what I would have missed. You guys are one of our greatest treasures. All of you. I love all of you. I praise God for you. We would not have met.

1:00:35 And that's why you don't know what you will miss. That's why I tell people you surrender your life to Jesus. It may be difficult. It may be hard but it is more costly to have a hard heart. So I love this verse. God promises my presence shall go with you and what I will give you rest. You you want rest. Are you tired of fighting? And I love this cis striving. And no, I am God. Many of you are

1:01:22 wanting to be in control. You want to control your life. You want to control your future. God is saying, "Stop surrender to me. Cis is driving. Stop fighting with God. Don't go through masa. Don't go through me. Just surrender. Cease is striving. And what will you experience? Peace. If God is speaking to you, I want you to respond. Let's bow our heads and pray. As your heads are bowed down, if God is speaking to you, you need to surrender. There is something in your heart that's bothering you and you want to surrender that to God. Will you raise your hands?

1:02:08 Praise God. Anybody else? You know these are precious time when your conscience is bothered. Whatever is bothering you, you want to surrender that to the Lord today. You want to say Jesus, I don't want to have a hard heart. I repent. I surrender. You have something to surrender. Praise God. In fact, stand up. I want you to stand up between you and the Lord. I'll pray for you. God is speaking to you today. Understand? No looking around. Just you and the Lord. Stand up. If God's speaking to you and you are willing to surrender, you say, "Lord, I will stop fighting

1:02:54 you. I surrender to you. I don't want to have a hard heart. Give me a soft heart. Give me a willingness to surrender. Whatever it is, some of you may be like, "Mate, she surrendered her lifestyle. She knew it was sinful. She gave it up. Some of you may be something else. Whatever it is, anybody else?" I know many of you have stood up and some of you are still fighting. If God is speaking to you, you stop fighting. Stand up. I'm going to pray for you. Praise God.

1:03:42 You see, I know God is speaking to you. Lord Jesus, I thank you for these men and women who have stood up signifying their surrender. I pray for them as they surrender their lives. Whatever is not pleasing to you, they are telling you, I surrender that. So those of you are standing up, you pray this prayer. Lord Jesus, I surrender that which is not pleasing to you. Change my heart, change my desire, and give me the strength to follow you. Lord

1:04:27 Jesus, I thank you for this worship service from beginning to end. We praise you for your presence. In Jesus name we all pray. Amen and amen. God bless you. Good day CCF family. Welcome to Sunday Fastrack where we ask real life questions and we give you biblical truths. I am Bianca Caderon from the Elevate Exalt Worship Ministry and we're here today with our speaker Dr. Peter Tantry to answer some of your questions. Good day, Pastor Peter. Thank you for sharing God's message today on the book of Psalms. Are you ready to answer our questions? >> I'm ready. >> Praise God. For our first question, should a Christian participate in a

1:05:13 celebration or programs that are against the teachings and values of the Bible? How can a believer honor his or her authorities at work while still obeying the Bible? >> Do you know it is one thing to respect authority and another thing to express in humility why you cannot join a particular celebration. I'm reminded of Daniel. Daniel was commanded to eat certain foods. >> Do you remember? >> Yes. >> What did he do? He politely came up with option. >> Yes. >> So your approach must be one of humility and after doing everything should that cost you your job then you pay the

1:05:59 consequences. >> Yes. >> But don't be afraid to stand up in a nice way. >> Amen. Standing up in a nice way. for our next question. In an age of economic anxiety due to inflation and financial pressure, how can we honestly pour out our hearts to God without slipping into grumbling or distrust? I'm glad you added that question, distrust, because the root cause of grumbling is not trusting in God's ability to provide and in God's ability to guide the circumstances to accomplish his purpose. >> So to have financial pressure, it's okay to say, "Lord, I'm concerned."

1:06:46 You can be honest. Lord, I don't like what's happening. I'm worried. you tell him. However, grumbling is different. >> Grumbling is really doubting God's character, doubting his goodness. And it is horrible because you are doubting your father in heaven about his good intention. So faith requires you. You want me to ultimately be blessed. you are believing God's way is the best way and many times you may suffer uh some kind of physical inconveniences but the whole purpose of that is not for the sake of suffering it's transformation of character.

1:07:33 >> Amen. What an insightful response. And for our last question, how can we tell the difference between a heart that is spiritually weary and one that is becoming hardened toward God? A hardened heart is when you are no longer conscious or sensitive to sin. >> Yes, >> weary is different. I am tired, but my conscience is still sensitive to the voice of the spirit and the deceitfulness of sin as discussed in the book of Hebrews. Notice it says, "Do not be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." Sin is very deceitful. Sometimes you are doing something sinful but you rationalize yourself into thinking it is not sinful. So you keep

1:08:19 repeating and repeating before you know it that thing does not bother you anymore. So that's one layer of blindness. Pretty soon another layer and that's why the Bible talks about shipwreck. So be careful when you are no longer sensitive to sin. Sin is something like poison but it kills you slowly. not immediately. So my point is I always look at the Bible, follow the Bible and anything that is not in line with the Bible, God will make it clear to me and then it is good to be bothered. If you go to worship and you're not bothered by anything, that means you are perfect. I'm not perfect. So when I hear God's message, I ask myself, okay, this one I

1:09:05 need to be careful. So it's humility. >> Amen. Always refer back to God's word. God >> and God's truth. Thank you so much, Pastor Peter, for answering our questions. And that's it for CCF Sunday Fastrack. God bless. >> God bless.