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Louie zamperini a former olympiad and world war 2 bomber who survived the war suffered from severe depression, nightmare and ptsd. Where he thought there was no hope, he got saved in Billy Graham's sermon and realised that although he suffered at the hands of his captors, God kept him alive throughout especially when he was lost at sea for 3 months. He was a changed man ever since that day from the sermon when he understood God's will.

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SP How and SP Lia.
Even though they experienced so much hurt in the past few decades of building the church, they still pull through and is STILL building the people today. They are still taking the time out of their schedule to do DG.

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When a friend of a UR HOGC regular in church ran out of the audi once service had ended, the regular did not give up and began to pray every single day for the friend for a month & a half. During this period, the regular's friend, instead of thinking adversely towards church, began to cherish the interactions she had in that one day she came to church. She grew in curiousity and eventually wanted to return to HOGC. Today, she is planted. This inspires me in my current situation and my response to what has happened as I pursue my God dream is to pray every day and believe strongly with faith that the breakthrough will happen.

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I think what really inspires me are the stories that people share in services of how they encounter God in their Seasons.

I remember a story of someone who was also having trouble finding a job but later on found a Job that was hidden for him! He also manage to bring his colleagues to church and plant seeds in them

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Think Heroes of the Bible for example like Kind David, how he was only a youth yet he rose up and had faith to defeat Goliath.

Also think the best people to also represent this is our Senior Pastors, they literally went through so many trials and tribulations just to obey God. And because of that we are able to have HOGC a place that everyone of us call home.

Their Fight inspires me and shows me that when we obey God and have faith and trust in Him, we will begin to encounter His power and fulfill the destiny He has instored for us

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We need to hold on and remember the promises of God that he will not abandon us, know that his will is always different from ours, have faith even in difficult times and know that there is always a greater purpose in the the trial and suffering.

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I think I heard of stories of how people go through setbacks before their dreams coming to past inspired me to keep going and hold on to the dreams that God has spoken to me knowing that one day it will definitely come to past.

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imo it builds our character and understanding of God. Honestly, it hurts going through these trials, but it's all the more we need to rely on God to get us through. Reading more of His word, earnestly praying and praising Him.

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SP Lia when she battled through cancer. In the midst of her cancer, she was so faith-filled, still loving and looking out for people. She still sat at the front row during services, showing that she wasn’t gonna let cancer defeat and stop her. She still gave her best even in her toughest season.

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I think alot of the testimony in church hearing how people coming from backgrounds we cannot even imagine just reaching where they are now at just shows how faithful God is to us and it inspired me in a sense where I also want God to be able to move through me for His vision for me

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When we run into trials and sufferings, God is able to see who is faithful and has that conviction to press on and who is weaker as they can become jaded in the process. During such situations, it gives us an opportunity to grow stronger in our walk with God and also spiritually. Our spiritual stamina will increase during these times when we have a Godly attitude in us.

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Its having faith that God is with us even when we dont see it, dont feel it! He will make a way! We just got to keep praying and hold on to His words.

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Definitely need the Word of God. Prayer. Having Faith in midst of adversities.

And also friends. We are able to go through hardships knowing we are not alone. Cause we have God, and He also placed great friends in our lives.

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For me I would think that it is knowing the purpose of why I suffer and go through certain trails

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I think that we will need to really go to God in order to endure times of trial and suffering. I have learnt this as I went through a hard and tough time back when I was looking for my Job.

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Faith that God is still with you even in tough times, and that He hasn’t forsaken you. It’s very easy to lose faith especially in trials and suffering because you feel like you don’t see God with you.

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I think it’s just keeping our eyes on God haha

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God has set us up for something greater than what we could think of ourselves. We are not amongst the crowd, we are set apart for God's greater purpose.

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It shows us how each and everyone of us are precious to God, even before we are fully conscious and come into the world, he already knew each and every single one of us wholeheartedly despite us not knowing or believing in him. He doesn't make mistakes and have a purpose for each and every of us.

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I think that it is amazing that God already knew me before I was even born and He has plans for me. It is also encouraging to know that God knew me right before I was formed.

I think as we keep on walking with God, He doesn’t just show us what He has set us apart for but He will show us bit by bit what He has plans for us.

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What it means for me that God knew you before you were born is that He already has a plan for you, He already knows your abilities, capacities, strengths and weaknesses even before you were born. He knows our full potential, even before you were born.

God has placed different strengths in everyone of us. How we can know what God has set us apart for is by identifying them, knowing your own strengths, and giving it to God. When you give it to God, God reveals what He has set you apart for.

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Knowing God's will for our lives, we might get surprised, like "huh, really meh?"

It's a normal reaction, but the beautiful thing is being able to witness the works God has done, from that stage to the day of coming to past. SP Charleston, SP Lynette and SP Garrett is a very good example!! 🥹

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To me when I read the verse, its about how He know everything about us, He is our everything and also He is there for us.

How can we know what God set us apart for is when we follow Him closely, He will speak to us!

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I think as we find out what God has willed for us, it might be scary at first as it could seem like the calling is too big or far away.

However as we keep on walking and following God’s will, we find that God is with us through the tough times and even though it might not be easy but He will be there for us

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This passage teaches that once we find God's will, we should obey him and walk in it. Though it may seem uncertain at first, eventually with the passage of time, we will begin to see and realise the greater purpose behind everything that God has planned out for each and everyone of us and he will be guiding us each step.

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As you begin to embark on the journey to follow God's will, many unexpected troubles may arise at times as you pursue the dream that God set out for you. Having the spiritual strength and faith is very important to continue to press on in adverse conditions. God will see your heart, and you will begin to experience rewards as a result.

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I think that it takes total obedience to follow God’s will. A lot of times, like Jeremiah, when God speaks to us His will, we doubt. Because of that it’s easy to not follow God’s will for our lives.

But at the end of the day, God knows us, and He has plans for us. So total obedience means that we follow and trust in God’s and His will for us in our lives, even if it means we’re not ready as of now.

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What does it mean for you that God knew you before you were born? How can we know what God has set us apart for?

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Like David in the Bible, amongst all the strong men in the family, God called him to defeat Goliath. Imho God always calls those who are unqualified and equips them, so that it gives them a glimpse of God's fulfilment of their lives.

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God works this way because, those that are already equipped may not be what God had intended for them to do as they may be equipped with things that are not according to his will. He calls the unequipped because he has a planned purpose for them no matter if they are equipped or not because God sees things through his lens and not man's lens.

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If God only calls the equipped, those who think they aren’t equipped would think they aren’t capable of being used by God. Which might inturn lead them to not want to serve or pursue God. And think it’s very powerful how God would choose to equip us ordinary people and to be used by Him, and that’s how we encounter God.

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I feel that when God looks more at the heart of the people then the readiness of the people…God often choose those who are faithful to the small things and not to glory and riches of the earth

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God calls us before we are equipped because He wants us to go on a journey of growth. He wants us to rely on Him even as we grow and go on this journey.

God never gives us a battle we cannot handle. So if God calls us, God wants to prepare, to equip us. At the same time, He wants us to discover more of Him in the process.

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God calls us and then equips us as He wants to grow and discover our gifts which we can then improve and use to fulfill the missions of significance that God has called us to do.

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I think is because God wants to use us when others see us a nobody and show them that through Him, we are empowered and equip to do what he has called us for.

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I think God wants us to discover Him through the process. Maybe God is more interested in our growth than the work