💚 God Is Good ALL the Time
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” — Psalm 136:1 (NKJV)
🎨 Highlight key: 🟩 = grace / apart-from-works truth · 🟨 = the precious gift · bold = key terms
🙌 Whatever Need You Have — He Will Meet It
Whatever need you might have right now — when you believe — He is definitely going to meet your need. The same Jehoshaphat, the same way he defeated the enemy, you can defeat your enemy. Whatever enemy you can think of, you can defeat it. 🛡️
⚡ Miracles Are Easy (Last Week’s Recap)
Do you remember what we learned last week? Miracles are easy. Seek the miracles. Not only seek God — seek also His strength. Seek the miracles. By resting, you get the miracles. When you believe miracles are easy, then it will be easy. ✨
🌄 Joshua and Caleb said in their word: “We are going to take this place easily.” If you believe and say with your word, “I am going to conquer my enemy with ease,” then that will be easy for you.
🎵 Sing Jehovah’s Praises — He Meets ALL Your Needs
We have to sing Jehovah’s praises. What does that mean? He meets all my needs. How many needs is He going to meet? All your needs. 🙏
- 💬 Tell the person next to you: “He is going to meet all your needs.”
- 🤒 If you are not healthy — that is a need
- 😣 Even a headache is a need — you need to be healthy
- 😔 Any small pain, any small lack, any loneliness — that is a need
When you confess that He is all your need, then He will be all your need. When you confess it again and again, He becomes all your need. 🌿
💚 God Is Good — ALL the Time
God is good. God is good all the time. What does all the time mean? Just today? Just tomorrow? Just the next day?
“…goodness and mercy shall follow me…” — Psalm 23:6 (NKJV)
How many days? All the days means every single day.
| Worldly talk ❌ | Bible talk ✅ |
|---|---|
| “Some days good, some days bad” | Goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life |
| Wake up expecting trouble | Wake up tomorrow expecting goodness |
Tell the person next to you: “He is going to give goodness and mercy all the days — coming to you.” The more you speak it, the more it will happen to you. That is exactly what we are going to listen to today. 🗣️✨
📜 Jeremiah 29:11 — Plans to Prosper, Not to Harm
Shall we all read this verse together? What kind of plans does God have for us?
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV)
- 🩺 Sickness in your body is not from God
- 😢 Pain is not from God
- 😞 Sadness is harm — from the devil
- Every sickness, sadness, everything harmful — it is from the devil
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” — John 10:10 (NKJV)
What is life in full? Jesus does not want you living mediocre. He does not want even a single lack in you. That is why He repeats Himself: “I came to give you life, life more abundantly.” Not even one lack He wants to see in you. That is the plan God has for you. That is why Jesus came and died for you. ✝️
Jesus did no sin, He knew no sin, in Him is no sin — but He died for you. If you think you have sickness in your body, that already Jesus took at the cross — then why should you carry it? Speak to that sickness: “Get away — it does not belong to me.” The more you speak, the mountain will move. The more you speak, faith rises in your heart and you will see the mountain move. ⛰️
⚔️ Jehoshaphat: Three Enemies, One Strategy
King Jehoshaphat faced three different enemies at once — not one enemy, three. It was impossible in the natural. Sometimes you have three different needs crushing you from every single corner. You cannot even move. 🚧
📖 The story in the Bible is not filler. It shows how enemies were tackled — so we learn and apply it in our life. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
2 Chronicles 20:22 (NKJV) — shall we read together?
“As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.” — 2 Chronicles 20:22 (NKJV)
“The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.” — 2 Chronicles 20:23 (NKJV)
What a good news — you can defeat your enemies. Because we have an example here. What did they do? They began to sing and praise. 🎶
| World’s way ⚔️ | God’s way 🎵 |
|---|---|
| Call friends, gather weapons, send strong warriors to the front | Send worship leaders, singers, and musicians to the front |
| In front of enemies, you don’t feel like singing | Keep your feeling away and trust on Him |
| Focus on how big the enemy is | Focus on how big your God is |
| Sing whatever lyrics feel right | Sing only the lyrics Jehoshaphat wrote |
Jehoshaphat knew worship singers might sing any lyrics — “Oh, God is angry, God is powerful…” So he wrote all the lyrics himself. He told the singers: “Do not sing any other song. I don’t want any other lyrics.” 📝
📖 The Lyrics: Psalm 136 — Every Verse, Same Line
The whole chapter of Psalm 136 was the lyrics. Shall we read verse 1 together?
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love endures forever.” — Psalm 136:1 (NKJV)
Go and read the whole chapter. Every single verse repeats the same line again and again. He said: “I don’t want you to read any other lyrics. Just repeat the same line again and again.” He did not focus on any negative. 🔄
🎯 The dot on the screen: When you have a big white screen and a small dot, what do you focus on? The dot — not the white around it. Our human mentality focuses on the negative. God gave a thousand things that are good for you. Even if you can breathe — that is a big thing. Those who went through corona-like sickness know how hard one single second of breathing can be. Everyone here is breathing well. There are a thousand things you can thank God for.
- ❌ They did not sing: “God is angry… God gave me sickness… God is allowing my problem…”
- ✅ They sang: focus on God’s goodness
- 🙏 Start thanking Him — the devil will be defeated
- 🎵 Start praising Him — the enemies will be defeated
🏰 Like Jericho — they walked around the wall for six or seven days, shouting and singing, and every wall fell. It is not about how big your enemy is — but how big your God is. Amen. 🙌
😇 Two Truths About God’s Nature
Now we focus on one thing: the goodness of God.
- 💚 God is good — all the time, every single day
- ❤️ God is love — sickness, pain, and problems are not from God; they are from the devil
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” — 1 John 4:8 (NKJV)
😤 When Is God Angry? (And When Is He Not?)
Sometimes we see in the Bible: “God was angry… God allowed this… God did this to them.” How can we reconcile that with “God is good”? Human nature always thinks God is against you — even when the devil brings a problem, you might blame God: “Why are You doing this to me?” 😔
👨👩👧 Imagine your parent sometimes hits and sometimes doesn’t — you would be confused whether they are good or bad. When you are matured and they say “I really love you,” that means real love. Bible says He disciplines through His word — through the word, not by pain, sorrow, or sickness.
📜 Old Testament History: Goodness, Not Punishment
How did God deal with people before the law? When was He angry — and when was He not?
| Person | What happened | What God did |
|---|---|---|
| Abel | Brought the lamb (representing Christ — believing someone would die for him by blood) | God accepted Abel’s sacrifice |
| Cain | Brought his own strength; killed Abel | God should punish Cain — but He protected Cain instead |
| Abraham | Worshipped idols; took family when told to leave alone; lied twice — “she is my sister” | God warned the king, not Abraham; king could not sleep; sent Abraham away with loads of wealth |
| Sarah | Lied to the angel about laughing | No punishment recorded |
| Isaac | Same lie repeated at the same place | God was not angry with Isaac |
| Jacob | Deceived his own brother | God came and blessed Jacob |
What kind of God is this? He is a good God. In Isaiah 28–29 we see there is no such thing as anger with God directed at His own children — it is for the enemies, not for His children.
“For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon—That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.” — Isaiah 28:21 (NKJV)
Why was God not punishing them? What makes a person repent?
“…the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” — Romans 2:4 (NKJV)
He was trying to show goodness and correct them. We can never see His own children that God was angry on them — but wait, that is about to change. He is going to be angry soon. I am going to show you. ⏳
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.'” — Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV)
Everlasting means it lasts forever. If it stops tomorrow because of you, that was not everlasting in the first place. You can only define everlasting if it lasts forever — despite who you are and how you are. He draws with unfailing kindness, not with punishment. That is His nature. 💛
🏜️ Israel in the Wilderness — 50 Days of Goodness
Jacob’s name became Israel — the nation we see today. They were under slavery. They cried unto God — and only then God heard their cry and brought them out. For many years, they did not even cry to God. Moses brought all the Israelites out. 🕊️
- 🌊 Enemies chased from behind — God opened the sea
- 😤 They murmured against Moses and God — He still opened the way
- 💧 Bitter water at Mara — God made it sweet
- 🍞 They murmured again — God sent manna from heaven
- ☠️ For the first 50 days: zero deaths
God did not get angry on any of them. He was showing His goodness to bring them to repentance. Then came the turning point. 📅
📅 The 50th Day — When Everything Changed
On the 50th day, something happened again. They were murmuring and speaking against Moses. How many people died? 3,000 people died. On the 50th day, God came and said: “Today I am angry on you. You can see only my back, not my face. From today onwards, nothing shall come near me.” 😨
What changed? Before the 50th day, people lived more than 120 years — even Moses lived 120 years. After the 50th day, Moses wrote in Psalm 90 that your life will be 70, with strength it will be 80. What changed everything God was doing before?
⛰️ At the foot of Mount Sinai, the people said: “Whatever you say, we will do.” Up until then: “You protected me not because I am good, but because You are good.” But now they said: “From today onwards, base my blessing on my goodness — not Your goodness.”
God gave the law. The day of the law means: “God, bless me based on my obedience — not because of how good You are. Heal me based on my obedience. Lord, bless me not because You are love — but based on my deeds.” That is what the ten commandments say: when you do, you are blessed; when you fail, you are cursed. 📜
⚖️ Why the Law Traps Everyone
“As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one;'” — Romans 3:10 (NKJV)
“For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.” — James 2:10 (NKJV)
There are more than 600 commandments in the Bible. Even if you fail on one — you might say “I didn’t kill anyone.” But the Bible says fear is a sin — fear comes when you don’t have faith in God. Anything without faith is sin. Even failing on one is like doing all sins. Same punishment. If only good people can go to heaven, no one can go to heaven. That is why Jesus has to come. ✝️
| School exam 📝 | Law of God ⚖️ |
|---|---|
| Pass mark might be 35 or 45 | Score 99 and you still get zero |
| Partial credit exists | Even one stumble = guilty of all |
| Before the law | After the law |
|---|---|
| People lived 120+ years | Psalm 90: 70–80 years |
| Less sickness | Sickness increased so people could die at 70 or 80 |
| Blessing by God’s goodness | Blessing tied to 100% obedience |
| Healing by God’s goodness | Healing tied to your obedience |
Whole humanity came down because of that situation. We got stuck because of the law — God was going to deal based on our obedience. But do not be sad. We have good news. We have Jesus. 🎉
✝️ Christ Is the End of the Law
Shall we read together?
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” — Romans 10:4 (NKJV)
| First Pentecost (Mount Sinai) | New Pentecost (Acts 2) |
|---|---|
| Law given | Spirit given |
| 3,000 died | 3,000 saved |
| Blessing by your obedience | Everything restored — law cancelled |
What does Christ is the end of the law mean?
- He will heal and bless you not because of how good you are — but because of how good He is
- He will redeem you not because of your obedience — but because of His goodness
- You will grow, prosper, and multiply not because of you — but because of how good He is
“…having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.” — Colossians 2:14 (NKJV)
“So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths.” — Colossians 2:16 (NKJV)
“For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.” — Hebrews 8:7 (NKJV)
“He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.” — Psalm 103:10 (NKJV)
🦁 The Roaring Lion — Who Really Has Power?
What stood between us and God? Not the devil. We sometimes think the devil is like a villain in a story — giving him weight and power. But the Bible does not say the devil has any power. All power was taken at the cross. ⚡
📺 Discovery Channel: When a real lion attacks, it sits quietly, silent — then attacks. It bites; it does not swallow. Only a snake swallows. The “roaring lion” is acting as if he has power — but he doesn’t. The real Lion of Judah is Jesus Christ. He is a deceiver: if he comes like a lion, he is like a lion — not a lion. Probably he is a snake.
The thing which was against us — the handwriting of requirements — stood between us and God. That is the only thing that separated us. The devil can never stand between us and God; he is not that powerful. 🔗
⚖️ The root of sin is death; the strength of sin is the law. The law brings sin; sin brings death. Take out the law. Believe God is good. Believe God is love. By His goodness, He will change you — that is the root. When you put that root in, sin goes away and you bear fruit for Him.
“For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” — Romans 5:19 (NKJV)
“…who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” — 2 Corinthians 3:6 (NKJV)
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” — Psalm 19:1 (NKJV)
“For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.” — Hebrews 10:4 (NKJV)
🌍 Stop Comparing With a Fallen World
The sad thing: we still believe the same mentality. We compare our life with people of the world — if they are sick, we think we are supposed to get sick too. ❌
🌿 Compare with how you were when God formed Adam and Eve: no sickness, no sorrow, no crying, no praying, no death. That is the plan of God. Everything came down — but now Jesus has redeemed you from everything.
Now you are going to be blessed, healed, and anointed. Whatever you ask, think, and imagine — He is going to give you not because of who you are or how good you are, but because of how good He is. People will repent not because of punishment or fear — but because of how good He is. When people truly taste the love of God, they will repent. 💛
“…the goodness of God leads you to repentance.” — Romans 2:4 (NKJV)
🙏 Closing Prayer — Give Thanks, He Is Good
Dear Jesus — I believe all the people seated here, You are going to bless them. They are going to receive this gospel and be well able. They are going to conquer, take, and go places. They will defeat all enemies, all sickness, all sorrows — because they know they are cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. 🩸
- ✝️ We become righteous by Your obedience — not by our obedience (Romans 5:19)
- 🌾 You are Jehovah Jireh — You will fulfil every need
- 🎵 In the midst of enemies, we sing: “He is good — His mercy endures forever”
- 💚 I speak prosperity, health, and growth — whatever need they have, let it be fulfilled in Jesus’ name
- 🏥 Even when doctors let people down — You will heal them, as You helped Jehoshaphat against three enemies
Give thanks — for He is good. His love endures forever. 🙌✨
🎯 The Takeaway
- 💚 God is good all the time — every day, not just some days
- 🎵 Praise focused on His goodness defeats enemies (Jehoshaphat / Psalm 136)
- ❤️ God is love — He draws with everlasting kindness, not sickness as discipline
- 📜 The law changed everything on the 50th day — blessing by works brought death
- ✝️ Christ ended the law — you are blessed, healed, and righteous because He is good
- 🦁 The devil has no power — only the handwriting of the law stood between you and God
🎧 Based on a Sunday message on the goodness of God. If it strengthened you, share it with someone who needs to know He is good — all the time. 💛