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02. Overcoming Hatred And Opposition

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
February 28, 2025 1h 9m

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Camp Title - Be Thou Faithful Unto Death. Machaneh Collection - 77. Preached in 2012, Switzerland (Neuchâtel). Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a world-renowned evangelist, bestselling Christian author with over 100 books, and leader of the United Denominations, present in 100+ countries. Through his Healing Jesus Campaigns, thousands have been healed, and millions saved across Africa and beyond. As you follow this podcast, may you begin to know God in a way you have never before! Don’t forget to click the follow button and turn on notifications.

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Welcome to track #2 of Be thou faithful unto death. There are enough. Reasons for the. Devil to pluck you out of the system. Do. You know why more people are divorcing now? Do. You know why is the absence of the porcupine mind. You see? Some years ago, the question of divorce is not possible. That is. The only thing? That kept divorce. Outside. That is, the only thing that keeps divorce outside is the mind that it's not possible. It's out of the. Question. Everything is. Possible except to divorce. One day. A certain pastor. Married a lady in a church. But unfortunately. He married. Somebody who has been married before. This was her second time at it when they went for the. Honeymoon. The wife. Got angry about something. And. The. Honeymoon. Not after 4. Years she took. The Ring. And. She threw it away. She. Said I have been married before. I don't take nonsense. I have been. Married. So do you know? What he did? The hotel Honeymoon hotel. There were two. Rooms. So he moved out of the main room to the sitting room. And he ran his assistant pastor in the middle of the night. If she didn't know, she passed through. Pastor.

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Welcome to track #2 of Be thou faithful unto death. There are enough. Reasons for the. Devil to pluck you out of the system. Do. You know why more people are divorcing now? Do. You know why is the absence of the porcupine mind. You see? Some years ago, the question of divorce is not possible. That is. The only thing? That kept divorce. Outside. That is, the only thing that keeps divorce outside is the mind that it's not possible. It's out of the. Question. Everything is. Possible except to divorce. One day. A certain pastor. Married a lady in a church. But unfortunately. He married. Somebody who has been married before. This was her second time at it when they went for the. Honeymoon. The wife. Got angry about something. And. The. Honeymoon. Not after 4. Years she took. The Ring. And. She threw it away. She. Said I have been married before. I don't take nonsense. I have been. Married. So do you know? What he did? The hotel Honeymoon hotel. There were two. Rooms. So he moved out of the main room to the sitting room. And he ran his assistant pastor in the middle of the night. If she didn't know, she passed through. Pastor. Pastor He. Called him the. Night Pastor. Pastor. It seems I've got the wrong one. If you did, you say Sir, come sige puzzle and movez from. Pastor. It seems I got the wrong. One in. Some crochet puzzle and movez what? A shock. What a shock. You see one, the idea of divorce is possible. It is always going to be coming up all the time because there are more reasons. You have one in your house, you know. What I'm talking about? You have one in your house. So. You know what? I'm. Talking. About So Billy Graham, TL Osborne, Kenneth Hagin. Billy Green, TL Osborne. Kenneth Divorce was out of the question. City ludi Ora robes le Nik razvor ETA Bola niras matremiwa Prost. Die. Fest. Porcupine Mind. But. It's not that there was no trouble. There was big. It's a back to in a. The problem is a video group of the. Prince. All of them. Direct Prince. Direct. Prince married a woman who was 25. Years older. Than him, Derek. Prince, my wife, when she was coming, she sat by a young man who started to rap her and listen, listen, listen, listen, listen to what I'm saying. So at a point she asked him, how old are you? And when she told her, this young boy was 25 years younger than her. 25 years younger. But. You see there is a time at which even when you are 25 years older than somebody, you look around the same age, but after some time you will see that you are a grandmother and this is a young boy. So when Derek Prince married his wife, at first they looked like the same. But as time went by, she became much older and after preaching, people would come to her and say your son preach very well instead of saying your husband. You will say your son preach very well I told you about. Cal Shock. The mind is. Not possible. Even if I made a mistake as a young man. It's not. Possible. To. You understand that's why. They didn't. Divorce they. Have problems when. People used to tell the the wife your son is a good preacher. She started. Drinking. The alcohol. And it became. A. Problem. That is out of the question. Bring another. Idea bring another idea this. Idea is not. Unless you have that mind. And. You will like. Somebody else? It's out of the question to leave. At Venere Rasmat river process which is certain. He takes all the question. Bring another idea. Then. That I should attack the pastor who has preached to me and helped. Me. No, it's not possible. Bring up another suggestion. How? Many. Understand. What I'm talking about, so I want you to have this mind in your heart. When you have this mind, I can tell you if God gives us 20 more years, we will be here 20 more years. I, I, I should be almost 70. I don't know how old we will be saying that 40 years ago we. Started a church here. Wow, wow, is it not? Fantastic. And that's. What's going? To happen in Jesus name and more and more people who have left in anger are going to come back and say I was a fool, I'm sorry, forgive. Me. Recently. So semi davno Christa MO. Another pastor. Ishwarin, Pastor A. Notre Pastor. He was the first principal of our Bible school. Omopivium, director of Nashid Bliskishkole. He was in Ghana with. US. He was in full time ministry. In London. 14 years ago. And. Evil spirits attack him the same way. That he is sorry. About what happened, that he wants to come back. So, dear friends, be faithful and to death. It has. A. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Look at chapter 100. Overcome. Hatred and opposition. Nynevis. For opposition celebrating 20 years. Cacmositas Prazdeva settled we. Can also don't celebrate the Vento. Of being in Europe as a church, we have overcome a lot of hatred and also. Opposition. How many know somebody who hates, who hates me, and who hates? US. If. You don't know you are new. If. You. Don't know you. Are new. You would have thought that if we are doing a church that no one will ever hate you. You have been. Beaten. Before. Have you been beaten before? Twice. For doing what you ask yourself, why would a? Pastor, be beaten. But you must realize. That. To do the work of God, you must overcome. That. Is why he said be faithful unto death. The devil is going to try some. Of you for. 10 days 1. Day. I was in. Japan in Yokohama. And. The Holy Spirit said to me some people to. Switzerland, that is. How come you see people like Pastor Emarus here? What the? Person come paste, Mauricio. Vida and Duke. Vida E Duke. Pastor Vida E Duke. Ekwa and. Ibn. Ekwa Ibn. And another pastor, Vitalis. He should do well Pastor Vitalis also. Pastor. Pastor Vitalis. Who turned into an enemy? Ricky. Said to me. Pastor E Marus was working in the office of the church. When I. Was sending them here. I sent them knowing that the devil. Was going to. Test each and everyone. When I see young people in the university, I think about their parents who have sent them to school and they don't know what is happening. To their children. In school, but. You have no choice but to send your child out into the world. Switzerland has tried every pasta very well. Shitzaria. Very well. Shitzaria harocho is Pitala casual pasta ochin harocho. De la srisa amiale prochac pasta correctemo. I knew it. And. I'm not surprised somebody whom I pick from a town in Ghana far away, who have no sign of ever coming, not even to Accra before coming to Geneva, will turn against me and. Become an enemy. And those. Who are remaining is not a bad thought have not occurred. To them before. I thought that bad thoughts have not. Occurred to them before. When you see a man moving with his wife, husband and wife and so on, they have been married for some time, for some years. It's not that not OK to. Them before and. You are a child, or you are. The devil will try you every day. And if you. Don't. Make your mind about setting problems you. Will be gone. Like this? The civil would fixate Papa Perceptor problem he. Processes it. Recently when this pastor who has been away for 13 or 14 years came with his parents KA professor, the parents grown up in their 70s came to me with their letter. The only thing I could think of when I was took care of the parents was saying to myself thank you for being a good parent and my wife said it. My wife said to them thank you for being a good. When you are grown up, you can see this is a mistake. So, brothers and sisters, you must learn to overcome hatred in your heart. That's in, that's. The you must overcome the. Devil. And as a church, we must overcome opposition. For me, I'm not tired of fighting at all. Yeah, new start. Anytime I say something, even if it is funny, I'm. The reason I'm saying is that recently I said something. I thought I was joking, but I realized later that I wasn't joking. I realized that it was not a joke at all. I meant. It. We are here to. Build a church. And we were crushed into fine powder. Any devil or devil person or devil covered person? The Bible. Says we are not even to eat. I'll show it. To. You but. Anyway, you came for the camp, so you hear no overcome hatred. So I'm. So excited to be here and I have I have great. Hope. And excitement for the Church in Europe. It was shown that. Now look, we have our brothers from Ukraine are now part are now part of lighthouse. He is now some of you are surprised when he's a orangularization he's. A lighthouse. The name of his church has changed to Lighthouse in Russian. How do you say Lighthouse in Russian? Mayak. So the Church is rather becoming. Bigger the. Devil is very, very sad. Yeah, well, ocean. Ocean grossly. Amen. Amen. 6 things reasons why you must overcome opposition. She's not said preaching, but she mother delivers. 6 things you must know about opposition #1. If. You cannot handle opposition. You cannot be. A leader. Amen. If you cannot. Handle opposition. Opposition. You cannot be a leader. It's a teeny model opposition leader. Everybody is opposed. Is Obama. Being opposed. Yes, Obama. Only half of the people did not oppose him. Whoever wins, only half of the people. Election Second person. Second person person. So you work through opposition. Our Cheris opposition. The otra via vecra position. Our work in Germany, our work with in Switzerland, our work in Ukraine, our work in Russia, our work in Austria, our work in Italy, in Holland is working against opposition. National Rabuto Sisario, Austria, Germany, Ukraine Rasi Vastri ETA Rabuta 3D Opposition. The two deseglis Konnar on Nutrish on Almann on Rusi on Ukraine on Amsterdam 2 deseglis lit total opposition. #2 the greater the leader, the greater the hatred and opposition. One do. After the leader. Ego. Jembosche leader Cembosche Nenivisi ebosche opposition. Amen. Elijah was a great man and he was hated by the king. He was hated by the King's wife, you understand. He was hated by the government. The greater your ministry, the greater you are, the greater the opposition. He was so great, but there was so much hatred, so much hatred. The opposition. University fact. That's. Why you must be careful when you hear criticism about a great. #3. Treaty. What is the? First thing you must know about overcoming hatred. What is the second thing you must know about #3 Every new step of leadership results in fresh arrows of hatred. Kajdin movies pregnosit swiegies treli opposite. Tu nuvopa dola voce on the leadership register at the Nouvelle Flesh. The end is so put. Fresh, once you are making a fresh move and at this time I'm going to announce some fresh moves that we are going to take in Switzerland. Fresh moves are going to be taken in Switzerland and Europe. Get ready fresh moves. Are coming. When Sambalat and Tobaya heard that Nehemiah was going to build a church, wow they. Said no. It cannot be possible. #4. She quoted. Opposition often comes in the form of plausible accusations. Opposition Ocean is just a prejudice. V Vige a Vignini katori kabi viglis aprobdani. LO position via Suvo Pade's accusation plausible. What is plausible? Plausible means believable, reasonable accusations, and there is a standard set of. Reasonable. Possible accusations? If Pastor Fred is being opposed in Ukraine or wherever he has been opposed, it will be reasonable accusations. Pastor afraid of Ukraine? When I came to start a church here in Switzerland, the first one of the first people that I went to visit, as soon as I left his house, he told his wife. This man has come. He's looking for money. He told his wife. If you fly your aeroplane to Guinea and you land at Guinea airport and you look outside and you see how poor it is, you can understand. When someone comes from Guinea to Geneva or to Zurich and you say he is looking for money, you can understand why he said that this man is looking for money. It makes sense because the place is so poor. It makes sense. Number. 5 Develop a hard forehead for opposition. They developed and for all you see, controlled opposition. Razivite, you're the lit, so protein opposition. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an abdomen harder than Flint, I have made your forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Hallelujah. Ezekiel 3, verse 8 and 9. Ezekiel Triti Glavie was Moy de Gati stick. I have made your face. Stronger I have. Made your forehead harder. Wow. Everybody said my forehead. I'm shining it now. I'm good to make my. That is why when Jesus said when Jesus stop it, I'm going to use you. We had to harden him. A soft person cannot. A church. A. Soft person. Cannot build a church. A. Whose mind is that? Simple. Cannot build. A church, you have to have an eye looking around. Who? Is plotting who is planning something again? I was thinking about how I'm going to suck one of the pastors. In. This church I was. Sitting on the toilet when I was thinking about how. I. Where he is, he doesn't know that I'm sitting on my toilet and I'm planning how I will remove him from the church. He will be surprised I. Think I will sit down for you to develop bad thoughts whilst I will be here behaving like a simpleton. Simpleton. I'm also. Sitting on. My toilet. I thought you. See. Look, the Bible says a wise man built his house on a Hard Rock. If you are going to build any good house, it must be. Built on a hard person, a very hard leader. You. Don't go by what people say, you go by what they. Do. See. My forehead will be forehead. This was God's. Blessing to Ezekiel. Opposition is often a sign that you are in the will of God. Oppositia ochin chasta ETA prisoner chotina who is a volley borgie. Oppositio, a super and senior Canadian have volunteered you. Yeah, Second Timothy 3 verse 12. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus will. Suffer persecution. Amen. Hallelujah. What is number one thing? That you. Must know about what is the threat in. You about. Opposition. Are you ready for a? Fresh move. How they accuse me here? I never. Been accused more than. In. Geneva. I was accused so much it entered inside my. Soul. It's the first branch. Of this. Church. And I was accused. I mean, I've never seen such a church before. And. You see it? Was a fresh move. I should. Not be surprised. Not. Be surprised. At. The level of. Accusations it affected. Me. So I didn't even want to start a new church again. When? One day we went to visit some people in Ben. They said we should come and start a church. I don't know those who were there, some people. And I was saying, I said, you people, when I come and start a church here, you would say all kinds of things. But Switzerland? Is also. My. I have Swiss blood half. Of my blood is from here. I saw them. Looking at. My. Shoes. I. Was shocked. As we rise up to do the work of God. And. When your leader is being fought. Don't be surprised. We have some pastors from Nigeria, Nigerian. Pastors. One pastor when he comes to Ghana, he. Lives in my. House. That we don't care for. When Nigeria is the number one mission that we have spent more money than. Any other mission in? The whole world there is no. Church in Ghana that we have spent more money than we have. Spent only in Nigeria. Lagos. When he took the entire church in Baden and we closed down our church in Baden. On the branch I. I close down the whole church. Talk. To the people and divide the church into nations. Nigerian, Ghana this. Cameroon this what? And take the whole. I think of it that you are a Nigerian, so I should not make you a. Pastor, but we are going to persist we. Are now going to fight more. Germany. That's some. People here from Germany, Germany get. Ready because I have. German blood. I don't even. Have to read the Bible to know that I have a duty to my own people. Yeah, we are going to do a great. Work and we. Have. A duty to Europe and I have a duty to Africa and I. Have a duty? To all people with. My. Color Pakistan. Pakistan. Saudi Arabia. In the vision, I was in a helicopter. With someone or two other people. London. London, where I started the church. In Switzerland when? I came out. Of the helicopter. I was one of the places I used to go. When I started the church. And. The law said coming back. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. So we are coming back. Here we are. Going to. Be faithful and to death. Italian, Italian, Italian, Italian Once I'm having some strict blood Italian. And England I was born in. Definitely I owe something to that place. What are the? Things you must know about opposition. You don't. Have to be tired. Look. You have just come for one day. I left my I left my house six weeks. Ago. London, I hope you are listening to what I'm saying. We are the last hope of Europe. Europe is falling to the enemy. We are. One of the last streams. We are fighting for. The. River to continue. So when you are preaching, you must. Overcome the opposition. Of sleep. If you cannot handle. Number. 3 number. 4. I cannot. Hear you plausible. How do you say it in Italian? Possible. Maybe you should also get your mic and you interpret into Italian #5. Tomorrow when you are coming, everybody shine this place. There is a man in one of the films. I don't know the man who was a cook. He was a cook in a ship. Have you seen he can beat? People have. You seen that? Man, that film, he was the cook. Either him or another. The person uses the head. To fight. Is it? Him or somebody else. You use the head now you see when you do. This. Your head is also eating whatever the Bible is saying that yours should be harder than the other ones, so that you your. Right. Now. What was that? Film again. Persecuting. All that will live godly in crisis because my wife and I decided to the. That's why somebody would talk. To us as though we are. Thieves. Somebody whom in the natural order of life, the person would have either been my gardener or my driver or my security guard in this world. To me that. I. Am a thief. But I give glory to God. Are you ready to be called the devil in Europe? Today in Switzerland, what do they call the church? They say the church is a cow. Civilian cucknas white circle suicide the Russian circle at a. Sector. The sector. Not only on Swiss all over. Homosexuality is rather. What is good? You know, homosexuality. Because of that I have been watching all the animals lions, tigers, lizards, crocodile to see the. Crocodile. That is rather. Normal, but we are not going. To give. Up. Father, thank you for. Keeping our eyes fixated. On you, Lord. Father, I thank you that you have done it. See everybody here. They should. Go out. Slovakia in. Belgium and Russia. Even if we are preaching only to the trees. We. Will preach. To the.