Now playing
03.What Is My Ministry and How To Find It
Bishop Dag Heward-MillsAbout this sermon
Camp Title - Fulfill Your Ministry. Machaneh Collection - 94. Preached in 2013, Ghana(Mampong Akuapem) 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.
Source: Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
Transcript
Welcome to track #3 or fulfill your ministry. Hallelujah, Father. Thank you for salvation. Thank you for using US for your glory in Jesus name, Amen. May be seated. Now. Back. To fulfilling our ministry, what you must realize is that fulfilling your ministry is going to be the most important aspect of your life one day. Whether you believe it or not doesn't really matter. Amen. So I. Want you to have a mind that I'm going to fulfill my ministry. Now some would ask what is my ministry is is that also and some would be saying. No, I don't know any ministry that I really have. I'm just a Christian. How many have that feeling sometimes or often or most of the time, very good now because of that, not because of that. The reason why we struggle with fulfilling our ministry or even having a ministry that is being fulfilled, it's because we often don't know what the ministry is and how to even fulfill it. And someone says. Oh, Bishop, you we. Can see your ministry. You know, it's quite easy. For you to see your ministry, you can preach, you can teach, you've got a. Church, you are a. Pastor, isn't it? And you have so many things that you are do
Read full transcript
Welcome to track #3 or fulfill your ministry. Hallelujah, Father. Thank you for salvation. Thank you for using US for your glory in Jesus name, Amen. May be seated. Now. Back. To fulfilling our ministry, what you must realize is that fulfilling your ministry is going to be the most important aspect of your life one day. Whether you believe it or not doesn't really matter. Amen. So I. Want you to have a mind that I'm going to fulfill my ministry. Now some would ask what is my ministry is is that also and some would be saying. No, I don't know any ministry that I really have. I'm just a Christian. How many have that feeling sometimes or often or most of the time, very good now because of that, not because of that. The reason why we struggle with fulfilling our ministry or even having a ministry that is being fulfilled, it's because we often don't know what the ministry is and how to even fulfill it. And someone says. Oh, Bishop, you we. Can see your ministry. You know, it's quite easy. For you to see your ministry, you can preach, you can teach, you've got a. Church, you are a. Pastor, isn't it? And you have so many things that you are doing but. We, we don't have all those things that you have, so there's nothing to fulfill. Isn't it? And so this is a problem we're going to solve today. OK, we're going to. Solve that problem forever, yeah, and you're going to find out that. You do. Fulfill your ministry now. When when you are. Working from bogatanga to Accra. OK, there are many ways or things that you use to. Guide you, you see. Have you ever seen somebody driving his car or walking from Bogatanga to Accra? Holding a compass and saying that. I cry South so I'm looking at the compass to go South. No, not really. You rarely. See people doing that? Why is that? Because there are many things that guide a person. Do you see apart from like the most direct form of guidance? I'll say it again. If you take Accra. Accra has an exact spot on the map, isn't it where it is located? Latitude and longitude isn't it? So it would say it's 21 latitude 21 S or north and longitude 24 E or something. And then that is the exact spot so that. Is the real scientific? Way to find your way to Accra, Lagos, London. But today, people rarely even need these specific things to guide them along the way. Why? Because there are many. Indirect ways of seeing the way Are you with me? Such as what? Huh. #1 is what road signs very good signs of the road #2 is what landmarks. For instance, there is a petrol station at Kin Temple Junction on the way to Tamali and there is also another one at TE Chi Man. But King Tampo is the one I remember very well because right after that, you know it starts going towards the north and then you are going to Tamale. So you see that landmarks? What else? Huh. I cannot hear you. I just want one person to raise your hand and tell me. Yes, people who will say because you say. Accra, Accra, Accra. You don't need to look at. Your compass, isn't it? Yeah. How many ways have you? Got 3-4. Anybody else? The road itself? By seeing the road, you can know that this is the road. Yeah. By seeing the road, you can see that this is the road, that this cannot be the road the way the road is. This cannot be the road this. Must be the road. The way the road is the next one. Following a fellow car, a fellow car which is going to that is why sometimes we say, are you going there? OK, don't worry, I'll follow you. Following a fellow car will take you to where you are going. Is that also? That is why you rarely see people using a compass and when they get to Techie man, let's check our latitude. Let's check our latitude and our longitude to see where we are. You don't even know how to use the latitude and the longitude, isn't it? You don't even know what latitude acries. You are just flowing, isn't it? Yeah. What else? Huh. You. Are in a bus going to Accra? You join a bus. And you forget about the direction and trust in the driver as it says. You join a bus going and you just forget about the. Directions and know that. This driver, how many ways do you have? I don't know if anybody's right in the ways. Six ways #7 the vegetation if you are going. North as it gets more north. The vegetation gets less sparse, it gets. More sand, shorter trees, different types of trees. And hotter. Yes, it gets hotter and you see the the whole environment is changing, isn't it? What else? Unusual signs like bicycles. When you are getting to Tamela, you start to see bicycles. People riding bicycles. Which you don't see in Accra and you don't see. Even in Kumasi and you don't see. In Techiman you don't see the way to. Tamali from Accra is Accra, Kumasi, Techiman Kintampo and Tamali. These are the big towns on the way. There's some more but that's the big big ones. Techiman Kumasi then Techiman Kumasi. Techiman is 2 hours, Techiman Kintampo is one hour and Kintampo Tamali is 2-3 hours. Four hours. Did you get it? Yeah, so. What? What did I say? Unusual signs that help you. Help you do what? Help you to locate. And realize, huh. Realize what? That you are, I mean, approaching the northern environment, the bicycles, the usual signs, huh. Donkeys. Also, when you are getting to Navrongo, you see donkeys, asses and such animals. Yeah, what else? No, you. Don't see water bodies? When you're driving. What else? The nature of the. Buildings you see more. Hearts as you are approaching Tamali there. Are a lot of. Indicators you see. Nobody really. Uses a compass. So those of you who've been saying I'm waiting for Jesus to appear to me personally and explain my calling to me in detail and tell me the places I'm to go, you know when he appears and he tells me then I also know that I'm called when I get a specific latitude and longitude. Yeah. I get a specific latitude and longitude then. I also know where I'm going. Until then, I can't just be following people who have latitude and longitude. You see, you are ashamed, you see, you are ashamed how many people driving to Tamale have? Latitude and longitude. As they are going and you are saying you will not go until you get your latitude. And longitude and your. Compass and you get your navigation. Equipment Are you an. Aeroplane. Are you an aeroplane to have navigation equipment? No. You're not an aeroplane. You. Are simply just a normal. Person. Just like everybody else, you see this. Is the mistake that people make when you see somebody who seems to be walking in his calling you, you feel that all this person has been given some navigational equipment, but no, most people are going. By the signs. And the way that you also go, all right, anything else? How many sides do you have? How you find your direction? 9 Uh huh, Somebody can actually tell you. Yeah, somebody can actually tell you sit in your car and tell you which way to go, which we said already, yeah. Stars. The stars in the sky you. Can use them. I see again, somebody will say you will not go because he doesn't know how to read the stars you see when you do that. You will not go. Anywhere, yes. Pardon the weather. What do you mean by the weather conditions? How do you know that you are getting to? Bogatanga when you are the weather through the. Weather more what? More sunny, more sunshine. Wow. Less darkness. Our brother says that there's more sunshine. Setting roads as you. Go along. There's more sunshine. Wow. Yes, language and language changes as you go along. Yeah, in in Accra you hear Can Kumasi you hear 3 and by the time you get to Tamali be hearing Dhakbani. And when you are on the road with God, you hear a different language. Yeah, as you keep going deeper and deeper you hear different language. When you are going further away from God, you also hear different language, hear people talking about different things that are foreign to you. Yeah, I'm on a different Rd. I don't hear certain things. The road I'm on. I hear certain discussions about certain things. Isn't it? So you hear a different language. What else? Pardon the culture. You see different culture, yeah. Such as what the food they sell? What food do you? See in Accra KK. Fish do we sell sell fried fish is there still? Fried fish in the system or the fish is finished, there's still fried fish. OK. And what else? What else do you see in Accra, Kelly, Willy? Huh. Fried yam, plantain chips and in Kumasi. What do you see? Fufu chopbas, Bush meat and Kumasi. Wow. And then? What do we see in Tamale, Burkina? What's Burkina millets? It's called Burkina millets and milk. Burkina. Yeah, Burkina. That's how I say. Burkina. Wow, what else? Do you see? Guinea Thouse. And don't forget, now you even see more. Because I think about. 27,000,000 billion old Ghana cities has been used. The 27 old billion Ghana cities or 40 old billion Ghana cities have been used to. Invest in Guinea. Fast, so there are more. More in the lawn. What else you see? Cows don't drive into a cow. Cows are very, very strong. They will not fall down. Your car will get spoiled. Yeah, it's a it's a very important lesson to learn. Your car will be spoiled and the cow will walk away. You may never believe, but you see one. What else do you see that lets? You know religion. So now the religion change, the beliefs change. As you keep going, sometimes the religion changes. Wow. OK, so. Brothers and sisters, all these. Are unconscious ways by which you fulfill your vision of going from Agra to bogatanga without coming up with a stupid request to have navigational equipment. Are you with me? Without coming. Up with a nonsensical. Request that without my navigational equipment, I. Ain't going nowhere you Mr. Bishop have navigational equipment you have. Spiritual latitude and spiritual longitude and you know where you are going. That is why you are so confidently going on the minge. But some of us, we have no latitude and longitude. We don't know. You see, that is absolutely nonsense, all right? And I want you to accept that it's nonsense. And I want you to now decide that. Wow, Bishop, if you can tell us, what are the ways by which you are able to know your ministry and to even fulfill it? We don't even know. What is the ministry? And before we even fulfill it. You get what I'm saying? Yeah, So. That is what. This camp is about it's about trying to let us know what. Is your ministry Amen and what your ministry is so you can fulfill it and not get to heaven and say, Lord, if you are giving me a compass. I'd have done much more. You know, Lord, you've been very gracious to some other. People. Some of us we couldn't see. Anything now depending on. Where you are going? You have. More of a certain. Kind of direction, for instance, when you are abroad in places like Europe, right, you have. Big signs to the major. Cities, but. Every time you go to a new place, you have a. Different way of getting direction. For instance, in Ghana you may see science. I don't think you really have science. First of all, a place like Ghana will be no science. So you have to know things work without science. Because there is a. Very important director who doesn't put up the science then? You go to a place like. England or Europe, you have signs to places like if you are driving in England, you may see a sign Manchester or you may see a sign, let's say to the next big city, Budapest. In Europe, if you are in Austria, I think Hungary is next, you see Budapest. So you see the sign to Budapest or if there's a very great bridge or something, or Verazan, well you see a sign to the place you are going, Birmingham by Manchester, Newcastle, straight, straight and they even put the signs or London, you see London 55K miles, London 20 miles. Like they give you the distance. But. So that's one type of thing. So here is no signs. You have to ask somebody, Accra, the point highlights. Then you go to. Another place. There is science to the place. But maybe you are not even going to London. You are going near London, so you follow the London. Then when you get. To London, then you try and find a specific science. Then also when you go to America is a different world. They. Use a lot of North and South and they use the name of the route. So you'll be going. From New York to New Jersey, on New York to Washington, you don't have Washington science. Occasionally you may see one, but you don't have Washington. They just have 95 N. That's that's how, that's how they are. That's how their science are. So when you go there, you have to know how to how to move. Like one of the main roads is in 95 S, it will be 95 N or 95 S So maybe the north is going to Washington, depending on where you are, it's going to Washington. I don't know. I'm just giving us an example. So 95 N or 10 Pike is the name of the road and it's north and you where you are going is exit 2. 42. That is it. There will be no sign to your to your town, to your city or where you are going, just that that you have to be on this road north. You have to find the road and you'll be going. You see. And when you see that 95 northern, you feel comfortable and then you are going to exit 242 and you are at exit 196. So you keep counting 198202O two 201-202-0320 four hour to get to 242. So 242 is coming and you go off. When you go off, you see that you are near where you are going. There's no sign like oh, New Washington for. But they have too many places that are important. You cannot have one. Washington is not the only place. Other. Bonnie John, are you still understanding what I'm saying? Depending on where you are, you have different things that become prominent and North and South is very important. That's why all American cars have a compass. It's North and South that we are going north or we are going South. It's very important for them, but it's not so important for us because we know we're not in South. Are you understanding? Great, now when it. Comes to your. Ministry, there are about 10 things that will. Guide you. If you want to accept the guidance, you see what I'm saying is if you're an American and you come and say I'm looking for 90. 2 S. North, There is nothing like that here. We don't have any sign going that is showing the name of a route with an exit 1, exit 2, exit 3, exit 4, exit 5, or junction 5, junction 6. There's nothing like that here, even the sign. To the town. You see that? A telephone. Company will write Welcome to Inquanta Tigo welcomes you to. Inquanta Yeah, so. Or a hotel. Royal Basin Hotel welcomes. You to Kumasi, then you know that you are arriving in Kumasi, but it's not a way it should be. But I mean, it's also a way are you still around? See, by coming to the camp you have gone abroad even though you've not been abroad, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. Knowing things that you know, they're becoming international broad minded, isn't it? So the. Point that I'm making. What's the point that I'm making that when it comes to your work, you're calling? OK, there are, I'm going to share with you maybe 10 of them, but there are about 10 different things which are present, but they are not prominent, but they are all guiding you in your ministry. And these 10 things are. If you follow them, especially depend on which. One is prominent. You get it. You. Are likely. To fulfill your ministry. Yeah, they're likely to fulfill your ministry if you follow them. They're likely to fulfill your ministry because they are all guiding. But they're not. They'll not be a. Direct compass. Some of them are. Clear, clear, clear. Many are not. Setting out from here to bogatanga without a compass, you are not lost. You are not hot without a compass. Without a car that says north or South, even from here, where will you see a? Sign. To where? How do you find you ask somebody? How do you? Go to to to. Even you, you have to know that. On the way to. Bogatanga is tamali. On the way to Tamali is Kumasi. And on the way. To Kumasi is Koforidra because where we are now, you have to go to Koforidra first and then you join the Kumasi route and then you go, but there's not going to be any sign. So if you sit. Down there complaining I. Don't have a sign, You have a sign in your country. You are in America, that is why you are able to. Look, you know, we are a bit tired of people complaining. You get it. We want to get on and serve the Lord. Hallelujah. So. These are the. 10 things I'm giving you the whole camp at the beginning. Instead of instead of giving it to you in pieces. I'm. Giving it to you everything once. Boom. And then after that, we'll see. If we can chew it, what do you think? Is it exciting? Is it fantastic? How many want to know the 10 things that. Are. The pillars of your guidance to your ministry. Plus the the. What do you call it? They. They, they, they, they. They are guiding you. Whether you you accept it or not, they are guiding you. They are. They are the. Pillars of. Guidance to your ministry. And therefore. To the fulfillment of your ministry. Which many people die without fulfilling OK now some of them of these 10 listen, I'm I'm going to tell I told you I'll tell you all at the beginning you can even leave the camp in 5 minutes when I tell you all you know I know all the. 1010 points that Bishop was sharing. Are you there? But no, you've got to understand how each of these. 10 things is guiding you because it makes you fulfill your ministry. It really makes you fulfill your ministry. Some are easier, you see, Let's say. The ones in, in, in Europe or in England, like if you are in, in, if you are in Switzerland, right, there are some big towns. Geneva, You've heard of them? Geneva, Zurich, Basil Ben Lutzen, we have towns like that. Sangalan, If you are in Switzerland and you are in Geneva and you want to go to Zurich, it's very, very, very easy you. Follow. That's how. They give you that. And when I went to start a church there, there was a brother that he told me because I bought a car to drive from Geneva. I drove the car from I bought the car in Geneva and drove to Zurich to go and start a church there. A Mazda. Yeah. And he gave me that. This is how to find a way. And I followed the direction from Geneva to Lausanne, from Lausanne down towards Bend. And then as you go down, you continue Basil or Zurich. And then you follow and I and And you see the sign Ben Basil. Ben Basil. You see the sign Ben Basil. Ben Basil. You'll be following Ben Basil, Ben Basil. When you get to, you see a Zurich here, something here. Then you go here, You go here. Yeah, That's all. It's quite simple. Yeah. But America. No, not like that. America. You see 95. S you know if you know that is the name. Of the road, you see the way that 95 and you have to list then to see that this means that it's the road. This means you are on this road. That's the name of the road you're on, and you see the exits coming up. I'm saying this to say that. Some of the things make it easier, but you don't have that. Easy one everywhere and. The large. Majority of places don't have this nice and easy perfect way of finding things. Are you with me? Even. When you are in in in in England, if you are in the north in Newcastle and you hit the motorway, you see the sign London 300 and something miles you see London. So if you are. Going as far as. London. You see the sign, they're big and you know that I'm heading to London. I am saying this. To explain to you that. The majority of us. In the majority. Of the world. Don't have it that easy and you need to trust many other things. So now the 10 things that guide people in the ministry to know your ministry. And therefore to fulfill what God has given to you. Number one. I told you. I'll tell you at the beginning. The messy, messy #2 the separation #3. The will. #4 the call #5 the mission number six, the purpose #7 the vision. #8 the gift. #9. The grace. And #10 the office. So now. You know the way, isn't it? We start #1. The Messi isn't it #2 the separation #3 the will #4 the call #5 the mission number six, the purpose #7 the vision #8 the gift #9 the grace and #10 the office. How many know the way? Huh. You don't know the way yet. Why don't you know the way? You don't understand the science you don't understand. How it's guiding you. Wow, I thought you would understand as soon as I I give it to you. OK, wow. So let us start with the Messi now when you are driving on the road. And you see. What you call it, Nina? When you're driving on the road and you see, what do you call it? Cows. Would you say you've? Seen a compass? No, but would you say that is you? You, you feel more. Confident and realizing that God is you are heading towards the north, isn't it? Yeah. But it's not a compass. So cows. We are always seeing cows, bicycles, what I'm trying to say. Is that there are. Many subtle guidances Do you see which are in place after this? Short camp. You dare say. You don't know your calling. There are many angels standing by. To slap you with a dirty. Slap many angels standing by to. Give you a dirty slap. These ten items. Guide into ministry and that is why God. Will tell you fulfill it. Why would he tell you to fulfill something you don't even know what it is. You don't even know what it is. How wicked can you be when you say read your notes and you don't know which notes. We don't even have notes. Tomorrow you're going to be examined on your notes. I don't even know which notes they are have anything. God is a wicked. Bully. No, God is not a giborim. A giborim is a bully. God is a loving. God fair, just so you can rest assured that your judgment. Will be based. On. On what fairness God's going to. Be so fair. You saw this, you didn't. You said yes, please. You start whewing those who think you'll not be whewing in heaven on the judgment day. That will be whewing.