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04. Examples Of Our Admonition - 2

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
February 28, 2025 1h 39m

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Camp Title - The Word of My Patience. Machaneh Collection - 76. Preached in 2011, Ghana (Mampong). 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 number four of the Word of My patience. I'm lost without you. Oh, we are lost without you. Oh, I'm lost without you. I'm lost without you. I want to suggest praise the world. Bishop just taught us about disloyalty, mild disloyalty, severe disloyalty, Ellie disloyalty, lead disloyalty. And he talked about people who were there, but some ways somehow they found themselves becoming destroyer. And he said it can happen to any of us. I want to just pray and ask God to keep us, to help us, to preserve us, so that we will not be cut off in the name of Jesus, That we shall be preserved, preserved till the end, in spite of all the different things that will come our way, the different tests and trials that will come our way, that we will stay connected, that we'll stay lawyer. In the name of Jesus, just pray, just pray. In the name of Jesus, just ask God that you are desperate for him, that without him you cannot make him. Ask him to deliver us from temptation, to lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from all manner of evil. In the name of Jesus, that we shall stand, that we shall stand to the very end. In the name of Jesus, ju

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Welcome to track number four of the Word of My patience. I'm lost without you. Oh, we are lost without you. Oh, I'm lost without you. I'm lost without you. I want to suggest praise the world. Bishop just taught us about disloyalty, mild disloyalty, severe disloyalty, Ellie disloyalty, lead disloyalty. And he talked about people who were there, but some ways somehow they found themselves becoming destroyer. And he said it can happen to any of us. I want to just pray and ask God to keep us, to help us, to preserve us, so that we will not be cut off in the name of Jesus, That we shall be preserved, preserved till the end, in spite of all the different things that will come our way, the different tests and trials that will come our way, that we will stay connected, that we'll stay lawyer. In the name of Jesus, just pray, just pray. In the name of Jesus, just ask God that you are desperate for him, that without him you cannot make him. Ask him to deliver us from temptation, to lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from all manner of evil. In the name of Jesus, that we shall stand, that we shall stand to the very end. In the name of Jesus, just pray and trust yourself into the hands of the Most High God. Ask him to keep you, to preserve you, to keep you, to preserve you. In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus. You may be loyal today, but you may never know what will come your way that will take you off the path. The good things that you have started. Pray that God will keep us in the name of Jesus. Just pray. Just call to him. We need you, Jesus. We ask for grace, O God. We ask for strength, O God, we ask for grace for the years ahead. O God, deliver us from evil. O God, help us to survive, O God, in the name of Jesus. And thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. Thank you for that. The name of Jesus. Amen. All right, let's be seated. Right examples for our admonition. Hallelujah. Right. Next one, wrong expectations for child growth. Amen. Wrong expectations for child growth. Now that is, this is one of the things that you have to be careful because the ministry is not 100 meters. The ministry is marathon. Recently when we're at the Church Good conference in Korea, Bishop pointed out something to us. He said look at all these great men who have mega churches, 47,030 thousand, 25,000 big, big churches. He said look at something about them. One of the pictures is that they are all old men. I agreement, Yeah. So when you appear now, you must have hope. This is and and confident, but don't be overconfident. One pastor rebelled against a Bishop and said the Bishop should give him six months. You show him church growth. Church growth in six months. Are you getting that you have exhibited your extreme immaturity? Amen. So have hope you are going to build a church and to to work and the Lord will give you a mega church. This is yeah. What do you think that it takes some time. So don't put pressure on yourself. Don't put pressure. Amen. One of the one of the causes for failure. You see one of the causes for failure. One of the reasons why institutional do well for is an indisciplined pursuit of more when you want more but you are not disciplined in your pursuit. 4 Amen. Your eagerness to build a mega church may lead you to steal other peopleship. Oh, have you heard of Lighthouse? Oh have you heard of lighthouse? Which do you go to? Oh, why are you talking about churches? Churches here, I mean, so suddenly come, you see. Wrong aspect. The church doesn't the church it grows gradually, gradually, gradually. And the Lord added unto the church as many as should be saved gradually. OK, no, generally. I mean, it could also be that can just explode, but generally that's how it is. Did you get it? So you should believe God for targets 10 when you get to 10, I'm believing God for 20. From 10 to 20 is not 0. You move out to 18, especially from 15 to 18 very fast, then 18, then it comes to 1311, then 17 like that, but you get to 20 on 20. You are moving 3850 after 50 to get to 100. Did you get it? So why do I in a rush you'll be discouraged. You fast until there's no more flesh on you. It doesn't take fasting. Amen. The increase is given by God. I have planted Apollos have water, but God gave the increase. Do you get it So you you need to be patient, not like we are aloof. That's also the extreme. We are there 20 for the past three years now. Oh church there. I mean Amen. You see now that wrong expectation of growth will lead to something more dangerous. And that end is dishonesty and lying about the figures and what is happening in your church? One of the alumni, he was sent to a town. Yeah. So he was there for some time and the overseer was receiving reports. They was very happy. Their church was Grail Aris. So 10:20, 30-40 Oh nice, nice. The income too. Wow, that guy is really forcing power. We are talking about examples for our admonition. I'm not giving theories or philosophies. The scriptures say these things were written for examples. Amen. Not knowing that he didn't even have a chat at all. Maybe he was not staying at his post. You are staying somewhere and cooking church reports through dreams and visions. You must have dreams and visions, you know. Yeah. Amen. Did you get it? Yeah, he is no more in the ministry. We send him to another place. He was there one day. He just got and started as a he has resigned. See all these things, they get the start of something, so don't get into it. Amen. A little living, living at the whole now. And just a little, just a little. You allow one Spirit and then many more spirits. Yes, John. So take your time. You see Lighthouse today we say 1200 branches. It's been a while. Yeah, it's been a while. Of working at it. Do you get it? Work at it. Just work at it. Work at it. It will work. Anything that becomes quickly flamboyant. Often it is not of God. Yeah, when God is doing something, you may not even notice it. That's why the scriptures said, though that beginning be small. So God himself knows that it starts small. Amen. Moses, the great liberal of Israel was born and hidden, hidden, hidden. Yeah, David, the great king of Israel, had to run in the wilderness hiding caves. Joseph had to be impeached in prisons. The Savior of the world, Jesus was born in a Manger among sheep, and you couldn't make him out. That is how God wins. Amen. Did you? Did you get it? So don't be too slight. Chale me. Yeah. Mega church. Look, the pastors in the town where you have gone to and your eagerness to be the mega church will not even let you learn why they have not done well. When you take time, you can investigate why maybe they have not done as well as I mean things should be or just go there. I mean, a lot of athletes come into play. Amen. Do you get it? So you you become very, you know, agitated. You will not be at peace. You Cook reports sang wrong. You know figures. There was another alumni but bring in figures but plus he had other issues. So the overseer sent on a couple of time for for someone to go and do fast track and on one or two occasions he was not there. He was actually physically not there doing the service, but he sent a report of attendance. His message that he preached, he preached everything. He ended up the chair that was given, selling the all the churches, chairs, equipment, everything. He's not. He's no more in the ministry. Remember, it leads to One Direction. I'm not. I'm talking about people who have finished this school. Hello, what do you think? Wow, I'll go home. So relax. There is nothing that you have to do in the re essence Philippians chapter 2 verse 13. It is God which wicked in you vote too well and to do of his own good pleasure his God always at when, when you when you are rushing, you even go out of the will of God, Amen. You will be like so someone say wait, just wait, wait, wait. I'll come and offer the sacrifice. Wait, wait, let's wait. He didn't. So the people were something. So he forced himself into the police office. That was it. Someone you have done foolishly itself foresaw. The Lord had intended that you have reigned forever. But now has He taken the Kingdom away from him, you see? So when we are in a rush, we are not patient. Because you are eager to build a mega church. When you oversee how consequent meeting you feel bored. It's like, why? I mean, I need to go ahead and do some crusades, you know, and all that. But the Bible says that let everything be done orderly and decently. So you are building a church, but it might be done orderly and discipline. God is not the author of Confucian. Your overseer or your senior pastor is there for a purpose. So you can't just, I mean, say, why is he calling you? Because look, I mean, we are here. Look, I mean, we have to build a church. Why he doesn't even the scripture says we should redeem the time. Let me get tap this cancelling meeting whatever. And then you allow evil spirits more. You want to you want to build a mega church. So you see, I mean when you look at all the prophets or the people something something it seems that the church their churches are big parts. You have forced yourself into the office of the prophet and we are seeing things that so the way that the church have been 15 members for the past 1 1/2 years. You look at this as a you tell the center of prophets. I see. Wow. You set up are you the one called and your your your mother lives as. That is why I hear Sakumon. What does he mean to you? I hear Sakumon. You have force yourself. You are offering strange fire. You are offering. You have begun to offer strange fire. Amen. Organizing programs that you can't pay for is that you have to organize someone and inviting pastors that you cannot afford them. How to start your church for congression you have to invite revenue B. You have to invite, agree, agree invites nuclear Organism inside common. I don't drink Revlon obese. I mean, even the water you drink, why sleep? And then now you are sweating. You are talking to the hotel when they look. I mean, I'll pay, don't worry, I'll pay later. No, you you invite your, your, your, your. I was telling you that one guy he invited his own friend. They finished the same year the other convention he said Charlie come another convention he as was missing. He saw somebody from shortly and I said come, come. And he pulled this toddling. He pulled this ground. Amen. So a lot of things will go wrong with that decision. I got in that. Yeah, relax. God will work with you, you get it. God will build his church. Jesus said I will build my church. It's Jesus who will build his church. He said I will build my church and he will build a church with you with the help of the Holy Spirit. All the scriptures about church go print to God as of me, and I will give you the hidden for thy heritage, the utmost part of the earth for thy possession. That's not me. Every good gift and every they come from above doesn't come from you. Yeah, I will yet for this be entered off by the House of Israel to do it for them. I will multiply them with men as I will. Yet all them scriptures about good, they point direct to God. Did you get it? So you can't force it. About the force, they say we should use an akazo, you know. Oh, that is true, but must put it in the right perspective. Amen but don't go and sleep, don't go and relax. Don't let somebody just take away your baby. Amen. When two women appeared before king sermon with one child, one baby, the woman who didn't have the whose child was not the baby, she said to the king divide, divide, divide, divide. But the mother of the baby said don't kill my baby. There was something we did here something something that don't kill, don't kill my baby. So there must be a spirit of discontentment, godly discontentment. Lord, do something. Lord, build your church. Lord, bring the increase that is different from a certain hasty, you know, moving around. This is what I'm saying agitated all that. It will help you. It will make you to it will lead you to make the wrong decisions. Hallelujah. Amen. Please turn on my phone. Where's my phone? My phone must be on. Please. Hallelujah. Wow. Next one. Dishonesty. Lying. Dishonesty. Lying. Lying about church attendance. Lying about income. Lying about paying your time. Hello, what do you think? One day an alumni came for shuffling and his overseer had had issues with him about the income of the church. When the income is added, it doesn't correspond to the number of weeks of preaching and it has been back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. You know, then as he was sitting down there defending himself and everything he was as you pay your that's all I pay my time up to date. So up to date busy. But we are we are we have then started using Guche pet. So then, then, then, then went on and lo and behold, there was nothing. And now he confessed that, yeah, for some time now, I've not paid. Lying about church attendance. You have 20 people who say 50. Who are you deceiving? Maybe he's 20. He's 20. Even when you count, you should try and take the lowest figure so that it will motivate yourself. So when they when they come, they say, oh, they were about about 55 people. See, we, we, we miss, but about OK, 50 so that you'll be motivated. I need to do more. Amen. Lying, lying. Now do you know what you are doing? You are sowing the wrong seats in your church. You may think that you are pulling a fast one, but you are actually sowing evil spirit because soon your church will be full of liars, dishonest people, people who are defrauding people, liars, I mean businessmen, husbands who are cheating all kinds. Because as the shepherd is, so is she. Your spirit is what is in the church. Yeah. What do you think? Lying, dishonesty, Let's say the truth, how many part of 2020? We all know that it is not easy to build a church. You're you're even even overseer. When you tell him that you have 200 people, he is not impressed. It's not that you are coming to say something to impress him because he has suffered and moved through all those things. Did you get it? Yeah. And then because of what we are saying. So. OK, so our church is doing then we have no advice to give you. Oh, challenge. You are doing well. We have nothing to tell you. Congratulations. What we must share with you to really help you. We are not sharing because we are doing so well. Amen. You don't need a physician. You rather tell other guys you are not doing well. Have you seen this guy not knowing that? Amen. One day. There was this pastor sending wrong figures. So to ascertain it, somebody was actually sent to now go and be in the service. The person went and counted. When the person left, the figure that was sent was different. So now the overseer himself. Is that OK now? So himself we arrived in the church, preached and counted this. The Ogaquataquata in Serbia appeared in the place. When he left and a report came, it was still different. Amen. Wow, next one. Disobedience to instructions and guidance. Disobedience to instructions and guidance. You'll be cut off because this is soon. Nobody is going to advise you. Nobody is going to instruct you. What we are saying is that you know everything. You can do everything. We often think that the person who sacrifices is greater than the one who obeys. The word sacrifice brings to us terrifying images of suffering and loss. Obedience seems to be a much milder and less demanding option. In fact, our human analysis would rate sacrifice above obedience any day. Once again, God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. He makes it clear that to obey is better than to sacrifice. The word better means greater to be preferred, an improved version, superior, enhanced, more acceptable, more favorable, higher quality, augmented, and more desirable. This vest therefore means it is greater to be prepared, superior, more acceptable, more favorable, and more desirable to obey than to sacrifice. Why is obedience to be prepared to sacrifice? When we sacrifice, we often know what we are doing and why we are doing it. Amen. Why have you been by a lot of credit to call your beloved? Because you know what you want, you get it. So, so when I left with two Ghana cities, I have oceans to, to, to eat, to buy, you know, a CD or whatever, you said no, let me sacrifice and buy some units. Do you get it? But you know why I am not benefiting from it. We know we are going to suffer and we know the reasons for sufferings. Why is it more desirable, favorable, and more suitable to God when we obey #1 So why obedience is better or greater than sacrifice? And why obedience is better than sacrifice #1 It is greater to obey without fully understanding than it is to sacrifice. Because often when you are asked to do something, is it The human nature wants to know why? When were students in the former Soviet Union, the Russians didn't like Ghanaians, They didn't like us. You know, in many things were better in academics, in the way we carried ourselves and all that. But there was one thing that made them not to like us and that was because when we asked the Ghanaian to do something, the first question was why is it a covenant system? You don't ask questions. So sleep, we are sleeping, rise up, we are rising up, go, we are going, you see? So why you tell the Ghanaian see why says that we are too known? Amen. The greatest blessings in my life and ministry have come. From obeying God rather than sacrificing to Him. Most of the time it is not easy to understand the implications of what you are doing. Amen. The reason why we we do not understand is because of our level of growth or our state of maturity in the Lord. I believe that we will never fully understand what God has asked us to do, and we'll begin to do it, Amen. Notice this scripture, it shows us that it is when you do the will of God that you know his will. John 717 If anyone will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God or whether I speak of myself. Amen. So This is why it is greater for you to obey than to sacrifice, because often you know the reason why you are sacrificing. And if especially it benefits you, you go to it, you get it. Yeah. That is why people get married. And then the, the, the, the, the, the man who allowed the the wife to go and stay abroad to do a course for two years, three years. It's like he's sacrificing. But while she's there, if he goes to visit and she becomes pregnant, that Chad is giving birth in America, bet to in America, the Chad has become American citizens. All that is part of the calculations. Are you getting that? Are you ready to obey #2? It is better to obey a command than you that you will not naturally do than it is to sacrifice. It is better to obey a command that you would not naturally do than it is to sacrifice. When the Lord directed me into the healing ministry, I did not fully understand the effect that you have on my ministry. Until then, I operated mostly as a teacher and preacher. Naturally speaking, I'm a more calculating and logical person. It was not natural for me to move by the spirit or minister or minister things that are spiritual. It's one of the most difficult things I've ever done and I'm ever grateful for people who helped me cross that barrier. Today I've seen many miracles in my ministry. I can say it is the one thing that has made a great difference in my present ministry. Amen. So maybe what you are being told to do, naturally you wouldn't like to do it. Do you get it? Yeah, but that may be the key to your ministry. Naturally you want to minister to Ashantis, but now we are sending it to the Upper West. Why you have to force and learn the language. Hello. Yeah. But maybe that is how God is going to give you a very wild ministry. Yeah. So just Flo. Just Flo. When Abraham picked the knife and was ready to slaughter his son, the law said Now I know, now I know, now I know. Amen, Some of you. It looks as if that you have no obedience. Maybe you have, but maybe not. Maybe you have found a way of really going about things and now that you are going there, we are going to see the real picture. Hallelujah. Is it powerful? Next one. It is better to obey instructions you do not agree with than it is to sacrifice. It is better to obey instructions you do not agree with than it is to sacrifice. Disobedience often sets in when you do not agree with the instruction given you. When God instructs us to forgive an obviously rebellious person, we may not readily agree with. Time you discover that forgiveness is greater than revenge. Whenever you are wronged, there is a very self-righteous feeling that makes you want to correct and pay back. It is not easy to ignore that feeling. The great blessings have come my way as a result of forgiving the people that wronged me. It is not always easy to agree with gong style of doing things. Amen. Wow, next one. It is greater to obey humbling commands than it is to sacrifice. I'm just reading from the book to you. Amen. There are others talking to you about obedience. I just remember that, you know, is I can mine it, mine it somewhere. I just mine it. So you must know the books and know if you where you can find what #4 It is greater to obey humbling commands than it is to sacrifice. Many of God's commands humble us. You could say that the number one characteristics of God's instruction is that is that they humble you. They often make you look foolish in the eyes of men or in your own eyes. When God told the prophet, go and sleep with the prostitutes, or go and marry a prostitute, and now the newspapers are writing about you. Amen. Next one, it is better to obey instructions that don't require your wisdom than it is to sacrifice. Wow, so well read the rest. And the point I was making is that do not sacrifice, obey. Hallelujah. Next, one Russian to choose a marriage partner against godly advice, one alumna arrived in a certain country. His first, one of I think his first or one of the first exploits was to go for a beloved, an indigeny of that country, a place where the HIV rate, prevalence rate is very, very high. So the overseer said take it easy, take it easy. It is true that versus the church by involved church, everybody is there. So the pastor was encouraged. The guys freaked out, freaked out, not happy talking. Then the pastor said, OK, let's take private conversation. OK, let's do the test at least so that you know, do you want to tell the girl that? Do you know what? Not that they say, not that they say it is what I know. Examples for our admonition. This whole thing, this organized him. He became rebellious. So we said brother. All right. Relax. It is important who you marry. It's very important. It is so important, lad. Also, you have studied about all the great guys and the struggles in marriage, how it affects you, the ministry, how it affects you. Huh. Something that even for marrying, even just marrying the Bible, that those who marry shall suffer a lot of problems. Not, not, not that those who marry a good one or this one, but but just marry before now. Before now who have you married? You've got to take your time so So what a blessing when you have an overseer, a senior pastor. Just relax as you have our right. Let's take this would all help in this time. Is it because because of your youthfulness and incontrollable feelings associated with strong erections? Strong erections that cannot be relaxed? No, because after school the erections will still begin. And now because we are anointed. This is the virgins when they see you. One day, one of the alumni, he was preaching in church Sunday. I mean he was preaching. Then suddenly he, he saw something. There was a sister who was sitting in front and she was flapping. Initially, initially, he said because she was preaching in the park so individually he even thought that it was her hand starting. Wait, wait, wait, so so he said, oh, that's fine, not be anything because she has something and but actually look. Instead of something, he was a forest Bush. What a shock. So recently he got married and he did something that have not seen before when we said you may kiss the bride, he removed the, the veil, the the, the pastor who was with the flapping system. So he was standing, I was wondering what was he going to do? So suddenly I saw a certain movement of his leg. So I was wondering then he, he, then he, he, he did like this, then he held her, the lady and the lady Sati and then they made their mouth like this, they said because they are suffering. You know, you know, normally even not people, they feel shy. They just they will say, Oh no, no, no, no, no. We didn't see like that. This one, I have to say it's OK. One day, sit down, sit down, sit down. A certain pastor was doing visitation. He was doing visitation. So he called one of the church members, a lady. I said I'm doing visitation. So at a certain point I'll come and visit you. So sister, so OK, so I mean, he was doing his visitation, but he began to experience something unusual because from time to time the the church member, the the woman church member, the girl church member, we'll call him the ah, but are you not coming to visit me? So I'll, I'll come, I'm doing some other then the lady will call again. So eventually the time came and he arrived at the girls doorsteps. He arrived with a sister and another brother. So when he knocked and the lady opened, she and when the lady saw him, and the wisdom and. And Prudence? Yeah, she exclaimed. Oh, what a shock. Past life. How about I say Oh. And the and the pastor told me that he told me that that day from how the lady had dressed and presented herself, if she had not gone to this people, that would have been late. Amen. One day I went to preach in church. So Leonard, sit where you are good. So I was preaching. I was preaching very powerfully. Then suddenly when I there was a lady there shot, shot. So I I bet them so almost like you can see all. So I said, I said, Oh no beater, I'll watch. So I turn this way, then I turn this way. Then after I bind you, I catch you. I'll watch just preaching. It's not easy. So because of all this, you can't easily rush to marry somebody. I mean, this type of people, a man participates wife. So when you get a senior pastor or an overseer who encourages you and say, look, relax, we work at it to work, we find somebody. What a blessing. But this guy became rebellious. He's like, look, when I charge you or whatever, allow me. Hey, Amen. Sit down. How many times have you not heard the Bishop speaking up by the wife? Since she says support, She's an encourager. She helps me. It matters who you marry. It matters. Sisters, be careful you don't go and marry a businessman when he wants you come to church. Oh, you can't cry. Is that? When does the service start? 8 by 715. That's a big Bible. He's very seriously. He's not serious at all. Amen. When you marry him, we allow you to go to church one month, two months, that under our third month. Why? Why you take your Bible? He's like, why are you going? So I'm going to say what church are you a wife or a pastor? I married I married a wife little sister when she put the Bible that just sit well today, today's Sunday, I want for food, Garner soup and something. Wow is it working. Next one Marital disharmony Marital disharmony stroke marriage related problems Number one beating, beating of wives, beating of wives. When we are there, then your wife will come have been beating hair. Your house too that you have rented is a compound house. Pastor, you are the person that is settling disputes and all that. They are hearing your room. Your wife is crying and shouting, slapping, putting hair up and down. That's why alumni beating the wife. We are not here to talk about philosophy. Governor says they think that we are giving philosophy. Alumni of this victim. Amen. Adultery, Adultery. Adultery. Leaving your wife or your husband sleeping somebody else. Yeah, one person. So it's rather chasing somebody else. He wouldn't sleep with the wife. He wouldn't sleep with the wife 1st. The excuse was that the wife was living apart. Why? Where he was, the wife was somewhere else working, you know, whatever. OK, so the wife arrived. Nice wife. Oh, nice wife. But because he was enjoying stolen waters. How many of you realize that they are wild things. They are very, very wild things and just before you say that he can't control himself. These people they are whatever then that's why God added the state verse 12. Let him that think it that he stand it. Take it, let's default. It means it can happen to you. We have to praise you. Lord, please save me, save me, save me another one. Craving for divorce. Craving for divorce? You have been married for just one year, 2 years. There's a little problem. No, no, no, no, no, no. You know this person. No, he doesn't like not knowing that there were stolen waters and against all godly cancer and everything. He actually divorced the lady I married one or two years. And we also told him that the fathers that we have come to meet and the spirit, that is the ministry. That's not what it is. So we can't have such as purity. There's the door, it's out. It's out cancellation of ministry. That is why you can't just marry in spite of youthful physiological motivations. Amen. Wow, how many do you have? All right, I will argue with you. Last one, inability to flow in the position of the assistant, inability to flow in the position of the assistant and this one will lead to you not shining in the ministry. Amen. Wow. What better example can you have or the the ministry of the assistance than what you have had to see a great man of God like Bishop Saki and Bishop Adi assistant and joining happily for starting to say me, I want to assist with joy Amen. His name shining when you are put in your place and that's one thing which I've always said look, let's put the person in his right place so the person will shine. I want the person to shine. I want the person to do well. When you are you are a square peg and you are put in a round hole, it won't work. And they are alumni of this school who have not done well because they have forced themselves into offices that they don't belong. There was one guy, I mean, when it comes to fixing things, connecting. Oh, you'll be happy. He went with his friend on the field. Oh, it's going to be powerful. As we are preaching, it's also making sure that other things have been fixed. The music. This, this, this, this. Sadly. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He also wants to start his church. He went to start a church and failed miserably, Miserably. Then here comes a Good Samaritan, one of our missionaries. I said, oh, come and do this thing for me. The thing that we knew that, you know, he could do. So he left with this person. Then I will met the, the the the mission and say hi sis. Oh, the guy is great. The guy is great. You know why he's great? Because you are doing what you have to do. Not everybody can lead. Somebody has to lead and somebody has to assist if we we complement each other. Bishop always say, look what I'm doing. I need a lot of people to help me. It took Joshua and her to keep the hands of Moses there for the battle to be won. They could never have won the battle if they have refused to play their roles. Amen. And in the in the the is it an ark where the mercy city that's the that box. Is it an ark when you open it? When you open their threatens, there's a law, there's mana and then there's Aaron's road, that bandit. So the last piece about Moses was the leader. You see the leader that the manner talks about the word of God that they lived by, and the rob talks about the position of the assistant. So the leader, the word and assistant were all in the same place. God put all of them there. Some of you are clear assistants. When he went to meet the mission board, they were calling me. The guy says he's can lead. What is your guy said I had one way it is his decision. It's your choice. Then I'll get a test. He's vehemently as an what can you say as it is a stress. You have age because that's what you are saying. I am yet to see anybody that we have assessed as we have produced pastors. I said this person is a good hazard who have shifted from that position who have done well. I'm yet to see him. Now. You may think you see, but you may not be seen. Well, you may think you hear, but he may not be hearing. Well, when the child somewhere heard the voice of God, he said, That is the voice of a human being. He took an older prophet, because the voice of God and the voice of my man are very close. But an older prophet had the same words. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, this one, this one. No, no, no. This is God is God. Be happy as an assistant pastor if that is how that's where your strength is. The skills, the abilities that God has given to you. You get it. Because it's very difficult to lead. You have you have to look somewhere and stand somewhere and you are always fighting. Leaders are not nice people. Leaders like Jesus, when we looked on him, there was no beauty in him. That's my desire. Yeah, leaders are fighting, always fighting. But just facing issues, solving this thing, helping me. They are not nice people. Assistant very nice. Calm the people down and you can do that. You can do that, huh. You are very 98.5% sanguine. That should be happy. I mean, recently when we had a pastor's grill, do you see what they're trying to talk, make a why we have no code through the mic. Instantly the whole place was lightened up. We all started laughing. It it, it comes very natural. Have you seen that story that Remyo Go tells us about the certain person who was sitting somewhere and then he talks about the people who have taken their meat and Omari Nami Na? Do you remember that story? I was with him, I was with him, I was with him. I heard the story for me, but when I saw him talking about it, dramatizing it and saying this is a gift, I said, oh, yeah, he was there. He said that this, he said that even. OK, this is what I'm saying. It's a gift. You have it or you don't have it. This Anna, take it. No man, a certain is called, as was hero. So don't force yourself, don't force yourself to go and offer strength fire like these guys. What are their names? Madam and Abid. The fact that you are you are you are the sons of the priest. That's not me that you you belong to that office. Amen. So we have seen people who should have humbled themselves built together and also the Bible said 2 are better than 1/2 are better than one. One will put to flight 1210 thousand so you can go on your own. I've had several alumni who have told that the mistake I did was not to have gone on somebody as they are alone, they are lonely. One guy was telling, very nice guy was telling. When I leave the church to go for the auto, there's nobody around. We are all assistants to the Bishop. Wherever we are, wherever we are standing, we are assistant. Why don't you want to become like one of us? Even if you are the head of the church, you are assistant and that's it. When the Bishop asked me to leave the Sacramento church to go to Colegoro, there was no script. My Czech member. There was nothing like mourning, weeping. I'll go for you. There was something like that because over the years I kept on reminding them I'm a servant, this is not my church. I can be asked to move to another place anytime. I had their minds prepared all the time and that is the case. So when the time really came, that's what you have been saying all the time. We are our assistants. I knew you are not a leader. I have told you and you only need to see it fine. Protocol doesn't allow me to mention this. People that I heard that they say that they are going to lead. When was the last time that you saw a central defender #5 being a striker or taking penalty? No, when we are a central defender, you stop the ball and then you kick it even often you don't mind you, you don't mind the direction when you get it, yours is to we don't want the ball around, so just kick it, hand it out, boot it, whatever. But when we are a mid further you need to give precision pass defense, splitting pass. So your touch of the ball is different. A striker should be able to straight shooting straight because you can't be over the Bard straight, straight, straight. That's my initial. We didn't like as a major four days ago. Even we have started go already. No, the way they said is we have started go already. Then surprisingly over the back he has fallen down. He's holding his head. No, you watch and see that's on the SMS. See whether when there's a critical penalty, they will call the central defender. John, John Mesa, wake up this. What is it? I wonder who you see, I don't blame, I blame the person which was Amen. So it's very important. It leads to frustration, failure. Many of the people who have gone to start their own church, their assistance, if not down there, that's for sports, for churches, but the clear leaders have successful churches. You tell someone like Pastor Noble, Noble, say Reverend, now Mr. Reverend, why he was, he was so strong a leader. I mean, we have to cool him down. So some of the things we have to cool him down. You get it. See, we have ordained him, but we have not ordained the people who sat in the same class of him didn't. God wants you to shine. That is why he has built in you. You have inherent abilities. Who you are didn't come from you. God made you. So he told. He told Lucifer you are an anointed champ. Your wings are full of tablets of music. But he reminded him I made you. Amen. I have said this. Wow, is it working? Next one sexual immorality. Sexual immorality. Amen #1 secret sexual weaknesses and sins that were not dealt with in the course of the training. Amen. Whoa. What do you think? Sexual immorality, secret sexual weaknesses and sins that were not dealt with in the course of the training for some of you are not transparent. Yeah. So there are things that all of us could have held through prayer, counseling, guidance, you see, share experiences you could have overcome, you didn't. So when we start out there, that thing follows you. Sleeping will beloved. Amen. We are finishing sleeping with Beloveds, sleeping with church members. Some of the alumni have slept with their church members. Yeah. And when we go into it, some of these guys, while they were in school were doing things like that. We didn't even know. Do you get it? That's why we are here. Yeah. Do you get it? Let me show you a scripture in Phil John. We are coming to the end of this session and now we are going to take a break for you to eat, rest and then Bishop would come. OK, first John chapter 1 from verse 6. First John, first John chapter one verse 6. If we say that we have fellowship of him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. But if we walk in light, as is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. Amen. So we are supposed to walk in light so that we can fellowship one the other. Hallelujah. Do you get it? Yeah, all that we are saying. There are examples, examples, examples, fornications people, church members, you know, and why you are going to start your church. You see this pastor who had the flapping sister. Later on, it was found out that the sister had slept with a pastor in that town and the pastor's church has fought and the pastor has left town. So it was a second. One of the things that you have to do is that you have to, you have to talk about it freely with your senior pastor overseer. You have to admit and say, look, when I see this is that I feel something bad. Yeah, maybe we have to transfer. Maybe we have to transfer this to another branch? Yeah. As for fornication, the answer is flee. Flee. That's it. What does it mean? It is. Yeah, That is the devil will tell you are not strong. You are not. Yeah. How many of you realise that you are not strong? Yeah, I'm weak. But that is that is how you stand. Because in your weakness, my strength is very perfect. Look, don't go here all the cases of fornication that I've gone through. So what happened? So you you see that people just tell that they were supermen or superwoman even you lady pastor, if there is a brother, a chief shepherd or who comes your house to what you are the lady pastor. Look, you'll be very surprised. That you'll be asking. So you say, you say where else should I attend? You say, you say I didn't like this. So OK, Which other one? Amen. Hello. And finally, avoid big manism. Our end here. Avoid big manism. And finally, do not abandon the ministry. We have had people who finished this school who never did ministry. They abandoned. They didn't do it. Some of them abandoned, some of them didn't even start at all. Avoid big manism. Be a practical leader, get to the job. Do you get it? They arrange their chairs, they help to clean the place, set out the place. At a certain stage of the China scientist, that Bishop said he will come and arrange a chair for people's weddings. Is that also you see unnecessary manism? 11 alumni just started a church. He has now travelled for convention with his secretary. Receptive for disaster. Hallelujah. All these things were written. My prayer for you is that this will not be your story. Stand on your feet and lift up your two hands. Sutter, Reboho. Siander. Alamanda. Satishete. Limbo. Karimo. Kalama. Satishete. Ilebo, Karimo. Kanda Satoshi Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you, O Lord, keep us. Cause us to be wise, cause us to fulfill our ministries. We love you and we bless you. Thank you, O God, for the moments ahead as we gather at the feet of your servant, the Bishop. Speak to us, instruct us, direct us and bless us. Jesus name, Amen. Give the Lord a wonderful Hallelujah. Please be seated. Now. This is what you are going to do. You are going to take a rest. Sleep, eat, sleep. Take a rest. OK? These are the instructions from the Bishop. Sleep, eat, sleep, take a rest, whatever, until you are poor. Because when we come, not not all night. We may end tomorrow night. So I saw one or two people sleeping. It cannot happen. I'll tell you something with Bishop, there can be two things. The first one is that you leave the whole camp. Yeah, you leave the whole camp. That can happen, or you will be asked to leave. Amen. So please, you have some other things. That's an instruction. So I want you to go and eat, rest, relax, sleep and be refreshed. So when you come, you'll be refreshed. And I believe that it's going to be a wonderful time. Amen. So no, no talking, walking around, chatting. You know, there's nothing. I ask, are you getting that? Just listen to it, OK? And I believe that you'll be blessed. God bless you.