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06. Types Of Shepherding Relationships 3

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
December 8, 2024 59m 38s

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Camp Title - The Power of a Cross. Machaneh Collection - 53. Preached in 2008, UK (Bournemouth). 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 six of the Powers of a Cross. Hello. All right, John chapter. Yeah, we were on Proverbs. Proverbs father child relationship is that not so? Now one of the very important shepherdorial relationships is the father and a son, a father and a daughter relationship. Now there are many things you can talk about in relation to a father and a son, but I want to just talk about one thing and that is what we read. My son, hear the instructions of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother. So hear true when, when, if as your pastor. I have that. Relationship successfully with you. It will manifest. One of the things that it will manifest. In is in you. Hearing the instructions so you. Realize that, people. With whom you have been? Able to establish a good. Father son relationship. The reason why I say that is because Jesus was also referred to. You know how the Father, son, relationship, Lord, they would call him. You know his children. He called them my children when he saw them. Fish, he said. Children. You remember. We read it, children. Have you fought and caught any fish? They were his. Children John and Peter

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Welcome to track number six of the Powers of a Cross. Hello. All right, John chapter. Yeah, we were on Proverbs. Proverbs father child relationship is that not so? Now one of the very important shepherdorial relationships is the father and a son, a father and a daughter relationship. Now there are many things you can talk about in relation to a father and a son, but I want to just talk about one thing and that is what we read. My son, hear the instructions of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother. So hear true when, when, if as your pastor. I have that. Relationship successfully with you. It will manifest. One of the things that it will manifest. In is in you. Hearing the instructions so you. Realize that, people. With whom you have been? Able to establish a good. Father son relationship. The reason why I say that is because Jesus was also referred to. You know how the Father, son, relationship, Lord, they would call him. You know his children. He called them my children when he saw them. Fish, he said. Children. You remember. We read it, children. Have you fought and caught any fish? They were his. Children John and Peter and go they were his children now the one of the. Key ingredients of a good. Father, son relationship. Is the fact that you hear what the person says, so when you listen to. Tapes. See these camps, you understand it. Helps to establish that. Kind of relationship. What do you think and? That is, that is the key thing that links. You know, and if you have a son or a child who does not listen to you, you, you. It doesn't even. Listen to you before even obeying. Obviously you will not be. Attracted to that place. So sometimes people ask, why don't you? Come and have a camp. Here even the ones that have been had already. You don't listen to it. Why should I come? And you know how much energy it involves in preaching continuously to people. You know what it is? What is involved in that? So you obviously you saw somebody who is it doesn't even listen to you and doesn't even obey what you are saying. You don't have even the. Zeal to carry on talking one of the worst signs you can have in your. Relationship is when the person. Doesn't say anything anymore, he says. I don't say anything to you about anything anymore. That's the worst level, at least with me, if I don't say. Anything that's the highest? Level that I can go to with you, I don't say anything about anything anymore. And that does it. But if I and I it takes such a long. Time for me. To get to such a. Stage with people, but I've gotten to that stage. Unfortunately I've had to, but it's difficult if it's. Not that the Holy Spirit has to control me and say. Shut up now there are. Times that God has had to show me that listen, I am the one who has had in this person's heart. So that you shut up in the person's life, because sometimes when God wants to eliminate somebody from their life, you will had in the person's heart. The person will never listen to you like Moses and Pharaoh. He talked and talked and. Pharaoh would not listen. He. Showed frogs this day every way that. Can be shown to Pharaoh, he would not respond as God sometimes is taking that person out of your life in a way, or he's going to do something else with the person. What do you think now, somebody said by you, are you not trying to make yourself more important than you really are? Why should they listen to you? Why shouldn't they just listen to Jesus? Ask your neighbor, how should you listen to Bishop Dad? He want meals. Listen to Jesus and you'll be fine. Yeah. You see, that's that's a good question. Yeah. What do you think? Is that not a good question? Listen to this before. Why are you making a magnifying the things you are saying beyond their relative importance Time we meet with John Chapter 15. I want to show you a scripture. Some people look like you need some coffee. Notice John Chapter 15. Let's read. Verse 18 if the world. Hates, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you are of the world, the world would. Love its own, but because you are not of the world, I chose you out of the world because of this world. Because of this, the world hates you. Anytime you are chosen, you be hated. As soon as people sense that you are chosen or you are special, it. Always attracts hatred. Did you know that? I always tell people that work for me. Be careful. It's not. People sense that you are liked, you are worked with. You are chosen, you are wanted. They hate you. It's normal as soon as. Cain realized that Abel was favored. He hated him. So you have to be careful when you sense that God has chosen you, because you will be disliked because of that. Because I have chosen you. The world hates you, notice? That this is a very, you know. Hello, I'm about to show you one of the most profound scriptures that I've ever discovered in the Bible. Yeah, I was. Really. Surprised when I found this scripture out recently. How many want to see that scripture? All right, some of you look like you need some coffee. Is it Grace who put you to sleep? I'll not let her sing again because I think after that she's finished singing and you're all sleeping. But look at John chapter 15, verse 20. What does it say? Remember. The word that I said. To you. A slave is not greater. Than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. Now notice this. Is the part. If they kept my word. They will keep yours also. If they kept my word, me Jesus, they will keep your. Word my words, your words. So Jesus was at this point revealing that it's not only his words. That were going to be important, but. Your words, my disciples, they keep my words. Me, Jesus, they will keep your words. Yeah, it's one of the most. Profound. Scriptures I've ever seen. Because Jesus was now. Ascribing some importance to the. Words of the disciples, and if they keep and he said that, how they relate to my instructions will be exactly. How they relate to your. Instructions. And that's the truth in a church. How you listen to what? I say is often. The same way that you. Listen to what Jesus says. Your, your, your the. Way you. Pay attention to my books is the same way you pay attention to the Bible. Usually that's how it is He who when you keep. The Lord's word you also keep his disciples words and the same thing in your church those who read the Bible, they listen to your words and all pastors you know when you. Preach in the church. Make CDs and sell it in the church. Let them people buy to listen to your words. If you are a shepherd, you are their shepherd. What you are saying is important to them and if they keep Jesus's word they will listen to what you are also saying, just like if you listen to Jesus you also. Listen to me, if I'm your shepherd, what do you think? Huh. Yeah, and you see. That's why almost everything spiritual is sowing and reaping. How you are is how people. Are towards you. If you, if you don't honor anybody, nobody will also ever honor you. You don't respect people, nobody will respect you. You don't sow seed, Nobody will sow seeds. You know I mean. That's how it is. It's. It's marvelous. Are you listening to me? If they have kept my. Words, they will keep yours. And the king just says, if they have kept my sayings, look at my sayings. All the things that I've said, the things I have. Spoken the things I've shared with you. Your attitude towards. Them is same. Attitude towards Jesus is saying. Oh yeah, I mean the the the the my bag. That I carry has a Bible and it has books written by particular. People, they're always. Together, because how you listen to Jesus is often how you listen to his disciples. It's the same, so I really shall I say. Know people by how they listen. This is when I started. Preaching the first message, the first little part that I preach. I preach it already. I knew those who have listened to it already. And as I started, I know. I mean, I knew I'm preaching to people who have listened to this already. No, there are places I preach. I know nobody knows. I can preach it million times somewhere they will never listen to it. And I know also a lot of people here don't. They have not heard me preaching that and I hear also. But you can always sense and know who you are with by how they listen to you. Yeah, my son hear my sayings. Yeah, at least hear it. Even if you don't do it here, put it on, download it or play it on your computer. Even if you will not obey it, at least hear it and I would love. Every single one of your sheep. If you came to church on Sunday to to go home with the CV of your message and go and listen to it because your. Sayings are also important. What you tell them is very if they will. Listen to what you say. They will be. Blessed they will be healed, he said. Listen. To my saying a. Shepherd's sheep. Religion 1 of it is. Father, Son, that's why Jesus called them. My children, have you got any fish? All right, so I want you to become people who really read the. Books every. Day, you must read something. I am your shepherd do. You understand in this church I'm your shepherd, especially if you are a pastor or a shepherd. I am the chief shepherd of this little church. And. And it's not just about saying you are, and I know I am, just when you shout that I am, it doesn't confirm anything to me. I am. But the point is. That relationship and your blessing. In the ministry, you see, you must. Always think of yourself. Are they going to also do I don't listen to anybody, so why should they listen to me? One day I was looking at one pastor who was complaining about the people that are orangulize him. They swerve him, swerving him. He was complaining about it and I realized that this guy, he can. Swerve people. He can swerve like that. He's always swerving and people have swerved him so much. Do you? Understand what I mean by swerve? They, they, they, they. They. Turn against him. Turn around. Oh, and even the people that. Are with him now they're. All like that. I realize this is how he used to always You can't tell when he would turn. You can't tell when he would turn against you, or turn to another angle, or. Switch to something else. Everything you are doing is what? You carry somebody's book. Like when I went to Singapore, I was preaching, you know, and I started talking about Rejoiner. I mentioned him at least on two different days. One of the days I spoke about the final quest. I even told them the chapter and I told. Everybody to go and get the book. As I was preaching, I heard a voice. People. Will also stand and mention your book and recommend your book to people. So. Then the next. Day and it comes naturally. It's not something that somebody has sent me or commissioned me or giving me money. It's natural that what I have read is such a blessing to me. Then I, I, I. Then I told them about another book. I think When God walked the Earth. I was talking about it when I was preaching. Wow. But it's natural. It's natural if they if you listen to the words of Jesus, you will listen to the words of his disciples. If you read the words of Jesus, you will read the words of his disciples. The fact that I I read. You can see. That I read the Bible. I've read in the Bible shared with you so many things from the Bible. Since we came. Have I not shared things from the Bible with you the same? Bible that you are reading, I'm showing you look. Here, look here, look here, look here, look here. You can see that. I'm reading the Bible and I'm reading his disciples, his prophets books. They are like also the Bible. I keep this. And I keep. The sayings of his disciples. I keep the visions. When he met Paul, when he met John, the. Baptist or in? Jesus and all these, I keep them. It's it's like. Part of the Bible to me. That that my book should be. That's like how the Bible. Is to you because if. You keep this, you keep that because it's actually showing you the Bible, all the things that. I read about Rejoiner and all these. Things they are revealing the. Bible to me. They only. Make the Bible understandable and sweeter, I should say, if they keep if you keep my sayings. It's just a spiritual thing. People will listen. To you they'll you'll be. Surprised. You'll be surprised because they say, you see, there is a man of God, Pop Pastor Chris. That's you. They'll say there's a man called Pop Pastor Chris. You see, when he he said this, he said this to you. They'll be cutting you. Is this how it is? That's how it is. Philippa, what do you think? Yeah, so that's I said all of you. Make CDs, Organize it yourself. Don't come to ask for money. Just find money. Make it. Bring projects and bills. We have so many projects. Please, you should have that interest in zero, that attraction and excitement. Oh, let me take my money and do this so that my sheep will hear my voice. And sometimes we are waiting for our CD copier in the church so that we can. When you are buying your DVD player and your television, were you waiting for money? Why is it not? Why is it not that the church is to you that same joy and excitement? Amen. All right, ready go. If they kept my either sayings or what? What is your saying Saints that's already ready go if. They. Kept mice, they will keep you. Ah, what did Pastor David say? They keep it. They will mention your name, and they will keep just like they listen to Jesus. That's true ministry. True ministry. What do you think? Is that powerful now #3? Four fourth relationship. Teacher. And disciple many times Jesus was called rabbi or teacher. Turn with me to John. Are you there, John? Chapter 20. Jesus said to her, You know this story. When Mary Magdalene came. When she had when she had said that, she turned. Around and she saw no. Then she's but Mary let's. Read that Mary was standing out of the womb weeping. As she wept she stooped and looked into the womb and she saw 2 angels in white sitting. And they said to a woman, Why are you weeping? And he said to them, I I don't know where they have taken away my Lord, I don't know where they have laid him. Verse 14. When she. Had said this, she turned around and she saw Jesus standing there and did not know that it was Jesus. And Jesus said to a woman, Woman, why? Why are you weeping, huh? What are you seeking, supposing him to be the gardener? She said to himself, If you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away. And Jesus said to him, Mary, Mary, Mary. And when he said Mary. Yeah, the way he called. Her Mary was the way he has been calling her, so she knew Mary was as a Mary. Only one person called me Mary like that, learned from Jesus, and she turned and said to him in Hebrew, what does yours say, Rabboni? Which means what teacher? What does the King James say? This one says teacher rabbi. Teacher. Not boyfriend, not sugar daddy teacher. One who's teaching me. Is that also? And Jesus said to her, Stop. Clinging to me because she was holding him. Is it that King James says touch me not? But this one says stop clinging. She was holding him. Is it is that's why. I've been advising get another translation of the Bible. It will throw more light without even having the Holy Spirit in your life. You will see new things that you're having. This is touch. Me not is different from. Stop. Clinging to me. It's so different. And apparently from the Hebrew or the Greek. It looks like she was holding him. She was clinging to him and he said stop clinging to me. I have to go up. It's not time for clinging. Wow, how many are surprised at what we are reading? I knew it would surprise you. I am showing you the Bible. I'm telling you this is proving that what I am. Reading the Bible, Does it not prove to you that I read the Bible? How many have realized that I read the Bible? Yeah, I'm showing you the Bible. I tell you, this one says this. This one says this. For I have. Not yet ascended to my father, but I go to my brethren and tell them I have ascended to my father, and your father, my God and your God. Mary Magdalene came announcing to the disciple, I've seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her. You see, once I'm on, Peter and John came there, huh. You get it? Because John was faster than Peter and they were going, they left her. They didn't say Mary come, come, stop crying. She was, they just left her there crying, whatever. So as she stood there crying, Jesus himself came to comfort her because they left her. That's what he told you. He appeared, you get it. But you see, he called her, she called him teacher. That's another thing that you must have is teacher. And so every shepherd must learn to be a teacher. What do you think? How can you learn to be a good teacher? By teaching. Exactly. Look, in my office, I do many or we do many things. I is for God, we is for human beings. We do many things which we didn't learn in school and which we don't know. Any school in Ghana which teaches those things like making films. I'm going to show you a film at a point, like writing. Books. Even some things I can't even tell you about doing. So many things that. Never. We don't even know where it's taught. There's only one way to learn copy. I'm telling you, and if you haven't been working with me in the office, you won't believe when we say copy how literal when we are learning. Is it learning? Is copying after you. Speak after you do. How do you say good evening in Russian? Dobri veche VHA VHR VHR VHR VHF dubrey VHR. You have to. Copy Dubrey. VHR Dubrey. VH. Dubrey. VH. The later. You can sing a song Dubrey VHR, then you are very in it, but you have to copy Dubrey virtue like that. That's the way to learn. If I was going to learn how to preach somebody's preaching, I will try to copy exactly. So sometimes when people are learning. They bring up, I say do not bury it. We will vary it, but not now. We'll vary it later. Don't bring a change. 100% copy. If it's not 100%, do not bring it. That's what people don't know and that's why they don't go forward. I cannot say that Brivoria Agrechera is that Brivor. What is it for Dubrevicha. Dubrevicha. I have to copy exactly that is why, and it is pride that prevents. You from becoming a good. Teacher pride. Only pride, I'm telling you. Pride. And so now, pride. For nothing you are nothing. You are no any anything to. You won't learn it, just learn. How to preach like that? Just. Learn it. Just copy it. At least if I. Have not done anything in the world I've been able. To start a church. That you can see if I haven't done anything at all. Have you been invited? To preach in Malaysia before? What about Singapore? What about Japan? You know that I've preached. In Singapore before, you know, now preaching Malaysia. I'm going to Malaysia again in August when I went, you know, and I was appreciating what you call it, Singapore. The pastor was crying. Was it? We did not cry. They told me, say you make our pastor cry. You can't. Nobody can make our pastor cry. Yeah, and some other things which I can't tell you about, he said. You make our pastor cry. Yeah. Wow, I said. We are going to organize a big conference of thousands of pastors in Philippines. We need you to come and speak to them. Yeah, in Philippines. Have you been invited just. Next door to Wales to. Scotland to Nigeria or even within the city. So why don't it? Why doesn't it? Why is it not a revelation to you? Why is it not a revelation to you that I need so much something? That I do not have. Yes. Is it one time? I met with some of my pastors and I was telling them I want you to invite some of our other pastors. I was telling the same lighthouse was you. Invite these people and. You to invite So one time I I thought one for process he was not inviting. I said why are you not inviting? He said I don't want to. Invite. I don't want to. Invite this pastor when he comes. I don't know. But as he was saying, I was also thinking about you. Do you know that? People don't want to invite you, they said Dobriviche. Yeah, and I can see the pastors are not developing. You have to become a strong teacher. That's why I'm saying that even if I'm not a good teacher. Do you understand? I mean, I can't tell whether I'm a good teacher even if I'm not the fruits of what I am teaching and even the fact that even let's say that I've been able to. Charm you and maybe you are from Ghana, but what about other? Places or you? Don't understand my message. You know Ray McAuley on television? Yeah, he told me, said my wife watched you on television. I went to come preach in my chest. So I was invited last year and then I called. I was spoken to him the other day, he said. You know my people, really, I want you to come back. I'm going to invite you. I want you to come back. So even if I'm not a good have you been invited before? So why don't you try to just even take 30 minutes of the preaching and. See whether you can just go. Through and see if you can start as soon as you start to get comments many years ago. We were in this place in the north of London, Swiss Cottage, What's that place called? Chalk Farm. Somebody came to the church here and entered the church and when he entered, I think Pastor Richard was preaching and the person stood outside for some time and he said. Later. I thought they were playing Bishop's tape, he said. Oh, I knew they were playing a cassette of Bishop. When he entered, he saw a human being producer surprise. And and what? What? I'm saying is. What I'm saying is that. Just let it's obviously have you made a website before? We haven't made a website. OK, see somebody who has made a website. One time we had our. Website. I called my people, I said. This was earlier. Our website was there and then. I called them, I said. You see this website, I've never, I don't know how to go on the Internet. I told you, see this website of somebody who has half people who go to school doing websites. This, this, this, this, all this. Copy the website the. Same use the same. Color the same this the same this the same this change as soon. As we change it. I started getting messages. I mean to me. The website is fantastic. This, this, this, this. I think doctor not even sent me one of those messages. I was just laughing to myself. I said this is what they don't know. Copy and paste exactly as soon as look, as soon as you start to practice copying, you just shift upwards. You shift. I said don't even change the color, don't even change the font. Even the font don't change. It if you change the font, I'll suck you. Suddenly I started to get me that. I don't know. I started to get texts. Wow website is really age. It can match any Internet I think. Internet Thank you Jesus or. Just or just receiving the praises. Just receiving the praises. Control C, control V and paste. Keep on. Struggling to learn things? Yeah, keep on struggling, I said. I'm I'm now an evangelist. How can I be an evangelist? What can I do to be an evangelist? I have to see who is an evangelist in Africa, and then I have to see what to do to reorganize myself. Do you understand what I'm saying? To reorganize myself? Control C and then control V does it. You'll be there and be inventing things. Invent. Yeah, try it. As soon as you start to get comments, it's a revelation to you. Usually you hear some comments. There are little little. How do you know? How do you know you know? And of course. Then as you grow and as you develop, you start to change according to your own style or whatever it is. But you have to, you have to enter. Most people have not entered entered the realm. Of being a teacher. Oh ladies, you can teach. Well, brothers, you can be. Some of you are sold that you have to modify and become teachers. Always. You are nothing. You are not a shepherd. You can't just listen. I love you so much. Are you a fool? You have to open your mouth. And teach from the Bible that's I've come with. Anarchy of love. I feel love coming out of my zippy sternum. Try. It over CS must have camps. Listen to camps and go with the camp. They call it. What are the camps? The title of camp, Any camp, Any camp. OK Any other significance. You are blessed with that so significance. So you go. Check comes, I've come the team of my campus importance, importance. Then you start number one, number two, number three, number four, no variation, significant importance. They are all the same. I'll check the thesaurus and see the other words. Importance, greatness, relevance. That's all. Yeah. And then start. Yeah, you can keep the tattoo if you want. Yeah. And see. The effect? On your teaching gift and enter every Bible says that except. You become like a child. You cannot enter. That word enter has always. Related to salvation, but. Enter the Kingdom is not only salvation that is found. In the Kingdom, anointing is found in the Kingdom. A teacher's office is. Found in the Kingdom An. Apostolic office is. Found in the Kingdom. A prophetic office is. Found in the Kingdom. All these things are. Found in the Kingdom it. Takes humility of a little child if. You don't have the brain. I think you don't have their minds. Are we clones? Are we children? Yes, we are. Yes, we are a lost. We are another of the same kind. You know, it's the little ones. They can do things. I was, I was watching one of my little Lulu. She's called. She works in the office having a miracle. Service. A miracle service we A miracle service she's a. General Overseer. She handles the. Students, all of them. That's miracle. Services Camps. She conducts camps. These are, yeah. Yeah, you see, they are girls and they they just the more they are most submissive and just. See you as a father, whatever you. Say is baraboli, they see they're conducting, then you see the. Brothers who are just like. We are. We have written on the law and we have a new spirit News special this every. I'm coming to minister to you about Aaron's beard. Aaron's beard. Hey, Aaron's rod, that baddet. Hey, you know Aaron's rod? That baddet? What a revelation the that's how I say all of you who are ladies and let me let me speak to the ladies stand girls. If you are girls stand any girls stand stand girls. You know you find it easier to follow a man or a head because you are born to follow and submit to if you get a good person to follow. So catch the anointing faster and leave the brothers behind. So. Catch it? And walk in it, you get it, Yeah. Catch it? Yeah, just do what they say. Flow in it and see if it doesn't have that effect. Yeah, you'll be surprised. You'll be surprised only that you are going to be tempted, brothers, to be tempted. But you'll be tempted. You'll see. Have to marry. Marry somebody, somebody like you love somebody like me. That's what can spoil your life and your marriage. And sometimes people who have married A1 husbands, we have A1 husbands and what A2, A1 are what we call ideal Christian husbands whom everyone recommends. Many times people who have married their A1 husband, their ministries don't flourish. That's what I've noticed, yeah. I mean, they're apparently ideal, ideal good Christian husband. Many times those ideal, they don't want their wives to come to work in the church. They want their wives to work in the ministry. They are the hind diets psychologically intimidate them in the house. They have a certain attitude and a posture. You know, they have a certain way of preventing them. A1 Husbands. And many times it's those who have married apparently A2. Who are released to work in the House of. God, yeah. Just seem to be mulligans, you know you want to work, go on work. You don't mind, go on do anything you want. They're just easy going. It's it's interesting. I've watched it over the years. The wives of a ones see them in the house. They can't go prisoners of war, POW wives. They can't work for the Lord India in an ideal Christian moral home, Ideal home with an ideal husband. Yeah, they want husbands. They want, they say. Be home by be home by serving. Because we have dinner they want. Sunday. We are going to the. Well, to the park. With the children for a walk. We are going for a walk, a one because it's a one that will go for a walk. And today they are just that. They don't. They don't go for. Walks. He's tired. He's sleeping. L1. The family is going here. Are you interested in the family? Are you interested in the children? The children's homework? How can you go out? In the evening. How will they do their? Homework The L1 husband in the name of the family and the name of children in the name of whatever. They will psychologically intimidate you and frustrate you and paralyze. You and you see them in the house. Everyone husband will take them shopping. I'm buying this for you. Buy. This Buy this Buy this. At the end of the day, they are prisoners of war, family devotion. We are having family devotion, you say? You are having communal. Service when we are having family devotion in the house. Oh yeah, everyone has to say we are all going. To the same church. Hey, we are driving together as a family. You say you are a pastor doing what you have to go. Early. You see, when I first became a pastor, my wife said when I at first I. Realized after a short time. Of marriage, that I have to go to church with a different car. It's a revelation that I saw. Huh. Short time I saw that no, I must go first because it can lead to so many things. Very early I saw it because. The the rate of getting. Dressed. The rate of getting dressed and getting ready are different. Sometimes even the other is slower. It depends on the type of person, but many times she's the woman but I don't know some. I know of some cases but my wife said something to me. I remember when I was. She said. And I felt so bad, she said. You are Queen alone. And I also come. I've never known anything like that. All my life, my father and my mother and all of us children, we went to church together on Sunday in the same car, including Pastor Julia Ellen. Ellen, I had an A1. Wife, but I tell you so I I always remember because. I felt so bad. I thought I'm another, I'm not a good husband, you know, I yeah, it's like I'm not a family man. I'm not caring. I'm not involved in the home. AA1 But I decided then and I have continued to decide my my service to God started before I got married and shall continue. Through whether I'm a one or a 45. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Santa has to do that. Minister has to go to this wife, go to this church. No, we drive together that we play. To the church, practicing A1 can not always help. You to work for God. When President Peter was going to Australia, go. So he went. His wife was now pregnant. His wife delivered here without him being there. That's in 98. Now without. But you see, you watch the people, these same people who criticize. When they want to have a child in America, so their child. Will have a. A green card or American passport, they will go. There when they are 5. Months pregnant. Stay with somebody, inconvenience the. Person because they can't. Go when the pregnancy is big, the. Airline will not allow you to board and when you get to America they may even send you back. So they will go when the pregnancy cannot be seen. We just with the shed then they will go. Like that? That one is not 890. 8 And when we are doing the same thing for the work of God, then they will start to give us name A45A98B2 we shouldn't work for. We shall. Work for God before marriage, during marriage and after marriage we shall work for the Lord. We shall work for. God before, during and after. Yeah, I send some missionaries. They oh, they ask him. Are you mad, Brazil? Always. Are you mad? Have you come here with your children? Are you mad? They're always asking whether they are. Normal. At the point somebody who said I'm going to help you not. Because of you, but because of your children to us. Are you mad? Can you come here? But interrupting. Your school. Your your. Children's schooling, their future and their British accents and their accent, their American accents. How many places did you live in? You how many places did you live in? Mention the places Ethiopia, Zambia. Your father was working. For which church? Methodist. Or or Pentecostal light evangelical. Holy Spirit ministry? Which of the churches was he working for? United Nations. That one is what? C4 or what? And you live where? Mention the countries Ethiopia, Zambia, Gambia and Zimbabwe for a short while in Ghana, in Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Gambia and Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe and then where he passed through Senegal shortly in Canada. Shortly, shortly why did they let you stay longer so that you can speak French? They. Shortly, shortly, shortly, shortly through Zimbabwe, shortly through Senegal. That one is not a problem. Don't let me slap somebody this evening, please. Shortly through Senegal, through Zimbabwe, Ethiopia. That's why it's not madness, because it's United Nations. That's why it's not madness. But we are going to check in separate castle. One is taking a bus and one is going like that one day we have we are bad family. People or mouth like a frog. You call me a 2 B4 X5, you are going towards sit down. So ladies, all that I'm trying to say is you'll be tempted. That's how we got into all these A1 and A2. Because when you are getting married, you think I'm getting married to an A1. Classic A1 family man, man of shopping, man of household man, man who cares, man who gives attention. He talks nicely, always in a suit with a tie. Dignity, Dignity man. Man of dignity, Dignified man of few words. But I love something that Bonky said. He said when they were telling that you are, you are a very untypical game. You are not. And you don't preach it now, he said he tried it, tried it, it didn't work. Then he he prayed about it and the Holy Spirit told him something. Do you want to know what the Holy Spirit do you want to know what Are you sure you want to? The Holy Spirit told him. I said the Holy Spirit told him dignity is not one of the. Fruits of the Spirit, dignity is. Not one of the. Fruits of the Spirit, but joy is the fruit of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Joy is the. Fruit of the Holy Spirit. Super dignified, diplomatic, distinguished statues. Dignity is not one of the fruits of the Spirit. The. Fruits of the Spirit are. Lovejoy. Dignity, peace, no respectability, It's not one of the fruits of the Spirit. So he decided to continue shouting. And being an untypical German preacher. What do you think? So from today forget about this your dignify when you are looking to the right you don't even tell you you did tell like this. Sit down, teacher and disciple #5 husband and wife. Hey. We have shifted from bride and groom to husband and wife. Is it lunchtime? What time is lunch? There's no lunch. OK, husband and wife. Husband, love your wives even as Christ. Also. Loved the church and gave himself for it. Amen. Now husband wife relationship. What is the chief characteristic or very important thing about a husband and wife relationship? Huh. Love faithfulness is that also and what else? Submission, commitment, commitment, faithfulness, loyalty. All right, so that is one of the main things in this relationship of a husband and a wife, faithfulness that comes forth from you're. You see, when you are in the world and nothing holds you, you'll be unfaithful. How many brothers notice? Brothers who are married stand up, OK? How many brothers who are married will have noticed beautiful girls apart from your wife? If you have seen, If you have seen only. One before raise up your right hand. OK, that's the easiest, easiest question. The second easiest question is. How many have seen somebody? Who is as? Beautiful as your wife as as as beautiful. Chester, when you see this. One you see this as all they are almost the same. Raise your hand. That's the second easiest and more difficult one is car. How many have seen somebody who is? More. Beautiful than your wife. Hey, OK, you are released. You may be seated. If so be the case if. So be the case, I said. What if so be the case? What keeps a husband and a wife together when there is something more beautiful as beautiful? Also beautiful and less beautiful? Four types. Beautiful more more beautiful as beautiful, less beautiful. All four. Types. Moving around faithfulness. When you stop pastoring a church, you need faithfulness because you may see other beautiful churches, other beautiful members, other beautiful people that you have to be faithful. You have to. You know, my being faithful to my own people has taken me far. Look at where I've gone. Where the Where I'm coming from. Singapore. Have you been there before? You see what I'm saying? From Preachino preach has taken me to Singapore. Could you believe that? Yokohama preach in Japan? Not that I said I was going to go holiday. I was invited to come and preach there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Indonesia. I I preach in Surabaya, you know. Surabaya. You haven't been there before. Through my. Preaching faithfully for a colegonal church. I've been invited. Invited. Not that I went. I was invited. Indonesia, huh? Yes, Mexico. I preach many places. Sometimes they pay, sometimes they don't pay. Sometimes they don't pay. Sometimes they more than pay. We What do you think? So fit you see that little group? You don't don't. Despise them. Don't. Look at your wife and say I've seen a white girl with long hair, wow she's so beautiful. I've seen 1/2 caste. Girl. A brownie? What is brownie? Brown colored? I've seen a black. Beauty. No faithful. Many pastors have forsaken the little congregations that they have thinking that there's something else. But it's OK. What you have is not bad at all. It's not bad at all. So Brighters, when you see beautiful, beautiful, less beautiful as beautiful and more beautiful, what do you do? I'm OK with what I have. Eat well in the house when you see, you'll be OK. So if you are full no matter the food, that is unless you are greedy. No, there are some people. They always know. They have never said no, no thank you in in terms of food, no thank you. They don't know how to say no thank you. Will you eat? Yes, please. They they have never said no. So be faithful. Be faithful. Don't just abandoned your church. Care for them. God will bless you. So yeah, don't just abandoned those guys in New Zealand. This message continues on the next track. Keep listening.