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08. How To Be Faithful

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
February 28, 2025 1h 45m

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

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Welcome to track #8 of Be thou faithful unto death, running well, be faithful. And. Now want to look at how to be faithful, how you can be, how you can be faithful and. To death. Amen. The main principle behind being faithful and to death How you can be faithful and to death as to deside to think about certain things. Some in Prince, some in Virgin Prince, Premier, Cenier, Dumas, Iemina, Apolloni, Oberzant. I shows principalities at the Vernier, Fidel said. The Deside de Ponce are certain shows. Second Peter, chapter 3, verse 2, Tere Paslani, Petra. Second Peter, chapter 3, verse #2 That ye be mindful of the words which was spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Saviour, glory to God. Very apostolary Petrae treaty terroristic should be Wei pom ylislava preji rechnier satim puroka me is up with the gospel that is pasitra prida neo apostolami Vasimi. Amen. Be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandments of us, the apostles of the Saviour. Prophet Ezekiel E commande montu senor ES suver en Sene parbusa poutro. Amen. Now what the Bible is

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Welcome to track #8 of Be thou faithful unto death, running well, be faithful. And. Now want to look at how to be faithful, how you can be, how you can be faithful and. To death. Amen. The main principle behind being faithful and to death How you can be faithful and to death as to deside to think about certain things. Some in Prince, some in Virgin Prince, Premier, Cenier, Dumas, Iemina, Apolloni, Oberzant. I shows principalities at the Vernier, Fidel said. The Deside de Ponce are certain shows. Second Peter, chapter 3, verse 2, Tere Paslani, Petra. Second Peter, chapter 3, verse #2 That ye be mindful of the words which was spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Saviour, glory to God. Very apostolary Petrae treaty terroristic should be Wei pom ylislava preji rechnier satim puroka me is up with the gospel that is pasitra prida neo apostolami Vasimi. Amen. Be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandments of us, the apostles of the Saviour. Prophet Ezekiel E commande montu senor ES suver en Sene parbusa poutro. Amen. Now what the Bible is trying to say here is that if you read verse one, this second epistle, my beloved, I now write unto you, in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance. I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance, that you might be mindful, mindful always in your mind of words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the Lord of the Apostles, of the Lord and Savior. Glory to God. Amen. The way we can do well is to remember certain things all the time. Carmen Mosin ustfiwat ETA pasiana pomnit neocatorivisi. Hallelujah and to remember the words of the apostles have certain things in our minds. The Pomi slava Apostola there's emit Apolloni obras mushlini. Now, one of the things that you must bear in mind all the time if you are going to be able to be faithful is humility. You had no shaved Sheikh at another pastor Yan Apomit Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Turn with me to 1st Corinthians chapter #4. Everybody. Bear in mind, humble yourself by the side of the. Lord and. He will lift you up. Humble yourself. He will let you out. Humble yourself by the side of the Lord He. Will let you out. He will let you out. Humble yourself by the side of the Lord, He will let you out. Amen, Amen, Amen. So humility is one of the key things that you need to remember the Lord. Jesus. Amen. The way up is the way down when you. You. Must. Always have that in your mind. I will. Always help you to be faithful. There are stumbling blocks, yes, that can prevent us from running well and we have looked at 1:00 main stumbling block. The main stumbling block of all stumbling blocks is offences and bitterness. It can just end your race, your 100 metres that you'll be on the floor, that's all. Yes, prick novenius so blasi katuri more good. The Stavetibio pass in some made lovely is in pass materially. So tell yourself, I'm going to be a humble man until I die. I'm going to be humble. The way. Is the way back He will lift you. Are the way. Is the way. Wow, is humility coming on you. Are you? Becoming humble. Really. Humble fast. Oh, you're going to be humble. Are you going? To be humble. Humble. That's. The first way to become what? Faithful. So how are you going to become humble? How are you going? To become. Humble how? Are you going to do it? I can hear you can lift up your. You want. To tell us how are you going to be humble? How are you going to tell us? Bring your mind, Bible study. What? A. Shock. I can't believe it. I can't believe that. Is an unbelievable mistake. Yeah, by constantly remaining small in. Our own eyes. Constantly remaining small in your own eyes. What a point. So how will you? Be small. In your eyes. How? How will you? Be small in your eyes. By making myself a glory protection. Just tell myself I'm nothing. By telling yourself you're. Not. Remembering your humble beginnings. All. Right. All right, can you hear me at the back? You. See. They are. Signalling. Increase the volume. Now let a man sow account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. It is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. Glory to God. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment. Yeah, I judge, not myself. Deep science calling from Chitwater Laudevici ETA Kaji Razmid Nazcab Slujiti Kristovic in demonstrated time body I demonstrated it should be Kajiya kasas Siberian le noche malaz nachit I. I I. Amen. These things I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos, the six that you might learn in us, not to think of men above that which is written. Now I want to ask you a question. Why was Paul writing this? Pistostin of Senator Bragg, Apollo. Suraggi at Nas. I'm going to do a Bible study with you. Why? Look at what Paul is writing. He says, listen, look at me everybody. He say, minister, don't judge us as whatever. Don't do this. You know, let a man not think of himself highly than he ought. Just think of us as Stuarts and don't bother to judge us. God, God himself will judge us. Why is he saying all these things? I'll give. You a prize if you are able to. Give. The. Answer. OK, it's an attempt, but you cannot get a prize. Just just speak out. Loud. Follow my instructions. Speak loud. Why? Don't you learn how to put on a microphone? Simple you are getting your other price. Then verse seven he says, Who make thee to differ from another? What a view that you did not receive. If you did receive it, why do you glory as though thou didst? Not receive it verse 7. Then he tells, have you seen somebody writing to his children? And look at what he said, You are fool. The next verse you are fool, you are kings, you are fool, you are rich. Oh no, now you are fool. Now you are rich. Now you have reigned without us kings, without us. I said, oh anyway, I wish God will help you to reign so that we will also have a chance to be reigning with you. Why is he talking? What? Is he saying? We are fools in Christ. Look at. Verse 10 We are fools. You are wise, we are weak, you are strong, you are honourable, but we are the spine. You are great, you are rich. Why? Why is he writing? What is he saying? Since he started writing, he has been telling them that they are great and he is. He said You are fool, now you are fool now you are rich, now you are kings. We ujri presidius, we ujri abogatiris, We ujri naturally starts to it. You know the book that hassidin from the food who that rich might know if the Taj? Does anybody have the answer? Yes at theatre. Bring their. Mind. To the point of humility, at first they were humble. They were receiving matter. At a point they were no more believing in him, so they were becoming this lawyer. He. Wanted to bring the message of humility. Anybody else? Yes, he is. Humbling himself to show them that they are wrong. Is humbling himself to show them that. It's. The opposite. Good, that is getting nearer the answer. Anybody else? I think that. Paul was was not trying to put the glory upon him because this is what he said, he said I don't want to judge. You want to judge himself because otherwise everything that he's doing will be. Can. Make his head very. And he wanted us. To he wanted to remind them that everything that we are doing is. Only by the grace of God. When we are humble. It's like we have a mantle of humility upon us and to say. Like that can prevent him to have a big head and to become proud and keep. I'm looking for just one word. Anybody who anybody who gets that word will get a prize. A hand. Earlier, why is Paul saying you are kings? You are fool. If I came to, if I came to you and I told you, now you are rich, I think. They have. Become some way they have become. Something is wrong with the. People. What is wrong with the people? No, I want. A particular word? No, I want a particular word. I'm going to give a prize to the first person. I will give you a chocolate if you are able to get. No, no, past up. You got the prize. Past up. What a shock. Anib. Anib was God, Dilis. Listen, the whole of First Corinthians chapter 4 is about being passed. Up we don't. Notice that that whole chapter is about pride. Everybody go in chapter and see how many times they were passed. It's in that chapter now. How many, correct? Have you found a puff? And if you get a wet puff then you underline it puff. Who do you think you are, Mr. Big Stop? Do you know how to sing it? Tutti Takui, Captain Gumash Hassidia, Mr. Bruto. Have you checked how many you found? 3 pups. Listen to. Me, everybody. Are you there? Everybody. Are. You listening? This is the chapter where he talks to them with that famous verse. In a verte la veon goverita my better ocean is. Where he said that you don't, you may have 10,000 instructors, that you don't have many fathers. And that word was not a teaching on fatherhood. It was a warning. It was a warning to people that were becoming proud and puffed up. Read that verse and see First Corinthians chapter 4 verse. 14. I'm not writing this thing to save you, but as my beloved sons, you are my son. I'm warning you. Then he goes and he says although you have 10, he was taking. His position and he spending to them who he was. I'm writing as a father to you, my children. I want you to grow up well and not spoil. There are a lot of people around who can't tell you what you've done wrong, but there aren't many fathers willing to take their time and effort to help you grow up. It was as Jesus helped me proclaim God's message to you that I became your father. You see this verse, We all say father, fatherhood. What had happened was that the people had become toughed up. You have to tell the lesson to. Me. You are, fool. You are. Now you are king. You. Are. Is. Not. A good. Thing. What is saying is a warning. To. People who become proud, and it's very easy to become proud. Amen. Now how can we see that you are becoming passed up? The main symptom of being passed up? It's what you cannot do any more. Kakumoi Vishwati was the Adulsa Sami Glauvni Prisonak Atomscheiri was the Adulsa at the imminent torch to en UN Moshe Dilette. The senior principality montreux that enfle SECO VE prefers cubesi otre fois. Wow, wow, what you can't do anymore? When you are slim you could wear panties. Now you have to wear shorts. Timok adivat thrusi no karate, but it was still to be short Adivat. How do you say baby Malishka Malishka malishka Malishka You remember you used to fit into this little space here Amish timok by. Teacher Esther Que Maliki and you could go through isn't. That amazing. That is why if you want to help yourself, pride is so diffuse that pride is something that several different things have to help us to fight pride. Pride is the invisible enemy you can see when you become proud. So to detect pride in yourself, one of the main things is to use the word tough, which needs to swell. You see. And when you are swollen, places you could go, things you could do, those you could go through, things which were easy for you to do, You do them no more. Right emotional response. Nava, Goros, Karami Exposure slower. Was. When a man marries his young, pure, humble bride. When they come home in the evening. She will try to cook something that her mother taught her. And up approved with Pregato S daughter. Cut your Mama and she will come and present it. In Zambia. In Zambia, the woman built down like this. But as she gets puffed. Up when they even call you. When they shout your name, darling. You make. Your face. You lock your jaw and you tie your face. You don't. You say the food is there. We are all tired. We all. Went out together in the. Morning we have all. Come back. When I got married, my wife prepared special food that. Her. Mother taught. One day I came home in the evening and the house was very quiet. She was asleep and everybody else was asleep. And then I. Went. To. Sleep. Another time I came, yeah. Some do. Some. I said listen, I am not a thief. It's just a thief who comes from quietly. And then it goes quietly. I have. Decided that I'm not a thief. When? I come home. Everybody in the house must wake up. The dogs must wake up. The lights must come on there. Is any. Servant, my wife. One day, brother. He. Got married to his new virgin. Everything he. Taught her. So. She was willing to learn it when they entered into the marriage. Courtyard. Everything he said to. Her everything, he said. To her, she was more than power steering. Do you know power steering? Have you seen? Power steering. Just use. One finger like this, a big truck. You. Tell. It like. This She was experiencing hydraulic power steering, but as time went by this Virgin Atlantic, the power steering got sports. When? He. Touches like this. I'm sleeping, I'm tired. Who can it be? That is why, Paul said you have become puffed up and the bigness is unnatural. It doesn't suit you every. Time I see that word puffed up in the Bible I think of. A certain disease. Called nephrotic syndrome. When you see somebody with nephrotic syndrome early in the morning, their face. And the stomach also gets swollen. And then the legs. From the below it gets. Swollen and the person is. Every husband would like to have a living being in the bed with him. None. When you are a son. Yes, it is sin. And you are? New. It's in Norway and. Young, That's how staring works on you. I'm coming for a camp. On. Wednesday immediately you are there. Too big. When people are being appointed as. Pastors. Oh, what happened? Abouje say come pull the Bella jump difficile difficult it's. A sign of your bigness. One day I was in Geneva. I. Said everybody lift. Up your. Hands and. Then I. Started. To sing. Yes. Then I said, you may sit down. I. OK, now I want to be more like. You. I want to be more like. Jesus. Mr. Big Stuff, Mr. He was really sick. He was angry, you see, Being packed when you are packed up, you see. From. That you cannot do is like. Some time ago, if I have done fundraising with some of you who have newly received such jobs as you have today, you would have said that, look, God himself gave me this job. God, God gave me. Where was I? How much did I have? What did I have? I would have been nothing. God gave me this job. 1000 francs or 500? Bishop, can I give you my whole salary? That's what you would have said. I've not asked you for anything for four years. Six years? Maybe it has been because the last time I didn't ask you for anything, I didn't do anything. Ask Healing Jesus, five to six years ago I came to ask you. I said I want to give my salary. But today? We know you. Have you finished? Finished. Volume for. Him. Yeah, it should have been. When I went to Guinea. Somebody. Was so touched, so touched. He gave me the whole salary. That. When you are in. Guinea. Psychological You don't even think you are as great as when you are in Geneva. I was touched give it to my two missionaries who are SOS Who? Need SOS help? I. Don't know how much it was but I just give it to them. When you are not, you always look at what you could do when you are small and what you cannot do now that you are big. One day. A. Certain husband got. Angry. As for Switzerland, when? You talk about money, then there is silence. In heaven and. You see your salary, say me, look at in one month, look at what I it's a. Miracle go take. Everything there was. A certain husband. He was trying to fool his wife. She would not move. Started. To list her boyfriends. She has. Had some famous boys. If I mention some of them, you know you know them. They are famous. The names of the. Boyfriend. You are the boyfriend of this man. Now that you are the wife, you are the wife. You are so big. One day. A. Young lady came to the church. She. Said one of the footballers. You see this famous footballers we have, one of them wants to marry her. So to the surprise of the pasta, she so she said. Where do you know I've been going? When they are playing a match, they call us. They are not even supposed to have their girlfriends, but all the girlfriends of all the footballers are. They are there in hidden and then they come into the hotel. Have been going. When? They. Are playing here. That's why we are here. We are all all the girlfriends, all the girlfriends of this one, this one, all the people you see, all their girlfriends are there. They are all brought. To the hotel. Cosafoni si de vontois de pasques de Mont de polo match the football and pray for a moment of relaxation a Laurent Vardon le chante de Tel here. Yeah, the other messages listen, listen. But when this same person will. Be married. I'm. Asking. Is. It true. It's not true, she said. That's why we are there. Now listen to me, Mr. Mr. Ladies and gentlemen, pride is what brings all the ugliness into everything that we have. Who Rd. levers are not with the wires of gorgeous? She was the queen, the king said come, wear your nice dress, come and walk, just walk like this. But she was Madame Madame, Madame Madame cannot do some things anymore. The third was the value of. A. Come from. Your room. Fred Stand. Up. Bye, Fred. How? Old are you? If he was 21. Years old I'm. Sending him. He would. Say Jesus thank you. What? Would. You. Say I will. Pray about it. The hydraulic power theory is. Gone. It's finished. So. Remember all the things you could do. I could do evangelism I could be called for. I could be sent. I could be asked to wait. I could be. Called at short. I could be asked to do almost anything. You can't be asked to do many things. A. Certain. Lady had. A daughter. I want. To give you. Some advice, she said. My daughter, don't lower yourself too much. All these years that we've been married. Father has. Never seen me naked before. Soviet. So the husband has to be peeping through the window just to see his wife. You will. Listen to. A. Preaching message. You will. Download the message. You don't even know what some of the things that people are sounding that you can see, they know that you don't know what. It is you send somebody to. Download it for you. You wouldn't listen. I don't want to listen to messages and preach from them. I don't want to lose my personality. He was. So the pastor. Who was preaching? He was holding a book or he was preaching from a book or a table or something. He asked this other pastor that I Are you saying that I have lost my personality? Lost my personality? Of course I'm preaching a message. You say I've lost my When you look at me, do I look like somebody whose personality has been lost? Pastor is Kinigi. For. 10 things I can do before I am passed up. This shows that you prefer our von Cusudovian on flame. I can be called for. Minia Mogood with the what? On purve Fer venier. #2 I can be thanked for. I'm annoying more good paslat. #2 I can be called. I can be called at any time. Treaty mie more good wuzwat Luboyev, Renia. Tua opema Playa and the. Paslat vaftari mie more good wuzwa luboyev renia. You know. I was once with one of my administrators and I said to have called this man a person, but this man was a big man in Ghana. So do you know what she said? It is 11:00 in Ghana. I can't call him. So then I said what about this? There was another lady. I said, But that Lady, she's a small, small girl, called her and she called. Her, and she got her I. Something from that when you. Are big, you can't be called. When? You are big. When you are small, you can be called. I was just saying hi. #3 number one is what? You can be called, called for, you can be sent for. You can be called at any time. So that's number two can be called for. Called and sent are the same. Called and sent for are the same. You can call for you or send for you. Number. Three, you can be sent anywhere. You. Be sent on. A. Mission. Isn't that amazing? You. Can. Be sent you communicate without thinking. In other words, what I mean is like when you are big to call someone for the person to think something. Sometimes I can get a message from someone else. I'm just saying hello, we are, whatever. But somebody may say no, I don't have to just, I mean, I have to be careful. I have to restake myself respect. Another is myself. Wow #4 #4 number. Five you. Can you can shout in the church? You can jump. Have you noticed that the dancers usually come from behind the? People. In France. Youthful exuberance. You can put into brackets. You can. Nobody will know what we are saying. Spell. It spell it for. US, VA. BLVABL bla bla bla BLAGAR RAJSP OLOGEN i.e. It's it's a way that means to position yourself in a kind way. No, this is N. My wife, have you typed that word in Blagaras? Blagaras Parbojani? Is it correct? Blagharas, Polo, Jane. Yeah, only that is. Yeah, that's it. The. Polo, Jane Blagharas, Polo and Genie No. OK, this one, we write it a because in Russian you pronounce it a. So this movie is a Yeah, it's all in Russian, but you. Pronounce it a Palagini Lagaras palogeni. Change the. Change the O. Lagaras Palo Palazini Palo Palo PL. After the SP. I. I have a dear suppositione Suame de la bonne Faason. Amen. How many things do you have that you can do? Commend the poem. Paulo, Jane. The benevolence. Benevolence to position yourself. La Vivian. Kindness. Should it not be Genia? OK, it's G Genia, so in Russian it is G, but in English it should be G so that Raspola Genia. Yeah, Genia, Genia, Genia. So maybe we should make that A at the end instead of E. Black raspola Genia OK what we can do is we can add AY to. It. After the IY? Yeah, Genie after. He add YAIYG yeah Y A after I add Y. Lagaras Palo jania. Lagaras Palo Jania. What a word. Look. At this. Slower. This word is winning first place at the camp. Now the. Next one you can. You can run. You. Can skip, you can say. Amen. You can look. You are not cheerful anymore. You are. Always. Serious. Too serious. I'm. So. Angry. Tipassiano cedis celis. Oh, Blagaras Palagenian. Blagaras Palagenian. Have you got it? You can skip. You can run. Let us run together. I will rejoice in you and be. Glad. None. I. Jesus, Jesus, let's write. It down if you don't know. It. Rejoice in you and be glad. I will. Rejoice in you and be glad I will enjoy your love more than one. After. You and let us run together. The places you cannot go anymore once I cannot. Go to a. Village. Once I cannot sleep at certain places, to me it's a sign that I'm passed. Up I must be able to. Go to Twilight in the Forest. Do you understand what? I mean by when we are going to crusade, there is no McDonald's on the way. Come near to McDonald's shop. On the way with the toilet. Come near to the Kick magazine of. So if you have to, we or. Poo poo, don't see, you have to. Go to the forest. But when I was a young person, so why? Listen to me, why can I not do it now? When? You. Were a young bride. One day, husband. He. Had married a wife with a very good hydraulic power steering. I think there was a phone call or there was something. Active she was ready for, so he told her. No, no, no, no, no. May God bless your house with hydraulic. Power selenium to Japanese for Mesa have accessed with sons before law idolic on all this. Issue Verse 18. First Corinthians. 5th Performance 18 says now puffed up. Now some are what? Puffed up. First Corinthians of the five verse two, he says, and you are puffed up and rather you should have more. You. Have been crying. In first Corinthians of four, verse six, he says that no one of you be puffed up one against another. Don't be puffed. Don't be swollen. I tell you, let us not be swollen in this church. Let there be nothing. Let there not be anything that we cannot do anymore. Please, I beg you. Let us, let us, let us say I can't do it anymore. Let us not say. We can't sit on trains and go and pass the church and come and let us not start that. Let us not say that because that is we are going into a path zone and when we are in that path zone, I tell you, you have inflicted and pride count before a fall. The election in the national an emotional poet should be easy for Pavida, but it was Rashas and Nazar the social provinces Loginia I. Are you listening? Let's not say we can't do evangelism again. In this Switzerland. Anita and Jimmy. You. Did well, 14 years, you can't do it anymore. That superannuation thing that was introduced at 50 years old, it was because of people's rebelliousness at a certain age, as if we are tiring them and people are tired of the work and they were big, so we said OK, just go out. So we have an honorable exit for people. It's not a problem. But I don't believe that 50 years old is the time when you have to stop traveling. That's why you see me. Jump. I'm also almost 50. Let's just not. Be too big. Let's don't, don't, don't accept it in age. It's in your mind. That's it. Was the sniper in your mind? It's. In your mind, I don't vote protect Tusa. It's in your mind. So don't vote, protect Tusa. I've done this is enough. If all my pastors here in Geneva area were to be deployed fully as you can be, there will be more churches and more work being done. People like Rudy and all the other young ones must become pastors, but the older ones, it must be in your head that somebody is trying to retire you and you cannot be retired. But you cannot be retired. Some people are trying. To retire me, but I cannot be. Yes, me too. I can see that some people would like to retire. Me, but I cannot be retired. There are a number of people sitting in. Front Who can do this camp? They can also stand and preach and do as well as whatever I'm doing even better. Because you see. Age, Age. Has a. Very subtle way of becoming pride. 2 year old. The probability. But. Before you realize. You are also. Becoming proud because of your age and. The way you see it is that things you. Cannot do anymore. I've been preaching that town. Why should I not preach now? Why not? If I have to go to the toilet in the Bush, I'm going in there. Just go through the Bush. Yeah. And once I'm there, I will be thinking about certain. People that are happy. Some of you became old too early. It is called premature aging. New Katori with Sliskam Rana Stalis Starimi, External Vice President Brimini Estarini. Pronto ESA pensa pronto de Las premature. One day I sent somebody to check on the Internet something very important. A 50 year old person. How often do they have sex? Sexual at the age of 15. Sex. What is the average at the age of 3? Do you want to know what I found out? Seven times a week? Minimum Four times daily, which is 7 times minimum of four times. At the age of 30. You became all too early. You can't preach, you can't go on outreach, you can't sleep with other people in. The. Room. You can't sleep on the floor at your edge. How have you become? What are you now? You have been passed. You are too big now. Please come back short. 90 years old, he was riding his horse to. Grand Prix. John Wesley. 17 He was riding the spot. 80 he was. Today they ask you, let's go here. You say it's cold. Listen. Sit down. Healing Jesus campaign. Let me give you a break now. Yeah, we're going to take a break now. When we. Come. Back. Going to launch Healing Jesus campaign ideas. We will preach to the trees if it's only the trees. That. Will listen. To us. Hallelujah.