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20. Reasons Why You Must Suffer

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
February 16, 2025 56m 30s

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Camp Title - Seigneur Ait Petie - Lord Have Mercy. Machaneh Collection - 75. Preached in 2011, Ghana (Akropong) 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 #20 of Senor Epitier. Lord, have mercy. I want you to hold somebody's hand. She'll make it to Tiella Medical Care. Just and pray for the person. You make. It to pray, pull up back. Song call. Pray. For the person's ministry. Whatever God. Has created that. Person. For. The. None. The. None. The last prayer I want us to pray. Always sit down. I want this as well. I want you to pray for yourself and pray about your ministry. And. As you pray. Come to you, pray. See yourself living out and carrying out that ministry. See yourself. Pray out a dream. Have a. Vision. See yourself doing something for God. See yourself preaching to crowd. See. Yourself in. Church. See yourself on a mission and whatever the Lord places on your heart, pray that it comes to pass. God is giving you a vision. Pray about. It. See yourself as a pastor. Pray yourself into that vision. Pray, please. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, right #1 reasons why God wants you to. Number one, God wants you to suffer because it pleases Him. Isaiah Chapter. 53 verse. 10. Verse say this. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and he hath put him to grief. It.

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Welcome to track #20 of Senor Epitier. Lord, have mercy. I want you to hold somebody's hand. She'll make it to Tiella Medical Care. Just and pray for the person. You make. It to pray, pull up back. Song call. Pray. For the person's ministry. Whatever God. Has created that. Person. For. The. None. The. None. The last prayer I want us to pray. Always sit down. I want this as well. I want you to pray for yourself and pray about your ministry. And. As you pray. Come to you, pray. See yourself living out and carrying out that ministry. See yourself. Pray out a dream. Have a. Vision. See yourself doing something for God. See yourself preaching to crowd. See. Yourself in. Church. See yourself on a mission and whatever the Lord places on your heart, pray that it comes to pass. God is giving you a vision. Pray about. It. See yourself as a pastor. Pray yourself into that vision. Pray, please. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, right #1 reasons why God wants you to. Number one, God wants you to suffer because it pleases Him. Isaiah Chapter. 53 verse. 10. Verse say this. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, and he hath put him to grief. It. Pleases God that you suffer. Hey. Does God sound wicked somehow? Isaiah. Isaii. I didn't write the Bible chapter 53 verse #10. Yes, it is. Yet it pleased the Lord. To. Bruise him and. He. Has put. Him. To grief. Are. You listening? Hallelujah. God is happy. When you experience. Yes. It's difficult to believe, but one day my child was going to secondary school boarding. School and. I knew he was going. To suffer. In the school because I suffered in the. School. But I was. Very happy that. He was. Going to suffer because I realized. That they did not realize. I knew that. When they go. Pass to. The bodies. They. Punish them. They torture them. When I say. Wake up, wake up, I said. Something wake them. Up when? I. Come. To. The Room. When I say. Casualty. This. Food in the house. Is nice, says. Bone eat it. They don't. Eat it, I say. You are. Going to a place. I was. Smiling in my. Woman I was. Very happy. I was excited. I knew. They were going. To suffer, please. Me. That they were going to suffer. You see? There are things God has been telling. US. He reminds us. We. Don't obey him. He. Speaks to us as if he. Is mad. Come see Le Fu. So God sees. Certain things that are coming. Don't you ever certain shows are he? Knows. When you pass through it. All the things. He has been. Saying. You will now believe. Them and do that. So he's very. Happy that. Thing is coming even though you were. Crying. When my son went. To body, I told him. Because of your. Color, of course, the. In the. School when he went. Call red. Rouge. Lebanese man come here. Yeah, when he went to the school. My son. I'm learning. Pray for me. Father is a pastor. Don't. Bear a pastor so. From 10:00. It. Took a belt. After the first. One went. He became when he came home. So that he has now seen what is. In the house. He said. Iladi. The food in this house is very nice. I used to wake them up to go to. Wouldn't wake. Up. When they. Went. There is something called rising. Bell if. You are a. Man. Sleep on the bed. You see something after the two my two sons. Went my daughter Mafi was about to go. When I used to wake. Her to learn. She wouldn't. Learn. I used to wake myself. She. Wouldn't get up. Then I bought an alarm. Clock. Small one. I gave it to this one. To wake you. Where is the alarm? I don't know. So I bought another one. I gave it. So you have. To learn. When I came. Where is it? It is there. Why do you not wake up? I don't hear it. So I and I bought. A third one. Very big like. This meta and I. Brought it. This one, when I came I said why? Did you not use? I don't hear it, I said. You will hear something. Something you will. Hear. One day, one of my. Sons Daniela is going to boarding school. So you see. What? The Bible says. I was. Experiencing some. At the end of the unreasonable. Suffering. I heard. The Holy Spirit whisper. I'm sorry. I have to do it. I'm sorry. One day. I saw a certain brother crying. He was. Crying. From this place, and I said everybody has a place where it campaigns. I tell you. You may never. Know. Limited there is. Something that campaigns. And. God knows that place. Number. 2 why God wants. You to suffer. God wants you to. Suffer because suffering. Will make you. Perfect. Hebrews, chapter 2. Verse 10. For it became Him who through whom are all things, by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of. Their salvation perfect. Through sufferings I. Say this everyday, this IT covene an effect a celiac porquis E parquis sot tutchos E cibulle condui RA la gua vocou the FIS E le Virginia a la perfection Palais Sou France le Prince de la salu. God wanted to make the. Captain Perfect. Through suffering. A. Leader. A leader. Who has not? Suffered. Is not perfect. You may know. A lot of things. But you. Are not mature. Mature. When? You are mature. How is that mature? You will. Know that. Things do not. Work. Still it shows the function. Power by only principles and steps. It is a tub. When you see. Somebody who has. Not suffered is. Big things if are. The Grand Grand shows. Plants the. Plants the project we. Are. Going to do. This because he. Has not suffered, he does not. Speak in a mature. Way so when? God wants to make. His captain. Don't come do everyone say captain. Mature. Matthieu. Opethe. Upafe. He allows them. Intentionally in the manual and Sanchenel in ferme are still souf. Yes, we. One day. Anjou. I met a pastor. J Han Contreran, Pastor. Who criticized? Me Kima critique. For my books. For me, leave. That I have. Written on loyalty. And he said. Iladi. There is no need to. Write such a. Book this brother is older. Than me and he had been a pastor before me. He was not. A slow coach. The. Pasta. Yeah. And he had the church. I sat there when he. Preached. But he criticized me. For my books. Who may leave? It's not necessary. He said. Loyalty. People will. Lawyer. Through your life if you are a good. Leader. One day. And you? I heard another pastor just. Like this the. Sign that you are a bad. Leader is that? People leave. You. When people leave you. The sign. That you are. A. Bad leader. If you want to know who is the bad. Pastor. When people leave. This. Is what he? Said I. Said OK one day this pastor who said people leaving you is a. Sign. Blew on his. Chest. And blew away. His. Main assistant pastor. So say pastor, assistant principal. Blown. Away. And I remember. Immediately. This pastor who was criticizing. Me about my books, his main. Assistant principal who? He has been. With for many years. I met him somewhere. And he told. Me. That's your book. So, So what? I was formally. Criticized. It's a. Very good. And the Holy Spirit had already told. Me. Even though this. Man was preaching. Before. You are. Things that he. Doesn't. Know. Somebody can be there. Before. You. So don't be worried, one day I saw a. Certain pastor. He had a. Good marriage his. Wife was a. Virgin. It's. Not easy to get a virgin. He lived happily ever. After with his wife. So. When one day. He saw Pastor. Whose wife is like a lioness. He. Didn't understand it criticizing because he had a perfect. Marriage was. Fire every day he was. Telling me. I met. My wife only. Two weeks. My family. You show your wife. Grew up with. Hands you married her and. She was a gun. It's. A. Very dangerous thing to marry. A gun woman. When you have. Seen some when you speak. Listen, Mike Murdock. Mike Murdock. He was a virgin. And I think he married another. Virgin for 13. Years he. Had a good marriage about eight years in another five years. Not so. Perfect. Suddenly he. Used to have. Principles of. A good marriage, successful. Marriage. How to? Be successful. After your wedding. How to live happily ever. After the woman who? Was his first. Only sweetheart left him after 13. Years. After today. He's not. Married. Getting to 70, all my theories and. Ideas. But when? You are not mature. You will not. Know you? Think that once you know what? Is right. It. Must work. One Marche, one day I. Saw a very interesting. Book called. How the mighty. Fall. Yes, and it gave. 5. Steps suddenly sank. It up to. How are the mighty? How? The might how? Mighty people it was. Not a Christian. How the mighty. Is. Hubris. Hubris born of success? Hubris name? Hubris. Hubris is an English word H. UBR IS it means pride, arrogance, born out. Of your success. Do you have? What? Success. The second step I'll give you 3 of the steps, the. Second step. Is how the mighty fall. The common. Is undisciplined pursuit of more. Sweet, non disciplined. And the third step, the. Priest to How the Mighty Fall. The. Is denial of risks and perils. Now listen to me. Have you finished writing? If you need a clear. He said. Every. Company, including this credit crisis. All of them have go to stage 1. And the first. Step is. Ubris. Bond. Name of. Success, which means pride. Come to you because of your success, and he said. That when? You are in. That state you always. Give teachings. Explanation of. Why you are successful? In principle and. Steps. It is a tap and explanation why the and. He said that what people don't. Know. But in every. Successful thing every. Successful bank business it. Is a fair. The secular. World. Virgin Atlantic said. That. There is a large element of. Good luck every. Success. Story. They don't believe in God. You were. Saying that. There is. An element. It was successful and that element is what? Immature. Forget one day. Anju, have you? Heard of Virgin Atlantic? Virgin Atlantic. I told you about what they have. Written on their. They interviewed. Him. He. Lives on. An island, the. Whole. Island. That is where he. Stays. He has his own island, a big. Island and. He lives there and he was driving a boat. A. Big boat and there were two journalists they were interviewing. Him. You like sailing? I go sometimes. Navigate. Listen to a millionaire unbeliever. No, they don't believe in God. Listen to what? He said they asked. Him So what do you do when you said this boat when I finished? Today. Sending it to the harbor, they are going to rent it, he said. I don't use any both or. Anything that doesn't. Pay for itself. I can't use it alone because it's. Too expensive? And. The man said. The fact that I AM. Successful. He was trying to say that. Grace. When? You are immature. Immature. You have never seen a problem. That you cannot. Control send text. Messages. Number. Three right love notes. Number. 4 Brush your. Teeth early in. The morning. Before you try to kiss your number. 5 Buy flowers. All. Sorts of theories. Of the theory Amen. Amen. Are you listening to? Me it. Is because you. See your father and your mother. Struggling. Send text messages. Massage part text. Go for walks, greet her at the door, open the door. For welcome. Here. Everything will work. Too, too much. Have you been? There for some. Time. That you leave. The lab notes. Hi, baby. I miss you. It's not the same without you. I. Know. That I love. You. But what would you get in? Return. You. Will write I. See. I see. I see I. See one day. I got a. Test. One of the most. Painful texts I've ever received. I. Send a message. We. Are doing this, this is happening, this and that and that get a reply. What a shock. A shock. Anyway, so sometimes God will allow you to some. Uncontrollables so that. You need these four steps. It's not just by. Principal. There are other. Things. Amen. Are you there? Are you listening? Start your feet. Tomorrow the morning, we are going to finish this 14. What is? It 14 reasons why you must suffer and then we are down for the camp. Hallelujah. Hallelujah when you. Are not experienced. Pastor. Whose church has 27? Members. Why? You. Must go for prayer. You. You do this. You. Do that you? Don't know that I let the Lord build the house. All. Those ideas? Are. Not going to work. Amen. One day I saw a. Brother. He was smoking. Drinking. Taking drugs. I was. Advising him do this praying tongues. On long. Come, come, he came. I pray for him. But after? Praying in time. Yeah, going. To smoke, drink. Drugs. Lot of. Feeling. Rolling every. Day. One day, God. Told. Me, my friend Monami. Not everybody. Can. Do it. Fair. I was surprised because after. Me, I thought. These are the seven steps only. Set it up. To a decent. Life number 13, number 2. Pull yourself together. Oh, come on. #3. Read your Bible #4 Decide to suffer #5 accept the will. Of God follow. Through. And. #7 received a victory. For some people cannot if you are a. Pastor, you will see some. People, you preach. They don't have. Understanding. In Pala. Comprehensive salted lands. So instead. Of being. Surprised. Why are you? Divorcing. Are you divorcing? How? Can you? Divorce. Come on, Sir, How can you? Come on, you. Having seen some. Your brothers. Beard is burning. Are. You. Listening when? You. See. A. Bad wind blowing. The wind can turn. This way. This place is. Smelling some of it, yeah. The bad wing got blue in Cote d'Ivoire. 7 steps to. Set it up. Peaceful elections? Count the ballot. Boxes properly #3. Have a good judiciary system. System Judiciary. #4 that's. Foreign observance. #5 have. Only intelligent presidential candidate which which? School did he go to? What is the name of that university? Sorbonne. Is it not the Oxford of the? Watara. Is very intelligent. Watara. See the Bola in Abidjan? You think they've never been to Paris? Before see the. Rubbish in. Abidjan Rubbish. You would think that such people have never. Been to. Paris. So all those principles you. Become. Mature. You are less likely. To be correcting people in a. Way that's. Why you? Prefer to. Meet. A mature person. When? President Rollins. Came to Ghana. President Rollins. He was not mature. This one stolen, stolen, stolen, cut off. Before. They killed them. On. Television White. Short and white. Shirt. 3 Presidents. President. My father he arrested. On. Television in the. Prison filming inside the. You know, female on the only. 7:00 News. They listen for my son. They deserve a. Very important person. In person. They went inside the filming headline Thursday. When he came out, he. Became sick. When you are not. Mature. You will. Just be doing. Certain shows but. Later on, when? You are more mature. Premature you. Realize this thing you are. About to. Do your own. Son. Will. Be doing What will you do? So pray that. When you go. For judgment meet. A mature. Person. One day. A pastor. Found a thief. And. He told me. I'm going to. And I said. Take your time. I told him. Your secretary came to confess. What secretary will you confess last week? That she has also been stealing. I have the. Message here. And then your. Other. Assistant also informed for me. That he has also falling into this. Temptation immediately he. Became weak. He didn't. Know. What to do again? Are you? Going to sack all. Of. Them. So pray that. You don't create a. Mature person, some of you. Are not mature yet. Sister with the red hair. Wow. I've not seen some before, that's why. Maybe. She thinks that when she does. This red hair. Very nice, handsome. Brother Step. Number one, red hair. Step #2 have orange and black trousers. But. There are people who are wearing blue and. Purple. Still. They are not getting some. So the mighty fall the mighty. The fall because when they are successful. As a country where you see. They think that. If it. Is this things? They say so say shows. If lighthouse is working. People ask how are you able? To do this common lighthouse. There are people. Who are doing? All that I am. Doing. And more not working the grace of God. Don't say La Grasse. Everything. How are you able to? Have a happy. Marriage notes the. Flowers. Text messages. Text message. Everything 2. Is not working. It's. True, so that when you see your father. 'S. One day my. Father said something. I. Saw him having a certain. Crisis He. Never said anything. In Ajmerian D. One day, he turned to. Me never more it is. Not us, you. Think it. Is not. Us you think that is all? He said. It is not us you think. It's a sentence. With a meaning. Of insignification. Not as you. Think and you. Will find. Out it is not you. Become. Cooler, mature, mellow, flowing. Careful that in. The day of. Your time. That's why Christ. Came to suffer. When he sees Doctor go. What doctor? Will understand him. I understand what. He's going through. Not as you think it's true. It's not as you think. It's not as you. Think the party. To come to other things, yeah, those shows. When you meet a mature. As you work at Can You Hong Kong, there are other things. Amen. That is why. I have suffered. One day I was with an older pastor I was talking to. Him a colleague. He kept interested. In. Took his. Phone number call me. I want to be your friend. I am. I am more than. 20 years younger. Than him. I came back. He called me. I called him. He. Said I want. To have lunch. With you I ate with. Him. Many times. I was talking. To him is. Far older far. Ahead, far ahead. Should never have. Been his friend. I was thinking why? Am I able to relate with? This man. I realize that. Only. Because of troubles. Problem. That have made me mature in. I'm. Waiting for you. To. Suffer and. We can sit down. And talk. Wow, so I'm. Just. Waiting for. You to suffer come. Closer to me closer. I'm waiting for you to start your church. I'm waiting for you to. Have. 1 Then you. Look to. Me and say. Is this? What you've been. Through. I really love you, Bishop. I want to be closer. To yourself. Because your suffering has. Been super mature. One day I was sitting down with about. 7. And then one of them said a problem that. He had after he finished. Saying all his. Problems and. I took him. Another place. The problem the. Problem. That you were. Saying. Could you deserve? I have the. Same one. I cannot. Say it to those other. People they have. Not had the problem that you have. I've seen. That you have. Problem if you could you. Ask your problem. Welcoming you to the. Association. I'm the secretary. The Secretary of the. Association it's. A secret? Society. That's some. Things I cannot chat. With you about. That when you. Sit down, you will not understand what is Bishop saying. What do you mean by what? Are you saying? I'm. Waiting for you to come. Are you married? Even married when you married. We. Have seasons? Yeah, the season. You may be going through season 1, season 2, season 3, season 4, but it's season. Seven, you will see something. That you have. Been seen before. So. Even in season. Six we. Are still not close. What a shock. A shock. Hubris born of success? Say hubris. Hubris, hubris, hubris. Hubris born of success? You should say. Arrogance that comes out of your. Success. Why didn't you have an accident? Because I always put my seat belt. OK, hubris. Hubris Bonne. Of success you. Success. Small suffering will remove those. I suppose. And show you that the race is. Not for the. What is? The secret of your. Question is a trick that is one of the worst questions anybody can ask. What is the? Secret you give a. 2nd. Answer you are. Diagnosed as stage. One of how they might default you give the principles. Principles. To my successful ministry. Principal #1. Principal #2 principal #3 These are my 6 principles. I used. It has brought. Me taspa immediately 2. Sweets, OH. There is one there. Yeah, they. Didn't know so God allows. You to suffer. One day I saw somebody. Experience happiness I. Felt something, yes. Something. Something is coming. It will best that bubble. I felt. Sorry for the person I saw that. It became mature. So that's why. The. Captain of where? Captain, Something is coming. Make you mature, take your cardigans. Prepare. Prepare for happiness. I will. Take you through. Why are you not married? Oh, these are the three. Keys. Those are. The three keys I used. To get my beloved. Tell somebody you are. Suffering from? Shake your neighbors and say, are you one of the captains? Expect some sufferings. To. Make you mature, Father, thank you for your blessing of your healing. Power, bless us. As we come to the conclusion of this, great. Francophone camp.