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>> Speaker B: Amen. Yes. So we'll quickly continue
from where we stopped. Amen.
but before then, I would just like
at least five people. Ten people. Can we
type what we've been learning regarding how to
prepare for the year?
Let me get a response from each and every one of us. Let me get
a response. You can just type it on the chat
box. Let me open my chat box so that I can
see. Yes. Can we
type it? Everybody, what have
we been learning? Can we type it?
Okay. The way to maximize time is to stay in obedience
to God's will found in his Word. Giving
ourselves much more to the study of the Word and, being
committed to your local church. My profitability
relies on how I spend time in the world.
Okay. Yes.
Walking and living in the word of God, being
led of the Spirit. Okay. Never
miss any gathering of believers, and effectively participating
in them. No excuse. Okay. In this
new year, I need to pray more than
I plan. Yes. So it's good to plan, but
it'excellent to pray more. It's good to
plan. You hear what I'm saying? It's good to
plan, but it is what'more excellent
to pray. If you don't pray, you will be
anxious about everything. Yes. You will
be anxious. You will be caught up in the wayb of
being so afraid of everything.
Yes. Yes.
Never miss any gathering of believers.
Effectively participate in a local church.
Participate in the gathering where saints are.
participate there. Yes.
Yes. Working according to what the words deems
good. The use of our,
time. I think you need to expand on that. I
didn't rightly get what you meant there,
Christopher. Ye
strengthened your supernatural relationship. Amen.
Yeah. So which. Which I will just build on this
evening. Don't leave anything to chance.
Yes. Pray about
everything. Melina. Don't leave anything to
chance. Pray about everything.
Time is a gift. So we must see time
in purpose. And we must see that purpose in
fulfilling God's will. Thank
you. A wise person is one
who understands what the will of God is.
Yes. Pray, walk
and walk according to the will of God.
Yes. Yes.
The reason as, believers why we
redeem time is important, is to
do the will of God.
The way to maximize your time is to
get engaged in the practice of the
written word. Yes.
Value your supernatural relationship. So I must pay
attention to the Word of God this year.
Why? Because the word of God is my resource.
Yes. I judge all seasons with
the Word of God. I judge all
seasons with the Word of God. Faith for
the believer is the word of God. So
I don't judge every circumstance around me
with my eyes. Neither do I judge it
with any kind of parameter. I judge
the season. I judge the faithfulness of
God with the Word of God. Yes.
We can never grow without the
word of God. Yes, true.
We can never grow without the
Word of God.
Always. The written word is for all seasons. Thank
you. Thank you. Always putting God's word
first because my wisdom is in it. So the
world sees time in years, seasons
and days. Yes. But the believer
must see time in purpose
and in fulfilling God's will for
his life. Thank you for that,
Nancy. The believer, must see
time in purpose and in fulfilling
God's will for his
life. Yes. We have two more minutes.
As many of us that have written something, we want to see it.
Okay. Praise God. Hallelujah. Yes.
My decision should align with the purpose of
God. Not min own, activities,
or my own plans. Amen. Yeah.
So last week, you know, we stoped somewhere and then
we'll continue and we end today,
right? Yeah. So like I always say
that this year, I have been saying that
this year has nothing to offer to
you. You are the one that has something to
sow into it. Did you hear what I
said? A new year has nothing to
offer to you. It is a time given to
you as a gift. So you are the
one that take hold of the gift and then do
what? And then use it.
So there is nothing as it where inside
the year. You are the one
that have to put in something. This evening I was still
meditating, you know, on today, on today's
discussion that we have the teaching that we have. And he said
there is nothing that makes
you responsible.
Right. Much more than understanding
how to maximize your time. The man
that understands time is a
responsible man. How much more? The
believer that understands how to redeem time and
do God's will is a responsible
believer. He's a committed believer.
So responsibility, as it were,
is not in the biological. So we'll be
celebrating more per days the year Jesus, January.
Now we are already celebrating lots of birthday. Birthdays
are coming in, everybody celebrating. You know, you are
21, you are 22, you are 23, you are
25, you are 30, you are 35, you are
38, you are 45,
you can be 45 and still be
irresponsible. And you can be
45 and, still be what? Responsible.
So the definition of responsibility
is that we are able to meet up with
the demand of activities laid
on us. So we are
able to stand, we're able to understand what is
God's will. And, we are able to rise to the
responsibility of working with it. This
is very important. So this year
cannot be a year of chance. This year cannot.
you should never allow this year to just
fly. Don't allow the time
given to us as gifts by God.
2025. To be. Be very
mindful of this year. Be very
mindful of this time. Be very. We understand that
we said time is called chairos. It only
comes once.
It is s. An event that we see not much more
happening. It just comes and then we
cannot see 2025 again at the
end of this year. But what we can
see about your life is that whether you have
grown or you are stagnant or you are. You are.
What was the opposite of lack of
growth? When somebody is not growing, what is the
opportun? Somebody should help me. The
person is stunted'stunted.
Thank you. In fact, Pastor Victor, thank you for that word.
Stunted. Stunted growth is even
when you are stunted. It means you are suffering from a
sickness. In fact, that
brings my mind to go. When.
When. I need to say this now because I'll add it to the teaching, but
let me say it now. When you are sick.
When you are sick, what happens
to you? When you are sick? Somebody should tell me. Symptoms
that tells you that you are experiencing some
illness inside your body. Symptoms. Yes. What? Number
one. When you are sick, what begins to happen to you?
You feel weak. You feel weak. Number
one. Yes. High temperature.
Yes. Fever. You
lose weight. Yes.
Lack of appetite. Who is this?
Mathewile something you. You lack
appartite
weakness. See, please, as you are writing,
watch out. These are some of the symptoms you should look out
for this year. That you will know
that you are sick spiritually. That you are
sick towards your life. The man that
does not redeem time and is not
meeting up with the demand of responsibility as it were
working with God's will and then to his life. It
shows that you are sick when you
don't desire the gathering of believers. Ah. You are
sick when you don't
desire to pray anymore. You are sick
when you. When you lack the appetite of studying
God's word. You are what? You are sick. Some of us,
we started this year. This is Today's day is
15. We started
healthy.
We set out to do lots of things already
now we have started getting sick. Now
when you are weak to pray, you'already
losing weight. Spiritually, you are losing
weight. You can't carry yourself in the place
of prayer. You cannot wake up to to attend
to the activities of studying the Word. We just
started reading the Bible one year. Some people have even
left six days. Can you imagine?
Is that no sickness. You are sick.
High temperature pain
and tiredness. You're already tired
spiritually. So you know, you know we
are setting out this year,
I'm taking out first to launch the year.
I will take 30 days of prayer and fasting.
I, know up till now the year has been launched,
but the person has refused to fast. He has refused
to pray. He has refused to read the word, he
has refused to set out time for meditation. He has
even refused to do anything regarding his own
natural life. It's one of the things
will end up as the distractions. Beware
of this distraction. So one of them is this.
Beware of being sick.
Thickness of the mind sickness
spiritually, that comes to you. You begin to lack the
appetite to do spiritual things. You begin to lack
the appetite to engage in guarding of
believers. He said, I don't like going to church. You are
sick. So we're going to look at
them before, before we end
today's teaching.
So look at all the symptoms that was dropped in the
chat box. Stunted growth.
Stunted growth. So the year
will end and we will be able to check your life.
Whether we can see a profitability or
you, you are spunted or you are
stagnant.
When you're growing, we will know. When you are not growing,
also we will know because there will
be lot of l loopholes
everywhere in your life.
So now let's be efficien. Everybody,
let's go to efficnc.
Let's go to efficnc.
So you see, there is no excuse for. I don't feel like
reading. Wait. Even please help me
o Pastor Victor. Pastor Chidi,
as many of us at least I'm seeing the people that are takinging
their, their Bible reading
daily. Some people
join because they don't want to be looked
after or shouted after. Oh, Pastor
Chidy or Pastor Victor should not disturb them or Mrs.
Titi should not ask. I've, not seen you. What's happening?
They just join. You just join.
And one amazing thing is it'just three
chapters a day,
some four chapters. Can you imagine?
Let me tell you, we're going toa look at it also as part of the
destruction. You are already possessed of the
Holy Ghost. But you can be oppressed by a
demon. A
demon can come to resist you from prayers.
A demon can come to resist you from reading
God's word. A demon can come
to resist you from attending the
gathering of believers.
Once you make up your mind that you will never come
to church is not ordinary. It
against. Is against your makeup as a
believer. once you make up your mind, I see
this year I will not read the Bible. It'against
your makeup. In fact, let me say this
is against the Holy Ghost that is
dwelling in your insight. Once you
say, you know what? I will not pray. Me, I
will not pray.
Already you are subscribing to a
life that is not yours.
And you can't have a fruitful year like that as a
believer. So efficieient. Chapter
5. Now verse 15. He says, See
then that he works cumectly. Not as
fools, but what but as wise.
He say work circumspectly. Pay
attention. Be
mindful, be conscious of how you
liveave your life in 2025.
He said, Redeeming the time because the days, are
evil. Wherefore being not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18. Now let's stop at 18, everybody. And being not
drunk with wine, wherein is what is
excess. But be filled with what?
With the Spirit. Be
filled with the spirit. So throughout
2025 you can be filled daily with
the Spirit. Throughout January
you can be fils daily with what? With the
spirit. It'very possible for
you. It's a thousand times
possible. It's a reality that can happen
throughout this year.
Why? Because you have chosen to walk
tumectly as a wise
man is possible.
So I will say this.
Set goals, please. If you're writing right, you say set
goals for 2025,
but set spiritual goals as the
highest. Set
goals. Set goals. Set goals. When I
say don't leave this year to chance, what I mean
is set goals for 2025.
Poss sets spiritual goals as the
highest in all your
setting of goals this year. Please, I
beg you with the mercy of God, set spiritual
goals. First,
let it be the priority of your goals. Let it be
the premium of your goals. Let it be at the top of the
chart of your goals. Set spiritual goals this
year. Set goals that. I'm gonna pray more
than I've ever prayed in my life this year I'm gonna
read the Word more than I've ever read the Word in my
life. This year I'm gonna attend every
meeting. Last year I was. I was running
away from garding of us. This year
I'mnna set goals. That, pertains to
me being part of local meetings
where believers are gathered. I'm gonna attend thell
meetings. I'm goingn part of the midwichk service. I'm going to part of the
Sunday service. Set goals.
This is how you don't live your life to chance.
Come on. You are too. You are too. You are
too old now
just to leift things to chance
it. One day at, a time
with Jesus. He saidir
are not come here suff far
is ah every day with Jesus.
Every blessed day.
If you're saying one day at a time, it means, oh, you can
have other days that you don't want to go with Jesus.
Every day must be with Christ.
What's gonna benna be?
What's the song? What's gonna be gonna be?
What goes up, must come down, What's
gonna be? What's gonna be? There is
nothing you can do about it. There is
something we will do about this year.
There is nothing. What's gonna be gonna be? You
are the one that will make what's gonna be to be
very. You cannot leave
as a believer who is irresponsible.
See, let me tell you, say no to every
form of irres responsibility this year.
Take hold of the time. Take
hold of the time. Take hold of the
time. Take hold of the time.
So in all the goals you are setting this year, which we're going to
talk about, set spiritual goals as a
what? As the highest. Praise God. Let
it be the highest. Let it be the
highest. We'talked about prayers, we'talk regarding of
believers. But all of our studying of the words, set those
goals as the wor. As the highest. Let me say this.
Please challenge yourself this year
that I'm gonna do what I've never done regarding my
spiritual life, say throughout my life.
O I have never read the Bible back to back.
You know what? This year I will do it.
set goals. Read spiritual books.
Set goals aside the book that we are
reading in church. Set goals to read other
books, spiritual books that are gona
add value your growth as a
believer. One of the points I was given
there is that, strengthen all the
wor. All the spiritual or
supernatural relationship that God has.
What that God has given you.
Strengthen all the supernatural relationships.
Let's go to Ecclesia. Ecclesiastes, chapter four.
Everybody. Oh, be a
Responsible believer this year. Be a conscious
believer this year. Be a responsible believer this
year. You are out there. You're hearing me. Be a
responsible believer this year.
Set goals for your prayer life. Set goals for
the reasoning of God's words. Set goals to attend goding of
believers. Be a responsible believers. When you
hear that we have prayer cres and his nine hour
stretch of prayers. Oh, let it excite you.
Let spiritual things excite you more
this year. That is where favvency
comes from. When
spiritual things don't excite you. There will not
be favathvency. There will not be
favvency.
Ecclesiastes chapter 4.
Strengthen your what? Strengthen the
supernatural relationships God is giving
you. Strengthen them.
Ecclesia chapter 4, verse 9 to 10. I read
two are better than one because they have a good
reward for their what for their label.
For if they fall, the one
will do what will lift his what
will lift up his fellow.
But waroe to him, that is what that is
alone. For
when he followed for he had
not another to do what to help him up.
Hallelujah.
Don't walk alone this year. Don't
work alone this year. God has led
you to valuable people. God has
led people into your life. So
strengthen those supernatural
relationships is
selfishness. Sheer
selfishness.
We often say there is no self
made believer. There is no self
made billionaire. There's
no self made milaire. There is no
self made. No no no. In this kingdom we don't have
self made people. Self
made believers. We don't have self made believers.
In fact we don't have self made medical doctor.
We don't have. In fact let me even take it extreme. We
don't have self made native doctor. So
how will you just arrive? You think you can just arrive in the
scene just like that? No. Now
God has. God consistently has
surrounded you with a system. One of the
system is a local church. Say sir, I am not
a people's person. That is not the spirit of God.
We bind that spirit. We bind
it. I am not a people's
person. When you are in the hospital, you know that you
are a people's person.
When you lack food to eat close to where you will know
that you are a people's person.
He saysir, you know, I find it
difficult to talk and relate with
people. Ah See this is not the spirit of God
speaking through you. You see this here? If
you're on this platform, we are about 69 71. Now
if you If you're on this platform and You. You. You
have this mindset that you are not a people's
person. You are not a.
You don't associate with people.
This year, we lose that
chain. We lose that mindset. We
lose every stronghold, ideology
from everywhere that is at work in
you, we lose it
this year.
One of the things that will be
responsible for your growth is
supernatural relationships. One of the
things that will be responsible for your
increase is supernatural relationships. One
of the things that will be responsible for your
stability, how far you go is
supernatural relationships. One of the things that
will be responsible for how your life
ends at the end of this year is
supernatural relationships. Brothers and
sisters.
Strengthen them. You see, I'm using the word strengthen
them because you have to consciously do something about
them. There is a
supernatural relationship between your pastors
and you. Strengthen those relationships.
There's a supernatural relationship between the pastors
and the members of the church. Strengthen those
relationships. In
fact, let me tell you, husband and wife.
God has brought you together. Is a supernatural
relationships.
Strengthen them. Let me say this as
a caution. Find whatever will cause
you to lose the supernatural relationship that
God has brought into your life. Fight it.
Don't. Don't tolerate whatever will
destroy the supernatural. The gift
of men that, ah, God has brought in your
life is the. When. When
you fall. When you fall. You see, the
scripture didn't tell us when you're gonna fall. But he said when
you fall for there will not be an order to help
you. No, no, no, no, no. But when you fall,
there will be so many people to hold you.
So practically, after service, don't just
run. Get to two, three people
and work. Know their names, interact with
them, reach out to
people. Few days, I
was just. I was just meditating about people that always
complain. Oh, but Pastor Chi, you did not call me Pastor
Chi. You did not send me message. He did not send me
message. Did you send Pastori message? Did you message
him? Can't you see that his lack of growth that is
disturing you? You are sick.
Mature people, responsible
people. When messages are, not sent to them, they
sen. So send the
message. If you realize Pastor Victor has not messaged
you. Messaging. That's
what responsible people will do. That's what matureur. That's
what growth brings to your life.
Let me say this, please. This year,
reduce your excuses and amplify
your responsibility.
You all. I said reduce your excuses for
irresponsibility and, amplify your
responsibility. Reduce your excuses for
irresponsibility and, amplify your
responsibility. Reduce your Excuses for
irresponsibility and, amplify your
responsibility. Rise to
the demand of responsibilities.
So one of them is what threaten all the
supernatural relationship. Ephesians,
chapter four. See? Ephesians, chapter four, verse
two. Everybody. Epesians, chapter
chap. Chapter four.
Epesians, chapter four.
Epesians, chapter 4, verse 2.
I, therefore. Let's start reading from verse one. I,
therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,
besech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation
whereith ye are called.
With all loneliness and meekness, with long suffering
for bearing one another in what?
In love. For bear. With
meekness, with humility, with
meekness, with long suffering.
For bearing one another in what?
In love and devour.
To keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of
peace and
devor. Do all you can. To
keep the bonds. Do
all you can. The people God has
connected you with. Do all you can to keep the
bond. Pray for
them, Reach out to them.
Do all you can. He said, with all loneliness,
not pride. With all long
suffering. For bearing one
another in what? In love.
For bearing one another in love.
Romans, chapter 12, verse 10.
Romans, chapter 12. 10. Strengthen the
supernatural relationships God has brought into your Life.
Romans chapter Twelver 10 is a. Be
kindly, affectionate one to another.
With broly what? Broly. Love.
In honor. Can you see? Brothers,
sisters, can you see? You say in honor. Do
what? Preferring
one another. Reach
out to those people in love.
Honor them. Honor them.
Esteem them. Esteemed
them. Hebrews chapter
10, verse 24. Hebrews, chapter
10, verse 24. You see all the places that we were reading.
You can see a responsibility laid on you as a
believer on what to do.
Hebrews chapter 10. I will say this again because I'm
hearing it sounding in my spirit. If you're on this
platform, fightide whatever
is God is fighting you from attending
the local church,
you're on this platform. Whatever
is stopping you from attending the garden of believers
this year? Fight it.
Hebrews chapter 10, verse 24. And let us
consider one another. Can you see? That we
should do what? Help
me. That we should do what? Provoke
unto love and what, And
good words. Hallelujah.
Not fors the assembly of ourselves together as a manner of
someies, but exhorting what one another,
Encouraging one another. so much more as
yes, see the day what approaching.
Philippians chapter two, verse three to four.
Philippians Chapter two, verse three to four.
He said, let nothing be
done through strife, O vain
glory. But in lowneliness of
mind. Let's do what? Let each
esteem What? Esteem the order. better
than what? Than themselves.
Now, everybody. Nowiverse 4, look.
Not every man on his own things,
but every man also on the things of what?
Of the.
So practically now, how will I strengthen
all the supernatural relationships knowing
that I can't fulfill God's will alone? Knowing
that God has put a system of men
in my life for my growth, for my stability,
for my increase. How can I
be able to do that? Number one, I have to
not show that relationship.
Noture the relationship, nurture
the relationship. Don't be careless
about the people God has put in your life.
Please, I beg you, don't be. What?
Don't be careealless about them.
Don't be careealless. Don't be
careless with them. Honor them.
Oh, my good God, Honor them. Be
loyal to them. When we say loyalty,
we mean be devoted without
reservation when it
comes to your supernatural relationship. Heal
every spirit of selfishness.
You see, scriptural, to put yourself
ahead of people
is scriptural. Puts
people ahead of you.
Mark, chapter nine, verse 35, chapter 10,
verse 40 fiver. verse 44. He said, if anyone
desires to be the greatest in this kingdom,
he must be the servant of them all.
Mark 9:35. Mark
10:44.
You want to be known. You want to be felt.
Your impact, your effect in a system,
in the life of people. God has put in your life. Serve
people. Let me say this. Serve the relationships God
has put in your life. Serve them.
Let me take it a little bit far. If you
don't feel used in the local church, you
have been useless.
You. You what? I said, if you don't feel used
in the local church, you have been what you have been
useless. I will repeat it the
third time again. If you don't feel used,
you have been what you have been.
Useless. He said, for
the Son of man came to
serve. Let. Let's read this. Let's
read Mark 10 so that you will see how. Jesus.
Jesus. Jesus. Everybody
me
in this end here. Am I the only one? Am I the
only one? Pastor friend will just be calling my line. He will be calling
my life. Yes, we'll call your line. You must feel
use.
When it comes to. I'm getting more now. More things are
coming into my heart. When it comes to the supernatural relationships
God has sp. In your life. Don't play safe.
Don't play safe. Safve game, save game.
Practical. you go to eat with your friends. You go to
eat after you have eaten
that days. Somehow, somehow you know that your friends don't have
money. And then in your heart you have this
nudg. And then the ndging say, pay for everybody. You
say, ah, ah. No, don't be me, ma. I'm not a mom.
No, no, no, no, no.
They say, oh, your friend is in the hospital who will go
and stay with him. M in the hospital. He say, o no about me.
No. I have so many things going on in my life. Ah,
You have so many things going on in your life, and you can't be dear
for people. See what March of the 10
says, verse 44. He said,
Whosoever of you will be the chief.
Please learn life from the scriptures.
Don't learn life from that. From social media,
from Instagram, from all those TikTok,
Snapchat. Learn the
Christian conduct from the scriptures. This
year. Nobody ever,
loses by giving.
Did you hear what I said? Nobody ever
loses by what? By giving.
And see, the scripture said
shall be the servmant of go 45. For
even the son of man came not to be
served or minister, to
minister, to stop and to give his
life a ransom. For how many?
For many.
For many. Can you see?
For many. We can see. We can
see that same statement that Jesus
will give, right?
He said that also in John, chapter
15, verse 13. Fifteen, verse
13. See Jesus'words
John, chapter 15, verse thirteen. Greater love
had no man than this. Than a man
laid down his life for his
enemies. Everybody now
what? What? A man laid down his life for what?
For his friends.
So sacrifice for the supernatural
relationships God has put in your life. That is what I'm
saying. Sacrifice.
Sacrifice
for bear with one another.
Your friend offend you. For surely offenseences
will come from your friends. Offenses, will
come.
Pastor Chidi is on this platform. Pastor Victor is
on this platform. Pastor Emmanuel is on this platform. I think I've
seen Mrs. M. Titi. Pastor Chidi,
let's assume one of these days Mrs.
If informa now you know there was this misunderstanding
and then you just woke up and say, me, I'm not doing
this marriage again.
No, now it cannot happen.
Not even because, oh, I've said an O. For better, for
worse. Just understanding that, God
has brought this woman in my life
as a blessing I must keep. I
will not allow. We don't
quit. Thank you, Takunda.
Don't allow misunderstanding. Destroy
the supernatural relationship God, has put
in your life. Pastors will correct you. And the
next option the demon will put in your mind is leave the
church. Leave the
church. Pastor Fred hates you. Leave the
Church. Leave the church. You keep hearing. Leave the
church. Leave the church. They want to kill you
here. Leave the church. Leave the church. That
is not the Holy Ghost. We are not
going anywhere, Christopher. Thank you.
We live here. We grow here. One of the words
I received within the week when I was meditating on this, on this,
on this part of the sermon, he said, stay where
you are planted and grow.
Have you ever seen seasons change
upon a tree and the tree uproot
itself
because there is winter. The tree does not like
cold. It now uproots itself and enter into the
room of the person that planted it. Have you ever seen
anything like that?
Rainy season, sunny season.
With fertilizer. With no fertilizer.
Harsh condition. No condition, good
condition. We are there
planted. So stay in the local church
where God has plant you and grow there.
We have a generation that don't like correction.
When you are corrected, you raise your nose in the
air. Your head now fills the
room. Your chest, your chest.
Why are you
even
Scripture is scriptural that the child whom
the father lost is the one that is
justastised. A generation that does not like
chastisement. That is
why all your
Go go po go po go
po go po p. Go po go
p Go. There is nobody like saying pro. You
are messing up. In fact, let me say this as
a caution. I both as a caution and an
instruction. If you are in a relationship with
anybody now, you're on this platform and nobody
is correcting you because of. Bad,
because of your stubborn head, because of your
whatever. Leave the relationship.
The people that love you the most are the ones
that will sharpen you. Sharpening
is not suitable. But
it'beautiful at the end of the day,
she'telling is not sweet. But at the end of the
day you take shape.
So get growing, get bigger.
Get busy investing in the supernatural
relationships.
Let me say this now. What I mean is this.
Let me say this.
Be truthful to each other. Do
you? What? I said, be what? Be truthful.
What
to each mother.
Pray for the life.
Do you What? I said do what?
If I ask randomly. Now let me say
this. When you see yourself having more
misunderstanding with the people God has put in your
life is because you're not praying for them.
Husbands and wives know this. The more
you pray with your wives, the
more you see less on the misunderstanding.
The more you see there is something that
happens when you pray for people.
You cannot use the same mouth and, pray for them and use the
same mouth to criticize them or to tear them down.
It does not work.
So strengthen the relationship.
Feed it. pray for them. Pray for
your pastors. Pray for your friends. Pray, pray.
Pray for your wife. Pray for your husband. Pray for
your children. Pray and pray and pray.
Don't get weary. Let me end on this
point. Don't get weary in
investing in the relationship God has
put in your life.
Don't get weary.
Invest, invest, invest.
Protect the relationship,
believers. Protect the words
relationship. Protect people. Protect
them. Halleluah.
Amen.
So, set goals for the
year. Set goals for the year.
But above all, set what? Set spiritual
goals. Spiritual goals should be the highest.
Spiritual goal should be the highest. At the end of
2025, we want to see that you have grown
spiritually.
Revelational knowledge. Desire it more.
Don't wait for anybody. Desire
m it more to grow spiritually.
That mental goals for this year.
Do you know what I said? Set mental
development goals. Don't
read only the Bible.
Read, read. Mind provoking books. Abus,
your mind more. When we
talk about entrepreneurship, now you don't know anything.
We talk about investment, now you don't know anything
we talk about. In fact, as I don't have a
football team, okay, I said I have Mass
City, but they told me that man city is, at
the lower table. This. I don't know
what happened to them. We used to. We used to be
on form, you know,
but it's amazing that now I don't know what is happening to
us. At least if you
touch football, I can say some names.
You touch boxing, I can say some names.
You touch mma, I can say some names.
You touch BBC, you touch cnn.
Some things that are happening in the world. In Nigeria, there are
spor. Everywhere books. I can say some
things. You can't see
anything happening in the world. You can't say anything. Now
somebody in the side is saying, sir, we are in the world. Are.
We are not of the world. Thank you.
Grow. Let your mind grow.
Let me say this, let me say this. You can never
be better than the content of your mind.
You see what I said you can never be.
What? Better and, productive
than the content of what? Of your
mind.
Attend conferences.
If you have to pay, pay for them.
If you have to go and seek people that are experts
in the field, stick those people
and, learn. See, please, this year,
no chance. don't leave anything to chance.
If you have to buy the books, invest and buy
the books. Buy the
books, Buy the books. Buy the
books. Every area of your life that you
know that needs to shine more, buy
the books get the knowledge for it.
Set. You see, I've said it now. Set spiritual goals
should be the highest. Set mental goals
for your mind. Transformation, of your mind
is important.
Set physical goals.
Big stomach is not a sign of good
living.
Slim neck is not a sign of
fitness. He says,
saysir, you know, this is stomach, body. Your neck is on the
air and your head is bigak on it.
He says, I'm watching. I'm watching my weight.
You are, you are. You are. You are dying because you have been eating
too much carbohydrate. No protein, no
nothing. You know,
rice, rice oil, rice oil, rice
oil, rice oil, rice oil, fried rice,
white rice, baked rice, fried rice,
white rice. G.
Gariari,
this is, I'm watching my protein level. You
are not. There is no any protein level. You are watching.
We see you. We say, oh, what is. What is
happening? We can see your stomach is growing big.
Is growing big. He, the Lord is
good. We're living a good life where you
are dying, brother. you are dying, sister.
If they are confessing white spaghetti and pepper, they are confessing
their sins.
Truly, salvation has come into this house today.
No exercise. No
exercise, nothing. So set
physical goals.
Get to check your food.
I told us here on this platform, for the first time,
I got to find out that my ion level is
low. And I was wondering what am I be using ion
for? My vitamin D is low.
There was nothing. I have been eating
unhealy. Simple.
You will see. When. When, let me say this
now. I'm not showing it to shd people now, when you are
single, you will. You will master the art of
eating unhealthy. I, have been
delivered some of you deliverances on the way.
And it is s happening very soon, sooner than we
expected. The other is some
people are sending me s. I believing even what
to eat. What to eat, brother, is because you are single.
Sir, are you saying that we should go and marry? Sharp
shp. No. As a single
person, you can watch the food you eat.
You can watch it. You can watch
it as a
single person. Married. Husbands, wife,
children, brothers, sisters, believers.
This body. This body needs to be
taken care of.
If you have to see the doctors, See the
doctors.
He says, I've been feeling pain in my head. I've been
feeling pain. You have not been sleeping.
Rest. Rest, Believers.
Rest
say we. We have been indoor 16 hours.
After your 16 hours, please also have
time. To do what? To sleep.
Believers, as you're listening to me, have
leisure time.
Have lessure time. You
Don't. You don't watch no movie.
You don't, you don't go out to any park.
You don't even take a walk. nothing,
no leisure, nothing.
Forakem is saying, don't wait to marry before you do
it. You know, I
literally know every restaurant in
Deribboo. How?
Because every time I'm coming back from work, I take
myself out. I said, let me, let me learn to
take myself out.
I, will go there, sit down, order other food, eat, snap my
face and feel good.
And when I'm coming, I put my earpiece and do a video and put
on, on, on, WhatsApp. And people are saying, oh, this guy
is catching poo and he's enjoying himself. Of
course you are waiting for
bro to be the one to take you out. You are
joking.
Set financial goals.
Set financial goals. Brothers,
I beg you with the mecies of God.
Set, financial goals.
Let me say this now, very important in
2025, don't take any
major decision in your life that you don't have knowledge
about. Do you hear what I
said? Don't take any
major decision in your life that you don't
have knowledge. Get sufficient
knowledge and information over every
decision. Major decisions before you take
them. Don't start
out any major project without knowledge.
Don't start out any kind. Don't take any
move without knowledge. First
knowledge of God's word and seek
for counsel because there's safety in them from people around
you.
So set financial goals
is not sinful. To set financial target for the
year at the end of
2025. This is the amount of money I want to
raise. This is the amount of money I want to save.
This is the amount of money I want to invest. It's not
sinful if you
fail financially. You know, you
know the part of Psalms that said s from When I am
young and I am old, I have seen,
I've never seen the righteous and their, children
beg for bread. You will be the first person we will
see, will see you. We will see you and your
children. You will beg for bread and bread till
we know that you are a bread beggar
in the sources of income that comes to you.
Get a job to do, brothers and sisters.
Learn a skill.
Learn a skill. Make use
of your hands,
make use of your mind.
sharpen your skills.
sharpen the things that you are doing. In fact,
let me say something now to somebody. You have been
doing things for free. Put a
price tag now on it. It's time to put A price
tag. Even if it's $5, put a price
tag on it. Two
people that will buy, don't mind, put a price
tag and continue polishing the
skill. Some of you are, a virtual
assistants. Some of you are, a, statistic,
statisticians. Some of you
are video editors. Some of you are something to
land. Some of you are real estate agents. Some of you are
house agents. Some of you money changers. M.
Many, many things happening. Some of you are. You are
baking. You're doing a lot of things.
Sharpen them.
Let me say this. amplify. Amplify,
the sources of income that comes into your life
in 2025. Come on, you are old
enough. You have put so much pressure on your
parents, on pastors, on friends,
on I find me, find me 2K. By the end
of five people. You have looked for five people. They should find
you 2K. That's 10,000 year.
And you, ah, are the most sharpest person we see
on Facebook.
You have a working brain, a
working hands, a functioning body. But
you hate hard life. It's a meal. Have, been called to soft
life. Brother, is money that makes soft life
soft. So go and
get busy. In 2025, I'm,
challenging us. Paul said they have
learned to use their hands.
So use your hands this year.
Set career goals for your career.
You are a nurse. Don't be a quackk nurse.
You're a computer engineer. Don't be a quackk
computer engineer. You're a
physiotherapist. Don't be a quackk fish. Your
therapist.
sharpen your career. sharpen your
career. In fact, let me say
this. Get to the peak of your
career, except you don't want to use
it. In
2025, be at your best.
If somebody is beside you, tell the person, be, ah, at your
best. In 2025, be at
your best. Be at your best.
Spiritually, be at your best.
Emotionally. Be at your best. Physically,
be at your best. Financially, be at your
best. Career wise. Be at your best.
Don't waste opportunities.
Don't waste time over anything. Now, I'm bringing
instruction now for someone. Don't waste time
over anything. What you have to do, that you
need to do, do it.
Start things now and, start from scratch.
Do you know what I said? Start things now and
start from where? And, start from scratch.
Don't be ashamed to start from scratch.
Don't run away from process, brethren.
In 2025.
Don't easily give up on things.
Don't give up on your spiritual life. Don't give
up on your financial life. Don't give up on your physical
life. Don't give up. Don't give up.
Start small.
Set out to start small.
Build in pieces. Build in
pieces. Stay with your
conviction. Stay with your persuasions. That is
from God's word.
See, you must. You must. You must have
a system inside you and that system. Or you
have a system inside you.
Sorry. And that system is the Holy Ghost.
Every or any area of your life
that you are ashamed of to talk about,
please work on it this year. Do you know
what I said? Any ah, area of your life that you are
ashamed to talk about. You do what? Work on it this
year.
And lastly, now,
lastly,
beware of these distractions.
Do you know what I said? Lastly, you what? Beware
of these distractions.
Beware of lukewarmness.
Lack of appetite for spiritual
things. Lack of appetite for
growth, lack of appetite
for increase, lack of appetite
for progress. Beware of this
destruction. Lukewarmness.
Don't choke yourself with so much
activity that will make you
lose yourself.
Do you what I said don't choke yourself with so
much activities that may cause you to do what?
To lose yourself.
Run away from that
deception that tells you there is so much
time.
Run away that deception that
tells you there is so much time. There's so much time.
There's so much time. Run away from that deception
and Run away from the syndrome
that I must start big.
Do you hear what I said? Run away from the syndrome that
I must what that I must start.
This is how you prepare for this year. So
you are the one actually that will invest into the
year. You are the one that will sow into the
year that you are the one that will put into the
year. You are the one truly that will
give into the year. Please.
So we want to see your life at ah, the end of
2025. We want to
mark you. We want to see your life. We want to
see how truly effective you have
been. We want to see how responsible
a believer you are. We want to see
how truly you have embraced
growth throughout, 2025.
So set our spiritual goals, mental
goals, physical goals, financial
goals, career goes set
out, set out, stretch
out. Enertge your capacity.
Enlert your capacity. Embrace the way
of discipline. Embrace the way of
diligence. Increase on every
side. Can we just bless God? Everybody,
wheresoever you are. Can we bless God?
Can we bless God? So many
teachings are coming this year. This is just
to just bring our mind to the place where we must
embrace the things that are coming. It's
not just to motivate us. No no no no no no. Motivation is
good. It's not sinful.
But it's for us to stay on God's word. To stay
on God's will to redeem time. and stay true
till the end.
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