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[0:00] Welcome! You are about to listen to a destiny-changing message preached by Pastor David at Karis Phase 2. Karis Phase 2 is our revival-seeking youth ministry where young people are coming to know Jesus Christ.

[0:16] Faith comes by hearing, and by hearing the Word of God. Be blessed as you listen. A Christian, wherever you are, you are representative of God. You are an ambassador. 2 Corinthians 5, verse 20 and 21.

[0:37] It says, we beseech you, therefore, as ambassadors of Christ, be ye reconciled. We are speaking to you as ambassadors. We want you to, because we represent Christ wherever we find ourselves.

[0:50] God was in Christ, verse 18. God was in Christ, not imputing the world's trespasses against them, but reconciling the world to himself. And verse 19, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. We beseech you on the behalf of Christ. Be ye reconciled.

[1:06] We are talking on the behalf of Christ. This morning I said that Christ doesn't have a physical body now, here. So we are his body. If you don't go there, Christ can't go there.

[1:22] There are people you meet who are meeting the Christ in you. There's a reason why Christ sent you to that university. So that you can be the foot of Christ there. You can be the hand of Christ there.

[1:35] You can be the eyes of Christ there. Christ sent you there. Don't let him down. Because you want to look cool. You want to look sophisticated.

[1:48] You also want some girls. You want boys to like you. So you are killing the Christ in you so boys can like you. Girls can like you.

[2:00] So you can fit in that club. You won't preach because when you preach, they will laugh at you. Yeah. Blind people will laugh at people like you.

[2:11] So they think you are mad. So it's okay for people to laugh at you. It's okay. Jesus puts it this way. Matthew chapter 5, verse 10, 11, 12.

[2:22] He said, blessed are you, those of you who are persecuted for righteousness sake. Not for doing something wrong. Okay. Not for going to sleep with somebody's girlfriend. Not for going to gossip about somebody.

[2:35] If you are persecuted for righteousness sake. For the fact that you are doing right. In 1 Peter, he says that, blessed are you if you do right and you suffer for it.

[2:47] He said, if you do right and you suffer for it. 1 Peter chapter 3. If you should suffer for, you are blessed.

[2:58] And do not be afraid. If you suffer for doing right. Chapter 2, verse 18 and 19. 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 18 and 19. Verse 19.

[3:12] There's some suffering somewhere there. Yes. For this is commendable. If because of conscience towards God, one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

[3:23] You are suffering, but it's not a rightful suffering. But it's because of your conscience towards God. Because of the way you, you know Christ has arrested your heart. Yes. So he said, blessed are you.

[3:34] He said the same thing. Jesus, look at the next verse. Blessed are you. For what credit is it? If when you are beaten for your fault, you take it patiently.

[3:46] You haven't achieved anything. For not being on time for your lectures. And you are suffering for your life. It's not an achievement. For sleeping when I'm preaching.

[4:00] It's not an achievement. Especially when you are sitting on the front seat. It's not an achievement. But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable.

[4:20] Do good. Do good and don't be afraid of the consequences. Do good. Do right. Do God. Do God.

[4:31] And don't be afraid of the consequences. It's always kind of consequences, but God will defend you. Leave God to do the defense. Sometimes he doesn't defend you at the time you think he should.

[4:42] Or at the time they think if he is, he would. Did God defend Jesus when they were killing him? They killed him. And he actually cried, God, why have you forsaken me? But three days later.

[4:55] Three days later. He defended him. Raised him. Come on. He will do it in his own time. Just do God and leave the replication to him.

[5:07] If you suffer for doing God, it's good. Then you can boast of. Paul said, forbid it that I should boast. Save in the cross. Galatians chapter 6 verse 14.

[5:19] He said, forbid it that I should boast. Give me the boast. Nicky James. Yeah. God forbid that I should boast. Except in the cross.

[5:30] This is interesting. Except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not even my cross or his cross. That I should boast. By whom the world is crucified to me and I am crucified to them.

[5:42] Forbid me. If I have boasting, I'm boasting about cross. Cross. Cross is the symbol of suffering. If there's any boast to me, let me boast the fact that Jesus died to save me.

[5:54] And I stand for him. And I preach for him. And I do his will. And I'm living for him. Let me boast about that. And I'm suffering. No problem. No problem. No problem. No problem. No problem. No problem. No problem. No problem. But you are not doing God because people will laugh at you.

[6:07] That shows that you are not a genuine Christian. You are not following Christ. It says that blessed are you. If you are persecuted for what?

[6:21] Righteousness sake. For those who are persecuted. For this is the kingdom. Actually, the kingdom. The rulership. God is a king.

[6:31] God reigns. Reign. The reign of God is yours. And I'm suffering through persecution. Yeah. God. The kingdom of God belongs to you. Wow. Wherever you go, you are coming to the kingdom.

[6:42] Amen. Amen. Satan. Devil see that first. And they shake. Look at the next verse. I like the verse. We are going to verse 12. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you.

[7:00] Please. Falsely is important. Falsely is important. Okay. Falsely is important.

[7:11] Because some of you, the things that some people are saying about you is true. It's true. Your room is so dirty. Is it not true?

[7:22] It's true. So if your mom is screaming every time, check, check. Look at the way your room is dirty. And there's nothing. The place is stinking. And you don't dish your dishes. You pile dishes in the sink.

[7:35] Take away bowls. Hiding under your bed. Yeah. Take away bowls hiding under your bed. But I said, blessed are you if they say evil against you.

[7:49] Say all kinds. Not only one time. All kinds. All kinds of evil against you. Falsely. And they get to say it because of your stance for Christ. For the sake of Christ.

[8:01] They are saying all these things. Falsely. He said you are blessed. See some of you, you have not actually got the grace, come to grips with how blessings operate.

[8:14] Look at where Jesus put the blessing. Look at where the blessing is. You can see a lot of sacrifice here. The sacrifice, this sacrifice, the amount of blessing is generating.

[8:26] You are blessed. You are blessed. You are blessed. You are blessed. You are blessed. Because you are, you got a bank loan. Because guys are, say, girl, you look nice.

[8:41] So, yeah, I'm blessed. Guys like me. No, that's it. Because you got a new job. Because something good is happening. He said don't define the blessing from there. Define the blessing from what you are doing.

[8:55] You are the blessed. Not what is happening around you. You are the blessed. So, Joseph found himself in Potiphar's house. And Potiphar found out that everything seems to be working around this guy. Even though he's been brought as a slave.

[9:07] This slave is a different slave. He's a blessed, uh-oh. He's a blessed slave. You are a blessed student. You are a blessed daughter. You are a blessed son. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

[9:18] Your father will admit that this my son is blessed. Your mother will admit that this my daughter is blessed. Amen. Your cousins will say, hey, that's why this one is different too.

[9:29] Amen. People must admit and know that they are dealing with a blessed person. Amen. Not because of the car you drive, the shoe you're wearing, the hair wig you're wearing, or anything you possess, even the uni you attend.

[9:47] But Joseph didn't attend the University of Oxford. He was attending Potiphar's University, and they downgraded him to Perkham University. Yeah.

[9:59] But when he landed in prison, things were working around him so much that the one who has always been taken care of prisoners said, ah, I think you can do the job better than me. You are a senior here.

[10:11] Even though on paper I'm senior, but I leave everything in your hands. Run it. Run it. Because the guy, things work for him. What? Because the hand of God was all in his life.

[10:24] And he says, how do you procure that kind of hand on your life? He says, show us the roots. He said, blessed are you. Blessed are you. He didn't say, blessed things you will have.

[10:35] You don't have to look blessed. You are actually blessed. You are blessed. You are blessed. Telling you. Don't, don't. You are checking in for a flight, and they upgraded you to, let's say, business class.

[10:51] So you think that's because that you are blessed. It's good, but please, don't let. They do it for people, Buddhists, Muslims, Thieves. They do it for anybody. Do you understand?

[11:02] Please, let's, let's redefine what it means to be blessed. Don't put the focus of blessing on manifestation, physical. The focus of blessing is actually in, or the person Christ has endorsed based on your activities.

[11:18] Your sacrificial engagement moves you from one level. He said, blessed are you. Blessed are you. You are actually blessed. It doesn't have to look like it, but you are just blessed.

[11:31] That means that you, when you are on the high seas, and there is storm, and the whole boat is sinking, because you are on board, the boat cannot sink. What takes, what it takes for a boat to sink, the boat loses it.

[11:44] It can't sink. Because there is a blessed personality on board. Hallelujah. High seas, but you are on board. Go and ask Paul. He says that, because of me, there's no, not one life will be lost.

[11:57] Not one life because I'm here. Not one life. They should be thanking God for this guy coming. This prisoner, prisoner number 82, on the, on the, on the boat. Yeah. Yeah. Because of him.

[12:09] An angel, a whole angel came from heaven and said, God has given you those who are traveling with you. Wow. They don't know that. They don't know that there is a guy on board.

[12:20] I am blessed. I am blessed. Yes. How I wish your university knew who they are dealing with, who have come to the university. Yeah. How I wish your aunties knew how they should know who this family member is.

[12:36] How I wish they know. How is your sister the way she talks to you? How I wish she knew. Usually they don't tend to know at all. Because family members tend to downgrade.

[12:48] It doesn't matter whoever you are. Especially once is the blessing of God, the hand of God. That's even worse. Theologians believe that Jesus Christ, his immediate brethren, were not with him from the beginning.

[13:02] His immediate brother. Life. Black brother. Black sister. They were not part of his disciples from the beginning. His real brother. Joseph and them. They were not there.

[13:13] So, people will not celebrate you. Don't wait for them to. So, if you want them to celebrate you, you may have to change to what they celebrate and what they see.

[13:25] And then you are losing the actual blessing. What it means to be blessed. You can all go somewhere and eat the same food. They say everybody is poisoned.

[13:36] People are dying. But you. What? How do you feel it? But maybe you didn't eat the same thing. You are by it. I even ate more than you. But the Bible says that the king was so surprised that about these three Hebrew boys.

[13:53] And the Bible used this phrase. Of whose bodies fire could not have power. God of a shy. Hallelujah. In the book of Daniel. It said on their power. Fire could not have power on their bodies.

[14:05] Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Chapter 3. And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king's counselors gathered together.

[14:17] And they saw these men on whose bodies fire had. Fire. Fire. What first I said?

[14:28] Fire had no power on their bodies. Think about it. On their bodies, fire had no power. There's nothing that fire can't deal with.

[14:41] That's why God would wipe everything with fire. But there are certain individuals. The Bible says on whose bodies, in Hebrews chapter 11, verse 33, it said they quenched the violence of fire.

[14:55] On whose bodies fire had no power. Not only on their bodies, even their clothes. Yeah. Even their clothes. Daniel.

[15:06] On whose bodies fire had no power. The hair of their head was not seen nor were their garments affected.

[15:18] The benefit of the garment is not where it was bought. It's not the designer, the label on it. It's who is wearing it. Huh?

[15:32] It wasn't fireproof. Yeah. It wasn't. I like that. It wasn't fireproof. But the one wearing it. Fire couldn't have power over their body.

[15:45] So hallelujah. Hallelujah. That's what I'm talking about. Wow. Say fire could not. And so their hair was not seen. By seers. On whose bodies the fire had no power.

[15:58] Never forget that phrase. They were surprised. And look at these guys. On whose bodies fire had no power. And he said the hair of their head was not singed.

[16:12] Nor were the garments affected. And the smell of fire was not on. Ah. You can't smell that they've been around fire. Meanwhile they were in their hottest fire.

[16:25] I'm talking about blessing. But if they are blessed, why should they go into fire? If they are blessed, fire can't have power over them. So stop talking about the immediate circumstances around your life.

[16:37] Why am I going through this? Why am I going through this? Let others go through what you are going through. And let's see where to end up. You will go through what others go through. But the outcome will be definitely different.

[16:50] Why? Because there's a difference between someone who is blessed. And someone who is not blessed. The people who threw them in the fire. They got burnt. They got burnt. Tell you. They got burnt.

[17:01] And it was bad. They lost their. They couldn't work again. They got burnt. But they who went into the fire. Fire had no power over their bodies. Lions could not eat human.

[17:12] Hungry lions couldn't eat one man. One man. Hungry lions. So Jesus said, blessed are you. That's what I'm talking about. The focus is the you.

[17:23] What has come upon you. And those things don't come anyhow. Because you are saying amen. Those things don't happen. It's based on a certain process you are going through.

[17:36] So when you are going through the process, you have to know. This is taking me some way. This is taking me some way. This is. It's changing my status from inside. From inside.

[17:48] Then demons will say, Paul, I know. Jesus, I know. They saw Jesus. They say, hey, why have you come into my house before our time? Why are you? They knew him. But people, ordinary people couldn't tell.

[18:02] Don't wait for people to tell what has happened to you. Work yourself into what God has said. And we tell you, we even see amazing results of your life.

[18:13] The outcome. Outcome. The outcome of your life is phenomenal. No. It's phenomenal. You are not doing anything exceptional. But the outcome is phenomenal.

[18:27] I'm talking about someone who is blessed. I am blessed. Very true. Put Joseph in potty first house. He will flourish. Put him in prison. He will flourish. Make a mistake. Bring him around the palace.

[18:37] He will take over. He didn't take over by coup. The king said, you should have it. He said, everything in Egypt is an eye of command. Ah.

[18:49] What did the king see in this guy? It's a blessing at work. It makes people make decisions about you that is smart. That is not normal.

[19:00] And they are very happy. And they are convinced that this is the best decision that must be made. How can you bring someone from prison straight to make him a prime minister? Wow. From prison. First of all, you have to set the person free.

[19:14] Put you on probation. Yeah. Straight from prison to prime minister by a king's decree. From today, no one goes anywhere. Everybody.

[19:26] You are in charge of the land. Apart from me. You are in charge. What is this? That's blessing. That's blessing. Hallelujah. So, that's why when you understand these things, you don't envy someone who looks blessed.

[19:45] He looks blessed. He looks like this girl. A lot of guys like him. As for me, no one likes him. Don't worry. Oh, come on. Come on. There are a lot of very gorgeous, pretty girls who don't have anyone to marry them.

[19:58] And not just that. Most old men that come into their lives are not stable. Or are not faithful to them. But sometimes when God is with you, it looks like it's not working.

[20:12] Why does it look like it's not working? So that you justify those he foreknew, he called. Those he called. Those he foreknew, he predestined. Those he predestined, he called.

[20:22] Those he called, he justified. So there's a process of justification you are going through. And when the time is ripe, when the time is full, God himself will set, list me in the path of righteousness for his name.

[20:40] Not for your name's sake. Excuse me. You don't have any name. For Jehovah's name's sake. For himself. So whatever he's doing in your life is not for your convenience.

[20:51] It's for himself. But you benefit heavily. It's for himself. So then if it's not ready, time, it's not time for him to. Can you imagine in Luke chapter 1.

[21:04] The last verse. The last verse. Luke chapter 1. Yes. So the child, verse 80. So the child, talking about John the Baptist.

[21:16] The child grew and became strong. Can you imagine? He was growing. He became strong in spirit. And was in the desert. Huh? Someone who is growing.

[21:26] Why are you keeping him in the desert? But the guy is supposed to be a popular person. Don't keep him in the desert. That's the problem of people who think they are talented. They are good singers. Instead of joining the choir and singing in the background for a long time.

[21:40] Until it's time for God to show you. They want to show themselves. They are going to launch your own album. Go. No. So people are trying to make themselves to be seen.

[21:51] That's one day I was being interviewed by some international television. And they asked me what has been there. How did I get to where? I mean, I said, I've always never seemed to be known.

[22:04] I've always sought to know. Because if you seek to know, you'll be known. many people are seeking to be known that's why you've done your own vlog if you are good on social media why don't you use it to build the house you are feeding from why don't you use it to build the house so the blessing is actually is on a person that has become part of the person and the effect of the blessing is what you will tend to see but most of us focus on the effect but the blessing itself is on a person and to procure the blessing people might laugh at you people might call you names people might write you off they will exclude you from the chat, group chat you should be rejoicing because it's not a group chat to boast about some of the pictures and the videos they share and it is not edifying so they have now started formed a new one they've excluded you you didn't even know it's been going on for two months you just found out and you are sad that they excluded you ah said rejoice blessed are you

[23:21] Matthew chapter yes and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake look at the next verse best of rejoice and be exceeding said don't be normally glad exceeding what's wrong with you you can't tell everybody but some people said can you imagine some of the people have started excluding me because of my Christian stance it's painful but it said be exceedingly glad let your gladness exceed normal gladness exceedingly glad why because there's a massive reward in heaven oh you only think of how who will marry me all these guys in the church who will marry me when I went to marry all these guys who would I marry start focusing on securing a massive reward from heaven when it's coming you don't even have to advertise yourself people will look for you to favor to help you they will be looking for you to help you blessings or material things physical things opportunities will chase you so some of you young ladies buckle down instead of booking spa spa with the church brother stop it and start paying the price to work with Jesus and the blessing is actually become part of you where he said where do you think he said surely goodness and mercy shall follow me they are going they say there's nothing good there don't worry

[25:06] I'm coming to myself he follows me nobody's favorite there in that area don't worry once I get there favor will show up because goodness and mercy follows me they follow you they don't have to be there before you get there like deep sea divers there's no air under the water no air how are you going to breathe no I'm coming with my own oxygen tank I'm going I'm going with my own oxygen tank don't worry about water air that's not there I have my own oxygen tank under the water and I'll survive so he said when he said goodness and mercy shall follow me don't worry where you are going you are bringing your own supply hallelujah hallelujah so people will despise you my bible says that God has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 27 28 chosen the things that are not I like that bit the things that are not

[26:07] I like that chosen the weak things so God has chosen the foolish things of this world to confound well to put to shame the wise and God has chosen the weak things of this world to put to shame the things that are mighty the things that are not King James the things that are not to bring to not okay he has chosen the things which are not to bring to not to different types of not the things that are John chapter 1 verse I think 45 or 46 can any good thing come from Nazareth no it's not where you were born it's not who knows you it is what you are practicing what are you practicing some of you have a very distasteful past and background it's not nice your background is very rough but get busy practicing these secrets because a time is coming they can reconcile where you are in life and your background are you sure you came from here are you sure this is your background yes so how did you get here grace grace grace you become a constant puzzle to people to explain because no one from such a background can get here and yet you came from the darkest part of this background and yet you are here yet you are here that is why God allow you to be in a place like this one one of our covenant scriptures is in 1 Samuel chapter 2 verse 8 and 9

[27:54] God raises the beggar I'm defining what makes us ask God raises the poor from the dust and leaves the beggar from the ashes not just that he's not only raising and lifting them but he does something else to set them among princes maybe you don't know there's a difference between a prince and a beggar there's a massive difference by lifting the beggars and sit them amongst princes so he's sitting there he's not one of the princes a prince is no you are not what's your background where's your father his father is king no so are you here but you are even more qualified to be here than us they know you are you are supposed to be here but when they trace your background you are not supposed and it's an enigma they're confused they can't say we don't like because actually your being there is validating them more it's adding class to them and yet they can't say they can't trace your background so and they can't exclude you yes yet they can't say you are not supposed to be here he raises the beggars from the downhill from the dust from the dust some of you have been in the dust for a very long time your family is the least respected in the big clan the dust he raises the beggar from the dust

[29:20] I see somebody coming out of the dust raises the poor from the dust and lift the beggar from the ash heap and set them among praises and make them God himself you are inheriting the throne make them make them inherit the throne of glory hallelujah yeah that's our covenant this is the scripture God gave you where charis was started it's a this is what grace can do charis means grace and this is the foundational scripture and my grace is sufficient second corinthians chapter 12 verse 9 these are the foundational scriptures my grace is sufficient and the last three scriptures the last one is second well david bible says that the people were discontented they came they got in the cave of adela they came to david and after some time they were different people you look at them are these the same people this is what grace can do so it doesn't matter how you came in but if you can stay in you don't have to look like it when you are blessed it doesn't have to look like you are blessed it doesn't have to look like you are blessed it doesn't like the father put his hand on him and blessed him

[30:34] I'm talking about Jacob I said bless him and bless him and after the blessing he saw Sarah kill you he ran as a fugitive with only a staff the blessed man yes didn't even have he didn't have anywhere to sleep he was used a stone as a pillow wow in the wild anything I thought could have happened to you the blessed man but yet he was running out of home running for his dear life what is what is blessed about this you give me time wow and nothing when you are blessed nothing can stop you no you can never drown in the journey of life no they will see you on the other side they say how did he get there and then you are just walking with a swag he said to the God be the glory to God it keeps you humble it keeps you humble thank you it keeps you humble if you can explain why you are why you deserve where you are it's not grace it's not grace you know you don't qualify when it's grace when it's grace so it keeps you humble it keeps you humble because you know that this thing that you are operating it it's not yours grace keeps you humble that's why the Bible says

[31:48] God resists the proud give grace to the humble and the more you know it's grace the more the very day you feel like no no it's me I'm you know I'm here it's always determined by how what offends you in church your level of pride can easily be manifested or can be determined by what offends you in church your level of pride because church should be the last place looking at the number of fornication you have done church should be the last place you should be offended yeah a fornicator like you a thief like you today God has saved you hallelujah you are serving in the choir hallelujah you are serving in the ashes you are in church shouting hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah and you are choosing to be offended because a choir an asher didn't make you sit near your friend oh my god oh this guy I hate him doesn't know hey hey hey please please please please there are unresolved issues in your past humble yourself humble yourself a case if a case is opened it will be good for you yeah because your dissertation full of plagiarism yeah yeah yeah humble yourself you have got a degree just humble yourself don't pick on people unnecessarily and especially don't take unnecessary offense because there is a case that can be open tell somebody you better humble yourself boy no if it's a girl don't say boy please girl humility is good one of the things as I'm growing

[33:44] I'm beginning to appreciate is I don't want to deal with people based on their fault I know about them okay okay when I'm dealing with people I have to use a lot of sympathy empathy consideration and the biggest word mercy be careful how you use what you know about people against them yeah because there are skeletons in your wardrobe that haven't come out yet yeah you have left your garment somewhere it hasn't been brought yet there's an evidence against you somewhere now what am I trying to say one let's humble ourselves okay let's humble ourselves because none of us is very special let's humble ourselves and trust God and do the work and do what to bring more God on us do what to bring more God into your life you are too young to waste these opportunities the greatest opportunities of a person is when they are young yep because that's where the concentration of strength is and you can some things require strength that's why if you are pursuing a certain level of education it's better you do it when you are young don't do it when you are grandma when you are not young some things are hard so when you are young things are fresh and that is where you have a lot of libido your sexual drive is a sign that you still have strength to do great things for God so don't think you are

[35:25] I'm a bad person no you are not bad it's just that the energy is there for great things it's okay it's okay it's okay to have sex drive it's okay there's nothing there's nothing ungodly about having sex drive it's a sign that you are actually normal and then the stronger it's a sign that there is a lot of energy you can do greater things so divert the energy into doing something don't regulate your exposure what you see what you hear because that will channel the energy into things that will bring drama in your life how many of you know it's not nice to have drama in your life so the energy should be channeled if you want to channel your energy into future building opportunities first of all check who your friends are check who your friends are because that will influence your exposure or that will determine your exposure that will determine what's the healthy competition around your life when we are those days in secondary school boarding school when we are going on vacations everyone is going to come back with how many souls I've won so we all try to

[36:41] I want to break my record so that when we come back I say I won 28 souls and one day in fact one of the targets is to fast longer one of our friends came back he was so skinny he had fasted 14 days raw I targeted it I said we to one vacation I will do this thing I will do this thing I tried it but I could I was dying I gave up all my friends are pastors the ones my like we are friends because you see your friends will tell me where you are going if you want to know where you end you check who you are befriending what their interests are what their focus are it's your friends most of you the bad things that have happened to you is because of your friends you are not bad I put it to you you are not bad you are not bad you are not a gangster even though you joined a gang you are not a gangster you are not bad you are not bad you have been to prison but you are not bad if you had not followed those friends you would have been in prison if I had followed those friends

[37:56] I would have been where you were so it's not me and it's not you but it's the path you go and stand on platform 1 the train is going to Birmingham so once you jump on that train you end up in the midlands because of the track that's where it's going but if you stand on platform 7 it's going to South Hampton so you will find a different direction so check if you want to do well in life check who your friends are you must be strong enough to disassociate you must be strong and you must be so concerned about your future that the interest in your future will make you make some hard decisions you have to make some hard decisions yes some people you don't like them because they are not pushing up but they will help you to do this well don't worry about what people will say about you that's number one but check who you are associating yourself with it will determine the outcome of your life pastor why are you saying this because somebody must break through you must do well you must do well and you will do well you don't say amen act that push

[39:09] I want to force you to do well in life because Satan is stealing too much from most of us from a lot of young people with potential Satan is stealing from your future when you are under 20 you think you'll be 80 when they say someone is 80 years you think oh yeah I'll get there really when you start hitting 50 you begin to bear God please can I that's when you realize that even to turn 60 it's a big push yeah let alone 80 I don't know how the queen managed to get to the 90 something yeah how'd they get there because the older you're growing the more you see people dying around you you hear this one is dead some of you are young but some your classmates are dead and it could have been you but why did

[40:12] God keep you going when you're young you think oh no most people think oh I'll buy when I finish school I'll buy my first house at Kessington even if you be able to rent in Peckham that would be another story but you see you think that it will happen this is not true when you haven't finished you think when I finish I'll do this I'll do this and I'll do this no life is not like that so the better way to do it's prepare yourself put yourself in what gives you advantages by starting engaging in profitable ventures check who your friends is and do God because when you do God you never get failed you never get let down I'm a typical example classic example I've been doing God from my youth and I say this with all humility under God I've been doing God from my youth and I'm doing well yes I'm doing well

[41:14] I'm telling you I'm doing well I'm doing well I am doing well because for over 32 years I've been doing God sit there in your little corner and think that it makes a difference you don't know what you're talking about the older you grow the more you realize life is more complex than you thought and to break through and to achieve anything it doesn't come on a silver platter you have to start doing it now if you don't start putting yourself on the track to break through you only break down you only break down but I see you doing well the good news is that you have to despise your past because some of us we have past Satan has told you because of this past system have told you because of this past you won't go anywhere it's a lie not when you are doing God and God said I'm lifting you from the ash hip from the ah

[42:16] God will raise you and put you among the princes shout I believe you will do well you are saying amen when you say amen it's just like you are clicking the download button so when I'm speaking as an authority based on God's word and so when I speak a word from this is the lifeline of the church when I speak something a word from God's word on the authority of the scripture when I speak it now it's up to you to decide to click the download into your life let me show you something looking at where you are coming from and what has happened in your life and they're rating you of failures in your family line you need to download every positive pronoun you need to embrace every it's not madness let those who think it's madness while they are mocking you

[43:21] God is making you embrace it embrace it amen and humble yourself and say amen and humble yourself and find a way to serve service will help you to entrench yourself in church service will help you to entrench you so the more you are in part of department it helps you to entrench yourself in church it's not you are not building the church you are building your future you are building your future I've always been in church and every time I have to serve now God has chosen to put me at the front to serve from the front but I've always enjoyed it doesn't matter where I'm serving it's my hobby now I love God so much I love him so much nothing is too much to do for God nothing is too much and I've never done anything for God on consideration of financial benefits or material benefits never in my life and rather benefits keep chasing me so seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added you don't have to go for it it will be added to you someone does the addition it will be added to you good wife take it healthy children take it new house take it some financial breakthrough take it some career lifting take it buying houses take it

[44:48] I mean God will be adding it to you don't be worried about marriage when you are busy about God because marriage is God's idea Adam was minding his business God says it's not good for him to be alone Adam was minding God said the way Adam I want to actually make Adam benefit let me find a wife for him so just do God he will settle you settle down and do God and God will settle you God bless you for listening to the amazing message we pray your life can never be the same don't forget to like and subscribe to Carish Church on YouTube and to listen to more messages from David Entry on all relevant streaming platforms you can also connect with David Entry and our youth ministry on social media find David

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