Setting Spiritual Priorities: New Year Charge 3

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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.

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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 12:10

Romans, chapter 12. 10. Strengthen the

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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

Hebrews 10:24

10, verse 24. Hebrews, chapter

Hebrews 10:24

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

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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

Hebrews 10:24

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

Mark 9:35 Mark 10:44

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

John 15:13

15, verse 13. Fifteen, verse

13. See Jesus'words

John, chapter 15, verse thirteen. Greater love

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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 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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