A Year of Creative Breakthroughs | Pr Janaronson Nagarajah

You're listening to a message to go from at church. We hope this message

will light up your day. I want to start up with this picture because

the only spray impressed in my heart to want to first encourage the leaders here.

I had the opportunity to see them grow with us when they were campus

student. This tall to now slightly taller. But most of them started their

years here or gross ways as well. Right, most of them started their

years here with us in Semonie, and for a season they joined us in

k Neeli. And when the church grows, the number in semon year grow,

and therefore we decided to plan examine here. So I want to say

that the Lord told me to share with you days leaders, that your faithfulness

will shine forth and your faithfulness will continue to shine forth. You guys are

very blessed to have faithful leaders here. I've been serving in Early for fourteen

years and I share similar journey with them, where we don't stay in the

place of our ministry. We all have amazing job and it's always a challenge

right to balance between ministry work personal relationship. Anyway, some of them found

each other here as well. If you know to married to married, that

career to married. Praise a lot ah, but two or three that oh

soon, No, I didn't hear the news? Is there news? And

many more to come as well. So it's not easy being faithful, to

be honest, But I want to say that as you are faithful in doing

the things that God has placed in your heart, he will continue to be

fitful upon your life. Open doors for you give you not just an amazing

job, by an amazing influence. Wherever you go, you have that influence.

It's one thing for a speaker to say this without having the context or

without having experienced himself. But again, I'm just speaking from a fourteen years

of just serving an a line. I know what I'm saying, and I

won't let you know that God is faithful, all right, So let your

faithfulness continue shine forth that we can ever say it, And to the amazing

people here. You know, sometimes being a leader in your church plan,

in Eli or wherever, it's very difficult to ask people to honor you as

a leader. One So because I don't leave this church plan, so it's

easy for me to say that, guys, you have great leaders, honor

your leaders. Really, leadership can be a very lonely journey. At times.

Leadership sometimes can also be emotionally burdening. But the fact that all these

great people are still standing shows you a lot about their character, shows you

a lot about the care and love that they have given to all of you.

So when there's appropriate time, continue to honor your leader. It is

a principle of God. As you honor your leaders, you too will be

blessed. Amen. All right, So that's not the topic for today,

but I thought of just saying that because the lot drop that burden in my

heart. Amen. Good, So far as some let's go. So I

schack this message in Eli last week. The message is called a year of

creative break truths. I really believe this in my whole being and all my

whole spirit, that this year is going to be a year of creative break

truths to many of you. So returned to your Bible. In Genesis chapter

one, we're going to read from verse one. It saysier in the beginning,

God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form,

and white and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit

of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Of course, in

Genesis chapter one, when you read it, we know it is about the

creation. Right. In fact, when you read verse one again, you're

able to see that the fabric of the universe was explained in just that one

line. So what consists inside the fabric of the universe is basically three things.

Right. We all know this time, matter, and space. This

makes up the universe. So when I read Genesis chapter one, it tells

me that there's a creators that creates the universe. How do we see this?

In the beginning whenever there is a beginning, it speaks about the time,

and when there is a beginning, there will be ending. That's what

time is all about. And it says it's God created heavens heavens here basically

means space is not a capital H, meaning it's heaven where God dwells,

but is heavens right and earth? Earth speaks about math, matter. So

we know that God is the creator of everything and that he acted sovereignly and

divinely over all his creation. So you and I today, we are not

a product of accident. We are not a product of a random cosmic behavior

that decided to collide and then life begin. We are all created by God

for God. Right, that's my firm belief. I take my Bible as

a source to say that God is our creator. John chapter one, verse

one to three. In the beginning was the Word, and the word was

with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with

God. All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made

that was made. Pop quiz When a postor John wrote this, who was

he referring to Jesus? Yeah, it's like a straightforward answer. Right,

You guys got it right. He was refer to Jesus, because when you

read in the context again, you realize that he was referring to Jesus.

So we know that Jesus was there in the beginning with God, and we

know that all things were made through Jesus. Without Jesus, nothing was made

that was made. So that made Jesus God as well. Colosians Chapter one,

verse fifteen to seventeen. He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn overall creation. For by him all things were created that are in

heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or domini,

or principalities or powers, all things were created throue him. And for

him, and He is before all things, and in him all things consists.

I like this verse when he says all things were created true him and

for him. You and I were created for him. We're all created to

worship God. We're all created to have a connection with God. So Jesus

Christ was there in the beginning of all things. So when you look at

what create, Obviously, in English, the word create carries a very specific

meaning, but when you look at it in Hebrew, it also says to

create, shape, form, to fashion, and it is always with God

as a subject, meaning it is attributed to God as being the create tork.

Right Genesis chapter one, when there was nothing, the earth was without

form and white. When God spoke let there be light, there was light.

When God asked the oceans, the water is to be parted, and

the earth comes up, it just came out. When God say let there

be trees, herbs, that there be cattles, animals, they just appear.

So He created these things. So on January one, when I was

doing my quiet time, God place uh something in my heart to say that

this year is going to be a year of creative breakthrough. And he wants

ex church to remember that we carry with us a pioneering spirit that means we

enter into a territory, we do something that people would have never taught before,

or people who have never gone before. Who is a pioneer. Pioneer

is someone who creates something that is wow you crew, you become an example

where people will say, because you have done it, I do can do

it. So next church. We must never forget that we have this pioneering

spirit in us, not just for ministry purposes, but for your marketplace,

your campus, in every area of your life. God will give you the

pioneering spirit. Why because I always believe in an alignment to the blessing and

the grace that God has given to us. If God has given us the

grace to plant churches, as we align, one day we will be a

church planter. You know, this church really we have grown from three to

probably three thousand globally, many church plans, various social enterprise and pass CANEV

is a dreamer and he has pioneered many things. And because we serve under

his leadership, and because he is the chatter it over this church, and

as we align ourselves to the vision that God has given to us, we

stand to be a recipient of the grace to pioneer, of the strength to

pioneer. How many of you already known that in twenty twenty four things will

happen. Do you know specific things that will happen? No, right,

because no one of us is a prophet. We don't know what will happen.

But I can tell you there are at least six general things that will

happen. And in life, this will happen. First, there will be

opportunities for you in twenty twenty four. There will be opportunities. Today,

there will be opportunities. It's a matter of us seeing their opportunities. It's

a matter of us seizing that opportunity. So with this opportunities that require creative

way of seizing it, let's talk about the content of evangelism, bringing the

Gospel to people. And across the years, we have been very creative in

doing our outreaches. I dare say that our campus ministry are very creative likewise

for other ministry as well, and that's anoining thing that God has given to

us. So last December, which was last year, I told the NEWLI

team, it's our second year doing Caroline. I know that last year was

your first time doing Caroline? In outside? Right e goo? Hell do

you sing a song? I live my eyes to the hill. Where does

my help come from? Anyway? So I told the caroling team the as

we assemble together like avengers, we are not there to perform. Really,

we're not there to perform because caroling to me is a worship. To the

world, it may be like, wow, a very good performance. Are

you're seeing very good like injeeds? But to us who believe it is a

worship, why because we are declaring the message of Jesus. We are declaring

his glory. It's whine. It's fine. A promise not to knock this

down. It's whine, It's fine, it's fine. Or movie the way,

okay, go ahead, okay, just my extent. So it's a

worship and how God dropped this burden into my heart. Instead of going to

public places, go to the homes of people. And the idea really came

because one of our leader person you want, is part of a students association.

And I told my leaders that you know what, we will enter into

houses that will welcome them, welcome us, and we will do three things.

We will sing carol, we will tell them upfront, we will preach

the message of hope about Christmas and we will pray for them. One family

responded, we went in there. The husband is a Catholic. That doesn't

advantuurch. The wife is Hindu. When you enter the house, you see

Jesus as a statue inside there that basically explain their multiple faith belief. Of

course, to us who believe the statue doesn't represent Jesus, I'm just giving

you a context of the family that we went in ministring too. So we

went in. They were so blessed. I shared a message. At least

they know this is the true message of Christmas. In Tea invited us over

to quote unquote perform in front of the Chinese student from China. So they

were here for a culture exchange program or something like that. So we went

in there, we sang and then because the stuff is a Christian as well,

maybe you can share a wi Okay, I'm ready man share. I

asked my translator to translate the word share. Nobody said, don't ask for

all the call for people to receive christ say, don't worry. At least

we explain what is the message so Christmas. Then towards the end asked,

can I pray for your because yes, I want to see whether they are

receptive to pray or not. And they all look at me like they say,

okay, can I pray for your Then one of salier voice king,

yeah, sure, why not, let's praise. I pray for the connected

with the praise godder creative, not being sticked to the same stuck to the

same way of doing things, but allowing the Holy Spirit to tell you what

to do. There will be opportunities for you in your employment or in your

businesses. God often will give foresight to people to be creative. In twenty

twenty, before m CEO, a couple of weeks before the government actually announced

that there will be MCO, the Holy Spirit dropped something in my heart pertaining

to my role in my UNI. Is it ronson for your student orientation.

You have to start planning now to be one hundred percent online weeks before the

government would announce it's MCO. So when the government eventually announced MCO, right

hey, Being a top UNI, we were prepared man to assimilate students who

would have no chance to come to campus but would need to be inducted for

their online learning. We were found to be very really so much so.

This testimony was spoken by my non believing collique because last year December, like

all year, we will go for our brainstorming retreat and we'll plan. Then

Sally, when we review our orientation across the years, then Sally my clique

say yeah, you know before mc ronson already told us to prepare, say

glory to God. He is the source of our creativity. He is the

source that will give us insight to thing out of the box and not conform

to certain experiences of the past. So there will be opportunities for you.

How many of you know that this year we will also face problems. There

will be problems. You gotta be ready for it. You can't run away

from problem such as life. And I believe that problems will give you an

opportunity to be creative. There will be broad roads that require a creative way

out. Actually I have a slight for that can just show everything. There

will be a block road that requires a creative way out. You know,

sometimes we start things all go very smoothly, very nice. Suddenly there's a

curveball. How we found ourselves to be not moving? We find ourself to

be not progressing forward. God is going to give you a creative way out.

There will be closed doors that requires a creative key to open it.

Maybe some of you are looking for opportunities and the door has been shut close.

I don't know what you're praying for, but some of you might have

been praying for things that has been in your heart for long and the door

has always been there shut. Maybe instead of knocking at the door, it's

to ask God to give you the creative key that will unlock the door for

you. There will be open doors for you. I speak that to all

young adults here because you are working. I'm also in the marketplace. I

know how important it is some open doors for us, So there will be

open doors for you. There will be, There will be, and God

will give you the creativity to embrace it. They say, I'm forty.

I know I don't look like forty. I know I know. Thank you.

Why I needed to say my age is because I want to point out

something. It would also means that I am twenty years in the Lord being

a Christian because I gave my heart to Jesus, received him as my Lord

and Savior when I was twenty years old. Just like all of you today,

as a young Camper student, I gave my heart to Jesus because I

had an encounter with him. So why do I say forty twenty. It's

because in my twenty years walking with the Lord, I've come to realize that

God can speak to anyone, anytime, anyhow where he wants, as slong

as we are sensitive to him, as long as we are abiding in Him.

Then or there was also instances where you know, I begin to think

about church growth, of how the current hall that we have will not be

sustainable for us in the long term if we want to grow as a church,

and it's not very old people friendly. I got a ninety year old

grandma that climbs up the stairs and every time I look at her and a

daughter, I feel very touch and moved to say that we've got to move

them. So since last year I have viewed two venue. One I didn't

view. I asked the person who view to show me a video. So

on fifth January, which was two Fridays ago, Yeah, fifth January,

I view a venue in Insight in Tea itself. So they have this nice

venue that they wanted to do cafe and all just want to enter to see

the possibility of whether we can have church there. It was in fifth January

morning. I also did my quiet time and I read from Genesis six seventy

night about the Great flood. How after the flood subsided, God sent a

rainbow, and it's a sign of covenant between him and mankind that he will

never flood the entire earth again. Okay, please don't ask me, but

this place still got flirt. That place got flirt. Remember the context is

the entire earth again, just like how it was during the time of Noah.

Okay, so don't miss my elect it. It's all so there wad

rainbow stood out. So after in t I I went back to my apartment

and I was praying that God hour should I move out of Neilin Springs or

should I stay because the favor seems to be wavering out. I really told

my team we have to move. We have to find a place where we

see God's favor network. So it was during that evening when I opened up

my apartment window, I saw rainbow straight at Neeli Springs. Can I bring

my mind there to show it won't cost anything. So my apartment window,

this is the Nearli Springs Hotel. This is their golf club and their sports

center. Our church meets around here Rainbow. So when I saw the rainbow,

I felt very assured that God, despite the pain, despite the herd,

despite saying things that we should move out, I sense an amazing piece

that God, you spoke creatively that we should remain. We will then choose

to remain. How many of you you need God to speak to you in

a creative manner so that you get it, because sometimes when God speaks to

me plainly, I couldn't get it because my heart was very hardened. Sometimes

when God speaks to you plainly, like sure not God. But when God

starting to started to speak to you creatively, he begins to get your attention.

And when he gets your attention, you will take it more seriously.

What a a key decision you're going to make in your life. I believe

as you are being open to God, he can speak to you. He

can confirm to you in creative manner. So who needs a touch of God's

creative spirit today? You'll need I need. God is a source of creativity.

So what's the difference between God's creativity and man's creativity? Because to be

honest. When God created us, he also gives us talent, He gives

us gifting, He gives us intellect where we unnaturally creative as well some of

west. Right, it's like almost like your second nature. So what's the

difference? Slight creative of creativity of man can come from your own intelligence,

experience, or even gifting and wisdom. This is good, this is good.

Right, We're all made in an image of God. But the difference

is when it comes to creativity from God, it is usually an imagination that

is beyond human intelligence. They're not going to show you some scriptures is beyond

you couldn't have thought about it, and it always brings you results which can

only be brought about by God alone and hum alone. It cannot possibly be

by your own strength, it cannot possibly be by your experience. It has

to be by God, a Lord. And because of that, it will

always point the glory back to God instead of self. So God is looking

for a vessel for his creative power to show his glory. You can't be

that vessel. And the opportunities, obstacles, the whatever things I shared with

you earlier, closed door, open doors, roadblocks provides you that room for

God's creative power to flow into your situation. So when we read Genesis chapter

one, they says the spirit of God was hovering. I believe the Holy

Spirit is a creative spirit. How many will agree with me, and that

the Holy Spirit will always act upon God's word. Without the word, the

Holy Spirit will not act. So when God sayd let that be liked,

I believe the Holy Spirit was active in that creation. So last month was

Christmas. Angel Gabriel decided to appear to Mary and told Mary, you will

conceive a child. Mary back then was a virgin and she fulfilled the prophecy

from Isaiah that out of a virgin womb there will be a child born.

So when Angel Gabriel proclaim God's word, Mary belief. But we all know

in scripture in Luke one twenty six to thirty eight, you can go back

and read it was stated that Mary was had that Jesus was conceived through the

power of the Holy Spirit, because the power of God overshadowed Mary. So

there is a word and there is the Spirit of God working on that wid.

Okay, this is important because you and I need to understand that Jesus

has given you his spirit, which is the Holy Spirit to be your help.

Many of times we only think on ministry speecific. He will help you

to remember your Bible better. He will help you to sing better. He

will help you to pray better, which is good. Don't get me wrong,

All these things are fantastic, but let's not forget there are also other

things in life that we need help. We need help in our relationship with

our parents, with our wife, maybe with her husband. Maybe we need

help in our career to deal with our bosses, to deal with this project

that we have no idea what the project is about, but it was thrown

to us. The Holy Spirit will help you. So the key to me

is always always abiding in the lot. That should always be the key,

because in John fifteen, verse four, it says, abide in Me and

I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit for itself unless it abides

in the wine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am

the wine. You are the branches. He who abides in me and I

in him bears much fruit. For without me you can do nothing, nothing.

So we have to get our heart to not stray away from God yet

hoping that God will speak to us. We cannot live a life wherein our

heart we know we didn't even spend time waiting on God. We didn't even

spend time reading his word. We didn't even spend time fellowshipping and having communion

with him. Yet we want to hear from him. If you want to

hear from someone, what is the first thing you need to do? Okay,

okay, let me give you a contact. Yes, listen is important.

Seriously, listen is important. Let's say you want to call someone and

you want to listen to his or her voice. You have to first pick

up the phone, isn't it all right? So the phone to me is

like a prayer line. I learned this when I entered into the jungle.

How many of you have entered into an interior place before where certain place got

line? Natalie, you come to this spot, no line. God,

you have been into that situation before, all right. So there's a couple

of times when I entered the jungle because I have to bring students to do

some events, and all I always realized that my phone no network, no

network. I come to this particular spot, somehow there is line, and

when there is line again, let me let me show you that when there

is no line, no, what's that messages? Right? You feel very

peaceful, right, I know, I know, I know, you guys

will feel very peaceful, almost on zen mode, right, certainly from no

line. And when there is line, what happened to your phone? All

the messages will just come crashing down to your phone from the sky. Right.

So that's when the Holy Spirit whispered to me. If you want to

download from God, you got to stay in line with him. You cannot

stay out of line. You stay out of line, you won't receive it.

So step one, be in line with God, very very very important.

Joshua. Chapter six, You guys are probably familiar with the story the

Walls of Jericho. It was one, it says, Now Jericho was securely

shut because of the children of Israel. None went out and none came in.

Now, why was the wall shut? Because the people have heard what

happened in Egypt. Fear began to sit into these nations because of the Israelites.

Okay, and God has given Jericho to the Israelites as their promised land

as well to go in and conquer. And the Lord say to Joshua,

see, I have given Jericho into your hand. It's King and the mighty

man of wealer. How many of you would think that this worse sounds like

an open door that God has given to you. It's like, Wow,

there is a city, go conquer it. I have opened the door for

you. So it looks like an open door opportunity, isn't it? Right?

In what street says you shall march around the city, all you men

of war, You shall go all around the city once. This you shall

do six days. How many of you will find that that is silly?

To be honest? Like God, we are men of war men, we

are supposed to fight. Now you're asking us to circle around the city one

time a day. Not just one time, okay, not just one day,

but six days for one time? What would the warriors in Jericho be

thinking about us? Have it came across your mind? Like God, why

do you ask us to do so? It was four and seven priests shall

bear seven trumpets of rams horns before they ask. But the seventh day you

shall march around the city seven times. Wow, we embarrass ourselves. For

one day the people in Jericho saw us marching around not doing anything. They

are probably ridiculing us. Now we went back. Second day, they're probably

laughing at us. Third day, they're probably joking at us. Now at

the seventh day, you want us to go seven times. It shall come

to pass when they make a long blast with the rams, and when you

hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a

great shout. Then the wall of the city will fall down flat, and

the people shall go up, every man straight before him. Now you and

I know the story. They eventually obeyed God, and God grant them the

victory. Okay, how many of you will think that it was a creative

military strategy to conquer a lamb? How many of you think that is out

of the box, because if you are to fight fighter, you got you

know, six feet arrow, I got ten feet arrow. That's fight.

But God obviously given them another strategy which appears to me to be very creative.

Second Chronicles twenty, very familiar passage, verse one. And it happened

after days that the people of Moem with the people of Ammon and others with

them besides the Emmon knights, came to battle against Joosepha. Then some came

and told Josepha, saying, a great multitude is coming against you from beyond

the sea, from Syria, and they are from Hes his own Tama,

which is in Angeddi. And josephath feared and set himself to seek the Lord

and proclaim a fast throughout all Judah. Now the city in this current time

and text has changed. In the time of Joshua, they are supposed to

enter and conquer a land. This time it has flipped. People are coming

to conquer the king's land. Okay, So the whole nation was in danger.

So in verse fourteen, after Joseph had prayed, the spirit of the

Lord came upon Jehaziel, the son of Zachariah, the son of Naiyah,

the son of Jail, the son of Matayania, a livite of the sons

of Asap, in the midst of the assembly. I have to understand,

whenever you see the word levite, these are tribes that has been set apart

by God to serve Him as freests. So which means only this tribe can

offer our sacrificers, burn off reing and whatnot. Okay, So what's fifteen?

And he said, listen, all you of Judah, and you inhabitants

of Jerusalem, and you King Josephata says the Lord to you, do not

be afraid nor dismay because of this great multitude, for the battle is not

yours, but God's. Tomorrow, go down against them. They will surely

come up by the essence of these and you will find them at the end

of the brook, before the wilderness of Juril. You will not need to

fight this battle. Position yourself, stand still and see the salvation of the

Lord who is with you, Oh Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or

be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.

Fast forward verse twenty. So they arose early in the morning and went

out into the wilderness of the Goa. And as they went out, Josepha

stood and said, hear men, hear me, oh Judah, and youw

inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God. You shall be established,

believe in his prophets, and you shall prosper. And when he had

consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord and

who should praise the beauty of holiness. As they went out before the army

and were saying, praise the Lord for his mercy and yours forever now.

When they began to sing and to praise, the Lord said, ambushes against

the people of Ammon Mount Seer, who had come against Judah, and they

were defeated. So when you look at the walls of Jerichoa and you look

at the victory of King Josepha, you will be able to see four things

next life. Their military strategy was beyond human intelligence and wisdom. Human wisdom

will tell you defend your land, sharpen your sword, and be ready to

fight. They acted actually based on God's word. They didn't act on their

own word. They didn't act on the word of their friends. They didn't

act on the word of an expert. They didn't act on the word of

a book author. They acted on God's word and the results which can only

be brought about by God alone, and he always points back to the glory

of God. In state of self, many of you know I have been

working in the education sector, and with this testimony for fifteen years, they

say it will be my sixteen year. In twenty seventeen, I was tasked

by my bosses to embark on a project to develop two academic modules for students.

One thing you need to know about me is I do not have qualifications

in the field of education. I don't have a master's in teaching learning.

In fact, I'm not even a doctorate. I'm not even a doctor in

philosophy, doctor in what and not right. But my boss gave me that

project to say that this is the idea, go develop bit it will be

taken by all first year students in the UNI. First of all, I

thank God for the opportunity. Really I embraced it. I'm thankful that my

bosses believed in me. I have to believe in myself. Most importantly,

I have to believe in God because I really needed God and it's a project

that cannot fail. So it was at the time of the project in twenty

seventeen where we're about to launch it into twenty eighteen, when I consulted God,

go into my prayer time, consulted him, and all God's word,

ideas and inspiration just came, came, came, came, came. One

thing I want to say is that if you don't have a qualification, and

if at all the world seem to despise you because of that, do not

be discouraged. Although sometimes you can feel discouraged. But the truth is if

you have God with you, all things will be possible for you as you

believe. So I was also tasked. I thought the management, I need

five classroom and this is going to be the design of the classroom. And

we're going to do experiential learning inside classroom. And when student enter the classroom,

this is how we're going to do it. I cannot. The color

was all intentionally selected. The choice of lightning was intentionally selected. The flaw

was intentionally selected, the chairs all intentionally selected. My mandate in the workplace

is collisions tree, trainy tree. Everything that you do, do it wholeheartedly

onto the Lord and not to men. Because every morning when I enter into

my office, I will pray, I see that Holy Spirit. You are

my ceoh ah, not chief executive officer, You're my chief empowerment officer.

If you're a Christian, you have the Holy Spirit in you, He always

always gives you that age some people can see. But because you have the

Holy Spirit, he helps you to see the opportunity. He gives you the

inside to see things that people may not see. So I saw this thing,

I say, okay, let's do this, Papa. And I remember

on twenty eighteen, when everything was done, the module was approved, everything

by the glory of God. Monday, the first class was supposed to start

and it was a semester where close to one thousand students will take the module.

I needed to hire eighty percent of new stuff to teach this model.

Hired about close to twelve of them in a short amount of time. Again,

the Lord led me to instead of doing one on one interview, just

create an assessment center. Everyone who is shortlisted come together, do a team

building activity ronson you observe them, ask them to do a mock teaching on

the same day, and with an interview. Cause to me, I don't

start with interview. If you want to work for me, I won't start

with interview. I'll give you assignment. You do everything first, you come,

you present, because chances are by the time I interview you, I

would have seen whether you are the right feet or not. So I don't

waste time interviewing finding whether your right fit. I will give you one or

two assignment. You do it, you present, then we will see whether

you make it to the interview. So all these things so Saturday, I

decided to invite one of my disciples, my Christian colleagues invited there. What

we did was we went to this five classroom. We pray, we lay

hand, we pray. We asked God to bless this two module. As

students learn, they will be emotionally intelligent, they will prioritize their wellbeing,

they will know how to handle stress, et cetera. We pray. Twenty

eighteen, we submitted the project for a national award by the Ministry of Higher

Education. So my team submitted. We got shortlisted, right, So when

we were shortlisted, we then have to go for a pitching session in front

of a panel of judges. We have to share project rationale, why we

do this, What was the result was the outcome et cetera. And our

maxx were all zero Risler meaning once you are shortlisted, the marx that they

give you can't count. Everyone's starting on an equal foot thing. So if

let's say you're shortlisted with another seven uni, everyone started zero. So I

team say, boss, since you lead this project, why don't you go

present? So they gave me the privilege and the pressure. Now I'm in

the pleasure to go in and present. So I presented in front of all

the professors. You have to understand my background. I'm not a professor.

I'm not a doctor. I'm just a mister. All the professors. Can

you imagine the anxiety I will felt, the lack of confidence, the intimidation

that these are the qualified people who will be judging my project. They're not

judging me, they judging my project. Right. I need to rely on

God, I say, God, it's on your handsler, the creative ideas

you have given me. You have given me the opportunity to showcase it all

for your Gloryala. Cut the long story short. We end up to be

a national winner of that year twenty eighteen. All glory to God, Glory

to God, and we want ten thousand ring it. Thank you pho those

who are paying texts. So your money actually went for a good cause.

So the midistry actually grant us that winning amount. I'm here to tell you

that as you abide in God, he will fill you with creativity. Your

past experience doesn't determine the creativity that God is going to give you. So

and with this six points number one seven seven points number one, recognize creativity

comes from God, who is the sovereign and divine creator. You know sometimes

you don't have to crack your brain so hard not to think, because I've

been in situation where what would take me probably for eight hours to solve.

You just enter into one hour of praise, worship and prayer. The ideas

will come. It says that, So stick to the basics, stick to

the fundamental abiding God always here is a source of your creativity which you need.

Wait for His word for your city to wation. Remember, when there

is a word, the Holy Spirit will work. It may not meet your

intellectual expectation. Hence faith and obedience should come in. We're all people of

faith. In you, there is faith. Faith often precede wisdom. Wisdom

will tell Peter to stay at the board or inside the board. That's what

wisdom will tell you. Wisdom will tell you is you step out of the

board, you will sing down the ocean. That's wisdom. And we praise

God for wisdom in life. You need wisdom. But when you have heard

the word of God as clearly as Peter, Lord, if it's you ask

me to come, and the Lord say come, that's when faith takes precedence

over your wisdom. Because you did not hear it from anyone, heard it

from God. Directly you heard it from his word. Faith comes by hearing

and hearing of His word. So don't let your interllectuality. If there's such

a word stopping you from experiencing faith in God on his word. Many of

you are young as me, sick, Godly counsel. If you need further

confirmation, even better, account your journey to a leader who would pray for

you, care for you in this journey because there is always always that possibility

that we might hurt wrongly. In my twenty years, I can tell you

all the good things I've heard and i've seen result. I can tell you

also things that I thought I heard but God didn't say, and that usually

is an experience that is painful, but we grow from there. That's why

we need counsel. That's why we need to open ourselves to our mentors,

to disciple us, to speak to us. Amen, give glory when you

have seen massive results. Remember always point the glory back to God. Seven.

Be humble, very very very important to know that it is never about

you. It's about God who have used you to display His glory. Yes

it's about you, Yes it's about me as well. I have to work

hard. I have to be diligent. I have to be of good reputation

at work. I have to have strong self discipline at work because if I

don't do my part, God wont use me to do his part. Right,

So when I say it's not about you, don't take it literally that

it's not about me. So I don't do anything. No, you still

have to do your part. But when it comes to getting glory, it's

not about you. It's about him. He gets all the glory. You

get the story. Okay, buzz I kind of told us, is you

get the story? He gets the glory. Amen, Praise God. We

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