You Are Not Lazy — You Are a Lot More

I found someone who really cares. So Jesus came my way. He took my hands and said, this is your day. And the word that I love is to pray from day to day. And the power that I want is to keep you on my way. But I kept holding on and on, I'm holding on, I'm holding on to you. I feel so good on me myself. I've only found someone who really cares. So Jesus came my way. He took my hands and said, this is your day. And the lesson that I learned is to pray from day to day. And the power that I learned is to keep me on my way. But I kept holding on and on, I'm holding on, holding on to you. But I kept holding on and on, I'm holding on, I'm holding on to you. Heavenly Father, I come to you in the mighty name of Jesus. This morning, I just want to give you the praise, the honor that you deserve, my God. For you are God. There is no one like you. No one can even be compared to you, my God. That is why this morning, I just want to thank you. I want to thank you for a time where we can gather in your name and exalt your name because your name is worthy to be exalted. So I'm especially seeing that I had a tough week after, let me say, behind my back. A week that is, that, that almost sent me to the, so as ons said, David, die woodklippe in Possonsburg. A week that my amper woodklippe to besteed it. But all what I know is, I can't thank you to the Lord, that the Lord is true. The Lord can, I know, his way for me and he knows what he is for me. And, maybe you may think that he is a winner, but he is actually a winner. He was a winner, he was a winner, he was a winner, on the kruise of Golgotha. And that's why we can today stand and say that Jesus lives. So as he, as he, as he, my, my, and, in, in, and, in, in, in, in, in, my voerige, die he gezien het Ivers, is alles oor Jesus. Dit gaan nooit rarig oor myself nie, want ek is, ek, ek is maar net a mere vessel. I'm only but a vessel. I'm a vessel, that God is using in a time like this. And the vessel that God is using is somebody that goes through a lot and still surviving a lot. Because if I can say to you that we are alive because of the grace that Jesus has for you. And remember, I need you to understand this and I need you to get it thoroughly or to get it clearly. That Jesus is the one that has made me to stand here. Jesus is the one that this is all about. And I want to greet each and every one of you under the sound of my voice, whether you are a leader, whether you are just a member, whether you are just a visitor. I just want to greet you in that name, the name that is above every other name, the name Jesus. Jesus, so as much as it sounds like I'm bragging, but I'm not bragging in myself. But I'm standing here because of Jesus. Jesus, the author and the finisher of my faith, the author and the finisher of my faith, the one that took me out where I've been and set me up where he wants me to be. Just a little bit of a testimony. I went to Free State this week and I went there. When I went to Free State, I was such a ball of joy. I was happy, man. You know, when you are happy doing things. And then suddenly, my life just changed in a blink of an eye. And when I say to you in a blink of an eye, I literally mean within a few minutes, I found myself in a hospital fighting for my life. About three head wounds. Arm that was scratched. But God has been faithful. He has been faithful. And being faithful, I mean, he literally was faithful. The only thing I could think of when I was in that hospital bed. What about my children? Imagine. If I would have died. I was just thinking of the children. And I'm grateful. So grateful. For being alive. But with no further ado, I want to take the time and reiterate to you, last week we were speaking on a topic that you are not lazy. You are a lot more. And for some, I can say you are really lazy. Because when your family has taught you that every Sunday you should be in church, but up till today you're not. You know, we grow up in a family where on a Sunday, whether you are drunk, babalas, or whether you have just come in now from wherever you were. But by the time it's church time, everybody goes to church. When I look at today's lives, no wonder Jesus has been taken out of the schools. No wonder Christianity has been taken out of the schools. Because you're taking Jesus for granted. That is the reason why you're not in church. It's the reason why you are where you are. It's the reason why you literally have so many things happening in your life. And you keep on asking, why is things not going? Or why is things not going according to plan? But I can tell you now, the reason why things is not going according to plan. It's because you don't put Jesus in your plans. And I might sound harsh today, but I need to say this. Because of this is the things that makes you to go down or be lifted. Jesus says these words, I will be lifted. And as I'll be lifted, I will draw men unto me. So who are you drawn to? Is the one that you lift up. And the one that you lift up is the reason why life is so hard. Because you keep on lifting up Satan in different ways. You keep on lifting Satan up. You keep on making him the one and the one that you keep on talking. Whenever you say, oh, Satan this. It's a call unto him. And that call unto him is actually putting the emphasis on him. The Bible says, let the weak say I'm strong. So when the Bible says, let the weak say I'm strong. Even though you are in the situation where you are. Even though you are weak. Confess that you are strong. Even though you are poor. Confess that you are rich. Because in doing that, you glorifying Jesus. You are glorifying Jesus. So when you glorify Jesus. It's like. I don't know. I don't know if you ever. If you ever heard about. This. The saying that says that. When you are. When you are. Praising. God inhabits. The praises of his children. So. When you are complaining. You are not praising God. So. When you are complaining. You are actually pushing God out. Or Jesus out of your life. Because. When you complain. The glorification. The glorification doesn't go to Jesus. So. The emphasis today is to. To let you know that. When the weak say. I'm strong. It means that. It draw. The strength. From Jesus. You know when. When. When. When. When. When. God inhabits. The praises. Now. You. It's like. Let me. Let me explain to you this way. Now. When you. When you. When you praise Jesus. And God is inhabiting. The praises of his children. But remember. The Bible says that. The earth. Is his footstool. So. When. When. When. When he. When he's happy. With your praises. Have you ever. Hear. When. When you're. When your best. Song is playing. Or did you ever. See that. For some reason. You just tap your feet. On the beat. Because you. You. You. You are happy. With that sound. Now. When. When. When I. I come back to. God. Inhabits. The praises. Of his. People. It means. That. Where he's. Sitting. With the. The earth. Being on his. Footstool. And inhabiting. The praises. Of his. People. It means. That his feet. Goes like this. With every sound. Oh God. You are so good. Oh God. You are awesome. And his foot. Will. Stem. And then. That's the reason. Why. When. When. When you. As a person. That doesn't know God. Suddenly. You. Your world. Is shaken. Up. And when your world. Is shaken. Up. You don't. Understand. Why is my world. Turning upside down. Why is things. Not going. Is when Jesus. Is actually. Inhabiting the praises. Of his children. So that. When he hits. That. The world. Starts to shake. And the ones. That is not. In unison. With the praises. That goes on. To God. You are the one. That gets shaken. Off. You are the one. That. That. That feel. The pain. You are the one. That feel. The tremble. You know. You know. When. When. When. When. When. When. When. Is in. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. Is. In a situation. That. You feel. Like. Your world. Is upside down. Nothing. Is coming. All right. You should. Be asking. Your question. The question. I mean. You should. Be asking. The question. Am I. At the right. Place. Am I. At the right. Place. Because. When. You. Are. Inhabiting. Or. When. You. Are. Praising. God. It's. Where. You. Cannot. Be. Shaken. Off. You. Cannot. Be. Shaken. Off. And. When. You. Cannot. Be. Shaken. Off. Is. Because. You. Are. In. Unison. With. The. Of. God. Because. If. You. Go. Down. And. God. Go. Up. It. Means. That. When. He. Comes. Down. He. Will. Shake. You. Up. It's. Like. A. Rhythm. If. I. If. I. Can. Speak. To. You. About. A. Trampoline. When. There's. A. Few. People. On. A. Trampoline. If. They. Don't. Jump. All. Of. Them. At. Once. It. Means. One. Will. Break. His. Legs. Or. Will. Fall. Off. Trampoline. It's. The. Same. Thing. With. God's. People. When. They. When. When. They. They. They. Praising. God. It's. Like. That. Trampoline. When. All. Of. Them. Go. Up. And. All. Of. Them. Go. Down. And. All. Of. Them. Go. Up. And. The. Trampoline. Does. Not. Make. A. A. Difficulty. In. Them. Jumping. Is. How. God. Is. Actually. Stepping. His. Foot. On. This. Earth. By. Inhabiting. Your. Praises. And. Keep. On. Bouncing. Oh. Bounce. Bounce. Bounce. And. And. And. For. Some. Of. You. Don't. Understand. Why. Life. Has. Been. So. Hard. It's. Because. You. Forget. Your. First. Love. And. Jesus. Should. Always. Be. Your. First. Love. Whatever. You. Do. Should. Either. Be. A. Question. Am. I. Glorifying. God. Or. Am. I. Not. Glorifying. God. So. Whenever. You. Do. Something. When. Glorifying. God. It. Will. Not. Hurt. Others. You. Will. Not. Be. Able. To. To. To. How do you say. To. Do. Things. To. A. To. A. To. Being. Out. Of. Out. Of. Alignment. With. God. So. When I say. To you. This. I. Want. You. To. Understand. The. Urge. To. Be. In. God's. Presence. Because. For. Far. Too long. You. Have. Not. Been. Going. Even. To. A. Place. Where. Somebody. Glorifying. Jesus. Whenever. You. Go. To. Your. Table. When. You. Eat. It's. Almost. Like. As. If. You. Just. Want. To. Just. Want. To. Take. The. Food. And. Start. Eating. And. For. Some. Reason. You. Are. Actually. Killing. Yourself. You. Are. Killing. Yourself. So. Let. Me. Go. Back. To. The. The. Thing. That. I. Was. Saying. To. You. I. Said. To. You. You. Are. Not. Lazy. You. Are. A. Lot. More. And. This. Is. The. Part. Two. Of. Of. My. Last. Weeks. Message. But. I. Wanna. I. Wanna. I. Want. Reiterate. To. You. Say. To. You. You. Have. Not. Get. Into. A. Situation. Of. Life. And. Death. And. That. Is. The. Reason. Why. You. Still. Not. Following. Christ. You. Have. Not. Come. To. A. Path. Where. It's. Either. Jesus. Or. Die. It's. The. Reason. Why. You. Have. Come. To. A. Place. Whenever. You. Are. How. Do you. Call it. When you. When you. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. Some people. Say. Okay. Life. Is. Good. I. Have. Money. I. Have. A. Car. I. Have. A. House. Everything. Is. Still. Fine. But. Do you. Know. That. The. Moment. God. Remove. His. Hand. It. Has. Something. That. I. Can. Tell. You. That. Will. Shatter. Your. World. Jesus. Jesus. Just. Needs. Just. Needs. To. Lift. A. Finger. And. Said. This. One. Is. Not. Glorifying. Me. In. Whatever. You. Have. So. I. Just. Want. To. Lift. My. Finger. And. All. Things. Come. Shit. Tumbling. Down. Everything. Will. Come. Tumbling. Down. But. Because. God. Is. Still. Showing. Mercy. And. Grace. Towards. You. Is. The. Reason. Why. You. Are. Still. Where. You. Are. Now. You. Might. Be. Are. Asking. Me. What. Do. I. Mean. By. This. I. Said. You. Are. Not. Lazy. Because. There's. Certain. Things. That. Is. Not. Inspiring. You. To. Move. Towards. Where. You. Want. To. Be. Or. Where. God. Wants. You. To. Be. I. Mean. Getting. Up. In. The. Morning. There. Should. Be. Something. That. That. That. How do you. Call it. That. Should. Motivate. You. To. Get up. If. There's. Nothing. To. Motivate. You. To. Get up. You. Will. Not. Get up. You. Know. One. Thing. One. Thing. I. Can. I. Can. I. Can. Brag. About. And. I. Brag. About. It. Because. I. Want. Satan. To. Know. That. He. Doesn't. Have. A. Hold. Over. My. Family. And. When. I. Brag. About. It. Is. That. When. I. Wake. Up. In. The. Morning. I. Sometimes. Don't. Have. A. Drive. To. Get. Up. But. Just. The. Mere. Fact. That. I. See. My. Wife. Is. Awake. And. Doing. Things. Make. Me. Feel. Bad. Make. Me. Feel. Motivated. To. Also. Get. Up. And. Start. Doing. Something. Because. She. Already. Busy. But. Some. Take. It. For. Granted. All. My. Kids. Take. It. For. Granted. That. I. Can. Guarantee. They. Think. That. When. They. Wake. Up. The. Food. Must. Be. There. They. Think. That. When. They. They. Get. Up. In. The. Morning. There. Must. Be. Electricity. They. Don't. Have. A. Clue. Where. All. These. Things. Come. From. Or. How. Much. Effort. We. Have. Or. Not. We. But. Myself. And. My. Wife. Has. Put. In. To. Get. This. They. Not. Lazy. Their. Life. Has. Never. Been. Shaken. To. Wake. Them. Up. To. See. That. There. Is. Something. That. I. Can. Tell. You. That. Might. Be. Of. Difficult. You. And. For. Some. Reason. I. Love. The. Way. That. Things. Happen. In. Life. To. Wake. Us. Like. Like. Like. Like. The. Thing. I've. Told. You. About. Me. Getting. Into. Bethlehem. The. Next. Thing. Finding. Myself. In. Hospital. Sitting. There. With. Three. Wounds. To. The. Head. Dizzy. Can't. Remember. A. Thing. These. Things. Need. To. Happen. To. Get. Us. To. Wake. Up. And. And. And. Have. Gratitude. Gratitude. Towards. How do you say. What. We. Have. In. Life. You know. Some. Of. The. Things. We. Don't. Have. But. The. Things. That. We. Do. Have. If. We. Are. More. Grateful. For. That. There. Will. Be. More. Things. To. Be. Grateful. For. It's. Just. Because. We. We. We. Focusing. So. Much. On. What. We. Don't. Have. Is. The. Reason. Why. What. We. Have. Sounds. Too. Small. Or. It. Feels. Too. Small. It. Feels. It. And. There. There. Is. Is. Is. Is. Pop. You. Think. It. It. It's. There. It's. Just. It. Should. Be. There. But. Have. You. Ever. Waken. Up. In. The. Morning. When. There. Is. Pop. But. Your. Mouth. Cannot. Chew. Because. Of. The. In. Your. Mouth. You. Can't. Swallow. You. Will. Be. Grateful. For. The. But. You. Will. Realize. That. Healthy. Is. Is. Is. Better. To. Have. Recap. To. Our. Last. Meeting. Or. Our. Last. Week. Message. I. Said. To. You. Go. To. The. End. And. Be. Wise. And. What. I. Mean. Is. Not. Go. To. The. Last. Part. I. Mean. The. End. Which. Is. An. Animal. And. Be. Wise. And. This. Can. Be. A. Double. Meaning. Because. If. I. Say. To. You. The. End. Go. To. The. End. Look. At. When. When. You. When. You. Choose. To. To. To. To. Blow. Out. Your. Last. Breath. And. You. See. What. You. Are. Doing. Now. Does. Not. Make. Sense. You. Will. Really. Feel. Like. Wow. If. I. Love. My. Life. To. The. Last. And. I. Hear. The. Eulalie. What. They. Call. That. Thing. Eulalie. Is. That. Thing. That. You. Are. The. Funeral. And. They. They. They. Sound. Your. Praises. Or. They. Is. Eulalie. I. Think. Okay. But. Doesn't. Matter. The. Thing. I'm. Saying. To. You. Is. That. Imagine. And. Somebody. Speak. About. You. Picture. This. This. One. I've. Never. Seen. Him. In. Church. But. Today. I must. I must. Come. And. Bury. Him. This. One. You know. The. Last. Time. I. I. Spoke. To. Him. He. Just. Said. Through. His. Teeth. And. I. Couldn't. Even. Hear. The. Last. Time. I. Ask. Him. To. Do. Something. He. Said. To. Me. No. Imagine. A. A. A. A. A. Praising. A. A. Eulogy. Eulogy. I. Think. It's. Eulogy. If. I'm. Not. Mistaken. I. I. Don't. Know. What. What. What. They. Call. That. Thing. But. Imagine. Somebody. Standing. At. Your. Funeral. And. Talk. So. Much. Nonsense. That. Is. The. Truth. Not. Not. To say. They. Talking. Nonsense. Mark. Remember. Everywhere. In. In. In. In. A. Funeral. You. Will. Always. Hear. He. Was. This. Good. Person. But. What. If. They. If. If. There. Somebody. That. Is. Asked. To. Come. And. Speak. On. Your. Funeral. But. Only. Know. The. Side. Of. You. Only. Know. The. Way. You. Hit. Him. And. The. Guy. Will. Say. You. Know. That. Day. I. Was. Just. Asking. Him. For. Piece. Of. Bread. And. The. Next. Thing. I. Was. On. The. Floor. He. Hit. Me. So. Hard. Because. I. Just. Ask. Bread. A. Mere. Bread. Not. No. I. Didn't. Ask. Bologna. Or. I. Didn't. Ask. Meat. Ask. Bread. Then. You. Looking. At. The. End. And. You. Start. Thinking. To. Be. More. Wiser. Today. So. That. When. The. End. Comes. I. Have. Lived. My. Life. Fulfilled. I. Have. Lived. My. Life. Today. To. The. To. The. To. The. Best. But. Getting. Back. To. The. Scripture. That. Says. The. Following. Go. To. The. End. Your. Slugger. Consider. It. Ways. And. Be. Wise. Go. To. The. End. Slugger. Meaning. To. Say. That. You. Should. Go. And. Observe. What. The. End. Are. Doing. Daily. And. By. Doing. These. Things. That. End. Are. Doing. Daily. Or. Looking. At. What. They. Are. Doing. You. Will. Learn. You. Will. Learn. Number. One. To. Be. Diligent. So. You. You. Work. Tirelessly. Tirelessly. Then. To. Go. To. The. End. It. Seeing. How. They. Cooperate. With. Each. Other. And. Working. In. Unity. That's. The. Looking. At. The. End. What. Is. Happening. Then. When. You. Looking. At. The. End. You. Also. Looking. At. Number. Three. They. Overcome. The. Obstacles. Because. Sometimes. They. Have. To. Pick. Up. Things. That. Is. Even. Triple. The. Size. That. They. Are. And. They. Don't. Stop. There. They. Keep. On. Moving. Because. That's. What. They. Have. To. Do. Then. You. Also. Need. To. To. Work. In. In. In. In. In. In. In. In. In. In. In. In. Serving. Others. So. You. You. You. You. You. Need. To. Be. A. Humble. Like. Like. Like. An. Ent. Not. Knowing. That. Or. Not. Sell. Working. Selfishly. That's. What. I. Said. To. You. Because. The. The. Bible. Says. In. Philippians. Two. Verse. Three. It. Says. Do. Nothing. Out. Of. Selfish. Ambition. And. Vain. Conceit. Then. I. Said. To. You. Number. Five. Which. Is. The. The. One. I. Said. To. You. I. Need. A. Sermon. For. You. It. Is. To. Utilize. Your. Planning. And. Foresight. A. Ant. Plunt. I. Mean. Ant. Gather. In. The. Summer. Knowing. Winter. Is. Coming. But. Have. You. Ever. Look. At. Your. Life. And. Ask. Your. Self. Life. Is. There. Something. That. I. Need. To. Look. Forward. To. Is. There. Something. I. Need. To. Look. Forward. To. I. Feel. A. Little. Bit. Dizzy. Would. It. Be. Fine. If. I. Sit. Down. And. Preach. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. No. Thanks a lot. Oh. To. It's one of the reasons why when life gives you lemon, you make lemonade. When life gives you lemon, you make lemonade. You make lemonade. So now today, let's take it to the next part. And I said to you, the second part will be about how would you overcome this laziness? How would you overcome this laziness? So now you understand you need to go to the ends and see the ends ways and be wise in it. But if you, as a person, want to go there, how do I do this? How would I be able to, how would I be able to, to, to, to, um, not be lazy? Let me say it that way. Not to be lazy is sometimes had to do with a lot of things and a lot of things that, that, that can help you. I'm, I'm trying to see if I, if I put anything here, but I see I have not done so. How to overcome the laziness concept is number one, which I have not noted on my, on my things. The number one is to have a vision. If you know where you are going, any obstacle that gets thrown in your way will stop you if you don't have a vision. Because that obstacle is the, that will now, not letting you go forward. So you have to have that. If you want to go to Joburg, if you can't find a taxi or you don't have a car, does that stop you from going to Joburg? It does not stop you because you know for a fact that if I get to Joburg, somebody will give me a hundred thousand rent. Would I then be saying, I don't have money? Because I know I'm going to get a hundred thousand rent. The motivation behind it will make it so nicely. You know, the motivation will be like, ah, let me go to next to the neighbor. Go to the next, next one. Please, my man, I just need 10 rent to go to Joburg. When I come back, I'll give you. You are so motivated knowing that you'll get a hundred thousand rent. And when you come back, the 10 rent that you have borrowed, it doesn't even matter. Because now that 10 rent, you will then use it and somebody will give the guy a 20 rent. You see, it's motivating you to go forward. But what is it that is motivating us today? It's the things that does not make sense in God's eyes. And that is the reason why we are lazy. And another reason I can help you to overcome the laziness is to start small and build up a momentum. When I say starting small, do you know it's the hardest to start? Let's start a business. Bishop, it took you very long to start a business. You were contemplating, you were contemplating. And every time, whenever you start a business or wanting to start, there's always some sort of a, I think. And you think yourself out of it. So when you start small, the starting small is overcoming laziness. Because sometimes you can feel overwhelmed with the biggest steps. You know, to get to Jobe, it feels overwhelmed. But when you break it up into smaller pieces, it will be easy. How do you break it up in smaller pieces? It's to start saying, what can I do now to make the trip better? Start planning. Start getting, let's say, finances or a car or a hike. You know that these days, you can take the dame and say, please, I'm going to Jobe. Nobody will even charge you. Sometimes when you come, they will tell you, look, I need to go to Jobe, but I don't have money. No, get in the car. So you have to break it up. Let me just get up and, let me just get up and, how do you call it? Wash yourself. Because if you want to go to Jobe smelling like yesterday, already you're not confident enough. So build a momentum of smaller incremental steps. Because like ants, ants are carrying small objects. But they keep on doing it. They're constantly. Small, small. So it begins with manageable tasks. It begins with gradually increasing your difficulty from where you are using how to become a bodybuilder. It starts by a five kilogram or even two kilogram dumbbells. Moving from that two kilogram to five kilogram. Moving from the five kilogram to ten kilogram. Moving from the ten to fifteen to twenty. And so it goes on. That's how you build it. That's how you overcome your laziness. That's how you overcome. And remember I said to you, laziness, it has nothing to do with you not wanting to do certain things. Because when I talk about laziness, I'm talking about the person that sits in a relationship for the past ten years and thinking that this person will change. And the person has been hitting him or her for the past ten years. You are lazy. Get out of that. Get out of that relationship. Because that's the relationship will kill you. Laziness is you sitting in a job and you see that you're not going forward. So I'm not talking about laziness who is the one that doesn't do the dishes. That's the type of laziness. It's not the type of laziness I'm talking about. You know, Philippians 4 verse 13 encourages us, like it literally provides us with encouragement. It says, I can do all things through him who strengthens me. So whenever you start doing something, it's just for you to start. It's just for you to start. Because the moment you start is the thing that will start oiling the wheel. Bishop, you know when there's no grease in certain places, it goes... You see? So you just put a small bit of oil or grease and it will start moving. What's that thing called? Wheel bearing. A wheel bearing. It might be having problems. But if it's dry, it will not go. If it's rusty, it will not go. Start with getting rid of the rust first. Then, that's number one. One, I said to you, to have a... Number two, I said to you, start with small increments or start with small and build up momentum. Then I said, number three, you know sometimes I want to do something. But I keep it for myself. In my mind, I'm going to be this huge person. But now I'm keeping it to myself. Nobody knows. And because nobody knows, you fall back in your old ways again. So find yourself an accountable part. An accountable person who can support you. A person that can tell you, hey, bruh, you're in the wrong way. So, when there's somebody who can say to you in the morning, wake up, it's seven o'clock. You, it's easy to wake up because there's an accountability partner. Just as ants work as a unit, they find supportive environments or individuals who can hold you accountable for your goals. Because remember, why a worker's end works that hard is because he knows that if he doesn't do it, the queen will die. Thank you. The queen will die. There's a song I love so much. I think it's Junita or Bainam or Junita something, something, Bainam or something. I need you. You need me. We're all a part of God's body. Stand with me. Agree with me. You are important to me. I need you to survive. You know, that actually means that as I am about to win, you will win as well. You will win as well. Proverbs 27, verse 17, says it so nicely. It says, as iron sharpened irons, so one person sharpens another. But now you get the naysayers that says, but you're not going to be able to get a million dollar business. Why not give up? That is not an iron. That is a plastic. Burn it. Burn it. That person, you need to take the lighter and burn it. Because it's a plastic. It's not an iron. It's only iron that can sharpen iron. Not a plastic that can sharpen another plastic. They will rather, I don't know, but whatever. So, surround yourself with people who inspire you and motivate you. And then, you know, you know, you know what is the nicest part is that you have set yourself a vision. You start moving slowly. Then you get a partner who will push you. But it's no use of having all these things in place if you don't have the first winning to celebrate. You need to identify your rewards and celebrate those milestones. I want to go to Jobeck. I'm telling my wife, I'm going to Jobeck. Me and my wife, we start speaking to some people, start borrowing us the money. The moment we have the money, we start celebrating. So, you need to celebrate that small moments. Because those small moments is the one that makes you to go forward. Because you are celebrating it. So, when you go to Proverbs 13 verse 4. Proverbs 13 verse 4 says the following. Lazy hands make for poverty. And I'm not talking about the one that doesn't wash the dishes. And I'm neither do I talk about the one that doesn't wash himself. Neither am I talking the one that smells like whatever. I'm saying lazy hands makes poverty is the one that sits in that relationship. Get beaten up, almost died, go to hospital, come back, and still sit in that relationship. Lazy hands make for poverty. But diligent hands bring wealth. What does diligent hand mean in our time of today? It doesn't mean like slavery before you were working for the master and only the master eat. Bishop, that thing that says... I like that saying. It comes from your West African site. Where it says... Monkey chop baboon day. Monkey chop baboon day. Monkey chop. No. It's dancing. It's a speaking English program. Yes. Monkey they work baboon day chop. Aha. Monkey they work baboon day chop. Which is such a nice thing. You sometimes don't work smart enough to eat with what you are working for. So, this monkey has been working, but somebody else is eating. So, your hands need to be wise to do things. And as you go along, celebrate progress. Because by celebrating progress, it will reinforce your efforts and keep you motivated on your journey towards greater diligence. Because if I speak to you today, and I'm saying to you, do you remember a time when life was best, you were winning? Some of us doesn't even have that memory. We can't even remember. We can't even remember. You can't remember. Do you know why you can't remember? It's because of... You have not painted down or marked it, making a mark. The very first time I got the opportunity to buy a house, I marked that time as a changing time in my life. You remember, Miss Kat, we couldn't even get a loan for 4,000 rand from a bank. I marked it as a day of change. And I so much celebrate that day, because that is the day that makes me to realize that anything is possible. You don't need the systems of the banks today to get what you want. It's a milestone that you have to do. Then I go to, it's number five, I think, where I said to you, now you have put down the vision. Number one, you have put down the vision. You have started working. You have built the momentum. You get yourself an accountable partner, accountability partner. You keep on celebrating, yes, yes, I made it. And then, just as you made it, is something happening now? You know what sometimes happens, eh? The moment you start bragging, I've done it. Then Satan comes with his small voice. Ah, you have not even done this on your own. You're a moomoo. And this is where you come and speak to the one that is within. You know, greater is he that is within me than he that is in the world. Greater is he that is in me, that is in the world. Now you need to find that one in your life. It's to keep on motivating yourself. Keep on speaking to yourself. Then you need to now take the negative thoughts and reaffirm it with positive affirmations. And this might sound like... I don't know. Okay. There's a guy called Tony Robinson. Now, Tony Robinson says something that when you speak to yourself in a negative way, you will always have a slouching posture. Because I'm a useless. I'm a nobody. I don't, I don't fit in society. By the time you realize you are, you are crawling under the baggage that you have put yourself. But have you ever used something called positive words and body language? If I talk about positive body language, I talk about somebody, I'm a useless, it will be going down. Because I am made in the image of God. My chin lifted up. It's like I'm walking. Nobody can touch me. You see, it's a different thing. The moment you start speaking positively to yourself, is the moment you start taking your chest out. Your shoulder blades together. And you are. It's also one of the things that will take out that laziness out of you. Because it's that laziness that keeps on bringing a negative self-talk in yourself. Because the Bible says it. Bishop, do you know the Bible says that, let the weak say I'm strong. I said, nah. It's not me. It's not me that says, let the weak say I'm strong. So what does it mean? It says, even though I'm weak, I am strong. And the nicest part of it is that, when the Bible says that, in our weakness, his strength is perfect. So, even though you are weak, remind yourself, his strength is perfect. This is affirmations that you need to do. Because you need to literally combat those sorts of laziness. And use mantras like, I'm capable. I'm hardworking. Each step forward brings me closer to my goal. Just one small step forward. Bring me closer to my goal. These are the things that you need to tell yourself. You need to go back to the Bible. Let the weak say I'm strong. Let the poor say I'm rich. You need to use those things. There's therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ. You need to tell yourself, I have made a mistake. Yes, I admit it. God, I've made a mistake. I'm sorry. Hey, Copan Suarelo. The actualist Papa, I'm asking you, I'm begging you. I've made a mistake. I admit, I'm at fault. But this is not going to bring me down. Because if we go back to Proverbs 23, verse 7, it actually suggests to us, for as he thinks in his heart, so he is. As he thinks in his heart. So, so, so, so as he thinks in his heart, meaning to say that it's a deeper thought than the mind thought. Because your heart is deeper than your mind. Your heart pumps the blood to every part of the body. Your brain sends the signal, yes. But the blood pumps it back. And it means that when you, when you have something in your heart. You know, you know, you know, in our African culture, Mamruti, you know that, that one. It says, uh, pillow, as he feels, it's like, your heart is the worst mochi that you can find than anything, any concoction than what a, a, a, a, a, a herbalist or you call it Sangoma can put together. Your heart, your heart, when somebody says, I carry you in my heart, you, you, you, you are, you are gone. Because the heart they use to speak wrong out to you. And that is why when you say into your heart, I'm going to make it. And it goes deep within your heart. You will make it. You will make it. Because when you positively put things together. When you positively put things together. You are, you are helping yourself. The head is not really too sharp. let's go to number six and I will I say this one is the last one do you know that in history is a lot of things that happened that will make us the person that we are today if I speak to you about overcoming challenges I say to you to stop laziness is to go and look at others who have been where you are and they've managed to triumph so you go back and look because somebody somewhere sit in your shoes before they sit in your shoes and they went through this exact same thing that you are going through and today they are triumphant you need to find inspiration especially find it in the bible because if you go to the bible the bible have a have a solution for every problem that you ever had in your life there's a there's a solution for the for you because if I go to to David's being defeating Goliath David was a mere small ant in a giant field but that ant put an ant to a bless blephism the one that swore swore you call it bless blephism you know that English word but that was blaspheme he blasphemed the children of God and because he did that he put a curse on himself he put a curse on himself so when somebody tells you you are useless and you know you are a child of God just tell them please rewind those words back see it how do you call it reverse them yeah try and and and and and rather put a blessing than a curse because that words that you are using is the words that will kill you hey if I go back to the Bible and and we're talking about Jesus being our forerunner you know like the one that we follow it's me I'm running after Jesus I don't follow no man you can be the what the miracle worker you can be the whatever whatever Jesus I want the Jesus in you I don't want the anointing that you have because your anointing is just mere for you and for the person that is surrounding you but do you know Jesus impact the yellow world like he's impacting the whole world who is who is somebody that had more people mentioning his name than him let's talk about today's prophets let's talk about them before they were alive which was let's call it 60 years before 60 years were they ever mentioned by somebody else no if I talk about your titty jigs 60 years ago were he even mentioned he hasn't been mentioned so how do we overcome our challenges is to go back to our bible and study Jesus because through studying him remember he said this words just before he he said you will do better things than what I did so he said your impact will be better because today I'm having social media let me see okay there's no okay there's somebody watching with us now no no there's no one watching with us but what I'm trying to say is that we have social media to reach the world quicker those years there was no social media that goes fast fast and still in one meeting 3000 people came to God 3000 people if you would have taken social media and add all the different social medias and add the media as well with the cameras how many of them would have done that be so how do we overcome our challenges is to go back to the drawing board and ask Jesus what we can do how can we overcome our laziness and things that we go through because these stories it shows how faith and determination can overcome seemingly unsurmountable obstacles and it also cultivate diligence in our own lives diligence it makes us to want to want to do more and and and and and and you know that I I was so happy this morning when I wanted to put on clothes and I realized the clothing will scratch me and I could easy put on a short trouser and a t-shirt because we have not cultivating the the the how do you call it the culture of making sure you have the tie and you have the the jacket long trouser nice shiny shoes because those are the things that make so many people to be lazy because they don't have if I'm speaking to you today hundreds and hundreds of people didn't go to church because they didn't have the proper dress they watching us now online because they didn't have a proper dress is one of the reasons why so many people are going astray because of the cultures that we have put in place ministry is not about us wearing those tie and you see the head you see the old people they had that thing that clothes big hat with one tail that stands like this if you're not going in church with that thing you're not allowed cover your head but today God has helped us that we can stand here today and have no laziness because of what has happened David defeated Goliath with one of the nicest things you know what David was given a panzer that thing that is heavy they gave him an armor like to put on ah you can't go into war without this thing this thing if you don't have it you will be and how for small kid now he had to put on that thing imagine how he would have been killed if he sticked to the norm because the norm for any soldier to go was to put on that armor but he break the norm and not even use what he has been given a sword use something totally he changed the whole concept of us sticking to one plane we can fight the enemy with different planes not just with one plane if the armor guy comes there the enemy would have known this one is a soldier but because he comes as a civilian no armor he started laughing you come here you wanna you wanna kill take this thing like a dog huh the guy was totally out of out of out of head because to him this guy comes with a stick thinking that he's a dog that he would not knowing that that was his famous last words famous last words and then it was go gone you are not lazy I'm telling you you are not lazy you are a lot more because when you would have been lazy you would have made up your bed and go to work or go wherever and today as I'm speaking to you my heart is painful because of I almost lost my life and still I have not reached half of the people than what I supposed to reach I am going to put my reach out more because if I don't do it tomorrow might be my last day and I have not done so God bless you so heavenly father I know we sometimes are so lazy just to do your work but that is not the laziness we are talking about that is the devil trying to stop us from doing your perfect world father I pray now you said most in your word that this the harvest is so big but the laborers are few and we need to ask you to send the laborers and here I'm standing as a laborer I've already availed myself but Satan is trying to kill me so I pray in the mighty name of Jesus protect me so that we can do your work not just protect me but protect every member of fountain of grace ministry and anybody that is connected to them because if they are in problems we are in problems in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior and as I'm asking Lord Jesus as this week goes protect us in all our doings let us be diligent let us be so quick in doing good that Satan doesn't have a hold on us to still tell us what to do wrong in Jesus mighty name I pray in Jesus mighty name I pray now may the grace of God the love of God and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit rest and abide with us all until Jesus comes surely goodness and mercy shall follow us for the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever in Jesus mighty name we pray amen and amen thank you Jesus thank you Jesus is going on like that is happening and is for your your