Formal letter for the closure of a business

Dear Sir,

Due to the trade restrictions imposed by the Indian Government and the increased duty imposed on imported goods and Covid-19 pandemic which naturally caused the economic slow down in the global market, our Board of Directors feel that there is no scope of doing business with China in the near future. To reduce the economic burden, our Board of Directors decided to discontinue the operations of XYZ Pte. Ltd. as soon as possible.

We, through this email, formally request you to promptly initiate the process to deregister the company immediately. Post closure, we will not be needing the service of the external director.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

With Warm Regards,

Jacob K

Director

PETITION CALLING FOR JUSTICE IN THE CASE OF HUMA YOUNUS

Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah 

Burns Road Karachi, Karachi City Sindh, Pakistan 

Dear Chief Minister Shah, 

 

We write to you as a group of concerned international citizens regarding the troubling case of Huma Younus. As you are hopefully aware, Huma is a Christian girl who was kidnapped in Sindh, forcefully converted to Islam, and made to marry her abductor, Abdul Jabbar. Since the abduction, Huma’s case has gained international attention and drawn cries for her justice from advocates around the world. Huma was 14 years old when Jabbar, a man regularly hired by Huma’s family for transportation purposes, abducted her at gunpoint in October of 2019. In the days that followed, Huma’s parents Younis and Nagheena Sasih started receiving messages via WhatsApp from Abdul’s brother with documents showing that Huma had married Abdul and converted to Islam. 

 

However, further investigation of these documents clearly showed that they had been falsified, listing an incorrect date of birth for Huma that was meant to justify the marriage by falsely claiming that she was 18 years old. The abductors have continually sent Huma’s parents death threats, pressuring them to stop pursuing legal action against Abdul. 

 

These messages show videos of guns being fired and included threatening language. Despite these threats, Huma’s parents have continually pursued legal action against Abdul, but without success. 

 

A ruling by local courts has validated the marriage under Islamic law due to the fact that Huma had already started her menstrual cycles. Most recently, Huma’s parents lost their appeal of this decision, with the court ruling that Huma is to remain in the custody of her abductors despite the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act which forbids marriage under the age of 18 and Section 365-B of the Pakistan Penal Code which invalidates any marriage which takes place between an abductor and abductee. 

 

Huma has not seen her parents since her abduction ten months ago in October. The most recent reports indicate that Huma is now pregnant in the custody of her abductors, and is being held in a single room. 

 

We urge you both to intervene in this dire situation, as the justice system has, to date, failed to right the blatant injustice present in Huma’s case. Huma was abducted by armed kidnappers, forcibly converted to Islam, raped, and compelled to marry her abductor against her will, a marriage that is illegal because Huma is below the age of consent. 

 

We ask that you ensure that justice is served in this case and that Huma is returned to her family immediately! 

Respectfully, 

International Christian Concern

Transfer of our Pastor

 

Last week our pastor announced that he asked for a transfer from the church. That was shocking news to some believers. Let me introduce our current pastor. Our current pastor is here for the last 7 years. Normally a pastor will get transferred every 3 years. Now he is transferred to a good church. We hope that he will get a better income and a better place to live. And the pastor is very interested to move out. There were mixed reactions to the news. I would like to share with you some of the reactions to the transfer order.

Few said that they wanted to stop the transfer as they feel the current pastor is very good at handling the difficult situation. Moreover few new believers are coming to the church. They are afraid of what would happen to the new believers, who are mostly dependent and attached to the old pastor. They put up the matter to the Senior pastor who is in charge of the transfer and said that "people should look at Christ, not the pastor as the pastor cannot save them. They (believers) should rely on Jesus and should follow Jesus. What nice advice.

Few said earlier we had pastors who said weird things about the believers. They spread rumors about the believers. The current pastor is good at keeping the secret of the believers with himself.

Few said pastors used to visit houses and know about the family situation and share the same with other believers. Which ultimately led to the fight amongst the believers. The current pastor is avoiding such practices and he is trying to unite the church together. He is a good pastor, isn't it?

First, our council members decided to ask the senior pastor to stop the transfer. They talked about it to the senior pastor. After the announcement of the transfer again some members tried to contact him. He asked them to meet him at his office. Then the council members got together and discussed whether we should go to the meeting. Then one suggested as the current pastor is happy about the transfer, it is a waste of time and money. One suggests that it would create a negative effect if our efforts would not yield any positive result and the incoming pastor comes to know about our efforts to retain the current pastor. Then the council decided to tell the senior pastor that we are interested to meet him only if he reverses the transfer order. He refused to reverse the transfer order and the meeting canceled.

Some are concerned about the new pastor. How is he? How will he preach? Does he have the ability to sing as the current pastor? Would he be able to teach new songs to students? How he gets along with the believers. There are many questions.

Users and Buyers Are the Same in the Case of All the Products.

 

Comment very briefly on the following:

Users and buyers are the same in the case of all the products.

 

I cannot agree with the statement that the user and the buyer are the same in the case of all the products. Because it is not necessary for the user to buy all the products he uses. Sometimes parents buy things for their kids. Kids are not buyers. They are users. In government schemes in which the government buys products and distributes the same to its citizens who are not able to afford such products. For example, the government distributes books to unprivileged students of economically weaker sections. In such cases, the Government is the purchaser or buyer. But the user is from the economically weaker section.

 

People who buy gift items for their relatives or friends or dear ones is the custom which the whole world is following. People may choose different products as a gift. Some buy ornaments as a gift. Some buy home appliances as a gift. Some buy foodstuff like pizza or biscuits and sweets as a gift to express their gratitude or happiness. Some buy expensive gifts like refrigerator, TV, Air conditioner, cell phone, iPad2, iPhones, clothes, ready-made garments, etc. as a gift for their dear ones. In such cases, the buyer is not the end-user.

 

Industrialists buy products for developing it or converting it into another product. Also, they buy products as raw materials for their production or manufacturing. They are not the end-user. They process it and resell it. So, there are chances that the buyer could be an industrialist who converts the product into another product and resells it in the market.

 

Wholesalers and retailers also buy goods to resell it to the end-user. Wholesalers and retailers are not users. They are buying goods to sell them in the market to make a profit.

 

In short, all the buyers are not users. The buyer could be a wholesaler, retailer, industrialist, government agency, or someone who buys it to give it as a gift. Due to the above-cited reasons, it is not appropriate to say that "User and buyer are the same in case of all the products."

08.03.2011

Love Yourself, That is the Only Way to Grow

Love yourself

You love many things in your life. There are people around you whom you love. You love your wife, your children, your parents, your girlfriend, your classmates, your colleagues, your brothers, and sisters, the list goes on.

You love things like your mobile phone, your house, your laptop, your watch, your Bluetooth, your iPhone, etc.

But I just wanted to ask you how much you love yourself? You may ask "How can I love myself? I don't have the things that I enjoy like money, property, laptop, iPhone, etc.

Let me tell you the reason you don't have the things which give you joy is that you are not loving yourself enough to get all that makes you happy.

If you have many things in your life at your disposal and still you are not happy, the reason for your unhappiness is that you do not know how to love yourself.

To be happy and successful, you need to know how to love yourself. Love yourself, the way you are. If you are not happy with the way you are, it's time to change. You need to change your habits, thoughts, and behavior in that way you love yourself. Think of a happy person. Change your thoughts, attitudes, behaviors, deeds, and dealings like that happy person. Then you will be able to love yourself. Once you start to love yourself, it will improve your self-esteem. You will be confident about yourself. You won't have to hide behind the scene. You can present yourself in front of your peers and friends.

Why should I love myself?

Why should you love yourself? You are the person who will be with you from birth to death. You will share it with yourself. The happy moments. The embarrassing situation. The heights and the depths. All the special occasions like birthdays, marriage, the birth of your child, the death of your loved ones. All these moments you share with yourself.

You will be with you in the darkest moments of your life. No one can take that position. So you must love yourself.

The other reason for loving yourself is just because, when you love someone, you wish very best for him. You want him to have the best share. You want to give the most expensive gifts. You want to give whatever you can.​ It could be the position in society, ... it could be the best food, it could be the best time, ... In short whatever you can you will try to give the very best.

Unless you are not loving yourself, you cannot have the very best in life. Hope now you understand the key reason for loving yourself. If you want the best education, if you want the best job, if you want best friends, if you want the best car, if you want the best girl/boy with you, you must love yourself. You will dream big for yourself. Work hard to get the very best in your life.

When you start to love yourself, you will become a person to whom others can love. That means, people start to love you. That doesn't mean that you need to be arrogant and boastful about yourself. People hate that kind of person. Those who love themselves are humble and honest. Inwardly they feel good about themselves.

When you feel good about yourself, you will be confident, outgoing, and make friends. You will have positive thoughts about yourself and others. You see good things in others.

Don't want you to feel good about yourself? Don't want you to make friends? Don't want you to have self-esteem? Don't want you to think positively?

Love yourself. That is the only way to grow.

Love yourself.​

 

Voter Fraud In US Election

There is massive voter fraud happening in the US Election. In India the postal ballot is available only for people who are in Government duty and cannot leave their place of posting for the election. In such cases Postal vote is allowed and it should be properly recorded and accounted for.  It should come before the election date. And they will be prohibited from casting a physical vote on the day of the election.


In America it is not the case. There are chances that all these votes are cast by one person without even getting permission for doing so. Even after the election date the votes were coming. There are chances that all these votes are cast by one person without even getting permission for doing so. Every individual has the right to vote. At the same time he holds the right to not to vote. Political parties and their workers are voting for their candidates is an unethical practice that happened in the history of America.

There was a time when there was no fraudulent means of voting that never happened. People are prudent and hold high self-esteem. In such scenarios postal ballots were allowed. People are prudent and hold high self-esteem.

The America is a free country. Because this type of act is undermining the truth. This is a grave mistake that needs to be considered and thoroughly investigated. This is a grave mistake that needs to be considered and thoroughly investigated. They are undermining the election without a uniform procedure.

A centralized election commission is now must for US Elections. If you arrange a re-election with stipulated law and procedure, the final outcome will be different.  
China is behind this election fraud. Trump wanted to make America Great again. Trump wanted to make America Great again.
In the coming days we are going to see the ugly picture of Democrats and there is 100% possibility of reinstating Trump for a second term.

The Democrats are now crying that there is no fraud, no fraud. But some insiders are aware of how and what is being done to undermine the 2020 election.

Democrats is using their power to control face book and twitter and other social media by way of terming voter fraud as misinformation. There is an organized racket behind these social media sites, which is working for Democrats.

As a citizen and being us Election Faught, Trump has the right to question the way of the election conducted in US. As a citizen and being us Election Faught, Trump has the right to question the way of the election conducted in US.   

​The Church Lost its Holiness

God said I am Holy so ye be holy. God cannot change his status. Even though Jesus came to this world he did not sin. Because God cannot change His position and status. God is a holy God.

God set apart a people for himself in the old testament. And God asked them to be holy. In order for Him to live among them, they need to become holy. That is God's standard and He cannot change.  

In this New Testament time, God wants his Church to be Holy.  If God wants to live in the Church, the Church needs to be a place where he can dwell without compromising His standards. Kathryn Kuhlman repeatedly said that do not grieve the Holy Spirit.  

Holiness is something that we need to treasure and keep in our hearts. It is the most important requirement of God. God will not compromise with Holiness. So do not think that you can do whatever you want to do and get what you want from God. You need to be holy. When God gave commandments to Moses, There were a lot of commandments that were designed to keep the people and the tent of meeting holy. Priests are also required to keep themselves from unholy things as well as asked to not leave the tent of meeting without any valid reason. We have the record of many people who died because they come near the holy things without ceremoniously purifying themselves.

When God came down to Mount Sinai, God gave clear instructions not to touch the bottom of the mountain. They were asked to keep a specific distance from the mountain. Not an animal cannot come near God.  

Moses went up the mountain. Even Moses had to wait 7 days at the top of the mountain to purify himself before he listened to God.

If coming near to God takes so much holiness, how much more we need to be holy to listen from God. We take our life for granted and want to listen to God as soon as we finish our prayer. We do not have the patience to wait. Moses waited patiently for 40 days on the top of the mountain.  

There is a price to pay. Our God is not an ordinary God. He is the creator of this universe. He can do miracles and wonders. Just speaking a word can change your life.  

We need people who are willing to wait for God for 40 days or more. We need committed and devoted people. I am giving my life to God. I want to devote my life to God. I want to become a history maker. I want to keep the standard of God in the area of Holiness.

What Are You Waiting For?

There is nothing to wait for. Everything is put into motion. God did His part. God made a way of salvation. God has made atonement for your sins. He has already forgiven your sins.  

Now it is our part to take the next step. To receive that forgiveness of sins and receive healing. Yes, our God is a Healing God. Jesus loves me and you. There is no doubt. He sent his angels to protect us. He is with us.

Our God is a loving, good God. This world misrepresented his kindness and grace. Many refined to understand the healing power of God. Many wanted to get the healing and forgiveness of their sins through their own works. They are working with whatever they can to get the remission of sin.  

You can only believe to receive the forgiveness of sin. Except your faith in Jesus, everything else is useless. You don't have to pay money for your healing or forgiveness of sin. The one who created the Sun does not require your candles.  

God is just looking for your heart. Are you willing to give your heart to God? If you give your heart to God then everything you have belongs to Him. He wants to be called to be your savior.

God is love and in him, there is no darkness.

Now, what are you waiting for?  Give yourself to Him. And be a part of His mission in this universe.  

May God bless you.

Conversion and Anti Conversion vs. Transformation.

Religious conversion is one of the hot topics here in India. Recently the government is trying to bring new laws to prevent conversion from one religion to another. I always wonder what these people are doing? How to determine who was born into which religion? Since we are not able to determine the religion of a person then how can a law prevent one person from choosing his religion?  

By mistake of the nurse, a child born to Muslim parents goes to a Hindu family and at the same time, a child born to Hindu parents goes to the house of Muslim parents. In this case, the Hindu child ends up in a Muslim family adopts the Muslim faith, and the Muslim child ends up in a Hindu family adopts the Hindu faith. This has happened in India. At a later date, the family discovered the mistake after many years and through DNA tests the children got back their original parents. Hindu boy was on a non-vegetarian diet and the Muslim boy has adopted a vegetarian diet. They were taught their parent's religion and rituals. If unnoticed, these boys could lead a different faith and religion till the end of their life.

Adoption is happening in India. Parents who do not have children adopt a child without knowing whether the parents of that child are Hindu, Christian, or a Muslim. A Hindu boy could end up in a Muslim family or a Christian family. His faith is formulated in the family atmosphere and adopts the parent's faith as their religion.

In most cases, the faith of a person is formulated according to his experience and the circumstances around him. One person prays to a god and his wish is fulfilled so irrespective of his religion he is tempted to believe the god who answered him. His faith is in his heart. I wonder how law can change his faith?  Going into his heart and transforming his heart is not possible. Even with the help of human or religious or political or authorities like a court of law or a government cannot change his heart. For example. I believe in Jesus Christ. Whoever comes and asked me to forget about Jesus is not acceptable to me. They cannot change my faith. It is impossible for someone even to try.  My faith is in my heart. I am ready to die for my faith. A court of law can put me in jail. Can torcher me to change my faith.  Inject others' beliefs in my ears. Can teach other religious beliefs and rituals. But I am the one who decides and takes action. That is my fundamental right. Outside sources can put pressure on me. Even if in some extreme circumstances I can act differently. But in my innermost being, still, I can have faith in Jesus. Since they cannot change my innermost being, what is the use of the law?   

In the Nazi camp, Hitler tried to brainwash the Jews and tried to convert them to atheism.  Almost all Jews died holding their faith. The powerful audio messages for many years repeatedly made to listen by the prisoners did nothing to change the heart of Jews. Then how come a law can change the human heart.

Logically thinking, the law of anti-conversion is total stupidity. A lady I know who was born and brought up in a pious Hindu family one day diagnosed with cancer. Doctors washed their hands and said that they are helpless and only God can do a miracle in her life. She was left to die and was in pain and sorrow. She started to pray to the almighty God for help. One evangelist visited her and shared about Jesus and the forgiveness of sin and the healing power of Jesus Christ.  She believed the message and prayed and got healed miraculously. Now she is a transformed person. She believes in Jesus and has full faith in the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ and salvation. Now she goes around and prays for the sick and many come to the faith in Jesus Christ. They sing Christian songs. They study the Bible together and spread the good news with others. They forget and denounce the old way of life. At the same time as per the government records, she is a Hindu. When asked about it she told me that it is a label that cannot change her heart. See here officially she is a Hindu and in her heart, she is a Christian.

The Bible clearly says that mankind is the children of one family. All those who are alive in this world are from one family. As the generations go by they choose different religions and faiths. Parents taught their faith to their children. Atheist parents who do not believe in any god taught their children atheism. We all are born on this earth as male or female or a transgender. We do not possess any religious belief by birth. As we grow old we adopt different religions and faiths.  

So it is a fundamental right of a human being to choose his religion or faith. Finding the true god is our life purpose and we need to seek divine intervention to find the true God.

Considering the above fact, enacting an anti-conversion law is a foolish endeavor because you cannot change the mind of a person in whatsoever manner.  

Recently people received money to convert to a different religion. "Ghar Wapsi" (returning to home) was done in India by religious and political organizations to convert other religious people into Hinduism. By giving money you can change the label of that person from Christian to Hindu or Muslim to Hindu. But are they converted to Hinduism in their mind? Who knows what faith they are having? Conversion cannot accomplish the transformation of the mind. Conversion can only change your name or identity or religion.  

True converts are transformed into their mind. No one can change them. They are transformed. They are not labeled. Their actions and speech and life will be different.            

Why Christianity is Not Prevalent in India?

We made Christianity A Religion

Several facts need to be considered while you answer the question: Why Christianity is not prevalent in India?

One of the main reasons is that Christianity is treated as a religion in India. If you study Jesus and his teachings, it is not a religion. It is a way of life. Christianity is not a ritual that is performed on a particular day or date. But the Church made it a religion by introducing Church Building and the priesthood and the ornamental dress and religious rituals performed every now and then.

Actually true Christianity has nothing to do with religion or rituals. It is based on the Bible and the way of life. As per the Bible, a believer is treated as the temple of God where the spirit of God dwells. Holiness is the most important part of the Christian life. God tells in the Bible; "Be holy as I am Holy." This is the true identity of Christianity.

By living a wayward life, the priests and the believers watered down the quality and holiness of the Christian life. By doing so, it lost its power. The power of miracles. Healing miracles, Driving out demons, raising the dead are some of the expressions of power that are evident in the early Church. The Church in India lost that power.

There is only one way for the Church to come back to its position is it should get back to its original intent. That is the Church needs to go back to its original intention for which purpose God designated Church in this world.

Some of the reasons why Christianity is not prevalent in India is as follows:

The Church Lost its Holiness
The Church Lost its Power
The Church Lost its Purpose
The Church Lost its Authority
The Church Lost its Value

When the Church regains its Holiness, power, purpose, authority, and Value then only it can grow in this land of religion.

India is already a religious county with lots of diverse religions. This country is already fed up with different religions. It needs a powerful and authoritative way of life that can change people and situations.

Principles of Delegation

 

Delegation is one of the important elements in an organizational function. Through delegation, interrelations are created in an organization. There are certain principles that can be followed as guidelines for effective delegation. They are:

The principle of Delegation by Results: The purpose of delegation is to get the work done more effectively and efficiently by someone else. To get the desired result is the objective of Delegation. For that, the goals are already set and properly communicated to the subordinates and it must be understood by him. If the subordinate is not able to perform and accomplish the desired objective, there is no point in assigning the task to him. Delegation should be result oriented.

The principle of Competence: It should be secured that the subordinate should be competent enough to fulfill the assigned task. Before delegating the authority, we should examine the person to whom the power is transferred. If he is not competent enough to exercise his authority, it could be waste of time and resources.

The principle of Trust and confidence: superior should trust in a subordinate. Also the superior must have confidence in the ability of subordinates to perform the duty. As an organization, there must be trust and confidence between the subordinates/co-workers. Trust will bring drive and initiative in the work. It is possible only if the subordinate is mentally free to exercise his authority.

The principle of Adequate authority for the Responsibilities: There must be enough authority granted to the subordinate in relation to the responsibility. An imbalance of authority and responsibility could damage the objective of delegation.

 

The principle of Unity of Command: There must be unity in command. If you obtain different command from numerous bosses, there will be confusion and conflict which result in the inefficiency of the subordinate. The subordinate should report to one boss and accept the command from one boss will help him to concentrate on his duty and it also helps him perform very well. If there is more than one boss, there must be unity in command.

The principle of Absolute Responsibility: Responsibility represents an obligation that can neither be delegated nor be transferred temporarily. Superior cannot escape the responsibility for the activities of his subordinates through delegation because it is the superior who has delegated the authority and has distributed duties. At the same time, the responsibility of a subordinate to the superior also cannot be shifted or transferred. The duties allocated to the subordinates by the superior is absolute and cannot be shifted and are bound to perform the assigned duties.

The principle of Adequate Communication: Free flow of information between the superior and his subordinates is a necessity. It will support the superior, to take the necessary decision on time. Also, it will assist the subordinate to understand the nature of the assigned duty and the degree of his authority and perform accordingly.

The principle of Effective control: Superior delegates his authority to his subordinate, not the responsibility and should ensure that the transferred authority is exercised properly.

The principle of reward: An appropriate reward system to reward the subordinates will help the subordinates to take more responsibility and assume more authority which will create a healthy environment and the growth of the organization. Effective delegation and utilization of the proper authority should be rewarded.

The principle of receptiveness: The superior who delegates authority should listen and accept the suggestions made by his subordinates to influence a sound decision. Therefore, delegation requires an understanding between the superior and his subordinates.

 

Lord Help Me to Understand Myself: How to Avid Depression and Discouragement - part 2

 

God is not in control of this world. It clearly says that the God of this world is a small g. His name is Satan. He is the God of this world. Paul says it in Ephesians. He is the god of this world so this is what we’re dealing with a small g god named Satan who’s in charge of this world. He took it from Adam and Eve and Paul said that we used to be in that kingdom of darkness until God rescued us. And we came into the kingdom of life but we used to do the desires of that spirit of the air until we were born again. We could not withhold. We could not fight against that spirit so Paul clearly said that. So as born again believers we can.

 
So if you are struggling with depression or disappointment or discouragement remember that eventually if you do not put a stop to it. It will become a medical thing that you’re going to need to be treated for and we don’t want that to happen. If you are already there and you’re being treated you can walk out of it and your doctor will confirm that you don’t need to be on those antidepressants anymore. But you have to work through this by seeing that in the word of God. That Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and that he has caused a triumphing over them and he’s made a public spectacle of them just like we mentioned in Colossians 2 15.

 

 
So when I seek God he’s not far away. Even if he feels far away I actually start to laugh. So this is another thing is people say okay. I’m gonna go pray. But they’re like I hope I feel God today because I really need to feel him and they’re like they’re thinking okay.

 
I wonder if God’s gonna hear me and answer me when I go to pray today. So they think about it and it’s like when you’re going for a test. I hope I pass. Wow, well, when I study for a test I know I’m going to pass it or I don’t go in and take it. I study until I know the answers to all the questions and then I go in and I don’t think about Oh I hope I don’t fail. I don’t. I’m not gonna go take a test that I’m not ready for okay. It’s the same thing when you go to pray. Let’s just forget about any false ideas that we have about prayer right now. Let’s forget about them let’s concentrate on what Jesus said about what all the apostles taught about prayer.

 
And Jesus said it the best. He said when you go when you stand praying believe that you receive it. And he’s saying this before you pray. Believe that you receive it and you shall have it. So who talks like that but Jesus. But see Jesus said that when you speak to a mountain you believe in your heart that what you say with your mouth shall come to pass and it shall be done for you.

 
That mountain will be removed if you don’t doubt. But you believe in your heart to what you say with your mouth. Jesus said that. It’s in red. Kenneth Hagin didn’t say that. Kenneth Copeland didn’t say that. No word of faith person said that. Jesus said that. And Jesus said that because this is how we push back the darkness. This is how we get rid of discouragement and disappointment. Anything that’s in our way. But we don’t go in the prayer thinking we’re going to fail. And this is the problem that why people don’t understand themselves is they don’t understand that the bar has been placed higher in our lives. That we don’t sin but if we do okay.

 
So we’re not thinking about sinning because as a believer it’s not like we just read here and at first John, it says we don’t sin. But if we do you know it says my dear children I’m writing to you so that you will not sin. But if you do okay. So it’s the same way with prayer. You’re going to get your answer but even if you don’t you just keep asking. Yeah, come on you just keep praying.

 
You keep knocking. You keep asking. You keep commanding the door to open. You keep asking which is the word demand and you know a lot of people don’t know that. But Jesus said this. He said ask and you shall receive the word. There is a very strong tense which is the word demand so it’s not really asking. It’s knowing that God is going to give it to you and you’re placing a demand on the covenant that he’s already made. It’s the known will of God so what is it that you know about God.

 
You know a lot of things about him so when you go to prayer you don’t ask for things that you already know. You already know that is going to be given to you. So you know that he’s going to lead you by besides still waters. You know that God is going to lead you into green pastures and cause you to lie down. You know that he’s going to provide for you exceedingly above what you could ever ask or think. That he has more for you than has ever entered your mind. He has more and exceedingly abundantly above. So whatever we could ask or think.

 
So when you come to prayer you think God’s gonna really blow me away today. Because I’m gonna come and I’m gonna sit in his presence and worship him and I’m going to thank him. Because he’s God. And I’m going to thank him that he’s leading me and I’m going to listen to what he says and it’s amazing. He’ll start to say here’s what you’re going to do. Here’s what you’re going to say. Here’s what’s going to happen. I want you to get ready for this and he tells me the next 11 years. He tells me the next 11 years is though no bad thing is going to happen in the world because that’s the way he calls things. That are not as though they were. He doesn’t concentrate on the judgment. He concentrates on building up his people. He loves his children and so he talks to me as though this is what you’re going to do for the next 11 years. He never said a word about the rapture. He never said but word about the end time. The antichrist or the seventh seal or the sixth bowl of wrath or the red dragon or any of these things. What he was doing was he’s saying Kevin here’s what I want warrior notes to do for the next 11 years. He didn’t say anything about the end-time events. So I’m not concentrating on the rapture right now or concentrating on the antichrist or the seventh seal or anything else.

 
I’m concentrating on the fact that God has already set in motion certain things. He wants to have this end-time move of God where people repent. They turn to him and they receive salvation. He wants the whole world to come in. So we have seven and a half billion people on the earth and we’ve got so many people that are born again. But I’m guaranteeing you. I don’t even know that if it might be close to a billion people were saved on the earth. I’d like to think that one-seventh of the earth is saved. But I don’t know that. But I’d like to see everybody get saved. So when God speaks to me he talks to me as though the end isn’t coming.

 
He doesn’t mention it because he can’t tell me when Jesus is coming. He’s not going to do that. Nobody knows so what he says is here’s the plan for the next 11 years. And then people would automatically assume well we got 11 more years. I’ve even had people say well I thought it was 11 more minutes and you’re saying 11 years. I want to get out of here. I’m like well you know we all want to get out of here. Are we going to prayer to hear what God is saying? Because everything he’s saying to me is like I want you to take back your country. I want you to pray and have justice reign in your country and then he says I want you to pray for the economy because it’s going to recover. And he starts saying I want you to pray for your president.

 
I want you to pray for and he’s talking to me as though the end isn’t coming. So people automatically assume well you can’t know that it’s like. Well, Jesus said when the spirit comes he’s going to reveal the things that are to come. The future. It says the future. That’s the spirit of God will reveal things that are to come and remind you of things that Jesus had spoken. So the past is being revealed and then the future is being revealed and this is to get you out of depression. This is like the Lord’s gonna say here’s what we’re gonna do together.

 
You’re gonna pray and I’m going to send the finances so you can start your own business. Because that’s what the Lord’s talking to me right now. Everybody’s like well the economy is in shambles. Everything is all messed up. All the stock markets are at a really high right now. And they’re about to crash and you know everybody’s like what’s gonna happen to our currency. And the whole time the spirit is saying no you prophesy to the people that if they hear my voice they’re gonna do what I say. I’m saying get ready to start businesses. Get ready to start a new business. I’m like okay so the people’s mindset right now is they’re not in there. They’re wanting to conserve their beans and rice and their water and get ready for the antichrist to come. And the Lord’s not saying that to me at all.

 
So this is how you get out of your depression. You let the Lord walk you out of it to get out of your disappointment your discouragement. You let him come in through waiting on him in prayer and you don’t let the devil talk you out of the great things that God has. He’s going to speak mighty things to you. So I don’t feel far away from God because he’s near. And it does. It doesn’t matter if what I feel like. I don’t always feel God. I don’t always feel the holy spirit. Sometimes I feel myself. Sometimes I don’t want to get up. Sometimes I don’t want to pray. Sometimes I don’t want to go to work. I don’t want to do these things. But it only lasts a second. Because I tell myself. My life is not my own. It’s good that I’ve been bought with a price and that now I glorify God in my body. So I get up. I get up and pray. I and my wife get up and pray. We press the brew button and we get our tea or our coffee and we start to pray and eat and it’s not long before we start to sense the holy spirit come in inside. Within us. So it’s a decision that you make. So enough about that. But when you seek him you will find him because he’s not far away.

 
He’s actually inside of you. What you’re feeling is the chemicals in your body or you’re feeling depressed. You’re feeling a deficit of something in your body. Listen I can tell you this. I have a pastor friend who jokes with me. He said that when he feels bad in any way and he says I’ll drink some caffeine and all of a sudden I can feel God. And he’s joking with me but what he’s trying to show you is that it’s amazing how we can make our bodies feel better by just giving it energy or something that isn’t really even good for you like caffeine. But yet he said he’s joking. Because he’s a pastor and he notices that if people get certain things in their body and they start to fill up that then they’re like oh I can feel God. But then when they feel depressed they don’t feel God. But see God isn’t, his visitation with you isn’t dictated by feelings.

 
So anyway the Lord is never far away. He is inside of you. So you yield to the spirit and you stay connected with him. No matter what and remember this. That even with our heavenly father even though sometimes you feel like God is not with you. Your heavenly father loves you and he will hear your cry and this is the most effective prayer that I pray.

 
I understand myself and the reason I understand myself is because I’m always in need. I’m gonna always be in need. I always need help so just get over yourself. Draw that line where you end and where God begins and honor that boundary. That you’re not all of that. You’re not able to be a superhuman that you need God’s help. So my favorite prayer is help.

 
I asked the father to help me. I asked the father God in Jesus name to help me every day. I say I tell him I can’t go on without you. I always am telling him that. That’s how I understand myself. I understand my limitations. I understand that there’s a certain point where I can’t go any further. I know I’m laughing. A lot of people out there they think certain things about people. And then when you tell them no. I ask for help all the time. That I can’t do. I mean I don’t even know how I do what I do. I mean nobody does. But I don’t understand myself. When it comes to how I can go further except that I ask for help all the time and it seems like I keep going further than what I could go. But I know that if God would lift his hand off of me that if he would not help me anymore that I’d be left stuck.

 
Because his grace is carrying me. And so I understand myself because I know how to ask for help and if you want to get over some of the situations in your life right now stop trying to do it on your own and just ask for help. And just say Lord you know I’m not going anywhere anymore unless you go with me. I’m not gonna be able to do this life if you don’t help me. And really mean it sincerely and I’m telling you the Lord comes through for me every day and this is how you understand yourself.

 
And this is what the Lord would want you to know. Because he told me this. He said the father loves it when you wake up every morning and before you go out inside your house. If you just say father I want you to go with me because it’s going to be miserable without you. He loves that Jesus told me that. He told me that the father loves to hear that every day. And also I don’t know if you know this but Jesus told me that the father like will be sitting on the throne and he’ll go and call an angel up and go do this for so and so and the angel go and do it and then God will sit there on his throne to watch to see how the person reacts when it happens and then he waits secretly he waits to see if that person will acknowledge that was him and thank him for it.

 
That’s big. I know it happens all the time. The father God is always doing secret things underlying things through angels to help you. And if you start to acknowledge that you build your relationship with him so every time something happens that’s good. Just thank God for it and acknowledge it even if it’s just finding something small even you know like every time that I find money laying around or whatever I always thank him for you know because that’s God’s money. Now because it’s in my possession you know so I thank him for everything. I see God working all the time and I think that this is a way to understand yourself is that you’re gonna feel disconnected from God.

 
While you’re here on the earth because this is a fallen world and the God of this world is not going to let you feel comfortable down here because he doesn’t want you here. In fact, he doesn’t want you to live. that’s why I’m encouraging everybody to build your immune system up and cause your body to start fighting disease so that you can live to be 120 or more. And the reason why is because I found out that the devil doesn’t want anyone to live a long time because if they find God and they start walking with God they’ll become like Enoch and start doing real damage to the kingdom of darkness down here. Is everybody hearing me?

 
I’m telling you that the devil doesn’t want us to live past a certain amount of years because we start to get in tune and in synchronization with God. We start to walk with him like Enoch did and then it gets off on other people. If you have a bunch of people walking like Enoch did on the earth can you imagine I mean our governments would be coming to us for advice. They’d be coming to have us pray for them because we would be almost like Moses was with his face. His face was shining and they were like please cover your face. I can’t sleep at night you’re so bright.

 
People are like "can you turn your face down." Think about it. It’s like you know why doesn’t more of us talk like this. I’m not backing off. I’m going forward. I understand myself because I understand my creator. I understand that he wants us to be imitators of God as dearly loved children and this is what God desires for you.

 
I feel like the spirit of God’s taking me in another direction now. So I’m gonna get in some things here. There’s something that has happened to me. I used to look at people. Now listen to me really carefully I felt like there were certain people that God had as favorites. And I saw that they could do that whatever they did. It just succeeded and but I saw other people that they failed all the time but they were just so diligent and then they made it. But then everybody wanted to be their friend after they succeeded.

 
But no one would help them while they were like kept failing and Abraham Lincoln was one of those guys. I mean a lot of people that we will really think like creators. You know people that invented things and they created different technology and things like that. If we find out how diligent how many times they failed and kept going and then eventually they became who they are today. But they failed a lot you know and a lot of our leaders were very diligent and were not elected as officials. The first several times that they ran for office or whatever.

 
When I found this out that when I was in heaven. I saw that God favors those who seek him who love him and adopt his ways. So they want to be true children. I just want to make you a happy father. What is it that you want me to do? Can you help me with this? And the father God just his heart just melts toward people like that and so he starts to favor people. What he’s doing is he’s found someone that he can work with. That’s good and he starts to side with them.

 
Then those people end up like, "how did you do that." I’ve been doing that for you. I’ve had people say that how did you do that yeah. I did that for years and it never worked and you just do it and bam and I heard from God and I wasn’t like into that whole thing of like having to try it 20 times to get it right I just won’t do it unless the Lord told me to but then all of a sudden that appeared to be favor but what they didn’t know was I was just waiting on God I was seeking God until the proper time came and everything was lined up the way it was supposed to and then it happened.

 
So you think that certain people are favored and that’s why they get their prayers answered. That’s why they have all these things happening in their life. But when I was in heaven I’m telling you the truth I’m telling things that I’ve never said before but I’m telling you no one on this earth is at a disadvantage at all. There is no one on this earth there every person can encounter the supernatural resurrection power of Jesus Christ. Every person can overcome sin. Overcome defeat. Overcome disease. Every person has the ability to do that.

 
That there’s not one thing that God cannot do for somebody. There’s not one thing on his list that he cannot do. You know there’s a couple of things that he doesn’t do.

 
He doesn’t lie. He doesn’t renege on his word. He doesn’t change. He changes not. He doesn’t go back on his word. He keeps his word okay. So he’s not a liar. There are certain things that God cannot do but other than that he has already voted for you. He has already planned a wonderful life for you to encounter his glory to share in his glory that’s what Jesus prayed in John 17.

 
So we know where this is going. It’s going to John 17 where Jesus prayed for all those who would believe that they would be one as he and the father were one. That they would encounter the same unity the same glory. Read it. This is why you don’t understand yourself is you don’t see where you’re going. We’re going to unity with the father. We’re going to oneness with the father. We’re going to a place where we have a favor. The favor is my father owns everything. Your father God has the last say-so in your life because you’ve permitted him to. So this is something that you have to get over. God is not really playing favorites. He’s just playing with those that will play with him. In other words Lord I’m in. Put me in the game. I want to play. God puts you in. But then you’re not on your own. He puts you in because you’re going to cooperate. And so I’ve seen this where a person goes in. But what they’re really doing.

 
A person goes into the game. They’re really giving the quarterback the next play. They’re giving them a strategy so that guy goes in then somebody comes out. And they just keep going like what they’re doing is okay. Here’s what we’re gonna do. And they’re changing against the opponent and that’s what the Lord wants to do with us. He’s constantly whispering in our ear hey don’t say this out loud. Because the devil doesn’t know what’s about to hit him.

 
You’re going to do this and this and you’re thinking well that’s in the opposite direction of where we’re going. And the Lord goes exactly so. The enemy’s going to follow you that way. But I’m over here. I’m taking care of this. And then where you’re it’s going to meet up. It’s going to be exactly where you’re supposed to end up. And it’ll appear to be a favor. But it’s because it’s rigged.

 
It’s rigged in your favor okay. So I feel like that’s pretty good for tonight. But I have a burden on my heart to pray for people with healing. And so with that being said, there’s a couple of things that I got to talk to you about. There is an onslaught against the body of Christ right now. In the area of sickness and disease and really Jesus has taken stripes upon his back according to Isaiah 53 and what peter said quoting Isaiah 53. He said by his stripes we were healed. And it’s interesting that in the old covenant the people of Israel were taken out of Egypt and the Lord said I’m going to take sickness away from the midst of you, period.

 
No more sickness and so when they left Egypt the psalmist said they left Egypt with the gold and silver and there was not one weak one or sickly among them. He said it says their shoes and their clothes never wore out. They went all those years with the provision of water and food every day supernaturally.

 
This is an old covenant. This is the old testament. Now in the new testament, the bible says that the new covenant is based on better promises. It’s a better covenant with better promises right. So what could be better than taking sickness away from the midst of his people? Well, if there is something even better then I want that. But let’s just get to the works of Jesus. Not even the greater work. So we’re supposed to be laying hands on the sick and they’re supposed to be recovering that’s the works of Jesus.

 
That Jesus said everyone that believes these signs shall follow. So with that all being said, we’re in the new covenant. I feel the power of the Lord on me and I have faith in my heart the gift of faith. And I have the gift of I feel like there are miracles working in the spirit. So I have this faith to just pronounce over you the wellness of the Lord. The healthy will of God for your life.

 
That your body responds at the word. It says the word of God says I sent my word and I healed you. And I’m telling you by the spirit of God that I’m not letting up on this. I am going to believe for your healing every single person. I’m believing for you right now to be healed in the name of Jesus. And you believe for me because I’m believing for healing and I can still pray for you and be believing for healing myself. Because I am just at the same place you are.

 
I’m a child of God and I’m in the new covenant and I believe. I believe right now that I receive my healing and you receive your healing. So father we were told to come to you in Jesus name and we were to ask anything in the name of Jesus. And it shall be done for us. Ask that you may receive and that your joy may be full and that you receive glory from this father.

 
So father we ask for healing all over the world. Right now all over this earth right now. The whole way around the earth right now in the name of Jesus. Let the healing flow. I pronounce the healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ and I send that word out that by his stripes you were healed. Receive your healing right now. I break the power of the enemy. I break the power of satan over your life right now. I command sickness and disease to go in Jesus name.

 
I drive out every evil spirit enforcing these sicknesses and diseases. I break every curse. I break every curse of a witch and I say Lord God bring the witches in. Bring all the warlocks in. Break and bring all the Satanists into the kingdom father. Cause them to repent right now and I command all those evil spirits to assist in your maneuvers. Father, I call all witches and warlocks and Satanists to repentance right now. That they may receive you father. That you love them. That you will love them. Lord in the name of Jesus all you witches and warlocks just give your life over to Jesus Christ right now. Oh, you say this the Lord loves you. He created you for it to do good works and he needs you. He loves you. He wants you to come into his kingdom of light. And we just call all these people to repentance.

 
We thank you father that you’re healing your body right now. Healing the body of Christ right now on the earth. I command all sickness to leave your body right now. Thank you father that many people will write into our ministry and say how the Lord healed them supernaturally. Because of this broadcast and we thank you for it in the name of Jesus we thank you, Lord. Because you’re going to get glorified.

 
You’re going to get glorified Father that you love your children and you want the healing is the children’s bread. I thank you in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Oh God bless you all. Thank you. All over the world for joining us at this spirit school and remember that tomorrow evening at the same time we’re going to be here again and talking about how the Lord wants us to understand ourselves. He’s giving you these tools in the word of God.

 
God bless you all and remember to believe God because he is closer than you would ever imagine right now. And he’s reaching out his hand to help you. God bless.

 

Lord Help Me to Understand Myself; How to Avoid Unrealistic Expectation and Disappointment

There is freedom in Christ

 

I see the disconnect. You have to understand something. If you had it happened to you what has happened to me. You were exposed to the heavenly kingdom too. I was with Jesus. I was in the river of life. I was in the throne room. I was in these secret rooms that were in the throne building. Then Jesus took me down the hallway to all these beautiful places and explain things to me. Well, you would be different too.

 
If you were sent back and you would want people to know about it and that’s all I’m doing. I’m doing this to help people. I and Kathy are in retirement. We’re fine with just resting all day. Drinking tea and throwing rocks at the alligators in our backyard. But see the Lord has us saying this and telling you this. Because you need to know this. You need to know that Jesus has done everything that you will ever need for life and Godliness. He’s done that so there’s something that’s troubling me. That I want to talk about tonight. And as we get into this another aspect of understanding yourself okay.

 
Lord help me understand myself and the idea of this Spirit School is the Lord wants to answer some questions. And let you understand why you are the way you are. But I have to show you something tonight. That I’ve never done before. I have never talked like this before. This is a historical night. And I haven’t even told my staff or my wife what I’m about to do. But I’m going to show you something. That’s going to show you that we’re supposed to be walking at a higher standard. And it’s about time that someone starts to talk about this.

 
Listen to me. I’ve never heard a sermon where they stayed in the book of first John. Like I’ve not remembered ever having anybody teach or preach from the book of first John. Now I’m not saying that no one has but I’m telling you when is the last time you hear first John spoke. Well, I can tell you why because first John is written at a higher standard. That is really puzzling and because of that people stay away from it. Because it’s kind of hard to handle.

 
If you are a lightweight in the spirit but you know we’re not lightweights here. You know there are thousands of you watching all over the world. You all are lightweights. I mean warriors are not lightweights. Warriors are special forces. That will do things that they never get honored for. Because it’s done in secret. All the special forces you know the mighty. The mighty warriors they go and they do things clandestine. You know we do things in the spirit. Like while people are sleeping I’m praying for them. I’m believing God while they’re eating. I’m missing meals for people.

 
Because I’m a warrior. I don’t need compliments. I don’t need that kind of encouragement. I just get it done yeah. And then I go home to be with the Lord. We all do our thing down here whatever that is we do that here’s the introduction to tonight. And this is the personality of God versus the personality of you and me. Where that falls like when you set the personality of God down on the table and we already mentioned that. We’re supposed to be imitators of God as dearly loved children. But if we set ourselves down and we put God’s personality down and then we look at that we have to try to find something in common. Well, a lot of times we’re at a loss to where we feel disappointed. So we have these. Instead of feeling courage, we feel discouraged. If instead of feeling filling appointments having appointments where we connect. We have disappointments so we’re disconnected instead of connecting.

 
So there are all these words with "dis" and the Lord showed me when I first met him back in this division in 1992. He told me that the distance between you and your appointment is distant, is "dis." So if you have an appointment and you have distance between you. Where you’re at and where you’re going. It’s called a disappointment. Because there are distance and the same with courage. If you see courage but you can’t get to it there’s a distance between you and courage then you have discouragement. Because you have this separation. So there are all these separations where we don’t connect and meet. And so we have these times in our lives where we’re discouraged, depressed.

 
We can’t seem to. We circle around things. We get close and then something happens and we never connect with our destiny. I want to proclaim something to you tonight that I have the answer for you. But it’s the secret to getting to the place in your life where you understand yourself. See if you understand God your creator and he’s your heavenly father and we’re supposed to be like him. We’re supposed to imitate him. If we understand him the way he is I guarantee you it’s time for us to move in a direction toward where we should be. The disconnect, the discouragement is that we don’t feel like we need to meet up to the standards of our creator.

 
But see Jesus fixed that. As we talked about last night he fixed us inside okay. But Jesus came he said this in first John chapter 1 I’m just going to read through the first chapter and a little bit of chapter 2 as well. And just bear with me I’m reading from the new living translation which is a really good translation. We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the word of life. The one who is life itself was revealed to us.

 
And we have seen him and now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the father and then he was revealed to us. We proclaim to you that we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the father and with the son Jesus Christ.

 
We are writing these things so that you may be full and share in our joy okay. So these men witnessed him and they beheld they touched him and they’re saying. Listen this Jesus was real and he is eternal life. He is everything. He said he was okay. Now John goes on to say this in verse 5.

 
This is the message that we heard so we’re all ears now right. We want to hear what they heard. Now they’re just going to repeat what Jesus was talking about. He said we declare this to you God is light and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but we go on living in spiritual darkness. Wow, that’s let’s just stop right there okay. So number one John is getting pretty rough here. Isn’t he? He’s saying listen to you we are lying.

 
If we say we have fellowship with God but we go on living in darkness so in other words as a believer someone who has touched and heard of him and heard what he’s proclaimed. If we adopt him into our lives. If we allow him into our lives and we call ourselves Christians. He said we cannot keep living in darkness if we claim to be in the light so if God is light and we’re in God.

 
God is in us then we are not supposed to live in spiritual darkness any longer. So it’s really - they’re saying it’s impossible to live in darkness and be a Christian that’s what he’s saying. I mean that’s what you know and it doesn’t matter how you twist it. Because let’s just read it for face value here. If we are lying - if we say we have fellowship with God but we go on living in spiritual darkness - we are not practicing the truth. In other words, the truth sets you free, and then from then on, you live in that truth okay. This is going to change your life and this is going to help you understand yourself. This is what the problem is. There’s a disconnect because we need to come to the table. Let God reveal himself to us but then we have to make the adjustment to know that we are made in the image of God and that we need to move toward him okay.

 
So we don’t live in the darkness anymore if we are in fellowship with God because he is light and darkness does not have fellowship with light. So God doesn’t have anything in common with the darkness but he has something in common with you. Because you are born again of the spirit and you have light in you okay. So you live in that. This causes all that distance to be taken out of your appointment. So you have appointments instead of disappointments. So that you have courage instead of discouragement. I’m telling you the truth and I’ve never shared this before but see no one teaches out of first John because it seems really black and white right okay. So this is the truth okay. But if we are living in the light as God is in the light then we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. From how much sin all sin. So if you are living in the light as God is in light and you have fellowship with each other then the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses you from all sin. So that means that sin is taken care of period okay.

 
So that’s what Paul said too. If you remember he said in the first verse of Romans 8. He said there’s therefore now no condemnation. Or no accusing voice against you that your case is closed. There’s - no that sin has been taken care of okay. That is the absolute truth. Verse 8 says if we claim we don’t have sin we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness okay. If we claim we have not sinned we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts okay. So we repent of our sin. We choose to repent and confess our sins to him and he forgives us. And we’re cleansed okay.

 
If we continue to sin if we would sin again if we confess that he’s faithful and just to forgive us of our sins right it’s so. It’s a relationship so there are things that we do through omission that are sins. There are sins of commission where we commit things but then there are things that we don’t do that we should do. They’re just as much sin and we can be enlightened about these things as we walk with God and I immediately confess them. I immediately take care of it so if you say that you don’t sin then you’re a liar that’s what it’s saying. Here he says but if you do sin we have a way through confession to get rid of that trespass or that sin of omission or that sin of commission okay.

 
So if we claim we have not sinned we are calling God a liar because God doesn’t sin but you know I haven’t met any perfect person yet. So I know that everyone has sinned since they were born again. I have never met anybody. You’re not perfect either am I okay. But are we really supposed to even think about sinning no? We’re not supposed to look at what it says here in this is amazing because in chapter two of first John and you know I’m laughing at myself. Because I’m like there’s no brave man. Brave enough to do this. But I’m like laughing because this is what John says now. This isn’t any translation so don’t try to get rid of the power of this by choosing your own translation of this. This is a good translation but I can get ones that are even harder if you don’t. If you don’t think this is hard enough my dear children I am writing to you okay.

 
He’s calling them children that means they’re disciples they’re believers right okay. This to you so that you will not sin okay. but if anyone does sin we have an advocate who pleads our case before the father. He is Jesus Christ the righteous one. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for sins and not only for our sins but the sins of the world. And we can be sure that if we know him we obey his commands.

 
If someone claims that they know God but they don’t obey his commands that person is a liar okay. So this is where no one will go but think about this. He’s not living by the truth. It says here those who obey God’s word show how completely they love him. That’s good all right. So that is in verse five okay. But those who obey God’s word truly show that he completely loves him. Because he obeys him. This is how we know. We are living in him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did okay. So I say this because a lot of what is happening in our lives that we don’t understand ourselves is because we don’t understand the requirements that Jesus set up in John 14 and John 15 where he said.

 
Listen I’m going to tell you what really gets to the father’s heart and what gets to my heart. He said you say you love me. If you love me you obey my commands okay. He said this is how you show that you love God. You obey my commands and if you do me and my father are going to come and live with you and like I say as if you do the word studies the idea is that they bring their furniture and move in okay.

 
So Jesus said this is what John who was there with Jesus says he says listen if but those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him, okay so he’s repeating what Jesus said in John in John 14 in John 15 okay. This is how we know we are living for him. And living in him is we obey his commands. So John is saying we don’t sin but if we do we have an advocate. We have one who is going to go. We can go to the father in Jesus's name and confess our sins and we’re forgiven.

 
It says here that we have an advocate that pleads our case before the father. He is Jesus Christ okay. So if you want to understand yourself a little better you have to take care of your understanding of what has happened with the sin problem. The sin problem has been resolved now. This doesn’t mean that you are perfect anymore. What it means is that you are humble and

 

 
you rely on Jesus’s blood to cleanse you. Not only of your past sins but any sins that you commit. You’re in fellowship with him. So because you have fellowship with him the blood of Jesus cleanses you continually.

 
So you just repent and you go on. You don’t walk in condemnation and this is why a lot of people are depressed. This is why they feel discouraged all the time is because they feel unforgiven. They feel condemnation. They feel as though they’re not able to connect with God. See they think oh you know God’s so big. He’s so powerful. He’s so holy you know yeah. But he’s also so compassionate. He’s so loving and kind. He went to Cain as we talked about last night. Cain was ready to kill his brother. He’d already decided not to do what God asked him to do. And yet God came and talked to him face to face outside the garden in sin and tried to coach Cain into doing the right thing. And Cain still did the wrong thing.

 
This is what I see all the time the Lord’s compassion reaching out to people wanting to help them. But they do not accept forgiveness they go by their feelings. They go by the fact that they’re not perfect. Well, you know join the crowd there’s a whole bunch of us in line. In that line that we’re not perfect because we have not reached perfection yet. That’s why we have the Holy Spirit. That’s why we have the gifts of the spirit. That’s why we have the body of Christ, the fivefold ministry of the church everything is to build us up until we reach perfection. Until we reach maturity so we are always being worked on by the word of God. By the spirit of God in these areas.

 
But we need to let go of condemnation. So if you want to understand yourself in that guilty feeling - I’ve had people very close to me come to me even people my family and say you know I feel guilty - but I don’t even know why and I go, well, you know I prayed with you. You accepted the Lord. You’re forgiven yeah. But I was such a bad person. It’s like not anymore you’re a new creature in Christ. And I found that there’s this disconnect with what the Lord has established in heaven as the truth versus what you’re feeling. What you might be encountering in your life okay.

 
So this issue leads me to talk about disappointment. Because if you are going to live off of your emotions and if you’re like a person, if Jesus tells them this is going to happen and everything turns sour and looks like it’s going to be the opposite. Well, then you have a decision to make. Are you going to believe what Jesus told you or are you going to go? But you know your perception or your feelings or your whatever your mind concocts like a lot of people. They’re already figuring out plan b and plan c if it doesn’t work out. If God isn’t big enough to put you over are you going to go to plan b or c just in case you know he’s having a bad day. God’s having a bad day and he can’t do it okay.

 
With his word, he’s established everything. That’s why it’s so important. That’s why the warrior knows ministry is all about the word of God. But the warrior knows ministry is also about the spirit of God. Because it’s the word and the spirit together that caused this amazing supernatural resurrection power to come into your life where you’re an overcomer. In fact, you’re more than an overcomer. You’re more than an overcomer you are more than a conqueror. You are above and beyond what is registered as a conqueror and that’s what the Lord Jesus sent me back for was to give this message out okay.

 
So with that being said then with your disappointments, there’s something I need to talk to you about and this is going to be I’m enjoying this. I’m enjoying this one this the disappointment is. Are you ready for this? You’re not going to believe what the number one problem is with relationships. The number one problem with relationships between a man and a woman between friends between God and man, woman and man, woman and God all the relationships. All the relationships you know it might even be your pets is unrealistic expectations. When you perceive as something that is not correct and you expect it and you push for that and a person doesn’t live up to that. Then you are ready to bail and this is what happened with Jesus.

 
All the disciples not like well, you know most of them had seen these insurrections because there were people being crucified before Jesus came. In fact, during Jesus's day, there were people being crucified. But it was because they tried to rise up and get a following to push out Rome. To push out the government of Rome and so people they knew that God had sent them out of Egypt through the patriarchs and had put them in the promised land. But they were trying to figure out like well why did this country Rome come in and take over. When this is God’s country this is God’s city this is God’s government you know. We have a theocracy you know. We have God as our king. And we saw king David and we saw Saul. But if you remember God was actually hurt that they asked for a king. Because he wanted to be their king. It says that in the bible okay. But he gave them a king Saul. Didn’t work out obviously and then David took his place and then we have all the successions of kings. But when we get to Jesus’s time everyone was waiting for someone to come and push Rome out.

 
This was unrealistic expectations so when Jesus was put under that pressure he didn’t succumb to it. So one day he came in on a donkey and they started laying down the palm branches and yelling hosanna blessed he is he who comes in the name of the Lord. They were proclaiming the verbiage of the announcement of the messiah coming. See but the messiah in their mind was a deliverer from Rome that was going to set himself up as king. So they fully expected Jesus to get to the center there at the temple and get off that donkey and set himself up as king that day and announce that Rome needs to leave preferably by noon. And he didn’t do that so the next day they took him to the bravo hill to throw him off and kill him. Why unrealistic expectations okay.

 
I can continue to go on here Judas's unrealistic expectations. Jesus wasn’t working out. It wasn’t working out the way it was planned. Judas was one of those zealots that in fact there were. Two zealots that we know of on the staff of Jesus ministry. Two people were zealots. Zealots were really secretly assassinating roman soldiers. Did you know that if you check it out zealots had and were carried a weapon? And they would isolate a soldier and kill them secretly. And they were doing this clandestine to try to rid that of the Roman government. And if you study this about the zealots you’ll understand why Judas did what he did. Judas did what he did because he had unrealistic expectations of what Jesus was to do.

 
Because of that, it didn’t work out in Judas’s mind so he sold him out. Thinking I’ll make a couple of bucks out of it. Because this guy is not going to set himself up as king and I’ve already seen him walk on water. I’ve seen him walk through crowds so he’s not going to. He’s not gonna fall under their hands. He’s gonna land on his feet like a cat. So he thought Jesus would just deliver himself and keep going. So Judas was seeing if he could make some money off of this deal and he thought well this guy is not going to sell himself off a king.

 
I’m just going to push it to that boundary so you saw how that worked for him okay. So Jesus doesn’t do what they expected as the messiah for Israel. He gets crucified so everybody leaves him. Everybody leaves him because it didn’t turn out the way that they thought. But see it Jesus announced that he was going to die. That he was going to be crucified. He told them on the third day after he was crucified. This is why he’s living. He tells them I’m going to rose from the dead on the third day. How many people were waiting at the tomb three days after he was crucified? Zero. No one was okay. So you can see where unrealistic expectations got people not to perceive what was happening in the spirit realm okay.

 
So Jesus came back and he walked around the countryside for 40 days ministering about the kingdom of God. That’s what it says in the book of acts chapter 1. Preached on the kingdom of God for 40 days, not one soldier not pilot, not Rome no one stopped him. All the people that were risen out of their graves because at that when Jesus died many rose from the dead. When people but people came out of their graves it says they wandered around the cities.

 
So you know this God around and you know that all these individuals it got to Caesar. It got to caesar you know. It got to pilate you know that everyone was really worried about what had happened okay. That is Jesus trying to show us that he usurps all authority. That he goes beyond and he always succeeds at God’s intention.

 
So it is with your life. Unrealistic expectations placed on individuals will cause disappointment. Every single time you know one of the things that I can tell you that though you know that doesn’t always go over well. But I enjoy it anyway. But the Lord showed me in psalms 23 that David wrote you know this is an unrealistic expectation. Because they treat a pastor as though they’re paying him a salary to do a job and they have this job description of what a pastor is supposed to do. But see really honestly the job description is in psalms 23.

 
David said the Lord is my shepherd or my pastor. I shall lack nothing okay. All right, he leads me beside still waters right. And he makes me lie down in green pastures okay. Where and there does it say he makes me drink and he makes me eat. Come on. He doesn’t say that. He says, he leads me to still waters and he makes me lay down in green pastures. In other words, the Lord is my shepherd I lack nothing he leads me to the place to drink. He causes me to lie down in green pastures. But he doesn’t shove it down your throat. He doesn’t make you drink or eat okay.

 
So unrealistic expectations would cause you to think well you know my pastor’s not doing his job or that. Prophet’s not doing his job or that apostle you know. And you start blaming it on the five-fold ministry of the church. Well, what is the five-fold ministry of the church called to do? Build you up so that you come into maturity which means that you get out of diapers. You hand your bottle in and you get a fork and a knife and you start eating meat. And you start to mature and you don’t cry every time. You don’t have your way okay. I feel better now but anyway and I’m not even a pastor you know but what I’m telling you is that these unrealistic expectations will go into every area of your life.

 
Your pastor is supposed to provide a place for you where you’re safe where he watches for wolves so that false doctrine doesn’t get in and he causes you he gives you a place to sit that you can eat that you can drink. You can drink of the spirit you can eat of the word of God that’s what he’s supposed to do and if you don’t eat it and you don’t drink it you can’t blame him or her for doing that yeah. I said to her but this is the process that God established okay. So getting into this with marriage you can’t say okay this is what I expect of my spouse. That they’re going to do this, this and this for me. And you know that’s not the same. The idea is you don’t place those kinds of demands on people. and I’ve heard even people that were presidents of the schools that I went to. They would say you know this is what I expected my wife and they would tell us in class when we were being trained. And I’m thinking well you know what does she think about that. And I was thinking you know what you need is a maid. I thought that. I hope I don’t get in trouble for this but I thought. Well, what you need is a maid. You don’t need a wife.

 
You need a mate you know in other words like they’re supposed to fix your meals and you know do your sewing and do the gardening and all that. It’s like you know those days are over. Those days are over I mean today most of us have to - both of us we both had the work you know. So unrealistic expectations about relationships will cause you to be disappointed okay.

 
So you get my point. I’m being extra tough here because I’m making a point. The idea here is that in your life the spirit of God will lead you into to place where there are still waters and in a place where there is a place to eat. Where you have good food and the shepherd is to guard you while you go down and drink. While you go down and eat so that while you’re eating and drinking no ravenous wolf any bear no lion can come and grab you. That is what he’s supposed to do and this in a marriage. In marriage, we’re supposed to watch out for each other. I and Kathy watch out for each other so when I’m not watching or thinking then she’ll say something or she’ll help me with something. When I forgot to do something she’ll do it for me. The same with me like if I notice something’s not done I’ll just go and do it and then we work together to get it done.

 
But we don’t put that unrealistic expectation because this is the problem when you do this you’re saying well that person doesn’t meet my needs. It’s like God’s supposed to meet your needs according to his riches in glory. He’s going to meet all your needs. He’s exceedingly above and you can’t put this expectation on a certain person. Because it, listen to the Lord has many ways of helping you. But he gave the woman to a man as a helpmate. Because he saw that wasn’t good for a man to be alone. So he gave the man a woman.

 
He didn’t give a man another man he gave the man a woman. And that woman was a help me to help him. And this was part of God’s plan okay. But if that person’s not able to help in a certain way then you’ve got to understand that you can’t be unrealistic and expect something when sometimes maybe you just need to do it yourself.

 
Maybe you just need to step it up and help each other out. It’s the same way when I was at work. When I was at work I saw that people didn’t do what they were supposed to do. Well, I didn’t say anything. I just went and I did it. So I was doing other people’s jobs all the time but yet there were times where people I was working with they saw that I hadn’t done something they covered for me and they did it. And we helped each other and we ran the airline that way. We ran the whole corporation by watching each other’s back and helping each other and we didn’t place unrealistic expectations on different departments. Because we wanted the overall unity to cause this company to go to the top. And Southwest airlines went from a very small airline to a very large airline very quickly. And you know I spent 29 years of my life learning about what it was like to have a team and work as a team to get a company profitable and effective and productive.

 
So it is with all your relationships. If you are putting unrealistic expectations on Jesus. So if you’re making your will his will then what you’ve done is you haven’t checked in with him. You have no relationship with him. You’re placing a demand on him and you don’t even know what he has to say about it. It may be that he doesn’t plan on pushing Rome out.

 
So to speak maybe he has another plan and so in your life. He may have you stay single when you want to be married. But what if he doesn’t trust the person that you want to marry. What if he doesn’t trust that person. What if he knows that person isn’t ready for marriage. What if you’re waiting to meet this person and you don’t meet him. Well, maybe it’s because God knows that person’s not ready yet. Maybe he knows that you’re not ready yet and did you ever think of that. That the other person is probably wanting just as much as you do in a maid and so God will do this if you rely on him as your shepherd.

 
But don’t put unrealistic expectations on God and I hope I’m not being too hard here because what’s going to happen is you’re going to find out the hard way. And you know after living on this earth for 60 years I do not want you to go through anything that you don’t have to go through. And many people that are our age will tell you the same thing. They will want to help you to not have to go through certain things. If I was able to stop you from getting hurt getting into trouble getting into situations that would change your life forever and have you end up in a different way than what you’re supposed to. I would want to tell you this tonight I would want to inject this in here. So disappointment is when we do not reach our appointments. But if you eliminate the distance that distance between you and your appointment then you will meet all your appointments.

 
You won’t have any distance. You won’t have any disappointments. You’ll reach your courage. You’ll be encouraged not discouraged. Because you won’t have any distance between you and courage. God is your courage God is your appointments God is everything that you ever need. To eliminate the distance and I’m telling you all you pastors say amen.

 
But these unrealistic expectations when you counsel people when you talk to people the biggest deal is the unrealistic expectations that we place on each other and situations like we think that like I used to think. Like I can’t believe that the president of my company. He says he appreciates me. He remembers my name. But you know I can’t believe that I haven’t got a raise. It’s been five years since I haven’t got a raise. Well, you know he’s not even thinking about that. He’s put people in charge of that and then we have negotiations we have contracts and so really to be mad at him. He was a lawyer. He was just saying, you guys negotiate it and we’ll sign off on it. When you guys all come to an agreement. So it would take years when I wanted it right now. But it was silly for me to get mad at him. Because he was like no, let the process happen. And so it is with you. Let God work with you. He wants you to work with you and get rid of disappointment. He wants to get rid of this discouragement.

 
And I feel by the spirit while I’m at it. I’m going to talk about something that is another subject. That I want to get into right now about why we don’t understand ourselves. We don’t understand ourselves in the area where we are depressed. So you have discouragement and then you feel depressed. You’ve heard that word you know you encounter people that say I’m depressed. Well, see what’s happening is you’re being pushed down. You’re feeling pressure and the pressure is that you can’t perform. You don’t feel like you can make decisions to feel the freedom to be set free. You feel like you’re confined and this depression is where discouragement and disappointment work into a chemical problem in your body.

 
So you work yourself into it to a place where it becomes chronic and then it’s something that can be diagnosed by a doctor okay. And a psychiatrist will have to give you anti-depressants and the reason why is you’ve worked yourself into this by allowing the thought processes of what we’ve just talked about to get to the place where it becomes medical. It becomes a biological problem where your chemicals in your body are just following your thought processes.

 
So you’ve convinced yourself that you’re a failure. You’ve convinced yourself that you can’t do anything right but see there are people on this earth that don’t even believe that about you. They believe that you can do anything. I believe that you can do anything. I believe that if God intervenes in your life we’re going to have story after story where you can even be on our program and tell your story about what God has done for you.

 
That’s why we have warriors because we want to have testimonies of what God is doing. We want everyone to hear and see the results of the word of God working in your life okay. So depression is real because it becomes a chemical thing but I know the root of depression is an evil spirit that attacks people and at first it seems like just thoughts but then it becomes feelings and then the feelings if you don’t address them and you don’t address the thoughts they become biological. They become chemical in your body. Actually, it’s real. You are depressed, you feel depressed you have to stop that because if you go to a doctor they’re going to diagnose you with depression and it’s going to show up in all your tests. But it’s because it starts with your thought life and it starts with you’re judging your situation by your feelings and being in a negative environment and then your body kind of coincides with your thought process.

 
Now I know what I’m talking about but it starts with an attack of the enemy and so that’s why we need each other. I found that if people have a support group around them if they have the body of Christ around them and if they have a good church that they can go to and meet with people that are of like faith and they can be built up by the fivefold ministry of the church that depression cannot take hold. That you can address it so that it doesn’t become chronic okay. When it becomes chronic it becomes something that is could be tested and it becomes shown in your blood. It could be shown as evidence that you are. This is how a lot of diseases start. They start in the fact that you could have something happening in your body but your thought processes and your chemicals in your body will feed that thing to where it will actually come in the manifestation.

 
Now I know this because even cancer starts with just cells that have decided not to do the right thing and if your body has the right immune system cancer can’t live in your body. Did you know that even if your blood has certain elements in it that you can do on your own that you can do and you can build your immune system up that you don’t need to ever suffer these diseases? Did you know that your body is built by God to fight every disease and that even if the doctor says well, you know your mom had this your grandma had this and so this is in your genetics? Well, you can say well, not this time. It’s going to stop right here and you can do things with your mouth. With your way, you eat and you drink and you build up your immune system by speaking the word of God. And you also eat the right things that your body will want to heal itself.

 
It will want to protect against this so it’s the same thing with depression. Whenever you have those feelings where the chemicals in your body you feel depressed. You feel like a dark cloud has just come over you and you can’t see three feet in front of you. You feel like there’s no hope there’s nothing. Well, you have to reach deep down in your spirit and say no I’m not going to have this. I’ve had friends call me friends that are fellow ministers of the gospel. Who has said the Lord told me to call you because I’m feeling like I’m slipping into depression and I don’t want to go there. No Lord Jesus told me to call you and I said well in the name of Jesus you’re not going into that and they’re in tears. They’re saying I just don’t want to go back to my old ways. But I’m being attacked right now and the Lord’s telling me not to go back there and so this is why we need each other. We need. So to understand yourself you have to understand that there’s an enemy that is going to insert feelings and thoughts that. Then he’s going to confirm by your environment. He will have things happen to you to kind of confirm what you’re feeling and seeing and hearing and thinking and it’s not even true.

 
It’s a complete setup and I know this to be the fact. So I just feel like I’m supposed to talk about this stuff and if you want to understand yourself you have to realize that you are not made to be in this broken world you are made to live in the garden of Eden. We are in a fallen state now the world around us is in a fallen state.