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06. Faithfulness To His Commandments
Bishop Dag Heward-MillsAbout this sermon
Camp Title - If You Love The Lord. Machaneh Collection - 67. Preached in 2010, Ghana (UG-Accra). Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a world-renowned evangelist, bestselling Christian author with over 100 books, and leader of the United Denominations, present in 100+ countries. Through his Healing Jesus Campaigns, thousands have been healed, and millions saved across Africa and beyond. As you follow this podcast, may you begin to know God in a way you have never before! Don’t forget to click the follow button and turn on notifications.
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Welcome to track number six of If you love the Lord do. You have any questions? You love the Lord. If you love the Lord, you will be faithful to His commandments. Amen. John 14 verse 15. It says if you love me you will keep my commandments. Wow is it powerful. If you love the Lord, you will love His commandments and you will obey Him. How many of you love the Lord? Wow, if you love me, you will keep my commandments. Always remember that love for God is expressed directly as a ratio or a factor of your obedience. God. God doesn't have sex or sexy Cal relations. God doesn't have sexy Cal relations. So there's nothing sexy about God, you understand? Yeah. So when it comes to God, you cannot express love for God through sexy Cal things. You understand. If you want to express love to God, there's there's one way he has said I mean this we have our campus called if you love the Lord, but it is now that we are actually coming to a place where that statement was made by Jesus himself. If you love me, if you will keep my commandments. Wow. He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. John 1421. He who has my commandments
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Welcome to track number six of If you love the Lord do. You have any questions? You love the Lord. If you love the Lord, you will be faithful to His commandments. Amen. John 14 verse 15. It says if you love me you will keep my commandments. Wow is it powerful. If you love the Lord, you will love His commandments and you will obey Him. How many of you love the Lord? Wow, if you love me, you will keep my commandments. Always remember that love for God is expressed directly as a ratio or a factor of your obedience. God. God doesn't have sex or sexy Cal relations. God doesn't have sexy Cal relations. So there's nothing sexy about God, you understand? Yeah. So when it comes to God, you cannot express love for God through sexy Cal things. You understand. If you want to express love to God, there's there's one way he has said I mean this we have our campus called if you love the Lord, but it is now that we are actually coming to a place where that statement was made by Jesus himself. If you love me, if you will keep my commandments. Wow. He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. John 1421. He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my father and I will love him and I will disclose myself to him. Amen. How many one go to disclose himself to you? Yeah, so he who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my father, and I will love him and I will disclose myself to him. You see, we were saying, if you love the Lord, if you love the Lord, if it's in the Bible, he who has my commandment and keeps them is the one is the one. He is the one who loves me. Wow, wow. John 14 verse 23, yet another verse. And Jesus answered and said unto him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Anita, is it true? If anyone loves me, he will keep my word? So you always have to ask, what does the Bible say? What does the Bible say? If anyone loves me, He will keep my word. Wow. You see, God cannot have sexical relations with you. It's nothing like that. It's, it's, it's keeping of his commandments, His words. So I think a person, God tells you go on a mission field and you go, I mean, you will always be identified as somebody who loves the Lord. That's if God told you to go, if God told you to play the drums and you play, you be identified as somebody who loves the Lord. The one who keeps the word. That's what God tells you to do is the one who loves God, not even the one who prays a lot or because you may pray a lot, although you don't keep the word, pray a lot, but I don't keep his word. You fast a lot, but I don't keep his way. He tells you not to fast. You don't not fast, you fast, you still fast and it tells you don't fast you still fast. We don't know anything. Just you're like a robot. You follow traditions and things that you've known, but you can't for when there's a new thing, you can't flow with it. You're like a robot who just sitting righteousness things you know, these are all that you know for your life. So when there's God is saying this new thing, you can't flow as you are just connected to like these are the robotic things I do and God cannot interfere with my robotic plans. I'm a robot, I'm automated. I fast on Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesdays. When God says fast on Mondays and Tuesdays. Now God says don't fast, eat so that you grow a bit fatter. You can't hear new things if you love me. Maybe God wants to give you a beloved and he wants you to put on a little bit of little bit of weight. So now when you're fasting, Tamagahi tells you, look, it's this. You can't flow because you, you, you are a robot and you don't love the Lord. If you love the Lord, you will keep his holy commands. Is it not true? If you love the Lord, you will do what love His. You will love His holy commands. Delight yourself in them. Delight yourself in Him. And everything you do will surely. Stand wow, wow. If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, the spiritual word, the word through dreams, visions, through the Bible, through the pastor. Whatever the word of the Lord is to you, you do it. Especially the ones you don't like, you do it. The ones that are not. Most of us just obey nature. So if nature falls in line, you see like I was telling you about virginity. So you are virgins by nature. There is nothing holiness about your virginity. It's just coincidental in nature. By nature you happen to be a virgin, That's all. There have never been any even attempt on that virginity. No one has ever shown any interest in that virginity. You have never had to keep his command in anywhere in relation to that virginity. No, there have been no attempt to de virginize you. And you say you are holy and you have never obeyed the commandment of the Lord, even though you are a virgin. That's true. That's why when you marry and certain things happen, you are so surprised. You are surprised because you take a Nippa, a holy virgin. Holy what? A only a virgin was never had any attempted de virginization. Are you listening to me? That's how you think you are holy? There have been no attempts to remove your vagility. Yeah, if you love the Lord holy commands. Amen. John, Chapter 19. This is not Part 2, that is another time. We are ending Part 1 now. The thing is, I don't. Believe that's my. Problem. I promise I don't believe Anita. What do you think? No, not you. There stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, his mother, sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. If you love the Lord, you'll be faithful to the end. Wow, will you be there at the end like Mary Magdalene? Mary wife of Cleophas his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, Mary Magdalene. That was. The disciples went away again into their own home. But Mary stood without the sepulcher, weeping as she wepts his stoop down. She looked into the sepulcher and seeth 2 angels in white, sitting, the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And when they say unto her, Woman, why weep as thou? She said unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. Wow, they've taken away my Lord. When she had said that, she turned herself back, and she saw Jesus standing, and you know that it was Jesus. And when Jesus said that to the woman, why weep as thou? Is it this woman love Jesus. Oh, whom seeketh down? She's opposing him to the gardener said, Sir, if thou had borne him hands, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I would take him away. Jesus said unto him, Mary. And she turned herself, and said unto him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master, you see, she recognized the way he called her, Wow, Rabboni. And Jesus said that to have touched me not, for I'm not yet ascended to my father, but go to my brethren, say unto them, I ascend to my father, and to your father, to my God, and your God, and Mary Magdalene. Amen. Wow came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He has spoken to have these things. Amen. I have about 24 points on If you love the Lord, you will be faithful to the very end. If you love the Lord, like Mary Magdalene, you'll be there at the end. You know your commitment when things are going well is different from one of the highest committed members of Jesus Church was Joseph of Arimathea because he joined the church at its lowest level of popularity. That is when he said he wants the body of Jesus and he's identified with this group when he was at the lowest level of popularity. Most people join at the highest level of popularity. Joseph of Arimathea joined at the lowest possible time. When there was no possible reward or reason for joining, he joined. Wow, is it not amazing Mary Magdalene was running around showing commitment when there was no good reason in the future to show commitment. This is what shows love. Love is is he asks for a rich man, successful man, big man, Everybody smiles at him, everybody speaks politely. That's why when you are in a high position, cannot trust people's niceness, you are a fool. When you trust people's niceness and niceness is everybody gives you that niceness. You have to find a way of knowing the people in their natural states. Natural. Do you understand me? Natural. Amen. Are you listening to me? If you love me, you keep my commandments. If you love me, you keep my word. If any man say that he loves me, they didn't keep. God has those sexy cow relations. You can't show God your love by a sexy cow relation. You've got only one way of showing him your love. If you love the Lord, you will love His command, His holy command. You keep it and you will keep it to the end. What is the endless that we are looking for? The status and the entrance that come at the high life of the ministry. Plenty. But those who are there at the end of it all, May God grant you the grace to be there at the end of it all in Jesus name, Amen. Stand to your feet, let your hand, and just thank God for this time that we have had in His presence. Music. The. Music. The. Music. The. Music. Hallelujah, Father, thank you for this camp and the time that we have had together. What a blessing, Lord, we say we are grateful for another opportunity to have a camp, to learn what it means if we love you, and to grow in our love for you. May we always love you and always obey You and always live our lives. Thank you for every single person here in Ghana today. I know, O Lord, their future is setting. Their future is with you. In your service, in your Kingdom and for your glory, I thank You. They will live for you, they will serve you. They will die for you, they will fight for you. They will bear much fruits for your Kingdom, for your name, and for your glory. Raise them up, oh Lord, I pray. Raise them up for servants and fighters that do not retreat from the battlefront out of fear. May they never fight each other and only fight the enemy. Strengthen them by your spirit in the inner man. Stabilize them. Stabilize us in your perfect world. Thank you for many long years of fruitfulness for these wonderful ones gathered in here today with our hands lifted up alone. We say help us. Help us to be vessels of glory, vessels of honor, vessels of fruitfulness. Fill our baskets, O Lord, with fruits unto you. Take our days, our moments, our younger years, our freshness, our energy, our life, our zeal and turn it into something for your glory, Our readiness to sacrifice, Take it, we give it to you today we pray be magnified. O Lord, let the little ones amongst us that are not even regarded today, let them be great seats that grow into mighty trees that cannot easily be cut down. Not that much fruit. Provide shelter for the pets of the earth and for the men of the field. Send your Angel into our midst of God. Save us from the fall, from the falling away from the selection that removes us from the team. May we be part of that team. May we be part of the selection that are allowed to match on for your glory and for your great work. My God, my God, arise on our behalf and help us that the things we have said, the things we have desired, the things we have believed, we will live to see them come to pass. Oh God help us to see them come to conclusion and fruition. May we not be among them that are disappointed because they couldn't be part of the many are called who were few and chosen, but may we be part of the few that are chosen at the end of the day. Thank You that at an early age You rescued us and captured us for your glory. Now, Lord, we pray that the mighty army be released among the part of these ones. Lord, give them boots, give them uniforms, give them weapons, give them helmets, give them swords, let them be armed to the teeth. I'm the dangerous to the enemy and they be a blessing of salvation. And to many that wait to hear the voice of the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I pray for their voices, that their voices will be the carriers of good news. That their voices will be the carriers of the most pleasant news that can ever come to a man, the good news of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. May their hands be blessed. Hands that carry the good news of the gospel. Hands that carry the equipment that is used to proclaim the gospel. Hands that build your house, O Lord. Hands that are used for righteousness and holiness. Bless their hands, bless their feet. May their feet be the feet that go to places. For your sake only. Let their feet not walk in dark and slippery places, but let their feet walk upon the path of righteousness, the paths of the gospel, the paths that lead to the will of the Lord. Bless their bellies, that out of their bellies will flow rivers of life, streams of living water to many that are lost and patched and dry, waiting for the first drop of that living water. Bless them, Lord. Bless their breast, Lord, their chests cover it alone, and their hearts may be shielded from poison, wickedness, the pollutions and corruptions of Satan and of this world. Save them from pollution, corruption, disinterest, and backsliding. Spirits. Cover their hearts over that they may be insulated, protected from this wickedness. Put a spear in their handle law that they might do valiantly for you. My God, my God, I pray for all these young ones, that one day, 20 years time, they may see people that are their age, their age they are today and minister to them 20 years time. May there not be secularized workers for money, but holy prophets and apostles of the future, teachers of Your word, administrators of your Kingdom, carriers of oil and function, carriers of holiness, hold us of the cloud of the Lord. Ah, may there be grey haired men and women that love you, that have loved you for many, many years, serve you in different places, fulfilling all righteousness and all formalities. Bless O Lord, I pray those that hear your word, but the seed cannot flourish in their heart. I pray for their heart from today that the seeds of the web will now begin to have an effect and flourish. Reveal to them they are hidden seeds and hidden secrets that are a seed and a plague and a calamity unto them that they may be delivered from it. Save your children from the snares of the jaws, the jaws of the devil, the jaws of the trapper, the traps and snares of the hunter. Keep them from the pit that has been Dick for them. Save them, O Lord, by your mighty hand. I pray for them. I pray for them, Lord. I intercede for them, Lord, I cry out for them. Lord. Show mercy, Lord, compassion, for we lift our hand because we desire to serve you. We decide to be part of the army. May they be part of this real life. Give them that greatest blessing that they may be part of your force, your working force, your fighting force, your matching force, your force that advances on all fronts. Bless them and help them move on in family affairs, school affairs, financial affairs. Send a helper, send an Angel, send from above. Oh God, assistance, we cry. Let new legions of angels be released to fight on behalf of these ones. O Lord, let new commanders of angelic forces be released on their behalf in the name of Jesus. Let them be assisted divinely, spiritually, in every way, supernaturally. Carried them upon thy wings, O Lord, and upon thy feathers. Let them rest after the canopy of your wings, O Lord. Let them be sheltered from the storms and from the fire that comes by night and by day, to divide them. May they be sheltered and saved from it to God on the pestilence and wickedness that walketh in the night and the day. May they not come into their grave in their 20s. May they not enter into their grave, oh God, as young men and young women, but may they live to fight for your glory, for your honor. Save them a lot from cancer, from tragedies, from death, accident, wickedness, calamities. My God, save. Have mercy. We cry for mess. Send mercy, forgiveness, help for our passings. O God, let it be under the blood of Jesus Christ. Let our wickedness not be counted against us in our day, O Lord, but let messes be shown unto us in the land of the living. We cry, O Lord, we pray. We knew we were not ready when you called us, and we know it more so now. Therefore, we pray for grace to keep us. I thank you, Lord. I see the majority of these ones have found their way into Your vineyard to serve you in the brightness of your light, in the brightness of Your goodness, in the marvelousness of Your loving kindness. They have found their way into your vineyard to serve you, to join the harvesting. What a blessing. Just lift your hand and thank God that he has chosen you. He has blessed you. Find your way to his house, said Father. Thank you, thank you. We give you praise Jesus name. Hallelujah, you may be. Seated how? Many are blessed. I believe the Lord has blessed us. Amen. Day after day after day, you have been faithful to me. Day after day after day, I've known your grace. Day after day, week after week, year after year, I will declare your glory. I will declare your greatness. I will praise your day. Day after day after day, You are my Savior and my bread. Day after day after day, I'm not alone. Day after day, week after week, year after year, you will be right beside me. You will be here to thy knee. I will praise your day, day after day, day after day, day after day. I have to day, day, day after day after day. You have been faithful to me day after day after day. I've known your brains whole day after day, week after week, year after year. I will declare your glory. I will declare your greatness. I will praise your name day after day. Today. Hallelujah, Bishop, we want to say a very big thank you to you for having time for us to have to speak to us. Thank you. Oh, Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Oh, we are so blessed. I tell you that we even have another chance for another Part 2. Hey, give. The Lord a mighty shout of praise. We hope you have been blessed and transformed by this camp. To get the most out of it, you will need to listen to it over and over again. Make sure you listen to all the other camps in the Machinaire. Don't forget to stop by our website at www.daikuwoodmills.org. 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