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16. You Are Predestined To Bring Pleasure

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
January 13, 2025 44m 22s

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Camp Title - Predestination. Machaneh Collection - 62. Preached in 2010, USA (Maryland). 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 #16 of predestination. Hallelujah. Oh, you can give the Lord a clap off and I think it's an appropriate feeling. Man, is it not a powerful thing? See the people, souls, places for second. It's like if you are not following God's direction, something what would direct you when they came back from this car brand new, you see where they go. That's why we have to change the cars because we were using this. We came and bought car GMC buy one $6000. We thought we were saving money. Then you see that we are somewhere that when it doesn't spark, but I do have bought all those cars. We we and and realized that this there's no reception, there's no nothing. This car all all we changed all our cars to brand new when they went to this when they went, it was this is one of I don't know which of the trips that they would have been this same Chinese that you see. They've been they've done it twice when they went and they came the car the dog came off a new car. The the the dog came off the car tell you when they even to the. So where have you taken it? Where have you taken this car to? Yeah, I'm saying the dealer, the car, the door of t

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Welcome to track #16 of predestination. Hallelujah. Oh, you can give the Lord a clap off and I think it's an appropriate feeling. Man, is it not a powerful thing? See the people, souls, places for second. It's like if you are not following God's direction, something what would direct you when they came back from this car brand new, you see where they go. That's why we have to change the cars because we were using this. We came and bought car GMC buy one $6000. We thought we were saving money. Then you see that we are somewhere that when it doesn't spark, but I do have bought all those cars. We we and and realized that this there's no reception, there's no nothing. This car all all we changed all our cars to brand new when they went to this when they went, it was this is one of I don't know which of the trips that they would have been this same Chinese that you see. They've been they've done it twice when they went and they came the car the dog came off a new car. The the the dog came off the car tell you when they even to the. So where have you taken it? Where have you taken this car to? Yeah, I'm saying the dealer, the car, the door of the car, the new car. The dog came off the car. Yeah, it's, it's, it's a blessing, I tell you. It's something that has been committed to us. You know, it's something that God has given. This was the this was the reason why he's left. That's why we are alive. I'm telling you may not know. That's what we are doing. That's why we are here. If you don't know, I'm telling you, God, God has called us. He's giving us some something to do. And that's why you are touched by it, because you it's touching a soft spot in your. How many realize that it's touching a soft place in there? Yeah, You realize that this is even what you are supposed to do. How many of you realize that, look, this is what we are supposed to do? And you see these guys, I called them. I called them. I said, you know, you are now old. You have families. I need young people who I mean, they are not going to come home again, they said Bishop. So just go, they don't camp, whatever. We will never leave this work. There's no young person that can come and replace us. They really love it as there's nowhere to sleep, there's nowhere to sleep. There's every car, see that they have two spare tires to this, petrol, water, this, everything to live and to survive. How to repair your car, how to do this, how to do everything. You have to use a compass to know where you are going. In Guinea they drove for five. I think that is what you didn't spotted. 500 kilometers? No, just like this sun. 500 kilometers. How many miles is that? From where to where is that 300 miles? No stand, no fuel station, nothing. Africa. Now #7 bring my film, I'll show you more. Don't worry. How many are being blessed by the films you want to watch more? How many are surprised at the things that are there that are going on? Yeah, a lot of work to be done #7 you are destined to have extra knowledge, which has been hidden from past generations. Amen. This is your destiny. You're supposed to have extra knowledge. New knowledge efficiency. Chapter 3. The same best that I read #8 you are destined to bring the gospel to the Gentiles, Amen. Just like Paul. Ephesians chapter 3 one to 11. And to me, who am the least, less than the least of all the Saints, is grace given Ephesians 3, verse 8, that I should preach among the Gentiles the and searchable britches of Christ. Amen. And it goes on and on and on up to verse 11. It says according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus. It's an eternal purpose. When I was born, I was purposed for preaching of the gospel, just like Paul. And so were you. That is otherwise what I show will not have any meaning to you if it's not your calling. But what I showed you, you see that it affects you, You look at, you say, hey, is this not it? Amen. And you see, you see Haiti, the problem that has happened in Haiti, people are trying to send money to do this, to do this, to do this. Let me tell you, these same rich countries, they know Haiti has been there all along. Why don't they send any money when they are living? The only thing they are giving them? I don't know. I'm sure that maybe they're giving more than that. Water, food, whatever, to survive in a tent or something when they are alive. It's not only Haiti which needs a lot of places, but it's like, is it? The human compassion is a very poor substitute for God's compassion. It's a very poor something. Most of it is pretentious. Most of it is boastful. Most of it is, I mean, competition. I mean, trying to show who's doing this, who is giving this. And a lot of it is promises which are never fulfilled. A lot of it are pledges which are not fulfilled. One day I went to see the American ambassador to Ghana with a preacher who had come from America. When we finished talking, so the American ambassador to Ghana was not impressed at all. She said look, please, a lot of people come here with a lot of problems. All we need is action, no talking. You do this, we are going to bring this, we are going to do this, we are going to do this. Just act. We have a lot of that. And when you are experienced, if somebody says I'm going to send you aid or gift, you don't even receive it. Somebody told us, oh, we are going to send you. I said don't send us rubbish because when you are new to these things, you will receive rubbish. We receive about two containers full of rubbish. Is it from Atlanta that you people send that thing? They sent us some place. They said, Oh dear, it's an organization that for the for the hospital and for the work when the thing came. Pampers for grown-ups. Plenty like when a grown up cannot, cannot, whatever. Plenty fucking sticks, plenty canula, canula for this, this for that commode, commode plenty different, all kinds of useless. The things are still there. Absolutely we cannot use them. And we paid, we paid about $20,000 to transfer that thing and duty to clear rubbish. When I open the thing, oh, oh, said delivery table. So, oh, I mean outdated with these type of dials that are, we are no more using. Oh, recently some Americans came about two Sundays ago, they came to my office. They were saying no, our NGO this I said, my, my darling, my darling, I hope you're not going to send us rubbish. We will not accept rubbish. And if you have anything to bring, bring it to us in land for us to see. We are not shipping anything or clearing anything. No drugs, nothing. Human compassion is a very poor substitute for God's compassion. And I don't want us to become deceived by human compassion. So that's why I'm giving so much aid. So they're giving this and that and that. Just no God's laugh for this world. God so loved the world so much that he did what he gave his Son. He gave his Son that whoso for us to believe in him. This is God's compassion, is to give his Son so that people believe in him. That's the compassion of God. Yeah, God so loved that he gave water boreholes to every country. No #9 You are predestined and created to bring pleasure to God. Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive glory, honour, and power. Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Revelations, chapter 411. Thou art is a worthy, O Lord, to receive our glory, honour and power. For Thou hast created all things sent for Thy pleasure. They are and were created, Thou artworthy, O Lord, to receive glory, to honour. Receive all glory on and power. Yeah. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, thou hast created all. Wait, I'm singing. Yes, Sir, all things. And for thy pleasure, for thy pleasure they are, they are. And when created, why you were created? What was destined, What you were destined to do and to be is something, an object of pleasure for God. I'm telling you, you were not created for any other reason. And for their prosperity and their houses they are and were created, no, for thy pleasure, pleasure to be pleasing you, pleasing you. This is all. I really wanna do to be to be pleasing you, Oh, pleasing you. This is all I really want to do. Go on for the next verse, Lord. Lord, I want to live my life to please You. This is one of the most important Christian songs. Bring my heart before you to mourn. Make up me? Make up me a vessel fit for honor. That I might shine for you. That I might shine for you and sparkling gold to be pleasing you, please. Thank you. Come on now, this. Is all I really want to do to be pleasing you all pleasing you? This. Is all I really want. To do wow, to be pleasing, you pleasing. You. This is all I really. Want to do I want to be pleasing Lord. To me, pleasing you, pleasing you, this is all I really want to do. Come on next one, Lord, I bring my life. Lord, I bring my life in full surrender. All that I hold dear. All that I hold dear, I give to you. Purify my heart, Lord, Purify. My heart and make. Me. Holy. That I may walk the way that. I may walk. The way that pleases you, Come on every hope to the Lord to be. Pleasing you, pleasing you. This is what I really want to do. To be pleasing you. To me, please you, pleasing you, this is what I really want to do. Come on to be pleasing to. Be pleasing you, pleasing you. This is what I really want to do. I want to be pleasing. To me please, thank you, pleasing you. This is what I really want to do. Wow, pleasing. You. Let your hand and. Tell it all. Do it long. I really want to do it long Do. Me pleasing you, pleasing you. This is what I really want to do. I want to be pleasing to. Be pleasing you, pleasing you. This is what I really want to do. To be pleasing you, pleasing you. This is what I really want to do. Come on, for the last Time, Lord to. Be pleasing you, pleasing you. This is what I really wanna do to me. Pleasing you, Oh, pleasing you. This is what I really wanna do. Sit down. Listen, this is your purpose. This is what it was planned for. For thy pleasure. Pleasure. Look, one of your prayers must be Lord. Do you like it? You like it? Are you happy with me, Lord? Lord, Are you happy with me, Lord? Do you like it? Do you like what I'm doing? Look, if he doesn't like what you are doing, you may not live beyond the age of 55. I'm telling you, Do you like what I'm doing? You like what I'm preaching? Do you like the activities that I'm doing? Now, if he doesn't like it, it will be better to. It will be better to change it please no matter what it is. You know Abena who sing for you here when she came to Ghana, just a whole lot of songs that she sing. But most of the songs don't please me. And if it doesn't please me in my small world, it doesn't work. The song you sing has to please the person who wants who brought you there. It just doesn't please me. You have to learn a new state of songs because there's one person only who is important. It's true in relation to those that music. It's only one person that is important. Every church, the pastor. If the pastor doesn't like me, it will not work. Again, it's true. How much more us Only one person matters. God. Is it like Louisa? Does he like Lord? You like what I'm doing? You like me? Are you happy with me? Oh, how I bowed out my head in secret and pray God, do you like it? Are you happy with it? Do you want it? Does it please you? I thought that I pray, Lord, don't kill me. So I don't know whether God is about to kill me. Because, you know, sometimes you think you are doing the right thing. Maybe you are doing the wrong thing. Oh, I pray for myself so much because it's so important to bring pleasure to the person who has sent you or who has appointed you for which he has given you so many things. He's expecting so much from you. If it doesn't please you, I've seen it from the singers. They, they know when they are singing, what they are singing. Does it please? So now they just stop in the middle. They have the, they tell me when, when you are doing this, when you are doing something, you know that I'm not interested in what we are singing. And they've lent it. If you don't give us the song, it doesn't please you. All these we sings nice people clapped. The people who clapped cannot keep you singing. None of them sent you. It's true, none of them has any powers to keep you there. They clap for you, they clap One time I answered either. She sang my song. I like a song called quiet time, Quiet time, quiet time. So one day my wife was here to mum and she asked do you think that the people like this people understand the song that you are making this girl sing? And I said I don't care what that day like I would let her sing that song. That is the song I want. And she sang and say her name became quiet time in the church. It's one of the most beautiful songs. Yeah. Quiet. I don't even know how to quiet time. Quiet time. Yeah. Time to me. To me. That is why my wife asked me. Do you think that the people are enjoying this song, but you're making this girl sing? I said I don't care whether they like it or not. And when you go preaching, you know, it's not about a message that the people will say you are. This is that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Nobody's important in this world. I'm telling you, as far as your life is gonna say, there's only one person that disappoint and that is God. So pray, pray, Lord. Lord, what I'm doing? Do you like it where I am living? Do you want me to be here or you need me somewhere else? What do you want from me, Lord? I want to do it. You see how many of us are praying genuinely? Lord, I want to do it. I'm ready. If the Lord wants to mention, say something else. Can you even hear it? Can you even what? Hear it? Like Elijah told Jehoshaphat Ahab, Ahab's son Jehoram, He said that if it was not for Jehoshaphat sitting here, I will not, I will not even see you. I will not look at you all. Even if I looked at you by mistake, I wouldn't see you. I wouldn't even see you. Only one person Revelation Thou at worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, honour and power, for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, pleasure, pleasure, they are and were created. It's one of the most important bases in the Bible. It explains what you are doing here, why we exist, why you are still around for something to please him. Shamala Zuba Pazan de Liberi Mandala Baba. I've reached a place in a ministry where a lot of a lot of people help me to do what I'm doing. Without them, I cannot do the things of all these things that you see. And when you get somebody who works for you and the person wants to please you, it's different now the one who does this thing. You see, I once had some people who are doing this work, and at the point I realized that I was struggling with them. Anytime you have a struggle with somebody, you realize that maybe they're thinking in a different way. So I changed was I changed and I brought some girls. It's kind of being charged. Then the the senior girl who was in charge, It's like there are girls who do this work. Yeah, the boy, the technical, the people who know computers. They are not the ones who do the films that you've been watching. Not even one. Yeah. So I brought my girls. I said come do this work. You see them working in the night, working, drinking coffee. That didn't that didn't meet it. It's going to help his ministry. He meets it and you see them. It's like what he needs, what he wants. We're trying to please Him. It's so different when we meet someone who's just trying to please you. And it's so different if God meets somebody who is just trying to please Him. We created you. So I tell you, I can't preach a better message to you than to tell you that you were created for His pleasure. It's your destiny and your destiny involved making Him so happy. Look, I've worked with a lot of people working. To me, working reveals to me more about God because I see my relationship with the people is military like my my relationship with God. You see somebody's working. It's like the person's just doing things. What he even thinks is important. He thinks it's important. I said this is not what I need now. I said I am traveling and I need this. What you are doing is I don't need it. I don't need it. So you are doing this right? I don't need all this. This is what I need and I need it now. It has an effect on what I'm doing. How many realize that the fact I'm showing you what I'm showing you, it has an effect on what you are understanding about what is going on? Suppose I'm here without it. It's different. I'm here. I should have been here with either. So to sing for me. If she was here, this camp would even be more different. But she's not here because she cannot, she could not be here. She's pregnant. She's doing the four things, the four activities of her. What do you call it? She's busy herself with all those things when she told me that she was pregnant, then after she sent me, please, are you not happy that I'm pregnant? I said, Oh no, no, I'm not happy that you're ready, but there's a lot to be done. There's a lot to be done. I'm not happy that you are pregnant, but there's a lot to be done. I have a lot of work to do. I mean, we thank God that you are pregnant, but there's so many things to be done. I have so many places to go. I need to go with you, but you are You are busy up and down, ion tablets roaring up and down all over the. Are you listening to me? So are you happy? Are you not happy? When I see somebody just doing the four things that are done by animals, I'm not excited. Like when I say overjoyed, I'm not. I'm not against it, but it's not any great achievement when I see somebody rising into a divine. Why did somebody call me? She said. She said to me, I have three children. Should I have the last? Should I have another one? Four, I said. I said look, if you are serious about the ministry, I don't know why you want to have a fourth child. I have four children. That is not the reason why I have four children. I have 14 for another reason, which is not part of part of this discussion. You are not in my marriage, so don't, don't, don't start, I said. I cannot see how you are serious. Are you serious? She said I'm serious. The next day, she went to end that fourth attempt. No, please. I didn't say not going out, but there was no pregnancy. I'm just saying she stopped that attempt to try. Possibly one day. Yeah. Are you serious that you want to please him? Oh, you just want to be another animal as you write it down? Do I want to be another animal on this earth, or do I want to please him? Write it down, Please write it down. Do I want to be another animal on this earth? Do I want to be another animal or I want to bring him pleasure? It's fantastic. That's why God will rejoice over you to do you good. I see it in in, in the singers. When somebody sings and makes you happy, you have some extra love for the person. When the person's song doesn't work, you just start writing your notes. Yeah. Are you there? Oh, may you bring him pleasure. How many are going to kneel down in your bathroom and pray, Lord, am I pleasing you? Is this what you like? Are you happy? Sometimes, you see, lady gets married. All that she knows is to make food. Come on, she's, she's, she's frying something, boiling something, serving something. Meanwhile, that is not what is mean. That is, I'm not a I'm not a food person making a actually irritates me when there's a lot of movement around me because of food. It actually irritates me. Having eaten. They have offered me if I didn't eat, I don't, I don't. What I want is not food. At least now I'm not. I'm not that. Even if you see me, I don't eat much. You see that if I eat a lot of plates, you see that all the plates are going one after the other, small, and then it goes. You can see how much somebody is by his size. When people marry, they have a prefix idea of what is needed. They come. When I got by, my wife said me slice kinky or slice something a bit of price. I said, look, I don't eat combination of rice and yam and kinky and something. One thing simple, that's all. Have I desired only one thing? Have I desired of you? I said a bit of this, a bit of this, a bit of this, a bit of this. I'm not a fancy. I don't know. I don't slice. I'm a gun. I'm a gun that people have a mind. When they get into the bedroom, then because that one they have not had any training or it has been hidden from them, they are just there. The person is expecting a gymnast. Agility of a mountain goat. The speed of an antelope. The the the the manoeuvrability of a chimpanzee. A chimpanzee being chased by a leopard in the tree. It's only leopard that can climb trees. Lions cannot climb. No that only leopard lives in the tree. Chimpanzees don't like them at all because they all go into the trees. All that you know is frying things. So you see that sometimes we are looking at what the what pleases the person, that's what the person wants. So what I'm trying to say is that everybody has what he likes and God, what he like is not often what we want. I'm telling you, not often what we want. So that's why that's why it's so sort of dicey. What are you doing? That's why we must always be praying about it because you think you are just, oh, I'm a lay pastor in the church and I'm doing this. I'm a full time pastor and I'm doing this and I'm a pastor and I'm doing this and I'm meanwhile that's not what he wants to. That's why I was saying that maybe he just wants you to single. Now you are doing something else. Or maybe because all these little gifts you don't know what they do. It's true. You don't know what the person needs from you. So you have to and and to please God. You have to be seeking God all the time to get closer to Lord. What what what what do you want Lord your will be that Lord always then he will be showing you will be revealed. One day I was praying. I said, Lord, what do you want to do to to bear food and suddenly he showed me a book. I was surprised book, book when the Lord told me to write a book, I was surprised. After some time the Lord said I'm not taking it serious. It seems I'm not taking what he said seriously. I wouldn't you see what the difference it makes to have these books if they were not written, The church will be a completely different kind of church and I didn't want to write it. Now I have to Gwen, I have to employ some. The girl you see, the girl you saw on the tell them that Lady, she's the one first person who came to help me to write books. She, that girl is the same person. She does miracles. She she's the leading prayer intercession. Right now she's at the crusade field. She has left her family. She's there now, organizing. You see there. Did I show you one with rehearsal? OK, No, it's in another film. Rehearsing rehearsals, quiet prayer intercession. They are always praying for me. Yeah, and that's what I want her to do for me, not writing books. Now I have somebody else that does that. But when the law said you are not serious, I said she used to work for Chronicle newspaper, she used to write headline stories. That girl is a journalist. She write headline stories, front page in the days that the Chronicle newspaper was the top in Ghana to write headline stories. Yeah, very, very anointed lady by the law saying we are not, we are not serious. So I brought her some. Will you? Actually she will. So she started to help me to read her books and different, different people have helped me along the line, but I wasn't going to do it seriously. It was my shocking surprise when I asked that question that I found out that this actually was the Lord willing to write a book, the book I'm talking to you about tithing. I was in France. I had a vision dream. They lost it. Write a book on tithing me tithing. Why now what is it? I when I got to a car Ace, you should have seen in day and night. I work in the nights. I bring all my up staff, everybody. We are there in the night, all of us, at least a session work in the night till the morning. That's why people have worked with me. They said that one of the most difficult things in the world to do is write a book. They will never like to write. I always encourage my wife to write. She's not writing. She was a right. They are all watching me. Are you there? You'll be. You may be surprised at what is to please God. You'll be surprised. Maybe some of you may. God doesn't need you at all in full time ministry. All that it needs from you is maybe money. Just to please look after My servant for me. It's true. Please look after my servant for me. Yes, you'll be surprised. Maybe he doesn't need those. I'm comes. I don't need one David. I'm going to build it. I said no. If if you ever bow down to ask God and pray he would tell you said don't build a church for me. He was David was he said don't build. I don't want you to build it. You'll just be David. I have somebody who will build it. If you bother to ask him, you may be a bit surprised at what he would tell you like he told me it is the books. Books. It is the books. I was surprised when he told me to have crusade evangelism. I said, oh Lord, I've formed its Gospel crusade with a track. And so he's an evangelist. I've made him into an evangelist. I had to switch. I said I called for him and I said, look, we are going to exchange places. You come and be a person. I'm going to evangelism. Is that it? Yes, I am. If you will take the time to ask the Lord, he is likely to speak to you. He's likely to guide you. He's likely to tell you something. He's likely to show you something. I know, I know the Lord. Most of the time we don't get answers because we don't. We don't ask Him. We don't know Him because we don't seek Him. You know there is a scripture. There's a beautiful scripture. He says if you seek the Lord, draw near to Him. He will draw nigh to you. It says when you draw near to God that he draws me. I'm close to people who draw near to me. I know the people who draw near to me. Anybody who draws me, I know the person. There's a guy. I when I came, I asked myself, where is Jerry from? Minnesota. He has sent me thousands of texts. How can I not know him when I can say where is Jerry? I'm surprised that he's know him. Meanwhile, I don't know your name. What's your name again? LM Diana. Are you named other Princess Diana? So I know people who draw near to me because I'm not, I'm not trying to say something wrong, please forgive me. But in a certain sense, if you are an important person, you can easily know so many people. So you end up knowing the people who draw near to you even when they look silly, sometimes they look even silly. Those are the ones that you even know it's true. The apparent silly people as if they are post forceful of those are the people you know. I mean in your churches. You see if his daughter kids as a pastor, Yeah, but if you are just dead, you, you, you. But if you draw near to God, God will respond. Most of the time we don't draw near and we don't ask him certain questions and that is why we never hear certain instructions from him. And perhaps we don't even want to know what you have to say. Are you listening to me? Yeah. So, Briders and sisters, are you there? Let. Do I want to be another animal or do I want to please? Oh, this is the question of the camp. Do I want to be another animal? If you believe this, if you are a woman, you don't have a child, you don't have a husband, you will realize that I have mentioned the most unimportant things in life I see on this earth. It's sort of so important. It's actually not important. One lady, she was 55 years, she said I would rather have a child and die than to die with her. And she had a child and died. Yeah, 55. She had the child and she died. So I would prefer. And some also said, I know one sister, she said I would rather be married to the the one who said this guy is a very beastly guy, that I would rather be married and have a troubled marriage than not to be married. Why you say, oh, is it not also in your mind? Not only that she is vocalizing it, She is vocalizing it's also your vision, but she is saying it. I would rather be that than to be that I'm not married. So may you please him, may you make him, may he make, may you make him happy. Amen. Right number. What? Oh, at last we have finished.