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41. The Powers Of A Cross 5

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
December 8, 2024 50m 44s

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Camp Title - The Power of a Cross. Machaneh Collection - 53. Preached in 2008, UK (Bournemouth). 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 #41 of the powers of a cross. I will not do. I will stay in the church and receive the relentless pressure. To be. Who wants to employ you? Do you think we also do enjoy your tights when they come? We should rather now bring money to you when you have been bringing money to us, but it's because of your fears and insecurity. Your mind doesn't even work well. Avoiding sacrifice. Leads to the insecurity of Cain. Do you have that? #4 Avoiding the cross leads to the jealousy. Of Cain #5. Avoiding the sacrifice. Leads to the anger of Cain and the Bible says and Cain was. Very rough. And his countenance fell. Avoiding the cross leads to jealousy. Insecurity and even anger with the person who seems to be accepted by God. That is why those of us, at least myself, I can say for myself who are in full time ministry, I try as much as possible to not expose such. This is really some of the things that I've said to you during the camp. But husbands do this. We don't say. Our lives, what one does and so on. I mean, it's out of out of your sight. Yeah. And a lot. Of things about I mean, it took a long time, many years before I even

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Welcome to track #41 of the powers of a cross. I will not do. I will stay in the church and receive the relentless pressure. To be. Who wants to employ you? Do you think we also do enjoy your tights when they come? We should rather now bring money to you when you have been bringing money to us, but it's because of your fears and insecurity. Your mind doesn't even work well. Avoiding sacrifice. Leads to the insecurity of Cain. Do you have that? #4 Avoiding the cross leads to the jealousy. Of Cain #5. Avoiding the sacrifice. Leads to the anger of Cain and the Bible says and Cain was. Very rough. And his countenance fell. Avoiding the cross leads to jealousy. Insecurity and even anger with the person who seems to be accepted by God. That is why those of us, at least myself, I can say for myself who are in full time ministry, I try as much as possible to not expose such. This is really some of the things that I've said to you during the camp. But husbands do this. We don't say. Our lives, what one does and so on. I mean, it's out of out of your sight. Yeah. And a lot. Of things about I mean, it took a long time, many years before I even mentioned I play golf in the church because the insecure canes Do you understand who have been given what they are supposed to give they it disturbs them when they see. Abel. Apparently playing golf, making a par, it stirs up something. Yeah, look at. Abel is is. Is real, that's why my private life and some aspect you would even. You don't know, you will never know. And it's intentional even even. Shopping if I see. You in the shop? I will not buy. What I was going to buy. If I see you, I won't buy. Oh. Yeah, that one. I should go shopping. With you. Kane. I should go shopping. When you see your. Countenance will fall even. More I'll never. Go shopping with Kane. Already since he brought the. Vegetables. His attitude has changed. Oh, you don't understand what I'm saying. If countenance will fall, you'll be jealous. La angry la. Why LA? You see, one day I went shopping somewhere. I was with one pastor at a certain place and when I came back not doing that, some members of Kane had come to the house. Then nothing. You have bought nothing, just normal small, small shopping, bought with one bag. And when I saw that Kane was, I said when Kane sees it. There are about. 5 to 6 kings in the house. Should in case they see this bag. There are so many things that I have wanted to tell you during this camp, but because of Cain, I haven't said it. It's true. I'd have told you. I'd have told you to have understood more things. And because of Cain. Ask your neighbor, are you? Kayla, are you the? Killer they. Can't understand. Why you should have fever? Yeah, they they can't understand why you should have fever. I tell you, they don't understand why, but me, I'm. I'm. Stuffed I've. Harvested for my sweat, the foot of the ground and I brought it. He has just gone to post on blood and look at how where he is. Sometimes I'm travelling there, you see people be greeting me and as I look at So let them all go on board before I come, or I'll go and then disappear and look at the One day I got on board a plane were full of kings. I went to hide in my corner. Like the tea Les? Kings sees me, and he gets more angry, and his face countenance false mercy. OK, OK, OK. Number six, we are going only up tonight and we finish the count. Avoiding the cross leads to self preservation, the self preserving life of Cain, self preservation of Cain. Now, self preservation is the chief symptom of insecurity. When you are not secure, try to preserve and protect yourself from any possible danger. But when you are. Following the law into the sacrifice, you go to the Red Sea with walls of water on your left, walls of you can down at any time. Supposing this wall which went back suddenly comes back. Suddenly you are finished something that is very high. You are walking, you see the wall like that. I went to Victoria Falls. This is Victoria. Victoria Falls. You see the water coming down at that. Hey, me, Mama. I would have been afraid. Red Sea. When you see the water come. I saw a film. Bunker was in a helicopter. He was flying over the Victoria Falls just on top of the falls like that. And when you see, you can even be afraid because if something happens to this helicopter and goes to that place, are you there? So insecurity, are you there? Causes. People to preserve themselves, not to do things that are risky. So you see them all preserving as a my child, my life, my future, my school, my house, my this, my dad. And one of the chief symptoms of insecure people is that they attack others. You attack what you perceive to be threat, a threat to you. That is why insecure wives attack other women whom they perceive to be danger to their marriages and to their husbands. It is their insecurity which causes them to attack. When a woman is secure and she sees them walking around. So you may dance around because you have no power and you yourself know that whether I monitor or I don't monitor, if this man wants to, well, sleep with this guy, he can't sleep with her. You will never see. You will never know. Oh, oh, never know, you'll never see. So you become insecure and it shows up in your attack. Hey. Delete that one. Remove her. Why are you a worship reader? Will you? Remove to the back. You are too prominent in the church. Too many people see you and know you. You have become too important. Step to the back. I am the 1st. Lady of the International Branch of to the right, to the left, to the back, to the front. Sacking of, deleting of. People. Oh yeah, what to you if you are married to an insecure woman who is? Not sure of herself. You cannot easily be in the church with her. And I see this one. I say I am a woman, I know women. I say. I am a woman, I know. I know that girl, I said. I know that girl. I've seen it in the spirit. I know what I'm saying. You are a man. As for a man, you never tell him about a woman. They will never agree with you all. Kinds of theories and doctrines. All of these. People are waiting for me to die so that they will come and take my place. Meanwhile, you cannot keep yourself alive. If God is removing you, you will. Be removed if God is removing you will be what? Removed. No. Remove, remove, remove. A remover, a removala. So the insecurity causes that. Especially they don't want. Any other? Woman to be important around around me here. La there is no important person, only me, an important. La there is no. Important person in this church lie only me, la. I'm the only star in this sky, La. I'm the only fish in this sea that is with me here. It's a sausage. The wife association. You are discussing us, I said. The wife association. Tasha the only one star in the sky. That the only one star in the sky. One star in the sky. Have you ever looked into the sky? I see only one star. One day, one day I went to visit. I went to visit a certain church member and I saw. Are you listening? When I got to the house, the church member was. Smoking. So I said why? Are you not coming to church? She said because of the women pastors. She said that woman pastor in the church, she has sacked all other. Ladies from the those remaining in the church. Are. Her friends. So husbands. Husbands. Arise have been. Strong in the name of. Jesus, I said. Arise have been strong in the name of Jesus. One day. I. Went to a certain place and I saw a certain thing the the. Pastor of the church. The church member said we are sack you. If I said why, they said we are. Sack you and your wife. Because every day, the wife will. Come in, threaten people through messages. Of submission, loyalty, fatherhood. So one day they said we are tired, Madam, will you go away from the church? And they suffer. And you know what? Because the husband refused to control her. So one day I spoke to the husband and I said you are a strong man. Why is it that? When he comes to your wife, you don't control. Her, she said. Oh. We are working on it. That that is when his phlegmatic comes. This is where we are. We are working on it. I said you have allowed her to spot the whole church. Husbands, arise and don't allow your wife to spot the church. Hey, the Bible say if you cannot rule your own house, you cannot. Rule the Church. Who are the members of your house? Your your insecure wife, yourself preservation wife, your wife who is afraid of everybody else in the church. When she sees a lady who is a little beautiful a. Little elegant, she has a little beauty, a little bottles that you are afraid you. Hey, one day, one day a certain. Man. A certain. Man, he was having trouble in his house. He's he went unemployed. He went unemployed. A secretary. The wife. Squeezed their face after. Squeezing, squeezing, he called, the secretary said. You know something because of one or two, one or two. This is your resignation letter. So he resigned for her, gave her money. And said bye bye. So he went for. Another one. So the other one came as they were going. This time, the wife said. No. #2 is dangerous #2 is like a snake. It looks like she's better. Than #1. But she's more dangerous. She must go. Because of a certain. Scripture you know what scripture husband love your wife so. Because of that scripture. He sucked #2 So he went for #3. #3 was a fair. Beauty. Very fair, very beautiful. She had beautiful skates, beautiful skates, red blouse, red ribbons. When the wife saw her, he said never to be, never to be. After two months, he gave another letter. Because of that scripture with scripture. Husbands, love your wife. So he called the third one all my. Stories are non fiction stories, he said #3 look, I've. Reserved. You will not. Have to reserve. The I've written the letter for. You take remove, so he went for number 4 when he brought #4. This one was educated. Hey, see what's it's a lady. Exquisite put manners, table manners. As for hairdressing from top to bottom, dignity, decency, elegance, the wife allowed. #4 for three months. After three months, she brought another letter. Go and suck #4 So he sucked her. After the husband started to think about it, what shall I do? So he decided that let me go and get somebody who is not elegant, somebody who is Boney. Boney M Do you know Boney M? Somebody who is not educated, who doesn't dress any special way. So he went and got a Carlos, I mean muni Carlos girl, he said. Come and be #5 when the lady came. She was walking in the office. She was there for four. Months because you see sometimes you may be Bony M. But you have a. Gentle spirit, very kind, sweet, smelly saver. Because of a certain scripture, the wife. Said you know something. There is something that is not. Right, your attitude has changed. I am not happy with you. So husband, love your wife. The Four. Elegant ones were gone, and the first bunium was gone, so now the man had nobody. So they went for a Christian event. Christian. Husband, so they were sitting there when they met an experienced man of God. The experienced man of God was there and he was talking to the wife and the wife and the man. I said you, I said my wife is not happy. I said why are you not? I'm saying you are not happy because you are never satisfied. Your husband has had four secretaries you have sacked. All. You have brought one Boniam, That one too. You have sacked. You don't know you. You, you don't, you and he. Rebuked and told that. You have a problem, it's not your husband, but you have a problem. You have the problem. You see, apart from that scripture, husband love your wife. There is another scripture. If you cannot, if you cannot rule your house, you understand Rulership. Ruler gives commandments, directives. Oh, you don't understand. So one day, one day, one day, I said one day when I saw the effect of this thing. Of a text that can be removed, cutted completely by just a woman. I saw that this is not a smoke thing. So brothers balance the scriptures well. Love your wife on your. Left rule your house on the right. I sat in pasta. He was in the house with his wife. And the wife said. You. I know. You are in love with somebody's wife. The husband was surprised. What are you saying? She was quiet. The whole house was. Quiet. Then she said hey, yeah, my boy. It is more about that you are interested. In somebody's house, Wife. The husband was surprised. What are you saying? But I know you, I know you. Look at you, I know you. And you see the brothers, you see. Do you know why it affects you? Because you are a man and you have also seen beautiful girls. So, so you know that what they are accusing you of, there is something true in the. But you also know in your heart. That it is not true. So what happens? Because it is true and it is not true? Spirit of confusion You're always confused you're. Confused. You're confused because it is true and it is not true. Look. If you are not strong as a man cannot leave your house, you have to be strong. Strong. Have you watched Rambo? When they put him on the electrocution, the electrocution, then the man said you are strong. That is strong. The strongest so far. We are looking for strong. We are strong. Very strong. The strongest sofa. You are the strongest prisoner you have ever had. Yeah. Let's say Tan see that you are the strongest sofa Strong, strong, strong strong the. Strongest sofa? Yeah. What do you think? 01 day a certain pastor was having a miracle service. Having a miracle service. So it was time for. Ministration, I see, I see God touching you. Come to the front. All those who need miracles. So the people came. So the wife. Went to stand at a second. Place to observation her husband so her husband started to lay. Hands number one. She took her watch. One second, two seconds, 3 seconds. Then when he came to the sister, excuse me, let me see the sister. So the wife take her watch. 5 minutes. 5 minutes. Then he went this way A. Bit Lehas. Then he turn on the side break that one, the first one, the first one, the first one the first one. Bring her to me. Take it one. Take it 2. Take it 3. She checked her watch. 10 minutes, so she said. When we get to the house. We shall see. So they went home. My story. There's 5% fiction. No Tula when they when they reached the house, the pastor was feeling. And what he has that you has gone out of me. So many miracles that when he reached the house, the wife said, you laugh, you laugh, you save a. Man of God laugh. I was watching you carefully. You see that fat talent girl? You like holding hair? You like holding hair, the poster said. What can you say? What is this? They argue. That the wives. You said. When I said. They finish the boxing, they want to sit on the chair and they put the hot oil and they put it on the water, they argue and their brother. Came to the church on Sunday and he came to the. Bookshop, he said. Please. I need miracle. Service of Bishop. I need miracle service. So he bought video video and brought it to the house and he put his hand. Come and see Bishop. He's also laying hands on. The sister so that we see that sometimes he lays hands for a long. Time on some. People. So they put it on and they were watching. Do you see? Do you say? I'm not convinced. I'm not convinced you know why you know. Why? She was not convinced. Because you cannot counsel a demon. Demons we don't do. Counseling to demons. You cast. You cast, not counsel. You don't counsel. You don't cancel. Demons you cast. Out demons. Every day. You are eating sugar. Every day you are eating chocolate. Every day you are. Eating toffee? Now you have. Become mega Kung Fu. You are like a balloon now. When you come to church, you are taking two chairs. When the slim modern sisters are, you are you are now. Afraid you are now afraid. Why are you afraid? You won't bath, you won't do your hair, you won't do your hair, you won't stop eating chocolate sweets, you won't change. And every day, out of your insecurity, insecurity, insecurity, insecurity, you have become like Kane, thanking anybody who looks more favor than you. When you see the person come and say faster, faster, oh you faster, I bless you faster. I was so touched by your message, Master, I wrote a letter to you, to your daddy. I'm so blessed with your ministry. I'm so touched by your life. Thank you so much. You minister with such strength. I love the anointing and I love the strength. I like a Tower of Power and of grace. Thank you Daddy looking. Who wrote this letter? Who wrote this? Who wrote this letter? Who is he? Who is Araba Lucy? Who is? Who is Araba Lucy? And then? To make things worse. At the end of the letter to the glory of the Lord, I love you Daddy. I love you, Daddy. I'll see Alabama Lucy on. Sunday. I'll sort her out. I'll show her that. I'm more mature than. Her when you see, I say. Come and see me, I've transferred you from the. Choir OK. Because my husband has been watching you in the choir too much. To the children's ministry public, anyway. So the spirit of Cain is afraid of anyone who is favored. I am the one who? Knows you in the house. I'm the one who knows you. You can. Fool them, but you cannot fool. Because I know you. You know that I know you. It was not yesterday that I knew you. You like that girl? Because I know your favorite are fair talent. Size 8. You can now you can food them, but you cannot. Food, ice. One day, a pasta. A certain pasta. He saw his setting. Brother in the Church. And he called him and he said, Frankie, Frankie, Frankie, your eyes are twinkly. Frankie, I see that guy quickly in your eyes. Frankie, you have been fornicating. See it in your eyes. That is what that is what that is what she is telling. I can see your. Eyes twinkling, not twinkling. Twinkly, twinkly eyes. Twinkly eyes, twinkly eye. Sit down. None. Sit down. You have refused. To. Take up the cross and stop eating lollipops and sugar. Now you have become big and you can see Abel has been favoured. Abelina. Abelina has been. Favoured. A Berliner has been favored. You don't want to take up the cross and sacrifice. None. Hey, you won't stop eating fruit and not chocolate. Maspa Kit Kat lollipop, toffee ice cream, vanilla strawberry ice cream, chocolate cake, Black Forest cake, cream and pudding. And now if a leader is coming, then you are annoyed. The. None. Oh. None. Hey, I'm coming. I'm coming like this. Now you cannot walk. Elegantly, like a Belina. When a Belina is coming. I know we are coming. That is why a Berliner cannot survive, cannot stay. Oh yeah. No more sausages. It's a what? It's a salad. There is a salad. In the message. OK, OK, OK, OK. Good, good, good number. What are you on 7? Avoiding the cross leads to selfishness. We are only up to 9. Then we've closed. Avoiding the cross. Leads to selfishness, not thinking about others. Remember the story I told you? Cain was not thinking about Abel's wife, Abel's children when he was killing him. And that is what it is. When you've refused to sacrifice, do what you have to do now. You don't even care what the consequence of your deletion and all those things you are coming to do. You don't care what the effect it has the ladies ministry in the choir that the fact that she will no longer lose, she will lose the ministry. You don't care. Out. To the children's church. Ruby walk out. She'll go, she'll go out to another church, go to hell. Even if she goes to hell, she should be out there. Doesn't matter because she must be out there for my safety and my security. See, he, he, he, he didn't. Care about how? Abel would feel. And Abel's life. Has been cut short. Just you out. What it is a form of danger to me. Your presence and your power. That's what Pharaoh felt. He felt insecure with the multiplying Israelites in order to eliminate them and speak them, quench them. Selfishness, thinking of yourself, that is. When you avoid the powers of the cross, then all these things become part of you. You're never sure, you're never secure, you're always jealous, always afraid, angry, insecure, and don't care about what effect what you are saying or have even the effect it has on your husband or whatever. But it, it actually lowers his strength. Now he becomes weaker. But the Bible says strength has come because the accuser is cast down. A person who is not accused is far stronger than the person who is accused. The person who is accused always preserve. After all, I'm a bad person. After all, this is what they are expecting. After all, me, Nah, they don't have any good expectation of me. Nah, they say I'm this. So it's a weakness. It weakens his strength. But when he thinks that my wife would never expect this, I cannot go back. No, she, she, she can never. She trusts me too much. Then his strength comes and I can't. One guy, he went somewhere homosexual, came to approach him to invite him for this thing. And he said to me, he said salad, he said he said. When I get. Home to Ghana. What will I tell my wife? That somebody has eaten my bottom. Because of that, I decided not to go. Is a. Salad #8. Avoiding the cross causes. You to be alone and fruitless. Cain was alone and he was fruitless. Amen. John chapter 12 verse 24 says very, very. I say unto you, except the corn of we fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. So when you die, you bring forth much fruit. But when you refuse the cross, your fruits are so small. Your fruits are so small that when you accept the cross, your fruits are more, much, much, much more. I see you bearing fruit in Jesus name.