The Lord told me to shut down a Christian community I was leading, when the community just stated blooming and gaining publicity. He told me to shut it down and focus on my serving local church, I cried and prayed but once I obeyed, I had peace.
God told me last year to start a move for young girls and teenagers generally, I was scared because I'm still a student. I remember crying so much that day and I was sure God spoke because he has been saying it for a while. I got up and started praying and making preparations. We had the program and God did great things from the start to the finish. It's still called Bring Back Our Girls To Christ Campaign. The name itself that God gave me,there were so many questions people asked but God did his thing still
After escaping the Ukraine-Russia War, I was in another part of Europe. And I heard the Lord clearly tell me not to stay for greener pastures in Europe but to rather come back and follow his will for my life. I did that painfully, but now it is crystal clear that this is where I ought to be at this season of my life. Everything took a new turn, career and ministry. It pays to follow the leadings of God.
God told me to go ahead with the Fisheries course I was given after I didn't meet the cut off mark for Medicine... The fact that people already thought that I was studying medicine (For context: I came in through Unilag Diploma) and that my mum successfully ran a fish farm for a number of years without having to learn about it in school for 5 years made it really difficult but I was glad I obeyed.. Now, God is calling me to even deeper waters and this story really encouraged me. Thank you so much Pastey
In 2019, I had to resign from my job in Lagos and relocate back to Akure where God had told me several years He wanted me to be. It was such a difficult decision to leave my life and every juicy opportunity in Lagos for a place like Akure, but again, just trusting and obeying God, is all that matters
Thank you sir. Unlike the examples I grew up seeing, God's instruction to me was not to move but rather to stay put. It was hard because I felt I had outgrown that stage of my life. I obeyed grudgingly but I am already seeing the wisdom in God's instructions and I'm grateful that I obeyed regardless of the state of my heart and emotions.
The Lord told me to be a stay home mom after marriage. It wasn't easy. A lot of things happened. My parents didn't understand why i ll shelf my Msc Architecture from CU... They had invested in my education. But The Lord has blessed our family greatly. Thank you for this video.
Hmmmm. Thank you so much sir. I remember praying about the choice for my undergraduate degree and each time I prayed in a dream God said Mechanical Engineering against my personal desire for Computer Engineering and my Dad too also felt it was a hard course option and would always ask me to have a rethink each time I told him about this leading, the third time I went back to pray again I saw myself in a dream as a graduate of Mechanical Engineering, currently in my final year now and I have no regrets taking on this path and I am particularly grateful to God for the privilege of service to Him and impact in the lives of others all through my years on Campus. This video has also strengthened me to follow God's leading in other areas of life
The part of God speaking through same dream several times is so profound. I never knew this. But it happened to me this year on such a sensitize matter. For three days in a row i dreamt the same dream. On the third morning i literally woke up crying and filled with the emotions from the dream, ran to my fiancee's place and pleaded profusely that we needed to pray. But deep down i knew God had spoken because i had been having nudges and it wasnt an issue of praying against but a difficult decision we had to make. For months i cried and rebuked it, begging God to change his mind. Its the most heartbreaking decision i have ever had to make.
I was already past 2 interview stages for a job in a leading bank and God told me to stop and He walked me through the process of starting a business of mine
Kai this is powerful. the lord directed me to go to crossrivers for my service year, I went to cu and my parents got a job for me in Lagos I had to tell them no even when I got to camp they relocated me and I canceled it . I just finished my device year in cross rivers, the things that I encountered with God and the life's that were saved because he used me Kai I thank Gid I followed his instruction
Thank you for sharing sir. This message greatly blessed me. God told me to separate from someone and i have been struggling with it, but when i listened to this message, i just smiled and asked Him for wisdom and grace to go about the separation.
Yes pastor, i had these experience three years ago i was led to leave the house i used to stay, He asked me to move despite my persistency in trying to stay back. I finally moved. Late last year the same time i was shown a lot of things about someone i should be walking with and serving under but the trauma from the wrong decisions i made in a bid to help the vision😂 has been difficult to let go. Now am dealing with accepting even Gods will for marriage but am growing into it by the grace of God. I remember always telling him the man is too good for me. And after showing what we are to work together and i was still reluctant and He told me He would replace me and in ny dreams i watch how all that was given to me by God were being taken. Thank God for His mercy they were returned. One of the reasons i didn't want to watch the video is because of the caption i saw, because it reminds me of my experience.😂 But am okay now😊 He keeps leading. This video helped a lot , still learning as a babe in christ😊
Ooh Pasteur this is absolutely profound and blessed me in no small way🎉 Thank you Sir sometimes you may need to go against the statue quo and crowd to do the will of God
Mine sounds confusing but I found peace. First is my strange election into the fivefold after running for years and after 3 years of running ministry work and I am now settling, He said it's time to move to what I called you for and that is scary, I consulted with my wife and few men of God, I delayed but only to say yes to God on this second move as it is unpopular "The AfriOne Mandate Of Rest", but after watching this video, you've reaffirmed a lot. Thank you, Dr. Emmanuel. I celebrate you, sir.
The difficult decision I had to make was definitely when God told me to close my business and start something that was faith-based. I cried when I got the confirmation and clarity about it at Deeper, Lagos. It didn’t make sense cause I was doing so well. But God knows better than me. So, I trust Him.
To write a book uniquely. At first, I was like can't I just do it the conventional way but no😂. So here we are still writing as God drops it in my heart. I took note of the part of creating idols in our heads. Thank you for that clarity.
Thank you Pastey❤ Mine has to do with studying a career choice. I have something different in mind although not as job lucrative like the ones my family members what. And so im confused and to make a decision My prayer point: God please open my eyes that i understand why you want me to study this course if truly thats what you want me to do.
I have a question then please... SIR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN GOD REPLACES YOU AFTER FALLING FOR THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS AND NOT ACTING PROMPTLY ON WHAT GOD ASKED YOU TO DO ?
Thank Pastey, Sir. I have a question What if because you feel very unqualified (or practically speaking, you know that you do not even check off the boxes of someone who will not mess things up), you somehow find yourself agreeing with the idea that God should find someone else?
1. Work on yourself. Prepare yourself for the shoes. 2. Taking a cue from many people God use (Gideon, Moses, Jeremiah), it is very possible to feel unqualified. In the end, they were all used mightily. Hence, it is not just about the boxes you tick. See through the lens of God.
Joining my local church, CCI. I had received clarity that that was where I ought to be. But being an undergraduate and under the supervision of my parents, it was a lot. So many back and forths and family meetings. Then, I took some time to pray and fast on it. Fast forward, my mum now follows Pastey, has even attended Deeper, and has received a major miracle through the ministry. I'm gladly walking in purpose and am fruitful. Glory to God!
I have been in a particular phase of my life for quite a while. A period I will call my ‘waiting period’. Each time I pray, He would ask me to stay. At the beginning it was hard. I struggled 😭. I was angry and I eventually became depressed. The good news is that He brought me out of that place of depression. When I look back now, I understand better. He has built me and used me to build those around me( my sisters, brother and friends). I have peace now. I am stronger now and I trust Him more. But I think the biggest part of all of these for me is the level of impact I have been able to make in the lives of my family and friends. He has called me into something greater and I am ready to follow even if it means doing so afraid. Thank you so much Pastey for this. I am encouraged🙏🏾
I have only seen my father cry twice. The day his mother was buried and the day I left home to become a full-time Pastor. I looked like a prodigal son to my parents. It didn't take long for them to see that I was right after taking that bold step
God asked me to stay in a certain local assembly. I had been there for a while but hurts came and people were leaving and I asked God if it was necessary to endure this much pain and that I could hear His word somewhere else. God didn't permit me to leave but to stay and continue serving Him and Him alone because He lead me to the local assembly for Himself and His own purpose. I stayed, it was tough, but God did comfort me through the process, l am glad I obeyed
The Lord led me to start an initiative to reach more people for the gospel. I myself was my own hindrance. I said to myself I didn’t have enough money so I will do it next year. Then my friend just came to randomly and said so you are not going to do what God said. I was overcome with fear and with no dime we started, it is called Criss-Cross today
Having to go through an unfamiliar route hasn’t been easy but it’s been worth it. Over and over again, God continuously emphasizes five words to me and these words are “I am always with you”. I’m in the best place I can be and this location is called the “will of God”. Thank you Jesus❤
This is powerful Sir. I can also relate. I remembered when God asked me to take up an assignment in a Church in Mowe, Ogun state that was barely 3months in establishment. It was a very difficult decision to make because I had to relocate from Lagos and I had no means to sustain myself but today the story is different. God has never left me for once since I obeyed. Thank you Apostle for sharing with us. I love you Sir.
All my life I have been told that I would do the work of God, I’ve gone for prayers with family and organize same with friends and they keep telling me how God is going to use me mightily to heal the sick and raise the dead. I’ve gone to places where they just gave me the Bible and said do the work, I’ve had dreams where I saw a woman in wheelchair and God said in that dream that I should pray for the person to be healed, I was reluctant until he said he would bring someone else to do it, and then I rushed out to do it in that dream and the woman stood up and walked. I recently had a very terrifying dream where my now pastor asked me to preach, I preached in that dream and people were healed at the word I spoke, the message was powerful and everything was glorious. I feel I’m not good enough, I feel sometimes like I haven’t given my life to Christ, I find myself really lazy in reading my Bible and staying consistent in it and consistent in prayers. But I know that if I pray for you, you must be healed, what can I do? I’m getting lost and I need to God to pull me back.
The Bible says, it is God that works in us to WILL and DO of His good pleasure. Trust that if He has called you, He will back you up. Then you also need to do the work, discipline yourself to pray and study. Remember also, Rome wasn't built in a day don't expect to immediately pray 5hrs everyday, you can start with 30mins to 1hr, just make sure you are consistent. The Lord help you and give you peace.
I can complete relate to taking time out to pray to God so as to hear HIm. Planning to pray for x number of days and hearing Him quicker than you anticipated. This puts more emphasis on the truth that God is more willing to speak to you than you are eager to hear from Him.
Thank you Pastey... every point is powerful...❤🔥 particularly your exposition on how the Gospel has shaped and is shaping our societies... Thank you Pastey..
God told me to move to a new city, a city I don't have any family member, He also instructed me by many confirmations not to move out of the country. My father didn't give me a dime while moving, he didn't just buy the idea, my mum had to support me herself. The good thing now is, 3years after, He was moved to the same city I am now because of work, we are now in the same city. Also just days ago, God used him to confirm that I should not move out of the country. And I can say that I have been gliding in grace and God's purpose for me. It only gets better from here.
Thank you sir for this. One major decision I had to make was handing over my ministry to someone else in order to serve in NCCF. I already planned my redeployment but God Insisted that I stayed back. Today, my ministry is better because of that decision. God took me to the east to bless men that I may never meet again till eternity. It’s been 2 years My ministry has moved from one phase to another and it has gotten better. I can relate to this. You’re doing a great job sir and I’m inspired by you. I love you sir
I always knew from University that my career path would be different, but it was really tough and challenging. I remember telling a friend I wanted to be a writer, and he said I wasn't successful enough to have anything meaningful to share. I even gave in at many points, got conventional jobs, and lost everything I made every time, including my peace and health. I've realised that God will have me make time to learn a lot so I can teach others in the future.
Oh wow 🙌🙌 I'm really blessed, thank you so much pastor Iren, I have a question I am a christian by God's grace,So most of the times I usually have dreams seeing myself singing and leading the people of God with new songs of the spirit and I literally feel the atmosphere of God in those dreams, and when I wake up I even remember the lines and choruses of those songs, does that mean God has been trying to communicate something to me? or what does it really mean?
My own difficult decision is to start a business after losing my job instead of seeking another job, still going through it, hope i see the promise made flesh soon 🙏🏾.
Am in it right now, in the middle of a church with a vision the Lord gave me, I always knew am supposed to move forward with it and the time is now. Oh God . Thank you for your messages
Mine was leaving my father - boy! Was it hard! 😭😭😭 Today I'm grateful that I did. Looking back I will leave a thousand times over knowing this is where it leads.
The Lord has been telling me consistently to go and preach in some villages but my job and some little needs as held me back The voice has been consistent even before I got the job in Ilorin I need help Lord 🙏
This blessed me. I remember preparing for NYSC and being diagnose with having slight asthma and I was sent to Katsina. During the period, it was cold and I had just started showing signs of inability to withstand cold. So my parents suggested that I redeploy back to Lagos where I reside. I prayed to God about it and He told me that if I do , the sickness would be permanent in my life. Ha, receiving this I declined redeployment and served in Katsina successful and didn't have any crisis. Recently I had a leading to join a particular ministry but after talking to my parents about it, they refused because they also run a ministry😢. I have been unable to go just that I follow all of the services online but I would really love to be a full time member in order to grow in areas of my life where I am lagging. Watching this broke me😢. God will help me.
Thank you so much apostle Iren That’s a phase I am in now. In this where I missed it was that I didn’t really carry my wife along as I assumed she wasn’t listening but was just ok with where we were. I’ve made the decision and it wasn’t all smooth and rosy but I’m more at peace and thanks to my pastor who released me even when I was almost rebellious because the vision burned in my heart and I couldn’t stay again Thank you for this inspiring video sir
This was deeply insightful. God bless and strengthen you Pastey God has told me that I will revolutionize Christian businesses, and help them thrive. It was a bit funny because while I have solid experience as a market researcher, and most recently as a Brand Strategist. The vision looked (still looks) really big, how do I start? where do I start from? But I remind myself it's one step after the other, and I'm privileged to have 'informally' acted as a business advisory for several Christian brands throuhg last year till now. Planning to take more courses to broaden my knowledge bank, and also be loud about what I do (nothing thrives in silence). Will go back to the vision board. I'm so inspired, God bless you Sir.
This is a blessing to me it my first time in this channel I have been really being ignoring the call of God in my life for years now I don’t have peace . I want to give Him my all now I need help
Hi good evening sir. Could you please make a video on struggling Christians? I want to do things right by God but then, I am constantly failing at times. And then I am afraid because I don't want to be religious. I don't want to open my Bible just to get it over with. This is my second year as a Christian and I want to give myself excuses but I also want to be honest. I remember having encounters with God, infact that was how I was drawn into God until somehow somewhere, it stopped. I don't know when but for a while now, I am combating religion. Call this a rant post sef😂
Yes man of God This blessed my life, to hear again do what the Lord has given me to do don’t look for everyone to understand and don’t look for it to look like everyone else, continue to look to Jesus the author and finisher of my faith. God is mighty who promised and He won’t fail. Praise God.❤
The message has really blessed me. For me, its a matter of moving from a certain religious church to another spirit filled church, so that I can grow spiritually and do Gods work effectively. The place i am moving out from is a place where i been have for years, and my family also fellowship from there, however, I was led to move out. A very tough decision to make
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The Lord told me to shut down a Christian community I was leading, when the community just stated blooming and gaining publicity. He told me to shut it down and focus on my serving local church, I cried and prayed but once I obeyed, I had peace.
wow! that just taught me so much! thank you for sharing. may God reward your obedience 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I can relate to this.
I relate strongly brother strongly
Can absolutely relate to this 😢
Reinhard Bonke 🔥🔥🔥My father and role model...❤❤
God told me last year to start a move for young girls and teenagers generally, I was scared because I'm still a student. I remember crying so much that day and I was sure God spoke because he has been saying it for a while. I got up and started praying and making preparations. We had the program and God did great things from the start to the finish. It's still called Bring Back Our Girls To Christ Campaign. The name itself that God gave me,there were so many questions people asked but God did his thing still
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Reinhard Bonnke was my favorite evangelist ever to listen to. I remember watching and praying for Africa back in the 80s
After escaping the Ukraine-Russia War, I was in another part of Europe. And I heard the Lord clearly tell me not to stay for greener pastures in Europe but to rather come back and follow his will for my life. I did that painfully, but now it is crystal clear that this is where I ought to be at this season of my life. Everything took a new turn, career and ministry. It pays to follow the leadings of God.
Really wow I can connect deeply to this testimony only that I m t my own cross road now, asking God for his divine wisdom
God told me to go ahead with the Fisheries course I was given after I didn't meet the cut off mark for Medicine... The fact that people already thought that I was studying medicine (For context: I came in through Unilag Diploma) and that my mum successfully ran a fish farm for a number of years without having to learn about it in school for 5 years made it really difficult but I was glad I obeyed..
Now, God is calling me to even deeper waters and this story really encouraged me. Thank you so much Pastey
In 2019, I had to resign from my job in Lagos and relocate back to Akure where God had told me several years He wanted me to be. It was such a difficult decision to leave my life and every juicy opportunity in Lagos for a place like Akure, but again, just trusting and obeying God, is all that matters
Thank you sir.
Unlike the examples I grew up seeing, God's instruction to me was not to move but rather to stay put. It was hard because I felt I had outgrown that stage of my life.
I obeyed grudgingly but I am already seeing the wisdom in God's instructions and I'm grateful that I obeyed regardless of the state of my heart and emotions.
wow... one major takeaway for me in this is to hear God myself... Hear God for myself...
The Lord told me to be a stay home mom after marriage. It wasn't easy. A lot of things happened. My parents didn't understand why i ll shelf my Msc Architecture from CU... They had invested in my education. But The Lord has blessed our family greatly. Thank you for this video.
Hmmmm.
Thank you so much sir.
I remember praying about the choice for my undergraduate degree and each time I prayed in a dream God said Mechanical Engineering against my personal desire for Computer Engineering and my Dad too also felt it was a hard course option and would always ask me to have a rethink each time I told him about this leading, the third time I went back to pray again I saw myself in a dream as a graduate of Mechanical Engineering, currently in my final year now and I have no regrets taking on this path and I am particularly grateful to God for the privilege of service to Him and impact in the lives of others all through my years on Campus.
This video has also strengthened me to follow God's leading in other areas of life
The part of God speaking through same dream several times is so profound. I never knew this. But it happened to me this year on such a sensitize matter. For three days in a row i dreamt the same dream. On the third morning i literally woke up crying and filled with the emotions from the dream, ran to my fiancee's place and pleaded profusely that we needed to pray. But deep down i knew God had spoken because i had been having nudges and it wasnt an issue of praying against but a difficult decision we had to make. For months i cried and rebuked it, begging God to change his mind. Its the most heartbreaking decision i have ever had to make.
I was already past 2 interview stages for a job in a leading bank and God told me to stop and He walked me through the process of starting a business of mine
Kai this is powerful. the lord directed me to go to crossrivers for my service year, I went to cu and my parents got a job for me in Lagos I had to tell them no even when I got to camp they relocated me and I canceled it .
I just finished my device year in cross rivers, the things that I encountered with God and the life's that were saved because he used me Kai I thank Gid I followed his instruction
Thank you so much Pastor Iren and the team for taking time out to create and share this video 🙏.
Thank you for sharing sir. This message greatly blessed me.
God told me to separate from someone and i have been struggling with it, but when i listened to this message, i just smiled and asked Him for wisdom and grace to go about the separation.
Yes pastor, i had these experience three years ago i was led to leave the house i used to stay, He asked me to move despite my persistency in trying to stay back. I finally moved.
Late last year the same time i was shown a lot of things about someone i should be walking with and serving under but the trauma from the wrong decisions i made in a bid to help the vision😂 has been difficult to let go.
Now am dealing with accepting even Gods will for marriage but am growing into it by the grace of God.
I remember always telling him the man is too good for me.
And after showing what we are to work together and i was still reluctant and He told me He would replace me and in ny dreams i watch how all that was given to me by God were being taken.
Thank God for His mercy they were returned.
One of the reasons i didn't want to watch the video is because of the caption i saw, because it reminds me of my experience.😂
But am okay now😊
He keeps leading.
This video helped a lot , still learning as a babe in christ😊
Ooh Pasteur this is absolutely profound and blessed me in no small way🎉 Thank you Sir sometimes you may need to go against the statue quo and crowd to do the will of God
Thank you for always obeying the Lord... This is very instructive ..Thanks Dad
By divine leading, I turned down an opportunity to Japa that was fully funded😅
You were speaking to me directly my mentor. I just kept screaming Yeh Yeh...I will do what He has asked me to oh
God has been giving me an instruction for months that I have refused to carry out because of idolizing men’s opinion. Lord help me.
This has been a really heartfelt series. Thank you Pastey
This is too short😢😢😢, please make it longer. Thank you Apostle, God bless you ❤❤❤
Thank you so much sir 🙏🏽
Thank you sir for this truly items. Lot to me , i aam really t my own cross road, trying to mke hard decisions .
Blessed. Thanks sir
So blessed!
Thank you so much for this Sir. This is timely!
Mine sounds confusing but I found peace. First is my strange election into the fivefold after running for years and after 3 years of running ministry work and I am now settling, He said it's time to move to what I called you for and that is scary, I consulted with my wife and few men of God, I delayed but only to say yes to God on this second move as it is unpopular "The AfriOne Mandate Of Rest", but after watching this video, you've reaffirmed a lot. Thank you, Dr. Emmanuel. I celebrate you, sir.
The difficult decision I had to make was definitely when God told me to close my business and start something that was faith-based. I cried when I got the confirmation and clarity about it at Deeper, Lagos. It didn’t make sense cause I was doing so well. But God knows better than me. So, I trust Him.
Thank you Sir❤
Thank you for sharing this Pastey. So blessed.
Thank you so much for this Pastey❤
Apostle mentioned my nameeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Thank you soo much for sharing this. It spoke to me on so many levels. I really appreciate
Wow....i was blessed, am not alone on this journey!
Thank you Apostle for this timely word
Amazing video!! I am convicted and refocused!!! Thank you!!
Thank you for this video, Sir.
Thank you Apostle Iren, I've been so blessed by your teachings
Thank you so much, Pastey.
Fire in my heart watching this❤️🔥
Thank you so much Apostle !!! We are following Sir.
This is so inspiring and timely instruction for me
Thank you so much Apostle.
Thanks a lot for this boss❤
To write a book uniquely. At first, I was like can't I just do it the conventional way but no😂.
So here we are still writing as God drops it in my heart.
I took note of the part of creating idols in our heads. Thank you for that clarity.
Thank you Pastey❤
Mine has to do with studying a career choice.
I have something different in mind although not as job lucrative like the ones my family members what.
And so im confused and to make a decision
My prayer point: God please open my eyes that i understand why you want me to study this course if truly thats what you want me to do.
Thank you so much Pastey
I was instructed. God bless you Sir
God bless you for sharing
Purpose is that one thing for which you were created and at which you must succeed without which nothing else you succeed at will count. Hmm... 📌
This is nice❤
I have a question then please...
SIR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN GOD REPLACES YOU AFTER FALLING FOR THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS AND NOT ACTING PROMPTLY ON WHAT GOD ASKED YOU TO DO ?
Thank you for this.
Thank Pastey, Sir.
I have a question
What if because you feel very unqualified (or practically speaking, you know that you do not even check off the boxes of someone who will not mess things up), you somehow find yourself agreeing with the idea that God should find someone else?
God knows you better than you know yourself, if he gave you the vision, he knows you can do it. Its up to you to decide if you want to or not
@@kingsalemudoidung1862 thank you
I have started... I just always have that thought, like Moses, when things get really overwhelming.
1. Work on yourself. Prepare yourself for the shoes.
2. Taking a cue from many people God use (Gideon, Moses, Jeremiah), it is very possible to feel unqualified. In the end, they were all used mightily. Hence, it is not just about the boxes you tick. See through the lens of God.
@@titusadeoluadekunle1847 Thank you for this. 🙏
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Haaaaaa, this is a hard saying, who ca hear it?
Joining my local church, CCI. I had received clarity that that was where I ought to be. But being an undergraduate and under the supervision of my parents, it was a lot. So many back and forths and family meetings. Then, I took some time to pray and fast on it. Fast forward, my mum now follows Pastey, has even attended Deeper, and has received a major miracle through the ministry. I'm gladly walking in purpose and am fruitful. Glory to God!
I have been in a particular phase of my life for quite a while. A period I will call my ‘waiting period’. Each time I pray, He would ask me to stay. At the beginning it was hard. I struggled 😭. I was angry and I eventually became depressed.
The good news is that He brought me out of that place of depression. When I look back now, I understand better. He has built me and used me to build those around me( my sisters, brother and friends). I have peace now. I am stronger now and I trust Him more.
But I think the biggest part of all of these for me is the level of impact I have been able to make in the lives of my family and friends.
He has called me into something greater and I am ready to follow even if it means doing so afraid.
Thank you so much Pastey for this.
I am encouraged🙏🏾
I have only seen my father cry twice. The day his mother was buried and the day I left home to become a full-time Pastor. I looked like a prodigal son to my parents. It didn't take long for them to see that I was right after taking that bold step
God asked me to stay in a certain local assembly. I had been there for a while but hurts came and people were leaving and I asked God if it was necessary to endure this much pain and that I could hear His word somewhere else. God didn't permit me to leave but to stay and continue serving Him and Him alone because He lead me to the local assembly for Himself and His own purpose. I stayed, it was tough, but God did comfort me through the process, l am glad I obeyed
The Lord led me to start an initiative to reach more people for the gospel. I myself was my own hindrance. I said to myself I didn’t have enough money so I will do it next year. Then my friend just came to randomly and said so you are not going to do what God said. I was overcome with fear and with no dime we started, it is called Criss-Cross today
Having to go through an unfamiliar route hasn’t been easy but it’s been worth it. Over and over again, God continuously emphasizes five words to me and these words are “I am always with you”.
I’m in the best place I can be and this location is called the “will of God”. Thank you Jesus❤
This is powerful Sir. I can also relate.
I remembered when God asked me to take up an assignment in a Church in Mowe, Ogun state that was barely 3months in establishment.
It was a very difficult decision to make because I had to relocate from Lagos and I had no means to sustain myself but today the story is different. God has never left me for once since I obeyed.
Thank you Apostle for sharing with us. I love you Sir.
All my life I have been told that I would do the work of God, I’ve gone for prayers with family and organize same with friends and they keep telling me how God is going to use me mightily to heal the sick and raise the dead. I’ve gone to places where they just gave me the Bible and said do the work, I’ve had dreams where I saw a woman in wheelchair and God said in that dream that I should pray for the person to be healed, I was reluctant until he said he would bring someone else to do it, and then I rushed out to do it in that dream and the woman stood up and walked. I recently had a very terrifying dream where my now pastor asked me to preach, I preached in that dream and people were healed at the word I spoke, the message was powerful and everything was glorious.
I feel I’m not good enough, I feel sometimes like I haven’t given my life to Christ, I find myself really lazy in reading my Bible and staying consistent in it and consistent in prayers. But I know that if I pray for you, you must be healed, what can I do? I’m getting lost and I need to God to pull me back.
You need to understand that God's plan for you is perfect and he will fulfil it through you. He is a good father
The Bible says, it is God that works in us to WILL and DO of His good pleasure. Trust that if He has called you, He will back you up. Then you also need to do the work, discipline yourself to pray and study. Remember also, Rome wasn't built in a day don't expect to immediately pray 5hrs everyday, you can start with 30mins to 1hr, just make sure you are consistent. The Lord help you and give you peace.
I can complete relate to taking time out to pray to God so as to hear HIm. Planning to pray for x number of days and hearing Him quicker than you anticipated. This puts more emphasis on the truth that God is more willing to speak to you than you are eager to hear from Him.
‘…sometimes, we create an idol out of the method…’ WORD! 10:29
How can i thank God enough for stumbling on Pastor Irens' teaching. Everyday im blessed and looking out for more.
Thank you Pastey... every point is powerful...❤🔥 particularly your exposition on how the Gospel has shaped and is shaping our societies... Thank you Pastey..
God told me to move to a new city, a city I don't have any family member, He also instructed me by many confirmations not to move out of the country.
My father didn't give me a dime while moving, he didn't just buy the idea, my mum had to support me herself. The good thing now is, 3years after, He was moved to the same city I am now because of work, we are now in the same city. Also just days ago, God used him to confirm that I should not move out of the country. And I can say that I have been gliding in grace and God's purpose for me. It only gets better from here.
Thank you sir for this. One major decision I had to make was handing over my ministry to someone else in order to serve in NCCF. I already planned my redeployment but God Insisted that I stayed back.
Today, my ministry is better because of that decision. God took me to the east to bless men that I may never meet again till eternity.
It’s been 2 years
My ministry has moved from one phase to another and it has gotten better.
I can relate to this.
You’re doing a great job sir and I’m inspired by you.
I love you sir
I always knew from University that my career path would be different, but it was really tough and challenging. I remember telling a friend I wanted to be a writer, and he said I wasn't successful enough to have anything meaningful to share.
I even gave in at many points, got conventional jobs, and lost everything I made every time, including my peace and health.
I've realised that God will have me make time to learn a lot so I can teach others in the future.
Oh wow 🙌🙌
I'm really blessed, thank you so much pastor Iren,
I have a question I am a christian by God's grace,So most of the times I usually have dreams seeing myself singing and leading the people of God with new songs of the spirit and I literally feel the atmosphere of God in those dreams, and when I wake up I even remember the lines and choruses of those songs, does that mean God has been trying to communicate something to me? or what does it really mean?
Take time and fast and pray about it.He will answer you Himself clearly.
I just finished watching this video and I'm going to preach to my Muslim friend right away.
Pastor Iren, God bless you countless times for giving us this program
My own difficult decision is to start a business after losing my job instead of seeking another job, still going through it, hope i see the promise made flesh soon 🙏🏾.
Am in it right now, in the middle of a church with a vision the Lord gave me, I always knew am supposed to move forward with it and the time is now. Oh God . Thank you for your messages
Mine was leaving my father - boy! Was it hard! 😭😭😭 Today I'm grateful that I did. Looking back I will leave a thousand times over knowing this is where it leads.
Truly inspiring. I receive the grace to do all that God has asked me to do. I will not be dropped, I will not be replaced.
Thank you P.Iren
This is so profound and powerful! There are a lot of instructions here. Thank you for this, Pastey!
Pastey's commentary series is vintage.
The list of decisions is endless.
Most dramatic 2
- Not working my NYSC posting
- Staying in Nigeria
The Lord has been telling me consistently to go and preach in some villages but my job and some little needs as held me back
The voice has been consistent even before I got the job in Ilorin
I need help Lord 🙏
This blessed me. I remember preparing for NYSC and being diagnose with having slight asthma and I was sent to Katsina. During the period, it was cold and I had just started showing signs of inability to withstand cold. So my parents suggested that I redeploy back to Lagos where I reside. I prayed to God about it and He told me that if I do , the sickness would be permanent in my life. Ha, receiving this I declined redeployment and served in Katsina successful and didn't have any crisis.
Recently I had a leading to join a particular ministry but after talking to my parents about it, they refused because they also run a ministry😢.
I have been unable to go just that I follow all of the services online but I would really love to be a full time member in order to grow in areas of my life where I am lagging.
Watching this broke me😢. God will help me.
You should pray to God to touch the hearts of your parents. He did it to mine
@@gonehbarileep7763 I have tried and still trying. But it's wearing me out😥
Thank you so much apostle Iren
That’s a phase I am in now. In this where I missed it was that I didn’t really carry my wife along as I assumed she wasn’t listening but was just ok with where we were.
I’ve made the decision and it wasn’t all smooth and rosy but I’m more at peace and thanks to my pastor who released me even when I was almost rebellious because the vision burned in my heart and I couldn’t stay again
Thank you for this inspiring video sir
This was deeply insightful. God bless and strengthen you Pastey
God has told me that I will revolutionize Christian businesses, and help them thrive. It was a bit funny because while I have solid experience as a market researcher, and most recently as a Brand Strategist. The vision looked (still looks) really big, how do I start? where do I start from?
But I remind myself it's one step after the other, and I'm privileged to have 'informally' acted as a business advisory for several Christian brands throuhg last year till now. Planning to take more courses to broaden my knowledge bank, and also be loud about what I do (nothing thrives in silence).
Will go back to the vision board. I'm so inspired, God bless you Sir.
This is a blessing to me it my first time in this channel
I have been really being ignoring the call of God in my life for years now I don’t have peace .
I want to give Him my all now I need help
Thank you Apostle for this. Thank you Sir.
Thank you so much Pastey! This is Timely✨🙌🏾
Hi good evening sir. Could you please make a video on struggling Christians? I want to do things right by God but then, I am constantly failing at times. And then I am afraid because I don't want to be religious. I don't want to open my Bible just to get it over with. This is my second year as a Christian and I want to give myself excuses but I also want to be honest. I remember having encounters with God, infact that was how I was drawn into God until somehow somewhere, it stopped. I don't know when but for a while now, I am combating religion. Call this a rant post sef😂
Please can you share a word of prayer for those who need strength to do what the Lord needs than to do?
Yes man of God This blessed my life, to hear again do what the Lord has given me to do don’t look for everyone to understand and don’t look for it to look like everyone else, continue to look to Jesus the author and finisher of my faith. God is mighty who promised and He won’t fail. Praise God.❤
I woke from a dream with the scripture Joel 2:25 this night and then I came across this video on someone's status...
Mine is a little but not has profound yet. I made a decision to not watch any movies or listen to any music that takes my focus away from God
This message is so timely for me.
Thank you for sharing.
I thank God for guiding me into it.
Your laugh is…😂 I just wouldn't want to be on a losing side to that laugh. Love you sir ❤
Thank you so much sir
Wow!❤🙏🏾
I think God is calling me, how will I surely know
God bless you sir for this
The message has really blessed me. For me, its a matter of moving from a certain religious church to another spirit filled church, so that I can grow spiritually and do Gods work effectively. The place i am moving out from is a place where i been have for years, and my family also fellowship from there, however, I was led to move out. A very tough decision to make
I will make up my mind to do the Lord's will 🎉🎉🎉