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Stuck in a Dead Relationship or Job? Here's Why You Won't Leave

You feel trapped in circumstances that drain you-a relationship that hurts, a job going nowhere, life not improving. The real problem isn't laziness. It's separation from purpose.

Pastor Ricardo Zaal · Fountain of Grace International, Pretoria North

You feel unmotivated even though you know you should leave, change, or move forward.

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This message is for you if:

  • You stay in situations you know are bad for you
  • You wake up without a reason to get out of bed
  • You know what needs to change but can't find the drive
  • You need faith connected to real action, not just inspiration

You are not lazy. You lack vision.

Laziness is not about skipping dishes or sleeping in. Real laziness is sitting in a relationship for ten years while your partner hits you. It's staying in a job where you're not moving forward. It's waking up without a reason to change anything.

The problem is not effort. The problem is motivation rooted in purpose. If you knew that getting to Johannesburg would pay you 100,000 rand, you would find a way-borrow ten rand from a neighbor, walk, hitch a ride. Obstacles would not stop you because you had a vision pulling you forward.

When Jesus is not your first priority and your reason for changing, you stay comfortable with what hurts you. You settle. You wait. Nothing moves. The Scripture says in Proverbs 6:6-8 to go to the ant and observe its ways-the ant works with diligence because it understands what it is working toward. It gathers in summer knowing winter comes. It has vision. You don't.

Vision starts when you make Jesus your first love

Jesus said in John 12:32, 'If I am lifted up, I will draw all people to myself.' Who you lift up is who motivates your life. If you lift up comfort, safety, or someone else's opinion, those things drive your decisions. But when you lift Jesus as the priority-when every choice asks 'Am I glorifying God with this?'-everything changes.

This is not soft spirituality. It is ruthless clarity. Stop complaining. Complaining is not prayer. When you praise God instead, the Bible says He inhabits the praises of His children. His presence moves into the space where your voice lifts Him up. And when God is present, your world stops being shaken by obstacles. You stop being shaken by fear because you are in rhythm with something greater.

Start small. You do not need a perfect plan or total confidence. You need to move. One step. Then celebrate it. Build momentum by doing manageable tasks-not the whole mountain at once, but the next stone in front of you. Proverbs 13:4 is direct: 'Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.' Diligence is work with purpose. It is work connected to vision.

Build your vision with accountability and affirmation

Do not keep your vision silent. Tell someone. Find an accountability partner-a real person who will tell you the truth, who will push you when you want to quit, who will celebrate when you take a hard step. The Bible says in Proverbs 27:17, 'As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.' Get around iron. Not plastic people who tear you down-iron people who sharpen you.

Then speak to yourself the way God speaks to you. Proverbs 23:7 says, 'As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.' Your heart is deeper than your mind. When you say 'I am strong,' when you say 'I am capable,' when you say 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me' (Philippians 4:13), you are not lying to yourself. You are aligning yourself with truth. The weak declaring 'I am strong' are declaring that His strength is perfect in their weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).

Celebrate every small win. The first time you borrow money to get closer to your goal, mark that day. The first time you say no to something that holds you back, celebrate it. These moments are proof that change is real. They are the fuel that keeps you moving when the next obstacle appears.

Jesus broke the pattern so you can too

Look at David and Goliath. David was small. Everyone expected him to wear armor like every other soldier. But he refused the norm. He used what worked for him-a stone and a sling. He did not follow the script everyone else followed. He saw an obstacle that seemed impossible, but he had faith rooted in something bigger than the fear. He overcame because he was not motivated by what other soldiers did. He was motivated by defending God's honor.

Jesus told His followers they would do greater things than He did (John 12:32-33). In His time, without social media or cameras, three thousand people came to faith in a single meeting. Today you have every tool-phone, internet, reach-to impact the world. But you are waiting. You are stuck. You are unmotivated because you have separated Jesus from your daily decisions.

When you bring Jesus back into your life-not as a Sunday thing but as the answer to every question-your motivation returns. Your vision clears. Your obstacles become stepping stones instead of walls. Stop asking why things are not working. Ask instead: Am I glorifying God with this choice? Is Jesus my first love here? The answer will set you free.

Start today. One step. One choice.

You are not lazy. You have simply forgotten that laziness is not about rest. It is about staying comfortable when you should be moving. It is choosing the familiar hurt over the uncertain change. And that choice is a spiritual choice, not a willpower choice.

This week, do one thing. Make one phone call. Write one plan. Tell one person your vision. Celebrate that step. Then take the next. Do not wait for the perfect moment or complete confidence. The moment you move is the moment everything starts to shift. Philippians 4:13 is not a suggestion. It is a promise: 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.'

Your life is not over. Your opportunity is not gone. But time is moving. Make the vision clear. Make Jesus the priority. Make the first move. Then watch what happens when you stop living for comfort and start living for something that matters.

"Laziness is not about the dishes. It is about sitting in a relationship that beats you and thinking the person will change."

- Pastor Ricardo Zaal

Key Takeaways

  1. Vision tied to purpose is stronger than comfort When you know where you are going and why, obstacles become fuel instead of walls. The ant gathers in summer for winter. David faced Goliath because he was defending God's honor, not because he had the right armor. Vision rooted in Jesus-in glorifying Him and building His kingdom-gives you a reason to leave the job, leave the relationship, and take the risk. Without vision, you settle. Without purpose, you stay. The moment you connect your vision to something greater than your own safety, you find the strength to move.
  2. Faith is not thought-it is action connected to Jesus Proverbs 6:6-8 does not say think about the ant. It says go to the ant and observe. Watch how it works. Then do the same. Faith in Jesus is not a feeling or a Sunday declaration. It is bringing Him into every decision. Every plan. Every choice. It is asking 'Does this glorify God?' before you act. When your affirmations are rooted in Scripture-'I am strong in Christ,' 'I can do all things through Him,' 'I am made in His image'-you are not pumping yourself up. You are aligning yourself with reality. And reality aligned with Jesus moves mountains.
  3. Small steps with celebration build the momentum that defeats laziness You do not need to see the whole staircase. You need to take the next step and mark it. Start small. Build slowly. Get iron people around you who sharpen, not plastic people who tear down. Celebrate every win-borrowing ten rand to get to Johannesburg, having the hard conversation, taking the job interview. These celebrations are not vanity. They are proof that change is real. They are the momentum that carries you through the next obstacle. Diligent hands create wealth not because of luck but because diligent hands are attached to a vision and a purpose that do not quit.

If you are in or around Pretoria or Johannesburg, come and join us on a Sunday - these messages are preached live every week at Fountain of Grace International, 323 B Danie Theron Street, Pretoria North.

Frequently Asked Questions

I know I should leave this relationship but I can't find the strength. What am I missing?

You are missing vision tied to Jesus. Laziness here is not laziness-it is comfort that costs you your life. Proverbs 13:4 says lazy hands make poverty. Staying in harm for security is poverty of the soul. Make Jesus your first priority. Ask yourself: Does this relationship glorify God? The answer will be no. Then tell someone. Get accountability. Take one step-save a phone number, write down a plan, reach out to a counselor. One step. Celebrate it. Then take the next. Your strength comes not from confidence but from moving, and from knowing that greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

How do I actually stay motivated when obstacles keep showing up?

Two things. One: surround yourself with accountability-real iron people, not plastic people. Proverbs 27:17 says one person sharpens another. You need someone who will tell you the truth and push you when you want to quit. Two: speak to yourself the way God speaks to you. Your thoughts create your reality (Proverbs 23:7). When obstacles come, do not say 'I cannot.' Say 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me' (Philippians 4:13). Not because it sounds nice, but because it is true. And celebrate every small win. Mark the day you borrow ten rand, take the interview, say no to the thing that hurts you. These moments prove change is real. They fuel the next step.

But won't it take forever to change if I just do small steps?

The ant does not move a house in one day. It moves one grain, then another, then another. But it never stops. And it arrives. The question is not speed. The question is: Are you arriving toward something or standing still? David did not train for ten years to face Goliath. He took his stone and moved. One sling. One victory. Then his life changed. You do not need to see the whole path. You need to see the next step and take it. And you need to know that Jesus is the one pulling you forward, not your own strength. Start small. Build momentum. Celebrate progress. Stay connected to accountability. And keep your eyes on Jesus as your first priority. That is how change becomes real.

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Oh, I finally found someone who really cares So Jesus came my way and said, this is your day And I'm ready today And I'm used to keep you off my way But I kept holding on I'm lonely I feel so good I want me myself I finally found someone who really cares So Jesus came my way He took my hands and said, this is your day And the last is to pray from day to day And the last is to keep me out of my way But I kept holding on I'm holding on I come to you in the mighty name of Jesus This morning I just want to give you the praise, the honor That you deserve, my God, for you are God There is no one like you No one can even be compared to you, my God That is why this morning I just want to thank you I want to thank you for a time where we can gather in your name And exalt your name Because your name is worthy to be exalted Especially seeing that I had a tough week after Or let me say behind my back A week that almost Sent me to the As we say, the white lips in Portsmouth I know that I only have white lips But all I know is that I can thank the Lord That the Lord is faithful The Lord knows his way for me And he knows what he is doing for me Maybe you can imagine That he is a winner But he is actually a winner He was a winner On the cross of Golgotha And that is why we can stand strong today and say That Jesus lives So if you follow me And have seen my previous videos It is all about Jesus It will never be strange for myself Because I am just a mere vessel I am only but a vessel I am a vessel that God is using In a time like this And the vessel that God is using Is somebody That goes through a lot And still surviving a lot Because if I can say to you That we are alive Because of the grace that Jesus has for you And remember, I need you to understand this And I need you to get it thoroughly Or to get it clearly That Jesus is the one That has made me to stand here Jesus is the one that this is all about And I want to greet each and every one of you Under the sound of my voice Whether you are a leader Whether you are just a member Whether you are just a visitor I just want to greet you in that name The name that is above every other name The name Jesus So as much as it sounds like I am bragging But I am not bragging in myself But I am standing here because of Jesus Jesus the author and the finisher of my faith The author and the finisher of my faith The one that took me out where I have been And set me up where he wants me to be Just a little bit of a testimony I went to Free State this week And I went there When I went to Free State I was such a ball of joy I was happy man You know when you are happy doing things And then suddenly my life just changed In the blink of an eye And when I say to you in the blink of an eye I literally mean within a few minutes I found myself in a hospital Fighting for my life About three head wounds Arm that was scratched But God has been faithful He has been faithful And being faithful I mean he literally was faithful The only thing I could think of when I was in that hospital bed What about my children? Imagine If I would have died I was just thinking of the children And I am grateful, so grateful For being alive But with no further ado I want to take the time and reiterate to you Last week we were speaking on a topic That you are not lazy You are a lot more And for some I can say you are really lazy Because when your family has taught you That every Sunday you should be in church But up till today you are not You know we grow up in a family Where on a Sunday whether you are drunk Bubble ass Or whether you are just coming now From wherever you were But by the time it is church time Everybody goes to church When I look at today's lives No wonder Jesus has been taken out of the schools No wonder Christianity has been taken out of the schools Because you are taking Jesus for granted That is the reason why you are not in church It is the reason why you are where you are It is the reason why you literally Have so many things happening in your life And you keep on asking Why is things not going Or why is things not going according to plan But I can tell you now the reason why Things is not going according to plan Is because you don't put Jesus in your plans And I might sound harsh today But I need to say this Because of this is the things That makes you to go down or be lifted Jesus says these words I will be lifted And as I will be lifted I will draw men unto me So who are you drawn to? Is the one that you lift up And the one that you lift up Is the reason why life is so hard Because you keep on lifting up Satan In different ways You keep on lifting Satan up You keep on making him The one that you keep on talking Whenever you say Satan this It is a call unto him And that call unto him Is actually putting the emphasis on him The Bible says let the weak say I am strong So when the Bible says let the weak say I am strong Even though you are in the situation where you are Even though you are weak Confess that you are strong Even though you are poor Confess that you are rich Because in doing that You glorifying Jesus You glorifying Jesus So when you glorify Jesus It's like I don't know I don't know if you ever If you ever heard about this The saying that says that When you are praising God inhabits the praises of his children So when you are complaining You are not praising God So when you are complaining You are actually pushing God out Or Jesus out of your life Because when you complain The glorification doesn't go to Jesus So the emphasis today is to To let you know that When the weak say I am strong It means that It draws the strength from Jesus You know when When God inhabits the praises It's like Let me explain to you this way When you praise Jesus And God is inhabiting the praises of his children But remember the Bible says that The earth is his footstool So when he is happy with your praises Have you ever hear When your best song is playing Or did you ever see that For some reason you just step your feet on the beat Because you are happy with that sound Now when I come back to God inhabits the praises of his people It means that where he is sitting With the earth being on his footstool And inhabiting the praises of his people It means that his feet goes like this With every sound Oh God you are so good Oh God you are awesome And his foot will stem And then that's the reason why When you as a person that doesn't know God Suddenly your world is shaken up And when your world is shaken up You don't understand Why is my world turning upside down Why is things not going Jesus is actually inhabiting the praises of his children So that when he hits That the world starts to shake And the ones that is not in unison With the praises that goes on to God You are the one that gets shaken off You are the one that feel the pain You are the one that feel the tremble You know when somebody Is in a situation that You feel like your world is upside down Nothing is coming right You should be asking your question The question I mean You should be asking the question Am I at the right place? Am I at the right place? Because when you are inhabiting Or when you are praising God It's where you cannot be shaken off You cannot be shaken off And when you cannot be shaken off It's because you are in unison With the beat of God Because if you go down And God go up It means that when he comes down He will shake you up It's like a rhythm If I can speak to you about A trampoline When there's a few people on a trampoline If they don't jump All of them at once It means one will break his legs Or will fall off the trampoline It's the same thing with God's people When they are praising God It's like that trampoline When all of them go up And all of them go down And all of them go up And the trampoline does not make a difficulty In them jumping It's how God is actually stepping his foot On this earth By inhabiting your praises And keep on bouncing Oh bounce, bounce, bounce And for some of you don't understand Why life has been so hard It's because you forget Your first love And Jesus should always be your first love Whatever you do Should either be a question Am I glorifying God? Or am I not glorifying God? So whenever you do something When glorifying God It will not hurt others You will not be able to How do you say To do things in a manner of Being out of alignment with God So when I say to you this I want you to understand the urge To be in God's presence Because for far too long You have not been going even To a place where somebody glorifying Jesus Whenever you go to your table When you eat It's almost like as if you just want to Just want to take the food and start eating And for some reason You are actually killing yourself You are killing yourself So let me go back to the The thing that I was saying to you I said to you, you are not lazy You are a lot more And this is the part two Of my last week's message But I want to reiterate to you The fact that I said to you You are not lazy I said to you You have not get into a situation Of life and death And that is the reason why You still not following Christ You have not come to a part Where it's either Jesus or die It's the reason why You have come to a place Whenever you are How do you call it? When you You see some people Say okay life is good I have money I have a car I have a house Everything is still fine But do you know that the moment God remove his hands It has something That I can tell you That will shatter your world Jesus, Jesus just needs Just needs to lift a finger And said this one is not Glorifying me In whatever you have So I just want to lift my finger And all things come Tumbling down Everything will come Tumbling down But because God is still Showing mercy and grace Towards you Is the reason why You are still where you are Now you might be asking me What do I mean by this? I said you are not lazy Because there's certain things That is not inspiring you To move towards where you want to be Or where God wants you to be I mean getting up in the morning There should be something That How do you call it? That should motivate you To get up If there's nothing to motivate you To get up You will not get up One thing I can brag about And I brag about it Because I want Satan to know That he doesn't have a hold Over my family And when I brag about it Is that when I wake up In the morning I sometimes don't ever Tried to get up But just the mere fact That I see my wife is awake And doing things Make me feel bad Make me feel motivated To also get up And start doing something Because she's already busy But some take it for granted All my kids take it for granted That I can guarantee you They think that when they wake up The food must be there They think that when they get up in the morning There must be electricity They don't have a clue Where all these things come from Or how much effort we have Or not we But myself and my wife Has put in to get this They're not lazy Their life has never been shaken To wake them up To see that there's something That I can tell you That might be of a difficulty And for some reason I love the way That things happen in life To wake us up Like the thing I've told you about Me getting into the bedroom The next thing Finding myself in the hospital Sitting there with three wounds to the head Dizzy, can't remember a thing These things need to happen To get us to wake up And have gratitude Gratitude towards Are you saying What we have in life You know some of the things we don't have But the things that we do have If we are more grateful for that There will be more things to be grateful for Because we're focusing so much On what we don't have Is the reason why what we have Sounds too small or it feels too small It feels, it really feels small When you wake up in the morning And there is a bump You think it's there It's just, it should be there Have you ever waken up in the morning When there is a bump But your mouth cannot chew Because of the injury in your mouth You can't swallow You will be grateful for the bump that is there But you will realize that healthy Is better to have Recap to our last meeting Or our last week's message I said to you Go to the end and be wise And what I mean is not Go to the last spot I mean the end Which is an animal And be wise And this can be a double meaning Because if I say to you The end Go to the end Look at when you When you chose to To blow out your last breath And you see what you are doing now Does not make sense You will really feel like Wow If I love my life to the last And I hear the Eulerly What they call that thing? Eulerly Is that thing that you are by the funeral And they sound your praises or they Is Eulerly I think Okay but that's not better The thing I'm saying to you is that Imagine here is your coffin And somebody speak about you Picture this This one I've never seen him in church But today I must come and bury him This one You know the last time I spoke to him He just said Through his teeth and I couldn't even hear The last time I asked him to do something He said to me no Imagine A praising Eulerly Eulergy I think it's Eulergy if I'm not mistaken I don't know what they call that thing But imagine somebody Standing at your funeral And talk so much nonsense That is the truth Not to say they are talking nonsense Mark Remember everywhere in a funeral You will always hear he was this good person But what if there is somebody That is asked to come and speak On your funeral But only know the bad side of it He only know the way you hit it And the guy will say You know that day I was just asking him For a piece of bread and the next thing I was on the floor He hit me so hard Because I just asked bread A mere bread I didn't ask bologna Or I didn't ask Meat I asked bread Then You're looking at the end And you start thinking To be more wiser today So that when the end comes I have lived my life Fulfilled I have lived my life to the To the To the best But getting back to the scripture That says the following Go to the end you're slugger Consider it ways And be wise Go to the end slugger Meaning to say that You should go and observe What the ends are doing daily And by doing these things That the ends are doing daily Or looking at what they are doing You will learn a few things You will learn number one To be diligent So you work tirelessly Tirelessly Then to go to the end It's seeing how they cooperate with each other And working in unity That's the Looking at the end what is happening Then when you're looking at the end You're also looking at number three They overcome the obstacles Because sometimes they have to Pick up things that is even Triple the size that they are And they don't stop there They keep on moving Because that's what they have to do Then I said to you You also need to To work in humility And serving others So you need to be humble Like an ant Not knowing that Or not working selfishly That's what I said to you Because the Bible says In Philippians 2 verse 3 It says do nothing Out of selfish ambition And vain conceit Then I said to you Number five This is the one I said to you I need a whole Sermon for it It's to utilize your planning And foresight An ant Plant I mean an ant Gather In the summer Knowing winter is coming But have you ever Look at your life And ask yourself Life? Is there something That I need to look forward to? Is there something I need to look forward to? I feel a little bit dizzy Would it be fine If I sit down and preach? It's one of the reasons Why When life gives you lemon You make lemonade When life gives you lemon You make lemonade You make lemonade So now today Let's take it to the Next part And I said to you The second part Will be About how would you Overcome This laziness How would you overcome this laziness? So now Now you understand You need to go to the ants And see the ants ways And be wise In it But if you as a person Want to go there How do I do this? How will I be able to How will I be able to To To Not be lazy Let me say it that way Not to be lazy Not to be lazy Is sometimes Had to do With a lot of things And a lot of things that can help you I'm trying to see If I If I put Anything here I have not Done so How to overcome The laziness concept Is number one Which I have not Noted on my On my things The number one is To have a vision If you know where you are going Any Obstacle that gets thrown in your Way That will stop you If you don't have a vision Because That obstacle is the one That will now not letting you Go forward So you have to have that If you want to go to Joburg If you can't find the taxi Or you don't have a car Does that stop you From going to Joburg It does not stop you Because you know for a fact That if I get to Joburg somebody will give Me a hundred thousand ring Would I then Be saying I don't Have money because I know I'm going to get a hundred thousand ring The motivation Behind it Will make it so nicely You know the motivation will be like Ah Let me go to next door neighbor Hey I told you Ten rand Go to the next Next one Please my man I just need ten rand To go to Joburg When I come back I'll give you You are so motivated Knowing that you'll get a hundred thousand ring And when you come back The ten rand that you have borrowed It doesn't even matter Because now that ten rand You use it and somebody give the guy A twenty rand You see it's Motivating you to go forward But what is it That is motivating us today It's the things That does not make sense in God's eyes And that is the reason Why we are lazy And another reason I can Help you to overcome the Laziness You start small And build up a momentum When I say starting small Do you know It's the hardest to start Let's start a business It took you very long To start a business You were contemplating You were contemplating And every time whenever you start a business Or wanting to start There's always some sort of I think And you think yourself out of it So when you start small The starting small Is overcoming laziness Because sometimes you can Feel overwhelmed With the bigger steps You know to get to job It feels overwhelmed But when you break it Up into smaller pieces It will be easy How do you break it Up into smaller pieces Is to start Saying what can I do now To make the trip Better Start planning Start getting let's say finances Or a car Or a hike You know that these days You can take the day And say please I'm going to job Nobody will even Watch you Sometimes when you come They will tell you Look I need to go to job But I don't have money Now get in the car So you have to break it up Let me just get up And Let me just get up And How do you call it Wash yourself Because if you want to go to job Already You're not confident enough So build A Momentum of smaller Increment Incremental steps Because like ants Ants are carrying small objects But they keep on doing They constantly Small small So it begins with manageable task It begins with gradually Increasing Your difficulty From where you are Using How to become A bodybuilder Start by a 5 kilogram Or even 2 kilogram Dumbbells Moving from that 2 kilogram To 5 kilogram Moving from the 5 kilogram To 10 kilogram Moving from the 10 to 15 To 20 and so it goes on That's how you Build It That's how you overcome your laziness That's how you overcome And remember I said to you Laziness It has nothing to do With you Not wanting to do certain things Because When I talk about laziness I'm talking about the person That sits in a relationship for the past 10 years and thinking that This person will change And the person has been hitting Him or her for the past 10 years You are lazy Get out of that Get out of that Relationship Because that relationship Will kill you Laziness is you Sitting in a job And you see that You're not going forward So I'm not talking about Laziness who is the one that doesn't Do the dishes That's the type of Laziness It's not the type of laziness I'm talking about You know Philippines 4 Was 13 encourages Like it literally Provides us with encouragement It says I can Do all things through him Who strengthens me So whenever you start doing something It's just for you To start It's just for you to start Because the moment you start Is the thing That will start Oiling the wheel Bishop you know when There's no grease In certain places It goes You see So you just put Small bit of oil Or grease And it will start moving What's that thing called Wheel bearing A wheel bearing It might be having problems But if it's dry It will not go If it's rusty It will not go You start with Getting rid of the rust First Then That's number one I said to you Number two I said to you Start with small increments Or start with small And build up momentum Then I said number three You know sometimes I want to do something But I keep it for myself In my mind I'm going to be But now I'm keeping it To myself Nobody knows And because nobody knows You fall back in your old ways again So find Yourself an accountable Person Who can support you A person that Can tell you You're in the wrong way So when you When there's a When there's somebody Who can say to you In the morning Wake up at seven o'clock It's easy to wake up Because there's an accountability Partner Just as ants work as a unit They find supportive environments Or individuals Who can hold you accountable For your goals Because remember why A work of ant Works that hard Is because he knows that If he doesn't do it The queen Will die The queen will die There's a song I love so much I think it's Junita And Benamor Junita something something Benamor something I need you You need me We're all A part of God's Body Stand with me Agree with me You are Important to me I need you To survive You know that actually means That as I am About to win You will win as well You will win as well Proverbs Proverbs 27 Verse 17 says it so nicely It says As iron sharpen Ions so one person Sharpens another But now you get The naysayers that says But You're not going to be able to Get a million dollar business Why not give up That is not an iron That is a Plastic Burn it Burn it That person you need to take The lighter and burn Him because it's a plastic it's not An iron It's only iron that can Sharpen iron not a Plastic that can sharpen another Plastic they will rather I don't know but whatever So Surround yourself with people Who inspire you And motivate you Who inspire you And motivate you And then you know You know what is the nicest part is That You have set yourself a vision You start moving slowly Then you get a partner who Will push you But it's no use Of having all these Things in place If you don't have The first winning To celebrate You need to identify Your rewards and celebrate those Milestones I want to go to Jobak I'm telling my wife I'm going to Jobak Me and my wife we start Speaking to some people start borrowing As the money The moment we have the money We start celebrating So you need to celebrate That small Moments Because those small moments Is the one that makes you To go forward Because you are celebrating it So when you Go to Proverbs 13 verse 4 Proverbs 13 verse 4 says The following lazy hands Make for poverty And I'm not talking about the one That doesn't wash the dishes Neither do I Talk about the one That doesn't wash himself Neither am I Talking about the one that smells like Like whatever I'm saying Lazy hands makes poverty Is the one that sits in That relationship Gets beaten up Almost died Go to hospital come back And still sit in that Relationship Lazy hands Make for poverty But diligent hands Bring wealth What does diligent Hand means In our time of today It doesn't Mean like slavery before You were working for the master And only the master eat Bishop that thing that Says I like that That saying It comes from your West African site Where it says Monkey chop Baboon de chop Monkey they work baboon they eat It's It's like Proverbs Yes Monkey they work baboon they chop Monkey they work baboon they chop Which is such a nice Thing Sometimes don't work smart Enough to Eat with what you are working So this monkey Has been working But somebody else Is eating So your hands Needs to be wise To do things And as you go along Celebrate progress Because by celebrating Progress it will reinforce Your efforts and keep you Motivated on your journey towards Greater diligence Because if I If I speak To you today And I'm saying to you Do you remember a time When life was Best You were winning Some of us doesn't even Have that memory We can't even remember Can't even remember You can't remember Do you know why you can't remember It's because of You have not Pen it down or mark it Making a mark The very first time I got the opportunity to buy a House I marked that time As a changing time In my life I didn't get a loan For four thousand Rent from a bank I marked it As a day of change And I so much Celebrate that day Because that is the day That makes me to realize that Anything is possible You don't need The systems of the banks today To get what you want It's a milestone That you have to do Then I go To Is number five I think Where I say to you Now you have Pinned down the vision Number one you have pinned down the vision You have started working You have built the momentum You get yourself an accountable Partner You keep on celebrating You keep on celebrating Yes yes I made it And then Just as you made it Is something Happening now You know What sometimes happen The moment you start bragging I've done it Then Satan comes With his small voice Ah You have not even done This on your own Your mumu And this is where You come And speak to the one That is within You know greater is he That is within me Than he that is in the world Greater is he That is in me That is in the world Now you need to find that one In your life You need to keep on Motivating yourself Keep on speaking To yourself Then you need to now take the Negative thoughts And reaffirm it With positive affirmations And this might Sound like Ok there is a guy Called Tony Robinson Now Tony Robinson Says something that If you speak to yourself In a negative way You will always have A slouching Posture Because I'm useless I'm a nobody I don't I don't fit in society By the time you realise You are You are crawling Under the baggage That you have put yourself But have you ever Used Something called Positive Words And body Language If I talk about Positive body language I talk about Somebody I'm a useless Head will be going down I am made in the image Of God It's like I'm walking Nobody can touch me You see It's a different Thing The moment you start speaking Positively to yourself Is the moment You start Taking your chest out Your shoulder blades Together And you are Is also one of the things That will take out That laziness out of you Because it's that laziness That keeps on bringing A negative Self talk in yourself Because the Bible says it Bishop, do you know the Bible says that Let the weak say I'm strong It's not me It's not me that says Let the weak say I'm strong So what does it mean? It says even though I'm weak I am strong And the nicest part of it is that When the Bible says that In our weakness His strength is perfect So even though You are weak Remind yourself His strength Is perfect This is affirmations that you need To do because you need To literally combat Those thoughts of laziness And use mantras Like I'm capable I'm hardworking Each step forward brings me Closer to my goal Just one small step forward Bring me closer to my goal These are the things that You need to tell yourself You need to go back to the Bible Let the weak say I'm strong Let the poor say I'm I'm rich You need to use those Things There's therefore no condemnation To those who are in Christ You need to tell yourself I've made a mistake Yes I Again Admit I admit it God I've made a mistake I'm sorry I'm begging you I've made a mistake I admit I'm at fault But This is not going to Bring me down Because if we go back to Proverbs 23 verse 7 It actually suggests to us For as he thinks In his heart So he is As he thinks in his heart So as he thinks in his heart Meaning to say that It's a deeper thought Than the mind thought Because your heart Is deeper Than your mind Your heart Pumps the blood To every part of the body Your brain sends The signal But the blood Pumps it back And it means that when you When you have something in your heart You know You know in our African culture You know that one It says Below As he feels Your heart is the worst Muti that you can Find than anything Any concoction Than what a A Herbalist or you call Sangoma Can put together Your heart When somebody says I carry you In my heart You are gone Because the Heart they use To speak wrong out To you And that is why When you say into your heart I'm going to make it And it goes deep Within your heart You will make it You will make it Because When you positively Put things together When you positively put things together You are You are helping yourself The The head Is not really Too sharp Let's go to number six And I will I say this one is the last one Do you know that In history Is a lot That happen That will make us That will make us The person that we are today If I speak to you about Overcoming Challenges I say to you To stop Laziness Is to go and look at others Who have been where you are And they've managed to triumph So you go back And look Because somebody Somewhere Sit in your shoes Before They sit in your shoes and they went through The exact same thing That you are going through And today They are triumphant You need to find Inspiration Especially Find it in the Bible Because if you go To the Bible The Bible has a solution For every problem That you ever had in your life There's a solution For you Because if I go to To David's Being defeating Goliath David was A mere Small ant In a giant Field But that ant Put an ant To A Blasphism The one that's sworn You call it blasphism You know that English word but That word Blaspheme He blasphemed The children of God And because he did that He put a curse On himself He put a curse on himself So when somebody tells you You are useless And you know you are a child of God Just tell them Please Rewind those words Say it How do you call it? Reverse them Try and Rather put A blessing Because that words that you are Using is the words that will Kill you If I go back to the Bible And we're talking About Jesus being our Forerunner The one that we follow It's me I'm running after Jesus I don't Follow no man You can be The miracle worker You can be the Whatever whatever Jesus I want the Jesus in you I don't want the Anointing that you have because your Anointing is just Mere For you And for the person that is surrounding you But you know Jesus Impact Like He's impacting the whole world Who is Who is somebody that Had more People mentioning his Name than him Let's talk about Today's prophets Let's talk About them Before They were alive Which was Let's call it sixty years Before sixty Years were they ever Mentioned by somebody else No If I talk about your T.D. Jakes sixty Years ago were he even Mentioned he hasn't Been mentioned so how Do we overcome our challenges Is to go Back to our Bible And study Jesus Because through studying him Remember he said these words Just before he He said You will do better Things than what I did So he said your impact will be Better Because today I'm Having social media Let me see Okay there's no Okay there's somebody watching with us Now no there's no one Watching with us but what I'm trying To say is that we have Social media to reach the world quicker Those years There was No social media that Goes fast fast And still in One meeting three thousand People came to God Three thousand people If you would have taken Social media and Add all the different social Medias and add the media As well with the cameras How many of them would have Then that be so how Do we overcome our challenges Is to go back To the drawing board And ask Jesus what We can do how can We overcome our laziness And things that we Go through because these stories It shows how faith and determination Can overcome seemingly Unsurmountable Obstacles And it also cultivates Diligence in our own lives Diligence It makes us to want to Want to do more And you know that I Was so happy this morning When I Wanted to put on clothes And I realized The clothing will Scratch me And I could easily put on A short trouser And a t-shirt Because we have not cultivating The How do you call it The culture Of making sure you Have the tie And you have the jacket Long trouser Nice shiny shoes Because Those are the things that Make so many people to be Lazy because They don't have If I'm speaking to you today Hundreds and hundreds Of people didn't go to church Because they didn't have the proper Dress They're watching us now online Because they didn't have the proper Dress It's one of the reasons Why so many people Are going astray Because of the cultures That we have put In place Ministry Is not about us Wearing those Tie Baiki And you see The head You see the old people They had that thing that closed Big head With one Tail that stands like this If you're not Going in church with that thing You're not allowed Cover your head But today God has helped us That we Can stand here today And have no laziness Because of What has happened David defeated Goliath One of the nicest things You know what David was given Panzer That thing that is Heavy Armored They gave him an armor To put on You can't go into war without this thing This thing if you don't have it You'll be And how for a small kid Now he had to put on That thing Imagine how he would have been Killed If he sticked To the norm Because the norm for any Soldier to go Was to put on that armor But he Made the norm And not even used What he has been given A sword He used something Totally He changed the whole concept Of us sticking to One plane We can fight the enemy With different planes Not just with one plane If the armored guy Comes there Nobody would have known this one is a soldier But because he comes As a civilian No armor He started laughing You come here You want to Take this Stick like a dog The guy was Totally out of Out of head Because to him This guy comes with a stick Thinking that he's a dog Not knowing That that was his famous last words Famous Last words And then it was go Gone You are not lazy I'm telling you You are not lazy You are a lot more Because when you would have been lazy You would have made up your bed And go to work or go wherever And today As I'm speaking to you My heart is painful Because of I almost lost My life And still I have not reached Half of the people Than what I Supposed to reach I am going to put my Reach out more To man Because if I don't do it Tomorrow might be my last day And I have not done so God bless you So heavenly father I know We sometimes are so lazy Just to do your work But that is not the laziness We're talking about That is the devil Trying to stop us From doing your perfect work Father I pray now You said once in your word that The harvest Is so big But the laborers are few And we need to ask you To send the laborers And here I'm standing As a laborer I've already availed myself But Satan is trying to kill me So I pray in the mighty name of Jesus Protect me So that we can do your work Not just protect me But protect every member Of Fountain of Grace And anybody that is connected To them Because if They are in problems We are in problems In the mighty name of Jesus Christ The Lord and Savior As I'm asking Lord Jesus As this week goes Protect us In all our doings Let us be diligent Let us be so quick In doing good That Satan doesn't Have a hold on us To still tell us What to do wrong In Jesus mighty name I pray In Jesus mighty name I pray Now may the praise of God The love of God and the sweet Fellowship of the Holy Spirit Rest and abide with us all Until Jesus comes Surely goodness and mercy He shall follow us For the days of our lives And we shall dwell in the house of the Lord Forever and ever In Jesus mighty name we pray Amen and Amen Thank you Jesus Thank you Jesus
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