Getting Clarity in Life (Part 4) | A Clear Mind Brings Clear Direction | John Giftah
Tonight's Episode
Clarity in life is not only about hearing GOD’s voice — it is also about having a clear mind. In Part 4 of the Getting Clarity in Life series, John Giftah draws from 2 Timothy 4:5 (NLT), where Paul exhorts Timothy to “keep a clear mind in every situation.” This episode explores how mental clutter, constant noise, and emotional overload can block clarity, even when GOD is speaking. In this message, you’ll learn:- Why a clear mind is essential for clear direction
- How distractions, stress, and overload cloud spiritual discernment
- What it means to intentionally distance yourself from things that clog your mind
- How peace and clarity often go hand in hand
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Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world
Speaker 1: is a crazy place and it just seems to get
Speaker 1: crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break.
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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.
Speaker 2: Hey God, which you listach a joy for me to
Speaker 2: be with all of you in this segment of the
Speaker 2: Fuel for the Soul with John Gift Up podcast. If
Speaker 2: you've been checking out the podcast, you would notice that
Speaker 2: we've been doing a series about hitting clarity in life
Speaker 2: and really in the beginning of the year, a lot
Speaker 2: of people seeking our clarity with regard to the decisions
Speaker 2: they need to make, with regard to steps that they
Speaker 2: need to take. Maybe there is an area where you
Speaker 2: need to take a step of faith but you've been
Speaker 2: holding on. Maybe it could be with regard to your career,
Speaker 2: with regard to your business, or maybe with regard to
Speaker 2: a job situation or a relationship or whatever, and you're
Speaker 2: seeking clarity. And I really believe that this is another
Speaker 2: segment of this series that would really really help help
Speaker 2: you and resonate with you as well. So I also
Speaker 2: challenge you, guys to not only keep it to yourself,
Speaker 2: but share this around with others so that other people
Speaker 2: will also be benefited from what we're doing as well. So,
Speaker 2: just to give you a brief aspect, I want you
Speaker 2: guys to go in depth and check out and the
Speaker 2: other episodes that we've already covered in the last three
Speaker 2: parts of this series. But I just want to give
Speaker 2: you one liner so that you will always remember them
Speaker 2: and you're not forgetting them. So the first part it
Speaker 2: all told you is that the first step in getting
Speaker 2: clarity in your life is to make sure that you
Speaker 2: start hearing the voice of God. Okay, so I'll be
Speaker 2: talking more about how to hear the word of God
Speaker 2: in the days to come, but I want you to
Speaker 2: remember hearing the voice of God is the first thing
Speaker 2: that you need to look at. The second thing is
Speaker 2: that God is not going to give you the big picture.
Speaker 2: You might give you certain glimpses through visions or dreams
Speaker 2: in other ways, but you will not give you the
Speaker 2: big picture on how you need to take the step.
Speaker 2: But it will give you the step that you need
Speaker 2: to start taking. And eventually, when you take the step
Speaker 2: of faith, God will start leading you one step along
Speaker 2: the way. And yesterday I spoke to you about how
Speaker 2: sometimes when you are listening to the wrong voices, or
Speaker 2: when the wrong people, or it could be even good
Speaker 2: people with wrong intentions who are not able to understand
Speaker 2: what God is doing in your life, if they are
Speaker 2: speaking and influencing your life, you will not be able
Speaker 2: to hear the voice of God. Clearly, you will not
Speaker 2: be able to discern the voice of God. So I
Speaker 2: challenged you to make sure that you have distance at
Speaker 2: least the influence of certain people in your life. And
Speaker 2: today I want to talk about the fourth part. I
Speaker 2: believe this is such a very, very important word because
Speaker 2: this is something that really made a life changing moment
Speaker 2: in my life. Like one of the things is that
Speaker 2: you know if you do not know this, I've been
Speaker 2: working in a full time corporate job and running the ministry,
Speaker 2: and even when I say ministry. It's not just one
Speaker 2: podcast episode. But I have the podcast, I have the
Speaker 2: YouTube channel, I have Instagram and Voice. Butook I have
Speaker 2: different things going on, different things. It's not just I
Speaker 2: have a weekly television program. I have another two YouTube
Speaker 2: channels where my messages get dubbed into two other languages
Speaker 2: like Hindi and tamer So there are so many things happening,
Speaker 2: and each of the forms of content as to be
Speaker 2: packaged differently. You know, a Facebook post will be different
Speaker 2: from what I have to post on an Instagram real
Speaker 2: or an Instagram story will be different from what I
Speaker 2: post on in my ministry, WhatsApp, broadcast groups, so everything
Speaker 2: is packaged differently. So for that, you know, it's not easy.
Speaker 2: I'm just being honest. It's not easy. People ask me
Speaker 2: all the time how do you manage? And one of
Speaker 2: the key things I want to share with you that
Speaker 2: really made a difference was, you know, I needs to
Speaker 2: wake up and I be like, oh my goodness, there's
Speaker 2: so many things cloud in my mind. There are so
Speaker 2: many things affecting me. There's so many things, you know,
Speaker 2: that are just shaping or influencing my decisions for the day.
Speaker 2: In my mood, for the day, and for some reason
Speaker 2: I realized that, you know what, my mind is now free,
Speaker 2: I'm non mentally at a place of freeom. And I
Speaker 2: also noticed that I was always preoccupied. There's so many
Speaker 2: things bothering me. Weef it can be concerns, questions, challenges,
Speaker 2: unanswer pressed, or it could be challenges with regard to
Speaker 2: you know, opposition or obstacles. Or it could also be
Speaker 2: maybe there are things that, oh, my goodness, I took
Speaker 2: us the per fate and then it didn't work out
Speaker 2: the way I expected, or you know, all of those
Speaker 2: things on one side, you know, on the concerns that
Speaker 2: you have. At the same time, there are things like
Speaker 2: so many things to be done, Like I don't want
Speaker 2: to be mechanical. I don't want to eat any of
Speaker 2: these podcast episodes or any of the pieces of content
Speaker 2: to just be pieces of content. I want them to
Speaker 2: have the breath of God. There are fire of God,
Speaker 2: the anonony of God, so that it will make a
Speaker 2: difference in every single person who consumed the content. So
Speaker 2: how do I manage? And then when I was in
Speaker 2: the moment where so many things were bothering, there's so
Speaker 2: many things, you know, preoccupying my mind. I stumbled upon
Speaker 2: this verse one of the days I was speaking in
Speaker 2: the Tonguest. I was just praying, and the Lord just said,
Speaker 2: go to second Timothy four, verse five, and this is
Speaker 2: what it says. I when you look at the Nalty version,
Speaker 2: it says, but you should keep a clear mind in
Speaker 2: all situations. You should keep a clear mind in all
Speaker 2: situations unless than something it is not something God will
Speaker 2: magically make it happen. You should keep a clear mind
Speaker 2: in all situations. And this verse transformed me to a minute.
Speaker 2: I read this verse, I put my hand on my
Speaker 2: forehead and I said, in the name of Spirit, in
Speaker 2: the name of the the Father, the Son, and the
Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus, I pray that
Speaker 2: my mind will be clear so that I can make
Speaker 2: clear and direct decisions that honor God, decisions that would
Speaker 2: propel me towards my God given destiny. And I'm telling
Speaker 2: you this verse was a life changer. This was like,
Speaker 2: oh my goodness, the minute I read it, I had
Speaker 2: the minute that prayed. Thenoic of God just touched my
Speaker 2: mind and I was like, as if you have a
Speaker 2: slide which has so many things on a PowerPoint presentation
Speaker 2: and then you just hit all clear and the slide
Speaker 2: is you know, empty, there's nothing in it. That's exactly
Speaker 2: what happened to my mind. I was like free completely.
Speaker 2: And then as I continued speaking in terms, as I
Speaker 2: continued praying, what happened the Holy Spirit to control of
Speaker 2: my mind because the Bible says in the Book of Romans,
Speaker 2: a mind controlled by the flesh leads to sin and death,
Speaker 2: but a mind controlled by the Holy Spirit leads to
Speaker 2: life and peace. Another words, I was like, you know what,
Speaker 2: I want this to become a reality in my life.
Speaker 2: And the Holy Spirit took control of my mind. And
Speaker 2: I want to pray over you guys, as you're listening
Speaker 2: wherever you're listening from, in the name of Jesus, as
Speaker 2: you're listening, I want you to just by take a
Speaker 2: step of faith and place your hand over your forehead
Speaker 2: over your mind, and I pray in the name of
Speaker 2: Jesus that you will experience this touch from the Lord
Speaker 2: to have a clear mind in all situations. I pray
Speaker 2: for a clear mind over you. I pray for a
Speaker 2: supernatural encounter over you right now, because that's what happened
Speaker 2: to me. And I want to tell you something you
Speaker 2: right now, wherever you are listening, you can experience this
Speaker 2: touch from the Lord. This God who yield my mind,
Speaker 2: set my mind free, can do it for you. And
Speaker 2: now once you do that, you have to be cautious
Speaker 2: because you see, you can't allow other things to clutter
Speaker 2: your mind. And again, you know, maybe it's your phone,
Speaker 2: maybe it's your work. There was a time I remember
Speaker 2: I was waking up thinking about what should I do
Speaker 2: at work. There was a time I remember I would
Speaker 2: watch something and I would wake up thinking about that,
Speaker 2: or I would think about what ministry posts to make,
Speaker 2: what should I do next? My constant school of thought
Speaker 2: was on this or that is about that. And then
Speaker 2: ever since this verse became a reality, it's like, you
Speaker 2: know what, God, I want you to take control of
Speaker 2: my mind. Every decision I make should come from the
Speaker 2: clarity on my mind being clear in every sitution situation.
Speaker 2: I want you guys to make that your you know,
Speaker 2: prayer and their commitment. If social media is cluttering your mind,
Speaker 2: take a break. I took some steps. Even though I
Speaker 2: post every single day on social media, I took some
Speaker 2: steps to the best of my ability. Everybody cannot you know,
Speaker 2: some people say, you know what, I'm holier than that.
Speaker 2: I'm off social media completely, or I'm off the phone completely.
Speaker 2: Maybe it worked for you, maybe you didn't have commitments
Speaker 2: that required for you to be on social media. But
Speaker 2: it may not work for everybody. But whatever capacity with
Speaker 2: which you can take a break or take a step back,
Speaker 2: I want you to do that. Whatever is put you
Speaker 2: in your mind, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ,
Speaker 2: God will show that to you so that you can
Speaker 2: refrain from it, that you can take a break, take
Speaker 2: a step of faith, to walk away, or maybe just
Speaker 2: distance yourself a little bit. But I'm telling you, when
Speaker 2: you allow this word to become a reality where it
Speaker 2: doesn't say God will give you a clear mind, remember
Speaker 2: that it says you should keep a your mind, which
Speaker 2: means that it's it's like, you know, it's obviously, like
Speaker 2: I said, it's a supernatural thing. I was praying and
Speaker 2: the Lord transforms. But it's a it's a two way thing,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. It's not something like you
Speaker 2: just wait on God to do a miracle and you
Speaker 2: just keep watching consoles on Netflix. You can't do that,
Speaker 2: you know, if something is affecting your mind, stop watching.
Speaker 2: If something is affecting your mind, you need to take
Speaker 2: a break. If your work is becoming too addictive that
Speaker 2: you're only concentrating or thinking about work, that you don't
Speaker 2: have time for God or family or other commitments. You
Speaker 2: need to re evaluate and set the right boundaries. And
Speaker 2: I pray that today will be that day when God
Speaker 2: will give you that clarity of mind, so that you
Speaker 2: will not wake up thinking only about something random, but
Speaker 2: you will wake up singing a song of praise under
Speaker 2: the Lord. You will wake up and say thank You
Speaker 2: Jesus for this new day. Wake up and say good morning,
Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. You wake up and say, Wow, God, what
Speaker 2: have you got for me this year? On this day.
Speaker 2: So I want to speak this over you guys, and
Speaker 2: I pray to rely experience the touch from the Lord
Speaker 2: right now. In the name of Jesus, I really challenge
Speaker 2: you to share this around with others. I'm sure it'll
Speaker 2: be a great place and to them as well. And I
Speaker 2: will see you back in the next segment. God bless you.
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