Getting Clarity in Life (Part 4) | A Clear Mind Brings Clear Direction | John Giftah

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world

0:05 Speaker 1: is a crazy place and it just seems to get

0:08 Speaker 1: crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break.

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:45 Speaker 2: Hey God, which you listach a joy for me to

0:47 Speaker 2: be with all of you in this segment of the

0:49 Speaker 2: Fuel for the Soul with John Gift Up podcast. If

0:51 Speaker 2: you've been checking out the podcast, you would notice that

0:54 Speaker 2: we've been doing a series about hitting clarity in life

0:57 Speaker 2: and really in the beginning of the year, a lot

0:59 Speaker 2: of people seeking our clarity with regard to the decisions

1:02 Speaker 2: they need to make, with regard to steps that they

1:04 Speaker 2: need to take. Maybe there is an area where you

1:06 Speaker 2: need to take a step of faith but you've been

1:08 Speaker 2: holding on. Maybe it could be with regard to your career,

1:11 Speaker 2: with regard to your business, or maybe with regard to

1:13 Speaker 2: a job situation or a relationship or whatever, and you're

1:16 Speaker 2: seeking clarity. And I really believe that this is another

1:19 Speaker 2: segment of this series that would really really help help

1:22 Speaker 2: you and resonate with you as well. So I also

1:25 Speaker 2: challenge you, guys to not only keep it to yourself,

1:27 Speaker 2: but share this around with others so that other people

1:29 Speaker 2: will also be benefited from what we're doing as well. So,

1:34 Speaker 2: just to give you a brief aspect, I want you

1:36 Speaker 2: guys to go in depth and check out and the

1:38 Speaker 2: other episodes that we've already covered in the last three

1:41 Speaker 2: parts of this series. But I just want to give

1:43 Speaker 2: you one liner so that you will always remember them

1:46 Speaker 2: and you're not forgetting them. So the first part it

1:49 Speaker 2: all told you is that the first step in getting

1:52 Speaker 2: clarity in your life is to make sure that you

1:55 Speaker 2: start hearing the voice of God. Okay, so I'll be

1:58 Speaker 2: talking more about how to hear the word of God

2:00 Speaker 2: in the days to come, but I want you to

2:02 Speaker 2: remember hearing the voice of God is the first thing

2:04 Speaker 2: that you need to look at. The second thing is

2:06 Speaker 2: that God is not going to give you the big picture.

2:07 Speaker 2: You might give you certain glimpses through visions or dreams

2:10 Speaker 2: in other ways, but you will not give you the

2:12 Speaker 2: big picture on how you need to take the step.

2:14 Speaker 2: But it will give you the step that you need

2:16 Speaker 2: to start taking. And eventually, when you take the step

2:19 Speaker 2: of faith, God will start leading you one step along

2:21 Speaker 2: the way. And yesterday I spoke to you about how

2:24 Speaker 2: sometimes when you are listening to the wrong voices, or

2:28 Speaker 2: when the wrong people, or it could be even good

2:31 Speaker 2: people with wrong intentions who are not able to understand

2:34 Speaker 2: what God is doing in your life, if they are

2:36 Speaker 2: speaking and influencing your life, you will not be able

2:39 Speaker 2: to hear the voice of God. Clearly, you will not

2:41 Speaker 2: be able to discern the voice of God. So I

2:45 Speaker 2: challenged you to make sure that you have distance at

2:48 Speaker 2: least the influence of certain people in your life. And

2:51 Speaker 2: today I want to talk about the fourth part. I

2:53 Speaker 2: believe this is such a very, very important word because

2:56 Speaker 2: this is something that really made a life changing moment

3:00 Speaker 2: in my life. Like one of the things is that

3:04 Speaker 2: you know if you do not know this, I've been

3:07 Speaker 2: working in a full time corporate job and running the ministry,

3:10 Speaker 2: and even when I say ministry. It's not just one

3:12 Speaker 2: podcast episode. But I have the podcast, I have the

3:15 Speaker 2: YouTube channel, I have Instagram and Voice. Butook I have

3:18 Speaker 2: different things going on, different things. It's not just I

3:21 Speaker 2: have a weekly television program. I have another two YouTube

3:24 Speaker 2: channels where my messages get dubbed into two other languages

3:27 Speaker 2: like Hindi and tamer So there are so many things happening,

3:31 Speaker 2: and each of the forms of content as to be

3:34 Speaker 2: packaged differently. You know, a Facebook post will be different

3:37 Speaker 2: from what I have to post on an Instagram real

3:40 Speaker 2: or an Instagram story will be different from what I

3:43 Speaker 2: post on in my ministry, WhatsApp, broadcast groups, so everything

3:47 Speaker 2: is packaged differently. So for that, you know, it's not easy.

3:51 Speaker 2: I'm just being honest. It's not easy. People ask me

3:53 Speaker 2: all the time how do you manage? And one of

3:56 Speaker 2: the key things I want to share with you that

3:58 Speaker 2: really made a difference was, you know, I needs to

4:00 Speaker 2: wake up and I be like, oh my goodness, there's

4:02 Speaker 2: so many things cloud in my mind. There are so

4:04 Speaker 2: many things affecting me. There's so many things, you know,

4:07 Speaker 2: that are just shaping or influencing my decisions for the day.

4:11 Speaker 2: In my mood, for the day, and for some reason

4:14 Speaker 2: I realized that, you know what, my mind is now free,

4:17 Speaker 2: I'm non mentally at a place of freeom. And I

4:20 Speaker 2: also noticed that I was always preoccupied. There's so many

4:24 Speaker 2: things bothering me. Weef it can be concerns, questions, challenges,

4:27 Speaker 2: unanswer pressed, or it could be challenges with regard to

4:31 Speaker 2: you know, opposition or obstacles. Or it could also be

4:34 Speaker 2: maybe there are things that, oh, my goodness, I took

4:37 Speaker 2: us the per fate and then it didn't work out

4:38 Speaker 2: the way I expected, or you know, all of those

4:40 Speaker 2: things on one side, you know, on the concerns that

4:42 Speaker 2: you have. At the same time, there are things like

4:45 Speaker 2: so many things to be done, Like I don't want

4:47 Speaker 2: to be mechanical. I don't want to eat any of

4:49 Speaker 2: these podcast episodes or any of the pieces of content

4:52 Speaker 2: to just be pieces of content. I want them to

4:55 Speaker 2: have the breath of God. There are fire of God,

4:57 Speaker 2: the anonony of God, so that it will make a

4:59 Speaker 2: difference in every single person who consumed the content. So

5:02 Speaker 2: how do I manage? And then when I was in

5:07 Speaker 2: the moment where so many things were bothering, there's so

5:10 Speaker 2: many things, you know, preoccupying my mind. I stumbled upon

5:14 Speaker 2: this verse one of the days I was speaking in

5:16 Speaker 2: the Tonguest. I was just praying, and the Lord just said,

5:19 Speaker 2: go to second Timothy four, verse five, and this is

5:22 Speaker 2: what it says. I when you look at the Nalty version,

5:24 Speaker 2: it says, but you should keep a clear mind in

5:27 Speaker 2: all situations. You should keep a clear mind in all

5:30 Speaker 2: situations unless than something it is not something God will

5:34 Speaker 2: magically make it happen. You should keep a clear mind

5:40 Speaker 2: in all situations. And this verse transformed me to a minute.

5:44 Speaker 2: I read this verse, I put my hand on my

5:47 Speaker 2: forehead and I said, in the name of Spirit, in

5:49 Speaker 2: the name of the the Father, the Son, and the

5:53 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus, I pray that

5:57 Speaker 2: my mind will be clear so that I can make

6:01 Speaker 2: clear and direct decisions that honor God, decisions that would

6:07 Speaker 2: propel me towards my God given destiny. And I'm telling

6:10 Speaker 2: you this verse was a life changer. This was like,

6:15 Speaker 2: oh my goodness, the minute I read it, I had

6:17 Speaker 2: the minute that prayed. Thenoic of God just touched my

6:21 Speaker 2: mind and I was like, as if you have a

6:24 Speaker 2: slide which has so many things on a PowerPoint presentation

6:27 Speaker 2: and then you just hit all clear and the slide

6:30 Speaker 2: is you know, empty, there's nothing in it. That's exactly

6:34 Speaker 2: what happened to my mind. I was like free completely.

6:40 Speaker 2: And then as I continued speaking in terms, as I

6:43 Speaker 2: continued praying, what happened the Holy Spirit to control of

6:47 Speaker 2: my mind because the Bible says in the Book of Romans,

6:50 Speaker 2: a mind controlled by the flesh leads to sin and death,

6:55 Speaker 2: but a mind controlled by the Holy Spirit leads to

6:58 Speaker 2: life and peace. Another words, I was like, you know what,

7:02 Speaker 2: I want this to become a reality in my life.

7:05 Speaker 2: And the Holy Spirit took control of my mind. And

7:09 Speaker 2: I want to pray over you guys, as you're listening

7:12 Speaker 2: wherever you're listening from, in the name of Jesus, as

7:15 Speaker 2: you're listening, I want you to just by take a

7:18 Speaker 2: step of faith and place your hand over your forehead

7:21 Speaker 2: over your mind, and I pray in the name of

7:24 Speaker 2: Jesus that you will experience this touch from the Lord

7:28 Speaker 2: to have a clear mind in all situations. I pray

7:32 Speaker 2: for a clear mind over you. I pray for a

7:34 Speaker 2: supernatural encounter over you right now, because that's what happened

7:38 Speaker 2: to me. And I want to tell you something you

7:41 Speaker 2: right now, wherever you are listening, you can experience this

7:44 Speaker 2: touch from the Lord. This God who yield my mind,

7:49 Speaker 2: set my mind free, can do it for you. And

7:52 Speaker 2: now once you do that, you have to be cautious

7:56 Speaker 2: because you see, you can't allow other things to clutter

7:59 Speaker 2: your mind. And again, you know, maybe it's your phone,

8:02 Speaker 2: maybe it's your work. There was a time I remember

8:06 Speaker 2: I was waking up thinking about what should I do

8:09 Speaker 2: at work. There was a time I remember I would

8:11 Speaker 2: watch something and I would wake up thinking about that,

8:15 Speaker 2: or I would think about what ministry posts to make,

8:19 Speaker 2: what should I do next? My constant school of thought

8:23 Speaker 2: was on this or that is about that. And then

8:28 Speaker 2: ever since this verse became a reality, it's like, you

8:32 Speaker 2: know what, God, I want you to take control of

8:35 Speaker 2: my mind. Every decision I make should come from the

8:39 Speaker 2: clarity on my mind being clear in every sitution situation.

8:47 Speaker 2: I want you guys to make that your you know,

8:50 Speaker 2: prayer and their commitment. If social media is cluttering your mind,

8:57 Speaker 2: take a break. I took some steps. Even though I

9:01 Speaker 2: post every single day on social media, I took some

9:04 Speaker 2: steps to the best of my ability. Everybody cannot you know,

9:08 Speaker 2: some people say, you know what, I'm holier than that.

9:11 Speaker 2: I'm off social media completely, or I'm off the phone completely.

9:14 Speaker 2: Maybe it worked for you, maybe you didn't have commitments

9:18 Speaker 2: that required for you to be on social media. But

9:21 Speaker 2: it may not work for everybody. But whatever capacity with

9:26 Speaker 2: which you can take a break or take a step back,

9:29 Speaker 2: I want you to do that. Whatever is put you

9:33 Speaker 2: in your mind, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ,

9:36 Speaker 2: God will show that to you so that you can

9:39 Speaker 2: refrain from it, that you can take a break, take

9:41 Speaker 2: a step of faith, to walk away, or maybe just

9:46 Speaker 2: distance yourself a little bit. But I'm telling you, when

9:49 Speaker 2: you allow this word to become a reality where it

9:53 Speaker 2: doesn't say God will give you a clear mind, remember

9:57 Speaker 2: that it says you should keep a your mind, which

10:01 Speaker 2: means that it's it's like, you know, it's obviously, like

10:05 Speaker 2: I said, it's a supernatural thing. I was praying and

10:07 Speaker 2: the Lord transforms. But it's a it's a two way thing,

10:11 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. It's not something like you

10:13 Speaker 2: just wait on God to do a miracle and you

10:15 Speaker 2: just keep watching consoles on Netflix. You can't do that,

10:19 Speaker 2: you know, if something is affecting your mind, stop watching.

10:24 Speaker 2: If something is affecting your mind, you need to take

10:26 Speaker 2: a break. If your work is becoming too addictive that

10:31 Speaker 2: you're only concentrating or thinking about work, that you don't

10:34 Speaker 2: have time for God or family or other commitments. You

10:38 Speaker 2: need to re evaluate and set the right boundaries. And

10:42 Speaker 2: I pray that today will be that day when God

10:45 Speaker 2: will give you that clarity of mind, so that you

10:48 Speaker 2: will not wake up thinking only about something random, but

10:53 Speaker 2: you will wake up singing a song of praise under

10:56 Speaker 2: the Lord. You will wake up and say thank You

10:58 Speaker 2: Jesus for this new day. Wake up and say good morning,

11:01 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. You wake up and say, Wow, God, what

11:05 Speaker 2: have you got for me this year? On this day.

11:08 Speaker 2: So I want to speak this over you guys, and

11:12 Speaker 2: I pray to rely experience the touch from the Lord

11:15 Speaker 2: right now. In the name of Jesus, I really challenge

11:18 Speaker 2: you to share this around with others. I'm sure it'll

11:20 Speaker 2: be a great place and to them as well. And I

11:22 Speaker 2: will see you back in the next segment. God bless you.

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