Stay Unshakable: Pursue GOD’s Calling Despite Opposition | Christian Sermon | John Giftah

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

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

0:49 Speaker 2: Hello everyone, Welcome to this edition of the Fuel for

0:51 Speaker 2: the Soul with John Gifta podcast. When I'm going to

0:53 Speaker 2: talk to you today on the aspect of how when

0:56 Speaker 2: you are stepping into your calling, when you're going into

0:58 Speaker 2: what God has pleased in the inside of you, you know,

1:01 Speaker 2: this is the direction God wants you to go, or

1:04 Speaker 2: this is the move he wants you to make, or

1:06 Speaker 2: he wants you to take a step of faith in

1:08 Speaker 2: certain things. Maybe he's calling you into something, maybe he's

1:11 Speaker 2: asking you to start something or to go in a

1:14 Speaker 2: certain direction about certain aspects of your life, but that

1:18 Speaker 2: maybe people around you who don't understand what God is

1:21 Speaker 2: doing in your life. They want you to just live

1:23 Speaker 2: a normal, mediocal life just like them, or they're not

1:26 Speaker 2: able to understand the dreams that got placed in you.

1:29 Speaker 2: They just want you to remain in the same level

1:32 Speaker 2: as them. They just want to contain you. They want

1:34 Speaker 2: to control you, and they're not able to, you know,

1:38 Speaker 2: stop you, so they try to discourage you. They say

1:41 Speaker 2: all sorts of things against you, and you may even

1:43 Speaker 2: get to a place where you feel like John. You know,

1:46 Speaker 2: they're saying that, you know what, I'm not even following

1:48 Speaker 2: the work of the Holy Spirit or the leaning of

1:50 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. They're even accusing me that I know

1:54 Speaker 2: I'm not in the Lord, and that that they are

1:56 Speaker 2: of the Lord, and you know, I don't know what

1:59 Speaker 2: to say, and things like that. You know, I want

2:01 Speaker 2: to just encourage you by reminding you of some scriptures.

2:03 Speaker 2: And I want to take this forward. When you look

2:06 Speaker 2: at John chapter eight, verse forty eight, and when you

2:11 Speaker 2: look at Matthew chapter twelve, verse twenty four, these are

2:13 Speaker 2: two different scriptures. You see where Jesus, the Son of

2:18 Speaker 2: the Living Guard, when he was doing his mighty works.

2:21 Speaker 2: While he was on planet Eard, he was accused of

2:26 Speaker 2: being of the devil. They accused him of being doing

2:30 Speaker 2: all of these things with the help of demons, that

2:33 Speaker 2: he was full of the holy sorry evil spirits. Think

2:37 Speaker 2: about this Jesus himself. They said that he was of

2:41 Speaker 2: the devil. Jesus, the one who is an epitome of love,

2:45 Speaker 2: the one who had so much of compassion and moved

2:48 Speaker 2: with power and healed the people and take it it,

2:51 Speaker 2: took so much into consideration and took care of them

2:54 Speaker 2: and did all of these amazing things. They said that

2:57 Speaker 2: he was operating with the help of demons. They said

2:59 Speaker 2: that he was not of God, that he had the

3:03 Speaker 2: evil spirits upon him. Today, I want you to understand

3:07 Speaker 2: something here in my own life, I've seen this time

3:09 Speaker 2: and and time all out where, you know, because I

3:13 Speaker 2: stand my ground to do the will of God, to

3:16 Speaker 2: follow God's leading over my life, to do you know

3:20 Speaker 2: what God has called me to do over and over

3:23 Speaker 2: and again. I've seen people say that, you know what,

3:26 Speaker 2: I'm possessed by demons or you know, I'm demon, I'm

3:30 Speaker 2: having evil spirits in me, and you know what, things

3:32 Speaker 2: like that, and you know I want to share this

3:35 Speaker 2: to encourage you today that even if people say such things,

3:38 Speaker 2: don't let that affect you. Don't let that bother you.

3:42 Speaker 2: Be bold today. The reason I want to share this

3:45 Speaker 2: is to let you know that you know the same way.

3:47 Speaker 2: You know. Even though I've gone through such accusations, Even

3:51 Speaker 2: though Jesus went through such accusations, Jesus didn't stop doing

3:57 Speaker 2: his good work. He didn't stop going after the purpose

4:00 Speaker 2: for which he was created. He went ahead and fulfilled

4:04 Speaker 2: his purpose on planet though he didn't let the wise

4:08 Speaker 2: of the enemy to stop him. And in my life,

4:12 Speaker 2: in spite of the accusations, in spite of the threads,

4:15 Speaker 2: in spite of the opposition, in spite of even close

4:18 Speaker 2: ones being so much against me doing the will of God,

4:25 Speaker 2: God has given me the grace to continue to go on.

4:29 Speaker 2: You know, the reason I'm doing this is not because

4:32 Speaker 2: it's easy, Guys. I'm not running this ministry because it's easy.

4:36 Speaker 2: I have a full time job and I have a

4:40 Speaker 2: lot of opposition to do the ministry. In spite of

4:43 Speaker 2: the job, I'm running the daily podcast, YouTube, social media.

4:48 Speaker 2: I go around preaching so many different things that I do.

4:51 Speaker 2: I'm not doing this because it's easy. I have a

4:54 Speaker 2: lot of attacks, opposition, threats, curses, accusations, but if I

5:02 Speaker 2: were to allow any of that to stop me, I

5:04 Speaker 2: would have thrown in the tile and given up long ago.

5:07 Speaker 2: The reason I'm doing is I'm saying, just like Jesus said,

5:11 Speaker 2: in spite of how difficult things were, he stood his

5:14 Speaker 2: ground to do the will of God. I want to

5:17 Speaker 2: stand my ground and say, God, give me the grace

5:19 Speaker 2: to do your will, help him to fulfill my purpose.

5:23 Speaker 2: And I want you to have the same boldness to

5:26 Speaker 2: do the will of God in spite of the opposition,

5:29 Speaker 2: in spite of the threads, in spite of whatever people

5:33 Speaker 2: accuse you of. Be bold. If that's what the Holy

5:36 Speaker 2: Spirit is leading you to do, go ahead. I still

5:39 Speaker 2: remember there was a time when the Lord gave me

5:42 Speaker 2: clear instructions to go and minister in a certain place.

5:45 Speaker 2: But there were family members who said, you are following

5:48 Speaker 2: the devil, and that's why you're going there to preach.

5:50 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, people can do all sorts of

5:53 Speaker 2: stuff to manipulate and control. But when God told me,

5:56 Speaker 2: I didn't care. I went ahead ministered. People were blessed,

6:01 Speaker 2: and I knew that you know what, if the enemy

6:03 Speaker 2: cannot stop me by my own will, he would stop

6:06 Speaker 2: me through other people trying to discourage me and trying to,

6:10 Speaker 2: you know, attack and accuse me. And that's where you

6:13 Speaker 2: need to be vigilant and say, you know what, I'm

6:16 Speaker 2: not going to let anybody's words stop what God wants

6:19 Speaker 2: to do in and through my life. I'm going to

6:21 Speaker 2: stand my ground and I'm going to stay in faith,

6:26 Speaker 2: and I'm going to do what God is asking me

6:28 Speaker 2: to do, and I'm going to see the results when

6:31 Speaker 2: God vindicates me at disappointed time. Amen, God bless you.

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