In this reflective monologue, the speaker begins by sharing how discovering a secondary school friend's battle with cancer deeply affected them, serving as a stark reminder of life's fragility and the urgency to fulfill one's purpose. This leads to a discussion on the concept of a "primary assignment" on Earth, illustrated through the biblical parable of the talents, which warns against inaction and emphasizes the need to productively use one's God-given gifts. The speaker then reads from Genesis 1:1-28, underscoring humanity's five core mandates: to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it, and exercise dominion over all creation. These assignments are presented as universal responsibilities for every individual, intended to be pursued with diligence and faithfulness. The overall message is a call to self-examination, encouraging listeners to actively engage with their divine purpose and live a life of meaningful impact, rather than mere existence.
[Music] Meet upon me. [Music] Take me out of bed. [Music] Good morning. Hi, how are you doing? It is Saturday the 20th of May 2023. And before I just hit the record button, I was listening to "Breathe Upon Me" by Neon at Dejo. Neon is a nature echo. Um, Omega Neon. And his surname is Adajo, Alpha Delta Echo J, he has a little G and Omega. Wonderful song. Oh, Lord, Lord have mercy. How are you doing? I hope you're good. I hope you've had a productive, fruitful week so far. Um, how is your primary assignment going? So we'll see then that you've come again, we're trying to primary assignment. You have primary assignment here on the earth, you're not just here to make money, you have children, waka and goon. There's much you being here. And I got thinking about this because yesterday, after I had completed a lot of my tasks for the day, I just said to look on to Instagram and I saw a message in my direct message box. And it came from a very old friend, with my friends in secondary school. In my secondary school, there's what many people know as high school, these days, especially in America. In Nigeria, we call it the secondary school. And at the time, I was a body student. I, many died living in school. Many of us were known by our first name and our last name. So people typically call me Nenna, because there were so many of them, Nenna, Nenefecin, Nenefecin and all those. So everyone was called by your first name and your last name. And this message was from a friend in my secondary school days. And I saw a flyer that she posted in her message. Without opening the flyer, I just clicked the thumbs up button. I was going to just quickly read a couple of other messages that had popped in us well. But something told me to open that message. I knew how you see a message from an old friend. And so just the flyer, nothing more. And I think underneath the flyer, she wrote something like, I thought to share this with you. And I thought, okay, maybe all those stuff, just forward things to people. But when I opened it, it turned out that another friend of ours, in our secondary school days, is battling cancer. Honestly, that just knocked the windows of me. I felt myself going on immediately. I'm still even talking about it now. I'm still struggling. I know that God is going to come to me. I know that she will be fine. I believe that she will be okay. But somehow, I still can't understand why he hit me so badly. I guess for me, just reminded me of, well, like, you have to be fast in doing what you're here to do. I mean, we are not here forever, guys. I can come spoil your morning. So don't feel like, oh, then I was talking about something sad today. No, it's not sad. She's alive. She's had her first round of camels. I've even spoken with her. She's this sort of friend of ours that had. that had issues with her. She's only strong. And I strongly believe God that she will come out of this well. When I saw the flyer, I just. I couldn't share the flyer with. The message I was like, okay, feel free to push this on your platforms and get people to help. I was like, I don't want to put out this kind of image of ours. No, this is not the image I want to post about her. I rather reach out to select friends. She says someone was tricking. Good. Please. If I don't record this now, I don't know if I can do it again. Good. I just said to myself, I don't want to share this on social media. I don't want to. People have posted it on my platforms. And indeed, I was seeing some other people who shared it on their feeds, their Instagram feed. I know people who must have posted it on WhatsApp status. But I just said, I don't know, somewhere deep within me, I just wasn't comfortable to do that. And there's nothing wrong with those who have done it. There's nothing wrong with doing it but for me personally. Because I knew. I mean, when the same dormitory, at some point in my junior secondary school, there is maybe jazz as to now. Or in the same dormitory. So, you know, people that loved you when you had nothing. I think the only thing I had to my name was my uniform. My deal, maybe my cock. That was the only thing that had my name on it. And of course, but for me, by my parents, every other thing. You were even still trying to figure out why you are here. So, people that you grew up together with, it's very difficult not to love them. I mean, they were not perfect. Neither were we perfect. But as far as I'm concerned, that's ladies like my sister. Because we literally grew up together. Even though we spent just one year in the same dormitory, it's been a long time. Because in one year you see the fragile, the good, the bad, the ugly part of someone. And we used to talk to each other. So, I got to know her considerably well as a child. And she got to know me to ask a child. I don't know what she's like now as an adult. But when I say, I mean, I don't know who she is like as an adult. Now, but I think we're following each other on Instagram at some point. She's almost necessarily the same person, more improved. You know, just like I am most kind of a professional myself. But the reason why I'm sharing this with you is because, man, that experience made me to ask myself, then how are you doing with your primary assignments? How are you doing with your primary assignment? Because, honestly, beyond, not being a Christian or beyond your Christianity, the next thing is your assignments. How did you do your assignments? And that reminds us of the purple of the talents. When people talk about the purple of the talents, there are many stories they draw from. You know the purple of the talents, the man who, the master that I traveled and gave his servants, I can't remember if it was coins, he gave them now or pennies, he gave them talents anyway. To some, he gave five, to some, he gave three, to another one, he gave one. You know, and the one that he gave one went and buried it. It not spended to, like, guys, remember, he did not spend it. He didn't go and have fun with the money, you know. And he didn't, he did not hate his master for him to say, "Oh, he will be disobedient and not return this talent back." He actually was afraid of his master. He said, "Hey, this money, I don't want you to go and, you know, do business with this talent, and I will not get it back." This is my master, it doesn't take rubbish. This is my master, it doesn't take rubbish. So please, I want to ensure that I'm able to keep this money back shiny as it is. I return it to him and say, "Master, this is what you gave me, take it." And the master was very livid, like he was angry, said, "How could you just return exactly what I gave you? How could you return exactly what I gave you? And in fact, for not doing anything with this thing that I've given to you, I'm going to collect it. I'll give it to the person who has done something, who has done more with what I gave him. Because this round probably was feeling, as in this seven probably was feeling like, "Master, I give you the one talent, look at this one, you're giving me five, give this one three, give it down to four, why did he give me just one? Ha, this man, I know he doesn't like me, or, well, maybe he likes me, but I'm just waiting for him to come back home and I'll give him back his talents and go back to serving him, gently, as he quietly without any issue. But that's not what God wanted. And I'll lodge the stress in the middle, so understand that. Hey, if you don't do something, what he has given you, you will take it and give it to somebody else. And for me, what I dread most beyond, beyond not making heaven, I mean, making heaven is awesome, but beyond making heaven, we also need to go to heaven which results. Yes, so, guys, we should have results. You know, how I am, 10, 10,
"Oh God, I don't want my Terry Jesus." God please. You know how third time, those days my wife's school. Third time usually was promotion exam that she writes in your third time. And yes, you will be promoted to the next class sports. Little now look at the breakdown of your performance. I remember those days my friend would look at, "Okay, when you promoted or not, promoted." In fact, he expected that you are promoted. "What are you going there to do if you're not going to be promoted?" "You could there to count." To count the excise books and pencils. So his expectation was that you will be promoted. In fact, I failed once guys. That was the story for another day. I failed once in secondary school. And just remembering that experience, I don't want to even talk about it now. Because my dad was like, "No, Eliang cannot give bet. So, Terry Ratz is not possible. But let's not talk about that day, please." So I was saying that promotional exams. So yes, the first thing is you must be promoted. Like you didn't go there to go to a field. Your parents are expecting that you were promoted. The next thing is what's your position? Nigerian periods. Every Nigerian here knows that your parents are expecting it to be at the bottom of the class. No, you people are 60-something in class. But you cannot hold the 60th position. You cannot even be holding 50-something. "Oh, can you even be in the 40-something position?" My friend, you should be in the top 10. It doesn't matter if you people are always promoted to be in the top 10. If I had top five, and for some parents, they had top three, 10 positions like you feel. So, and then after that, you now look at the subjects. Because you can't be in a class of 60 dances, right? And sorry, you. I mean, maybe in a class of 60 people that are not so smart. And maybe you are smart at them. So you confess, but that's not enough. That's not the subject. So, how did you perform? You made 50-something. If something percent in maths, you are rejoicing. Or more than they will do. They will flog you. So, beyond making heaven, what are we going there with? Beyond our Christianity, what do we have to show for it? And today, I'm inspired to read for you from the scriptures. So, I will read Genesis chapter 1 from verse 1. And it reads, "This is new living translation. And when we get to 28, first 28, we will also read for you from King James Version 1, 28. So, first, Genesis chapter 1 from verse 1, reads, "And in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was empty. A formless mask looked in darkness. And the spirit of God was hoving over its surface. Then God said, "Let it be light." And it was light. And God said that it was good. Then He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light's day and the darkness's night. Together, these made up one day. Verse 6, "And God said, 'Let it be space between the waters to separate water from water.' And so it was, "God made the space to separate the waters above from the waters below. And God called the space sky. This happened on the second day." Verse 9, "And God said, 'Let the waters beneath the sky be gathered into one place. So dry ground may appear. And so it was. And God made the dry ground land and water seeds. And God saw that it was good." Verse 11, "Then God said, 'Let it land both forth with every sort of grass and seed bearing plants. And let it be trees that grow seed bearing fruit. The seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they come, from which they came. And so it was." The land was filled with seed bearing plants and trees. And the seeds produced plants and trees of like kind. And God saw that it was good. This all happened on the third day. Verse 14, "And God said, 'Let bright lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the light. They will be signs to mark off the seasons. The days and the light and the years. Let their light shine down upon the earth. And so it was. For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon to shine upon the earth. The greater one the sun presides during the day. The lesser one the moon presides through the night. He also made the stars. And God said, "This light in the heavens, the light of the earth, verse 18, to govern the day and the light. And to separate the light from the darkness. This all happened on the fourth day. Verse 20, "And God said, 'Let water swarm with fish and other life, let the skies be filled with birds of every kind. So God created great sea creatures and every sort of fish and every sort of bird. And God said, 'So that it was good.' Then God blessed them, saying, 'Let the fish multiply and fill the oceans, let the birds increase and fill the earth.' This all happened on the fifth day. Verse 24, "And God said, 'Let the earth bring forth every kind of animal, livestock, small animals, and wildlife. And so it was. And God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock and small animals, each able to reproduce more of his own kind. And God saw that it was good." Verse 26, "Then God said, 'Let us make people in our own image, to be like ourselves. They will be masters over all life, the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the livestock and wild animals, and small animals. So God created people with His own image. God putten them after Himself. Mill and female created them. And God blessed them and told them, 'Multi-ply, and fill the earth and subdue it. Be master over the fish and birds of and all the animals.' Now, let me read verse 28 again in King James' version. And God blessed them. So let me start from 27. Just so that it flows for you. So Genesis chapter 1 verse 27 and 28. It reads, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created him. He them." And God blessed them and God said unto them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it, and have to me and over the fish of the sea, and over the far of the air, and over every living thing that move it upon the earth. This is the Word of God. Thanks be to God. My dear friend, thank you for listening. I just read for you from Genesis chapter 1, this is 1 to 28. And in that verse 28, we see that we have five primary assignments. You have five primary assignments. You know, it's amazing that, first of all, you know you're special. If you've been listening to me for some time, I'm sure you know that by now. But if you don't, let me remind you that you are special. You know, you know, when you. You know, somebody is about to have a baby, especially if the person is affluent, you know, somebody who is rich, wealthy, have you ever seen a wealthy person that is about to have each child? The kind of preparations. Ah, especially in this time and age, they will have a nursery for the baby. They will think about the colors. Oh, we want home colors. Oh, they want to put like a galaxy so that the child is. When the child looks up, they are seeing things that look like stars and the moon. And then they buy stuffed animals toys. They have a music player to play, lullabies and everything. I think they prepare, you know, buy baby clothes, soft colors, soft materials. They do a whole lot of things. And then they keep going to the hospital, the woman will keep going to the hospital to check up. I said, in a wealthy people, because some of us are not wealthy, we will still try, you know. But there are some people who just happen to get pregnant, not plant no resources and all that. But even at that, you see that the heart of that person is still grieving. Like, I want to be able to take care of this child. I don't have the means. And you see them fidgeting and thinking of how to prepare before the child comes. Now God is the wealthy father. And he first of all created everything. Like, he taught it out. First of all, there was this. There was this orderliness in the earth. The earth was wrapped up in darkness. You know, if you read King James' version of that Genesis, aftal one, first one, and we see if we can pull it out quickly as we are speaking.
You see that the earth was without any form and void, right? And darkness was upon the face of the deep. That's Genesis chapter 1 verse 2, I'm reading King James Version now. He says that, and the earth, okay, in the beginning, God created heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. And darkness was upon the face of the deep, and it's really of God, over upon the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light and there was light." Now that light was not Son or Heb, because we really think that light was Son. You know, Jesus says that he's the light of the world. This is the same light that was being referenced since Genesis chapter 1 verse 3, because there was a lot of this orderliness. And God decided to bring something beautiful out of that disorderliness. He first worked with all that, and he created the sound, the moon, the stars. He created others in season's time. And then he began to command the earth to bring forth animals, bring forth birds, bring forth vegetation and everything. And after he had done all this and he saw that, "Oh, everything was good." You know, the air had produced birds of the earth, the sea had produced sea creatures of different kinds. The land had produced land animals of different kinds. He made sure that this creature was about to create, to look like him, that this creature will be comfortable. He created everything for you. And then he spoke to himself. He said, "Let us, that is God, the Father, the Son, the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, and I believe also the whole host of heaven. Let us now create man. In our own image. We want to create a beam that looks like a star who will rule over all these things." And God created you. Like he used his hand. He didn't speak you into existence. He could have just said, "Now, let us man appear." You know, and just in case you're in doubt, because I've heard some school of thought say that, "Oh, the woman was an afterthought. She was no plant. God chose a salad litre to bring out lies. So, you know this devil. He knows how to lie to people. And people just roam with it. And unfortunately, that's one that travels very fast. Because when I read the book of Genesis chapter 5, verses 1 and 2, it tells me that God created man in God's own image. And he created them as male and female, right? The day he created man, he chose them. It was not just one. It was them that he created. On that day, male and female. He created them and he called their name, "What's Adam?" That's what Genesis chapter 5, verses 1 and 2 tells us. It's not me that said it. This is what the scripture says. "Now, God called their name Adam." So, in Adam, the female was in Adam. And that's when when God wanted to create a woman, he put Adam to sleep. And he brought out that female part and also used those to cover that female part. So, the instructions in Genesis chapter 1 verse 28 is for everyone. Male, female are like single, married, widowed, whatever. Whoever you are, child, whatever, this instruction is for everybody. We all have the same primary assignment. And those primary assignments are to be fruitful, to multiply, to replenish the earth, to subdue the earth, and to have dominion over everything on the earth, whether it's in the sea, in the air, on the land itself, in the land, on the land itself. No. Excuse me. This is these are primary assignments here on earth. And what you need to do, what I need to do every day is to be checked out. How I feel by primary assignments. Excuse me. Now, many people, because the first time I shared this with a group of people, and that's why we see pre-to-goffalist pre-to-decement, pre-to-goffalist pre-to-decement, because without the pre-to-decement, the Bible should be told, the scripture is coded. Yes, the Bible is coded. And the only way you can decode it is by being in sync or working with the one who wrote it himself. The Holy Spirit guided the people that wrote the scriptures. So, it's only the Holy Spirit that can tell you the meaning of these things that you are reading. Because what Panjou's reading is literally, oh Jesus' web, do you think that Jesus was crying because he was going to resurrect Lazarus? Why would he be crying over the person who was going to resurrect? That's not the story for today. You know, you see the man that was healed at the pool of Betzada. And you think, oh, this man was just sitting there because he didn't have anybody. There are deeper meanings to put you in the Holy Spirit to help you to understand. So, this particular portion of the scriptures, some people think, oh, be fruitful to it, just about giving bad children, multiply and just reproduce children, replenish, you know, just continue to have children, so there will be more children, more human beings on the earth and all that, but it's deeper than that. And some people also think that, oh, excuse me, the primary duty of man, of human beings, of us here on earth, that, oh, it is what King Solomon said. Oh, the whole duty of man is just to fear God, I keep his commandments. Yes, that is correct. But what is the commandment that you are keeping? And why should you be afraid of God? That's it, food for thoughts. I'm not going to respond to that today. But hopefully, in another episode, we're going to speak to that, excuse me please, I have like, a healed some substance and my trust itchy a bit. So, and then Jesus came and he said, "The greatest commandment is that you should love God with all your heart, with all your might, with all your soul." Absolutely correct. In fact, for me, above what any other person says, what Jesus says is the number one outstanding thing. But you also need to, you need the Holy Spirit to help you to understand what Jesus is saying. Because what Jesus is saying is that, look, I am the way, I'm the life, I'm the truth. You can't go to God except through me, Jesus. And your primary duty here is for you to love God with the entirety of your being, for you to love yourself, for you to love other people. And how do you demonstrate your love for God? It's true obedience. If you love God, you will be Him. And if you want to be Him, you do what He has asked you to do. But guess what? You cannot do what He has asked you to do. Except He helps you. You cannot do what He has asked you to do except He helps you. Okay, everybody has a child now. Maybe you just give it to your baby. You want that baby to grow. The baby also wants to grow. But the baby cannot grow unless he or she gets help. And most favorably, He needs help from the father or the mother to help it to grow well. So there's nobody that has a baby and wants the baby to remain a baby forever. No, we have never seen it. And I hope I'm pretty that there is nobody. Oh, you have a baby. You want this baby to just remain a baby. You want to keep batting this baby for the next 70 years of their lives, you know, of his or her life. You want to be batting this baby, dressing the baby or giving the baby food to eat, backing the baby. You know, nobody wants that. Do you really miss why you are doing those things? Of course, you want the child to be able to grow and flourish and carry your name forward. And do you proud and bring joy to you and show you love and take care of you. That is why people are very happy to have children. Please, let me know if there is any other. You want people to carry your name forward. You want people to represent you. You want to reproduce yourself. And in fact, I heard of one celebrity that was saying that, "Oh, she didn't want to have children because she didn't want to produce anyone that looked like her." That was by the North, that the world had one person that was like her. And she didn't want to have somebody else. I just thought of how sad. Anyway, what she meant is that she drew, it was just hilarious and very funny, very funny way to hear. So, the only way you can perform your primary assignments is through good helping you. That's all I'm trying to say. It's only God that can help you to perform these primary assignments. You need to be in God's presence. You need to be in sync with God. You need to walk with God. And you need to love God enough for you to perform your primary assignments. Remember, you are created in the image and likeness of God, which means that when people are seeing you, they need to be seeing God. When people are interacting with you, they need to feel like, "Ah, I am interacting with the Creator." I don't like you coming to say, "Oh, I'm Lord, I must, I'm the Creator of the Universe." No, but the qualities of God have to be seen in you. You have to be excellent. You have to be kind. You have to be loving. You have to be diligent. You have to be right choice. You have to be pure. You have to be holy. People will say, "Aye God, all those ones are too difficult to." In this time, it would be honest if you desired the Lord to give you the grace. If you desired, you could love Him. And you cannot be all these things without being in Christ Jesus Himself. Ah, I don't know how to preach this thing. God, please help me. Because people think that, "Oh, Jesus just came." So that's like God is saying, believing Jesus for the sake of God. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Yes, so does now in the scriptures. I can't remember the place that. If you don't want to preach, it's capable of raising stones to praise Him. You see all these animals. Yes, and please let me go there quickly. I just want to digress for a minute. Please respect animals. Yes, so. 'I am not animals right there' 'whatever' 'but truth be told, you need to respect animals' 'Why? One primary reason, they were here before you' 'They were here before us' 'Yes, animals were here before us' 'You know, there are times when I just see them' 'and they are staring and I'm wondering what are they thinking' 'if they are capable of thinking' 'if they had their ability to talk what would they be saying to us' 'because many of them have learnt from their own generations' 'and they are ancestors, they pass things on to them' 'honestly, how do you think that they know what to do per time?' 'When you watch national geographic' 'you see lots and you marvel at these creatures' 'who, in spite of their strength, they have been placed lower than us' 'we have dominion over them' 'we have been asked to look at Adam now' 'when you read chapter 2' 'you see that God gave Adam the authority' 'you know, that God gave human beings the authority' 'he said, name these animals, whatever you call them, that's your name' 'and they are there for you as food' 'but you see also that' 'we are supposed to respect animals' 'someone in the Old Testament' 'I can't remember the exact portion now' 'when you want to kill an animal, do not suffer it first' 'and you are not killing it for the sake of it' 'you are killing it to eat' 'so don't suffer, just kill it and eat' 'and kill it dignifiably' 'which also brings me to another point' 'there is this same sport' 'it's not like a sport' 'what is something that people say they love to do for fun' 'shooting, hey Jesus' 'I don't know how does it' 'how to what kind of fun does it give people?' 'I was watching today as well' 'somebody just went somewhere and shot' 'it was an own related story' 'this story was not about shooting' 'funny enough to suddenly a Christian programme' 'and the person was just talking about how she gave her life to Christ' 'and they were following her daily activities and all' 'and she loved shooting' 'so she went into a forest and targeted them' 'an animal and fired it shot' 'and all the birds on the trees just flew away' 'like just cross kills' 'and I was just sitting there asking myself' 'I always ask myself this question' 'but at the moment I was just asking myself' 'what joy do you derive from doing something like this?' 'I don't know, I'm not saying it's good, I'm not saying it's bad' 'I'm just trying to understand' 'like what joy do you' 'and when they shoot those animals today it's them' 'please I hope you are shooting to eat or you are shooting to sell' 'you know to butcher or people that sell animals' 'that sell meats and all those things' 'you are not just shooting for the fun of it' 'just leave the animal there' 'no, I'm seriously hoping that people do this funny thing' 'they call shooting' 'that they actually shoot to eat the animal' 'or to sell the animal to butcher and then they can use the money to take care of themselves' 'or all that things' 'but yeah, not just shooting the animals for the fun of it' 'it does not fail, honestly' 'I know I'm something like an animal rights person right now' 'but hey, this is scriptural' 'you shouldn't just kill these things for the fun of it' 'no, if you are killing, you are killing for food' 'or you are killing to be able to earn an income' 'and don't treat it legally of course you know' 'but there are some areas that are prohibited from hunting or shooting or whatever' 'there are some endangered species that should not be hunted' 'please, please, please' 'don't just kill animals for the fun of it' 'it's the same thing as when I see children walking on the streets' 'and then they are stoning these ads' 'I'm like' 'it's just giving the kick' 'like it's just giving the fun to see these lizards' 'you are running for the other lizards' 'because you are the terror of Africa you are passing' 'no, that's not good' 'so we are supposed to have some kind of love and respect for creatures' 'some people are taking it up in nature' 'because you see some people who are watching the animals, watching the animals' 'like when you go to' 'I have never gone but I see it on television' 'you see native doctors and then you see the head of a goat' 'or cow or whatever they' 'and you know, they will be bowing down, consulting' 'using that as an oracle' 'so we are thinking of an open notch' 'but that's not what the Lord says' 'in fact, another day we are going to talk about the idol worshipping' 'you see that hey' 'all these tricks that we think we know' 'hey, good, God has already seen it' 'fah, fah, fah' 'did he, Azir' 'was speaking about the idol worshipping us' 'he was speaking through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit' 'and this was God speaking through him' 'because we are saying this is what the Lord says' 'hey, did I read that in the ay' 'I marveled out like 'hey' 'hey, Jesus, this God is too much' 'he knows everything but he just says to keep quiet' 'so let's go back to our primary assignment' 'are you fruitful? what are you producing?' 'yes, what are you producing?' 'don't say 'oh, you have five children, you have two children' 'oh, you are not yet married so you have not really started?' 'no, that's not what this place is just talking about' 'yes, having children is good' 'you know, and all that' 'but it goes beyond this' 'remember, the Spirit has fruits' 'it has, it's called the fruit of the Holy Spirit' 'so are you bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit?' 'are people seeing the fruit of the Holy Spirit in you?' 'or are you producing the fruits of the flesh?' 'are people seeing the fruits of the flesh when they look at you?' 'you know, what are you multiplying?' 'what are you reproducing?' 'yes, what are you producing?' 'you are producing the image of God?' 'yes, what are you producing?' 'yes, what are you producing?' 'people are supposed to be seeing the image of God whenever they see you' 'whether you are pure, people should feel like God is present' 'people should feel the qualities of God' 'you know, people should feel unreference God when you are dead' 'because as you are looking at you, they are seeing the image of God' 'and they know that they are sigored in heaven that created all things' 'that is my prayer, honestly, that people will feel God' 'in my presence that people will feel God in my interactions and relationships with them' 'and I may not be successful all the time, but I will keep trying' 'and I encourage you to keep trying as well' 'to replenish the earth' 'to replenish means that you are restoring something that is being exhausted' 'like you are feeling something up that so that it will not finish' 'you know, so you should be eager to show God more of you' 'I mean, show people more of God every day' 'like let people see more of God every day, continuous improvements' 'when you look at the lean theory, continuous improvement' 'don't say, oh, this is where I am' 'there is nothing I hate more than hearing people say that' 'I am just like this, this is where I am' 'this is where God created me' 'no, please' 'God created us to keep evolving' 'that's why you are a human being, you are becoming' 'you are not in past tense, not human being' 'as in B, W, E, E' 'you are a human being, you are evolving, you are coming into being' 'B, E, I, and G' 'you are coming into being, you are evolving all the time' 'so we need to improve ourselves' 'don't say that' 'I mean, I speak softly now' 'but I remember that was the time I didn't need to miss the talk at all' 'that was the time I used to be very hungry' 'oh Jesus, I had to pray about it' 'like when you see me you think that' 'somebody just annoying me but then I just had this problem in school' 'on my face I was always looking angry' 'you know, and I had to pray about it' 'and now when you were seeing me I am always cheerful' 'such that if I ever' 'I am more cheerful people we are asking what's the problem' 'what happened' 'you know because the spirit of God has taken charge' 'and he is bringing forth the fruit of Holy Spirit' 'in me and he is a continuous journey' 'and don't worry about how much little progress you are making' 'just take more step at a time' 'and don't think about 'oh people are going to think you are foolish' 'people are going to take you if you right' 'no all that matters is what God himself thinks' 'and how God himself is rejoicing' 'over you' 'now coming to the big one' 'subdued the earth' 'oh God this is a full lesson' 'and itself but I will just try to' 'on packets in two or ten minutes' 'to subdued means to overpower' 'it means that there is something that is enforced' 'that is pushing against you' 'and you have to overpower it' 'now you cannot overpower it or your own' 'yes you cannot overpower it or your own' 'you are the way you can overpower it' 'successfully is true Christ Jesus' 'some people go to other powers' 'excuse me some people go to other powers to help them to overpower the earth' 'you know and that's how you see people joining codes' 'consulting witchcrafts and one satanic demonic evil thing' 'for some other people they don't even join any of this things' 'but the earth has already looked at them' 'and the earth is like 'ah this one is already my own' 'so let me just support it to continue flourishing' 'let me just support it more' 'he just continued flourishing' 'because I know at the end of the day' 'he or she is just going to the opposite side' 'like not going with God and we just perish' 'and I will still eat the body' 'you know in terms of burial' 'and the person is dead and gone for good' 'for some other people they have fave as well'
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Trustees freedom training – iain iain iain iain isi - >> 15-20, there is a message from the god – God, I have always liked the god – QAn Now you'll seegence following the mistakes, who's believe and should believe. ( on YouTube moves in ) Take it seriously, pursue it with vigor, pursue it with everything that you have. Do it like there is no tomorrow. Don't say "ah, today I will just do this one, not tomorrow, I'll do the rest." No way. Do everything like for the 24 hours that you have, every day that God gives you breath. Walk like… When I say "walk", it's not just about physical work. You know, show people love… Love yourself, love God, Obey God. Respect God. In fact, if you don't know, some people say it's purpose. Oh, what's my purpose for being here? Your purpose is what you are doing now. First, whatever it is, your hands are fine to do now. Do it well. Whatever your station of life is right now. Do it well. It's like when you are climbing a staircase and you want to get to the topmost floor. You cannot just disappear to the topmost floor. You will take one step after the other. Step one, step two, step ten, step fifteen. You know, gradually before you get to the last step. You know? So, one step at a time and keep moving, keep moving, keep moving, keep moving, keep moving. Whatever your hands are trying to do, do it well. Whatever God has placed you, try to be the best and try to represent God. The best way God helps you to in that position. And how we will be able to help you, you need to ask God. And you need to purposefully stay in God, study the word "pre" and pray as you privilege. Prayer as you privilege. You know, having the privilege. Imagine if you had, I don't know who you respect most on earth. I don't know who you're very most. I don't know who, what's your man being or leader. You look up to the most. But imagine that you had a privilege to talk with that person at any time. Hey! Oh Lord. I don't want to stay president because I don't really have much respect for their president. Because their presidents have disappointed them. Whoever that person is, whoever it is you hold in utmost regard. Imagine if you had the opportunity, the access to that person. Any day, any time. And that person wants to see you at all times. Hey, I don't know. Yeah, I'll just back on going and leaving the person's house. If it is possible. Just to see the person all the time, draw strength from the person, share exchange knowledge and ideas and learn from that person. And that person is very mental. That you really love and respect. And that mental gives you 24/7 access to them. Of course you will not say, "I don't want to go and disturb this person." The person has already given the access. And I'm sure you want to maximize it. Now God is more than a mentor. He's more than a leader. He's more than a president or a friend, sharp person. He is your creator. He's your father. And he's looking out for you. And I encourage you. I encourage you just as I encourage myself to always. I mean, when I say God is your father, if you read the book of Luke 3 verse 38, he says that Adam was the son of God. Hey, did that. So this was a God. It was like another harm moment for me. And that is why Jesus came to restore us, but to that position of Son, sheep and daughterhood. You know, with God. Yeah. And I encourage you to accept the invites. Do not say, "Please, you can't be son or by yourself. You can't be daughter or by yourself." It's not possible. Without Jesus, you can't go back to being child and daughter or the son of God. And just speaking about your primary assignment again, if we can read from the book of Proverbs chapter 6 from verse 6 to 11. And I read for you again from New Living Translation. He says, "Take a lesson from the ants, you lazy bones. Learn from their ways and be wise. Even though they have no prince, no governor or ruler to make them walk. They labor hard all summer, garden food for the winter. But you lazy bones. How long will you sleep? Well, you wake up. I want you to learn this lesson. A little extra sleep, a little mozzelumber, a little folding of the hands to rest. And poverty will pound so you like it, but it bandits. Scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. God forbid that this should ever be our portion. I trust that many, if not all of us, that are listening to me. You have one thing or the other they are doing. Please, please, please do not be idle. You know when you park a car and you don't use the car for a long time. By the time you try to stand at the car, you may not move. So the same way, God has equipped you with everything. Do not just remain idle and allow the capacity he has endowed with you to just some perish without you producing results. You see, in Jesus, in the whole year, the whole 33 years of Jesus working here and there, the only thing that he cursed was he tree. The fig tree. The fig tree. And that's because the fig tree refused to obey instructions. The fig tree saw that the son of God himself was hungry and he died to eat. Yes, it was only a time for the figs to bloom. But if you refuse to obey the instruction of his Creator to produce fruit and Jesus cursed it and said, "You know what you will never produce fruit again." And that's where it is sometimes for some of us as human beings. The Lord has need for you but you feel like, "I'm not exposed. I'm not eloquent. I'm not this. I'm not that. I don't really know God that well. People don't need to see Christ in me or tomorrow later. I need to know today be desirous, be desirous, be desirous of being the best of who God has made you to be one step at a time and ask God to send you help us. People to help uplift you, study the Word, pray to God. And I assure you that God himself will place you in the right environment to bring the right people to help uplift you. He will use you in the right and most unrible way. You know, there's that scripture that says that in the house that there are different vessels. There are some for honor, there are some for this honor. What kind of vessel are you? I want to be a vessel of honor. I want to be the vessel that God uses as a mark of honor. I want to be the instrument of praise. I want to be a sweet sacrifice to God. I want God to be honored. Even if I want God to make a name for Himself true my life. But I thank God for making it way for Himself, a name for Himself through my life. And I pray that God will continue to do the same. And I pray also for you that you position yourself appropriately, that you utilize all that God has given you to fulfill your primary assignment, that you dwell in Christ Jesus. I'm going to follow the tenets and dictates of God, true Christ and the Holy Spirit in prayer, in studying the word in reaching out to the various mediums that God has made available, you know, to help support you, you know, accommodating the helpers that God will send to your life, having the spirit of the servant to know what to do and what not to do part time and doing the right thing, all to the glory of God in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. I wish you success in your primary assignments. And look forward to speaking with you again soon. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Have a blessed week ahead. I love you. Bye-bye.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The speaker reflects on learning about a secondary school friend's cancer diagnosis, which prompted deep personal reflection on life's purpose and urgency.
Using the biblical parable of the talents, the speaker emphasizes the importance of actively using one's God-given gifts and assignments rather than hiding or neglecting them.
The speaker reads from Genesis 1
The message stresses that these assignments apply to everyone, regardless of status, and that life should be lived purposefully, with results that reflect one's faith and stewardship.
Summary:
In this reflective monologue, the speaker begins by sharing how discovering a secondary school friend's battle with cancer deeply affected them, serving as a stark reminder of life's fragility and the urgency to fulfill one's purpose. This leads to a discussion on the concept of a "primary assignment" on Earth, illustrated through the biblical parable of the talents, which warns against inaction and emphasizes the need to productively use one's God-given gifts. The speaker then reads from Genesis 1:1-28, underscoring humanity's five core mandates: to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it, and exercise dominion over all creation.
These assignments are presented as universal responsibilities for every individual, intended to be pursued with diligence and faithfulness. The overall message is a call to self-examination, encouraging listeners to actively engage with their divine purpose and live a life of meaningful impact, rather than mere existence.
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The primary assignment refers to the five tasks given to humanity in Genesis 1:28: to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over all living things.
The speaker was deeply affected because the friend, from their secondary school days, is battling cancer, which reminded them of the urgency to fulfill their life's purpose and assignments.
The speaker emphasizes that God expects us to actively use and multiply the gifts or 'talents' we are given, not to hide or neglect them, as illustrated in the biblical parable.
The speaker explains that God created humans in His image, with the purpose of ruling over creation, and that both male and female were created together as part of this divine plan.
The speaker chose not to share their friend's cancer fundraiser on social media, preferring to reach out privately, noting that while sharing is not wrong, it was a personal decision based on their comfort and relationship.
The speaker uses the analogy of school promotion exams to stress that, like students expected to advance, Christians should aim for spiritual growth and tangible results in their faith, not just salvation.
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