Sport, Faith, and Community Multiplication

It's a lie, and it's burning in your atmosphere, so let it out, let it out. Step into a story written long before time began. Discover the seven prophetic pillars that stand as the bedrock of our Christian faith. From the miraculous birth of Jesus, to his sacred upbringing, through his powerful ministry. The deep rejection of Christ, the sacrificial death on the Roman cross, his victorious resurrection and his glorious ascension as he is seated on the right hand of the Father and the promise of his glory. glorious return. Join us as we uncover the prophecies of the Old Testament as they each come into fulfillment in the New Testament, revealing the undeniable truth that Jesus Christ is and forever will be the one true Messiah, the Son of God. Hi, my name is Alan Williams, the CEO of the Sport for Social Change Network, Africa. Sport has the power to change the world. It speaks to young people in a language they understand. It's more powerful than governments. in breaking down social injustices. We have a huge task at hand. You know, many of the kids that we work with do not have the luxury to have specialized coaches or extramural activities after school. On the other hand, it's easy to tell a child not to get involved in drugs or gangsterism, but what measures are we putting in place to combat that? And that's why we are so excited as the SSE in Africa to partner with the great vision of CRC and Pastor Adbosov through their Christmas drive, where we are providing an opportunity for our children in the country to be exposed to the power that sport presents. So we encourage you as well as our members, whether you're a business or an athlete, to get involved and get behind the CRC Christmas drive. They say a child in sport is a child out of court. We need your support. Get involved as we invest in the future of our young people. I thank you. Hi there and thank you for tuning into our live broadcast here at CRC. You are going to be blessed out of your socks. Most definitely, Titi. But family, first we are going to jump to our feet as we get ready to praise the Lord. Good morning, Titi! Come on, God is in this place. Come on, we praise Him, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. He's the Prince of Peace. He's the King of all ages. Come on, lift up a shout and give Jesus praise. The Lord is with me. So I have everything that I need He always leads me So there is nothing that I will fear Yeah, come on! All the days of my life, I will dwell in the house of the Lord. Surely goodness and mercy, overflowing forevermore. Come on church, sing we raise. We raise, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. We raise. We raise, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. Everybody sing it louder, everybody lift it higher, give your praises to the King. We raise, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. Give Him praise! All our praise! Woah-oh-oh-oh! For I'm the name of the reformed warrior by the day He's fighting for me, every single time I will win, yeah All the days of my life I will dwell in the house of the Lord, surely goodness and mercy overflowing forever. Be raised, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. Be raised, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. We raise, we raise, yeah we raise all our praise to the name of the Lord, to the name of the Lord, we give you praise Jesus. All our praise to the name of the Lord Come on, give Jesus praise this morning! Sing it louder, everybody lift Him higher Give your praises to the King We raise! When we raise our hands to the name of the Lord, all out to the name of the Lord, Jesus, all out to the name of the Lord. Let's sing, give Him a shout of hallelujah. Come on, let's go. He has been put to us, hallelujah! With everything inside of me My every breath, my offering For your glory, for your name I will sing With all my heart, I lift my praise Because you have set my heart at last For you For your fame I will sing For your honor Jesus For your honor For your fame Bless, bless him Bless the Lord Oh my soul And all that's within me Bless his name Bless the Lord Oh my soul I'll never forget What he's done, what he's done for me Hey! We serve a good God this morning Oh The rocks won't cry out no That's the Lord Oh my soul, I'll never forget what He's done, what He's done for me. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me. Bless His holy name. Bless the Lord and forget not His benefits. Who healed my diseases, who has forgiven my sins, who has set me on the path of life. There's only one name. There's only one name and that's the name of Jesus. Only one name for the rest of my days. Oh, there's only one name. There's only one name. Only one name that is worthy of praise Only one name His name is Jesus Only one name for the rest of my days There is only one name Only one name that is worthy of praise Jesus, you're worthy Jesus, you're worthy It's your word, even more than my praise It's your word, oh oh oh It's your word, yeah Bless the Lord, my soul And all that be, bless His name Bless the Lord, oh my soul I'll never forget what He's done for us all Bless the Lord, oh my soul Oh That's the We don't see the Lord always and again I say rejoice on the count of three I want to hear you rejoice Only one day, there's only one day, one day for the rest of my life. Only one day, yeah, yeah, yeah. Only one day that is worthy of this. There's only one day, only one rest of this. His name is Sheep, only one day. His name is Sheep, his name is Sheep. Only one day that is worthy. Hey Jesus, Jesus your word, all you words we got, Jesus your word, you come, Jesus your word, there's a love within, there's this pain, Lord, so Oh, I'll rest alone, rest alone, never forget what He's done for me, when I remember what my Lord has done. it's been good it's good hallelujah come on whatever you're facing this morning when we praise and worship our king we focus all our attention on the king of kings this morning and so come on church position your heart to the king of kings this morning and we're going to Bless our God in this place. We're going to lift him up because he's worthy. Hallelujah. If you can testify in this place, then we worship with that full conviction this morning. Come on, we're going to sing. Blessed are those who run to Him, who place their hope and confidence in Jesus. He won't forsake them. Blessed are those who... his face open the knee and fix the gaze on Jesus they won't be shake oh come on we praise Sing if you love His name. Come on and lift your voice. Come on, He's worthy. He's worthy of all our praise. Oh yes He is. Blessed are those who walk with Him, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage with Jesus. They'll see His glory. Blessed are those who died and live, whose joy it is to give it up for Jesus, and for Him only, oh Jesus, all for your glory, come on and pray. Sing if you love His name, come on and live on for He's worthy of all. Come on and bring your offerings. Sing if you love His praise Come on and lift up your holy hands He is worthy of all our praise Come on we bless Him it's got in the sanctuary let's go the fields of plenty let's go in the darkest valley every chance I get how is your name let's go empty. Bless God for the praise that calls me. Bless God when nobody's watching. Every chance I get, I bless your name. Bless God when the weapons fall on me. Bless God the walls are falling bless God because he goes before me every chance God for the old city tree this God is always with me Bless your name, every chance I have, come and praise for me, sing if you love His name, come on and live Come on, let's sing with me. He's worthy, He's worthy. Come on, come on and bring, come on and bring. Come on and bring a free. Come on, we're laying down to the King. Sing if you love His grace. Come on and lift. Your holiness is worthy of all our praise. Let's go. Let's go out in the sanctuary, let's go out in the fields of plenty, let's go out in the darkest valley, every chance I get, I'll be searching, let's go out in the desert, come on Bless God when the weapons are forming Bless God when nobody's watching Every chance I get I bless your name Bless God when the weapons are forming Bless God when the walls are falling bless God cause He goes before me every chance I get I bless Your name bless God cause He holds the victory bless God cause He's always with me bless God cause He's always worthy every chance I get I bless Your name Every chance I get, I bless your name Every chance I get, I bless your name Every chance I get, I bless your name Every chance I get, come on and praise the Lord with me Sing it out with all your heart. Sing if you love Him. Come on. Come on and live. Your life is worthy of all. Come on church, hold the voices in this place. Come on and bring your heart. Come on, that's right church, sing it out. Sing if you know His grace. Come and lift your holy hands Be worthy of all Christ He is worthy of all our praise Oh, sing it again He is worthy He is worthy of all our praise Sing it again He is worthy He is worthy of all our praise Come on, with all your heart He is worthy He is worthy of all our praise It is written You're my refuge and strength Though the earth may pass away You will remain It is written That You provide every need And everywhere that You will lead You will sustain Come on, sing it out this morning. Sing it. You keep your promises. Your goodness never changes. To generations. You keep your covenant. We see your faithfulness from generation to generation. From generation to generation. It is written, we're redeemed by your blood. All is love. It is written, it is written, it's not my power, by the Spirit in the love, you keep your promise, and your goodness never ends. To generation, to generation, we'll be your covenant. We've seen, we've seen your faithfulness. From generation to generation. You are faithful in the least, you are faithful in the plenty. We will trust you and believe, as it's written, let it be. You are God and we will run from day to day. What you've spoken is enough, it's the ground we're standing on You are God and we will not be shaken We will trust you and believe as it's written You alone will be the salvation What you've spoken to me He's a man You keep your pride You keep your good generation Good generation Shall we see your conversation? Shall we dance? Be from generation to generation, your goodness reigns. Put your hands up, God is faithful, come on CRC! God keeps His promises, they are here, amen! Come on CRC, your faithfulness, from generation to generation. To generation, to generation Come on if you believe God is a way maker, a promise keeper Then give Him a praise like you believe it today Come on there's nothing our God cannot do He's a way maker, He's a promise keeper, He's a miracle worker And while you clap your hands I want you to shout out a promise You are trusting God for for 2025 on the count of three you must be believing God for something and God gave us all a promise which is multiplication so whatever you're believing God for shout it out this morning on the count of three one two three shout it come on And the Bible says without faith it is impossible to come to Him, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is the rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. We don't come neutral, we come expectant because our expectation and anticipation is God's. invitation we are not just singing songs here we are declaring our faith in god welcome tbntb in year 21 gospel praise to you facebook live youtube live clc online radio stations correctional facilities people all over russia israel america Europe, Iran, India, Pakistan, China, of course Africa. Come on, our best days are ahead of us. God is good and His mercy endureth forever. We are going from glory to glory to glory. And 2025 will be the year of, say it. No, you've got to say it like you believe it. Say it, 2025 will be the year of what? God's gift. In Afrikaans, dit is de jaar van wat? Vermenigvuldiging in Kosa, it's the year of? And in Situ, it's the year of? Come on, just say something this morning. Don't look sad. Look happy. God is on your side. David said, I was glad when they said, I will go to the house of the Lord. Welcome to all the churches with us today. Johannesburg with us today. Come on, give them a big hand clap. The church in Johannesburg, also in Bloemfontein. We welcome the church, Bethlehem, Arismith, Pyle, Quaqua, and then also Gaboroni with us this morning. Give somebody a high five and say, get ready. for multiplication in Jesus'name. Come on. I believe 2025 is going to be a year of multiplication. Let's get all the echoes off the platform. Thank you. I believe we are going to see and we are going to experience multiplication in, I want to say every area of our lives, but I'm going to say many areas of our lives, okay? some things we don't want to multiply right say me but every good thing every godly thing every blessing we want to see god multiply in our life so we are going to get ready for multiplication 2025. So I'm going to be preaching the next three years, maybe four weeks, maybe through December. I'll still decide when I'm going to stay or not. It doesn't matter. But I'm going to get you ready, supercharged, off your rusty dusty, because some of you are going to have to double your efforts as well to see the multiplication God has for you. So I declare that you are going to multiply spiritually. Amen. You're going to get more spiritual 2025. So amen. You are going to experience more of God's love, God's joy, God's peace in Jesus. name you are going to see a manifestation of God's goodness and mercy multiplied in your life in 25 those of you that were not able to have children 2025 is your year condition you must be married I played with one of the pastor's daughters she said um as I walked in of course I know you're married man but I mean you know I always joke with people and she said I'm pregnant 15 weeks I said who's the guilty one she said I pastor You're not guilty, brother. You're just doing what the Lord says. But some of my son-in-laws must stop what the Lord said now. Okay, here we go. So 2025, God's going to multiply things in your life. If you have no job, you're going to get a job. You better say amen because that means I believe. You're going to... I believe you're going to have a promotion. I believe God's going to increase you. I believe special bonuses are coming your way. I believe great opportunities are hitting your way. I believe enlargement is your promise from God. God Isaiah 54, enlarge your dwelling, enlarge the place of your tent. You have to have an expectation for 2025. So we're not going to end this year on a flat. We are going to end this year on a high. Say amen. Come on. You're not a flat battery. You are supercharged in Jesus'name. And God can't talk to you when you're flat in any case. So you need to pray like Jabez, not be satisfied with where you are. We always have to press onward and forward and take territory for God. God never called us to be squatters. Okay, let me say it, not to sound, there we go. God never, don't fold your arms now and shut off because I used the word squatter. I mean, God never called you to be a camper, whether you camp in a tent or in a mansion. God called you to be a mover. So Jabez is a man blessed already, and he cries out to God in 1 Chronicles 4, verse 10. And he says, Oh, that you would bless me. Lift up your hand this morning, if you dare, in Johannesburg, in Blivodate, in Gaborone, and say, God bless me more. Say it. It looks like some of you are blessed enough, and that's selfish. Because God wants to bless you more so that you can do more for others. So let's try that again. Everybody, that means if you're in a body, you're in everybody. Everybody, even for the quiet types, the conservative types, everybody. I'll close my eyes, I won't look. Everybody lift your hand and say, God bless me and bless me more. Say it. Lift your head, keep your hand raised. I'll be looking down because I'm seated in heavenly places. I don't look down, I look down on the devil. Say enlarge my territory. Say let your hand be upon me. Say keep me from evil God. that I may not cause pain. So God granted him his request. So I want to talk about preparing for multiplication and let me make it very clear. God doesn't mind people being blessed. As a matter of fact... The nature of God is to bless His people. We're going to talk about it today. Proverbs 10.22, the Bible says, The blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow. So the issue is not whether you are blessed. The issue is what you are doing with the blessing. So when you are blessed and you have no purpose, you will live a self-centered life. But I think we have established that in the church, that our lives are purpose-driven. Everything we do is for the glory of God and for the purpose of God, which is to further God's kingdom, Matthew 6 verse 33. So here's a promise of God that you should all write on your walls for 2025. I'm going to read a lot of scriptures because we have to make sure that if God gives us a theme, it's foundationally secure or solid. It's word-based. So I want to talk about the covenant of multiplication. Not to make you weak. Amen. Alibaba. Jeremiah 30 verse 17 the Bible says, And I will restore health to you. My word, I'm going to lay hands on you and shake you out of your dead spaces. I will restore health to you. I'm telling you God's going to get a hold of you and God's going to touch your emotions and God's going to help you get over your mental health issues and God's going to... touch your spiritual ailment and God's going to break that addiction over your life and God's going to restore the years the locusts have stolen over you because that's the covenant that God has come to make you. It was for freedom that Christ has come to set you free. He doesn't want you to be a prisoner no more. He doesn't want you bound no more. He doesn't want you blind no more. He doesn't want you in poverty no more. He's come to set you free. Say amen and give the Lord a praise in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So God's going to come and restore health to your finances. I declare it. It says God's going to heal your wounds. Whatever broke you and messed you up in the past, you're going to get up and get over it. You're not going to repeat the mistakes of yesterday and you're not going to curse and nurse and rehearse all your pains and talk about that rubbish again and again. Time for you to receive your wholeness. Time for you to walk out of your prison. Time for you to accept that Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted and stop revisiting your past and walk into the future that God has for you. Shout amen in Jesus'name. since they called you an outcast saying this is Zion no one seeks her covet try to shut down the church but watch 2025 give me some rhythm here my brother 2025 you're gonna say give me some rhythm you're gonna say God God God is gonna come and move by the power of the Holy Spirit and there's gonna be like a mighty rushing wind there's gonna be a whirl whirl whirl whirl whirl wind and you are gonna see God bring back the backslider and what was empty is going to be filled for the glory and by the glory of God in Jesus name hallelujah I said hallelujah I don't care whether you like me I am prophesying I'm telling you what's gonna happen The devil tried to shut the church, but Jesus said, I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail in the name of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Let's change the atmosphere in this place over our nation in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. God says, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's house. I will have mercy on his dwelling place. Catch me, my brother. Catch me, my brother. The city shall be built upon its mount. I'm not past Ellenbeck. And the palace shall remain according to its own plan. Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving. The voice of them who make merry. God says, I will multiply them. I said God said I will multiply them and they shall not diminish your days of decrease are over God's going to multiply you I'm prophesying to you every dead every dry bone I will glorify them and they shall not be small bigger and better By the power of God, are you ready? I said, are you ready? Ready? God's going to multiply your hours. You're going to work the same amount of time, but God's going to increase you. God's going to bless what you touch. Because God says whatever you set your hand to will be blessed. God says you will be the head only and not the tail. Above and not beneath. You are mine. My hand is upon you. I don't know what you've been through, but your days of small, your days of diminishing are over. Because you have a covenant with God who says, I will multiply you. You shall no longer be small in Jesus'name. Isaiah 60 verse 22, a little one shall become a thousand. You've got one person employed, why don't you believe God to have a company that employs a thousand people? Think about that! Talk about breaking the back of poverty that Christians have to become industrious. One staff, two staff, three staff. We have over 300 people employed now in the church, okay? But I started with one. I know it's not a lot, but it's more than one. It's a part of all the churches we started and all the other people we employed all over the world. So it's actually might be a thousand people. This is the scripture God gave me when I had six people. God gave me this. A little one shall, not might, shall become a thousand. And a small one, Bible says, do not despise the day of small beginnings. What is small? When God touches it. When God's hand is upon it, it's going to explode and it's going to produce mega fruit for the glory of God. Say amen in the name of Jesus Christ because that's what God says. God says, I, the Lord, will hasten it. in its time. So come on, my youth pastors. We are believing God for a youth revival. You better see this place filled on a Sunday with six, seven thousand teenagers praising the Lord, multiplication upon multiplication. Your faith is what will release this miracle of God's promise in your life in Jesus'name. So listen to me this morning. Nothing. And I mean nothing happens by itself. It's like people say it happened. No. Somebody made it happen. You're in a hole of depression. It happened with a thought. And we have to get you out of that. It happened. The multiplication will not happen by itself. Nothing in life happens by itself. Can you handle that? You're just, you're not going to get the degree, not applying yourself. So when we talk about multiplying, some of us are going to have to multiply our efforts. We're going to have to multiply our time in God's presence, multiply wisdom, multiply time with the right people, and minimize time with the wrong people. Because when you spend time with people, they add to you or they take from you. There's no neutral ground if you are serious about moving into what God has for you. Zero neutral ground. People add and build or people take and break. So choose your friends carefully. Somebody recently said you are known by the five people that you spend most of your time with. Now you can't help your husband, okay? But the rest, it's your choice. Don't tell me it's your family, because you can't choose your family. You love them, but it's better to avoid some, let me say nothing. I'll do a Jesus on you. When people came, Jesus was preaching the Word of God in the family. People came and said, your mother, your brothers are looking for you. Because they thought it was beside himself. He said, it's not my mother and my brothers. Flesh and blood, it's not my mother and my brothers. He said, those who hear the Word and do the Word, they are my mother, my brothers and my sisters. So you decide where you're going to go. You hang out with people of like precious faith. You can't come to church on Sunday morning and sit and say hallelujah, but the rest of the week you are hanging out when they say it. Your multiplication is not going to take place. So, I'm going to say it again. Listen, I'm not going to... I never get past my first part. And I think you all know... the second part but so here we go i've got 20 minutes left no actually not i'll take whatever time i want i'm gonna say it again nothing and i mean nothing happens by itself You want to see multiplication in your life, there's two things. You have to walk with God, it's not a negotiable, and you have to work with God. You have to walk with Him and work with Him. It's not a negotiation. John chapter 15 verse 4, the Bible says, abide in me. That's a living relationship. And I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you multiply. I added it there. Unless you abide in me, all your good plans will come to naught. If it's not born out of the place of intimacy, you walk with God. He says, I am the vine. Let's not forget it. Who's our source and our resource and our strength and our guide and our wisdom. Let's not forget that our help comes from the Lord. Let's not forget that God is smarter than the devil. Let's not forget that God knows the next step. Let's not forget that God knows what's heading your way. And if you walk with God, no weapon formed against you shall prosper. You will always overcome. You will always come out stronger on the other side. I said you will come out stronger on the other side if you walk with God. Say Amen. Since I'm the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, intertwined, bears much fruit. You abide in God and God abides in you. You abide in God and God abides in you. Verse 7 says, you bear what? Much fruit. That sounds like multiplication. That word much means mega. So we want to see multiplication, we have to get this as the foundation of everything. Your abiding relationship with God, and that doesn't mean when you spend time with God you go into a coma, because that's what some people do. No. When you spend time with God you go into a dialogue mode. You worship to listen. You pray to listen. Give me Samuel's ear that I may hear. You engage to you. You don't just engage, that's religion. Kerabarararararararararamaya. Say namas Ramaya. Tiki prapapa. Okay, but that's some people spray alive. I mean, it's like they walk into the, I like to use the listening room or the dialogue room, and it's like bombarding God with, this is the day. God said, I know it's the day, I made it, okay, it's alright, chill, chill, chill. Let's talk. Let's have a conversation. Because the key is to hear. not to speak and if you have a abiding relationship with God you talk less and you listen more and you write you dialogue what God tells you and whatever God says God will back No matter who tries to stop it. Every word, every rhema you hear from God. So you need that promise from God. But it's as you walk with God, then you get the word from God. Now you have to work. Are you listening? Walk, work. Not just walk. Karis Cruz and some Cruzmatics are good at walking with God. They're not good at working with God. So when Jesus said to Peter, launch out into the deep. The fish did not jump into the boat. They had to row out. They had to let down their nets. They had to deal with their unbelief. They had to do the impossible. God said, get out into the same place. In the place of failure, I'm going to bless you. Some of you have experienced failure, but you've become stronger because you become stronger through failure. As long as you don't quit and you become a whiner and a crier, you get into the presence of God. And if God says, get out there again, my sister, you get yourself on your stilettos, you get yourself on your high heels, you do your makeup, you do your hair, you look your pretty best, and you just... Get out of there again and you put a sunshine face on and you act like you are large and in charge and you will see how God will bless you in the name of Jesus Christ. We don't carry our sorrow and our shame and our pain. our faces no we rejoice in the Lord again I say we rejoice in the Lord we rejoice in the Lord always come on in the good times bad times easy times difficult times we rejoice in the Lord because our relationship with Jesus is real it's real not based on performance it's not based on an outcome It is based on a definitive relationship. We walk with God. Verse 16, he says, you did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, not just to Shandai, that you should go and bear fruit. that your fruit should remain whatever you ask the father in my name he may give you so when you pray and you walk with god you are going to pray in line with god's will so two things needed to be multiplied i have to very quickly now fast forward number one you have to walk blessed you need to live blessed you have to talk about that you need to work with a blessing number two you have to sow the right seed you You live by the law of seed time and harvest. I'm going to say it again. Nothing, nothing, nothing, and I mean nothing happens by itself. So for things to change, number one. You need to know that you are blessed because what you believe determines how you live and how you approach life. If you doubt that you are blessed, you will live in defeat. You will live as if you are lacking. something. And the Bible says you are complete in Him. The Bible says you have received all things that pertain to life and godliness. The Bible says the greater one lives on the inside of you. So there's no excuse for you other than the thoughts going on in your mind. The second thing is that I'm going to show you from from the Bible is you have to respect and understand the law of seed time and harvest that affects every area of your life. Whatever you do today, you will see tomorrow. That's why Jesus teaches us, as you would be do unto you, do unto them, so that you can see what you want in your life. You do it unto others. You don't live reactive. You live applying the Word of God. So Galatians chapter 6 verse 7, and it's not my sermon this morning just to refresh your minds, but the Bible says a man's harvest in life is based entirely on the seed he has sown in the past. Now we're not talking about when life gives you a curveball. We're talking about how you deal with life when it gives a curveball. So Joseph landed in prison after a dream, but Joseph sowed the right seed wherever he found himself. He never became a victim. He was victorious because of his walk with God, and he worked with God, applying the principles of God that gave him dominion wherever he was. 2 Corinthians 9, verse 65 says, But this I say, Paul, God, he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly. Spend a little time with your children, you will reap it. Get lazy at work, you will see it. Stop going to gym, your clothes will become too tight. Man, listen, I celebrated so many birthdays lately. Now you can see this is a tight fit today. So, um, and I'm very disciplined. But like three birthdays in a week, two double thirties and another one, it's like, genoegno. Because if I continue like this, I'm going to be Pastor Barney next year. Okay, so... He used so sparingly in every area. Hi Lord, bless me, bless me, bless me. You're blessed. But now what you do with what you have, what's in your hand will determine the future. Not just in the area of finances, in the way you talk to other people. the way you treat people, in your work ethics, in your integrity, in every day of your life, every seed that you sow, every conversation you have. That's why I tell people don't talk about your negative past because if you talk about your negative past You are sowing the seeds of yesterday into your future. And you keep on reliving a negative cycle. You'll never break until you stop that nonsense. And you begin to speak positive over your future. So if you're always in trauma and a drama queen, it's because you are purposefully bringing the past into your future. Say amen. I see only people on this side are listening, so good. No, I'm just joking. I think this year, you're perfect. No, they're both here perfect. Proverbs 11, 24, the Bible says, There is one who scatters, yet increases. God's law. There is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty. I tell couples all the time, compliment one another. I said to the guy, do you tell your wife she's beautiful? He said, she is beautiful. I think it all the time. I said, you have to say it. A compliment means nothing unless you voice it, because it's a seed that you sow, right? It says the generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters others will also be watered himself. So, maybe we cannot do much about this year's harvest, but we can decide. Our harvest about next year. The old proverb states the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today. So it's time to sow different seeds in your life today if you want to see a different harvest in 2025. So the question is what do you want to reap? Multiplication. Well we all know the basics. of maths, which is zero times anything equals zero. So zero times a billion, zero times a trillion, zero times a million equals zero. So you give zero love, there's no harvest of love coming back. You give zero attention to your studies, you're not going to succeed and get the top job. Because zero input will determine your outcome. Nothing, and I mean nothing, happens by itself. God gives you principles, God blesses you, and then God basically says, get on with it. So let's talk about the covenant of multiplication very quickly. I don't know how far I'm going to get, but we've established that multiplication from God's Word is God's will for us. Jeremiah 30 verse 19, I will multiply them and they shall not diminish. I will also... glorify them, and they shall not be or remain small. Psalm 107 verse 35, all 35 Bible says, he turns wilderness into pools of water. So if you've been going through a wilderness, get ready for some water to come. If you've been at a place called Marah, a place of bitterness, believe God that God's going to turn Marah into Elam, a place of abundance and a place of blessing. Say amen. Says that he will turn a dry land into a water springs. Where he makes the hungry dwell. That they may establish a city for a dwelling place. And sow fields and plant vineyards. So again God says my intention is to bless you but you have to sow. Amen. You sow kindness you reap it. You sow generosity, you reap it. You sow love, you reap it. You sow strife, let me say again, you reap it. He says that they may yield a fruitful harvest. He blesses them that they may multiply greatly. And He does not let their cattle decrease. Your cattle is your business, your future. A good man lives in inheritance for his children's children. So God means for everything that you have to increase. You can clap your hands because it's the truth. Okay, and don't sit here now today and say I haven't had any increase for the last 10 years. We're not talking about the last 10 years, like Abraham 24 years. We're talking about God's covenant of multiplication and you have to make up your mind now what you believe. If you're one of those people who say, good luck to you man, get on with your life, but leave us to get on with our life and our belief in God according to God's Word, not according to your opinion. So let's go to the beginning. The Bible says, so God created man in his own image. Genesis chapter 1 verse 27. In the image of God, he created him. Male and female. He created them. I don't have to say anything more. Then God blessed them. I said then God blessed them. When God created them, immediately God blesses them. And God said to them, God instructs them. After God blesses them, it's not a suggestion. He says get on with it. Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. That's why I blessed you. Have dominion. Stop acting like you're under the weather all the time. Stop attracting attention to your sad sorry story all the time. Get a hold of yourself by the power of the Holy Ghost. Get a hold of your emotion, I said, by the power of the Holy Ghost. You were created by God for dominion. Say dominion. Say dominion. In Jesus'name. So God blesses them. God says be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth, subdue it, have dominion. Then in verse 29, God said, see, I've given every herb that yields seed. We'll talk about that. Everything in this passage says a lot. Number one, we are created in the image of God. We don't evolve from apes or we didn't come from an amoeba proteus that spilled out on a stupid little red rock somewhere. And over years and years and years, we grew little hands and little arms and suddenly we figured out that we're human beings. beings. No. 6,000 years ago, in the beginning, when God recreated the heavens and the earth, we were created in the image of God. Hallelujah. We were created in the image of God to live in this world as God lives in this world. Before sin came, we were created in the image of God. Look at the person next to you and say, you are created in God's own image. And that means you are very, very, very special. Tell them in the name of God. name of Jesus come on so in God's image he created them male and female not what these people all over the world want to say that there are 90 something genders that you can identify with no you're not a penguin no you're not a cat no you're not a fig tree no you are not you were created in the image of God male or female in the image of God. That's how God created you in the beginning. You can say, amen. We're not anti-anything, but we will not be silent on the truth. This is how God meant it. Jump over to our social media platforms if you're hungry for the Word. We love you. God bless you. Amen. So maybe YouTube or somebody will not like what I have to say, but thank God there's a pushback against this whole woke agenda that's trying to destroy future generations. You want to be woke, be awake to God. Not to the foolishness of people that are trying to pollute our world. So the first thing is we are created in God's image. Every one of us. Equal. So that means nobody's better than you. I said nobody is better than you. The white man, the black man, the red man, the yellow man, the pink man, the peach pink man. Nobody's better than you. You were created equal in the image of God. It's a foundational belief that you have to have. Because nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. So don't tell me white people have mistreated me and that's why I feel. No. Get yourself right with God. You were created in the image of God. You're not defined by some person's prejudice. You better say a better amen than that. Otherwise you'll keep me there. Oh, they make me feel inferior. No, no, no. Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. You go look in the mirror and you say, I'm created in the image of God. You cannot make God feel inferior. How can you feel inferior about yourself because of what somebody else says about you? You cannot. You hail God. from God. 1 John says, you are born from God. The Bible says, you have the seed of God on the inside of you. That means nobody can make you feel inferior. Not your mama, not your papa, not the rugby coach, not the person at work, not the employer. Nobody can make you feel inferior. Nobody can steal your self-worth and your dignity. Listen, without your consent. Because you're not defined by what people say. Well, my mama loved my brother more. So what? Whoopie doopie doopie doo. There was David. He had seven brothers. His father did not even remember he had another son. And God... chosen. So get over yourself and stop sucking your thumb and stop always talking about when you were 13 years old and now you are 50 years old. My word grow up my brother, grow up my sister. Why do you still go back 35 years ago? You hail from God. If any man is in Christ, he's a new creature. It doesn't matter. Who told Gideon, you are the least of the weakest? It was his family. And the Lord says, the Lord is with you, mighty man of Thala. Go in the might of yours. Stop acting weak. It's an excuse now. Don't tell me I don't understand your hurt. I've been hurt more than you, man. So I'm not going to talk nonsense to me. If I took my shirt off, you'll see a thousand stab wounds in my back of betrayal. So go talk nonsense to someone else. That's why you walk with crisis, everything, because we all look for an excuse. Why we're not progressing. You need a shoulder to cry on, come. But cry quick. Because I'm not Jesus. I'm going to point you to Jesus who heals you. I shouldn't have, I couldn't have. Be careful, because now that becomes your identity. And you're getting negative attention through talking about your past all the time. Be careful. You read everything people say about you negatively. Be careful. Yes, I must do this. What's it in English? Misogynist. You understand, some people like pain. I'm not talking about hit me. I'm talking about emotional pain. Tell me how bad I am. Tell me how bad. Excuse me? Excuse me? I thought you're a Christ creation, a Christ thing. Get up man, grow up. You're a new creature. I mean, I see some people and I see what they've been through and I thought, Jesus, thank you. But they are the most whole people that you've ever met. And you see other people that just have a bruise on their toe and it's like, Ah, ah, ah, ah. Grow up. I'm not going to change them, Nappy. I'm going to take it off. Stop telling your wife about all your trauma of 20 years ago. Stop that nonsense. Stop it. Stop it. You've created God's image, you're whole, you're complete. Not being insensitive, I know people have things to go through, that people go through. And, you know, in America, every guy that now goes on one tour, and I mean, we went on many border tours, etc. In our day, there was no such thing as post-traumatic stress disorder. It didn't exist in those days. You have to get back, get on, get on with life. Now you lose your job, you're in trauma. I love you enough to be truthful. That means God's got something better for you. You're not the loser, they're losing. They are losing you. They never recognized you, never valued you. Now you get out of that company, you shake the dust from your feet, and you say, God, God, something better for me. Good things are heading my way. I'm blessed coming in. I'm blessed going out. I'm not defined by what happened to me. Shout amen in Jesus'name. You know what I'm saying is the truth. But we're living in a day where people feed on negative energy. And on emotional trauma. Get yourself to Jesus. I said get yourself to Jesus. Listen, get yourself to Jesus. I'm not the healer, but he's the healer. Get yourself to Jesus. Get yourself to Jesus. Get yourself into the presence of Jesus and let him heal you once and for all and tell you whose you are and who you are and then when people talk about you you shake the dust off your feet and when the devil reminds you of your past you remind him of his future and you just get on with it man get on with it get on with it the life God has for you There's no future without a real living relationship with Jesus. It does not exist. Because where do you run to in times of trouble? Where? Where do you go? Where do you really go? That's why we're not going to talk about multiplication. We're not going to talk about superficial principles. We're going to talk about how God intended it in the beginning. God created them in His image. God blessed them. God said, be fruitful and multiply. And then God gives them everything they need to live a life of victory. Then the devil comes to steal. Sin comes, the fall of man. And we're not getting there today. And Jesus comes to restore everything to a better place than Adam ever had. So all your trauma and all your drama that you've been through, cast those burdens on the Lord once and for all. Leave it at the foot of the cross. Leave it and move on. A free man. Free from guilt and shame and your past and people's opinions. Because I know when people say things, it matters. That's why your relationship with God has to be much more secure and has to be stronger. And you have to know what God says because people will be mean and people will say things and people will be careless and you will be mistreated. Jesus taught us that. He says, I'll send you as lambs in the midst of wolves. People are going to try and eat you up. They're going to demean you. They're going to belittle you. They're going to slander you, etc. He says, so what? Get on with it. Because you're not of this world, you're not defined by the people of this world, you're not defined by your skin color, you're not defined by a racist system, and you still live in that place of what happened to the... I know what happened to your father is terrible. What happened to my great-grandmother who died in a concentration camp the British killed her is equally terrible. Let me make it clear from this platform. But I had to get over it. I had to let go of the hate. and marry an English wife and raise my children to speak English. My word, do you know what a sacrifice that is? That I have to talk to my children in English and I love the English. My love, I can't even say a prayer, say a prayer, eat and let us not forget you. So don't sit there now and think, he doesn't like the English. Listen to what I say, not what I don't say. Things want to resurface all the time, because people are not secure in their identity in Christ. And when you receive Jesus, whose workmanship are you? You are His workmanship. What happens to you? You are recreated in Christ. Everything about you. All the old have passed away and nobody has the right to bring you back to the old. And in Christ you are blessed. In spite of your male, female, Jew, Gentile, whatever race you are, you are equal. So hear me very carefully and clearly for the last time. No one can make you feel inferior or less without your consent. Then in essence is what you believe about yourself. And that then means where are you established? What is your foundation of truth and your pillar of truth? Is it Christ, what God says about you, or is it how people treat you? Because today you're there, tomorrow the old racist wounds open again. How is it possible after 30 years, my brother, you've been praying in tongues for 30 years and suddenly old racist wounds are opening up again. You want to tell me Jesus is not big enough to heal your wounds? That if something happens, the old wounds have to reopen? That means those wounds have never been healed. Let's have a conversation here today. It means that wounds have never been healed. Never! Because you've never drawn close to Jesus for him to have a sit-down conversation with you and deal with your deepest hurts. And every human being needs that, or you'll be like a ship adrift at the sea. You need your own personal relationship with Jesus Christ as your Lord, your Savior, your Guide. You need to abide in Him. You need to walk with Him and work with Him and remove everything from your life that will be a hindrance to that intertwining relationship. You're dating somebody that's not even born again? I spoke to somebody now in one of these parties, and they say, everybody's fine, but you know, as long as they love one another, but they're not Christians. I say, okay, I'm not going to say anything, because you know your pastor doesn't offend people, right? As long as they love one another, everything will be fine. But just for a moment. Because it is God that is spelled L-O-V-E. And if there's no God, there can never be love. Without God, there can never be love. Never, never. Because God is love. Unconditional love by God. You take God out, there is no love. There's a vacuum of feelings, emotions, and sentiment which will leave you void and empty after years. If He's not the center, He's not. in your life. I want every head bowed, every eye closed. Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Gaborone, right here. You know, as we come to the end of this year, this is the most important thing we have to look at, our relationship with God, our walk with God. Are we right? If we died now, would we go to heaven? Do you have peace with Jesus? Is there something that you have to surrender to God this morning? Maybe you're sitting here today, you say, Pastor, I need a fresh start with God. I've become superficial in my walk with God. It happens. Come back to Jesus this morning. I want to pray for you. I've stayed here this morning to talk to you, to talk from here to Johannesburg, and there's a bicycle race. So, you're sitting in this place this morning. Your life is not right with God. You're sitting here and you don't believe, you don't know. I know a lot of people say, man, he's a good man. Good people don't go to heaven. You have to be saved. There's one way you know. You know. He who has the Son of God does not have the life. I write these things so that you can know what glows in the name of the Son of God, that you have the eternal life. You're sitting here this morning and you don't know that if you die, you'll go to heaven. Maybe at one time you served God, but as the prodigal son, you've drifted away from God. Come back to Jesus this morning. Maybe your hurt has been too great, it's taken you away from Him. Let Jesus heal you. I am not the healer, but I know the healer. I'm not the Savior, but I can point you to the Savior. I'm not the helper, but I can lead you to the helper this morning. But you've got to open your heart. You've got to allow Jesus. entrance into your life. So while every head is bowed, people praying, right your floor balcony in Blovendane as well. On the floor of the balcony in Blovendane North, in Johannesburg, in Bethlehem, in Gaboroni. Wherever you are this morning, still watching on live stream, right where you are this morning, you say, I need a fresh start with God, a new beginning with God. I want to get right with Jesus. I need that relationship to be re-established. I want to come home to Jesus today. If that's your desire, quietly wherever you are, just raise your hand quickly. I want to say a prayer for you. Call quickly all over this place. Raise it up. High, high, high. All over. Slip it up. Up, up, up, up, up. Thank you. God bless you. God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. Raise it up, raise it up high. Thank you, thank you. God bless you, God bless you. Raise it up. There's a heaven to gain, there's a hell to shun. Forget the people around you. Slip it up. God's reaching down to you, reach back up to him. Quickly, lift your hand in Jesus'name. Thank you on the balcony. God bless you, God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. Come home to Jesus. Come back to your first love today. Last time before I pray, last feeling in your heart is God that will talk to you. Bible says no one can say Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Ghost. There are times where God comes and he tugs at your heart. Then you have to respond. If not yet raised your hand, slip your hand and quickly say yes. Include me in that prayer now in Jesus name. Thank you. Thank you. Quickly. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. God bless you. Look at me all you beautiful people and you are beautiful people. You know, can I say this? Something somebody said recently, which I thought was beautiful. At her birthday, she said, we have to love people. Now, I know that sounds simple, and that means, she says, we have to love people the way God loves us. God gives us the benefit of the doubt, right? God always gives us the benefit. So when God looks at you this morning, He loves you. He says, if He so loved us, we would... We also ought to love one another in the same way. No matter who they are. What will heal this world is not Donald Trump. At least he said one smart thing. But you know, his ego is big. So people say to him, interview him. And I'm not asking whether you like him. People say, oh, you're now the most famous person on the earth. He says, no, I'm not. He says, no. No, you are the most famous person. He says, no, I'm not. He says, Jesus Christ. It's like, you could smack that reporter. He doesn't know what to say, okay? Because he's trying to feed his ego. And he says, ah, ah, there is one. But one, that song, One Name. Stand to your feet with me, please. Quickly. Don't clap. Don't sing yet. Many of you raised your hands in all our churches this morning to be prayed for. to reconnect with God. Please don't leave the service now. It's not the right thing to do. Please. I pray for your bladder. You can hold another five minutes. If you're a lady and that's time, I get it. The rest, no. Men, we'll pray for your bladders. So all over this place, you brought a friend. Your love will bring your friend to Christ. L-O-V-E. What this world needs is love. Love, love, love, love, love. Real love. Love, right? So you brought your friend. Let the love that is in your heart bring your friend to the altar this morning. So all over this place, if you raised your hand. You did not, they're in Blimberdine, in Johannesburg, in Gaborone, in all the churches. You want to get right with God today, you want to come back to Jesus today, I want you to leave your seat wherever you are and think about it, and just walk down the aisle closest to you, come down the steps, that side, that side, we are going to pray together right here at the altar. And God's going to do something beautiful in your life. Come on, leave your seat now. And come, come, come, come. Put your arm around your friend. Walk them to the altar this morning. Come on. Come on there, many of you that have raised your hands. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on this morning. He's calling you, reaching out to you. Come on. Come on, walk this way, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, put your arm around your brain so I'll walk with you. Take your wife by the hand, say, Lefe, Lefe, let's make this year a year of peace. Let's make this year a year of peace. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Like your name, like your name, Jesus, all the... Praise to the name of Jesus Like your name, like your name, like your name, Jesus. All the high praise to no name, Jesus. There's no name like your name. Jesus reigns, no name is a thing. I go there, Jesus, all the... Come on, let's give the band a big hand, they're always doing absolutely brilliant and amazing. Can we pray with you this morning? A great privilege. God loves you. You've heard me. That's all I preached about this morning. Put your hand on your heart. Pray this prayer with me right now. Quickly just say this. Say, Lord Jesus, I give my life back to you. Thank you for loving me so much that you died for my sin. I believe you are the Christ. I believe you rose from the grave. I believe you are here for me, personally. You've touched me. I respond and I surrender everything to you. In Jesus'name. Amen. I'm now going to put my foot in it, but I don't care. We have some of the top police generals in our church, and people listen to us. We have a big platform. So, Minister of Police, et cetera. I'm anti-crime. What's happening is still the Fontaine is not okay. Mercy, triumphs over judgment. Bring those people out. Feed them. Get water down to them. Get food down to them. Because that's the right thing. And then send your negotiators and criminals should be prosecuted. But no criminal should be left to die. Now, I don't care if you think I should say this. I say it because I have the influence to say it. As IFCC, as CRC, we do not endorse the suffering of people in any way. Never will, never can. So those of you that have the power of sway and influence, speak to the right people. We're not saying let criminals go free. That's not what I'm saying. But we can't put everything on the table. every criminal into a holding cell and starve them to death. It's not okay. So now I've lost some of you. That's your problem. I don't care. I don't care. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Let's be kind. Let's get food to those people. We will, as a church, also engage to see how we can help. let's try and get food to those people. Let's try and get help to those people. Let's bring them to the surface and then the law must take its course. That's okay. That's fine. But we can't allow people to die down there. Amen? So, we have ministers come to our church. We have people that dress in civilian uniforms like us. Many people don't know the influential people that come to this church. Johannesburg as well. That's why I'm saying it. I'm appealing to you to do the right thing. The right thing. And I listen to people speak, and some of them are in our church. I'm not saying to you. I want to say this to the police. I'm not saying to you. I'm your supporter. But in this situation, you need to think differently. Those people cannot die down there. It's not okay. It's not okay. It's not okay. Get food, get water down there. And we will pray that they'll negotiate and come up and out and then deal with it according to the law. If you're not in agreement, lift your hand now and open your mouth. May the Lord bless you. May the Lord keep you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you. May the Lord be gracious to you. May the Lord be kind to you. May the Lord surround you with His goodness and His mercy and His favor. May you experience... There's everything and more that God has for you, but always remember There are people around you that are suffering that are lonely that are hurting That's why you cannot just look at yourself and your own life and be caught up with your own life sometimes in your most painful times that's when God will use you to help people that are having more pain in this world. It's a suffering world out there. Let's be the hands, let's be the feet of Jesus Christ. Amen. Take a seat just for a moment. woman, please, please, the service is not finished. Will you turn to my right, all of you, your left. Follow all the pastors in the churches, please, for security reasons. I know time is up. Time is up. The next service is about to start, so please don't leave now. We're going to receive the offering, so it's not time now for you to leave, because somebody will then ask you at the door, please do not leave, and then you're going to go to one of the newspapers and say, we are forcing you to give your money, and you'll be a devil. You will lie. we've never done that. So everybody that now wanted to go to the toilet has done that. Thank you very much. All right. God bless you as you sow your best seed. Never come to church empty handed. Always come with an offering to give to the work of the Lord. It is a principle in God's kingdom. May the ashes please rise. It's time to take on every mountain It's time to shake off every weight What's been before won't be again We're going where we've never been Like nothing that we've ever seen Open up and provide for them Music Oh, shake off the dirt. No, you're not done yet. Time to believe again. Open up every Bible lane. Fear about the future, His calling is your reverie. His name will silence the accuser, all of heaven's sleep. what's been before we're going see open up Sing of the dust, no you're not done yet Time to believe again Dream open Build and see us prophesy again. Open up and judge, catch a fire again. Open up and revival in. Shake off the dust, know you're not done yet To believe again, open up every bottle Shake off the dust, know you're leaving For this amazing item, family, you can just turn your attention to the screens for the last two minutes. Hi there family and welcome to CRC, the best place to be, where you're going to be blessed out of your socks. Definitely TD. Now family, we have exciting news for you. Next week, Sunday evening, we will be having our annual Christmas production. Now, Past Art has spoken about this Christmas production already this year. We are very excited, very expectant. It is going to be world class yet again. So invite your world, invite your family, invite your friends, because their lives will be impacted and changed. Step into a story written long before time began. Discover the seven prophetic pillars that stand as the bedrock of our Christian faith. From the miraculous birth of Jesus, to his sacred upbringing, through his powerful ministry. on earth the deep rejection of Christ the sacrificial death on the Roman cross his victorious resurrection and his glorious ascension as he is seated on the right hand of the Father and the promise of his his glorious return. Join us as we uncover the prophecies of the Old Testament as they each come into fulfillment in the New Testament, revealing the undeniable truth that Jesus Christ is and forever will be the one true Messiah, the Son of God. Hi, my name is Alan Williams, the CEO of the Sport for Social Change Network, Africa. Sport has the power to change the world. It speaks to young people in a language they understand. It's more powerful than governments. in breaking down social injustices. We have a huge task at hand. You know, many of the kids that we work with do not have the luxury to have specialized coaches or extramural activities after school. On the other hand, it's easy to tell a child not to get involved in drugs or gangsterism, but what measures are we putting in place to combat that? And that's why we are so excited as the SSE in Africa to partner with the great vision of CRC and Pastor Adbosov through their Christmas drive, where we are providing an opportunity for our children in the country to be exposed to the power that sport presents. So we encourage you as well as our members, whether you're a business or an athlete, to get involved and get behind the CRC Christmas drive. They say a child in sport is a child out of court. We need your support. Get involved as we invest in the future of our young people. I thank you. Amen family. The last two announcements. If you are not yet a member of our church, we have new members orientation this Tuesday, the 19th of November at seven o'clock in our CRC chapel. And then the Christmas production, I just want to emphasize. again it is on the 24th of November at six so invite your world and for everyone that has kids under 10 years old there will be kids church so all of the kids can go to kids church we're just going to close off in prayer remember there will be pastors and leaders, yeah, if you're in need of any prayer. Heavenly Father, we just come before you and we want to honor you and say thank you for such an incredible morning. Thank you for every life that was touched and changed. And we thank you for every faithful and generous giver. We pray that you will continue to bless every single member in this church. You will bless every single family member. And we thank you that every single expectation that every person has you will be exceeded. We plead and apply the blood. a lot of Jesus over every person as they go. And we thank You that Your angels will encamp around them. In the mighty Name of Jesus, Amen and Amen. Thank You, family. See you tonight at 6 p.m. Gave me a new start, now I am free Cause you are my victory

glorious return. Join us as we uncover the prophecies of the Old Testament as they each come into fulfillment in the New Testament, revealing the undeniable truth that Jesus Christ is and forever will be the one true Messiah, the Son of God. Hi, my name is Alan Williams, the CEO of the Sport for Social Change Network, Africa.

Sport has the power to change the world. It speaks to young people in a language they understand. It's more powerful than governments. in breaking down social injustices. We have a huge task at hand.

You know, many of the kids that we work with do not have the luxury to have specialized coaches or extramural activities after school. On the other hand, it's easy to tell a child not to get involved in drugs or gangsterism, but what measures are we putting in place to combat that? And that's why we are so excited as the SSE in Africa to partner with the great vision of CRC and Pastor Adbosov through their Christmas drive, where we are providing an opportunity for our children in the country to be exposed to the power that sport presents. So we encourage you as well as our members, whether you're a business or an athlete, to get involved and get behind the CRC Christmas drive.

They say a child in sport is a child out of court. We need your support. Get involved as we invest in the future of our young people. I thank you. Hi there and thank you for tuning into our live broadcast here at CRC.

You are going to be blessed out of your socks. Most definitely, Titi. But family, first we are going to jump to our feet as we get ready to praise the Lord.

Good morning, Titi! Come on, God is in this place. Come on, we praise Him, the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

He's the Prince of Peace. He's the King of all ages. Come on, lift up a shout and give Jesus praise. The Lord is with me.

So I have everything that I need He always leads me So there is nothing that I will fear Yeah, come on! All the days of my life, I will dwell in the house of the Lord. Surely goodness and mercy, overflowing forevermore.

Come on church, sing we raise. We raise, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. We raise. We raise, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord.

Everybody sing it louder, everybody lift it higher, give your praises to the King. We raise, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. Give Him praise!

All our praise! Woah-oh-oh-oh! For I'm the name of the reformed warrior by the day He's fighting for me, every single time I will win, yeah All the days of my life I will dwell in the house of the Lord, surely goodness and mercy overflowing forever.

Be raised, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. Be raised, yeah we raise, all our praise to the name of the Lord. We raise, we raise, yeah we raise all our praise to the name of the Lord, to the name of the Lord, we give you praise Jesus.

All our praise to the name of the Lord Come on, give Jesus praise this morning! Sing it louder, everybody lift Him higher Give your praises to the King We raise! When we raise our hands to the name of the Lord, all out to the name of the Lord, Jesus, all out to the name of the Lord.

Let's sing, give Him a shout of hallelujah. Come on, let's go. He has been put to us, hallelujah!

With everything inside of me My every breath, my offering For your glory, for your name I will sing With all my heart, I lift my praise Because you have set my heart at last For you For your fame I will sing For your honor Jesus For your honor For your fame Bless, bless him Bless the Lord Oh my soul And all that's within me Bless his name Bless the Lord Oh my soul I'll never forget What he's done, what he's done for me Hey! We serve a good God this morning Oh The rocks won't cry out no That's the Lord Oh my soul, I'll never forget what He's done, what He's done for me. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me. Bless His holy name. Bless the Lord and forget not His benefits.

Who healed my diseases, who has forgiven my sins, who has set me on the path of life. There's only one name. There's only one name and that's the name of Jesus. Only one name for the rest of my days.

Oh, there's only one name. There's only one name. Only one name that is worthy of praise Only one name His name is Jesus Only one name for the rest of my days There is only one name Only one name that is worthy of praise Jesus, you're worthy Jesus, you're worthy It's your word, even more than my praise It's your word, oh oh oh It's your word, yeah Bless the Lord, my soul And all that be, bless His name Bless the Lord, oh my soul I'll never forget what He's done for us all Bless the Lord, oh my soul Oh That's the We don't see the Lord always and again I say rejoice on the count of three I want to hear you rejoice Only one day, there's only one day, one day for the rest of my life.

Only one day, yeah, yeah, yeah. Only one day that is worthy of this. There's only one day, only one rest of this. His name is Sheep, only one day.

His name is Sheep, his name is Sheep. Only one day that is worthy. Hey Jesus, Jesus your word, all you words we got, Jesus your word, you come, Jesus your word, there's a love within, there's this pain, Lord, so Oh, I'll rest alone, rest alone, never forget what He's done for me, when I remember what my Lord has done.

it's been good it's good hallelujah come on whatever you're facing this morning when we praise and worship our king we focus all our attention on the king of kings this morning and so come on church position your heart to the king of kings this morning and we're going to Bless our God in this place. We're going to lift him up because he's worthy. Hallelujah. If you can testify in this place, then we worship with that full conviction this morning.

Come on, we're going to sing. Blessed are those who run to Him, who place their hope and confidence in Jesus. He won't forsake them. Blessed are those who...

his face open the knee and fix the gaze on Jesus they won't be shake oh come on we praise Sing if you love His name. Come on and lift your voice. Come on, He's worthy.

He's worthy of all our praise. Oh yes He is. Blessed are those who walk with Him, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage with Jesus.

They'll see His glory. Blessed are those who died and live, whose joy it is to give it up for Jesus, and for Him only, oh Jesus, all for your glory, come on and pray. Sing if you love His name, come on and live on for He's worthy of all.

Come on and bring your offerings. Sing if you love His praise Come on and lift up your holy hands He is worthy of all our praise Come on we bless Him it's got in the sanctuary let's go the fields of plenty let's go in the darkest valley every chance I get how is your name let's go empty. Bless God for the praise that calls me. Bless God when nobody's watching. Every chance I get, I bless your name.

Bless God when the weapons fall on me. Bless God the walls are falling bless God because he goes before me every chance God for the old city tree this God is always with me Bless your name, every chance I have, come and praise for me, sing if you love His name, come on and live Come on, let's sing with me. He's worthy, He's worthy.

Come on, come on and bring, come on and bring. Come on and bring a free. Come on, we're laying down to the King.

Sing if you love His grace. Come on and lift. Your holiness is worthy of all our praise.

Let's go. Let's go out in the sanctuary, let's go out in the fields of plenty, let's go out in the darkest valley, every chance I get, I'll be searching, let's go out in the desert, come on Bless God when the weapons are forming Bless God when nobody's watching Every chance I get I bless your name Bless God when the weapons are forming Bless God when the walls are falling bless God cause He goes before me every chance I get I bless Your name bless God cause He holds the victory bless God cause He's always with me bless God cause He's always worthy every chance I get I bless Your name Every chance I get, I bless your name Every chance I get, I bless your name Every chance I get, I bless your name Every chance I get, come on and praise the Lord with me Sing it out with all your heart. Sing if you love Him. Come on. Come on and live.

Your life is worthy of all. Come on church, hold the voices in this place. Come on and bring your heart.

Come on, that's right church, sing it out. Sing if you know His grace. Come and lift your holy hands Be worthy of all Christ He is worthy of all our praise Oh, sing it again He is worthy He is worthy of all our praise Sing it again He is worthy He is worthy of all our praise Come on, with all your heart He is worthy He is worthy of all our praise It is written You're my refuge and strength Though the earth may pass away You will remain It is written That You provide every need And everywhere that You will lead You will sustain Come on, sing it out this morning.

Sing it. You keep your promises. Your goodness never changes. To generations.

You keep your covenant. We see your faithfulness from generation to generation. From generation to generation.

It is written, we're redeemed by your blood. All is love. It is written, it is written, it's not my power, by the Spirit in the love, you keep your promise, and your goodness never ends. To generation, to generation, we'll be your covenant. We've seen, we've seen your faithfulness.

From generation to generation. You are faithful in the least, you are faithful in the plenty. We will trust you and believe, as it's written, let it be. You are God and we will run from day to day.

What you've spoken is enough, it's the ground we're standing on You are God and we will not be shaken We will trust you and believe as it's written You alone will be the salvation What you've spoken to me He's a man You keep your pride You keep your good generation Good generation Shall we see your conversation? Shall we dance? Be from generation to generation, your goodness reigns. Put your hands up, God is faithful, come on CRC! God keeps His promises, they are here, amen!

Come on CRC, your faithfulness, from generation to generation. To generation, to generation Come on if you believe God is a way maker, a promise keeper Then give Him a praise like you believe it today Come on there's nothing our God cannot do He's a way maker, He's a promise keeper, He's a miracle worker And while you clap your hands I want you to shout out a promise You are trusting God for for 2025 on the count of three you must be believing God for something and God gave us all a promise which is multiplication so whatever you're believing God for shout it out this morning on the count of three one two three shout it come on And the Bible says without faith it is impossible to come to Him, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is the rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. We don't come neutral, we come expectant because our expectation and anticipation is God's.

invitation we are not just singing songs here we are declaring our faith in god welcome tbntb in year 21 gospel praise to you facebook live youtube live clc online radio stations correctional facilities people all over russia israel america Europe, Iran, India, Pakistan, China, of course Africa. Come on, our best days are ahead of us. God is good and His mercy endureth forever.

We are going from glory to glory to glory. And 2025 will be the year of, say it. No, you've got to say it like you believe it.

Say it, 2025 will be the year of what? God's gift. In Afrikaans, dit is de jaar van wat?

Vermenigvuldiging in Kosa, it's the year of? And in Situ, it's the year of? Come on, just say something this morning. Don't look sad. Look happy.

God is on your side. David said, I was glad when they said, I will go to the house of the Lord. Welcome to all the churches with us today.

Johannesburg with us today. Come on, give them a big hand clap. The church in Johannesburg, also in Bloemfontein. We welcome the church, Bethlehem, Arismith, Pyle, Quaqua, and then also Gaboroni with us this morning.

Give somebody a high five and say, get ready. for multiplication in Jesus'name. Come on.

I believe 2025 is going to be a year of multiplication. Let's get all the echoes off the platform. Thank you.

I believe we are going to see and we are going to experience multiplication in, I want to say every area of our lives, but I'm going to say many areas of our lives, okay? some things we don't want to multiply right say me but every good thing every godly thing every blessing we want to see god multiply in our life so we are going to get ready for multiplication 2025. So I'm going to be preaching the next three years, maybe four weeks, maybe through December. I'll still decide when I'm going to stay or not.

It doesn't matter. But I'm going to get you ready, supercharged, off your rusty dusty, because some of you are going to have to double your efforts as well to see the multiplication God has for you. So I declare that you are going to multiply spiritually.

Amen. You're going to get more spiritual 2025. So amen. You are going to experience more of God's love, God's joy, God's peace in Jesus. name you are going to see a manifestation of God's goodness and mercy multiplied in your life in 25 those of you that were not able to have children 2025 is your year condition you must be married I played with one of the pastor's daughters she said um as I walked in of course I know you're married man but I mean you know I always joke with people and she said I'm pregnant 15 weeks I said who's the guilty one she said I pastor You're not guilty, brother. You're just doing what the Lord says.

But some of my son-in-laws must stop what the Lord said now. Okay, here we go. So 2025, God's going to multiply things in your life.

If you have no job, you're going to get a job. You better say amen because that means I believe. You're going to... I believe you're going to have a promotion.

I believe God's going to increase you. I believe special bonuses are coming your way. I believe great opportunities are hitting your way. I believe enlargement is your promise from God.

God Isaiah 54, enlarge your dwelling, enlarge the place of your tent. You have to have an expectation for 2025. So we're not going to end this year on a flat. We are going to end this year on a high. Say amen.

Come on. You're not a flat battery. You are supercharged in Jesus'name.

And God can't talk to you when you're flat in any case. So you need to pray like Jabez, not be satisfied with where you are. We always have to press onward and forward and take territory for God. God never called us to be squatters. Okay, let me say it, not to sound, there we go.

God never, don't fold your arms now and shut off because I used the word squatter. I mean, God never called you to be a camper, whether you camp in a tent or in a mansion. God called you to be a mover. So Jabez is a man blessed already, and he cries out to God in 1 Chronicles 4, verse 10. And he says, Oh, that you would bless me. Lift up your hand this morning, if you dare, in Johannesburg, in Blivodate, in Gaborone, and say, God bless me more.

Say it. It looks like some of you are blessed enough, and that's selfish. Because God wants to bless you more so that you can do more for others.

So let's try that again. Everybody, that means if you're in a body, you're in everybody. Everybody, even for the quiet types, the conservative types, everybody.

I'll close my eyes, I won't look. Everybody lift your hand and say, God bless me and bless me more. Say it. Lift your head, keep your hand raised.

I'll be looking down because I'm seated in heavenly places. I don't look down, I look down on the devil. Say enlarge my territory.

Say let your hand be upon me. Say keep me from evil God. that I may not cause pain. So God granted him his request. So I want to talk about preparing for multiplication and let me make it very clear.

God doesn't mind people being blessed. As a matter of fact... The nature of God is to bless His people.

We're going to talk about it today. Proverbs 10.22, the Bible says, The blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow. So the issue is not whether you are blessed. The issue is what you are doing with the blessing. So when you are blessed and you have no purpose, you will live a self-centered life.

But I think we have established that in the church, that our lives are purpose-driven. Everything we do is for the glory of God and for the purpose of God, which is to further God's kingdom, Matthew 6 verse 33. So here's a promise of God that you should all write on your walls for 2025. I'm going to read a lot of scriptures because we have to make sure that if God gives us a theme, it's foundationally secure or solid. It's word-based. So I want to talk about the covenant of multiplication.

Not to make you weak. Amen. Alibaba.

Jeremiah 30 verse 17 the Bible says, And I will restore health to you. My word, I'm going to lay hands on you and shake you out of your dead spaces. I will restore health to you.

I'm telling you God's going to get a hold of you and God's going to touch your emotions and God's going to help you get over your mental health issues and God's going to... touch your spiritual ailment and God's going to break that addiction over your life and God's going to restore the years the locusts have stolen over you because that's the covenant that God has come to make you. It was for freedom that Christ has come to set you free.

He doesn't want you to be a prisoner no more. He doesn't want you bound no more. He doesn't want you blind no more. He doesn't want you in poverty no more.

He's come to set you free. Say amen and give the Lord a praise in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. So God's going to come and restore health to your finances. I declare it. It says God's going to heal your wounds.

Whatever broke you and messed you up in the past, you're going to get up and get over it. You're not going to repeat the mistakes of yesterday and you're not going to curse and nurse and rehearse all your pains and talk about that rubbish again and again. Time for you to receive your wholeness.

Time for you to walk out of your prison. Time for you to accept that Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted and stop revisiting your past and walk into the future that God has for you. Shout amen in Jesus'name. since they called you an outcast saying this is Zion no one seeks her covet try to shut down the church but watch 2025 give me some rhythm here my brother 2025 you're gonna say give me some rhythm you're gonna say God God God is gonna come and move by the power of the Holy Spirit and there's gonna be like a mighty rushing wind there's gonna be a whirl whirl whirl whirl whirl wind and you are gonna see God bring back the backslider and what was empty is going to be filled for the glory and by the glory of God in Jesus name hallelujah I said hallelujah I don't care whether you like me I am prophesying I'm telling you what's gonna happen The devil tried to shut the church, but Jesus said, I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail in the name of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Shout hallelujah. Let's change the atmosphere in this place over our nation in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.

God says, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's house. I will have mercy on his dwelling place. Catch me, my brother. Catch me, my brother.

The city shall be built upon its mount. I'm not past Ellenbeck. And the palace shall remain according to its own plan. Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving.

The voice of them who make merry. God says, I will multiply them. I said God said I will multiply them and they shall not diminish your days of decrease are over God's going to multiply you I'm prophesying to you every dead every dry bone I will glorify them and they shall not be small bigger and better By the power of God, are you ready? I said, are you ready?

Ready? God's going to multiply your hours. You're going to work the same amount of time, but God's going to increase you.

God's going to bless what you touch. Because God says whatever you set your hand to will be blessed. God says you will be the head only and not the tail. Above and not beneath. You are mine.

My hand is upon you. I don't know what you've been through, but your days of small, your days of diminishing are over. Because you have a covenant with God who says, I will multiply you. You shall no longer be small in Jesus'name. Isaiah 60 verse 22, a little one shall become a thousand.

You've got one person employed, why don't you believe God to have a company that employs a thousand people? Think about that! Talk about breaking the back of poverty that Christians have to become industrious. One staff, two staff, three staff. We have over 300 people employed now in the church, okay?

But I started with one. I know it's not a lot, but it's more than one. It's a part of all the churches we started and all the other people we employed all over the world. So it's actually might be a thousand people.

This is the scripture God gave me when I had six people. God gave me this. A little one shall, not might, shall become a thousand.

And a small one, Bible says, do not despise the day of small beginnings. What is small? When God touches it. When God's hand is upon it, it's going to explode and it's going to produce mega fruit for the glory of God. Say amen in the name of Jesus Christ because that's what God says.

God says, I, the Lord, will hasten it. in its time. So come on, my youth pastors.

We are believing God for a youth revival. You better see this place filled on a Sunday with six, seven thousand teenagers praising the Lord, multiplication upon multiplication. Your faith is what will release this miracle of God's promise in your life in Jesus'name. So listen to me this morning. Nothing.

And I mean nothing happens by itself. It's like people say it happened. No. Somebody made it happen. You're in a hole of depression.

It happened with a thought. And we have to get you out of that. It happened. The multiplication will not happen by itself.

Nothing in life happens by itself. Can you handle that? You're just, you're not going to get the degree, not applying yourself. So when we talk about multiplying, some of us are going to have to multiply our efforts.

We're going to have to multiply our time in God's presence, multiply wisdom, multiply time with the right people, and minimize time with the wrong people. Because when you spend time with people, they add to you or they take from you. There's no neutral ground if you are serious about moving into what God has for you.

Zero neutral ground. People add and build or people take and break. So choose your friends carefully.

Somebody recently said you are known by the five people that you spend most of your time with. Now you can't help your husband, okay? But the rest, it's your choice.

Don't tell me it's your family, because you can't choose your family. You love them, but it's better to avoid some, let me say nothing. I'll do a Jesus on you. When people came, Jesus was preaching the Word of God in the family.

People came and said, your mother, your brothers are looking for you. Because they thought it was beside himself. He said, it's not my mother and my brothers. Flesh and blood, it's not my mother and my brothers.

He said, those who hear the Word and do the Word, they are my mother, my brothers and my sisters. So you decide where you're going to go. You hang out with people of like precious faith. You can't come to church on Sunday morning and sit and say hallelujah, but the rest of the week you are hanging out when they say it. Your multiplication is not going to take place.

So, I'm going to say it again. Listen, I'm not going to... I never get past my first part.

And I think you all know... the second part but so here we go i've got 20 minutes left no actually not i'll take whatever time i want i'm gonna say it again nothing and i mean nothing happens by itself You want to see multiplication in your life, there's two things. You have to walk with God, it's not a negotiable, and you have to work with God.

You have to walk with Him and work with Him. It's not a negotiation. John chapter 15 verse 4, the Bible says, abide in me.

That's a living relationship. And I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you multiply. I added it there. Unless you abide in me, all your good plans will come to naught.

If it's not born out of the place of intimacy, you walk with God. He says, I am the vine. Let's not forget it. Who's our source and our resource and our strength and our guide and our wisdom. Let's not forget that our help comes from the Lord.

Let's not forget that God is smarter than the devil. Let's not forget that God knows the next step. Let's not forget that God knows what's heading your way.

And if you walk with God, no weapon formed against you shall prosper. You will always overcome. You will always come out stronger on the other side. I said you will come out stronger on the other side if you walk with God.

Say Amen. Since I'm the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, intertwined, bears much fruit.

You abide in God and God abides in you. You abide in God and God abides in you. Verse 7 says, you bear what?

Much fruit. That sounds like multiplication. That word much means mega. So we want to see multiplication, we have to get this as the foundation of everything. Your abiding relationship with God, and that doesn't mean when you spend time with God you go into a coma, because that's what some people do.

No. When you spend time with God you go into a dialogue mode. You worship to listen. You pray to listen. Give me Samuel's ear that I may hear.

You engage to you. You don't just engage, that's religion. Kerabarararararararararamaya.

Say namas Ramaya. Tiki prapapa. Okay, but that's some people spray alive. I mean, it's like they walk into the, I like to use the listening room or the dialogue room, and it's like bombarding God with, this is the day.

God said, I know it's the day, I made it, okay, it's alright, chill, chill, chill. Let's talk. Let's have a conversation.

Because the key is to hear. not to speak and if you have a abiding relationship with God you talk less and you listen more and you write you dialogue what God tells you and whatever God says God will back No matter who tries to stop it. Every word, every rhema you hear from God. So you need that promise from God. But it's as you walk with God, then you get the word from God.

Now you have to work. Are you listening? Walk, work. Not just walk. Karis Cruz and some Cruzmatics are good at walking with God.

They're not good at working with God. So when Jesus said to Peter, launch out into the deep. The fish did not jump into the boat. They had to row out.

They had to let down their nets. They had to deal with their unbelief. They had to do the impossible. God said, get out into the same place.

In the place of failure, I'm going to bless you. Some of you have experienced failure, but you've become stronger because you become stronger through failure. As long as you don't quit and you become a whiner and a crier, you get into the presence of God. And if God says, get out there again, my sister, you get yourself on your stilettos, you get yourself on your high heels, you do your makeup, you do your hair, you look your pretty best, and you just...

Get out of there again and you put a sunshine face on and you act like you are large and in charge and you will see how God will bless you in the name of Jesus Christ. We don't carry our sorrow and our shame and our pain. our faces no we rejoice in the Lord again I say we rejoice in the Lord we rejoice in the Lord always come on in the good times bad times easy times difficult times we rejoice in the Lord because our relationship with Jesus is real it's real not based on performance it's not based on an outcome It is based on a definitive relationship. We walk with God. Verse 16, he says, you did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, not just to Shandai, that you should go and bear fruit.

that your fruit should remain whatever you ask the father in my name he may give you so when you pray and you walk with god you are going to pray in line with god's will so two things needed to be multiplied i have to very quickly now fast forward number one you have to walk blessed you need to live blessed you have to talk about that you need to work with a blessing number two you have to sow the right seed you You live by the law of seed time and harvest. I'm going to say it again. Nothing, nothing, nothing, and I mean nothing happens by itself.

So for things to change, number one. You need to know that you are blessed because what you believe determines how you live and how you approach life. If you doubt that you are blessed, you will live in defeat.

You will live as if you are lacking. something. And the Bible says you are complete in Him. The Bible says you have received all things that pertain to life and godliness.

The Bible says the greater one lives on the inside of you. So there's no excuse for you other than the thoughts going on in your mind. The second thing is that I'm going to show you from from the Bible is you have to respect and understand the law of seed time and harvest that affects every area of your life. Whatever you do today, you will see tomorrow.

That's why Jesus teaches us, as you would be do unto you, do unto them, so that you can see what you want in your life. You do it unto others. You don't live reactive. You live applying the Word of God. So Galatians chapter 6 verse 7, and it's not my sermon this morning just to refresh your minds, but the Bible says a man's harvest in life is based entirely on the seed he has sown in the past.

Now we're not talking about when life gives you a curveball. We're talking about how you deal with life when it gives a curveball. So Joseph landed in prison after a dream, but Joseph sowed the right seed wherever he found himself.

He never became a victim. He was victorious because of his walk with God, and he worked with God, applying the principles of God that gave him dominion wherever he was. 2 Corinthians 9, verse 65 says, But this I say, Paul, God, he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly.

Spend a little time with your children, you will reap it. Get lazy at work, you will see it. Stop going to gym, your clothes will become too tight. Man, listen, I celebrated so many birthdays lately.

Now you can see this is a tight fit today. So, um, and I'm very disciplined. But like three birthdays in a week, two double thirties and another one, it's like, genoegno.

Because if I continue like this, I'm going to be Pastor Barney next year. Okay, so... He used so sparingly in every area. Hi Lord, bless me, bless me, bless me. You're blessed.

But now what you do with what you have, what's in your hand will determine the future. Not just in the area of finances, in the way you talk to other people. the way you treat people, in your work ethics, in your integrity, in every day of your life, every seed that you sow, every conversation you have. That's why I tell people don't talk about your negative past because if you talk about your negative past You are sowing the seeds of yesterday into your future. And you keep on reliving a negative cycle.

You'll never break until you stop that nonsense. And you begin to speak positive over your future. So if you're always in trauma and a drama queen, it's because you are purposefully bringing the past into your future.

Say amen. I see only people on this side are listening, so good. No, I'm just joking. I think this year, you're perfect.

No, they're both here perfect. Proverbs 11, 24, the Bible says, There is one who scatters, yet increases. God's law.

There is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty. I tell couples all the time, compliment one another. I said to the guy, do you tell your wife she's beautiful?

He said, she is beautiful. I think it all the time. I said, you have to say it. A compliment means nothing unless you voice it, because it's a seed that you sow, right?

It says the generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters others will also be watered himself. So, maybe we cannot do much about this year's harvest, but we can decide. Our harvest about next year. The old proverb states the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

So it's time to sow different seeds in your life today if you want to see a different harvest in 2025. So the question is what do you want to reap? Multiplication. Well we all know the basics.

of maths, which is zero times anything equals zero. So zero times a billion, zero times a trillion, zero times a million equals zero. So you give zero love, there's no harvest of love coming back. You give zero attention to your studies, you're not going to succeed and get the top job.

Because zero input will determine your outcome. Nothing, and I mean nothing, happens by itself. God gives you principles, God blesses you, and then God basically says, get on with it. So let's talk about the covenant of multiplication very quickly.

I don't know how far I'm going to get, but we've established that multiplication from God's Word is God's will for us. Jeremiah 30 verse 19, I will multiply them and they shall not diminish. I will also... glorify them, and they shall not be or remain small.

Psalm 107 verse 35, all 35 Bible says, he turns wilderness into pools of water. So if you've been going through a wilderness, get ready for some water to come. If you've been at a place called Marah, a place of bitterness, believe God that God's going to turn Marah into Elam, a place of abundance and a place of blessing. Say amen. Says that he will turn a dry land into a water springs.

Where he makes the hungry dwell. That they may establish a city for a dwelling place. And sow fields and plant vineyards.

So again God says my intention is to bless you but you have to sow. Amen. You sow kindness you reap it.

You sow generosity, you reap it. You sow love, you reap it. You sow strife, let me say again, you reap it.

He says that they may yield a fruitful harvest. He blesses them that they may multiply greatly. And He does not let their cattle decrease.

Your cattle is your business, your future. A good man lives in inheritance for his children's children. So God means for everything that you have to increase. You can clap your hands because it's the truth.

Okay, and don't sit here now today and say I haven't had any increase for the last 10 years. We're not talking about the last 10 years, like Abraham 24 years. We're talking about God's covenant of multiplication and you have to make up your mind now what you believe. If you're one of those people who say, good luck to you man, get on with your life, but leave us to get on with our life and our belief in God according to God's Word, not according to your opinion.

So let's go to the beginning. The Bible says, so God created man in his own image. Genesis chapter 1 verse 27. In the image of God, he created him. Male and female.

He created them. I don't have to say anything more. Then God blessed them. I said then God blessed them. When God created them, immediately God blesses them.

And God said to them, God instructs them. After God blesses them, it's not a suggestion. He says get on with it.

Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. That's why I blessed you.

Have dominion. Stop acting like you're under the weather all the time. Stop attracting attention to your sad sorry story all the time. Get a hold of yourself by the power of the Holy Ghost. Get a hold of your emotion, I said, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

You were created by God for dominion. Say dominion. Say dominion.

In Jesus'name. So God blesses them. God says be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth, subdue it, have dominion.

Then in verse 29, God said, see, I've given every herb that yields seed. We'll talk about that. Everything in this passage says a lot.

Number one, we are created in the image of God. We don't evolve from apes or we didn't come from an amoeba proteus that spilled out on a stupid little red rock somewhere. And over years and years and years, we grew little hands and little arms and suddenly we figured out that we're human beings.

beings. No. 6,000 years ago, in the beginning, when God recreated the heavens and the earth, we were created in the image of God. Hallelujah.

We were created in the image of God to live in this world as God lives in this world. Before sin came, we were created in the image of God. Look at the person next to you and say, you are created in God's own image. And that means you are very, very, very special. Tell them in the name of God.

name of Jesus come on so in God's image he created them male and female not what these people all over the world want to say that there are 90 something genders that you can identify with no you're not a penguin no you're not a cat no you're not a fig tree no you are not you were created in the image of God male or female in the image of God. That's how God created you in the beginning. You can say, amen.

We're not anti-anything, but we will not be silent on the truth. This is how God meant it. Jump over to our social media platforms if you're hungry for the Word. We love you.

God bless you. Amen. So maybe YouTube or somebody will not like what I have to say, but thank God there's a pushback against this whole woke agenda that's trying to destroy future generations. You want to be woke, be awake to God.

Not to the foolishness of people that are trying to pollute our world. So the first thing is we are created in God's image. Every one of us.

Equal. So that means nobody's better than you. I said nobody is better than you.

The white man, the black man, the red man, the yellow man, the pink man, the peach pink man. Nobody's better than you. You were created equal in the image of God.

It's a foundational belief that you have to have. Because nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. So don't tell me white people have mistreated me and that's why I feel. No. Get yourself right with God.

You were created in the image of God. You're not defined by some person's prejudice. You better say a better amen than that.

Otherwise you'll keep me there. Oh, they make me feel inferior. No, no, no.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. You go look in the mirror and you say, I'm created in the image of God. You cannot make God feel inferior. How can you feel inferior about yourself because of what somebody else says about you?

You cannot. You hail God. from God. 1 John says, you are born from God. The Bible says, you have the seed of God on the inside of you.

That means nobody can make you feel inferior. Not your mama, not your papa, not the rugby coach, not the person at work, not the employer. Nobody can make you feel inferior. Nobody can steal your self-worth and your dignity. Listen, without your consent.

Because you're not defined by what people say. Well, my mama loved my brother more. So what? Whoopie doopie doopie doo. There was David.

He had seven brothers. His father did not even remember he had another son. And God... chosen. So get over yourself and stop sucking your thumb and stop always talking about when you were 13 years old and now you are 50 years old.

My word grow up my brother, grow up my sister. Why do you still go back 35 years ago? You hail from God. If any man is in Christ, he's a new creature. It doesn't matter.

Who told Gideon, you are the least of the weakest? It was his family. And the Lord says, the Lord is with you, mighty man of Thala.

Go in the might of yours. Stop acting weak. It's an excuse now.

Don't tell me I don't understand your hurt. I've been hurt more than you, man. So I'm not going to talk nonsense to me. If I took my shirt off, you'll see a thousand stab wounds in my back of betrayal. So go talk nonsense to someone else.

That's why you walk with crisis, everything, because we all look for an excuse. Why we're not progressing. You need a shoulder to cry on, come. But cry quick.

Because I'm not Jesus. I'm going to point you to Jesus who heals you. I shouldn't have, I couldn't have.

Be careful, because now that becomes your identity. And you're getting negative attention through talking about your past all the time. Be careful.

You read everything people say about you negatively. Be careful. Yes, I must do this.

What's it in English? Misogynist. You understand, some people like pain.

I'm not talking about hit me. I'm talking about emotional pain. Tell me how bad I am. Tell me how bad. Excuse me?

Excuse me? I thought you're a Christ creation, a Christ thing. Get up man, grow up. You're a new creature. I mean, I see some people and I see what they've been through and I thought, Jesus, thank you.

But they are the most whole people that you've ever met. And you see other people that just have a bruise on their toe and it's like, Ah, ah, ah, ah. Grow up.

I'm not going to change them, Nappy. I'm going to take it off. Stop telling your wife about all your trauma of 20 years ago.

Stop that nonsense. Stop it. Stop it.

You've created God's image, you're whole, you're complete. Not being insensitive, I know people have things to go through, that people go through. And, you know, in America, every guy that now goes on one tour, and I mean, we went on many border tours, etc. In our day, there was no such thing as post-traumatic stress disorder. It didn't exist in those days.

You have to get back, get on, get on with life. Now you lose your job, you're in trauma. I love you enough to be truthful.

That means God's got something better for you. You're not the loser, they're losing. They are losing you. They never recognized you, never valued you. Now you get out of that company, you shake the dust from your feet, and you say, God, God, something better for me.

Good things are heading my way. I'm blessed coming in. I'm blessed going out. I'm not defined by what happened to me.

Shout amen in Jesus'name. You know what I'm saying is the truth. But we're living in a day where people feed on negative energy. And on emotional trauma.

Get yourself to Jesus. I said get yourself to Jesus. Listen, get yourself to Jesus.

I'm not the healer, but he's the healer. Get yourself to Jesus. Get yourself to Jesus.

Get yourself into the presence of Jesus and let him heal you once and for all and tell you whose you are and who you are and then when people talk about you you shake the dust off your feet and when the devil reminds you of your past you remind him of his future and you just get on with it man get on with it get on with it the life God has for you There's no future without a real living relationship with Jesus. It does not exist. Because where do you run to in times of trouble? Where?

Where do you go? Where do you really go? That's why we're not going to talk about multiplication.

We're not going to talk about superficial principles. We're going to talk about how God intended it in the beginning. God created them in His image.

God blessed them. God said, be fruitful and multiply. And then God gives them everything they need to live a life of victory. Then the devil comes to steal.

Sin comes, the fall of man. And we're not getting there today. And Jesus comes to restore everything to a better place than Adam ever had. So all your trauma and all your drama that you've been through, cast those burdens on the Lord once and for all.

Leave it at the foot of the cross. Leave it and move on. A free man.

Free from guilt and shame and your past and people's opinions. Because I know when people say things, it matters. That's why your relationship with God has to be much more secure and has to be stronger. And you have to know what God says because people will be mean and people will say things and people will be careless and you will be mistreated. Jesus taught us that.

He says, I'll send you as lambs in the midst of wolves. People are going to try and eat you up. They're going to demean you.

They're going to belittle you. They're going to slander you, etc. He says, so what? Get on with it.

Because you're not of this world, you're not defined by the people of this world, you're not defined by your skin color, you're not defined by a racist system, and you still live in that place of what happened to the... I know what happened to your father is terrible. What happened to my great-grandmother who died in a concentration camp the British killed her is equally terrible.

Let me make it clear from this platform. But I had to get over it. I had to let go of the hate. and marry an English wife and raise my children to speak English. My word, do you know what a sacrifice that is?

That I have to talk to my children in English and I love the English. My love, I can't even say a prayer, say a prayer, eat and let us not forget you. So don't sit there now and think, he doesn't like the English.

Listen to what I say, not what I don't say. Things want to resurface all the time, because people are not secure in their identity in Christ. And when you receive Jesus, whose workmanship are you?

You are His workmanship. What happens to you? You are recreated in Christ.

Everything about you. All the old have passed away and nobody has the right to bring you back to the old. And in Christ you are blessed.

In spite of your male, female, Jew, Gentile, whatever race you are, you are equal. So hear me very carefully and clearly for the last time. No one can make you feel inferior or less without your consent.

Then in essence is what you believe about yourself. And that then means where are you established? What is your foundation of truth and your pillar of truth?

Is it Christ, what God says about you, or is it how people treat you? Because today you're there, tomorrow the old racist wounds open again. How is it possible after 30 years, my brother, you've been praying in tongues for 30 years and suddenly old racist wounds are opening up again. You want to tell me Jesus is not big enough to heal your wounds?

That if something happens, the old wounds have to reopen? That means those wounds have never been healed. Let's have a conversation here today. It means that wounds have never been healed.

Never! Because you've never drawn close to Jesus for him to have a sit-down conversation with you and deal with your deepest hurts. And every human being needs that, or you'll be like a ship adrift at the sea.

You need your own personal relationship with Jesus Christ as your Lord, your Savior, your Guide. You need to abide in Him. You need to walk with Him and work with Him and remove everything from your life that will be a hindrance to that intertwining relationship.

You're dating somebody that's not even born again? I spoke to somebody now in one of these parties, and they say, everybody's fine, but you know, as long as they love one another, but they're not Christians. I say, okay, I'm not going to say anything, because you know your pastor doesn't offend people, right?

As long as they love one another, everything will be fine. But just for a moment. Because it is God that is spelled L-O-V-E.

And if there's no God, there can never be love. Without God, there can never be love. Never, never. Because God is love.

Unconditional love by God. You take God out, there is no love. There's a vacuum of feelings, emotions, and sentiment which will leave you void and empty after years. If He's not the center, He's not. in your life.

I want every head bowed, every eye closed. Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Gaborone, right here. You know, as we come to the end of this year, this is the most important thing we have to look at, our relationship with God, our walk with God. Are we right? If we died now, would we go to heaven?

Do you have peace with Jesus? Is there something that you have to surrender to God this morning? Maybe you're sitting here today, you say, Pastor, I need a fresh start with God. I've become superficial in my walk with God. It happens.

Come back to Jesus this morning. I want to pray for you. I've stayed here this morning to talk to you, to talk from here to Johannesburg, and there's a bicycle race.

So, you're sitting in this place this morning. Your life is not right with God. You're sitting here and you don't believe, you don't know. I know a lot of people say, man, he's a good man.

Good people don't go to heaven. You have to be saved. There's one way you know.

You know. He who has the Son of God does not have the life. I write these things so that you can know what glows in the name of the Son of God, that you have the eternal life. You're sitting here this morning and you don't know that if you die, you'll go to heaven.

Maybe at one time you served God, but as the prodigal son, you've drifted away from God. Come back to Jesus this morning. Maybe your hurt has been too great, it's taken you away from Him.

Let Jesus heal you. I am not the healer, but I know the healer. I'm not the Savior, but I can point you to the Savior.

I'm not the helper, but I can lead you to the helper this morning. But you've got to open your heart. You've got to allow Jesus.

entrance into your life. So while every head is bowed, people praying, right your floor balcony in Blovendane as well. On the floor of the balcony in Blovendane North, in Johannesburg, in Bethlehem, in Gaboroni. Wherever you are this morning, still watching on live stream, right where you are this morning, you say, I need a fresh start with God, a new beginning with God.

I want to get right with Jesus. I need that relationship to be re-established. I want to come home to Jesus today.

If that's your desire, quietly wherever you are, just raise your hand quickly. I want to say a prayer for you. Call quickly all over this place. Raise it up. High, high, high.

All over. Slip it up. Up, up, up, up, up. Thank you. God bless you.

God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. Raise it up, raise it up high. Thank you, thank you.

God bless you, God bless you. Raise it up. There's a heaven to gain, there's a hell to shun. Forget the people around you.

Slip it up. God's reaching down to you, reach back up to him. Quickly, lift your hand in Jesus'name.

Thank you on the balcony. God bless you, God bless you, God bless you, God bless you. Come home to Jesus.

Come back to your first love today. Last time before I pray, last feeling in your heart is God that will talk to you. Bible says no one can say Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Ghost. There are times where God comes and he tugs at your heart. Then you have to respond.

If not yet raised your hand, slip your hand and quickly say yes. Include me in that prayer now in Jesus name. Thank you.

Thank you. Quickly. God bless you.

God bless you. God bless you. God bless you.

God bless you. Look at me all you beautiful people and you are beautiful people. You know, can I say this?

Something somebody said recently, which I thought was beautiful. At her birthday, she said, we have to love people. Now, I know that sounds simple, and that means, she says, we have to love people the way God loves us. God gives us the benefit of the doubt, right? God always gives us the benefit.

So when God looks at you this morning, He loves you. He says, if He so loved us, we would... We also ought to love one another in the same way.

No matter who they are. What will heal this world is not Donald Trump. At least he said one smart thing.

But you know, his ego is big. So people say to him, interview him. And I'm not asking whether you like him.

People say, oh, you're now the most famous person on the earth. He says, no, I'm not. He says, no. No, you are the most famous person. He says, no, I'm not.

He says, Jesus Christ. It's like, you could smack that reporter. He doesn't know what to say, okay?

Because he's trying to feed his ego. And he says, ah, ah, there is one. But one, that song, One Name. Stand to your feet with me, please.

Quickly. Don't clap. Don't sing yet. Many of you raised your hands in all our churches this morning to be prayed for.

to reconnect with God. Please don't leave the service now. It's not the right thing to do. Please.

I pray for your bladder. You can hold another five minutes. If you're a lady and that's time, I get it.

The rest, no. Men, we'll pray for your bladders. So all over this place, you brought a friend.

Your love will bring your friend to Christ. L-O-V-E. What this world needs is love. Love, love, love, love, love. Real love.

Love, right? So you brought your friend. Let the love that is in your heart bring your friend to the altar this morning.

So all over this place, if you raised your hand. You did not, they're in Blimberdine, in Johannesburg, in Gaborone, in all the churches. You want to get right with God today, you want to come back to Jesus today, I want you to leave your seat wherever you are and think about it, and just walk down the aisle closest to you, come down the steps, that side, that side, we are going to pray together right here at the altar.

And God's going to do something beautiful in your life. Come on, leave your seat now. And come, come, come, come.

Put your arm around your friend. Walk them to the altar this morning. Come on.

Come on there, many of you that have raised your hands. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on this morning.

He's calling you, reaching out to you. Come on. Come on, walk this way, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, put your arm around your brain so I'll walk with you. Take your wife by the hand, say, Lefe, Lefe, let's make this year a year of peace. Let's make this year a year of peace.

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. Like your name, like your name, Jesus, all the... Praise to the name of Jesus Like your name, like your name, like your name, Jesus. All the high praise to no name, Jesus. There's no name like your name.

Jesus reigns, no name is a thing. I go there, Jesus, all the... Come on, let's give the band a big hand, they're always doing absolutely brilliant and amazing. Can we pray with you this morning? A great privilege.

God loves you. You've heard me. That's all I preached about this morning.

Put your hand on your heart. Pray this prayer with me right now. Quickly just say this.

Say, Lord Jesus, I give my life back to you. Thank you for loving me so much that you died for my sin. I believe you are the Christ.

I believe you rose from the grave. I believe you are here for me, personally. You've touched me. I respond and I surrender everything to you. In Jesus'name.

Amen. I'm now going to put my foot in it, but I don't care. We have some of the top police generals in our church, and people listen to us.

We have a big platform. So, Minister of Police, et cetera. I'm anti-crime.

What's happening is still the Fontaine is not okay. Mercy, triumphs over judgment. Bring those people out.

Feed them. Get water down to them. Get food down to them.

Because that's the right thing. And then send your negotiators and criminals should be prosecuted. But no criminal should be left to die. Now, I don't care if you think I should say this.

I say it because I have the influence to say it. As IFCC, as CRC, we do not endorse the suffering of people in any way. Never will, never can.

So those of you that have the power of sway and influence, speak to the right people. We're not saying let criminals go free. That's not what I'm saying. But we can't put everything on the table.

every criminal into a holding cell and starve them to death. It's not okay. So now I've lost some of you.

That's your problem. I don't care. I don't care.

Mercy triumphs over judgment. Let's be kind. Let's get food to those people. We will, as a church, also engage to see how we can help. let's try and get food to those people.

Let's try and get help to those people. Let's bring them to the surface and then the law must take its course. That's okay.

That's fine. But we can't allow people to die down there. Amen? So, we have ministers come to our church.

We have people that dress in civilian uniforms like us. Many people don't know the influential people that come to this church. Johannesburg as well.

That's why I'm saying it. I'm appealing to you to do the right thing. The right thing. And I listen to people speak, and some of them are in our church.

I'm not saying to you. I want to say this to the police. I'm not saying to you. I'm your supporter. But in this situation, you need to think differently.

Those people cannot die down there. It's not okay. It's not okay.

It's not okay. Get food, get water down there. And we will pray that they'll negotiate and come up and out and then deal with it according to the law. If you're not in agreement, lift your hand now and open your mouth.

May the Lord bless you. May the Lord keep you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you.

May the Lord be gracious to you. May the Lord be kind to you. May the Lord surround you with His goodness and His mercy and His favor.

May you experience... There's everything and more that God has for you, but always remember There are people around you that are suffering that are lonely that are hurting That's why you cannot just look at yourself and your own life and be caught up with your own life sometimes in your most painful times that's when God will use you to help people that are having more pain in this world. It's a suffering world out there.

Let's be the hands, let's be the feet of Jesus Christ. Amen. Take a seat just for a moment.

woman, please, please, the service is not finished. Will you turn to my right, all of you, your left. Follow all the pastors in the churches, please, for security reasons. I know time is up. Time is up.

The next service is about to start, so please don't leave now. We're going to receive the offering, so it's not time now for you to leave, because somebody will then ask you at the door, please do not leave, and then you're going to go to one of the newspapers and say, we are forcing you to give your money, and you'll be a devil. You will lie. we've never done that.

So everybody that now wanted to go to the toilet has done that. Thank you very much. All right.

God bless you as you sow your best seed. Never come to church empty handed. Always come with an offering to give to the work of the Lord.

It is a principle in God's kingdom. May the ashes please rise. It's time to take on every mountain It's time to shake off every weight What's been before won't be again We're going where we've never been Like nothing that we've ever seen Open up and provide for them Music Oh, shake off the dirt.

No, you're not done yet. Time to believe again. Open up every Bible lane.

Fear about the future, His calling is your reverie. His name will silence the accuser, all of heaven's sleep. what's been before we're going see open up Sing of the dust, no you're not done yet Time to believe again Dream open Build and see us prophesy again. Open up and judge, catch a fire again. Open up and revival in.

Shake off the dust, know you're not done yet To believe again, open up every bottle Shake off the dust, know you're leaving For this amazing item, family, you can just turn your attention to the screens for the last two minutes. Hi there family and welcome to CRC, the best place to be, where you're going to be blessed out of your socks. Definitely TD.

Now family, we have exciting news for you. Next week, Sunday evening, we will be having our annual Christmas production. Now, Past Art has spoken about this Christmas production already this year.

We are very excited, very expectant. It is going to be world class yet again. So invite your world, invite your family, invite your friends, because their lives will be impacted and changed.

Step into a story written long before time began. Discover the seven prophetic pillars that stand as the bedrock of our Christian faith. From the miraculous birth of Jesus, to his sacred upbringing, through his powerful ministry. on earth the deep rejection of Christ the sacrificial death on the Roman cross his victorious resurrection and his glorious ascension as he is seated on the right hand of the Father and the promise of his his glorious return. Join us as we uncover the prophecies of the Old Testament as they each come into fulfillment in the New Testament, revealing the undeniable truth that Jesus Christ is and forever will be the one true Messiah, the Son of God.

Hi, my name is Alan Williams, the CEO of the Sport for Social Change Network, Africa. Sport has the power to change the world. It speaks to young people in a language they understand.

It's more powerful than governments. in breaking down social injustices. We have a huge task at hand.

They say a child in sport is a child out of court. We need your support. Get involved as we invest in the future of our young people. I thank you.

Amen family. The last two announcements. If you are not yet a member of our church, we have new members orientation this Tuesday, the 19th of November at seven o'clock in our CRC chapel. And then the Christmas production, I just want to emphasize. again it is on the 24th of November at six so invite your world and for everyone that has kids under 10 years old there will be kids church so all of the kids can go to kids church we're just going to close off in prayer remember there will be pastors and leaders, yeah, if you're in need of any prayer.

Heavenly Father, we just come before you and we want to honor you and say thank you for such an incredible morning. Thank you for every life that was touched and changed. And we thank you for every faithful and generous giver. We pray that you will continue to bless every single member in this church. You will bless every single family member.

And we thank you that every single expectation that every person has you will be exceeded. We plead and apply the blood. a lot of Jesus over every person as they go.

And we thank You that Your angels will encamp around them. In the mighty Name of Jesus, Amen and Amen. Thank You, family. See you tonight at 6 p.m.

Gave me a new start, now I am free Cause you are my victory

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