00:00if you know the value of it you'll create time for it you have to be intentional you'll not just
00:05find the time you will not just magically uh wake up and find yourself meditating you have to be
00:14conscious in creating that time because my life depends on this it's so important
00:22it's not an optional extra it's not something that i can do in my spare time when i finished
00:29every other activity my spiritual life is the engine that guides every other parts of my life
00:36so if i navigate my time i have to do so in a way that puts this first not last
00:49shalom everyone i'd like to thank god for god's heart i would like to thank god for today's
00:56teaching uh also to be a partner is great to be a smart partner my question is i desire to
01:04know god
01:04better but i've got a problem that every time when he's teaching even in my local church
01:12i find myself sleeping i i struggle with meditation i really desire to know how to meditate
01:19when i try exactly something that is blocking every effort that i try of getting closer to god
01:30what can i do brother to get closer to god because there was a time even this number affected me
01:38during my exams i find myself closing off sleeping not hearing anything please help me thank you sister that
01:46is a very practical question uh it's something i have heard people say before uh it's not my first
01:54time of hearing people say it's that when it's time for the bible or something that will edify you
02:00spiritually you see people becoming a little bit drowsy or tired so we can talk practically about some
02:09steps one could take but spiritually i think we have to start there as a principle if you know your
02:15life
02:17depends on something
02:22your attitude toward it will reflect that value i use this example very commonly because it's something we
02:31can all relate to physically you need to eat food because your physical body requires it you know you
02:42depend on it you need if you don't eat food let's say you you have not eaten and it's not
02:47like that you are
02:48intentionally fasting but you've not eaten your body will start sending you signals that you need to eat
02:54and no matter your schedule you know at that time you have to create time to eat because your body
03:00needs
03:01it if you don't eat physically you can become vulnerable to the sickness you can become weak it
03:06will affect your performance at work etc so because you recognize the value of something you make sure
03:14you create time for it and you arrange your schedule in a way that prioritizes it if we can do
03:21that for
03:21this flesh for something physical how much more so our spirits this has to do with attitude if i see
03:30the bible as an optional extra oh maybe uh before i go to bed at night let me just read
03:37a verse or oh it's
03:39time for church let me take my bible with me oh it's time for interactive prayer let me take my
03:43bible
03:44it's like something i have by the side something i carry with me sometimes if i don't recognize that
03:50my life depends on the word of god then it's going to reflect in my approach and my attitude when
04:03it
04:03comes to reading or spending time in god's word it's not a matter of just opening the pages and reading
04:09we first of all have to check what is the state of our hearts is our hearts right with god
04:17is our heart at
04:18it's best for god because when it's time to read the word we have to give our best we're not
04:23doing
04:23it for a physical reason we're doing it for our relationship with god so we have to give our best
04:28attention is our attention divided is our attention in another area are we disturbed by something is there
04:39something distracting us we have to give our best attention we have to give our best time a lot of
04:44people who sleep off when it's time to read the bible is because they are reading the bible after
04:49they are physically exhausted after they have drained themselves in other activities and then
04:55they read the bible and they fall asleep so we have to give our best time our best attention we
05:01have to
05:02recognize the word of god is a book that reads us as we read it it can't be read like
05:10a history book or a
05:12geography book or a novel or like we're checking the news on the internet so that has to do with
05:18our
05:18approach our attitude if we see the value the significance the importance the fact that our
05:24life depends on it when it's time to read it is going to reflect physically and spiritually in our approach
05:31physically for example if you are tired right and you read the bible and you're sitting down and you're
05:38tired well why don't you stand up and walk around as you read i'm just giving you something practical
05:44sister like you will not be able to fall asleep if you are moving you take an action as a
05:50reflection
05:51of the value you place on this and never listen to the lie of the devil that oh something is
05:58blocking me
06:00from growing spiritually the only thing blocking you is your wrong focus you're a child of god
06:08if we choose to give our focus to the wrong thing so let's say uh you know we are reading
06:15our bible but
06:16in the background there is television on or we are reading our bible but actually we are busy worrying
06:22about a problem at our home or work or we are reading the bible but we had a clash with
06:27our
06:28family member or we had a disagreement with a friend or husband and wife we are fighting and you read
06:33your bible you are not going to receive because you your focus is not going to be truly there
06:39and the devil does not want you to read the bible so of course there's going to be some attempts
06:45to
06:45distract you attempts to dis-focus you so you have to give your best your full heart your whole heart
06:51when it's coming to read the bible and if you do that if the spiritual understanding of the value of
06:59this word is there it will reflect in your physical approach and in your attitude and that will deal
07:06with a lot of the issues you are complaining about that oh i feel tired or i i you know
07:12i don't feel
07:13distracted oh i i want to meditate but i can't if you know the value what the word of god
07:20does in your
07:21life as you meditate on it if you know the value of it you'll create time for it you have
07:28to be
07:28intentional you will not just find the time you will not just magically uh wake up and find yourself
07:36meditating you have to be conscious in creating that time because my life depends on this it's so
07:45important it's not an optional extra it's not something that i can do in my spare time when i
07:52finished every other activity my spiritual life is the engine that guides every other parts of my life
08:00so if i navigate my time i have to do so in a way that puts this first not last
08:06if this understanding is present you will find that those tricks and traps of the devil to distract
08:13you you will overcome them you will not succumb to them i i hope you understand what i'm saying to
08:19you sister don't listen to the lie that oh that something has blocked me oh i can't i can't meditate
08:24i really want to grow but i just can't that's a lie from the devil if something is blocking you
08:30shift your focus examine what you're giving attention to is like i've said before many times
08:37people struggle to spend five minutes reading the bible but we can spend one hour watching nonsense on
08:44our phone we can spend one hour scrolling on our phone on oftentimes things that have no lasting value
08:52and significance we look at our time oh it's already midnight and you have spent one hour two hours
08:58watching something but to read the bible pick it up and read maybe we just read a verse or a
09:04chapter
09:05if we can give our time to things that are so temporal how much more so should we invest time
09:13in something that will feed our spirit strengthen our soul so what you are saying madam i see it as
09:19an issue of
09:19value if you know the value of god's word in your life it will not be an issue of choice
09:26it will be an issue
09:27of challenge what do i mean you don't have a choice you must read the challenge is how do you
09:33navigate
09:33your time and other priorities and other focuses and other issues how do you navigate that that can
09:39be a challenge but you don't have a choice you need this if your life depended on knowing god's word
09:45how long would you last and let me also say to you sister god is ready to help our weaknesses
09:52he knows we are
09:53weak the fact that you've said this today you desire to do what is right i want to do what
09:59is right the
09:59holy spirit is there to help you don't condemn yourself don't feel that you can't don't belittle or
10:06devalue yourself you can grow spiritually you can get there with the help of the holy spirits if you do
10:13take
10:14a wrong step as i said in the message today don't justify it don't just say oh something has blocked
10:20me
10:20i oh i can't meditate oh i can't read the bible no check what's going through your heart check what
10:26you're feeding your soul with check what you're giving your attention to check where you need to
10:31adjust the holy spirit is ready to help you to get back up and move on but this bible is
10:39our guide for
10:41life our road map god will not open his door to wisdom to understanding to maturity to the one who
10:49keeps
10:49his bible shut so let's put the word of god at the top of our priority list not
10:56in the middle or the bottom thank you
11:04there are signals he sends around us and within us perhaps it's not god's will it's not god's time
11:14and you're on a journey somewhere a circumstance beyond your control can block you can stop you
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