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Thank you for everyone comments and just the engagement in general.
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So it's been a while since I did a Bible study video.
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And reason being is I don't want to just speak because I'm a speaker.
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I really want to feel like God wants to speak through me and has something to say.
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So I really see the request. But I think it's very important to also take the lead of the Holy Spirit.
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I hope that really makes sense. So if you've noticed on my channel, I've been speaking a lot about relationships.
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And if you've listened to my story, you'll understand why relationship dynamics are so important to me.
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But before we get to all the other relationships, relationship with your mother, with your spouse, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, the most important relationship is with God because all your relationships flow from there.
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And I'm excited that so many of you asked me for me, how can I get closer to God?
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How can I fix my relationship with God? How do I even get started?
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So receiving messages and comments like that is really encouraging because it already says that, okay, so people are really interested in having the good life, the God life.
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So that's my teaching today. Having a relationship with God, drawing nearer to God.
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Let me see what I actually titled it in my notes. Building a relationship with God. So I got saved at the age of 13, 14.
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I grew up in church and I've always really been that child who's interested in the Bible.
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As a result, my mom bought me Bibles as gifts.
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I've always been really, really interested in it. And not everyone is like that.
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I think it also comes as a personality type or you kind of grow into it.
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Like for me, my husband loves watching sermons and he enjoys worship.
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I am more of, I love to get and study the word, you know?
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So there's different ways. So we are going to study the book of John.
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John chapter 2, the most quoted verse that people listen, even people who aren't saved quote this verse.
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Jesus turned water into wine. So I studied John chapter 2 sometime this month.
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I can't remember who explained it, but this is how they interpreted this chapter. And I took notes from that.
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And they were talking from a different perspective, but I decided to take those notes and see how I can bring them to you, simplified and to your relationship with God.
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So I'm going to read from verse 1 up to verse 8 or up to verse 9 to give context. And then we'll keep going back.
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I'm going to be using my phone to read the Bible because it's going to take a while to keep paging to the different scriptures that I'm going to give reference to.
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I use the Everyday Bible life application. It is an expensive Bible. It's a study Bible.
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People have asked me about it. You can get it at Kumbox on Take A Lot.
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It ranges from about a thousand Rand. However, you don't need to get this Bible.
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New Living Translation Bible is a great Bible.
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Any Bible, but if you're starting out, New Living Translation and Good News Bible is a good Bible.
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And then when you really start getting into studying the Bible, then you can invest in an amplified study Bible.
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But a Bible is a Bible. It's all the same word. This one just has inserts that I really enjoy.
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And if you don't afford to buy a Bible yet, the fact that you're on YouTube means you can get the Bible app.
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This is the first miracle that Jesus performed. John chapter 2 from verse 1.
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On the third day, there was a wedding at Kanna of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
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And both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.
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When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no more wine.
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Jesus said to her, Dear woman, what is it that to you and to me, my time to act and to be revealed, has not yet come?
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His mother said to the servants, whatever he says to you, do it.
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Now there were six stone water pots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, ceremonial washing, containing 20 or 30 gallons each.
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Jesus said to the servants, fill the water pots with water. So they filled them up to the brim.
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Then he said to them, Draw some out now and take it to the head waiter of the banquet. So they took it to him.
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And when the head waiter tasted the water, which had turned into wine, not knowing where it came from, though the servant who had drawn the water knew, he called the bridegroom and said to him, Everyone else serves his best wine first.
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And when people have drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good.
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But you have kept back the good wine until now. So how does this relate to building your relationship with God?
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I have got four points here in building your relationship with God. Number one, you have to invite God.
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We go back to chapter 2, verse 2, and says, it says, and both Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.
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Jesus did not just pitch at the wedding. He was actually invited to be at the wedding. So what does that say about you?
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Jesus is not going to knock down your walls and literally ruin your life to try being your life.
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He's a gentleman. And one of the gifts he has given us is free will and choice.
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So he has given you a choice to choose him or to choose the enemy and to choose your own will.
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So you have to invite the Holy Spirit and Jesus into your life.
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Firstly, you start by inviting God or Jesus by accepting him as your savior.
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Now, this is how salvation happens. I will open the book of Romans 10.
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Okay, I'm going to be using the New Living Translation on my phone.
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If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God.
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And it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
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So if you're thinking, well, me, churches are closed now and I haven't accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, am I doomed?
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No, you don't need a building or a pastor or a church to help you accept Christ.
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Yes, they are there to facilitate and assist us, but assist us.
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But right now, all you have to do is firstly believe. You have to declare that he is Lord of your life.
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And then you have to believe it in your heart that he was raised from the dead.
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So that is how you firstly invite Jesus into your life.
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This is you saying now, God, I've lived my own life and I've done my own thing, but it is time that I accept you.
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It is time that I make you the God of my life. And you do that by accepting him. And that is how we get to heaven.
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We don't get to heaven by giving people food, by feeding the needy, by praying 10 times a day.
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We get to heaven by just accepting his salvation and declaring and believing that he died on the cross for us.
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So step one. And then you invite him daily.
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After you have invited Jesus into your life as a savior, you need to invite him daily.
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I was actually listening to a sermon by Joyce Meyer and she was saying she needs a miracle every 10 minutes because her mouth is not safe.
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And I relate and I said, you know what, God, I actually need a miracle every five minutes because if I don't have you, if I don't keep inviting you into my life, I say things that aren't nice to people.
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I look at things in a way that you don't look at them. I complain. Like my flesh is weak.
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That is why I need to constantly invite the Holy Spirit.
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Here's what it says about inviting him into your life on a daily.
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I'm going to go to the book of Revelations 3 verse 20. It says, look, I stand at the door and knock.
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If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will share a meal together as friends.
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So Jesus comes to us every single day and he says, hey, I'm here.
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Will you let me in? I want some attention. When you're busy watching series the whole day, he knocks.
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Hey, Mbumi, don't you want to give me a chance?
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Don't you want to give me 10 minutes of your day? Don't you want to open the Bible?
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But one thing you won't do is turn off and trip the electricity so that you'll be forced to switch on the word because then that is not love.
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If love is forced, it's not love. But he loves us so much that he continues to pursue us.
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My husband likes to talk about the song Reckless Love, that His love is so reckless that He continues to come back even after we chase Him away.
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He continues to pursue us and say, Hey, give me a chance.
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Open my word. Pray to me. I am here. I want to be here with you. So that is step one: inviting Jesus into your heart.
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Number two, obey what he says. Now, this is from, this is in verse five.
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His mother said to the servant, whatever he says to you, do it. Right.
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So we know the scripture or the saying that says obedience is better than sacrifice.
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So most of us, we like, and this conversation happens a lot when you talk about giving and tithing.
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And the word of God says, if you bring your tithes and offering to the storehouse, I will bless you so much that you don't have room enough to receive.
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And then people say, oh, but what if I take my 10% to the needy in Africa or whatnot?
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The word says, bring my tithes and offering into the storehouse.
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The storehouse is the place of worship. And tithe is 10%. Whether you give...
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100 grand or how much, but you don't give that 10% first to God, you're still not obeying what he's saying.
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You're doing the right thing, but are you obeying?
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You're doing the sacrifice, but are you obeying? You know, and many of us struggle with that.
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Is that we want to do all the works, but God just asked you for a simple thing.
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I just want your time, I just want time with you, but we want to do everything else.
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