 What I want to speak to you today is concerning the importance of the process. Don't despise the process. Somebody dropped that in the chat. Don't despise the process. In the book of Malachi, you know, and Malachi was written about 100 years after Israel have went back home to Israel from Babylonian captivity. And Malachi was a prophet in the days of Nehemiah. And he has this direct message to the people of Israel who will actually at the time were plagued with corrupt priests, wicked practices, and a false sense of security in their privileged relationship with God. Now, and Malachi has a very unique book because he uses this question and answer method and he probes deeply into their problems with hypocrisy, infidelity, mixed marriages, divorce, false worship and arrogance. And so we see that the sinful nation of Israel became so sinful that God's words were no longer of any impact on them. And if you study the book of Malachi, you will see that he had these six disputes with them. You know, the first one was that God still loves them and they said, well, we're not sure God loves us. And then the second one was about, you know, how they actually despised God and defiled his temple. And then the third one was that how they turned against God and their wives. It's actually very interesting how God actually rebuked Israel for despising their wives. And then the fourth one was that Israel complained to God that you neglected us and, you know, where's your justice? Why are you not fighting for us? And then the fifth dispute was there where God says, turn back to me. And that's where the whole tithing comes in. God says, turn back to me, return to me. And they says, how should we return? And God says, well, start tithing. It's kind of an interesting concept that actually one of the ways that people return to God is with their generosity, not just with their mouth, but with their giving. And then there's a sixth dispute. And this is the one that I want to focus on today. And so I was actually planning to do a Q&A today, not to do any teachings today, but as I was waking up, this verse just came to me. And before even I went to prayer in my own bed, I was just like, it really touched me, it really ministered to me today. And so as I was meditating on it, praying as well, I was like, you know what? I want to share on this as well today. We're going to still have time to answer questions. And I'm going to share with you six truths about not despising a process. And we're going to get to this verse in just a moment. So I'm not going to give you that verse right away. I'm going to give you that verse in just a little bit, but I'm going to build up to that verse. Okay. And the first thing I want you to mention, I want you to write this down or drop this in the chat is this, is process is marked with pain of not seeing any profit while doing what is right. A process. So when I say process, this is kind of my definition of that. I'm not saying it's probably more most dictionary proper definition. But when we say process in the Christian circles, you know, going through the process, enduring the process, you know, not giving up in the process, and some of us are in the process of fasting right now. So this is going to come in encouragement. And there is a fasting reference, I believe in this portion of the scripture. But a process, write this down, is marked with pain of not seeing any profit while doing what is right. Now, and Israel said in Malachi chapter three, verse 14, you have said it is useless to serve God. What profit it is that we have kept his ordinance. So I want you to see, this is the part that I wanted to kind of mention is that what profit it is that we have kept his ordinance and that we have walked as mourners. Now in Israel, especially in the Old Testament, fasting actually was part of mourning and one of the ways they mourned for the dead. One of the ways that they even fasted was with mourning. And you probably would recall many stories in the Old Testament where mourning and fasting was coupled together. And I do believe in here it does make a reference to people taking a time to fast. Now, it doesn't mention exactly. It's just my own personal take on it because of so many references in the Old Testament concerning mourning and fasting. We have walked as mourners before the Lord of hosts. And so sometimes it's possible to do what is right, what God is telling you to do and to be obedient in this season of your life and not see any profit or not see any use of that. You know, I was reading right before this live stream, a testimony as they came from live stream, live streams in this last few days and people who actually, you know, got pregnant, who couldn't be pregnant. While they were fasting for something else, people who and they believed for the children, but they just didn't fast for that. People who experienced physical healing, people who experienced deliverance from a spirit of Leviathan during this fast. People who experienced breakthrough, just money starts showing up in their credit card that there was supposed to be just a few bucks. And then it was like 800 bucks. People who just like went into doing taxes and, you know, surprisingly got really surprised them with a huge, you know, tax returns. And so it was just encouraging to see those testimonies. But I want to speak to those people who are maybe right now you are fasting and you are pressing into God and you're not seeing any use and you're not seeing any profit. And on the opposite, you actually feel discouraged and you feel weary of this and not just doing the fasting, but just kind of everything else that comes along with fasting, sacrificing, you know, maybe entertainment, sacrificing other things. And I want to encourage you with the word process. That process is a part of pain that comes from not seeing anything. This is where faith is required because you're not moved by your site. You're moved by your faith. And these people had a similar situation is they actually served God. They walked around fasting, I believe they tried to keep God's commandments and they were not seeing any use. They were not seeing any profit for a season or for a time. We're going to see in a moment that everything shifted later on. But it's important to not give up while you're going through the process. It's important that you don't quit. You don't throw the towel. You don't simply say, well, you know what, I'm just done. I can't take this anymore. It's easy to do that, but it's not most effective. It's not the right thing to do a lot of times. And two wrongs don't make one right. You know, if you're noticing that nothing right is happening right now. Well, the wrong thing would be to do is to just quit and say, I give up. You know, things are getting worse. Things are not getting better. I'm not seeing the breakthrough. I'm not sensing things. There's just, you know, not getting easier right now. And so it's important that you understand that you might be going through this process of the Lord is doing something. And the second thing that I want to highlight, and that is in verse 14. And the verse 14, and this is where the most painful part is. So now we call the proud blessed and those who do wickedness are raised up. They even tempt God and go free. So the next verse Malachi pretty much says that. And so the second thing I want you to write this down or drop this in the chat is when you are in the process, don't compare with someone who has progress. Come on. This is good. Drop this in the chat. When you are in the process, don't compare with somebody who has progress. You know, Israel, what they did, these people in the Malachi's day is that while fasting, while obeying God's commandments and while serving God and not seeing any profit, what they started to do is they started to look at their neighbors. Now, the neighbors they had were wicked people. They were not Godly people. They were not actually serving God. And so these people, they were progressing. They were advancing. They were successful. They were effective and these fasting, praying, obedient people started to, you know, kind of, kind of starts wearing you down. It starts discouraging you. You know, why are they being blessed? And you know, here I am and they're not even doing anything about it. They're not even pressing in. They're not fasting. They're not trying to sanctify themselves. They're not trying to separate themselves from the world. They're arrogant. They're boastful. They're proud. They're wicked and they're being raised up. They're being elevated. They're being promoted. It seems like they have favor following their life. And here I am weeping, wailing, you know, like my stomach is yelling at me. I'm tired. I barely can sleep. My knees are hurting, a little bit cranky and things just like not going better for me, like my car broke down. You know, I'm hearing their downsizing at my work, you know, like kind of things are just not doing better for me and they're doing better for other people. And when you are in the process, it's one of your tests is going to be to keep your focus on your journey with God instead of looking over somebody else's journey. Sometimes people over running next to you are actually running with God. They're just advancing faster and they're just moving faster and they seem to have more favor in particular areas where you are doing right now and you're not experiencing that breakthrough. And it's important that we protect our heart from envy, from jealousy, from coveting and from offense toward God. And one of the ways that it will, and I believe the Lord will allow this test, whether it's going to be wicked people progressing, some of your friends who honestly like they spit at God, they don't give care about God. And they like they're super successful or it could be some of your friends who according to your measurements, they're not as committed to the Lord as you are. And so there comes this thing that starts to build up inside of us. And I'm as guilty of this as probably anybody in the chat is we begin to compare our process with someone's progress. We begin to compare our current pain with someone else's success, with someone else's blessing. Now, what we must understand, if they are Christian and God is blessing them, don't use human measurements to determine where they're at in comparison to you, because everyone has a different history. Everyone has a different capacity. Everyone has a different gifting from God. The scripture clearly states when the King gave out talents, he gave one five, he gave one person two and gave one person one. He didn't give everyone the same because God gives according to our ability. So sometimes I could be looking at a friend of mine and they are advancing, you know, in a particular ministry, or they are being blessed by God in the particular field. And it's easy to say, well, you know, why is God ignoring me? You know, why am I not doing that? You know, I deserve that as much as he or she does. Well, the thing about it is you took a measuring tape that's human and you're applying it to spiritual things. A lot of times to divine things. You're not putting into consideration. The sacrifices this person made, where this person has been. You're not putting into consideration the generations before them, maybe they paid a price and they're reaping the benefit. You're not putting into consideration the kind of a purpose God has for them that's slightly different than yours. You're not putting into consideration that maybe they went through what you're going through right now and they were faithful, patient, persevering. And now they've entered into this thing that you're looking at. And so it is foolish. It's unwise to compare ourselves among ourselves. We can be, it's okay to, you know, be inspired by somebody, but inspiration should not become a duplication and inspiration should not become your imitation. When you start imitating somebody else's journey during your process and you quickly despise the journey you're on, you despise the little steps of obedience God is leading you. You despise the fact that the voice of the Lord is leading you to fast and pray while other people are expanding their business or there may be right now like are totally doing other stuff that you're like, man, I wish I would be doing that and stuff. So don't despise God's leading. God's dealing with you with your in your season. You are going to be different probably than other people. Learn to be comfortable in your own skin. Learn not to put on soul's armor and think that that's what you need to do in order to be successful. You don't need to become like your older brother. You don't need to become like your younger sister. You don't need to become like that sibling that your parents says, oh, I wish it would be more like them. That God didn't make you like them. God made you you and he wants you to go through your process without obsessing with someone's progress, without obsessing with someone advancing before and going faster than you. You know, when I was, I think a few years ago, the Lord really kind of spoke to me about Jacob and his brother, Issa. When Jacob encountered Issa and Issa said to Jacob, he says, I want you to, you know, come with me. I mean, Issa has an army and Jacob has like a lot of children and, you know, moms that are nursing and flocks that are nursing. And so there's no way he can keep up the pace of his older brother. But his older brother, you know, like, it's kind of insistent. He's like, come on, bro, hurry up, man. And I love what Jacob said. Jacob says, let my Lord go ahead of his servant. And he says, I will follow at the pace of children. He says, and I will arrive, you know, he says, I will lead. Actually, he used the words, I will lead, you know, my children, my flocks, you know, I will lead them slowly. And so it's very important to understand that if you are going slowly right now, but this is the pace of God's grace in your life. Do not despair, do not discourage, not get discouraged. Don't spit on your current season. I know you might not like it. I know you might wish and pray and fast that God gets you out of this. Maybe you're single and you're watching. You're like, man, I wish I would be married. Trust me, there's a lot of married people that wish to be single. OK, so don't don't don't rush into marriage. Walk into marriage. Don't rush into it. And maybe you're married, you know, like, and you want to have children right away and stuff. So but, you know, the Lord is putting on your heart maybe to wait for a year or something. You know, just don't rush into things. God is not somebody who rushes us. He doesn't drive us. He leads us. And one of the worst things that you can do when you are in the process is obsess with someone else's progress. Someone else's gifts, someone else's skills, someone else's income, someone else's house, someone else's car, someone else's anointing, someone else's size of the church, someone else's size of a YouTube channel, someone else's, you know, how they're even with someone else's personality, saying, man, I wish I could be as disciplined as this person. I wish I could be as prophetic as this person. Man, I wish could be as good looking as this person and stuff. So and honestly, all of your wishing is not going to do anything except poison your heart. So as you are in the process, even as you're fasting right now, just focus, run the race that is set before you looking unto Jesus. Nothing wrong with sometimes looking to the right, looking to the left, seeing how's everybody doing and it's kind of being encouraged, let's learning a thing or two. I love learning from other people who are way further than me, but learning and then being weary, depressed, stressed out, learning and honestly obsessing with someone is not healthy. I'll share with you an example. I have a friend and his name is Isaiah, Isaiah Saldivar. Some of you know who Isaiah Saldivar is. And, you know, I actually, as at this moment, have more subscribers than Isaiah Saldivar. OK, but Isaiah Saldivar has an incredible engagement online. So like when he live streams, thousands of people watch him live. You know, when I live stream, not so much. You know, people watch me live, but it's not the same thing. And, you know, I'll be honest with you, there was a time, one time where that kind of hit me for about two days. I was, it's not that I was obsessing. It's that I was trying to pull myself by my own, you know, shoes and really like, man, I want to be like Isaiah. I want to be like Isaiah. And I respect Isaiah a lot. I like him. He's a phenomenal, phenomenal revivalist. But you must understand that Isaiah has a history of sacrifices that he made. Isaiah has a calling and he has a purpose that God is using him for. And he's literally that trumpet right now in our generation to many young people. And, you know, God wired me differently. God, first of all, I look different. I speak different. My way of conveying my thoughts are different. And the fact that the Lord has blessed me to communicate to you guys and to lead the group of people that, you know, he has given me is a huge blessing from God. And it will be foolish to for me to try to be like an Isaiah and for Isaiah to be like me. OK. I write books, make courses, you know, I have a very intense machine. Isaiah doesn't have that. But Isaiah has one, you know, few things are so good and God uses him so powerfully. And so Lord really, Lord really challenged me. And he said, you know, you have to learn from Isaiah, but you cannot copy and you cannot compare because otherwise your well will be poisoned. You will not be able to go through the process because you will be always obsessing with Isaiah's progress. But, you know, there are people more successful than Isaiah, so it will never stop. You will always be never happy. You will never be at peace as long as you're comparing. So I just want to encourage each and every one of you today that as you are going through the process, especially that you maybe endure a little bit of pain, not seeing the results, but also really protect your perspective, protect your focus from not obsessing with somebody's progress. And that's what these people did in the book of Malachi. But if we go to number three, I want you to drop number three in the chat. Surround yourself with right people while you're in the process. Surround yourself with right people while you are in the process. I want you to see what happens later. Verse 16, so we're just going down verse 16. And verse 16 says the following. Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. Somebody dropped it in the chat, one another. They spoke to one another. The Bible doesn't say they spoke to God. They spoke to one another. And the Lord listened and heard them. That's interesting. God was listening to a conversation that they had with one another, not a conversation that they had even with him. Earlier in the chapter, God was actually angry with them because they spoke harsh words against him when they said. And then they said, how do we speak against you? And God says, well, you said that it's pointless to serve me. So God rejected, God rebuked them for that. In verse 16, we see that God says, then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another and the Lord listened to them. So I want you to see something. When you're going through the process, it's important that you surround yourself with a healthy community. Now, when I say community in here, I'm not talking about people that you only learn from, but people that you live with. Drop this in the chat. Surround yourself with people, not only that you learn from, but people that you live with. These people most likely are going to be a small group and these people most likely are going to be your church. Malachi said clearly, they said to one another, they feared God. So instead of being obsessed with somebody else, how somebody else is doing, looking over how the wicked are prospering or, oh, you know, it's so pointless to serve God. Look, we fasted for 21 days, nothing happened. Look, we did this, nothing happened. And God says, people in the process, they must learn to have a community where they encourage each other, where they build each other up, where they will they equally fear God and they speak to each other. And God says, as they're speaking to each other, I'm actually listening. And not only I am listening, but I'm hearing them. And not only I am hearing them. OK, I want you to see this. A book of remembers was written before him for those who fear the Lord and those who meditate on his name. So the Lord is saying, as you're spending time in the community of believers, as you're spending time in the community of like-minded, God-fearing, fasting, praying people and you're having conversations. I really believe this could also apply to, you know, as you're on that Facebook community, as you are on that Bible memory community, as you are in this community and we have conversations, you know, we're dropping things in the chat and we're would encouraging each other. The scripture says the Lord listened and the Lord heard. So he listened and he heard and guess what he started to do? He started to write a book. God writes a book, a book of remembrance. Now, there are several scriptures in the Bible that refer to God's book. Exodus 32, 32, Psalm 56, verse 8, Psalm 69, verse 28, Daniel, chapter 7, verse 10, Daniel, chapter 12, verse 1, Revelation 13, 8 and Revelation 2015. So there are books that God has. There's a book of life. We know about that one. That's where the names of those who believe are written. But we also know there's a book of remembrance. Now, this does not mean that God forgets things. God doesn't forget stuff, but God still has a book of remembers. That kind of reminds me of the, you know, an Esther story where Mardukai did something and he didn't get rewarded for it. But it was recorded. Hmm. He didn't get rewarded, but it was recorded. And then when the king had a sleepless night, the scripture says, as the book was being read, this chronicles of being read, that Mardukai's name came up and the king realized he hasn't been rewarded. And he rewarded Mardukai. I just want to encourage you with something that this book of remembrance, actually, I think it reminds us. The book of remembrance reminds us that whatever is not rewarded is not forgotten. Drop this in the chat. The book of remembrance reminds us that whatever is not rewarded is not forgotten. Again, God is not forgetting, but it's almost like he's reassuring us. He's saying, not only I am omnipresent, not only I am, you know, omniscient and omnipotent, I am also one who remembers everything. And God says, I'm keeping a book as well. I have a book of remembrance. And this kind of correlates with what happened with Mardukai, that whatever is not rewarded is not forgotten. And so the people who gather together, who are in the community, people who are surrounding themselves, like Mary went to Elizabeth, like Jesus sending disciples in twos, like Paul, he was with Silas or with Barnabas, like we see that two are better than one. God wants us to be in a community when we're going through a process. You're not supposed to be alone. So I want to challenge you to be in this community. I want to challenge you to be in a church community. I want to challenge you to be in a small group and have conversations there. Share your burdens there. Share your dreams there. Share your frustrations there. Because God hears these conversations and not only he hears them, he listens to them and he keeps a book of remembrance. I believe God records every single thing that we do. And that one day these books will be open. We will be rewarded in heaven for the things that we do. Some of us will experience some reward on earth, but we will see those rewards in heaven in Jesus' name. Now, verse point number four, drop number four in the chat. And then we're going to read the verse number four is God's promises. God gives promises to those who are in the process. God gives promises to those who are in the process. And if we go to just a little bit further, he says, you know what? If you guys surround yourself with other people, I hear, I listen, I have a book of remembrance, you know, whatever's not rewarded will not be forgotten. And then he says in verse 17, his promise for people that are in the process. So I dropped this in the chat. God has promises for those who are in the process. They shall be mine. So promise number one is possession. God gives promises to those who are in the process. And, you know, these promises are not necessarily prosperity. These promises are not necessarily power. These promises are actually something that are very spiritual promises. And I believe that that's something that happens in the process. In the process, you don't necessarily get power, prosperity, these visible external blessings. In the process, you get these internal realities, internal revelations that sustain you through the process. And then they anchor you when you enter into a new season. They are mine. That speaks of possession. That means you become God's property. And then he says, on that day, I will make them my jewels. The second promise I want you to see is you're going to be precious to God. Not only you're possessed by God, you're precious to him. Because, you know, we have things that are possessed by us, but they're not valuable. They're not precious. You know, I have even in this room, as I'm looking, you know, I have a napkin box. OK, it's right here. It's mine, but it's not precious. OK, I do have a few things in my possession that are precious, but a napkin box is not one of them. But God saying, not only you will be mine, but you will be my jewel. You'll be precious to me. And so then he says, the third thing I want you to see, I will spare him. As a son, as a man spares his own son who serves him. That's how God will spare you. So the third promise God promises in the process is protection. Let's let's review this. The first promise is possession. God begins to possess you and possession is ownership, meaning your God's responsibility, your God's property, property, not in the sense that you don't have any value that God treats you like a property, but property in the sense that God takes responsibility for you. The second promise that he gives us in the process is this, that we are precious to him, that we are dear to him, we are loved by him. Again, you can own many things that you don't love. Some things we own out of necessity. But there are things that we own that are dear to us. And God says, you're not going to be only something I take responsibility for. You are someone I truly value. I love you are precious to me. You might jewel. I know you're not seeing the breakthrough that you desire. I know you're not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I know that it's hard right now, but you fear my name. You fear me. You walk in the reverence of me in awe of me. You're walking in brokenness, you're fasting, you're fulfilling your duties, your responsibilities, you're also serving me. And God says, as you're gathering in the community and you speak to one another and you encourage each other and you don't look over somebody else's progress. God says, as you're going through this, I just want to remind you that I take responsibility for you. I love you. You're precious to me. And then the third thing he promises while in the process is I will protect you. I will spare you. And some of us don't realize how valuable protection is until we lose it. Let me say that again. Some of us don't realize how valuable protection is from God until we lose it. You may be complaining that God is not prospering you. But you have no idea how much blessing you have if God is protecting you. Protecting you from sickness, protecting you from death, protecting you from spells being thrown at you, protecting you from addiction to alcohol, protecting you from addiction to drugs, protecting you from excruciating heartbreak of betrayal of your partner, protecting you from falling somewhere and then being paralyzed. You know, those things are protections. And I understand we a lot of times take them for granted. Not in any way am I saying that if some of you in here are going through some of that, that God lifted his protection. But what I'm saying is that we do need to learn to recognize what we have instead of grumbling and complaining about what we don't have. And the Lord promises these three blessings. You'll be my possession. You will be precious to me and then you will be protected. And I look at my life in the seasons where I went through long processes and I would see that in those seasons, yes, I didn't experience breakthrough, but I experienced protection. I experienced God's covering. I experienced God's shield. I hid myself in the secret place of most high God. I was under the shadow of the Almighty, but still going through what I needed to go through. And when I begin to recognize and appreciate God's possession, preciousness of me to Him and God's protection, it gives me peace in the process. It gives me peace in the process. Amen. Is anybody receiving this? If you are, drop number one in the chat. If you're just tuning in and don't forget to hit like to this video on YouTube, as well as if you're watching us on Facebook, hit share right now or whatever you are watching this at so that other people can join in as well. And then we just have two more. We're going to go through two more. The fifth one and that one is you have to walk patiently through the process until you get to the fulfillment of the promise. Drop this in the chat. You have to walk faithfully through the process until you get to the fulfillment of the promise. So let's review. You know, Israel is complaining that it's pointless to serve God. It's pointless to fast. It's pointless to do all of this. The reason being is somebody else down the road is more successful than them. And they're not serving God at all. God says, your words have been harsh to me. And then he says, but those who fear my name, they speak to one another. So we talk about community. And God says, I hear them. I listen to them and I have a book of remembers that is written. And then the Lord says, they will be mine. They will be my precious jewels and they will be spared. They will be protected. I will spare them. I will cover them. I will protect them. And now this is the verse that this morning I woke up and they just really kind of resonated in my spirit. And this is the verse, verse 18. And verse 18 says the following. Then you shall discern again. Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked. Between the one who serves God and the one who doesn't serve him. And this is what I wanted to leave you with today. This is what I wanted to share with you today. There is coming then. There is coming then. Meaning a tipping point is going to come where there will be a difference and you will discern the difference. It will be evident right now. The difference is not maybe discernible, but you will discern the difference between those who serve God and those who do not. God promises in his word that not only in the process, he gives us his presence, he gives us, you know, we become his possession. We're precious. He protects us. But God also says, then you shall again discern the difference, the discern between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and one who does not. And I want to just speak prophetically into your life today. The difference is coming. You will discern it. The tipping point is coming where things will change, where things will shift. If you persevere, if you continue, if you patiently walk through the process, you will see the fulfillment of God's promises. You will see your then. This is not God saying, I'm going to show off my my my followers and make them amazing. But that's not what that means. It just simply means that they will begin to see breakthrough. They will begin to see changes. You know, some of you may say, well, blood, you know, this sounds kind of like, you know, prosperity gospel. I will if you listen to the stories of people who are persecuted for the cause of Christ, people who lived and I listened to my grandma who lived under communism, who lived and they had 16 children. The villagers said to my grandma, your kids will die out of starvation. You don't you will not have enough food. Not only my grandma's, all children grew up, you know, are fairly successful, healthy. But a lot of these families who made fun of them, who didn't believe in God, who only had two children, one child and a lot of these children went straight into alcoholism. Sometimes even died because they drunk so much. And it seemed like here's this family with 16 children who believe in God who are not going to make it. And they went through extreme poverty. The nation went through extreme poverty, but God provided for them. And there was a difference. There was a distinction even in persecution where the families that served God, God was showing a separation. So this principle of when you serve God, God will begin to show distinction. It's not only applicable in America. I believe it's applicable where people walk through the process patiently, look to the Lord, faithfully serve Him. There comes a point and God begins to separate Egyptians from Israelites in Egypt. Israel has light, Egypt has darkness, where in Egypt? Israelites are still slaves, but God already shows distinction. God already shows difference. He says, these are my people and certain things are not going to attack them. I'm going to protect them. I'm going to guide them. I'm going to provide for them even in the midst of tribulation, trials and difficulties. We all are going to experience tribulation. We're all going to experience hardships. We're all going to go through fiery trials. And as a Christian, our suffering is different than the suffering of people in the world, our suffering is for the glory of God. When we go through our trials and tribulations, we're going to come out on the other side more purified. We're going to come out on the other side more refined. Our suffering will not define us. We're not going to be destroyed by it. And we look forward to the day where God will show difference. Not so that we can wear it as a badge of honor. Look at me, but so that God can receive the glory and other people can be encouraged to persevere, not to give up when they're going through their process. Walk patiently through your process because this process has a reward. Because this process has a fulfillment of God's promises. Because this process has the breakthrough that you're anticipating, where you're believing for your family to be saved, where you're believing for your parents maybe to come to know the Lord, maybe you're believing for your brother or your sister to finally come off of those drugs and you're walking through that process with weeping, you're sowing with weeping, you're sowing with fasting, you're standing, you're doing all of this stuff. And now maybe it looks like things are just getting worse. I want to encourage you that then again, you will discern the difference. God is able to give the desires of your heart to those who are praying for the things in line with his will. Amen. One more thing I want to leave you with this whole process thing and the sixth one, and that is I believe something that is very important. Drop this in the chat. Don't just go through the process, grow through it. Because the process is designed to develop you. I'm going to repeat that again. Don't just go through the process, grow through it, because the process is designed to develop you. I'm going to repeat again for those in the back, don't just go through the process, grow through it, because the process is designed to develop you. Whether I get this brilliant idea, the scripture. Exodus chapter 23 verse 29 it says this, I will not drive them out from before you in one year lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you little by little I will drive them out from before you until somebody dropped it in the chat until you have increased and you inherit the land Israel did not possess their promise all at once it was little by little there was a process and God outlined why the process was allowed he said so the land doesn't become too desolate and the beasts too numerous and he says little by little I will begin to give you victories so you until until until until until you increase what does that mean that means the process is for your development what you're going through is growing you don't just go through it grow through it it might be painful it might be excruciatingly painful it may feel like you can't take you you can't do it anymore but you're growing and you're not realizing you're growing you're growing closer to God you're growing closer in humility you're growing closer independence and God you're growing closer in the valley and things that actually matter which are relationships not possessions you begin to see what's really really valuable don't go through the process grow through the process because this process is going to be used by God to develop you even this fast that we are doing is developing you it's growing you it's maturing you which is very important for when you enter the land when you step into that season that you are grounded and you are anchored and you're not swayed by the winds of change amen was my friend that my signal signal is said he says fast success builds ego slow success builds character and I believe in that I'm so focused on the destination God is very focused on the development when I am going through the process you know I'm saying Lord get me out of this faster and God says I want to get stuff inside of you I want to build stuff inside of you I want to get stuff out of you you want to get out of this but I want to get stuff out of you and so God is working on something God is developing something God is building something and we it's a very important that we are the people who don't quit and don't give up as I'm speaking a verse come comes to my mind right now in book of judges let me just find it I'm gonna share with you and then we are going to pray we are going to pray those judges it says over there why God left the nations of Israel give me one second to teach them to fight yes judges chapter 3 judges chapter 3 and verse 1 now these are the nations which the Lord left now we know that Israel didn't actually remove them it's interesting that the Bible says these are the nations that the Lord left that is that he might test Israel through them so the reason why God allowed certain things I believe the process is he was testing them that is all who had not known any wars in Israel this was also this was only so that the generations of children of Israel might be taught taught tested and taught to know war at least some at least those who are not formally known it I want you to see that the two reasons why God really took him through that and the first one is to test them and the other one is to teach them so I do believe that the process is both a test and a teaching lesson a process is both a test it tests what we're made of and it teaches us it matures us it establishes us it develops us and it brings that into our life in Jesus name it tests our character and at the same time it teaches us to fight it teaches us to be strong it teaches us to be brave and it teaches us not to give up amen we want to take a moment right now and minister to people that are the people that are sick or the people that are battling with maybe demonic oppression I do want to remind you to come to hungry Jen this weekend but for those of you who maybe cannot do that want to take a moment and pray quite few people have already received healing in the last few days that we've been praying and so I would like you right now take a moment and pray as well for people that are in need of healing in Jesus name so for those of you that are struggling right now with an illness you're battling with the disease maybe you've been watching every single stream in the last you know 18 days we've got three days left let's believe that today the Lord is gonna do a miracle let's believe that the Lord is gonna do his breakthrough in your life in Jesus name amen so if you are comfortable you can drop the what you believe in God to do and we're gonna agree together right now in the chat we're gonna agree together somebody's asking am I okay yes I'm okay the voice is just probably need to drink more water because it's been an hour since I've been live streaming so usually when you fast your voice gets a little bit weaker mm-hmm Lord I come in agreement with your people right now those of you those that are on the live stream those that will be rewatching dear Holy Spirit distance is not a barrier for you I pray for those that have a pain in their body I pray for those that have pain in their hips or in their legs may you bring healing right now in the name of Jesus may you bring restoration right now in the mighty name of Jesus Lord I speak healing to those that have pain in their hands in Jesus name Lord I speak healing right now to those who have infection in their ears I rebuke every eczema I rebuke every insomnia right now in the name of Jesus Christ be healed I rebuke every single lupus in the mighty name of Jesus be restored right now I come against every demonic attack right now under physical body in Jesus mighty name Lord bring healing right now to their physical body Lord in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Lord I speak your word into their situation every auto immune disease be healed in Jesus name respiratory disease be healed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ every problem with cholesterol every problem with blood with sugars in the blood be restored right now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ in Jesus mighty name Holy Spirit come right now Holy Spirit restore right now those who are struggling because of stroke and parts of their body are not moving would you bring healing right now Lord would you heal them right now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ deaf ears open in Jesus name blind eyes open in Jesus name weakness any weakness let there be strength right now every swollen or swollen is let it come down in the name of Jesus Christ I rebuke every cancer I rebuke every colon cancer I rebuke every bone cancer I rebuke every blood cancer I rebuke right now every cancer in the blood and every cancer in the skin in the mighty name of Jesus Christ Holy Spirit come right now with your power Holy Spirit come right now with your glory every spinal cord injury be healed in Jesus mighty name every issue with asthma asthma be gone in the mighty name of Jesus I speak healing to bronchitis right now I speak healing right now to where the cysts are every fibrosis and cysts I commend you to be removed right now in Jesus mighty name kidney stones I speak against those kidney stones to leave in Jesus name every kidney disease be restored in Jesus mighty name urinary tract infections be healed in Jesus name kidney cancer be healed in the mighty name of Jesus Christ I come against every issue in the liver hepatitis A hepatitis B hepatitis C fatty liver disease fibrosis cirrhosis in Jesus mighty name every issue with the liver Lord speak release your anointing to the liver right now let it function properly in the mighty name of Jesus that healing come to the heart and the blood in the name of Jesus Christ that healing come to every heart infection in Jesus mighty name I'll rebuke every hives I'll rebuke acne I'll rebuke eczema right now in the name of Jesus Christ I come against every mental attack anxiety disorder autism spectrum disorder bipolar disorder borderline personality depression PTSD eating disorder obsessive compulsive disorder schizophrenia irrational phobias I'll rebuke it in Jesus mighty name every spirit of fear every spirit of mental illness I'll rebuke that in Jesus mighty name I come against again against seizures right now in Jesus name be healed let the missing chemicals be restored let the Lord supernaturally touch your body right now what medicine what doctors could not do power of the Holy Spirit come right now restore that brain restore that mind in Jesus mighty name in the mighty name of Jesus I speak healing to every digestive problem every reflux disease every stomach flu in Jesus mighty name glutton sensitivity every kind of inflammation in your bowels in Jesus mighty name Eric every kind of irritation bowel syndrome in Jesus mighty name I'll rebuke the right now constipation in Jesus mighty name be gone right now haemorrhoids be gone right now in Jesus name I'll rebuke every gastritis every kind of allergic reaction to foods be healed in Jesus mighty name right now be restored right now in Jesus mighty name Holy Spirit move powerfully right now Holy Spirit touch your people I pray for those that are fasting may they begin to experience the benefits Lord the healing springing forth in their health Lord may they begin to experience healing in their body like never before in Jesus mighty name in the mighty name of Jesus Lord I pray for people that are battling with rejection I pray for people that are battling with betrayal I pray for people that are battling with depression I pray for those that have a dark cloud just descend it and then they can't think straight they might their mind it's just literally tripping it's in that they can't control their thoughts they're just intrusive thoughts I rebuke every unclean spirit that is harassing them that is molesting their mind right now that is that is tormenting them that is that is right now oppressing them in the name of Jesus Christ every unclean spirit harassing your mind in Jesus name of Nazareth leave right now come out right now leave right now loose your grip of God's people they are God's possession get out from their mind they are God's jewels get out from their mind they are going to be spared and protected by their father in Jesus mighty name I come against those curses that have opened the doors to those demons to torment God's people be delivered right now be healed right now be restored right now in Jesus mighty name in the name of Jesus thank you Holy Spirit thank you Lord thank you Jesus hallelujah amen somebody dropped her in the chat I receive receive that prayer right now dropping a link that if the Lord is moving in your life during this fast and even during this prayer if you've experienced healing breakthrough or any other miracles let us know go to past of lad.org actually hungry gen.com I apologize forward slash testimony so go to hungry gen.com forward slash testimony if you feel heat go into your body move do something you could not do without physical pain and if you notice that the healing is manifesting go to the website let me know I would love to know and so that we can celebrate with you as well and so this will encourage our faith and it will also help other people as our faith is encouraged amen amen amen guys stay strong tomorrow is day 19 tomorrow's day 19 which means it's gonna be two day left two days left as of right now it's three days left so persevere drink that water you might need to add a little bit more of some kind of a maybe tomato deluded juice or just add a little bit of salt fasting salt into your water so to kind of get get yourself going strong and I'm gonna see you Sunday this Sunday we're going to be having our deliverance service amen somebody saying I am few days sober thank you Jesus amen God bless you Vlad and Lena I'm praying for you Vlad and Helen prayed for you this morning for you guys for your forgot to bring you closer and do great things in your life in Jesus name I think I also saw pastor John in the chat John Adams in the chat been praying for you this morning we're gonna be actually ordaining pastor John on Sunday so if you have some questions you can drop it is coconut water okay to drink yeah you can drink some coconut water it's fine mm-hmm maybe don't drink too much but yeah you can drink some coconut water pastor Ilya is giving me compliments right here so if you have not subscribed to pastor Ilya's channel make sure that you do so I'm gonna drop the link right now in the chat if we have signed up for this fast do we resign up for the March no if you have signed up for this chat you will be you pretty much technically already signed up for March so yeah Jehovah Rafa saying are you also fasting I'm not sure if I should respond to that question because Jehovah Rafa is asking me the question this is this is incredible yes I am by God's grace still fasting yeah Sunday is the last day pastor do we do we who are only on six day of the fast also finish on Sunday yeah yeah I would encourage you to still finish on Sunday if you just joined if the Lord does lead you to fast for 21 days go ahead but otherwise just you can just finish it with us on Sunday as well is it normal to keep anticipating food on day 18th it's normal to anticipate food on day one yeah with God ever call me to ministry if I didn't want to go if so how would I know God doesn't always call us into things we want to do you know that's why it's called the calling of God but yeah you just would surrender that's what you need to do is you would surrender Marilyn said you are a jewel for us oh that's so kind pastor John is there anything on side is this John Adams is this you from Canada it's trying to see if it's the same pastor John sometimes there's like people that are different is there anything on Saturday so there is nothing going on on Saturday that we have but I am meeting with Pastor John with your team and with you guys so because we're gonna ordain him so yeah what about tea yeah I would encourage to I don't have any problem with drinking you know or just hot water and adding you know a mint caffeine free just for flavor but some people strict stay very very strict they just just water nothing else some people you know add a little bit of coconut water add a little bit of warm water and add a tea bag inside so yeah reaching high pass a lot are you doing a Daniel fast or water fast so I am not doing a Daniel fast I'm doing the water fast yeah this year when will we be doing next 21 days of brand fasting Martha we are not doing an official 21 day of fasting again this year I think that we're just gonna do it one time we're going to be doing from this forward just a three-day water fast in the beginning of every month starting March we're not going to do another one as a group so we will do probably by God's grace again next year but most likely we won't do as a group Toby thank you for your gift and donation really appreciate you when will you be in Los Angeles California I don't have any plans right now Toby's saying we'll never be the same come on hope you come to Finland if I get invited I'll come one of these days amen yeah but will there be a pastor will there be a Facebook group after the end of the fast yes we will still have the fasting group there we will be focusing more on scriptures and as well as a fasting are you coming to Florida so no plans right now to come to Florida how about teaching us to come out of the fast 21 so yes that's in plans I'm just deciding on when to do that whether to do that on Saturday evening or to do that on Sunday evening because I am meeting on some Saturday evening so I'm just trying to figure out what would be the best time maybe to do it late on Saturday night because I feel like some people because of the time zone are gonna be coming out of a fast already on Sunday when it's Sunday here it's already Monday there so most likely I'll stream like really late on Saturday like maybe like 8 p.m. and then yeah so that you guys could kind of join or watch or just watch an early Saturday morning and I'm gonna go through some things to do and some things not to do so yeah that's gonna be probably the plan is to do a stream on how to come out of the fast and so I would really encourage you guys to not miss that one because it's gonna be very helpful very very very helpful I mean you kind of already know cuz I've talked about it but it's going to be definitely more insightful about that I am on 17 I'm about to do a one week water fast how can I do it yeah if God gives you the strength of course you can that would be 11 p.m. there yeah see let us to the people yeah it might be very late that's why I'm kind of debating or I might just do this at like 5 p.m. at like maybe 5 p.m. or something from 5 to about 6 and then go to my meeting at around 7 so yeah I might just do it like 5 p.m. so not super late I'm gonna still do Saturday morning stream at 9 and I might just do one at 5 so I'll you guys could kind of always see during my schedule we schedule the streams right away so the moment you see the stream schedule you can just click remind me and so tell us exactly what tomato soup to buy so yeah I'm gonna kind of give you guys some some tips I'm gonna have my wife actually help me create some lists because honestly when I come out of the fast I usually I am very fortunate to have a wonderful wife and wonderful mother and if it's my not my wife then it's my mother they'll cook and prepare and then and I'll just kind of slowly eat sometimes you know my mom made cinnamon rolls so yeah I wanted to encourage you guys if you have not partnered with this ministry you can do so by going to pastavlad.org forward slash partner you can give through Venmo through cash app we'll be much appreciated my stomach is angry at me during the night put up a fight you know tell that King's stomach go down for a new young conference but I'm divorced can I still attend I think it's for couples I think you can watch live but I think the conference is mainly for couples cinnamon roll sound good right now oh I bet they do I bet they do the cinnamon roll sound fun right now especially like the homemade coconut water is great to drink coming out of the fast and then eat after the kidneys are working good yeah good idea yeah I told my stomach to shut up that's right take that authority in Jesus name weirdo Williams that's a really interesting YouTube name weirdo but I'm not gonna judge thank you for your donation of $50 through YouTube chat Jessica thank you for your donation as well on cash app Tamika God bless you as well amen what time will we break fast on Sunday so we usually break after church so we do have a little bit more of a complicated situation because on Monday morning we have to leave very very early so so I would encourage you to break the fast on Sunday after church you know go to church on Sunday morning if you don't have a church to go to I just want to invite you to fly to Hungary Jen if you are able to watch Hungary Jen on Sunday I'm gonna give you right now the service that you can already hit notify and so that you don't miss this service and you can watch that service with me well I'll be ministering so you can watch the service on Sunday Hungary Jen I'm gonna be speaking about one thing so you don't want to miss that when you come into India no plans yet oh we can break the fast on Sunday yeah Marsha you can break the fast on Sunday because typically how we start the fast is we start on Sunday night so we start on Sunday night and that's kind of how we're starting and then so we end on Sunday night or late afternoon and so that's usually kind of how our process is but you feel free to end it on Monday no we're not gonna judge you can end on Tuesday if you want to as long as you just end slowly how do we get on the group chat so you can get on the group chat by going to the so we have few things we have one of them is the Bible memory okay the Bible memory is one of the places where you can be at and the Bible memory group is right here and we also can leave comments and actually I'll read to you comments and once you join the Bible memory like be nice to put a photo I understand some of you are you have a really good-looking dogs and God bless you but at the same time God has given you a beautiful face and so put the so we can kind of see who who is who is what who is where so somebody mentioned thank you for the invite from small town Texas God bless you ministry so this is one group that we have and this is the group of Bible memorization we're all memorizing and then the other group that we have that we stay in touch is fasting group which I cannot drop the link in the chat you only can get the link once you sign up for the fasting so fast forward group and once you sign up for the fasting then you know I kind of drop some things other people drop other stuff as well and so this is a good kind of like a people share comment and then the other group that we have is our telegram group so we're gonna drop the link for that one so I would just encourage you to go to so telegram we drop kind of a lot of stuff there and sometimes I respond to comments there and so yeah Luca is saying I bought the fast forward still reading it hey thank you for doing that don't forget to drop the review on the on the Amazon this will be much appreciated what do you think of eating in the dreams I think that if you're constantly eating in the dreams you need deliverance Barbara pastor Vlad God released me from the fast I was hoping you can give me tips on how to get out of the fast maybe today or tomorrow so Barbara this is what I would just encourage you is that you come out slowly very slowly and come out with some kind of soups that don't have any anything heavy in them and one of the things that my mom always did for us to come out of the fast is she cooked a tomato so like two three tomatoes in just water and they like you know dissolved and so that's what we ate as our soup nothing else just that for us I usually the coconut water is a good place to start and then cook rice and then drink the water that the rice was cooked in that really coats your stomach not the rice but the water from the stomach from the cooked rice and then I would just eat that tomato cooked like cooked tomato with water and so it kind of dissolves and just eat a little bit of that then few hours later again little bit little bit of that and maybe bone broth and then if you fasted on the water for over you know two and a half weeks then you should definitely be thinking about three days exit so the longer you fasted the longer you need to exit now I'll be honest with you I was actually able to come out of longer fast faster but again I kind of already know my my body and my system and I know what works with me for those of you who have never done it I would just encourage that you take extra extra extra caution and do it slower than you feel like doing it because if you're gonna go all like breads and you know start eating meat God forbid you eat meat but you know breads are heavy foods or heavy fruits you can it's just gonna be very damaging to your and so you can permanently damage your digestive system so everything is asleep in your body so you just need to wake it up slowly and then feed it slowly let kind of everything begin to slowly wake up and so and don't eat any carbs for at least three days or three or four days because they'll turn into fat can you eat vegetables while coming out of the fast yeah that's another thing that I would eat cooked vegetables after I eat the cooked tomato or bone broth so I would cook them though I would cook them thoroughly and then eat them yeah what about flying in the dream same thing is about like flying and eating is kind of the same thing somebody's saying what is the telegram so telegram is like a social media it's more of a communication group communication app and so we have our channel there amen can you take yogurt blended with fruit I don't know about that because I'm not sure how that will the milk there and stuffs I'm not sure about you want to kind of stay away from dairy and meats and carbs in you honestly in any sugar for the first few days and just slowly break break your fast from that the moment you start adding a lot of like very strong or like drinking milk or any other stuff you can upset your stomach Gerard is asking how do I bear fruit by abiding on the vine by abiding on the vine so guys I'm gonna share more with you all a little bit later what is the group name on the Bible memory app Leslie it's in the description right now yes so click in the description it's there Nina can I start today not sure what the question means can you start today as like fasting or ending the fast can boxing be a way of ministry well technically the Bible says it is better to give them to receive so boxing works by that principle you give more than you receive and you win so but I think boxing is a sport they're like soccer and football and others so I don't see anything anything wrong with it once in a while I like to watch boxing can I start fasting today I yes you can I actually know a few people that are starting today as part of their ending the fast with us on Sunday but they are starting today doing a three-day fast yes you can start today the most my last day of 21 day fasting on Keith God bless you any tips for those continuing a 21 day fast I would just encourage you to continue that's really all that I would encourage you at 40 day fast it's kind of like 21 except it's twice as much twice as long so it's I honestly personally don't see the difference between 21 and 40 in a sense is just longer way longer way longer and so yeah so that's kind of that's kind of but there's no tricks the same thing that you did for 21 especially like the last week is the same thing you're gonna experience for the last for the next 20 more days and so I have the Lord lead you that persevere God bless you stay strong hard it's not easy but if it's truly leading from the Lord he gives strength and but still your faith is required Tasha Green saying you'll be in the toilet with that milk that's right that's right yeah if you drink that milk that's why like sometimes you know yogurt and some of the other stuff like you want to be careful with that because you could be you could be spending some time at the altar in your in the toilet is it wrong to sin during a fast I think it's wrong to sin at all not just during a fast so we need to not sin how to start reading the Bible what is the way of reading the Bible so I want you to watch my video about Bible study and you can see a little bit more about that are there any tips to prevent a stomach from making noises during the class on drink water what does it mean to have a fasted life Cassandra I believe having a fasted life means that we develop a habit of fasting we don't just do fasting one time but we live a life lifestyle of fasting the other part that I would encourage for fasted life is to practice intermittent fasting now it might not be with the purpose of seeking God but it does have a lot of health benefits and it's also one of the really good things to do part of your devotional life you know so I usually try to do that so what I don't eat anything until noon so I avoid eating breakfast most of the time and so I've been kind of practicing that for a while and so I would encourage you to practice intermittent fasting after this fast and just to you know eat twice a day in a lunch and dinner now again this doesn't apply to everybody but some of you it will actually be beneficial for you and that could help you to live in a more of a fasted life