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Why Many Youths Miss Their Purpose in Life!: The Danger of Living Without Purpose |Bp. David Oyedepo — Transcript

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0:00And I'll caption this. Life is a race of
0:04individuality.
0:06Life
0:08is a race of individuality.
0:15We're only classmates in school
0:18and no more.
0:21Each one goes to find his own class as
0:24you depart from the four walls
0:26[Music]
0:28of your classroom.
0:33Life is a race of individuality.
0:39Don't get lost in the crowd.
0:43Don't be carried away by the euphoria
0:46of this stage of your life.
0:50Look ahead of now
0:52and prepare accordingly.
0:55Having been here for quite some time,
1:00I have come to discover
1:04that only seriousminded
1:07youths
1:09emerge as responsible citizens.
1:15[Music]
1:18Playboys don't amount to much.
1:22[Music]
1:26Play girls always end up in regret.
1:33[Music]
1:38You in your planting season is what you
1:41plant today as seed that waits for you
1:44as harvest tomorrow.
1:49Life is a race of individuality.
1:54Scripture states,
1:56"Know ye not that in a race run all and
1:59one receives a prize. So run
2:03if you want
2:05to obtain the prize.
2:08Don't watch. Run.
2:13Don't wish. Run.
2:16[Music]
2:25Don't join the shouting corner.
2:28Run.
2:33Run.
2:40Refuse to be the entertain. Be the
2:42entertainer. Run.
2:45[Music]
2:54Paul said that therefore so wrong. So it
2:56doesn't matter anybody's calling his
2:59status wherever
3:02his talent so wrong.
3:05There are many talented people have
3:07turned out to be trash later in life. so
3:10wrong.
3:14[Music]
3:15There is no sport star you ever come
3:17across by mistake who has not been
3:20sporting
3:22from young age.
3:26All those football stars you find today
3:28were once playing behind their mother's
3:30kitchen
3:31as toddlers.
3:33So run.
3:36So run to may obtain.
3:43We need to capture that consciousness
3:46that life is a race
3:48and only committed runners
3:51ever win the prize.
3:54Life is a race.
4:03[Music]
4:09Just like in the field of sports, there
4:10are quite a number of
4:13different races.
4:18One must discover his field of play
4:22if he must imagine a prize winner.
4:24[Music]
4:34And it's what this kind of breaks should
4:36do
4:38not just to know what you are heading
4:40for but to start preparing yourself
4:44to realize it.
4:46[Music]
4:51There are areas where you know you are
4:52not meeting up.
4:54This is the kind of time you engage to
4:57meet up.
5:00[Music]
5:08So apart from our regular academic
5:11responsibilities,
5:13we have a destin responsibility.
5:16What am I here for?
5:18What am I heading for?
5:20What's my assignment?
5:25And that's what preoccupies
5:27seriousminded
5:29youths.
5:30They're not living their life to chance.
5:32But so don't you don't have a chance.
5:35You don't have a chance.
5:39Live your life to purpose.
5:41Discover where you belong on time and
5:44start investing accordingly.
5:51I said there years ago living without a
5:53defined goal makes one escape goat.
5:58One of the student got very upset with
6:00himself. Say I must find out where I
6:02belong. He did
6:05and it shows today.
6:07[Music]
6:19There is no product in the market
6:22without a purpose in the heart of the
6:23manufacturer.
6:27God has a purpose for you
6:30as for anybody else. Before we ever
6:33arrived here, no pro product arrives in
6:36the market to go and locate and define
6:38his purpose. It came down with the
6:40purpose of the market. So the earlier
6:42you get to know where you belong, the
6:43better. You start investing in that
6:46direction through wide readings
6:53by to the mind of others who have gone
6:54before you in those areas.
6:57Then you you are thinking
7:01that keeps every seriousminded
7:05youth positively engaged
7:09in preparing for a great tomorrow.
7:15[Music]
7:20One Beverly sees once said there are no
7:22shortcuts to anywhere worth going.
7:28There are really no shortcuts in the
7:30adventure of life.
7:32You have to stay the course
7:35to make any much out of it.
7:39[Music]
7:46Unfortunately, they don't discover where
7:48they belong all through their life.
7:51They're just guessing
7:53by error. A little here, a little there.
7:56We don't know where belong really.
8:00[Music]
8:03We don't know where you are going
8:03anywhere. We look like it.
8:07[Music]
8:09You're on this ground
8:11born of vision.
8:13We did find purpose
8:17and God brought you have a purpose.
8:20to show you your purpose of existence
8:24and how to maximize it.
8:29You will not miss it.
8:32[Music]
8:37But every race has a starting point. And
8:40that's why we have problems with youth
8:41today.
8:43They don't want to be starters before
8:44they become finishers.
8:46[Music]
8:51You don't start climbing a tree from the
8:53top.
8:54You start climbing a tree from the
8:55bottom.
8:58[Music]
9:05Any vision without a starting point is a
9:06delusion.
9:08[Music]
9:11And the best way to start, somebody
9:13said,
9:14is at the beginning.
9:17[Music]
9:20Without a be life is a burden. Please
9:24find a bearing for your life on time.
9:29Find a bearing for your life on time.
9:33[Music]
9:39No one ever arrives at the future he
9:42cannot see.
9:44And no one ever future is not prepared
9:46for.
9:48It's not enough to catch a vision
9:51and prepare yourself to see that vision
9:52realized
9:54by taking responsibility early
9:59[Music]
10:02as the morning shows the days.
10:06John Milton said, "So a child shows a
10:08man.
10:10[Music]
10:14You can't find a play boy today that
10:17comes a disposable man tomorrow.
10:21The journey begins now.
10:24The journey begins now.
10:27[Music]
10:48[Music]
10:57It is self-discipline that empower this
10:59time in us to shine.
11:02[Music]
11:03Every child of God is a potential star
11:07because Jesus the star of stars lives in
11:10him. And he said, "As my father has sent
11:14me, so have I sent you. If you will send
11:17us the bread and morning star, there
11:19will be a star inside you and me."
11:24That star begins to shine by locating
11:26where we belong and by investing
11:31[Music]
11:33faithfully,
11:34diligently and sacrificially to see it
11:38realized.
11:41[Music]
11:49[Music]
11:52Interestingly,
11:54the making of a man is 75%
11:58of his own.
12:00Every input from every other source 25%.
12:04I try to illustrate that a few times.
12:07You point a finger at someone as your
12:08problem. You're pointing three to
12:10yourself as your real problem. A man's
12:14enemy of his own household.
12:18The making of every man of worth, every
12:21man of worth is 75% his own making
12:26who begins with a life of discipline,
12:30diligence, sacrifice, doing what others
12:33won't do
12:35in pursuit of his own assignment.
12:41[Music]
12:44Because you cannot be in school through
12:46life
12:48and we are here for quite some we have a
12:50long time. If you must remain relevant
12:53then self training becomes a way of life
12:56and the earlier you start the better.
13:02Train to learn better ways of doing what
13:04you are doing
13:06and towards getting better results as
13:07you do it.
13:15You have been raised as kings and queens
13:17here and all leaders of worth
13:21are known to be committed learners.
13:27Start now.
13:30Don't have a season of your life without
13:32a project you are working at.
13:36[Music]
13:39Three whole weeks. What what am I making
13:40out of it? What am I making out of this?
13:43What areas am I addressing
13:46in my journey?
13:55Everyone who can work effectively
13:56without supervision is a leader in the
13:59making.
14:02You're on your way to wherever you're
14:04going.
14:07No one is saying get up, go to class.
14:10You may get up if you want. You may not
14:12get up all through the day. You may stay
14:15on your phone 24 hours.
14:18Someone came in from the US today or
14:21yesterday and was asking me a question.
14:23He said, "How do you hear from God? When
14:25you throw away the garbage
14:28[Music]
14:30that's blocking your assets, you hear
14:32from God.
14:34Stop the garbage.
14:39It's a new addiction today.
14:42[Music]
14:46Ask him what is he getting from it.
14:50Nothing except
14:52[Music]
14:56they didn't tell you there. You tie
14:57yourself there.
15:01[Music]
15:06The time to think is not there.
15:11And so very few have access to the still
15:14small voice. Very few.
15:18Very few. They just
15:21have not heard anything from God. Let's
15:22go. Go into trouble
15:25because the voice is a still small
15:27voice. And he lives in a very rowdy
15:30noisy world. He creates more noise for
15:33himself and the world around him.
15:36He carries his pieces. I mean his device
15:38and
15:44doing what
15:46the price is the same for all ages.
15:51Responsibility is a requirement
15:53for anyone heading for anywhere
15:55meaningful.
15:57And that demands know what is profitable
16:01and what is not and invest in the
16:03profitable and ignoring the
16:05unprofitable. All things are low for me,
16:08Paul said, but nothing expedient. All
16:10things are low for me will not be
16:11brought under the power of any. Under
16:14the power of any. Under the power of any
16:23[Music]
16:32man you have to pursue to perform may
16:34never go far in life.
16:37Anyone who have to push to work
16:40may never deliver as expected.
16:43I said sometimes a slave is forced to
16:46work. A servant works for to survive.
16:49A manager works for results and
16:52promotion.
16:54But a leader works for impact. The
16:56question is what area of life am I here
17:01to make my contributions?
17:03That's what a vision is. It's not what I
17:06want to become. is in order to do and
17:09doing it well that become anything that
17:12may become
17:13[Music]
17:25there is this story of this young chap
17:28who as a sports coach
17:33I want to become a sports star what do I
17:36[Music]
17:40And his coach responded, "There are four
17:42wrongs on the ladder in becoming a star
17:45and this include determination,
17:48dedication,
17:50discipline, and sacrifice.
17:57I believe John Owen his name ran with
18:00those
18:01four point demands
18:04and emerged a three gold medalist
18:08in 1993 Berlin Olympics
18:11won three goals in one event
18:16by trading those demands not by wishing
18:20that they happen
18:23by engaging with
18:24[Music]
18:28But a great lead that never makes a star
18:30is the commitment of the sportsman to
18:33demand of becoming a star that does.
18:41A number of stars are rising from among
18:43the eagles in their respective areas.
18:49And yet there are beggars
18:51from the same platform.
18:55They refuse to engage
18:58with the demands
19:00of royalty
19:02as communicated here.
19:06[Music]
19:11This young boy's long jump record took
19:1522 years to break. Far ahead of his age,
19:19far ahead of his time.
19:23A great coach may provide a great
19:26opportunity becoming to becoming a star,
19:28but that does not guarantee becoming
19:30one.
19:33is engaging with those demands that will
19:36determine who emerges one.
19:43My prayer is that
19:46no one here will live his life to chance
19:49but locate where you are going on time
19:52and receive grace to invest
19:54maximally in realizing your purpose in
19:57the name of Jesus.
20:02But only dedicated runners ever win the
20:05prize in the race.
20:07[Music]
20:10In Nasha is vital to accomplishment.
20:15Great starters
20:17are usually great finishers.
20:24[Music]
20:27It's your turn to make a difference. Let
20:30me conclude tonight by saying
20:33the baseline for a guaranteed future
20:38is a quality spiritual life.
20:42No matter where skill
20:46and strength may take any man,
20:49it takes God to preserve him there.
20:54Therefore remember now the Lord your God
20:56in the days of your youth before the
20:59good days come when you will say I have
21:00no pleasure in them.
21:04So as you get out on this break
21:07also have a spiritual project
21:10have one or two materials that you're
21:13exploring to improve on your the quality
21:16of your walk with God and by so doing
21:19you are securing your tomorrow in grand
21:21st.
21:24We live in an embattled world.
21:26[Music]
21:28It takes God to live your commerce life
21:29here.
21:34It is God to get up and stay up.
21:41By strength shall no man prevail.
21:44The battles are essentially spiritual
21:46with a spiritual spiritual stand a
21:49strong one to weather the storms.
21:56Whatever is born of God overcomes the
21:57world and overcomes by faith. to build
22:00your faith if you must live an
22:01overcomer's life. Build your faith if
22:04you must secure your future. Build your
22:07faith
22:08by doing what builds your faith.
22:11It comes by hearing and understanding
22:13the word of God.
22:17Identify materials on faith that will
22:19help boost your faith to live a commerce
22:21life.
22:23Again, my prayer is that no one here
22:27will end his journey in regrets.
22:30You will not start your journey in
22:31church and end up in a shrine.
22:36>> You not begin as a fine Jesus boy and
22:39end up as a cultist.
22:41[Music]
22:43>> Watch. I've been here since the
22:45beginning. I've never seen any
22:47seriousminded
22:48believer that's prosecuted.
22:52No,
22:53only the playboys
22:55and the play girls.
23:00The closer you are to God, the more
23:02dignified your journey becomes.
23:04[Music]
23:06The closer you are to God, the more
23:08disciplined your life becomes.
23:14Endeavor to maintain a strong and ever
23:17growing relationship with God, and
23:19you'll be glad you did.
23:22[Music]
23:25We didn't get here by just waiting. We
23:28got here fighting all the way. Fighting
23:32all the way. And it's a good fight. A
23:34fight of faith.
23:37It's a fight of faith. A fight the good
23:38fight of faith. So you can lay hold on
23:39what God has done for you. So we are in
23:42the anat world. And this battle is won
23:45as we engage in a fight of faith against
23:48all opposing forces.
23:51So wake up
23:53and take responsibility.
23:57Somebody came to me and said, "I want
23:59you to just tell me what God wants me to
24:01do." I said, "I can't tell you. You go
24:03and receive it. If I tell you something
24:05and you have a challenge tomorrow, I
24:07didn't want to come to this way before.
24:08He told me to." No, you find out. He
24:12said, "What do I do before I find out?"
24:13Keep finding out. Keep finding out.
24:18There's no challenge free part of life.
24:20But if you find it yourself, you dare
24:23the challenges and go forward. Somebody
24:25has told you say, "Okay, I wish I didn't
24:29come this way."
24:31I've not had any think in doing what I'm
24:33doing for this number of years.
24:36[Music]
24:38I've not wondered at any point, boy, are
24:41you okay? Are you still all right?
24:43Why I had a definite understanding of my
24:47mission and though the battles were
24:50raging, we kept winning because when God
24:54is on your side, you don't lose a
24:56battle. Again, my prayer is that each
24:59one here
25:00will emerge
25:03an envy to his word
25:06by maintaining a close walk with God
25:09that will show your lifestyle, showing
25:11your approach to life, approach to duty,
25:14and you'll be glad you did. No one here
25:17will end the journey in regret.
25:20>> In closing, you have the blessings
25:24of the father God on your life. Your
25:27going forth shall be from triumph to
25:30triumph and from glory to glory. If
25:33anybody carries any challenge along
25:36today, you return with a testimonial.
25:39>> If you're challenged in any area of your
25:41studies, light will break forth.
25:44>> As you settle down and demand of God to
25:47help you, he will.
25:50Man will always need help. And our
25:52authentic source of help is God.
25:56May you be committed to him to the point
25:58where you can access help every time you
26:01need one.

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