Restoration 2022

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Advent HOPE Sabbath School

Prayer by Pavel Goia

Pavel Goia

01 Total Commitment

02 Relationship Prayer

03 Daily Surrender

04 Fully Committed

Gem Castor

05 Questions & Anwers about Prayer

06 The Holy Spirit and Surrender

And for those that were here yesterday, basically last night, we talked a little about what it means to have real success.

It's not the way this world would measure success, but the way God measures it.

And if you missed the last night presentation, I would encourage you to listen online, because it is crucial for your connection, your personal relationship with God.

And if you remember, I said last night that in our society people are extremely self-centered.

That's 1 of the reasons we have so many conflicts, including in families, because everybody cares for self, what I like, and no longer people care for others.

And I said last night that all people of faith in the Bible history and after have been people that have been willing to sacrifice self.

And I said last night, if you remember, that there is no happiness in fulfilling self-desires.

Basically, regardless how much you get, regardless how much you do or whatever you do, you will never really be happy because there is no happiness that God put there unless you learn to bless others.

And I said that our life is lived in vain if we don't focus on being a blessing for others.

And so on that line, I'm going to continue a little.

And let me give you an example when we say I'm going to continue a little.

You probably heard this story on the internet.

If you heard some of my presentations, I went to Cuba many times, many, many, many times.

And 1 of the times, it was in 2020 in February, I believe, right before COVID started in the US.

I was in Cuba, preaching, speaking, visiting, working a little with them and the seminary students.

And then I left And just a few days after I left, they closed the border because of Covid.

And I was praying and praying because It's something to pray.

And something else to say, Lord help me to be with the poor.

Don't ask God to do what he asked you to do.

Oh Lord, may the gospel be preached in the whole world.

The gospel is not going to preach itself.

You say, Lord, help me preach the gospel.

And so I didn't say Lord, May the people of Cuba be blessed.

I said, Lord, how can I bless the people of Cuba?

And so God impressed me to send some money.

And I'm not a millionaire, as you probably know.

And so I talked to my wife and she said, if God put it in your heart, do it.

And I'm a type of person that I've never been late with 1 deal in my life.

I am very picky and I keep the receipts in chronological order and I write on the back of the receipts and I check the receipts with the statements and if there is a penny mistake at 1 time at the gas station they charge me 1 penny more so I call discover.

It's only a penny I said yeah, but if you have 20 million people a penny each I said give me my penny back I'm picky about stuff, you know, I know my wife laughs too Anyway, so I told my wife if you send this money what's gonna happen to the bills?

And she said, honey, it's going to happen exactly what you preach.

And I said, yeah, I know, I know, I know what I preach, but you know, to do it as...

And every time people say, Oh, you are people of faith, regardless how much people of faith we are.

So I had to struggle again and say, Lord, do I really trust in you?

And I said, yes, I'm going to step in faith.

Because we humans have a tendency to wait until problems are resolved and then step.

And faith is when you step and trust that God will take care of it though you don't understand it.

As soon as I sent the money, I got a video clip that if I play for you, you will cry.

Basically, 16 of their students were foreign students from other countries in the Cuba Seminary.

And when the borders closed, they were stuck there.

But they had no place to go to Cuba and the seminary was closed.

So there was no teachers, no cooks, no cafeteria open, nothing.

And they were stuck there at the seminary and they had no food.

And after 2 weeks of no food, and they could not find anything, and you're not allowed to travel for the first 3 months, more or less, I don't remember precisely the details, you're so hungry that you're crying and praying, Lord, will you send us some food?

So when I send it, somebody called me, 1 of the teachers, and said, from the money you sent, we have enough for the period of time, for the 3 months, to pay a cook, to pay the food, and to feed all these 16 students.

And I got a video clip with them singing, crying and praying.

When we were hungry, the Lord sent us food.

And I tell you what, if I would have kept that money, I would have had no blessing.

But when I watched the clip, I felt like I live again.

And trust me, we did pay our bills, all of them, and we did have some left over somehow.

But The point is, you'll never experience joy, happiness and blessing before you learn to bless.

You cannot call yourself a Christian or not even a human being if you don't learn to bless others.

It's not my intention to offend or to hurt you.

And before we learn to love, we just expect to be loved.

Before we learn to love, we have no joy or happiness.

And let me explain in the same note, the same page with Cuba.

In 2010, long ago, 100 years ago, in 2010, when I was in Cuba on a mission trip, I believe you heard the story on the internet, probably some of you.

It's just a lesson that you need to hear but anyway in 2010 I was there and I was preaching and I was preaching and every night the church was packed 150 200 children packed with children and some of their parents And I said you guys did a good job to invite visitors and they said we actually didn't.

All the visitors that we invited maybe are 10, 20.

These hundreds of kids that come and their parents is that lady there.

I said if 1 lady can do that, imagine if everybody did that.

So I went to her and I said, what strategies did you use?

I said, what did you tell them that they came?

She says, it's not what you say, pastor, how you live.

Series

Prayer by Pavel Goia

02 Relationship Prayer

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

Recorded

Prayer

02 Prayer

57m

Unusual Faith

Unusual Prayer

1h 14m

Farm Boy that Saved the World

53m

Crisis At the Close: Gethsemane

52m

Knees, Keys, and Please!

4. Now Is the Time

1h 2m

The Mount of Blessings

Our Secret with God

39m

The Healing Presence of Jesus

Dark, Dirty, Delivered

59m

Pavel Goia Weekend

03 Incredible Grace

1h 5m

Morning Devotional: It's War Time

It’s Wartime - Part 5: The Weapons of Our Warfare

54m

Turning God Into An Idol

35m

Was Blind But Now I See

53m

Keys to Growing a Powerful and Vibrant Prayer Ministry

2. From Spiritual Laodicean to Daring to Ask for More: Melody’s Story

1h 13m

Sound Doctrine