Ignite Unlimited

[Music] and what the enemy meant for evil god has worked it out for my good [Music] hello are you ready [Music] there is greatness ahead to achieve and i promise to be a thousand times [Music] now somebody [Applause] [Music] we're not doing it by ourselves we're doing it with god and with god there's nothing impossible [Music] i'm born for greatness this is not where i'm going to end there's so much more ahead of me [Music] [Music] you wouldn't [Music] and what the enemy meant for evil god has worked it out for my good [Music] big nights girlfriends hello [Music] are you ready [Music] there is greatness ahead to achieve and i promise to be a thousand times [Music] now somebody [Applause] [Music] we're not doing it by ourselves we're doing it with god and with god there's nothing impossible [Music] i'm born for greatness this is not where i'm going to end there's so much more ahead of me [Music] hello everyone welcome welcome ignite 2021 so hello everyone my name is colleen and my name is moa and we again online and in the auditorium we want to welcome you again to ignite 2021 where our conference our conference theme is unlimited so we are so happy that you you made your made time to make it here today and join us and so we just want to really say how much we appreciate you taking the time out to be here today so just some housekeeping some housekeeping items if you are in the auditorium please be aware that you do need to keep maintain and keep your mask on at all times continue to do the physical distancing as per the ahs guidelines also just a reminder as well there is no food allowed in the auditorium and if you do need to use the restroom it is just out in the lobby to your right okay so again on with on with our activities um it's hard to believe actually moa god has been so good yeah praise the lord because this is actually our fourth annual conference wow can you guys believe that four we've had one time even in the midst of a pandemic we are so we are so just so grateful to god that we've had the opportunity to still meet together in person and virtually online so let's give god a hand so again we also want to give again give honor and glory to the lord jesus christ who is over our life we also want to thank god for our pastorate the ministers the prayer team the ignite leaders and every individual that god has blessed us with so this evening could be possible yes let's give them a round of applause guys [Music] so ignite ignite moa people are probably wondering yeah yeah what exactly is ignite yeah that's a really good question i'm glad you asked that so ignite is the young adult and singles ministry here at new covenant assembly and it is a passionate group of young adults with a mission to help young adults explore ways to integrate their christian faith into their everyday lives in order to become models for the kingdom of christ and we do this through the interactions and the connections that we build with one another the programs and the resources that we offer as well as the conferences that we put on such as ignite 2021 yes and lastly at night's actually broken into ignite 1.0 and 2.0 and ignite 1.0 is for ages 18 to 18 to 30 and 2.0 is for 31 and above so if you like what you hear and you would like to join ignites we would love if you scanned the qr code on your screen right now stop what you're doing and scan that code or you can text the number on your screen so colleen can you tell us a little bit more about what people can expect from the evening yes moa we have a great lineup of menstruation today um and we want you to stay engaged so worship along with our ignite choir as they lead us in high praise and worship enjoy the spoken word that is actually done that will be performed actually by our very own one of our very own ignite leads yeah we also yes yes and so also get ready to take notes so we have the ignite on the couch session as well as there is going to be great opportunities to win prizes from the quiz and we have a wrap yeah it's gonna be good guys you should pay attention pay attention to what we're saying exactly so hopefully you're getting ready to you know download the app and we'll talk about that a little bit later on as well we're also gonna have an encouraging word from a guest minister we also and again getting ready for our guest minister todd galbraith he's the one we've all been waiting to see i'm so pumped are you pumped yes i am i am ecstatic and i'm getting ready to get my praise on as well so and if that wasn't even enough we're going to be receiving a blessing from our lead pastor pastor kala yeah yeah yeah i'm looking forward to that so again our conference theme is unlimited and you will hear you'll hear the theme thread throughout all the ministers tonight and you know so what what does unlimited mean to you yeah that's a great question again glad you asked that so to me unlimited is all about taking a step back to appreciate the wonder and the magnitude of this great god that we serve it's about understanding that he's a god that created the whole universe every living being science technology everything and that while he's in control of everything he's so loving enough to care about the intricate details of our everyday lives god truly is an unlimited god and um he we believe that because we believe in him because we serve him because we love him we can have confidence in the fact that when we're in alignment with his purposes for our lives there isn't a single situation that is too hard for him to turn around for our good and for his ultimate glory so that's what unlimited is all about for me colleen colleen what is it about for you so again i exactly i echo what you're saying it's so true we have an unlimited god where we can tap into so what unlimited also means to me is you know as believers we are able to tap into the unlimited grace of god which gives believers the ability to do all things through jesus christ he is truly our power source so amen is he not our power source he's our power source yes amen and amen so again if you're in the auditorium or online we want you to get engaged we really want you to on whichever social media platform that you're on we invite you to share the link with your family and friends we want you to comment you know type out a hallelujah and amen everything that you every anything that you feel that you're feeling in that time please feel free to comment and don't forget to subscribe on our youtube channel hit the notification bell like us also on facebook and follow us on instagram and oh yes don't forget to download the app so without further ado we welcome the opening prayers [Applause] good evening everyone can we just stand on our feet this evening and give all give god all the praise ignite let us stand up in the presence of worship let us stand up in the presence to give god all the glory all the praise that he deserved lord we worship you we give you all the praise everlasting father we give you all the praise you are indeed the prince of peace ignite raise your voice and give god all the praise tell him how much you love him tell him how much you love him lord we worship you prince of peace we give you all the praise our everlasting father we give you all the praise we say thank you lord we say thank you lord ignite raise your voice and give him all the praise raise your voice and glorify the one that says above all names lord we worship you lord this mor this evening we worship you we give you all the praise we give you all the praise and we say thank you lord we say thank you because we're here today we say thank you because we're able to wake up this morning lord we worship you we give you all the present of the of oh everlasting father we say thank you lord we say thank you ignite raise your voice and bless the one that is seated upon the throne ignite raise your voice and bless the one that he is that who is and is to come lord we give you all the praise everlasting father we worship you prince of peace we just want to say thank you we just want to say thank you lord who are we we are only humans and lord we know that you love us your love is so great your love is so great you are truly a faithful and loving father and we just want to say thank you and in jesus name we have gave him all the praise and all the thanks let us plead the blood of all this environment let us bleed the blood in our midst let us bleed the blood in the city of calgary blessed be the blood in alberta lord we plead the blood we ask you for your presence to descend upon us lord we ask for your blood to speak this morning we know that there is a huge and strong power in the blood of jesus so we call upon the blood this morning we this evening we call upon the blood of jesus we call upon the blood of jesus the blood that speaks healing the blood that speaks truth heavenly father we call upon your blood may your blood be upon us lord we ask for forgiveness make us as white as snow lord everything that we have done consciously unconsciously lord we ask for your forgiveness lord cleans our hearts cleans our mind clean our spirit lord we ask for forgiveness this evening ignite raise your voice and ask for forgiveness ignite raise your voice and plead the blood of jesus plead the blood of jesus over this place plead the blood of peace over this environment bleed the blood of jesus over your life your destiny your health your family let us plead the blood of jesus lord we plead the blood of jesus we call upon the blood of jesus this evening and in jesus name we have prayed let us call upon the holy spirit let the holy spirit descend among us that the holy spirit come and take control holy spirit we need you holy spirit we need you holy spirit descend upon us holy spirit descend upon the choir descend upon the technical team descend upon the media team descend upon the ushers they stand up on every person that's upon this roof holy spirit we need you holy spirit we cannot do this without you holy spirit we call upon you this evening succumb and descend and create a shift for all the young adults in calgary create a for all the young adults that are watching online tonight holy spirit we need you holy spirit we cannot do this without you we plead the holy spirit we call upon the holy spirit in our midst holy spirit descend holy spirit descent holy spirit come and take control and in jesus name we have prayed let us bind and cast out this foul spirit of kobe 19 let us cast out this foul spirit of kobe 19 let us bind it and tell it to return back to the sender holy spirit we cast out the spirit this foul spirit of kobe 19 we cast it out tonight in the mighty name of jesus kobe 19 you do not belong here copy 19 we shall see you no more we bind you we tell you to return back to your center in the mighty name of jesus copy 19 you do not belong here we cast you at ignite raise your voice and cast out this fire spirit of copy 19 cast it out immediately in the mighty name of jesus copy 19 we shall see you no more kobe 19 we shall see you no more kobe 19 we shall see you no more go back to where you came from go back to where you came from and in jesus name we have prayed let us pray for all the singles all the young adults in calgary all the singers and the young adults those that are seeking help let us call upon the blood let us call upon our savior to heal every single every young adult in calgary every young adult in this world every young adult upon this planet we call upon the holy spirit to be with them wherever they go and they're going out and they're coming in we pray for the city of calgary and every young adult in the city of calgary we pray for the country of haiti we pray for the country of afghanistan we pray for each and every person in those country and we call upon restoration we call upon restoration this evening ignite raise your voice and call for restoration there is power in the name of jesus there is power in your voice whatever you declare shall upon the country of haiti declare restoration upon the city of calgary lord we need you calgary needs you all the singles and the young adults in calgary need you oh lord come and help us come and bless us because only you can bless us precious holy spirit bless us because only you can and in jesus name we have prayed let us stretch us our hands to the prayer request box and let's pray that god will grant every single prayer request that every prayer will christ will come to pass if people need healing they will be healed if they need restoration god will restore them ignite raise your voice if you have a prayer request put it outside put it out and pray that god will grant you tonight your prayer request in the mighty name of jesus lord we call upon every prayer request if any young adult in this room needs healing needs blessings lord we call upon you to answer the prayers to answer the prayers the god who answers with the god who blessed and tonight we know that you will create a shift that we have never seen before and in jesus name we have prayed let us pray for all the souls of the young adults all the lost young adults in calgary and upon this world let us pray that god will heal them let us pray that god will cover them let us pray that god will grant them success in everything they take part in and in jesus name we have praise ignite raise up your voice and give god all the praise ignite put your hand together for the king of kings put your hand together for the lord of lords [Music] [Music] [Music] my [Music] can i get you guys to give a big round of applause for ignite this is 20-21 2021 we are here to fight covenant 19 we might also cut off the struggles of this year we're still here to give god glory to you god prayed so soon very very soon we're going to have an opportunity for you all to win some sizeable prizes by taking part in our quiz and we're going to have a raffle draw so it's going to be very very exciting night so if you guys want to partake of this quiz you need to download our ncaa app so in order to do that bring your phones out right now and search up new covenant assembly on the google play store if you're an android user and search it up on the app store if you are an iphone user so while you guys start doing that while you start downloading the app getting ready for the quiz i want you guys to give a huge round of applause as we welcome the best young adults choir in canada the ignite choir [Music] hallelujah comedy clan keith got some praise in the house hallelujah hallelujah come on if you serve jesus exclusively tonight give some praise unto god hallelujah hallelujah lord we thank you you are a matchless god you are unlimited you are not bound by space or time of even our thoughts you are god all by yourself you are sovereign you are true you are independent come on somebody praise this god hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on come on don't get tired of worshipping come and give him praise hallelujah we bless you god thank you jesus the bible says that god will not share his glory with any man and that's the declaration that we've come to do today hallelujah you ready let's go hey come on put your hands together everybody come on [Music] i can't see your hands come on everybody huh i can't see your hands come on now [Music] listen i've walked through blazing fires i've sell the roughest seas i live to tell you it was worth it cause you're gonna get the glory yes sing battles by the thousands symbols and victories in the end i know what matters you're gonna get the glory [Music] and i'm not moved by what i see your hand is moving i know you're using this i'll leave to see the victory you're gonna get the glory you're gonna get the glory out of this come on somebody make some noise hey [Music] you're ready come on sing with me say i want to yeah [Music] [Music] you're gonna get the glory [Music] is [Music] make some noise if you're yet to give god glory tonight let me hear you make some noise hallelujah [Music] now we take it from the top again [Music] [Music] i need to tell you it was worth [Music] victory [Music] i'm [Music] [Music] i together need to understand god i trust your plan that it's working for my good here i am with outstretched and i am confident that it's working for my could you say to me god i trust that everything is [Music] is [Music] before my goal [Music] it's working it's working it's working [Music] it's working it's working it's worth it [Music] everybody do you believe that god has won he finished the work of the cross of calvary [Music] and me not moved by what i see your hand is moving i know you're using this i'll leave to see your feet [Music] [Music] situation come and make some noise in the house if you get to keep god's glory make some noise hallelujah you all ready set i'm killed i'm killed i'm foreign [Music] hey hey i'm free i'm free i'm [Music] i'm not free by what i see your hand is moving hey i know you're losing this and i'll need to see you're gonna get the glory you're gonna get the glory hallelujah is god gonna get the glory come and make some noise hallelujah the bible says that we have been given a name that is above every other name and then a dimension of the name of jesus every knee will bow can somebody shout the name of jesus tonight hallelujah that's the name that we have come to praise you already [Music] come on [Music] hallelujah [Music] i wanna get a repeat after us come on everybody one more time [Music] [Music] dead above the earth above all heavens hey no one can rival your worth we will run when darkness falls to lift [Music] we pray song come on it's will say we will pray for are you ready again you're [Music] no one can rival your word limitless guy we will rise with darkness falls to lift your name up above the throne shine your light shine [Applause] say we will pray [Music] so we [Music] ourselves [Music] [Music] [Music] huh we consciously give you our best praise of god [Music] ignite are you here to worship god tonight i can't get feedback from you are you ready to worship god tonight hallelujah [Music] hey one two three hallelujah [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we all know you we we will praise the name of jesus no matter where we find ourselves that's our commitment we will praise your name oh god ups you're ready stick with me say we will pray that say we will pray [Music] hallelujah we praise your name we praise your name high above the earth god we praise your name hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] will meet us here [Music] myself [Music] [Music] got a messy [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] in this place [Music] is [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] will is meet us in this place you beat us [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] now my life is yours and i will see of your goodness [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] of your goodness forever [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] what is your name [Music] is [Music] [Music] this place oh is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] there's a popular quote going around at the moment the person you will be in five years is based on the books you read and the people you hang around with today this is quite true but it applies to everything else as well the person you will be in the future is based on everything you do today the people you hang around with but more so the people you listen to the opinions you believe the books you read or the videos you watch all the information you take in positive or negative will affect your future the workouts you do or don't do that will show up in the future the foods you eat today will affect your future on a visual and energy level the same is true with your thoughts and information what you feed your mind will shape your future if all you do is take in garbage guess what your future is going to be made up of commit to feed your mind with successful thoughts and surround yourself with those who have the same ambition it doesn't matter where you get your information from you may read you may get it from podcasts or videos it doesn't matter just make sure you keep feeding your mind every day your future self is begging you to show some discipline your future self is begging you not to be like the rest to learn more than the rest to work harder and smarter than the rest your future self is begging you to do the work now so you can enjoy later if you don't feed your mind with success it will rot with mediocrity what you do every day will dictate your future what you want out of life you must put it in if you want success put it in there if you want health and fitness put it in if you want peace and happiness put it in your actions will equal your results my mind is strong i am strong my thoughts are strong my beliefs are strong my life is strong [Music] they say i can't i can they say i won't i will they say i'm not i am i am limitless i am i am there's nothing i cannot be nothing i cannot do nothing i cannot have in my mind there are no limits i am limitless amen there is nothing that we can do with our unlimited god so it's what we do today amen that will so hello again we are welcome we welcome you again if you're just joining us now for the first time to ignite conference 2021 [Applause] that's right that's right so we still have we still have a great lineup left we still have we have a special piece by the choir we have also um the quiz so hopefully you guys are downloaded the app and you're ready you're getting ready to do the quiz shortly so without further ado i'll be welcoming another special special piece by the ignite choir [Applause] praise the lord praise the lord church how many people serve an unlimited god in the house if you know you serve an unlimited god just wave your hands and praise god he's unlimited in power he's unlimited in his capacity he's unlimited in his abilities he can't do what he said he would do he can make you what he said he will make you so tonight we're just saying a prayer so i implore you to say it with us just as we sing just say no limit no boundaries [Music] [Music] straightforward [Music] y'all got it real simple all right so we're gonna do it from the top are you ready feel free to lift your hands stand up just praise and worship because this is a prophecy amen all right amen we'll do it again [Music] [Music] breakfast [Music] is [Music] [Music] breakfast [Music] [Music] straightforward is [Music] straightforward [Music] [Music] all around me [Music] [Music] every bondage anything that is holding me down anything that is keeping me below the standard but what you have for me tonight release me lord come and lift it up tonight say release me take care of your [Music] [Music] stay with us hallelujah [Music] is [Music] me [Music] [Music] hallelujah no limits with you you are unlimited god don't limit your abilities what you said you will make me you will make me your hand will be with me and you will watch my territory [Music] [Music] from every change [Music] [Music] my territory [Music] [Music] [Music] and keep me from evil [Music] hallelujah [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] okay what's that i'll tell you it's a session where we learn from real couples and we get asked a lot of questions and learn stuff that sounds super exciting exciting are you ready yeah i'm ready okay see you okay see you soon hi hi hi praise the lord good evening and welcome once again to the ignite 2021 conference we're super excited that you're here thank you so much for being here um at this time we want to kick it right off on the couch i know you guys are waiting we are excited as well we've got so many things to learn so we just like to invite our special guest tonight we'll start off with mr and mrs uco you guys just appreciate them as they come up here to join us [Applause] and then i'll also like to welcome mr and mrs adenik raccoon up next you'll get to know who they are real soon finally i would like to welcome mr and mrs sunny to join us on stage please keep clapping the clapper the faster you clap the faster they get on stage thank you so much thank you so much everybody yes thank you very much for joining us we are happy that you are here come on give them another round of applause everyone these lovely lovely peppers so cute all right so um just to get started can you guys um introduce yourselves just tell us a little bit about your your you know yourselves tell us how long you've been married for you know just to give us a little intro and i'll start with thomason right hi here my name is thomason and i'm a guy and i've been married for one year plus yeah come on give them a round of applause it's not easy that is not easy it's still pretty new so what else do you want that's good that's good good evening everyone my name is dustin and um we've been married for about a year i think we can have one representative from each of the couples introduce them so go ahead i'm sorry no no no thank you okay so mr mr sunny please uh hi everyone my name is anthony and this is my wife amaka we've been married nine years this september [Applause] amazing okay who's gonna go for the wheeze hello everyone my name is juanime and my lovely husband here is emmanuel we are we we and we've been married for about three months sorry three years and a month come on another one thank you so much all of you um just to get us started i just let you guys know a couple of the rules tonight um we'll be posing you with some interesting questions that we've gathered from the house um from other people as well things that young adults and singles want to know about right so um we'd just like you to give us your real quick opinion um let's remember that we're in the house of god so okay ib if you want to kick it off yeah yeah awesome so our very first question for today do you think in today's society people are less interested in marriage and why and in no particular order you know if you just want to answer you want to relate your thoughts can you just raise your hand maybe we'll start off with the sun okay thomas and i see your hand up so please go ahead mr uh from my i'll just speak from my close circle uh most of them want to get married you have a section of the mail to get married and you have a section of them they just want a partner not they don't want any form of commitment they just want someone that's they won't spend the rest of their lives with like community in society or just like a common law partner they can spend the rest of their lives with and another group that uh they actually want to get married so i'll say 80 to 20 for that oh okay mr mr sunny thoughts i i think i feel like it's um yeah it's true that people aren't as interested as they used to be and i think that's because of um a shift in culture to an extent um the culture has shifted i think people feel like they can get by you can have all the benefits without the commitment you know but the truth is a time comes like some of our friends the older ones the time comes when they realize something is missing still like they never made that commitment to another human being and i think there's a reason why god instituted marriage there's something about that commitment to one person that's amazing i love that please [Applause] um for me i actually think that um like mr sunny said about the changing culture there's also a change in the marriage progression right you know like back then it's almost like a common narrative for everyone right you know you get on with you go get into university in your final year you start courting you know once you're done with university for the guys they get a job and then get married for the ladies almost like once you're done graduating you know you get married but that progression has changed right because there's almost like a transition period in which people get to develop themselves pursue their careers you know develop businesses and all of that and so i think because of that you know people are now getting married a bit later than they used to be it's not necessarily because they do not want to get married and secondly there's just been a lot of negative narrative about marriage right which has been amplified by social media where you see a lot of people you know posting a lot of things about marriage which could result to fear you know distrust in the marriage institution that god has created thank you thank you thank you so much the w in we um you're touching a few points and i think that leads us to our next question so you've talked about um there's been a lot of negative narrative about marriages right and you also mentioned you know the progression is different now so inside society what do you what would you guys think would you guess anybody um what would you say are some of the important things that should be discussed before people start on the marriage line say i'm dating somebody what should i discuss with the person before we start talking about okay we want to go get my right now let me go okay yeah personally i think uh you have to get into some very difficult conversation like earn money people have different viewpoints about money and uh remember that when people get married both parties come from different backgrounds different orientation so we you guys have talked about money so we understand we're on the same page uh secondly how to deal with in-laws like in-laws i know they are not enemies they are part of the family and also um culture has the way to play uh prince my wife and myself but from different cultural backgrounds right and i remember when we were cutting and she was to come and see my family and she asked how do i relate to your other sister what should i do should i go to kitchen should i cook just be yourself to understand so that's some some of those conversations you need to have with your you know your spouse to be and uh i think you have something to say [Laughter] sorry about that yeah i think the major thing just talking about culture right and understanding the unspoken rules and families every family has unspoken rules right you know for example in my family my mom owns the kitchen right she wouldn't just want anyone intruding into the kitchen so understanding those rules and how do you call you know your elder ones in your family do you cut see those are conversations you know that need to that you need to have and then even um your style of worship right you know like what you know church do you want to go to you know those are things that need to be addressed as well you know before we make that commitment thank you thank you i'm glad that both of you discussed your style of worship and that you both ended up in ncaa real quick okay um i think there's a place for just having really practical conversations as well [Music] i think it's really important that you share your dreams with each other at least where your dreams are at where you're at right it may change but one of the things that was really important for us is just something as basic as where you're going to live right because at the time i had i had um this idea in my head of immigrating to canada you know you see you can see how that worked out obviously but if you imagine if that came as a surprise to her like having to uproot from everything she was used to so i think some of those practical things where are we going to live do you want to have a nine-to-five job or do you want to be this maverick entrepreneur things that can be really disruptive in your day-to-day life i think it's important to talk about those things as well awesome okay sister thousand it seems like you had something yeah but i would say anything and everything no matter how little [Music] good point so far thank you yeah thank you very much wonderful answers and that takes us to the next question um how did you both or yeah so this is a question to each couple how did you both handle physical attraction the physical attraction part of your courtship slash dating stages of being a christian couple and how do you overcome the sexual urges before marriage i know i think that's a question that's on a lot of people's minds because it is hard to actually um keep it holy before you get into that that institution that is marriage anyone want to go first wow okay about four of those five years were long distance so we barely rarely um ever saw each other and something we spoke about so moving from different country um from nigeria to canada all the countries we've stayed together it was always been long distance so i i feel like it was a little bit easier now and to control the sexual origin all of that okay um yeah go ahead mr sunny for us just take off you know in the opposite direction but communication is key because if both of you agree that we want to preserve the sanctity of our relationship then you both work together if it's if it's something that one person is doing it will be very hard right one person will be frustrated like both people be frustrated because there's you're not on the same page so definitely talk about it up front agree that this is what it is you can set you can have checkpoints so that if if something triggers that checkpoint it's time to run awesome thank you so maybe no trips to mexico together before we get married so mr mrs any thoughts that you want to share with us on this okay uh for us just like uh tosing right how we had long distance relationships so that helped us you know and also when we're in the same geographic space we set boundaries like we don't do things in secret like we were accountable to each other and to maybe our pastors people around us so that helped us also and i think just having that conversation ahead of time when people you know mess up in terms of sexual uh sin sometimes they don't really mean it but the devil comes and you know tricks them and all those things so it's good to set boundaries uh the bible says flee don't twitter speak in tongues don't wait and speak in tongues okay i think i think what i'm getting a lot from this is set boundaries good communication be accountable to someone have someone that you can call on that will say okay come check on me i'm with i'm with my girl i'm with my guy just to see that things are doing good is that right yeah yeah okay okay thank you for that summary ib um so i think well we're all members of ncu here and this month in ncaa where our theme for this month is abundance right um last sunday pastor talked about you know pretty much it kind of went the financial way right money where are you with like making sure you're doing investments and all those we'd like to know what your thoughts are on setting up and i guess keeping maintaining joint accounts as couples advice yes do or no don't do mr sunny i see your face so maybe you will go first she she's the money person so i think she should totally well i i think it's okay to have a joint account so for us we have a joint account and we each have our own accounts one of the things we believe is it's good for each person to have money they can spend without being accountable for it gives you some level of freedom you can do whatever you want with it you can roll on it you can hang it on the ceiling you can you know you can do whatever you want but that bit is yours you know you don't want to be in the store calling your wife and go honey i want to buy a pack of gum can i you know so i know that when you have a joint account there are rules around governing how you spend money from it so for some people having a joint account for everything works but for us we have one a joint account and each person has their own account and then we we know how we deal with our finances but again like everyone like everyone has mentioned it's a conversation to have because everyone is coming from a different background you decide some people don't have joint accounts and it works perfectly so you decide how you want it to work and then you start working it if it doesn't work then you tweak it work it again so okay so i shouldn't just collect my husband's money and just eat it all up okay no problem mrs adenium yes so uh like we mentioned earlier that it's important to have these conversations about money like mrs sunny mentioned so at that point in time you know the kind of partner you have is this person a spender or a saver right so for us we have a joint savings account joint expense account and we have a separate account also too so that there's no one you can spend your money like they said no one cares about what you do with whatever money you get right so yes it's good to have a joint savings joint expense that's what we do and it's been working for us so uh that's my okay thank you i just want to add one thing yeah one is sometimes one person is better at handling money which is you in your household in our case but one thing i'd say is the other person always has to know like you can't like you know some people just run it i i'm good with the money so i just run it and it keeps the other person out of the loop you want to work together so the other person has to know you have to still sit down and have conversation about finances you're making big purchases you're making big investments you're deciding where do we want to go where finances are we starting a business is one person starting the business how are we going to work this so you still have to have those regular conversations about the money coming in and going out so you know where you're at thank you mr uco i want to say about marriage marriage compliments people so she's a financial person so let us speak okay okay like um mrs sunny said earlier right you know about having those conversations i think much more than joint accounts is about spouses you know understanding they're they're part of the same team you know it's not you versus me it is we like it is us you know and making those decisions together i think it really does help in our case as well we do have a joint account and then we do have personal accounts seems like that's a trend yeah so it's um just important you know much more than the joint accounts because it's possible for people to have a joint account and then one person still has a side account you know on the side without the other person's knowledge right so it's important to understand that you're working as a unit as an like that oneness of purpose and vision and everything else thank you okay thank you yeah thank you awesome answers and now our next question is if you were to go back and do it all over again what would you do differently what would you change about courting your partner oh i see i see your face this face never keeps stills we love it oh just let me let me take a stab at that one let me take a stab at it i think for me i feel like we talked a lot and i feel like i would talk more you know like i remember listening to to a minister one time she said she's a nigerian minister i'll give it my best shot at her accent she said this amount you want to use to kiss use it to talk you know and so it was it's it's it's it's humble you can't talk enough you can't spend enough time talking and praying is a big is a big part of it as well there's a place for praying together i feel like we would definitely do more we would have done more praying together we spent time we hung out we went out we ate we socialized but having really deep conversations and having times of really praying together pre-marriage we prayed more i think after we got married and i would definitely say talk we talk more deeper and we pray more so talking to each other talking to god as well of course anyone else um for me i wouldn't um i don't believe i'll change anything i really did enjoy our courtship although it was long distance i'm actually grateful it was because it did afford us with the opportunity to talk i'm one of those people who enjoy activities so if we were actually in the same city i feel like would have just been booking activities you know let's go to banff let's go hiking let's do this one you know i would have been that kind of person right but because it was long distance you know it really enabled us you know to have deep conversations you know play out scenarios like oh if this happens how would you do this you know like oh i heard about this you know what are your thoughts on that that really enabled us to develop a bond and we did pray a lot as well we're always praying at some point you know when we even say i love you would say man because we think you know it's continuation of prayer of a prayer right and then we read a lot of books about marriages you know would read then you know do like chapter reviews and everything like that and it was actually quite interesting and it so worked out that like our first year of marriage then involved all the activities like we traveled a lot and we you know pretty much everything we didn't do during the culture and i really enjoyed the courtship period i wouldn't change it so you guys have a good time let me just say both of you anything from your 10 pickles yes so experience with you i don't think i'll change anything like they said it was long distance and we talked a lot over the phone and you know to be honest if there's nothing i think i'll change from a culture period that's great thank you thank you very much seems like everyone enjoyed their car trip so that's good i hope oh you had something to say sorry you seem like you have a different opinion you want to change something mrs sardini go ahead this is your only chance honestly to be honest i think that i wouldn't have made um i if i had the chance i wouldn't the long distance would be too much so like they said on their first year they were able to catch up um pretty much everything but guess what kobe happened so nothing has happened so yeah apart from that um i don't think i'll change anything if i change anything i don't think i'll be married to him anyway so okay good point good point and then all moment there for us but yes covid happened but you still have the rest of your lives together amen so you'll still enjoy most of it okay so um important question as well for us um that some people are thinking what are some of the most important things to you in your marriage really just what we want to know here is like when you get different perspectives what do you think for me as a young adult that i'm looking to get married what would be some of the important things that i would be like okay this this this must be a like check mark and then the fight could marry this person like that okay let me go first first check mark is ensured in the will of god okay you know ensure that you marry your friend your best friend she's my best friend we play a lot we pray a lot we do a lot of stuff together and sometimes i'm amazed when maybe a lady says that best friend is a man someone outside like no you you you just your best friend you talk with your best friend so she's my best friend you guys want to put your hands together for them anyone else okay uh for me i agree with what he said you definitely want to marry someone who's your friend because you will be spending a lot of time together even when you're not happy with each other you will spend a lot of time together so you definitely want someone who's your friend one big thing for me was communication i didn't used to be someone who talked a lot and my husband is a talker so he got everything out he has the ability to get anything out of anyone even a goldfish so for me that was nice because he got us talking about everything you could you could talk about anything regardless of how silly it might sound to someone else and having the other person listen to you to hear what you're saying not to respond back was key so for me that was a big one and that was a winning point for him so we talked about a lot of things and we still talk about a ton of things and we can talk about the same thing over and over again you know go over different perspectives and all that so for me it was important to be able to talk to someone be comfortable speaking with that person and of course when you're talking to someone about things that are really deep in your heart you can't hide things that person is your best friend so even when you might have conflict or issues you can still go back and have those hard conversations and be open and honest there's no judgment at all between each other each of you so for me it was communication was key you know in addition to being my best friend it's sweet awesome awesome you have something i was going to see they all like aggregate all the points they've said but one thing that's very important to me is that you should be you should not be unequally look to the person because uh the person i have might be maybe from me might be christians right and you might be from different dominations and you may not have the same beliefs that's very important because when you go into marriage there's going to be some form of fight about this is the way things are done this is where things should be done right so and another thing like the state communication is very key also in uh in marriage also looking to get married to someone should be able to communicate well with the person uh you should be able to tell the person anything like you said uh but for me like i said the unequally yolk thing that's very very important for me i think i want you to elaborate on this unequally yoked just so that people can understand you better if you don't mind please yes thompson okay so like i mentioned nikoi when it comes to christianity denominations they're certain uh let's say principles or activities are done in a certain domination that the other person doesn't agree with right and if there's if the agreement because we're all brought up differently right everyone's brought up with different backgrounds and and our parents or whatever we've been brought up with you know we stand to agree with whatever prince you know after us so take conscious efforts and you know a lot of efforts actually on learn what you've learned and try to learn something new right so instead of going through all that just try and avoid it right and that's it i just want to add one thing well two examples i have the obvious one is of course if the person is not born again that counts okay you i mean people pray for people to give their lives to christ and it has worked i had a friend who was going down that path and i said to her you will pray for the next 25 years and it's like it had been going on and i and there were other challenges with the relationship so you know having that conversation and telling her like it's her decision but saying marriage has its own challenges so if you can start without challenges please do um and also even christians you know there are some people who are in church they're not passed away says it you know you don't always follow everybody in church people in charge that are not really born again their actions their thoughts you know you might believe in keeping the relationship pure and they're not so that is an example of not being equally yoked so there's you know don't get off to liking someone even if you like the person always pride yourself on being able to walk away from something that's not good for you because when you do something better will come that's that's what i care about amen awesome all right thank you all for wonderful answers our next question actually is um and this one is i know it's it's on a lot of our minds for for people who are skeptical about getting into marriage how like how do you keep things exciting how do you keep things you know you don't want to get bored basically that's that that's the message that i get from a lot of people when the the topic of marriage comes up they don't want to get bored that's why they don't want to commit so how do you guys keep the spice and this will probably be for the one who had who has been like you're looking at me right now that's why i looked up there but you kept looking so i mean what it's okay i don't think a lot of people are gonna like my answer but it's the truth from from my perspective and i always think about you're not even done figuring yourself out as a person human beings are the deepest creatures that exist there's no unpacking a human being right just when you think you know someone they'll go and do something that that will completely surprise you you know and so when people say they're worried about getting bored with someone my question is are you interested in that person because if you really are you can spend 10 lifetimes getting to know that person wow and of course the question is tell us yourself mrs sunny what you did any thoughts how would you keep it interesting fun yeah i think it's also having a conversation regarding what's fun means to the person right you know like that was something we actually talked about right like what is fun to you like what would you say is a fun marriage is an exciting marriage right so we kind of like we did a lot of activities you know long distance you know saying so you'd write down you know like the activities and the things you'd want to see in your marriage right and then we start talking about okay how do we implement them and how do we um put them in like for example we do have like date nights every week you know that's like phones off you know phone away you know just you and just both of us you know talking and just checking in you know with each other and then we do have a lot of routines you know that we go through like daily routines weekly routines quarterly routines and things like that right so that kind of keeps us in check and just keeps us you know excited and springs in the step in the steps at all times wow that sounds like a plan like put in a plan put in the plan everyone can ask that can i answer that exactly i think for us as our marriage has evolved and i know there are some people that we're still looking up to you know people that are maybe counting their third fourth fifth decades it's not like we're veterans or anything but as our marriage has evolved um what what you said about routines i think it's important to not take um spending time together for granted you know if you if you work you know that they say what isn't scheduled isn't done and they became they came a time when we literally had to put in our calendars this is when we hang out because life just got so busy with kids and and you know and work that if you just feel like oh you know oh you know that might not be the truth early on but i guarantee you four or five years in especially when kids get involved you're going to be scheduling stuff in your calendar otherwise it just won't happen so putting systems i know it sounds clinical and uncool it's not really cool but yeah putting systems nurturing your relationships your relationship is also very useful that's great thank you systems you need systems everyone um i think we're going to pretty much key into that because it's just one year so we're just you know going by look for this person's trouble look for that so we're just it's not there's no schedule we're just trying to look for each other's trouble and enjoy yourself doing that yeah okay thank you that's great okay we're gonna switch things up a bit i know you guys are ready for this game part yes okay while we're doing that though um you have the option you have the ability sorry to send in your questions we're going to display the website where you can send those questions into real quick up here but i'll just get you guys on stage to stand please and with your bibles i'm going to help you okay so this part um we want to see who's going to be the fastest we're going to play a little game called draw your sword right i think if you grew up in a country where somebody here is from you probably know the game we played it a lot in high school where moses is from where brother moses is from yes i'm canadian so i don't know but um it's pretty much you place your hand out there yes bro tell me thank you um you're gonna place your hand up in front of you perfect just like that with your bible we'll call some scriptures and the first person to find it and read it i have to check and make sure that you guys are not cheating i'll get you a bible real quick you can be going through like the table of contents now to figure out like which what's which but which bible book is after hopefully you can remember what book is where thank you thank you all right are we ready okay i'm gonna say draw your sword and then i'll say open to suspense okay all right draw your sword people okay are we ready all right first peter chapter 2 verse 8. let's see let's see no no it was thomason it was thompson i had him first you didn't read the bible you said i i said sorry first peter 2 8 yes please step forward once you find it step forward sorry but you're fine that was your trial round okay fine one point for you sir okay draw your swords please and uh also make sure that we you don't go until we say go okay until we say go then you go all right jane take it away stomach i'm gonna need you to um move your hand forward perfect all right genesis chapter one verse twenty-eight ah you have to say you have to wait till we say go away you have to wait till we say go yes we'll do it again okay genesis chapter 1 verse 28 uh no doesn't i didn't say go okay this time john's chapter one restaurant go okay you didn't read you really did not finish everything okay then god bless them and god said to them be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue it have dominion over the fish of the sea over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth awesome thank you all right so you guys haven't won anything or one point each robot all right are you ready are you ready are you ready draw your sword uh first john chapter four verse eight goddesses he who does not love does not know god for god is love points for them two points two points all right okay that's the waiting it's getting heated all right draw your sword second peter chapter three verse nine the lord is not slack concerning his promise has some men count slackness but his long suffering toward us no willing that any should perish but at all should come to repentance thank you okay okay pay attention this next one first corinthians chapter 17 verse one go okay there is no such book in the bible there is no chapter 17. okay all right i should have let you search forever okay okay sorry sorry to interrupt you jane just uh once you step out just grab your mic behind you okay okay are you ready you gotta focus you gotta pay attention all right genesis chapter 18 verse 14. go you don't step forward until you found it now yeah genesis 18 verse 14. says is anything too hard for the lord i'll return about this time next year and say i would have a son all right so three points for them one point each for the other two couples okay tnt taking one are you ready matthew 19 26 go which probably disqualify you for not grabbing your mic but okay but jesus looked at them and said to them with men this is impossible but with god all things are possible amen all right so three two and one this is tight next scripture are you trying to cheat on stage mark chapter 10 verse 27. go technical do we have that link up that we can display please and jesus i got one more page who came out first and jesus looking upon them said with men it is impossible but we god would not with god for with god all things are possible amazing thank you okay a couple more couple more couple more luke chapter 1 verse 37 go please help me who came up i think that's done i think i think you said who brought me soon no no no i think both of them right can we split it like 9.5 no i i think his wife his wife came up with the mic his wife came out with his mic though luke 1. i don't care i'm just going wow okay go away oh yes please go ahead okay look at seven so it says for the word of god will never fail you'll share the points you'll share the points half and half all right final scripture and a half final scriptures your time to level up mr mrs no pressure okay uh first chronicles 25 verse eight go joseph 25 being attentive is part of it 25 verse 8 and the cast lots word toward against word as well as well as the great the teacher is the scholar thank you all right let's give a round of applause to them please a round of applause for everyone up here all right thank you very much and now we're going for our questions questions from the audience you guys can sit down thank you do you have any questions from anybody all right i someone texted me one sorry so i'm just going to share it um i'm just going to read it because you have a question okay oh perfect i'm just gonna read this one out and then we'll go to yours okay sorry just real quick okay someone says um i'm currently in a relationship i'm worried that spirituality is not in this relationship but i'm really praying about it my partner seems to be interested in converting but is not showing any steps he says he's interested but he's not showing any steps what should i what can i do anybody sorry the person doesn't go to church the person doesn't want to read their bible the person doesn't pray but i'm sorry there's they're inc they're christian and title right but not in practice sister you seem like you want to tell us i feel like this might have been answered already by brother thomason's question where he talked about not being equally yoked so that's a very good example and if you're in relationship with someone who who talks and there's no commitment there's no action then personally i think it's time to walk away from it and find someone who your beliefs align with and you're you know you're serving god you're both born again and you're working in the same and heading in the same direction so if it's not a relationship you should have been in anyways so that's my personal take on it so i would say step out of it and even when you're in a relationship you shouldn't have been in it's hard but i will say this if you're stepping away it's a clean break it's not there's no we're friends now because there's there's some emotional tie in there so it is a clean break step away from it if you if you don't need to talk to the person for a couple of years till you get yourself together that's fine but it has to be a clean break okay no quick add to that and remember that as long as that person is around you the right person can't get in right and it sounds like this person is female so if i'm a guy i mean i am a guy i was wondering what was that um but if as a guy i was interested in her from from a legit level like as a christian i can't even approach her as long as that person is kind of buzzing around her so it might be tough but that might be what you need to do so the right person can access you as it were okay thank you i think we had one question from you bro we didn't meet you just real quick um yes so this seems like a very simple question but i've recently found out that it's not that simple what is love to you let me get that please don't say jesus is love like that in the context of like a romantic relationship what is love and i'm this is my opinion i think it's practical i think it's a choice i think it's a decision you make but i've engaged with arguments where people are like oh it's like a feeling like this deep feeling that oh butterflies in my tummy whatever and i'm like there are times when the butterfly turns to you know like at that point if you aren't feeling it is it is it still love what do you call that and the response was that it is the feeling that you initially had that's that butterfly whatever and the remembrance of it that makes you stay in those times okay and i saw a point there but i just wanted to hear from married people do you think it is a choice do you think it starts off as a feeling and then helps you to you know sustain later on i don't know if i made sense but thank you real quick one we'll just give one couple the chance to answer that anyone who wants to let me go for that one sorry because i was actually talking about this with my wife on the way here love is a verb it's not a feeling because i guaran again i can guarantee you after the the honeymoon phase those butterflies sometimes turn to bees but um so it's an it's 100 of verb and the best way i can describe it i was telling her is just be kind that's what i think it boils down to just be kind there are so many ways to define respect and all these other words with you around but you know in your heart when you're being unkind okay thank you thank you so much thank you very much um we have one question on the screen and it is how would you advise couples to get through hard times in marriage when love slash lust will not be enough i will give one couple a chance to uh okay again i guess we're getting the questions here i will say communication communication is huge and i know you know we've all talked about it we've all said you have to talk to each other you have to communicate with each other you cannot over emphasize the need for communication because if things are hard you need to talk it out you need to talk with each other you need to even when you you have no clue what the solution is you need to talk to each other you need to pray with each ot with each other you need to talk to god so this all involves communication so talking listening hearing talk about how you feel how does the situation make you feel are you comfortable are you uncomfortable are you in panic mode so the other person knows you know how to adjust because sometimes you just need to work with each other through that time and every hard time passes that's one thing to remember when you're in the thick of it it passes it's almost like a wave it will like this too shall pass just always remember that and remember it's not your husband or your spouse or your wife who who is the problem take the situation and address the situation in context of the situation not the person but you need to talk it out you need to pray it out with each other and individually with god share your thoughts ideas inspiration that the holy spirit is giving you and it you know you you find a way out thank you so much um sister mark thank you very much um i just wanted to we want to thank you all of you all six of you for being here thank you we are unfortunately out of time so we can't take any more questions um if you have more questions i'm sure they'll be able to answer some questions for you after once you can they're very nice people i called all of them so um i just want to thank you guys again for gracing us today on the couch we've learned a lot from all of you um we really hope that we will marry our best friends and thank you again we hope to see you guys in church thank you come on guys let's give them another round of applause these awesome couples [Music] are you ready [Music] we're not doing it by ourselves we're doing it with god and with god there's nothing impossible [Music] i'm born for greatness this is not where i'm going to end there's so much more ahead of me [Music] like you wouldn't let me and what the enemy meant for evil god has worked it out for my goodness [Music] ignite 2020 guys get 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