Hello David Digger Hernandez here and welcome to Spirit Church. Today I'm going to be talking to you about becoming a soul winner. I'm going to give you four things that have to happen before your heart can be set ablaze for souls. And I really do believe that God wants to put the spirit of evangelism in his people for such a time as this. Stephen Moctezuma is with me as usual. He's going to be leading you in the song, created me a clean heart. Go ahead and worship with Stephen. Come back and hear this lesson. Oh God and renew a right spirit within me. Oh create, created me a clean heart. Right spirit within me. You sin cast me and cast me not away from thy presence, oh Lord. Take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation. Every new right spirit within me. You sin cast me and cast me not away from thy presence, oh Lord. Take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation. Every new right spirit within me. Well I prayed that you enjoyed that worship and I really do believe that as you asked the Lord to create in you a clean heart that he's doing just that. We serve a merciful God and we should be thankful for that knowing that according to 1 John chapter 1 verse 9 that we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us. So it's always good to come before the Lord and be open and honest. I love the way that King David put it when he said search me oh God and remove anything that is something that you don't like and I really do appreciate that heart and I pray that you adapt it to that heart as you sing that song. So speaking of your heart I'm going to be talking to you about having a heart for the lost or a burden for the lost or someone who is a soul winner. Now I'm aware that when this topic is covered in various circles that often it's covered in a way that is meant to inspire guilt into the listener. So in other words you know if you're not approaching every single person that you ever talk to in the grocery store at the gas station that you're just not a real Christian and I really don't believe that that's necessarily what God has called us to. Now there are times where the Holy Spirit will work on your heart or draw you to witness to certain individuals and that's a part of the everyday Christian life. I really do believe that evangelism is a lifestyle but more importantly I do believe that evangelism one of the most effective forms of evangelism is relational evangelism and this is evangelism that has to do with our friendships our family and those types of connections that are familiar with us from the day-to-day basis.  Now this doesn't mean that I don't believe in evangelizing strangers or things like that although I don't necessarily want to guilt anybody into doing those things I do want you to be spirit led in everything that you do. I will say that it's important that we hear the Holy Spirit on the daily basis that he will guide us to evangelize as he's led us to do but when I talk about this I think that the issue is not necessarily trying to do behavior modification in other words a lot of messages that have to do with evangelism or acquiring a heart for the lost focus on telling you what to do you know three or four souls a day if you don't win three or four souls a day then you're not doing your job and I think that that goal oriented evangelism although it's good in in its outlook though it's good in the intention that's behind it I don't think it necessarily produces the fruit that the Scripture tells us we should see rather I think that we should develop a heart that is so in love with Jesus that we want him to receive the reward of his suffering in other words everything that he died to receive on the cross we should be we should be passionate about making sure he receives that and so when it comes to evangelism I think that if we can develop a heart for the lost that is the cure to the lack of evangelism that we may see here in the modern age especially in the american church I think that church invitation is not necessarily evangelism or sin confrontation is not necessarily evangelism though that's part of evangelism we do need to preach the gospel full and and and uncompromise you know to preach heaven without hell grace without repentance forgiveness without repentance that's borderline heresy so I do believe in preaching the gospel and preaching against sin as jesus told his disciples to do but again what I want to get at today here is the heart the heart of the issue so rather than assign you with goals rather than assign you with with phrases that may inspire guilt and there are some things in this message that certainly will inspire conviction because they're of the word of god their truth and many times when we hear truth from the word of god we receive such conviction but again my goal is to talk to you about the heart the heart of evangelism the heart that is burdened for souls you can acquire this heart evangelism will flow from you naturally as a lifestyle and it won't be something you feel you have to check off your list or you feel guilty or that every person you ever don't preach the gospel to your you know their blood is on your hands it's not what I believe in that's not certainly what the bible doesn't teach that so first of all here are four things that we can do that I believe will inspire the heart for the souls the heart for the loss so first one is number one we need to hear their cry and we find the inspiration for this first point in Exodus chapter three and this is where Moses finds his calling so to speak from God to go and deliver the people of Israel so this is what Exodus chapter three says beginning in verse number one one day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro the priest of Midian he led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai the mountain of God there the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush Moses stared at it in amazement or Moses stared in amazement though the bush was engulfed in flames it didn't burn up this is amazing Moses said to himself why isn't that bush burning up I must go see it when the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer look God called to him from the middle of the bush Moses Moses here I am Moses replied do not come any closer the Lord warned take off your sandals for you are standing on holy ground I am the God of your father the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob when Moses heard this he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God then the Lord told him I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers yes I am aware of their suffering so I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land it is a land flowing with milk and honey the land where the Canaanites Hittites Amorites Parasites Hittites and Jebusites now live now we know or most of us know the rest of the story we're quite familiar with this text this is where Moses receives the call of God this is where God comes down and sort of disrupts everything that is going on in Moses life now we know Moses fled from Egypt that was where he was originally from and Egypt in the scripture to us is a picture of sin the children of Israel is a picture of the modern day man and Egypt is a picture of the modern day sin of that man so sin is slavery in fact the scripture says that those who are living in sin are slaves to that sin now I've talked to people and they say well I'm just perfectly happy doing what I'm doing and I'm living my life and I'm enjoying it and they say I'm not in any bondage I'm free to do as I wish and one of the things I often challenge the people who are living in sin to do I tell them this I say okay if you really don't believe that sin is a bondage just try to stop just try to leave that lifestyle for a week for a month do it for three days and once they actually tried to escape that lifestyle they find out in fact that they are living in a bondage it's the same as an alcoholic who won't admit that he is an alcoholic because he's afraid of what you'll have to confront to overcome such an addiction so sin is a prison sin is not being free to do as you wish sin is to live in depravity in darkness is to be chained to do what is the baser of your nature sin is bondage sin is darkness sin is sickness and so Moses is confronted by God and God says this he says I've come down now think about this God says I've come down to set the people free I've come down and who did he go to God said I've come down and then he goes to Moses you see whenever God is going to act in the earth because he has given dominion to man God has to move through a vessel if he is going to move in the earth now I'm not saying that it is impossible for God to do anything on the earth without the permission of man without the participation of man but I am saying that God for the most part though there are some exceptions will choose to use a vessel a human vessel to respond to the needs of mankind often the atheist will look up and ask well if God exists why is there so much evil in the world well one could easily reverse it on the atheist and ask the question if God doesn't exist why is there so much good the point is that God leaves man the responsibility of caring for this world because he gave us dominion since the beginning that's how it's worked so God has sent men to do the things that need to be done God has sent men to accomplish goodness in the earth the problem is not that God doesn't respond it's that men don't obey and so here God comes down he says I'm coming down and then he comes to Moses but I'm choosing you so I said I've seen the oppression of my people so God has watched and he's seen the Israelites living in the oppression the slavery of Egypt which is a picture of us to sin and he says I'm going to send someone we know that Moses was a likeness of Christ but in another sense Moses is a likeness of those whom God has called and so God tells Moses look I've come down I've seen the oppression and I've heard their cries now Moses would have never heard the cries of the Israelites had God not taken a moment with him you see if we're going to hear the cry we have to get into the deep places of prayer where we can hear the voice of God we think or many think I should say that when they begin to pray that it's going to be all blessings and just a clear path all the way to where God has called me no the call of God is an adventure it's a journey and there are challenges that come our way and that's part of what makes the life of the believer the most exciting life that you could possibly live here in the earth today but the issue is not necessarily that that the cries aren't there it's that we're not hearing the cry even Christians can become so comfortable in what God has blessed them in that we fail to hear the cries the lost we can't you hear it I mean when I think of all that's going on in the world it's very obvious that the world is crying think of all of the damage that false religion and false religion included in that category are the so-called Christians who carry out acts of violence and hate throughout the world false religion is tearing men apart giving God a bad name think of all the shootings that have become so commonplace now that that it's it's we're almost numb to the idea of mass shootings now obviously we know that when these shootings happen this isn't because of a financial issue this isn't a political issue it's not a moral issue it's a spiritual issue I mean some people cry out take the guns other people cry out put in regulation but you could do all that and evil will always find a way to accomplish its will doesn't matter the issue is the spirit they say well you know we we need to do more of this or more of that and that's fine if man wants to do it but let me tell you something so long as sin abounds tragedy is going to a valid you think of everything going on in the world all the starvation all of the tragedy all of the calamity all of the darkness the world is crying every time I see across my television screen a news alert or something happening in our world that's tragic my heart breaks I mean I'll tell you one of the ones that affected me more than probably any other shooting was the sandy hook shooting I mean I'm telling you I mean for three days after that and again this isn't to say that I felt the exact burden that with with the victims felt because nobody could know what they're possibly going through I mean we watch these things we we we ache for a few minutes and then we go on our way I remember it was three days after I heard about that that I could I couldn't write I couldn't read I couldn't focus I had trouble eating because I was I was just thinking about how horrible it must have been for those poor children and everything in me just was broken for them I mean I even wanted to write something in response to but I was so emotional I said look I can't even write anything right now and and I mean just imagine what it's like to be in the families that experience that tragedy firsthand I mean this this should be enough to tell us that the world needs Jesus and every time I look at one of these tragedies every time I see financial collapse political calamity you know we're talking about weather tragedy where I mean typhoons hurricanes tornadoes earthquakes and such everything in me just says the world needs Jesus the world needs Jesus the world needs Jesus and I hope that as you look at this world and you look at these tragedies that are happening number one you have to hear the cry experts in pundits will analyze and assess and they'll say we need this we need that or we need to implement this law we need implement that idea we need to put these regulations down or we need to put this program in place that's fine but no political program will ever replace the power of the Holy Spirit no no self-help system no self-help system can ever be as effective as the life-changing transformative power that is the gospel of Jesus Christ so Moses he goes and he finally comes to realize that there is a people that is crying I mean he had come from that place he had come from Egypt and he had been away from Egypt for so long that he had forgotten he had forgotten the cries he had forgotten the oppression let me ask you something can you hear the cry can you hear the cries of this dying world who needs Jesus and if so what are you doing to respond number one we need to hear the cries number two to acquire this heart for the loss to become a soul winner we need a number two share their pain now I know the preachers of the new gospel that says that it's all supposed to be happiness and blessings and positive thinking I'm all for that we'll particularly disagree with this point it doesn't matter this is what the scripture says Romans chapter 9 verse 1 through 6 says this with Christ as my witness I speak with utter truthfulness now this is Paul the Apostle writing his letter to the Romans concerning the Jews who were not repenting with Christ as my witness I speak with utter truthfulness my conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it my heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief for my people my Jewish brothers and sisters now listen to what he says here now we're going to read something listen to what he says this is just so powerful and if anybody else said this beside Paul the Apostle I might not believe them I would think oh you're just being too spiritual but listen to what he says here this is so powerful a second part of verse 2 I would be willing to be forever cursed cut off from Christ if that would save them think about what he's saying he's saying Paul the Apostle is saying I would trade my salvation if that meant they would know Jesus now that's a heart for loss he is sharing in the pain he is empathizing he is caring for a people who are lost now obviously Paul the Apostle understands that no sacrifice that he could ever give would equal the sacrifice that Christ gave and he understands that the sacrifice that Christ did for us the what Christ sacrifice is enough it's sufficient to pay for the sins of all mankind past present and future what he's saying is hypothetically speaking if it were possible if my salvation giving that then coming to Christ I would do it do you know where people who don't accept Christ who are cut off from Christ go they go to hell I know it's not popular to preach it but there still is a hell that is very real and Paul the Apostle is basically saying I'm willing to go to hell if it means that this people come to know Christ that's beautiful now to some that may be sick and twisted and demented but let me tell you something he wants to share in their pain in fact Jeremiah I believe the prophet and he often is referred to as the weeping prophet Jeremiah chapter 13 and it's somewhere in chapter 13 I believe it's verse 16 no it's verse 17 Jeremiah chapter 13 verse 17 says and if you still refuse to listen I will weep alone because of your pride my eyes will overflow with tears because the Lord's flock will be led away into exile Jeremiah is saying that if you don't listen to the word of God I'm not going to be angry I'm not going to call you a sinner I'm not going to be hateful I'm not going to be rude I'm not going to be mean spirited Jeremiah says if you don't accept Christ I'm going to go alone by myself and I'm just going to weep when is the last time you wept over souls do do we care enough to be inconvenienced do we care enough to act sometimes we do in this walk with Christ have to take on burdens and sorrows it is not all going to be blessing joy and positive thinking sometimes we have to allow our hearts to be broken our spirits to be crushed to be used by God God uses the broken God uses the shattered God uses those who are very weak when you hear the cry and you share in the pain it does something in your heart it breaks you you know the anointing came from olive oil but you couldn't get that oil until the olive was crushed the anointing comes from brokenness let me tell you something some of the most anointed men and women of God I've heard that speak to the loss that speak as an evangelist that speak as one who is trying to win sinners to Jesus they are the ones who are most broken over the dying world in which we live and it inspires me and I pray it inspires you and I'm not saying we need to be walking around you know putting ashes on our forehead whipping our backs I'm simply saying that somewhere in our heart somewhere in our Christianity there has to be this sharing in the pain in the sorrow that allows the heart to break and and allows the soul to be broken over the lost and dying world can you hear the cry do you share in the pain because it's a reality number one hear their cry number two share their pain number three know their fate I was talking to because I was actually interviewing on my show oh man this was several seasons ago one of the one I think was in the second or third season of Encounter TV and I had this guest on and when I brought him on he I mean everybody just was uh was up in arms about him and he's a very controversial figure now not everyone I have on the program I've learned over the years that that uh I have to say I don't endorse everything they do but for the most part if I have him on the program it means they have something I believe they can add to the body of Christ so like for instance I've said this many times uh some people criticize Jolosteen and and hearing some of my messages you may even think that I'm totally against guys like not at all I think that in Christianity there needs to be a balance and I believe all of us together create that balance we need the Jolosteens who are gifted the Bible says if a man's gift is encouragement let him encourage no that's Jolosteen and pastors get on his case for it for no reason I think it's jealousy but that's that's a little bit of a rabbit trail so Jolosteen God's gifted him as an encourager me God God's gifted me to bring these types of messages and and hey that's what I'm gonna do so Jolosteen is an only to do one thing and then there's this other gentleman that I had on my program his name is Jed Smock very controversial I love him though very controversial why because he's extreme you have guys on two extremes but God has anointed both of them God uses both of them we need both of them we need the Jolosteens and we need the hell hell hell fire preaching brimstone guys that get on the streets we need those now again I'm not necessarily endorsing every aspect um that come with both those ministries but maturity connects maturity looks for points of unity rather than points of uh division so as Jed Smock goes and and I'm sure he wouldn't mind me saying this he's an intellectual man so he understands where I'm coming from but you know with with Jed Smock some of his his his his delivery a little controversial I love Jed Smock I've had him on the program I think he's an anointed servant of God I've even texted him the same thing but some people were very upset when I had him on but I still had him on and I was asking him about his delivery style you know he gets up there keep in mind he's not preaching to families and he's on college campuses where you got the frat parties and the sleeping around and the booze and the drugs and the the hippie theology and all of that and he's the guy that goes in and he preaches and I was speaking of King Herod King Herod said of John the Baptist or the Bible says of King Herod in regards to John the Baptist that Herod was deeply troubled every time that he heard John the Baptist speak get he loved to hear him speak nonetheless and I think Jed Smock is the same way he would go into these college campuses and he would just preach repentance why I'm you know against sin which is biblical to do and he would preach on those things and some Christians the immature ones oh brother you gotta be all love and you know they didn't know that that was his gift as part of the body and so Jed Smock was telling me a story I just wanted to give you a background on who he is very controversial and and he's giving me a background and and so he's he's preaching at a college campus and he's preaching about hell he's talking about he's just reading scripture on hell that's all he's doing people are getting so upset with him and and the Christians get up and this one Christian gets up you know he's real bold is a young guy he's got you know his theology figured out he stands up and he goes let me tell you something brothers and sisters and I'm paraphrasing here he says what this man preaches is not the gospel we we we we preach love and and acceptance and and and joy and Jesus loves you even if you are a sinner and you know he shouldn't be telling you about hell and the gospel isn't necessarily all about you repenting it just gets up and starts doing this defense for you know what I call hippie Christian theology and so he gets up there and he starts talking about how Jed Smock's way off and we love you and we you know on and on and on and so finally after this this guy is done giving his little speech this atheist stands up and he asked he begins to just kind of ask him some questions so he he asked the the Christian who just got up and was kind of trying to sidetrack from what Jed Smock was doing the atheist asked him and again I'm paraphrasing he says um do you believe in hell and the Christian said yes of course I believe in hell absolutely and the atheist said do you believe that if we sin we're going to go to hell well yes of course but but Jesus is love Jesus is grace and we understand that and the atheist said something that just was it was it was amazing he said so let me get this straight he said this man is telling me the truth and you're over here trying to stop him he says now if I was you and I believed that what someone was doing was taking them to a really horrible place then I would be out here every day trying to warn them to not go to that horrible place he says so that leads me to only two conclusions either you don't care that I'm going to hell or you don't really believe it that was coming from the atheist and it's true I'm not saying as I always say and you know I'm all for balance I'm not saying that we need to be rude and mean spirited but we cannot forget that there is a heaven and a hell there is sin and repentance there is salvation and judgment the bible teaches both both and when we know their fate when we truly believe let me tell you something worldly evangelism is a rescue mission when you know the fate of so many souls and you really I mean and you really believe this okay you either you believe the bible or you don't if we really believe that people who live in sin are going to hell we need to start preaching the gospel again there's no need to be mean there's no need to be rude but in love and in power we must present the gospel the good news of salvation that Jesus saves from sin and from hell we need to know their fate so number one hear their cry number two share their pain number three know their fate and I want to read this to you it's a little excerpt just a little something that I wrote a while ago and it's just my description of hell I had a horrible dream and I'm not saying I actually went there there's very few people I believe who actually had a biblical vision of hell bill we we spring one of them that but but I do believe that this this at least inspired something in me and if hell is anything like what I dreamt even in principle I I needed to write this and warn people so this is a little something I wrote it says hell no amount of regret can appease it for every moment that passes a moment is added to the extent of one's stay deep frustration hopeless turmoil and constant confusion are forever in the soul hope is destroyed after all there is no mercy passed this point the instant your eyes catch a glimpse your pride and stubbornness are broken but it's too late the moment you sense the evil you desire the opportunity to repent but god is not mocked the reality is confirmed everything you knew in your heart to be true is now visibly apparent you escaped the thought on earth hoping the thought would never manifest its own reality every moment of sinful pleasure every comment of mockery every laugh at god they turn to be regrettable sorrowful even to know that safety was within reach is it tormenting thought why such foolishness why such carelessness it could have all been prevented that is a most tormenting thought no time exists hell is the constant state of highest anguish it is darkness that will never again see light pain that will never know comfort and loneliness that will never again find companionship it is the justice of god can you grasp the vastness of the universe that is temporary hell is a universe void of all things good pride is the door to hell in stubbornness is the step that takes you through what sort of pride would walk into hellfire what pleasure is worth the soul mock laugh scoff and push it from your mind it remains a reality life is a thin fragile glass upon which we walk once it is broken it cannot be repaired only fools go to hell when salvation is so near frustration that causes physical tension fear that causes your heart to race anger that brings depression and pain that causes a scream these are the reactions of a halish existence they are the eternal marks of a tormented rejected soul matthew 25 45 to 46 mark 9 43 1st Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 9 Ezekiel 3 18 all tell us of the torment in fact Ezekiel 3 18 says this this is God speaking to the prophet when I say unto the wicked thou shalt surely die and thou give us him not warning nor speak us to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity and his blood will I require at thine hand when we don't preach the gospel God holds us responsible for the souls that should have been saved as a result of having heard the gospel number one hear their cry number two share their pain number three know their fate finally number four this is the hopeful end this we gotta know their salvation remember when you came to christ remember the joy that you felt the lifting of the burden the light that came breaking into the darkness that bound you do you remember feeling clean do you remember feeling the joy of being freed of past sinful mistakes your mind cleared of guilt and condemnation what if you can cause that by actions of obedience to happen for someone else when you know their salvation I mean yes you hear their cry yes you share their pain yes you know their fate but when you do those three things and know their salvation what god wants to do for them how much god loves them everything within you will set your heart ablaze to become an on fire soul winner preaching the uncompromised gospel of Jesus christ marching through the gates of hell smashing the locks of the captives and setting the slaves of sin free this is the call that god has given to you you have the privilege and the responsibility to carry the light of truth to a dying world this is the joy this is the balance and we cannot forget the fullness that the gospel tells us to we cannot forget the fullness of the message but this is the most important part see people who preach hell and with no love cause people to become sorrowful and depressed and if they accept their christianity they live it in a religious spirit in and an oppression people who preach salvation without repentance they produce also false converts where people are walking in this this sort of this hobby of christianity never allowing it to transform their heart and they just march toward hell more confidently but when you preach as the scripture tells us to preach repentance from sin and salvation through what Jesus has done you join those together the truth that is revealed to that sinner causes him to turn toward god in heartfelt sincere repentance and he experiences the transformative work the miracle of salvation in his life and it produces true conversion we know their salvation because we ourselves have experienced it and we want others to experience the same we can preach the truth in love and that's what god has called us to do so i'm going to read matthew chapter nine and this is something i observed here um actually um i took a look at it and i was reading this i observed this in a book called connectivity by pastor larry neville he's the president of praise chapel christian fellowship uh the fellowship with which i'm connected and he drew our attention to something that was it was very interesting in the scripture here so mark chapter nine verse 35 let me see here this is what jesus said and he's talking about the need for workers he said the scripture says jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area teaching in the synagogues and announcing the good news about the kingdom and he healed every kind of disease and illness um verse 36 when he saw the crowds he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless like sheep without a shepherd he said to his disciples the harvest is great but the workers are few so pray to the lord who is in charge of the harvest ask him to send more workers into the field now what's amazing is immediately following that teaching of jesus is matthew i'm not going to read it but matthew chapter 10 talks about jesus sending out the 12 apostles and and pastor larry had pointed out the connection here he said the interesting thing is that when jesus the very ones that jesus told the pray for workers themselves became the workers in the next chapter the point is that as you pray for the loss as you pray for god to send workers he begins to stir you and causes you to become that worker when you pray for god to meet a need god develops you to become the answer for that need think about that this is this is a powerful truth when you pray for god to meet a need he causes you through those prayers he changes your heart he changes your character he he subjects the flesh as you're praying those prayers for a certain need those prayers for that need cause you to be be developed into the solution to meet that very need when you pray it changes you into god's answer that's that's powerful revelation right there and i want you to be sure of that that as you pray for god to meet a need in this lost and dying world that he's going to develop in your heart the passion the burden for the lost the more you pray for the lost the more you become one who will win the lost so prayer for the lost causes a burden for the lost and finally the last portion of scripture i want to read and then we're going to have to bring this to a close is romans chapter 10 romans chapter 10 and this is a very famous scripture because we all know it it's romans chapter 10 verse 9 and i've read this several times especially you are partners with those who get our partner letter you know this is kind of a theme scripture as to how i raise support because i talked to you about the need of sending someone uh to to go and preach the gospel so romans chapter 10 verse 9 says this if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that god has raised him from the dead you will be saved for it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with god and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved as the scriptures tell us anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced jew and gentile are the same in this respect they have the same lord who gives generously to all who call upon him for everyone who calls upon or everyone who calls on the name of the lord will be saved but how can they call on him to save them unless they believe him and how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him and how can they hear about him unless someone tells them and how will anyone go and tell them without being sent that is why the scripture says how beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring the good news know their salvation so as i said at the beginning it's good to set goals for yourself it's good to be aware of evangelism as you go out through your daily life but such standards um i believe personally and i'm not going to be dogmatic about this i'm not saying it's ungodly to do but i think such standards like that are what create religious systemized approaches to which should otherwise be something that things that come natural out of what we've acquired by revelation of the Holy Spirit so instead of giving you goals instead of telling you that you know everyone who passed by and don't preach the gospel to is going to hell that day which to some degree could be true because nobody's promised tomorrow and again we still have to be very sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit my point is that if we can develop the heart of evangelism this will flow naturally and it won't be something we feel forced to do it'll be something that comes out of us naturally won't be like filling a quota and if we miss you know if we don't lead eight people in the center's prayer in one day then we're not obeying God and i don't want you to live under that type of um that type of oppression that comes from rule setting as so to speak i'm not necessarily against those things but i think this is a better way to approach evangelism is to develop a heart for the loss to become a soul winner in your spirit so number one hear their cry number two share their pain empathize number three know their fate number four know their salvation remember praying for the lost causes you to develop a burden for the lost i'm going to pray now that the Holy Spirit himself would set your heart on fire for lost soul you know ultimately we do win souls for jesus people ask me why do you do what you do and i say very simple it's because jesus wants me to it's all for him yes i care about the loss but first and foremost i care about jesus my primary goal in winning the lost is is basically this jesus wants souls one to him why because he died on the cross to receive so my whole life is about getting the master what he's asked me he wants souls i'm gonna win souls for him he's given us this command that he sits on a stone he says this is what i desire jesus desires souls and so i say okay master if that's what you want your servant will live his whole life working to acquire that what you want secondly i have a heart for the loss i don't want to see anyone go to hell hundred fifty thousand people or over a hundred fifty thousand people die every day and that's an old statistic it might be more now many of those who died a day are dying without christ we need to move and we have to do it quickly number one for jesus secondly for souls so let's pray let's believe god for your healing yes but let's just pray i'm gonna pray that the holy spirit would touch you and in this touch you ask him here's the thing you can ask jesus and this is gonna be a special prayer because you're gonna ask the lord for whatever it is you want and i'm gonna agree with whatever that prayer is as long as it's biblical of course so let's believe god okay so father in the name of jesus the lord i pray for that one watching right now who's listening to this message and who so desires to be used by you as a soul winner and so father i pray that by your holy spirit you would set their heart ablaze for the loss and lord that thing which they are asking you we join our faith together we touch and agree and we say it is done in the name of jesus there's a young man watching me you're 14 years old you've been watching these videos now for a couple days and you know you're called by god to do something let me tell you something i want to confirm that god has indeed called you to preach the gospel and you see god has shown you and you thought it was just your own thoughts god has shown you you preaching before thousands praying for the sick and seeing miracles and prophesy yes god's gonna give you both gifts i'm telling you that is a confirmation today god has called you that is it for the lesson in the ministry portion here here are the new members of spirit church welcome all of you including we look we got someone from the united kingdom here that is awesome and and of course from the united states and and i think we're looking here we got new zealand 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As Iowa State continues the enforcement on environmental sanitation led by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources alongside the Environmental Task Force and the Amote Cocore to arrest environmental sanitation offenders, the Deputy Commandant Amote Cocore Kazim Babalola further emphasised that if the trend is not abated, it could lead to transfer of diseases that may lead to loss of lives. Babalola enlightened market women at your job market and solicited cooperation of every traders in all major markets in all your state. The fact is that, make everybody wear they do that, make it fit. Wear what the way they carry those things, wear the carry that they go for the bottle, wear that they open up for wear what they get. Put something there, as it does be, you have to have one person that will be monitored in there. Oh yes, it's the same thing. Sir, it's the same thing. You have to have a monitor in there before everything will be cleaned. You have to use your power to secure all your people in the state. What we are doing here is to help our people about their health. We are helping the environment, the rhythm of the environment to calm all dropping of previous air step by step. We are moving air to our jaw, our jaw to our body. Whatever the capacity we have to do, we do it.


Welcome to the journey today. We're going to talk about how to stand out in a growing e-commerce market So customer spending has definitely been transitioning for over the past decade from less in-person shopping and more e-commerce The top 10 US retail giants like Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy now hold roughly 60% of the market share and they're not slowing down and while there's still plenty of spending to go around for stores outside of that top 10 New stores are launching all the time. So this isn't the time to just passly sit back and expect the e-commerce wave We'll just shower you in cash as much as we all want that So if you currently don't have an online presence Now's the time to do it and if you do have an e-commerce site make sure that it's optimized Depending on where your business now this may mean that it's time to invest in some of the essentials for your e-commerce business Just to make sure that you're able to stand out now Emma What are some of those essentials that you need to grow your e-commerce business? Great question Nealey newsletter and email management I know newsletters are a great way to update your customers or reach potential new customers and Emails another great way to just get promotions out there. That's definitely how I've spent more money in the past year Through an email promotion that grabbed my attention and not only that But there's enough research that really shows that email newsletters kind of outperform and are more effective than that social media So Emma what makes email marketing so effective? It'll help you create a new leads It also is going to position you as the expert that you are in addition to that newsletters are great for highlighting new products That's how I always stay in the loop on things that are trending and you can tailor them to individual customers to help bolster Conversions and hey, I'm pretty sure we did a video on that here So another essential to growing your e-commerce business The data the analytics the tools you got to dig into the data to better understand the consumer behavior As well as providing just that increased personalized approach to marketing these businesses are using this data to Respond to changing needs measure their marketing efforts manage inventory and predict future trends Increased conversions to determine product strategy Analyze marketing efforts minimize fraud risk and improve customer service once you have access to all this detailed information You can make better informed decisions about your direction reduce costs and really maximize your overall earnings While some online stores they attempt to compete with price This is not always the best decision financially So I'd advise you to take the route of personalization Survey after survey highlights the importance of personalization in e-commerce In fact, one study shows that increased conversion rates by nearly 8% and most shoppers about 75% say that they appreciate the personalized approach of an Advertisement or an offering that feels catered to them and if that's not enough to convince you Let's look at some of the other benefits of personalization Starting off with an obvious one reduced bounce rates Increase customer loyalty as well as conversions enhanced customer communications. The list goes on now think of any large Ecommerce store that you buy from the chances that they've used personalization to make you buy again is pretty high And this this means that they're gonna send you content about products that you're either interested in You're most likely to respond to or are newly released and relevant to your previous purchases I know me personally. I just bought a Nintendo switch from Best Buy and then a week or two later I got an email from them about some fancy accessories that will just enhance the gaming experience That are made or may not have purchased right away So it works having that personalized approach of making sure that the content that you give out to your audience It fits their needs at the right time So let's talk about social media one of the obvious things of social media is it of course Helps you to engage with your customers, but also can do a lot of things to help boost your e-commerce sales You can do things such as send out promotional offers You can also see what other customers are buying because they can go online and share that purchase Which just helps spread word of mouth. You can even do targeted campaigns Which I really like because then you can hone in on Your ideal customer and in addition to that you can host contests Which are super fun and it's a really efficient way to get some user-generated content Which is very effective because then it's your customers talking about you and spreading word of mouth about you essentially It's a testimonial. However, not every e-commerce owner has the time nor the resource to take on social media it's full-time job and This is where some essential tools will come into play and be totally invaluable Let's not forget about dedication to customer service and there's really no getting away from it Good customer relations are essential to your growth Most consumers say that poor customer service influences their buying behavior So if you give bad customer support, they're likely going to shop somewhere else The survey also revealed that most shoppers about 67% expect customer service to be efficient So engaging your customers online helps them feel heard and be especially responsive when it comes to reviews and recommendations So two out of three people expect a response from a company via social media within the same day So you want to practice excellent customer service? Here's what you should do monitor your Facebook Twitter Instagram Etc and be sure to respond to all feedback whether it's positive or negative And I'll really help to boost your online customer service and so by responding as quickly as possible and Responding to your customers whether negative or positive feedback is given to you It can really show your customers that you care that you're listening and it's impressive But look we get it most small and medium-sized businesses don't have the time or resource so consider maybe Doing some automated responses or reaching out for help from another company Yeah, I mean really for instance with looking at your analytics tool It's really improve your response times or you can use specific CRM software such as HubSpot or Zoho CRM Which has many automated responses and even social media aspects you can set up automated responses if someone reaches out through Instagram DM or even Facebook DM and give them a list of options to either get information about your business answer in general questions or Just hey, I'm gonna be around from 8 to 5 and I'll get your response then so a couple easy ways to have that Automation aspect so you don't feel like you're always working so the shift to e-commerce is not going to slow down and the global events have pushed us even more to shopping online, so Consumer behavior, it's changed and the old ways of shopping the old buying habits are gone And hey, if you haven't made the move to e-commerce yet Or if your store is really lacking the tools to make it a success now might be a good time to optimize your online offerings All right, that's a wrap you just learned how to stand out in a growing e-commerce market Be sure to like this video also leave us a comment below. 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وَأَقُولُوا فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنْزَالُوَ وَأَقُولُوا قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُوهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوَّالُوَ الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أمت الله ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته في هذه الرمضان ورمضان سوف نتحدث عن رمضان ورمضان as a time for fear and hope الله عز وجل يخبرنا في القرآن أولئك الذين يدعون يبتاغون إلى ربهم الوسيلة أيهم أقرب ويرجون رحمته ويخافون عذابه صورة الإسراء آية No. 57 الله عز وجل يخبرنا about those among his awliah from the prophets and the righteous and how they seek a means of nearness to Allah they are the ones who call upon Allah seeking a means of nearness to him which of them is closer and they hope in the mercy of Allah and they fear his punishment هنا ألمان ببن القيم رحمه الله تعالى he mentioned that this ayah contains the three essential elements that are always present within the life of a Muslim it contains fear and hope that the righteous people the people who are righteous and near to Allah from the prophets and those with them عليهم الصلاة والسلام they used to fear and they used to hope يرجون رحمته they hoped for the mercy of Allah ويخافون عذابه and they feared the punishment of Allah and they had يبتاغون إلى ربهم ويبن القيم رحمه الله تعالى he said this indicates المحبة the love that they had for Allah سبحانه وتعالى so they joined between hope and fear and they joined between hope and fear and love and Allah سبحانه وتعالى told us in صورة الأنبياء after mentioning a youb and younos and zakaria الله سبحانه وتعالى told us فاستجبنا له ووهبنا له يحيا واصلحنا له زوجه إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا وكانوا لنا خاشعين in ayah number 90 from صورة الأنبياء after Allah سبحانه وتعالى told us about zakaria and how Allah سبحانه وتعالى gave him يحيا الله سبحانه وتعالى said those prophets they used to race to do good deeds and they used to call upon us in hope and fear and they were submissive towards us humble and submissive ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا they called upon us in hope and in fear that's how the prophets عليهم الصلاة والسلام used to be الإمامة بالقيم رحمه الله تعالى he said he said the heart on its journey to Allah is like a bird he said that loving Allah is the head of the bird and fear and hope are the two wings whenever the head and the two wings are healthy and sound then the bird is able to fly well and when the head is cut off the bird will die and whenever one of the two wings is lost then the bird becomes prey for every hunter every beast of prey that wishes to snatch it and kill it it can't escape them because its wings are not in good condition and this is the example of love and fear and hope so a Muslim has to balance between fear and hope in the different things that come into them in the different situations they experience in their life when they find themselves to be relaxed and too hopeful and a person says this person is lacking fear they need to increase their fear when a person finds themselves to be despairing they say it doesn't matter what I'm going to do I feel like I will just be from the people of the fire and this person is lacking hope rather some of the scholars they said and this is Nourita from Sheik Mubaz and many others as well before him that he said that when a person is healthy and well they should slightly incline more towards fear and when they are sick and weak they should incline more towards hope but here just like the bird when it's flying and the wind blows in different directions and different things happen so the bird adjusts its wings one wing moves up one wing moves down and it moves its wings in order to balance itself so this is how a person should be and this is the excellent example that you have to adjust them throughout the different situations in your life you never ever feel despair and you never ever feel too hopeful to the point that you become lazy and you say that whatever happens I'm sure that I will be successful and that's why Sheik Mubaz said الواجب على المسلم أن لا يقنط ولا يأمن ويكون بين الرجاء والخوف he said that obligatory thing upon the Muslim is not to feel despair nor to feel safe that nothing will happen to them rather they should be between hope and fear لأن الله هذم الأمين وذم القانيطين لأن الله عز وجل ربكت those who feel safe and rebuked those who feel despair feeling safe meaning they feel that no matter what they do or they feel that even though they have sins they will not be harmed nothing bad will happen to them فقال سبحانه أثى أمنوا مكر الله فلا يأمنوا مكر الله إلا القوم الخاسرون وقال سبحانه لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله الله عز وجل فقال هل they feel safe from the plan of Allah أعيد they feel safe that despite their sins and despite the things they have done that nothing will happen to them they will never no punishment, nothing bad they will just be able to do whatever they want or it doesn't matter what the sins they have done and nothing will happen to them nobody feels safe of the plot of Allah except for the losing people and Allah عز وجل فقال لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله do not despair of the mercy of Allah so when you bring these two things together is that the person doesn't feel despair and doesn't so that they stop doing deeds and doesn't feel so much confidence that they feel that nothing will happen to them no matter what they do rather they are between hope and between fear they fear Allah they're scared of the consequences of their sins and they rush to make Tauba and they ask Allah عز وجل for His forgiveness and الحسن البصري رحم الله تعالى he said المؤمن يعمل بالطاعت وهو مشفق وجل خائف he said a believer does acts of obedience while they are in a state of fear while they are trembling and they're scared والفاجر يعمل بالمعاصي وهو آمن and the wicked person does evil deeds believing that there's nothing going to happen to them at all سبحان الله look at the difference the believer does acts of worship in a state of being scared in a state of trembling in a state of fear and the disbeliever or the فاجر the wicked person does every kind of sin and doesn't care the believer is scared didn't Allah عز وجل say والذين يؤتون ماءاتا وقلوبهم وجلة أنهم إلى ربهم راجعون those people who give what they give and their hearts are trembling out of fear will not be accepted from them and Aisha رضي الله عنها she asked the prophet about this ayah and she thought it was about the people of الفجور the people who steal and the people who commit adultery and the people who do all kinds of evil deeds she thought that they were the ones whose hearts were trembling and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to her لا يبنة الصديق no or daughter of a صديق this is the one who prays this is the one who fasts this is the one who gives charity but they're scared that it will not be accepted from them so the believer joins between these two things and in the month of Ramadan we have many reasons to be incredibly hopeful and we have many reasons to be scared from the reasons that we have to be scared and to be hopeful is the hadith of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said may the persons nose be rubbed in the dust the one who Ramadan comes and goes and that person wasn't forgiven before that person was forgiven and this has both fear and hope it makes us scared we become scared and we become fearful that we might be from those people who Ramadan comes and we don't get forgiven but at the same time it also makes us hopeful for all the opportunities there are for forgiveness in the month of Ramadan is the hadith of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا كان أول ليلة من شهر رمضان صفدة الشياطين ومرضة الجن وغلقت أبواب النار فلم يفتح منها باب وفتحت أبواب الجنة فلم يغلق منها باب ويناد مناد يا باغي الخير أقبل ويا باغي الشر أقصر ولله أتقاء من النار وذلك كل ليلة that when the month of Ramadan comes الشياطين and this obstinate jinn are tied up and the doors of jahannam are closed and not a single door is open and the doors of jannah are open and not a single one is closed and a caller cries out يا باغي الخير أقبل or doer of good come forward ويا باغي الشر أقصر and or doer of evil desist and Allah has people that He frees from the fire every single night in the month of Ramadan every night including the very last night or the very last day so let nobody say that I haven't done enough or that there hasn't what about the days there's not enough remaining there remain nights of Ramadan and you have the chance now to be from one of those those people who have been freed from the fire does that not give you hope even if you didn't do anything this month of Ramadan it still remains that there's still time left for you to be from those those people that are freed from the fire so there are great reasons for hope but there are also great reasons for fear إنما يتقبلوا الله من المتقين Allah only accepts from the righteous there are reasons to have great hope and there are also reasons to have great fear so ultimately Ramadan like every time of the Muslim is a time between hope and fear and the love of Allah and that hope and fear remain like those two wings of the bird when you feel that despair or you feel that you haven't got anything accepted from you or you feel that there is nothing left for you to do because of how you know how down you feel and despairing you feel then at that time you need to increase the hope rather you need to increase the hope before it gets to that point and when you feel that things are too easy and everything is going to be accepted from you doesn't matter about the sins you do or you see those sins to be insignificant so you need to increase more fear rather before you reach that stage you need to increase in fear so the two balance each other out and like some of the scholars said in the times when you're healthy and you find ease those are the times you should have more fear and in the times when you're sick and maybe you're struggling those are the times you should have more hope and a person balances between the two like that and that's part of what we can take from this month of Ramadan that's what Allah made easy for me to mention and Allah knows best والصلاة والسلام على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم if you're enjoying these videos and you'd like to keep up to date with all of the courses we're going to be running make sure you head over to amauathome.com


Well, we are filming in Skopje and yesterday we were roaming the streets of Skopje and you said look at this You know in the 90s you you would be able to pass here There were so many people having having a coffee having having a glass of wine Talking to each other now. There's they're sitting at home with Netflix and the question is do we need others? Do we still need others or a self-sufficient atomization the future? It's always good to start with reality. It's a habit that I have acquired over the years, right? So for example the latest statistics according to Pew Center, which is the major pollster in the United States the latest statistics In the United States they are that 31% of all adults are lifelong singles Life long singles never ever have never ever had never ever would have a relationship Another 15 to 21% depending on the age group, etc. are in between relationships, which are shorter than six months So we are talking about half the adult population who are alone and The majority of them seem to be alone by choice But when we study them actually when we interview them we discover that They are what we call ego ego dystonic or unhappy. They're not happy They have very high rates of anxiety very high rates of depression And so on and so forth. So it's not a happy state and yet they are alone they remain alone and so What you mean is they're not happy being alone. This is what what you mean because I don't know whether It's possible to measure how happy are people who are not alone We do that's precisely it We ask people who are not alone and people who are alone Okay, and the rates of anxiety depression and substance abuse among people who are alone are much higher We tend to attribute it to the fact that they're alone although when we ask them a Are you unhappy because you're alone? They will say no. They say no 2.2 they prefer career 2.2 more times than to be with someone So today in in the adult population in the United States People have a preference for having a thriving career Which is 2.2 times higher than a preference for being in a relationship In other words, the relationships are no longer in vogue They're no longer in fashion So to speak this is the United States the numbers are actually even worse in Italy I'm sure in other countries such as you mentioned Italy, but definitely Japan Scandinavia the United Kingdom United States still have has a massive immigrant population Which skews the results changes results. Yes, Canada for example is in much worse shape so We see a pandemic of loneliness or Shall I say a pandemic of aloneness now? What's the difference between aloneness and loneliness aloneness is a state of being? Yes, loneliness is a state of mind of mind. Yes, and loneliness Sometimes is the reaction to being alone, but not always some people are alone and very they're very happy They don't feel lonely. Okay, so what are the reasons for this and I isolated ten reasons, of course I am writing them down number one is technological self-sufficiency We simply don't need other people anymore. We can do everything from home at home This will become even more true with the introduction of the metaverse Because you'll be able to go to work in the metaverse You'll be able to have sex in the metaverse you buy fashion in the metaverse You will order your pizza through the metaverse and so on so forth your need and dependency on other people is Alas again like I asked you in the program about the metaverse will the pizza be virtual No, you will order real pizza, but you will do it through the metaverse So you and you will go to work in the metaverse your company and of course even today before the metaverse You can do that as well. You can they bring you your grocery That's the pizza thing and they bring you home But you will go to work in the metaverse your your company will have a virtual office in the metaverse Each of your co-workers will have an avatar and all your avatars will meet in the virtual office You will not go to a physical office ever avatar is like an image of image representation icon Yeah, not a hologram or something not not not a real picture of you, but something representing you now in the future Of course the avatar could be you like a fit picture of you or an animated version of you or or really you projected onto the the virtual office but You will have sex through the through the you will buy fashion you'll do everything through the so Okay, this is logical self-sufficient. This is tech next hollowing out of functions that used to be reserved to Units comprising multiple people. So for example the family The family used to provide only only 50 years ago 60 years ago The family used to brought to provide many functions Education was inside the family Healthcare healthcare was provided by the family people died in the family unit People gave birth in the family all these functions were Forced people to be together They needed to have a family and definitely an extended family in order to educate their children Bring them to the world take care of of health take care of old people seniors etc But today all these functions are outsourced all these functions come from the outside They don't come from the family you die in a hospital You give birth in a hospital your children are educated in a school or if they are very young They go to daycare. So the family was hollowed out. It has no no functions left So there's no need for a family and indeed 43 percent of children in industrialized nations Grow without a family. They grow in what we call single parent households So they don't have a 40 43 percent. Wow half of all children grow in In households with one parent and a majority of these single parents are women There's no need anymore for a family or a community because all these functions have been distributed and dispersed and are provided by suppliers simple Next is overcrowding Can you give me my phone? You can give me my phone next is overcrowding now. There's a difference between that's not my phone. It's my phone Thank you. There's a thank you Elvis. There's a difference between overcrowding and overpopulation People confuse it overpopulation is a global phenomenon. It's when we have too many people On the planet and therefore they consume the resources of the planet to the point of ruining the planet That's overpopulation overpopulation used to be used to be a problem Today we have a problem of underpopulation. I know it sounds bizarre on the globe Yes on the level of the globe. I know it sounds bizarre It does because we have grown from when I was born there were three billion and one is eight billion Right. So how come there's an underpopulation? The reason I'm saying this is that a sizable chunk of the global population is over the age of 65 So we have a shortage of 200 million children We don't have we we have an overpopulation of old people, right and an underpopulation of young people Consequently in the majority of industrialized and developing nations We are under the replacement rate. In other words more people are dying than being born Okay, and the population is declining That is true even in Russia even in China even in South Korea, etc. Which is good news for the globe. No, it's not good news for a good because because the for example We're gonna have a major economic crisis their pension schemes depend crucially on contribution by young people The young generation on on on the on the shoulders of the young generation Yeah, well will lie like a yoke Yeah, the the pension Sums of all we're gonna have an inverted pyramid where we're you know There's a very big layer of old people who require health care require pensions require and a very thin base of young people Who will be slaves will will actually work all the all the time to to support the old people That is unsustainable to create social unrest. It will be a huge mess. I'm convinced it will cause revolutions and so on You saw this conflict between generations in covid during the time of covid young people were blaming old people For all the restrictions and so on. They say why do we have to protect here old people? I mean yes, of course on the family level level. They they honor their elders, but But you're right. So I want to read to you But there is a problem of overcrowding Overcrowding is when we compress a huge number of people into a very small area of land And so we we create megalopolis is with 20 million people and more and there's already 10 of them Yes, and there's hundreds with 10 million and more and we have thousands of 5 million and more so we compress millions of people we were in London recently and the tube in London is Unbelievable so we have a situation of overcrowding now in in the 60s. There was a guy called Calhoun, of course And Calhoun conducted conducted experiments with rats and mice It was known as the rat utopia experiments or rat colony experiment But it's wrong because he conducted it with rats and then he conducted it with mice Which by the way have nothing in common people think they have a lot in common I thought they have nothing to do totally two different genera and I want to read to you the outcomes of his experiments what he did He compressed he put a huge number of rats in a very tiny colony a very tiny space Exactly like people in a city We put a huge number of people in a small city in a small space This is what happened to the rats when he overcrowded them Many I'm reading from his article Many female rats were unable to carry pregnancy to full term or to survive delivery of their litters if they did And even greater number after successfully giving birth fell short in their maternal functions among the males the behavior disturbances ranged from sexual deviation to cannibalism and from frenetic overactivity To a pathological withdrawal from which individuals would emerge only to eat Drink and move about and only when other members of the community were asleep So they avoided each other they isolated themselves. They didn't want any contact The social organization of the animals showed equal disruption The common source of these disturbances Became most dramatically apparent in the populations of our first series of three experiments in which we observed the development of what we called the behavioral sink Sink like synchrony sink like all sink like a sink water sink The animals would crowd together in greatest number in one of the four Interconnecting pens in which the colony was maintained as many as 60 of the 80 rats in each Experimental experimental population would assemble in one pen during periods of feeding individual rats would rarely eat Except in Except when not in the company of other rats as a as a result Extreme population densities developed in the pen Leaving others sparse populations. So what is trying to say to cut along social when you compress when you put too many Organisms in a confined space They begin to dysfunction. They become crazy. They become violent. They become aggressive They can't even deliver babies even mothers are not mothers all all the so-called natural instincts disintegrate and Finally Everyone begins to avoid everyone else They go out to eat only when everyone else is asleep and When they go to eat they try to avoid everyone and because they try to avoid everyone They all of them end up in one of the four pens because they're running away from the others But all of them are running away to the same place so they end up in a in a crowd So this creates crowd mentality on the one hand and total isolation on the other That's exactly the picture of today's cities Exactly we have mob mobs You know Populistic dangerous nationalistic mobs on the one hand in total isolation and atomization on the other The next reason that's the fourth. That's the second the third. No, no, no, we had we had tech technology technology Hollowing yes, and then we had overcrowding overcrowding. That's a third. Okay. Now now comes the fourth. Okay Collapsology the fourth is known as colapsology. It is the study of societal collapse It's a new field. It's a new field. It was first described in 1988 by Tainter It's a new field that describes how societies collapse on themselves implode It is based partly on the work of Emil Dukheim and Hawkeimer and so on They they called it anomy they said that there are societies and nomic societies This is a sign almost means no no law exactly no no no norms Norma no normative society societies where there are no as you said no laws no no rules No more is no regulation or nothing no compass no guide Guidance as to how to behave so our societies are collapsing. They're anomic. There's no question about it. How do we know? suicide rates Dukheim predicted 110 years ago that anomic societies would increase the proof of the padding Would be an increase in depression anxiety and ultimately suicide now We see massive a massive explosion in the rates of depression and anxiety exactly as Dukheim had predicted Anxiety among people under age 25 and people over age 65 Anxiety is up 500% depression is up 300% suicide rates Among certain age groups is up 40% This is these are sure signs of societal collapse and anomy in Societal collapse and anomy There's a sense of unsafety lack of safety is there no rules anyone can do anything to you so people avoid each other They isolate themselves. It's another reason. The next reason is We are gradually coming to realize that being alone is Actually the preferred state people actually prefer to be alone if if all their needs are met So as long as you are technologically self-sufficient and you can call the pizza guy delivery to deliver it to your pizza You would rather not go out to the pizza to Pizza Hut Sam Williams when you say alone. You mean alone. I'm not a nucleus of of say a couple a couple We are beginning to discover to our shock that I was totalist. I was total Was completely wrong and I started said that men is a zone political Political animal and actually there's a wrong translation actually should be a social animal. So And I was totally was right for his environment people were dependent on each other you had to grow food and Yes, so people was Families were extended farmer. Yeah, society farming society So we were right for his period, but today there's no more need for other people and we discovered it when there's no more need for other People people actually prefer to be alone Now why do they prefer to be alone? That's the key question. The first reason is what we call compensatory under stimulation and I'll try to explain this concept When we expose people To too many stimuli too much stimulation They shut off for instance in the experience with the rats in the mice. Yes But in our case for instance the internet for instance Netflix or HBO for instance the smartphone We according to Alvin Toffler in 1970 in 1970 when he wrote the book future shock and then later in 1983 the sequel the future wave even then the third way even then In the third way even then Toffler said even then he said that in a single day in the life of a modern person He has more experiences than his forefathers had in a lifetime Even then that was 1970. Yes. There was 1970 since then The amount of information that a typical human being is exposed to a Typical human being with a smartphone and the television set and a computer is exposed to went up 95 times since Toffler Imagine in other words in a single day. Yes, if I put the two together a lifetime We have 95 lifetimes of our four single day in a single day Of course, this is over stimulation. No, we know from experiments not good We know from experiments that when we expose any organisms, I mean mice rats monkeys You name it when we expose organisms to over stimulation.  It's like a deer with the coming headlights. He plays dead. He freezes. So We have so this is called compensatory under stimulation We're trying to reduce the stimuli and this is the heading which is one of the boons of being alone Yes, when you're alone, you have less stimulation. Okay, because you're not exposed to other people So you're trying to compensate. We have a lot of stimulation from the internet from Netflix Okay, then I will not meet Ben again. I will cut off these stimulus. I will reduce my stimulation So the next thing is Stupid people socialize much more than clever people It's an unfortunate fact Established in numerous studies including lately in the British Journal of psychology. There's an article We by now have established clearly that there is a strong correlation between IQ and sociability The higher your IQ the less sociable you are Sociable, I don't mean that you socialize with like-minded people and you talk to them and Sociability means just to spend time for small talk and have a drink and go sleep a little and so on this kind of Sociability not goal oriented sociability if you and I hang out We are not wasting time. We are talking about science. We are talking about philosophy exactly. That's not social functions That's not but if you are and I hang out and we have a glass of wine And we just go sleep or just look at birds flying or whatever. That's socializing People with higher IQ socialize less. Okay. Now. Here's what happened counter-intuitively IQ levels have risen Risen actually in the past in the past 100 years they had yes in the past hundred years.  The foolhardy means you take risks. Yes, exactly It was almost Totology, yes, they are more foolhardy exactly to take more risks.  It's true And they're avoiding the world. They're avoiding reality. Anyhow, they have a tendency to avoid because they're intelligent But they have now added the incentive to avoid Because they will come against stupid people all the time This is called by the way the savannah theory of happiness if you want to look it up later savannah theory of happiness The next reason I'm giving you reasons why people all these are reasons and why people isolate are Subtopics of the boon of being alone. Yes, why people eyes? Yes, the next reason is Many many more people are traumatized than before Don't forget that in the past hundred and fifty years We have gone through seven pandemics two world wars The disintegration of all social institutions including the family for example divorce rates shot up five times Isms isms that collapsed isms of course fascism communism Etc. All the social experiments have collapsed even the democratic socialism even that is an under siege So many many more people are traumatized than ever before ever before I think personally It's the worst period in human history, and I know human history. Well, it's true that in the 14th century.   No enemy. You went through an exceedingly difficult period with the black death Because half of everyone died But you as an individual you were strongly embedded in a network of support which kept you alive and well mentally This is not the case today. We don't have the black death. Although covid was bad enough We don't have the black death, but we don't have any anything to hold us We don't have a family. We don't have a community. We don't have church. We don't trust the state We don't trust science. We don't we don't I mean it's a mess. We don't have anything any situation going on too Nothing. We are all alone.  It's a jungle. I mean you cope all of us. It's interesting that being alone. You prefer to be alone Because what's the alternative? You have no alternative It's precisely what I'm saying in the 14th century. I go go to the church to talk to the priest if he was if he was still alive But today I have no alternative who like so Post-traumatic condition today is very prevalent and we know from psychology That people after trauma Isolate themselves they tend to isolate they lick their wounds so to speak.  He doesn't seek other dogs. No, it goes under a bush. Yes I was under a bush as well. I remember the cat so post-traumatic condition next thing is reaction to extreme uncertainty The environment today Economically financially Emotionally physically any dimension imaginable is uncertain and the uncertainty is maximum Maximum Futurologies never had the worst time is very difficult to predict the future We know that when people are exposed not only people excuse me organisms are exposed to extreme uncertainty They react in two ways They freeze or they fly away run away. Well, we know that It's called fight fight fight fight flight freeze But fight is when you have certainty, right when you have a tiger you have There's no uncertainty there. There's a tiger. There's a tiger when you don't know if a tiger is coming You actually freeze or run away So the problem is we don't know if the tiger is coming It's not that we are confronted with it and you don't know what is coming You don't know if it's a tiger. It's a tiger or for example, some acne. She's much worse Finally the last reason is I've given you quite a few And this this is the cutting edge of thinking about loneliness because I mentioned all the most recent Disciplines the deal with it and the last reason is a rise not rise What am I talking about supernova of depression anxiety? Including social anxiety we Know that people with depression and anxiety avoid avoid other people It's a given when you're depressed you want to stay in bed. You don't want to see anyone When you are you don't want anything you don't want anything don't want you don't want exactly a good definition of depression depression is a Collapse of the wheel. Yes, exactly and unwilling and So we know that and today a Shocking 35% of the adult population That's that's one of every three Have been officially diagnosed with major depression and anxiety disorders Shocking number used to be three percent Is to be three percent in the 70s 60s, sorry 70s it went up a bit But even in 1980 it was 15% Today, it's 35% These people out of the market because they have depression Lasting they want is to socialize in the bar. Yeah, we lost him They need a miracle one of the main reasons depression and anxiety rates are rising is For example social media the constant comparison with other people. This is called relative positioning We constantly position ourselves Relative to other people. So we have for example, body image problems Body image problems or what we call body dysmorphic disorders Exploded among women Exploded like never ever before by the way, it was it used to be a weight problem problem now It's facial operation not only facial and Botox and not only facial but women today for the first time in human history By the way, are unhappy with every single Feature in their body. They are unhappy with their breasts and with their buttocks and with their feet with everything first first time Because of the fashion industry fashion magazines and so on the advertising advertising on television Social media, etc. etc. at the same time The movement known as sex positivity also known as third wave of feminism has taught people That all types of sexual activity are not only permissible but obligatory So today if you don't have casual sex, you feel bad. Really. Yes, we have studies that show That women under the age of 25 Feel bad if they don't have casual sex and under they are under enormous peer pressure to Misbehave sexually we see that in movies and This creates of course added depression and anxiety and so on sex positivity and the third wave feminism are pernicious counterfactual Super dangerous and detrimental ideologies which I would compare to white supremacism I would compare to big toe men going their own way. These are noxious toxic emanations of the human mind and yet They are the orthodoxy in universities Third wave feminism and sex positivity is an official part of gender studies curricula in universities I have strong disagreements with almost everything Jordan Peterson says, but I strongly agree with him on this To teach girls age 17 in Canada 18 in the United States to have casual sex That casual sex is man is not an option is mandatory But it's a sign of good health good mental health, right? And is a sign of empowerment and if you're not doing this you need to see a therapist Something is wrong with you. You need to disengage sex from intimacy. It's sick to put sex in it This is thought I can show you textbooks This is totally sick and to teach to teach people of both genders That career should come first Self-actualization should come first fun being with friends should come first and they should delay relationships Minimum to their mid 30s 34 in in United Kingdom That's the age of marriage nowadays marriage rates have collapsed by 50% so people say who cares People are together without marriage. No, they're not They're not Pew Center studies are clear People are not getting married, but they also are not together Half the population is alone now. There's been one period this I'm finishing. There's been one period in human history Where half the population was alone and only one by the way only one period in all of human history with half the population Was long it was 1910 In 1910 half the population in the United Kingdom Which was the only country with reliable census figures, right? Half the population was living alone Many many scholars Attribute colonialism and the resultant two world wars exactly to this They say that because young men were disaffected had no families not children or nothing They went to they became adventurers. They went to go into India. Yes, and Africa Africa and whatever and By the way, that was true. If you were there, you saw young unattached men Go wandering there and rambling and committee atrocities against the natives What were the two world wars? There were colonial wars. There were wars between colonial empires between Hitler Wanted to colonize Eastern Europe for him. It was a colony It was these were colonia was how they've been so yeah, these were colonial wars and Colonialism was a direct result of a surfeit a surplus of young Unattached men and they were unattached because there was a giant population of spinsters and old maids who wouldn't get married This is the only time in human history that we have reached and now is happening a second time That is not a good sign already. You have movements of millions of young men Who are becoming radicalized violent and aggressive? Against women these moments movements are called migtail men go in their own way insults involuntary celebs Recently involuntary celebs started to kill women we have You're reacting like I'm these are facts When you leave young men Unattached with no commitments with no vision of the future with no family with no no reason to leave no They go It's a fact that men are much more aggressive. I mean this creates aggression and aggression leads to violence This could lead to violence on a global scale and social unrest on a global scale. We're only just starting Trend is just starting even in United Kingdom The trend started in 1870 culminated in 1910 and low and beyond four years later There was a culling of young men millions of young men died in in the first world war We and with this I will finish the war to end wars the war to end wars We think we are not animals The eugest mistake that we as a species make this what we discussed earlier that there is we and nature We are not part of nature. We are animals We know that in animals when there is a population surplus of population of a certain type for example too many men or too many women in All animal populations it creates a bloodbath There's no exception Why would we be the exception? Why I don't think we will and I think we're going to a seriously bad place with this Grim yeah, they're not grim tales a grim future I want to tell you that I regard this is a much bigger threat than climate change climate change is bad But we are adaptable animals so we cannot live on the coast so we will live in the mountains I'm not worried about this It will be a transformation of course and of course the coast coastal areas will become uninhabitable And so we'll have to move New York inland We will move New York inland But this but this is Unresolvable that you don't have enough children to replace the dying that half the population Don't have a relationship all life that in the year 2016 Was the first year in the United States? Where a majority of men and women? Hadn't met a member of the opposite species of the opposite sex a majority a majority and since then Haven't met a member of the opposite sex for any reason whatsoever all year long That young men and women are having less sex than my generation and fewer sexual partners What is sex Freud was right sex is the force of life Libido eros, that's the force of life eros is the opposite of Tannatov. Yes, so the only The only thing I can think of to to end up this This schmooze on a happy vein is to say that the futurist of the ninth of the Beginning of the 20th century thought that the major problem of the 20th century would be the manure of Horses in the streets of big towns and this problem was solved It wasn't sold it was solved by the by the income of became politicians No, but motor cars. No, this was sold. I'm joking. Yeah, so maybe there will be some miracle Maybe there will be some miracle. No, I think actually the very fact that we're having such conversations Of course, we are not alone having this conversation. It's a good sign. It raises awareness I think so. I think we are contributing what we can. Thank you


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