WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.663 [♪ Music ♪] 00:00:03.663 --> 00:00:07.100 Let our brother George Athanasiadis come forth. 00:00:07.100 --> 00:00:26.611 [Applause] 00:00:26.611 --> 00:00:30.226 Emmanuel! (God is with us - Matthew 1:23) 00:00:30.226 --> 00:00:35.516 My name is George Athanasiadis and by our fruit... 00:00:35.516 --> 00:00:46.485 [Applause] 00:00:47.205 --> 00:00:50.274 By our fruit you shall know us. 00:00:51.202 --> 00:00:55.202 I want to thank God Almighty for this day. 00:00:55.351 --> 00:00:59.031 For His grace and mercy located me 00:00:59.031 --> 00:01:04.710 and did not leave me roaming the world out there like millions of people do. 00:01:05.462 --> 00:01:11.502 I thank our Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit in the name of the Jesus Christ. 00:01:11.502 --> 00:01:18.466 [Applause] 00:01:19.229 --> 00:01:23.730 I would also like to thank man of God Harry, 00:01:23.977 --> 00:01:30.747 the prophet of this generation, the commander and general of God Almighty. 00:01:30.747 --> 00:01:36.808 [Applause] 00:01:36.978 --> 00:01:39.704 The prophet of the Sovereign Lord, 00:01:39.724 --> 00:01:42.583 the Lord of all lords. 00:01:42.657 --> 00:01:47.464 I thank you, man of God, because I am what I am because of you. 00:01:48.222 --> 00:01:49.802 I am what I am because of you. 00:01:49.802 --> 00:01:51.673 Thank you for your forbearance. 00:01:51.855 --> 00:01:57.215 For taking me (under your protection) in weakness, in sin. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.844 For accepting me close to you, in discipleship. 00:02:02.051 --> 00:02:06.577 For correcting me, admonishing me with God's wisdom. 00:02:06.794 --> 00:02:09.764 For helping me evolve spiritually. 00:02:10.422 --> 00:02:14.063 For cleansing me, helping me fight my weaknesses. 00:02:14.216 --> 00:02:17.731 For advising me, when I needed your advice. 00:02:17.731 --> 00:02:25.233 With the great patience of Job, you raised me. 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:27.303 I thank you man of God Harry! 00:02:27.303 --> 00:02:28.357 God bless you! 00:02:28.357 --> 00:02:33.176 [Applause] 00:02:33.176 --> 00:02:40.137 The joy of the Holy Spirit is extremely huge inside me right now. 00:02:40.582 --> 00:02:44.672 I want to say a few words about my life so far today. 00:02:45.675 --> 00:02:47.485 About my upbringing. 00:02:47.701 --> 00:02:51.841 As I was thinking, about my life to this point, 00:02:51.841 --> 00:02:56.157 I realised that God has saved my life many times over, 00:02:56.157 --> 00:02:58.150 from things I hadn't even realised. 00:02:59.117 --> 00:03:05.877 When I was very little, a few months or even days old, I suffered from acute bronchitis. 00:03:05.963 --> 00:03:09.793 Which is very serious for a baby. 00:03:09.963 --> 00:03:16.143 It usually leaves residual effects, such as chronic asthma or respiratory issues. 00:03:16.454 --> 00:03:22.075 But the Lord Jesus Christ, by His grace, He healed me, and I had no such after effects. 00:03:22.075 --> 00:03:30.533 Later on, as I was growing, I had spasms thrice, as a child of only a few years old. 00:03:30.661 --> 00:03:34.341 Which is very difficult for the parents to experience. 00:03:34.341 --> 00:03:39.520 They took me to the hospital and the thing about spasms is that it usually leads to a diagnosis of epilepsy. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:43.451 But again, by His grace and mercy, I did not have epilepsy. 00:03:43.451 --> 00:03:46.131 The Lord kept me and healed me. 00:03:46.131 --> 00:03:50.001 Until I became about 17 years old, 00:03:50.393 --> 00:03:54.871 I was experiencing acute pain in my eyes very frequently. 00:03:55.409 --> 00:04:02.948 Because of that, I had to turn all the blinders in the room off, so no source of light is visible and lie down under the blanket. 00:04:02.948 --> 00:04:09.054 My eyes were hurting me so much, that I was trying to sleep the pain off. 00:04:09.613 --> 00:04:14.973 After some time, I was diagnosed with intracranial sinusitis. 00:04:15.483 --> 00:04:21.750 The doctor prescribed medication and told us that if it is not effective, we will see what to do next. 00:04:22.645 --> 00:04:29.615 We asked him what that meant and the doctor was evidently anxious and did not want to say more. 00:04:30.325 --> 00:04:38.535 By God's grace, we had some morning water that T. B. Joshua had anointed and sent to us. 00:04:39.873 --> 00:04:45.786 I sprayed the morning water over me and that very night my nose finally cleared 00:04:46.023 --> 00:04:50.533 and when I woke up I saw on my bed, next to my pillow, a pool of blood. 00:04:50.704 --> 00:04:52.184 The Lord... 00:04:52.526 --> 00:04:59.314 [Applause] 00:04:59.595 --> 00:05:03.495 The Lord had healed me and I had no pain in the eyes ever since. 00:05:03.495 --> 00:05:09.575 So, I was thinking about all that and realised the sheer magnitude of God's grace over my life. 00:05:09.719 --> 00:05:13.209 Which kept me alive till today and I thank Him. 00:05:13.310 --> 00:05:15.660 For His divine mercy and grace. 00:05:15.723 --> 00:05:22.905 As for the things of God and my part in them, I thank God for using my parents. 00:05:23.535 --> 00:05:29.345 For being devout Christians and helping them transmit whatever they could to me from the Word of God. 00:05:29.475 --> 00:05:31.952 To actively take steps towards God. 00:05:32.249 --> 00:05:38.339 In fact, they were actively seeking God's real power, going beyond what they already knew. 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:41.694 To experience God working, as He did in the apostolic era of the church. 00:05:41.694 --> 00:05:47.509 As He used His son, Jesus Christ, to heal, to deliver, to prophesy (to the people). 00:05:48.294 --> 00:05:55.494 And with a marvellous way, God sent for a sister from Athens to speak to my parents. 00:05:55.494 --> 00:06:00.173 Giving them these videotapes that we once had. 00:06:00.771 --> 00:06:09.274 Showing Prophet T. B. Joshua praying, healing, delivering by the Holy Spirit's power. 00:06:09.518 --> 00:06:12.198 My parents then became ecstatic. 00:06:12.335 --> 00:06:18.485 They fell in love with this ministry because, as you know, the Holy Spirit is the one who puts it in us and leads us. 00:06:18.485 --> 00:06:20.084 Giving us this desire. 00:06:20.154 --> 00:06:24.224 So He gave my parents this desire, who became fused with this ministry. 00:06:24.309 --> 00:06:26.719 Later on, they started watching Emmanuel TV. 00:06:26.719 --> 00:06:31.452 Emmanuel TV was the satellite channel of Prophet T. B. Joshua. 00:06:32.461 --> 00:06:34.501 Us kids, also started watching. 00:06:34.501 --> 00:06:41.095 Every Sunday, people were gathering in our house and other houses of our brethren, watching Emmanuel TV. 00:06:41.095 --> 00:06:45.673 Watching God's power at work through Prophet T. B. Joshua. 00:06:45.695 --> 00:06:52.170 At some point, we realised that some man, a Greek man, named Charalambos Tsakonidis 00:06:52.170 --> 00:06:55.404 had become a disciple of the Prophet T. B. Joshua. 00:06:55.514 --> 00:07:01.884 [Applause] 00:07:03.423 --> 00:07:12.523 Not long after that, brother Charalambos Tsakonidis became a father, a mentor, an anointed servant of the Lord. 00:07:12.523 --> 00:07:16.319 Prophet and general of the Sovereign Lord! 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:21.949 [Applause] 00:07:22.226 --> 00:07:32.446 So he came forth at Emmanuel TV, man of God Harry, and said that he was Charalambos Tsakonidis and that he was coming to Greece 00:07:32.550 --> 00:07:39.070 with the Holy Spirit's fire to start a ministry and minister God's Spirit in Greece! 00:07:39.173 --> 00:07:40.078 Amen! 00:07:40.158 --> 00:07:46.499 [Applause] 00:07:47.566 --> 00:07:55.204 So, God's blessed time came, where man of God Harry came to our country. 00:07:55.204 --> 00:07:59.903 With great resilience, he built his ministry from scratch. 00:08:00.383 --> 00:08:05.653 He took with him all those who love God and wanted to participate and started the ministry. 00:08:05.796 --> 00:08:11.126 And ever since, it started growing exponentially by God's grace. 00:08:11.249 --> 00:08:16.216 At some point, the discipleship program started by man of God, 00:08:16.216 --> 00:08:24.092 because, as our Lord and Saviour commanded to go to the nations and make disciples 00:08:24.092 --> 00:08:28.689 to teach them to do what the Lord Jesus also did. 00:08:29.212 --> 00:08:35.080 So the discipleship program started and very soon, by God's grace, I was accepted. 00:08:36.452 --> 00:08:41.742 By his side, I was taught many spiritual experiences, I learned the sound doctrine. 00:08:41.742 --> 00:08:49.648 I saw God working in front of my very eyes, as Jesus Christ did in those days. 00:08:50.118 --> 00:08:56.316 [Applause] 00:08:56.439 --> 00:09:05.482 With him, I travelled all over the world for revivals of our grandfather, Prophet T. B. Joshua. 00:09:05.730 --> 00:09:13.040 Just because I happened to be at the right place, at the right time, beside the feet of my mentor to be taught by him. 00:09:13.147 --> 00:09:15.702 I learned so much from him! 00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:23.410 To make a long story short, in these 9 years, the Lord equipped me with His knowledge, with His wisdom. 00:09:23.578 --> 00:09:30.728 I thank God for deeming me suitable today to anoint and to use me to help His people. 00:09:30.728 --> 00:09:33.898 To deliver and set free His people. 00:09:33.910 --> 00:09:35.920 Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ! 00:09:36.117 --> 00:09:40.727 [Applause] 00:09:40.727 --> 00:09:43.284 Three basic things we need. 00:09:43.326 --> 00:09:48.029 First of all, you need the mystery of God's Grace. 00:09:48.599 --> 00:09:49.729 What is this? 00:09:49.928 --> 00:09:58.618 The mystery of God's grace is that it takes unusual people and puts them in His Kingdom for all eternity. 00:09:58.801 --> 00:10:08.471 When I say "unusual", I do not mean talented, smart or wise, but those who people view as unsuitable. 00:10:08.602 --> 00:10:16.662 Those who are not fast, wise nor talented. He takes them, the foolish of this world. 00:10:16.662 --> 00:10:21.372 And puts them in His Kingdom for all eternity, so that no one can boast. 00:10:21.372 --> 00:10:25.463 [Applause] 00:10:25.463 --> 00:10:36.529 Secondly, you need to find a mentor who is wiser, smarter and stronger in the Lord to guide you in the Lord's way. 00:10:36.529 --> 00:10:40.833 And I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for my mentor, man of God Harry. 00:10:40.833 --> 00:10:44.251 [Applause] 00:10:44.251 --> 00:10:50.424 Thirdly, you need to make the decision of putting your vision in the forefront of your mind. 00:10:50.508 --> 00:10:52.938 How do you know you did that? 00:10:53.072 --> 00:11:02.694 You will know it, because when you do it, suddenly nothing can make you complain, because you know that when you complain you take steps back. 00:11:02.694 --> 00:11:07.534 You will know that you cannot complain, because every situation prepares you for your vision. 00:11:08.071 --> 00:11:18.951 I thank the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for His Grace locating me, the unusual, the unsuitable and for making me suitable for His glory. 00:11:18.951 --> 00:11:27.784 I thank man of God Harry once more and I salute him in the name of Jesus Christ! 00:11:27.784 --> 00:11:42.409 [♪ Music ♪]