Hey guys!
In this video, I'm going to take some time, have some coffee with you guys
to answer some of your questions about me and DLM Christian Lifestyle.
It's going to be interesting.
So let's get to it.
Alright, let's start with the first question.
Yes, there's actually a few people who asked this one.
Daniel, what does DLM mean from DLM Christian Lifestyle?
Well, DLM stands for DL Moody.
I'm just kidding, DLM is me. My name is Daniel, D. L is my second name Louis and an M is my surname Maritz.
All right let's move on to the second question.
Daniel, what denomination or church do you go to?
I don't really like this one that much, because the moment you answer it people usually put you in a box.
They label you and I don't want people to feel and say that,
'Hey Daniel, you're not from my denomination so I'm not going to listen to you.'
I want people to listen to what I say, to judge me righteously based on what I preach,
to compare it with Scripture.
To see if it is true.
That's what you should do with all preachers and pastors.
No, no, don't ever put somebody on a pedestal just because they're a pastor or preacher,
or some of these people who call themselves prophets.
So again, I want you to judge me righteously.
Like the good Bereans when Paul preached, they searched the Scriptures daily
to see whether these things were so.
But let me quickly answer you on what I believe.
Most of you know that I've been traveling the world for about 13 years.
Traveled to over 20 different countries stayed there for about two to three months,
and I visited a lot of different churches and I would go to every church.
Everyone, if they have a pastor or somebody that preaches the word of God,
if it's true, even if you go let's say.
Let's take the baptist church for example.
If you can't go to five different baptist churches, yeah they have similar beliefs, but the pastors are different,
and of course these things are important, but the most important thing is that we
should all go back to Scripture. Back to the Bible.
So I'm not going to tell you which one i believe is the right denomination
or which one you should go to. I'm not going to say that. What I'm going to do is.
I'm just going to preach the gospel. I'm just going to preach Jesus Christ to you.
Like Paul said, he didn't want to preach anything else except Jesus Christ,
and that is what I want to do. Preach the gospel, preach Jesus Christ and that is it.
Because I have to stand in front of God one day and take responsibility, and I
want to stand in front of Him and sit and tell Him,
'God, I did my best with what You gave me and what You wanted me to do.'
You know, I don't want to stand here and just preach and talk just by myself.
I want less of me and more of God. More of just the Holy Spirit, because I am just a messenger, that's all I am.
Daniel, what do you do with the profit you make from your merch?
Okay, now this is an easy question. A couple of weeks ago when we launched our merch.
We uploaded a video explaining to you the meaning behind each design and in the video description I said,
that I am not taking any of the profit for myself, but it goes directly to the DLM team that we are building up.
You guys cannot imagine the amount of work that goes on behind this channel
and I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank you for supporting us,
and if you haven't checked out the merch yet, go check it out.
It's very easy. There are a lot of designs and so what you need to do is choose one design,
and then a specific product you want your design on, like a shirt, a hoodie, a cap, a beanie, a mug and so forth .
Now, you need to know that different products will be available on different shops.
So, so far we got a shop open in America and also in Europe
and the website links are in the video description of all my videos.
All right, the fourth question.
Daniel, what accent is that? Where are you from?
Well I was born in the beautiful country called Namibia,
and then when I was three years old my family moved to South Africa.
Now, my first language is not English.
You probably guessed it already with some of the videos.
My English is not top-notch, but it is Afrikaans which is similar to Dutch.
So, let me say something, 'Umh, God is lief vir jou en ek is ook lief vir jou.' God loves you and I love you too.
Now, my accent when I speak English is not really South African any more.
I kind of lost it, because of all the traveling and staying two and three months in different apartments,
different countries and so you stay with people from all over the world.
Brazilian, american, Russian, Chinese.
So, somehow over the years my accent changed a little bit and now it is just what it is, which is sad,
because I really love the South African accent,.
All right, let's move on to the next one.
Daniel, are you married, and what about children?
Well yes, I've been married for over 10 years with my beautiful wife, Nikita,
and she supports me in everything I do and I support her as well.
What you need to know is, that Nikita also helped me to build my channels.
She helped design the logo, the banners, some of the intros, well almost everything.
Yes, she's awesome.
Kids, well no, not yet. We've been trying, but we're one of those couples who might not have any kids.
We've been praying about it and you know we serve a powerful God,
and I told Him after a lot of praying, I have peace in my heart.
Told Him, God, You are powerful. You can do anything. If you want us to have kids,
You will give us kids to raise as Your children, but if not then I'm okay with that as well,
because I want to continue to move and walk just within your will every single day of my life.
Nikita and I, we both accept God's perfect will for our lives,
and I want to encourage you to do the same.
You might go through a lot of struggles, difficult times in this life, but keep your eyes focused on God,
because at the end, that is all that matters.
As a child of God you might lose many material earthly things, but you will never lose your soul.
Now, I hope I answered most of your questions.
If there is any more please ask in a comment section down below,
and I'll see if I can make a second Q&A video.
And umh, if you haven't watched all my videos on my channel, stick around.
Watch some of these videos that you might not have seen yet and i'll see you there.
And remember, God loves you and I love you too.
Bye!