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The Law of Seasons with Apostle Joshua Selman [Koinonia Global] · Selah Media House

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In the name of Jesus, praise the name of the Lord.
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Let's lift our hands to heaven. Father, in the name of Jesus
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Christ, we thank you for the grace to pray.
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We thank you for the grace to worship.
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Tonight we declare that there is the hearing of faith and even
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The Walking of miracles. Jesus we be care that this
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remains your place of habitation, a place of
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transformation, a place of lifting in the name of Jesus, we
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open up our hearts to access your wisdom tonight.
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Speak O God, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen and Amen.
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God bless you. Please be seated Hallelujah.
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Praise the Lord. Let me apologize for just coming
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the late coming. We're just coming straight from
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the airport and sometimes this is the sacrifice that comes with
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bearing the cross. My sincere apologies.
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We'll go straight to the ward. I have something very powerful
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and I was just praying for the grace to be able to deliver it
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to us. By the way, was a very wonderful
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time of prayer is good many times to just obtain grace from
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God and to stretch in the Spirit.
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It is part of the meeting when you take out time to pray
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Hallelujah tonight. I may not be teaching where I
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know that we're on a series of the graces that are at work.
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There are three of them left, but we may suspend them for the
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coming weeks. From Thursday, the Lord began to
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put very strong in my heart to teach what I'm about to teach.
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I've not taught it here in Abuja and I think it is a very timely
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and relevant message, especially for such a time as this.
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And so I'm praying that the Lord will grant us grace and grant us
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wisdom to learn within the time that we have in the name of
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Jesus Christ Father, tonight. This is a very special teaching
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is one that you have brought one of the mysteries of the Kingdom.
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It has brought wisdom to the life of many.
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Let it bring wisdom to your people tonight.
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This is a prayer from the depth of my heart and I pray by the
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power of the Holy Spirit that it would change our lives in Jesus
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name. Ecclesiastes Chapter 3.
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I want to share with you a very deep spiritual mystery tonight
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that controls relevance, A mystery tonight that controls
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the continuity of the impact upon the life of man.
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Hallelujah. This is a mystery that controls
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transgenerational relevance. It is the key that can keep you
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after many years even when people are falling by the
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wayside. The Bible says better is the end
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of a thing than the beginning thereof.
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That means that just because you started well does not mean you
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will finish well. Just because you started from a
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standpoint of relevance and impact, it does not mean that
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you will finish that way. Pay attention Ecclesiastes
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chapter 3. We read from verse 1 to 8 to
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everything. There is a season.
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Someone says season. So the Bible tells us that there
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are seasons and a time to every purpose under the heavens.
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Aha, there is a time to be born. It says.
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There is a time to die. There is a time to plant.
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There is a time to pluck of that which is planted.
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Verse three. There is a time to kill, There
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is a time to heal. There is a time to breakdown.
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There is a time to build up. Verse 4 There is a time to weep,
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There is a time to laugh. There is a time to mourn.
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There is a time to dance. There is a time to castaway
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stones and there is a time to gather stones together.
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There is a time to embrace, and there is a time to refrain from
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embracing. We're still reading.
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There is a time to get, and there is a time to lose.
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There is a time to keep and there is a time to castaway.
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There is a time to rend and there is a time to sow.
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There is a time to keep silence, and there is a time to speak the
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last verse. There is a time to love and
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there is a time to hate. There is a time for war, and
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there is a time of peace or intelligence.
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Student. What was the common word in
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every sentence? Time, time, time.
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Everything kept changing except one word.
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Time, time. He connected everything to times
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and he connected everything two seasons.
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First Chronicles chapter 12, please, and verse 32.
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First Chronicles, chapter 12 and verse 32 and of the children of
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Issachar, the Bible says, which were men helped us under the
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anointing place. There were men that had
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understanding of the times, he says, and they knew what Israel
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ought to do. As a result, the heads of them
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were 200 and all their brethren were at their command.
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They were people who had an understanding of the times, and
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they knew what Israel had to do. Ready for the last verse, Psalm
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90 and verse 12. A vast for wise people.
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So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts
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onto wisdom. Can we read it together?
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1 To read that we may apply our hearts onto wisdom.
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Please may I request that protocol?
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All the vacant seats aside from these ones, please let there be
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filled. There's no reason why we should
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have empty seats when there are people standing.
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Please, please, Hallelujah. We rise in this Kingdom on the
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strength of the mysteries that we know.
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I've taught you that a mystery is a modus operandi, a a body of
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knowledge that is Privy to a group of people, in this case
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Privy to believers, men and women who are in Christ.
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And so when the Bible talks about the mysteries of the
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Kingdom, it is a revelation of the modus operandi of the
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Kingdom, the way the Kingdom operates, so that by accessing
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these mysteries we can reign, we can excel in life, we can live.
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When the Lord opened me up to this truth, it so impacted my
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life. I, I wish that I, I could gather
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the whole world and preach this message to everyone alive
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because as you will be learning, there are severe consequences
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for not knowing these truths that I'm about to share.
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It does not matter whether you're a pastor, a politician, A
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businessman, it doesn't matter what work of life, young, old,
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this is a truth that applies to all.
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Hallelujah, praise the name of the Lord.
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This is the secret for transgenerational relevance.
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You understand what I'm teaching you tonight.
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After 30 years, you will still be standing, standing strong and
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doing so much for the Kingdom. Hallelujah, praise the name of
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the Lord. The Bible tells us in Genesis
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chapter 41. Please pay attention that there
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was a king in Egypt called the Pharaoh of Egypt.
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Is that true? And then the Bible says Once
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Upon a time that this Pharaoh of Egypt went to bed and this
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Pharaoh had a dream. And it was a very, very
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mysterious dream. It was a dream that troubled
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him. He was so troubled by that dream
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when he woke up, the Bible says he gathered all his wise men.
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We're going to read it. But just a background.
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And he said, what is the meaning of this?
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I'm, I'm, I'm faced with a dream here that I cannot interpret.
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That dream, you see, ladies and gentlemen, controls a mystery.
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There is a revelation behind that dream.
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The first thing I may want. This is powerful because there
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are certain levels of revelation you cannot be trusted with until
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you rise to certain Rams. The dream that Pharaoh had, even
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though he did not honor the God of the Hebrews, the God of
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heaven, he was the only one who was in a position to do
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something about that dream. There are times that God will
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have to make do with unbelievers because there are no sufficient
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unbelievers in strategic positions that can allow God
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reveal some things. Hallelujah, which is dangerous.
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We must never get to a point in our lives where God would have
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to teach us through unbelievers simply because believers have
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not accepted positions of strategic influence to allow
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them host the purposes of God for a season or for a generation
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anyway. But in this case, So Pharaoh has
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this dream and he calls on the people and eventually Joseph
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comes and he begins a discussion that will be a lesson for us
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tonight. Praise the name of the Lord.
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Please follow me patiently as we explore this dream because the
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dream is a mystery, a mystery that speaks of a a reality that
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is in the life of all men. Failure to know this will cost
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you more than you can imagine. Genesis 41 from verse one help
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us Holy Spirit. And it came to pass at the end
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of two full years that Pharaoh dreamed and behold he stood by
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the river. Verse 2 say long reading, Please
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be patient media, let's walk together.
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And behold there came up out of the river seven well favored,
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kind and fat fleshed and they fed in the medium.
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Behold, 7 other kind came up after them out of the river.
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I'll favored and lean fleshed was just talking of cows or
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calves and stood by the other kind upon the brink of the
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river. And the ill favored and lean
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fleshed kind did eat up the seven well favored and fat kind.
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This is the first mystery. This is his dream.
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Now Pharaoh has a dream and he's seen two sets of cows, 1 fat,
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healthy looking, the other slim. And then in the process of time,
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remember we're dealing with time that the lean ones at the fat
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ones are never increased in size.
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Just went like that was 5. And he slept and dreamed the
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second time. And behold 7 years of corn came
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up before 1 stock rank and good next verse please.
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And behold, 17 years and blasted with the east winds sprung up
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after them, and the 17 years devoured the seven rank and full
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years. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold it
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was a dream. And it came to pass in the
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morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called
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for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof.
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And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none that could
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interpret them onto Pharaoh. Follow carefully, then spit the
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chief Butler onto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults
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this day Pharaoh was wrought with his servant and put me in
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the ward in the captain of the God's house.
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Both me and the chief Baker, he's narrating something that
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happened and we dreamed a dream in one night.
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I and he we dreamed each man according to the interpretation
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of his dream. And there was there with us a
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young man and Hebrew servant to the captain of the God.
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And we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams.
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To each man according to his dream did he interpret.
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And it came to pass as He interpreted to us.
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So it was me he restored onto my office, and him he hung. 14 And
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Pharaoh said, and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out
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of the dungeon, And he shaved himself, and changed his remand,
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and came in unto Pharaoh. Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have
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dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.
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Are we still together? And I have heard of thee, that
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thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
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Next Verse Joseph answered Pharaoh saying, it is not in me.
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God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
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Pharaoh narrates the dream one more time.
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In case you didn't get it the first time, let's try it again.
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In my dream he said, Behold, I stood upon the Bank of the
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river, and behold, there came up out of the river seven kind fat
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fleshed and well favored, and they fed in the medium, and
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behold, 7 other kind came up after them, poor and very ill.
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I'll favored and lean flesh, such as I never saw in all the
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land of Egypt for Vadnais. And the lean and I'll favored
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kind did eat of the 1st 7 fat kind. 21 And when they had eaten
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them up. Now this is the fearful part of
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the statement. It could not be known that they
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had eaten them, so this is not an issue of hunger now, but they
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were still I'll favored as at the beginning.
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So I awoke, and I saw in my dream, and behold, 7 years came
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out in one stock, full and good, And behold, 7 years with that
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thin and blasted with the east wing sprung up after them, and
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the teen years devoured the seven good years.
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And I told this on to the magicians, but there was none
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that could declare it unto me. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh,
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The dream that fell. The dream of Pharaoh is 1.
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And God has shown Pharaoh what he's about to do.
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The dream that Pharaoh had. Pharaoh, forget about all of the
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different things you saw. It is the same thing you have
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seen, isn't it powerful, different scenarios.
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What the message is the same. God had to keep emphasizing to
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Pharaoh. Pay attention because what I'm
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showing you will surely come to pass.
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Now Joseph is interpreting the dream.
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Joseph said on to OK next verse 26.
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The seven good kind are 7 years. That means the cows have nothing
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to do with cows. The plants have nothing to do
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with plants. Can you already see that many
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people have been making mistakes in their interpretation of
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dreams? If many of you were to interpret
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these dreams now, you will be surprised at the many ungodly
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extra biblical interpretations that will come from this dream.
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Is that true? Most people will start talking
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about something that God even is not.
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His attention is not there. This already is a lesson that it
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truly takes grace from God to interpret correctly.
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I probably would have failed this interpretation woefully
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hands down. Who would ever know that a cow
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and plants could mean time. He said what you saw has nothing
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to do with animals or plants. It is a mystery of time.
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The seven good kind are 7 years. Everybody shout time.
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Please say after me years. Keep the scripture there.
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Please keep the scripture. Keep the scripture.
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We're still working on it media and he says the seven good years
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are 7 years, the dream is 1 and the 17 and I'll favoured kind
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that came up after them are also seven years.
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And the seven empty years blasted with the east wind shall
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be 7 years of famine. This is the thing which I have
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spoken unto Pharaoh. What God is about to do, He show
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it unto Pharaoh. Now pay attention.
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Let's take it again. You are Pharaoh, the king of
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Egypt, and you go to bed. And out of the many, many things
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you can see from the realm of the Spirit, God superimposes
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your revelations to bring a matter of urgency that Joseph
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says will surely come to pass. And then you have this dream.
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And this young Hebrew boy comes to tell you the dream represents
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2 sets of time. Are we still together?
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That the seven good cows just like the plants are 7 good years
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and that the other one represents 7 years also.
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And here is the mystery that years can eat years.
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I understand that animals can eat other animals.
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Is that true? But I never knew that time can
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also eat time. Pay attention now that seven
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years of plenty can be eaten by 7 years of famine, to the degree
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that you would never imagine that there was once years of
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plenty. This is a very powerful mystery.
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Please pay attention. Behold, there comes seven years
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of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
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And there shall arise after them seven years of famine, and all
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the plenty shall be forgotten. Shall forgotten in the land of
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Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land. 31 And the
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plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine
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following. For it shall be pre grievous
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next verse. And for that the dream was
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doubled onto Pharaoh twice. It is because The thing is
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established by God, and it will surely, God will surely bring it
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to pass. Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look
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out for a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of
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Egypt. He's bringing a solution.
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Now let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the
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land and take up a fifth part, 20% of the land of Egypt in the
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seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food
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of those good years that come and lay up corn under the hand
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of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
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And that food shall be for stall in the land against the seven
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years of famine. Is someone learning already
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which shall be in the land of Egypt that the land perish not
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throughout the famine. Just stop there.
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We'll take it from 37 shortly. Now please look up.
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Pharaoh is receiving counsel from a young boy empowered by
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the Spirit of God, and he's sharing a mystery that Pharaoh,
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no matter how powerful you are, no matter how powerful Egypt is,
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God is revealing to you that there is a law, the law of
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seasons. That it is a law will switch.
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It has nothing to do with you being good.
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It has nothing to do with you being bad.
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It is the law of seasons. Is that true?
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And that in every man's life, born again or not, this law is
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not one you can pray out of your life.
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It is established, Pharaoh, what you have is not just a dream.
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For Egypt is a mystery to be given to men.
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That in the life of every man born of a woman, the law of
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seasons is applicable to all. There will always be seasons of
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plenty represented by the fat cows, and there will always be
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seasons of leanness. The difference is whether you
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heed to the advice of Joseph or otherwise.
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Those who disobeyed yourself are about to pay the price with
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their entire lifetime because years can eat years.
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Are we blessed? Joseph tells Pharaoh.
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This is not something you can pray and say God change it.
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No, you see, let me tell you this.
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When God created the earth, the Bible tells us that He made the
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stars to signify times and seasons.
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The law of seasons is a very powerful spiritual law that many
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believers have not been taught and many well meaning innocent
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people have had to pay the price because they did not know how to
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discern seasons. Our opening scripture,
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Ecclesiastes, says there is a time for everything.
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It begins to list various events, but the consistent fact
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is that there is a time for them.
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Hallelujah. Yes, Pharaoh, hunger is about to
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come to the earth. Famine is about to come to the
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earth and that includes Egypt. But you have a chance now.
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There is a season here in Africa, especially Nigeria.
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We have you know and all of that.
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But then let's work with what we know.
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We have rainy season and dry seasons.
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Please look up how many of you know that all those seasons have
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their features. Is that true?
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Yes. When it is rainy, are we
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together now? It doesn't matter whether you
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are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, the moment it is
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rainy season, there are certain things that are given to you by
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reason of the season. The land is soft enough for
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cultivation. You do not need to labor so much
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to till the ground because the rain has done that for any
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season. Why?
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Because the season comes with it an advantage of a cool weather.
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You may not go through so much labor to clean and fight dust
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because the season itself helps to purify the air.
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Is that season is done, it will switch to another season and you
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will look at the ground as stone water never fell on it.
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Is that true? You will see the ground cracked.
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You will see wind that was Evergreen now looks dry and
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brown and it looks like water never fell there.
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You look at the clouds and they are so clear.
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You come out in the night and you can see the stars.
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Not because something else happened to your eyes.
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An advantage of seasons. Now it is still possible to farm
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during the dry season, but you will have to find a way of
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outsourcing water to simulate a rainy season during dry season
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for the plants to grow. This is very powerful.
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You can afford to be careless with your car.
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For instance, during the dry season, your Wi-Fi is not
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working, your lights are not working, You can afford, your
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tires are not strong. You can play all those games,
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but when it is rainy season, one night you just come out and
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without any notification a heavy downpour comes and you see the
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consequences of not having a good wiper.
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Is that true? You may not know how wrong you
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are during the dry season, but another season can show you
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whether you were doing right or not.
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Seasons are powerful. There are many things you may be
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doing wrong, but just because you have not arrived as a
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season, that will show you how wrong you are.
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You may think you are right for a long time until seasons change
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and there are times you can be doing something very right and
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look like a fool for many years because the season that shows
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your wisdom has not yet come. Once Upon a time the wisdom of
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Noah looked like foolishness because the season of rain had
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not come. Is that true?
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He kept putting the animals there and others were laughing
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at him and said to what end is this?
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But his season would soon come. Pharaoh, what you saw is a
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mystery that happens to all men that no, no matter how anointed,
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no church, no politician, no government, no nation has one
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season forever. Oscillating seasons is part of
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the law of seasons that all men must understand.
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Why am I telling you this? I'm teaching this message out of
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a heart of passion and sincerity, with no sense of
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sarcasm whatsoever. Have you seen people who
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maximize certain seasons in their lives?
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But they forgot that seasons will change and they ignored the
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advice of Joseph until the seasons changed.
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This has caught up with politicians.
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It is terrible to be out of relevance in your lifetime.
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This has caught up with men of God.
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This has caught up with family, people changing seasons that no
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season, no season ever remained to a point of penury.
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There are politicians today who were once instruments of all and
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honor, and because of lack of discernment of seasons, they
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came down. There are sincere men of God.
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They didn't backslide, but they were careless with the
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discernment of seasons, and today they have been brought
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down to nothingness. Pharaoh, the dream that you have
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is deliverance. It is a mystery that if you
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understand, will save you. The law of seasons is God
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speaking to us. In every man's life.
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There will be this season of fatness and there will be this
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season of lean cows. What do they mean?
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Write this down according to the vision or the dream of Pharaoh
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and the interpretation of Joseph.
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The seven years of plenty represents seasons of ease,
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seasons of abundance, and seasons of opportunities.
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The seven years of the fat cows. The seven years of the OR the
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seven years of fat corn and under flourishing plants
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represents 7 years of ease, EASE, years of abundance and
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years of opportunities. Please, if you're writing on the
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line, the word opportunity, seven years of fat cows
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represent years of opportunity. What opportunity?
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Opportunity to know God, opportunity to maximize destiny,
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opportunity to invest in your life.
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And then the seven years of famine represent moments of
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constraint, moments of inconvenience, moments of
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scarcity. The seven years of famine
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represent moments of constraint, moments of inconvenience,
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moments of scarcity for various reasons.
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For instance, let's use biological age.
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How many of you agree that by the time a man is 60 or 70
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years, prepared or not, seasons would have changed?
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The strength that you have when you were 10/20/30 may not be
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there again. You may not have that kind of
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energy again, seasons have changed.
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And if you are a worker in this country, maybe a federal
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government worker, a civil servant, prepared or not,
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there's something called retirement.
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Is that true? The meaning of that is that you
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may not have the opportunity to go to work and collect a regular
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salary. Again, the reason why pension
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works is because it's part of obedience to the advice of
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Joseph. Is that true?
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That from your seven years of work, something is kept so that
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by the time you retire it will be given to you again?
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We're coming there. So by the time a young man in
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ministry who is probably in his 30s or 40s is now living in the
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season of a man who is 7080 years, a man who may not have
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the energy to run around, and a young man too is doing.
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Man of God, big man, you know what you are doing.
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You are already destroying the opportunity that you have for
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the seasons that are coming. Let me tell you this, there are
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many people, there are. I watched an obituary.
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There is a course in the School of Ministry on that personal
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transformation. I, I teach the students on
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something called the graph of life.
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It's an attempt to give the students wisdom to help them
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understand the brevity of life to the end that they live
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efficient and effective lives. Are we together?
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And this, this came as a result of an obituary I saw.
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Please look up in this obituary. It was a two or three minutes TV
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program and this is what I saw. I saw a man who was in his late
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80s now had died and they were announcing, but for some reason
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they were able to gather his photos.
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I don't know how they found it, photos when he was a young boy
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to a teenager, a young adult, an adult in his middle age becoming
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elderly, an old man together with his grandchildren, and then
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a few moments on the sick bed before he died.
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They run that slide within two minutes.
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And I saw a man's entire destiny run on his slide within two
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minutes. When I watched that, it had an
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impact on my life. And that's where the Scripture
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so teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts
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onto wisdom. And I made-up my mind that I was
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going to build a course out of that experience to teach the
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School of Ministry students that as as as as long as life looks,
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it is deceitfully brief. There is a hymn that says life
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at best is very brief, like the falling of a leaf.
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Hallelujah. Are we learning something
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tonight? Please do not take anything I'm
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teaching tonight personal. It is truth that I will give
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you. I have seen people in old age
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today with nobody to help them. They walk alone as though they
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were never, they never had the privilege of youthfulness.
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And the question I'm tempted to ask is, what did they do with
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those days? Because at that time, the lean
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cows have come to eat up the fat ones.
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I told you, years can eat years. There are people today who
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retired as directors CE OS, and yet they may not be able to
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raise 100,000 with honor because during their time of glory, they
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did not know that seasons change.
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There are musicians today, respectfully speaking, there are
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sportsmen today. Once Upon a time, if you mention
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their names, people will stay awake.
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But today they can move around on the road and you see them and
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not even care about them. Why?
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Because seasons have changed. Is that true?
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Yes. Once Upon a time in this nation,
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when you mention certain names. Once Upon a time in Africa, when
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you mention certain names. As powerful as these great men
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are, look at men like Reinhard Bonke.
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Look at men like TL Osborne. Look at men like Billy Graham.
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As much as we love them, the truth is, whether we like it or
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not, according to the law of seasons, eventually they have
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gone seasons. That means everybody who finds
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himself on the stage, you better realize someone left there
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before you got there and realize that very soon the light of
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destiny is pushing you out. Now listen, there is the
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deception that comes with these seasons of glory.
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It makes you believe you will never leave the stage for any
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reason. This has deceived men of God.
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This has deceived people in politics.
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This has also deceived parents. They forgot that these children
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will one day grow and they will be young.
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And they treated the children in an evil way.
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Many of them today are all that wrinkled and left alone by angry
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adults who were once babies. There are nations today who did
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not take advantage of their human capital to invest in the
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young people during the seasons of power.
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Most of those young people are now the thieves that cause
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mayhem in society. There are people who rose in
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honor. They never raised anybody in
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their lifetime. They didn't raise anybody from
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their community. They are the only ones.
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And when the devil attacked them, he got them alone because
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they had no support system. Lend the wisdom that comes from
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this mystery. Tonight, Pharaoh, the dream is
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twice because it is established. There is nothing you can do
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against it. You can only build a system to
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overcome it. Hallelujah.
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It is a dangerous thing to once be relevant.
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It is a dangerous thing that in your lifetime you are still
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alive. And yet your life becomes a
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warning, not a message. They tell people if you want to
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go far, please don't use this reference.
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You are still alive and breathing.
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Are we learning so we know that there are alternating seasons in
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the life of anyone? The moment you see rainy season.
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Rainy season comes with a letter from dry season, I am coming.
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The moment you see dry season, dry season comes with a letter
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from rainy season I am coming. If you receive the season and
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don't receive the letter that prepares you for the next
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season, you will be in trouble. The moment you see men
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celebrating you and saying wow, triumphant entry, Remember one
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day the same people who say crucify him.
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The moment you see people saying crucify him, remember that one
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day John will also stand close to the cross.
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Listen, if you master seasons, you will remain relevant.
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Two seasons. I'm speaking because some of you
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are in this seasons right now. You can be in a season where
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nobody knows you. You're a man of God who is being
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made by God. Nobody knows you.
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No invitation, no fame, no glory, no nothing.
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And if you do not do anything with that season, that day, your
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season of appearing comes prepared or not, you see?
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Do you know, Once Upon in a time in my life I had the luxury to
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pray I could lock myself, even if it's for three days at will
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and not come out because I had the time.
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Today I don't have that kind of time.
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If I want to make that kind of time, I will have to go out of
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my way. Many programs will suffer just
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because I want three days to myself.
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Changing seasons young lady, now that you do not have children,
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God says fast for three days and he said no, you don't know the
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days that are coming. You don't know the
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responsibility of the attacks that can come on your children.
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You are enjoying the fat cows and God is saying pray young
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man, you want to start ministry. You are moving around with
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protocol. God is a nonsense.
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Sit down, there are days coming. You do not know the the demons
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that attack mantels and anointings.
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Prepare because where I am sending you to, you will need
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power in the spirit for the kind of results you want.
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Can I tell you, don't let people pity you out of preparing for
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great seasons. Sometimes people can love you
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too much. They will say this is too much,
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this fasting is too much, this thing is too much.
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They don't know the other seasons coming.
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Ali Katosh, Kate Branda Gatos Theater, Shaneka Bereko to
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Seattle. God says I want to take you and
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give you an influence with kings.
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And the Lord says go for another degree, go for another program.
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And they say it's too much and the devil is deceiving you and
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time is going. Don't say there's time.
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There's time for everything. But let me tell you, there are.
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When you buy a product, there's something written on the product
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best before. That means if you want to enjoy
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this product, consume it before certain times.
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Imagine a man of 45 years going to primary school.
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Yes, no knowledge is a waste but as far as I'm concerned, if I'm
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the teacher, that man will not write exams.
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I would just give him P and say go because I know that he's most
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likely wasting his time there. When the young people are
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jumping and rejoicing, that man will be thinking of his child.
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What is wrong with my child now? Seasons.
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There are 4 major seasons in a man's life.
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The seasons in every man's life is broken into 425 year circles.
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Please listen. There is the mourning stage of
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every man's life. This represents the 1st 25 years
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of your life whether you are prepared or not.
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The first 25 years of every man's life represents the
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mourning stage. This is the stage where you can
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make mistakes and go life Scott free.
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Life will forgive you. There are certain things that
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should have happened to your destiny at that stage.
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By the time you are 25 and certain things have not
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happened, time is already against you.
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According to God's expectation. By 25 years you should have
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found Jesus Christ. You should not be loitering
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around hoping to guess what salvation is.
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No, by 25 you should be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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By 25 you should have mastered the keys of the Kingdom.
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By 25, you should have built strategic destiny relationships.
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There are many people who got born again.
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At 30, you are already five years behind Chateau of Seasons.
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Someone of 18 years can be playing with his life.
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You who is 35 years, you are joining him to play who is
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foolish. That person can play around with
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his life and repent later on and still work within the 25 years
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you. That time has already gone.
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You don't have that time again. 1st 25 years of your life is a
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time for massive investment in your spirit, a prayer bank, ward
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bank that is the time to have a track record of commitment to
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God. The next phase of your life is
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called the afternoon stage. The morning stage is the stage
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of learning. The afternoon stage is the stage
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of execution. Represents the next 25 years of
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your life. From 26 to 50 years.
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That is not the stage of rehearsal.
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If you are still learning at that stage, you are behind time.
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You are. Imagine two seasons in one.
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That means you need an extra grace from God.
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I'm saying it because there are many people.
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God is telling you that right now.
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You missed the 1st 25 years of your life.
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You are in the 2nd 25 years, but you are still carrying over the
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the 1st 25 years. It means you must pray more.
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It means you must invest more time.
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An old man of 60 years is sleeping.
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You too. You are sleeping.
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Are. We learning something tonight,
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the stage of execution. Do you know in this nation there
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are people who became presidents in their 30s across the world?
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Is that true? Jesus Christ, Oh, I love Jesus.
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Look what he was doing at age 12.
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You now understand because he knew that destiny is measured in
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time. At age 12, when his
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contemporaries were running around and managing the
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pressures of teenage, what do you think Jesus was doing?
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He was at the temple with those who had gone ahead redeeming the
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time. When his parents came to drive
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him, he said do you not know I should be about my father's
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business? That is a 12 year old child.
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For the next 18 years we do not hear of Jesus again.
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The next time he shows up, he's a 30 year old man prepared with
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stacho and in 3 1/2 years he finished his assignment and
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signed it. Till today, nobody has been able
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to produce that kind of result. 30 years.
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Imagine someone who gets born again at 45.
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The time it will take you to know the Holy Ghost, the time it
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will take you to find a Bible believing church, the time it
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will take you to learn the principles of the Kingdom.
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Is God speaking to us. So the second season of your
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life, the season of execution, walking in the fullness of
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purpose on your assignment from 26 to 50, the third season in
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your life is called the evening stage.
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This is the stage of legacy, where at this point you are not
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trying to prove a point. Again, it is expected that
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within that time, that time of your life, the afternoon stage,
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like the sun shines brightest in the afternoon.
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That is the stage of maximum Kingdom impact.
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By the time you are 51, down to 75 is a stage of legacy.
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That's when you begin to build institutions that reflect your
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value, institutions that are prepared to outlive you.
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You are not successful until there is a generation that
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becomes loyal to your thoughts. You cannot mark your script and
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give yourself a grade. It is one generation that will
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tell us whether you are successful.
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Our success is proof that Jesus succeeded.
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It is the success of your children that show whether you
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succeeded. No matter what you are enjoying
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now, you are still a student. It is when someone comes who is,
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who comes out of you and now succeeds, that is when we know
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you have succeeded. Is God helping us tonight?
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Yes, the stage of legacy. That is the stage where you turn
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back and begin to mentor and build the generations coming,
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teaching them from your mistakes, passionately pouring
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your heart and telling them when you get here, even though it
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does not look like there is a whole trumpet, I didn't notice
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when I was there and it cost me 10 years extra.
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You hear me? There are young people today who
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are sleeping 8 hours in one day. Let me give you an advice.
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If you sleep 8 hours out of 24 years, by the time you are 30
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years, you've slept for 10 years of your life, Sleeping for 10
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years at age 30. Can I tell you the honest truth?
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I say this with every sense of respect to everybody, but
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particularly to the young people.
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Be careful with this overseeking comfort at an early stage in
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life. We have a generation that is so
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passionate about comfort. At age 20, you are already
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looking for don't, don't. I don't want anything that
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pushes me. You read the Bible for two
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hours. You sleep for four hours, can't
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go until there is a car that moves me around.
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You have to be careful. I must walk the walks of him
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that sent me while it is dead. Jesus himself said it for the
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night cometh even for Jesus, when no man can walk again.
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There are people today who had an opportunity to have built
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estates and build buildings that they and their children and
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their children's children will eat from, but selfishness and
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destruction did not allow them to know they were getting old.
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Lo and behold, they open their eyes and now they are 6070
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years. I'm not even a single building
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of residence. I'm not being sarcastic, forgive
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me, but I have to teach this. And many of us young people, we
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spent our lives criticizing men of God, criticizing parents,
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criticizing politicians, forgetting that we're also
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coming to that same stage. Many of us are right here and
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we're messing up even more than those that we criticized because
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the time it takes to prepare is the same time it takes to
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criticize. While you are criticizing and
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talking about others, time is still moving you forward.
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Prepared or not, one day the curtain will be opened.
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Is God speaking to us now? The year of legacy and the final
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stage of your life? The last 75 years is called the
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stage of rest, not death rest. If you started this journey
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completely at 75, you should almost be ready to finish your
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assignment, only consolidating and blessing the name of the
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Lord. There are few people who were
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able to demonstrate that in their lifetime.
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One of them was Billy Graham, a man who finished his assignment
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and was still alive to turn back.
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Everyone knew that this man had finished his assignment.
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The mystery of Pharaoh's dream is a lesson for everybody alive
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that seasons are changing, seasons are changing, seasons of
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opportunity will come. Now let us look at Joseph's
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advice. I have to run.
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I wish I had time to work this. Genesis 41, 37 And the thing was
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good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
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38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one
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as this is, in whom the Spirit of God is?
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, For as much as God has shown ye
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all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art.
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Thou shall be over my house, and according to my watch shall all
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my people be ruled. Thy word shall all my people be
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ruled. Only in the throne will I be
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greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
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See, I have said thee over all the land of Egypt.
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He took his ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph's hand,
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and I raid him. Investors of fine lining.
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Now you know that this isn't just change for Joseph.
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Forget about the season for Egypt.
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Joseph, season just changed. Yesterday you were a young man
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who would need to beg for water, but God took you on the seasons
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for helping interpret seasons. Your own Season 2 has changed.
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But, Joseph, make sure you follow your own advice first,
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because that law also applies to you.
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He took off his ring, put it on Joseph's hand, arrayed him.
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Investors of fine linen put a gold chain about his neck.
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Our generation called this. I don't know what.
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I've arrived. That's it.
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There, ladies and gentlemen, that is that deceptive demon of
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arrival. There I have arrived.
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And he made him to ride on the second chariot which he had.
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And they cried before him, bowed the knee, and made him ruler
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over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I
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am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand.
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My goodness, everybody says Seasons.
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Did Joseph know that one day his bones they will take out of
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Egypt? Look at the man who is receiving
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a public global commendation. I am Pharaoh, and without you
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shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
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Read on, please. And Pharaoh he called Zafnath
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Pania, and he gave him a wife, Asenath the daughter of
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Potiphara the priest of own. And Joseph went out over all the
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land of Egypt. Let's go to, OK, we'll read down
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to 49 and then we'll jump to 53 just to redeem time.
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Joseph was how old? Please talk to me.
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How old was Joseph? Why do you think the Bible would
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add his age? What do we need his age to do?
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To know the reality of seasons. He was 30 years old when he
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stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
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And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went
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throughout the land, all the land of Egypt, and in the seven
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plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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And he gathered up the food of the seven years which were in
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the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities, The food
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of the field which was around about every city.
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He laid up in the same last verse.
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And then we moved to 53, and Joseph got that corn as the sand
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of the sea very much until he left numbering, for it was
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without number. Go to 53, and the seven years of
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plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt, where ended seven
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years of plenty can end. Seven years of plenty can end
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seven years of plenty can end. Next verse.
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And the seven years of death began to come, according as
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Joseph had said, And the death was in all the land, and in all
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the land of Egypt. But in all the land of Egypt
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there was bread. And when all the land of Egypt
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was furnished, the people cried unto Pharaoh for bread.
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And Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, go to
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the person who has the formula for connecting seasons, go to
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that man, he's must on how to preserve bread regardless
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season. Let me tell you this, when you
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see people whose results don't change and it looks like they
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are ever rising, it's not because this law does not
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happen. They have followed the advice of
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Jacob, of Joseph, of Joseph. So even when there is famine,
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there is still rainy season in their life.
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And you are wondering, is this rainy season universal?
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No, they created their own Goshen out of Egypt.
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Are we together now? Yes.
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When the Bible says the path of the just is as a shining light,
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it says it because there is an advantage of the wisdom of
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Joseph to the Saints. So what was the advice of
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Joseph? Very quickly, because we have to
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pray. Is someone learning something?
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The advice of Joseph was saved and invest.
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This is not in Financial Times at all.
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Just pay attention, save and invest.
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Save what? The first thing to save is time,
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not things. You have not really saved if all
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you save are things the Bible says we got us on wise redeeming
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the time. The most precious commodity to
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save and to invest is time. Not things, not money.
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If you lose time and you have money, you lost.
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Record it as a lost. If you gain things, Hallelujah.
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And so his advice was save 20% of those seasons and begin to
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invest those seasons for the days of that reality that
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happens to all men. You cannot stop the seasons, but
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you can shield and immune yourself to a point that you and
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all who are connected to you will not even know that.
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This to sustain impact and relevance based on Joseph's
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interpretation of Pharaoh's dream.
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I give you a few keys since he said what do you do during these
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seasons of opportunity that happened to all.
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There are many of us who are in the heart of that season.
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Your 7 fat cows, your 7 fat plants, they are flourishing.
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But remember that seasons are passing.
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Let me give you a counsel from the Word of God.
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Number one, the first thing we do with seasons of opportunity
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is that we use them to build capacity.
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Your first assignment during seasons of plenty, during
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seasons of abundance, during seasons of ease, is capacity.
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Second Kings chapter 4, when you read from verse one to six, this
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was the story of the wife of the sons of the prophet.
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Remember the IT took the union of the vessel and the oil for
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profits to come. Oil alone does not give profit.
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It is oil with plenty vessels that is equal to profit.
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If you have great oil and small vessel, you will still be poor.
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The woman had oil in her house but the vessel was small.
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When you have seasons of opportunity, seasons of health,
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seasons of youthfulness, seasons where your destiny help us are
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around, maximize those seasons to build capacity, spiritual
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capacity, intellectual capacity. Use these seasons to build
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capacity. Are we learning?
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So that's the first thing we do with seasons of opportunity #1
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build capacity. Your prayer life, your word
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life, your time with God. Because you see, there are
1:01:22
responsibilities that leadership of all sorts will bring into
1:01:25
your life that may not allow you the convenience to do certain
1:01:29
things with the liberty you had to do before.
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Again, Hallelujah #2 what do you do with these seasons, the
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seven, your seven years of abundance, your seven years of
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fatness? The second thing you do is build
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quality relationships. Build quality relationships.
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That's what we do with these seasons.
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Build quality relationships. Ecclesiastes chapter 4.
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Please. Let's hurry up.
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We'll read from verse 99 to 12. Ecclesiastes chapter 4 Build
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relationships, just what the Bible says 2 are better than one
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because they have a good reward for their labour, so the two
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people must not be lazy. The Bible says two of them have
1:02:27
labour, is that true? It says for if they fall, one
1:02:33
will lift up his fellow, but war to him that is alone when he
1:02:37
fall it, for he had not another to help him up again.
1:02:43
If two lie together, they have heat, but how can one be warm
1:02:48
alone? 12 And if one prevail against
1:02:52
him, two shall withstand him, And a threefold cord is not
1:02:57
easily broken. Can I tell you during your
1:02:59
seasons of plenty, your seven years of plenty, that is the
1:03:04
time to pray in the Spirit and say Lord, bring destiny
1:03:07
relationships to my life. Bring quality people who love me
1:03:11
because of me. Quality people who are not just
1:03:16
looking for money or titles. Our world is full of people who
1:03:20
prey on you and climb you like ladders to where they want to
1:03:23
go. You need quality people.
1:03:25
Can I tell you this war betides a man who is full of men but
1:03:30
does not have relationships? How many people today have
1:03:39
stepped into their dark days and their dark moments and there's
1:03:42
almost no one? Look at Jesus.
1:03:44
You're Jesus, my Jesus. When Jesus was on his way to
1:03:48
God, got a question. Where were all the people who
1:03:51
received miracles from his crusade?
1:03:54
Those who had 5005 loaf and two fish?
1:03:58
Where were they? Where were all the women who
1:04:01
were singing his praises? Hosanna, Blessed is he who comes
1:04:05
in the name of the Lord. Where were even his disciples?
1:04:08
They run away, Paul. So run away.
1:04:11
Paul called a small girl woman because he was running away from
1:04:15
Jesus. I mean, Peter, Peter, you look
1:04:21
like you have No, no, no, no, no.
1:04:23
I've not been with him. It was only John that stayed
1:04:27
when Jesus was on the cross. Do not let circumstances choose
1:04:33
your relationships. Choose your relationships with
1:04:36
understanding. Sit down with the Word and with
1:04:40
the Spirit of wisdom and ask yourself what kind of destiny do
1:04:44
I desire? War betides any man when you are
1:04:48
in moments. I've taught you this about
1:04:50
relationships. That's why in that days and
1:04:53
seasons in your life and there is nobody to call you to say I
1:04:57
hear you just lost this election, but we're standing by
1:05:01
you. We love you genuinely.
1:05:03
I hear you just lost money. 1 billion naira just disappeared.
1:05:06
Can I tell you if you need food provided I am alive, your
1:05:11
children will not beg for food. I will keep paying their school
1:05:14
fees till you recover. Can I?
1:05:15
I tell you not everybody is greedy.
1:05:17
There are sincere people. They are hard to find, but pay
1:05:21
the price to find them. Let.
1:05:28
Me ask you an honest question. The first time I thought this
1:05:31
message, I asked that question and I want to ask it now.
1:05:35
Is there someone right now as you're looking at me?
1:05:38
Is there someone in your life you can honestly call for help
1:05:42
no matter what time of the day or night and they will get up
1:05:46
and respond to you. If you don't have such a person,
1:05:48
your life is in danger. Now I am telling you a possible
1:05:52
I am what they call that thing where people like you, they like
1:05:58
you. Oh dear, I can't remember it
1:06:00
now. No, no, it's not photogenic.
1:06:03
Photogenic is camera. Yes, yes, sycophants.
1:06:11
I there's something in me that makes everybody like me.
1:06:14
Think again. Let me tell you, think again.
1:06:18
Men are selfish. When you look like a ladder, you
1:06:22
will see many of them. Let them just say you looking
1:06:26
like a ladder. And here they come, ready to
1:06:29
climb messlessly. There are many of us here right
1:06:37
now. The reason why you are almost
1:06:39
dying of depression is because there is nobody in your life who
1:06:43
can stand and say let's pray. I came to spend the whole
1:06:47
weekend with you because I hear you were bereaved.
1:06:50
I cancelled all my programs and you say why did you do that?
1:06:54
Because of love. To let you know there are still
1:06:56
genuine people. Genuine people ask us, they are
1:07:00
like gold, pay the price to find them early.
1:07:08
Is someone learning now? I tell you, if you have the
1:07:11
wealth of men, genuine men who love Jesus and love you, you are
1:07:15
wealthy indeed. Yes, there are people today who
1:07:20
may not have connections, they may not have educational
1:07:23
qualifications, but God has honored them with the gift of
1:07:26
men. They can call and say, please, I
1:07:28
don't mean to insult you, but there is someone who is sick and
1:07:32
they say for you, I'm on my way coming.
1:07:35
Do you know your name can be a key or a padlock.
1:07:39
Your lifetime is what decides it.
1:07:42
There are people today who have changed their names because if
1:07:45
they ever tell people they are carrying that surname, they'll
1:07:48
say which one, mention the name again, that other one.
1:07:54
Where was he in 1971 to 1975? Or he walked with railway Well
1:07:59
out of my office. And you, you just refresh a
1:08:02
painful wound and something that was a key becomes a padlock.
1:08:07
I forbid your name from becoming a padlock.
1:08:21
Is someone learning tonight? Build relationships.
1:08:29
Powerful relationships. I may not have the school fees
1:08:36
to pay for my child and someone says over my dead body, I
1:08:39
remember what you did for me in 1981.
1:08:42
And I vowed that for as long as in my life there are people who
1:08:46
have gone to be with the Lord today.
1:08:48
But they went to be with the Lord smiling because they saw
1:08:51
people standing before them that they knew will make sure their
1:08:54
children don't cry. And they say I will live in
1:08:57
peace because I know that someone will be there to defend
1:09:01
me. There are people who is not the
1:09:03
fear of death that makes them cry is the fact that they know
1:09:07
that if they if this if their breath ceases today, they will
1:09:11
shred their entire names and their families into pieces.
1:09:17
Please, like what I'm sharing, I'm teaching you by the Spirit.
1:09:20
This is what we gain when we come to the House of God.
1:09:23
So all the people you are insulting in your office because
1:09:27
you have money, all the people you are insulting around for us
1:09:30
young people who are insulting fathers, insulting everybody I
1:09:34
give you AI don't know if it's a good or bad news, but it's a
1:09:37
news. It's serious news that one day,
1:09:41
one day you will reap from that seed you are sowing.
1:09:50
There are people today who are not supposed to have certain
1:09:52
jobs or just because they mentioned this, you know this
1:09:56
man, let me tell you in so, so, so, so yes.
1:09:59
And a job interview becomes a long story.
1:10:02
And after you talk to the person who by the way, where are you
1:10:04
staying? Says I honestly, as I'm, I just
1:10:07
came to Abuja, I don't even know the name of the area where I am.
1:10:11
And the person says go and get him a place at my cost.
1:10:15
And you see the person and say I hope you are doing things
1:10:17
correctly. So I'm reaping from the benefits
1:10:20
of someone's relationship. Be careful how you treat people.
1:10:25
Be careful how you treat people. Be careful how you treat people.
1:10:30
One day the person you are looking down on, you will open
1:10:33
the door of an office and see him sitting down and you say,
1:10:37
welcome, you can be seated. Because from here you are going
1:10:39
to prison straight. Straight giving minerals.
1:10:44
As soon as you are done, you are going to prison straight.
1:10:48
I know we're laughing, but I hope we're hearing what God is
1:10:51
saying, because God is speaking. There are many people today who
1:11:06
are surrounded by men and women who can help them.
1:11:09
Can I tell you when you find out that a man is close to many
1:11:14
helpers and yet nobody's helping him, don't be too quick to
1:11:18
conclude that the helpers are bad people.
1:11:20
Ask questions. What happened?
1:11:24
What happened? Why are you surrounded by people
1:11:27
who can open doors for you and yet everyone ignores you?
1:11:31
Could it be that you are reaping the harvest of the seeds you so
1:11:35
gallantly sowed? I made-up my mind that I do not
1:11:42
want in my lifetime. Let it never be that one day you
1:11:46
mentioned Joshua Salman and someone says no.
1:11:49
I intended blessing you, but now that you have mentioned his
1:11:51
name, walk out of here politicians, one day you will
1:11:59
not be in that office. Man of God, whether Jesus comes
1:12:04
or you meet him, in any case you are going to move that for sure.
1:12:12
Father, Mother, the baby you now treat anyhow will be the one to
1:12:17
take care of you in old age when seasons change.
1:12:20
Learn to be responsible now. They will not give you money any
1:12:24
every day. If they will come, your father
1:12:26
will say at your age I was already out.
1:12:28
Go out of my house now and proof.
1:12:31
Make full proof of your ministry.
1:12:37
Maximize relationships. Are we learning?
1:12:41
So I, I, I asked a question that was what led me into this
1:12:44
discussion. Is there somebody in your life
1:12:47
today who you can call and he can stand with you in prayer?
1:12:52
It's just someone in your life today who you can open the
1:12:56
secrets of your destiny and still go back and sleep with two
1:12:59
eyes closed. That you can tell the person,
1:13:03
our family. Is going to an attack now.
1:13:06
And the person says over my dead body.
1:13:08
As for me and my my wife and my children, be sure that we are
1:13:12
awake praying for you. We will pray till breakthrough
1:13:16
comes. They will pray our service their
1:13:18
own child that is going to hell. Do you have such people in your
1:13:21
life? War betides a man who is alone
1:13:25
when these seasons come. The Bible.
1:13:30
The Bible. Gives us a very.
1:13:32
Interesting rendition. There's no time for that now to
1:13:35
to check that. But you would have read about a
1:13:38
man in scripture who heard that his boss was going to drive him
1:13:43
away. When he heard that his boss
1:13:45
would drive him away, he called all the people who were owing
1:13:47
the boss. How much do you owe?
1:13:49
Let me reduce something. Not my face, not my face.
1:13:53
And when the boss drove him, he called him and said, where are
1:13:56
you people? I scratched your back yesterday.
1:13:58
Oh, yeah, my back is scratching me now.
1:14:04
Even though the reason for relationship should not be
1:14:07
selfishness, should be that you love them genuinely, You have to
1:14:12
go and pray this night. And say, Lord, give me the.
1:14:15
Gift of Destiny, Covenant friends.
1:14:18
I'm tired of general relationships.
1:14:25
Oh really? You don't have a child?
1:14:28
Two years. No child.
1:14:29
I'm fasting. And praying with you, we are
1:14:31
getting into this together. No, no, don't worry, I will
1:14:34
handle no way. When people love you just
1:14:42
because of money or anointing. Opposition and most people will
1:14:47
that's the that will be the business.
1:14:50
Can I tell you this when people are clapping for you before you
1:14:53
receive it? Look.
1:14:53
Well who is clapping because some people are clapping for
1:14:57
themselves through you. Well, I'm happy that my money
1:15:01
bank is. Still alive?
1:15:02
You are healthy, are you? OK, because I'm about to ask you
1:15:05
for school fees. There is a building project that
1:15:07
is going on. I can't get you Panadol.
1:15:10
I can sow a seed. Are you alright?
1:15:12
What they are saying is my project, my fundraiser.
1:15:16
Are you alive The day they roof that house?
1:15:19
If you like, die on that day. And many of us need to be
1:15:25
discerning because just because people.
1:15:27
Laugh and celebrate you. You draw them to the holy of
1:15:30
holies of your destiny. No, Put a strict spiritual
1:15:35
immigration officer around your life that before you move from
1:15:41
outer court. To inner court you must.
1:15:43
Pass that test indeed, from inner court to the Most Holy
1:15:48
Place. Just because you meet someone
1:15:53
and the person loves you, said my God.
1:15:56
Apostle Joshua Selma, you preach so powerfully.
1:15:59
In 5 minutes you've told them everything about your life.
1:16:04
Also let you know that in fact, my mother is a.
1:16:05
Witch is an issue we're still dealing with.
1:16:07
Now who asked you? Look at just 5 minutes and are
1:16:13
you aware? That that's why even why I
1:16:15
borrowed it come. In fact, let's sit down and for
1:16:17
five hours you are by the side of your bed discussing things
1:16:21
and the person laughs until 2. Two weeks later you find out
1:16:26
that the person was actually looking for your enemy.
1:16:29
It's just that He came to you, and now you open up several
1:16:32
things about your life to your peril.
1:16:35
So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts
1:16:40
unto wisdom. Let people qualify for access to
1:16:44
your. Destiny don't open.
1:16:46
Up the gates of your destiny to just everybody.
1:16:49
Love everybody, but don't relate with everybody.
1:16:52
No association is not by force. Choose it with respect to God's
1:16:57
agenda and your destiny. Are we together?
1:17:02
And beware of people. Who want to?
1:17:04
Be your friends without changing.
1:17:06
Their values be careful if you come to my house and the
1:17:11
protocol is to take. Off your shoes you take.
1:17:13
Off your shoes, you see that there are people who want to
1:17:16
come with their shoes and sit. This is just a parable not
1:17:19
doesn't mean literally if I come to your life.
1:17:24
And I find out that your priority.
1:17:26
Is Jesus. I must honor Jesus and it must
1:17:28
remain so. I cannot want to create an
1:17:31
exemption and yet want to be close to you.
1:17:34
It doesn't work that way. Beware of people who do not
1:17:38
respect your values and yet want relationships with you.
1:17:42
They may be sincere, but they are dangerous people.
1:17:51
So #1 what do you do with seasons of abundance?
1:17:54
Build capacity #2 build relationships #3 What do you do
1:18:02
during the seasons? Selflessly invest in blessing
1:18:07
and transforming as many lives. The third thing you do with this
1:18:12
seasons of. Opportunity your 7.
1:18:15
Years selflessly invest in blessing and transforming as
1:18:20
many lives. We see this in the life.
1:18:26
Of David, we're about to pray first.
1:18:28
Samuel chapter 22 from verse one and two please.
1:18:31
First Samuel chapter 22 from verse one and two.
1:18:35
The Bible says David therefore departed things and escaped to
1:18:39
The Cave of Adulam, and when his brethren and all his father's
1:18:44
house heard it, they went there to meet him.
1:18:46
This was when David was running away from Saul.
1:18:49
Look at the caliber of people who came to David and everyone
1:18:53
that was in distress and everyone that was in debt and
1:18:58
everyone that was discontented. They gathered themselves on to
1:19:02
him and he became captain over them and they were with him
1:19:07
about 400 men. Can we imagine the level of
1:19:10
selflessness it takes to be captain over these people?
1:19:14
You are. You can't expect anything in
1:19:15
return from these people, people who had distressed, people who
1:19:19
were in debt, people who were already disenfranchised, and now
1:19:23
he became captain over them. By the time we get to Second
1:19:28
Samuel, chapter 23, Second Samuel, please, chapter 23 from
1:19:33
verse 8, Second Samuel 23 from verse 8, their names are
1:19:38
changed. They were no longer weak men.
1:19:41
These be the names of the mighty man whom David had David ton,
1:19:47
weak men who were in distress, weak men who were almost in
1:19:51
debt, and he transformed them by selflessly investing in them
1:19:56
until their names change to the mighty men that David had the
1:20:02
tack more night that sat in the seat.
1:20:04
Chief among the. Captains watch this, he says.
1:20:07
The same was Adino the S Knight, he lift up his fair against 800,
1:20:13
whom he slew one time. What mighty men next verse
1:20:17
please. And after him was Eliazad the
1:20:20
son of Dodo the Alhite, one of the three mighty men with David,
1:20:25
when they defied the Philistines that were gathered together to
1:20:30
battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.
1:20:33
Next verse please. The Bible says he arose and
1:20:36
smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand
1:20:41
cleave to his sword. And the Lord wrote great victory
1:20:44
that day, and the people returned after him only to the
1:20:48
spoil. Watch this next verse, please.
1:20:51
And after him, Shama, the son of Aggie.
1:20:54
The hara, right? He says, and the Philistines
1:20:56
were gathered together on onto a troop where was a piece of
1:21:02
ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines
1:21:06
were reading. 217 Watch this. But he stood in the midst of the
1:21:09
ground and defended it, and slew the Philistines, and the Lord
1:21:14
gave him great victory. Remember who they were before.
1:21:17
Look what David told them to become.
1:21:20
And three of the 30 chief went down and came to David in the
1:21:25
harvest time in The Cave of Adulam.
1:21:28
And the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Refame.
1:21:33
David was then in a hold and of the Garrison of the Philistines
1:21:38
in Bethlehem. And the Bible says David Longan
1:21:41
said, watch, this is good to raise men.
1:21:45
David said, oh, that I would drink of the pool of the waters
1:21:50
of the well of Bethlehem, which is at the gate, and those who he
1:21:54
had raised. And what did you say?
1:21:56
You said you are testy, you want water from Bethlehem.
1:21:59
Watch this. And the mighty men breakthrough
1:22:02
the host of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of
1:22:05
Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to
1:22:09
David. Nevertheless, David said, you've
1:22:12
killed too many people. Warriors, What did I make you
1:22:15
become? Don't expect loyalty from
1:22:18
anybody you did not invest in. Don't appear in people's future.
1:22:23
And claim is taking. Their lives.
1:22:26
There are many people today who have not invested in building
1:22:29
anybody. You just gather successful
1:22:31
people and you want to claim their lives?
1:22:35
No, Sir, if you were there during their dark days, they
1:22:39
will remember you in glory. There are politicians.
1:22:45
Who have gotten this right? Others got it.
1:22:47
Wrong. There are men of God who have
1:22:49
gotten this right. Others got it wrong.
1:22:51
There are parents who have gotten this right.
1:22:54
Others got it wrong. May you get it right.
1:22:57
Every opportunity God gives you, invest in someone.
1:23:02
Some of them will ignore you. Some of them will turn back.
1:23:05
Don't worry, you will always find faithful people say we
1:23:09
remember, we have pledged our loyalty.
1:23:11
Just because you are testy, they will pull down with peoples of
1:23:15
leadership. Visionary leaders do not
1:23:18
maintain followers. They turn those leaders, those
1:23:21
followers to leaders. And like Doctor Miles will say
1:23:25
of blessed memory, they will now turn the leaders into agents of
1:23:28
change. Can I tell you this, do not
1:23:31
allow a generation pass without having your investment
1:23:35
represented. There some of these children
1:23:37
that many of you see and push them in a bid to look for Joshua
1:23:40
Salman. They are the next apostles you
1:23:42
are pushing. Mighty men, it is my passion.
1:23:51
That God will think for. Yourself.
1:23:53
I'm raising you. For myself, that's already
1:23:55
selfishness that you invest in people selflessly.
1:24:00
Can I tell you this? They may ignore you for a while,
1:24:03
but the reality of your investment will bring them.
1:24:06
One day. They will realize that not
1:24:08
everybody is that selfless. For someone, you can start with
1:24:13
your children. There are many people, but they
1:24:16
land them outside. So those they are close to are
1:24:19
those who fed them intellectually and spiritually
1:24:22
and otherwise. Can I tell you this?
1:24:30
No. Matter how anointed I am, no
1:24:32
matter how blessed I am, if I go to someone today in the
1:24:36
generation of our fathers like Baba de Boyer, even if I remove
1:24:40
a human head and fix it back as a miracle, they will thank me.
1:24:43
But they will be on their way to redemption camp because that is
1:24:46
the voice that grew with them, The key to transgenerational.
1:24:51
Relevance is don't just. Impact a generation, grow with
1:24:54
that generation, grow with that generation laboriously.
1:25:00
Invest in the people. They may not reward you, but
1:25:03
invest sincerely. A day will come when the
1:25:07
presidents of nations will be people who are fruits of your
1:25:10
apostleship. Impact them sincerely and watch
1:25:14
them grow. Their honor and their lifting is
1:25:18
what will keep you up. God does not throw people.
1:25:23
He lifts people, everything. Lifted is lifted because it is
1:25:26
connected to the ground. No matter how high a skyscraper
1:25:29
is, it does not float. Anything that floats in the air
1:25:32
will come down #1 Build capacity #2 build strategic destiny
1:25:43
relationships #3 selflessly invest in blessing and
1:25:52
transforming as many lives are possible.
1:25:54
You're just talking. You don't know how many children
1:25:56
are brought to my house to raise.
1:25:58
Almost 90% of them have become robust.
1:26:00
Don't worry, you will reap what you sow, not where you sowed.
1:26:05
You can sow in Nigeria and reap in US.
1:26:08
Is still your harvest. One child among the many who
1:26:13
will. Do well will be.
1:26:14
Equivalent to hundred children. Hallelujah.
1:26:23
Invest in transforming as many I heard a man.
1:26:27
Of God say this, It is better to be kind than to be right.
1:26:32
There are many times. You will need to prefer.
1:26:36
Kindness than being right. The pressure to prove you are
1:26:40
right. It is nobler to pursue kindness.
1:26:44
There are times you are wrong but you are right, but you will
1:26:46
still fail. Right does not always.
1:26:51
Mean success, right? Does not always mean victory,
1:26:55
but kind will always mean victory.
1:27:00
Hallelujah. Are we learning?
1:27:03
The final thing and then we'll pray.
1:27:05
Thank you for. Your patience.
1:27:08
What do I do with my seasons of abundance?
1:27:11
Study and carefully follow those who have maintained relevance
1:27:16
through seasons study and carefully follow those who have
1:27:22
maintained relevance through seasons.
1:27:25
Hebrews chapter 6 and verse 12 Did I give you a title for
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tonight's teaching the Law of. Seasons you may want.
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To write that down, the law of seasons, it says that ye be not
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slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience
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inherit the promise. Every time I have the honor of
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speaking to any of our fathers or mentors or senior people,
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whether in ministry, in life, who have gone ahead of me, I
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don't approach them as Apostle Joshua Salman.
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I go there like a sponge, like an ignorant person ready to
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learn wisdom and my goodness. Sometimes in 5 minutes they will
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tell you something that will define the next 10 years of your
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life. Let me give you an advice.
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When you stand before greatness, don't contribute.
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Listen, when you stand, don't go and stand.
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Before people you know they. Are all billionaires
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respectfully speaking? You may not have anything yet.
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I'm very quick. No, no, no.
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Is is is not First Bank is Access Bank.
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How much do you have? Just keep quiet.
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Whether you are right or wrong, listen and learn.
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You stand before senior fathers of faith and that No, no, no,
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you made a mistake. It's Acts chapter 2.
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I just read it. Whenever you stand before
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greatness, minimize contribution.
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Be a listener. It is the secret of receiving
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from the great sometimes what they will.
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Say they may fail in statistics. They may misquote.
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Scriptures don't worry, adaptation is proof of honor.
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Just endure be looking for what they are saying that can bless
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them. Mama, how were you able to raise
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11 children and the least among them is a professor?
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Today my mom may not be able to speak English and your just
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listen to what she's saying. There is a formula that through
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the frailty of our communication will drop to your hands when you
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receive it. You can change the people.
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Can I tell you this every time results are consistent, it means
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they happen by laws consistent. Results are proof that you have
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gained mastery. Show us the ancient paths.
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Will you lead us along? Eternal.
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Highway. We want to follow the ways of
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Jesus. We want to enter your rest.
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Will you show us the ancient? Paths.
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Lead us along. Eternal.
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Highway We want to follow the footsteps of Jesus.
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We want to enter. What is the?
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Conclusion. Lamentations chapter 3 and verse
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27. The Bible says it is good that a
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man bear his yoke in his youth. There is timing every time.
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It's not the most convenient time.
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Now listen to me, you see the reason?
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Why we pray for things. Like restoration and things like
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speed, because by default there are people whose seasons are
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already against you. But this systems of advantage
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come by the Spirit to help you remedy many of you right now
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your seasons of. Glory.
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Are almost changing, but you did not build capacity.
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The time you should be spent praying you were.
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Criticizing and talking. About people, the time you
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should be fasting and building energy in the spirit.
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Now they have made you the pastor of a parish.
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In two weeks you have no messages again because the 10
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years of preparation as an OSHA, the 10 years of preparation as a
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a sanctuary keeper, it was not about sanctuary keeping, it was
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preparation but you ignored it because your eye was looking at
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the stage and the preparation that should happen within that
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season. There are many clerks today who
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are governors in disguise but rather than learning, they are
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complaining. My boss is a greedy man.
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He gives everybody 1010 million men of God come and he gives
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them 50 million. I am here cleaning and God is
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saying you will remain a clerk there because of that evil
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heart. Someone can be cleaning and say,
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let me listen to the advice when you become a governor.
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No, be a responsible person and the clock hears it and writes it
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down and someday God says you have passed the test.
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Hear me every time God gives you an opportunity to serve, he gave
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you an opportunity to learn. Don't waste it, you will not.
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Always be a. Student One day you will be a
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lecturer yourself, but make sure whilst you're a student you look
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beyond the lecturers limitations and learn what you need to
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learn. I thank God for today, for the
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lessons and the privilege. And the opportunities that he
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granted to learn some of the people who got used to teach me.
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Were harsh people. Some of the people who got used
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to teach me, I mean it was as if they were misen the information.
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Can you endure so that you will learn and be built.
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There are many of. You you need to see a man of
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God, for instance, maybe your pastor or.
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Someone and 5 minutes. You said you are wasting my
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time. You put your hand in your
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pocket. What are you doing?
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No, I just started a walk. And I just need a blessing or
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one or. 2 words of advices. You won't rise that way already.
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That's it qualifies you to remain like that I.
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Aspire to be a politician. I hear that there are some
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senators around. And let me just hear you know,
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these men, I even dull, they just read the election.
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They don't have anything to say. And God says look at the kind of
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heart that wants to be governor one day.
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Can I tell you this? Learn to honor everyone ahead of
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you. They didn't get there by luck
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just because you don't understand how they got there.
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When you seek consistent results, respected even if the
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personnel of the individuals is not inviting and your.
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Some of them are your parents, some of them are your loved ones
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and your. A woman who may have been, say,
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for instance, a widow for. 30 years and yet none of our
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children has begged for bread and you sit down with one child
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and you are struggling. And she says can I advise?
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You for my mind, you are old school.
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You don't know what to say. 30 years you've had me say I'm both
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older, New school. It depends on what you.
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Are talking about sometimes this idea of new school, old school
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is why people go down. It says remove not the ancient
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landmark. Don't change what works.
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Are we together now? I tell.
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You the truth by the God. Of heaven, the season you now
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are in. No matter what you think about
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it, that season will not remain like that.
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Your victory will remain. But seasons change.
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If you obey the advice of Joseph, O Man of God,
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politician, man, woman, your season can always remain.
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Rainy and bright. But just because Egypt has food
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does not mean the whole world have food.
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It was one man's advice that kept them to the point that even
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Jacob, although he was a prophet, hunger drove him to
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Egypt because even as a prophet, he was not discerning to know.
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There are parents today who can go to be with the Lord with joy.
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Because they took advantage of the seasons before them, and
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they built something worthwhile. To the young, you have time,
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look for wisdom. To the old, you have wisdom.
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Please don't die with it. Let the young receive.
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When God wants to help young men, he takes the wisdom of the
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old and adds it to the time of the young.
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That's how he blesses them. Possible.
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I've made so many mistakes in my life.
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And it looks like time is gone. Now time is not gone, even if
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you are Abraham, God is able to make time be restored.
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Now you see the relevance of the statement.
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And I will restore the years. Apostle, I am now 45 years.
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As a man of. God, I'm still learning the
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fundamental rudiments of me of ministry that I should have
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learned when I was 1819. Fear not, the Holy Ghost can
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accelerate your journey. Apostle, I just got born again
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when Koinonia started. Where do I start from?
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All my children are now teenagers.
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How can I help them? God can help you, that's why he
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sent us. We represent.
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The past that you lost. We have come as God's instrument
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of mercy. Apostle, I lost 30 years and
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God. Says you have gained.
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It back. Now you may not be able to do
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anything about. Yesterday.
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But you can begin today to be intentional about your life.
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Intentional about. Everything you are doing.
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Some of you wine ministry may need to take a break and go and
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settle down and learn how this thing works rather than shadow
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boxing and repeating mistakes and failures forever.
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The moment you find out that your life is not producing
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consistent results, do not be ashamed to stop what you are
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doing and learn. Some of you right now, you are
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hearing me. I'm speaking to you by the
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Spirit. Do not be ashamed to go back to
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the school of the Spirit and learn.
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You still have time to learn, Apostle.
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I'm a pastor. God has called me to be a
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prophet, but I don't know anything about the prophetic.
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And I'm there misleading people. Find strength, dear brother.
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Find strength, dear sister. There is still a way.
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There are many of you who are crying because you have lost
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seasons. Can I tell you this?
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You may not be able to do. Anything about yesterday?
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What you can do something about today?
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There are some of you whilst you are sitting right now.
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You should go back. Quickly and look for a further
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certification quickly because you have two more years left.
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Don't allow that door to close. Don't allow mediocas to flatter
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you and say you are all right. Remember your destinies with
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kings. Joseph, you are only in the
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prison for a while. Don't get the prison life put
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you down. There are men and women of God
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who need to go for a retreat. All this exposure everywhere.
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I am a man of God. You need to go down and say
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Lord, what is the next 10 years of ministry look like?
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Just because you were relevant yesterday does not mean you will
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be relevant tomorrow. There are politicians that need
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to go to God. Lord, show me the blueprint.
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What is Nigeria going to look like in the next 10 years?
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What are the secrets of relevance for the next season?
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And God says, I have told you, call on to me, hear me man of
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God, in the next 5-10 years, the dynamics of ministry will not be
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the way it is right now. Sincerity will not be the only
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key you need. You need to get the voice of His
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Majesty telling you this is going to be the way ministry
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will be like businessman you may be.
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Doing well today, but. The next 10 years will not be
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the way it is now. Life is in circles.
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You must must have the circle of your season and then.
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The moment you are in a season of greatness, build capacity,
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build relationships, raise men, follow the great.
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I give you 4 unbeatable keys. You walk with these keys by the
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spirit, whether you are in your rainy or dry season.
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As for your victory, it will remain untouched.
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Please rise up on your feet. Rise up on your feet.
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Let's minimize movement, please. We're.
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Almost done. Thank you for your patience.
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In one minute, I'd just like you to reflect on everything I've
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said outside, inside, following online, all through today's
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service. The Lord has come with His word
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of power. And word of grace.
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Speaking wisdom to our hearts. The Bible says the laws of the
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Lord are perfect. Reviving the soul Have I wasted?
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Seasons in my life some. Of you are about ending a dry
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season now you wasted the rainy season until the dry season
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revealed that you wasted it. I told you every dry season
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comes with a letter from the rainy season.
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I'm coming back. Some of you God is about to give
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you another chance with life and destiny.
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Can you make up your mind? Oh, Samson, you lost your hair,
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you lost your eyes, But once again, the power is coming
1:41:29
again. Make sure you do not make the
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mistake of yesterday. Turn your contemplation.
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Into a prayer right now, Lord, show me.
1:41:39
Mercy and help me to maximize the seasons of my life, to
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maximize the seasons of my days. Is someone praying some of you
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the seven lean cows? Have eaten up.
1:41:55
The seven fat ones. But God is giving you another
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dream of Pharaoh. God is giving you another dream
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and he has sent his Joseph to give you the interpretation.
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All king, the dream that you have seen is 1.
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You saw it twice because it is established.
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Build capacity during your day. Build relationships during your
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day. Raise man during your day.
1:42:23
Follow successful people in the Kingdom.
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Follow those who have paid the price to, to, to to put a track
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record of consistency. Please pray.
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Some of you may need to ask God for.
1:42:43
Forgiveness and mercy. Lord, I repent.
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For. Insulting the credibility and
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the. Track record and.
1:42:53
The and the and the consistency of those who have gone ahead of
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me. Now I'm in their shoes and I see
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someone. Pray, pray.
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These four keys in your life. Please pray them in one minute.
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Lord, I reject laziness. You may pray I'm still a young
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man. Hard work does not kill.
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Diligence does not kill. I receive grace to burn the
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candles in the night. I receive grace to buy the books
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and study. I receive grace to submit to
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mentorship. I receive grace to be diligent,
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to build capacity is the oil and many vessels.
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That equals profits. It is the oil and many vessels
1:43:55
that equals profit. Even if the oil is genuine and
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the vessels are small, profit will not call.
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Pray Lord, bring strategic destiny relationship to my life.
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Connect me to genuine destiny relationships.
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Relationships that build. That I will draw from in the.
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Days and the times of need. Can you pray for the grace to
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raise man? Lord, let me.
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Not only be a receiver, let me raise man.
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Even if your children, let there be someone today who can say
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thank God I can eat because someone raised me.
1:44:38
Thank God I am great. Are you praying?
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Don't waste your political office.
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Don't waste your office. Dear man of God, It is not the
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cars you are buying. It is not just the anointing you
1:44:49
have, it's not just the clothes you are wearing.
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The man you are raising is your real.
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World. Hallelujah.
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Listen, I know many of you are. Crying.
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I want you to go back. Listen.
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To this message. Again, everyone, please just
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take it as a spiritual instruction.
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Go back, go back to YouTube, listen to it, the law of
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seasons, and listen to it praying and find the areas where
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you're already making mistakes. Because for everyone of us here,
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the dream of Pharaoh must happen to you.
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You will have seven years of plenty and you will have seven
1:45:54
years where the lean cows will eat up the great ones.
1:45:57
You will not always have that person give you money every
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week. Now that you are getting the
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money every week, make sure you save and begin to do something
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reasonable in your life. You will not always have a free
1:46:09
access. People just give you access one
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day. It will not be as easy as this.
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I remember years ago I used to tell my beloved precious.
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People in Zarya. They are following connecting by
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faith and I used to tell them those days.
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My dear people, I love you with all my heart.
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Listen, one day you will not have it easy like this again.
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I used to draw me to say, now that you have the chance, ask
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the questions, learn, receive the impartations.
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Some paid attention, some didn't.
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Seasons have changed when you make the.
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Same mistake twice. It means there is a.
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Deficiency of wisdom. When we make mistakes once, it's
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called our humanity. When we make mistakes twice,
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it's called lack of wisdom. For some of you, I'm about to
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pray that's. Why I said no movement?
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There is a prayer I want to pray for you.
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This is where the power of God comes into place.
1:47:10
Some of you the clock has shifted.
1:47:13
If you have to wait until it goes round, by the time it comes
1:47:17
back you may be 70 years. The prophetic is able to take it
1:47:22
back again and say, Lord, give me another.
1:47:26
Chance. You give me three men of God, 3
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millionaires, godly siblings and I wasted that opportunity.
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Take the hands back again and give me a chance.
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I will be wiser at this time. You gave me someone who was
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willing to send me to Harvard to go and study and he said think
1:47:47
about it as though they charmed him.
1:47:49
I wasted that season. Right now I'm even looking for
1:47:52
money just to do a three day course and I don't have it.
1:47:56
Lord, would you send such helpers again?
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Now I am wiser. Lord, You brought all kinds of
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anointed men to my life. I wasted the opportunity with
1:48:06
familiarity and dishonor. Can you please bring them again?
1:48:10
One of the most powerful scriptures in the Bible is that
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an Adam knew his wife again. Again means another chance.
1:48:25
Some of you here. Hear me, our time is gone, but
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this will be one of the. Most powerful message you would
1:48:30
have heard? You were connected to great
1:48:32
business partners, but you did not have the patience to learn.
1:48:36
Rather than learning their values and their virtues, you
1:48:40
were looking for money. All the discussions today you
1:48:44
would have been. A very.
1:48:45
Strong person, I'm sorry to say. Please don't feel bad.
1:48:49
There are people who had the opportunity to own lands in
1:48:53
hectares in this Abuja. They were in this city when land
1:48:56
was 1,000,005 million. Till today they don't have a
1:49:00
plot. There are ministries that had
1:49:10
opportunities to buy a class of. Land don't always say tomorrow
1:49:15
is there. Remember.
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The dream of Pharaoh the mystery of pharaoh's dream is both a
1:49:24
warning and a road map. The ease you have today may not.
1:49:30
Always be so until you. Program it through your
1:49:33
obedience. I want to pray for you.
1:49:38
I really came here. Tonight, with a strong burden,
1:49:43
I'm not as I'm standing. Here I tell you, before the Lord
1:49:46
is. Only God is by the strength of
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the Lord. I'm standing here, but is the
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passion from my heart because I knew that necessity is laid upon
1:49:54
me if I do not teach this. Some of you are in an injury
1:49:58
time in your destiny right now. Just because nothing has
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happened yet does not mean nothing will happen.
1:50:06
You can choose to correct it this night or you can sit and
1:50:09
say does not matter. Nice preaching Rhema.
1:50:13
Preach, preacher, and then the seasons will catch up with you.
1:50:23
Apostle, I had an opportunity when I was put in an.
1:50:27
Office. In that office, it exposed me to
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relationships. I insulted everybody and I said
1:50:34
don't worry now the person who was sweeping outside is now the
1:50:40
owner of a big real estate company somewhere.
1:50:43
I cannot even go and tell him help me because I'm ashamed.
1:50:48
Believe us, we must be wise. We do not have every.
1:50:52
Time to live on Earth. Treat people with caution.
1:50:57
Treat people with courtesy, treat people with honor.
1:51:00
You may be a wealthy man, Someone may be around you
1:51:03
wearing a shoe that looks like he just got it by the roadside.
1:51:06
Don't look down on people because of this and that.
1:51:09
Let me see, how much do you have?
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Who is your father? Who is your mother?
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Be careful. The person who is great has
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already shown you his future, the one who is coming.
1:51:19
You don't know how far he can become this.
1:51:24
Is why I feel sorry for people who tear down.
1:51:28
People and criticize you must be careful you hear that a family.
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Has lost a loved one. Don't start.
1:51:37
Arguing and moving around. Rush there and say how can I
1:51:40
help? You hear that a pastor is in
1:51:42
pain, Don't sit down and be assessing and talking nonsense.
1:51:47
Rush there, oh, a woman had a miscarriage.
1:51:51
I've always told them how can I help?
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How can I pray always be there at the.
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Point of people's pain. Sooner or later you will forget
1:52:03
what I've preached. But you will never forget.
1:52:05
The experience of this encounter add yourself in the history of
1:52:10
men's. Rising.
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Let them. Not forget you don't wait until
1:52:14
people have arrived and you come and claim is taking their
1:52:17
destiny. They will not open the door for
1:52:19
you like that. When you find hot in people,
1:52:22
don't ignore them. If you cannot do anything then
1:52:25
keep quiet, but don't add to the heart someone is trying to raise
1:52:31
money for. His house rent and you're.
1:52:33
Seeing him do his best, all these young boys.
1:52:38
If you can help, help. If you cannot help, beat him,
1:52:42
godspeed and walk away. Do not let people remember you
1:52:46
for evil. Has someone learned something
1:52:51
today, now that you know these? Things the Bible says, happy are
1:52:55
you if you do them, I pray for you.
1:53:00
Please don't kneel, just stand in the name that is above all
1:53:03
names for every season that you have not utilized.
1:53:10
Well. Seasons of opportunity your
1:53:13
seven years that you may have wasted either as a.
1:53:18
Result of ignorance. As a result of mistakes, I call
1:53:22
upon the God of my covenant and in the name of Jesus, who is the
1:53:27
Son of the living God. Let there be restoration of
1:53:29
seasons for you. Let there be restoration of
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seasons for you, for many of you, strategic relationships,
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opportunities to have lifted you.
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Today I call on my God, who is your God.
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Let there be restoration. May God give you another
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opportunity in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Yeah, me. Some of you, the Lord is
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ministering to me. Please listen, there are some of
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you. Some of your parents are still
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alive. You have never sent anything to
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them, it's just to complain. You are a millionaire and Mama
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is there, staying in a rented apartment, drinking water from
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the well. God is speaking to you whether
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you like it or not. One day they will not be there.
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Can you give them the memory of joy and glory before they go to
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be with the Lord? Can I tell you this?
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Use every opportunity you have now because it will not be
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there, the hymn writer says. Toss Will we pass?
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From the earth and it's toiling, he says, only remembered by what
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we have done. Thank God for cars, but cars
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will not go with you. Thank God for qualifications,
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but it will not go with you. Thank God for reputation.
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Apostle Joshua Salman. It does not go to the grave, and
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it does not go to heaven nor hell.
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Find the things that matter in this life and.
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Commit. Yourself invest in them and the
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sons of Issachar, men who had an understanding of the times and
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they knew what Israel ought to do.
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Again, I pray for you, anybody who should be in your life in
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this season, but lack of discernment took them out of
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your life. I call upon the God of heaven.
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May they return back to your destiny now.
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Every opportunity you lost either due to.
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Ignorance or dishonor, I pray for you.
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May the God of all grace and all mercy, may he restore those
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seasons for you. Now hear me.
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For some of you, you are at the treason floor.
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Remember, you are at a defining moment.
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A few weeks ago I came with a prophetic word here that people
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were ending seasons. I'm beginning another one.
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Can I tell you this? The grace to maximize this
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season you are in now. In the name of Jesus Christ,
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receive the wisdom and the grace.
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Receive the wisdom and the grace.
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Receive the wisdom and the grace.
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Man of God, there may be certain levels of.
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The anointing you should have. Had by now.
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Or because of carelessness like the hell of Samson.
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I pray for you. In the name of Jesus, you should
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have gotten into deeper levels of the prophetic, deeper levels
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of revelation, deeper levels of prayer, deeper levels of
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fasting. But you lost these things.
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In the name of Jesus, I pray for you.
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Let there be restoration tonight.
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Hear me, those in business were wrapping up.
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Some of you lost. Opportunities.
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God gave you opportunities today.
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You would have been feeding not only your family, but everybody
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around you. But you are still at a level
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where you are begging and time is going.
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I pray for you in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the Son of
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the living God. Leave him, leave him.
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Just leave the gentleman, don't worry letting me.
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I pray for you by the power that raised Christ from the dead.
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In the name of Jesus, may the Lord turn the hands of time.
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For your sake, you know I mean. Jacob had an.
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Opportunity for an encounter in Genesis 28.
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He wasted it to lack of discernment.
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He says surely the Lord is in this place and I knew not by the
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time we get to Genesis 32. Jacob was prepared when that man
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came, he held on to him. He said I made this mistake and
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I paid the price for over 20 years.
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There are mistakes when you make even though you are restored, it
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will take time. I pray for you.
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Any mistake that will eat up your years, any mistake that
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will eat up the remaining part of your destiny, may my God and
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your God take it out of your life.
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Some of you now is the time to seek the Lord you keep laughing
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at. People, all these spirit Coco
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people, you say now is the time to seek the Lord, because the
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time will come when you may not have the liberty to do what you
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are doing. I pray for you, whatever has
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destroyed your spiritual fire and your seal for the things of
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God. When you were on campus, people
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were getting bored again. You laughed at them.
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It cost you 10 years. Now God is giving you another
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chance. Don't wait until 20 years from
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now before you take Jesus serious.
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In the name of Jesus, let there be restoration of fire.
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Hear me. There are multi millionaires.
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Today and. Billionaires.
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There were times where those people were friends to many of
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our loved ones. They were giving them free
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opportunities for mentorship, but they did not listen.
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And now it's costing them a lot. Some of the bankers, some of the
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top people today, respectfully speaking, some of them have
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classmates all around who would have easily touched them, for
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they fail to maximize seasons. May God restore those seasons
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for you in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Kainonia hear me, I stand by the.
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Privilege of God's grace and I. Announce to you if there is any
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season that is about to open up in your life for shame and for
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destruction. By the mercy of God, we reverse
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it now. Wave your hands to Jesus and
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give him thanks. Wave it as an act of worship,
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Lord. We thank you.
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Thank you for giving us wisdom in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Now listen to me. Our time is gone.
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I sincerely apologize. For stretching you this.
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Long, but I just had to do it. Just give me two minutes and
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we're done. There is no cajoling for someone
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the season for your. Salvation is.
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Now there's no need pretending you know you need Jesus, you are
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inside and you're outside and say apostle, I'm about to end
2:00:50
the first season of my life, the 1st 25 years or the 2nd 25 years
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or the third one. Wherever you are Apostle, I want
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to run to Jesus and make it right.
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Or you are saying I once gave my heart to Jesus, but it looks
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like things have gone haywire. Give me the honor of leading.
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You are fresh to Jesus. Please let's stand wrapping up
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everyone inside the overflows outside.
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Please let them come. I'm going to count 1 to 5.
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Please leave your seat and honorably come and stand before
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Jesus, ready to receive that gift of salvation.
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One, don't wait for anyone to be the first.
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Win that war. Come, run to Jesus.
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Are there people coming? Celebrate them.
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Please celebrate them. Koinonia.
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I must walk the walks of Kim while it is day.
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Regardless what you have done, regardless how it is, come stand
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before Jesus. He gives you a new beginning.
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He gives you a new beginning. Kainonia, keep clapping.
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Let's encourage them as they come.
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Please, if you're coming, double up.
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I'm about to pray right now. Hallelujah.
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Praise the name of the Lord. Thank.
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You thank you for coming. You are hidden to the wisdom of
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Joseph, remember. The time will come where you.
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May not have this. Convenience to make this
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decision again. Don't wait until you are in the
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sick bed unable to talk, where you have to use your hand to say
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I want Jesus. Now you have health and you can
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speak. Don't run away from Jesus.
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He can give you a new beginning. It doesn't matter how you have
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been. Let no man condemn you.
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This is the House of God, the family of faith.
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Lift your right hand high to the heavens.
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Please say this after me, loud and clear.
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Say, Lord Jesus, night. I have heard your word.
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I declare that you are my Savior, You are my Lord, and you
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are my King. I receive forgiveness of sin, I
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receive the abundance of grace, even the gift of righteousness,
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and I declare that I reign in life from today.
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The power of sin, Satan, hell, and the grave is broken over my
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life. I.