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Let Us Pray: Gaining Mastery in Prayer (Part 1) by Apostle Joshua Selman [Koinonia Global 01•02•2026] · Selah Media House

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Hallelujah Revelations chapter 5 Revelations chapter 5 from verse
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one. We're reading all 14 verses.
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Media give it to us. Verse 1.
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And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a
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book written with an on the backside sealed with 7 seals.
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And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
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Who is worthy to open the book, and to lose the seals thereof?
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And no man in heaven or in earth, neither under the earth,
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was able to open the book, neither to look thereof was
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four. And I wept much, because no man
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was found worthy to open the book and to read the book,
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neither to look thereof was five.
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Hallelujah, one of the elders said unto me, Whip not.
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Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, had
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prevailed to open the book and to lose the seven seals thereof.
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And I beheld. And lo, in the midst of the
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throne I saw the four beasts in the midst of the elders, and
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they stood a lamb as it had been slain, having 7 horns and seven
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eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into
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the earth. And he came and took the book
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out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
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Verse 8, he says, And when he had taken the book, the four
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beasts and the four and 20 elders fell down before the
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Lamb, having every one of them harps, golden vials full of
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orders, which are the prayers of the Saints.
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And the song a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the
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book, and to open the seals thereof, for thou was slain, and
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has redeemed us unto God by thy blood, out of every kindred
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throng people and nations. Verse 10 It says, And has made
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us unto our God, kings and priests, and we shall reign on
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earth. Four more verses.
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And I beheld and I heard the voice of many angels round about
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the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of
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them was 10,000 * 10,000 and thousands of thousands. 12
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saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
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receive power and riches and wisdom and strength, and honor
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and glory and blessing. Take note of the final 2 verses
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and every creature. This is where we come in now,
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which is in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, and such as
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are in the sea, and all that are in them.
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I heard them saying, blessing and honor and glory and power
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beyond to him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb forever
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and ever. The final verse.
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And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and 20 elders fell
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down and worshipped him that liveth forever and ever.
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I just showed you from that scripture a picture of the
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worship in heaven, that what happens on earth sometimes when
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it looks like we're enraptured in an atmosphere is because we
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come In Sync with something that is already happening in heaven.
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And the moment you tap into that frequency, it's as if you're not
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in the earth again. Something begins to happen is
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your assignment to begin. That's what we call ascension.
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It doesn't mean coming out of your body is that you are
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rising, almost like levitating frequencies.
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And you will hit a mark in the spirit where you now join the
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family in heaven is like a resonance.
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What they are saying in heaven is what you are saying on the
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earth. That's how people draw songs.
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You see, there are many songs that we sing on earth here, that
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the origin is in heaven. It came to men as visions.
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Some just saw it and took it from the Bible.
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But some of these melodies you see on earth that don't die is
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because they were important parts of it.
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I've had some of those sounds, some of those songs that we sing
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today. Every time you hear a song or a
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melody, it doesn't matter whether it came by through a
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secular voice or a sacred voice. If it strikes and is stringing
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your spirit is because it came from a realm that is not
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earthly. That's why it does not die.
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I'm saying that because some of these sounds you hear, you can't
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explain what is doing to you. It's a resonance.
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When it is a sound that is produced from heaven, and it's
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only been echoed on earth through worship, then you begin
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to feel the atmosphere through that sound.
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The atmosphere of heaven is replicated.
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You see that now, The same thing the elders were saying.
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It was the same thing the inhabitants of the Earth were
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saying. So you can get into that, that
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level of synchrony. Whereas they are saying glory to
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God, we are also saying glory to God.
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As they are saying hosanna, we are also saying hosanna and we
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begin to experience that throne room experience.
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But the key is to wait and worship.
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Most times we don't have the patience to worship God.
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Now, I understand we live very busy lives, but let me tell you,
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if you want to encounter the glory of God in certain
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dimensions, it takes time. You have to stay and worship,
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stay and worship, and a time comes when you connect with
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something that heaven is doing. We behold the glory of God.
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We behold the glory of God. We behold the glory of God.
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We behold the glory of God. We behold until we are found.
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We behold until we are found. We behold until we are found.
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We behold. We behold until we are changed.
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We behold until we are changed. We behold until we are changed.
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We behold. We behold.
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We behold until we are changed. We behold until we are changed.
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We behold until we are changed. We behold until we are changed.
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We behold one more time we behold until we behold.
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Until we are changed, we behold. Until we are changed, we behold.
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Spirit of the living God, we ask you to visit us in very mighty,
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life defining ways. Tonight we have come for an
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encounter beyond an ordinary service.
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We have come to encounter the God of Heaven, the God of the
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Bible. We ask in the name of Jesus,
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that you find unrestrained access to our minds,
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unrestrained access to our spirits.
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Quicken us by your word. Grant us grace to pray tonight.
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Lead us into virgin dimensions in the Spirit.
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Let us touch something that is divine tonight.
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Let us touch something that is mighty tonight in the name of
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Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
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God bless you. Please.
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You may be seated. You may be seated.
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Growth in the Spirit is a product of consistency,
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consistency, consistency when you are consistent with the
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business of God's presence, the practice of God's presence.
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When you are consistent with the business of prayer.
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When you are consistent with the business of the world.
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When you are consistent with the business of corporate
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fellowship, then your growth becomes inevitable.
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You see, you don't pray once in a while and grow consistently.
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You don't study and learn Scripture once in a while and
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grow consistently. You don't fellowship and connect
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with the brethren once in a while and then grow
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consistently. The product is consistency.
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Acts chapter 2 and verse 42. And they continued steadfastly
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Beginning is wonderful, but the secret is in the continuation.
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They continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and in
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fellowship, and in breaking of bread and in prayers.
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Acts chapter 6 and verse 4. But we will give ourselves
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continually, continually. Jesus was speaking about the
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disciples and they say, Ye who have continued with me, ye who
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have continued with me, One time he looked at them and said, will
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you also go? And they said, whom to whom
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shall we go? You alone have the words of
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life. The key is consistency.
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When you find someone who is robust in the Spirit, it is not
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just a one time visitation of God's presence.
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A1 Time study one time worship the keys, immersing yourself
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consistently. He that dwells not he that
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visits, He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High,
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the Bible says that person shall abide under the shadow of his
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wings. There are things you say when
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you dwell in His presence. There are words that come from
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you. You see, I will say of the Lord
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as a testimony. I have dwelt in the presence of
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God. I will say of the Lord.
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There are things you cannot say of the Lord until you dwell in
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His presence. If you don't dwell, you cannot
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have the confidence to make certain bold statements.
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You cannot say of the Lord. He is a healer until you dwell
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in His presence. You cannot say of the Lord He is
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dependable until you dwell in His presence.
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So if you have the fear and the laxity to make certain
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proclamations, it is because you have not dwelt in the secret
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place of the Most High. One of the gifts I have taught
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you, when you are consistent in the Spirit, especially with the
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ministry of prayer, of the Word, of worship, of fellowship, there
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are a number of things that begin to find expression in your
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life. You see #1 like I taught you, in
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no particular order is utterance.
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Utterance is different from oratory.
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Oratory talks of grammatical prowess, your ability to put
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thoughts together in a language, an earthly language, and
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communicate it coherently and intelligently, That is oratory.
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But utterance is a gift of the spirit, is a product of a
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healthy secret place. God gives you an unusual
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capacity to communicate divine realities in a way that is so
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profound, is a way that is very intelligent.
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Whether people educated or uneducated, they are able to
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receive. It's a spirit communication.
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In his presence you receive wisdom, divine wisdom,
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Hallelujah. In his presence you receive
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visions. God begins to give you pictures,
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He begins to give you explanations.
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I will stand upon my watch, and I will set myself upon the tower
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that I will see, not just that, I will hear.
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There is sight when we stay in his presence.
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Hallelujah, I'm, I'm giving us this preamble to encourage us.
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This is the year like never before.
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In the words of AW Toza, we must become intentional practitioners
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of His presence. It takes time to stay.
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It takes time to dwell. Is the word Kava.
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It's it's, it's the, it is the picture of a hen on on her eggs.
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You stay there until the egg hatches.
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Not until you are tired, you see, because something happens.
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For every time the hen rests upon the eggs, she's applying
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the warmth and the energy that it takes until that egg becomes
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a living cheek. So when you stay in His
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presence, that Shekinah comes to mantle you rests upon your life,
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and many things are transmitted to your spirit.
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Some of them you are aware at the point of encounter, but some
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of them you will not be aware until days, weeks, months.
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You just realize that you have stepped into a possibility.
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You cannot exactly tell when it came.
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There's an upgrade in your level of intelligence, an upgrade in
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your level of comprehension and upgrading the outworkings of the
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power of God through your life. You just know that every time
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you say be healed, there are more testimonies.
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Now you can't exactly trace which meeting are we together
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now? Yes, that's how it works.
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So my encouragement for us is that when we come to the House
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of God, participate in every part of the service.
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Don't select the part of the service you think you want.
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It was designed to give you an overall spiritual experience.
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From the prayers, the charge, the testimonies, the giving's,
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the worship, the singing, the word, the prophetic
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declarations, every part of the service was so designed for
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maximum spiritual edification. The design is not man made, it
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came by the wisdom of the Spirit.
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It's a strategy that if followed.
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You see, God is a God of patterns like you have learnt in
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this house. Every time you see the glory of
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God manifest in an area of a man's life, it is proof that a
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divine pattern has been adhered to.
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Do you understand that now? So the way it works in the
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Spirit is that the glory of God. Watch this The glory of God is
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always connected to divine patterns, and the glory of God,
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like I've taught you, comes from the word cupboard doxa.
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It is a compendium of every component in God that makes him
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God. Are we together?
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His wisdom, his favor, his wealth, His power, every
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spiritual quality whatsoever. The way it works is that God's
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glory desires to be manifested upon the earth.
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The Bible says that the knowledge of the glory of God
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will cover the earth as waters cover the sea.
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Are we together now? Praise the name of the Lord, but
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the that technology, please listen carefully.
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The way it works is that there must be an adherence to divine
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patterns every time you adhere to divine patterns.
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God's stamp that you have adhered correctly is that a
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deposit of His glory that is connected to that pattern is
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released immediately. So if you see someone become
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wealthy God's way, that is an expression of God's glory, but
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it is also an attestation that His patterns have been kept.
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When you find someone unusually anointed, anointed to heal, are
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we together, anointed to walk in the supernatural?
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That is an expression of God's glory, signs and wonders, but it
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is connected to a specific defined pattern.
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So if you desire to walk in more of God's glory, you don't just
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ask Him for it. Moses said show me your ways.
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Then he would later say, show me your glory.
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That's how it works. When He shows you His ways, then
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He will show you His glory. If you are a preacher, for
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instance, and you are not seeing the glory of God in your life in
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terms of your spiritual acumen, in terms of the performance of
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God's Word, there's no point just praying and say, God, give
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me power, give me this sincere prayer.
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But the way to get it is to go and find out the pattern
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connected to that glory. The healing anointing as an
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expression of God's glory is connected to an exact pattern.
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Influence An increase, as an expression of God's glory is
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connected to a specific pattern. Wealth, Kingdom wealth is
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connected to a specific pattern. Are we together?
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Longevity of impact as an expression of God's glory is
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connected to a specific pattern. Favor as an expression of God's
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glory is connected to a specific pattern.
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Now here's what happens in church.
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We know the expressions of God's glory.
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We call them our desires. We call them our prayer request.
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But we're unwilling to study and to learn the patterns.
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You see it now. So when you submit yourself
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consistently, you're like you're doing now.
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Whether you're falling online or watching.
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What you are doing is that you are learning the patterns of the
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Kingdom. And as you learn the patterns of
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the Kingdom, what happens is the corresponding measure of glory.
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The Bible calls them weights of glory.
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So it's like, it's like kilos. You know how you measure meat,
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beef or you measure gold, So you may carry, say for instance,
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just for example, 5 grams of glory.
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That's wonderful, but it cannot do anything much.
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Are we together now? And then when you stay to learn
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the patterns, the weight is added.
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Now it goes to 10, now it goes to 50.
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My goodness, there are people who are carrying tons of it.
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Tons. Are we together now?
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So you find an individual carrying that ton and what?
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What happens? Listen, let me have your
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attention. What happens is that that
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atmosphere and that weight you are carrying, anybody who comes
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under the influence of your spiritual circumference must
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feel the weight of it too. This is what we call the cloud.
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This is what we call the atmosphere.
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So the impact spiritually that you feel when you come in
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proximity with men are not all the same.
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The physical body may look the same, but spiritually men are
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carrying glories in weights. I'll tell you this, look at
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this, you can be fasting for one year over an issue, but you will
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come into the presence of a man and that answer comes
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immediately. It is because the weight of
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glory that person is carrying that need is not a prayer
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request in that glory. So the moment you come under
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that influence, it becomes an answer immediately.
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You see that now, for I reckon that the sufferings of this
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present time are not worthy to be compared with the weight, the
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weight of glory. The weight of glory.
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Let me tell you this, when you really want to be a blessing,
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stay and carry the glory of God. There are many things you would
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not need to talk too much about that cloud will do the speaking.
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You step into a place and sick people are healed.
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You step into a place, answers that are taken one year, they
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just arrived like rain because you, you have become a vessel
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that can pull. I mean, it's like a it's like a
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tractor. You can pull a level of glory
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and bring it so that it becomes a blessing.
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Hallelujah, weights of glory. You don't have to be a man of
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God. You don't have to be in the
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fivefold ministry. So don't you think I'm just
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talking to pastors? This is how believers should
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live. This is the justification of
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your time in church. One of the ways you know whether
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a ministry is profiting you is by the weight of glory.
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You cannot be at the same level that you've been there for two
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years, for three years. Justify.
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Don't tell me about membership form.
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That's wonderful, but show me the weight of glory that has
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come to through your understanding of the patterns.
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This is what the Lord commanded that He should do, and then the
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glory of God shall appear unto you.
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If the glory of God does not appear in your life, your
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ministry, it is not God's fault is that there is a defiance in
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divine pattern. That's what he told Cain.
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He said if you have done correctly, will you not be
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accepted? Don't say, God, why am I not
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prospering? There is a divine pattern
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connected to wealth, God's way. Time will not automatically
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bring you into it. It is an understanding.
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And this right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the assignment of
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the teaching ministry. The teaching ministry brings you
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through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, through the Scripture,
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and through the gift of utterance.
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It brings you into a comprehension.
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It opens your eyes, Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 9.
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It opens your eyes that all men to make men see.
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That's the key, to make all men see, whether they are educated
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or not, to make all men see regardless their field of
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endeavor. When you come under the
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influence of a prophetic teaching ministry, it takes away
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the veil so you can see. It doesn't matter the subject of
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discussion. I'm helping you so that you will
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know that whether you are outside, whether you are inside,
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whether you are falling online, every service is an opportunity
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to carry a weight of glory. And sometimes it can be slow.
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So some of you are not feeling it until you get back to where
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you used to be and you find out that what was hard is no longer
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hard. It's not necessarily because you
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changed per SE. Is that a greater weight of
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glory came on you. Hallelujah, praise the name of
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the Lord. I once watched a machine that
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crushes metals and crushes cars. So they just put anything under
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it and it just chops it off like a knife chopping vegetables in
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the kitchen. But one time they brought steel
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and kept it under that machine and it pressed and pressed and
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the machine stopped moving. It could not crush it.
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You see that now? So there are some situations
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that crush you and bend you is because of the material.
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You have not evolved in the spirit.
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You are still clay, you are still wood.
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By the time you transit to silver, then to gold, some
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things will not happen again. The fire that burns wood cannot
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burn. Gold makes no difference
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whatsoever. A house can burn, and while you
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are packing the ashes, you will still see gold.
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Jewelry is there because the temperature was not enough to
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melt it. Before your presence came and
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changed me. Before your presence came and
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changed me, I wouldn't go back. I can't go back to the way it
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used to be. Before your presence came and
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changed me, I won't go back can go back to the way it used to be
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before your presence came and changed.
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So ladies and gentlemen, what you see every time you come here
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is the cloud of glory. Our assignment is to work in
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partnership with the spirit of grace to allow for that
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atmosphere. But once that glory comes, we're
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ready to teach. Once that glory comes, we're
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ready to move in the spirit. And when you are immersed in
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that glory, you may not know the reason why the words come with.
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The level of impact that it creates in your spirit is not
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the speaking, no is that something is happening in the
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realm of the spirit behind the scene.
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There are impartations, things are living, things are coming
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that there's an exchange happening in the spirit.
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Something you always had before now is coming with a light, and
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the bulb is lit in your spirit. The world is driving away
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darkness, John 15 because it shines in the midst of the
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darkness. Now the darkness cannot
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comprehend. Your fears are going, melting
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like butter in the presence of fire.
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You are seeing that it does not really carry that kind of power,
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the power you have accorded your fears.
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Your fears are only a demonstration of your ignorance.
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As the word of God comes changing you, fear goes, it
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dies. You are not mechanically trying
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to be bold. The Word makes you so.
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It gives you you that fortification.
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You can face life with confidence.
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See that your Monday should not be the same.
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Your Tuesday should not be the same.
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If Monday and Tuesday the same Sunday was wasted, you see that
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now. You must carry a weight of glory
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in February that you did not carry in January.
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That's the justification that there's an ongoing process of
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growth in your spirit man. Next time you ask what is the
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difference between men in terms of the possibilities they
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command, I'm telling you now, it's not stature, it's not the
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sound of your voice. It is the weight of glory that
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is an attestation of their spiritual knowledge.
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They have done business with God in deep waters and the glory is
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the reward weights. You cannot come with a 1G
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dimension of glory and then one to confront Goliath.
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No, it doesn't work that way. The goal is to take advantage of
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the Word of God and open your eyes and pound upon pound,
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kilogram upon kilogram for want of what That glory keeps resting
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on you. That when you step out of this
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place there are things you would not need to talk about again.
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It begins to leave because you are a career of the glory of
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God. Can you turn this charge into a
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prayer in one minute? Further more of your glory.
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In my life now, I've seen the reason why things don't move as
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fast as they should. I see the reason why my fears
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are still there. I see the reason why my doubts
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are still there. Someone, go ahead and pray.
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One minute you are praying. Let it be from the depth of your
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heart. Man of God, go ahead and pray.
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The generation you are sent to is not just depending on your
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sermons, but depending on the weight of glory that backs your
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teachings, that backs your doing business, that backs your doing
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politics. That's the secret.
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It's not just what we do. It's the weight of glory that
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stands behind what we do. Go ahead and pray Chabra takape
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regatta one minute you're preparing the soil of your heart
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is a determined sister praying tonight.
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Is there a brother who is angry at the level you are ready to
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press deeper. Chabra Kate Balantos, Sabra Kate
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Belagata. For a light afflictions, which
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is but for a moment work at in US a far more eternal weight of
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glory. It works enough An eternal
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weight of glory. It works enough an eternal
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weight of glory. 10 more seconds preparing the soil of your
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heart. This is Koinonia.
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It's a place of encounter. Hallelujah, praise the name of
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the Lord in the name of Jesus. May tonight's teaching add to
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the weight of glory that will rest upon your life.
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It is in Jesus name we pray. Please be seated.
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A quick announcement. God gave me an instruction every
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once in a while. This divine instructions that
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double our strategies just come. And most times God does it by
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His wisdom. It's declared it over our lives
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that this is a year of deliverance and it's a year of
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exemption. And I can tell you if there's
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any year we got the prophetic word right, it is this year.
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As the year unfolds, you will see the wisdom of the Spirit of
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God. So God gave me an instruction
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for the next three months, February or March, April and
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May. The 3rd Sunday of every of these
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months would be a time of worship and warfare.
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Hallelujah, just for the three months.
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I don't know why God gave me the instruction for three months.
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So March, the 3rd Sunday in March, the 3rd Sunday in April,
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and the third Sunday in May is going to be a time of
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extraordinary worship and warfare.
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Hallelujah. When God sends a word like this,
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it is because He has seen the future.
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Hallelujah for every one of those times.
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We're going to be bringing in some of our worshippers that we
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know are prophetic worshippers that really have the hand of God
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upon their lives and it's going to be a stretch in the Spirit.
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We will worship, we will pray, we will war, we will establish
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things in the Spirit. So take note.
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March is 15th. April should be what now?
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My screen is not clear here. April is 19th and May is 17th.
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Mark the dates. Every service this year is a
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powerful one, but please mark the third 3rd services of every
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month beginning from March, not April.
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Beginning from March. Invite everybody.
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And for those of you who are connecting across the globe,
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please do the work of an evangelist.
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You would would the media would prompt you.
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When is the third Sunday? Make sure you get the word
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across to everyone. It's going to be an
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extraordinary time. Hallelujah.
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For the month of March. We'll be having those in here.
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We'll be leading us through Hallelujah.
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I've asked him to come with his entire team and would give them
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about one hour of 1 censor prophetic worship, Hallelujah.
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And it's, it's not special number.
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It's prophetic worship, the kind of worship that unlocks keys
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Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord.
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And so please take note of that. I believe that God intends to do
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us good this year and will maximize every opportunity He's
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providing for us in Jesus name. Hallelujah.
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All right, so let's get into our teaching for tonight.
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I'm teaching on the subject. Let us pray.
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It's a press to gain mastery again in prayer.
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Every once in a while God brings us a word on prayer and I want
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to show us a few things in addition to the things that we
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have learned. That's my assignment to help
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guide you and provide spiritual intelligence as it relates to
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various aspects of the Kingdom. And today, it's not just going
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to be a discussion. I would discuss a few things and
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pause. Then we'll pray.
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Then I'll discuss, then we'll pray, then we'll end with
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prayer. Let's see how far God will help
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us on this journey. Are you ready?
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Luke 18 and verse one. Let us pray.
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We're pressing to gain greater spiritual understanding.
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In the place of prayer, he spake A parable.
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The Bible says to the end that men ought always to pray and not
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to faint. Men ought always to pray and not
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to faint. In First Thessalonians chapter 5
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and verse 17, the Bible says to pray without season.
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I really sense in my heart tonight I I don't know why, but
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this is something that has lingered for weeks now.
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I sense that not just for Koinonia, but across many
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there's there's there's a bad thing happening in the spirit
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over destiny is a bathing of dimensions and I want you to be
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very sensitive. Sometimes we do not understand
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the full scope of what God is doing, but every time the Holy
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Spirit is trying to push something out.
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You know, like a woman who is in labor room trying to push out
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that baby. You must be sensitive because
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for someone that baby can be a new dimension for you.
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That baby can be years restored. That baby can be a new dimension
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of the prophetic, a new dimension of the Apostolic.
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You must be sensitive so you don't miss your season.
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So on one side, on one hand you are listening to me, but on the
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other hand you are sensitive to what the Holy Spirit is also
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transmuting to you. Praise the name of the Lord.
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OK, that's true. I, the Lord placed it in my
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heart. Please, somewhere in the course
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of the sermon who sing that past or not song.
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My victory is in the blood. Just find anybody, any of the
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ladies, that song. So we'll raise it.
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I noted it here because I had the song in the place of prayer.
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And when I'm praying about the meeting and I hear songs like
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that, one of the reasons may be that there's an anointing on it
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and God wants us to sing it. So somewhere, I'm sure somewhere
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in the course of the teaching, there will be something that
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will connect to that song. And then we'll take a minute or
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two and just push it in. In the name of Jesus Christ,
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Hallelujah, Colossians chapter 4 and verse to a final scripture.
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And then I begin to establish a few things.
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The trust of my teaching tonight is to really, really show you
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what prayer does in the life of the believer.
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That's what I really want to focus on.
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So I will give you a few preambles as reminders or
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refresh us. You see that and then we'll go
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to the full thrust of tonight's teaching.
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I want to show you what prayer really does in the life of a
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believer. Colossians 4 and verse 2, four
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and verse 2, it says continue in prayer.
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You see the word there again, continue in prayer and watch in
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the same with Thanksgiving, continuing prayer.
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Now, I've taught us in this House that prayer is at the
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fabric of all things spirituality, whether it's the
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Christian faith or in the faith of our brothers, the Muslims,
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Islam, Buddhism, you know, and all religions, most if not all
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religions believe in the concept of connecting with the divine,
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connecting with a being, connecting with a cosmic power,
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or whatever name it is that they give it.
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And so prayer is one of the indices that define spirituality
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across any territory, across any nation.
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Praise the name of the Lord. And it's important for us to
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understand the subject of prayer.
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Praise the name of the Lord. Let me pause for a minute and
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just honor 2 great people who just stepped in.
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Archbishop John, praise, Sir, we honor you.
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Please give him a big God bless you.
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Thank you so much for your presence.
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And Bishop Macanto, God bless you, Sir, such an honor.
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Colonial warehouse of honor, can we bless these great fathers?
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Thank you Hallelujah, praise the name of the Lord.
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So the idea of prayers at the fabric of all things
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spirituality, those we call unbelievers are only unbelievers
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with respect to the Christian faith.
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They are believers in something or in someone.
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Are we together? And regardless what they
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believe, they believe in the idea of connecting to the
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divine. The prophets of Baal, they
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prayed. The Elijah, the prophet, he
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prayed. One thing common between two of
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them was that they all believed and agreed that men would
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outsource strength based on their connection to the divine.
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And in general sense, prayer has to do with communion.
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Prayer has to do with communication.
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Prayer has to do with fellowship.
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I taught you here that beyond receiving, beyond making
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petitions, prayer in its essence has to do with communion, with
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fellowship, Hallelujah with worship, in fact.
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And then of course, communicating our thoughts,
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communicating our needs, communicating our fears,
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communicating our desires, it is essentially seen as a way of
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communicating to God. Now, because we are believers,
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we don't call him a cosmic power, we don't call him a
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divine reality, we don't call him an heavenly being.
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He is God almighty. The Bible is very clear.
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The Christian faith is very powerful because it defines God.
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It doesn't leave God to an abstract concept.
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There are many religions. With all due respect, that
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definition of God is not a person, is a concept.
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But in the Christian faith, the Bible is very clear as to the
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definition of God. When we worship, we worship him
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that sits upon the throne and the Lamb.
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John 17, Three. This is life eternal, that they
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may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus whom thou hast
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sent. Hallelujah, let the wise man not
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glory in his wisdom. Let the rich man not glory in
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his riches. Let the strong man not glory in
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his strength. What let him that glory at glory
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in this that he understandeth and knoweth me.
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Hallelujah, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
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and wisdom, the knowledge of the holy, that is understanding.
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And so when we deal with the matter of God in the Christian
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faith, it's not an abstract concept.
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We are serving a living God with a defined personality who can be
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known even though he's eternally magnificent and mysterious.
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But he has fragmented himself in a way that those he died for can
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know him. God can be known as mighty as he
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is. We cannot know all of God,
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unfortunately. It will be an eternal journey
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and unfolding one layer after another.
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Hallelujah. The Bible says there is no
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searching of his understanding. However, he has provided a
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template that can guide us. We know God by studying his
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nature. We know God by studying his
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wisdom. We know God by studying his
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power. That's the model the Bible gives
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in learning God. The believer is left with this
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threefold approach. We know God.
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Again, I repeat digressing for a reason.
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By studying His nature to the degree to which you understand
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the nature of God, you have come into a functional knowledge of
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God #2 we know God by exploring His wisdom that will show me the
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path of life. It's in your life we see life.
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Hallelujah is the fountain of wisdom.
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So when we learn His walks, His wisdom, we access knowledge of
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Him, and then #3 we study His power.
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Acts chapter 1, or efficiency one, verse 19.
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Paul was praying over the church in Ephesus, and among the many
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things he wanted them to know was the exceeding greatness of
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His power to us. Word who believe.
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He wanted us not just to know, to have knowledge, the spirit of
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revelation, but to know the exceeding greatness of His
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power, the power that was invested when he raised Christ
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from the dead. Paul himself said that I may
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know Him, that means God can be known, that I may know Him and
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the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of his suffering.
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Hallelujah. So prayer is communion, prayer
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is fellowship with God. Second Corinthians 13 and 14,
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the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God.
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We we quote it every time, even though largely without
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understanding. And the fellowship, that's where
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we get the word Koinonia, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
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It says to be with us all. And would you shout Amen to
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that? Hallelujah.
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I have by way of summary and a recap, I have taught us that
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essentially, even though I will break it down to other layers
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now, but essentially prayer has a four fold assignment.
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Number one, prayer is has the first assignment for the
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transformation and the growth of the believer.
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That is a major part of the assignment of prayer for our
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growth and our transformation. Luke 929 And as he prayed, the
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fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became
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white and glistering. So the first and major
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assignment of prayer is for your growth and transformation #2 I'm
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still going to elaborate on it. Prayer is a platform for
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obtaining requests and making petitions.
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According to Scripture. The authorized channel for
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making requests and your petitions, obtaining promises is
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through prayer. Mark 1124.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, What things so ever ye desire.
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When ye pray, believe that thou receiveth them, and thou shall
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have them. Matthew 7, seven and eight.
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Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall find.
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Knock, it says, and the door shall be open.
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It says, for everyone that asketh receiveth.
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Are we learning, The Bible says, to be anxious for nothing, it
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says, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
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Thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God.
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Apostle James taught us. He said Ye have not because ye
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ask not so. Prayer is a platform for making
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petitions and for obtaining requests #3 The third assignment
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of prayer according to Scripture is for creation and spiritual
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legislation. In Genesis chapter 126 to 28,
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man was given what we call the dominion mandate.
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He was given stewardship over this side of God's Kingdom to be
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a faithful steward. And the Bible says, moreover, it
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is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.
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And part of our job of faithfully stewarding the earth
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is to exact dominion over it. And in doing so he designed man
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to function like him. So he created man in his image.
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The image talks about the nature of Christ, the fruit of the
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Spirit. But the function of God means to
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speak like Him and to have things appear, and then, of
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course, to do the works of Christ.
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Are you learning now? When we speak, the Bible says
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where the word of a king is, there is power.
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It says, declare ye that thou mightest be justified.
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Our words are not empty. The mouth of the believer is not
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just for eating, swallowing food.
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It is for creating, defining, redefining your possibilities.
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It is true. Hallelujah, creation and
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spiritual legislation. You pass decrease in the spirit,
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you make decrease in the name of Jesus.
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The centurion said speak the word only.
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He understood the power of words.
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He says, I am a centurion, I have men under me.
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I am under authority and by reason of that authority I say
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not just wish. I say to 1 go and he goeth.
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I say to 1 come and he cometh. And he said, you don't need to
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come to my house, speak the word only.
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And Jesus said, wow, I've not found such faith, such
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understanding. No, not in Israel.
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Words are powerful. They create possibilities.
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Curses walk through words. Blessings walk through words.
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Limitations come through words. Liberty comes through words.
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Deliverance comes through words. Bondage comes through words.
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Hallelujah, the blessing came through words.
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And God bless man and said, although he had created man,
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Genesis 1 verse one, in the beginning God created the
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heavens and the earth. Verse 2 Now the earth was dark,
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was void, was formless, and the Spirit of God over round the
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face of the waters. Verse 3 And God said, Every
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creative spirit speaks. And if man is created in the
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image and the likeness of God, then you must be a talking
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spirit. I pray for you in the name of
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Jesus. Understanding the power of
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prayer. You will never be silent when
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you should be speaking. The reason why James was
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beheaded, I believe, is because the church was silent.
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There's no record of the church praying when James was held.
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They held James. I'm sure they were just
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lamenting among themselves. And he was beheaded.
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And the Bible says when Herod saw that, it pleased the Jews.
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He now captured Peter and kept him waiting to deliver him after
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the Passover. But the church became angry.
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The Bible says on the night before his handover everything
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had been in place for his deliverance or his his
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destruction. The Bible said but prayer.
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Now the church decided to open their mouth to speak, But prayer
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was made without seizing by the church unto God for him.
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And angels came. When the boat was going to
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destroy the apostle, I'm sure the people were crying and
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calling all kinds of people. He subjected himself and began
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to speak. And an Angel appeared and told
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him. He said, be patient, find rest,
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there shall be no loss. And he said, hey gentlemen, I
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have seen an Angel, he has appeared to me.
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And he said there shall be no loss.
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The Bible says the boat rocked left, right and center.
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They lost some properties, but the boat sailed safely and
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arrived on island called Melita. Words, words, words.
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When Abraham was dismitting his other children, he gave them
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gifts. But the Bible says to Isaac, he
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gave him everything he had. There was no mention of giving
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him any physical thing, but he gave him words.
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And Isaac sowed in that land. But because of the words he
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carried, he reaped. That same year he increased.
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He works until the Philistines envied him.
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I pray for you again. You will not be silent when you
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should be speaking Hallelujah. And then #4 prayer according to
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Scripture, is a platform, provides a platform for warfare
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and intercession. I'm still going to recap on
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this. I want to broaden them a bit and
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elaborate on them, but just doing a recap over the teachings
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so that those who have not been here can connect and then
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together will just rise to another dimension.
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It's very important to understand this about prayer.
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So when you are praying, you are not just shouting a Miss Idol
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worship. You must pray without
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understanding because they are praying to an unknown God.
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But believers must pray with intelligence.
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Hallelujah. And the first description of
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spiritual intelligence is an awareness of the God you are
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praying to and then to understand the assignment of
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prayer. Prayer does not do everything,
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but prayer is needed in everything.
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Write that down. Prayer does not accomplish
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everything, but prayer is needed in everything.
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Another way to put it is that prayer is not the only key in
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the Kingdom. We have keys, not a key.
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However, like you have heard me say, where prayer is not, the
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key becomes a hand that holds the key.
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There are many other keys in the Kingdom.
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If the only key you know is prayer, you will be powerful,
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but you will still be disadvantaged and I will give
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you the keys of the Kingdom. Prayer being a major part, a
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foundational key, but not the only key, a sin in the life of
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Jesus. He prayed, but he did not only
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pray, he went to the temple. He was not in the temple to
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pray. He went to learn scripture.
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When Satan attacked him, he did not say I have prayed, He said
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it is written. Is someone learning now?
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And there are times that even though he prayed, even though it
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is written, he needed men. He said, come, follow me.
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So these are the principles that make for victory in the Kingdom.
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You don't select which one you want.
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You open up yourself to the entire bunch of keys because
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when you stand before the door, the key that opens the door has
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been defined already, and it's not defined by your convenience.
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It's an ordinance. If you are learning, say Amen.
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Sometimes, because of the huge role that prayer plays in the
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overall spiritual economy of the believer, we tend to tilt into
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the bias of trivializing order. Maybe not equally, but
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complemented, or what are they call it now?
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Complementary spiritual principles.
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And we do that to our detriment. So you'll find believers who are
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prayerful. Remember, I'm teaching on
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prayer. They pray very well.
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But for instance, a man who is prayerful but does not
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understand the law of honor, there will be many answers
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piling in the realm of the spirit, but it will never
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manifest because of a neglect of one spiritual law.
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A man can be prayerful and omit the law of diligence the Bible
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already tells you, without predicting that a lazy man will
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catch something and not roast it or he will give an excuse.
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You see that now? So your victory as a believer is
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an interplay of all the spiritual laws needed for your
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victory, prayer being a major one, but not the only one you're
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following. Say Amen.
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But now we're Zooming to prayer. So allow my bias as we stress on
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a few things concerning prayer. Again, to remind you for our
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topic tonight, let us pray. We're gaining mastery in prayer.
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I want to focus on what prayer really achieves in the life of a
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believer. So it's going to be an elaborate
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description of what I just gave you.
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And to broaden it, I have 8:00, eight points here and I will run
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through them very quickly. But like I told us, there will
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be breaks periodically and then we'll pray in the Spirit.
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So when I prompt you to pray, make sure you pray.
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Let it be from the depth of your heart.
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When the school of prayer tonight in the name of Jesus
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Christ, Hallelujah. Have you learned something
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already? Say I receive grace to pray.
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Say it like you're serious. I receive grace to pray.
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Now I tell you this, one of the reasons why we have a lot of
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struggles in the prayer ministry is not because believers don't
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have the zeal to pray. Now there is the spirit of
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slumber, spiritual slumber that can come upon a man and attack
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your prayer life. But you see, the human nature is
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such that you have to be motivated by intelligence and
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reason to prime people into doing things.
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Are we together as humans? We don't do things blindly.
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If you tell me, just sit down. That's the reason why faith is a
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treasure in the life of a believer, because faith
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sometimes does not demand an absolute knowledge of
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everything. It demands trust in God.
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So if you ask me to sit and you don't tell me any other reason,
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you just say sit there, I will sit in obedience to you.
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But it does not deny the fact that I will be frustrated
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because I don't know why I'm seated.
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Are we together? But if you tell me there are
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robots outside and I want you to sit in one place, you see, you
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have given me the basis for a staying power, even if it's
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after one hour. My body may be tired, but my
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consciousness will supply strength that keeps me there.
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So the reason why many believers are epileptic in their prayer
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life is because we have sort of kill trips them to pray.
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You are not praying, you are not a serious Christian.
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You are going to be defeated and and out of guilt, they just try
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to pray, but eventually they slack back.
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The correct way is to help them understand what really happens
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when you pray. What is the value, What's the
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treasure, the riches that are derived from a healthy,
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consistent, ever increasing prayer life.
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And in this series of discussion, that's my goal, to
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help you understand what really happens.
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You see, when that comes, you'll begin to pray by yourself, by
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yourself. Go and wait for me at a junction
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in Wu, Say apostle, why just stay there now?
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You will get there in obedience and be angry at every car and be
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frowning and insulting me while you are waiting.
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And where you exhaust your obedience, you just leave and
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say let the worst happens. But if I say wait there, in two
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hours someone is bringing 1,000,000 naira for you.
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You see that now? Already I've given you an idea
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that is going to be a long time. So when you stand there looking
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as if you are confused and missing, when people say sorry,
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you need to see the police, what's the time?
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I'm fine, I'm fine. There is an expectation.
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Let me tell you this, don't take for granted that humans are the
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highest of God's creation. If you want them to connect to
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spiritual things, you must reveal to them the treasure that
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is contained in obedience, even in our work with God.
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God does not just tell us to believe Him blindly.
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He gives us incentives. There is victory connected to
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believe in Him. There is heaven connected to
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believe in Him. He will not just come and say
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believe in Me, serve me, worship me.
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He would sound that would be the same thing.
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Even idols, idols that don't have power, they Leo meant to
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worship them by giving them incentives.
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Hallelujah. If you do not understand the
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value and the treasure that is in prayer, it will make God and
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make the faith life look like a selfish manifestation of a
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wicked and cruel King's desire. And that's not the way God is.
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Everything prayer is for the prophet of the believer.
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Everything prayer, including giving God praise and worship,
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is still back to the prophet of the believer.
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When I was teaching you about the attributes that Brand God
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has got, there are six of them. One of them, in addition to
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being omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, is that God is self
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existent. Remember, God is self existent.
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The meaning of that is that God does not need any other agency
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to maintain himself. Our life is derived from God.
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We need oxygen. We need, you know, food.
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We need whatever it is. We need sleep.
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Do you know you can be healthy and without sleep you can become
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sick again. But the keeper of Israel does
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not sleep. He does not slumber.
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That's what makes himself existent.
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When he became a man, he slept on his way to gatherer.
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When he became a man, he slept, he woke up.
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He did all the things that humans do, but as God, he's self
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existent. Is someone learning now?
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Hallelujah. So what does prayer achieve in
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the life of the believer? Are you ready?
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Pray in the Spirit for one minute and then I'll begin to
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table my submissions. And I hope that it will add to
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our spiritual understanding and drive us to a place of
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consistent prayer. Open your mouth and pray in the
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Spirit. Saprantage barantos.
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Kalikata brantos. Sapratique beleque baratos.
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Sing that song. Deeper experience for me.
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One minute, everyone, please, we're praying for one minute.
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I can hear his voice. Are you praying?
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Calling me? Deeper experience.
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None. Let's go.
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In Jesus mighty name, we pray. What does prayer achieve in the
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life of a believer or a territory?
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What I'm about to list for you goes beyond the personal benefit
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of the believer because prayer affects 2 entities #1 it affects
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the individual, but prayer also affects a territory.
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Prayer, if done correctly, affects the individual,
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extending to your family, but it also effects communities.
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The healing of the land is connected to prayer.
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Are we together? Prayer is not just limited to
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personal benefits. You benefit as an individual
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when you submit to prayer accurately, but your territory
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also benefits number one. What does prayer achieve in the
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life of a believer or a territory #1 Prayer creates the
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platform for communion and fellowship with God, deepening
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the believers relationship with God.
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I'll take that again and then I'll explain.
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Prayer creates the platform for communion, for fellowship with
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God, deepening the believers relationship with God.
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Prayer creates the platform for communion and fellowship with
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God, deepening the believers relationship with God.
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Give us James Fond verse 8 very quickly.
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Then we'll do Psalm 145 verse 18.
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James Fond verse 8 says draw nigh to God.
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Look at it there. Draw nigh to God.
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That's the law. Draw nigh to God and He will
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draw nigh to you. Draw nigh to Him.
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When you desire intimacy, He supplies grace, but you initiate
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the process through your hunger, through your passion, through
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your consistency, your love for the secret place.
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It is your, it is. It's like, how do I call it now?
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It's like the wound of the Spirit.
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When God wants to draw you deeper into spiritual things, He
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will plant the hunger in you, but you have to respond to that
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hunger. That hunger drives you to the
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secret place, to the place of communion.
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When others are sleeping, you awake in the night, soaking
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yourself in an atmosphere of worship.
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What you are saying by your consistency is, Maranatha, come.
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I desire your presence, I desire your glory, I desire your power.
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It will not just come because you want it.
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There has to be a drawing, a deepened relationship.
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AW Tosa calls it the practice of God's presence.
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You have to be very intentional. Is someone, is someone learning?
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Now this is very important. Your glory is my 1 design.
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Your glory is my 1 design. Your glory is my 1 design.
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Your glory is my 1 design. Your presence is my wanty sound.
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Your presence is my wanty sound. Your presence is my wanty sound.
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Your presence is my wanty sound. Your presence is my wanty sound.
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Your power is my one desire. Your power is my one desire.
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Your power is my one desire. Listen to me when you say
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believer is passionate about God.
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There are a number of indices that measure passion #1 is that
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passion always has time to give. You never find scarcity of time
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in the presence of passion. One of the ways you know passion
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is dying is the excuse of lack of time.
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The moment you begin to give an excuse of lack of time, I am
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busy. They promoted me.
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Your hunger is dying immediately.
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I can't tell you it's an attack. Your presence is my 1 design.
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Your presence is my 1 design. When the early church began, you
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see the way the apostles protected the ordinances that
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preserved the presence of God, with increase came trouble.
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And they said, you know what? Do you know the confusion that
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was happening among the Christian people?
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While it looked like an economic issue, the undertone was an
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attack to distract the prayer life, to distract the fellowship
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of the apostles so that their growth will be stunted.
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But he came to the welfare department is the reason why
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leaders in church must be trained and they must be
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spiritual. It will look like an ushering
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issue, but is an attack on the man of God's anointing, an
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attack on the prayer life, an attack to create offense, to
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create a lot of things is the reason why when you love the man
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God has placed before you create systems that protect His focus,
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your glory. Even in heaven, the shadow beams
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and the seraphs, they protect the holiness and the glory of
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God with eyes all over and with six wings above at the sight
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under. They are protectors of His
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glory. You must create that system when
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you are a leader, raise people and distribute functions so that
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growth does not become A cause to you.
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So they left the way the temptation was to live.
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The matters of ministry are now self tables.
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Administration can become a cancer to growth.
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So let me teach you something as a leader, particularly the man
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of God. As you are rising, don't become
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too full of yourself that it does not affect your prayer
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life. Raise people and trust them.
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God trusted you too. Don't say if I trust them what
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what happened. God trusted you while you were
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growing. Trust them with activities.
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Train the workers, let them do the work while you pray.
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It says raise from among you 7 people full of wisdom and the
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Spirit whom we were put over this business.
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But As for us, we will give ourselves continually to prayer
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and to the ministry of the world.
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Hallelujah. An attack on your contact with
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God, an attack on your fellowship, an attack on your
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time of prayer. Let me tell you this.
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Satan use uses both good and evil to destroy men.
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By now you know that he's called the evil 1 does not mean his
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tools must always be evil. No, it is his result that is
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evil. The tool can even be
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righteousness. Satan can use good and bring a
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man down. It is not always that he uses
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evil. He can use truth and bring a man
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down. He can use compassion like he
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wanted to use Peter's compassion.
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If Satan needs to use scripture to destroy your spiritual life,
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he will use it. When he came to Jesus, he didn't
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say that the devil said he said it is written who is Lenny.
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So prayer provides a platform for communion.
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Let me tell you this no matter how great you become in life
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create systems that protect your time of fellowship.
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I recall a man of God many years ago.
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I think it was a pastors conference and he said
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something, he said some visitors just bumped into him and they
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just wanted his time. And he was, he was, it coincided
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with when he was spending time with God.
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And you know, the visitors were quite noble people and they
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waited for an hour and they were getting angry and all of that.
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And I think the daughter also, if I recall, walked on to him
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and said, Daddy, go out and attend to these people now.
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And he called, I said, my daughter, sit here, let me teach
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you something. He said the reason why these men
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are coming is because of what I'm doing.
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If I stop what I'm doing, they will find another person.
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Men are like that. They don't really love you.
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They love what you carry. That can help them.
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So don't say I'm A Celebrity man just like me.
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No gentiles come to your light, their kings come to the
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brightness. Let me tell you, no man is
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unnecessarily special by default.
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It is what is on you that makes you special and if you lose it
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and think you will remain special, men will surprise you.
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This world is is a hub of selfish people.
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They can say hosanna today and say crucify him tomorrow.
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So protect the grace, protect the power, protect the oil,
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protect the presence. Your relevance depends on it.
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Cancel your ministrations if you have to protect it.
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Don't say I'm too busy. I'm going around the world.
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You are not the first to go around the world.
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Some died going around the world.
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Some died with expansion. You're all I want.
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You're all I need. I want to hold you close to me.
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You're all I want. You're all I I need to see your
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Kingdom come. My heart cry.
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You're all I want. You're all I need.
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I want to hold you close to me. You're all I want.
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You're all I need to see your kingdoms, My heart cry.
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Your presence is my one desire. Your presence is my one desire.
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Your presence is my one desire. Your presence is my one desire.
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I'll tell you this, whatever the presence of God gives you is the
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same presence that keeps it. If the presence of God gave you
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fame, is the presence of God that will keep it.
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I say this to you with every sense of humility.
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Our world is full of ex people, and by ex I don't mean to insult
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ex, anointed ex, useful ex, graceful ex worshipper ex.
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This is not about being evil is that the devil occupied them and
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they started serving tables and as they served tables they found
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out that the oil was tail unfaded.
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Please, whatever you can do in righteousness protects the
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presence. Protect the presence, especially
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because we are in such an unforgiving generation.
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Once they descend that grace is not functioning on your life,
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they flip the Bob next, next. It's a terrible thing.
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People will place a demand on you.
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They will join cues from here to outside if they feel you carry
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grace, but let them perceive that the grace has dried.
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They will look at you and not even have the message to say.
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You once blessed me yesterday, men for you.
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Let me tell you this. Leadership one O 1, Both the
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club of men and their criticisms still achieve the same thing.
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Did you hear what I said? When men insult you or say well
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done, it still achieves the same thing.
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You need to know how to manage the uploads of men and manage
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the critics of the criticisms of men because it can all lead.
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There are few people you will find in your life, I can tell
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you this for free, who will love you for who you are and stay
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with you. The out of Jesus.
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There were 5000 people that Jesus fed, but when he was on
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the cross only his mother and John.
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Amen For you it didn't start today.
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So when you are rejoicing and saying I'm A Celebrity, it looks
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like it's my season. Hey, go and lend a story.
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The the secret to tomorrow is in yesterday.
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Your presence is my 1 design. I I I I'm ministering to someone
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who is following online. This is the secret.
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As your hunger goes, so your relevance.
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As your hunger rises, so your sustainability in the Kingdom
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and in the affairs of spirit things.
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Let me speak to core laborers in the gospel.
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As much as it's wonderful to rise, be famous, be great, let
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me tell you this history is full of the deception of success and
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the deception of the uploads of men.
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Men will clap for you because in their minds you are a product.
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They call that product Man of God.
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They call that product apostle. But you are simply a product
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that produces a certain desired outcome.
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And I tell you, if you live long enough, a day will come either
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by their own growth or your own decline or the rise of another
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option. They will show you you were not
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too special. So when you learn this early
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enough, go and listen to my message.
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The Law of Seasons, the mystery of Pharaoh's dream.
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The world is full of pained people today who were once
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standing at the spotlight and they forgot that there are
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people today who will even if it means to lick your feet.
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But the day they have an option to what you are providing, they
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will turn their face and not look back.
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I'm not saying to not celebrate when people rejoice, but please
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lend this early. Save yourself heart attack.
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The only person who will never leave you is the friend that
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stick it closer than a brother. But when men say hosanna, they
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will even give you a donkey and remove their clothes.
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A man who can remove his clothes and put it on the ground, say
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Jesus walk on it. And yet the man that Galilean
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was carrying the cross, bleeding for the sake of the same people,
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and they said look at him. He saved orders.
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He could not save himself. I'm sure as Jesus was on his way
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to Golgotha, he turned and saw the man who collected double
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portion when they were distributing bread.
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I know your face. I said go and die, go and die.
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Typical with men. Where was the woman with the
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issue of blood when he was going to die?
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Where was Lazarus who he rose from the dead?
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You are not the first to bless men and they ignore you, Len.
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His presence will be your greatest protection in this
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wicked world. I can tell you this.
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Hallelujah number 2 So prayer creates a platform for communion
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and fellowship with God, deepening the believers
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relationship with God. And of course you know that
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Psalm 145 and verse 18. Let's look at it very quickly.
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We need to rush 14518. The Bible says the Lord is nigh
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unto them that call upon him more so than that call upon Him
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in truth. Do you know that there is a
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realm of intimacy with God where you can deepen your relationship
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with God? You can know that which is in
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the heart of the Father. John chapter 14 verse 21 says
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Scripture that changed my life many years ago.
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He that keepeth my commands is he that loveth me, and he that
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loveth me shall be loved of my father.
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Read the remaining part. And I will love him and will
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manifest myself to him. Verse 23 same Scripture 23.
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It says, if a man loves me, he will keep my words, and my
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father will love him, and we will come on to him and make our
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abode with him. Let's go to #2 What does prayer
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achieve in the life of a believer or a territory ready?
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Prayer provides a platform for the believer to encounter the
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refining and transforming power of God.
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Prayer provides a platform for the believer to encounter the
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refining and the transforming power of God.
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There is such a thing as a refiners fire. 2nd Corinthians
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chapter 3 and verse 18 the Bible says, but we all with unveiled
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faces beholding him as in a mirror we are changed.
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That beholding you see there is in the place of prayer you
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encountered the refining and the transforming power of God.
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I like Psalm 51 and verse 10. Psalm 51 is a Psalm of
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brokenness. When you really want to be
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broken before God, go and read Psalm 51 one to the end.
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It says create in me a clean heart.
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You can't add a clean heart by default, it says, and renew a
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right spirit. A man can carry a wrong spirit.
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A Messiah did what was right in the sight of God, but not with a
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perfect heart. Listen to me, when you get oil
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or you get a product, you pass it through a refining process,
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am I right? The assignment of a refining
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process is number 1, to purify that, that raw substance, but #2
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to create other components out of it.
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So crude, for instance, as you refine crude, you don't just get
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petrol or PMS. As we know, diesel comes there,
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kerosene comes there, gas and several other things come out of
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it. Are we together now?
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That's what happens when we pray.
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There are many dimensions of the God life that is invested in
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you, but it's still dormant. When you submit yourself to the
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refining power of prayer, the first thing it does is to refine
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your character. I was speaking this morning in
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Lagos and I was it yesterday night now and I was charging the
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people. I said becoming like Jesus
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Christ is the first assignment of the life of God in you.
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It empowers you to carry, to embody the nature of Christ.
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There are many Christians who don't look like Christ.
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Just allow them open their mouth.
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They pray for hours and still talk like demons.
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Are we together? So it's a very important thing.
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You must become like Christ in experience, like I was charging
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the people there. Every territory I know in
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Nigeria and in Africa, we have, with all due respect, certain
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positive aspects of our culture. What every culture I know has
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certain negative things connected to it is a tree of the
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knowledge of both good and evil, and it is the assignment of the
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refining power of God through the platform of prayer to refine
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a way that draws. When you submit your life to the
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ministry of prayer, the draws that would have followed you and
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destroyed you after 20 years is settled to that refining power
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of prayer. Is someone learning now?
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Everywhere I know in this country has a backlog of certain
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signature spirits that work in the life of people from anger to
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lost to wickedness. Are we together?
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I can ask. You mention one good thing about
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where you come from. You mention it quickly, and I'll
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say mention one challenging thing from where you come from.
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You will even mention it twice faster.
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That is, our people are angry people, or our people are wicked
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people, or our people are on serious people, or there's
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untimely death. Let me tell you where that
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purification happens when you submit yourself to the
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transforming power of prayer. Listen, you can submit yourself
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to prayer but not allow it transform you.
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I hope you know that just because you are praying does not
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mean you have submitted to the refining.
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You can submit to prayer simply to receive from God.
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So your consciousness in prayer is tailored towards receiving.
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You will never allow the power of God change you.
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And there are people like that. They will pray for years and for
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decades they will receive answers, but they are never
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changed by it. Your consciousness as you get to
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the place of prayer is what defines the activities that
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happened during your time of prayer.
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You can get to the place of prayer.
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Lord, I want to receive. I'm just here because I'm
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looking for my school fees verses Lord, I am bringing the
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raw unrefined state, even though a possessor of your life that
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draws let it be drained out. Are we together now?
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Yes, like poison is extracted from a wound and the Holy Spirit
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begins to lead you as you submit yourself to prayer, the hand of
1:24:58
God comes upon you and in partnership with the word of
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God, that anger, that unforgiveness, are we together?
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That version of you that makes you look like the negative
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aspect of where you come from is in his presence.
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It is settled. Oh, you are evil, ABI, No wonder
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they behave in a certain way. You are Yoruba, ABI, No wonder
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they behave in a certain way. You are from the North, ABI, No
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wonder they behave in a certain way.
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You are from the South S You are American, you are British.
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You see that now? You are Caribbean.
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They behave in a certain way. Not when you are refined.
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When you stare, you are refined. People keep asking where are you
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from and when you say you are from social place, they say it's
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a lie. We cannot find in you the traits
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and you tell them. I submitted to the refining
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power and the transforming power of prayer.
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Is someone learning now I know your people to have a widespread
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attitude of disrespect. You say you are right, except
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that when I met him in the secret place, he refined me.
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He refined away dishonor from me.
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I hear that there's something that happens to your people.
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They don't live beyond 50. It's true.
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The Nazarenes, I've taught you here, Nazarenes had a cancer
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upon them as a plague. They did not have longevity of
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impact. An example is Samson.
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So when Jesus showed up as a Nazarene, Nathaniel said don't
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waste. Don't call me to go and meet
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him. He said waste, can anything good
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come out of Nazareth? Jesus said don't insult him,
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He's an Israelite in whom there is no guile, meaning he's not
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lying. What he's saying is true.
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However, Jesus showed us the possibility of being refined
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out. Is someone listening now?
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Yes Sir, the first proof that you have met God is something
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happens, a major alteration to your character.
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If you remain the same, you are not changed and it's because you
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have not met Him. Who is Lenny?
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Yes, that prayer, Purify my heart is not the prayer for baby
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Christians. In fact, the older you grow in
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the faith, the more you need that prayer, the prayer to
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purify your heart. Remember when they caught the
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person in adultery? Remember that story in the very
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act of it the Bible says and now said OK, this woman was caught
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in the very act. Jesus said he who does not have
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sin should cast the first stone. The Bible says they were
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convicted from the oldest. Something happens as you grow
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old. The anger increases, the
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frustration increases, the disappointment increases, the
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consciousness of the wickedness of men increase.
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By the time you are 50 years, you are more angry and wicked
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than you were when you were 30. So you need to submit to the
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refiners fire. Is someone learning now?
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Yes, you refine your character. I've said it to you that one of
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the greatest need of the church right now, BA, is not more
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power, is not more wisdom, is to become more like Christ.
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In experience, there are many, many, many, many people who look
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like Christians but are not Christians.
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And what happens in the body of Christ right now is largely
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selective holiness. Everybody chooses the area where
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they are free from and that becomes their stress.
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No, there is a standard. You don't select the part you
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want. Are we together now to become
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like Christ? I said it, I think it was in
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Lagos. I submit to you, some of the
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most wicked people available in every territory are Christians,
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Nasty and wicked, wicked in ways you cannot imagine.
1:28:49
We get to the point of maybe even plotting the death of
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another. I'm not selling the faith life
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wrong, but it's the truth. And yet we There's never been a
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time in church history when we pray and fast and do whatever it
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is. It is because we have refused to
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allow our prayer to take us. You see, there are many chambers
1:29:08
in the Spirit. There is the prophetic chamber.
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There is the refinery in the Spirit.
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There is a place where you will receive things just because you
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have entered the place of prayer.
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You must visit every part of of that place.
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You can reject the transforming part of that refinery and every
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time you enter the place of prayer is just let me receive
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plus Jesus may not Satan and you finish and say I prayed.
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No, don't tell me you have prayed.
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Show me the transformation that happened.
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I must see before and after. Then I know prayer has changed
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you. Is someone learning now the
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refining power of prayer? This one is a very serious one.
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Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, I have studied the
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human nature by the grace of God a bit, and I can tell you this,
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everybody is looking for God in men.
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Unbelievers are looking for God in men.
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They call them employees. Every boss and CEOI know once
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his managerial team to be people of excellence character.
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That is simply a secular way of saying they are looking for God
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in men. Every wife I know is looking for
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God in her husband. Every husband I know is looking
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for God in his wife. Every parent you see all these
1:30:34
things about children. They are looking for God in one
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another. Others may admit it, others will
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not want to say God. They just say a well behaved
1:30:43
husband. What is a well behaved husband?
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A young man came to Jesus and said Good master, and Jesus
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said, you call me good. No man is good except God.
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So when you see the quality of goodness for a man, that man has
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had contact with God. Are you learning now, Ladies and
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gentlemen, I don't know about you what you must give yourself
1:31:09
with reckless abandonment to the transforming and the refining
1:31:14
power of the Spirit. And let me tell you this, there
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are at least six parts of your life I think I've taught you
1:31:21
that the refiners fire must touch #1 your mind #2 your eyes
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#3 your ears #4 your tongue #5 your heart.
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Number six, your hands and even your feet.
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The refiners fire. Most every part that I mentioned
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has a prophetic symbolism. When the refiners fire touches
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your mind, it affects your thinking and your perception.
1:31:47
If the refiners fire purifies your eyes, it affects the things
1:31:51
that you see. Are we together?
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If the refiners fire touches your ears, it affects your
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perception. If the refiners fire touches
1:31:59
your heart, that's why you should even allow it because
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that one it needs to roast out so many things.
1:32:06
The business of your heart is not a is not a quick one that
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you just leave one day. The fire must stay there because
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that heart you see is the control room of every month's
1:32:16
downfall. The heart desperately wicked.
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The Bible says even the possessor cannot know how wicked
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his heart is. And so you submit your heart.
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Do a work in me, purify my just sing it one time.
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Please do our work in me. Purify my motif till you're they
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see. Sing it from your heart.
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Purify my heart. Purify my motive, Hallelujah.
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It is my prayer, and it's a sincere prayer, first for you,
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colonial, global, and then for the body of Christ, that when
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you stand before men, your life will exude the character of the
1:33:26
Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit. People who ask you and say what
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kind of a believer you are, are you.
1:33:33
You are kind, you are loving. Someone insults you and you
1:33:36
should insult back and you have the power to do it and yet you
1:33:39
let go. What kind of human being are
1:33:42
you? And you call yourself a refined
1:33:44
believer. You went to the place of prayer
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and left something there that draws apostle.
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Where we come from in our family, we are all pastors, but
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we are angry. We can't even fight ourselves.
1:33:59
We can tear ourselves into pieces and go for a miracle
1:34:02
service. No Sir, allow the refiners fire.
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Who is learning tonight? Do you know how refining
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happens? There is no gold or silver that
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is refined still having the same shape.
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The first thing that happens is a melting away of the current.
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Then when it is malleable enough, it is purified and
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remoted back, even if it's to the same shape.
1:34:33
That's what we call brokenness. Brokenness.
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You don't go before God as emoji and say, Lord, I'm a man of God.
1:34:41
Just check if there are one or two things.
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You go and lie down flat and say, Father, let your refiners
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fire. I don't care what they call me,
1:34:50
but let that fire blow. Is someone learning now?
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Yes Sir, I'm praying for you from my heart.
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Tonight's message is a serious one.
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Listen, I'm tired of the body of Christ praying, but there are no
1:35:08
results in prayer. I tell you why there are no
1:35:10
results because a major part of our prayer is about receiving.
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Don't get me wrong, there is a place for receiving, but most of
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the receiving is because we are not changed.
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Let it be a prayer from a desperate heart tonight.
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It means fix me. The weight of glory you seek
1:36:46
requires A refined you. The level of the healing
1:36:49
anointing you are looking for is available, but not on this kind
1:36:54
of vessel. The level of wealth you are
1:36:57
looking for. Many people do not know wealth
1:36:59
is a spiritual affair. You know sometimes I watch with
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with with sincerity. I hear people talk about money
1:37:06
and they downplay the spirituality of it.
1:37:08
You are joking. I'm not talking of the realm of
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tea and bread. There are dimensions in wealth
1:37:15
where it is spirituality that defines your stake.
1:37:18
Not buying and selling. Some not buying and selling.
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When you come from a background of poverty, anything better than
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it looks like wealth. We're talking of a realm of
1:37:27
wealth where you bow to something, not just buying and
1:37:31
selling. Satan did not say transact this.
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He said give me your soul and I will give you this.
1:37:38
At that point, ladies and gentlemen, it is a matter of
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allegiance, not just transaction.
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Canonia, are you learning? I'm going to give everybody the
1:37:54
next two minutes wherever we stop, even if we can't finish
1:37:58
for this 2 minutes. I don't know how you're going to
1:38:01
cry before God, but we're going to raise that song.
1:38:04
Fix me, O God, There are no emojis tonight.
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Cry unto the God of heaven and those of you who are falling
1:38:12
online, just one sincere cry. There's nothing like your
1:38:17
presence, Lord. All I wants to be with you is
1:38:23
nothing like Hallelujah. That song just came into my
1:38:30
spirit. We're going back to fix me.
1:38:32
Fix me is the song now. That's what we need to sing for
1:38:35
the next two minutes. Please cry before God and say,
1:38:39
Lord, I desire greater weights of glory.
1:38:43
But I'm asking you let the dross let the dross strain it like
1:38:48
poison comes out of a wound. Someone lift your voice and pray
1:38:53
those falling on line when a serious business of brokenness,
1:38:59
stretching ourselves in the spirit.
1:39:21
Fix me, fix me someone. Pray.
1:39:27
Fix loss, Fix unforgiveness, fix anger, fix bitterness, fix
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competitive jealousy. I show you the refining power of
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prayer. Not just give me leave, give me,
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fix me. That's the prayer.
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Fix me, fix my mind, fix my life, fix my heart, fix my
1:39:52
motif. When the fixing is gone, the
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giving becomes easy. When the fixing is done, the
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giving becomes easy. When the fixing is done, the
1:40:05
giving becomes easy. I tell you this, when the fixing
1:40:08
is done, your motif, your tendency is fixed.
1:40:28
All over the world, join us as we cry.
1:40:35
And the man of God what fix me. And the woman of God what fix
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me. And the prophet God fix me.
1:40:43
And the Father what fix me I. The psalmist prayed a very
1:41:33
powerful prayer. It says search my heart and try
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my thoughts. Let me tell you this, until God
1:41:42
marks the script of your life, if you allow pride to mark the
1:41:46
script of your life, you will always get a If you allow pride
1:41:52
to mark the script of your life, if you allow self righteousness
1:41:56
to always mark the script of your life, it will give you a
1:42:00
even when you are dying. A As a man of God, A as a
1:42:05
preacher. Are we together as a wicked
1:42:09
person? Even in anger, even in
1:42:13
unforgiveness, even in rejoicing over the downfall of others?
1:42:18
When pride marks the script of your life, it will always make
1:42:22
you pass the exam. But when the mighty hand of God
1:42:26
marks your life, even when you are scoring 80, you will cease a
1:42:30
less press for the remaining 20. One minute will be seated
1:42:36
shortly. Listen to me, I can tell you
1:43:09
this after praying for many years.
1:43:14
I can tell you why people are not changing prayer.
1:43:17
Please write it. You belong to a prayer ministry.
1:43:20
You belong to a prayer group. This is the part to go and fix.
1:43:25
A major part of our prayer life stems from self righteousness.
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A major part of our our prayer life is need driven.
1:43:35
Not communion driven, not intimacy driven, not
1:43:40
consecration driven. And even where it is
1:43:43
consecration driven, it is selective holiness.
1:43:48
Our idea of consecration is based on the terms we have
1:43:51
defined. It is only God who can define
1:43:54
how far He needs to stretch you. That's the reason why people
1:44:02
don't grow. And I feel sad for many young
1:44:05
ministers who are rising because most of them are people of
1:44:09
prayer, but they have not explored the riches in prayer.
1:44:14
Go and read your Bible. Go and read history and see how
1:44:18
prayer refinement. Our definition of refining is
1:44:22
the arrival of power. No Sir, if your theology about
1:44:27
the refining power of prayer is the arrival of power, then you
1:44:31
have missed it a major part. It is the change of heart that a
1:44:37
man becomes a better husband because you prayed, a better
1:44:41
wife because you prayed, a CEO who knows by the mercy of God
1:44:46
that you would not touch one narrow because you prayed.
1:44:49
The energy came from there. Transformation first before
1:44:53
power, transformation first. People fast for days, fast for
1:44:59
weeks, and all they are looking for is give me power, connect me
1:45:03
to a destiny helper so that men will know that I went to the
1:45:06
place of prayer and I came back powerful.
1:45:09
You wouldn't amount to much but the character of the Christ that
1:45:16
when men look at you, you are the clearest example of Jesus
1:45:20
Christ that they can see, not pretentiously.
1:45:23
Your kindness is genuine, your love is genuine.
1:45:27
Your regard for men is genuine. Let me tell you, I say it again,
1:45:31
the body of Christ must continue praying.
1:45:34
But I'm opening us up by the power of the Holy Spirit that a
1:45:38
major part of our prayer in the body of Christ is largely need
1:45:43
driven. And that is not wrong.
1:45:46
For that prayer was designed by God to be refiners.
1:45:50
Fire. Not selective refinement, not
1:45:53
refinement based on the dictates of self righteousness.
1:45:57
Refinement that breaks a man and brings you to a point of
1:46:01
humility. Prayer.
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Let us pray. When we say let us pray.
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It's not just a call to blind Pentecostal fanatism where we
1:46:14
build empires around our hours of stretching the Spirit.
1:46:18
Nothing wrong with that. But we are creating a monster
1:46:21
that will destroy the body of Christ.
1:46:24
The goal of prayer is its refining power.
1:46:27
It changes you that men ask you not just how many hours you
1:46:32
pray. Don't get me wrong, there's
1:46:33
nothing wrong with investing. In fact, if you're a serious
1:46:36
prayer person, you must invest time, dedicated time in prayer,
1:46:41
even if not everyday. But I'm saying I don't value
1:46:46
your prayer life so much if I don't see it refining you.
1:46:49
If the pride is still there, if the lost is still there, if the
1:46:53
anger is still there and yet you are submitting yourself for a
1:46:56
long time is because you are choosing the department of the
1:47:00
refinery you want to go to when you get there.
1:47:03
You allow the Lord to be the Lord of your refining.
1:47:06
He will take you to whatever chamber for three months.
1:47:10
He will say let's not talk about anointing.
1:47:12
I am changing you Lord, but I need powerful signs and wonders.
1:47:16
It's a lived issue of power. Let me change you first, because
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the kind of worlds that will enter your hand if you are not
1:47:22
refined, there are some of you, 10 billion, one billion, 100
1:47:27
billion enters your hand. Now God will just ask the
1:47:31
angels, withdraw it quietly, use anything, withdraw it.
1:47:35
Let the person will send it back, but withdraw it, we'll
1:47:38
send it after one year. Let's walk on his heart first.
1:47:47
There are people today, if they get half of the things they are
1:47:51
praying for, Lord, give me 100,000 members, give me 10,000
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members. Make me a global figure.
1:47:59
The way they will criticize me in one day you will cause them
1:48:02
using the name of God and God will say no, no, no, no, no.
1:48:05
Let me refine you first. That was the refiners fire that
1:48:09
Joseph passed through. All those things that look like
1:48:12
orchestrations, like mistakes. It was his version of the
1:48:16
refiners fire. By the time he would become a
1:48:20
king, the Prime Minister, he had been a refined believer.
1:48:24
My brothers and my sisters, it is beautiful to see a man God
1:48:28
has walked on. It is beautiful to see a man who
1:48:31
has allowed God to walk on thoroughly, thoroughly,
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thoroughly. Not selectively, not
1:48:39
selectively, thoroughly. God is raising a people who are
1:48:45
holistically refined. Not just free from lost, but
1:48:49
still having anger and unforgiveness and
1:48:51
competitiveness, or free from jealousy and still having lost
1:48:57
and anger. God wants to touch every area
1:49:00
and we must allow Him. Don't select the part you like.
1:49:04
Allow Him to refine you and don't feel embarrassed when he
1:49:08
tells you we need to walk in an area.
1:49:10
Not say, oh, God, no, no, no. This is God we're talking about.
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Please sit down. Please sit down.
1:49:20
I'm not sure we can reach 8. I will just do maybe 3:00 and
1:49:23
4:00. And then we'll pray.
1:49:25
We'll see here for a long time. We'll revisit it again.
1:49:29
But this night's teaching is a serious business.
1:49:32
Are we together? Very serious business.
1:49:34
So if you love God and you want to be relevant in His prophetic
1:49:37
scheme of things, this is the secret.
1:49:41
So #1 Prayer creates a platform for communion and fellowship,
1:49:46
deepening the believers relationship with God #2 Prayer
1:49:50
provides a platform for the believer to encounter the
1:49:53
refining and the transforming power of God.
1:49:58
This is where surrender happens. This is where brokenness
1:50:01
happens. When you submit yourself here,
1:50:04
you become like Christ in experience and holistically #3
1:50:10
Prayer builds the believers capacity to trust God.
1:50:15
Prayer builds the believers capacity to trust God.
1:50:20
Bible faith. This is where the spirit of
1:50:23
faith comes from. Prayer builds the believers
1:50:27
capacity to trust God. Generally speaking, encounters
1:50:31
create conviction. When you encounter the God of
1:50:35
the Bible, it creates conviction, He said, But I know
1:50:39
whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He's able to keep
1:50:44
that which is committed unto him against that day.
1:50:49
Prayer builds the cup, the believers capacity to trust God.
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Let me tell you this ladies and gentlemen, when you find out
1:50:57
that your trust in God is shaking, it's difficult for you
1:51:00
to stand on the promises of God. What you need is to submit
1:51:05
yourself to prayer until the spirit of faith rests upon you.
1:51:09
When the spirit of faith comes upon you, you become unshakable,
1:51:14
immovable. Is someone learning now you can
1:51:17
do big things for the Kingdom when your faith is dwindling.
1:51:21
There are 5 levels of faith in the Bible.
1:51:23
There is no faith, there is little faith.
1:51:26
There is much faith. There is great faith.
1:51:28
There is exceeding great faith. When you see people audacious,
1:51:36
almost arrogant, it is because of the God they have
1:51:39
encountered. The Bible says what the people
1:51:41
that do know their God, they shall be strong and they shall
1:51:46
do exploits. Moses cried until we get to
1:51:49
verse 14 of Exodus 14. He calmed the people down and
1:51:53
then verse 15 he goes to God and he says God says why are you
1:51:57
crying to me? He said tell the children of
1:52:00
Israel that they go forward. His encounter with God planted
1:52:04
faith in him. He returned back and said, you
1:52:07
know what, let's March forward and the Red Sea parted, hit her
1:52:12
and hit her. There are things you would not
1:52:15
be able to do in your life and for the Kingdom except you have
1:52:19
faith. Let me tell you something,
1:52:23
especially in this side of God's Kingdom, this side of the
1:52:27
nation, you are going to need to understand faith if things will
1:52:33
work for you because abroad down W with all due respect, they
1:52:39
have a system that has been created that easily enhances
1:52:44
growth, even though it's largely an Antichrist system, but it
1:52:47
enhances growth. They have credit systems.
1:52:50
Are we together? They have all kinds of packages
1:52:54
that they give to people. You can be lazy for one year,
1:52:57
your children are still eating. But in Nigeria here, once
1:53:01
there's nobody's giving you credit for anything.
1:53:04
If your fate cannot produce it, you'll feel the weight
1:53:06
immediately. You see, now the mortgage system
1:53:13
for housing is at its infancy in Nigeria.
1:53:16
We pay cash here. If the house is 100,000, you pay
1:53:19
100,000. Even if you do an instalmental
1:53:21
payment. They say after two years, that's
1:53:25
not really a favour. 2 years is just 20-4 months.
1:53:28
But abroad, they can spread it to 15 years, 26 years for
1:53:32
instance. So I'm saying that you need
1:53:35
faith. You need to trust God.
1:53:37
The days that we live in right now require men who know God,
1:53:42
not just men who know about God. Life will bully you until you
1:53:47
know the God who sent you. Life will bully you.
1:53:52
You will be bullied because of the color of your skin.
1:53:54
You'll be bullied because of where you come from.
1:53:57
You will be bullied because of who your father is or is not.
1:54:00
You'll be bullied because people just feel you don't qualify to
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be where you are. The stabilizer, your destiny
1:54:08
will be your knowledge of God. Someone looks at you and says
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you. You are not supposed to be that
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CEO Kai. Life is unfair.
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Why should this lady be the person to be running this bank
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or to be running the well? It does not matter.
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The people that do know they are gone.
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Life is full of all kinds of unfair sentiments.
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People rate you and just feel it's not your children that
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should be in this school. You should not be the one living
1:54:34
in that house. You should not be the one God is
1:54:36
using. Unfortunately, they are not.
1:54:38
God is someone learning now. Prayer increases your capacity
1:54:44
to trust God #4 bless that. Be the name of the Lord.
1:54:56
What does prayer achieve in the life of a believer or a
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territory #4 Prayer is the authorized channel listen to
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involve God and call for divine assistance in the life of any
1:55:10
man. Prayer is the authorized channel
1:55:15
to involve God and to call for divine assistance in the life of
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any man. Whenever you want to involve God
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officially in the affairs of your life and to call for divine
1:55:29
assistance, the channel is Prayer.
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Philippians chapter 4-6 and seven.
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Prayer is the authorized channel to involve God and to call for
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divine assistance in or over the life of any man.
1:55:46
It says, Be anxious. The word anxious.
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There is a very correct rendition NKJV be anxious for
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nothing. It says, put in everything by
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prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving.
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Let your request be made known to God.
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Then verse 7 says, And the peace of God, which surpasses all
1:56:08
understanding, will Garrison, will guard your hearts and your
1:56:12
minds through Christ Jesus. In Jeremiah chapter 29 and verse
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1229 and verse 12 of Jeremiah 29 and verse 12, it says, Then
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shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
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will hacken unto you. Ladies and gentlemen, I've
1:56:38
taught you here that one of the highest proof of pride is
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prayerlessness. Prayerlessness is not just sin,
1:56:48
it is pride. It is proof of independence that
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you are so sufficient you do not need the assistance of heaven.
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Prayer. Being prayerful is a sign of
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humility and is a sign of honor to God.
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Recognizing that you are limited, recognizing that you
1:57:05
are incapacitated, that no matter how prepared you are in
1:57:09
life all by yourself, you do not have the intellectual, the
1:57:13
spiritual wherewithal to run your life unassisted.
1:57:17
So you submit to prayer. Is someone learning?
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Now call on to me and I will answer Jeremiah 33 and verse
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three. I will show you great and mighty
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things which thou knowest not. Prayer is the authorized channel
1:57:36
to involve God and to call for divine assistance in the life of
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a man. I don't know about you, ladies
1:57:43
and gentlemen, but I've learned and I learned this early life.
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Take God away from my life and I may risk even to myself.
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Take God from my life and I may risk even to myself.
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I'm not afraid to call on assistance every time.
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Many times when I go to God in the place of price, say, Father,
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your boy is here. You have given me this enormous
1:58:11
walk. I don't have the intellectual
1:58:13
wherewithal. Trust in the Lord with all your
1:58:16
heart and lean not onto your own understanding.
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In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.
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Be not wise in your own understanding.
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Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
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That's what the Bible says. Let me tell you this ladies and
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gentlemen, as you sojourn your life and destiny, learn it and
1:58:34
learn it early. Without God you will not amount
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to much. The Bible says accept the Lord
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beauty house. They labor in vain that build
1:58:43
it, except the Lord watches over a city.
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The watchman watched but in vain.
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He says it is vain to wake up early in the morning and to
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sleep late at night, only to eat the bread of sorrow.
1:58:54
It is God that gives his beloved sleep.
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It is by you we run through a troop.
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It is by my God we leap over a wall.
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I can fail alone, but me and God cannot fail together.
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It's true, it's true, and don't be ashamed to let the world see
1:59:18
that we live in a celebrity age where we like to credit results
1:59:23
to ourselves, minus me. When they see me, may they see
1:59:27
him first. And then after they see the
1:59:29
mighty God, they now see a frail man who is a product of mercy
1:59:34
and grace standing behind that mighty God.
1:59:38
Unfortunately, the world cannot seek him because he's invisible.
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So they will now give the credit to this man.
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Look at me, this is all of me. When you see what God is doing
1:59:47
and you see the man standing, isn't it foolish for you to
1:59:50
imagine that it is all by myself?
1:59:53
And I'll be, I'll be twice foolish to believe that it is
1:59:57
all by my strength. Let the world know.
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Let them know it again. And that Joshua Selman minors
2:00:08
God is just a puppet doomed to fail.
2:00:11
Koinonia Minors God is doomed to fail.
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We are a ministry that has been marvelously helped.
2:00:17
We called on the Master and he came.
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He came with his jealousy and his terribleness and stood in
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front of us, but mysteriously behind us, directing and still
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pushing at the same time. That is the reason for the
2:00:30
results. So the next time, ladies and
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gentlemen, you see God doing exploits through Koinonia, thank
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God for the man of God, but please thank God more for the
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God of the man. This is not patronizing you.
2:00:48
I'm not a politician. It's the truth.
2:00:51
It's the truth. I know this.
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Take away God from Koinonia will not last one month.
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I tell you that. Take away God from my life.
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I will not last one month. Jehovah, you surround me with
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many victories. Jehovah, you go before me and
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fight my battles. You're Jehovah.
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That's the secret, ladies and gentlemen, Jehovah.
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When they cannot explain your result, tell them, Jehovah, the
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Lord, my banner, the one who fights for me.
2:01:49
When your results look mysterious and the subject of
2:01:53
discussion, tell them Jehovah. I know that much that he
2:02:08
surrounds me with many victories.
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Jehovah Nisi, you're my banner. You go before me and fight my
2:02:25
battles. Jehovah, listen, when you
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understand how to call on heaven's assistance, your life
2:02:38
will be a sign and a wonder, first to you and then to
2:02:42
everybody. It is true that you will not
2:02:44
adopt, but your results will not stop surprising men.
2:02:47
I tell you that when men think they have exhausted you, they
2:02:50
will see another layer of performance and they'll say, How
2:02:53
is this thing happening? I've taught you the secret.
2:02:56
You will shout Jehovah Nisi and say This is a secret.
2:03:00
My banner, I'm my defender. He brands his success on me and
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it looks like I'm the one producing it.
2:03:15
He's Jehovah. I hope God is ministering to
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someone tonight. I'm speaking to some of you
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because this year you will saw on the weeks of Eagles.
2:03:28
I'm telling you, I'm saying it to you.
2:03:31
Prophetically, men will look at your life and say, how did you
2:03:37
get into this dimension? When they are saying it, don't
2:03:40
start bragging. Remember the message.
2:03:43
Step back and tell them, look at me, look at me.
2:03:47
An ordinary man like this is not condemnation.
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An ordinary man like this cannot amount to much.
2:04:08
Jehovah, when God leaves you as a worshipper, when God leaves
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you as a businessman, that you registered a real estate company
2:04:18
by February and by April you are doing business to the billions.
2:04:24
And they say who did you know? Who did you sleep with?
2:04:26
You said no, Sir. He surrounds me with many
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victories. He's Jehovah Nissi.
2:04:35
He's my panel. You go before me and fight my
2:04:43
battle. Listen,
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there are not. There are not many answers.
2:04:58
You know one of the reasons why you hardly find me around
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interviews and all of that because I don't have too many
2:05:04
answers in my life. For most of the questions you
2:05:08
will ask me, my answers is God. So I will sound foolish in the
2:05:14
presence of many interviews and I will look silly, but the
2:05:18
answers will be sincere. What is the reason for this
2:05:20
result? I will tell you, God, what of
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this one? I will say God.
2:05:24
What of the next one? God.
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Oh yeah, be real. I will now say God.
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You see, it doesn't make sense, but that's my answer.
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God, Sir. God, Sir.
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When he stands behind a man. When he stands behind a man,
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what? Besides the person who stands in
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front of him, I have tested of the backing of God.
2:05:53
I know what happens when God backs a man mysteriously.
2:05:58
You will make progress in a way that can only be turned
2:06:02
indomitable. The talks of men
2:06:05
notwithstanding, the desires of men notwithstanding.
2:06:09
Listen to me, let me give you a secret.
2:06:12
Hold on to His hands and ask Him to hold on to your hand.
2:06:16
Go on the journey, I can guarantee you, you will arrive.
2:06:20
It doesn't matter what storms you will arrive.
2:06:25
Tonight is a prophetic meeting. If we stop you, I'm still
2:06:29
fulfilled. I'm teaching you deep secrets in
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prayer. When you go to prayer, don't
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just chant as if you are rapping.
2:06:36
No, let it be a real communication with the living
2:06:39
God. I am incapacitated, he said.
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Blessed are they that hunger and thirst when you understand your
2:06:46
insufficiency, he told Paul. My grace is sufficient in your
2:06:51
weakness. If you do not acknowledge that
2:06:54
you are limited, you cannot invite His power.
2:06:58
How can I run this great ministry just by human
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intellect? It will not work, Sir.
2:07:03
It cannot work, Sir. How can you run a global
2:07:06
business by human intellect with the sentiments of man?
2:07:10
Someone can get up and hate you and hate your children.
2:07:14
Who now defends you. Let me sing it one time and then
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maybe I'll just give you one more listen.
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They will conclude that the campaign of hatred is a waste of
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time because as far as you are concerned, God has decided to
2:08:04
stand behind you as a mighty terrible one.
2:08:08
Believe me. Oh, this year prepare to hear
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many. I am sorries.
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I am sorry. I am sorry I was part of those
2:08:17
who caused your pain. I am sorry.
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I, I, I you would have been promoted.
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But I am part of those who stood behind you.
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For mysteriously, the more we fought you, the more an
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invisible hand took you again. That is the hand that takes a
2:08:40
man from a well and takes that man to Egypt and takes that man
2:08:46
to a prison and leaves him finally on the throne.
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That is the hand that takes a man as a eunuch to Babylon and
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exhausts him to become one of the six presidents, keeping him
2:08:58
relevant to the dispensation of 6 kings.
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That is the hand that took a village girl in Shushan called
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Hadassa and shifted every other woman and placed her the throne
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and said, let me see who removes you.
2:09:12
That is the hand that took a young boy called Gideon and
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exalted him. That is the hand that leaves any
2:09:20
man you see who has risen in righteousness.
2:09:23
Listen, believe us, let me encourage you.
2:09:26
Do not fear the bully of man. God is with you.
2:09:30
Did you hear what I said? No, don't apologize for His hand
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on your life. There are things to apologize
2:09:41
about, Not that one. You don't owe anybody an
2:09:45
explanation for doing exploits. It is the finger of God, Sir,
2:09:49
the testimony of his mercy on your life.
2:09:56
This is Colonia, Jehovah. You go before me and find my
2:10:10
battles. Jehovah, anybody waiting for
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your anointing to go down is wasting their time, waiting to
2:10:25
hear you have gone down financially, wasting their time.
2:10:29
I'm telling you waiting to hear the ministry is going down,
2:10:32
wasting their time waiting to find a reason to dance and pop
2:10:39
up wine and say we finally got him wasting your time.
2:10:44
Your destiny is more and more in righteousness more and more by
2:10:48
the Spirit you you keep smashing the record you upset by the
2:10:53
Spirit of God. I tell you this prophetically,
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nobody will see the end of you. They will waste their time and
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their conspiracies will fall to not after discussing you in the
2:11:04
office. God, you wait till they don't
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discuss it. Then you will lift you in a way
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that will surprise everyone. Listen, hear me body of Christ,
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hear me believers, I believe that God is about to make a
2:11:21
statement in Nigeria. I can lift anybody I want to
2:11:26
lift. I can bless anyone.
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I want to bless. The reign of human empires and
2:11:33
the pride that has come from those empires have touched the
2:11:36
heart of God. And God is about to make a
2:11:39
statement. Every once in a while he does
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it. He picks ordinary men and say,
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let me see who brings them down. It is by the hand of God.
2:11:48
Mark my word, you will see this happen.
2:11:52
Man whose rising will be mysterious, inexplainable, but
2:11:56
undeniable. You will know this one was the
2:11:59
finger of God. Men will rise in wealth.
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They will handle resources in a way that government will call
2:12:06
them and say we check everything about you, there's no
2:12:09
corruption, but we cannot deny his finger.
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Men will rise with the anointing.
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You would dress your spiritual history and you will even be
2:12:17
afraid, because somewhere along the line his hand came upon
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them. We're going to pray.
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Listen, I'll continue next week. Call tonight's teaching.
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Part 1. Let us pray.
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Part 1. Rise up on your feet.
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Hold someone's hand. Let's do some prayers.
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In a few minutes. The waters have been stared.
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Come on, someone pray. It's a season of victory for
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you. Shake away on belief.
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Shake away fear. God is on your side.
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It will take a lot to fail when God is with you.
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It will take a whole lot to fail when God is with you.
2:13:11
Pray in the Spirit like the lion that you are.
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It will take a lot to fail when my God is with you.
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It will take a lot to fail when my God is with you.
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You surround me with many victories, Jehovah Nisi, you're
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my banner. You go before me.
2:13:41
You fight my battles. Jehovah, please pray, please
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pray. Please pray for your Christ.
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Let us pray there is a God that answers prayer.
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Let us pray there is a God that helps man.
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Let us pray there is a God that defends man.
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Let us pray there is a God that can empower a man.
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Let us pray there is the God who lifts man.
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Let us pray there is a God who lifts the expectation of the
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wicked. Lift your voice and pray.
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Now open your mouth and begin to pray.
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I am victorious in Christ. My prayer life is potent,
2:15:05
potent, potent. No empty prayers, no unfruitful
2:15:10
prayers. First I'm praying to the living
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God, the God of our flesh, the one who says, is there anything
2:15:17
impossible for me to do? Let's fed rise tonight in the
2:15:22
name of Jesus. The prayer that deepens your
2:15:27
relationship, deepens your fellowship, deepens your
2:15:31
intimacy, strengthens your knowledge of God.
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Someone lift your voice and pray.
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The prayer that refines you, transforms you, trains out the
2:15:43
trust in your life, leaving you a better presentation and a
2:15:47
better representation of the Christ.
2:15:53
Kata pakata, Pranta kata, come on, Colonia, pray.
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Shapran Taskata Palakata, I'm showing you a pattern that will
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bring a greater weight of glory upon your life.
2:16:07
Ratan Taskata Palakate, go ahead and pray.
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Pray, Let us pray because in the place of prayer you will build
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trust. The spirit of faith will come
2:16:35
upon you as you pray. Capacity to believe God for
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great things, for mighty things, for great things, for destiny.
2:16:44
Defining things for nation shifting exploits.
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Let us pray. It's a channel for calling for
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divine assistance. In Jesus name we pray.
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Hallelujah. Unfortunately we didn't get
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there today, but we'll get there next week.
2:17:14
I'm going to be teaching you pray on the ministry of angels.
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I will show you what happens when we pray.
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When believers pray, the Bible calls them ministering spirits.
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They are not careless spirits, just doing anything or they are
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accomplishing specific things. And I show you how to activate
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the ministry of angels in your life from today.
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Many of you will pray like never before.
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I'll give you one more prayer and then we're done.
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You're going to pray every battle against my prayer life,
2:17:51
every battle against my intimacy, every battle against
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my love for the prayer altar. I come against it.
2:17:58
Now open your mouth and ward that warfare.
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Now you know what you are, what you are depriving yourself of
2:18:06
and not praying consistently. Now you know that an attack on
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your prayer life using the guise of busyness him writer says, or
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what needless pain we bear or what needless pain we bear.
2:18:22
And it's all because we cannot carry everything to God in
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prayer. The man who can pray, the man
2:18:29
who can call for divine assistance, will always have
2:18:32
hope. Come, come on, pray online.
2:18:34
Pray fresh fire upon my prayer altar.
2:18:39
Fresh fire. Let us pray because God answers
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prayer. Let us pray because when we call
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upon Him to assist us, we are not alone.
2:18:50
Let us pray, because when God is involved in your life, the
2:18:55
outcome changes. One minute, Colonia, pray, let
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the spirit of prayer and supplication rest upon the man
2:19:18
of God, rest upon the prophet of God, rest upon an apostle, rest
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upon an evangelist, rest upon a businessman, rest upon a mother,
2:19:29
rest upon an intercessor, rest upon a watchman.
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One more minute to pray. One more minute to pray.
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Let us be a generation that prays but praise, right?
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That praise but praise with understanding, that praise but
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praise with power, that praise but praise with intelligence,
2:20:04
that praise but praise delivering results.
2:20:18
20 more seconds. Stretch for this few seconds a
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restoration of fire upon my prayer altar.
2:20:28
Satan, you will not rob me of an opportunity to call for
2:20:32
assistance. I am not helpless.
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I am not needless. I am not helpless.
2:20:38
I am not without value. I can all on heaven to assist
2:20:43
me. Mantels of prayer, mantels of
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fire. I see the rest in this place.
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I'm toes of prayer, I'm toes of fire.
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Hey, I see them resting. I see them resting.
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We speak a parable to the end that men ought always to pray to
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pray because in prayer they can fellowship with him to pray.
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Because in prayer they can access the refiners fire that
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purifies the trust in the heart to pray.
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Because in the place of prayer they can access divine
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assistance to pray in the place. Because in the place of prayer,
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they can build their trust in God.
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Hallelujah. Look forward to Part 2.
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This is Let us pray Part 1. It's sad I cannot show you the
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other things, but I wonder. I trust that to be able to show
2:23:06
you something tonight, but we'll leave it for next week.
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Please invite everybody you know, prayer warriors, Watchmen,
2:23:14
prayer groups. Tell them, connect and learn.
2:23:17
We don't know everything, but there's something that can
2:23:20
enhance your prayer life, and this is what we're learning.
2:23:24
Wave your hands and give Jesus praise tonight.
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Father, we bless you and thank you and honor you.
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We thank you for your good hand Upon our lives.
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In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.
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Please everybody stand, everybody stand.
2:23:48
The only prayer that a non believer praise that is
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guaranteed answer is the prayer of mercy and the prayer of
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repentance. Prayer primarily is a family
2:24:04
affair. It says when you pray, say our
2:24:08
Father, not God, our Father. It's a family affair.
2:24:17
The prodigal son was conscious of the fatherhood of his father,
2:24:21
and that was the basis of the reconnection.
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I'm saying this because I want to make the altar call.
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In every gathering like this, there must be men and women.
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Oh my God, I still sense such, such a strong anointing in this
2:24:35
place. But there are men and women in
2:24:40
this place tonight. You're saying apostle #1 I am
2:24:45
ready to be serious with my spiritual life for some.
2:24:49
You are saying I'm ready to be serious with God.
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No one condemns you, my beloved brothers and sisters, but use
2:24:56
this prayer series as an opportunity to begin a journey
2:25:00
in the Spirit that produces a man and a woman of power.
2:25:05
You've never made Jesus Lord of your life.
2:25:08
Or perhaps you are saying, Apostle, I want to rededicate my
2:25:11
life. I stand here representing the
2:25:14
mercy of God and the love of Jesus.
2:25:16
I want to give you an opportunity to run out here
2:25:18
right now. Tonight's meeting is not a
2:25:21
meeting for Kajolini. You need to make it right with
2:25:24
Jesus. As I count 1 to 5, please leave
2:25:27
your seat down in a hurry like your life depends on it.
2:25:31
Make your way to the front. I begin my counting now.
2:25:34
One, let's celebrate them as they come.
2:25:37
Run quickly like there's fire on the mountain and make your way
2:25:40
to the front. Two, Koinonia, we're celebrating
2:25:46
them. Let's encourage them as they
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come. Those across the overflows and
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those following online. Here's your chance to genuinely
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connect to this Jesus. Three, no one condemns you.
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My dear brother and sisters, this is home for you.
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Come. You can find restoration
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tonight. You can find genuine love
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tonight. You can start afresh again.
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Doesn't matter what you have done or not done, doesn't matter
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what has happened or not happened, doesn't matter who is
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looking at you or not looking at you.
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Jesus calls tonight. Come, come.
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They'll give you a new beginning.
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Yes, you can start for someone. You can start again.
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Again is a powerful word. It's a word that captures the
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mercy of God. 5 Let's give them one last round of applause.
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If you're still joining them, join quickly.
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I'm about to pray. Those who are not able to make
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it, you can stand in front of your LED screens and that will
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suffice for the prayer. And for those who are following
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online, here's your chance to make it right with Jesus.
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I may not see you, but the Lord sees you at the end of this
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camera. And as I leave this once in
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prayer, please I'd like you to join.
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Let it be from the depth of your heart.
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You're not reciting a poem, you are making a declaration of
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faith that will lead you to salvation.
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For the Bible says with the heart man believes unto
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righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
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salvation. To you, my brothers and sisters
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who are here in front, I salute you in the name of Jesus.
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Thank you for the courage to show up and to respond to this
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call. May I request that you lift your
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right hand, make it high above your head as a sign of
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surrender, and then pray this prayer.
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Now those who are online, you are praying this prayer, please
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join us. Say Lord Jesus again, loud and
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clear. Lord Jesus, I love you with all
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my heart. Tonight I have heard your word.
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I believe you are the Son of God.
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I believe you died for my sin. The power of God is coming on
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one of you who is in front here. I just saw light coming on one
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of you. We are still praying.
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I believe you are the Son of God.
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I believe you died for my sins. I believe you rose again for my
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justification right now. I received Jesus into my heart
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as my Savior, my Lord, and my King.
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Something is leaving you, my sister.
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Something is leaving your stomach. that Lady wearing
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white, I don't know God. I know you are praying the
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salvation prayer, but I'm seeing God taking something out of your
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stomach. I cause it.
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Let it go. Because if any man is in Christ,
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is a new creature, let it leave, never to return to you again.
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In the name of Jesus say after me, I'm the righteousness of God
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in Christ Jesus, the grace to live the victorious Christian
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life I receive now I'm a child of God.
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I go for whatever and back whatever.
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Amen. Keep your beautiful hands
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lifted. Let me pray for you, Father.
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Thank you for these our brothers and sisters.
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Your word declares that as many who will come to you, you will
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in no wise castaway these ones have come declaring your
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lordship at the authority of Scripture.
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I declare their sins forgiving and I pray imparting upon them
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the grace to live the victorious Christian life, that from hands
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you live for Jesus, knowing him, loving him, and serving him all
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the days of your life. I declare you blessed.
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In Jesus mighty name we pray, Amen.
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May God bless you. Beloved brothers and sisters,
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let me request that you move to my right.
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That will be your left. Please be mindful of those who
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are under the anointing so you don't step on them.
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There are counselors who are going to have a word and a quick
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prayer with you. Thereafter you return back to
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your seat. Let's honor them as they go.
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Anonia, this is not the best. God bless you.
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Celebrate them. Hallelujah, Amen, Amen and Amen.
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God bless you. I'm about to speak the final
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blessing over your life. Thank you for your patience.
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Please let me encourage everyone as we always do.
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The messages would be ready, if it's even ready online.
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Please let me encourage everyone.
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Go back and listen. We have a culture when we give
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instructions like this, it's for our edification.
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Everyone go back. Listen to this message at least
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twice. Listen to it again in prayer.
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Listen to it again in worship. Let the riches of this world
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drain into your spirit. Hallelujah, and then you'll be
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able to walk in the reality of it and brace up.
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Be prepared for Part 2 tomorrow or next week.
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Invite everybody to connect by faith and let it be a glorious
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time in the name of Jesus. Archbishop, sites and honor
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again to have you. Thank you so much for your
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presence. We truly, sincerely honor you,
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our Father, Bishop Mercantile, we thank you and happy birthday
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in advance. By the way, May God bless you in
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the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Are you ready for the blessing I
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decree and declare in the name of Jesus Christ?
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May your week be blessed. This week you will see the power
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of prayer visibly in your life. You will pray the kind of prayer
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that produces results in your life in the name of Jesus.
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The help that you call for the place of prayer.
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May it manifest fiddly this week.
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May God raise men to bless you. May God raise men to help you.
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May God raise men to lift you. May God raise men to assist you.
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We activate the ministry of angels over your life, over your
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children, over your job, over the works of your hands.
2:31:52
No failure this week. It is progress from glory to
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glory. This week your relationship with
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God is deepened in the place of prayer in the name of Jesus.
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This week, like never before, you will encounter the spirit of
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faith, the capacity to believe God for mighty things.
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I release you as a sign and a wonder.
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Experience and record victories this week.
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I say it again, experience and record victories this week.
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No weapon fashion against you will prosper.
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Every tongue that rises up against you, let it fall in
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judgment. You condemn it already by faith
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in Jesus name. Everything that is good made
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follow you. Everything that represents favor
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made follow you. Everything that represents good
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news, let it follow you. Your ears will only hear good
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things this week. Your eyes will only see good
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things this week. Your hands will only handle good
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things this week In the name of Jesus.
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Every gang go by hell to make you cry.
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We reverse it in the name of Jesus.
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As you travel, you are safe in the air.
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As you travel, you are safe on land.
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As you travel, you are safe by sea.
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The road of the wicked will not fall upon your Lord.
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The person ordained by God to recognize you and leave to this
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week. They will finally find you.
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In the name of Jesus Christ. I place a mark of exemption on
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your head. Every evil this week minus you.
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Tragedy this week minus you. Weep in the morning this week
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minus you. You are called Beulah and
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Hephzibah. Your Christian experience will
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draw many to Jesus. Your life will produce
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undeniable results in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Fresh fire on your prayer altar. Fresh fire on your words to the
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altar. You are an exceptional believer.
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Go from glory to glory, the works of your hands blessed your
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Monday blessed Tuesday blessed Wednesday blessed Thursday
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blessed Friday blessed Saturday blessed Sunday, Blessed.
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Return with testimonies in the name of Jesus shouted sevenfold
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Thundra's Amen 234567 Give Jesus a loud shout of praise.
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Hallelujah. May God bless you.
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Please take note of all the announcements.
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Pay attention to the engrafted words.
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All our international guests will love you.
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Thank you for taking the time to travel from everywhere you left
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and to be here. You'll never be the same.
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The Lord bless you. In Jesus name please stand
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together. Let's share the grace and
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fellowship, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of
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God, the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit, Rest and abide with
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us now and forever, Amen. Surely all the days of our lives
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as we dwell in the House of the Lord, forever and ever, Amen.
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God bless you. See you next week.