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Fully Persuaded (Cultivating the Faith That Works) – Apostle Joshua Selman · Selah Media House

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I will go from strength to strength.
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As many as appear before the Lord in Zion.
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Is someone praying Chabratique baranto sapreghe di belleca para
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to siata. Give me an encounter.
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Appear unto me by your word. Let my faith be strengthened.
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Let me command results. Let me step into a realm of
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exploits. In Jesus mighty name we pray.
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May the Lord bless you. Please, you may be seated.
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Hallelujah. You know, before I left Abuja
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this morning, I was just thinking to myself on the power
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that ministers of the gospel have in literally shaping the
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destinies and the spiritual understanding of people,
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Hallelujah. That God has granted such grace
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that people become loyal to anything and almost everything
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you say, including a lie. That you literally can use words
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to redefine the cause of a man's life.
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You can use words to even alter prophecy.
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Hallelujah, it's easy to correct false prophecy if you prophecy a
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lie. All I need to know is just the
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truth or be tired of waiting for it and it doesn't come to pass
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and I just turn my face. But once you encounter false
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teaching, it is it has programmed your mind to move to
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a direction that it will only take the mercy of God to turn
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you back. Hallelujah, praise the name of
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the Lord. So the Bible says, I will give
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you pastors according to my heart, Jeremiah 3:15 and that
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they will serve you. They will feed you with
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knowledge, and they will feed you with understanding.
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Let me recall a statement that I would always say that God's
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method has always been His word. Please lend me your attention.
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God's method has always been and will always be His word.
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His method to lift by His word, His method to transform by His
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word, His method to heal by His word, His method to deliver by
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His word. That means any results you ever
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obtain or attempt to obtain, that is has to be routed out of
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the Word of God. Number one, It will not come to
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pass #2 If it does come to pass, there will be a consequence that
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would degenerate your life. John 1 and verse 3, the Bible
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says all things were made by Him and without Him, outside of him,
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outside of the world was not anything made that was made.
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Hallelujah. I want to share a few
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contemplations with us and I'm trusting that God will grant us
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grace. I came for this conference with
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a burden, hoping to really by the Spirit of God, provide
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accuracy in spiritual understanding and to bring us to
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a realm of mastery in understanding the subject of
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faith, the subject of exploits, and the subject of power.
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May God grant us grace in Jesus name.
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I'll be starting this morning or this afternoon session with a
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topic that I titled Fully Persuaded, fully persuaded
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Romans chapter 4 and verse 21. May the Lord bless his word in
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Jesus name. Romans chapter 4.
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In fact, let's start from verse 19, then we'll stop at 21.
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The Bible says and be not weak in faith.
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The He been Abraham he considered not his body now dead
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when he was about 100 years old, neither the deadness of Sarah's
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womb. Verse 20.
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He staggered not at the promises of God through unbelief, but was
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strong in faith, giving glory to God.
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Verse 21. Hallelujah.
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And being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able
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to perform. Being fully persuaded that what
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he had promised he was able to perform.
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Let me professor over someone already that in the name of
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Jesus everything God told you by His word, in the name that is
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above all names. This year you will watch it
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manifest 1 by 1 are their receivers in this house.
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I'm speaking to someone who has the faith to receive that the
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things that God told you through your pastor, the things that God
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told you in the secret place in the name of Jesus.
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The grace for performance is released on that word shouted
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believe in Amen. Please be seated.
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To start off let me say this that every believer in Christ is
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ordained for an extraordinary life.
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Very simple but profound truth when it has to do with living an
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extraordinary life. God did not select certain
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individuals and then decided to adorn them with His glory, with
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His grace at the expense of others.
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When it has to do with the manifestation of the glory of
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God, it is the inheritance of All Saints.
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Are we learning now? It's important for us to have
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this orientation that in as much as we find other people
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excelling in ministry, perhaps more than others, excelling in
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business, perhaps more than others, that that difference was
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not God's design. You will be learning it is God's
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design that everyone in Christ, every St.
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In light that we rise and we excel.
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Are we together? And I hope you know, let me
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remind you that when we bear foot, it is the only way God is
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glorified upon the earth. The Bible says in John chapter
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15 from verse 8. I always like to quote this
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scripture. It says herein is our Father
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glorified, that when ye Joshua Selman, when ye everyone here
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gathered, when you bear much fruit, it says, so shall you be
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my disciples. In other words, your
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fruitfulness validates the fact. That you were taught well.
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Are we together now? When you go to verse 16, it says
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you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained
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you. It's an ordination.
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It's not a suggestion. Are we together now?
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Meaning there is a space for you in destiny as far as rising to
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God's expectation is. God's expectation is concerned.
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And it says that you should go and bear fruit and that your
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fruit should remain. The Bible says in Ephesians
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chapter 2 when you read from verse 10, it says we are his
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workmanship created in Christ Jesus on to good walks, say good
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walks one more time, shout he say good walks on to good walks
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which God had before preordained that we should walk in them.
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So it is every believer's destiny in Christ to excel and
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to glorify Jesus through your life, through your exploits,
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through your results in the name of Jesus.
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In John chapter 2 and verse 10, the first miracle that occurred
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in Cana of Galilee and the Bible says that the the the rulers now
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were commenting haven't taken the wine and it tasted better
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than all others. He said every man at the
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beginning door set for good wine and when the men have well drunk
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then that which is worse he says what thou has kept the good wine
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until now. Verse 11 Then he says this
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beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee help me and
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manifested forth his glory and manifested forth his glory.
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That means every time God desires to see his glory
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manifested in the earth, he will invest grace upon the Saints and
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empower them to demonstrate the God life in such a manner that
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will compel all and sundry to know that there is a God above.
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I pray for you that the kind of results your life will begin
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command from after this conference to compel believers
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and unbelievers. I like to glorify the Lord.
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If you're with me, shout Amen. Now let's go to Acts chapter 6.
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Acts chapter 6. I'd like to read from verse one
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to 10, but my verse of emphasis begins from verse 7.
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I want us to take a case study as I establish my thoughts that
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will run throughout the course of my session in this
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conference. Acts chapter 6.
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Let's begin from verse one. The Bible says, and in those
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days when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there
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are rows and murmurings among the Christians against the
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Hebrews because they are widows were neglected in the daily
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ministration, right. We're reading verse 2 then the
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Bible says the 12 called the multitude of the disciples and
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said it is not reason that we should leave the word of God.
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Listen carefully and serve tables.
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Verse 3 it says, wherefore brethren, look ye out among you
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7 men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom
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we may appoint over this business.
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Verse 4 It says what we will give ourselves continually to
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prayer and to the ministry of the world.
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Next verse please. The Bible says the saying please
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the whole multitude and they chose Stephen.
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Take notes. Now they chose Stephen.
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Why the Bible decided to start with this man and seem to
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isolate this man is a very interesting observation.
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Please keep that scripture there.
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They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost,
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and Philip. Nothing more about Philip and
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the remaining people. Nothing more was said about
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them. They were part of the seven that
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were chosen, but the Bible seemed to isolate one man.
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Are we together, and give us an information that among these
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seven that were chosen, there was one who was worthy of note.
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The Bible starts with him, and he says that man is Steven, not
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because he was the tallest, not because he was the finest.
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At least the Bible does not give us that detail.
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It says that he was full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.
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Now go to verse 6. Whom they set before the
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apostles. And when they had prayed, they
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laid their hands on them. Verse 7.
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And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples
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multiplied in Jerusalem greatly. And a great company of priests
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were obedient to the faith. Verse 8.
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Please read it as loud as you can.
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Ready one to read. And Stephen, full of faith and
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power. Hold on one more time.
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And Steven, please read one last time.
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Uh huh. This our Steven again.
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The Bible says he was full of faith and power, and as a
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result, he did great wonders. I hope you know that his
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ordination was to serve tables, but the Bible says there was a
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quality that he possessed that would not allow him to be that
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limited. He was not ordained to be a
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preacher. He was ordained to be in the
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welfare department. But the Bible already pre
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informed us that in that selection there was a man who
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was selected that the investment of the Spirit and the sacrifice
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he had made would forbid him from remaining in that position.
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A man, Steven, full of faith and power, please give it to us.
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Verse 8. Now he did great wonders and
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miracles among the people. I like the Bible.
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It shows you results and then it tells you what led to those
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results. He tells us here that the basis
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for the results and the exploits that Stephen commanded a man
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that did not have any title supposedly, but provided he was
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full of faith and full of power. Someone say faith.
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Shout it again. Say faith.
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Say power. Say faith, say power.
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This is very, very instructive. Stephen was full of faith and
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power. Now let's read the last verse
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and then I begin to establish a few things.
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The Bible says we're reading to 10, you know, and certain people
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in the synagogue, the libertines, the Sirenians, the
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Alexandrians and them of Cilicia and of Asia.
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The Bible says they began to dispute with Stephen.
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Verse 10. Read it again if you're a
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Christian. Ready 1 to go, and they were not
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able to resist the wisdom and the spirit.
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This was an extraordinary man. So the Bible tells us that this
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man was full of faith and power and that through the agency of
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faith and power there were notable exploits that were
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wrought through him and that he was not only one who walked
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miracles when he had to do with communicating spiritual truth.
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Are we together? He challenged the thoughts of
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the people. And verse 10, he says they could
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not resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he speak.
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So we see here that behind the exploits of men in Scripture and
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even in modern history, you find an interplay of faith and power.
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Please do not forget will be revolving around these two
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concepts, faith and power. The Bible says according as his
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divine power. In fact, it starts by saying
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grace and peace be multiplied unto you are we together through
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the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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The next verse verse four. Now it says verse 3 according as
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his divine power hath given us, so His divine power gave us all
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things that pertains on to life and godliness.
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His divine power. Take note of that.
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His divine power. Amen.
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Faith and power, the Bible tells us.
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Let me talk a bit about faith. I submit to you that many, many
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believers talk about faith and we told you respect including
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preachers. They preach on faith.
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But there are not many people that have really come to
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understand the Bibles concept of faith.
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And I'm trusting that as a contribution to our growth.
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I would introduce a few concepts that will help us in
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understanding what the Bible calls faith.
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The faith that works, the faith that moves mountains, the faith
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that is responsible for exploits.
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And for someone, as you lay hold on this concept, you will marvel
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and wonder at the way your life begins to change.
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That your life, your ministry, every dimension of your calling
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will shift to a new level. You believe that say Amen.
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So the Bible tells us in many instances for at least that the
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just leaves by faith. You find that in Habakkuk
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chapter 2 and verse 4, Romans 117, Hebrews chapter 10 and
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verse 38. In all of these expressions, the
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Bible says that just leaves by faith, that just lives by faith.
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I define faith here as your confidence in God.
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Take note your confidence in God, and this is something I
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don't want you to brush away, Your confidence in God first and
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then the integrity of His word demonstrated by your action of
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obedience. Your confidence in God, the
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person God, and then the integrity of His word are we
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together. The foundation of faith is in a
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person, not a concept, not a principle.
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Bible faith is founded upon the revelation of a person, not just
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principles. The Bible says grace and peace
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is multiplied to you through your knowledge of God.
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Now most believers bypass this God part and they begin to have
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faith in principles. And although the principles are
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correct, many times they are disappointed because there is a
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presence that powers the principles.
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Are we together? Now Bible faith is first in God
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and then the integrity of His Word.
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It is difficult to believe a man's word if you have not had
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an encounter with such a man. Are we together now?
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The woman left the fetcher and everything at the well, and she
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ran to the city and said, come see a man.
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The people did not care about Jesus, but when they sought her
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depth of persuasion, which had come from her encounter, the
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Bible says they. Came.
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And when they met Jesus, they said, now we.
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Believe. Not just because of what you
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said. We have met him for ourselves.
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Hallelujah. I'm amazed that the concept of
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faith was not so difficult to grasp in the Bible as it is in
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our day-to-day. And I've, I've, I've tried to
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read a lot of materials to find out where the missing link is.
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And really, this is what I've come to share, to guide us to
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close the gaps by the Spirit of God as to why there is such
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gross faith failure, Such gross faith failure, sincere
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confessions, glorious confessions, but very little
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exploits. Are we together?
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Who is learning? So that faith has to do with
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your confidence in God and the integrity of His Word
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demonstrated by your action of obedience.
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This is very profound. Acts chapter 3.
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Please give us from verse 15 and 16 Acts chapter 3.
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I think I've missed something there.
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John chapter 1. My apologies.
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John chapter 1 from verse one, I want to show you something very
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powerful. Begin to connect a few dots
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here. Now I wrote something down here
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and I wanted to listen. Faith is a product of knowledge
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and understanding. Write that down.
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Bible faith is a product of knowledge and understanding.
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First the knowledge of the Word as God and then the Word as
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Kingdom principles. Faith Bible Faith is a product
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of. Knowledge and understanding.
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First the knowledge of the Word as God.
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John chapter 1 and verse one. The Bible says in the beginning
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was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
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The same was in the beginning with God.
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So the Word is God. There is God personified as the
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Word, and then there is the Word as the principles, the modus
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operandi, the mysteries of the. Kingdom Hallelujah.
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And you need. Both dimensions of knowledge.
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Now write this down please. Faith.
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Failure I wrote here in the believer is largely the absence
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of light or insufficient light faith failure in the believer is
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largely the absence of light or insufficient light, and then
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other factors like obedience, impatience, and the rest in
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diagnosing the. Faith failure.
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The first port of call should not be the issue of obedience or
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the issue of patience. We have to verify first whether
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light actually came, because if life did not arrive in your
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spirit, then your faith is assumed.
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Faith. Faith is a reaction something,
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but faith, are we together now? Light, faith.
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Failure in the believer is largely the absence of light or
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insufficient light. Go to Matthew chapter 4 please
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and verse 4. So Jesus was driven by the
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Spirit to the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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The Bible says, and haven't prayed and fasted for 40 days.
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The Bible says Satan came to tempt him.
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Follow the discussion. Now temptation #1 he looked at
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him and said, you are hungry. He says, turn this tone to
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bread, Turn this tone to bread. Jesus replies, verse four.
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He says it is written, Please hear me now.
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Man shall not leave by bread alone.
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So Jesus is talking about living now, and he's showing us a
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profound formula. Man shall not live by bread
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alone, but by every. Word.
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That proceeded out of the mouth of God.
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Man shall not live by bread alone.
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The word live there does not just mean to exist.
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Please pay attention now. The word live does not just mean
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to to exist, it means to excel. Hallelujah.
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It means to thrive, it means to advance.
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So when the Bible says there that man shall not leave, he's
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not just talking of breathing in and out.
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He's saying man to excel, man to rise, man to thrive cannot just
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be by bread. And you see, the word bread
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there does not just mean a loaf. That you eat?
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Are we together? The word bread there means that
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which is of a natural source. Man does not live by bread
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alone, that which is man made, and that which is of a natural.
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Source that if you find men excelling, listen carefully.
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If you find men thriving, if you find men commanding exploits in
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the spirit that they have engaged beyond bread a natural
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source, when you find someone prospering extraordinarily, his
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job may be there, but he's not living by bread alone.
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Bread is that which of is of a natural source.
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But that he has added to his natural source the preceding
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world. Is someone learning now?
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So he's saying that this is how he designed man to live by
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bread. Bread can mean anything, your
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job. Bread can mean your business.
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Anything that is of a natural source is bread.
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But he's saying if you live by bread alone, there will be a
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deficiency in your results because man was never designed
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to live of a natural source alone.
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Are we together? The character of bread is that
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after a while, whether you consume it or not, it will rot.
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Are we together now? Am I right on that?
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So he says man does not live by bread alone as much as bread
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feeds. He's telling you that it has a
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limitation, but that if you find a believer who must excel,
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advanced, thrive, command, exploit, in addition to the
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bread, the thing that you do, whatever natural principle you
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engage, he says that there must be a proceeding word that comes
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in partnership with whatever you do to provide excellence.
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You can do ministry by bread and the result will be clear.
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But when the preceding word comes upon it, you have not
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violated the principles, but you can see that there is an
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extraordinary dimension. You can do ministry by bread,
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natural source, business principles.
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Nothing is wrong. The result will be there and the
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limitations will be there to show.
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But that there is an extraordinary dimension when
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that word factor, that word component is introduced to your
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life, introduced to your ministry.
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Are we together now that the results will be clear?
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So Jesus is giving us an orientation that the Saints, man
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himself does not live by bread. That means everything that is
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created by man. Too cannot live by bread alone.
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Not your business, not your job, not your marriage, not your
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children. If you live in the realm of
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natural principles and the normal cause of things alone, I
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tell you, your life will hardly bring glory to God because there
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are limitations. Man shall not live by bread
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alone, by business alone, by your career pursuit alone.
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He does not neglect bread. Now the trouble is that the
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moment you take away bread because bread sustains you until
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the world arrives, Are we together now?
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Before the 2nd world came for Elijah, it was the bread he was
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eating. Are we together?
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Now he was being fed, and that feeding held him until the world
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came to give him another direction.
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God does not take away bread from your life, but it teaches
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you that the real result is not just in the bread.
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That bread must come in partnership with the preceding
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world. Who is understanding me so far?
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You can line to believers and by gauging their results, in many
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cases you can see that one is living by bread alone.
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And Jesus already warned, don't do ministry by bread alone.
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Don't do business by bread alone.
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There are limitations. Relationships are powerful.
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What men can change bread alone? Are we together now?
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Your job is a powerful means of helping you, but someone out of
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any kind of sentiment can suck you in one day.
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Bread alone ministry is powerful, but you can have a
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triumphant entry to DMV on your way to the cross tomorrow.
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Bread alone. A generation that depends on
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bread alone over intellectualizing life.
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A generation that depends on the works of the flesh alone will
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never bring glory to God. The secret behind exploits is
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that in addition to bread, you must contend for the preceding
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Word. Who is learning?
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Now listen, if a man requires the Word of God to excel, then
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everything that man is involved with must also require the Word
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of God for its excelling. Now you see, the Word of God is
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a very important concept as we're dealing with faith.
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The ministry of the world is responsible for shaping the
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spiritual understanding of any man.
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The ministry of the world produces understanding.
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The ministry of the world produces conviction.
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This is the reason why I started by talking about the teaching
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ministry. Listen, you imagine the things
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that you have learnt in one week of Wolfbeck.
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Some of you you've you've had to reset your spiritual life from
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start again in one week. This is the power and the
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quality of the teaching ministry.
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It serves you with spiritual understanding, probes into what
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you believe that your faith is anchored upon.
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You're going to be learning that believing is not enough.
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We have to verify what you believe in.
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Are we together now? You can't believe a lie you
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believe, but you will still fail.
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Hallelujah. Faith in any area of need comes
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when accurate spiritual understanding in that area is
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established. Please hear me.
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Faith in any area is only established not just when you
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want to see it established, but when accurate spiritual
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understanding in that area is established.
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That means I don't need to tell you get faith for finances if I
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teach you the the principles accurately as designed at the
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end of that lecture. I have planted the need of faith
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in you. That means what you hear and who
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you listen to is the compass that determines your destiny,
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not just the will of God. Many destinies today are in
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trouble not necessarily because of disobedience, because we need
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to probe the quality of the spiritual information that has
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formed your conviction. There is a way to do ministry
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that leads to failure. Even if the devil does not
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exist. There is a way to do business
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that insists that you must fail. I hope you know that failure too
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is not automatic. Failure is a reaction.
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Something plus something equals to failure.
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So when you fail frequently, it is because of mastery in error
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or mastery in ignorance. You are engaging a law
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repeatedly. There is something that you can
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do that will stop failure from coming.
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Are we together now? Bible faith as taught by the
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Fathers Bible faith as taught by Jesus is not just something you
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claim, it is a product of working upon your spiritual
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understanding, opening you up to the vast resources of God's
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word. Are we together?
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When your mind is transformed, when your spiritual
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understanding is influenced, then you begin to command
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results that are not that understanding, spiritual
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understanding or error. Who is learning The faith
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problem for many believers is because now I'm saying this with
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all due respect, the foundation for the widespread faith failure
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in Nigeria and in Africa will be traced from person to person,
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man of God to man of God. It will finally land on the
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pulpit. This is me and you trust that
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I'm teaching you. I can so program you.
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You are we together. It's a sad reality.
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And as much as I love the body of Christ, I must tell you.
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You can look at a believer and with its surgical precision you
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can diagnose the areas of darkness in his or her life,
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especially when the believers are sincere.
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You can see that if only this man opens him itself to a more
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superior dimension of spiritual understanding, certain
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tragedies, certain calamities would not even be found around
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their vicinity. The cure to faithlessness is
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light, a restoration of accurate communication of spiritual
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truth. Who is learning the faith of a
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man can fail? Jesus said I prayed for you that
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your faith fail not and that when you are converted
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strengthen your brethren. This is why the teaching
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ministry, and I think this is one of my emphasis this morning
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as I begin my session, that the teaching ministry, with all due
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respect, thank God for what God has done in Nigeria.
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Thank God for the many men and women of God.
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But we have a responsibility for the sake of the body to go back
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to the drawing board and swallow our pride and begin to re edit
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what has constructed our spiritual understanding.
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Some of us it came from poor mentorship, some of us it came
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from reading sincere books, some of us it came with interacting
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with familiar spirits. And when we found Christ, we did
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not allow our minds to be transformed.
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We incorporated what we brought from culture, mixed everything
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up and formed a faith thought around it.
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The consequence of this ill feeding of the priest is the
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quality of believers that are presented within a territory.
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You can literally assess the quality of the teaching priests
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within a territory. Are we together by sampling the
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quality of the spiritual lives of the average believer?
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For some of you right now, with all due respect, God has brought
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this wolf back as a deliverance service.
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While others have been laughing, you've been quiet crying.
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So this is what I believed for five years.
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Six years I wrote books honoring this error.
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I argued with people honoring this error and I'm about to
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mentor sons and daughters to be loyal to that error.
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But thank God for a conference like this with one communication
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of truth. You see, no matter how long
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darkness has been, if you off the Bob in a room for 10 years,
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if you on that Bob, it will not take 10 years to on it will on
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immediately. Are we together John chapter 1
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and verse 5 it says the light shine it in the darkness and the
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darkness comprehended it not Hallelujah.
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This is very powerful the teaching ministry give us Romans
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chapter 10 please from verse 13 and 14.
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Then we jump to 17. Is God speaking to someone the
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teaching ministry where diagnosing the faith problem?
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Every time I study the materials of EW Kenyon, Kenneth Hagin and
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all these fathers of faith, you find there that the abundance of
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faith that came from them was because of the abundance of
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spiritual understanding. I hope you know when you study
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history when the the the Word of Faith moved from from the 60s
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down to the 70s, let me tell you what happened.
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There were two groups of people even among the world of faith,
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there were those who. Tilted towards.
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Manifestation and power and they did not pay so much attention to
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the word of God. Men like Hagin one such people
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and told them if you do not redirect your spiritual
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priority, you will not last. You see, when you use the route
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of the word is slower, but it will bring greater stability for
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a long time. There will be no charismatism
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around it. Ministry by the world is slower,
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but what you build with last business by the world is slower.
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And because we live in a world where we're in a hurry to get
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things immediately, to get things on time, compromise looks
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like it brings benefits for a while.
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And then you find out that you flip to the other side of
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failure. Let me show you a scripture,
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Romans chapter 10. From verse 13.
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Blessed be the name of the Lord, for whosoever shall call upon
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the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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Verse 14. Read with me ready 1 to go.
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How shall they call on Him so believing is there now, And how
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shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard so
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hearing? Notice the progression
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believing, hearing, hearing birds, believing.
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And then he says, and how shall they hear without a preacher?
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So a preacher or a teacher, birds hearing, hearing birds
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believing, believe in birds faith and faith, if correct,
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produces the result. So you can test the preacher's
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walk by the final result. Are we together now?
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How shall they hear without a preacher?
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How shall they hear without a preacher?
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How shall they hear without a preacher?
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I want to show you one Scripture and then we'll find somewhere to
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pray. This bless me as God opened my
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eyes, preparing my sessions for this conference.
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Romans chapter 4. Again, we're reading 17 and 18.
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Please pay attention. Now Romans chapter 4.
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Please give us verse 17 as it is written.
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I have made thee a father of many nations before whom he
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believed. Listen even God, who quick
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connect the dead and call it those things which be not as
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though they were shout verse 18. If you, a believer, already want
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to go, who against hope, stop. So he believed according to that
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which was spoken. Pay attention.
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He believed according to that which was spoken.
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All men believe according to what is spoken.
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All men believe. The Bible says Abraham believed
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according to that which was spoken.
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Listen, you believe unto failure and defeat according to that
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which is spoken. You believe into error according
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to that which is spoken. You believe into limitations
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according to that which was spoken.
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You believe into faith and exploit according to that which
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was spoken. The 1st fall recorded in
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Scripture, the fall of man, came as a result of something they
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heard when God came. Question 1.
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Where are you? Question 22 told you who told
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you? You have exposed your hearing to
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an influence that is not me and your destiny.
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Even in the Garden of Eden where there were no generational
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causes. Even in the Garden of Eden where
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there were no witches and Wizards roaming around.
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As far as we know in the Garden of Eden.
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That means if all the evil we are praying against still live,
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many will still fail because the problem is not entirely Satan.
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Are we together now? Satan is very flattered when we
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give him credit for everything that happens in our lives.
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He's surprised that we are that ignorant to know that He's not
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that mighty. Are we together?
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And provided He can keep you into believing that every
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tragedy in your life is directly traced to Him, He has gained an
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edge with that belief system over you.
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The Bible says Abraham belief according to that which was
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spoken. There are people today who are
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believed onto an excelling life according to that which was
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spoken, God. They found themselves planted
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around circles and around teaching priests that did not do
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justice to their spiritual development.
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And they have become victims today.
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I submit to you, and I say that as touching the body of Christ
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with every sense of responsibility.
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There are people who have died today who should not have died.
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There are people in poverty today who should not have been
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poor, What they would have believed to excel.
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Somebody told them it was wrong. There are people today who were
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preached on to prayerlessness. There are people today who were
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preached on to lack of fasting for their spiritual growth.
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There are people today who were preached on to lack of character
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and moral excellence and holiness.
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There were people today who were preached on to laziness.
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It matters what you hear because the preacher brings the hearing.
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The hearing brings the believing.
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The believing will determine whether your faith will work or
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not. You can believe a lie for many
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years. You can believe a lie as time
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establish doctrines around that line.
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Who is learning? Praise the name of the Lord.
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Imagine if there were no conference like Wolfbeck where
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God has put together speaker after speaker, bringing
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dimensions of spiritual reality. Do you know I'm telling you when
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God wants to help a man, he shortens the distance.
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Revenge. I'm good to see you.
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God bless you, Sir. He shortens the distance between
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you and a teaching priest He has trained.
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Are we together now when God wants to show you mercy?
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One of the ways that God shows mercy is by introducing men He
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has accredited to your destiny. Because immediately when you
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truly have compassion upon people, teach them beyond giving
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them. Teaching the teaching ministry
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is one of the greatest demonstration of compassion.
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When Jesus had compassion upon the people, he began to teach.
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When you have compassion, giving is wonderful.
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But the greatest form of giving is to communicate truth, to
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serve light. I can give you a bag of rice,
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it's still error carrying it. It will.
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Finish and recycle your life again.
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I can prophecy over you and help your life to gain direction and
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turn you a slave to me as a man of God.
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And rejoice over your slavery and call it ministerial
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exploits. Listen to me.
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Only a weekend lecturer wants to be tied to his students forever.
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No, there is a day you are released.
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He still the relationship is still maintained, but he
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releases you as a testament that he has done a good job.
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If you must remain a slave indefinitely, something is wrong
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with what you are hearing. Releasing people does not bring
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dishonor. If He did, God will not release
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us. Jesus after 3 1/2 years said I'm
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leaving, but I trust what is happening to you.
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I trust the programming that has come by the Word.
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Are we together now? You saw the sense of urgency.
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The only way who could trust that the job will be done was #1
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the quality of the Word that was invested in the disciples
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alongside the Spirit who talk about the power, dimension and
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Steven, full of faith and power, faith and power, faith and
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power. Listen to me.
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Did anybody ever tell you that you are wonderfully and
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fearfully made? Did you believe it?
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Did anybody ever tell you that you are exalted above all the
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nations of the earth and that these blessings can come upon
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you? The simple reason why the woman
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who was bound for 18 years was healed, it was not necessarily
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because it was Jesus that prayed for her.
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There was an information that was not told her for 18 years
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that kept her. He was never told she was a
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daughter of Abraham. That missing information kept
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time bondage. When Jesus came, he said no.
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Ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham?
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Who are those who have been mentoring this kind of members?
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You never told them that there is a blessing that comes.
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There is an implication to be in the seed of Abraham who is
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learning now. There is a mentality that
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produces victory and that mentality is a product of the
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teaching ministry. Are you learning my my
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contemplations now that if there is a faith failure in your life,
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it is not, It is not an anomaly. I mean it's not.
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It's not a mystery. You can diagnose it with
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precision. Go back to your belief systems
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and begin to probe what has constructed your conviction.
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You will find the missing link there that you have believed a
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lie and a preacher does not have to be fake and forced to teach a
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lie. Pride produces such results.
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There is something called the knowing only syndrome is found
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in Acts chapter 18 when you read from verse 24 to 28.
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I don't have the time to touch there but my life.
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God delivered me from this many years ago because our pride and
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our ego can peg a generation at the mercy of what we do not want
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to know because it would desire and demand adaptation.
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There are people today who rather fail alongside with
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millions of others that humble themselves for 10 minutes to
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hear accurate truth that was not captured in their training.
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The Bible talks about a man who was born at Alexandria.
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The Bible says he was a mighty man in Scripture.
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He was eloquent. He was mighty in Scripture.
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He came to Ephesus. It's a very popular scripture
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and one time this is how I always say it.
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Beware, listen, listen, listen. And this is we're not in a
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pastors conference, but let me just learn my voice to say this
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always carry this mentality that you're not impressing everybody
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when you are holding the mic. There are people who have
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attained an altitude in the spirit.
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They come with humility and sit quietly in conferences like
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this, like Aquila and Priscilla and join the investment of God's
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grace. But seen the gaps in your own
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understanding. If you maintain that posture of
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humility, you will last in ministry.
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So such a man mighty, he came for a conference like this
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Wolfbeck, and whilst he was shouting 2 men in the
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congregation, they were watching him, Aquila and Priscilla.
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The Bible says go to verse 25 please.
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The Bible says that this man was instructed in the way of the
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Lord. So he was mentored, he was not a
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rebel, he was fervent in spirit and speak diligently the things
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of the Lord. Please read the last line with
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me. One to go knowing what can a man
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have all these credentials and then the Bible ends by saying
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knowing only and in this our generation of pride is amazing
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how you can be shouting over something but it is still
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knowing only knowing only First Corinthians chapter 8 and verse
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2. The Bible says and please give
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it to us so we find somewhere to pray read with me ready go one
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to read and if any man think that he knoweth anything he
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knoweth nothing. Yet classically speaking, the
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character of champions is in their hunger to know more.
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When you see a champion you see that meekness to learn and
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arrival mentality is proof of failure already working in a
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person. Are we together now?
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I have learnt in life and in ministry that nobody claps for
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you twice for the same level. Once they clap for you, once
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you've received the applause that comes, if you don't grow,
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you will never hear any applause to the glory of God again.
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Hallelujah. It is the reason why as a
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person, I run away from things that you know seem to bring a
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lot of public praise and exaltation.
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It's just my personality. I give God thanks and I run
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away. I have so many, have received so
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many awards, awards for things. Some I don't even know what it's
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for. They just presented it and I
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collected it. I honestly don't.
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I don't even know. The people just say well God
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bless you and keep it. They have not even opened some
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of them because I don't see metallic objects beautified.
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I see swords that can Pierce you and can kill you if you don't
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arrange them well. Show us the ancient path.
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Will you lead us along Eternal Hwy.
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We want to follow the ways of Jesus.
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Listen to me. There is a call and this is the
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summary of my discussion this afternoon.
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My call is to two groups of people, number one.
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My call with all due respect, is to the men and the women of God.
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The next move of God in Nigeria, the next move of God in Africa
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is not just dependent on prophecy, it is dependent on the
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quality of the teaching priests that will shape the spiritual
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understanding of the average believer in Nigeria, the average
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believer in Africa. Let me repeat myself again.
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No matter what prophetic word comes and there have been many
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about the moves of God accurately.
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So, it will fall dead until God is.
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Let me tell you this, revivals have no dates.
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Revivals are ready when the men to be used are ready.
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Revival can be today dependent on the preparation of the
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vessels or revival can be a dead prolonged call forever based on
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the preparedness or otherwise. Hallelujah, the church in
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Nigeria is at a very prophetic position.
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The church in Africa, Hallelujah, God is ready to
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display His glory like never before.
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But let me tell you this, jumping over prophecies and
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priding over it will only leave us in pain and disappointment.
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Intercessors, let me give you a prayer point.
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Don't just pray Maranatha. Pray for an emergence of
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teaching priests. Intercessors, don't just pray
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for healing anointings and signs and wonders.
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They are wonderful, but they don't establish it is the Word
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of God. I commend you to God as chapter
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2032 and to the word of His grace which is able to build you
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up and to give you an inheritance among them that are
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sanctified. Who is learning now?
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Praise the name of the Lord. This is very powerful.
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The next move of God in Nigeria. Please hear me, the next move of
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God in Africa is not just dependent on prophecies, no
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matter how accurate, but on the quality of teaching priests that
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shape the spiritual understanding of the church.
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Matthew chapter 23, please, and verse 13 please give us NIV.
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Can you pray in the Spirit in one minute, just one minute.
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Let it be from the depth of your heart.
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You are receiving an infusion of strength and power to swarm.
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Shalika branteca paratos kovrisk lebgrade take verettos kalika
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branda. In Jesus name we pray.
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Please give us that scripture here.
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What Jesus said. Jesus himself was sad.
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He was paid and He said, what to you?
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The first set of people who received that review from Jesus
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were teachers. War unto you, teachers of the
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law and Pharisees. He called them hypocrites.
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What was their offense? Read with me.
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You shot the Kingdom of heaven in men's faces.
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You yourself do not enter, and you will not let those who enter
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are not trying to. You see that?
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That was the offense of teachers.
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When you say you are a minister of the world and the teacher of
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the world, there is greater judgment that is coming on you
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because if God trusts you with the loyalty of 10 million
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people, did you needed only 300 men?
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Do you know how many we are in Nigeria?
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Someone talk to me. Someone who still loves Nigeria,
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talk to me. How many are we in this nation,
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220 We've added 20 so soon. Now listen. 220 million people,
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largely professing Christians, largely churchgoers, largely
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loyal church members. Think the kind of army that can
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arise. Do you know the teaching priests
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in this nation? Accountable.
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I mean men and women of God. We are many, but we are
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accountable. If God gathers all of us, we
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need to kneel down, say Lord, we are sorry.
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We are responsible for the decadence that has affected
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close to 200 million people. When God walk you to learn a
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dimension that was not captured in your experience, your pride
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did not allow you learn it, and you mentored people along the
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lines of your error and reproduce your error in
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1,000,000 people. And now the damage is increasing
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again. For every time I reject truth,
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for every time I allow pride to stand on the way, I am
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destroying the destinies of those connected to me who
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believe I'm hearing God, who believe that everything I teach
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them will build them, Who is learning.
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My first call is to men and women of God.
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We must obtain grace. The days of blind pride is over.
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Nobody knows everything, full stop.
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Did you get me? Nobody knows everything, full
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stop. If you're not getting it in an
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area, quietly come forward, back.
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Just sit quietly. Sit quietly and learn.
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Sit quietly and learn. Even if you don't like the
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preacher, just ignore the face and get the word.
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That was the formula for receiving honey that Samson
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taught us that honey is in a carcass.
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You have to endure the smell to draw.
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If you are waiting for the container to always be as right
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as you want, you will die of hunger.
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There is honey even in carcass. Out of the many places that the
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bee can put honey, there were trees, but it went.
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To put honey in a carcass is a mystery.
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And Samson gave a Riddle. That Riddle is a message to the
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body of Christ. Out of something strong has come
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something sweet, that even when that something strong is now
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dead. Are we together?
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Listen to me. Please hear me.
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You will never find a perfect church and you will never find a
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perfect man of God. Those two things don't exist
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now. It's not a call for
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carelessness. Don't get me.
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I need to balance it quickly and immediately.
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Are we together now? Quickly and immediately.
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You won't find that, however. However, the secret to receiving
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honey is to endure the smell of the carcass.
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I know that the church jumps too much, but just endure the
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childishness and sit down to receive the word.
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I know that sometimes the preacher does not talk with the
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kind of intelligence you want. He may not be that vocal, but
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then just take away the limitations and see the grace
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behind it. Are we together Now?
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Let me tell you the truth, the more you are willing to adapt
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and endure 2 spiritual qualities, you will hasten your
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journey to transformation. If your ability to adapt and
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endure is poor, then your transformation will be very
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slow. Very, very slow.
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Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord.
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There used to be a great man of God.
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You know he's going to be with the Lord.
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Great man of God that I respect. I used to, I listened to him, a
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great teacher of the world. But there were dimensions he
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communicated that were very disturbing and I knew that he
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would pay the price for those dimensions He did not know.
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And he sometimes and respectfully speaking, he
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arrogantly communicated some of those dimensions.
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And sometimes I would, you know, when you love somebody and the
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person is not getting it right, you will feel it in your heart.
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I said oh, oh that this man where is Aquila and Priscilla?
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Help this man for me. Somebody appear and tell this
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man that you have done well in this area, but could you adjust
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in this area? And the area he ignored was
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where the devil hit him till he died.
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Are we together? Praise the name of the Lord.
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Listen to me. Listen, I want to tell you
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something and I want to receive it with all your heart.
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You must be prepared. This is the second call now to
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the body of Christ. Be prepared to embrace the whole
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council of God, the whole council of God.
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This is to preach us, but this is also to members for God's
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sake. If you're a man of God, be
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prepared to serve God's people with the whole Council of God.
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It is wonderful to teach people how to be spiritually vibrant,
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but don't forget they have bills to pay.
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And don't forget that hunger always takes Egypt to Israel.
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I mean Israel to Egypt. Are we together now?
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Don't forget that among your members there are leaders, and
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that poor leaders can destroy society, even if they are born
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again. We must bring in the whole
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Council of God is the reason why I respect our Salupa support you
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for the variety of ministers with the various expressions of
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graces that if you sit down with all humility and listen, you
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will receive from everyone. And the goal is to be able to
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bring together all of the dimensions that are required for
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your holistic development. Are we together now?
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Hear me, if the whole world listens to only Joshua Selman, I
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will create a dangerous arrow that a generation will pay for
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it because it is not every dimension of God.
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He has shown me, no matter how yielded I am, He will not show
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me everything. It's called the limitation of
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the body. He did it intentionally to force
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us to need and respect one another.
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Reverend Julian Culler here, I hope you are learning now.
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Reverend Julian Culler has a Nehemiah anointing.
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I preach for him every year. When you really want to build
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systems and organizations business wise.
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Well, listen to me after you have listened to him.
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Are we together now? You see, doctors get it right?
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Only preachers fail. Doctors will tell you I'm a
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consultant pediatrician. I'm a consultant surgeon.
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The nature of this thing, I cannot hurt you because of my
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ego. I refer you to a department or a
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ward. It doesn't stop the person from
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being a consultant. It's only in the church that we
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rather the person die because you don't carry the healing
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anointing. Listen.
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Why am I turning this to a pastors conference possible you
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forgive me, forgive me. Listen, let me tell you this.
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Never trivialize A dimension that is not working in your
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life. No, just because it is not
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working in your life does not mean you should trivialize it.
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Your heart must be open to receive.
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I came from the North. Listen to me.
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And I thank God for my my background with the Evangelicals
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and the Anglican. It gave the foundation for moral
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excellence and a modest approach to ministry.
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However, as God began to build me and the call of God came upon
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my life, I saw a deficiency. Are we together?
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That there were certain dimensions that we were not
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privileged to enjoy? As far as the ministry within
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the North is concerned, I would have remained here in pride and
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that effect would have been widespread today.
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I hope you know that almost every error starts from pride
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because the Spirit of God is always there to caution, always
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there to check balance. But the Spirit of God does not
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wrestle with man indefinitely. Let me tell you how God works
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with men. When a man walks perpetually in
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error, God begins to help correct you for the sake of your
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life. When he finds out that that
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error is affecting other people, he will walk on you and call
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other people to walk on you. If he finds out that you have
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maintained a state of rebellion, he will leave you and transfer
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your bishopric to another and start another work.
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So you will find out that the motions of ministry is there,
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but the grace has left. Are we together now?
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The day that the day David was anointed, Saul still sat on his
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throne, yet the anointing had come on.
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David, are we together now? My prayer for you is that nobody
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here will be replaced in the name of Jesus Christ.
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So my call to men and women of God, there is a Clarion call.
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It is time to look beyond ourselves, our ego, our
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ministry, what I have, what I do not have.
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Let us love the body of Christ more than our reputation, and
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let us be comfortable with the fact that number one, God cannot
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use one man alone. It is the body of Christ.
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Imagine the body of Christ without Pastor Pujo.
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Imagine the body of Christ without wolf back.
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Imagine the body of Christ without Reverend Julian.
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Are we together now when you have that orientation and you
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see, let me tell you this. I don't know why God has decided
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to I watch for forgiveness before I sit down.
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Are we together members, Stop joining the heads of men of God.
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Stop it. This is it is affecting the pace
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of God's program. There are people who pride in
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just joining the heads of people and they watch it like a movie
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and rejoice at the expense of their own spiritual growth.
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By the time you come and begin to sing and say Saul killed 1000
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and David killed 10,000, what do you think Saul would do to
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David? By the time you say I am for
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Paul and I am for Apollos, forgetting that only God brings
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the increase, are we together? I love the work God has given
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me, but I love the body of Christ better.
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The growth of the body is more preferred than the growth of my
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own work. Is someone learning?
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So the call? I'm diagnosing that the faith
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problem has come largely from the pulpit and that man of God,
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it is time for us to take responsibility.
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I am convinced that one year under a structured teaching
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ministry should be able to do the believer to a level of
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commendable stature where you defy being toast toe and fro.
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Any man of God that has at least two years of structured
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mentorship with members and cannot produce quality believers
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should go for a retreat. It's not an insult, it's the
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truth. Even if that man of God is
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called Joshua Selman so that we don't rejoice over wolf back and
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then the meeting is over and then our lives remain only to
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come back 2026. I forbid that over your life in
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the name of Jesus Christ that a man of God receives inspiration
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from this and goes back to say, you know what?
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I'm tired of buying designers. Let me go to a library and buy
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some old books and sit down and say, what did the Father see
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when they traveled to Tulsa, OK? What did God show them there?
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Open my eyes for God. Let me see something and courage
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and win grace that can serve my generation light, serve my
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generation light, serve my generation light That in one
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year we will raise an army of robust believers, people of
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stature that when they ask the person and say, OK, what?
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What you are a pastor? What church is it?
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No, I'm not a pastor. What I'm a witness.
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I have been trained that my journey starts from being a non
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believer to an infant, to a matured believer, a transformed
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believer, an empowered believer and then a witness.
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And I have gone through that curriculum in the Spirit.
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Are we together? We must begin to bring the
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various dimensions of the Kingdom required.
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The Bible says now when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
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look at the character that ushered the next move of God.
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They were together in one accord. 1 accord does not mean
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saying the same thing. 1 accord means agreeing in.
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Spirit. Now don't get me wrong, when we
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call for unity, unity does not mean embracing anything.
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Are we together now? But to understand that if there
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is a deficiency in my life, if I'm raising people who are
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anointed, I'm raising people who are spiritual, but they are poor
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and broke, they are doing bad, they are in trouble.
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Are we together? Marriages are breaking because
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of financial issues. There is a grace invested in
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Reverend Julian. If I can add to the dimension
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God has given me, the dimension God has given him, it will bring
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completion. Can I tell you when God says
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everything is possible, it is because of the variety of light
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He has invested in the body. It is not possible with one
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ministry, it is not possible with one man, but together it is
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possible. So Pastor Porgio, plus Reverend
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Julian, plus the men and the women who have served God's
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grace here will produce a more holistic believer.
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When the devil wants to destroy your life, he makes you to
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ignore the investment of God's grace that has been placed upon
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one, especially for your growth. Hallelujah, my final call my
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time is up I hope someone has learned something believers must
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invest in building their spiritual understanding.
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Please hear me. The faith problem cannot be
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solved by superstition. The faith problem cannot be
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solved just by claiming. There is the business of
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exposing yourself as an act of responsibility to strategic
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teachings that build you. You see, you have a Bible like a
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student has a textbook, but there is a need for a teacher.
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Nobody becomes a doctor just by reading a book.
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You can become a traditional practitioner, but you don't
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become accredited. Just like you will need to be
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helped and to be trained. Are we together?
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Believers must invest. In fact, say this after me as
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loud as you can. Say in the name of Jesus, I
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receive grace to invest in my spiritual understanding.
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Say in the name of Jesus, I receive grace to probe my
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spiritual convictions. Say it again, I receive grace to
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probe my spiritual convictions. Hear me, I'm wrapping up.
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If you are poor, don't. Don't throw away the issue of
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prosperity. You are not getting it.
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Humble yourself. Find the carriers of light in
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that area. Go to them that sell and buy.
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Buy with meekness, buy with humility.
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Add prosperity to a ministry with integrity and it's like
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adding petrol to to fire. You will bond better.
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Are we together now? If you are lacking in character
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and you are prayerful, find one who has at the world that can
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bring holiness and stability. Receive it with humility.
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Diagnose the areas of failure in your life and search for liberas
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in that area. Do it fast.
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Remedy the mistake so that you don't transfer that error to
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others. Father, if you are doing well at
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home, don't blame Nigeria. There are people in Nigeria who
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are excelling. Are we together now?
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Go back and find the world that produces light.
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Faith for anything comes where the light in that area comes.
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Whatever is missing in your life, stop wasting your time
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sweeping When there is no light. Your first assignment is to
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light a candle and when that candle is lit, get a broom and
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start searching. You will find that treasure
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there. Are you ready to pray?
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My call for you is that you begin to press, press, press man
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of God press. Spend more time with God
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administration's press, buy books, get teachings.
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I know you sat down here listening to Wolfbeck Life, but
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if I were you after the conference, get the teachings,
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especially the ones that relate to the area of concern camp
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around it. Faith comes by hearing.
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When you find the voice that speaks well, then hear well, the
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hearing that brings awareness, the hearing that brings
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conviction. Man of God, it is time for the
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next level in your life. It is time for the next level of
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your journey in the Spirit. It's time for you to soar.
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But nobody soars in ignorance. You will not enter the plane of
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a pilot who does not know what he's doing.
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You can understand the the listen.
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Whether or not a plane lifts, the laws of aerodynamics still
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stand, but it takes the understanding of the pilot to
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fly it, not the existence of the laws.
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The laws are always there. Even when the plane is grounded,
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the laws don't change. It is the understanding of the
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pilot that translates those laws to become results that take the
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plane to the air. Are we together?
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Even if you fail with your life, God is still faithful, but the
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dimension of spiritual reality you lack can affect every aspect
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of your life. Can I learn one minute from us
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as we pray? Please rise upon your feet.
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You come to a point of persuasion by the Spirit of God,
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by the Spirit of God. I'm tired of guessing my work
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with God. I'm tired of guessing how to win
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in ministry. I'm tired of guessing how to do
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business to excel. I'm tired of guessing how to
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walk in power and walk in the anointing.
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Ladies and gentlemen, there is an ancient path.
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We're not the first to follow that path.
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Many have followed that path. They followed it onto grace,
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onto glory. Ordinary man, unassuming people,
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They follow the path, a path of light.
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It was like that guided the magi, the wise men, until they
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found Jesus. They did not know the place, but
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they saw that light and the light guided them.
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The light of God can guide a man into a dimension in the spirit,
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a dimension of exploit. Are you still waiting for me to
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give you a prayer point, or are you crying unto the Lord?
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We have just one minute. Please let it be from the depth
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of your heart. I desire light.
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I desire light. I cry out my desperation for the
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other dimensions that are still wanting in my life.
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I want to manifest by buffet. I want to be fully persuaded.
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Fully persuaded. Fully persuaded that God can
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heal, Fully persuaded that God lifts, Fully persuaded that
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doors can open, Fully persuaded that I am the lifter of the
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Lord. Fully persuaded that he has died
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for my sins and I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
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I'm tired of moving left and right dependent on what messages
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preach. I receive grace for stability.
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Someone pray, fully persuaded that my God is able, fully
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persuaded that I am the righteous.
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And so it is well with me, fully persuaded that though my
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beginning be small, my latter end shall greatly increase.
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Fully persuaded that the works of my hands are blessed.
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Fully persuaded that the Holy Spirit is guiding me.
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Fully persuaded that I'm a well watered garden.
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Fully persuaded. Someone pray.
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I shake the spirit of doubt. It's time to command results.
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Time to command results. Exploit by the Spirit.
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Worshippers. Pray.
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Exploit by the Spirit. I am fully persuaded that there
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is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty
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makes men of understanding. I am fully persuaded that the
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two lift gates of every nation is open unto me.