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The Gifts of the Spirit (Part 18): Revelational Gifts - The Word of Wisdom (Part 2) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to the NECF podcast where we share our
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weekly sermons and faithfully interpret the Bible
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to encourage and direct you on your spiritual
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path. We are our devoted pastors and special
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guests diving to the depths of the Bible exploring
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its profound lessons and useful applications
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for your day. So one of the things that we are
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trusting the Holy Spirit to do in this season
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much more with our lives is that through our
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lives we will see Physical evidences. I think
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last Sunday we sang a song. Last Sunday, last
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two Sundays, he said, what you do is tangible,
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right? You are invisible, but your works are
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visible. And what you do are what? Tangible.
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Hallelujah. So God is invisible. He is dwelling
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in the believer. Hallelujah. Invisible. His works
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through the believer are visible. And whatever
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is happening to the believer, they are what?
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Tangible. Hallelujah. There are things that can
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be seen. Praise God. Hallelujah. There are things
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that can be seen. There are things that can be
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touched. There are things that can be confirmed.
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Amen. That we pray for somebody and then cancer
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goes and he goes and confirms the medical whatever
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that has been given to him. Praise God. Very
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tangible. He said, these signs shall follow them
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that what? That believe. Signs are witnesses.
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They are tokens. So they follow the believer.
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They attest the believer. Hallelujah. Say in
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my name, you will speak in what? New tongues.
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So we will hear you speak it. It's not going
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to be a spiritual thing that nobody will hear
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it. We will hear you speak it. I will not only
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hear you speak it, But we will hear you bring
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revelation out of it because you will not only
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speak in tongues, but you also interpret the
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tongues. He said you lay hands on the sick and
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the sick will do what? Will get healed. So it
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will not be that I'm laying hands on the sick
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and say I just transferred a spiritual healing
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to you. Don't worry. You are already healed.
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No. Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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So we're praying. We'll just take another 10
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minutes. What am I praying for my friend, my
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sister, my brother, my wife, my husband, as I'm
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holding your hands or I'm holding her hands?
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In your life, we will see signs, wonders, and
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miracles. Much more. That's the prayers. Greater
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works. Hallelujah. Greater works. In your life,
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I pray for you. I pray for you, sister. I pray
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for you, husband. I pray for you, wife. I pray
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for you, brother. I pray for you, pastor. I pray
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for you, daughter. I pray for you in the name
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of Jesus. Greater works, much more. We shall
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see much more. The miraculous, the miraculous,
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the miraculous. The miraculous happening much
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more through your life in the name of Jesus.
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Thank you. Through your life, there's a fresh
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flow of the things of the Spirit. There's a fresh
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flow. There's a fresh flow of the things of the
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Spirit. You will not live in yesterday. You will
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not live in last month. No, no, no, no. There
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is a fresh flow of the loose, of the things,
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of the Holy Ghost at work in your life. You stay
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on the edge. You stay on the edge. You stay on
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the edge. You stay on the edge. Every day we
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meet you, you are fresh. Every day we meet you,
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you are on fire. Every day we meet you, the passion
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and the zeal and the sovereignty is not growing
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cold. There's a fresh flow of the healing of
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the Holy Ghost through your life. There's a fresh
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flow of the ability of the Holy Ghost being visible
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through your life. Healings are happening. Healings
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are happening. Restoration are happening. Deliverances
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are happening through the instrumentality of
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your life. There's no limit. There's no limit.
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There's no limit. There's no limit to what the
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Holy Ghost is doing. There's no limit. There's
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no limit. There's no limit. The death has brought
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God to life. There is no limit to what the Holy
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Ghost is doing. Pray for him. Pray for him. He's
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on fire. She's on fire. He's on fire. She's on
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fire. We hear testimonies more and more through
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his life. Through our life in the name of Jesus.
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You will not live in yesterday. You will not
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live in yesterday. Oh, you are always on the
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now. The Holy Ghost is using you daily on the
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now. In the name of Jesus. You bring light and
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life. You bring light and life by the Spirit
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of the Lord. The things of the Holy Ghost, they
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flourish through your hands. The things from
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the spirit, they flourish through your life.
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In the name of Jesus. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus'
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name. In the name of Jesus. Can we just sit briefly?
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Let's quickly just do this so that we can have
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more time to pray and minister to one another.
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What we have is not really much, so I will try
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my best to make it snappy. Hallelujah. So that
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we can have much time to minister to one another.
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Praise God. You see, the things of the Spirit,
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they ride on practice. Hallelujah. The things
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of the Spirit, the manifestation of the things
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of the Spirit, right, happens much more and survives
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on what? On practice, daily practice. Yesterday
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I had a call with someone. I didn't know that
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the person yesterday morning had to pray about
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some things. So actually she had the prayers
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before she left a specific location. And then
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the Lord spoke to her about some certain things.
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And then she's now in a new location. Yesterday
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morning, she still prayed about the matter, took
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notes, and then wrote some certain instructions
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and direction that the Lord had given her. Hallelujah.
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So one of the instructions that the Lord gave
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her is that let her have an open heart towards
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his plans and purposes. Praise God. So we got
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on a call and we started talking. And let me
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just use the word. The highlight of our discussion
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was that matter. In fact, that was the first
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thing I started talking about. I didn't have
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any prior information about all these things.
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But however, I noticed that the more I spoke,
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she was laughing. She was laughing and laughing
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and laughing and laughing and laughing. So after
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I finished speaking and I said something, I said,
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I don't even know why I'm even saying this. I'm
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stressing this matter. She was just laughing.
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So after I finished, he now started telling me,
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actually, this is why she's laughing. And then,
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now it made sense to me. Hallelujah. Expect the
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manifestation of the things of the Spirit in
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your daily life, in your daily discussion, not
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necessarily in such atmospheres. Expect the manifestation
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of the things of the Spirit in the school bus.
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Expect the manifestation of the Spirit when you're
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talking with your mom. Expect the manifestation
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of the Spirit when you're talking with your dad.
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Expect the manifestation of the Spirit when you're
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talking with your husband. Expect the manifestation
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of the Spirit when you're talking with your wife.
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Expect the manifestation of the Spirit when you're
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talking with your children, when you're talking
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with your housemates. Expect it. There should
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not be any kind of spectacular atmosphere before
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the things of the Spirit are manifested. Hallelujah.
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In fact, let me put it this way. Expect the manifestation
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of the things of the Spirit in your regular dealings.
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Expect them. Hallelujah. The Spirit of the Lord
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in you does not have a switch on and switch off
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button that the only time it switches on is when
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you are in this place. When you move out of this
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place, it switches off. When you are in your
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room, it switches off. When you are with your
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friends, it switches off. No. In fact, let me
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say it simply this way. Expect the manifestation
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of the Spirit even as ordinary as chatting on
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WhatsApp is. You can be chatting on somebody
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and suddenly the Spirit of the Lord will just
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put a prompting in your heart. And then the direction
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of the chat will now change. After you now talk
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and talk, and then the person just goes, this
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is the matter I have been praying for. Expect
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it. Desire it. Expect it. Desire it. Is that
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going to work? Give me my tin after. Praise God.
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Hallelujah. Okay, so let's start this way. The
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things of the Spirit can be taught, can be learned,
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and can be practiced daily. The things of the
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Spirit can be taught, can be learned, And can
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be practiced what? Daily. The things of the Spirit
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can be taught. And that's what we have been receiving.
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Amen. They can be learned. That's what we've
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been enjoying. And they can be what? Practiced
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daily. That is why as much as possible as a local
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church, we want to do as much as possible to
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simplify it. That there is no any mystical thing
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about it that is for all believers. Hallelujah.
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They can be taught, they can be learned, and
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they can be practiced what? Daily. Hallelujah.
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Amen? So we've had utterance gifts, we've had
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power gifts, we've had revelational gifts, which
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we are on it now, right? Yeah, so I'm saying
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this now so that in the next few minutes we have,
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we're going to, the things we're going to do,
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we'll practice these things and we'll keep practicing.
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Praise God. So I remembered we had utterance
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gifts, right? Good. Tongues, interpretation of
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tongues, prophecy. You remember, right? We had
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it. Yeah, so power gifts, gifts of healing, working
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of miracles. We've had a gift of faith, right?
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Good. Revelational gifts, word of knowledge,
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word of wisdom, discerning of what? Spirits.
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So all these, we ought to be practicing them
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how? Daily. Hallelujah. I remember having chats,
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you know, with the brother here. And then we're
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talking about gifts of healing. How his desire
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is intense regarding praying for people. In fact,
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to the point he is calling home that if there
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is anybody sick, please, they should allot him.
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Hallelujah. Praise God. Yes. Desire to see more,
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more, more, more of the things of what? of the
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Spirit at manifestation. Let them be visible.
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Praise God. Good. In our books now, next thing.
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Write five things that you want to see this year
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happen in your life. Many things are going to
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happen in your life, by the way. Amen. But at
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the moment, please, write five things. I don't
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know why I'm asking us to do this, but the instructions
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I've gotten in my heart. You don't need to keep
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at what your friend is writing. Just write five
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things. Even me, I ask, why is it that he's not
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seven? He's not 14. He's not 20. He's not 35.
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Write five things. Hallelujah. Pastor Kostin,
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why are we writing? I don't know, but it will
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make sense in a little time. Yes, I'm giving
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us another additional two minutes to do that.
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Somebody like Kolade, he said it's time for education
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now. To enjoy. You know? He gave us a parable.
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Five things. I think I kind of have an idea why
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we are doing this. I think we treated miracles,
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right? Working of miracles. We treated gifts
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of faith also. After a short while, we're going
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to agree together and pray. Make tremendous power
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available. Because we must have testimonies.
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With the things of the Spirit, you must have
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testimonies. It must be visible. I told a brother,
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I say, No, I don't want to be, when I have privileges
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to teach people, I don't want to say, you know,
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hey, hey, Alan. Oh, hey, Smith Rigglesworth.
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Oh, give me Scotland or I die. Oh, I don't want
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to be cutting all those people. Let it be that
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through my life also, the Holy Ghost manifested.
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Hallelujah. I was led to lay hands on somebody
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that is dying. And Jesus healed the person instantly.
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I saw a blind person and I was led with compassion.
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I laid my hands on his eyes and the eyes opened.
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Because the more I see those testimonies, the
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more my faith is stirred up. It's stirred up.
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It's stirred up more, more, more, more, more.
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I know that God will always show up. What we
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are saying is not that you say, Oh, our pastor,
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Pastor Fred. You know, Pastor Fred. And it's
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not in Pastor Fred. And it's not in Pastor Fred.
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Why Pastor Fred is teaching us and we are learning
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is that so you too, you will say, Jesus walked
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through my life. And this is it. Hallelujah.
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Have you written that? Have you written that?
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Okay, good. So, there's someone here. I will
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say this now and then we start. There's someone
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here. I just heard. In my heart, laughter, laughter
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for someone here. And I also added to it, I had
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watch your environment and be conscious to create
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a conducive atmosphere that makes you stay joyful.
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Hallelujah. And what I got in my heart was that
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this person throughout this year, it's like there
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was a flip from last year to this year. Last
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year, you had more experiences about. confusion,
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worry, depression, and suddenly this year there
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is a shift. Hallelujah. And one of the things
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I wrote here is that watch your environment,
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be conscious to create a conducive atmosphere
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that makes you stay joyful. Hallelujah. Glory
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to God. And then also I perceive in my heart
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someone here or your family or set of siblings,
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you are praying for an elder brother, right?
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Because I wrote here, You're praying for an elder
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brother and you people are praying for him for
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stability. And one of the things I got also here
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attached to it is they call him and pray for
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him directly on the phone and tell him the Lord
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preserves him and covers him. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. This person I'm speaking about is not a
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Nigerian. I don't see this person as a Nigerian,
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no. Who is the person here? Please don't be shy.
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We're not exposing you or doing anything. Oh,
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glory to God at the back. And again, I got this
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now. Someone here, the desire for teaching, teaching
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God's words now, has increased, most especially
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in these few days in your heart. And there has
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been a strong prompting in your heart. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. This one I know also you're here.
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And I hear yield more to the teachings you are
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receiving. And pay attention and continue in
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the things you have been taught. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Two things are happening. There's
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a word of knowledge here and there's a word of
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wisdom. Praise God. Hallelujah. Something on
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the moment and something you should do. Amen.
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Your participation, active participation is important.
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Both the giver of the word and the receiver.
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or to actively what? Participate. Faith in obedience
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makes these things happen. You hear what I said?
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Faith in what? Obedience. They cannot or sometimes
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be logical to your mind. They may not make sense
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to your mind. Praise God. But after you start
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obeying or you obey, suddenly it will all add
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up. Amen? Dude, so the word of wisdom is not
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wisdom in the affairs of life. That's the last
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thing I ask us to write. The word of wisdom is
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not wisdom in the affairs of life. The word of
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wisdom is not wisdom in the affairs of life.
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You wrote that, right? Praise God. So, you know,
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often people will mix the word of wisdom, right,
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as instructions, the daily wisdom. They get many
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a times or the simple wisdom they get in dealing
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with their daily affairs. But simple wisdom in
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the affairs of life is not a spiritual gift.
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Praise God. For example, I've acquired a skill
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in carpentry. I'm saying real life now, not this
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thing. Right? I'm giving a life, real life. I
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have a skill, acquired skill in what? In carpentry.
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Right? Amen? So, I needed nets to be fixed on
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our window. And I called a carpenter. The guy
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said, for the two windows, it's 8 ,000 TL. I
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called another one, my neighbor. He said that,
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oh, materials have not arrived. Materials have
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not arrived. Materials, you know. And the condition
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of our room is getting mold and the rest. I went
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to the market. I went and bought wood. I bought
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net. I bought the screws that I need. I bought
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saw. I had already taken my measurements. Bought
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all that I needed. Everything, one six. I did
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not pray. I did not fast. Everything, one six.
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That guy called what? Eight thousand. I came
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to the house. I check the window. How will I
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fix it? I check it, check it. You know, my wife
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was just looking at me. She says, you know, I
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finished. I put it the first. No, no, it's not.
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I brought everything, fixed everything down.
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I mounted it myself with her help, right? Yes,
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she's checking, I'm measuring, I'm cutting, I'm
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adjusting. Fixed it perfectly well. Solid. That
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is not word of... So simple wisdom that you deal
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with daily affairs of life is not what? Word
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of wisdom. You know, what we are saying is not
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word of wisdom. So that when you receive a word,
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quickly you know, is this by the Spirit or this
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guy is just going into his archives of psychology
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and giving me something. Do you understand what
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I'm saying? Yes. Good. So now, let's read scripture.
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Joshua 1 .8. Now, everybody. Let's read scriptures.
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Joshua 1 .8 So simple wisdom for daily affairs
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of life is not what? It's not a spiritual gift.
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The Holy Spirit never needed to tell me how to
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fix the windows. No. I went to the factory where
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I worked, you know, but they didn't have the
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wood. So I have to return back for a seizing.
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Praise God. So please, if you are here, you are
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doing chabuk -chabuk, do not despise it. Do not
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throw it away. I started with coughing. Now I'm
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fixing windows. You know? Joshua 1 .8. Yes. This
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book of the law shall not what? Depart out of
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thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day
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and night that thou mayest observe to do according
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to all that is written therein. For then thou
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shalt make thy way what? Prosperous. And then
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thou shalt have what? Good success. This is wisdom
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for daily living. For leadership. Hallelujah.
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Wisdom for what? For leadership. This is not
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word of wisdom. Praise God. I dwell daily in
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the law. I meditate on it. Out of it, I get a
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wisdom that daily. I deal with these children
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of Israelites, right? Successfully. Praise God.
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Are we all here? Good. Ecclesiastes chapter 10.
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Ecclesiastes chapter 10, verse 10. Mediathan,
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you can help us first. If the ax is what? Is
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dull and one does not what? Simple wisdom. An
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ax is dull. What do you do with it? You sharpen
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it. Then he must use more what? More strength.
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But wisdom brings what? Success. This is not
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word of what? Wisdom. Praise God. Is it clear
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so far? Good. Let's read another one again. 24,
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3 to 4. Ecclesiastes 24, 3 to 4. Ecclesiastes
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24. There's no 24? It's four, right? A proverb,
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sorry. Proverbs. Let me increase this. Proverbs
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24, 3 to 4. Through wisdom, a house is what?
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Is built, and by understanding it is what? Established.
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Next one. By knowledge, the rooms are filled
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with what? With all precious and what? And pleasant
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riches. Praise God. You don't need any word of
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wisdom. No. Simple wisdom for daily what? For
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daily living. Luke 14, 28. Let me add this for
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us. Luke 14, 28. For which of you intending to
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build a tower, but not what? Sit down and do
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what? And count the cost, whether he has what?
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Enough to do what? To finish it. The foundation
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will still be there. After you do all the ga
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-ga -ga -ga -ga, once you just do like this,
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it will grow the foundation. You hold your CGPA
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1 .2. It will not change. Simple wisdom for daily
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living is even though here there is no midnight
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candle. In Nigeria, we burn the midnight candle.
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You know? Yes. Here there is no midnight candle.
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So there is nothing to burn. Just stay under
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your bump. Thank you for listening to our sermon
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