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STRATEGY FOR CONSISTENCY (PROPHETIC CHARGE) | APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN · Selah Media House

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Oh we to God. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah, let's that be the
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name of the Lord. Good evening everybody.
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Thank you very much for this great opportunity.
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It's my first time here, Hallelujah, and greatly
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delighted. And I want to really, really
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thank Pastor Pojo and his dear wife.
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Let's give them a big God bless you.
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Thank you, Sir. Thank you, Ma and the resident
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pastor. Thank you so much for this
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opportunity. I believe that the Lord has a
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word for us tonight. Let me encourage us to open up
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our hearts as we receive. Can you lift your hands to
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heaven and ask the Lord to give you an encounter tonight?
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Go ahead. The Bible says He sent forth His
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word and His word. He let them and delivered them
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from their destructions. Take a moment to cry out your
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heart in expectation. Father, give me an encounter
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tonight and that by your Spirit. Let your word come to change me.
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Let it come to lift me, Let it come to empower me.
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I will never be the same. Let it be a new season for me.
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In the name of Jesus. Father, we ask you to visit us
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by your word. We pray that you strengthen us.
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Grant us wisdom, empower us as we hear.
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Let it be the hearing of faith that produces The Walking of
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miracles. I pray that by this word you
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will move us forward. I pray that by this word you
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will restore. I pray that by this word you
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will heal. By this word you will deliver.
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By this word you will empower. In the name of Jesus to you be
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all the glory, for in Jesus name we pray.
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God bless you. One more hand clap and please be
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seated. Please be seated.
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Have a very important word. I consider my church tonight a
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prophetic church. The Lord placed it on my heart.
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For those of us who were not able to connect to the morning
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session, please do so. It was, I believe, a meeting
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dedicated for ministers and leaders.
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But I think that the principles apply to everyone.
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And let me please encourage you to do the best that you can and
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have access to the teaching. And listen, the Bible says faith
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comes and it comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
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Hallelujah. And tonight I want to show us by
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the Spirit of God as a prophetic charge, celebrating 30 years of
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God's faithfulness over this vision.
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It's a very powerful secret. I have learnt this secret number
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one from the study of scripture #2 the privilege of watching the
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lives of those who have enjoyed longevity of impact, whether in
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ministry, whether in business, whether in career.
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And then by the message of God, These are principles that I have
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applied to my own life. And I pray in Jesus name that
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your eyes will be open. Amen and Amen.
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Tonight I'm teaching on what I titles strategy for consistency.
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Strategy for consistency. This I believe is a gift from
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God to someone giving you the keys that make for longevity.
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Proverbs chapter 4 and verse 18. Let's start from there.
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Proverbs 4 and verse 18 strategy for consistency.
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The Bible says, but the path of the just would you read with me
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want to go? But the path of the Just is as
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the shining light that shineth. More and more.
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Onto the perfect day. Straight up.
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You see that according to God's ordination for all men, we
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should never have a better yesterday.
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More and more is the heritage of All Saints.
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Are we together? It is not consistent with God's
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desire for the Saints to have someone celebrate your yesterday
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with no hope of having a better today or tomorrow.
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According to God's plan, the doings of God in your life today
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and tomorrow should by far surpass whatever it is that
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happened yesterday, no matter how great, no matter how
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spectacular. So the Bible says the path of
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the, just not the path of. Everyone the path of the just
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one who is in Christ. The Bible says it should be in
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this manner, as a shining light, that shining more and more onto
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the perfect day. Let me speak over your life
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already. In the name of Jesus.
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I just described your destiny from now.
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Henceforth I just described your path from now, henceforth, in
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the mighty name of Jesus. No going up and going down
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again. I speak consistency over
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someone. I don't know who is receiving
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this prophetic word, but in the name of Jesus Christ, whatever
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makes your life and your progress epileptic that you are
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up today, down tomorrow with a job today.
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You lose it tomorrow with opportunities today.
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You lose it tomorrow in the name that is above all names.
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Let that epileptic experience come to an end now.
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Please be seated. God bless you.
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Joshua chapter 13 and verse one. This is a message for those who
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have done well. This is not a message for
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someone who is starting. Joshua 13 and verse one.
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Now Joshua was old and stricken in years.
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Please listen. And the Lord said unto him, Thou
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art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very
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much learned to be possessed. You've done well, you've
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sojourned, you are old, you have experience.
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But the truth is, based on my blueprint for you, there is
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still much land to be possessed. There is still much land to be
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possessed. There is always more for the
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believer. We do not plateau in this
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Kingdom. There is always more, regardless
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the achievement, regardless the accomplishment.
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One of the most striking scripture for me in the Bible is
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the fact that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father.
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Then the Bible says making intercession.
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What then was the value of it is finished?
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And yet the Bible says He's seated, not standing, not
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fighting, victory established. And yet, even to Him, there is
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still more. Are we together?
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So he says, there is more land to conquer.
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Philippians chapter 3. This would really be our text
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for tonight from verse 12 to 15. May God open our eyes in Jesus
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name. Paul is speaking very profound
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admission and this for me, it represents the template of
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anyone who wants to last, anybody who wants longevity of
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impact. There is an understanding, there
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is an orientation you must sustain without which you will
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fail. You don't have to be fake to
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fail. You don't have to be bad to
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fail. Once you lose sight of this kind
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of orientation, especially in the face of achievements or
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results, you will lose the ability to have longevity of
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impact. Let's consider the thoughts of
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Paul, Philippians three and verse 12.
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Not as though I had already attained.
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I hope you realize we're speaking here.
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We're talking of Paul even as a non believer, he was already an
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accomplished person. So we're not talking of someone
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who was a failure, then came into Christ and started at
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Ground Zero. He was still the finest of them
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even before he met Christ. And here's an honest admission.
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Paul is speaking not as though I had already attained, he says.
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Either were already perfect, entire, complete, mature, he
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says. But I follow after, if that I
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may apprehend that for which I am apprehended.
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Of. Christ Jesus verse 13 he says,
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Brethren, who is he speaking to? Brethren, Brethren, I count not
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myself. Thank you for your
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commendations, thank you for your likes and shares, thank you
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for your wonderful reviews. But this is my conclusion about
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myself. I count not my myself to have
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apprehended, he said. But this one thing I do, there
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is always one thing champions do, there is always this one
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thing, this one thing I do, he says.
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Forgetting those things which are behind is someone following
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and reaching forth onto the things which are before
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forgetting those things he didn't say.
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Forgetting evil things, forgetting bad things,
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forgetting negative things, whatever they are, provided they
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are behind, I forget them and I reach for to the things that are
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before me. The 1st 2 words was 14.
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Shout it if you're a believer. 1 to go one more time, one more
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time, one more time. He didn't say I desire.
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I press determination and focus. The mindset of a winner, the
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mindset of a finisher, he says. Regardless what has happened
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around my life, good or bad, this one thing I do, forgetting
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the things that are behind and reaching forth, knowing that
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there are still things before me, he said.
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I. Press.
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As an act of faith, I press. As proof that I know there is
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still more, I press. You stop pressing when you get
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to the finish line. And Paul is saying my press
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means I am aware that I've not got to the finish line.
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When you see athletes run when they get to the finish line, no
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matter how fast they match time, they lose speed until they
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finally come to a standstill. Am I right on that?
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So he says, I press, I press, let's finish up that scripture.
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I press towards the mark for the price of the high calling that
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is in Christ Jesus. Now just a few thoughts that I
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wanted to listen. Remember, this is a prophetic
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charge, a strategy for consistency.
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Number one, the first thing I want you to learn tonight is
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over. Dwelling on the past, both
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negatively and positively, can hinder advancement and progress
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over dwelling on the past, whether it's a positive past or
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negative past. Both of them, they have the
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ability to impede your progress. They have the ability to hinder
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advancement and progress over dwelling on the past, over
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dwelling on the past, whether negatively or positively.
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It has the ability to hinder advancement and progress.
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And I'll tell you more particularly that when you over
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dwell on a negative past, this is what it does to you.
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It creates fear, it creates discouragement, and it deflates
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your passion to press. Let me take that again.
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When you dwell over, dwell on a negative pass, be it your
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background, be it your failures, the Bible says that it sustains
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your ability, among other things, to create fear, to
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create discouragement, and to deflate your passion.
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There was such a man in the Bible called Gideon.
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The Bible tells us that this man had the destiny of a warrior,
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and because he was the least and his father's house was the
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least, he was used to failure. Are we together now?
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So when God would come to appear to him, the man was hiding, and
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God did not call him by that situation.
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He says, Oh, thou mighty man of failure, He did not say yes,
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Lord or yes Sir. He went straight to bring his
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excuses. If this is true, why have all
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these things fallen upon me? The same thing you see in John
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chapter 5, the pool of Bethesda. The Bible says there was a man
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who had been dead 38 years and when Jesus came to him and us,
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would thou be made whole? He would have said yes or no.
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And he went straight. He said look, you don't know my
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situation, I have no man. He didn't ask you why are you in
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this condition? He said do you desire?
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And the imported man said my problem is that I have no man.
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Something happens to you when you over dwell in the past.
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It brings fear, It brings discouragement.
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There are people who are so used to pain.
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When you pray, no matter how you shout, they answer only one Amen
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at the end of that prayer, and it's honestly just for the
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ritual of it. They don't believe it.
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Pain can become a mindset. Pain can become a stronghold.
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Discouragement can become a stronghold.
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Master, we have toiled all night.
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I like Peter. What a winner's attitude, he
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says. Nevertheless, nevertheless,
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nevertheless for someone, this is a word for you.
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Nevertheless you've tried and tried on jobs, nevertheless
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you've tried and tried to build, nevertheless you've tried to put
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your life together and it seems like the more you try, things
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have gone haywire. Nevertheless, he says, at thy
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word you are introducing something to my life now, he
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said. That was not there,
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nevertheless. So over dwelling on a negative
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past is able to bring fear, discouragement, and to deflate
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your passion to press. Now over dwelling on a positive
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past, let me tell you what it does.
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It creates complacency, pride over confidence and
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indiscipline. Listen carefully and then you
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write over. Dwelling on a positive past
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creates #1 complacency #2 pride. There is such a thing as the
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pride of life, not pride. There are two different things.
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The pride of life is the self glorification you met upon
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yourself. Are we together by reason of
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obvious achievements? If you have not achieved
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anything, you can have pride, but not the pride of life.
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Only achievers can have the pride of life.
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If you've not built anything, you've not built anyone.
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You don't have any track record that supports your excellence,
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your value. You can have pride, but not the
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pride of life. Is someone learning now?
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So over dwelling on a positive path?
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This is a prophetic word for you as a people, as a family under
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disgrace. It can create complacency, pride
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over confidence. Who still remembers something I
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will arise as before, only to find out that he's lost his
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source of strength over confidence and then in
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discipline. These four things follow anyone
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who decides to over dwell on a positive past.
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You can see straight up here that whether that past is
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positive or negative, if you do not manage it well, it sustains
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the ability to hurt your tomorrow.
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Who is learning? Are we together now?
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So whether it's your crowns or your scars, you are mandated to
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find a way by the Spirit to forget about it if you want to
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move forward. So Paul says this one thing I do
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covenant nation. This is one thing you must do
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even after 30 years, forgetting the things that are behind sick
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bodies that have been healed. Glory to God and that's enough.
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Destinies that have been transformed glory to God and
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that's enough. Maybe challenges that are not so
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good that you may have gone through.
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Father, I thank you in the midst of it and that's enough.
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You must learn to create boundary for celebration.
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Are we together now? Don't over celebrate success.
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It can be dangerous, generous enough, and once it gets to that
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limit, that's it. When you cross that limit, it
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doesn't bless you again. I remember one time very
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interesting humorous story I was microwaving.
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Beef. So I don't know what happened
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and I forgot the thing. I just left the thing there and
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just to warm it a little, I overdid the thing.
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I came back and you know, I added the timing again.
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And when someone only God knows what I was doing, I came back
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and the same microwave that was supposed to just make this thing
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a very healthy meal, it turned that thing the kitchen was.
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I said, look, look what I've done with all this anointing.
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Look, look, what has happened? Are we together now?
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That's what happens when you over celebrate failure, or over
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sympathize over celebrate success or over sympathize with
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failure. There is a temperature enough to
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warm your food and that becomes fine.
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When you overdo it, it starts to hot.
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What was once a blessing. Who is learning now?
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Because some of you have refused to move forward.
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Courtesy your last victory. Courtesy your last result.
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As soon as that result arrived, you stop seeing.
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You stop praying, you stop hearing.
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You stop pressing. You don't wake up in the morning
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again, You stop buying books. Your life is full of celebration
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until it has become an empty celebration.
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Because you see, in destiny, nobody claps for you twice for
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the same level. Once you receive the upload that
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comes with a level, that's it. You clap for a little baby.
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When the baby starts walking. You don't clap for an adult for
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walking. You've been walking too long.
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You fly, then we clap. Am I right on that?
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Well, if you fall sick and you lose your ability to walk and
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you start back, then we can encourage you on that.
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But not a healthy adult. And then you say you demand an
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applause for walking. No, you'll be walking too long.
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You've exhausted that that possibility.
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Are we learning now? Someone say in the name of Jesus
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shouted, Say In the name of Jesus I obtain grace to forget
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about yesterday and reach for tomorrow.
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In the name of Jesus. For someone, you need to go and
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hide your awards for a moment. They are distracting you, they
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are distracting you. You flaunted them before you to
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the point your vision is now blood.
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Suspend those awards for a while and have the mentality of a
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starter so that you can press. I think I've seen this and, and,
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and it's a very honest admission.
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I've seen this swallow people up in ministry.
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I've seen this swallow people up in business.
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I've seen this swallow people up in destiny.
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So someone who comes safe from a background of deprivation, the.
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First day he makes maybe 1000 dollars, $10,000.
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He celebrates. He can't believe it's a dream
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come true. And then he stops there, only to
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realize that that was only good for his personal needs.
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That cannot go with you when you really want to do serious
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things. That does not amount to
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anything. Again.
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Are we together now? And then there are people in
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ministry. The day someone gets healed, the
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day someone gets blessed, the day God gives you an elevated
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platform to serve His grace, that becomes the end of your
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impact. I'm praying for someone, whether
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it is your pain or your crowns, whether it's your scars or your
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crowns, whatever has blurred your vision and impeded your
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capacity to go forward. I release you from that shackle
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today shouted, believe in Amen. I release you from that shackle.
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In the name of Jesus. Christ.
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So the Bible says this one thing I do A negative past creates
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fear, discouragement deflates your passion to press.
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A positive past creates complacency, pride,
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overconfidence, and many times in discipline.
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Now I'll give you 2 strategies. And then we'll.
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Pray 2 strategies for consistency.
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Number one, the first strategy that I'm going to give you is
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someone learning. Remain humble and broken.
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Remain humble and broken. You think this is a very cheap
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statement until you see what has happened to people as a result
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of pride. Remain humble and broken
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regardless what God does through your life, remain humble and
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remain broken. The Bible says a broken and a
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contrite heart. O God, thou will not despise a
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broken and a contrite heart. You know what a broken heart
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means? A broken heart doesn't mean
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heartbreak. Oh, I hope you understand what
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I'm saying. A broken heart praise the name
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of the Lord. I need to explain what a broken
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heart is here. A broken heart means a heart
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that is malleable, childlike enough to acknowledge and
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recognize the hand of God as the principal factor behind your
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victory, behind anything good in your life.
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It's a secret I've seen in Scripture, it's a secret I've
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seen in the life of the fathers and by the messes of God is a
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secret that I've adopted in my own life.
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That the higher He lifts you, the more you remain on your
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knees is the safest position for any believer.
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You hardly fall when you are kneeling, you fall when you
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stand. Are we together now, Father?
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I realize that it is because of you that I am what I am.
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I realize that it is by your mercy.
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For the Bible says a man can receive nothing except it is
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given unto him. And unfortunately, we live in a
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celebrity age. We love the spotlight, nothing
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wrong with that. We love, likes and shares.
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Nothing wrong with that. We love to be an idol to
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somebody even though God warned us about idolatry.
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Are we together now? We we like these things and
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sometimes we crave for it to a point that we can get sick over
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the desire for the accolades of men.
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I show you an irrefutable secret.
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Remain humble and remain broken. The Bible says God resisted the
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proud. Let me explain that to you.
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It means the anointing cannot help you because the anointing
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was not designed to fight God. It only fights anything that is
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Antichrist. So if it is God that is opposing
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you, the only prayer that builds you out is a prayer of mercy.
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Are we together now? And for your.
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Information Browse through scripture from Genesis to
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Revelation and learn how God fights.
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You've not seen a warrior like God, he says.
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Let God arise and let his enemies.
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I don't want to distract you by explaining to you what it means
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to be God's enemies, because God's enemy is not the person
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you hate. No, God's enemies, anyone,
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including you, who becomes a perpetual interruption to
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Kingdom come. Anybody.
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Jonah was a prophet. As soon as he became an
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interruption to God's program, he became God's enemy
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immediately. God's enemy is not an
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unbeliever. God's enemy is not somebody
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practicing witchcraft or wizardry the moment your life
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becomes a consistent interruption to God's program.
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So next time you say let God arise, verify first.
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Are we learning? But I hope you're receiving
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something humble, unbroken. Now.
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Our world interprets humility as weakness because they say you
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are losing your opportunity to shine.
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How do you watch? Opportunities just pass you like
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this and you don't rub it in. I mean, God has done something
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so great. I'm not saying don't celebrate
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success, but you have to be careful.
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The same people who will tell you become king over us will say
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crucify him tomorrow. They will look you to the face
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and act as if they didn't say it before.
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You need to understand how frail men are.
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They will say become king over us today and they will say
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crucify him tomorrow. There is only one friend that
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sticks closer than a brother. Are we together now?
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Yes, Humility. There's something that humility
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does it. It adds honor to your
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achievements. Find.
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Show me someone who is doing so well and then maintains a
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disposition of humility. That is someone who will look
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like Beulah and Hefzibah. But show me someone is doing who
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is doing so well. Then he rubbishes that beauty
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with pride. Pride is a destroyer.
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It's a depleter. It reduces the value of
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anything, anything. I'm praying for someone obtain
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the grace to be humble. This temptation to always want
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to shout things and drum it and prove a point.
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It's unnecessary. The Bible teaches us a lesson
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from the life of Joseph. Joseph was someone who was
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disbelieved by his brothers. They invested in an attempt to
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make him a failure. He didn't work.
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He went to Potiphar's house. Just when you thought things
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were getting better. Are we together now?
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Potiphar came with his own. The wife came with her own,
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landed him into prison. Can you imagine that?
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And now in prison, he began to help some people.
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You can't imagine the pain and the offence.
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And then the guy who's dreaming interpreted.
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He begged the guy. He said when you get to the
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king, please tell the man I'm innocent.
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When that guy got there, he forgot.
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And the forgetfulness of a man added two more years to the stay
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of Joseph. We don't know how long he
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stayed, but we know that whatever the time was, he was
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plus two years. Are we together now?
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Joseph in one day is lifted and he becomes Prime Minister.
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Be honest if you were Joseph. Mention two people that you will
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summon as your first assignment. Leave the issue of brains and
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seven years of this and who you see why you need to repent.
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Are we together now? That's the difference between
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you and Joseph, not Joseph. Joseph gets to the palace and
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was not even distracted by the gifts and all that.
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He went straight to work. And then the Bible tells us that
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when his brothers came and he saw them bow like he saw in the
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dream, you thought that it would be an opportunity for him to met
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out judgment. This is Joseph, Pharaoh said.
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I am Pharaoh. He said only in the matter of
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administration will you be greater than me.
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As fast operation is concerned. Babylon, I mean Egypt is yours.
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He would have starved his brothers to death, but not
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Joseph. He said you meant it for evil,
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but God turned it for good. Does that look like someone's
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testimony? But let me tell you this, and it
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is powerful counsel. Pride is a destroyer.
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Pride is a destroyer. I fight pride.
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I fight it with every sense of viciousness.
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And you will not know how hard it is to stay humble if you have
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not done anything. There's no time to.
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I mean, you've noticed there's absolutely nothing there.
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It's like someone who doesn't have money saying I'm humble.
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You're not exactly right. I don't mean to insult you.
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I hope you are not, but you don't.
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You are not. You are not humble with respect
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to what humility is, with respect to what is tempting you.
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That as a family you would be people that have a signature of
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great achievement garnished with humility.
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That you can come to church and be such an unassuming person,
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people will almost misunderstand you until your works begin to
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speak for you at the gates. That someone who said, do you
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realize that this man do an OSHA.
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Let me tell you a bit about his credentials and they begin to
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read something so inspiring. And in the midst of it, you
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still kneel down, you can still roll, you can still lift up your
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hands regardless the pedigree. Let me tell you the truth.
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Run away from people who make crime before God look like an
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embarrassment because you are lifted.
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I tell myself may I never get to that point where when I when I
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come before the Lord, I don't come as a man of God.
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I'm not apostle to him. No, he's the one who sent me.
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I hope you're getting inspired. I'm challenging you because some
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of you this is what God needs to you found out that your life
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refused to go forward. I'm telling you, this is a
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diagnosis. When pride entered, it's like
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you switched on your your off your ignition and you stopped
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moving. And all the stories you have to
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tell are stories of yesteryears. There's nothing God is doing
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now. The reason is because you have
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refused to acknowledge Him. Let me show you one scripture
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and we'll move to the second point and then I'm done.
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Proverbs chapter 3, please, from verse 5, never forget this
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scripture. Simple enough for you to
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remember. Here's what it says, trust in
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the Lord covenant nation, trust in the Lord with all thine
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heart. Then it says lean not onto thy
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own understanding. Verse 6 in all your ways
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acknowledge him and he shall direct your path.
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Please shout verse 7 if you I believe already want to go be
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not wives in thine own eyes fear the Lord.
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I've seen people pray, pray, right.
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I've seen people give right. I've seen people live right.
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I've seen people talk right. I've seen people serve their
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value with the highest level of excellence possible.
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And yet, in a very shocking and sometimes inexplainable way, you
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cannot tell why they still don't get results.
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I know what the mercy. Of God is about.
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Are we together now? You know when people clap about
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their crown? Some of us who know where God
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brought us from, we're not ashamed to say Lord.
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Some may trust in horses, Chariots, Some may clap because
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of the leverage they've had, leverage of maybe parents,
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leverage of wealth, but some of us are literally a testament.
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Of your mercy and your grace. Perhaps this may not be a word
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for everyone, but I'm speaking to someone who you know that
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God, there was no other way. No other way.
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You came to Lagos for want of what?
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Almost like a fugitive, not knowing your left from your
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right. But look what the mercy of God.
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I mean, looking from hindsight, you will know that that was not
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your wisdom at all. It was just the grace of God
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carried by his mercy. Perhaps you came as a copper and
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you were completely confused. And now one year down the line,
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2 years down the line, five years down the line, God has
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brought honor and glory to you. Someone in one minute can you
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lift your hands and say thank you Jesus?
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Not just for covenant Nation, for your life, Say thank you
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Jesus. Take a minute.
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I don't know how you are going to say, but say thank you Jesus,
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thank you, thank you. It is by Your grace and it is by
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your mercy that I am what I am today.
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I am a CEO. I still remember the times I
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used to beg. You may say I thank you today.
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I am an employer of Labor, as young or old as I am.
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Go ahead, thank him, Thank him. Bring words, mention them.
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Count your blessings. It is alright to name them one
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by one for the minute or so that you have someone.
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Be generous, be lavish. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Some of you came into this city confused, disoriented, and by
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the mercy of God, he gravitated you to this assembly.
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Now you've been mentored, you've been cultured, you've been
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built. Look, the fashion of you that
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has emerged and the fashion of you that is emerging.
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Someone lift your hands and thank God.
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Thank him for the anointing. Thank him for wisdom.
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Thank him for the hand of God that is evidently upon your
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life. We're still saying thank you.
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Thank you for your wife, thank you for your children, thank you
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for your job. Thank you for his mercies.
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If the Lord had not been on our side, now may Israel say
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covenant nation. Are you grateful enough?
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Grateful enough to see his hand in the midst of storms.
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Grateful enough to see the finger of God.
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The first strategy for consistency.
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Consistency is to remain humble, remain broken, acknowledging the
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hand of God, without which you would not amount to anything.
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Take a minute. You are not wasting your time.
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This is why you came to church. I see your faithfulness.
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I see your faithfulness. How can I forget?
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Forgive me. I repent here in church for
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forgetting that it was your hand upon my life.
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It was not just my uncle. It was not just my auntie.
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Someone is praying that you have companies around Africa,
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companies around the globe. You have become a notable voice.
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Some of you have made giant intellectual strides all by the
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mercy of God. This was not how you started.
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Compare your version today and your version the last 1234510
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years. Go ahead, take a minute.
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Thank you for your hand. Thank you for your hand.
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In the name of Jesus, In the name of Jesus, let me tell you
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sincerely, I'm giving you a piece of my secret place.
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This is what I do, no matter how great, no matter what God does,
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no matter how spectacular. Once I return back home, back to
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my knees, back to my altar, I have returned to give God thanks
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and you sign it. It is done.
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What is the next project? This is the attitude of winners.
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Some of you never return back to say thank you.
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You get so distracted by the calls, the new contacts, the new
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opportunities. Now you are CEO.
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Now doors are opening. Now you are flying around the
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world. Can I tell you the truth?
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The Bible says the things that are written are four time.
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They are written for our learning so that we, through
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patience and the comfort of Scripture, might find hope.
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There are men who have risen from grass to grace, and there
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are others who have risen or come down from grace to grass.
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May you not be one of them? There was a man in the Bible
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called Nebuchadnezzar. On account of the abundance of
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pride within his heart, he was reduced to an animal, a beast.
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Remain humble. As God lifts you, remain humble.
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Don't mind foolish people. Don't allow them massage your
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ego to your destruction. I'm not saying celebrate the
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hand of God. Celebrate the hand of God.
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Philip Philippon 1 and verse 6 says that the communication of
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your faith listen, might be effectual through the
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acknowledging of every good thing that is in you in Christ.
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It is not humility to refuse to acknowledge that this is the
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Lord's doing. The Bible said it is the Lord's
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doing. It's OK if it is marvelous in
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your sight and the sight of all who watch you, but the key is to
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be humble. The Bible says it this way.
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Let this mind be in you. Philippians chapter 2 and verse
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5, which was also in Christ Jesus.
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There was an orientation that He sustained that even though He
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was God. Are we together now?
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And he did not consider the robbery.
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If he said he was God, He did not lie.
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But the Bible says He stripped himself of all that glory and
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that splendor. He humbled himself and carried
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the likeness of men, and then he died.
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Even the death on the cross. Watch the blessings and the
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blessedness of humility. The Bible says verse 9.
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Wherefore, on account of this template, this orientation, God
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had so highly exalted, not God had exalted.
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The last time that word was used, it was highly favored.
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Now there is highly exalted. To be favored alone is enough
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blessing. To be highly favored is another
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dimension. To be exalted in itself is an
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advantage. To be highly exalted, the Bible
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says, and he was given a name and office at both.
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Every other office that at the name of Jesus the Bible says
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every me should bow is an instruction.
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Of things in heaven, of things in earth, and of things under
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the earth. And then that every tongue
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should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord.
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The word Lord is the word Adon, absolute, Master, owner.
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The Bible says the earth is the Lord, and its fullness thereof.
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The walls and they that dwell therein.
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Are we together now? Many of us do not know the
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heights that are still left in the Spirit.
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Greater prophecy upon your head, but it would take being humble
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and being broken. Has someone learned something?
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Let me give you the final key and then we'll see where to end
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for this session. I hope this is a key that will
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open a door for someone. Perhaps you need to return back
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after church and just take a few minutes to cry out your heart in
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repentance to say I've found myself committing the sin of
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pride. Show me mercy.
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This is not condemnation, it's acknowledging that you have been
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the enemy of your own destiny #2 the second key as a strategy for
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continuous progress, a strategy for longevity of impact.
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Are you ready? Never stop learning.
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Never stop learning. Never stop learning.
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Commit to continuous learning. Commit to continuous learning.
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John chapter 1 and verse 5. This is the ministry of Light.
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Ladies and gentlemen, please look at me.
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The Bible says the light shined in the darkness, it says, and
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the darkness comprehended it not Provided there is light, there
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will not be darkness. Let me put this in perspective
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for you so you understand the power of what I just said.
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When the Lord was creating or recreating the earth.
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As we know in Genesis chapter 1, the Bible says that God called
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the light day and the darkness He called night.
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You know what that means? That day is not necessarily the
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chronological passage of time. So you can be 12 noon.
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If you don't have revelation you is still night for you.
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Are we together? So we say good morning for
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morning, good afternoon for afternoon, good evening.
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In the realm of the spirit, good morning, good afternoon remains
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for only carriers of light. If you do not carry light, any
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time of the day is bad night. In fact, not even good night,
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because many bad things happen in the night.
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The Bible says day that sleep, sleep at night.
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Are we together weeping and yours for a night.
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There's a connection between night, darkness and weeping.
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Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.
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Who is worthy, deserving to open the book and unlock the scroll?
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He says. I wept, for no man was worthy to
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open the book and unlock the scroll.
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And the elder tapped me and said, Weep not, for the lion of
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the tribe of Judah as is deserving, qualified to open the
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book and to lose the seven seals thereof.
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You know what that means? If the book cannot be open and
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you cannot access the riches that are contained therein, your
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weeping continues, he said Whip. Not somebody who is qualified to
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open the book has come. Many believers are ignorant, or
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our knowledge is scattered, not methodical enough to produce
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profit. Please look at me.
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How many of you know that dew? DEW.
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How many of you know that that is water too?
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But it cannot fill your bucket and it cannot profit you.
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You can bath with dew. You can't come out and just turn
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around and then say you've taken your bath, although that is
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water, the same water you used to bath.
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The difference is that you have do you know that the dew that
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fills this room, you can put everything together and it may
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not even fill a plate and yet it makes a lot of noise.
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It stops you from seeing. And when once, once you bring it
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down to a pure liquid point, you see that it's not, it's not
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amount to much. That's how many of us carry
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truth, little of many things, but it's not to the degree that
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can produce profit. How many of you know that if we
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shut down the lights in this beautiful auditorium and you put
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your phone light, your phone light is light, but not light
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enough to turn the darkness in this place to light.
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First Corinthians chapter 8 and verse 2A charge to someone if
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you want to remain consistent, and if any man think that you
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know it anything the Bible says that he know it nothing.
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Yet, as he ought to know, there is a standard of light connected
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to every result you desire. Let me say that again.
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There is a standard of illumination that you must
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contend for. You want the anointing.
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There is a body of knowledge that supports that dimension of
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the anointing You desire. You want prosperity.
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You want increase influence. Your assignment is to search for
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light and never stop. Never stop, never stop, never
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stop, never stop. At the Senate of his Apostolic
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ministry, Paul said that I may know him.
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Still pressing for knowledge. Still pressing for knowledge.
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It's a secret that I've learned. I learned from anything.
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I learned from anyone, and I try to structure my knowledge.
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What do I need to know more about ministry?
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What do I need to know more about finances?
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What do I need to know more about leadership?
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What do I need to know more about God?
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Don't say I know. You see that.
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What do I need to know? What else do I need to know?
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What else? You must have the heart of a
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learner. You learn passionately while you
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serve. Even with the crown on your
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head. You keep learning, you keep
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learning, you keep learning. You don't allow the crown to
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distort your passion to learn that you are broken.
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You are humble and then you keep learning.
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Here's what the Bible says, that the labour of the fool.
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The fool, there is a description of a kind of person.
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The labour of a fool worried every one of them.
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Why? Because you know it not how to
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go to the city. There is a way to do ministry
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and win. There is a way to do business
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and win. There is a way losers do
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ministry. There is a way losers do
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business. There is a way losers try to
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look for money. Not an insult, but an honest
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truth. There is a way losers try to
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live their life. You must find out.
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Listen, let me tell you God, through the power of structured
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mentorship has distilled knowledge already.
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You see, the beauty of mentorship is that you have an
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opportunity to sit down under constructive knowledge,
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knowledge that is distilled. The sense has been taken away
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from nonsense and you serve it and you are ready is ready for
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consumption. When you harvest something in a
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farm, it may not be ready for consumption Many times Are we
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together? But the difference between a
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farm and a restaurant? In a restaurant, you say food is
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ready. What does that mean?
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There's nothing to do, Just sit and eat.
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Hopefully pay. Or when somebody pays for it,
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you sit down and eat. I like the restaurant concept.
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You pay first. Are we together?
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But if and when you do, you sit down happily.
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Nobody ask you how you look, nobody ask you your complexion,
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your age. Once you are able to pay, you
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sit with honour and take your time and enjoy your meal.
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Light light high level spiritual illumination having their
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understanding darkened missions 418 being alienated from the
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life of God through the ignorance that is in them as a
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man of God content for knowledge learn from those who know learn
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from those who know learn from the ministry of the Holy Spirit
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learn from the word of God follow them who through faith
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and patience have obtained the promise.
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As a businessman, there's no challenge you are finding today
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that is new to you. If it's that there are people
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who have owed billions of naira and dollars and they came out
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with the dignity of Kingdom integrity, don't let it swallow
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you in pride. There is always a way out.
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Everybody's mountain is a representation of his ignorance.
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And let me tell you the truth, failure is not generic.
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It depends on the absence of light that is there.
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If there's no light, everything can look like a mountain,
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everything at all. But once there's light, light
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can deflate many challenges. You see, my own problem is
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money. I have issue of God.
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I'm fine with God. But this money, it has refused
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to answer. I respect your pain, but it's
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not true. I don't believe you.
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If anything, quite honestly, you are in a place of opportunity.
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You are already at a vantage position by reason of being
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across this territory. But I don't have anybody.
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That's the point. Nobody has anybody.
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There are principles that bring people.
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Are we together now? The man said, I have no man.
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I don't want to talk about his story.
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The man at Bethesda, you mean he could not greet anybody for 38
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years? He couldn't tell anybody.
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Good morning, Sir. Good afternoon, Sir.
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And they say I'm used to you. Let me help you.
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What did the other people do that they had men who helped
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them? The man said, I have no man.
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I have no man does not bring. Help us commit to a life of
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humility and brokenness. Commit to continuous learning.
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Continuous learning. Don't live what brought you
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where you are. If coming to church and hearing
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the Word and growing is what brought you here, don't allow.
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With all due respect, I'm ACEO. I'm too busy.
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Thank God for the power of technology.
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You can access material, you can have the service online, and for
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many people, you can even travel and be streaming while you are
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in the air. There's no excuse whatsoever.
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Let your lifting be an advantage, not a cause.
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Are we together now? Let what you have achieved not
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stop you from achieving what God desires for you.
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Let me stop here. We'll take a few minutes to
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pray. But I came with a burden in my
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heart, celebrating 30 years and celebrating with this ministry.
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But the Lord put these words very strong in my heart.
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There is a strategy for consistency.
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Many of you have been too epileptic.
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Maybe your spiritual life, maybe your career, maybe your
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finances. And you're learning now that it
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is not all up to God and it is not all up to you.
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It is not all up to God and it is not all up to you.
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I don't know who God has spoken to today.
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It is not all up to God, it is not all up to you.
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Lend me two minutes of your time and we're going to pray.
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And I want you to pour out your heart, praying these keys.
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The grace to be humble, the grace to be and to remain
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broken. And then you cry for passion,
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Passion for continuous learning. Some of you right from church
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here, you should head to a bookstore before you get home.
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Buy the truth. The truth is not a gift.
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You buy it. There are currencies you used to
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buy the truth. Hunger is a currency, a hard
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currency that buys the truth. Humility is currency.
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Are we together now? Go ahead and pray.
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Take a moment and pray, Covenant Nation.
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Take a moment and pray as you celebrate 30 years of God's
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faithfulness. You do not waste this
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opportunity. Invest this one minute you have
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in prayer. I obtain grace to be humble in
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spite of the workings of God in my life.
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I obtain grace to be broken, to remain broken, to remain
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malleable, to remain broken, not above guidance, not above
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counsel. In the name of Jesus Christ.
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Someone is praying. A desperate person is praying.
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One who desires to go forward is praying.
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One who is ready for the next 30 years of achievements, Christ
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tariffs. Go ahead and pray, Pray for
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grace to remain a student, a student of learning, a student
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of knowledge that you never plateau as far as your desire to
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know is concerned. That the more you know, the more
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you keep learning, the more you keep learning.
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Keep learning the ways of the Spirit.
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Keep learning the way of prayer. Keep learning the power of the
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Holy Spirit. Keep learning how ministry
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works. Keep learning how financial
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systems work. Keep learning how leadership.
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Works. In the name.
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Of Jesus Christ, let me stand upon the grace that is in this
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house and just speak over someone that in the mighty name
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of Jesus Christ. I speak Exodus 1414 and 15 over
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someone he said Moses, how come verse 15, why do you cry unto
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me. The nation of Israel, they were
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standing in front of the Red Sea, the Egyptians behind them.
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He said speak to the children of Israel that they go forward.
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I declare over someone who has been stagnated in whatever.
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Area in the name of Jesus, the son of the living God, go
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forward. Shout they believe in.
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Amen. Go forward spiritually, go
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forward financially, go forward in the name of Jesus Christ.
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In your health, go forward family, go forward.
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The Bible says the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the
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lot of the righteous. I decree and declare, calamity
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will be too late to arrive your life.
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Calamity will be too late to arrive your life in the name of
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Jesus Christ. Numbers chapter 1 and verse
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five. Let me call for your destiny.
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Help us Numbers one verse 5. Every time God gives you a
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mandate, there are men anointed to stand with you wherever they
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are around Lagos. Business partners, financial
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help us, prayer partners, I declare may they gravitate
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towards your life. May they gravitate towards your
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life. Exodus chapter 3 and verse 21.
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And I will give these people favor in the sight of the
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Egyptians. And it shall come to pass that
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as ye go, ye shall not go empty. I declare over you, Emptiness
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dies forever, emptiness dies forever, emptiness dies forever,
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emptiness dies forever. In the mighty name of Jesus he
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says by you I can run through a troop.
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By my God I can leap over walls. Let me speak over your September
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and your October and your November and your December.
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Experience speed, experience speed.
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In four months, achieve what 10 years could not give you.
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In four months, achieve what 10 years could not give you.
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In the name of Jesus Christ, and I pray that every grace that God
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has invested upon his servant, may that grace be replicated in
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your life. If its wisdom, may it be
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replicated. If its influence, may it be
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replicated. The Bible says for your shame
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you shall receive doubled. I pray for someone who has cried
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through the night. Let this be your season of
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laughter. May this be your season of
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laughter in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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May this be your season of laughter.
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May the hand of God rest upon you.
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Go from glory to glory in the mighty name of Jesus.
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The Bible says listen when Isaac came and Jacob manipulated the
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process and came as Esau. Isaac asked him a question.
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He said how come you have brought this speedily?
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He said because the Lord has brought it on to me.
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I pray for you in the name of Jesus what others are looking
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for. May God with the helper
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Ebenezer, may he bring it to you.
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May He bring favor to you, may He open doors for you.
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And I decree and declare every door that has refused to open.
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I declare by the voice of prophecy.
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May it path, hita and tita. May it path hita and tita.
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In the name of Jesus Christ, lift your hands and give Jesus
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praise. Honor him and appreciate
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Him. Come on.