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Holy Ghost Meetings · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here.
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Make sure to stay with us till the end, where
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we'll share some great resources to deepen your
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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.
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Holy Ghost. Holy Ghost. As you're seated, can
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you just pray in tongues for two minutes? Don't
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look at your friend. Don't look at anybody. Just
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close your eyes. Can we all close our eyes? I'm
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praying the Holy Ghost. Can we all close our
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eyes? Everybody close your eyes. Don't be distracted.
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Close your eyes. Thank you. Thank you for watching.
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One more minute. Let's pray. Please ensure your
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eyes are closed. Don't be distracted. Pray in
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the Holy Ghost. One more minute. Holy Ghost.
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Holy Ghost. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name.
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Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 12. Everybody. Can everybody say, I have
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the Holy Ghost? I have the Holy Ghost. Can you
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say, I have the Spirit of the Living God? And
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He lives in the inside of me. He is my helper.
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He is my teacher. He is my leader. He dwells
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in the inside of me. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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1 Corinthians chapter 12, everybody. We're just
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going to introduce what we have and then we see
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how the Holy Spirit strengthened us to be able
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to take it in the coming days that are ahead
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of us. He said, now concerning spiritual gifts,
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if you have been in this assembly for a while,
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you will understand that we've talked about this
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so much. Amen? And we say in the original context,
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we don't have... Spiritual gifts as it were.
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When you're reading, if you have the Old King
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James Version, you realize that the gifts there
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are in Italic. Amen? And we say that it was introduced
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by translators, right? For the sake of giving
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it a context. Amen? Because of what is contained
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within that particular chapter. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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So we say now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,
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I will not have you what? I will not have you
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what? Ignorant. Praise God. I will not have you
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ignorant. Why will Paul return them back to this
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place? Let's go to chapter 1. So it's not like
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they are ignorant. They don't know what he's
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talking about. Praise God. He's addressing a
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local church that are aware of spiritual gifts.
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Praise God. Yes, they are aware of it. You can
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have something and don't know how to use it.
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Praise God. You can have something and don't
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know how to what? And use it. We call that abuse.
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Praise God. Every time you don't know how to
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use a thing, you don't understand the value.
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Every time you don't know how to use a thing,
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what happens is that you're going to abuse it.
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Every time you don't know how to use a thing,
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what is going to happen is that you're going
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to use it to cause chaos. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. And then we go to chapter 1 now. So that
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you see, why will he tell them, I will not have
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you ignorant? That kind of a statement will be
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a statement given to people that are conversant
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about something. Because if I come to you and
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say, I will not have you ignorant, I know that
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you know something. But the challenge is that
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you are not living by those things. Amen? Praise
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God. Then we go to chapter 1 now. Let's hear
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why he will tell them that. 1 Corinthians chapter
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1. Let's start reading from verse 1 so that we'll
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have a big context to it, right? Paul called
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to be an apostle of Jesus Christ. Please take
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away these verses. Everybody's going to read
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their Bible. Thank you. I love you. So if you
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don't come to church with Bible, just be looking
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at the ceiling. It just means that... You either
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didn't know that here was a church or you think
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it was some form of club or something. Or probably
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you were not taught about what church is. So
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take it away. You say I've reduced your work
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so that you too can also read the Bible. You
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know, right? Our media team, you know, right?
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Yes, I just brought help now to you. Praise God.
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Verse 1, everybody, look at your Bible, everybody.
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We're going to be opening scriptures and then
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open your Bible, everybody. Paul called to be
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an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of
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God and sustenance, our brother, unto the church
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of God, which is at Corinth, to them that are
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sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be the saints
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with all that are in every place called upon
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the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, both theirs
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and ours. Three, grace be unto you and peace
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from our God. From God our Father and from the
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Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your
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behalf. Hallelujah. I thank my God what? Always
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on your what? When you hear such a remark or
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such a prayer, what's the next thing that will
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follow? Beautiful things, right? Yes, when I
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say, oh, Bro Collins, I thank my God always on
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your behalf. The next thing that you shall say
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is, you'll be hearing good remarks. Is it not?
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Right? If I'm going to... Correct him. And I
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defy him. I'll tell him, Collins, I am not happy
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or I'm unhappy. I'll introduce it from the beginning.
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Hallelujah. And then he said something. Verse
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4. For the grace of God which is given you by
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what? Jesus Christ. First salvation. Amen. Yeah,
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so he thanked God for their saved. Praise God.
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5. That in everything you are what? Enriched
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by him. In how many utterance? In all utterance
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and in all knowledge. So the believer in Christ
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Jesus is the man that is enriched in all what?
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Alterance and in all what? Knowledge. Praise
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God. Amen. See six now. Even as the testimony
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of Christ was what? Was confirmed way in you.
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Amazing testimonies. Seven. So that ye come behind
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in what? Yea, come behind in what? Waiting for
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the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yea, come
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behind in no gift. That this church are not actually
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empty of spiritual gifts. Praise God. But we
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see now in chapter 12, he would tell them that
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I will not. He said now concerning what? Spiritual
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gifts. It's just like I'm just talking to you.
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And then as I'm talking to you about your academics,
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I'm talking to you about your life after Cyprus,
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I'm talking to you about what you should do,
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then it's almost like I just remembered something
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that has not been discussed. Amen? And then I
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go, now concerning your prayer life, I will not
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have you ignorant about how to carry out your
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prayer life. And so let me tell you how to properly
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carry out your what? Your prayer life. That's
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the same context here. Praise God. It has gotten
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into my ear that when you go to pray, you just
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sing songs and sing songs and then share some
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comedy and some form of laughter here and there.
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And then you call it, you know, prayer lock out
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or prayer locks in and then everybody goes home.
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It just shows that you don't understand what
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prayer is. Praise God. Hallelujah. So he wants
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to bring an order to them here. Verse 2 now,
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everybody. 1 Corinthians 12, 2. Ye know that
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ye were what? Gentiles carried away unto these
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dumb idols, even as ye were what? Were led, right?
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He said, wherefore, I give you to what? I give
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you to what? To understand. I will not have you
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ignorant, and I give you to understand. That
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no man speaking by the Spirit of God, Call it
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Jesus what? Accursed. And no man can say Jesus
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is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah.
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So our first encounter with the Spirit of God
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came as a result of the gospel that we've heard.
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Hallelujah. Praise God. We heard the truth of
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the gospel which the Holy Ghost brought to our
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hearts and we believe it with our heart. And
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we confess the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe
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that God raised him from what? From the dead.
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And we became saved. So your first encounter
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with the Holy Ghost was at salvation. Hallelujah.
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Was at what? Salvation. Praise God. The title
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of our... Because somebody will say, this man
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is just moving. He didn't tell us what we are
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talking about. Right? Holy Ghost meetings. Holy
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Ghost. Meeting. You don't write meetings or meeting.
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Holy Ghost Gathering. Holy Ghost what? Meetings.
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I can't see you writing the title. You're trying
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to think about the topic? Don't worry. Don't
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think about it. Just write it. Write it. Let
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me see you write. Holy Ghost Meetings. That's
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the title. When I teach, I want to see everybody
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writing. If you're using your phone, go to your
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notepad and be writing. You understand in a bit
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why you have to. If you are using your phone,
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do what? I make you, by the authority of the
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lead pastor, their sister lead pastor, and all
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the associate pastors, today I ordain you as
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a security officer of your neighbor. If your
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neighbor is beside you and he is not writing,
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or the neighbor is just pressing phone, and playing
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games or scrolling WhatsApp, ask the person,
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are you still a non -believer? Ask the person
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that question if you see that person. Amen? You
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know what he said in verse 2? He said, verse
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2, he said, ye know that ye were what? Gentiles
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carried away unto this what? Dumb idols. So ask
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the person, are you still a Gentile carried away
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by these dumb idols? Yes, I give you that authority
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to be a security officer now on this morning.
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Praise God. You will understand in a bit why
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it's important for us. Praise God. So what's
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the topic? What's the topic? Holy Ghost. Holy
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Ghost. Can you say I love Holy Ghost meetings?
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Say I love Holy Ghost meetings. Say I will attend
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Holy Ghost meetings. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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So I said that our first encounter was at where?
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Where was our first encounter? Our salvation.
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Where did we first encounter the Holy Ghost?
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Praise God. So that means that you are already
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qualified for a Holy Ghost meeting. Praise God.
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The number one criteria for you being part of
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a Holy Ghost meeting is that you have encountered
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the what? The Holy Ghost. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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Yes, so we encountered the Holy Ghost first when
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we first heard the gospel. Amen. The truth about
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Christ. So the first information we had, that
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was the same information about Christ that made
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us say, Jesus is Lord. Verse 3 says, no one,
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no one or no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but
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by what? By the Holy Ghost. So what you had made
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you receive the Spirit of God and you became
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spiritual. Can you say what I had, what I received
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as salvation, the Spirit of God made me spiritual.
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Say, I am spiritual. I am spiritual because the
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Spirit of God dwells in me. Yes, that's your
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reality. Hallelujah. That's your new nature.
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So what you heard, what you received, the Spirit
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of God has made you what? Spiritual. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 2. 1 Corinthians chapter 2. What did
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you hear? 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Verse 2 to
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5. What did you hear? See what Paul will tell
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the Corinthian church. And at the same time,
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it's a letter for us. Amen? He said, for I determined
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not to know anything among you. Save Jesus Christ
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and Him crucified. That's the message. Jesus
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Christ and him what? Crucified. Three. And I
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was with you in weakness and in fear and in much
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trembling. And my speech and my preaching, which
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is Jesus and him crucified, was not with enticing
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words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of
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what? Of the spirit and of what? And of power.
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No wonder in Romans chapter 1. Let's go to Romans
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chapter 1. What did we hear? We heard the gospel.
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And that same gospel is the power of God, is
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the wisdom of God. Romans chapter 1 verse 16.
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It says, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
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Christ, for it is the power of God unto what?
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Salvation to everyone that what? Believed. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. To everyone that what? Believes.
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Automatically you are part of this power. Praise
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God. Automatically you are part of the Spirit
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of God. Because now the Spirit of God dwells
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in you. So we are in 1 Corinthians chapter 2.
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Then verse 10 to 12. 1 Corinthians chapter 2,
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10 to 12. He said, But God hath revealed them
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unto us by His Spirit. For the Spirit of God
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started all things, yea, the deep things of God.
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11. For one man knoweth the things of God, and
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things of a man, save the Spirit of man which
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is in him. Even so, the things of God knoweth
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what? Know man, but the Spirit of who? The Spirit
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of God. Everybody, please go check your Bible
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now as we are reading it. See verse 12. Can we
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read everybody? 12. Everybody, want to go? Now.
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Is it tomorrow? When? Now. This is the current
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reality now. Praise God. updated version update
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news now now we have received not what let's
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read all together but the spirit which is that
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we might what know the things that are what freely
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given to us of what of god hallelujah praise
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god 13 which things also we speak not in words
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which Man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy
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Ghost teaches, comparing what? Only a spiritual
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man can compare spiritual things with spiritual.
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Hallelujah. Praise God. So the day you received
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the Spirit of God as salvation, you became, what
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did you become? Spiritual. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. Hallelujah. So the word spiritual, the word
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spiritual means, The word spiritual means the
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Spirit of God by the Spirit of God in the Spirit
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of God with the Spirit of God. The word spiritual
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means the Spirit of God by the Spirit of God
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in the Spirit of God with the Spirit of God.
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What spirit are we talking about here? We are
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talking about the spirit of the living God. Hallelujah.
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We are talking about what? The spirit of what?
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The living God. Peter will teach in Acts chapter
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2. He said for now what do you see? That event
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you see that everybody is speaking in tongues
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and different kinds of utterances is because
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that which has been prophesied by prophet Isaiah
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and Joel has been fulfilled now. Amen. that the
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Spirit will be shed. And today, glory to God
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before your eyes, Christ has now what? Shed off
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the Spirit. Praise God. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians
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3 .16 1 Corinthians 3 .16 So we said the word
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spiritual means what? Echo it, let me hear. Yes.
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Yes. In the spirit of God, yes. With the spirit
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of God. Hallelujah. So and I said, what spirit
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are we dealing with here? We are dealing with
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the spirit of God. Hallelujah. If you are saved
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here, you don't have a demonic spirit. You have
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what? The spirit of God dwelling in your what?
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Inside. Somebody will say, but sir, I tried my
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best to stop smoking. I think I have a demon
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spirit in me. But I know I am saved. You don't
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have a demon spirit in you. You have the spirit
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of God, where? In you. However, you are oppressed
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by a demon spirit. So you cannot have two spirits
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inside you. You cannot have a good spirit. A
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holy spirit and an unholy spirit in what? Inside
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you. You cannot. Even in the demonic realm, they
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know this. That a higher spirit and a lesser
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spirit don't stay in the same place. They understand
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it. Jesus will tell them, if I cast out this
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devil that you are saying, by the spirit of what?
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Beelzebub. Then the kingdom of Satan is divided.
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So you see, when you go to see a native doctor,
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the native doctor is only permitted to interact
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with one level demonic realm. So when you go
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with demons, what the native doctor will do to
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cast out one, he's going to invoke a higher one,
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beg the one, say, please, remove him, leave him
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now, please. That higher one will say, okay,
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kill a virgin. So they will now slaughter. We
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just hear a lady has been kidnapped and then
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story has ended. But you have the Holy Ghost
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inside you that is higher than every other spirit.
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What you need is your yielding to the Spirit
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of God. That thing you call challenge is not
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a challenge to the Spirit of God. That thing
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you call challenge is because you are still holding
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on to it. If only you can yield to the Spirit
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of God. I tell you this by the Spirit of God
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for free. You see, he said now. You have not
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received the spirit of what? Of the world. What
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have you received? Did he say tomorrow? Did he
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say next two weeks? What have you received now?
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The spirit of God. You have not received the
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spirit of lust. You have not received the spirit
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of pride. You have not received the spirit of
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addiction. You have not received the spirit of
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fear, as he says in Romans chapter 8. You have
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not received the spirit of bondage. But when
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we have received the spirit of sonship, that
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we may cry, Abba, Father. That is the spirit
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of what we have received. You are spiritual.
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That is the mindset you must have. Holy Ghost
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meetings are for spiritual men. Hallelujah. Holy
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Ghost meetings are for what? Yes, for people
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who know that I am spiritual. Let me tell you
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good news. As you are sitting here, you are not
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empty. You are either having the Holy Ghost,
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you are saved. Or if you are here this morning
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and you are hearing me and you are not saved,
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let me tell you, you have a demon spirit. And
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that spirit is the spirit of Satan and it's at
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work in your heart now. And that spirit this
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morning. If only you can believe. With your heart
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that Jesus. That God has raised Jesus from the
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dead. And you can confess with your mouth. The
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Lord Jesus. Then there will be an exchange this
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morning. Hallelujah. Praise God. So you are what?
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You are spiritual. Hallelujah. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 3. Verse 16. See what the scripture says.
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Can we read it all together? Know ye what? That
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you are and dwell outside you. And the Spirit
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of God does what? And the Spirit of God dwells
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where? In where? So that this place now, if I
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will ask you a common question now. When we say
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the Spirit of God dwells in you, what does the
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English mean? Huh? Come on. This is a classroom.
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Let's talk. When I say the Spirit of God dwells
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in you, what do I mean? Am I negotiating it with
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you? Am I trying to argue it with you? What am
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I saying to you? Yes, I'm giving you an emphatic
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reality. Praise God. Hallelujah. He said you
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are the what? The temple of the living God. How
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did you become the temple of the living God?
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At salvation, the Spirit of God did what? Dwelled
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in you. You did not become the temple before
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the Spirit dwelled in you. The Spirit of God
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dwelled in you and you became the what? The temple.
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Let me repeat myself again. You were not the
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temple. And then the Spirit of God dwell in you.
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But rather what? The Spirit of God did what?
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Dwell in you and you became what? A temple. That's
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it. Praise God. Hallelujah. He said, so how do
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I know? Romans chapter 8. Romans chapter 8. Verse
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9. He said, but ye are not in the flesh. But
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you are in the Spirit. Hallelujah. Say, ye are
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not in the flesh, but ye are in the spirit. If
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so, be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now,
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if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he
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is what? He is none of his. See verse 10, everybody.
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And if Christ be in what? In you. The body is
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dead because of sin, but the spirit is what?
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Is alive because of what? Righteousness. See,
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I have been called to righteousness. I've been
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called to a life of righteousness. Oh, I didn't
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work for it. Say it, I didn't work for it. I
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didn't labor for it. God gave me as a gift. Yes,
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that's what the scripture says. Praise God. The
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same thing we see in John chapter 3, verse 3
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to 5, everybody. You see, all this that we are
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establishing this morning, He's going to lay
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a foundation for where we're going. Amen? John
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chapter 3, verse 3 to 5. We'll read 3 and then
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jump to 5. Jesus answered and said unto him,
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John chapter 3, verse 3, and we jump to verse
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5. Jesus answered, verse 3, and said unto him,
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a man
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be born again, he cannot, what? See the kingdom
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of God. Verse 5. Hallelujah. Say, except a man
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be born of water, which is the Spirit, he cannot
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what? He cannot enter into what? The kingdom
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of God. Hallelujah. Praise God. Say we are spiritual.
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Say we are spiritual. Say we are spiritual. You
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know, sometimes you can just be accustomed to
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one meeting. You know how just funny it is that
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some people just, some believers will just choose
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one meeting to attend in the church. You are
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part of NECF and the only meeting you love is
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just Sunday service. Let me give us an assignment
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now. Just turn to your neighbor. Do you have
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a neighbor? Ask the person a reality question.
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How many services do you attend even in this
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church? Please get an answer. After that answer,
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ask the person which of the services. What answer
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did you get? How many services? Two services?
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How many? All services. How many did you get?
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What answer did you get from him? Oh, it's new.
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Okay, I love you, brother. What answer did he
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give you? Two services. That's which one and
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which one? Sunday and sale. Midweek service,
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you don't come. I love you. The fact that it's
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happening on Zoom is a service. Which answer
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did she give you? Three. Only three. Which one
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and which one? Sunday, cell and... So that's
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all. She does not attend prayer cruise. She does
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not attend catatismus. All of those things they
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don't attend. I know somebody that wants to run
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home, don't want to attend catatismus. Praise
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God. You know, you can be accustomed to only
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one service. You say, you know, me, eh? Pro college,
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you don't understand. The way I love Sunday service.
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You know, that, that, that morning song. Most
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especially when, when, when, when Sister Shoko
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Bleke leads the song. You know, I love that her
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voice. Like an ambulance. That service is always
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sweet. They have prayer meetings. No, no, no.
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Prayer meetings are not for us. Not for us. I
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didn't see you in cell meetings. No, no. Cell
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meetings, I don't like. They always pick on me.
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They always what? Pick on me. Blessed are thou
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when you are picked. For the call of God has
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been certified upon your life. You know, I was
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with someone some days ago and then we're talking.
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The person said, he said, so why me? I just feel
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I don't want to attend cell meetings and the
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rest. Because when I go, everybody see me as
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though I'm unserious. I asked the person, so
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what have you done to prove them that you're
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not unserious? He said, nothing. He shows you're
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unserious. If you miss cell meetings, it means
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you are unserious. You miss midweek service,
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it means you are. You miss Friday meetings, it
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means you are. You miss Sunday meetings, it means
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you are. You miss Catholicism, it means you are.
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We arrange prayer crews for this local church
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and you make up your mind. Brother, I will not
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have you ignorant. You have returned onto dumb
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idols. Saturday, we're going to have prayers.
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We say, so -so -so day, we're going to pray from
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9 to 5 or to 7. We will be there just praying
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and not comedy. And that is the day you will
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make up your mind not to attend. Can't you see
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that you're working with the participation of
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spirits? Spirits must be helping you to make
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such a decision. I'm telling you. Yes. At least
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be like Peter. Be like James. Follow us to the
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place and sleep. After one hour, we're going
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to tap you. Brother, so can you not tarry with
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us for an hour? We'll continue. At least be within
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the atmosphere. Hallelujah. Praise God. Tell
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your neighbor, don't be accustomed to one meeting.
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Don't be accustomed to one meeting. Attend all
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meetings. Let me give you a heavy assignment
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now. Can you take note of the name of the person
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now? I'm saying this now. We're going to do this
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now by the Spirit of God. Take note of the name
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of the person now. And ensure. Please write the
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name of the person. Write the name of the person.
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Write the name of the person. We're going to
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take it further now. Please pass us. We're going
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to do this now. Amen. Amen? Take the phone number
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of the person now. The number, and if you lie,
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what happened in Acts is going to repeat itself
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here. I'm just joking. I'm just joking. I'm serious.
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Take the number of the person. I'm serious. The
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number the person uses for WhatsApp. I can't
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see you taking it. You see, I've given time because
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I know what I'm receiving in my heart. That's
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why I'm doing this now. In case you don't know,
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Holy Ghost meeting has started. Whatever you
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see me doing here, I'm not doing it because it's
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planned. Yes. Have you done that? Have you done
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that? Have you transferred the number? Is it
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saved? Then the last instruction. Look at the
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person and say, look at my eyes. I'm serious.
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Say, look at my eyes. I will chase you for the
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rest of this year. You must attend all services.
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Yes. Yes, you must attend all services. Yes,
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you must. You see, Holy Ghost meetings are not
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for babies. However, babies can be around the
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environment and see what is out there. See, Pastor
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Victor does. You see? Uh -huh. You hear? Uh -huh.
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That's how they'll be there, they'll be wondering.
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Huh? Why are they falling? Why are they so prophesying?
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Why are they saying this? Church meetings grows
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the believer. Do you know what I said? Attending
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church meetings does what? Grows the believer.
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Check your growth in the things of God. It's
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directly proportional to how you commit yourself
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to church meetings. You cannot choose one meeting
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and expect growth. It's just like saying, I want
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to take only carbohydrates. What will happen
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to you? Eh? What is the symptoms of kwashako?
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Eh? Eh? Nurses and medical doctors, pharmacists.
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Perturbed belly, feet, thin arms. You've forgotten
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what? And big head. You don't attend church meetings,
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you're going to have a big empty head. Full of
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pride and arrogance. They are judging me. They
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are testing me. I don't like the pastor. I don't
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like... Can't you see what is inside your head,
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Isenbe? But when you attend local church meetings,
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all of it, in a little time, we're going to see
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growth. Hallelujah. From one level to another.
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to another, to another, to another, to another,
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to another, till you now mature and measure up
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to the full stature of Christ. Praise God. So
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Christianity, Christianity is built around church
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meetings. The life of a believer is built around
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what? Church meetings. This gathering is the
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church. Hallelujah. Praise God. So if you're
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a Christian and you don't know what we do in
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gatherings, it will show in how you're growing.
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It will show in how you're struggling to pray.
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Let me tell you, prayerlessness is a symptom
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of your spirit showing that you are sick. Every
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time you don't love to pray, it shows that you
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are what? You are sick. Every time you don't
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love to read the Bible, it shows that you are
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what? You are sick. And you need an immediate
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attention. For some of us here, I'm going to
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say this now. If you are in the category, the
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Spirit of God wants you now to revisit your life
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again. For some of us, you just got sick yesterday.
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For some of us, you've been sick. throughout
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the last three months because that was the last
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time you prayed. For some of us, you've been
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sick almost the last six months. You need to
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be in ICU. Yes. So if you are writing, write
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this. One of the ways to check if you are growing
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or not is through your participation in... in
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gatherings of believers. Your commitment. One
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of the ways to check if you're growing or not
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is through your what? Participation in the gathering
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of what? Of believers. It's just so amazing how
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you run away from gathering of believers. God's
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provision, God's will for you. Let me tell you,
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as simple as late coming is, every meeting I
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come late, it disturbs me. Ask my wife, she'll
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tell you. I always want to be on time. I always
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want to be there where? On time. It disturbs
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me. Don't be used to just behaving anyhow. If
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you did that in Africa, or you did that in Nigeria,
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or you did that in Cameroon, or you did that
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in Congo, or you did that in Casablanca, good
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news for you. after hearing all the things you're
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going to be hearing as being part of this local
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church, you will never repeat those kind of lifestyle
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or behaviors. You know, Christian meetings, please,
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if you are writing this, write this. You say,
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Christian meetings or gatherings is the will
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of God for me. Say, Christian meeting or meetings
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It's the will of God for what? For me. We're
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going to look at it. Church meetings, local church
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meetings, they are what? They are will of God
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for me. It's God's provision for my growth. Exodus
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chapter 19 now. Exodus chapter 19. Exodus chapter
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19. So that you won't say the meeting started
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when Jesus was around. No. It has been God's
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will for his people to always gather. Hallelujah.
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It has been God's will for what? For his people
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to always what? Yes. Exodus 19 verse 17. And
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Moses brought forth the people out of the camp
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to meet with what? To meet with what? With God.
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And they stood at what? The nether part of what?
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Of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was all together
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on a smoke because the Lord did what? Descended
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upon it in what? In fire. He brought all the
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people together to meet with who? To meet with
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God. Hallelujah. Can you see a gathering there?
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Can you see a gathering there? 23, Exodus 23.
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Exodus 23, verse 3 to 7. ass going astray thou
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shalt surely bring it back to him again if thou
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see the ass da da da da da da da thou shalt not
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rest to rest the judgment of thy poor in his
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cause keep thee far from a false matter and innocent
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and righteous slay thou not for i will not justify
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the what the wicked and thou shalt take no gift
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for the gift blinded the wise and this and this
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um I'm coming. Let me go back from where they
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began to gather. Okay, actually that gathering
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began from chapter 20. Go to chapter 20. God
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started speaking from chapter 20. And God spoke
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all these words to them saying, I am the Lord
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thy God which has brought thee out of what? Out
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of the land of Egypt, out of the house of what?
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Bondage. That communication extended into chapter
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21, into chapter 22, into chapter what? 23. And
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even 24. All through you're going to see the
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children of Israelite gathering and meeting God
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and God speaking to them. Hallelujah. Leviticus
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23 verse 3. Leviticus 23 verse 3. Gathering.
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Leviticus 23. 23 verse 3. Six days shall thou...
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Shall work be done. But the seventh day is the
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Sabbath of what? Rest. And what? Holy gathering.
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If you are using the version that says that.
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Ye shall do no work therein. It is the Sabbath
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of the Lord in all your what? Your dwellings.
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Hallelujah. That there is a day set aside for
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what? For holy meetings. Hallelujah. For holy
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gatherings. We see it has been God's plan for
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his people to always what? Gather. Deuteronomy
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chapter 4. Deuteronomy chapter 4. If you're here
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and you're God's man, then God's will for you
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is to always be among believers. Deuteronomy
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chapter 4 verse 10. When the Lord said unto me,
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do what? Do what? Oh, check your Bible. Don't
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be looking at me. When the Lord said unto me,
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do what? Gather me the what? The people together
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and I will do what? And I will make them to do
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what? To hear my word. Where do we hear God's
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word? In gatherings. Hallelujah. Where do we
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know the plan of God? Where? In the local church.
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Where do we know the mind of God? Where? In the
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local church. He said, I will make them hear
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my words that they may do what? Please be reading
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with me. That they may do what? That they may
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learn to fear me all the days that they shall
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live upon the earth and that they may also what?
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Hallelujah. You know, when you go beside Tito,
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and then during prayers, they say pray. And you
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start praying. I don't know where he learned
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that. You know, Tito is somewhere around there.
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You know what Tito will do? Tito will fold his
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hand behind. When he does, he will look at you.
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Are you still doing it? Yes, okay. You continue
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doing it. You know, we are at the training center.
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For whatever reason, I looked at Tito and I saw
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that that young man is a prophet. I just tapped
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his start. I said, do you know Tito is a prophet?
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He's going to grow to be a prophet. And he told
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me that somebody said it also. He confirmed it.
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And you know, since from that day, the way I
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look at that boy has changed. Every day, I pay
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attention. They say, hold your neighbors and
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pray. I say, come, come, let's hold hands. And
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I held him. We are praying. He looked at my leg.
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I'm shaking my leg. He started shaking his leg
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too. Pastor Victor shared about Exploit. Exploit
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had a song or something that was happening on
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YouTube or somewhere. And she was correcting
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the lyrics of those songs. How beautiful it will
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be when she is 20. They will teach their children.
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What you teach to your generations, you don't
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get it on Facebook. You don't get it on TikTok.
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You get it from the local church. Let me tell
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you, you can pass wealth to them and they will
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end up in hell. You can pass any kind of thing
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to them, they will end up what? In hell. But
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you can't pass eternal life to them. Their lives
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will never remain the same. God wins. So if you're
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here and you're a parent, start paying attention
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to what your children are feeding. Don't say
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it's a child, it's Cocomelon. Cocomelon, giddy,
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giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy. He's crying,
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pass Cocomelon for him, he'll keep quiet. Who
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told you that at that stage, they cannot learn
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Jesus? If they can learn Cocomelon, they can
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learn Jesus. Go to Nigeria and see the kind of
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things that people are doing now to children.
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Because people, everyday believers are realizing
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that their children are more possessed with lots
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of useless information online. So everybody is
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on guard now. Hallelujah. Let's read this verse
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and then we're going to stop here. We're just
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going to build on this. Amen. You see, we moved
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from where? From salvation. from that we are
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spiritual and we are going to what? To gatherings.
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Why gatherings are important now for believers.
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Amen? And now we are, now we've returned back
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to Old Testament, as it were, to now see where
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gatherings, that God's plan has been for his
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people to always what? To always gather. Because
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that is where his mind is communicated. That
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is where his plans, his intentions, whatever
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he is doing on the earth, right, is being revealed
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to his people. Yes. Say Deuteronomy again, chapter
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6. Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 6 to 7. You say
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he is a child. Don't worry. Don't train him in
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the way of the Lord. You will understand very
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soon that he is not a child. Deuteronomy chapter
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6, verse 6 to 7. And these words which I commanded
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this day shall be in thy heart, and thou shalt
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teach them what? Diligently unto thy children,
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and shalt talk to them when thou what? When thou
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what? When thou seated, when thou gather, even
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together in what? In thy house. And when thou
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walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,
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and when thou walkest, rise then up. It's a right
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thing for families to always gather and pray.
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Let me tell you this. It's sickness to a family
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when the father and the mother cannot pray with
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the children. It's a huge abnormality. I can
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tell you, most of our growth, most of our growth,
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I mean ourselves, most of what we saw that made
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us who we are today, as God has used those platforms,
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is because our parents, when we grew up, we see
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them always meeting. But you know, at a certain
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time, Satan struck with misunderstanding and
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those prayers stopped. Boy, we saw red fire in
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our family. Let me tell you, you can have a unity
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of account. You can have a unity of money. You
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can have a unity of business. If you don't have
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a unity of faith in your home, you are dead gone.
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Hallelujah. So God desires that even in your
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family, that there are gatherings. Hallelujah.
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Say, my wife, don't say this boy is a child.
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Tomorrow, we're going to take a fast and pray.
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Hold your wife, hold your husband, gather your
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children. Just spare us some time and pray. Lay
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hands on them. Prophesy. Declare God's word upon
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their lives. Gatherings has been the plan of
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God for his people. When we come, the next time
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we meet, we're going to continue from there.
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Hallelujah. We're going to continue building.
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We are still in Old Testament now. Still looking
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at gatherings. Amen. When we come, We're going
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to span out through and then into New Testament.
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And then we will now jump into kinds of meetings.
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Amen. So that we will know Holy Ghost meeting.
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What really is a Holy Ghost meeting? And why
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do we need a Holy Ghost meeting? Hallelujah.
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What are the benefits of such a meeting to us?
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When we gather, what really is happening to us?
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Praise God. Can we just stand up on our feet?
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So you see, you are spiritual. Your participation
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in gatherings, in local church meetings, just
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indicates how healthy or sick you are. For example,
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let me give an example now. For example, when
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we say, can we pray in the Holy Ghost? Don't
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be looking at the ceiling and be scratching your
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head. That is when you realize your body is itching.
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No, no, no, no, no, no. When we say, let's pray,
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let's do what? Let's pray. That is how healthy
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you should be. Can we just pray in the Holy Ghost
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and give thanks? Can we just pray in the Holy
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Ghost and give thanks? The Spirit of God is here.
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He dwells in us. The will of God, the mind of
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God is made manifest in meetings. It's obvious
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what He's doing in our hearts. He told us what
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he's doing in our lives and with our lives. He's
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communicating his intents to us. We're thankful
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