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Abba Father · Apostle Joshua Selman

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Speaker 1: That somebody brought you to Dallas the younger gods, and
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that Jesus a lot of people jumped on it. I
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don't know we brought him. They jumped on it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we Allelujah, Praise the Love. I'm truly honored to
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be here, and thank you very much Jesus House for
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the invite and the love. I want to specially appreciate
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pastal Gandhi and his dear wife. Let's give him a big,
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big hand clap. God bless you, sir, truly honored, and
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the entire leadership of Jesus House dese made. The Lord
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bless you, and I trust that our time together will
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be most profiting in Jesus's name. Shall we lift our
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hands to heaven and ask the Lord to speak to
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our hearts. The Bible declares the entrance of your word
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gives light and understanding onto the simple. Go ahead and
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ask the Lord for an encounter by his spirit. It says,
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they go from strength to strength. As many as appear
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before the Lord in Zion. Is someone praying vibalize your desire,
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it says, ye have not because ye ask not, Father,
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give me an encounter on this special Sunday, this Father's day.
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Let it be from glory to glory. For in Jesus'
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muchless name, we've prayed, Father, we thank and we honor
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you for this morning. And we pray indeed that the
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entrance of your world will give us light and understanding
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upon our hearts. For in Jesus name, we pray God
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bless you, Thank you again, and please be seated. My
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message this morning would be a blessing to everyone, but
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I just thought to also use the opportunity to honor
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the fathers. And so I'm teaching on the topic that
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I title Abbah Father, Abbah Father. Matthew, Chapter six and
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verse nine. There are many names that God is called
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in the Bible. Is called Almighty, el Shadai, elgibor. The
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Bible is full of the various names of God. And
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when Jesus showed up, he was teaching what we call
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the Lord's prayer, and he was giving them a pattern
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that would guide them whilst praying. And he said, in
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this manner, therefore, pray, And he said, our Father, in
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other words, when you submit yourself to prayer, you most
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home with the consciousness that you are not just praying
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to God, but you are praying to Father Allelujah. So
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the first point I want to establish this morning is
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that the Almighty God is also Father. As simple as
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this point is, it will alter your understanding of God
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when you know Him as Father. The Tunomy chapter thirty
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two and verse five, five and six. The Tuonomy thirty
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two and verse five the Bible in the Old Testament
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refers to God as Father, even though theologically speaking, the
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concept of God's fatherhood was known when Jesus was revealed.
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Until the manifestation of Jesus, it was difficult for them
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to understand God as Father because the dealings of men
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with God was shrouded in a lot of mysticism. He
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worked with mediators like Moses Joshua, and so the people
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did not have the privilege of a personal relationship. That
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concept of a personal relationship did not exist until Jesus
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came away together, so they would have to depend on
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men who had a covenant with God, and whatever template
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they were given from those men would be their understanding
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of God. For instance, Moses would climb up the mountain
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and interact with God alone, then come down and give
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them the law and everything that he believed God told him.
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So they were limited by the understanding of God that
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was proposed to them by their leaders. Are we together now? Yeah?
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So verse six let's look at it. Just a few
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scriptures to establish the fact that God is also called Father.
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Deuteronomy thirty two, five and six. He says, do you
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first deal with the Lord all foolish and on wise people?
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Is that KJV appreciate KJV sai as? Is he not
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your father who brought you? He's speaking to his stiff
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next people. Now he's saying, did you know that it
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took the fatherhood of God? Thank you? He says, has
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he not made thee and established thee? So the Bible
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acknowledges God as Father Isaiah sixty three and verse sixteen.
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Isaiah chapter sixty three and verse sixteen is the next scripture.
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Who consider establishing the fact that the Almighty God is
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father Isaiah sixty three sixteen. He says, doubtless, thou at
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our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel
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acknowledge us, Not thou, O, Lord at our Father, our redeemer.
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Thy name is from everlasting. You believe that's amen? So
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the Bible establishes the fact that God Almighty is Father.
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The second point I want us to understand in this
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discussion is that Jesus revealed and established the fatherhood of
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God when he walked upon the earth. Now you see,
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there are many reasons why Jesus walked upon the earth.
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Ultimately was to reconcile man to God, but you need
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to understand that many other things happen. Jesus came as
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a revelation of the Father. The Bible says, no man
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had seen the Father at any time, so he came
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as the incarnate of the Father. That the invisible Father,
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who had been shrouded in a lot of mysticism. Jesus
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came as a revelation of the Father. And hees what
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Jesus had to say about the Father. Matthew eleven twenty seven.
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Is God blessing someone already Matthew eleven twenty seven. The
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Bible says Matthew eleven twenty seven, the Book of Matthew,
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thank you. He says, all things are delivered onto me
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of my Father. And no man knows the son, he says,
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but the Father neither knows any man. The Father saved
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the son, and he to whomsoever the son shall reveal.
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So Jesus. You know, one of the reasons why the
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scribes and the pharises were angry at Jesus was that
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he brought a dimension of relationship to God that was
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against their prior understanding of God. So they knew God
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as some deity somewhere with all kinds of emotional swings.
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If you were at the wrong side of his emotions,
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then you would die. If for any reason, perchance you
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happen to attract his favor, then you would rise. And
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Jesus came and began to dispel that orientation that this
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almighty God we talk about is not just about killing
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and destroying and giving victories, but he desires the relationship.
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Are we together now? So the theology of Jesus centered
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around relationship, not just receiving things, not just using God
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for triumph in battle. And the scribes and Pharisees were
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angry because that would mean them overhauling their entire understanding
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of God. Until Jesus showed up, no man knew that
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there was a possibility for such an intimate relationship with God.
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How dare you call the creator of the heavens and
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the heath Father? There are many religions so there you
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dare not mention God as father? Are we together all
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things that delivered me? In Matthew chapter six and verse nine,
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we read that earlier. Just write for reference. So Jesus
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is teaching to pray, and it does not mention the
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word God. He says, when you pray, you must approach
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this God with a renewed orientation. Call him Father, our father.
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He said, which are in heaven. So even though you
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reside in it domain that it is not athletic, you
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are still Father. And he began to show that it
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is possible to be in a functional relationship with God
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even though you may not see him physically. Which are
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in heaven. Then he says, Hello, be your name, your kingdom. Come.
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Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
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You are still speaking to the Father. He says, do
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not be afraid to ask the Father to give you
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this day your daily bread. Your daily bread is beyond food.
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It means all that is required for your sufficiency. It's
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called your daily bread. That means your Father. Is that meticulous,
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is that benevolent to allow you ask him even for
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the things that make for your sufficiency. And then he says,
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give us this day are daily bread the next verse,
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and forgive us. He was introducing something about God they
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had not known. Forgive does he forgive? I thought he destroys.
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Now Jesus is saying, forgive us our debts, even as
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we forgive our debtors. Then he says, lead us not
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into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for that is
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the kingdom, the power, the glory forever. I assure you.
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They were confused after that discussion, because here is Jesus
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giving them another side of God. Their understanding of God
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was a hear some mighty, invisible, mysterious entity somewhere who
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no one can really understand. If you are lucky, he
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will choose as a leader and then show him aside
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of him. Now Jesus is saying, listen, listen, while all
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of that is true, there is a deeper dimension of
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knowledge to God. Are we together now? And in its parables?
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Jesus gave many stories and illustrations to show the fatherhood
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of God. We may not have time to consider that,
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but the most classic see logical representation of the fatherhood
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of God was revealed in the story of the Prodigal Zon.
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The prodigal son is a very entrusting rendition of fatherhood
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and sonship, because it starts by demonstrating the responsibility of
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a father, like we'll be learning after now. And then
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two sons, one eventually became a rebel, and it gives
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the son an opportunity to veer up as far as
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he's able to away from the father. Then, in brokenness
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and repentance, the son now begins to return back. Did
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you know that even in the fallen state of the
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prodigal son, he did not forget that he had a father?
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He said, I will arise. He forgot every his friends
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left him, But the one thing that restaught him was
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the consciousness of fatherhood. How many hired servants, he said,
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with my father, and I am here feeding with the swine,
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He said, I will arise, and I will go to
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my father, not God. I am aware that no matter
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how broken, no matter how far, there is something about
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the nature of fatherhood that must be willing to restore.
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He was there introducing all of these dimensions of God.
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You're blessed already, say amen. Jesus himself in Acts chapter
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one and verse four. Acts Chapter one and verse four
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he left us. He said that Tarry on received the
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promise of the Father. He calls it the promise of
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the Father, not just the promise of God, the promise
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of the Father. One last scripture efficients chapter three, please
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fourteen and fifteen. Do you love Scriptures Ephicients three, fourteen
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and fifteen. It says, for this cause, I bow my
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knees onto the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, verse fifteen,
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of whom the whole family. Now this is Apostle Paul
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mentoring the church in Ephisos, and he's reiterating what Jesus
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taught them. He said, listen, when it has to do
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with prayer and the faith work, you must have that
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orientation that you are dealing with a father who has
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a family, of whom the whole family in heaven and
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Earth is named Allelujah. Now the word father comes, it
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has the Aramaic expression abba. The word apba is. Now
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you're not theologically speaking that the Old Testament was largely
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written in Hebrew, and then the New Testament was a
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combination of Greek and Aramaic. Are we together? Yeah, So
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the word father is the Aramaic abbha, the Greek is
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the word pata pat r. Both of them refer to this,
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please listen. To be called father means source number one,
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number two, sustaina, number three, protector, number four, provider. So
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in the mind of God and classically speaking, an individual
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is described as father, not just using the basis of procreation.
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Now that is important. Are we together now? Our general
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concept of fatherhood is any man who is able to
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have a child out of himself. If that were true,
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that meant that Abraham should never have been called father
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until the arrival of Isaac. But he was acknowledged as
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father even before Isaac came. That means we have to
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use other parameters, scriptural parameters. We have to go into
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the mind of God to understand his concept of fatherhood.
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He's God speaking to us already, so that the first
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in God's mind, whoever originates a process is called father
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upper the originator number two, the sustaina of that process
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that also includes family number three, the protector defending the
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interest of the people, defending the interest of the business,
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defending the interest of the church. Whoever works in defense
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to protect is called upper Father. Finally, whoever provides you
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know what it means to provide. To provide means to
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insist that there is no scarcity to ensure that there
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is sufficiency at all times. That means in the mind
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of God, no matter how many children an individual has,
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respectfully speaking, if you do not pass this test or
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being a source, being a sustainer, being a protector, and
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being a provider, you are not is someone learning now? Yes?
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So when God calls himself father, he gives you the
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opportunity to vet his fatherhood. Are we together now? He
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is not ashamed to say you test it. If you
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call me father, find me find a place in scripture
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where I am not sauce. Find a place in scripture
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where I do not sustain. Find a place in scripture
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where I do not protect. Find a place in scripture
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where I do not provide. Then you can question my fatherhood.
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So every the Bible is a compendium of the fatherhood
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of God. We see this attributes displayed once and again
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from generation to generation. The sauce number one, the sustainer
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number two, the protector number three, the provider number four.
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Are we together now now physically speaking? The concept of fatherhood?
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And please understand what I'm saying, the concept of fatherhood
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is not a concept that is left to men like
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the male specie away together. The male specie was carved
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out by God to embody this concept. But it is
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a concept that every responsible leader must understand. That concept
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of being Abba is not just left to men, because
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you will find yourself in many occasions where an individual
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who is not the man would have to play this
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fatherly role. And for any if you ever find yourself
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in that position of leadership, then you know that the
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mandate still remains Abba. So it is possible for a
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woman to still play that role, to be a source,
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to be a sustainer. Away together. Now, if you are
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the CEO of a company, for instance, with respect to
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that organization, you are about and everything a father does
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must be captured in your leadership. So fatherhood is really
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a leadership philosophy. It is not just an orientation that
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is left to the male gender. We together now, but
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God in his wisdom shows a male based on his
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arrangement of family. Are we together now to exemplify and
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imbody his fatherhood? If you believe, they say, amen, there
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are four assignments of fathers from scripture. Let's deal with
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it structurally. Now, four assignments. Is God helping us already
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for assignments? And this with all due respect is now
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to the men as well as everyone. Number one, The
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first assignment of it, true father is provision. No matter
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what else you failing as a father, you are not
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supposed to fail in this. To provide does not mean
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to provide means to make available the resources that make
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for the excelling of your family. To provide means to
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make available the resources. In Matthew, chapter seven and verse eleven,
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Jesus now is teaching. When you read from verse seven,
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he says, ask and you shall receive sick, and you
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will find when we get to verse eleven. Matthew seven
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and verse eleven, he said, is ye being evil? I
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like this? Know how to give good gifts to your children?
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Watch this? Do you know what he's saying. He's saying
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intrinsically that the heart of man is desperately wicked, and
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that even in that depraved nature of man, there is
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still the father who instinct to see your family prosper.
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That even a wicked man has conscience enough to know
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that his children should eat. Are we together now? If
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you've been evil, he said, know how to give good
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gifts to your children? He says, how much more shall
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your father which is in Heaven, give good things to
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them that ask him Father, Provider, Provider, Provider. Do you
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know as I describe the functions of Father's men, I
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am also giving you the prayer point to know where
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the devil will attack you, because Satan's attack will be
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to stop you from playing this role. So if we
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say the first role of a man is provider, that
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means he will come around your finances. That means he
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will come around everything that will encapacitate you and render
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you importent to provide will be Satan's assignment. The assignment
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of every man is also the point of attack of
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the Kingdom of darkness. Provider Provider provider in First Timote,
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Chapter eight, Chapter five, and verse eight. First Timote, Chapter
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five and verse eight. Please help us media, First Timote,
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Chapter five. The Bible says God, if any provide not
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for his own is that in your Bible he said,
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and specifically for those of his own house, he has
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denied the faith. Do you know what this means? That
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the faith experience of the believer is structured on the
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understanding of this fatherhood relationship. That means if you claim
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to be a Christian, indeed, as a man you claim
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to know God and you deny fatherhood, it must be
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captured in your Christian experience. It says you have denied
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the faith and that individual is worse than an infidel.
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I pray sincerely for every man and every father here
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that every attack on your finances, every attack on your job,
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whatever it is that incapacitates you so that you are
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not able to provide in the name of Jesus Christ,
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let that attack come to an end this morning. Allelujah.
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There are so many men around our world who are
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depressed today simply because of the inability to provide. Imagine
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that you pray to God and you say, Lord, give
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me my daily bread, and you hear reply from Heaven.
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I'm so sorry. I do not think I have that
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ability now unto him. Is it in your Bible who
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is able to do? God is always able to do.
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That's what makes him Father, Always able to do, never wanting,
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never feeling. In fact, the Bible says He's able to do,
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exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Look
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this extent of fatherhood, that even your thoughts, He has
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the power to answer your thoughts. Number two, the second
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assignment of Abbah, as revealed from scripture, is called protection.
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Please write to protect means to keep safe, To protect
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means to stop from accessing danger. Protection John chapter seventeen
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and verse twelve. John seventeen and verse twelve. The second assignment,
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Jesus is acting as a responsible father. Remember he claimed
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to be the son of God and that God was
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his father. Now he was exhibiting Father who to the disciples,
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And yes, Jesus praying, while I was with them in
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the world, I kept them in thy name that thou
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gavest me. I have kept, it says, and none of
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them is lost. But the son of Perdition look at
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a responsible father. He had to account for why Judas
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was not part of the fold. All that you have
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given me I have kept, and none is lost, the
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Bible says, except the son of Perdition, and that that
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the scripture might be fulfilled. You are a true father
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when you know how to protect, not just to protect men,
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to protect things, to protect values, Allelujah. To protect. The
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father's discipline is his attempts to protect the child from
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an imminent decadence and decline that will happen in the
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presence of lawlessness. Are we together now. The goal of
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discipline is not to vent anger. No, when discipline becomes
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a channel for venting anger, than it is it is
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an expression of the absence of self control. Are we
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together now? The primary assignment of discipline is that it
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comes as a vehicle that ultimately protects the child. I
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love your destiny too much. I will not expose you
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to failure, and I love you too much to allow
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you laughing, error and confusion. I rather you be sad
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with me now and say thank you tomorrow. Can I
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tell you whatever brings a man to a point where
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you cannot discipline those who are within your household, you
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are signing in for failure and pain in the future.
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This is true. The Bible says, a father chastises his
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sound that he loves. Is that in your Bible. Discipline
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must be seen as an overall process that leads to
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protecting whatever God gives you. Fat The Bible says, I
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know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that
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he is able to keep that which is committed onto
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him against that day and still together, say amen very quickly.
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Number three. The third assignment of fathers is mentorship and growth.
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Please write mentorship and growth is the third assignment of
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any father. When you read First John chapter two, it's
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a long read from verse one to fourteen, but I'll
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just pick out a few scriptures. Apostle John is giving
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us a very intelligent discussion. He's speaking by the spirit
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First John, chapter two, and he spoke to three categories
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of men. He was a men discussion. I write to you, fathers,
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I write to you young men. I write to you children.
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He was addressing three generations, a child, else, a young man,
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and an elder. And it had something to tell these
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three groups of men. I write to you children that
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you see not your tendencies, your lack of self control.
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You are still exploring the world, and in exploring the world,
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you will explore all kinds of things that will destroy you.
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So I write to you to caution you. I write
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to you young men. You have strength, but you may
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not have wisdom. You must learn to manage your strength.
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I write to you, fathers, because you have known through
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your pain and through your experience. You may not have time,
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but you have wisdom. So poor your wisdom to those
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who have strength, and pour your wisdom to those who
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have time. Young people have time and energy, but they
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do not have wisdom. The elderly have wisdom, but they
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may not have time. So mentorship becomes that breach that
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connects wisdom with time. This is why every generation was
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an improvement of the next. Mentorship and growth. It's God's
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speaking to someone. When a child becomes a foolish child.
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The Bible says, a white son makes a glad father,
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but that a foolish son is a reproach to his mother.
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Are we together? Now? That means every father here, let
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me charge you by God, do not hide your scars.
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Use your scars as a weapon of mentorship. Teach your
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child that I made a mistake, and at twenty five
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I was not yet established. Now you are seventeen. There
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is something I can teach you such that when you
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are twenty one, you would have covered my results of
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thirty years. Mentorship. Mentorship, Allelujah. When Pharaoh watch this. Remember
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the story of of God's people Israel. In Egypt, when
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Moses came to advocate the exodus of God's people, there
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was a negotiation that happened. Pharaoh said, all right, I
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will let the children go, but the fathers will remain,
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and Moses said no, If the children go without their fathers,
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that is a generation without guidance and in negotiated. All right,
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let the women stay and let the men go. If
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the women stay, there is no continuity. And he said,
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every one must go. Notice how Satan when he cannot
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destroy a generation, he will start fragmenting family. Men, you
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can go, leave the women behind. When children do not go,
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there is no future. When men do not go, there
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is no timing, And when women do not go, there
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is no basis for continuity. Is someone learning now? Moses said,
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I'm not yet to negotiate. The father, the mother, the
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children must go. That all three must Saah, let me
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charge every man here, do not respectfully speaking. The school
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system is only supposed to be a support system to
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the training of your children. The primary assignment of every
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father is to sit with your children and become the
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clearest description of the fatherhood of God. Teach them responsibility,
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teach them financial management, teach them courtesy, teach them honor.
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Let them understand the reality that confront our world today,
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and you would be raising champions. They may not look
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like it, but look at Jesus when it called the disciples.
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He did not just lay hands to ordain them. Look
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at the ratio of importation to mentorship three years to
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one day someone learning. Let's hurry for time. Number four.
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The last and the final assignment of fathers, and this
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is where I want to dwell for a few minutes
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and then we wrap up is continue and succession. The
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last and the final assignment of everyone called abba is
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continuity and succession. When I watch Pastor Gandhi speak here
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and he was speaking about his rapping up his moments here,
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I just know that and said, this is my salmon emotion,
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continuity and succession. You are only as great as the
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great person who succeeds you. No, the greatness of your
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lifetime comes to not if there is no successor. This
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is respectfully speaking, the tragedy that we have in our
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world today. Even within people of faith that they excel,
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they spend decades of their life accomplishing great stripes for
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the kingdom, and in one year their testimony comes to
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nought because there is no one who becomes an extension
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of whatever it is that God forbid for every man. Yea,
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I shout that God forbid that your achievements, your sacrifices,
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will not be buried because of the absence of succession.
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You believe that, say amen, now you know why Satan
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is attempting to attach your child. He picks out the
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one with the potential to be a great leader. They
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did not happen between Cain and Abel, the very first family.
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Satan attack succession immediately because until Adaman Eve, Satan had
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never known that continuity can happen through reproduction. It was
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only through creation. It was Adaman Eve that were the
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first human species to show the possibility of continuity. And
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Satan said this is dangerous. That means there can be many,
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many people coming through the womb of a woman that
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will save Jesus. And there was an attack on Cane
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and in maintain kill Abel. The goal was that whatever
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it is, let it stop and not continue. It is
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why when we find people who are buried, you pray
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and saying Jesus name be healed. He's more than a miracle.
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It is the devil trying to stop the possibility of continunity.
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He is fighting that be fruitful. Mandate continuity and succession
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Probabs Chapter thirteen and verse twenty two. I would want
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you to please listen. I'm preaching something that I intend
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to preach a few weeks after now. Also, I have
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the honor of preaching for the Full Gospel Businessman's Fellowship.
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Their global conference is happening in Africa, and this is
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one of the things that I hope I'll be able
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to share with the men. Have been very inspired by
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that organization, and when God granted me the grace, I
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told them, I said, I'll come. I think I have
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some things that I want to share that I have
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seen many people build great congloweate empires, and at the
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end of their life they sit empty and angry and frustrated.
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The problem is not a financial problem. The problem is continuity.
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Was this not the frustration of Abraham, a great man
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who had everything? And he said, Lord, what will you
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give me? Seeing that I go childless? Let's talk about
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this issue of succession. And he said, don't worry, it
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is not a liaza. I am going to give you
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a child that comes from you. And Isaac to Abraham
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was greater than his wealth, his achievement and everything that
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was where God said in Genesis twenty two, don't turn
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there just for your knowledge. He said, Abraham, take thy son,
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thy only son, whom thou love, since he represents everything,
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Go and kill him. Let me see how much you
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love me. And the Bible says Abraham arose early and
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carried Isaac. So today we claim the blessings of Abraham,
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but we must take the responsibility of Abraham back toward discussion.
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Proverbs starteen twenty two. Proverbs starteen twenty two is a
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lot provoking someone. If you can see it projected, let's
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read together, one to read. A good man leave it
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an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of
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the sinner is laid off for the righteous. Most times,
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our attention quickly goes to the b part. But I
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want to talk about the apart. The Bible says a
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good man that means, among the many things that make
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a man good is his ability to have a proper
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system of succession. Can I wrap up my teaching by
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teaching you something about inheritance? The Lord opened my eyes
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to a very powerful revelation of inheritance. To inherit means
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to receive by succession. To inherit means to receive by
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succession or by will as an heir. Hallelujah. To inherit
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means to receive by succession. So the Bible says, a
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good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children. And
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the Lord led me through a series of dealings, and
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I came up with five things that every man here,
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respectfully speaking, at the end of your life, if you
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can leave these five things for those who have come
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out of you, you would have been a good man. Indeed,
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can I run through the list as we wrap up?
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Let me request that you write it first in your
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heart and then on your paper. Number one, The first
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and the greatest inheritance that every man can give his son,
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that every leader. Remember I told you fatherhood is not
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just left to men, the male gender alone, So this
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applies to everyone. Are we together, the first and the
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greatest inheritance you can give your son or those who
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come out of you. Are you ready your convictions? Write
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it down. It's amazing that most people, when we talk
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about inheritance, we're just thinking of land and estates and
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what is in the bank. And unfortunately, I hope that
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God steps in. There is a lawless generation that anticipate
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in a hurry the departure of your parents, in hope
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that they will stumble into prepared blessings now I'm not
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being sarcastic. It's with all due apology, but it is
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important that we must understand that as sons and daughters,
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if the only thing you get from your father is money,
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you failed. It is true your convictions a summation of
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your beliefs and your philosophies, because you know, like I do,
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that your life is a resultant effect of your loss
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of his. Have a summation of your understanding about God,
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about life, about failure, about victory. The first inheritance that
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must be transferred from any man who is called a
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good man to his children and his convictions. Jesus was
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speaking about Abraham that I know Genesis eighteen. You find
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that he says, I know verse seventeen and nineteen, I
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know that Abraham will teach his household. Shall I hide
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from Abraham the thing which I will do? Verse eighteen
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He says, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great
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and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth
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shall be blessed of him. Nineteen he says, for I
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know him. This is God testifying about a man that
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he will command his children and his household after him.
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What will be the command that they shall keep the
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way of the Lord to do justice and judgment, that
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the Lord might bring upon them upon Abraham that which
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he has spoken. In other words, he's saying, teach your
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children whatever made our relationship functional, transfer that conviction to
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your children. Number two, the second inheritance that every man
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must live with his children is your name. Your name.
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Your name is a capture of your track record, your credibility,
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your impact, your value, your contribution. Let me take it again.
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Your name a summation of your credibility. Credibility can be transferred,
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your track record can be transferred, your impact can be transferred.
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Respectfully speaking, it is at this point that I continue
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to charge our great families, especially in Africa, because we're
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yet to understand the power and the value of succession
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in Africa. You see, I think that many have done
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a good job here in the West, because you will
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find families and dynasties that are decades years old and
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they are still being around. There have values, they preserve
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the name. But you know, in many, many of the
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places in Africa, you find out that there's just one
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generation of everything. This start and dies with that generation.
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The man is successful at twenty by fifty is back
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to where he was, and then he goes. Then the
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sound comes, paying the price of the father's carelessness, begins
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his own journey and repeats the same thing. God is
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speaking to someone. If names were not important, God would
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not change the names of men. In fact, he said,
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Oh Lord, our God, how excellent is your name? How
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excellent is your name? If names are not powerful, asks
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the devil, what happens when you mentioned Jesus? If names
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are not powerful, do you know at the end of
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your life, your name can become a key that opens
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a door or a pad lock that closes that door.
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Your entire lifetime is to translate your name to become
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a key or a padlock. There are children today who
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have to change your names because if they were identified
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with certain names, it would close doors for them. And
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there are people who are in a hurry to claim
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certain names, even if it's by extended relationship. It is
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not my surname. But just to let you know, I
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stay ten years in that house, do why qualify? May
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your name be so great? Listen, please hear me. It
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is not enough to be great. Your name too must
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be great. I hope you know you can be great
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and your name is not great. Less this chapter twelve,
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in Blessing Abraham, he said, I will bless you and
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make your name great. What there is the difference? He
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already said I will bless you. Then he says, what
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I will not leave your name behind. A man can
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be blessed, and yet your name is not great. When
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you are blessed alone, you enjoy that blessing in your lifetime.
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But when your name is great, all that can carry
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that name even when you are not there. Allelujah, praise
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the name of the Lord. If authority was not invested
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in the name of Jesus, would just read that the
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son of God walked upon the earth, did exploit, and
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that's it. The early Church will be a defeated church.
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But he left us his name. He invested all power
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and all glory in that name and said, go in
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my name your name. It means you must protect your
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name by all means. It is better to protect your
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name than to protect your money. Your money can go
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down and you will find it. But when your name
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goes down, it would take the grace of God to
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get it back up. Is God helping us this money?
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Number three. The third thing you must transfer every father
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and every leader to your children. Are your relationships and connections.
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Relationships and connections are transferable, your networks, relationships and connections,
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John nineteen, John nineteen, Verse twenty six and twenty seven.
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John nineteen very quickly, and then I wrap up John nineteen,
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twenty six and twenty seven. When Jesus therefore saw his
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mother and the disciples standing by whom he loved, he said,
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watch this, Watch Jesus transfer relationships. This is Jesus on
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the cross, and John is standing there, and the mother
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is standing there. And here's what John says, Woman, behold
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thy son, verse twenty seven. And he said to the
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disciple John, today, this is now your mother, the Bible says.
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And from that hour, that disciple took her to his
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own home. Now in Nigeria where I come from, the
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northern part of Nigeria, most of the people, especially the
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Muslim community, they understand this principle powerfully. They transfer relationships.
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Oh this is my son. Just to let you know
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that this has been my friend for thirty five years
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and now he's going to be the new Seeoh, could
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you have dinner with him, just discuss with him, just
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get to know him. You can transfer relationships. Relationships are
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a leverage. You may have heard me say it in
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my teachings that all blessings come from God through men
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to men. Blessings come from God through men to men,
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All troubles come from Satan through men to men. In
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any case, men are prophetic midwives. Listen, if God says
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yes and a man says no, your yes remains in
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the realm of the spirit. It takes a man or
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the wise. Deborah would not come and be negotiating with
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a young virgin that Jesus is supposed to arrive. But
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we are looking for the human versel who partner with
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Heaven to make it happen. And Mary said, beg it
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onto me. According to your world, That's how Jesus arrived.
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It is the desire of God that all men be saved.
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But where are the men that would take that gospel
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to the lost? All blessings come from God through men
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to men. Relationships are powerful. You must invest strategically and
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structurally in relationships, and there's no time to teach relationships here.
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I would have taught you that there are four kinds
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of people that if you do not have in your life,
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you are in trouble number one, divine connectors number two,
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men of influence number three, gifted men number four borden
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br us. So every time you pray that God connects
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you to men. These are the kinds of men you
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should pray for your relationships. Every father must transfer your
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relationships strategically. So number four, what is the fourth thing
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that a father can transfer to your children? Your physical assets, cash, properties, businesses.
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Can you see that what we have known to be
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inheritance is only number four? And that's so in order
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of priority, your convictions, your name, hallelujah, your relationship, ships
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and connections, now your physical assets. This was what the
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prodigal son received. Unfortunately he went straight for number four.
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He ignored one, two, three. Watch the end of a
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young boy who only received money. The Bible says, let
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me quote very quickly. One time. This gentleman gets off,
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admits his father and said, listen, I know so much
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about inheritance. I don't share whether you are dead or not.
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You're wasting my time being alive. Give me that which
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And the father said, really, where did you get this
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orientation from? I will honor you, take I am a
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good man. I will leave you an inheritance, and the
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Bible says, as soon as he received it, they were
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foolish friends already waiting for him. It is in your Bible.
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As soon as he received it, they escorted him away
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from the gates of sanity, away from the place of wisdom.
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The Bible says, he spent what he had because he
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did not have the conviction of his father. He did
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not respect the name of his father. He did not
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even respect the relationships that brought the father that turtles.
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All that he went for was the money, and the
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Bible says depletion started immediately. He got to a point
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where he was now feeding with swine. Question where were
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all the friends? Where were all the people who celebrated him?
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And he was with the swine. But I love something,
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The Bible says, he said he came to himself. He
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never said the Holy Spirit spoke to him. He never
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said the devil threatened him. Men can come to themselves,
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and sometimes sometimes don't be in a hurry to help somebody.
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God is living, to come to himself. Because there are people.
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The best gifts you can give them is to leave
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them for a while until they recognize the value. Now
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I'm not. I hope you are not. I hope you know.
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I'm not saying do not help people. But sometimes in
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the hurry to take people out of certain situations, they
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continue to recycle an entitlement mentality that will not allow
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them grow. So the Prodigal Song was there in his
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spain and in his silence, and he began to calculate
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a million dollars, five hundred thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars.
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Then a few friends left, ten thousand dollars, then a
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few more left one dollar. Now I'm in debt and
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I'm left with pigs. He came to himself. The Bible
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says in Probabs eighteen and verse one true desire, a
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man haven't separated himself. The Bible says, he's sickret and
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interment left with all wisdom. There is something about silence
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when you, a gentleman, can remain and say, look, being
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in this dead year after year, I'm tired. There has
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to be a way out. And I'm telling you you
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can get up from that place of determination and end
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certain cycles in your life. That's what happened to the
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Prodigal Song. He didn't have the power to change himself.
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But he had the power to decide to change. And
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yes what he said, how many hired savants as my father,
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And I am here feeding with the swine, He said,
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you know what, I've lost everything, but I still know
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that I have a father. I will arise. Here is
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a young man speaking to himself, and I will go
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to my father and I will say, Father, I have
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seen against you. We call that responsibility. I have seen
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against you and against heaven. I am not worthy to
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be called your son, he says, take me as one
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of your savants. Now, I cherish your convictions, I cherish
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your name. I know the power of being connected to you.
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I will not push you away from money again. I seen,
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I've seen the transcend nature of money without a relationship.
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I'm willing to be a servant. It's not about the money,
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it's about you. Notice the moment he took a step,
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The father too took a step. He never met the
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father at home. He met him somewhere in the middle
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of his responsibility steps. The father never met him in
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the rocks. As soon as he said I will go,
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the father left home and said, there's something about me.
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Even though my son is a stubborn son. He's still
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my son, even though my son is Is that not
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what happened between us and jesus Us and God? The
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Bible says, while we were yet seen ers, God was
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already put in together a plan. However, that life that
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he brought is not impartedct like the prodigal son. You
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take that responsibility and take a step forward, gentleman, takes
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a step and watch this. As soon as he met
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the father, the father never discussed anything about his destruction.
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In other words, the responsibility you have gotten is enough.
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The message I would have told you, you already got
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it by coming to yourself. The Bible says, he hugged him,
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kissed him, embraced him, put back the signette ring, and
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put a robe, and brought him home and said, listen,
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we have to celebrate. But there was another kind of song.
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As I wrap up, I hope you know that both
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of them did the same thing. The first person did
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it in his heart. The other person executed it. It
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is not the story of one responsible son versus one
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lawless one. It is a story of two sons who
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were on their way to destruction. One only had the
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courage to take the first step. You will learn at
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the latter part of the story, because the Bible says
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when his celebration was going on, the elder brother came
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and said, what is going on here? And they said,
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remember that your brother. He's back home, and so we're
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throwing a celebration. And he was offended. The Bible says,
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he went out, and he left, and a responsible father
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followed after him and said, what is wrong? He said,
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I am here, and I've served you all the days
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of my life, and you've not even given me. In
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other words, you've given me convictions, you're giving me relationship.
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What is money? I'm looking for? About to make the
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mistake of his younger brother, This said to a man
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who left you and went to spend his life with
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harlots and all of that. He returns back and you
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receive him, and you're celebrating him. And then I've been
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here and all you give me is an advice every day,
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be a responsible person. Come let me lay my hands
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on you. In the name of Jesus, you are great?
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Is that all you are going to give me? And
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the father said something verse twenty nine, watch this we're
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rapping enough is a message for someone next verse, and
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he answering him, said to his father, law, these many years,
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do I serve you neither transgress I at any time?
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Yet you never gave me a kid that I may
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make merry with my friends. Verse thirty. He says, but
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as soon as this your son, which had deforet he's
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living with Harlot's had and you have killed a fatted
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cow for him. I like the father's reply. Watch this
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next verse, please, and he said, unto him, son, you
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are ever with me here. You do not know that
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our relationship is an inheritance. This gentleman lost something precious.
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He said, all that I have question, what is the all?
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That means? The money he gave the son was not
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all that he had. He gave the son money, and
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the son believed that he got everything from the father.
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But he said, there are other things this boy did
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not carry. But you have to when Abraham, Abraham had
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a total of about eight children, Ishmael, Isaac, and others
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that came when it was time to bless his children.
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Your Bible says that he called the children of all
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the concubines, and he gave them gifts. But to Isaac
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he gave everything. He had. There was no mention of
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any physical thing given to Isaac. After he gave the
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boys gift, they went away, and he said, Isaac, come
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kneel down. Let me give you everything I have. There
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will be nothing in your pocket when I'm done, but
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you would have gotten everything that blessing that came upon me.
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That leads me to the fifth inheritance, that every man
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must give his son. The anointing and the mantle that
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made you you must be transferred to your children. Behind
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every great result, there are graces, There are annoying things,
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there are mantles. Please write it down. You find this
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story in Genesis twenty five, from verse one to eleven.
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Were not read it for time. Allelujah. So he gave
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all the other children things, and they were happy, maybe
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fighting with one another. Mine and yours, which is bigger.
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And I can imagine Isaac's standing and says, so where
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is mine? No car, no house? What are you going
56:38
to give me? And he says, come, let me play
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something upon your life, because you see the law is
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that anointest my head with oil. But he says, my
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cop run it over. He does not annoint the cop.
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He annoys your head. That means your cop is a
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report card. It tells us what is on your head?
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If your copy empty, don't blame the job. Don't blame
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the business. The business is only a physical expression. Now,
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anointest my head with oil. As a result of that anointing.
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In Genesis twenty six, from verse twelve, the Bible tells
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us that there was farming in a land. Is that
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in your Bible where every physical thing they had was
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going down? Isaac, haven't carried that blessing and that annointing.
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The Bible says, He's sold in that land and received
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that same year and one hundred fold, and the Lord
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blessed him. Thirteen, He says the man Isaac, the man
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who had received that blessing from his father, he works great.
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He went forward, and he grew until he became very great. Fourteen,
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for he had possessions goodness. So what is on your
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head will eventually bring you the possessions of flocks, herds,
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a great store of savants. And the Philis Times envied
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him were reading to sixteen. It says, for all the
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whales which his father savants had digged in the days
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of Abraham, his father, the Phyllis Times had stopped them
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and filled them with earth, and a bimeleg said onto Isaac,
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go from us, It says, for now a much mightier
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than we. What are the keys to receiving an inheritance
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from a father? There are two keys that the Bible gives.
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Number one is honor. Number two is service. You do
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not receive from a father just because you are his child.
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There must be a track record of honor. Honor if
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I be a father Malachi Chapter one, from verse six
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to eight, where is my honor? If you claim I
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am your father, where is my honor? Do you know?
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Physically you can receive the button, but in the spirit
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you are not the successor. It is the one who
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should honor that truly carries the grace. Now, I don't
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mean to insult your intelligence. What have you seen many
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families where at the end the person who really carries
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the man's man to are not the biological children. They
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can carry physical things, but when you look, you know
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that this house help who has served for fifteen years.
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Elisha was never There is no prophecy about Elisha becoming
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a prophet. Elisha was a farmer. The prophet should come
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from among the sons of the prophet. But they got
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so familiar with that prophet. This is a man of God.
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But Elisha honored him, and Elisha served two things. Let
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me charge every young man, Yes, I wrap up. Never
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dishonor your father. Never dishonor your parents. No matter how
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right you are, you will pay for it. There are rules.
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When a father fights his son, he loses his honor.
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When a son fights his father, he loses his life. Allelujah.
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That is the reason why God never fought Setan. You
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will never find God fighting Satan. It was Michael that
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went to fight Satan, because if God fought Satan, even
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if he defeated him, Satan will still go to the
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eath as a victor to have made his father rise
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up to comm and fight him. Fathers don't fight sons. No,
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you delegate sons to deal with the matter. A father's
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honor is preserved when he does not fight his son. Sons,
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when you fight your father, that is what happened. Remember
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what happened between Noah. The Bible says Noah took wine
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and he slept and was naked. One of the sons
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came and saw him. He saw his father's nakedness. He rejoiced,
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called the other brothers and said, can you imagine even
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though the man was drunk, he still knew who looked
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at him. When he got up from that state, he said,
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who did this? He was not told your father may
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have back slidin prayed for his revival and restoration, but
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at no point she knew dishonor him. There are certain
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things only fathers can carry, and there are certain things
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only age can bring in their fallen state. They will
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look at you and bless you. I am a product
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of many, many blessings, many many blessings. You may have
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heard my story. One time I went to buy something
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and I met two women and I decided to honor them.
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Two women, very honest human women, and I decided to
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honor them. I said, please don't pay for it, let
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me pay. It was not anything, not even up to
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I'm not sure. I was off to a dollar and
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the women began to bless me. And one of the
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women looked at me and said, my son forever woke
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upon gold. I'm rapping up now. Years ago I went
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to preach for those of us who are Nigerians in
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a feb Babaylola University. Many years ago, and I went
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to preach there and I stopped and I was I think.
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I flew to one of the states and then to
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go by road getting there, and I passed a very
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small and strange village where people lived mysteriously long. I
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saw obituaries of one hundred and something one hundred and something.
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I said, what in the world is this? What kind
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of grace is this? And when I was done ministring
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on my way back to the airport, I said, stop,
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I saw a notice one thirty six years the man
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just died. I said stop. And I'm not a europa person,
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but I said, look for someone for us. Let me
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find the oldest man in this village. I want to
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sow into his life and have him speak over my
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life because I'm going to be traveling to the nations.
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No plane will kill me, no, no, whatever it is.
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But listen, just shouting a man alone is not the key.
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I understand the blessings that come from fathers. And when
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we got there, we found a man who could speak
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limited English. I'm rapping up now, and then he took
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us to a man. We entered a room and we
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met a man and then they interpreted I would speak
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and the interpret. These are young men who just came
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wanted to receive the blessing. And the man laughed, you see,
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but those who carry this thing, no, they have it.
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Believe me, you provoke it to honor. And the man said, Niel,
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down and you're a man of God, or you down,
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I want to release it upon you. And he began
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to pray and to bless me, to rain those blessings.
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I felt like a crown was being put on my
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head while he was taking Literally, when he was done,
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we sold into his life. We blessed him. And when
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I was about to get into the car, I saw
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some women standing and then they told me that the
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man that died, one thirty six year old man, that
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was his wife's standing. I said, let's go back. I
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went back and I prostrated, I greeted. I said, the
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man may be dead, but you are one, so he's
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still alive. In you can you pray for me? Now
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watch this, I'm rapping up. This woman laughs and says
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follow me. And then I enter a room with her
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and she begins to show me old photos. This was
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the wife of his youth, old and you know those days.
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They married very early the wife of his youth. What
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happened that God preserved? What kind of grace did they carry?
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When they were done? I said, please, for God's sake,
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would you release what was upon you and your husband
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on me? And the woman took off her shoes. She said,
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nail down. She stood on her barefoot and she said
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nail down. For about fifteen minutes, this woman from the
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heart of a mother. I honestly did not care what
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she was saying. All I was concerned about was the
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fact that it was the heart to hurt connection. I'm
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going to make one request as we wrap up. I'm
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going to ask at the end of this respectfully, so
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Pastor Gandhi, representing the father's here to speak over this congregation.
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I know he has been your pastor for many years.
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I'm not asking the pastor to speak. You've heard the
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pastor for many years. I'm asking the Father to speak.
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He that receives a prophet in the name of a profit,
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you can receive a prophet in the name of your brother.
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You will receive discussions and news about the family situation.
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You can receive in the name of whatever it is.
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Have you learned something? I went for a meeting, and
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in that meeting a man gave a story that changed
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my life. Very great man. A church like this, and
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they were telling us the story. Things were going bad
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in his house, yet the church was excelling, the church
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was doing well, whereas his family was not doing well.
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One time, just like our mother, here someone is going on,
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and you can imagine, she just got up and walked
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out of the church. Literally, she walked out of the church.
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And the pastor was touched, confused, what is going on now?
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He was done preaching, finished counseling, and rushed home and
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he said, my wife, what is wrong? Did I offend you?
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Did I say something? Not a word? He sat down
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at the table to eat, and then here's this woman
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serving her husband of many years, and he noticed the
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trade that she brought was different. You know that trade
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that women keep for special occasions. She brought it out
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and he said, please, my food. We'll be married for years.
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Let's leave these children. If you bring I'm hungry. Not
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a word from her. Set the table with honor, with respect,
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with regard, and then she brought the last item on
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the table, and she got down on her knees and
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she said, God servant my family is in trouble. The
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man looked at his wife and said he felt that
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same anointing that he would feel when he was in church.
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Since I've been relating with you just as a wife.
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It is not the word the husband dimension. I'm looking
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for that Father, that grace that produces the testimonies that
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we only hear in church and cannot come to my life.
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Now I'm taking responsibility. This is not your wife. This
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is one who has submitted to your grace. And he said,
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he laid his hands on his wife and began to
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prophesy that everything that has played her home which is
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also his home, and miracles began to happen. I will
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stop here, Abba, Father, Allelujah. Is it all right if
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I make an altar call? Thank you Allelujah. What is
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an author called. It's not a call to come forward. No,
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is not a call to recite a poem that is
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a referenced from scripture. An alther call is a declaration
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of your inability to help yourself. It is proof of humility.
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It's an acknowledgment of the governing authority of Jesus in
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this place right now. I believe there are men and
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women some of you may have come for this conference,
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some of you following by way of television and Internet,
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and the Holy Spirit is speaking to you. The greatest
1:09:30
of all fathers, is called the Father of spirits, is
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desiring a relationship, and for many you may be like
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the prodigal son. Your sayn Apostles, good listening to you.
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But now whilst hearing you speak, the Holy Ghost began
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to convict me that this faith life is not just
1:09:49
about burdensome rituals. God desires a functional relationship between a
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father and a son, a father and his child. And
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this may be your moment to truly make it right
1:10:03
with Jesus. Or perhaps there's someone here. You're like the
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prodigal son. The story started with you in the house,
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but for some reason you've veered off, and now you
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are in a state that does not glorify God, and
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you're saying, Apostle, if you would give me one chance,
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I'd like to make this right with Jesus wherever you are,
1:10:23
without any sense of shame and fear. May I request,
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with the determination of the prodigal son, please stand upon
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your feet. I want to pray with you. Thank you God,
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bless you stand let's celebrate them as they stand. Stand.
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Don't be ashamed. Stand wherever you are. This is unto Jesus.
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You're making it right with your maker. You're making it
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right with Appah allelujah, my big love.
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Speaker 3: It is the most beautiful Montas and Tisands, my big Love,
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it is the most beautiful a Montaius and Tison.
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Speaker 2: Yes shoes, w uh uh yes shoes. Now, for all
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of you who are standing, I salute your courage, Thank
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you for making this bold decision for Jesus. I'm going
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to lead you to prayer. Prayer, and that includes those
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who are watching by way of television, or perhaps you
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are even watching a rebroadcast of this program. It is
1:12:17
never too late to make it right with Jesus. For
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all who are standing, please say after me, loud and clear,
1:12:24
Say Lord Jesus one more time. Say Lord Jesus. I
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love you with all my heart. I believe that you
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are the son of God. I believe that you died
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for my sin. Right now I receive Jesus into my
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heart as my savior, my Lord and my King. I
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declare that the power of sin, saytan hell, and the
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grave is broken over my life. From today I am
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a child of God. Amen, let me pray for your father.
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Thank you for these precious ones. Your word declares that
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as many who will come to you, you will in
1:13:16
no wise cast away. In the name of Jesus, but
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the authority of Scripture, I declared their sins forgiving, and
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I call them born a find recipients of the life
1:13:26
of God. In the name of Jesus. We declare that
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you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, and
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that from hence you go from glory to glory and
1:13:36
grace to grace, for in Jesus' much less name we
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have prayed. Okay, So here's what I want you to
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do for me. All of you, please give standing, Please
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give standing just for a moment. All of you who
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made this decision. They are counselors who are handing a card.
1:13:52
Are they living now? Okay, so let me request for
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one moment. Please pick your bags, your bibles, whatever you
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came to church with. And may I please request that
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you just follow the counselors. They will have a word
1:14:04
with you. Or perhaps can we allow so that ones
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who are don't speaking they can go? Will that be fine?
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At my request? Okay? So that because I want us
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to pray now for one minute. My apologies if I've
1:14:15
stretched your time. I just want you to receive something
1:14:18
that you will return back with a testimony. Allelujah. He said,
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all right, if we rise and pray for one minute,
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please stand upon your feet one prayer point, and will speak,
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and I'll respectfully invite the Man of God to come
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and make declarations from the boels of his spirit to
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rest upon your life and reprogram new possibilities. Let me
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request that you get these teaching parents, give your children,
1:14:42
young people. Listen to it, and ensure that everyone gets
1:14:46
a hold of this teaching. It may be deliver runs
1:14:49
to someone. Allelujah. One prayer point. Father, my heart is
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open to receive of your fatherhood. Go ahead and pray.
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You are the father Ubba. You do not sale. You
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are a giver, You are a protector, You are a defender.
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In the name of Jesus, I decree and declare, let
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your fatherhood speak in my life. If someone pray, let
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your fatherhood speak, Let your fatherhood speak. Let your fatherhood
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speak in the name of Jesus. Let your fatherhood speak
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over my finances, over that situation that takes away my
1:15:29
joy and my peace. Someone call on to Abbah. Jesus said,
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when we pray, you pray thus our father. He has
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given us his spirit. Whereby we cry Abba, Father, Someone
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call his name. Father, Come to my rescue. Father, open
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doors for me in the name of Jesus. Let the
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two lidgates of the United States be open for me. Father,
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come true for me. Concerning this financial situation, concerning this
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marital situation, concerning this situation, as regards my children, my job.
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Go ahead and pray. If you've been evil, know how
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to give good deeds. How much more Allelujah. While you
1:16:14
are praying, I respectfully invite Paso Gandhi to just come
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and speak the blessing upon your life. Please keep praying, everybody,
1:16:23
Let this atmosphere be charged. As you pray in the spirit.
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You're about to receive the blessing of a father. You're
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about to receive the blessing of a father. If someone praying.
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Speaker 1: Even from you, and that which I received even from
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your Evenifa, I speak even to this congregation, and Lord
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I pronounced your blessings upon them. We declare upon every
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father that is there evenly, that the ability to be
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a protector, ability to be a provider. Lord will say
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that they will ability to be a source even to
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their family, will release it evenly upon them. In the
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mighty name of our Lodge, Thus Christ, Lord, we speak
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to every woman that is there evenlyfa that to those
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who are married, we pray the name of our Lord
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Esus Christ and I relieve the blessing of being a
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homebuilder even upon their lives, and the mighty name of
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our loge Thus Christ. For everyone who is married here, Lord,
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we release the blessing of fruitfulness, even for them who
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are believing in you for a child. In the mind
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name of our Lordeous Guy. Lord will released the blessings
1:18:03
of the Lord even today upon every single lady who
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desire us to be married. Their ability, the ability to
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be found eveliefied the Lord. Let that grace rest upon
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them in the mighty name of our lordgeous Guy. So
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the young men who believe that they need they want
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to get married, will release the ability.
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Speaker 2: For them to find that which is theirs.
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Speaker 1: Emilify them, and that will give them joy in the
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mighty name of our Lordeous Guy, my father, my God,
1:18:32
were prayed concerning those words. Students who are in this
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place we release upon them the ability to understand that's
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which they are being taught, even upon them in the
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mighty name of our Lordeous Guy, ability to have retentive memory.
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Learn to rest mightily upon them. In the mighty name
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of our Lordeous Guy, my Father, my God, would declare
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upon everyone who is their Lord, who is not yet saved,
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who has had this message, we pray Eplifier, that your
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spirit will continue to not them epify that and Lord,
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they will never leave this world without finding and Lord,
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not really finding you, for receiving you as their lord
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and their savior. Upon this congregation, you know that what
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you have said unto you, Lord, we pronounce that the
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blessings of God will rest upon them. We are ever
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they go, and the might name of our Lord, your guys,
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we declare upon this congregation, my Father and my God,
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that they will find a love and life of fulfillment,
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a life of joy, a life of peace, and the
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mighty name of our Lord, your Guy, that we are
1:19:37
ever they go, Eplify, that they will be fruitful in
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all that they do. In the mighty name of our Lord.
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To your Guy, please let's stretch our hands forward, my Father,
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my God, as they have stretched their hands forward. Lord,
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give onto them that's which is their desire, that is
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according to your will. Lord, They stretched out their hands
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and face my Father, my God. They will receive even
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from you in the mighty name of our Lord Jose
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So your name, Wi Lord be all of God, because
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you are the Father of Father. Thank you, a bonifieder
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for your world today. Let this world find a place.
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Speaker 2: In our lives.
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Speaker 1: In the mighty name of our Lord, Jose place. Thank
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you eifier A Lord. We declare God's grace upon you.
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In Jesus mighty name.
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Speaker 2: We pray Heaven Allelulia prays the name of the Lord.
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Praise the name of the Lord in the same vein
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can I speak over your life. I decree and declare,
1:20:34
standing upon the grace of the fathers in this place,
1:20:38
and the grace of our Father and the Lord that
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did you. In the name of Jesus. I speak over
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everyone here that every door that has remained closed over
1:20:49
your life that should be opened right now. We declare
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that door opened now. Every shame and every reproach that
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has come upon anyone and any family. I stand by
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the God of josuon the one who rides upon the
1:21:07
wings of the wind. In the name of Jesus, Let
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reproach be turned to honor. We pray for every prodigal
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son and every daughter. If there's anyone here having trouble
1:21:19
with your children, it looks like they're not yet what
1:21:22
you are trusting God for them to become. In the
1:21:25
name of Jesus, let their deliverance begin now. No one
1:21:31
here will die before their time. In the name of Jesus,
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I prophesied some one twelve to every family here. The
1:21:41
Bible says, blessed is the one that feared the Lord,
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that delighted greatly in his commands. Is said his seed
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shall be mighty upon earth. It says the generation of
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the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be
1:21:56
in his house. And yet his righteousness and yours fore
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made this world become true. In your life, I speak
1:22:03
over your job, go and prosper I speak over your businesses.
1:22:07
Go and prosper I declare that the lines have fallen
1:22:11
for you in pleasant places, and you have a goodly heritage.
1:22:15
In the name of Jesus, you are blessed, and you
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remain blessed forever. In Jesus' much less name, we pray
1:22:24
I also have the honor I'm told to collect the
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offerings and the tides. Thank you very much for this opportunity.
1:22:33
I want to encourage everyone, please package, please be seited.
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God bless you. Can we package our offerings and our
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tithes as I speak over them, so that would receive them.
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Second Corinthians, Chapter eight and verse nine says, ye know
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the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he
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was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye,
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through his poverty, might become rich. Second Corinthians, Chapter nine
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and verse eight. When you begin to read from verse six,
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he says this, I say, he that so sparingly shall
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also read sparingly. He that's so bountifully, he shall also
1:23:11
read bountifully. The next verse says every man as he
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has purposed in his heart, So let him give not
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grudgingly or of necessity, for God loved a cheerful giver.
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Verse eight is where I'm going to, he says, And
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God is able to make all grace abound towards you.
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Verse eight that ye, having all sufficiency in all things,
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may abound to every good work. Allelujah. Now, please package
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your offerings, your tith Is it all right if I
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ask those who are paying their tithe to stand, so
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I speak over their lives. You're paying your type, please
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stand stand believing. The Bible says that the Lord blessed Malkizade,
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blessed Abraham, and said, blessed be Abraham, son of the
1:23:58
most High, possessed of the heavens and the earth, and
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he gave me tithes of all Allelujah, in the name
1:24:05
of Jesus, I speak the blessing upon your tithes. Your
1:24:09
tithe is proof of your obedience. Therefore I decree and
1:24:12
declare that the remaining that you have is sanctified. In
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the name of Jesus. We commanded to prosper. We command increase,
1:24:20
We command multiplication in the name of Jesus. No one
1:24:25
titha here goes down that Devori is rebuked for your sake.
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He shall not destroy the fruit of your ground, neither
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shall your vine cast it's young before it's time. You
1:24:35
will be called Beulah and Hepzibah in the name of
1:24:39
Jesus Christ. And for every giver, I decree and declare
1:24:42
by the power of the Holy Spirit, that your seeds
1:24:45
are blessed. In the name of Jesus Christ. We give
1:24:48
your seeds, the various seeds, a voice in the realm
1:24:51
of the spirit. We declare that it will speak for you.
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You are blessed. You give rejoicing, and you also receive
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rejoicing in g This is much less name. We pray,
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thank you very much, and may God bless you.