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Understanding Your Uniqueness · Apostle Lazarus Femi

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  Speaker 1: The International Ministers Conference is God's strategy to set your
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  Speaker 1: life and ministry on course. Welcome to the International Ministers Conference. Alright,
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  Speaker 1: Matthew chapter number 16, if you are there, say Amen.
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  Speaker 1: If you are there, say Amen. Alright, let's start the
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  Speaker 1: reading from... Let's start the reading from verse 13, Matthew
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  Speaker 1: 16 from verse 13. When Jesus came into the coast
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  Speaker 1: of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do
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  Speaker 1: men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And
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  Speaker 1: they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist,
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  Speaker 1: some Elias, and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And he said unto them, But whom say ye that
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  Speaker 1: I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art
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  Speaker 1: the Christ, the Son of the living God. Okay? And
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  Speaker 1: Jesus answered unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for
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  Speaker 1: flesh and blood has not revealed it unto thee, but
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  Speaker 1: my Father who is in heaven. Now I want us
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  Speaker 1: to please pay keen attention. Just very simple observation from
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  Speaker 1: the question Jesus asked. The crowd could not define him
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  Speaker 1: Without comparing him with pre-existing individuals. Do you understand that?
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  Speaker 1: They could not describe him. Except they had linked him.
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  Speaker 1: With those who have existed before. So it's a culture.
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  Speaker 1: In the move of God. We understand. Please pay attention.
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  Speaker 1: What I want to say is very delicate. Please. We
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  Speaker 1: understand that the Bible gave us instances. For instance, in
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  Speaker 1: Malachi 4, saying before the coming of the great day
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, I will send again Elijah the prophet.
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  Speaker 1: He will turn the heart of the sons to the
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  Speaker 1: fathers and the fathers to the son. So we seem
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  Speaker 1: to have adopted the culture of ministry reincarnation. And while
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  Speaker 1: we are at that, One of the things the devil
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  Speaker 1: has succeeded in doing is to kill the uniqueness of ministers. Why?
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  Speaker 1: Because the body of Christ fights almost everything new. It
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  Speaker 1: is an issue. And this is a message to the body.
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  Speaker 1: The moment somebody is coming with a unique fragrance, unique anointing,
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  Speaker 1: it looks like the first font to that individual is
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  Speaker 1: that there's no way for you here. Meanwhile, if what
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  Speaker 1: God is doing now will survive, something new must be introduced.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm very careful. The problem most times is that
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  Speaker 1: we are holding tightly to what God seriously wants to discard. Cultures, practices, methods.
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  Speaker 1: And like Pastor Aaron said yesterday, we copy so much,
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  Speaker 1: we also copy the names. And you almost can't see
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  Speaker 1: a minister now and ask the person, who are you?
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  Speaker 1: An average young minister... is either a reincarnated version of
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  Speaker 1: Arome or of Selman. While I love these two men
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  Speaker 1: and I have a relationship with them, understand where I stand.
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  Speaker 1: If that was all God was doing in the body,
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  Speaker 1: they would be the only ones who are ministers. There
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  Speaker 1: is something unique and specific about That your life, and
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, listen to what I'm saying. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: matter how trivialized your ministry seems to be. There is
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  Speaker 1: something very specific that you are bringing to the table.
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  Speaker 1: And you must make sure you protect the oil. Do
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  Speaker 1: you understand what I'm saying here? Protect the uniqueness. Never
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  Speaker 1: allow anybody to tell you it is a proof of
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  Speaker 1: loyalty to clone them. So, there are many people who
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  Speaker 1: have not started ministry. But in a guise to look
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  Speaker 1: like certain individuals, young people, you have now suddenly received
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  Speaker 1: a calling from God to be bashing other ministries. And
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  Speaker 1: when they ask you who you are, you say you
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  Speaker 1: are a custodian. There's a name people use. There are
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  Speaker 1: many ministers on the altar who have mental illness. They
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  Speaker 1: just look prophetic. It is actually crazy. Do you understand? No,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not joking. Do you understand? People say they don't
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  Speaker 1: know how I say funny things without laughing because I'm
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  Speaker 1: not joking. It's serious. Don't wait till a man of
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  Speaker 1: God tears clothes before you know. As it is happening,
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  Speaker 1: you'll still be falling under anointing. Do you understand what
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying? Madness can look like the prophetic. Have you
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  Speaker 1: seen people that are mad people gave number of pull before?
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  Speaker 1: Do you understand? Man on the road will see the
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  Speaker 1: person and give the person a number and it will
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  Speaker 1: come out. It is a very serious matter. Let me
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  Speaker 1: wrap up with this. Let me wrap up with what
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  Speaker 1: I want to say. Things are changing. I started with
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  Speaker 1: that yesterday. Things are changing. Both in the country, in
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  Speaker 1: the church, and in families. These three sectors will experience
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  Speaker 1: radical change. Many pastors might end up in jail. In
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  Speaker 1: the next coming season, mark what I'm saying. We are
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  Speaker 1: taking advantage of the corruption in Nigeria. Copy other ministry stuff,
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  Speaker 1: put it out there. You say you are a custodian.
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  Speaker 1: The person you are copying have access to commissioners or police.
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  Speaker 1: You don't. You are just somebody somewhere whose only asset
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  Speaker 1: is the phone. And if they carry you now, there's
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  Speaker 1: nobody who is strong enough to stand behind you and say,
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  Speaker 1: do you understand what I'm saying? In the name of
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  Speaker 1: apostolic strength, we are the one who correct the body
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. Many of you might end up in jail.
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  Speaker 1: Write what I'm saying down. In the next coming days,
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  Speaker 1: we might see pastors filing lawsuit against pastors. They say,
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  Speaker 1: who are you to bring your brother before unbelievers? You
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  Speaker 1: will explain. Do you understand what I'm saying? No evidence.
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  Speaker 1: This is minister's meeting. We have to tell ourselves as
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  Speaker 1: it is. God has not made anybody the custodian of
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  Speaker 1: the body of Christ. Christ is the pastor of his body.
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  Speaker 1: Your assignment is your ministry. You cannot build the body.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to last, focus on your work. Let
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  Speaker 1: me say this. All the men we have invited that
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  Speaker 1: we bring to our ministry, you will never see them
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  Speaker 1: bash ministry. We once saw an issue. I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to go into that. The moment we saw the issue,
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  Speaker 1: we just pulled it. Let me leave that. As I close,
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  Speaker 1: there is an audience that you did not invite, that
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  Speaker 1: you are not even aware that is watching you. I
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  Speaker 1: have met people, several locations. And I'm talking to them
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  Speaker 1: and they are amazed that I know them. Yes, I do.
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  Speaker 1: And I've known you for over five years with all
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  Speaker 1: the nonsense you are writing. I'm just being polite. I
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  Speaker 1: have a very open heart. This is the truth. People
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  Speaker 1: don't know. The extent to which what they are doing
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  Speaker 1: is flying. And they wonder why ministerial doors are closed.
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  Speaker 1: It is your character. I want to beg you in
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  Speaker 1: the name of Jesus Christ. Mind your business. Face your work.
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  Speaker 1: Grow what God has given you. Take it serious. Do
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  Speaker 1: you understand? It's like you guys are quiet. Or you
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  Speaker 1: are a custodian. There is a name. There is a name. Oh, watchman.
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  Speaker 1: So let me show you where watchman is. Ezekiel 33
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  Speaker 1: from verse 1. No, let's check. Watchman that is not
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  Speaker 1: watching his own house. Watchman! Watchman Julius. Again, the word
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord came to me saying, yes, Son of man,
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  Speaker 1: speak to the children of Israel and say unto them,
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  Speaker 1: when I bring the sword upon the land, if the
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  Speaker 1: people of the land take a man of their course
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  Speaker 1: and set him for their watchman. Yes, verse 3. If
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  Speaker 1: he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow
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  Speaker 1: the trumpet and warn what? The people. He sounds an alarm.
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  Speaker 1: That whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh
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  Speaker 1: not warning, if the sword come and take him away,
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  Speaker 1: his blood shall be upon his neck. Yes. And he
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  Speaker 1: heard the sound. No, is that where I'm going next?
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  Speaker 1: And took down one knee. Okay, let's go to verse
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  Speaker 1: 7 so we can just... Verse 7 is very, very profound.
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  Speaker 1: So thou, O son of man, I have said thee
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  Speaker 1: as a watchman over the house of Israel, that you
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  Speaker 1: shall hear the word at my mouth and warn them
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  Speaker 1: for me. Listen, part of the gospel we preach, part
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  Speaker 1: of this message we have is also warning, not castigations.
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  Speaker 1: And when you see, these things need depth of maturity.
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  Speaker 1: And if the people that God has placed the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of wisdom on are not speaking up on time, we
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  Speaker 1: will have to have serious battle. It will look like
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  Speaker 1: a body of Christ civil war. Because there are things
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  Speaker 1: that God needs to change. And listen to this. If
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  Speaker 1: God has to take men from your camp to be great,
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  Speaker 1: something is wrong with you. You are not maturing to
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  Speaker 1: be an island. I beg you in the name of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. I have said this. It looks like a joke.
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  Speaker 1: We might see many ministers die young because of love work.
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  Speaker 1: It is a cork horse. Speak ill of nobody. Just
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  Speaker 1: face your front. Honor the body. Do you understand what
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying? Maintain your uniqueness. Learn from people. Don't be cloned.
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  Speaker 1: And not also try to clone a generation. As the
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  Speaker 1: proof of loyalty that those who are loyal to me
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  Speaker 1: must stop. No, no, no. A good leader helps people
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  Speaker 1: bring out their uniqueness. Help them bring out their uniqueness.
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  Speaker 1: This is a very, very, very serious warning. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: not my same word. I'm a very calm person, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm not afraid. Anybody who knows me knows I have
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  Speaker 1: no iota of fear. It's a very serious warning. If
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  Speaker 1: you are a watchman or a custodian, who is now custodian,
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  Speaker 1: people's ministry and all that, people will attend a meeting
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  Speaker 1: and honor you and say I was blessed only for
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  Speaker 1: them to go and write about Somebody has gone to
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  Speaker 1: do a walk in UK, say it's not about going
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  Speaker 1: to UK. It is about, you see, envy has a doctrine.
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  Speaker 1: And what we are doing is that we are, and
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  Speaker 1: I've said it, it is actually faulty background. You cannot
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  Speaker 1: see who that have joy. You have somebody's number. He
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  Speaker 1: has preached what is wrong. Told the person. How far
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  Speaker 1: with you the preach? Explained. Please watch man nature that
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  Speaker 1: can't walk in love. They are not watching for God.
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  Speaker 1: Except the Lord watch over the city. They watch men themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Wait but in vain. Be careful of the way you
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  Speaker 1: treat the body of Christ. He is still the bride
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. There is a way you report my wife
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  Speaker 1: to me. I will tell you get out of my sight.
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  Speaker 1: Let's be careful. Very very serious. And I am not
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  Speaker 1: my single word. Is that clear now? A very, very
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  Speaker 1: serious note. In case you have a ministry around that area,
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  Speaker 1: pray again. I'm not sure you heard well. Pray again. Alright,
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