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STRATEGY FOR CONSISTENCY(PROPHETIC CHARGE) · Apostle Joshua Selman

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  Speaker 1: Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Blessed be the name
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord. Good evening everybody. Thank you very much
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  Speaker 1: for this great opportunity. It's my first time here. Hallelujah.
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  Speaker 1: Greatly delighted. And I want to really, really thank Pastor
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  Speaker 1: Pojo and his dear wife. Let's give them a big
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  Speaker 1: God bless you. Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma. And
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  Speaker 1: the resident pastor, thank you so much for this opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: I believe that the Lord has a word for us tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Let me encourage us to open up our hearts as
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  Speaker 1: we receive. Can you lift your hands to heaven and
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  Speaker 1: ask the Lord to give you an encounter Tonight. Go ahead.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible says he sent forth his word. And his
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  Speaker 1: word healed them. And delivered them from their destructions. Take
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  Speaker 1: a moment to cry out your heart in expectation. Father
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  Speaker 1: give me an encounter tonight. And that by your spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Let your word come to change me. Let it come
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  Speaker 1: to lift me. Let it come to empower me. I
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  Speaker 1: will never be the same. Let it be a new
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  Speaker 1: season for me in the name of Jesus. Father, we
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  Speaker 1: ask you to visit us by your word. We pray
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  Speaker 1: that you strengthen us, grant us wisdom, empower us as
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  Speaker 1: we hear. Let it be the hearing of faith that
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  Speaker 1: produces the walking of miracles. I pray that by this
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  Speaker 1: word you will move us forward. I pray that by
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  Speaker 1: this word you will restore. I pray that by this
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  Speaker 1: word you will heal. By this word you will deliver.
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  Speaker 1: By this word you will empower. In the name of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: To you be all the glory. For in Jesus name
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  Speaker 1: we pray. God bless you. One more hand clap. And
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  Speaker 1: please be seated. Please be seated. I have a very
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  Speaker 1: important word. I consider my charge tonight. A prophetic charge.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord placed it on my heart. For those of
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  Speaker 1: us who are not able to. connect to the morning
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  Speaker 1: session please do so it was i believe a meeting
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  Speaker 1: dedicated for ministers and leaders but i think that the
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  Speaker 1: principles apply to everyone and let me please encourage you
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  Speaker 1: to do the best that you can and have access
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  Speaker 1: to the teaching and listen the bible says faith comes
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  Speaker 1: and it comes by hearing and hearing by the word
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  Speaker 1: of god hallelujah and um Tonight, I want to show
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  Speaker 1: us by the Spirit of God as a prophetic church
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  Speaker 1: celebrating 30 years of God's faithfulness over this vision. It's
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  Speaker 1: a very powerful secret. I have learned this secret, number one,
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  Speaker 1: from the study of Scripture. Number two, the privilege of
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  Speaker 1: watching the lives of those who have Enjoy longevity of impact,
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  Speaker 1: whether in ministry, whether in business, whether in career. And
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  Speaker 1: then by the message of God, these are principles that
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  Speaker 1: I have applied to my own life. And I pray
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus name that your eyes will be open. Amen
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  Speaker 1: and amen. Tonight I'm teaching on what I title strategy
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  Speaker 1: for consistency. Strategy for consistency. This, I believe, is a
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  Speaker 1: gift from God to someone giving you the keys that
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  Speaker 1: make for longevity. Proverbs chapter 4 and verse 18. Let's
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  Speaker 1: start from there. Proverbs 4 and verse 18. Strategy for consistency.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible says, but the path of the just. Would
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  Speaker 1: you read with me? One to go. But the path
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  Speaker 1: of the just is as the shining light that shined
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  Speaker 1: more and more. On to the perfect day. Straight up
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  Speaker 1: you see that according to God's ordination for all men,
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  Speaker 1: we should never have a better yesterday. More and more
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  Speaker 1: is the heritage of all saints. Are we together? It
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  Speaker 1: is not consistent with God's desire for the saints to
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  Speaker 1: have someone celebrate your yesterday with no hope of having
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  Speaker 1: a better today or tomorrow. According to God's plan, The
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  Speaker 1: doings of God in your life today and tomorrow should
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  Speaker 1: by far surpass whatever it is that happened yesterday. No
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  Speaker 1: matter how great, no matter how spectacular. So the Bible
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  Speaker 1: says the path of the just, not the path of everyone,
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  Speaker 1: the path of the just, one who is in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible says it should be in this manner as
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  Speaker 1: a shining light. that shined more and more onto the
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  Speaker 1: perfect day. Let me speak over your life already. In
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  Speaker 1: the name of Jesus, I just described your destiny from
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  Speaker 1: now henceforth. I just described your path from now henceforth.
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  Speaker 1: In the mighty name of Jesus. No going up and
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  Speaker 1: going down again. I speak consistency over someone. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know who is receiving this prophetic word. But in the
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  Speaker 1: name of Jesus Christ. Whatever makes your life and your
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  Speaker 1: progress epileptic. That you are up today, down tomorrow. With
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  Speaker 1: a job today, you lose it tomorrow. With opportunities today,
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  Speaker 1: you lose it tomorrow. In the name that is above
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  Speaker 1: all names. Let that epileptic experience come to an end now.
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  Speaker 1: Please be seated. God bless you. Joshua chapter 13 and
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  Speaker 1: verse 1. This is a message for those who have
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  Speaker 1: done well. This is not a message for someone who
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  Speaker 1: is starting. Joshua 13 and verse 1. Now Joshua was
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  Speaker 1: old and stricken in years. Please listen. And the Lord
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  Speaker 1: said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years,
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  Speaker 1: and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
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  Speaker 1: You've done well. You've sojourned. You are old. You have experience.
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  Speaker 1: But the truth is based on my blueprint for you.
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  Speaker 1: There is still much land to be possessed. There is
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  Speaker 1: still much land to be possessed. There is always more
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  Speaker 1: for the believer. We do not plateau in this kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: There is always more, regardless the achievement, regardless the accomplishment.
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  Speaker 1: One of the most striking scriptures for me in the
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  Speaker 1: Bible is the fact that Jesus is seated at the
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  Speaker 1: right hand of the Father. Then the Bible says, making intercession.
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  Speaker 1: What then was the value of it is finished? And
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  Speaker 1: yet the Bible says he's seated, not standing, not fighting.
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  Speaker 1: Victory established. And yet, even to him, there is still more.
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  Speaker 1: Are we together? So it says there is more land
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  Speaker 1: to conquer. Philippians chapter 3. This would really be our
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  Speaker 1: text for tonight from verse 12 to 15. May God
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  Speaker 1: open our eyes in Jesus' name. Paul is speaking very
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  Speaker 1: profound admission. for me it represents the template of anyone
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  Speaker 1: who wants to last anybody who wants longevity of impact
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  Speaker 1: there is an understanding there is an orientation you must
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  Speaker 1: sustain without which you will fail you don't have to
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  Speaker 1: be fake to fail you don't have to be bad
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  Speaker 1: to fail once you lose sight of this kind of
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  Speaker 1: orientation Especially in the face of achievements or results, you
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  Speaker 1: will lose the ability to have longevity of impact. Let's
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  Speaker 1: consider the thoughts of Paul. Philippians 3 and verse 12.
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  Speaker 1: Not as though I had already attained. I hope you
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  Speaker 1: realize who is speaking here. We're talking of Paul. Even
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  Speaker 1: as a non-believer, he was already an accomplished person. So
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  Speaker 1: we're not talking of someone who was a failure, then
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  Speaker 1: came into Christ and started at ground zero. He was
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  Speaker 1: still the finest of them, even before he met Christ.
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  Speaker 1: And here's an honest admission. Paul is speaking. Not as
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  Speaker 1: though I had already attained, he says. Either were already perfect, entire, complete, mature,
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  Speaker 1: he says, but I follow after. If that I may
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  Speaker 1: apprehend that for which I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Verse 13. It says brethren. Who is he speaking to? Brethren. Brethren.
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  Speaker 1: I count not myself. Thank you for your commendations. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for your likes and shares. Thank you for your
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  Speaker 1: wonderful reviews. But this is my conclusion about myself. I
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  Speaker 1: count not myself to have apprehended. He said but this
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  Speaker 1: one thing I do. There is always one thing champions do.
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  Speaker 1: There is always this one thing. This one thing I do.
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  Speaker 1: He says, forgetting those things which are behind. Is someone following?
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  Speaker 1: And reaching forth unto the things which are before. Forgetting
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  Speaker 1: those things. He didn't say forgetting evil things, forgetting bad things,
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  Speaker 1: forgetting negative things. Whatever they are provided, they are behind.
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  Speaker 1: I forget them and I reach forth to the things
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  Speaker 1: that are before me. The first two words, verse 14.
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  Speaker 1: Shout it if you're a believer one to go one
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  Speaker 1: more time one more time one more time he didn't
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  Speaker 1: say i desire i press determination and focus the mindset
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  Speaker 1: of a winner the mindset of a finisher he says
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  Speaker 1: regardless what has happened around my life good or bad
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  Speaker 1: This one thing I do, forgetting the things that are
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  Speaker 1: behind and reaching forth, knowing that there are still things
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  Speaker 1: before me. He said, I press. As an act of faith,
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  Speaker 1: I press. press as proof that i know there is
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  Speaker 1: still more i press you stop pressing when you get
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  Speaker 1: to the finish line and paul is saying my press
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  Speaker 1: means i am aware that i've not gotten to the
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  Speaker 1: finish line when you see athletes run when they get
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  Speaker 1: to the finish line no matter how fast they mark
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  Speaker 1: time they lose speed until they finally come to a
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  Speaker 1: standstill am i right on that so he says i
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  Speaker 1: press i press let's finish up that scripture I press
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  Speaker 1: towards the mark for the prize of the high calling
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  Speaker 1: that is in Christ Jesus. Now, just a few thoughts
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  Speaker 1: that I want you to listen. Remember, this is a
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  Speaker 1: prophetic charge, a strategy for consistency. Number one, the first
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  Speaker 1: thing I want you to learn tonight is over-dwelling on
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  Speaker 1: the past, both negatively and positively, can hinder advancement and progress.
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  Speaker 1: Over-dwelling on the past. Whether it's a positive past or
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  Speaker 1: negative past. Both of them, they have the ability to
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  Speaker 1: impede your progress. They have the ability to hinder advancement
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  Speaker 1: and progress. Overdwelling on the past. Overdwelling on the past.
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  Speaker 1: Whether negatively or positively. It has the ability to hinder
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  Speaker 1: advancement and progress. And I'll tell you more particularly that
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  Speaker 1: when you overdwell on a negative past, this is what
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  Speaker 1: it does to you. It creates fear. It creates discouragement.
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  Speaker 1: And it deflates your passion to press. Let me take
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  Speaker 1: that again. When you dwell, overdwell on a negative past,
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  Speaker 1: be it your background, be it your failures, the Bible
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  Speaker 1: says that it sustains the ability, among other things, to
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  Speaker 1: create fear, to create discouragement and to deflate your passion.
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  Speaker 1: There was such a man in the Bible called Gideon.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible tells us that this man had the destiny
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  Speaker 1: of a warrior. And because he was the least and
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  Speaker 1: his father's house was the least, he was used to failure.
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  Speaker 1: Are we together now? So when God would come to
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  Speaker 1: appear to him, the man was hiding. And God did
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  Speaker 1: not call him by that situation. He says, O thou
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  Speaker 1: mighty man of failure. He did not say, yes, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: or yes, sir. He went straight to bring his excuses.
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  Speaker 1: If this is true, why have all these things fallen
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  Speaker 1: upon me? The same thing you see in John chapter 5,
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  Speaker 1: the pool of Bethesda. The Bible says there was a
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  Speaker 1: man who had been dead 38 years. And when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: came to him and asked, would thou be made whole?
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  Speaker 1: He would have said yes or no. And he went straight.
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  Speaker 1: He said, look, you don't know my situation. I have
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  Speaker 1: no man. He didn't ask him, why are you in
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  Speaker 1: this condition? He said, do you desire? And the impotent
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  Speaker 1: man said, my problem is that I have no man.
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  Speaker 1: Something happens to you when you over dwell in the past.
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  Speaker 1: It brings fear. It brings discouragement. There are people who
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  Speaker 1: are so used to pain when you pray, no matter
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  Speaker 1: how you shout, they answer only one amen at the
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  Speaker 1: end of that prayer. And it's honestly just for the
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  Speaker 1: ritual of it. They don't believe it. Pain can become
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  Speaker 1: a mindset. Pain can become a stronghold. Discouragement can become
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  Speaker 1: a stronghold. Master, we have toiled all night. I like Peter.
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  Speaker 1: What a winner's attitude. He says, nevertheless. Nevertheless, nevertheless. For someone,
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  Speaker 1: this is a word for you, nevertheless. You've tried and
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  Speaker 1: tried on jobs, nevertheless. You've tried and tried to build, nevertheless.
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  Speaker 1: You've tried to put your life together and it seems
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  Speaker 1: like the more you try, things have gone haywire. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: he says, at thy word. You are introducing something to
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  Speaker 1: my life now, he said, that was not there. Nevertheless. So,
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  Speaker 1: over dwelling on a negative past, is able to bring fear, discouragement,
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  Speaker 1: and to deflate your passion to press. Now, over-dwelling on
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  Speaker 1: a positive past, let me tell you what it does.
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  Speaker 1: It creates complacency, pride, over-confidence, and indiscipline. Listen carefully and
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  Speaker 1: then you're right. Over-dwelling on a positive past creates, number one, complacency.
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  Speaker 1: Number two, Pride. There is such a thing as the
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  Speaker 1: pride of life. Not pride. There are two different things.
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  Speaker 1: The pride of life is the self-glorification you met upon yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Are we together? By reason of obvious achievements. If you
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  Speaker 1: have not achieved anything, you can have pride, but not
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  Speaker 1: the pride of life. Only achievers can have the pride
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  Speaker 1: of life. If you've not built anything, you've not built anyone,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have any track record that supports your excellence,
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  Speaker 1: your value, you can have pride, but not the pride
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  Speaker 1: of life. You saw my learning now. So, over dwelling
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  Speaker 1: on a positive past. This is a prophetic word for
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  Speaker 1: you as a people, as a family under disgrace. It
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  Speaker 1: can create complacency, pride, overconfidence. Who still remembers Samson? I
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  Speaker 1: will arise as before. Only to find out that he's
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  Speaker 1: lost his source of strength over confidence. And then indiscipline.
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  Speaker 1: These four things follow anyone who decides to over dwell
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  Speaker 1: on a positive past. You can see straight up here
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  Speaker 1: that whether that past is positive or negative. If you
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  Speaker 1: do not manage it well, it sustains the ability to
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  Speaker 1: hurt your tomorrow. Who is learning? Are we together now?
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  Speaker 1: So whether it's your crowns or your scars, you are
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  Speaker 1: mandated to find a way by the Spirit to forget
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  Speaker 1: about it if you want to move forward. So Paul says,
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  Speaker 1: this one thing I do, Covenant nation, this is one
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  Speaker 1: thing you must do even after 30 years. Forgetting the
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  Speaker 1: things that are behind. Sick bodies that have been healed.
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  Speaker 1: Glory to God and that's enough. Destinies that have been transformed.
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  Speaker 1: Glory to God and that's enough. Maybe challenges that are
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  Speaker 1: not so good that you may have gone through. Father,
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  Speaker 1: I thank you in the midst of it and that's enough.
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  Speaker 1: You must learn to create boundary for celebration. Are we
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  Speaker 1: together now? Don't over celebrate success. It can be dangerous.
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  Speaker 1: Generous enough and once it gets to that limit, that's it.
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  Speaker 1: When you cross that limit, it doesn't bless you again.
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  Speaker 1: I remember one time, very interesting, humorous story. I was
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  Speaker 1: microwaving beef. So, I don't know what happened and I
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  Speaker 1: forgot the thing and just left the thing there. And
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  Speaker 1: just to warm it a little, I overdid the thing.
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  Speaker 1: I came back and, you know, I added the timing
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  Speaker 1: again and went somewhere. Only God knows what I was doing.
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  Speaker 1: I came back and the same microwave that was supposed
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  Speaker 1: to just make this thing a very healthy meal, it
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  Speaker 1: turned that thing, the kitchen was. I said, look, look
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  Speaker 1: what I've done with all this anointing. Look, look what
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  Speaker 1: has happened. Are we together now? That's what happens when
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  Speaker 1: you over-celebrate failure or over-sympathize, over-celebrate success or over-sympathize with failure.
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  Speaker 1: There is a temperature enough to warm your food and
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  Speaker 1: that becomes fine. When you overdo it, it starts to
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  Speaker 1: hurt what was once a blessing. Who is learning now?
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  Speaker 1: Because some of you have refused to move forward courtesy
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  Speaker 1: your last victory. Courtesy your last result. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: that result arrives, you stop seeing. You stop praying. You
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  Speaker 1: stop hearing. You stop pressing. You don't wake up in
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  Speaker 1: the morning again. You stop buying books. Your life is
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  Speaker 1: full of celebration until it has become an empty celebration.
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  Speaker 1: Because you see, in destiny, nobody claps for you twice
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  Speaker 1: for the same level. Once you receive the applaud that
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  Speaker 1: comes with a level, that's it. You clap for a
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  Speaker 1: little baby when the baby starts walking. You don't clap
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  Speaker 1: for an adult for walking. You've been walking too long.
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  Speaker 1: You fly, then we clap. Am I right on that? Well,
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  Speaker 1: if you fall sick and you lose your ability to
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  Speaker 1: walk and you start back, then we can encourage you
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  Speaker 1: on that. But not a healthy adult and then you
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  Speaker 1: say you demand an applause for walking. No, you've been
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  Speaker 1: walking too long. You've exhausted that possibility. Are we learning now?
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  Speaker 1: Someone say in the name of Jesus. Shout it, say
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  Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus. I obtain grace to forget
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  Speaker 1: about yesterday and reach for tomorrow. In the name of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: For someone you need to go and hide your awards
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  Speaker 1: for a moment. They are distracting you. They are distracting you.
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  Speaker 1: You flaunted them before you to the point your vision
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  Speaker 1: is now blurred. Suspend those awards for a while. And
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  Speaker 1: have the mentality of a starter. So that you can press.
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  Speaker 1: I think I've seen this and it's a very honest admission.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen this swallow people up in ministry. I've seen
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  Speaker 1: this swallow people up in business. I've seen this swallow
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  Speaker 1: people up in destiny. So someone who comes, say, from
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  Speaker 1: a background of deprivation, the first day he makes maybe $ 1, 000, $ 10, 000.
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  Speaker 1: He celebrates. He can't believe it's a dream come true.
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  Speaker 1: And then he stops there. Only to realize that that
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  Speaker 1: was only good for his personal needs. That cannot go.
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  Speaker 1: When you really want to do serious things, that does
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  Speaker 1: not amount to anything again. Are we together now? And
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  Speaker 1: then there are people in ministry... The day someone gets healed,
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  Speaker 1: the day someone gets blessed, the day God gives you
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  Speaker 1: an elevated platform to serve His grace, that becomes the
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  Speaker 1: end of your impact. I'm praying for someone. Whether it
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  Speaker 1: is your pain or your crowns, whether it's your scars
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  Speaker 1: or your crowns, whatever has blurred your vision and impeded
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  Speaker 1: your capacity to go forward, I release you from that
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  Speaker 1: shackle today.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Shout a believing amen. I release you from that shackle.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus Christ. So the Bible says,
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  Speaker 1: this one thing I do. A negative past creates fear, discouragement,
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  Speaker 1: deflates your passion to press. A positive past creates complacency, pride, overconfidence,
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  Speaker 1: and many times indiscipline. Now I'll give you two strategies
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  Speaker 1: and then we'll pray. Two strategies for consistency. Number one.
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  Speaker 1: The first strategy that I'm going to give you. Is
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  Speaker 1: someone learning? Remain humble and broken. Remain humble and broken.
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  Speaker 1: You think this is a very cheap statement. until you
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  Speaker 1: see what has happened to people as a result of pride,
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  Speaker 1: remain humble and broken, regardless what God does through your life.
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  Speaker 1: Remain humble and remain broken. The Bible says, a broken
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  Speaker 1: and a contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.
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  Speaker 1: A broken and a contrite heart. You know what a
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  Speaker 1: broken heart means? A broken heart doesn't mean heartbreak. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I hope you understand what I'm saying. A broken heart,
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  Speaker 1: praise the name of the Lord. I need to explain
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  Speaker 1: what a broken heart is here. A broken heart means
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  Speaker 1: a heart that is malleable, childlike enough to acknowledge and
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  Speaker 1: recognize the hand of God as the principal factor behind
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  Speaker 1: your victory, behind anything good in your life. It's a
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  Speaker 1: secret I've seen in scripture. It's a secret I've seen
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  Speaker 1: in the life of the fathers. And by the message
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  Speaker 1: of God, it's a secret that I've adopted in my
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  Speaker 1: own life. That the higher he lifts you, the more
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  Speaker 1: you remain on your knees. It's the safest position for
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  Speaker 1: any believer. You hardly fall when you are kneeling. You
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  Speaker 1: fall when you stand. Are we together now? And father,
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  Speaker 1: I realize that That it is because of you that
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  Speaker 1: I am what I am. I realize that it is
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  Speaker 1: by your mercy. For the Bible says a man can
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  Speaker 1: receive nothing. Except it is given unto him. And unfortunately
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  Speaker 1: we live in a celebrity age. We love the spotlight.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing wrong with that. We love likes and shares. Nothing
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  Speaker 1: wrong with that. We love to be an idol to somebody.
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  Speaker 1: Even though God warned us about idolatry. Are we together now?
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  Speaker 1: We like these things and sometimes we crave for it
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  Speaker 1: to a point that we can get sick over the
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  Speaker 1: desire for the accolades of men. I show you an
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  Speaker 1: irrefutable secret. Remain humble and remain broken. The Bible says
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  Speaker 1: God resisted the proud. Let me explain that to you.
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  Speaker 1: It means the anointing cannot help you. Because the anointing
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  Speaker 1: was not designed to fight God. It only fights anything
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  Speaker 1: that is anti-Christ. So if it is God that is
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  Speaker 1: opposing you, the only prayer that bails you out is
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  Speaker 1: a prayer of mercy. Are we together now? And for
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  Speaker 1: your information, browse through scripture from Genesis to Revelation and
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  Speaker 1: learn how God fights. You've not seen a warrior like God.
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  Speaker 1: He says, let God arise and let his enemies rise.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to distract you by explaining to you
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  Speaker 1: what it means to be God's enemies. Because God's enemy
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  Speaker 1: is not the person you hate. No. God's enemy is anyone,
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  Speaker 1: including you, who becomes a perpetual interruption to kingdom come. Anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Jonah was a prophet. As soon as he became an
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  Speaker 1: interruption to God's program, he became God's enemy immediately. God's
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  Speaker 1: enemy is not an unbeliever. God's enemy is not somebody
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  Speaker 1: practicing witchcraft or wizardry. The moment your life becomes a
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  Speaker 1: consistent interruption to God's program. So next time you say
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  Speaker 1: let God arise, verify first. Are we learning? But I
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  Speaker 1: hope you're receiving something. Humble And broken. Now our world
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  Speaker 1: interprets humility as weakness. Because they say you are losing
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to shine. How do you watch opportunities just
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  Speaker 1: pass you like this. And you don't rub it in.
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  Speaker 1: I mean God has done something so great. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: saying don't celebrate success. But you have to be careful.
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  Speaker 1: The same people who will tell you become king over us.
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  Speaker 1: Will say crucify him tomorrow. They will look you to
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  Speaker 1: the face. And act as if they didn't say it before.
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  Speaker 1: You need to understand how frail men are. They will say,
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  Speaker 1: become king over us today. And they will say, crucify tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: There is only one friend that sticks closer than a brother.
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  Speaker 1: Are we together now? Yes. Humility. There's something that humility does.
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  Speaker 1: It adds honor to your achievements. Show me someone who
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  Speaker 1: is doing so well and then maintains a disposition of humility.
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  Speaker 1: That is someone who will look like Beulah and Hephzibah.
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  Speaker 1: But show me someone who is doing so well, then
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  Speaker 1: he rubbishes that beauty with pride. Pride is a destroyer.
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  Speaker 1: It's a depleter. It reduces the value of anything. Anything. Anything.
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  Speaker 1: I'm praying for someone. Obtain the grace to be humble.
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  Speaker 1: This temptation to always want to shout things and drum
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  Speaker 1: it and prove a point is unnecessary. The Bible teaches
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  Speaker 1: us a lesson from the life of Joseph. Joseph was
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  Speaker 1: someone who was disbelieved by his brothers. They invested in
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  Speaker 1: an attempt to make him a failure. It didn't work.
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  Speaker 1: He went to Potiphar's house just when you thought things
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  Speaker 1: were getting better. Are we together now? Potiphar came with
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  Speaker 1: his own, the wife came with her own, landed him
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  Speaker 1: into prison. Can you imagine that? And now in prison,
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  Speaker 1: he began to help some people. You can imagine the
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  Speaker 1: pain and the offense. And then the guy whose dream
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  Speaker 1: he interpreted, he begged the guy. He said, when you
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  Speaker 1: get to the king, please tell the man I'm innocent.
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  Speaker 1: When that guy got there, he forgot. And the forgetfulness
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  Speaker 1: of a man added two more years to the stay
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  Speaker 1: of Joseph. We don't know how long he stayed, but
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  Speaker 1: we know that whatever the time was, it was plus
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  Speaker 1: two years. Are we together? Now, Joseph in one day
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  Speaker 1: is lifted and he becomes prime minister. Be honest. If
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  Speaker 1: you were Joseph, mention two people that you would summon
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  Speaker 1: as your first assignment. Leave the issue of grains and
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  Speaker 1: seven years of this. Huh? And who? You see why
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  Speaker 1: you need to repent? Are we together now? That's the
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  Speaker 1: difference between you and Joseph. Not Joseph. Joseph. Joseph gets
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  Speaker 1: to the palace and was not even distracted by the
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  Speaker 1: gifts and all that. He went straight to work. And
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  Speaker 1: then the Bible tells us that when his brothers came
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  Speaker 1: and he saw them bow like he saw in the dream,
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  Speaker 1: you thought that it would be an opportunity for him
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  Speaker 1: to met out judgment. This is Joseph. Pharaoh said, I
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  Speaker 1: am Pharaoh. He said, only in the matter of administration
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  Speaker 1: will you be greater than me. As far as operation
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  Speaker 1: is concerned, Egypt is yours. He would have starved his
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  Speaker 1: brothers to death, but not Joseph. He said, you meant
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  Speaker 1: it for evil, but God turned it for good. Does
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  Speaker 1: that look like someone's testimony? But let me tell you this,
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  Speaker 1: and it is powerful counsel. Pride is a destroyer. Pride
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  Speaker 1: is a destroyer. I fight pride. I fight it with
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  Speaker 1: every sense of viciousness. And you will not know how
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  Speaker 1: hard it is to stay humble. humble if you have
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  Speaker 1: not done anything. There's no temptation. There's absolutely nothing there.
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  Speaker 1: It's like someone who doesn't have money saying I'm humble.
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  Speaker 1: You're not exactly right. I don't mean to insult you.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you're not. But you're not humble with respect
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  Speaker 1: to what? Humility is with respect to what is tempting you.
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  Speaker 1: That as a family, you will be people that have
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  Speaker 1: a signature of great achievement. Garnished with humility. That you
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  Speaker 1: can come to church and be such an unassuming person.
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  Speaker 1: People will almost misunderstand you until your works begin to
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  Speaker 1: speak for you at the gates. That someone will say,
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  Speaker 1: do you realize that this man, though an usher, let
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  Speaker 1: me tell you a bit about his credentials. And they
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  Speaker 1: begin to read something so inspiring. And in the midst
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  Speaker 1: of it, you still kneel down, you can still roll,
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  Speaker 1: you can still lift up your hands regardless the pedigree.
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  Speaker 1: Let me tell you the truth. Run away from people
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  Speaker 1: who make crying before God look like an embarrassment because
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  Speaker 1: you are lifted. I tell myself, may I never get
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  Speaker 1: to that point where when I come before the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: I don't come as a man of God. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: apostle to him. No. He's the one who sent me.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you are getting inspired. I'm challenging you because
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  Speaker 1: some of you, this is what God needs to... You
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  Speaker 1: found out that your life refused to go forward. I'm
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  Speaker 1: telling you, this is a diagnosis. When pride entered... It's
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  Speaker 1: like you switched off your ignition and you stopped moving.
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  Speaker 1: And all the stories you have to tell are stories
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  Speaker 1: of yesteryears. There's nothing God is doing now. The reason
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  Speaker 1: is because you have refused to acknowledge him. Let me
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  Speaker 1: show you one scripture and we'll move to the second
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  Speaker 1: point and then I'm done. Proverbs chapter 3, please, from
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  Speaker 1: verse 5. Never forget this scripture. Simple enough for you
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  Speaker 1: to remember. Here's what it says. Trust in the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Covenant nation, trust in the Lord with all thine heart.
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  Speaker 1: Then it says, lean not unto thy own understanding. Verse 6,
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  Speaker 1: in all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct
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  Speaker 1: your path. Please shout verse 7 if you are a believer. Ready? One, two, go.
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  Speaker 1: Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear the Lord God.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen people pray, pray right. I've seen people give right.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen people live right. I've seen people talk right.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen people serve their value with the highest level
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  Speaker 1: of excellence possible. And yet in a very shocking and
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  Speaker 1: sometimes inexplainable way, you cannot tell why they still don't
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  Speaker 1: get results. I know what the mercy of God is about.
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  Speaker 1: Are we together now? You know, when people clap about
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  Speaker 1: their crown, some of us will know where God brought
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  Speaker 1: us from. We are not ashamed to say, Lord, some
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  Speaker 1: may trust in horses, chariots. Some may clap because of
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  Speaker 1: the leverage they've had, leverage of maybe parents, leverage of wealth.
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  Speaker 1: But some of us are literally a testament of your
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  Speaker 1: mercy and your grace. Perhaps this may not be a
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  Speaker 1: word for everyone, but I'm speaking to someone who you
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  Speaker 1: know that God, there was no other way. No other way.
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  Speaker 1: You came to Lagos for want of what? Almost like
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  Speaker 1: a fugitive. Not knowing your left from your right, but
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  Speaker 1: look what the mercy of God. I mean, looking from hindsight,
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  Speaker 1: you will know that that was not wisdom at all.
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  Speaker 1: It was just the grace of God carried by his mercy.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps you came as a copper and you were completely confused.
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  Speaker 1: And now one year down the line, two years down
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  Speaker 1: the line, five years down the line, God has brought
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  Speaker 1: honor and glory to you. Someone in one minute, can
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  Speaker 1: you lift your hands and say, thank you, Jesus. Not
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  Speaker 1: just for Covenant Nation, for your life. Say, thank you, Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Take a minute. I don't know how you are going
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  Speaker 1: to say it, but say, thank you, Jesus. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: thank you it is by your grace and it is
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  Speaker 1: by your mercy that i am what i am today
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  Speaker 1: i am a ceo i still remember the times i
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  Speaker 1: used to beg you may say i thank you today
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  Speaker 1: i am an employer of labor as young or old
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  Speaker 1: as i am go ahead thank him thank him bring
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  Speaker 1: words mention them count your blessings it is all right
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  Speaker 1: to name them one by one for the minute or
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  Speaker 1: so that you have Someone be generous. Be lavish. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. Some of you came into this
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  Speaker 1: city confused, disoriented, and by the mercy of God, he
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  Speaker 1: gravitated you to this assembly. Now you've been mentored, you've
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  Speaker 1: been cultured, you've been built. Look the version of you
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  Speaker 1: that has emerged and the version of you that is emerging.
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  Speaker 1: Someone lift your hands and thank God. Thank him for
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  Speaker 1: the anointing. Thank him for wisdom. Thank him for the
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  Speaker 1: hand of God that is evidently upon your life. We're
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  Speaker 1: still saying thank you. Thank him for your wife. Thank
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  Speaker 1: him for your children. Thank him for your job. Thank
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  Speaker 1: him for his mercies. If the Lord had not been
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  Speaker 1: on our side, now may Israel say, covenant nation, are
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  Speaker 1: you grateful enough? Grateful enough to see his hand in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of storms. Grateful enough to see the finger
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  Speaker 1: of God. The first strategy for consistency, consistency is to
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  Speaker 1: remain humble, remain broken. Acknowledging the hand of God without
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  Speaker 1: which you would not amount to anything. Take a minute,
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  Speaker 1: you are not wasting your time. This is why you
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  Speaker 1: came to church. I see your faithfulness. I see your faithfulness.
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  Speaker 1: How can I forget? Forgive me. I repent here in
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  Speaker 1: church for forgetting that it was your hand upon my life.
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  Speaker 1: It was not just my uncle. It was not just
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  Speaker 1: my auntie. Someone is praying. That you have companies around Africa.
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  Speaker 1: Companies around the globe. You have become a notable voice.
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  Speaker 1: Some of you have made giant intellectual strides. All by
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  Speaker 1: the mercy of God. This was not how you started.
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  Speaker 1: Compare your version today. And your version the last 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
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  Speaker 1: 10 years. Go ahead. Take a minute. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: your hand. Thank you for your hand. In the name
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Let me tell
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  Speaker 1: you sincerely. I'm giving you a piece of my secret place.
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  Speaker 1: This is what I do. No matter how great. No
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  Speaker 1: matter what God does. No matter how spectacular. Once I
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  Speaker 1: return back home. Back to my knees. Back to my altar.
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  Speaker 1: I have returned to give God thanks. And you sign it.
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  Speaker 1: It is done. What is the next project? This is
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  Speaker 1: the attitude of winners. Some of you never return back
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  Speaker 1: to say thank you. You get so distracted by the calls,
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  Speaker 1: the new contacts, the new opportunities. Now you are CEO.
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  Speaker 1: Now doors are opening. Now you are flying around the world.
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  Speaker 1: Can I tell you the truth? The Bible says the
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  Speaker 1: things that are written are for time. They are written
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  Speaker 1: for our learning so that we through patience and the
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  Speaker 1: comfort of scripture might find hope. There are men who
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  Speaker 1: have risen from grass to grace. And there are others
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  Speaker 1: who have risen all... Come down from grace to grass.
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  Speaker 1: May you not be one of them. There was a
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  Speaker 1: man in the Bible called Nebuchadnezzar. On account of the
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  Speaker 1: abundance of pride within his heart, he was reduced to
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  Speaker 1: an animal. A beast. Remain humble. As God lifts you,
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  Speaker 1: remain humble. Don't mind foolish people. Don't allow them to
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  Speaker 1: massage your ego to your destruction. I'm not saying celebrate
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  Speaker 1: the hand of God. Celebrate the hand of God. Philippians
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  Speaker 1: 1 and verse 6 says that the communication of your faith, listen,
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  Speaker 1: might be effectual through the acknowledging of every good thing
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  Speaker 1: that is in you in Christ. It is not humility
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  Speaker 1: to refuse to acknowledge that this is the Lord's doing.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible said it is the Lord's doing. It's okay
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  Speaker 1: if it is marvelous in your sight and the sight
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  Speaker 1: of all who watch you. But the key is to
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  Speaker 1: be humble. The Bible says it this way. Let this
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  Speaker 1: mind be in you. Philippians chapter 2 and verse 5.
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  Speaker 1: Which was also in Christ Jesus. There was an orientation
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  Speaker 1: that he sustained. That even though he was God. Are
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  Speaker 1: we together now? And he did not consider it robbery.
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  Speaker 1: If he said he was God, he did not lie.
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  Speaker 1: But the Bible says he stripped himself of all that
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  Speaker 1: glory and that splendor. He humbled himself and carried the
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  Speaker 1: likeness of men. And then he died even then. death
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  Speaker 1: on the cross watch the blessings and the blessedness of
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  Speaker 1: humility the bible says verse 9 wherefore on account of
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  Speaker 1: this template this orientation god had so highly exalted not
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  Speaker 1: god had exalted The last time that word was used,
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  Speaker 1: it was highly favored. Now, there is highly exalted. To
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  Speaker 1: be favored alone is enough blessing. To be highly favored
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  Speaker 1: is another dimension. To be exalted in itself is an advantage.
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  Speaker 1: To be highly exalted, the Bible says, and he was
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  Speaker 1: given a name, an office, above every other office, that
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  Speaker 1: at the name of Jesus, the Bible says, every knee
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  Speaker 1: should bow. It's an instruction. Of things in heaven. Of
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  Speaker 1: things in earth. And of things under the earth. And
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  Speaker 1: then that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. The word Lord is the word Adon. Absolute master. Owner.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible says the earth is the Lord. And its
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  Speaker 1: fullness thereof. The walls and they that dwell therein. Are
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  Speaker 1: we together now? Many of us do not know the
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  Speaker 1: heights that are still left in the spirit. Greater prophecy
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  Speaker 1: upon your head. But it would take being humble and
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  Speaker 1: being broken. Has someone learned something? Let me give you
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  Speaker 1: the final key. And then we'll see where to end
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  Speaker 1: for this session. I hope this is a key that
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  Speaker 1: will open a door for someone. Perhaps you need to
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  Speaker 1: return back after church. And just take a few minutes
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  Speaker 1: to cry out your heart in repentance. To say I
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  Speaker 1: found myself again. Committing the sin of pride. Show me mercy.
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  Speaker 1: This is not condemnation. It's acknowledging. That you have been
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  Speaker 1: the enemy. Of your own destiny. Number two. The second key.
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  Speaker 1: As a strategy. For. Continuous. a strategy for longevity of impact.
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  Speaker 1: Are you ready?
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  Speaker 2: Never stop learning. Never stop learning. Never stop learning. Commit
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  Speaker 2: to continuous learning. Commit to continuous learning.
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  Speaker 1: John chapter 1 and verse 5. This is the ministry
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  Speaker 1: of light. Ladies and gentlemen, Please look at me. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible says the light shined in the darkness. It says,
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  Speaker 1: and the darkness comprehended it not. Provided there is light,
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  Speaker 1: there will not be darkness. Let me put this in
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  Speaker 1: perspective for you so you understand the power of what
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  Speaker 1: I just said. When the Lord was creating or recreating
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  Speaker 1: the earth as we know in Genesis chapter 1, the
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  Speaker 1: Bible says that God called the light day. and the
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  Speaker 1: darkness he called night you know what that means that
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  Speaker 1: day is not necessarily the chronological passage of time so
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  Speaker 1: you can be 12 noon if you don't have revelation
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  Speaker 1: you is still night for you are we together so
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  Speaker 1: we say good morning for morning good afternoon for afternoon
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  Speaker 1: good evening in the realm of the spirit good morning
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  Speaker 1: good afternoon remains for only careers of light If you
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  Speaker 1: do not carry light, any time of the day is
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  Speaker 1: bad night. In fact, not even good night. Because many
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  Speaker 1: bad things happen in the night. The Bible says, day
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  Speaker 1: that sleep, sleep at night. Are we together? Weeping endures
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  Speaker 1: for a night. There's a connection between night, darkness and weeping.
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  Speaker 1: Worthy is the lamb that was slain. Who is worthy,
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  Speaker 1: deserving to open the book and unlock the scroll. He says,
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  Speaker 1: I wept for no man was worthy to open the
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  Speaker 1: book and unlock the scroll. And the elder tapped me
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  Speaker 1: and said, weep not. For the lion of the tribe
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  Speaker 1: of Judah is deserving, qualified to open the book. And
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  Speaker 1: to lose the seven seals thereof. You know what that means?
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  Speaker 1: If the book cannot be opened and you cannot access
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  Speaker 1: the riches that are contained therein. Your weeping continues. He said,
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  Speaker 1: whip not. Somebody who is qualified to open the book
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  Speaker 1: has come. Many believers are ignorant or our knowledge is scattered,
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  Speaker 1: not methodical enough to produce profit. Please look at me.
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  Speaker 1: How many of you know that deal? D-E-W. How many
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  Speaker 1: of you know that that is water too? But it
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  Speaker 1: cannot fill your bucket. And it cannot profit you. You
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  Speaker 1: can't bath with dew. You can't come out and just
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  Speaker 1: turn around. And then say you've taken your bath. Although
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  Speaker 1: that is water. The same water you use to bath.
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  Speaker 1: The difference is that you have. Do you know that
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  Speaker 1: the dew that fills this room. You can put everything together.
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  Speaker 1: And it may not even fill a plate. And yet
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  Speaker 1: it makes a lot of noise. It stops you from
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  Speaker 1: seeing anything. And once you bring it down to a
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  Speaker 1: pure liquid point, you see that it's not amount to much.
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  Speaker 1: That's how many of us carry truth. Little of many things,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not to the degree that can produce profit.
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  Speaker 1: How many of you know that if we shut down
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  Speaker 1: the lights in this beautiful auditorium and you put your
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  Speaker 1: phone light, your phone light is light, but not light
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  Speaker 1: enough to turn the darkness in this place to light.
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  Speaker 1: 1 Corinthians chapter 8 and verse 2. A charge to someone.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to remain consistent. And if any man
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  Speaker 1: think that he knoweth anything, the Bible says, that he
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  Speaker 1: knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. There is
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  Speaker 1: a standard of light connected to every result you desire.
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  Speaker 1: Let me say that again. There is a standard of
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  Speaker 1: illumination that you must contend for. You want the anointing?
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  Speaker 1: There is a body of knowledge that supports that dimension
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  Speaker 1: of the anointing you desire. You want prosperity? You want increase?
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  Speaker 1: influence your assignment is to search for light and never
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  Speaker 1: stop never stop never stop never stop never stop at
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  Speaker 1: the senate of his apostolic ministry paul said that i
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  Speaker 1: may know him still pressing for knowledge still pressing for
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  Speaker 1: knowledge it's a secret that i've learned I learn from anything.
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  Speaker 1: I learn from anyone. And I try to structure my knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: What do I need to know more about ministry? What
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  Speaker 1: do I need to know more about finances? What do
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  Speaker 1: I need to know more about leadership? What do I
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  Speaker 1: need to know more about God? Don't say I know.
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  Speaker 1: You see that? What do I need to know? What
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  Speaker 1: else do I need to know? What else? You must
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  Speaker 1: have the heart of a learner. You learn passionately while
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  Speaker 1: you serve. Even with the crown on your head, you
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  Speaker 1: keep learning. You keep learning. You keep learning. You don't
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  Speaker 1: allow the crown to distort your passion to learn. That
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  Speaker 1: you are broken, you are humble, and then you keep learning.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what the Bible says. That the labor of the fool,
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  Speaker 1: the fool there is a description of a kind of person.
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  Speaker 1: The labor of a fool wearied every one of them. Why?
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  Speaker 1: Because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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  Speaker 1: There is a way to do ministry and win. There
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  Speaker 1: is a way to do business and win. There is
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  Speaker 1: a way losers do ministry. There is a way losers
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  Speaker 1: do business. There is a way losers try to look
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  Speaker 1: for money. Not an insult, but an honest truth. There
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  Speaker 1: is a way losers try to live their life. You
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  Speaker 1: must find out. Listen, let me tell you. God through
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  Speaker 1: the power of structured mentorship has distilled knowledge already. You see,
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of mentorship is that you have an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to sit down under constructive knowledge. Knowledge that is distilled.
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  Speaker 1: The sense has been taken away from nonsense. And you
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  Speaker 1: serve it and you are ready. It's ready for consumption.
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  Speaker 1: When you harvest something in a farm, it may not
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  Speaker 1: be ready for consumption. Many times. Are we together? But
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  Speaker 1: the difference between a farm and a restaurant. In a restaurant,
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  Speaker 1: you say food is ready. What does that mean? There's
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  Speaker 1: nothing to do. Just sit and eat. Hopefully pay. Or
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  Speaker 1: when somebody pays for it, you sit down and eat.
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  Speaker 1: I like the restaurant concept. You pay first. Are we together?
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  Speaker 1: But if and when you do, you sit down happily.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody asks you how you look. Nobody asks you your complexion,
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  Speaker 1: your age. Once you are able to pay, you sit
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  Speaker 1: with honor and take your time and enjoy your meal. Light. Light.
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  Speaker 1: High level spiritual illumination. Having their understanding darkened. Ephesians 4.18,
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  Speaker 1: being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance
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  Speaker 1: that is in them. As a man of God, contend
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  Speaker 1: for knowledge. Learn from those who know. Learn from those
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  Speaker 1: who know. Learn from the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Learn from the word of God. Follow them who through
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  Speaker 1: faith and patience have obtained the promise. As a businessman,
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  Speaker 1: there's no challenge you are finding today that is new
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  Speaker 1: to you. If it's debt, there are people who have
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  Speaker 1: owed billions of naira and dollars and they came out
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  Speaker 1: with the dignity of God. kingdom integrity don't let it
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  Speaker 1: swallow you in pride there is always a way out
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  Speaker 1: everybody's mountain is a representation of his ignorance and let
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  Speaker 1: me tell you the truth failure is not generic it
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  Speaker 1: depends on the absence of light that is there if
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  Speaker 1: there's no light everything can look like a mountain everything
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  Speaker 1: at all but once there's light light can deflate many
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  Speaker 1: challenges you see apostle my own problem is money i've
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  Speaker 1: issue of god i'm fine with god but this money
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  Speaker 1: it has refused to answer i respect your pain but
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  Speaker 1: it's not true i don't believe you if anything quite
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  Speaker 1: honestly you are in a place of opportunity you are
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  Speaker 1: already at a vantage position by reason of being across
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  Speaker 1: this territory But I don't have anybody. That's the point.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody has anybody. There are principles that bring people. Are
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  Speaker 1: we together now? The man said, I have no man.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about his story. The man
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  Speaker 1: at Bethesda. You mean he could not greet anybody for
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  Speaker 1: 38 years? He couldn't tell anybody, good morning, sir. Good afternoon, sir.
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  Speaker 1: And they say, I'm used to you. Let me help you.
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  Speaker 1: What did the other people do that they had men
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  Speaker 1: who helped them? The man said, I have no man.
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  Speaker 1: I have no man does not bring helpers. Commit. To
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  Speaker 1: a life of humility and brokenness. Commit to continuous learning.
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  Speaker 1: Continuous learning. Don't leave what brought you where you are.
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  Speaker 1: If coming to church and hearing the word. And growing
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  Speaker 1: is what brought you here. Don't allow with all due respect.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a CEO. I'm too busy. Thank God for the
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  Speaker 1: power of technology. You can access material. You can have
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  Speaker 1: the service online. And for many people you can even
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  Speaker 1: travel and be streaming while you are in the air.
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  Speaker 1: There's no excuse whatsoever. Let your lifting be an advantage,
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  Speaker 1: not a cost. Are we together now? Let what you
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  Speaker 1: have achieved not stop you from achieving what God desires
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  Speaker 1: for you. Let me stop here. We'll take a few
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  Speaker 1: minutes to pray. But I came with a burden in
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  Speaker 1: my heart celebrating 30 years and celebrating with this ministry.
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  Speaker 1: But the Lord put these words very strong in my heart.
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  Speaker 1: There is a strategy for consistency. Many of you have
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  Speaker 1: been too epileptic. Maybe your spiritual life is Maybe your career.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe your finances. And you are learning now that it
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  Speaker 1: is not all up to God. And it is not
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  Speaker 1: all up to you. It is not all up to God.
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  Speaker 1: And it is not all up to you. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know who God has spoken to today. It is not
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  Speaker 1: all up to God. It is not all up to you.
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  Speaker 1: Let me two minutes of your time and we are
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  Speaker 1: going to pray. And I want you to pour out
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  Speaker 1: your heart. Praying these keys. The grace to be humble.
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  Speaker 1: The grace to be and to remain broken. And then
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  Speaker 1: you cry for passion. Passion for continuous learning. Some of
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  Speaker 1: you right from church here, you should head to a
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  Speaker 1: bookstore before you get home. Buy the truth. The truth
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  Speaker 1: is not a gift. You buy it. There are currencies
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  Speaker 1: you use to buy the truth. Hunger is a currency.
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  Speaker 1: A hard currency that buys the truth. Humility is currency.
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  Speaker 1: Are we together now? Go ahead and pray. Take a
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  Speaker 1: moment and pray. Covenant Nation, take a moment and pray.
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  Speaker 1: As you celebrate 30 years of God's faithfulness, do not
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  Speaker 1: waste this opportunity. Invest this one minute you have in prayer.
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  Speaker 1: I obtain grace to be humble. In spite of the
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  Speaker 1: walkings of God in my life, I obtain grace to
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  Speaker 1: be broken. To remain broken, to remain malleable. To remain broken, malleable.
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  Speaker 1: Not above guidance. Not above counsel. In the name of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Someone is praying. A desperate person is praying.
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  Speaker 1: One who desires to go forward is praying. One who
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  Speaker 1: is ready for the next 30 years of achievements. Christ tarries.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead and pray. Pray for grace to remain a student.
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  Speaker 1: A student of learning. A student of knowledge. That you
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  Speaker 1: never plateau as far as your desire to know is concerned.
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  Speaker 1: That the more you know, the more you keep learning.
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  Speaker 1: The more you keep learning. Keep learning the ways of
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit. Keep learning the way of prayer. Keep learning
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit. Keep learning how ministry works.
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  Speaker 1: Keep learning how financial systems work. Keep learning how leadership works.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus Christ, let me stand upon
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  Speaker 1: the grace that is in this house and just speak
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  Speaker 1: over someone. That in the mighty name of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: I speak Exodus 14, 14 and 15 over someone. He said, Moses,
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  Speaker 1: how come verse 15? Why do you cry unto me?
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  Speaker 1: The nation of Israel, they were standing in front of
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sea. The Egyptians behind them. He said speak
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  Speaker 1: to the children of Israel. That they go forward. I
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  Speaker 1: declare over someone who has been stagnated in whatever area.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus the son of the living God.
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  Speaker 1: Go forward. Shout a believing amen. Go forward. Spiritually go forward.
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  Speaker 1: Financially go forward. In the name of Jesus Christ. In
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  Speaker 1: your health go forward. Family go forward. The Bible says
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  Speaker 1: the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the
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  Speaker 1: lot of the righteous. I decree and declare calamity will
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  Speaker 1: be too late to arrive your life. Calamity will be
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  Speaker 1: too late to arrive your life. In the name of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Numbers chapter 1 and verse 5. Let me
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  Speaker 1: call forth your destiny helpers. Numbers 1 verse 5. Every
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  Speaker 1: time God gives you a mandate, there are men anointed
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  Speaker 1: to stand with you. Wherever they are, around Lagos, business partners,
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  Speaker 1: financial helpers, prayer partners. I declare, may they gravitate towards
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  Speaker 1: your life. May they gravitate towards your life. exodus chapter
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  Speaker 1: 3 and verse 21 and i will give these people
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  Speaker 1: favor in the sight of the egyptians and it shall
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  Speaker 1: come to pass that as ye go ye shall not
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  Speaker 1: go empty i declare over you emptiness dies forever emptiness
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  Speaker 1: dies forever emptiness dies forever emptiness dies forever in the
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  Speaker 1: mighty name of jesus it says by you i can
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  Speaker 1: run through a troop by my god i can leap
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  Speaker 1: over walls let me speak over your september and your
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  Speaker 1: october and your november and your december experience speed experience
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  Speaker 1: speed in four months achieve what 10 years could not
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  Speaker 1: give you in four months achieve what 10 years could
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  Speaker 1: not give you In the name of Jesus Christ. And
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  Speaker 1: I pray that every grace that God has invested upon
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  Speaker 1: his servant, may that grace be replicated in your life.
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  Speaker 1: If it's wisdom may it be replicated. If it's influence
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  Speaker 1: may it be replicated. The Bible says for your shame
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  Speaker 1: you shall receive double. I pray for someone who has
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  Speaker 1: cried through the night. Let this be your season of laughter.
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  Speaker 1: May this be your season of laughter. In the name
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord Jesus. May this be your season of laughter.
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  Speaker 1: May the hand of God rest upon you. Go from
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  Speaker 1: glory to glory. In the mighty name of Jesus. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible says, listen, when Isaac came and Jacob manipulated the
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  Speaker 1: process and came as Esau, Isaac asked him a question.
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  Speaker 1: He said, how come you have brought this speedily? He said,
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  Speaker 1: because the Lord has brought it unto me. I pray
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  Speaker 1: for you in the name of Jesus. What others are
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  Speaker 1: looking for? May God, who is the helper, Ebenezer, may
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  Speaker 1: he bring it to you. May he bring favor to you.
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  Speaker 1: May he open doors for you. And I decree and declare.
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  Speaker 1: Every door that has refused to open. I declare by
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  Speaker 1: the voice of prophecy. May it part heater and teeter.
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  Speaker 1: May it part heater and teeter. In the name of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Lift your hands and give Jesus praise. Honor
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  Speaker 1: him and appreciate him. Come on.