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The Gifts of the Spirit pt 7: The Power Gifts · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. that as the teaching of God's word
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is going, you can receive healing? Do you know
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that as the teaching of God's word is going,
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you can receive a word for someone and the person
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will receive because of you? Do you know that
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there can be walkings of miracles as the teaching
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of God's word is going? So when you come to church,
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and the word of God is being taught, expect miracles.
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When you come to church and the scripture is
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being explained, expect healing. So it's not
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until when we call you out, there is a time for
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that and there's a season for that and we will
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do that. But when the word of God is being taught,
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regularly expect healing. Expect healing. Because
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the scripture says it is the power of God. Scripture
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is the power of God. So as we teach in this church
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regularly, when pastors are teaching, do pay
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attention that you can receive healing. You can
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receive miraculous working in your life. Your
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faith is set up for someone to receive as pastors
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are teaching. So this morning, We'll be teaching
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on the power gifts, right? The power gifts, which
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we started from catatismus. And we said we'll
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continue to build on it as we come to church.
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We'll continue to build on it as we come to church.
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You see, when you come to a church like this,
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right, you need to be... You need to pay attention
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to everything that is taking place, right? You
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need to pay attention. When I mean paying attention,
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whether you're in the cell meeting, whether you're
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in church, whether you're in training center,
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whatever you are, you need to, you know why?
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Because what we are teaching, right, are lines,
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are layers upon each other that helps you to
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grow. That is why I insisted that the entire
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chapter of 1 Corinthians 12 be read. Right? Who
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knows why? Who can explain why? Why I insisted
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after explaining that everything is connected.
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Because what we reviewed in cell meeting, some
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of those scriptures are from here. Right? Some
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of us didn't read the book and we didn't do the
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review. You see, to grow, you need wholesome
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teaching. Wholesome teaching comes from every
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meeting that the church puts in place. So in
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the cell meeting, you see that we touch on ministry
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gifts there, which I believe pastors will come
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and teach much more about it, right? And that
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is in the same chapter, right? We have that in
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the same chapter, in chapter 12. So it means
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that while you are learning the gift of the Spirit,
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the ministry gifts are also being taught. We
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read it in the book and it's being taught in
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Selmite and will be taught. So by the time you
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are done, you are ready for ministry. To minister
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the gift of the Spirit and to understand these
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offices and the ministry gifts. Do we get it?
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So by that you would understand and grow. Hallelujah.
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So let's be paying attention to whatever is being
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done. 1 Corinthians 12, verse 1 to 31 is already
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read. It's already explained, read actually.
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So 1 Corinthians 12, verse 1 to 31. Now a quick
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revision, right? We're going to quickly do a
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quick recap of what we did in Karatismos because
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some of us were not here for that meeting. And
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we talked about that the spiritual gifts, What
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we call the spiritual gifts, they are divided
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into their operations. Their operations of the
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spiritual gifts are divided into how many? The
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operations of the gifts of the spirits is divided
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into how many? How many? Three. Okay, what is
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the first one? What is the first one? The second
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one, you can chorus it. The second one, revelation,
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right? Ultron's revelation. And what's the last
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one? The power gifts, right? The power gifts.
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The power gifts. And we can see that in verse,
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we can see that from verse 9. So 1 Corinthians
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12, verse 9. He said, to another, faith by the
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same Spirit. To another, the gift of healing
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by the same Spirit. Verse 10. To another, the
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workings of miracles. Right? The workings of
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miracles. So these, these three are the power
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gifts. So if you're in that meeting, you should
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write it down. That the power gifts are... In
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1 Corinthians 12, verse 9 to 10. To another faith
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by the same Spirit, to another gift of healing
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by the same Spirit, to another the workings of
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miracles. So these are the three things that
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we want to consider today. Of course, we know
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diuresis, right? Diuresis is diversity. Means
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that there are diversities of operations. So
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why do we have these three? Where did we come
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from to arrive at Ultron's revelation and power
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gifts? Go to that same scripture, verse six.
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Verse six. It says, and there are diversities
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of what? Operations. But it is the same God.
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Who worketh in all. Diversities of what? Operations.
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So it means that the things of the spirit, they
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are ways by which they operate. It means working
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out. Right? The word diversity is diuresis. And
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the word operation is energema. I think we talked
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about that. Energema. E -N -E -R. G -E -M -A.
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Diuresis and edema, which is diversity of operation.
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E -N -E -R -G -E -M -A. It's it from this word,
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operation. Another word you can use for it is
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workings. Workings. You can put it active working.
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Actively working. Actively working. So it therefore
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means that energy, ma 'am, right, will refer
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to actions. Actions that take place for us to
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know what is at work. So there are actions that
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takes place. There are actions that takes place.
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And it is from this word that we have these three
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explanations, that we see that there's utterance
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gifts, there's revelation gifts, and there's
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power gifts. So it is from this word, operations,
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that we have these three explanations. And but
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Scott Steen has taught us, taken us through utterance
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in Karatismos. Now, what are power gifts? Write
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down. What are power gifts? What are power gifts?
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You can write this down. God, through His Spirit.
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God, through His Spirit. In us. God, through
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His Spirit in us. Can intervene. God, through
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His Spirit in us. He can intervene in the physical
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affairs of men. God's true spirit in us, the
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believer. That tells you that person is a believer.
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It tells you that person has the spirit of Christ.
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Can intervene in the physical affairs of men.
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That takes place on earth. The physical affairs
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of men that takes place on earth. So, while we
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can give revelation and we can tell you God's
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direction for your life, right? You might say,
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oh, this one, Pastor knew it by the Spirit and
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he has informed me and I grew. While we can pray
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in tongues, right? And we can give interpretation
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and we can give prophecy. And in your life, You
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are working out that prophecy that you have received
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according to the instructions of God. Right?
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So you're working that out. As you have received
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the prophecy, you are working in the prophecy
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that has been said regarding you. Revelation,
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you received the word of reason, word of knowledge.
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There are gifts that is physically seen on the
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spot. And that is power gifts. So, we can say
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that it means that natural principle will give
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way. to the divine power of God. Natural principles,
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it will clear a way for the divine power of God
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to have its course. Natural principles will give
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way for the divine power of God to have its course.
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Natural principles will give way for the divine
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power of God to have its course. This is power
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gift. This is how power gift function. So it
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does not function in a way that you have to wait.
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You see it on the spot. When someone has faith
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for another person to receive, which we are going
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to teach, the person receives. When they lay
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hands on you, healing takes place. Because the
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scripture established that these are the things
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that are found in the spirit. There's the miraculous.
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There's the miraculous. Genesis 18, verse 1 to
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8. Genesis 18, verse 1 to 8. Let's see. We say
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the natural will give way for the supernatural,
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for the divine power of God to have its full
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course. This is power. I'll read from verse 1.
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And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains
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of memory, and sat in the tent in the heat of
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the day, and lifted up his eyes and looked, and
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lo, three men stood by him. When he saw them,
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he ran to meet them from the tent of the door
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and bowed down towards the ground, and said,
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My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight,
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pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.
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Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and
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wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the
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tree. And I will fetch a mussel of bread, and
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comfort ye your hearts, after that ye shall pass
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on. For therefore ye are come to your servant.
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And they said, So do as thou hast said. And Abraham
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hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said,
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Make ready quickly three measures of a fine meal,
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knead it, and make cakes. upon the earth. And
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Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf
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tender, and good, and gave it unto a young man.
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And he hasted to dress it. And he took butter
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and milk, and the calf which he had dressed,
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and set it before them. And he stood by them
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under the tree, and they did eat. And they said
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unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,
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Behold in the tent. And he said, I will certainly
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return unto thee. According to the time of life,
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and know, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And
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Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind
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him. And Abraham and Sarah were, Now Abraham
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and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age.
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And it ceased to be, With Sarah, after the manner
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of women, therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
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saying, After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure,
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my Lord being also old? And the Lord said unto
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Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall
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I of a short bear a child, which am old? Is anything
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too hard for the Lord? At that time, At the time
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appointed, I will return unto thee according
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to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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Sarah shall what? Shall have a son. Now, what
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is taking place here is that Abraham and Sarah,
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their family, they had a divine visitation. So
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this is a divine visitation, right? If you see
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from the beginning, it said the Lord appeared
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to them, right? And in the appearance, we saw
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three men, right? We saw three men. And what
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was the news they brought through? They brought
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a news, right? They gave an instruction. So we
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can see that in the course of fellowshipping
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with these three men, right? With these three
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divine, we will call them divine visitors, right?
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In the course of fellowshipping with them, you
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see, while they ate, Abraham was there. They
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ministered something to him. And what they ministered,
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is what we see in the New Testament as the power
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gifts. Why do we see it as expression of the
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power gifts by the divine power of God? Because
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in verse 9, right? I think verse 11 says it more
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better. It said, Now Abraham and Sarah were old
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and well -strengthened in age, and it ceased
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to be with Sarah after the manner of what? It
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means that she has reached a stage, by natural
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circumstances, she is not supposed to have a
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child. So by the time and season of life and
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age, Sarah had bypassed, she had passed the stage
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of anything natural taking place. So it would
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therefore mean that the birth of Isaac was divine
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too. Do we get it? It means that the natural
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state of Sarah was bypassed to bring forth Isaac.
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Are you with me? That is the expression of the
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power gift of God because the natural was suspended
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for the supernatural to have its course. Hallelujah.
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So, When we talk about power gifts, you should
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be expecting something in your life, right? Let's
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say you're sick, that it will be suspended. The
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natural situation and circumstance will be suspended
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for the supernatural to take place. So if you're
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expecting healing, expect that that disease will
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disappear. That is what it means. So when you're
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expecting divine healing and the power of God
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to function is that it will disappear. You will
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not see it again. So I'm building expectations
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for you. I'm helping you to build expectations
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so that when we call you out to come and receive,
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you are expecting that as pastor lay hands on
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me, this thing will disappear. That as pastor
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touch my head, this headache will go for life.
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You see, we have to build this expectation. Very
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well in you. So that when you come to receive,
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you can receive well. You can receive well. Look
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at Sarah's reaction. She laughed. Will this thing
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be? Will this thing be? Now let me show you something
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as well. You can go and take time to read the
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scriptures. And you can see it. I saw a pattern,
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what I can call a pattern, not necessarily a
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motif, but just one time I see it and I'm sharing
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it, is that the same way the natural, right,
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was suspended, of course, Abraham's heart was
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still going on to her again and then she gave
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birth, right? But it therefore means that by
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the time, it wasn't like Mary's case. Right?
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It's a fact that, okay, she stopped having the
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possibility of having a child because of age,
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but while Abraham still went on to her, she had
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a child. Do we get it? So that's the natural
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suspended than the supernatural harvest place.
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Right? It's similar to the case of Mary. Right?
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That one too, the natural was suspended for divine
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to harvest place. That is the power of God that
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came upon her, the spirit of God in upon her.
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So this is the power gift. These things happen
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in life. So build your expectations. If there
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are things that you have used drugs, you have
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used medicine, you have seen the doctor, you
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have tried, and it's still there. Build the expectation
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that when we call you out and lay hands on you,
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it will disappear. Hallelujah. Are we together?
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So the pattern I saw is that I observed there
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is the same pattern that happened, right? While
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Isaac painted the picture of Christ who is to
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come, in the case of Christ himself, right? Through
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the divine power of God, something happened.
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Now write this down. This is different from decoy
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or what some people call providence. This is
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different from decoy. This divine power of God
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working, power gift is different from decoy.
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Some of you that are in training center, you
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know what they call decoy. You know what we call
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the providence. Decoy is when God uses the mistakes
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of men and navigates, yet he brought forth his
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plan. So decoy is when God uses the mistake of
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men. While men are making mistakes, yet somebody
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is believing and carrying on the message. Are
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you getting it? So you can check across the scriptures.
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You will see that while God is communicating
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his message and men are planning to toil and
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destroy that plan, someone was believing and
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passing the message. Another one will believe.
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In a generation, Caleb and Joshua. Right? So
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that is decoy. God, despite your unbelief, right?
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God will walk, you know, God will walk throughout.
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That's decoy. And that takes time, right? Because
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it has to walk through. how men are functioning
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and all of that. Power give works instantly.
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This is what we've seen. It works instantly.
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It works on that physical issue. You see it take
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place. You can write, it is the interruption
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of the natural. It is the interruption of the
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natural. It is the interruption of the natural.
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Exodus 14. So we've seen, we can say that the
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divine itself allowed this power to function.
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Right? As we see in the case of Abraham, God
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himself put it in place. God himself suspended
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that which is natural in a man's life and family
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and brought forth a supernatural plan. So let's
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see Moses. You know, like I already said, you
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have to pay attention to a lot of teachings from
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Moses as you're teaching. Or as you are learning.
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Exodus 14, 16. Just write the scriptures down.
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Exodus 14, verse 16. Exodus 14, verse 16. Verse
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21 to 22. Verse 21 to 22. Exodus 16 verse 13
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to 15. Exodus 17 verse 5 to 7. Exodus 17 verse
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5 to 7. Now, Exodus 14, 16 says, But lift thou
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up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the
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sea, and divide it, and the children of Israel
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shall go on dry ground through the mists of the
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sea. Right? Now, this is not fiction. This is
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not movie. Okay, this is not CGI. Okay, this
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is the power of God at work. So something that
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had never happened before took place there that
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the sea would part and form walls. Now, I think
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it says the sea formed walls around them and
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they passed on dry land. That is the power of
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God. That is the miraculous power of God functioning
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for the deliverance of people. 21 verse, verse
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21 to 22. And Moses stretched out his hand over
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the sea and the Lord caused the sea to go back
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by a strong east wind. All that night amid the
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sea dry land and the waters were divided. And
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the children of God went into the midst of the
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sea upon the dry ground and the waters were a
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wall unto them. on their right and on their left.
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This is the divine power of God that is still
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at work today. It's still at work today. Right?
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We see the physical being suspended for the natural.
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Exodus 16, 13 to 15. We'll run a little bit.
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Exodus 15, 13 to 15. Exodus 16, 13 to 15. As
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you just pray, you know, just be praying in your
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hearts. Pertaining circumstances that you thought
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have been difficult, that God, that these circumstances,
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this natural, will give way to the supernatural.
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As you are reading those scriptures, be praying
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in your hearts that these natural circumstances
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that has been abiding, that by the power of God,
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it will give way to the miraculous power of God.
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Now look at this one, another one which is quite
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historical, 16 verse 13 to 15. And it came to
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pass that at the evening, quails came up and
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covered the camp. And in the morning, the dune
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laid round about the host. And when the dune
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that lay was gone, was gone, behold, upon the
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face of the wilderness, there lay a small round
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thing, as small as a whole frost. It means that
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they saw something they had never seen before.
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Something that they had never ate before. Something
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they had never experienced before. They didn't
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have a name for it. They said this has to be
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manna. Then Moses gave them maybe an explanation
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to that word. He said, this is the bread from
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heaven, the bread of God that God has provided
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for you to eat. So we see divine provision, right?
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Power gift can make divine provision available.
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Power gift can what? Can make divine provision.
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Some of you, we have believed for you. and something
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has happened in your life. You see, there's a
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way this teaching will get to. I'll be calling
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some of you to come and share your testimony.
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You know why? Because sharing increases the faith
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of other recipients. When you share, it increases
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the faith of other recipients that have been
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saying, is this thing real? So they will see
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it in your life. They will see how it happened
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and they will be ready to receive. So there will
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be a time we have to share. You know, we've not
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really given more time to testimony, but we have
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to share because in Karates, a lot of people
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receive. A brother was sharing with me on Friday
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and, you know, some of you have shared with me
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how divinely the power gift of God. When we tell
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you that you should call your parents back home,
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we are not saying it because it's not a way to
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end the service. It's not a way to end the service.
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It's a way to tell you that call them because
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we expect it will happen. We expect that it will
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happen. So sharing raises the faith of the recipients.
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And as well, it increases the faith, right? Of
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we that administers it. Of you that administers
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it. Do we get it? So when you lay hands on someone
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and the person got healed, right? Don't pray
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for someone and the person... You just forget
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about it. No. Right? Ask. You know, some of you
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are scared. What if I ask? The person says he's
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not. You deny it. Ask. Ask the person. When you
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pray for someone to receive him, call the person.
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Have you been healed? How is it? Ask the person.
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The manifestation, the demonstration comes. See,
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even if you ask, let me tell you, I'll share
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my experience with you. I pray for someone, right?
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And I just met a person in the hospital in Astana
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here. And I prayed for the person. And after
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some time, I just feel it. After some time, I
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prayed for the person and I went to meet the
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guy. And the guy is not a believer, right? He's
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not a believer. And the brother told me his mom
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was having cancer. So he brought her down from
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their country to be treated. And I just, in Astana,
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I just blocked him and just prayed for him. And
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after some time, I called him. And he just, how
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is your mom? He now told me that she passed.
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Right? He said, she passed. Now, I begin to,
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because then, that was quite a time. I begin
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to, there's power gifts. I begin to stop. Within
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my spirit, immediate, you will not stop. He said,
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you continue. He said, you continue. Right? You
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continue. Say, you don't understand what happened
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in this context. But that does not stop your...
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It's God that is at work, right? Through you,
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right? Your responsibility is to keep laying
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hands. Your responsibility is to keep praying.
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Your responsibility is to keep functioning in
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that ministration of the gift of the Spirit.
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Right? You will see the healing. Daddy, I sat
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down. I took time. I started thinking. Say no,
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say no. He said, you don't understand the entire
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context of what happened. You just met the guy.
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You just administered to him. Right? So you don't
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understand. So just keep doing it. So I never
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got myself discouraged. After that time, if I
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see anybody again, I'll still pray for the person.
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Right? So don't be discouraged. Don't be discouraged.
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Don't be discouraged. Have I seen the one that
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we have prayed for and the person got healed?
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Yes. Many. We pray for your praying, they get
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healed. We pray for this person, they get healed.
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So the power gift is your duty there is to keep
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administering it. Do we get it? Your duty is
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to keep desiring that the supernatural will continue
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to prevail in natural circumstances around you.
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That's your duty. And that is what we are calling
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you to do. So as someone who administer this
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as a believer, you must keep expecting that surrounding
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me, Now, there's a point I wrote here, which
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of course I'll still read. I wrote here, I said,
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you do need to have some special formulas. The
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reason why you always want to think that you
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have to go back to pray, you have to do some
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72 Psalms, you have to first go and check your
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life, you have to first, you know, sanctify yourself
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and do three days of fasting is because it has
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not become a regular practice in your life. So
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if I had stopped, right? I'll stop. It means
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that probably the next day I'll try it. I'll
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be doubting it. So if I stop the moment that
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person says, ah, since I prayed, I will start
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doubting. That was doubt set in at that moment.
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But when I continue to practice, there is no
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doubt. There is no doubt. So you don't need some
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special formula to work it out. Right? Moses
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did not say, guys, wait. Let me go and pray and
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fast for seven days. Or let me go and do this.
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He administers the power gift, the miraculous
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on the spot. He administers it there. As the
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instructions come, he administers. So power gifts
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are not something that you go and come and say,
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let me go first. It's doubt that it's working
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though. When you see the circumstance in the
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natural, you do what? You lay hands. You heal.
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Hallelujah. 1 Kings. 1 Kings 17. Which I think
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I touched a little bit upon in Karatismos. 1
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Kings 17. You will see something in Elijah's
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life. 1 Kings 17. Verse 7. Now, just go to verse
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11. Just go to verse 11. It's 1 Kings 17, verse
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7 to 16. Actually, 1 Kings 17, verse 7 to 16.
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Write that down. Then we can start from verse
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11. I know God will heal somebody here. I believe
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strongly that he will heal someone here. Some
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of you have circumstances that you have held
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on to and you have doubted. But the power of
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God will begin to work that circumstance out.
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Verse 11 says, And as she was going to fetch
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it, he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray
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thee, a mussel of bread. So they are in a dying
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circumstance. Israel was in a dying circumstance
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facing the Red Sea. Right? They are in a dying
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circumstance because there's no more provisions.
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But look at what Elijah said. He said, And Elijah
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said unto her, Fear not, go and do as thou hast
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said, but make me thereof a little from it, a
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little kid first, and bring it unto me, and after
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make for thee and for thy son. Look at the next
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statement. He said, For thus saith the Lord God
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of Israel. The priority of me shall not waste,
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neither shall the cruise of oil fail, until the
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day the Lord send rain upon the earth. Where
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did Elijah get this one from? Go to verse 8 and
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verse 9. He says, And the word of the Lord came
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unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath,
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which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there. I
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have commanded who? A widow woman there to sustain
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thee. So it means that God was communicating
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something to him that there's abundance somewhere.
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Somewhere I've made an abundance. God is communicating
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that I have made what? Abundance somewhere. Did
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the woman know that? No. But the man of God knew
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it. Right? So when the woman came and when Elijah
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came and the woman was saying, This is what's
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in the natural. This is what is available. Did
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you get it? She said, in the natural, this is
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what is available. And in the natural, we are
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about to die. But the man of God had a divine
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word. Hallelujah. See, I have a divine word.
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I have a divine word that I can work in the supernatural.
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I have a divine word that I can work in the power
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gifts. I have a divine word that I can heal the
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sick. I have a divine word that miracles can
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happen through me. Hallelujah. The man of God
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had a divine word. So what did he do? He said
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that divine word. He said, Ask. He said unto
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her, For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The
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barrier will not waste, neither shall the cross
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all fail until the day. That was the divine word.
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That there is abundance somewhere, though she
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cannot see in the natural. He brought it to pass.
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Say, I bring things to pass in the supernatural.
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Things in the natural are giving way for the
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supernatural through me. So what did we see there?
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We see that Elijah received a word from the Lord.
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That's the first thing. He received a word from
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the Lord. That is why he said you have a divine
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word. That the things of the Spirit functions
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through you. You have a divine word. That the
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things of the Spirit does what function. Elijah
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had what? He received a word from the Lord. Verse
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8 and 9. He received a word. That there's somewhere
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the supernatural is already taking place. You
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just need to go there and bring it to the physical.
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That was what he did. Right? He said, there's
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some who have made abundance provision. She can't
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see it. But you as a man of God, when you get
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there, bring it to pass in the natural. That
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is what we do when we walk in the power gifts.
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In so many circumstances that are surrounding
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you, they are already solved. You don't know.
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They are already solved. Oh. What you need to
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do is to bring it to pass in the natural. Let
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us see it. Let there be a display of the healing.
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Let there be a display of the abundance provision.
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Let there be a display of the miraculous. Things
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around you are already responding. It is you
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that will make it visible. So Elijah received
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a word from the Lord God, verse 8 and 9. The
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second thing is that it is a word that there
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is abundance. It is a word that there is abundance.
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For you is the world that the supernatural walks
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through you. It is the world that the supernatural
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walks through you. If I may say, the world is
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the world of abundance. There's abundance, supernatural.
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Pay attention to circumstances around you. There
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are many of us that healing passes through you
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and you let it go. Like some healing should have
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been administered by you. You just allow the
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person to walk away. Thank you, Jesus. Pay attention.
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When people come around, pay attention. There
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are some things that you should be ministering
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to people, but you are letting them go. Those
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things are supposed to build your faith as you're
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ministering them. You're letting them go. Do
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we observe that Elijah did not go back to meet
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God and say, let me go and meet God first. If
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that word is still sure. You know, some of us,
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when you are praying, when you say, let the person
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be healed, let the person be healed. You say,
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let me go and fast. You are going back to ask
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God, God, is the things of the Spirit still in
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me? Can we walk in it? Some of us, some people
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will not even make it worse. Will you give it
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to this person? What is will you give it to this
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person? That is what you do when you say, I want
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to go back three days, seven days of prayers,
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take oil, water, mix it together, shake it. Pour
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it on your head or you come and pour it. You're
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wasting time. Somebody who knows the power has
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released the person. Before you came back, the
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person has received healing because you are planning
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formulas. It doesn't work that way. So you don't
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go back to ask God. You don't go back to ask
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God and say, God, is he available? No. You administer
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it because it's a sure word. It's certain that
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it's active, ever present, ever working. In you.
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Is active. Ever working. In you. Now there's
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one thing about this gift as well. There's one
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thing about this gift. I think. Pascosti hinted
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us on it. That these gifts. Work together. They
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work together. Right. The power gift. The revelation
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gift. The. The. Ultron's gift. They work together.
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you will see that actually there was a pronouncement.
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There was an utterance. Do we get it? There was
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an utterance. So what we see there is that Elijah
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said an utterance. He said, as long as God liveth,
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right? Thus saith the Lord, this oil will not
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fail. This abundance, it remains until the day
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rain that will bring the natural one. Right?
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would come to pass. So he said, this supernatural
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will continue until the time that everybody wants
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the natural things will join it. So there was
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outrance. So power gift also comes with what?
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Power gift comes with what? Outrance. That's
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when we are healing the sick. We are calling
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the name of the disease, calling the place that
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is feeling the pain and we are saying something.
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Thus said, The Lord. It works with all trans.
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We are saying something to that disease. We are
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saying something to that circumstance that it
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will cease. So the power gives us to work with
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all trans here. You can add the scripture Acts
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chapter 3 verse 6 to 7. Acts chapter 3 verse
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6 to 7. Some of the scriptures, we'll come back
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to them again. but to see. You will see that
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even Peter spoke something. He said something,
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right? So you will not just do, touch the person
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and walk away. That's faithlessness. Like you
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are not sure of what you are doing. See, touch
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the person. That's not how to administer healing.
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See, that's not how to do it. There's an oppression
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as with these functions. So, when you are administering
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these things, right, you are saying something.
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Someone called you, right? Someone called you,
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said, ah, they are going to chase me out of my
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house so I don't have rent and all of that. You
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can, the gift of faith functions in a way that
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you just, don't worry. God is making a provision.
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Right away, God is making a provision. The person
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who dropped the call called you back. He said,
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Provision has been made. Provision has been what?
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Has been made. I have been preserved in that
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house. This is how it functions. Because you
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said it. So if you didn't say it, you say it
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in your mind. Where is the person's faith built
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up? Where is the edification in the things of
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the spirit? The things of the spirit must what?
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Edify. The gift of the spirit edifies, isn't
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it? It edifies. So the person who is receiving
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is edified. Then the person has expectation to
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see, right? Some of us, one of the things that's
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used to do, let me just share with us, is for
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people who are still growing. Just an example.
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So you receive a word for someone, right? Receive
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a word for someone. You did not share it, right?
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You have seen by revelation that God is going
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to work certain things out through that brother.
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You did not share it. You doubted it. Someone
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else now shared it, right? Because you refused
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to alter it and bring it to pass in the natural.
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Ah, me too, I saw it. Ah, I was about to tell...
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You did not edify the person. The person will
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just be looking at what are you talking about.
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You never gave me an entrance that edified me.
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Right? But you know that that thing was true.
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You saw it. True, right? You knew it within your
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spirit. You now became the confirmer. Instead
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of you to be the one who is administering it
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and others will confirm it. Right? So you must
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utter, you must say something. Right? You must
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say something. Acts chapter 3, verse 6 to 7.
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Then Peter said, silver and gold. Right? Is that
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natural? Is silver and gold natural? Okay. Silver
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and gold, maybe the guy needs money for some
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operation, right? Maybe the guy needs some funding,
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you know, to do some surgery, right? The person
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has been scheduled to go into the theater for
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a number of days. But silver and gold, you can
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say you have none, but see what you can give,
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just like Peter gave. He said, silver and gold
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have I none. But as such that I have, which is
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supernatural, as such that I have, give ID. In
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the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, do what?
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Rise up and what? And walk. So you say what you
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want to see when it comes to the power give,
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right? This is what I want to see. I want to
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see healing. You are healed. There is no more
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pain. There is no more helmet. You say it. As
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much as I have, I give, healing, you receive.
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There is no more lack in you. You will go to
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those offices and they will respond. They don't
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even know how they are responding to you. It's
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the miraculous power of God at work. He said,
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as much as I have, as such that I have, I give
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it in the name of Jesus Christ. Rise up and do
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what? And walk. Now. Look at what Peter now added
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to it. What did he do? He took him by the right
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hand. And what? And lifted him. These are things
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that happen through the power gift. He said something
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and aided the man up. So all trans. is important
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in administering the power gift. We're going
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to explain the three of them one by one, but
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you must know that this utterance is important.
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It's not something that is done unconsciously.
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It's not something that is done in passing. It's
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not something that is done, you know, haphazardly.
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That is why when you come, we want to administer
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to you, we ask you questions, right? We ask you
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questions. What is the circumstance? We will
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not just say, oh Lord, is healed in general.
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No. What is happening? Tell us. And when you
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say it, that thing is addressed directly. Hands
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can be laid on legs, laid on shoulders, laid
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on head. So we see all trends in this. Now, since
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we've seen divine provision, let's see again
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something. So we say faith for divine provision,
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right? In Elijah's case, faith for divine provision.
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Now, if you move further to verse 17 and 24.
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1 Kings 17, right? Verse 17 to 24. Something
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else again happened in the woman's life. You
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know? She just seems to have too much coming
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around. She just seems to keep having these reoccurring
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issues and something. And imagine someone that
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has administered supernatural, she almost wanted
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to say he's not a man of God. Let me take you
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to the verse. Now, go to verse 24. It said, And
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the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know
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that thou art a man of God, and the word of God
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in thy mouth is truth. You ate manna, because
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I can liken what she ate to manna. Can we liken
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that? Yes. That's divine provision. What was
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taking place in the house, we can liken it to
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manna. You did not believe. So, when another
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problem now came, right? They now solved that
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one. Maybe she's doing at the mouth of one or
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two or three witnesses. Maybe that's what she's
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trying to do. But do you observe that consistently
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Elijah continued to minister? You must be consistent
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in these power gifts. Let it be your regular
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place. Be consistent. The more you do it, the
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more it functions. The more you see it, the more
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you get used to it, the more it becomes your
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natural. It becomes your natural. You must become
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regularly. Someone asks you for this, you pray
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for the person. The person calls you again, there's
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circumstances. Pray for the person. Minister
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the gift. And it came to pass after these things
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that the son of the mistress of the house was
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sick and his sickness was so sore that there
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was no breath in him. And she said to Elijah,
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what have I done to you, O man of God? And thou
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come to me to call my sins. You know, this is
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the ideology then, right? To call my sins to
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remembrance and to slay my son. Now, if you go
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to verse 22. He said, the Lord heard the voice
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of Elijah and the soul of the child came back.
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He said, 21. He said, and he stretched himself
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upon the child three times and cried unto the
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Lord and said, O Lord God, O Lord my God, I pray
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thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
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So he entered the supernatural and said, bring
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this child back to life. Power gives divine provision.
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What do we see here? Power gives what? Healing.
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Or the miraculous, right? Because the child was
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dead, right? But he said it's as good as there
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was no life in the child, right? So we see that
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within a man's life. Now, this is what makes
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much attention goes to this kind of people in
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the scriptures because of the power gifts. But
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every believer can do what? Can work in the power
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gifts. Can you begin to pray in the Holy Ghost?
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We'll stop here. Can you just begin to pray?
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I just want you to pray in tongues. Circumstances
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in your life in the natural that you want the
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supernatural to take place, can you begin to
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pray in tongues and put them into order? Can
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you pray in tongues? Circumstances in your life
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that have delayed for long. Circumstances in
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your life that have dragged for long. Circumstances
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in your life. Can you pray? We appreciate you
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being here today. We hope you carry this word
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