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Staying on Fire for God · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Hi there. Welcome to NECF. We're excited to share
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to enrich your faith. Here's today's sermon.
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Praise God. Turn to your neighbor and say, it's
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wonderful to be in the house of the Lord. It's
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wonderful to be in church today. I think I'm
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seeing someone I've not seen in a while. Nice
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to see you, Serge. Praise God. Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord. So we're going to, I really
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thank God for the opportunity to be here, to
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be able to stand before you, to teach. Thank
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you so much to the lead pastor. Thank you so
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much to the pastor for another opportunity. And
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we thank God for the Believers Conference. We
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thank God for what God... has stirred up in our
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hearts, and this is one week after. One week
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after. So I want you to look at yourself and
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say, with what you have received, are you acting
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on what you have received? Are you acting on
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the instructions that you have received? Ask
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yourself that question, and then we're going
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to look at what we're going to be looking at
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this morning, and we'll continue on Wednesday.
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And the topic is staying on fire for God. The
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topic is staying on fire for God. Staying on
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fire for God. Staying on fire for God. Staying
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on fire for God. And our key text is from Romans
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12 verse 11. Romans 12 verse 11. It says, not
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lacking or lagging. Indiligence. Not lagging.
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Indiligence. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
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Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. I like the
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NLC. The NLC says, never be lazy, but work hard
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and serve the Lord enthusiastically. TPT. It
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says, be enthusiastic to serve the Lord, keeping
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your passion towards Him boiling hot. radiate
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with the glow of the Holy Spirit and let him
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fill you with excitement as you serve him. I
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like the last part. It says, let him fill you
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with excitement as you serve him. Are you serving
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the Lord with excitement? Are you, you know,
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there's something about when you come, you do
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something over and over again. Sometimes it becomes
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I think some people will say it gets boring.
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We're doing the same thing over and over again.
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There's no flavor, no spice. We're not doing
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it slightly different than before. There's something
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about when you come to something again and it's
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almost like you've never done it before. Because
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you're expectant that there's something new that's
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going to spring forth from it. And I want to
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start this with... I think this period has been
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coming to mind very strongly. I remembered, I
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think it was when Pastor Victor was sharing in
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the meeting, and I remember the whole, I think
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it came to me strongly, and it keeps coming back
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to me, the whole experience of the National Youth
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Service that we're doing back in my country,
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Nigeria. And for some people, it's just one of
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those things, compulsory things that you have
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to do to serve. And for me, I think when... Getting
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to the bus, driving all the way, those of us
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from Nigeria, driving all the way to Oshun State
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to go and serve is an experience that, you know,
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if you think about it, you're going to somewhere
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you've never been before. It should put some
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fear into you. But there's the excitement that
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I had that I'm going to somewhere to go and serve
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for one year. It doesn't come natural. You know,
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some people, there's no natural excitement to
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go. You're going somewhere. And it's very interesting
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because my dad had already worked out how he's
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going to work it out. And how my younger brother,
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because we served at the same time, my younger
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brother, how my younger brother is going to be
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here. And he's going to be here. I'm going to
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be here. And everything. And the way God rearranged
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the thing. And then it still looked worked out
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because I still think to today, you know, we
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don't know how it worked out, but it worked out
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beautifully. In the sense that I was serving
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in this state and my younger brother is serving
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not far from the state. But the experience for
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me was going there, I was excited. In the sense
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that the journey itself was somewhat supernatural.
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Just meeting people that you never met before,
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but they were just interested in wanting to see
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you move forward or wanting to see you do well.
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And then when I landed in the place, there was
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now calls coming in. Oh, we know somebody there
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that will help you to fix it here so you'll serve
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in the capital and all of that. I wasn't really
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interested. I just wanted God to do his thing.
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I didn't want me to work it out for God because
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sometimes we have a tendency to want to work
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things out. But that was the impression I had
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and I was not interested. In fact, I was dodging
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a particular man in the camp that they were telling
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me to see before the three weeks was over. I
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dodged the man until the day I received my call
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-up letter. And then I went and met the man.
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The man said, what is wrong with you? I've been
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looking for you. And I will see the man. I will
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just be. So I avoided the man until the day when
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I received my call -up letter. And I walked up
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to him. And when I walked up to him, I told him,
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I said, I've got him. I said, why didn't you
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come and meet me? I would have sent you to the
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capital. And I was like, I just said a lot of
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stuff and skipped the whole thing. And then I
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went to the place. And I think a friend of mine
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had walked. He paid. He did all of those things
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to be able to get to the capital. And the story
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was a sad story afterwards for him. Praise God.
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But for me, I went there with an excitement or
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a zeal, as you will, or commitment that is just
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for one year. When we're done, we leave. You
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know, when you know when something's going to
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end, you have understood that this thing is just
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one year. And one year will go very quickly.
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Those of us that have been in Cyprus know that.
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The years pass very quickly on the island. You
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will be thinking of when you came and where you
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are now. And before you know it, you're done.
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So the part I'm getting to is where five of us
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were posted to a particular school. Five of us.
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Five. One, two, three, four, five. I was one
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of the five. And once we arrived there, every
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other person went in front to see the principal
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and then states whether they're going to stay
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or whether they're going to leave. The first
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person went to the principal and then I think
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it was the guy. The guy said, oh, that I don't
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want to serve in a private school because a private
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school, I'm going to be stressed. He said, just
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give me a rejection letter. Second person, I
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think the second person was the person that said,
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oh, that he will be reposted out of the state
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to some other state that he has an uncle. Then
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the third person now said that, oh, you have
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an uncle. Can you please walk? it out for me
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too as they are working out yours. And then you
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just, then the fourth person now came. I think
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the fourth person's own was the one that was
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very interesting. He met the proprietor, the
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owner of the school at the side and told the
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proprietor that, actually, I'm a public speaker
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and I have speaking gigs. I stay in Lagos. So
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from time to time, I'll be wanting to come in
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and go out and all of that. And the man looked
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at him and said, I, I don't work with irresponsible
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people. I don't work with irresponsible people.
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I like people that know what their work is, know
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what they're here for, and they do it. And the
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man told him straight out, and then he collected
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rejections. So all these people have collected
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rejections. It was my turn now. So the principal
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said, should I write a rejection letter for you?
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I said, no, I'm not with them. I'm not with them.
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I came here. I know that it's one year. I'm just
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going. So she was like, wow. When the proprietor
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got back home that evening, he asked the principal,
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because the way it looked to him was like everybody
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was going to collect the rejection and leave.
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And then he asked and he was like, oh, why did
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you decide to stay? I told him, I said, I decided
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to stay because this is what I came for. This
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is the reason why I came for. And I'm excited
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to do what it is that brought me here for. And
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then when I'm done, I know that I'm done with
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it. And that itself was what fueled my passion.
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for that particular one year. And when it was
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time for me to leave, I was excited because I
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knew, and I knew that it wasn't just my teaching.
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There's a lot of sides that has to do with what
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God has called me to, because basically when
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they carried me from the camp, you know that
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was the work of ministry they were doing. You're
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going to go and you're going to serve in the
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Nigerian Coppers Christian Fellowship, and that's
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basically what you're going to do. And then in
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itself, prepared. me for the many things that
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came ahead. And what I want us to just pick out
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from all of this is that you don't want to get
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consumed by the crowd. There's what they refer
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to as a crowd mentality, where you put yourself
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along with the crowd, because where the crowd
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go, you will also go. And if you don't have a
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stance at that point in time, you will flow with
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the crowd. And that's very dangerous because
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what the crowd gets is what you get if you stick
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with the crowd. But you want to have an understanding
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of what you're called to do, understanding of
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why you're there. That in itself will tailor
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the things that you're going to do afterwards.
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And it's very important that we bear that in
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mind and it's going to help us in the things
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that we're going to be discussing. Staying on
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fire for God. Staying. on fire for God, staying
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on fire for God. So let's start with what does
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it mean to stay on fire for God? What does it
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mean to stay on fire or to be on fire for God?
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What does it mean to be on fire for God? What
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that means is that you're a person that is living
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with a passion, commitment, and a zeal for God,
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his work, and his people. You're living with
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a passion. You're living with a commitment and
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a zeal for God and his people. And this passion
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is not a half -hearted passion. This passion
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is a whole -hearted passion for God and his people.
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And how many of you know that when someone is
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passionate about something, it is evident. Praise
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God. It is evident. And it is even contagious.
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It is evident and it's contagious. How many of
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you have been around someone that is passionate
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about something and all of a sudden you just
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start becoming interested in that particular
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thing? Because they are very passionate about
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it. They talk about it. They discuss. There's
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no conversation they will have and they will
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not bring it inside and then you will hear it
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over and over. In fact, you will end up associating
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them with that thing totally. Many of us have
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friends like that. And that in itself would influence
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your understanding, will influence your commitment
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to every other thing. And for some of us, I think
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I'll go back to this again just to establish,
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from Catartismus or from the Believers Conference
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till now, what has happened to your commitment?
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Has it increased? Or is it where it used to be?
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Or has it gone down? And when I was preparing
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my digital on this, I say for some people, their
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spiritual life is like this. It's like it fluctuates
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like a stock exchange market. It's like there's
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bearish trend. Then after a while, there's some
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bullish trend. I think those of us that do Forex
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will be able to understand. It goes up. After
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a while, it comes. It's almost like it's a circle
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of ups. downs, ups, downs. It's like you're just
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going up and down and that is basically how your
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spiritual life, if they were to show you a chart
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of how it doesn't stay, even if it goes, it stays
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there for a while, then it goes down a lot and
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then it now comes up and then stays. Some people,
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their own is down for a while until another believer's
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conference, then it will come up again. It's
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like the margin between the down and up is a
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lot further. than others. Praise God. I want
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to present it to you that your spiritual life
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doesn't have to be a chart, a up and down chart.
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It can be this. Even if it goes down a bit, it's
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still on the safe margin. Praise God. Praise
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God. That is basically why Apostle Paul will
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be saying, your spiritual life doesn't have to
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be dwindling or later to fade into. And when
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something happens, some spiritual experience
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happens, then you come back again. Maybe one
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hot prayer meeting or something like that. It
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doesn't have to be what would determine how your
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spiritual work goes. And Apostle Paul instructs
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us in this particular text to be fervent in spirit.
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Fervent in spirit. Fervent in spirit. And in
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all seasons we can be. In all seasons we can
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be. And it's our responsibility. Yeah, God is
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able to keep us, but we have a responsibility
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to ensure that we guard the things that we've
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received. And what we're going to be looking
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at in today's teaching is we're going to see
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reasons why we lose our fire and some practical
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biblical steps on how to maintain it. It depends
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on wherever we start or continue. And the word
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fervent is Z -E -O, fervent. Z -E -O -Z -O. It
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means to boil with heat or to be hot. And that's
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why TPT says to boil hot. To boil hot. Fervent
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is Z -E -O. It means to boil with heat or to
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be hot. It is used for utmost passion. Something
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that takes a lot of attention. or it sometimes
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connotes something that burns, something that
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burns. And we know that when there's heat, many
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of us become uncomfortable, right? When there's
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heat, many of us become uncomfortable. When it's
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warm, and there'll be a time that we prefer,
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we like heat. When the weather changes, we'll
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switch to a point where we'll now be needing
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the heat so that we can stay warm. But that...
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It's very important because we have a body temperature
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to maintain with regards to the physical physiology
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and all of that. But with your spiritual life,
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you're not regulating to maintain a warm temperature.
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And you see that in certain things that happen.
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And let's go to Revelation 3. Revelation 3, verse
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15 and 16. And in Revelation 2 down to 3, you
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see, it speaks of the seven churches. And Laodicea
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is the last of those seven churches. And Laodicea
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is referred to as the lukewarm church. It's referred
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to as the lukewarm church. You have the different
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churches. There's the dead church. There's the
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faithful church. And then Laodicea is referred
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to as the lukewarm church. It says, I know your
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works, that you are neither. Hot, no cold. Understand
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that if you're neither hot nor cold, it means
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that you're what? You look warm. Meaning that
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when we taste of you, you're not hot, you're
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not cold. And it's a problem because we can't
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place you in a particular, you're now in between.
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It's like, I used to say this in class, you can
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either be inside this building or outside this
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building, right? There's nothing like being in
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the world. But some people can do that when they
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are in the building, but their minds are outside
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the building. We can refer to it as, because
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you probably are here, but you don't get any
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information that's given. And for some people,
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that's basically where they find themselves.
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They are drifting out of the building, but they
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are physically in the building. Praise God. It
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says, you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you
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were one of those. Because, you know, when you
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are hot, we know where to place you. When you
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are cold, we know where to place you. When you
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are between all, like we don't know where. Praise
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God. 16 now says, it says, so then because you
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are lukewarm or neither hot nor cold, I will
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spill you out of my mouth. Note that there's
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the, this here goes to illustrate how it's very
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important that we are. because it would be great
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for us to be hot. Just imagine when you come
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into this place and then everybody is greatly,
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in fact, we're competing with ourselves on who
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is the hottest. Praise God. You know, I think
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one thing hit me very hard was during when, I
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don't know whether it was Pastor Fred or Pastor
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Koston that said, and that your listeners will
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be more than the pastors. I think it was you,
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sir. Everybody was like, ah. It was like radio
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silence. I was like, what is going on here? We
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don't want to outdo. No, no, no. We don't want
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to. The ones we can see and the ones we cannot
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see. Praise God. What are you expecting? That
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we give you and then you stay? You don't want
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to. I'll shine your master. This is funny it
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is. No. With the work of God, you want to be
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as hot as you can be because there's a lot that
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happens when you're hot. There's a lot that happens
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when you're hot. How many of you know that there
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are certain things that cannot stand fire? How
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many of you know that there are certain things
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that cannot stand fire? When you're on fire,
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there are certain things you will not even see
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because what fire does is that fire consumes
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anything. That is not meant to stand. Even gold
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is refined with fire. Because what fire does
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is that fire will destroy every impurity. And
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what will remain is the gold. Praise God. What
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will remain is the gold. So being on fire involves
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a heart that burns for God's purposes and for
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God's people. Being on fire involves a heart
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that burns for God's purposes and God's people.
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It's very important that we note that. And why
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is it important that we stay on fire for God?
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Why is it important that we stay on fire for
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God? The work itself demands it. The work itself
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demands it. And we say, fervency. is seen in
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our service to God. Fervency is what is expected
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in our service to God. God doesn't expect anything
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less than fervency. God doesn't expect anything
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less than our fervency. And first and foremost,
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the walk itself demands it, as I said, and in
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our weakness into the world, fervency, fire,
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is what ensures that we are effective in that
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walk. A passionate believer will shine brightly.
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Because if you're communicating something that
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is able to change someone's life and you're not
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doing it with the passion that it... You know,
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how many of you have tried to sell something
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to somebody and then you just... The person will
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know... You see that this product is... This
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product is not... I don't think this product
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is legit. This person is not saying... There's
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no energy. There's nothing. They're just trying
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to... sell something. It's like they give you
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and they say, sell it. And then you're just doing,
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you're very complacent about it. And we need
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that to attract, we need that to bring people
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into this kingdom. And it's very important. And
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when our faith is vibrant, it's able to impact
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the people around us. When the faith that you
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have in the things, and that's why we hold on
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to the things that we're being taught. And we
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hold on to it faithfully. Because in our communication,
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it will, that, The energy that you put into holding
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on to it will be seen in how you dispense it.
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Praise God. And it's very important that you
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put that in mind. He says, our fervency is seen
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in our service to the Lord. Very important. And
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it's evident. And it's contagious. Remember,
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he told us about how when somebody that is very
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passionate about something comes around you,
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you will catch that passion. Praise God. You'll
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catch that passion. And it's also very important
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for our spiritual growth. is very important for
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our spiritual growth. Because how many of you
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know that in all that you can receive in God,
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there is still room for more? There is no, I
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have attained it. There is no, if you come to
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that place, I will tell you, you are gone. That
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is the indicator that you need help. Praise God.
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Staying on fire and sustaining your growth and
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your resilience in the face of trials is very
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important. Because without passion, you will
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risk spiritual stagnation. Without passion, you'll
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be stagnant spiritually. You'll be the same place
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you were yesterday, the day before yesterday,
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a month ago, two months ago, a year ago. That's
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where you're going to be if you don't stay on
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fire for God. If you don't stay on fire for God,
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you're going to be the same place you are. And
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when he says, be fervent in spirit. How many
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of you, I think, let's go to Acts 18 .25. Acts
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18 .25. Let's see. Our brother Apollos. I think
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start from 24. It says, now a certain Jew named
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Apollos. Born at Alexandria, an eloquent man
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and mighty in scriptures came to Ephesus. He
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says, this man had been instructed in the way
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of the Lord and being fervent in spirit, he spoke
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and taught accurately the things of the Lord,
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though knew only the baptism of John. This man
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came fervent in spirit. eloquent, everything
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put together and he was communicating what he
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knew. Praise God. In our day and age, that one
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he knows, he will communicate that one. What
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he knew was the baptism of John but he was doing
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it and because he was doing it, Priscilla and
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Aquila were able to take him out and then sharpen
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and sharpen what he was. brought him and straightened
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him out and was able to train him and to bring
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him up because he's already fervent. How many
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of you know that when you are cold, it's going
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to be... In fact, the person that's trying to
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help you, where do we start from? Where do we
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start from? How do we put fire to the person
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that is not... So now we go to the second part,
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the other part, which is how do we lose this
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fire? This is very important because I think
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when I was preparing this, I... sense that a
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lot of us don't even see the ways and the things
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that causes us to lose our commitment, to lose
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our zeal, to lose our passion. And please pay
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attention to this part. Because what happens
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is that you don't come into that place of spiritual
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complacency by accident. You don't come there
25:27
by accident. And what happens is that it will
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slowly calm, and it's not like there are specific
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choices that you can lay your hands on that you
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made that resulted to you. There are little,
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little things that get you to that point of spiritual
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complacency. And I want us to see one. The first
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one. The first one is exposure to dishonor. Right?
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Exposure to dishonor and keeping the wrong association.
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Exposure to dishonor and keeping the wrong association.
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And I use the word exposure because some of us
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will probably not, because now we're in the age
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where there's social media and people want to
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have subscribers. And they have figured out that
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there are certain things that we can do to get
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people's interest. And they now get a niche,
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right? They get a niche and then they will now
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put nice thumbnails and then you'll just be scrolling
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innocently. And then you click and then you say,
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ah, I like what this person is saying. And then
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you subscribe. And then what happens is that
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once you subscribe to the person, anytime, you
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know, they say subscribe, click the notification
26:42
button when you come. So anytime there's a latest,
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it will pop on your feed. And some of us, we
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have, so I don't know how some people do it.
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There was a time in my life where I just, I did
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not know what I got myself into. I just clicked
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allow notification and then all of a sudden you'll
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just be seeing. And the worst is that you will
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not see any space again because some of us are
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subscribed to a lot of things because when we
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say, ah, I like this person, subscribe. I like
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what this person says, subscribe. And before
27:07
you know it, you cannot see your screen again.
27:10
You have your wallpaper, but you've forgotten
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the last time you saw it. Maybe when there was
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no internet, that was when you saw your wallpaper.
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Praise God. What happens is that it's one of
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the subtle ways where people lose their fervency
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because what happens is that they are exposing
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themselves to individuals. that dishonor ministers
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of God or dishonor certain things. You just subscribe
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and the person will be talking about how speaking
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in tongues is rubbish. And then you just, and
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then you believe in it, but you're hearing out.
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You're listening to the person. And just imagine,
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for some of us, we'll take our time and then
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watch like hundreds of those videos. And it's,
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you know, when I say hundreds of videos, you'll
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be like, ah, how about now? Just take, look at
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the year you subscribed till now. The year you
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subscribed till now. And then sometimes you check,
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sometimes, you know, now they have shorts. So
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shorts, you will not even realize that you have
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watched up to hundreds of the person's content
28:13
because shorts is the summary of the main video.
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So in those shorts, they put the punch. You want
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the punch line and then you will not listen and
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then you will not know what he has done to you.
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Until later on, you'll be looking for fervency
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and you can't find it. You'll come and you'll
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be expecting prayer to recover what you spend
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more time listening to those people than even
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praying. Praise God. That is one. Remember we
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said it's not just the exposure, because I said
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it's an exposure. And the exposure is a subtle
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exposure. It's just a harmless, it's a YouTube
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video. Harmless and it's not, and the funny thing
28:53
is, it's not pornography. You know, it's not
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any of those ones that you say, oh, this one
28:58
is African as well. That one is there for some
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of you that are looking at me. That one is there.
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You cannot be watching pornography and then you
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think your spiritual life will somehow elevate
29:08
to a particular status. You watch all of that
29:14
and then you have them criticize ministries,
29:16
you have them criticize all of those things and
29:17
then you expect that somehow. And one thing about...
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criticism is that once you are given into different
29:24
forms of criticism, it's just a matter of time
29:27
you will shift that criticism to your own pastors.
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You'll be like, hey, I've heard it somewhere
29:34
that if the person starts going in this direction
29:36
and then you now end up, we don't know what you
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have received because we did not give you that.
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Praise God. Because you got it from somewhere.
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And it's very little because sometimes there's
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a place where you watch it and then you're like,
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ah. So people preach this kind of thing. Then
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when you now start talking about it, talking
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about it, it is slow. Before you know it, it
29:59
will now enter a place of pride. Say, me, I cannot
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teach this kind of, how can I? You know, we were
30:05
taught elsewhere. Then before you know it, you
30:08
now enter a place where you are actually, but
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you know better. If the person had known what
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you know, it wouldn't be a different situation.
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Praise God. And some of us, we even do it to
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our parents. because you know. Then when your
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dad or mom say, oh, this is, he say, no, no,
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no, mommy, mommy, calm, calm, calm down. You'll
30:29
be talking, you'll forget that it's the person
30:31
that gave birth to you. The person taught you
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the smalls on the school that helped you to,
30:36
you were not finding the club. Praise God. So
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understand that our parents had given us what
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they, so when you are doing that, do that with
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a sense of honor. I think when pastor, Victor
30:50
was teaching us to say, honor is you seeing the
30:52
person the way Christ sees the person. Because
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you're looking at that person and saying, okay,
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this is a person that is bought with a price
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as you are. So you don't dishonor them in that
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regard. And I want us to see something very,
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in the life of, in Miriam's situation. So let's
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look at Naomi, I said no Naomi. Let's look at
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Numbers 12. Numbers 12. Numbers 12. I want us
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to see a situation happen and you'll see it's
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subtle. Numbers 12, yeah. 1 and 2. Numbers 12,
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1 and 2. So it says, Then Miriam and Aaron spoke
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against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman
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whom he had married. Please pay attention. Because
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of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married. For
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he had married an Ethiopian woman. It says, so
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they said, has the Lord indeed spoken only through
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Moses? Has he not spoken through us also? And
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the Lord heard it. Praise God. I want you to
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see how it transitioned from the woman he married
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to a thing of God speaks to us through, like
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God speaks to us through. It was the woman he
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married, right? That was the, because go back
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to one. He says, it's because of the Ethiopian
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woman whom he married. So that should be the
32:21
problem, right? That is the problem. But now
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in verse 2, how did he move from the woman he
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married to whether he hears God? Whether God
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doesn't speak to them. So how did you move to
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that? You know, sometimes when you are arguing
32:39
with people or there's a misunderstanding, you
32:41
want to ask them, what are we arguing about?
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What is the problem? So that you can address
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a specific problem. Not the... You know, some
32:50
people just want to... You say, you do too much.
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What is your problem? Before you know it, they
32:59
are attacking every part. They are not telling
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you one thing, but they are saying, you, in fact,
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I don't like this one. I don't like this one.
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And then you end up... And I don't know how many
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of us will be very... We are very much aware
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that this is Moses' older sister, right? It's
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Moses' older sister, and Aaron there is the brother.
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So it's almost like it's a family situation.
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So it's like, and then Moses is not the... And
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I want you to see how Miriam, in Exodus 2, verse
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4, see how Miriam was very... You know when you
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have a sister that cares and loves you so much?
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You know, in Exodus 2, verse 4, we see that...
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This sister was the one that ensured that Moses
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was safe because she just had a baby brother.
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And then she's trying to see that this person,
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and then when you go to 7, verse 7, it says,
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she was observing, verse 7, 2 verse 7, Exodus
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2 verse 7. So then his sister said to Pharaoh's
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daughter, so when they had found, when they had...
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Gotting Moses out of the water, she came out
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and said, ah, shall I go and find a nurse for
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you from the Hebrew woman that will nurse the
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child for you? So, meaning that this sister,
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and then say, ah, let me go and find, and then
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you know that she ended up bringing the mother,
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her mother, which is his mother, to come and
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nurse the child. And then, also when this progressed,
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you see in Exodus 15, I want you to see how,
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so that you understand where... where this person
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was at to where they are at in this point. Exodus
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15, verse 20, 21. Exodus 15, 20, 21. It says,
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Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron,
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took the timbrel in her hand and with all the
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women went out after her and then timbrels with
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a dance. Then 21 now. It says, And Miriam said
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to them, Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed
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gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown
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into the sea. And this is what she was just echoing,
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what Moses himself has started in verse 1. Just
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go to verse 1. You'll see that this is someone
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that was leading the women in dance. He's a prophetess,
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leading the women in dance with what Moses had
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already said. So the question now is, you move
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from there. What would likely have caused the
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problem is a bit of, you know, during that whole
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time, the children of Israel were just complaining,
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murmuring, grumbling, and doing all of that.
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And there's a likelihood that that would have
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seeped in a bit of dishonor, and then there's
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a bit of jealousy, because verse 2 tells us that
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very clearly. Moses, God speaks to you the way.
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You know, some people, you come to a place where
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you say, ah, I hear God too now. What are you
36:08
telling me? What are you telling me? Who do you
36:10
think you are? Me too, I hear God. Do you think
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you're the only one that can hear God? Praise
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God. It's not about who hears better, right?
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It's about a structure of leadership that God
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has placed and that was addressed. I want us
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to go to 1 Samuel to see another example. Boy,
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different example. This one is on a positive
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note. 1 Samuel 1 verse 12. 1 Samuel 1 verse 12.
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And note that all we're talking about is exposure
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to dishonor and keeping the wrong association.
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So 12, it says, and it happened as she continued
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praying before the Lord that Eli watched her
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mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart, only her
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lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore
37:08
Eli taught she was drunk. So Eli said to her,
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how long will you be drunk? Put your wine away
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from you. 14. So Eli, okay. But Anna answered
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and said, no, my Lord, I am a woman of sorrow.
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of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine
37:29
nor intoxicating drink, but I poured out my soul
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before the Lord. But I poured out my soul before
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the Lord. Do not consider your servant a wicked
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woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint
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and grief I have spoken until now. 17. Then Eli
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answered and said, Go in peace, and the Lord
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of Israel grant your petition, which you have
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asked. 18 now. Says, And she said, let your maiden
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servant find favor in your sight. So the woman
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went away and ate, and her face was no longer
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sad. Praise God. Note that the prophet had misjudged
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what was going on. Meaning that the prophet can
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make a mistake, that your leaders can make a
38:20
mistake. But you don't want to use the mistake.
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to now give them a piece of you. Some people,
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they are waiting for any opportunity that they
38:29
can to give you what is in your heart. And most
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of the times, you don't know what is in your
38:34
heart because you don't know the things that
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you have been listening to, all those things
38:38
you have exposed yourself to that will make you
38:40
say certain things that you will end up regretting.
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And that's why, notice that she had a concern.
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And that brought her to the place of prayer.
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And then, She had every right to say, Yousef,
38:54
you're not looking at somebody. See the way I'm
38:58
crying. You're just there, just telling me that
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I'm doing this, I'm doing that. Is it fair? That
39:06
was not what she did. But she made her plea and
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then got the result. And notice that after he
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had spoken to her, she went away different from
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the way she came. Commitment will make you stay.
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Keep your eyes on what you came for. Whatever
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the person says should not distract you from
39:28
what you came for. Praise God. Some of us, we
39:32
allow ourselves to easily be triggered by the
39:37
things people say and feel and we end up missing
39:39
what we came for. It's very important that we
39:42
pay attention to that and trust that we don't
39:45
find ourselves in a place of dishonoring. the
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person that will help you. I think something
39:50
that keeps on coming back to us is that God's
39:53
method to meet your need is still this man. God
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used Eli to meet her need. If she had decided
40:02
to destroy it, she would have left that place
40:05
without what she had been praying and believing
40:07
God for. So you want to trust God's method, even
40:10
if sometimes they can misunderstand, they can
40:13
be some form of error because we're not... It's
40:18
by this grace of God that we're able to do the
40:20
things that we do and do it well. Praise God.
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So it's very important that we put that in mind.
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And then let's stay a bit on keeping the wrong
40:26
associations. I want to repeat it over and over
40:30
again to your hearing. For those of us that got
40:32
a word during the Believer's Conference, that
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you're going to be growing and because the way
40:43
you are now and the way... you will see a big
40:47
difference. But there's the associations that
40:50
you need to end your relationship with. I think
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when I was praying and meditating on this, what
40:58
came to mind was that I think we were taught
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in the Believers Conference. I think Pastor Victor
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had led us through what happened to Saul in his
41:09
conversion. So just picture this. Acts 9. Saul
41:15
had that encounter. Then what Saul decided to
41:18
do, instead of seeing brother Ananias, he now
41:21
decided to continue with his friends. Just like
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he still has contact. He's still WhatsAppping
41:28
them, chatting with them, just like continuing
41:31
his relationship with them. What do you think
41:33
would have happened to his life? Huh? He will
41:37
go back to the business now. It's just a matter
41:39
of time. They will just say, we miss you. You
41:42
know, your zeal in this scene, nobody has matched
41:44
your zeal. You need to come back. There are places
41:47
we need to go to. You know, before you know it,
41:50
that's it. That's the end of the call of God
41:54
upon his life. But that was not the case. And
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I want to sound this and sound this very strongly.
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Whether you like it or not, your association
42:02
is very key. The association is what will sow
42:06
seeds of doubt. You know, none of you, you finish
42:10
this month, and then you now, and the group of
42:12
those friends, they are now sowing seed. You
42:14
say, what are you talking about? This is not
42:15
all this church. We have done it. We have done
42:18
it. There's nothing inside. They just got you
42:20
excited. That is all. Just give it one week,
42:22
two weeks, it will be over. And then they would
42:25
stir you up, and then you find yourself losing
42:27
the favor that you have gotten already. Praise
42:29
God. How many of you know that it's not, it's
42:31
not, you, God cannot be blocking. He's not the
42:35
one that will block them. You're the one that
42:37
will block them. You will see the problem and
42:39
you block the problem. And some of us are not
42:41
using the block function. We're not utilizing
42:44
it. Praise God. And I'm not saying, Pastor is
42:48
telling us to block. See, you are here. And then
42:53
in your WhatsApp contact, there are people that
42:57
do drugs. And you are carrying them. And give
43:00
me an example. There are people that deal drugs
43:02
and then you know that you have a problem with
43:04
drugs and then you still have them in WhatsApp
43:05
contact. What do you think you're going to do?
43:08
You, one day when something, you say, let me
43:11
just, let me just forget about certain things
43:14
and then you go there. Praise God. Know that
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your association with these people, and I remember
43:19
I said that when someone has a passion for something
43:22
and then you hang around them, it's contagious.
43:26
It's contagious. Some of us came to this church,
43:29
when they say pray, you just be looking. But
43:33
from the time you started to now, at least you're
43:36
making progress. Now when they say pray, at least
43:39
you try to move a bit. Not look at us like, who
43:42
got me? How did I find myself here? Praise God.
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So you want to understand that. That is very
43:49
important that if you want to make progress,
43:51
there are certain groups of people that you have
43:53
to disconnect from so that you make progress.
43:56
And then you know that we will get to that part
43:59
when we see how to. You want to reconnect to
44:00
the group of people that will help you to make
44:02
progress in the direction that you seek to make
44:05
progress in. So very quickly, we'll do the B
44:07
part, which is distracted. The B part, the first
44:10
part was what? What did we say the first part
44:12
was? Exposure to dishonor and... wrong association.
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Then the second part is now distracted by the
44:20
past and over familiarity with the present. Distracted
44:27
by the past, put in brackets, distracted by the
44:29
past, carnality. Distracted by the past, carnality,
44:32
and then over familiarity with the present, with
44:36
the present. So I want us to go back to the children
44:40
of Israel in the wilderness. I want us to go
44:43
back to the trillion reason or whatever. Let's
44:45
just take a step back. Numbers 11. Numbers 11,
44:48
4 to 6. Numbers 11, 4 to 6. And in Numbers 11,
44:53
4 to 6, it ties in with what we had just seen,
44:56
which will help us to make a segue into what
44:59
we are looking at now. Note that it says, now
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the mixed multitude were among them. yielded
45:08
to intense craving. Now the mixed multitude who
45:10
were among them yielded to intense craving. I
45:13
want you to understand what that mixed multitude
45:15
is. The mixed multitude there in the NLT says
45:19
foreign rabble. That's rabble. That's R -A -B
45:24
-B. That's in the NLT. And then in the New King
45:28
James it calls them the mixed multitude. And
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those mixed multitudes were non -Israelites that
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joined the children of Israel on the Exodus out
45:38
from Egypt. Those were non -Israelites that joined
45:42
them on the Exodus. And to confirm that, let's
45:44
look at Exodus 12, verse 37. Exodus 12, verse
45:48
37. I want us to look at this very carefully,
45:50
and this will help us emphasize that crowd, that
45:56
wrong association. It says, Then the children
45:58
of Israel journeyed from Ramesses to Sokot. about
46:03
600 ,000 men on foot besides the children, 38
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now, which is... See, a mixed multitude went
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up with them also and flocks and had a great
46:18
deal of livestock. So that mixed multitude there
46:20
is the non -Israelite that went with them. I
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want you to look at 39. 39, it says, and they
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baked... unleavened cakes, dough, which had been,
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which had, they brought out from Egypt. He says,
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for it was not unleavened because they were driven
46:39
out of Egypt. It was not, it was only because
46:42
they were driven out of Egypt. And they could
46:43
not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for
46:47
themselves. So, note that the point here is the
46:50
fact that when you are with the misquot, go back
46:52
to Numbers, go back to the Numbers 11. Four,
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let's go down to four, yeah, down. So, this,
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Mixed multitude of people that caused them to
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yield to intense growth. And I said, the power
47:03
of association is that when everybody is saying
47:05
something, if you don't define where you stand,
47:07
you are together with them. Praise God. When
47:09
everybody is moving in a direction, if you don't
47:10
say, I am not going with them. Remember the story
47:13
I told us about, because the principal easily
47:16
assumed that if one went, two, three, four, the
47:19
fifth person should just go. But because I said,
47:22
I am not with them, she now quickly. signed my
47:28
acceptance and I enjoyed it. I did not regret
47:32
it. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. Praise God. I
47:38
don't want to tell us the remaining part of the
47:39
story, but if you want, those of you that are
47:41
around, you know the remaining part of the story.
47:43
So, it says, the children of Israel wept again
47:47
and it says, give us meat to eat. Second, it
47:52
says, we remember the fish. We, which we ate
47:57
freely in Egypt. And the cucumbers, the melons,
48:01
the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. Go to
48:06
6, yeah. But now, our own, our whole being is
48:12
dried up. There is nothing at all except this
48:16
manna before our eyes. This manna before our
48:20
eyes. I want you to understand that. Why did
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you not... Who are the people that were in slavery?
48:30
Who are the people that are actually going through
48:31
slavery? The children of Israel. But not that
48:34
these people that were not... They are the people
48:37
that were enjoying all these things though. And
48:39
they are the people that are now protesting that
48:41
they need to go back to enjoy these things. So
48:44
when you are in a crowd, a mixed multitude, you
48:47
will end up... They will put you in a WhatsApp
48:50
group. You are not part of it. You will just
48:51
be there and be lost in the group. Because you're
48:53
wondering, ah, and you know, there's a way somebody
48:55
is protesting and then they will say, all of
48:57
us here, we are saying this, this is what, I'm
48:59
speaking for everyone in the group. And then
49:02
you, you have to tell them, say, please, sometimes
49:04
out of respect, you just keep quiet. But the
49:07
thing is that when you keep quiet, you're a part
49:08
of them. Praise God. And these people are looking
49:11
for what is in the past. They're looking for
49:13
what has. And then they are disregarding, there's
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almost like you have seen manna, seen manna,
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seen manna, and then you're fed up. Praise God.
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And I want you to see it as manna was God's supernatural
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provision. Manna was God's supernatural provision.
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And I want you to not despise God's supernatural
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in your life. Praise God. Don't despise the supernatural
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things. Some of us in the believers conference,
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we experience the supernatural, right? And you
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want to stay on it. You want to keep enjoying
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that manna. You don't want to go back to your
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habits of the past because your habits of the
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past is a habit. Praise God. And you want to
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make that conscious decision to break away from
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those habits because it's going to be dangerous
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if you stay on that trajectory of disregarding
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or saying you want the past. And you know how
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you suffered in the past, but you still want
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the past because of habits. And be weary of habits.
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Be weary of old habits that is not allowing you
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to make progress. into the new habits that God
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has already designed. And it makes you make excuses.
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Some of you know that excuses are one of the
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things that extinguishes fire. Every time they
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say, come for this, they say, I'm busy, sir.
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Sir, you don't know I'm very tired. Sir, you
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know, I have this to do. I have that. And that
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is you going back to the hatch. And the funny
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thing is that where you are at, you're not enjoying
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it. But you want to stay there. You want to stay
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there. So you want to be very weary of making
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excuses. And excuses just simply means that what
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you're doing is that you prioritize that thing
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that you're doing over God. And it's automatic.
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You just need to look at it. That thing you're
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doing is more important than God. Praise God.
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And excuses will not allow you make... And many
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of us have gotten instructions. We have gotten
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instructions on what to do. But we are... making
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excuses. And most of the times we're making excuses
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because we're afraid. And I sense it that many
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of us are afraid of the things that we have received
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that we're going to do for God. God has shown
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us pictures. God has given us word. And they
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were like, ah, no, I don't think I'm ready for
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it now. Let's just keep it at the back burner.
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When it's time, we'll know it's time. I'm telling
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you that it is now. There's some of you that
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were prayed for. When I look at you, I just see
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ministry all over. But you're just saying, you
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know, we're just trying to take our time. And
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then you spend time complaining about the situation
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that you find yourself in. And you don't want
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to be like these people. They were murmuring,
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complaining. And they forget the miracles that
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God has done, the supernatural things. Water
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came out of rock, this and that. There's so many
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supernatural things that were happening and they
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were blinded to that because they spent the time
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complaining. And you want to ensure that you
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don't choke the supernatural things which you're
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complaining. Forgetting the miracles that God
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has done in the past. And I say this, Psalms
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10... 3 verse 2 says, Bless the Lord, O my soul,
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and forget not his benefits. We have a tendency
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to forget the benefits. We have a tendency. That
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is why we remind ourselves, remind ourselves
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of the things that God has done, remind ourselves
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of the things that God is doing, and not allow
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ourselves to stay in that place of, and I want
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us to just, we can look. Carnality will never
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please God. Dwelling in the things, the fleshly
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things or giving in to your fleshly desires will
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not please God. Understand that it takes faith
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to see past the physical. It takes faith to see
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past the physical and you must ensure that you
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engage, you engage, you engage the things that
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you cannot see. Engage the things that you can't
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see. And I want us to close here because we're
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out of time. But I want to leave you with this.
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I want you to exercise your faith in the things
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that you have received. Don't keep what you have
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written down in your notes to your notepad. I
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want you to take... We'll do this on Wednesday.
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I want you to take time to decide that after
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this church service, these are the things I'm
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going to do. One of them is that I've written
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it down. Is there written down? I want to break
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it down into little things that I will start
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acting on. Many of us don't understand that is
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when you make the decision to act on something,
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the zeal to take on that thing going forward
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will come. Because your inactivity will ensure
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that you don't even see the supernatural things
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that God can do just through your activity. Because
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the activity that you... What you do is what
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is going to open you up to the supernatural.
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But if you're not doing it, you will not see
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the supernatural. You will not see the supernatural
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provision of God. So what you want to do is break
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it down into some little things. One example
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is like, tonight I'm going to spend time. If
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I've not been praying, if you've not been praying,
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at least 15 minutes. Don't do too much because
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most people want to stretch themselves. So when
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they are saying one hour, one hour, if you can
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only do 15 minutes, at least when they ask you,
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you should have been doing 15 minutes consistently.
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Then we will tell you when to up it to 30 and
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when to up it to, and when to do one hour. Praise
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God. So just give yourself actionable steps.
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And then if there's someone that comes to mind
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that you have not forgiven, you want to say,
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after this service today, I want to. Call the
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person, chat the person up. And then remember
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we talked about blocking some people. After the
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service today, you know that person that needs
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to be blocked from your contact list and don't
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unblock them after the thing wears off. Block
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them and let them stay. In fact, to help you
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to ensure that they stay blocked, tell your friend
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that this person should be blocked on my contact.
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That's how you hold yourself accountable. Because
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this person is not going to help you to go. And
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you know that this person is not going to help
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you to grow spiritually. And then I said, then
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the other thing which is very important that
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we do here is after the believers conference,
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you can't be here and you're not serving. You
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can't be here and you're not serving. So what
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you want to do is that after this service now,
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an actionable step is that you will say, ushering,
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who's the leader of ushering? You send them a
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message. Prayer team, the leader of prayer team,
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send him a message. Send them a message and say,
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I want to be part of the team. That way, when
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the team wears off, you have already committed
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yourself. Praise God. And I'm looking at some
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people. After the service, I want to see you
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acting on one of these things. Praise God. So
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that is how you hold on to what you have been
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taught. You want to make an actionable... Don't
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finish a meeting and then you don't have something
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that you're going to do about it because you're
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training yourself to be complacent. There's no
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way you'll be on fire that way. Praise God. Let's
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rise up to our feet and just thank God. Let's
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rise up to our feet and just thank God. We'll
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continue. on Wednesday. Please don't miss Wednesday's
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service. Please don't miss Wednesday's service.
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Some of us, our life is just Sunday, Sunday,
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Sunday, Sunday. You're not going to grow that
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way. Praise God. So you want to commit yourself
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to Wednesday's service. Commit yourself to, let
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this be another layer of commitment that you're
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adding to your existing layer of commitment.
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Praise God. Some people are looking at me and
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looking at me like this to the side of their
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eye. So open your mouth and just say, Father,
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I thank you because I'm committed. I'm on fire
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for you. I'm not complacent. Thank you for listening
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