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forever, who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow,...
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So he had only 30 kubo. He said, hey, I see. You made me broke, so I will stay. Somebody knocked on the door, gave me a whole month's salary. The guy was working in the bank. They just gave him money. And Billy Akoni came to his mind. He packaged the money and ran to his house. As he was complaining...
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Warren Buffett, all right? Not currently the richest, but one of the most powerful men when it comes to money on this earth today. Imagine Warren Buffett comes in here now, and then we're having a discussion, and I have like, because he deals in dollars, let's talk dollars, okay? I have like $100. A...
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leave your father's house and come out. He said, come into the land into which I will be your guide. He will lead you there. Who is it that fears the Lord? He will teach in the way that he should choose. John chapter four. You know the story, Jesus met the woman at the well of Samaria. So Jesus met ...
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Now again, I incline my ears to His Word. The Word is entering my heart. It is giving me light and direction. It is healing me in every area. And it is making me more and more like the Lord Jesus, in the name of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Let's take our seats. While continuing our new habit, I take o...
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has been passing away for 12 years or so. So if he had died at the end of the 12 years, we would have said a man of God, a life well spent. And he actually said that many people live and die, and they do not even enter into the first phase. See, be you, you entered. Is this first or second one's fai...
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Let's open this morning to Psalm 146. Let's read Psalm 146. There are about 10 verses there. Psalm 146. We're going to be blessed today. Seriously. Okay, there are 10 verses there and we're going to read all of them to declare the glory of the Lord. If you believe the Lord is good, say an Amen. If y...
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what I created it to be. We talked about eyes have not seen, ears have not heard now, right? The fact is this, for you to step into what eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, you must also become something. And the way you become that thing, again, is worship. Do you get my point? Listen, you kno...
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One has to use it to the maximum. It's a time you learn. It's a time you prove to be faithful. Sow the right seeds. Like I said, we went to, okay, learn church growth. Not because we're trying to grow a church, but because we wanted to know. Growing up later, I realized that even if you wanted to le...
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Is it praise deficient? Let's never forget it. Why did God create us? We talked about it that time. It is out of generosity. It is out of abundance. God is a type that if he cuts himself in two, each half is still infinity. Did you get my point? Did you ever do mathematics? If you know mathematics, ...
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It's not unbelief. No, we preach a kind of faith that I think is wrong. See, you can't hold on and refuse to doubt when it's scripture. That's a matter of, you know, scriptural fulfillment. Fulfillment of the word of God. But when it's things like, I want to buy a motor. I want to move from one plac...
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hat are chosen x
8. Time for your decision x
9. Temporal light afflictions x
10. Two dangerous devils x
11. The God called Mammon x
12. Beware of covetousness ...
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the same manner, the love of money is shown by your
considerations for it when you have to make choices in life.
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ORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will
not be put to shame. (Isa 49:23)
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CHAPTER 12
BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS
Covetousness is the result of the deceitfulness of riches. From the parable of
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cipleship. Remember that it is the lusts of men
versus the will of God.
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CHAPTER 11
THE GOD CALLED MAMMON And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are
the ones who have heard t...
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lf have done it; all I could do was place my feet
on the path that led to that end.
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CHAPTER 5
THE LORD TEACHES
Please notice that when charting my course for the desired end, my guide was
the word of God, and ...
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life in order that you may
live, you and your descendants. (Deut 30:19)
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CHAPTER 9
TEMPORAL LIGHT AFFLICTIONS
There is one more thing I will like us to notice from the account of Moses.
By faith Moses, when he...
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Prophesy!
3. Your Greatness Has Been Prepared
4. What is God's Will Here?
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o what is called 'the
cares (or worries) of this world'. The cares of this world refer to the very
legitimate things such as what we shall eat, what we shall drink, and from
where we shall be clothed. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the
other, or he will hold ...
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became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly,
and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the
LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. (2 Chron 26:16)
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when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His
commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every
act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
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o be my follower you must love me more than your own father
and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, more than your own
life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26-27 NLT)
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My belove...
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ou hear things like “choose you this day who you will
serve. You hear it said, “choose life that you may live”.
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bout mammon, and in the next verse he
said, “for this reason I say to you.” What He was saying in effect is that
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is is what God rewards - the choice you make.
And God said to Solomon, "Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for
riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even
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h, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may
live, you and your descendants. (Deut 30:19)
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ave come to realize is
that if any person is in Christ, he or she is a new creature, born in Christ Jesus
who has made all things new” (2 Cor 5:16,17). That was why I asked whether
he was backslidden.
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n to have confidence; to look up with boldness in the face of situations;
to see all and yet say, “my salvation is near”. That reason is that your heavenly
Father knows that you need all these things. You have a heavenly Father who is actively planning and taking charge of your
life to bring you to ...
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May you not experience that kind of prosperity. You don't need it. Because Moses ended that blessing. As long as you listen to the commandment of the Lord your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully. And I've explained to us here already that it is not the effort. It is the attenti...
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you will solve the problem you caused with the engine. The borrowing here, all right, was not talking about I can't borrow from somebody. He was saying you will so prosper, you will have no need to borrow. That's what he's talking about. That you will so prosper, you will have no need to borrow. So ...
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And I'm talking about following the Lord God fully to explain that before the blessing can come upon anybody, it must have a fertile ground. That's what I'm trying to say by all of those things. The blessing must have a fertile ground upon which it can be planted. The seed is the Word of God. But yo...
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After we talked, he said, you see what is important in life? You don't call in, you talk. I said, what do you say now? He said, I think you should go for the ministry one. I said, thank you. I knew that was what you would say. And that was why I called you. Because I knew it was the right thing to d...
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In fact, just to give you another practical thing. Of course, you apply things differently depending on your situation. That's one thing about always filling your head with the knowledge of God so that the Holy Spirit can bring up something for you. I said there are times, in fact, this particular o...
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Later on, when the fellow traveled back home, I think either to England or to United States, when they checked records, you know, just talking to their friends, one person now suddenly said, there was this particular day, I just had you on my mind. And I prayed and prayed and prayed until I felt a r...
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the Lord your God, being careful to do all these commandments which I command you today. Now, if you read that particular, I listened to the direct prince about this, he explained this, and I've checked some other translations. Some will tell you if you pay attention, that's what I want to bring up....
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So we have the promises, we must walk by the precepts. We must continually learn the commandments. We must continually obey the ordinances and pay attention to our personal testimonies. When we have done all of these things, then we will use the words spoken concerning Caleb and Joshua, that they fo...
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And you'll be so blessed that you will lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. Christians misunderstand this sometimes. They think that God says, there's a commandment, never borrow. Even Jesus borrowed. When he collected Peter's boots, what was that? When he said, go there, there's one colt...
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After creating everything, he said, now that we have finished this, be fruitful and multiply. That was the electricity needed to energize everything. Fill the earth and subdue it. That's what is called a blessing. Anything you are doing in life, you must start it with a blessing. is very important. ...
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Do you get my point? This is the issue. You must pay attention. That's why some versions would say, if you shall pay attention. Now, interestingly enough, that word for the Israelite, for the Hebrew, what it meant was to obey. Are you getting my point? Like I said, I mean, didn't you hear, or did he...
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What am I saying? If you put the word of the Lord Jesus upon your mouth, God has spoken to your business. Hear Him. I don't know whether I hear what I said. He has spoken to your life. Hear Him. Spoken to your body. Hear Him. It's what you say to your body. The body will eventually respond. I told y...
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Testimonies. Testimonies are personalized commandments. There are things that may be right for everybody to do, but based on the way you understand your purpose in life, and what God called you to do, and your understanding, because you see, each God makes a demand. He said, to whom much is given, m...
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They prayed for me yesterday, I'm not fully healed today. So I mean it didn't work. I've come to tell you again today, life is working. It is working. Sometimes it's a process, but it is working. You keep on pumping it in, one day you'll see the full results. Declare it again, say in me. In me. Life...
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They are not those who hear only. Not only the hear only ones. That is, the attitudes that just enters my ear, I don't do it. But there are those who hear hearing. That's why the Bible says faith comes by hearing and hearing. For those who want to interpret that scripture, that's what it means. So t...
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I was reading somebody else a few days ago, he said, science takes things apart to see how they are. He said, but religion, faith, puts things together to see why they are. that is giving purpose to everything. I like the essay of Charles Townes because he helps you to understand that indeed, God st...
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I have an issue for you here. That is God has storehouse in the heavens. He has business ideas in there. He has technological ideas in there. There are things that he has kept in there. I know what the Bible is saying concerning you right now. He said, the Lord, I'm praying for you. The Lord will op...
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be removed, all right, and be cast into the sea. I'm bringing an issue here. You may say something now, and you don't see the full effect over the next few weeks, or a few months, or sometimes even a few years. It doesn't mean that that which was spoken will not come to pass. I said to us before, we...
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Today, all of us, all of us. What the Lord Jesus is saying, do the work you did at first. What is the work we did at first? That's what the Lord is saying specifically to this church. Stop loving the world, you love the world too much. You measure your standard, your standard for prosperity, your st...
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that warned about it in Jaws. I heard that a few days ago. Yet it fell upon the whole nation. We are locked down for weeks. And all the church can say is devil, the devil, the devil, the devil. Even if it's the devil, why didn't you know the devil was coming? We hardly heard anybody talk about it. I...
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how to discuss rotational presidency, sharing of national cake, equitable distribution of things, how to improve healthcare. Listen to me, preach like that, people will love you. Just don't mention Christ. Don't tell them this is the Lamb of God that took away the sins of the whole world. Don't ment...
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That is what happens. What is the truth? Truth is Christ Jesus. What is the truth? There's a curse upon the land and salvation is only found in him. What is the truth? The soul that sins, it shall die. What is the truth? Blessings, they are spiritually determined and blessings are in Christ Jesus. T...
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So many people are serving God. They are not serving God, though. They are serving their needs. They are not serving God, though. They are serving their desires. If I work hard enough for God, it will be compelled to do something for me. A lot of offerings Christians give, that's how they give it. A...
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the foundation of truth, the support of truth, emphasis truth. Let's read something else because what God is sending this word concerning is what the church should do in this season. The church easily gets carried away by things that are, to them, quite practical. They get carried away by things tha...
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like in James you say the foundation and the pillar of truth like in New Living Translation also says that this is the church of the Living God which is a pillar and foundation of the truth. Please that's what I want from that particular question. What the church is. Please listen to this, like I sa...
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1 Timothy chapter 3. Let's start from 1 Timothy chapter 3. I just want to explain something today about the work of the church. It's our school of prayer so that we will know how to pray about things that matter. One of the important things we need to know in this life is how to pray about the thing...
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After he left, the next pastor came and the landlord refused to renew. True story. Do you understand? They built and finished the building. Complete. I'm not talking about temporary structure. Complete. And the landlord said, I'm not renewing it. I gave him at least five years, right? But the people...
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Lord, we thank you. Give the Lord thanks for bringing a word again for his church in this season. We prayed for a word earlier when we were starting this meeting, and the Lord showed us mercy and gave us a word. Let's say, Lord, thank you for your word that you have sent to us. We thank you. We run ...
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where there's no life anymore. Nobody goes there. And they spent like maybe six million pounds. When they finished, it was beautiful, looking nice. And they installed the latest model of a lightning conductor system. And when they finished, there was no rain, just one small cloud. Lightning struck i...
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You do what you do for him because he's yours. And if you don't, God will ask you. And when he wants to obey, I don't think he remembers that this daddy has been providing food. If I say, go and do something, he does it because I said so, not because I provided food. Those thoughts, they don't cross...
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I help walk in church, then God will remember me. God will promote me. And pastors become manipulative without realizing it. Those of you who are cleaning this church, God will clean your life, and everybody with dirty lives will join the church cleaners. There was an offering, you know, blessings t...
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and just decided that, listen, I'm going to enjoy my life, enjoy my husband, that at least God gave me a good husband. So he started taking good care of her. So every time you see her, she's looking fine. So one day she went for, I think, a wedding or something, and she sat down. A woman looked at h...
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No, don't change the color, because if you change the color now, you now know which one is which. Just all of them, blue jeans. And please don't tear your jeans in Jesus' name. In the name of Jesus, I command you, don't tear your jeans. Don't have a bit of fashion you copy. They call it rip. You wan...
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Those are the kind of names you hear. Is Emmanuel in it, you know? Who is preaching? It's not whether a crusade is happening or it's not happening. But a lot of us know what we did. After those crusades increased us, we built churches around them. Then we crowned, we capped the glory, let me put it ...
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If you just quickly take your mind back, I was under emphasized that let's not pray like Gentiles. So along the line, I was adding some things to it. But where we began from is that let's not pray like Gentiles. Let's know the things that are important to God and let those things take our prayer tim...
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The man who said it, maybe he was confused, I don't know. Maybe there was something else that was happening in his life, I don't know. But I had to tell him, I said, my brother, don't do that again. Unconsciously, we preachers, we push down to the hearts of believers so they stop serving God. So if ...
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People die in the process. People are injured in the process. People starve in the process. Hurtful things happen in the process. So God says, do you want it the hard way or we do it the easy way? What is the easy way? Paul said, judge yourselves so you will not be judged. And what am I preaching to...
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Don't pray repeatedly on things like that. You must understand the things that are important to God. There are times in life, people have come to me for counseling, and many of those things that we are asking for in life, you know? Marriage matters, childbearing matters, job matter, money matter. Wh...
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People like us, with all the evil we did, we made his death on the cross justified. Don't say it like that, I'm just trying to... I'm just trying to say, nobody should come and start putting you down because you did bad before. Right now, in Christ Jesus, you have been forgiven. In Christ Jesus, you...
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When you have built churches that can seat 50,000 people, when you have things that can sit or stand a million people, you understand, it gets to a point you think you are very influential in the society. It is called prosperity. So you tend to say in your prosperity, we are too powerful. We start s...
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So what I want to do this morning, okay, is to use that principle to explain seven spirits of God needed for fruitfulness and prosperity. I can caption it something like that. The seven spirits of God working in the life of a believer that is necessary for the manifestation of the prosperity of God,...
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That was, I told you one of those days, he wanted to return to pastoring. He almost died. In the midst of all his hunger and not to the Lord, he went to pray. I said, go and learn how to pray. He prayed and said, dear Lord, it's not working. This is not working. So, while he was praying, the Lord le...
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But brethren, when the time came, I didn't see any trino. There was no trino. Things just fell in place. Do you get my point? Things just fell in place. It was just the season. Stop living life in which you are showing God. You are not trusting Him. You are trusting in money. That's what I mean by t...
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Some people, now I don't know whether it really happened or just one of those tales. That's in America. I think their father died or something. They're lazy boys. And they felt that their father buried money in his field. That's a very large field. But they wouldn't farm it. So they kept beside look...
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Our Business by the Spirit seminar continues this morning, but instead of the advertised 9 o'clock, which is when our guest teacher is supposed to start teaching, we have to move it to past 10, because that's when people can start moving around. I'm just telling those who are offline so they underst...
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that the spirit comes in to waste his money. He said, it will choke on money. Do you hear what I said? He said, that wasting spirit, let it come. He said, it will eat, it will eat, it will get tired and it will go away. When I heard it, you know, by that time I was still very young, but I was alread...
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Did you hear that? I can't remember what I prayed for the man at all. I told the man, put the money in a free basket, go. Two months later, thereabouts, the man bought the car. How did it happen? I don't have the details. But you know what he did? He took his faith away from what he could gather. An...
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and your mother Eunice, and I'm sure that it is in you as well. For this reason, I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity. Rather, what God gave us is a spirit of power and love and, King James, it ...
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I told him later, I said, you know the funny thing? I could make shakada for him. Even me, I was doing the same thing. I said, no. Because I said, what happens is some of us, we are careful, and Paul did something like that too. Careful, so I don't be as if you are joining those who are peddling the...
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the spirits of prosperity. You hear the Bible talking about the spirit of counsel and might, the fear of God and all of that. But I just want to talk about the spirits of prosperity. You need these seven spirits. Manifestation of divine spirit in your life, if prosperity is going to come. I'll rush ...
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I've come, your dinner. Do you understand my point? No, the lion will get up, go out, and chase, and hunt, and catch, and tear, okay? But doesn't change the fact that who provided, God is one that provided. Again, the principle, okay? What God has provided you many times, no, you have to go and take...
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Let's all keep putting excellence into what we do. Let's all keep putting excellence into what we do. And it's in the Bible like that. It says, when the Bible says in 2 Peter 1, add to your faith goodness. If it's not written in other Bibles, the word is excellence. My Bible now added the word, put ...
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I am saying your faith must be in God constantly. And if your faith is in God constantly, it will manifest in generosity. And you must never sacrifice generosity to acquire material things. No, you don't. Since I learned this thing, I'm talking about this also when I was getting married. I gave you ...
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That car, don't buy it. Don't buy it. You cannot buy that car with money you took out of your generosity. It's the law of God. That's how it came across to me. See, that day, I remember very well. So, what happened? When I finished preaching that thing, I told my wife now, I mean, the wedding prep w...
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Wisdom, righteousness, and discernment. Yes, okay, let's just quickly rush through that. Wisdom. No, let's start with righteousness. Righteousness just simply means something. It means to deal honestly and to always deal justly. That's what I mean. We were talking earlier, for example, we are sellin...
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He went somewhere, he had believed God for a certain amount of money, so he went to minister in a particular church. And he always tells the pastor, don't beg anybody for money. You know the way it is, we have a man of God here, please say, if he has been a blessing to you. He said, no. Because thos...
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Unless you're amongst Christians, God judges wickedness. See, I don't know how to explain it more than that. As a believer, if you deliberately do that which is wicked, God will judge you. He will. You know what I mean? You know something is not good. Maybe I was in the shop yesterday buying fruits,...
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I went to preach there. What are you guys doing? He said, what they need now is this. I told him simple. I said, bro, I would like to help you guys buy these doors, but I don't have the money. Yeah, I borrowed money at a time from a bank. I said, go back. He said, no, you don't want to borrow again....
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I need to close now. That's the spirit of power, that's what it means. He said, not slothful in business, King James says. I like the way the New Living Translation says it, don't be lazy. Where is it again, verse what, 11? Yes, never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. That'...
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Don't do wickedly. God punishes wickedness. I'm talking about amongst believers, so please, I don't have time for unbelievers. I don't have time for those who are going to hellfire. I don't have time. I'm talking about believers. You can't afford to be wicked. He said it clearly, do unto others as y...
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I don't know whether I get the point. Now, there's a principle he teaches about, where he was teaching about it. To me, it was a special manifestation of the power of God. To me, it is a special manifestation of the power of God. But it was consistent in his life. He counted the money. He told the p...
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But I said, if the bank, I said, I said plus interest too, if you borrow the money from the bank, plus interest on half is my debt, I will pay it. So I don't believe that I can't borrow, I don't have a problem. You don't want to borrow to give, then no problem. But if I see you borrow to buy a motor...
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and you are not allowed, as a kingdom child, to spend more on luxury than you spend on good works and sponsoring the kingdom of God. It's not allowed. You can't be wearing shoes, like I was telling my brother the other day, pair of slippers, $1,000. I said, is it not too much? He said, it's not a si...
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that is sitting down here as the pastor of this church is not your job. So he got up, resigned it in obedience to the push of the spirit and left. What do you think should have happened? Now he said that church was the best experience he ever had when it comes to comfortable living. The pastorage wa...
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Elisha was a prophet. He used to live by gifts. Those kind of things that Naaman brought to him was what he lived by. He didn't have farms. He didn't have investments. He went around teaching people, instructing them, and prophesying. A woman saw him, this is a holy man of God that comes by this pla...
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Somebody in authority, who has the right, who has the power, or God himself can say to somebody, you will never be rich in this life. Work as hard as you want. You know, God said to the household of Eli, eh? Poverty is people's portion, and you won't live long. That's the summary of it. He said, for...
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I needed money. I was spending money. So I made one. Of course, God will help me, right? I prayed for God to help me. And God was waiting to help, except that this was how I hindered his help. Every dime I got, it went towards my wedding preparations. The pay salary, it went towards it. If you dash ...
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He used to farm his fields. In looking for that money, we till the land. When we saw where he used the effort, we decided to plant. Harvest time, we harvested so much, we realized that the money is in the tillage. The money is in farming the field. That's what we are saying. Do you know, there are t...
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So I would think, one of my guys that he said that, I said, Banky, this one, you see, you have to, when you go to your in-laws place, you have to drive. I said, my in-laws place, drive, to do what? To impress them. You know, some people, I don't understand. I have not, one of the things God blessed ...
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You won't understand what I'm saying. But why I refer to that once in a while, I said, that's the mistake people make. Very possible his son was misbehaving, claiming to have faith, but was lazy. Listen, I'll say it again. People of faith are not lazy people. Faith makes you get up. Faith makes you ...
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As I finished preaching it, I realized it was me God was preaching to. I wasn't sharing the word of God with the wife I was about to marry. God was preaching to me. That bank, I wanted to help you, but you're not allowing me. That's why still today, I have a rule. It's only once I've broken it. And ...
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for things, times and seasons. You want to resign a job and go and start your business, God has to reveal to you the time. Otherwise, you may go back with regrets. Please, because of time, I'll stop here. These are the seven spirits I wanted to explain to us, and it took a lot of time to explain oth...
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that show what really he's like. He says, it's not what he's saying outside. He says, no, don't worry. No, no, no. He's a stingy man. As a man thinks in his heart, not what he shows you outside, so he really is. So you can see two people, they're in prison, unjustly, both of them. One is working ver...
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Yeah. People, I know, they're running through my head now. And the sins they committed. Why? They're angry with God. People say that, ah, after what happened, they're not saving God again. Because they're, oh God, heaven is going to close down shop. Because one person is not saving me again. Of cour...
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that alone is deserving of thanksgiving. Those who wrote that even if I had a thousand tongues, it wouldn't be enough. They're not lying. They're not lying. A thousand tongues, it wouldn't be enough. Please, let me just go by. Please, I can't leave it yet. So you give an offering. I know some of you...
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So the one you have done has not pained you enough. You know, I don't understand for people. So it has not yet pained you. This little bum in Gilead that God sent to just rub on her pain, they said, no, don't take it. The guy carried the thing again, put down for offering baskets. You see where I'm ...
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We're going to declare the glory of the Lord. It's one of the ordinances of Christianity, constant profession of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Today we take from Psalm 146. Again, as usual, we try to read from the same version of the scriptures, all right? And the one we use is New American Standard...
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That is why the word logos in the scriptures, it means both word and thought. Yes, when I say the word of God, it's also the thoughts of God. There's no difference. There's absolutely no difference. Where I'm going is that, so if you have wrong motives, even Satan knows. As you are thinking it, you ...
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when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. For such people, the Father seeks to be his worshippers. That is, the Father is seeking a particular kind of presence. Why is it like that? To say it's because God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit a...
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So you should make giving a part of your life as a sign that you are alive in the spirit, not as a way to prosper. Anyway, you will learn the truth one way or another. Let's sit on the matter of God. Again, I'm reminding us, so when God says, for you to do anything, never forget, it will bless you. ...
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but you're so stubborn you won't hear the truth. Well, let me not sit there. I think I've corrected somebody enough. Okay, no, I'm not finished. That's why some people are disappointed. They're angry. It's as if they lent me money and I refused to pay. That's the attitude. I paid you for a job you d...
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The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow, but he thwarts the ways of the wicked. The Lord will reign forever. Your God, oh Zion, to all generations. Prais...
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image. But
idolatry does not necessary involve graven images
and visits to demonic shrines; for the believer in
Christ, any form of the love of the world and
walking in unbelief constitutes idolatry.
Li le children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods) —
[from anything and everything that would ...
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this truth
is that I begin to give the Lord thanks.
Thanksgiving is a sign of our faith. If indeed we
believe the word of God concerning our freedom in
Christ, then thanksgiving will fill our mouths.
So, start thanking Him that you have overcome.
Thank him that you are free in Christ Jesus. Thank
H...
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kings
usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers
and the Israelite army; they defeated the Ammonites and
besieged the city of Rabbah. But David himself stayed in
Jerusalem. 2 Sam 11:1 GNT
I would have loved to think that such a small thing
should not have been responsible for this black...
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tapped only by
faith, and it is a sign of faith to take your adequate
rest. When people refuse to do this, they are
idolizing themselves even though they may not
realize it, and it leads to weariness.
When we are weary, we start disobeying God, and
we lose the power to resist sin. Many men of God
s...
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Mammon, in that verse above is rendered in other
translations as wealth or money. I like the word
mammon because it presents the wealth and
money as a god that people may serve, and indeed
it is such.
Serving mammon or wealth, is one of the most
subtle forms of idolatry that exists. Many
Christians...
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Bible classes at the ministry
office, publication of free teaching tracts,
magazines and books, radio/TV/on-line
broadcasts, and organizing teaching
seminars in various towns and cities.
The audio messages digital catalogue
includes many hundreds of messages; most
of these are availa...
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y the
might of my power and for the glory of my
majesty?” We think we are everything. We work
from morning till night. And then we become
weary. It is a common temptation of good and
righteous people.
Let me quickly add that the temptation of good
people is usually good things, but we must resist
t...
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household of Eli.
He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
And the peoples in His faithfulness. Psa 96:13
In one day, Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of
Eli, died.
Let me point it out again: your sexual purity is a sign
of your true service. It is a sign of spir...
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not just lessons to learn but
words to speak out in confession of faith. Let us
start with the words of blessings.
Words of Blessings To Declare
I am a child of God. I am a believer in Christ Jesus.
My flesh, which is the old man, has been crucified with
Christ. My natural life is no longer alive. ...
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is to remember to pray about everything,
commi ing our activities into the hands of the Lord.
So, the following are a few tips on preventing
weariness.
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First, know the assignment that is yours and focus on that.
Reduce to the minimum your involvem...
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y words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body. Pro 4:20-22
If you want to walk in holiness, know that you do
not have the power in yourself, but only in Chri...
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" But he said,
"Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." But He
said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but
as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of
God." Luke 9:59-60
Many have not done the will of God but have put
money first. They want to make money first and
after...
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ver say I have finished listening to a song.
Such a concept does not exist. You listen again and
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again. That is how to tap the power in the word of
God.
The Lord showed the importance of being occupied
with the word when He gave a unique rule for the
...
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or of a church I would not be
respected in circles of ministers. I told the person I
was not doing it for respect. (By the way, I have
been respected plenty over the years, much more
than I expected).
Another person told me all I needed was to add a
Sunday service and turn the ministry to a church....
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s to me
that Satan knows this and so he seeks to promote
falsehood in our doctrines, so that we can be
trapped by fleshly lusts. Wrong doctrines lead to
bondage, and often the bondage is of immorality.
The Lord taught us a spiritual principle when He
said that trees are known by their fruit.* A tree...
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lect seven men who are well respected and are
full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this
responsibility. Then we apostles can spend our time in
prayer and teaching the word." Acts 6:1-4 NLT
Notice here that the Twelve understood that taking
over the administrative duties of the church wa...
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d of today. Yes, there is
abundance of sin and temptations to sin out there,
but the Lord has already made preparation for such
a time.
…but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
Rom 5:20
Grace is the power of God to resist sin, and we have
an abundance of it right now available to us....
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ncerning all
the things that we have learnt in this book so far. We
are to lay them all out before Him. We ask Him to
help us. We confess our sins to Him.
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There may be times we feel so weak before a
temptation which comes to us. This may be in
different ...
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her.
If not otherwise indicated, all Bible quotes are from the New
American Standard Bible, Copyright ©The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission.
Bible quotes marked NLT are from The Holy Bible, New Living
Translation, Copyright ©1996, 2004 by ...
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s you, and you will be saved from many
a pitfall.
— Oswald Chambers*
*In Our Portrait in Genesis
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T
hen the LORD God took the man and put
him into the garden of Eden to cultiv...
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rist's return. May you always be filled with the fruit
of your salvation—the righteous character produced in
your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory
and praise to God. Phil 1:10-11 NLT
The fruit of our salvation is the righteous character
produced in us. If our doctrine is not produ...
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ovided.
God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will
provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to
endure it. 1 Cor 10:13
Approaching God in that manner cures addiction
to sexual sins, to pornography and even addiction
t...
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eason he
sought help. I think he also sought help because the
spirits started talking to him all the time, even
when he didn't want the information. I saw that as a
spirit of madness being invited in.
The solution I recommended for him was easy, but
it may be hard for some. I told the person tellin...
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and sin no more,” He was not
advising her; He was actually infusing her with the
ability to resist the sin in the environment. If she
would just a end to that word, then adultery was
over in her life.
With our mouths, we declare what we have agreed
with as the word of God. By this declaration we
co...
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ily because of the guarantees
presented in meeting your basic needs, you are
serving mammon. It is so subtle. We are not looking
at that in details right now, we just need to see an
application of it.
Why many ministers depart from the place where
God wants them to be is usually the desire for
finan...
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and makes intercession for the
*Eph 4:27
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transgressor. God did not just overlook your sins
and mine; Jesus paid the necessary price and bore
the penalty.
In the time of David, atonement was by offerings of
lambs, goats and other clean animals. But not e...
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just act happy for the
public most times. People are in bondage. These
folks also want beautiful homes with godly
partners. That is why many come to church and try
to learn the method of deliverance.
But I must emphasize that there is nothing of such
on offer. God's deliverance is in Christ; it is o...
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king for the Lord. They work so hard even in
the ma ers of spreading the word of God, but
sometimes the hard work is not necessary and is
not what the Lord wants them to do.
The Spirit of the Sabbath
There is a reason why God gave the Sabbath. Now,
just as it is with most of the express commandmen...
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f so, that preacher is trapped by
mammonic love.
The person who loves money changes jobs any time
he can get more money, even if he has to disappoint
people, mess up other people's plans, or break an
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agreement. That is the love of money...
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turning off the tap. Just because you refuse
to look in the direction of the tap as the source of the
flooding of your floor does not mean it is not.
Spiritually blind people cannot connect these
things.
The cause of the problems of the world is the lust
therein. Sometimes we can see the direct connec...
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turbing them, they have not yet commi ed any
sin. (I once read a Christian book which teaches
this, so it is not hearsay). It would have been
laughable except that we are dealing with a serious
ma er.
Please, let us not mock God. Pe ing or heavy
pe ing,* as such activities are termed, are nothing
b...
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trying to solve the next day's
issues depletes our energy and we become weary.
Three
The third word of advice that I will give on avoiding
weariness of soul is this: learn to leave dead things
alone.
What are these dead things? They are the
disappointments of the past; investments that have
gone b...
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et worth
cannot be thus calculated. Real worth is mostly
invisible, as it is spiritual. Many materially rich
people are poor in reality. Just see again the
assessment the Lord Jesus gave the church in
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Laodicea and you will get the point.
...
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sts.
Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and
peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the
Lord with pure hearts. 2 Tim 2:22 NLT
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Instead of keeping these doors closed, what the
modern godless society has done is to open as
many...
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labour in
preaching or in pastoring, and of Christians who
are very commi ed and generous givers, but their
lives are marked by sexual immorality; I want to
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say to such persons that their sacrifices are not
acceptable unto God because they are being offered...
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give for
granted and go about flouting His rules.
For there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away
sins if we purposely go on sinning after the truth has
been made known to us. Heb 10:26-27 GNT
Forgiveness is for those who are confessing so they
can change. Confession is not just for the sak...
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grace starts by
just saying ‘Amen’ to His words. It is not about how
we feel, or what the society tells us, or what
struggles we might think lie ahead; it is all about
what He says.
We Are Empowered
I think I should emphasize again the fact that God
has given us the ability to walk above sin. Whet...
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is
with sex. It is with the spouse whom you have
sworn allegiance to and have come into covenant
with for the rest of your life. Yes, sex is physical, but
it is not just a physical act; it is sacred.
In the world today, you see the campaign for free
sex and for homosexuality. These are perversions
...
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l
manner of things in his life.
Judgements vs Consequences
Let me quickly point out something at this point:
Most of the times, God's judgements are not
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punishments He is meting out because of His
displeasure; they are often rather the declaration of
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f demons and
other gods. These things provoke the wrath of God
*Bondage-Dominance-Sadism-Masochism
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and open the door to evil spirits which corrupt
mankind.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men wh...
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maybe more than
80%, of the money we have go en in Kingdom-
Word Ministries have come from persons who are
not even in our city. I would have disobeyed God
for nothing, if I had followed that counsel.
Satanic Counsel
We must be very wary of satanic counsel which leads
us to disobey God. Satanic cou...
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between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and
your herdsmen, for we are brothers. "Is not the whole
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land before you? Please separate from me. Gen 13:8-9
The man had a destiny to fulfil and striving with
Lot was going to be a constant occurrence,
somethi...
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M
ore important than the physical
consequences of sexual immorality are
the spiritual consequences.
Sometimes we see some grievous punishment
meted out by the Lord for some offences, and
people have ...
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that gift of
righteousness from Him, He has also given the
ability to walk above sin.
Agree with these truths presented so far and grace
will be activated.
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Avoid False Doctrines
As part of agreeing with God, it is very important to
avoid false doctrines....
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odes vary from society
to society and from situation to situation; it is
therefore not possible to give a one-cap-fits-all
instruction, but we must all remember to apply
decency first in all that we do.
Every apparel is designed with a purpose in mind.
Try and imagine the purpose for which a dress is...
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nt, the sins hardened her until she openly
rejected Jesus and crossed the point of no return. It is a true story which
illustrates sound biblical principles.
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teaching is directed only at those who seek the life
of holiness. I want to tell these seekers to ...
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Father, so we too might
walk in newness of life. Rom 6:4
Let me add that those who are already Christians
must keep away from sin; it is a door for the devil
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into our lives, and so we must not allow him. As
soon as you find out that there is something wrong
...
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. The demons
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want it and they demand it of the lead worshippers;
they also pour out the influences on other followers
who thus cannot help but engage in it.
This is why God often likens idolatry to sexual
immorality. The truth is that one is the physical
...
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man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be
tempted beyond what you are able, but with the
temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that
you will be able to endure it. 1 Cor 10:13
This assertion by Paul is often not the experience of
Christians. Some temptations come, especiall...
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d her very much but he was strict in discipline
when he had to be. That is the way God is. He loves
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us so much He gave Jesus up for us, yet the Bible
says,
And have you entirely forgo en the encouraging words
God spoke to you, his children? He said,
"My ...
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in many apostate nations,
and their numbers and zeal are reducing. This is
making the nations closer to judgement.
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aving seen all we have so far, what we now
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sh 23:11
Let me quickly point this out: loving God and
fearing Him are not mutually exclusive. It is not
that you would choose one and leave the other. As a
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ma er of fact, the love of God and the fear of God
are two sides of the same coin. No proper
relat...
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. Grace to Prosper
10. How to Work for God
11. So, Who Will Pay For This?
12. The Laws of Increase and Breakthrough
13. Should I Say Yes?
Mini-books by Pastor Bankie include
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methods of harvest. There is no use to them when you do not have seed in the
ground. The seed is spiritual. It is the victory that you have won in the realm of
the spirit over the spirit of poverty. Many years ago I won my victory over lack
and poverty by a word from heaven. The word of the Lord c...
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ords spoken
against us in the past. It is important we note that there is what is called the handwriting of
ordinances that was against us; these things, the Bible says, are contrary to us
(Col 2:14). I like the way this is expressed in the New Living Translation; it is
called the record that contai...
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e poor that I through His poverty might be made rich.
“In Christ Jesus I have all grace abounding toward me so that I have all
sufficiency in all things and even have an abundance for every good work.
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to give you life for yesterday,
but to remain in the realms of life today, you need a fresh word from heaven. The revelations of God are ever progressive and we cannot get all there is in a
lifetime. The Lord has ordained that there is a word for a season, and He gives
you only the word for each sea...
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there are two things that we must do. The first is that
we must agree with God, and the second is that we must subsequently begin
to talk like Him.
Agreeing in your heart and speaking with your mouth!
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cted to have all the updates. Your connection is by prayer and by a constant study of the word. It is by also
by appropriate fellowship. Those are the three ways by which we contact God
in this world. Prayer, study and fellowship. It is by these that we tap from the rich anointings on the ministers ...
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tially enforcers of
judgments, good and evil, respectively. “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the
LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.” (Zech. 3:1-2)
When a person is blessed, what is happening is that the weight of evidence or
pleading befor...
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first
took place. “The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the
waters.” (Gen. 1:2 AMP)
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fresh; so
everything will live where the river goes.
Ezek. 47:9
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Bible, you will know that the sustenance that Jesus experienced during his days on the earth was based on this 23rd Psalm principle. This is why you frequently read such statements from his mouth as:
“I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
“I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak...
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o church is in vogue; a time came that He cautioned them that it was not a case of following Him about or the title by which they addressed Him but that the issue was in “doing the things that I say”.
If the Lord is your shepherd, His word will not be mere religion to you, but you will take your li...
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s…”
Another thing; when you come to God, it must not be for the blessings, but so as to know Him and be subject to Him. It is after ‘sheeping’ yourself under His ‘shepherdship’ that blessings follow.
…he that comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently se...
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ves us an opportunity each time to practise diligence, righteousness and blessing someone else’s life with our abilities. Faithfulness is being dependable in what things God has given into your hands.
People oftentimes say there are no jobs; I always say there are always jobs. A job is the opportun...
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o evildoing.
9 For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land." Ps 37:3-9 NASB
Let us bring out a few things from here.
1. Trust in the Lord and do good.
Trusting in the Lord, which is what we call faith, is a heart matter; it is an attitude with which...
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etend to be." Jer 17:10 THE MESSAGE
"Life is spiritual. Your physical existence doesn't contribute to that life. The words that I have spoken to you are spiritual." John 6:63 GOD'S WORD Translation
What the word of God is telling us is that it is the hidden part of our actions that really count....
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loved righteousness, and hated wickedness;
"Therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee
"With the oil of joy above Thy fellows." Ps 45:7 NASB
When you love righteousness, patience is easy.
CONCLUSION
Having said all these things, remember, there is a season that is due. God will cause events to ar...
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