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come we are
convinced of all these things?
…for we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5:7
Our faith shapes our expectation for life after this
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e empowered to live above sin. It is
adding sin to sin to try to justify an evil deed simply
because you are guilty of it; you would by such
behaviour be moving yourself farther away from
deliverance.
The first Step to Deliverance
A while ago I saw a YouTube video of a Christian
singer who ‘came out...
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not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat
or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you
will put on. Ma 6:25
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Phil 4:4
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your req...
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do not have a hand,
God was working. He chose your parents, even if
you now don't like them; He chose your country of
birth, even though you wish you were born in
America. He was working out His will.
There are no accidents in your life; Satan is not able
to control your circumstances. God may gran...
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accuses you in judgment you will
condemn. Isa 54:17
For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I will extend prosperity
to you like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an
overflowing stream.” Isa 66:12*
We tend to know many promises and we try to
claim them by faith, and we should, but we must
not fo...
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the shelf; we start to claim
money, health, protection, etc. But there are words
we were supposed to be obeying even when we do
not have any immediate need. This oversight is
why faith is often weak.
The word of blessings is just one aspect of the whole
of the word of God. The word of God has sever...
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the opinion of the
Lord. It has nothing to do with how I feel or what I
think. I must not be caught speaking against the
Lord. In the military, it is mutiny to speak contrary
to the commanding officer.
Many people think they can only speak if their
personal lives are in perfect conformity with the
wo...
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f the works
I have done, the prayers I have prayed or the seeds I
have sown. Christ is the source of my blessings.
All the promises of God that are in the word of God
are mine because I am in Christ.
For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ
with a resounding "Yes!" And through Christ...
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person seeking to walk by
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faith must deliberately hold this opinion.
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Prov 31:30
Charm, in this context, refers to all those natural
qualities that most people appreciate in a woma...
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distressed Abraham greatly because of his
son. Gen 21:11
It was not easy, but he had to let Ishmael go,
because every word had to be obeyed.
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Even though he had been anointed king, and the
incumbent king was chasing after him to kill him,
y...
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t the instruction was not given primarily
because of oxen but because of ministers of the
gospel. The precept of God concerning caring for
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ministers of the gospel is to be learnt from there. So,
Paul said, “Let the one who is taught the ...
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n, and faith in the business area is to
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search them out and operate in business according
to them. It is not just to claim business growth.
Another example is in marriage and the home.
Faith is not just to claim that we are believing God
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through His clothes to kill off any and every
ailment. That conviction was a result of the faith.
That is why the word of God says to us in Hebrews
11:1 that faith is the conviction of things not seen.
This woman was not trying to practice a religion. It
was not an a empt to do something out of the
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ns to
have a change of heart, to desire to change direction
concerning one's way of living, and to therefore
turn from actions that displease God. That is what
you find in a heart that seeks after God.
John the Baptist came to Israel preaching a message
of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. He ...
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to the point of shedding blood in
your striving against sin. Heb 12:4
We must be ready to speak in accordance with the
*Rom 1:27; Lev 18:22
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word of God until we enter into the grave. It is not
about our experiences; it is about speaking on...
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forces
of the spirit, but we must be deliberate in invoking
the power of God into situations by faith. Our faith
is to ascribe greatness to our Lord. We must bear in
mind that indeed, God is working.
And we know that God causes all things to work together
for good to those who love God, to those wh...
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the word of giving along with the word of
receiving.
It is the word of deliverance at the same time as the
word of dying for the faith.
It is the word of taking up as well as the word of
laying down .
We don't only receive things from the Lord but we
also lay down or forgo things because of Him. We...
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de to partake of that ordinance of
baptism by immersion in water.
Communion
The communion table is another important
ordinance which the Lord commanded us to
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participate in.
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to
you, that the Lord Jesus in the night ...
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with you’, ‘Have a safe
journey’, ‘Go and return safely’, ‘Have a fruitful
day’ and such. Those are words pleasing to God. I,
and the people around me too, have learnt to say
amen to these blessings.
Don’t Call Evil Good
Something that is quite common among young
people is to turn bad words into ‘c...
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he
final sacrifice for my sins.
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By this will we have been sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Heb 10:10
All Things Are Freely Mine
Many times you see Christians giving so that they
may get from God. The...
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ured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer. 1 Cor 10:10 KJV
We should take a lesson from their lives. They
grumbled until God declared that none of the
adults there would enter into the Promised Land.
Many of us are murmurers like them. We complain
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of
many nations’. That was what the Lord made him.
Sarai had to learn to call herself Sarah for the same
reason.
How are you referring to yourself? Are you
speaking words of life, or words of defeat?
Say, in agreement with God, that you are forgiven.
Old things have passed away in your life. Say, ...
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e meditate on your unfailing love
as we worship in your Temple.
As your name deserves, O God,
you will be praised to the ends of the earth.
Your strong right hand is filled with victory.
Ps 48:9-10 NLT
Meditate on Jesus
Stop meditating on troubles and failures. Many
people do not understand that the...
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ee, and then
proceeded to curse it.
He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"
Mark 11:14
As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig
tree withered from the roots up. v20
He had spoken against the tree the previous day—I
assume that was in the afternoon. The next
morni...
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a verse from the
book of Proverbs:
Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows and death,
So is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says," Was I not joking?"
Prov 26:18-19
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Oh! God had something to say about that tradition;
He said we were acting like dangerous mad men.
...
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ible spiritual truths
we are walking by. They are physical but they are
sacramental in that their relevance is of deep
spiritual significance. The two best examples are
baptism and the communion table.
Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the forgi...
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“those who
honour Me I will honour, and those who despise
Me will be lightly esteemed.” In summary, the
fulfilment of the promise of everlasting priesthood is
tied to the precept of honouring the Lord.
It is the duty of every child of God to search out the
precepts of God in every area of life. When...
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ing holy things is a precept we walk by.
Showing mercy to the weak and patience with the
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ignorant; these are all precepts of God. *
The word of God is full of precepts, and the wise
will seek them out diligently so as to build the...
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rinciple that governs
every activity we engage in, and for each part of life
we must seek it out; that is the practice of faith.
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3. Expectations for everything
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e where her faith
was. Pursuit is a sign of faith. Now, money was no
longer the need, but the new faith must still have its
expression, this time in a different type of pursuit.
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Ge ing close to this man was not going to be easy.
She came in from behind — in the press. There w...
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sin in the eyes of the Lord. We tend to think
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that because we have justification for complaining,
it makes it alright, but this is not so.
One day I meditated on the experiences of the
people of Israel in the wilderness after they left
Eg...
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d-centred faith is a constant lifestyle. Yes,
everyone has one form of faith or another, but
genuine faith is that which is placed in God and it is
characterized by constancy.
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Constant Faith and Every Word
One major reason why faith doesn't seem to work
for some of us is be...
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ve done that it was because he chose to
walk by faith.
…for he obtained the witness that before his being taken
up he was pleasing to God. And without faith it is
impossible to please Him… Heb 11:5-6
So, to walk by faith is a decision we make. It is like
giving our lives to Christ. Each person mus...
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in Christ there is no Jew or Gentile; all are one
in Him.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed
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yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free man, there...
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been concerned for me, but you didn't have
the chance to help me.”* It was the concern that was
their motivation. They were intent on being a
blessing to the man; they were not looking for a
miracle.
Many times we try to learn faith for receiving when
what we should be learning is righteousness. An...
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WHAT IS THE FAITH?
not be a place of judgment but the throne of grace
and mercy. There you will obtain mercy and find
divine assistance, that is grace, in the time of need.
Peace In The Higher Planes
As a believer in Christ Jesus, you do not practice
meditation for decades to a ain inner peace; you...
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essage about Christ, in all its richness, fill your
lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom
he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to
God with thankful hearts. Col 3:16 NLT
My child, pay a ention to what I say.
Listen carefully to my words.
Don't lose sight of them.
Let ...
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e
the blessing is the reason for the repentance and the
good works, the spirit of faith is not supplied and
the people do not get anything.
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When John was calling, people repented because
their hearts smote them for their sins. The only
's...
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a house in heaven, an eternal body
made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We
grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on
our heavenly bodies like new clothing. 2 Cor 5:1, 2 NLT
So we understand that this current flesh is not our
last chance at having a body and enjoying life....
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only you can do that. I
want your life to be built up according to My promises,
according to My word. I want you to form your
expectations on the basis of My revelations to you. That
is what I want.”
How do we allow the plan of God become real? It is
simply by believing every word that we read from...
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gnize that you are the provider. I recognize that
this good thing has not come to me by any strength
resident in myself. All the good that I experience
are manifestations of Your goodness towards me.”
When doors open for you, recognize that it is God.
No man should be able to take glory in your lif...
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r the
Lord Jesus said we are to seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all other things
will be added to us. The love of righteousness is
what opens the heart for the spirit of faith.
On The 3rd Day, The Lord Will Come
There is this third-day principle in spiritual things
which we ...
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spiritual blessing in the
heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even
before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in
Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Eph 1:3-4
NLT
The faith teaches me that my Lord Jesus has paid
for everything. All the promises of God are mine i...
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prophets explained to the people that their lives
were out of order because they had forsaken their
God. For the people of the covenant, that was the
place where faith started from.
Sometimes people argue that to be a Christian, faith
is all that God asks for and that repentance i...
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turn safely, it will mean that the Lord has
not spoken through me!" Then he added to those
standing around, "Everyone mark my words!"
1 Kgs 22:20, 28
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Chance is not God; it doesn't kill; it doesn't save; it
doesn't prosper people.
If you are runnin...
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rance of prosperity or security, but by the will
of God.
If you are changing location for the sake of
prosperity, you are saying that location is God.
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That would be idolatry.
There are many women who want to marry a rich
man so as to get out of poverty. They are saying a
h...
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scribed how to use your
imagination to bring things to pass, and there were
so many stories in the book to testify of the
effectiveness of the methods. It was all spiritualism.
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So, people put pictures on the wall and focus on it
until the things become real. They even learn ...
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chapter 9, when Jesus said, “this type does
not go out but by prayer,” we just assume that the
demon was tough; but the demon was not tougher
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in itself than other demons the Lord has driven out
of people nor was it stronger than other probl...
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f the
effect of the lack of preparation in the lives of some
of the people; Luke testified that, “the Pharisees and
the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not
having been baptized by John.”*
I believe that this woman whose faith we are
examining, the one with the issue of blood, being an
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d this, we can pray in faith. I do not see
viruses; I see a plague of God's wrath and spirits
released over the earth. I see the solution as prayer
for mercy to the throne of God. I can pray in faith.
I remember the story told by John G. Lake about a
region in South Africa which was ravaged by the
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r expectation of you
must never be the basis of your decisions in life.
*Num 14:8, Gen 39:10, Est 4:16, Luk 12:33, Gen 14:22, 23
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here was a time God tested Abraham, and
Abraham passed the test so well that the...
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pecially pleased with Him. What impressed God
about Abraham's action was the faith that was
portrayed. Please note this rendering of verse 1:
Some time later, God tested Abraham's faith.
Gen 22:1 NLT
It is so appropriately rendered. It was not a test of
love but a test of faith. God was not checki...
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n't have the faith to
claim it yet, just leave it alone. Never argue against the
word of God. Even if you don't understand, say like
Mary, “Be it unto me according to your word.” It is
safer that way.
Just Say Amen
Our expectations must be built on the word of God.
If the Word says, “With long life...
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ard but it didn't profit them
because the spirit of faith was not in them. God had
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withdrawn the spirit through the prophesying of
Isaiah.
It is important that I point out that God does not
give this spirit arbitrarily; it is supplied to...
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FOR OUR FAITH
apart from the God who we know in the Lord Jesus,
is another god you have chosen.
…so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the
Lord is God; there is no one else. 1 Kgs 8:60
Chance is not God
Recently, the Spirit laid it upon my heart to explain
to the people of God that c...
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process information with the word of
God as the basis of all conclusions. Everything is
interpreted with the foundation of the word. With
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this faith, we have true understanding. Any way we
process information that does not take the word ...
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ol-only category. The woman said she
thought about it and decided to go on a retreat to
see Jesus the healer. She abandoned the
prescription.
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HINDRANCE TO HEALING
The day she arrived at the retreat centre, she
a ended a service in the chapel there, and the
prea...
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come flesh exactly as He planned it. It is in our
lives He wants to see His word manifested. We
have to put our faith in Him until we bring that joy
to Him. Who will love God enough to do that for
Him?
He is asking you and me today to make up our
minds to live a life based on His promises, and not
b...
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that country put together are
God. But the Lord says, “I am God and there is none
else.” He said to Israel:
You shall have no other god besides me.
There are many things around pretending to be God.
What do we mean by God? Sometimes a god is
someone or something you bow to in worship, but it
is n...
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“you are
saying if I can? The problem is not if I can heal your
child but if you can believe!”
"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything
is possible if a person believes." Mark 9:23 NLT
The Lord had to make special intercession not
chronicled in the text to get the ma er solved. He
di...
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wants it. He desires it. He is in
need of someone who will trust Him absolutely.
Many of us are so concerned about “what can I do
for God?” when God is concerned about “who is
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there that trusts me so much that my word is final
with them?” He is not so concerned about our
offer...
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that I am looking out for
the power of God to heal HIV. I am a minister of the
gospel; I do not need anyone to reinforce the
natural pa ern for me. I already knew he was going
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to die unless something special happened, and he
followed that established natural pa ern. I need
t...
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Him. For example, at a time when some Pharisees
advised Him to run away because Herod wanted to
kill Him, His response was:
*Ps 139:16
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“Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and
perform cures today and tomorrow, and the thi...
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Jesus is a doctor. Because
of this, two women came to share their testimonies
with me after the service. One said that in her
family of four or five siblings and two parents, she
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was the only one not taking anti-hypertensive
drugs. She controlled her blood pressure with the
wo...
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be about the
man Jesus, Son of God, who was born of a virgin,
who died on the cross, who was raised by God after
three days and three nights, and who is alive
forever. The same Jesus is coming again.
Many times, Christians put a cap on their
spirituality because they do not understand the
faith of ...
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ver the physical in the area of finances
will fill your heart; it will do so in such a measure
that you will be convinced of the power of God to
control these things. That is when you can pray in
faith.
Story, Story
How is faith developed? It is to fill our heads and
thoughts with reports concerning t...
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g to God. That is one easy way to go about
speaking right. It is possible to give thanks to God
all the time. Anytime you have to comment on
anything you have observed, simply start with
thanksgiving.
Like I mentioned earlier, a major area that even
Christians murmur against God, and they do not
re...
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the prayers are not
prayers of faith. They are prayers of desperation
and grasping at straws. There is li le faith in them.
Faith is a system of life; all these years they have
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walked by natural knowledge, so it will take time to
turn their hearts to true faith in Jesus the ...
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do things for Him a fraction
as much as He regards those who take His word so
seriously that they will risk their lives and
everything for it. They will risk everything for the
integrity of His word.
We are so eager to do for Him, but He is saying,
“Entrust your life to Me. Risk everything on my
fa...
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ow faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen… By faith
we understand… Heb 11:1, 3
The understanding you have of things around
produces certain expectations each time you face a
sit...
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Whether we feel like it or not, and truly it is
sometimes hard to accept the temporary loss, we
have come to know and accept this truth.
Now, how do we approach our own death as
individual believers?
Apart from the fact that we know that death is only
a translation to another place, we also know t...
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n you make conclusions
without giving the promise and person of God the
pre-eminence in the midst of all the evidence before
you. It is when you believe what the doctors say but
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not what the word of God says. It is when you
believe what the news reports say and that
determine...
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ousness or the will of God will be
dethroned by Him. Until then, we pray for all rulers
with thanksgiving.
*Ps 22:28, Dan 4:17
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eyond thanksgiving, a discipline required
for walking in faith is that every wor...
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d concerning in the New
testament.
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some
people do, but encourage one another, especially now that
the day of his return is drawing near. Heb 10:25 NLT.
Physical gathering is important. Faith is sharpened
at such meetings and the right spirits shared....
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hey would see. But a closer
look will show that that was not what the Lord was
saying. His emphasis was rather on a particular
query. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” That
was the emphasis.
The faith that their healing was according to was not
about desire but about their reliance on His...
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rstand this. This woman whose faith
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healed her chronic bleeding got information that
shaped her pa ern of reasoning. Remember that it
is that pa ern of reasoning that is faith.
She started out with the physicians because she
thought they could help, but they failed, and she ...
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Joseph’s brothers thought it was
his respect for their father that kept them safe. So,
after their father died, they sent a delegation to
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ut having the same spirit of faith, according to
what is wri en, "I believed, therefore I spoke,"
we also believe, therefore we also speak.
2 Cor 4:13
Monkeys are very smart animals, but no ma er
how much you teach a monkey to talk, it can never
do s...
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the term by following the way it is
used. The Bible teaches us however concerning
what type of faith we are to have, and where to
place our faith.
Now, let us try and describe what faith actually is.
Faith Everywhere
Faith is part of the structure of life. Faith is not a
special principle which is...
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ow common to most people, even the
minds of Christians have been shaped into thinking
everything about diseases is natural. This vast
amount of knowledge has greatly increased our
faith in physicians.
I have read people explain that in the days of old,
before the advancement of scientific knowledge,...
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dern ‘liberated’ woman may have
shouted. She only pointed out to Him that when
children eat, crumbs fall, and these are usually
thrown out for the dogs to consume. It therefore
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follows that since she was close enough, she could
take from the crumbs. Many of us overlook anoth...
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n.
We understand that God is in charge, and that Jesus
is alive. We know that He is the one upholding all
things by the word of His power. We know that His
power is above all.
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We understand that His cross was necessary to
reconcile us to the Father, and that now that we
hav...
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aith, as life is not
possible otherwise. The Bible calls their kind of
faith unbelief. Like I explained above, unbelief is
when you put your trust or faith in other things
apart from God and His word.
Let us take an example: There are all kinds of
illnesses and diseases out there. Let us consider a...
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nowledge that with this God,
nothing is impossible? Are you here only because
you heard stories and are grasping at just about
anything?”
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Many times, people come to the Lord in prayer
because they are desperate, but they actually have
n...
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have just
boarded. You simply get in and sit down, trusting
that the bus company and the government
regulators are doing their job of ensuring safety.
Faith is the way of life.
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The Object of Faith
Because faith is simply the way life is lived, what
we have to do once in a wh...
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opposite of the faith in God. It was not
about their desire; it was about their understanding
of the flow of spiritual power. They definitely
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wanted to get healed, as there were many sick
among them. Jesus wanted to help them, and so He
lai...
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s!' and he
does it." Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him,
and turned and said to the crowd that was following
Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such
great faith. Luke 7:6-9
What was this ‘such great faith’ which the Lord
marvelled at here? A close look shows that it was
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knew many physicians and
spent all she had on them, but when she discovered
the Lord, she turned to Him and was healed. What I
want you to notice is the switch in the placement of
that woman's faith.
She started out thinking that the doctors could
help. It took her years, but she eventually
discove...
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he smart fellow of a builder who decides that the
rooms are not the right size, he has a be er shape
for the windows, or a door is too wide.
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There was this carpenter who once did a
partitioning job for me. The fellow decided and
overruled ...
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do not fear them. Num 14:7-9
I have highlighted some words with bold
characters. They are important words. “If the Lord is
pleased with us.” “…do not rebel against the Lord.”
“…the Lord is with us.”
These two men, Joshua and Caleb, saw everything
the other ten men saw, but they came to a totally
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y the only
way to God. The world usually tries to embarrass
you by painting you as being ridiculous for making
your faith exclusive as the way to God. “Think of
the number of Muslims and Hindus in the
*Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex,
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that we assume we used to. I'm sure we don't do that anymore. We just assume that that was the day he was tempted. But actually that was not the day he was tempted. He was tempted before the same temptations had been going on in his life for years. That was just the one that was recorded for us to l...
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Jesus didn't come to save the world. It was the father that was saving the world. That Jesus came to do what? Do the will of the father. I know that was the first time I heard that. Never had anybody else say it apart from myself. While I was quoting the do you know what I mean? Yes, he said that Je...
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Maybe he read some of the books his father used to read and the man forgot to throw it away. And the bad habit crept into his life. It's not the point of temptation that's the problem. It's that they craved evil things. Are you getting my point? There was something inside their heart, a little bit o...
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The first challenge, your faith will vaporize. You know what I mean? The faith you thought you had, it will vaporize. It will. But what are you supposed to do? First, build up your ability to believe. And I explained that the first exercise is in being thankful. Take a glass of water. Lord, I thank ...
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That's the first level of what? Faith. So that's the opposite of grumbling. We should be careful as believers that we don't grumble. You always have something to give God thanks up. Now let's go on. So now therefore, okay now let me just read that verse 13 again. no temptation has overtaken you but ...
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You say, what was that? He won't understand that the woman don't bathe finished. He don't go house. You get my point. Now, this is just by the will. I have a feeling that David knew when she normally bathes. That's why he went there that day. I suspect. I wasn't there, but I have a strong suspicion....
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In verse 5, it now says, despite all of this, with most of them, God was not well pleased. And therefore, they died in the wilderness. So we're supposed to take instruction from them. He said, therefore, let us check the things that made people who had become, let's use our modern-day terms, they ha...
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You know, you don't worry. So is he going to carry it? So how much you guys, you add 10, 10 to this, he'll carry it. You know, he can carry the weight. Are you getting what I'm saying? And that's the way it is with Christians and temptations and all of that. God knows that you can handle it. The pro...
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and all ate the same spiritual food. And I was talking about manna there. And all drank the same spiritual drink. Now this was a type of... Now he was talking about typologies, that is, these things were types of things. So he was trying to explain using the experience of the children of Israel in t...
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Let me come there and meet a trailer load is your problem. The following year, I'm bringing 10 bags. We'll be competing. Why? You have plenty of rice does not concern me. It's my duty as a son. Now, please let me say what I'm saying. So you find out that that's how spiritual things are. There's a ba...
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Just like I said, let us go for this party or let's go for this seminar. Little things. Little things like, ah, they are sharing question paper. Let's ask those who are in school. This is a real question that is going to come out in this exam, I'm sure. Whether it's a real one or not. Little things ...
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Okay? That was what we read in the previous chapters. I want to connect that with verse 10, chapter 10. You see the same thing he's saying. Now he has talked about himself, as you can see that. Now he wants to shift the attention now to the other people that are listening to him. All right? He said,...
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nor let us try the Lord as some did and were destroyed by the serpent, nor grumble as some of them did and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example and they were written for our instruction upon whom the end of the ages have come. Therefore, let him who thinks...
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and bring out the point. God said, let's go back to the first Corinthians chapter 10. He said this way, this was the first problem they had. They craved evil things, verse six. And that was what opened the door for everything else. He said, don't forget what I was saying. We are picking all the mist...
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I don't know whether you get what I'm saying. That is, see, the number one quest for the heart of the believer should be to be found pleasing to God. That's it. That is, you don't qualify that with anything. To be found pleasing to God. I said before that I read in the scriptures that the man, the o...
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They did this, did that, did that, and therefore they died in the wilderness. They did this, 23,000 died in one day. He said, for that reason, please, please, let us take examples and not sin like the saint. Is that not what he was saying? He said, fear the Lord, ye his saints. What it means is that...
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And I saw, I said, look, can't people see that this is not leading them anywhere? This is what I'm making. There are little choices they will make. Let me give you the way in that book, choice is key to destiny. I explained it. There are little choices like, oh boy, let's go and sleep. No, let's go ...
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If you crave riches, what you are craving is evil. If you crave the blessing, which comes by being pleasing to God, then what you are craving is good. Do you follow what I'm trying to say? No, that's just the way it is. And when people have the wrong craving, when it's the foundation of their workin...
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And that's, you know, when I explain something, when we read that first Corinthians chapter nine, verse 19, there about, he said, for though I am free from all men, that is by reason of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, I am a free man. He said, I have made myself a slave to all. I have become subjecte...
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Nobody would have called it. Sure. Nobody would have called it. What is this? That's what manna is. They ate what they didn't know for a long time. What is this? We'll go and get food. What do I get? Whatever you find there. What did you bring? What is this? That is it. What is it? And after some ti...
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Oh, no, no, no, no. I will not. I reject it. I will not give Satan a foothold in my life. I will not give Satan a foothold in my life. I will not give Satan a foothold in my life. Lord, all my ways are pure. Anything that is pleasing to you, I will not do. I draw near to the throne of grace. I recei...
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But you know where I walk, it's easy to get something. I pray that no matter the temptation, the strength of God will be in me. I will stand for righteousness. Father God, I confess the word of God, that he that is born of God does not sin, because the seed of God dwells in him. By the grace of God,...
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The Lord will keep me from all evil. He will watch over my soul. The Lord will keep my going out and my coming in. From this time forth and forevermore. Let's just take a moment and say, Father, in the name of Jesus, I lay my body down on the altar. I reject sin. I reject iniquity. I will not yield ...
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When they hit you, your spirit will go and wait outside. The Lord is good. Now where am I going? Peter did not know when he began to deny Jesus. They knocked the guy out. He had denied the Lord three times before he came to his senses. Three times he had denied the Lord. Before, it was the cock that...
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That's what it means when you say faith. Faith does not always guarantee what's happening. We'll say it again and again. Three levels of faith. What's the first level? The Lord our God is able. Level one. Number two? He will. The highest level? Even if he doesn't. That's the highest level. The one I...
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Their refuge will be the impregnable rock. The defense that God will mount around them is a stronghold of a rock. And their food will be supplied to them, and their water will be sure. So what do we do as believers? We use prayer. Let me say that again, okay? To sustain our righteousness. You cannot...
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and lay our bodies on the altar and say to God, and to the devil also, that we will not do what is wrong. That's how we started with that time, Isaiah chapter 33. What did he say there? He said, in the midst of everything, he who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, he who rejects unjust gai...
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New Living Translation says they walk with no sense of shame. Say Lord that will be my portion henceforth. So they live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity. I reject it in the name of Jesus. I will not live for pleasure. I will not live for lustful pleasure because that'...
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Your word is only allowed to do a number of things. All of them are about the same thing. One, show people God. Say to the cities of Zion, behold your God. Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the whole world. Show Jesus to them. Consider how to provoke one another unto love and to goo...
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The guy who he promised I will give the money back in two weeks is calling, now he's owing money. He that loves money, that's what God says, is a situation he will find himself in, he will not have enough. So if you're a pastor, never do it. Be a preacher indeed, in whom there is no guile. Everythin...
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He who rejects unjust gain and shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe. He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed, that is suggesting that they should participate, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil, that is with approval. Such a person, he says in verse 16, will dwell on the hei...
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He has to persuade you to do wrong, to continue to keep you in bondage. He has to. He will use all kinds of methods. That is why you don't have a choice but to be a student of the Word of God, because how can a young man keep his way pure? You have to know the Word, to align it according to the Word...
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and you, Israel, who I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring. Say in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. Thus saith the Lord to me. Thus saith the Lord to me. He will...
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like we did last time. Okay, let's start with Psalm 23. One, two, let's go. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake. Even though I walk throug...
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Worship is like, no, I won't do it. Why? God doesn't like it. Even though my body wants to do it. The Red Prince said, how do you control your body? He said, put it on the altar. He said, it's the altar that sanctifies the gift. That anything you put on the altar is sanctified. So how do you control...
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So they asked the girl, why? She said, because I have many younger sisters. That's where I'm going. She said, I have to fight this fight for their sake. She had like five younger girls. He said, no, I have to fight this fight for their sake. He said, at least now, nobody will have to go through it a...
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Let me not stay here and be teaching medicine, okay? You know, I said, why did they do this? Because that's what I'm talking about, guile. And it pains me when it comes to health matters. Because when somebody comes to you, and you're a doctor, you have to understand that, you know, there are people...
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That blessing was working in his life. That is what you need to live for children, not houses. Not houses. You need to leave a spiritual foundation for them. See, you resist, not just for your sake. Say, let it not be that the reason my son will smoke. Because some boys are on drugs, not because the...
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That's why I'm going with all of that. When you are making excuses, you're also excusing the way, you're blessing. You're also excusing the way your destiny. You're excusing the way where you should reach in life. You will never get there. There are many things people do and they explain. And you kn...
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How? Of the Most High God. His blessing is from the Most High God who owns everything. Possessor of the heavens and the earth. Before that, Abraham had the promise from God. So he said to the king of Sodom, he said, lest you say I made Abraham rich. So he gave him everything that the man was asking ...
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Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things, as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let u...
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Where I'm going is that, look, the way I interpret, I say it with the lowly. It's what I'm talking about. I don't look at how worse it could have been. That's what I look at. For that reason, I have cause to rejoice. I'm talking about how we twist it till we obey, rather than twist it until we disob...
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No matter what is going on, I will not grieve the Holy Spirit. I will not grieve the Holy Spirit. I will refuse to give Satan a foothold in my life. That is the idea. That is what he wants us to do. To give him a foothold. We will not give him a foothold. We refuse it. We refuse to give him a footho...
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What should be the thing you refuse to do, simply because doing it will displease God? Not because it's nice or you felt like it, but just how would God like it, he wouldn't like it. I said, that day somebody annoyed me, no? He did something that just offended me. Something that the way I relate wit...
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All those areas, nobody died. The whole of Ulu Kweju, those are places close to that area, nobody died. Ushodi, nobody died. You go all the way, that's why we border that area. Ukurodu, nobody died. Ujota, nobody. But in Jigofai, 1,000. When I first talked about it a few weeks ago here, I said 100. ...
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I just gave you one of them. That you don't see the animal of your enemy suffer. And you don't do anything about it. It's not allowed. Now that's his animal, what about his children? If somebody is stealing from your neighbor in the market, tell him, that your boy is a thief. Because he doesn't conc...
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One way by which Satan pushes Christians to sin is it takes hope away from them. It's the reason why we read Isaiah chapter 33. It said, Sinners in Zion are terrified. Trembling has seized the godless. In the midst of all the things causing people to be afraid. I mean, I didn't read from before that...
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His bondage is temporary. The only way he sustains his bondage is to teach you what is wrong to do. The way Satan sustains his bondage is to teach the bound person what is wrong to do. And oftentimes, it's a reaction to the bondage. That's it. It teaches people what is wrong to do. So you give an ex...
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Let's begin today, we'll read again from the book of Ephesians chapter 6. The book of Ephesians chapter 6. I'll read from verse 10. It says, finally be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. put on the full armor of God that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devi...
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Do you understand what I'm saying? Why would he turn the cheese to bread? He has already eaten. Temptation comes at the point of your need. Do you understand my point? Do you remember? And listen to me. That's why it's not the need that's the problem. It's your own state of heart before that. So tha...
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our faith. So satan knows what he's going for. It's our faith. So we get ready for the day of temptation. We get ready for the evil day. So let's continue reading. So these are the things we have been explaining. having gathered your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousne...
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What does he call the evil day? It's the day of temptation. It's the day that your faith will be put to test. It's the day when you will just be anointed by the Holy Spirit and you will move into the wilderness and the devil will show up and tell you, turn these stones to bread. Let me say that to y...
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In previous times, what I used to hear is that all the weapons here are defensive. Apart from this one, that this one is the only one that's offensive amongst the weapons there. But having considered it, I said no. In the context here, offense is not being discussed. It is defense that's being discu...
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assault, you know, that, you know, people try to scare him. They try to make him afraid. In the midst of that, okay, when people were attacking, Peter, when they came to arrest him, Peter took his sword and wanted to fight. But the calm resolve inside his heart, okay, he was even, he was calm enough...
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So they use all things to scare you and say, yeah, this is the only way out of this thing. Just sign these documents and promise that this portion of this money will come to us, whether I will do anything or not. Once you put your signature there, Satan will say, fine! It goes before the throne of G...
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So this is the job. I told you that in life, Christianity is not a new shit, new shit, new shit. Listen, it's real warfare, I'm telling you. That's why in life, don't ever feel sorry for yourself. When my friends were going to America at that time, I should have gone, no? Listen, you know what Paul ...
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Why is every good thing, you guys who are supposed to be the custodians of moving the economy forward, are the ones that take advantage of it for your own personal benefit? Let me not digress. This is what I'm making. This is how God elevates the believer. You discover those things and say, no, I'm ...
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for the manifestation of the child of God. Listen, you know, if you notice, we kept on, we kept on emphasizing the manifestation of the sons of God, the manifestation of the kings, of the lords, of when you will reach a particular point because that is the only way by which God designed that Jesus w...
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He said, those who are with him, they are the called, the chosen, and the faithful. So what they believe, listen, spiritual warfare is different from earthly warfare. Men of the earth, they go out to go and skim. Where's our enemy weak? Leave that one to Satan. Do you get what I'm trying to explain?...
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that the word of God always becomes what? Flesh. That you are the embodiment of the word that God spoke and is looking for where it's supposed to be manifested. Please bear that in mind. And that's how your responsibility therefore is to develop the wisdom of God in you. Listen, listen to this, list...
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because I have given his own land to you. Now, what I want to bring out from this is, he talked about where the soles of their feet would tread upon. I thought about it. Now, Jesus commanded that we are to preach the gospel to every creature and we are to make disciples of every nation. And notice t...
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e totally subject to the Father through all the years of His natural life. He had learned obedience and had become the Son of God in reality, not just by birth, but by going through the fires of life.
“Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been ...
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tened to my commands! Then blessings would have flowed for you like a stream that never goes dry. Victory would have come to you like the waves that roll on the shore.” Is 48:18 GNB
REGAINING CONTROL
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ave? Man lost control.
Once you argue with the precepts of God and decide to do things the way that seems good to you and so go against the way the Lord says, you lose control in life.
THE BAD FRUIT
What we see in life today as we pursue our own way is confusion. The world wants science to make d...
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“All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
“I said, ‘You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.’
"Nevertheless you will die like men,
“And fall like any one of the princes." Ps 82:5-7
This portion of the Psalms demonstrates clearly what happened to Adam and Eve. They refused to rem...
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a blind eye to the cause. The Bible calls these things the corruption that is in the world because of lust. Science as a way of deciding right and wrong is so unfortunate. It only produces bad fruit.
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aken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.” John 10:17-18 NASB
Notice here that the Lord had authority over death and resurrection. But it must not escape our no...
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that was designed to keep the power/authority flowing. It is part of being under the authority of God to recognize the visible authorities he has placed you under.
Let us take the home as an example.
The man has authority over his home as He is subject to the authority of Christ. The wife has auth...
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in the name of Jesus Christ. Let me hold on to my faith, in the name of Jesus. Now Jesus said, I have prayed for you that your faith will not fail. Lord, let my faith not fail. Strengthen me that my faith will not fail. Even though Satan wants to sift me like wheat, in the name of Jesus, my faith wi...
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It's important. I'm willing to do it. Say, Lord, I yield myself to that today. I yield myself. These are the schemes of the devil. Those are the areas he comes into our lives through. I want to resist him. That's how we resist him. It's not by saying we resist you, Satan. It's by doing what James sa...
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Go on, go on. Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, and I am being filled with the knowledge of His will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. As a result of this, I am walking in a manner worthy of the Lord. I am pleasing Him in ...
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In the name of Jesus, let me not fail. Let me not fail. Strengthen me to stand in the time of temptation. I draw near to the throne of grace. I receive mercy. I find grace to help. I find grace against selfish ambition. I find grace against divisions. I find grace against anger. I find grace against...
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And serious campaign, lobbying the Pope to just say condom is good. In my mind, you are very stupid. What did I say? They are very stupid people. Because the Pope's problem is not condom. The Pope's problem is what? Exactly, he said if he's not your wife, go away. That's all he's saying. When you se...
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I want us to pray. First of all, let's give a lot of thanks for the word that we have heard today. I remember, we are resisting the schemes of Satan. The first thing we are doing is unveiling, opening up the things that he's really doing. Because we are resisting him many times, we are wasting time....
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Anytime we see calamity, God is angry when we point accusing fingers at the rulers. Anytime we see trouble, the Lord is displeased when we decide that it is because federal government is not doing something. Anytime we see things not working well, once we start pointing fingers, he's upset about it....
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She has a very good job. She's happy with it. They pay her well. She's able to handle a lot of her responsibilities. For that reason, the fear of losing the job kept on creeping up in her heart. Then she will sleep and dream. Then prophets will prophesy that they saw her losing the job. I see death ...
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So let's get it clear, that's what Satan is looking for, is that separation of the believer from his faith. Not faith from material things, not faith for healing, but faith from God, faith from the Father, faith from Jesus as Lord. When we talk about the spirit of Antichrist, it just wants to replac...
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That man has always been an excellent teacher. He was not as excellent as the other fellow. So he said, okay, no problem, you stay in front. And it coincided with when God had another work for him to do. So he stayed mostly inside and was praying. Fighting Satan's schemes, pleasing my brethren, is n...
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So we make our choices here and there, but don't ever forget to always pray, deliver us from evil. Because God says clearly, Paul was speaking. He said, there can be temptation that is more than you can bear. It happens. He said, God will prevent you, and with every temptation, he will do what? Make...
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God gives him some, let me put it like this, some things he can do. I don't want to use the word power so I don't get confused. So he has the ability to tempt people. That's number one. He has the ability to tempt. Without the temptation, he can't do anything. Anytime He wants to get a road into you...
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that day. Therefore, let us pray. Let's continue to pray and say, lord, before that day of adversity, before that day of temptation, I receive strength in the name of Jesus. Lord, I receive strength. Give me strength. Give me strength. Tap into the grace of god in prayers right now. Everybody just s...
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Remember, the Lord taught us to pray, deliver us from doing evil. In life, you can overcome by your own strength, overcome by the power of God. Verse 13, he said, who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior, his good deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. But if you have b...
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I can do all things through Christ. I can take that loss through Christ. I can lay my ambitions down through Christ. Though it's painful, but because of Christ I will do it. For righteousness sake I will do it. to please the Lord, I will do it. I lay down my life, I lay down my ambition, so that the...
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is a prayer. Lord, deliver us from it. You must learn to pray the prayer. There's no strong man there. It's Lord, deliver us from evil. Bible says that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one. Satan is controlling people. And he's trying to control Christians too. We have to just learn ...
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but they will be fighting stupid things while opening doors to bigger things. You can fight HIV from now till tomorrow. One atomic bomb will kill more people. Look, at the end of one week, when an atomic bomb hits, it kills thousands. Over the next few days, more will be dying. And over the next few...
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Everybody, ah. No, why would I sin? When righteousness pays like seven million naira each time you do it. No, think about it. Sugar Daddy offers you $10,000, and you say no, and God gives you $50,000. Ah. Think about it. If I, you be the one going around saying, Sugar Daddy, just offer me something....
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What he does is to bring some things like jealousy, he's bringing it here, verse 16, selfish ambition. What Satan does is to introduce those things and they become the method by which every evil thing comes into our lives. Now these evil things, again, they are the manifestations of departure from f...
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is not on that day. We now start praying for strength. If we are going to pray for strength, it is now. Therefore, let us take 2 minutes more to pray for strength and say, lord, I will not bow in the name of Jesus. I drop my selfish ambition. I drop my selfish ambition in the name of Jesus. Strife w...
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I think that's his name. He was frustrated with life. So when school was over, he was happy that finally he's leaving London. He was so glad that, thank God, I'm leaving this useless place. There was only one problem. Where he went to next was America. He said, I thought London was fast. He said Ame...
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It was one of those, you know, native food, you know, like a kind of a, you know. So God just teach you the tricks before your children were used to every man, you know, scramble egg. Look and look and say, children, children, yes, there's a new vitamin that's inside. This one does not contain molyb...
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Kneel down and pray. Kneel down and pray. Listen, when you see people who have gone there, good Christian men, they came back, you know, corrupt. Sometimes I wonder what some of them have to do. Sometimes I wonder to myself, because I see some political, okay, I have somebody in mind, you know. Thes...
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It focus on division. It's so important that you are not divided, you are not separated. Now, I just mentioned a few. These are some of the methods by which Satan opens the door for every evil work. Are you getting my point? And listen, sometimes you will have to take, you know, I was reading one ma...
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He has to pass the spirit through people. Are you getting my point? It's not just by instruction. If God says, if God wants to say, look, there will be no corruption in government. It's not just by praying. It's not just by instruction. We broadcast on air. No, that's broadcasting, that teaching, th...
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Restored, you strengthen your brethren. Now, you see, that tells us that what Satan was going for was, was what? His faith. Satan does not need anything. Any other thing he does is aimed at one thing. What he wants is to separate us from God the Father. He doesn't want our jobs. It's when he has rem...
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But the devil, he can kill, has no mercy. I will go around, I will be telling those, if I want them, I was having a discussion like this. One brother said, he doesn't like people accusing my father of what the devil does, you know? God being the father. So I asked him, I said, what does the devil do...
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I'm beginning to think that the prodigal son, his problem was not even committing the sin he committed. It was the arrogance and pride that made him feel he was safe outside his father's house. Because the boy knew, you know, his head corrected sharp, sharp. He ran back home. I suspected that the gu...
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Why are you making it like I'm talking again? I can tell you it is wrong. Do you follow my point? The only thing I would not say is die by fire. I won't carry you over and say some people are going to die. They are the ones spoiling the face of Christianity, they will die. God is going to punish you...
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and brings up the knife, we don't get away from there. We stay there. That's what we are like. That's what faith is. But while we're on the altar, there are other things that it gives to us. Are you getting my point? Because our lives have made a living sacrifice. That's why sometimes, you know, unc...
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That was what happened. So the receipt he gave me was for the first vehicle. And that was what we used to know when you get there. Just dropped it for them. So they worked on the receipt. Forgetting that when the guy finally delivered the car, he said, oh, that first one I wanted to give you is not ...
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He turns people against the covenant. How did it go again? He said, those that do wickedness against the covenant will corrupt with smooth words. It corrupts people with smooth words. And I said, but the defense against that is that people know they are God. That's it. The people know their God. Tha...
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All this emphasis on Satan, Satan, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy, enemy. You know I said last time and I'm saying it again. Job did not know the devil existed. Abraham did not know the devil existed. Isaac did not know the devil existed. David with all his insight, never knew the fellow existed. And wh...
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And there's nothing like, ah, no, no, man, I'm a strong man. You're not strong. They have a saying also, there's a Yoruba proverb that says that, no, in fact, the literal meaning of that is when war has not reached you, you say you're a man. And when you see war, even Jesus faced with it, oh, pause,...
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Now, somebody is coming to help me and he's well-trained, he has a professional degree, he should get a good job, and he starts queuing up every problem for you to solve. That's not Satan. That's just this life. Do you understand my point? But you cannot say because of that, we won't obey the will o...
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You understand what I'm saying? So to be able to overcome the temptations of life, people must learn how to pray. That's what we discussed last time. So Jesus' disciples prayed that you do not enter into temptation. And that was what he went to the garden to go and do. Because life is tempting. That...
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You understand what I'm saying? So it's important when you go out in the morning, let that be your mind. I have the spirit of wisdom. I have the spirit of understanding. I have the spirit of wisdom. I have the spirit of understanding. Very important. Let's declare it once more before we close. Say, ...
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Fire should fall on you. Amen? Let me pray for you. May the Holy Spirit fire fall on you. Amen. Holy Ghost fire on you in Jesus name. Amen. On me too. All right? Yeah, it's important. We just carry things that are good and holy. We cast them to dogs. Holy Ghost fire has now become things we use to b...
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That word, I resist you Satan, means nothing unless you are resisting him steadfast in faith. That was why when Jesus wanted to resist Satan every time, you will see it was always tied to the steadfastness of faith. It is written, that's what faith is, obedience to the recorded word of God. That's w...
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judging everything according to your word, not according to human traditions. Don't forget all of these things is for personal purification. Those that know their God will be strong and they will do exploits. If understanding is in you, there are some temptations you will not have. Daniel and Qo und...
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Many of us, we don't have that amount of zeal or passion about it. It's not just the way we see everybody praying. Just run up and down. We don't do that public prayer in decency and in order. I'm not saying you're going to die and go to hell because of that. I'm just trying to say you should go and...
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I have the spirit of understanding. I have the spirit of counsel and strength. I have the spirit of the knowledge and the fear of the lord. Say, I delight in the fear of the lord. He said, he said that I do not judge by what my eyes see nor make decisions by what my ears I have the spirit of counsel...
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No matter how gloomy and doomed they describe for you, look at the good side of it. That's how this lady was. I thought she was joking. Initially, I just thought she just wanted, but after, when I talked to the brother, ah, I said, listen, this one, you are begging Satan for something. He will soon ...
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In fact, that book I've been telling you about for a long time, Worship and Sex Control. That's what I want to explain in the book. That idol worship and sexual immorality, they go together. They are hand in hand. They can't leave each other. They can't. And anytime you see all these shots of homose...
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And that's what must be your duty as a Christian. It is knowledge and wisdom that will be the stability of your life. That is the stability of your life. That is the strength of your spiritual walk. It is knowledge and wisdom. And that is what you must go for all the time as a believer in Christ Jes...
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that, listen, what we need, all right, is steadfastness of faith, and Satan is resisted. He can't do anything to you. He can't. Well, just to his personalities, you know, my wife's got had a kind of accident, you know, a few days ago. Seriously damaged, you know. And somebody said, what happened? I ...
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open the seal, and then the first angel will sound, and you start hearing woe, woe. I mean, it's not devil. Come on. Even the devil gets afraid at that particular point in time, lest the woe afflicts him also. Now, I'm not going to emphasize all of this so people will understand. Satan doesn't have ...
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Just look for any dark corner. Do like this. He can't do anything. The more he vexes, the more you are blessed. Are you getting what I'm saying? Our issues is between us and our God. We want to work righteously. We want to work with insight. We want to work with understanding. That's how we are goin...
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Now, we're going to do this as a kind of declaration. At the same time, it's a prayer. And you say concerning yourself. Say it loud. Speak to yourself. Speak to God. Speak to the air. Let the devils hear it. Let the angels hear it. Let everybody hear it. That this is what you are declaring concernin...
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I was in my house in the morning, maybe around 7 in the morning. My phone just rang. He said, Pastor. I said, what is it? He said, there's a problem. It's my colleague at work. He said, Pastor, there's a problem. I said, what's the problem? He said, look at this, though. That early morning, they tol...
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I told you just to make this interesting. The only people that I know on this earth that know how to pray public prayer, it's only Catholics and Anglicans. All the other people are confused. All this noise you make, Pentecostals, today let's pray for Nigeria. It's nonsense. And you want to shout lik...
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So their name was on their lips all the time also, even though they were afraid. It was a wicked soul. What have you done these days? We started worshipping the devil in another way. That's what I'm trying to explain. We don't say please. We don't say we resist you, we command you. It's the same fea...
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For his words are ever before me. For his words are ever before me. Say it, I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers. I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers. Because God's truth and his word are my meditation. Because God's truth and his word a...
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that I have an anointing from God the Father, say it is written, that the spirit of truth is with me, and it leads me into all truth. There's one scripture I want us to read. Everybody open your Bibles, Isaiah chapter 11. We'll read that one and we'll close there. And we're going to use that one aga...
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s thoughts. When it does this,
what we are to do is to confess them as sin and ask the
Lord for forgiveness and cleansing. This is so crucial.
There is no other way to free our spirits from
pollution.
After reasoning about it, | summarized the different
parts of our lives that we need to deliberate...
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deliverance while their wives are at home. In
summary, the ‘witch’ and the channel through which
the evil spirits come into his life is the person who
escorts him to prayer, how can he be delivered?
Avoid immorality. Any other sin a man commits does not
affect his body; but the man who is guilty ...
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Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied
with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave
you; Iwill never abandon you.” Heb 13:5 GNT
Contentment and generosity are two major things
that show that a believer has a right spirit in th...
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for
temptation. It is not his nature.
Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for
God's very nature is in them; and because God is their
Father, they cannot continue to sin. 1 Jn3:9 GNT
It is only when the spirit has been defiled that
children of God start walking in sin and away fro...
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inher on the Holy Spirit, by that putting the poor lady
into distress for the fear of disobeying God. We must
renounce all these things so that we can really hear
what the Spiritis saying to us.
The businessman must not lie with his adverts if he's
walking by grace. Forget what the world call...
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holiness and honor — not in lustful passion like the pagans
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who do not know God and his ways. 1 Thess 4:3-6 NLT
What we do with our bodies affect what our spirits
can perceive and release. That was why Paul lin...
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sex act, they were free. But they
became pregnant because of heavy petting. See, let us
not fool ourselves, lust is lust, even if it didn't go as far
as what we call sex in the traditional definition.
Sexual perversion, as defined by the word of God
(homosexuality, bisexuality, incest, bestiality, ...
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at her
spirit spoke to her, but it was only a spirit set on
getting human help. I'm not saying it is wrong to ask
for help, but it is wrong to make it sound like it was
the Lord who asked you to doit.
Sometimes, like in the area of choice making in
marriage, a man tells you that his spirit tells hi...
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ures and one of these
is the use as describing the drive or motivation for
what one is doing in life.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a
wounded spirit who can bear? Prov 18:14 KJV
In this verse of scripture above, what Solomon was
teaching is that a person's drive determines wh...
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spirituality. But deep inside is a contaminated spirit
which is the reason she won't discern the choice of
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God for her in marriage. But the Father loves her and
doesn't want her to perish, so to speak. So ...
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repentance and prayer when
possible. Our duty is to tackle the future through our
faith in Him and not through peeping into it. We are
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to know that our lives are in His hands and that He is
watching over us. We must bear in mind that ...
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edience was at
work in his flesh (Rom 7:21-23). In summary, it is
possible to be clear as to what God wants us to do and
still not doit.
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So, doing the will of God entails much more than ‘has
He spoken?’ We are often so taken by this 'h...
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t contaminates
and defiles body and spirit, and bring [our] consecration to
completeness in the [reverential] fear of God. 2 Cor 7:1
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Until our consecration is complete, the defilement of
the spirit is not totally gone. A contaminat...
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n through
struggling, but through constant learning and
confessing.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 1 Jn 1:9-10
We must consecrate every part of our lives. I have
used the two examples above to show how
consecr...
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tion of the spirit too. Many men are like that in
their hearts and so they love materially successful
women ina special but ungodly way.
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In this area of marriage, some men are fixed on
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rit of God, these
are sons of God.’
In the Life of Jesus
Let us see how the presence of this spirit that came
out of God manifested in the life of Jesus Christ. Paul
described it to the Philippians.
Let this same attitude and purpose and humble mind be in
you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, ...
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all or it has the authority of Jesus
Himself to stay where he is. If things do not yield to
you within the ambit of practising the precepts of
God and with prayer, then it is not the devil, itis God.
Sometimes I think of a man like Paul, I think of how
he handled things that he wanted to do in his ...
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rality. A married Christian must be focused on
his or her spouse and never have any bodily
relationship with any other person, and must keep
the heart free of such lusts. This is as simple as it gets.
Single people are to keep away from sexual contacts
of all types until such a time as when they sa...
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know His pattern. We use also the experiences of
those who have walked with Him to understand the
way He thinks, and the result is that we understand the
will of God.
Itis a Result of Training
Walking in the will of God is therefore a result of
learning. It is as you are trained with the wo...
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specific word of the
Lord to people.* As we mature as believers we are
able more and more to know the will and mind of
God without special communications. That is the
desire and the plan of the Lord.
For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed
to the word of righteousness, for he is a ...
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ple up.* He can doit anywhere as long as
they are where He ordained for them to be. The child
of God learns that people are not blessed because of
places but that places are blessed because of people.
By imbibing the word of God, he learns how to wait
on God, practice faithfulness and walk in faith...
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cration for this young lady?
It is to accept correction. It is to confess her sin of
having a wrong expectation for solving the poverty
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problem. She should look back in her mind at the
suitors who she had despised in her heart because...
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profess to be
believers.
Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us
be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy
fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire. Heb 12:28-29
*Ez 14:4,5
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We know that if peopl...
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ible brilliantly
shows us what to do so as to have a pure spirit. It says
it is a matter of full consecration to God. Until we are
properly consecrated we cannot discern the will of
God for our lives.
When we talk about consecration, it means to
examine our lives and ensure that we are living solel...
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sound spiritual principles, he was walking
automatically in the will of God. It is walking by those
spiritual principles that is the will of God; it is not
about any special communication from heaven.
Like I explained at the beginning, it is this operating
system that God is working into our lives,...
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that He is
the only one who tests the hearts of men.
The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
But L, the Lord, search all hearts
*There is what psychologists call the Oedipus complex. A young
man is attracted to a lady that remi...
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Let the wicked leave their way of life, and change their way
of thinking... "My thoughts,” says the Lord, “are not like
yours, and my ways are different from yours. Isa 55:7-8
GNT
When we give our lives to Christ and begin to live as
believers, it is demanded that we shave off ...
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the prophetic unction must strive more
than anyone else to keep a clear head in the midst of
the noise. The church as a whole is supposed to be a
prophetic people. We all need to be careful therefore.
Many times Christians are so occupied with the
media reports of what is going on in the world. The...
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d the consecrated spirit ready to
walk with Him.
You are not your own. Your own personal ambitions
belong to the dunghill. You must determine that
whatever He created you to be is what you want tobe.
Eve is a perfect example here. Why was she created? It
was to correct something that was not good ...
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reach for special communications when the general
rules are not clear to us. We are not to use special
revelations to subvert the general rule.
Notice what He said through David to us in Ps 119v4
which was quoted earlier. He said we are to kee...
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things. That operating system of the mind prescribed
by the Lord is what is called the will of God. It is
something we are supposed to learn. It is something
we get accustomed to by training.
So we see that it is not the person who knows how to
‘hear God' that knows the will of God but the ...
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which we navigate in that realm. The physical five
other senses, when they are too active, tend to reduce
perception with our spirits.
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Many times people are taught to develop their spirits
so they can perceive things more, but caution...
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ourself
up in the knowledge of His word. Walking in God's
will is a consequence of renewing our minds with
heavenly wisdom and understanding. Paul made
this very clear as he prayed for the Colossians.
...(we) ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His
will in all spiritual wisdom and unde...
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l guide you along the best pathway for
your life.
Iwill advise you and watch over you.
Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
Ps 32:8-9 NLT
I remember a brother who came to me once for
counsel. He was a professional who was determined
to ...
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ason. I took that as the confirmation
Ineeded from the Lord.
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Beware of Divination
I want to conclude this book by warning about
divination.
When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives
you, you shall not learn to imitate the dete...
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s of this world,
but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change
of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God
— what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.
Rom 12:2 GNT
The number one way by which God leads His
children is by giving them the understanding of what
is ...
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om God will get
stronger, while the ones from our own 'pollutions'
will gently wane. That seems very correct to me.
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Constant Cleansing
What we need as believers is the constant purging of
our spirits from contaminants, using the word...
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d of time not to worry about how
you will defend yourselves, because I will give you such
words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to
refute or contradict what you say. Luk 21:14-16 GNT
This is the power of faith we are talking about. Poking
around into the future, even with what see...
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as God sees and who constantly does what
is pleasing to the Lord. He will become one whose
spirit can be trusted every single time it leads. He
would have become an exact representation of the
Father.
But there is a problem. First, the presence of light does
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Once we are determined to do something, except we
come to God with a prayer of consecration, then
whatever we hear is just our polluted spirits
beclouding the true will of God.
Beyond just assuming that what their spirits say is the
will of God, many people have even gone fu...
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usion: Fear God and obey his
commands, for this is everyone's duty. Eccl 12:13-14 NLT
Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether
my teaching is from God or is merely my own. Jn 7:17 NLT
If we truly fear God, and we are obeying His known
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questions about the
situation so that we might judge them with the Word.
All we want is to pray and let God speak, and we
*Prov 3:5,6
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is spiritual laziness, and is not t...
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red the fate of evil men.
He took the place of many sinners
and prayed that they might be forgiven.”
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Isa53:10-12 (NLT, GNT combined)
Reading through this portion of the prophecies of
Isaiah shows clearly what the joy was which was ...
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is saying.
Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the
sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the
Lord do what is good in His sight. 1 Chr 19:13
God does Block the Way
In the face of circumstances, do everything that you
know is right, then let the will of God be do...
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hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should keep them
diligently.
Oh that my ways may be established to keep Thy statutes!
Then I shall not be ashamed when I look upon all Thy
commandments. Ps 119:4-6
The principle is this: if I observe the precepts and
statutes, applying them diligently, then the ...
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well-
known portion of Proverbs.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And do not lean on your own understanding.
Inall your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight. Prov 3:5-6
Because the KJV uses the expression 'He will direct
your paths,’ many miss the point in what Solomo...
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why I say this is because these
impressions of the heart can be closely mimicked by
very many other things so that many times they may
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actually be inaccurate. Many young Christian men
have had such impressions with several sisters; t...
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him to ask a young woman's hand in marriage and
she turns him down, he may go back and pray. After
praying and after he might have done what is
reasonable in trying to woo the woman, and has
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exercised some reasonable amount of patienc...
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ounsel.
When you approach God in prayer for direction, your
first set of words must be words that examine your
heart to be sure you are actually idol-free and free of
the stumbling block of iniquity.
I remember how the Holy Spirit guided me in how to
pray. When the time for asking for direction co...
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Special Manifestations
God works in different ways, but it is the same God who
does the work in all of us. 1 Cor 12:6 NLT
It is now time to look at the special ways that the Lord
communicates His will and directions to u...
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nst good sense and the written Word.
What exactly is the will of God? There are many
aspects to that expression as we will see from the
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that it does not describe what our personal
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to get him off the chair. He'll thank me later. See, if
you have indeed yielded your life to the Lord and are
following Him habitually, He has the right to
forcefully move you.
That day as I laid on that bed, I suddenly woke up
with a sharp colicky pain in my belly. I decide...
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y, and began to weep. The lady was in
dire need and the money was an answer to prayer.
The Lord actually impressed that upon his heart.
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Now, that was easy to 'risk' obeying because giving is
basically good. Would that response have be...
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ns of God’ (Rom 8:14). It is taken by
many that the ability to perceive the voice of the Holy
Spirit is a sign of sonship or maturity. But let's look
closer at the scriptures and get things correctly.
The word 'spirit' has a wide range of uses with
diverse meanings in the scriptures.” Generally, 's...
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er 12
GID
Before You Pray, Beware
There is a way someone might pray for guidance and
the Lord would be offended. We need to understand
it so as to beware. Ezekiel's prophecy is where the
caution is.
For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who
stay in Israel who separates himself fr...
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them. All is because the people have never said that
‘Father, if you will not bring the money, we will not
need it and we will not spend it.'
Churches and Christians have now gone to the world
to learn their methods. PR and branding are now...
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one is 'seeing visions’
and revealing secrets, turn in the other direction; a
spirit is ensnaring them. I have seen people enslaved
by these spirits. It is a horrible life.
Another Form of Divination
[also want to bring out the matter of divination from
another angle. We have correctly tied divina...
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thing. I explained these
truths to her and if Iremember correctly, I led her ina
confession of faith. But I refused to pray specifically
about her dream because I did not wish to give
credence toalie.
But that is all many churches and ministers these
days do. They make sucha big deal of those who h...
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e
without regard for the precepts of God were
spending all night asking the Lord to solve their
problems. That was the situation the Lord was
speaking to. Such behaviours kindle the anger of the
Lord.
The summary of what the Lord was saying through
Ezekiel is that we must satisfy the basics before ...
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uld
divorce their wives. Most of us know the story. We
remember that the Lord told them it was not allowed
in God's perfect will. He told them categorically what
the will and original plan of God was.
He who created them from the beginning made them male
and female, and said, 'For this cause a man ...
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try that
way; it wasn't because we heard a voice or had a
dream or vision. The Lord kept opening doors and
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we kept stepping into them.
We must have our hearts open to recognize doors that
the Lord opens. The doors He opens are doors ...
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t Jesus be in you.’ When that
same attitude is in you, then you are releasing the
pure spirit so as to know the will of God.
But what might be pollution of spirit in this area for
the believer today?
Many have their own ambitions. They want to make
money. They want to be important. Many pastors ar...
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cording to her, her spirit just then
indicated she should. Let's make a long story short,
she needed money and her spirit said she should ask
me. Was it her spirit? If it was, was it speaking for
God?
Also, I have been in church services in which the
Pastor decides that he's about to do something o...
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eir hope on the uncertainty of riches,
but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be
generous and ready to share. 1 Tim 6:17-19
The major manifestations of the right spirit toward
money and material things are contentment and
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rse about being led by
the Spirit of God. It has been used by many as the
foundation for walking by esoteric feelings. They
claim they are being led by the Spirit, but Paul was not
saying that at all.
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation
to do what your sinful nature urges y...
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that indeed
the Lord wants to lead us by the inward witness and
by our spirits, as itis written,
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching all the innermost parts of his being. Prov 20:27
He is transforming us to become exactly like Him. His
plan is that we will want what he wants, love...
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d we will not be like that.
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The Precepts and the Commandments
Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,
That we should keep them diligently. Ps 119:4
We saw in the earlier chapters of this book that what
the Lord wants for His children is that they...
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ible, especially the New Testament, indicate it. I
believe that God speaks in such manners far less often
than itis often made to seem.
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walking and breathing will. He is turning ...
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iver.’ He recognized it as the
voice of Satan trying to appear like the voice of the
Holy Spirit. He rejected the voice, went on with the
evangelistic meetings, and the Lord reversed all his
troubles.
Kenneth Hagin also told of how he spent days
waiting to die because he heard a voice quote a verse...
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eople have failed, even though they thought
they had a revelation concerning what they are
doing. But the hand of the Lord was against them.
They came to prayer with idols and iniquity in their
lives.
Idols are preconceived ideas in people's hearts. We
looked at that matter when we were examining t...
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great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship,
but also of our lives.” But the centurion was more
persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship, than by
what was being said by Paul. Acts 27:9-12
Paul was observant of the situation and his spirit was
troubled. He had a strong impression that t...
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rt; he loved the money that
was being offered.
.. forsaking the right way they have gone astray, having
followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the
wages of unrighteousness. 2 Pet 2:15
The thing the man loved coloured his prayers before
God and that was why God judged and decreed th...
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en one of the partners decides to live in
adultery or abandons the faith totally.
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granted the wisdom necessary to know what to do or
say.
In our everyday life, the plan of God is that we will be
able to understand what is good and what ...
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hen in actual fact His will has always been that no
one should perish but that all should come to
repentance.* God's will is the thing He actually
desires, but this can only happen when all things are
*1 Kg 22:22; 2 Pet 3:9
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his mind up for him.
I shall come to you after I have gone through Macedonia... I
shall probably spend some time with you, perhaps the
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whole winter, and then you can help me to continue my
trip... Ihope to spend quite along time with...
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said it this way:
Open to me the gates of righteousness;
Ishall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it. Ps 118:19-20
Even if what we are seeking to enter is a good thing,
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money at all. Without the knowledge of this, every
other thing someone is supposedly hearing is not the
will of God, even if an angel were to appear and
speak.
The system of the world tells us that the more the
number of ‘powerful’ people a person knows, the...
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ain type of evil spirit. This spirit is described as a
divination spirit or a familiar spirit. These are the two
closely related methods employed by witch doctors
and false prophets to impress people.
The book of Acts (in chapter 16) has the story of a
certain slave girl who had such a spirit of di...
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inside us. John said, ‘you are from God, little children, and
have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you
than he who is in the world’ (1 Jn 4:4). The greater one
lives in every believer.
This is what is called the helmet of salvation. It means
to interpret everything in light of what t...
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ecrating Our Mission
Closely related to motivation for living is the mission
for which we are living; by this I mean the thing that
we wish to accomplish with our lives. This too must
be consecrated.
Before I formed you in the womb Iknew you,
And before you were born I consecrated you;
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This may
be okay when we are baby Christians but every true
minister of the gospel should be preaching and
teaching their followers so that they will not need to
come ask those questions after a time.
In the wilderness, Moses was making that mistake
when it came to leading the people of Israel. He ...
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eplacement for Judas. Again we
are not told He inquired of the Lord. He just set out
the criteria using his own sense, a sense that was
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trained by over three years of walking daily with the
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with the will of God, as it is
written,
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Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference
to one another in honor. Rom 12:10
There is something we can easily notice about the life
of this man Abram. He was relaxed about the...
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riginates from mental
or emotional causes even though it might have physical symptoms.
The mind has such power over how the body feels.
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to some otherwise meaningless dreams. For example,
if you are owing too many people, you are likel...
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chapter, he got an express word from the Lord
about divorce among Christian couples.* But, as we
will later see, Paul knew that such a clear word from
God would not be offered if the Lord had already
*The way Christians carry on these days, it is as if the Lord said
nothing about this matter of div...
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ded to know the hearts of these men,
but only the Lord has such knowledge, just as Peter
acknowledged in his prayer. They came to the point
of lacking wisdom, at which point James said we are
to pray.
Another point is that there will be some things the
Lord may want us to do but which may not be on...
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scriptures and observing life's experiences, I can only
say I do not understand it to be so. Of course we do
*Dt 29:29; Acts 1:7
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not have the Urim and Thummim or the Ephod,*
which were parts of the instruments of worship in
Isr...
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he story gets really crazy. The man set on his
way according to the word of God and yet trouble
met him on the way. A modern Christian would have
said it was the devil blocking his way. But it wasn't.
But God was angry that Balaam was going, so he sent the
angel of the Lord to stand in the road to ...
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she
heard was resounding in her and she knew this was
not good money. The Lord of course knew what she
did not know. These are a few examples and there are
so many more to give.
Caution About Voices
Again, a word of caution. We do not go around
seeking voices, and every voice that comes must be
ju...
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tent fear inducers. They create
suspicion in people and turn them to paranoid cases.
People who pay attention to them always start having
funny experiences. It is the result of a play between
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their minds and the satan that wants to co...
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latives, since the
whole countryside was open to them, Lot should
choose any side he wanted while he, Abraham,
would take the opposite. If Lot wanted the left, he
would go to the right and vice versa.
Now, every decision we make in our lives has
underlying reasons, and it is those reasons that
dete...
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g the plan of the devil rather than
the plan of God. Following those things only leads to
confusion instead of clarity of direction. This is the
origin of mental problems in the lives of many
people.
Let us also remember to reject every operation of
familiar spirits, which we saw earlier in this b...
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better method as it couldn't be polluted by our
personal thoughts. The word of God is still true that
says, 'We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how
they fall.’
Casting Lots, Not Everyday
Casting of lots is not a usual way for doing things ona
regular basis, not because it is unspiritua...
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houghts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way. Ps 139:23-24
Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying,
‘What are we going to have to eat?’ Matt 6:31 AMP
When there are anxious thoughts in the heart, the
spirit is polluted. A believer then operates wit...
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Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day
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The Voice of the Spirit
Sometimes what rises up inside us is stronger than
just an impression or perception; sometimes the
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he
statutes and the precepts. So they went to pray,
apparently for the first time. The prayer shows that
Peter and co realized that what was left could only be
seen by the Lord. It was a heart matter.
Then they all prayed, “O Lord, you know every heart. Show
us which of these men you have chosen a...
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afterwards; at least that was
what I used to think. But that couldn't possibly be.
Paul had explained to us that He already existed in
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the form of God, therefore this elevation could not be
something worth looking forward to. His joy ...
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These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of
wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and
severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against
fleshly indulgence. Col 2:23
Once you are following anyone for signs and not for
the love of righteousness, then you are likely t...
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ate of our hearts affect
what we hear from God. We are not to confuse what
we hear supernaturally with the will of God which is
perfect.
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Unless your spirit is right, you cannot discern the true will
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ng about here? When he said
* The Holy Spirit, when specifically identified has the name fully
written as such. Gr to pneuma to hagion.
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‘the SPIRIT' he was definitely referring to a particular
thing which his original readers could ea...
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old dew
from as a sign that He was sending him. But now we generally use
the term ‘fleece’ to refer to any sign that someone requests from the
Lord to confirm something.
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presence of the Holy Spirit does not at all imply that
He has done away with physical signs. The p...
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how the two men parted. Abram stayed in
the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the
valley and camped near Sodom, whose people were wicked
and sinned against the Lord. Gen 13:10-13 GNT
Lot operated simply by the sight of his eyes. He
looked only at external things. He looked at wher...
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udge all your major decisions for you. If
the Lord has a warning or encouragement for you,
then He will send it through different ways, and if He
wishes He may use that preacher.
When Prophecies Come
Sometimes of course, the Lord sends a word through
a prophet. The Lord speaks to the prophets thro...
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come to expose something that is hidden in your
heart. This you will also know with some prayerful
introspection.
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When Non-Prophets Prophesy
A very common way by which prophecies come to us
is through a word of knowledge. Usually, when a
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supernaturally.
First, let us see how the early church followed this
principle of diligently applying the precepts.
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Time to Make a Choice
The way the apostles chose a replacement for Judas is
such a beautiful way to illustrate how we kn...
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use the word of God says it
works.
The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the
Lord... Prov 16:33 AMP
We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they
fall. Prov 16:33 NLT
The Lord spoke in the lots cast. Let us bear in mind
however that they didn't start with casting l...
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methods; we don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of
God' (2 Cor 4:2 NLT).
This is a major problem today. Many ministers do not
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realize that they must not twist the word of God to get
money. They are so busy doing the work of G...
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hey loved the Promised
Land. In summary, they had a spirit that led to Egypt.
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Or, we can say it this way: they had the spirit of Egypt.
The spirit someone has is that propelling force within
him. What does he want out of life? Many pe...
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with me ahead; in fact, he had never heard me speak
about sucha thing.
So how did he know? That is what is called having
someone's spirit.
After the meeting that day, he came to speak with me,
and that was when he told me of his earlier ...
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ty common, but they are mostly without
significance. Some dreams have meaning; of these,
many are easy to interpret while others may need
prayer, meditation and counsel from others to get the
meaning.
As Ihave mentioned, most dreams are meaningless.
They often only reflect what the mind is dwelling...
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Psalms,
where it says, ‘Let his home become desolate, with no one
living in it.’ It also says, ‘Let someone else take his
position.’ So now we must choose a replacement for
Judas...” Acts 1:20-21 NLT
He acted purely on the word of God as recorded in
Scripture. He understood the precepts of God.
Nob...
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en an unusual aptitude for
understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And
God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the
meanings of visions and dreams. Dan 1:17
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Dreams must not result in fear. When they do, they
are to be rejected. They must not attempt to
un...
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ecause, according to him, God told
him to do so. Some have even been bold enough to
carry on with affairs while being married, and when
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individual should
move on to things of maturity. Itis just like a baby that
is growing; the communication method between the
child and the mother keeps evolving.
Qualifying for Special Communications
We need to bear this in mind: For us to expect any
special communications in knowing God's will, w...
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s;
these came upon her because she had just seen the
demonstration of God's power to bless. She
explained, in effect, that success is a gift of God and
that was why she said, 'You can't out-give God.’
Ihave told this story here to illustrate how someone
may hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. A numb...
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All of them only realized what happened after the
event was over. Most of these encounters involved
deliverance in the time of trouble but also to give
direction to the lost. They are a part of life.
One day, I preached along these lines, several people
came to me afterwards to tell their angel sto...
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sel is definitely a good and necessary thing for
believers to do, but going to prophets, or even
pastors, to determine the will of God in the decisions
weare faced with is definitely not Christianity.
The reason people love to go to prophets to obtain the
knowledge of the will of God is that they a...
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Now, what do I like about it? It's just the same things I've been talking about here again and again. Life is a battle of what? It's a battle of... Most of the things you find in life are temptations to make you change your words. There are temptations to make you change your words. I said to you be...
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Now, I'm trying to bring out an issue here. You do not resist the devil by saying, I resist you, devil. You resist the devil by submitting to God. Which it says, if you are a sinner, submit to God by, of course, cleansing your hands. If it says you are double-minded, then purify your heart so you ca...
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He said, but, that's verse six now, he gives greater grace. Therefore, it says, God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Now where I'm going is verse seven, it said, for this reason, submit to God. It says, submit therefore to God. Resist the devil, and they will flee from you. Dr...
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People do it a lot. After all, maybe, assuming, I like talking about preachers, nearly towards the end of my messages. Because it's good, I'm preaching. After all, the money that I made from this business and this job, if we share it, it goes around. It does better for the ministry. As I explain it....
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is of no negative significance to my destiny. My sins are forgiven. My transgressions are blotted out. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy on my behalf. I am established on the path of righteousness. Goodness, mercy, favor, these things accompany me. I prosper wherever I turn. I have fullness of joy and...
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In fact, I think Seta has been well rebuked in Nigeria. Even if you wanted to rebuke him, just say, I don't have time for you. Let me borrow a small rebuke from MFM. Take. I don't get time for talk. Just be like, bro, give me a small rebuke. We are so rebuked, Seta, that there's abundance, excess re...
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What is that? Strangers must be entertained. The family I come from, we like to live in peace. We like to have our things quiet by ourselves. Because, okay, we'll see next year. If you can't take the Bible, it's a yearly visit. You remember the parable of the tree that was not producing fruit? It's ...
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Oftentimes, in one key area of life, people have argued against God, they have argued with the word of God, and therefore, they are at a freeze. I don't know whether you heard what I said. That is, a man knows the word of God plenty. He can preach, he can pray, he can prophesy, he can fast, he can s...
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That is how to do it. But the Bible says, ah, another man told me that, even though the Bible says we have to be wise, that God has called us, does not mean we should not use our sense. So we have to be smart. Ah. And there are times you just give up. Let me say this to you. No matter the volume of ...
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And let's get back to what I wanted to say. The Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. You know I said everybody is saying, why I say this whole thing? Why before the Holy Spirit moved me in that direction? I want to emphasize the fact that what we must do all the time is what? Lift up the word of G...
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I realized one of the best prayers in the Bible, well, two of them, David prayed it, Eli also taught us to pray it. He said, Eli, Eli, he said, that which I see not, teach thou me. It's a very serious prayer. In fact, you can join me with this one. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from ev...
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if the word of God comes to me and I know, remember I explained that the word is very, very personal, that appears like this is what God said I should do. Instead of arguing with it, what I'm arguing with is actually, it's hard to explain around it, why it shouldn't be so, that's all. Instead of arg...
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So you can complete the seven, and the Lord cannot raise you up. Problems are not a sign that a Christian is cursed. There are many reasons people have problems as believers. Many. One is because they believe that they have problems. That is one very important one. Number two is that they don't unde...
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Anyway, whatever way they have it, number one place to break it is where? With the tongue. Satan is saying, listen, sin shall not have dominion over me. Because in Christ Jesus, I am above, I am not beneath. Sin shall not have dominion over me, because the blood of Jesus has been shed. All things ar...
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and you must bear that in mind and always issue weapons for your angels. The Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. Now let's continue. So we take another law. Did you read any scripture just now? Okay, we read Ephesians chapter 6. Now let's talk about the law of personal control. That's another one...
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Why do you need it so badly? I want to go and visit. Pastor said we should marry. I want to go and visit. You are not only smoking, you are smoking Indian hemp. If you behave like that, you are on wee-wee. Amen? Stop it. It's bad. You know Christians, we throw some things outside. A man who does tha...
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I'm talking about controlling the tongue. It's not just what you do, it's the kind of comments you pass about what somebody else is doing. Ah, no, no, listen, listen, listen. One day I was with one preacher, where someone said, look, he doesn't blame any pastor that eats church money, in the particu...
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You will say things about your thoughts and you will say things even about your words. It's an interesting cycle which you can generate, all right? Now, go to chapter 3, the book of James. It says, let not many of you, verse 1, become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stri...
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have not married Brad Gotthard or whatever. Angelina Jolie has not done a new movie. Oh boy! You know what's up? That's how many dead in Hollywood day and night. That's what you'll be. Until that has made their way corrupted. Do you get my point? The discussion, that's what he's talking about. Thou ...
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amplified. Let me start from verse 5. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your mind and heart and with your entire being and with all your might. And these words which I am commanding you these days shall be first in your own minds and hearts. Then, now notice, it shall be first in your ow...
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And yet, it boasts of great things. That is, there are great things that it has accomplished, great things that are ascribed to its actions. It said, behold, how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire. And the tongue is a fire, the very word of iniquity. The tongue is set amongst our memb...
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Please, that's where I read this. We're talking about the laws of confessions. He said, take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. So I want to just talk about that again briefly. You know, we're talking about the laws, all right, of confessions. And I want to just start giving some nam...
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After all, we don't begin to get the one for literature. We can collect the one for peace. It's very simple. Just a book around Bombay. They give you the one for peace. Amen? That's what I told somebody. I said, but in a short while. They would say, I know. The one for physics can never come to Afri...
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Now let's continue our laws of confessions today. We'll start by reading from... Okay, there are a number of ones I want to look at today. Which one did we read last time that we did not complete? Okay, let's read this from Ephesians chapter 6. We'll go back to Jeremiah chapter 6. Let's just quickly...
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of the heart because whatever fills the heart is out of the abundance of the heart. The mouth speaks. Very important. So let's not forget that. So we've looked at that. So we call it the law of the release of salvation or the law of faith and salvation. And I said that it takes an effort for somebod...
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I took DHL, I took Queen to him. The boy drank it at home and got well. No, what I told you is not the story. If I tell you the bill for that one week, you will run out of this chair. And they did not treat it. 1,500 Naira Kuatem, it didn't disappear. Anyway, that is not important just right now. Th...
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Firing is going ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. A soldier will fall like this. The next one reflexively takes his flag up and stands again. They cut him down. The next one, they don't think of running. Next one picks the flag. And they are cutting them down. They are not running. Because the body has be...
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They will have business meetings. They will have places to go. That's what will happen. But God gives them those commandments. And listen to this. The real thing that is the ultimate of obedience to God, how do I say it? It's difficult by yourself to do them. So what God does is to give you small th...
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and sharpen. That's what he's talking about. Maybe your knife is blunt, so you go and have it sharpened. They wet the edge. That's what he's talking about. So wet and sharpen them. And he said that makes them pointed. How do you do it? By constantly. That's the point I'm trying to talk about. He sai...
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You didn't hear my point. Have you ever seen the Bible say, men, love the fine girls you see. He knows they will love the fine girls when they see it. It is natural. Just keep your eyes away. That's the one the Bible says. Is it not true? Am I lying? Husbands, love your wives. Husbands, get ready. P...
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He said that if you are going to have success, it will be because you are careful to obey everything that is written inside the book. Success is not by praying. Amen? It's not by wishing. Amen? It's by obedience to the laws of God. Are you getting my point? You know, I talked before about what I cal...
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Yes, the law of spiritual weaponry. So this is how it is. Don't forget, I say this all the time, life is a battle and the most important, or let me say, life is a war field. And the most important battle we have to fight all the time is what? The battle of words. It's a battle of words. And when we'...
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Back to our angel talk. It's what we say that's, it's those things that we say that are the weapons that the angels carry to battle. If you say, I just thought that, I can never live long. You know, they will arrange one day you die suddenly. You're just going on the road. The woman would decide to ...
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Success begins to manifest in reality when we begin to work according to certain orders. Are you getting my point? And that's the way it is. If you talk to people, listen to how they have run their business and all of that. In fact, my wife and I were just in a few days ago about some issues. That l...
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Because Jesus is the love of my life. Why not for him? Oh God, Father, I thank you because you are preventing me from injuring somebody. It's good. That's why I meditate. Look, listen. That's a better way to get angry. Instead of saying, God will punish you. Say, no. May God have mercy on you. This ...
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We condition the mouth, we condition the whole body. That's what you just read from James. And how do we condition the mouth? The Lord said that to Joshua. It is by what you keep on the tongue all the time. So he said, this book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt talk about...
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particular reference right now, but let's not waste time looking for it. But you know what they call April Fool? You know what they call April Fool? Yeah, it's a game we used to play when we were children, you understand? I stopped playing when I was in university. Why? Because once I read in the sc...
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Now he says from verse 1, Now it came about after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, Moses, my servant, is dead. Now therefore I arise, cross this Jordan, you and all the people, to the land which I am giving to you, to the sons of Israel. He said in ...
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When you see the boss, you're still stiffened. Yes, sir. Everything is still, sir. When you walk into the office, maybe Sergeant Bankey reporting as requested, sir. And you stand there. You don't remind the man, Sergeant is still waiting, sir. Now allow. Why? Because, right now it's a small thing, j...
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When you're in an alliance situation with your friend, it is counting. Everything that you say is counting. Alright? And that's why we're talking about the law of what? Spiritual weaponry. That is the things you are saying. There's this thing I like to say to illustrate you all the time. When I say ...
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Number one way to break a bad habit is to break the tongue habit. You say, hey, I'm only smoking. I don't know how I'm going to stop this smoking. This is a sin. I will die and go to hell. Don't worry. Smoking will not kill you and take you to hell. Amen? What is smoking? A bad habit. I will kill yo...
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