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You get the point. He said, Oh, my heart is weak. I'm not, I'm very, very, I find it very hard. All right. To, to, to withstand strenuous work. So they put him on an exercise regime. Okay. So that he starts a little, he starts walking, then he starts jogging. And then, you know, the man is running. ...
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In Ezra chapter 55, God was explaining something to the children of Israel. He said, my ways and your ways are not the same thing. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways. Are my thoughts different from your thoughts? And what is he saying in effect? Come out a...
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All right, this life is too short, all right, for us to think that that's all there is to it. We are not animals. We're not made just from the dust of the earth. That's not all there is to us. There is a breath of life. There is an eternal being that God has placed inside us. And when we die, we dep...
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You get my point? But we refuse to acknowledge, alright, the greatness of people who achieved it through wickedness. I mean, if you're on campus and you see a man and you say, that guy is a tough guy, and then what does he do? You say, man, he's a capoon. Don't admire him. He's an evil man. He's a c...
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Please get the point I'm making. It's something we exercise ourselves towards and let nobody see the pressure of society. I found out the other day I was listening to Elton John. You know, he was being interviewed by Larry King and Elton John was talking about this control of HIV AIDS and all of tha...
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Now, when he says the word discipline, alright, you will see that this is something that you have to attempt and work at. It doesn't mean that it just comes to you naturally. That's why he's likening that thing to bodily discipline. That godliness is a form of discipline. It's something I make up my...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen and you will be blessed by this message. Today I want to talk about what I have titled, The Power of Godliness. And...
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Once you cross the age of 20, God judged you. Now listen, the whole congregation of Israel, old men, old women, young men, all of them sided with the 10 spies against God, against Joshua, against Caleb, against Moses. But when God was going to judge, He judged only those who were 20 years and above,...
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The spirits of human beings affect each other. Listen, in godliness, we exercise ourselves. Please, I'm gonna explain some principles, and I pray that you'll be able to follow me, all right? Because these spiritual laws, Paul said, talking about godliness here, that they affect everything. One of th...
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Alright, there is an aspect of godliness that has to do with what you look like. You don't go around dressed like a harlot and say you are godly. Do you understand? The Bible says there is an attire of a harlot, alright? There's godliness in your outfit, alright? But then, it goes beyond that. It go...
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The man didn't understand it, but he had injected the spirit of distrust into his company. The people who tried to walk, they can't walk. Listen, let me tell you something. I've told you before, all those of you who believe in witches and wizards, the place where you should look for the witch is not...
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about how you treat your employees. He has something to say about how you treat your boss. He has something to say about how you live with your wife, how you live with your husband, how you live with your children, how you live with your parents. God has a word concerning everything. He has somethin...
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One of the things people don't understand is that they think that God only worries about things that are sin and things that are not sin. Or the time you go to church and the time you don't go to church. So a man will go to church very regularly, early in the morning, late at night, go very early on...
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can't do when pastor is watching let's forget pastors let's talk about congregation and the other way around that is there are things pastors can't do if congregation is watching because it's bad you get my point yet they will do it when God is watching why two things have happened one deep inside t...
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And, you know, when you keep on hanging around with these toxic demons, after a while, they go and look for people who don't go to church at all. I mean, why risk injuring yourself with this boy that keeps going to church? So before he can go fully mad, he has given his life to Christ. He's reading ...
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that you see what people call excuses God calls them temptations just in the words what you call excuses God calls them what temptations now you know in this world today the definition of temps is one of the ways by which you control the way you behave you know my wife was letting me something yeste...
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She go pack. Please, if it's a neighbor where you can beg for salt, beg her for salt. Not one day. Is it wine? I guess also. Let the woman know that fear is not one of the things you have. Not fear of her. The Lord is good. Please, let me end my message. What I brought for us today as a message toda...
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He should have accepted 100% of the blame. Because let me tell you the way life is. Temptations are part of life. I don't know what I heard I said. Temptations are part of life. God will not withdraw temptations from life because He doesn't want you to have excuses. No. Imagine that Jesus bowed down...
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cannot control my eyes is because the eyes not going away if you have a sword hanging around once I look in wrong place you go plucker that is when you know that the ability to handle this eye is actually inside your soul they are not demon possessed you just have bad bad manners so amazing is not d...
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her he likes her which is interesting what does he say this is flesh of my flesh I want bone of my bones then when when you know voila like you say when I was now the guy can't remember say it is not the flesh of my flesh or the bones of my bone it is what the woman suddenly there's a different desc...
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from let me say please that I earlier on as I reading from verse what five let me start from two now he said wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin for I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me against you you only I have sinned and done what is evil in your sight...
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reading from verse eight. Of course once I start reading you know what happened before this particular point. He said they that is Adam and Eve heard the sound of the lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the lord the lord god ...
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neglect it and backslide totally it disappear one day I don't mind arguing he said no that what you said is I never knew you you walk out of iniquity he said they were never born again I said I never knew you I said no you forgot you forgot what Jesus said he said if a good man stops doing good all ...
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spot why the love for his wife was greater than the craving I don't know what I get my point essentially why could he not stop all this while I'll tell you he was not fully persuaded that's a way the day full persuasion came upon him was his own energy that he used I doubt I doubt I doubt because yo...
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Somebody will think you're talking to your boss or talking to your dad when they overhear you on the phone. They don't know my husband. He can be very annoying because that's your excuse. That's why you have not changed. That's your excuse. That's why you have not changed. No matter the trigger, foc...
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God gets angry. God is displeased when his children show that they are the ones afraid. You get what I said? Show that you are afraid, then God is displeased. When you are showing fear, that's when God is displeased. And some of those people, what they want to instill in your life first of all is fe...
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keeping righteousness now I'm not saying don't stop doing it you should continue is necessary okay however if that is all that's keeping your righteousness one day you fall you know why it's good I will let it happen on that you are not improving let me give an example to society's okay men should n...
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touch me. Let's let's ask him one more time quickly. Lord, touch me. Touch me. Touch me. I need a touch. Every one of us, we know where it hurts. We need a touch. Just say, touch me. Mention that issue. Maybe you have been dealing with the whole of this week or you have been dealing with since this ...
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to where we began from now this is a message I have why many people are stagnated at one point at the beginning you saw them what have you done now I don't know what I was thinking I don't know I suspect that's what Satan told him to see put the blame on the woman did you eat what I told not to eat ...
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with this child of God? At the end of the day, I get injured. And I won't be still saved. No, leave the guy. Say, pastor, God bless you. Good morning. Greet them for church. The guy, no, I'm telling you, the pastor I'm talking about. Yes. He told me, he go home. The woman had packed. And the neighbo...
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It's the days I said, let me help. I know you have problems. But where sin abounds, what happens? Grace. I said more grace. The fact that you had this kind of childhood to deal with is why I package extra grace. What do you think of the most anointed ministers in this your country? I sent the most a...
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is good. All right let's take the declaration of the word of god together. If you know it by heart say amen. Amen. Let's take it together. I want to let's go. Now I declare. Now I declare. That the lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him and I'm being filled wit...
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The kind of money that when you hear, you will tell your traditional ruler to pack away from the village. That you are coming. If they give that kind of money. We were joking one day, we were talking about it. See, it takes God actually to resist some of these temptations. But let me tell you, don't...
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to use her as an excuse for your inability to talk to her with respect. I'm not saying she's good but God has given you enough reason to forget your bad behavior. You say, after all, she's my mother-in-law. Not any time I call her, she'll be shouting at me. Why can't she shout at you? Somebody must ...
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is why you nonsense but what we hear it rains cats and dogs you hear you know that the rain was heavy so Jesus will say you swallow a camel while you straighten out a tiny ant you know nobody swallows a camel camels are not swallowable by human beings it's called a hyperbole Jesus used to speak in h...
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to pay off God yeah a lot of the money beyond what I need I give it out so that God will understand you know what you will never stop stealing you will never stop lying you will never stop this is we're talking about what is the main reason you are not fully what persuaded you're not fully persuaded...
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By the Spirit I am putting to death the deeds of the flesh. Say Lord, by the Spirit I am putting to death the deeds of the flesh. I put my body on the altar. I put my body on the altar. I say, Lord, do with me as you please. My eyes will serve your purpose. My tongue will serve your purpose. My lips...
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Alright? Ephesians chapter 4, we'll read from Ephesians chapter 4 from verse 24 and many other scriptures. From Psalm 119. Okay? There are so many. Romans chapter 6 verse 13. There are so many, I compiled a number of them, including that Psalm 16. Because what God said is, as I hear you say in my he...
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I tell my brethren the truth because I recognize that we are members of one body. I don't sin by letting anger take control of me. I don't let anger take hold of me. I don't allow the devil to have a foothold in my relationships. Henceforth, I will never steal anything, take anything that belongs to...
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Therefore, let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of what? Need. So that we can receive mercy. What is that time? It is a time of temptation. It is a time in which we are being pressed to disobey God. Remember what we said...
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Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification, according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath, ...
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We also saw the fact that there are just two aims that Satan and the world have in the midst of all our troubles, our struggles. There are two aims that Satan and the world, all right, have in the midst of all our struggles. It's temptations. Number one, they want us to what? Sin with our mouth. And...
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but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Now you have your Bible with you, go over that again in meditation and begin to declare to God, I present my body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to...
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What did you all say? That's why he was angry. They said, we say we will not bow. I said boldly unto God, from my understanding of scriptures, it was Ezekiel chapter two, verse two, fulfilled again. The spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. That is how we resist in this life. But what does G...
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Africans are very stubborn people. Ignorantly stubborn. The Lord is good. Okay, now let's focus. Let's focus. Let's focus now. Let's focus. The Lord is good. All right, so now let's continue the main thing. That was a digression. Don't worry, I know what I... Some people needed to hear that, all rig...
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No pressure is allowed to make me disobey God. Say that to the Lord. No pressure of this life will make me disobey. No pressure in this life will make me disobey. I have been born again. I have new life in Christ. Paul said in Ephesians chapter 4, put on the new self, which in the likeness of God ha...
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that the only thing God does to provide for you is to give you a word. Now please, God's word is not just encouragement. It's power that gets things done. If God speaks to you, he's telling you that the release of that word will activate events to help you. The release of that word, it says, seek fr...
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He said, Lord, you know I'm very busy. God said, don't worry now. Go and busy. Is that English good? Manage it. Go and busy yourself. Don't worry about it. Go and be busy. But if you have cut out the time, paradventure! There is a blessing I will have given you that will make 10 hours give you the e...
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At least you know this one. He said, look, the cow can look tough. Wait till the knife hit the neck. When they put knife like this, that knife is called temptation. So the cow can look tough. That's it. When a better knife jams the neck, you know you don't have any power at that time. Where am I goi...
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is not food and drink. It is purification of ourselves and intercessory prayer, bringing forth mercy for others. That's what we'll do with the prayer most importantly. Are you there? Ephesians chapter 4, which verse did I say? 22. Now we're reading from there to the end. Now just, it's the middle of...
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your faith. So when Daniel and Cole saw they were about to enter into Babylon, or they had just arrived, they said, O Quarry, defilement has come. Germany has now legalized the recreational use of Igbo. You know what they call Igbo? Okay, you don't know what's Igbo? I'll tell you. Cannabis. Yeah, it...
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and it's her friend. This is how he illustrated it. And that one shouted, Susan! Or shout, Susan! You won't believe the sales going on in the shops that's going to close at 12 midnight. That girl she's been looking for, it used to be $100, they're selling for $25 and it's closing at 12 midnight. And...
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I will forgive just as God through Christ has forgiven me. I have been forgiven by God through Christ Jesus. For that reason, I have the ability to forgive other people in the name of Jesus. I will live a life filled with love following the example of Jesus Christ. That's chapter 5 verse 1. I will b...
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And what did we begin to teach last time, our prayer last time, was to use that word. Now remember, what are the aims of the world and Satan? To make us sin with our mouth and then sin with our actions. So what do we do? Our prayer is to ensure we do not sin with our mouth and we don't sin against G...
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Why did I say this? Let's do our prayer so we can go. Never solve a problem in an ungodly way. You have just built it up for a worse problem later. Like one brother said to us one day, who was he talking to? He used to do fraud, internet fraud. He said he just wants to do one more so he can settle s...
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Are you there? Or I want to let go. With all my heart I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against you. Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your statutes. With my lips I have told of all your ordinances of your mouth...
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What do we do? We learn to tap into grace. Where sin abounds, grace much more abounds. So what the children of God do is learn to tap into grace. You know, people keep on using the economic difficulty as an excuse for doing what is wrong. For the world it's okay, but for the church it's not allowed....
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to produce in your life. We know about the parables of Jesus. Because we've gone over it again, I just want to say it briefly. What is the sun that causes the plants to wither? He says, persecution that comes as a result of what? The word. However, we all know, no plant succeeds without the sun. I'l...
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Oh, I'm patient. I'm quoting the principles of love now. Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag. Love is not arrogant. It does not act unbecomingly. It does not seek his own. It is not easily provoked. It does not take account of wrongs suffered. It does not rejoice i...
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Every vow, every covenant you enter into has to be reenacted again and again. I hope you're getting my point. Yes. And Jesus gave us the Holy Communion as one of the ways we do it as Christians. Israel had sacrifices they did year by year. The time you actually enter that covenant was when your hous...
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Only one thing is he interested in, your faith. He wants to defile you. Simon, Simon, Satan has demanded to sift you all like wheat. I have prayed for you. For what? That your faith will not fail. He tempted Job. He worked hard. He just wanted the faith of Job to fail. That is all. Let me tell you a...
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My money, my skill, my time, everything I have, I place on the altar. Everything I have, I place on His altar. Listen to this, let me just read this then we'll conclude. Say, Your word, David said from Psalm 119 verse 11, Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You. Blesse...
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I just want us to give a lot of thanks. Let's ask our feet to read a few of the scriptures, just not too many. We'll just read a few of them. The Lord is good. Let's give a lot of thanks again. Like I said, let's give a lot of thanks because he has given us life in Christ Jesus. That we are not dead...
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That's what happens when you solve a problem with the method of iniquity. He said, open to me the gates of God. Please, let's read the scriptures. Hey, plenty talk, plenty talk, plenty talk. The Lord is good. So how do we keep ourselves pure? That's what we are discussing. Hey, it's amazing how much...
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he prospers. The wicked, he says, are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away. You know what struck me there? Well, I saw that I wrote it before. I couldn't even remember writing it. I didn't even know I knew it. I analyzed this and said that, look, is a tree firmly planted not inside ...
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So once I'm full, I'm not eating again. He said, it's almost finished now. I said, don't worry. I know it's okay. The Lord said I should eat more than is necessary. It's called gluttony. Leave it. He said, don't waste it. I said, it's already wasted. Serving it is where you calculate whether it shou...
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Absalom will die for this. Amnon will die for this. Thammah will be raped by Amnon for this. Absalom will do this to your concubines for this. Oh God, y'all reel the thing out. Please, never solve a problem in an ungodly way. When it shows up later, you won't like the consequences. One of the things...
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And because I'm his right-hand man, many times I have to go with him. I'm his chief security officer. I have to enter into the temple of Dagon with him. Please don't be angry. So if he bows, I may have to bow. That was what Naaman said to Elisha. Now this is what I'm saying. Would God be angry with ...
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If you're a Bible student, get a smart Bible. I appreciate this paper that you say I must die with this paper. But get a smart Bible. You know my reason? Growing up, I used to take a lot of notes and make notes when I'm studying. I've lost almost all of them. But once I started using the smart Bible...
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You know what we'll do? We'll pray about every other thing. We don't seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness. We'll pray about every other thing. So if I say, this night, we are going to pray for breakthrough in 2024. We are going to start by 10 p.m. Please, nobody should be late. Come with yo...
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us every little thing he has and people are admiring him. You should know what not to admire. And of course, after a short while, they put his boat in Kaki and put him inside prison somewhere in America where he belongs. who should be your heroes, say, the godly ones in the land. David said what? Th...
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It was a man that could reason with them. He listened to them. That is, it was, technically speaking, it was easy. But that was when they got the strength. That was when they got the strength to stand in the day of the lion. That was when they got the strength to stand in the day of the fiery furnac...
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He does not accept mockery. So back to what we were saying. What we do is in small areas. The great things of life, either for good or for bad, we sow small seeds to get there. So we need to be attentive to the seeds that we sow on a regular basis. We need to be attentive to the seeds that we sow on...
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He told you up, deal kindly with the lad, for it is my fault. What does it literally say, for my sake? But he understood it was his fault. Absalom took all his concubines, all right? Slept with them on the rooftop so that all Israel would be able to report. The idea, according to Haithophel, was to ...
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You have been tempted with things that, man, you could not handle. And there was no way of escape. Unless they tell you the truth, there was no way of escape, man. It appears like. And I thought about it for a long time. But I said, God doesn't lie. His apostles taught us the truth. The Word is corr...
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The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are true, they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Mor...
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both for the assignments we have in life and for what we are supposed to receive in life from the Word of God. Three, precepts. We deliberately build. How do I do business? This is how I do my business. How do I run my home? These are the rules by which I run my home. Everything is built on the Word...
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He saw people's skin, this way it was melting off their body. So look, look, whether you know about it or not, God has delivered you from death. So if you were to say, what's wrong with Israel? I don't mean this Israel, I'm talking about the Israel of the Bible. Ask yourself, what is wrong with me? ...
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And what do we do as believers? We deliberately lend the words that are pleasing to God. In every situation, there are words that are pleasing to God. And the assignment we have as Christians, just go and lend them. That is, it's not how you feel like. Let me give you an example. You know, young boy...
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Self-denial means that, yes, what you would have loved to do is nice and sweet to go this way in life, but you have made up your mind you live for something greater than material comfort or personal achievement. Watchmani, I think, I think Watchmani himself, he had to drop out of a PhD program for h...
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Say it 50 times, he's Lord, amen? Whatever you say, he's Lord, amen? Do you understand? You can never be wrong. Do you know what? It took me a few months. It's not my reflex reaction. And I know the day I felt very happy. This is my boy, that's my son. One of his younger ones, I saw him do like this...
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All of us are praying. The average citizen is praying. The average person is praying. But then God now takes a man inside and says, go there. You start praying from inside. Of course, you don't sell your house. You don't do anything that you criticize normally that people do, which means you have a ...
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of food. And the Bible says he went in the strength of that to Mount Herb. Now, two morsel, that is two rounds of food, two, served by an angel. I hope you're following my point here. It was not his strength. So you don't follow God by your labor. You follow God by his own energy. It's what is calle...
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will become a prey, I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected. But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until your corpses lie in the wildern...
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They are advertising, you know, KK Healing Services. They'll carry for 50, 100 Naira. You'll get to where you are going and trust me, you will not die. You will get there in one piece. I've taken a bike to go and preach before. It's not a big deal. And people were still blessed. I hope you're gettin...
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But Paul will tell you, I tried, I found myself unable to keep it. That was his own energy. But what is grace? By the grace of God, I am what I am. I hope I'm getting my point here. That if I find myself keeping the law, it's not by energy. It's the grace of God working with me. Don't ever forget th...
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If you read verse 35, you say, I, the Lord, have spoken. Surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who have gathered together against me. Now, that's one word there. In this wilderness, they shall be destroyed, and they will die. Now, you see, the problem they had were the things that came...
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But that day, I still remember, I sat in Hotel Presidential, inside my car, listening to a tape, using tapes those days. And when I finished, I said, I said, no, the Lord is saying, it's time to get on radio. And from that place, we are blessed multitudes. What am I going to say? As you pay attentio...
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Thank you for the understanding that he gave to you. Thank you for the knowledge of self-denial. Say, Lord, self-denial. Self-denial. I walk in self-denial. Say, Lord, I thank you for light, for clearing away darkness, for separating darkness from my light. Just thank you, Lord. for the understandin...
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So all the fake ones, who you don't need in your life, that are impressed. All the ones that are still following Ne-edo. All the ones that are following Kim Kardashian. You see them on, what do you call it, Instagram. And their likes is for fashion. If you know girls that are not going anywhere, loo...
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but it gives you about two or three cubs that will mature on one stick or one plant, all right? Giving you hundreds and hundreds. That's how life is, both for good and for evil. If you plant the right seeds, when it will manifest for you, listen, Jesus one day will show up and say, enter into the jo...
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in the name of Jesus Christ. Some people, they've been tempting God. Do you know why? They told them that you can tempt God. For that reason, God will forgive you. I hope you're getting my point. That is what people do. It's because somebody lied to them. That's why it is in Christianity. Now you kn...
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Let me say this again. No matter what is hurting your body, that pain disappears now in Jesus' name. See, whether it's genetic or it was a mistake you made or something you did, whatever that started it. They said, who's saying that Jesus should be born blind? Jesus said, neither. But is it him or h...
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This will scare me. I will sit down and be thinking, God, I hope we made the right choices. And these choices are not great things. They're not, I have decided I'm going to be an astronaut. I have decided I'm going to be the president. They're not good for you. Is it Barack Obama? He met John F. Ken...
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The best will have been, yes, our God is with us. He's God in heaven, and we'll take this land. But you didn't have the faith. So just stop it where you, you know, there are some places, you can't go wrong in some things. Ah, what do you think? The Lord is good, and his mercy endure forever. Eh, you...
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But the moment we read that on campus, bye bye to jatty jatty, according to Midnight Crew. We said that's the end. Now that fund, remember I said Christianity is what? Self-denial. That fund, we liked it too, but we said these words are displeasing to God. The Bible said we should learn to approve t...
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that what I'm doing is a Christian duty. It is the job of a Christian to speak the way I'm speaking. It does not mean you don't see anything that is wrong. It only means that when you see what is wrong, you go and pray. But when you want to open your mouth to speak, grumbling, criticisms must not co...
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And because of the word of their testimony, what most people forget is the last expression there. And they did not love their life even when faced with death. Please notice that. That is, their ability to overcome Satan Their ability to overcome him was not just one of, you know, there are three thi...
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For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it again. He said in verse 18, no one has taken it away from me, but I lay it down on my own initiative, and I have authority to lay it down, I have authority to take it up again. This commandment, he said, I received...
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He said, if you are the type that normally likes going for fellowship, you know you won't understand. That why are people, why do they need to be commanded to go for the garden of the brethren? He was talking about some of our brethren, alright? Who they would say because somebody offended them. the...
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These are Christians that are supposed to live life. That's the next one we are going into. The book of Galatians chapter 2. Remember, we lose control of life when we are too attached to this world. We lose control of life when material things matter to us so much that they control us. That's when w...
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It is only when you have been tested at your comfort as gold. The marriage that will be sweet is the one in which the man forgot to obey the 10 years in a row. And you are still standing there and giving the Lord thanks. You've probably seen some of these pictures they send around. They showed one o...
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They told his friends, you know, I can't help falling in love. Let me now give you the words of Jesus to him. Jesus said, if your testicles causes you to stumble, or cause you to stumble, he said, cut it off. That kind of man should just go and meet a veterinarian, not even a normal doctor. Now what...
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I believe what he was trying to imply was that, why allow it get to that level? After all, what is your eye causing you to do? To see things that you are not supposed to see. Do you get the point I'm making? For example, let us assume that a man, you know, he'd be deceiving himself, that I just can'...
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All right, everybody say after me. Say, I'm being filled with the knowledge of His will. In all spiritual wisdom and understanding. I am walking in the mother worthy of the Lord. I am pleasing Him in all respects. I am bearing fruit in every good work. And I am increasing in the knowledge of God. Sa...
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And then because we are praying, he's having mercy. If some of those disasters come, oh, my father in heaven, it will not come in Jesus' name. I mean, it's not good. But so this was going to come, and it was going to be very, very terrible. And he said this hurricane was about 300 miles wide. It was...
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How did they overcome the accuser? Because they did not love their life, even when they were faced with death. That is how we gain control in life. You know, last time I explained something. This death is not just physical death. Remember the story we referred to, and that is the story of the people...
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Jesus will not look like you? I hope you are getting my point. And that's what I'm talking about. Listen, what God desires for us is that we, you know, we look at a country like ours and tell it what to do. Why do we go around preaching like this? Why does God enlighten our hearts like this? He want...
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Because he didn't take it so slow. Your wife is used to every two months going to shop in Paris. So now you are saying, madam, I can't travel again. Yes, that's what I said. Oguete is not a bad place. At least we have the mall here, right? You go to a shop, right? You go to all those shops in the ma...
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By the time men are refusing deliverance, you know what it means? It means the deliverance was being offered with conditions. That is, you are in prison. Come, deny your Christ, we'll let you go free. And they said no. The business is having issues. All you need to do is get involved in bribery. The...
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He was doing his computer business. He realizes, man, this thing is moving. He begged his father to allow him to withdraw from school. And eventually, he made it to be. I mean, his name, that's one of the beautiful things in life. His name, if I say Dell, you don't realize he's a human being. You th...
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I ask the Lord for money, money doesn't come. I ask the Lord for money, money doesn't come. And I now make up my mind, well, since the money did not come, let us start thanking God for no money. The situation must be good, must be better, since there is no money. Let us begin to worship, even though...
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If you say, you know, that's what the Bible calls the corruption that is in the world. Let me tell you something, you have to be careful when you are participating in things in life. Let me say what I'm saying. Listen, go to the king of Israel, I'm bringing you into the land, not because of your rig...
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You are getting my point? That's what we mean by control. I said something not last time, the meeting before the last one, that you see, men who understood this, that's why they used to go around asking questions. What must I do to be saved? Because for you not to have control over the affairs of li...
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When it is a man who actually goes to church, all of a sudden that he's nice. You know, three years ago you were saying, if he's not speaking in tongues and praying, you know, he has to be studying the word of God. Suddenly you say, look, not everybody can be like Pastor Banki. Not everybody can be ...
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Remember, Jesus, when he came, he went through the temptations of life. That was when the father said, this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. What I'm trying to say here is this, for us to exercise the dominion that God has given us in Christ Jesus, we will also go through temptations of...
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and your enlightenment, listen, there may not be anything wrong, you understand what I'm trying to say, I'm not even trying to describe what is wrong, but suddenly you are revising under pressure. Let me tell you the truth. You simply pray to God, say, let the pressure pass first, we'll re-examine t...
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Now let me tell you that we're wrong. Let's not beat ourselves over that statement I made. Let's look at the other side. The other side is that you also don't have to bow. That is the other side. When people bow, that is when they lose control. That's where I'm going. When people bow, that's when th...
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of the life of Christians. My emphasis, of course as I'm going on I'll be shifting it little by little until I get to different, maybe until we get to the final point that the Holy Spirit wants us to make. Where we have been laying our emphasis for now is the fact that it is possible to have control...
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My treasure was Nenugu. So my heart was full, completely, 100%. If you shifted the date of my flight, I would cause a riot. The Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. Now this is a point I'm making. Listen, for Paul, that's what we're talking about control. That's how being on the earth was like for...
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You know, worldly fame, worldly prosperity, comfort in life. That's what Satan tries to do. The reason is that that is how we lose our control of life. That the person who will maintain his or her control of life must be somebody who has been detached from all of these things. Let me say it again. Y...
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So be careful when you are making negotiations in life, when you are making decisions, let me put it like that. Be careful that those decisions don't go against those two things I said. Number one, direct commandments of God that you understand. Number two, some firmly held principles. Some things t...
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that we would like them to respond. They do not always respond as quickly but they actually do respond to the voice of the person who God dwells inside. They always respond. They always respond. On Tuesdays we have been teaching about unbelief and how we must fight unbelief. The fact is that a lot o...
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People on the earth today, they still sin. Don't blame Adam. He has done his own. He has gone. Are you getting my point? The problem is not Adam. The problem is not that the devil took dominion from Adam and is using it to oppress you and I today. No. The problem is that today, we are still handing ...
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Remember, what makes a man lose control is attachment to things. I told a story from that message by Pastor Efeobuke, because it's so true. The people said, look, if you like, kill us. The worst that will happen is that we die, right? The man said, yes. He said, in that case, we are ready for death....
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Why it's so easy to eradicate polio and eradicate measles and stuff like that is that the virus doesn't change. After many years, the same way. Once it creates a vaccine against it, 50 years later, the vaccine is still working. HIV has been very difficult to eradicate because they can work on the va...
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Listen, even me, I shout. You get my point? I'm not blaming you. I'm not criticizing you. We all do it. Do you follow my point? We all do it. But the fact is, the louder you have to shout before you are heard, the lower the amount of authority that you carry. Do you get the point I'm making? When th...
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Yes, so Jesus just speak casually to the tree, and the tree responded. That's what God expected us to be. If you see, when we were talking about the genealogy of mankind, we were talking about this man being the son of this, the son of that, and then you get to Adam, and say he was the son of God. T...
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Fear forever. Are you getting my point? Now, if you dash anybody something, they'll say, ah, sir, it's not necessary, sir. You say, take it. It's from your heart, sir. Yes, from my heart. Take. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. That is respect. They won't be afraid to tell you lies. Bu...
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Listen to me. The guy will either sign rapidly and ask you, how many signatures do you like? Do you want... I want you to say, please hold this per signature in case... Because he will investigate and he will say to him, truly, sir, that man was here yesterday. before Oga left, Oga was raking and sa...
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He said, no one has taken it 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, he said, I received from my father. Why did I read this? If I like the way King James says it, he said, I have power to lay it do...
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That was the first thing. Faith first removes the attachment that your soul has to those things. And next time you are praying about them, you can now pray about them based on understanding of purpose, understanding of the promises of God, not based on the attachment you have to things. Some of thos...
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What are they going to buy? You understand my point? Some people say, I'm doing ministry for children. I believe they say they don't give offering. It's true, though. And parents are very, very, very terrible in that area. When parents are going to church, that's one thing. You know, I like to drop ...
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The mother came back. Now his food has come back. He was crying so much he couldn't suck. Do you understand the point? He had cried so much. He had... And the guy wore himself out crying, gasping, you know, panting, all those kind of things. He couldn't suck. The thing you are crying for has come no...
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Paul was vexed. He was irritated. And then he turned to her and said, come out of her, you foul spirit. And then the Bible says that that thing came out within that hour. Something struck me when I read that, that wait, it didn't come out that minute. It did not come out that second. It came out wit...
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And when I saw it, trust me, I wanted to read it. And the guy who wrote it, interesting fellow. Whether he was joking or whether he was really a Satanist, I don't know. But he said, listen, the devil can give you anything. So when you are making your deal, make sure you get as much out of the devil ...
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Listen, let me quickly drop something for you. You know, we say a lot of things, alright? I know where I began from. We're talking about how we lose control in life. This is how we lose control. Satan comes to steal individual's control all the time. Now let me say something to you as a preacher. Li...
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When they asked him, so what did Adam do to make life hard for his descendants? He said, Adam allowed, let me just summarize it, increased the amount of temptation around, making it difficult for people to overcome it. Now, understand this. And that was why Jesus came to make it possible for people ...
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He was discussing maybe like 20, I'm not sure of the exact figures now, but he said like 20 things that I would have done differently if I'm starting ministry now. You understand? He said that he has heard people say that, no, they won't do anything differently. After 50 years of ministry, they will...
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Now you can understand what he said when he was saying, in the days of his flesh, verse seven, chapter five, sorry, you know, we're heading to chapter five, verse seven. He offered up both prayers and supplications without crying and tears to the one able to save him from death. Now you see, that's ...
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You know, it's maybe not in keeping with the theology we have heard a lot of times. You know, there's something we keep on being told, that everybody was born with an original sin. Only Jesus was not born with an original sin. To me, now, it doesn't flow with the doctrine of the scriptures, because ...
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Do you understand? So that's why we are talking today about overcoming evil spirits. Now, I am going to start by reading a long text of the scriptures, and I think all of us should open our Bibles. There. And if you don't have a Bible with you, next time you will see it outside. Jessica, you know I ...
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Listen, the life of the believer is a life of faith. That is, if I want to overcome sin, I overcome it by faith. What do I mean by faith? I say, God, this is a sin that everybody like me commits. May I never commit it. Do you get my point? I have told you. that there is a proclivity, that is, there ...
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You will see that he said that, let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Listen, what he was saying is this, there are times when the weaknesses of our beings and the weight of the temptations are about to lead to si...
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where the same words will have applied, but the other portion I will be talking about demons and personalities. So I will therefore just use the word evil spirits. So this first part, I will use the word wrong spirits. Now, wrong spirits can affect anybody, believer or non-believer. I'm not talking ...
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It is not the point. There is what is called the cleansing from all unrighteousness, which is the tendency to do evil. Do you get my point? So a man comes to God and prays like that. God, I have noticed that when I saw Beersheba, I desired her. Let me tell you the honest truth. Most of us like to re...
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No, Pastor, in fact, I don't believe I did that. Yes, even me, I know you didn't do it. It's the devil. No, when they say Satan pushed me, it is the truth. Satan pushed Judas. Were you not there? You were there. You read it in the Bible. I mean, that's been there. You know what I'm saying? It's an a...
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because it is too obvious. Believers won't fall for it. If you are the one who you do it, normal human being, if you are the devil, the mark of the beast, people have taken it already. The people who took it are waiting for the sign for someone to come and give them social security number and a micr...
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I am persuaded, he referred to this, and I believe it totally, that that prayer we prayed is one of the major prayers Jesus prayed before the beginning of his ministry. Now, I'm not talking about that as his ministry had started. I am persuaded that some of those experience of prayers were not even ...
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Then one day, he and his friends just felt happy. Let's go and steal the car. And they saw an old man and his wife, who went to visit their children and grandchildren. After many hours of driving, we're getting back into town. We're shooting after the man, where they followed him. As soon as they pa...
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I think John chapter 14 verse 30. He said the only reason why he appears like he could do something is because I laid down my life of myself. Do you get my point? Talking about overcoming evil spirits, listen, it is not Satan I cast you out. I like one thing somebody said once. He said, who resists ...
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As far as God was concerned, this guy doesn't do anything wrong. Yet, his adulterous spirit that will open door for the one that murders was in him. He did not know. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? That was what John was saying. He said, if his word is in you... Listen. Personally, there are...
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Do you understand my point? Now, last time we explained about the Spirit of Christ and that everything, Spirit of David, Spirit of Joseph, Spirit of Job, the Spirit of Abraham, all of them put together are found in that Spirit of Christ. That is, in Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily, tha...
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I remember when I was, you know, the way life is. It was while preparing for this meeting, I remember that I wrote a teaching on this topic, like seven years ago. Do you know, it's today I remembered. It's now I remember sharing it with, there was one lady I was talking with, this was long ago, talk...
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is, like I said, not understanding the scriptures. We made a lot of errors. OK. Now, he now said, if we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnes...
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What does that tell you? That when David said, how can a man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word. That's Psalm 119, all right? If you read verse eight. He said, how can a young man keep his way pure? He said, by keeping it according to God's word. Yet, the same David said, it is ...
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Do you get the point I'm making? The reason being that there is an order with which he made life. And maybe he said that because he knows that people like you weigh above 60 kg and this chair will collapse under the weight of 60 kg prolonged over 10 minutes. Do you understand my point? So he said, O...
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Do you get my point? There is nothing wrong with learning the right thing. But I said at the beginning, or sometime ago, that God is not saying you should try. God is saying recognize. He said, Adam, where are you? He said, God, I find that I am in a place called unforgiveness. It's hard for me to f...
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What's that man's name? E-F-C-C, man. You know who Ribadu is? It's nothing personal. I'm just doing my job. Papa Loko said, God will judge Ribadu. You know who Ribadu is? Is he a liar? I just gave facts. Did I sack him? I just showed the president. Your IG transferred 1.1 billion naira. Where did yo...
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You understand what I'm saying? To cause the earth, to force the earth to produce results. And that's why the law uses the expression that from the sweat of your brow, you will eat bread. You understand what I'm saying? That is not what God expects of a child of God. He expects that we learn to coop...
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Judas died for betraying, right? And Jesus himself said it, it would have been better if he was never born. Yet the Bible testifies clearly that Satan entered into him. Are you getting the point I'm making? That it is each man's responsibility to overcome an evil spirit and yield to a good spirit. I...
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And that's what made him an author of eternal salvation for everybody else. Let me explain this. Because the Bible talks about a cloud of witnesses. That is, somebody who has not yet done something cannot tell people how to do it. Do you understand the point I'm making? So that's what makes him an a...
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From verse 14, it says, since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. Let us hold fast our confession. It says, 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 wi...
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Do you get my point? But the job, oftentimes, is greater than the ability, the fleshly ability of somebody. So the appropriate spirit enters into him to help him. When it was time to go to the cross, the Bible said that angels strengthened the Lord Jesus Christ for him to be able to go to the cross....
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because there was no fire. What Moses saw was the angel of God appearing as if it was fire. Who makes his angel spirits and his ministers as flames of fire? Do you get the point I'm making? So we use that expression, again, to describe personal spiritual entities. So you talk about demons afflicting...
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He wouldn't have been lying. He wouldn't have been lying. However, it doesn't make you no longer culpable. That's the important thing we have to bear in mind. And that's one thing I want to explain. Because the devil cannot push you if you don't stand in his front and face the direction he wants you...
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Even those of us in university, Christians, in Nigeria, we were ashamed on the streets. I remember that day, my friend Martin was washing clothes. And I came and said, I heard him talking, what's happening now? He said, Banki, forget. Tell me now, I'm waiting. He said, they caught this man with a sh...
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Hey, our time is really, really, really moving, and I have absolutely not started to say the principle by which you overcome evil spirits. And I'm being serious with you. That's not a preacher's joke. It's the truth. Because the principle is in 1 John 1, and we have not read it. 1 John 1, verse 9. L...
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Our father, we thank you for this afternoon. We thank you because of the good things you've been doing in our lives. Lord, we thank you because of the truth you have been teaching us. And I ask, Lord, that today you enlighten everybody's hearts as they listen to today's message in the name of Jesus....
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strangulate the devil, or karate the devil. I just look at it and say, look, if you have to do that every day, something is wrong with your life. No, I'm serious. Something is palpably wrong with your life. You are generating so much spiritual forces that are attracting evil into you. You are now la...
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Now, so what John was saying therefore is that, now let me just quickly add something here, because it will appear as if he was contradicting himself. When he said that he that, how does it go again? When he said that he doesn't sin because the seed of God abides in him. Anyway, we'll come to that l...
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But let my own son come near my own car glass with a pin. When I give him a knock on the head, all the foolishness will disappear and righteousness will enter instantly. Because that is my responsibility. So in the same manner, John was explaining something here, that there is what is called practic...
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Not me. When I wasn't married, I didn't chase Asewo. Now that I'm married, I don't chase Asewo. One spirit of Asewo chasing will land on you. All the Asewo will suddenly be attracting you like honey attracts bees. And remember I told you earlier, it is not in a man to direct his steps. You will have...
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And when I said it, Oyinka was so shocked, he threw his face into the air like, what did you talk about evil spirits? Yes, I, Banki, talked about evil spirits because they are real, they exist, and it's important that one overcomes it. Oswald Chambers, I was reading his book, The Moral Foundations o...
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I said Newhall. I heard somebody told me that I said Newhall could not go for HIV test because he and this other guy have been everywhere to get that in life. So if he has HIV, I'm sure he would have, as far as he was concerned. But he turned out that when he finally went, he was negative. But I'm u...
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There were statements people made that were not correct. In fact, let me say, there were arguments that came up because people did not understand the scriptures. For example, you know Jesus, when he was talking to the Sadducees, they said that, how can you say there is resurrection? Okay, this woman...
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Then she got frustrated, like, what is going on here? Then the spirit of God ministered something to her, to tell the girl that she had not yet let go of her own powers of the occult. That is, she knew how to manipulate occultic forces, and she retained the ability, despite the fact that she claimed...
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Hebrews chapter four, all right. Before I go to Hebrews chapter four, let me just say something. And that is the fact that in life, God never expects us to try. He said that, come near that we may find what? Obtain mercy and find grace to help. Mercy is simple. Mercy is that, now this is where I des...
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Do you get my point? That's why Paul said, I think in Galatians chapter six, he said, if anyone of you is overtaken in an offense, he said, those of you that say you are, yeah, verse one. He said, if any man is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of gentle...
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Listen, if you see a man being blessed, don't ever complain. How can this person spend $20 million and buy this man just a car? Please shut your mouth so that you don't drive away blessings from yourself. If you read the scriptures, you'll find that the worst things were done for David. I mean, is i...
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Do you understand the point I'm trying to make? So that he had to be stripped down completely, became obedient. The Bible says, unto death. Therefore, you have to understand that point. That's like somebody said, anytime you see the scripture, the word therefore in the Bible, it was there for someth...
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Now, because the man rose to defend his life, God strengthened him to kill the bear. Listen, the guy never ran after bear, to fight bear. He was so full of the passion for his sheep, he said, give me my sheep. How can you come and take my sheep? I'm coming to something here. That it was the spirit t...
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about the importance of the spiritual realm and that it's nothing but fooling for somebody to try to force events in the natural when the spiritual is not primed to produce those events. That is what you see on the earth. All the events of the earth are nothing but demonstrations of the things that ...
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The deadline is giving you tomorrow to produce the money. Maybe you want to buy something. You're not sure whether the money is fake or real, or the thing is fake or real, or you should buy it or you shouldn't buy it. And the person says, what is God's will here? I said, the man gave you a deadline....
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If God has blessed you, bring an offering. If God has blessed you, bring some money. The man stood and raised money for two hours. Demos, who was brought up in righteousness, had never seen it before. Demos Shakari is the founder of Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International, for those who don...
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manifestation of spiritual things. Now, I will take a bit of time today. And if I don't finish, maybe I'll split it into our next session. But get this clear. Paul explained to Timothy, he said, if a man purges himself of all these things, he will become a vessel unto honor, made ready for the maste...
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John said, no problem. What we have discovered, after all, you recognize that you should have accounted for it. He said, it is because the word has entered into you, showing you that you should have accounted. Do you understand my point? He said, don't feel bad. What you do is, we go to God. That is...
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The longer and the higher your work with God has been, the more careful you should be. It is not time to have an entitlement mentality. Now, I say God will reward me for all the hard labor of previous years. No. The reward he gives for the hard labor of previous years is more understanding, more pow...
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Now, he put a blessing here, but I want to say it like this. If you don't face that, God will judge also. God continues to judge iniquity. Not only in the Old Testament, in the New, he judges. One of the ways by which we keep ourselves pure is to remind ourselves that God judges. The more mature you...
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Prophet. What was his name? I think his name was also Ananias or something. Not Ananias with an A, but Ananias with an H, I think so. Because he raised rebellion against the word of prophecy given by Jeremiah. God said, go and tell him this year he will die. Jeremiah said something. Seventy years yo...
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something is bad, please don't do it. You will get injured by it. That's the meaning of fear. That's the reverence God needs. The reverence God understands is obedience to his word. What did I say? That's what he understands. There is no reverence if you're disobedient. There's no reverence. I'm rea...
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People are being fooled. In churches, they say to them, it doesn't matter. No, don't fool yourselves. We Christians, we work hard at sanctification. We work hard at sanctification. Take a moment and just read these scriptures to yourself. Just read it again and again. You say, I realize that those w...
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Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers, God we judge. Is the word of God in there? Let's read it one more time. Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled. For fornicators and adultere...
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Come with serious temptation. Make me pray. You get my point? The temptation, you go, you kneel down and say, Heavenly Father, let this cup pass over. But this one, before I finish praying for Suya, the whole money will have finished. And then they will now be recorded against me. Seban, he can't li...
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So, if you talk anyhow, your punishment is loaded. A small boy in church will talk anyhow, and nothing bad happens to him. But you will say something. Sometimes I see preachers say something like, hey, bro, bro, hey, bro, I hope you know you are high ranking before God. You know we say all the time ...
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We don't like to believe it. Why did Paul use this as an example, as a warning? And you know we are doing warnings, right? Mount Ebal things, you remember that? That's what we are doing. Citations on the warnings. So now, that's what we are doing. One, two, let's go again, verse nine. Don't you real...
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No, it's the disobedient ones in the church. Many times, they are the ones he's talking to. They are the ones he will look at and say, they are not my children. You know, there was a time he said so. He said, they are not my children. He wasn't denying them, per se. He was saying, this behavior is n...
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The older you are as a Christian, the more your punishment is loaded. Because ignorance is not a good excuse here. God is very merciful on the ignorant. If you say there's temptation, you say, but I made a way of escape. There's a way we'll do, we'll pass the way of escape and say, Lord, I couldn't ...
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I hear the warnings. I heard the warnings. Take a moment and thank the Lord, say it, and declare to the Lord, I heard the warnings. Thank you for the spirit of fear. Yes, say that. I thank you for the spirit of fear, the spirit of fear. Within that spirit of the fear of God. I thank you Lord, for th...
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like it. Again, I say, you can't reject it by wish or by declaration. You reject it by works. I hope you're getting my point. A young man did something once. It affected my wife very harshly, adversely. And she reacted like, better do what is right, something like that. Or this, and this, and that. ...
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when we are finished doing the works of iniquity? People say, you open yourself to the devil, that's not true, the Lord will send an affliction. We should fear God. I was in there that time, Ezekiel did not sit down to tackle his pride. Paul said, the kind of revelation, everything has its own risks...
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I was very small at that time, not to do something. I don't want to touch something. So the guy was looking at me. So he got ready to touch it. So I brought out the cane. I said, touch it. So he touched it. You know what? My mother is more than happy that you don't understand. You confused the littl...
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I have been renewed in Christ Jesus. I have been made new in Christ Jesus. My spirit has been renewed. So I don't do these dead walks. Take a moment and confess those things. Let me read for us quickly from the book of Hebrews, chapter 12, in verse 14. It says, pursue peace with all men, and the san...
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people who are cursed, they have described them, you know, did you notice that? Cursed is this person. Cursed is this person who does this. Now this is what will come upon them. Cursed shall you be in the city. Cursed shall you be in the country. Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. C...
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there are 99 miracles that God will do in your life. I said, don't you know it's a lie? And God didn't want you to lie in his name. He switched off the power. So give you enough time to repent, change your mind, and say, Lord, I'm going to come back on here and preach Jesus Christ. They switch the p...
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Listen, if your friend is doing business and you buy something from him, please pay him because your friend, you want him to do well. If he's your enemy, you can, oh, God will collect from you. But this one is your, do you get my logic? Don't say because he's my brother, your little younger brother....
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Why don't you just say, this is an anointed man of God, he's a great man, the Lord will bless him. And go away. Why are you trying to impress him? You want to know the truth? You will die early. Many of us are doing things that lead to problems, and we say we are walking by faith, and it won't resul...
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You start a business. They can be stealing and cheating and getting promotion through all kind of backhanded methods in civil service. If they do it in your company, God will hold you responsible. That company is not circumcised. You don't get it? See, let me tell you something. When you work somewh...
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Yes, that is unbelief. They don't believe. Unbelief comes in two ways. They read it, they don't understand. They don't imbibe it. They don't take it seriously. And number two, very importantly, they don't read it. That's the second thing. They don't read it. They gloss over it. Christians don't like...
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Verse 18. Are we there? Psalm 66. If you are there, say Amen. Okay. Oh, everybody's there. All right, one, two, let's go then. If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear. In fact, I like the way he says it. He said the Lord will not hear. That is, no matter how much I'm praying, the ...
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The Lord is mighty with boils of Egypt, tumors, scabs, and each from which you cannot be healed. He is mighty with madness, blindness, bewilderment of hearts. You will grope at noon like a blind man gropes in darkness. I'm just jumping because of time. He said you shall betroth a wife, another will ...
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and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such, again, he says,...
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Do they still read Romeo and Juliet these days? Because a lot of people are looking lost at, what are you talking about? Who acted that one? Is it Omotola? Or is it Inedo? Sorry, or is it Shakespeare? You think everybody knows? You'll be amazed these days. Ah, God, you know, you'll be amazed. Romeo ...
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Walk by the Spirit, Galatians chapter 5, that very 16 we read. And you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. And what we have been trying to do is to see how to walk by the Spirit so that we do not fulfill the desires of the flesh. The basic thing about the flesh is that it wants to satisfy him...
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Alright, let's continue our teaching on walking in the spirit. I want us to just continue from where we stopped last time. Like I mentioned at the beginning last time, oftentimes I begin then I get carried into another direction and I let that happen because we have to keep learning the Word of God ...
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or walking in the spirit. For the flesh sets its desire against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. That is the whole aim of the flesh. Now, please follow this. It's so that you will not do the things that the spirit wants you to do. And the aim of the spirit is to ensure that you do not do...
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It's the same polygamy. But what he does is that he'll marry one for five years, divorce her, and then marry another one for another few years. By the time he finished going through his life, he too had had six wives. The nation of Israel, so that they will help their neighbor, God commanded. Anytim...
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Please understand this, that is, they have prescribed orders for doing things, but he has broken them, yet he is forgiven. Whose sin he's covered is how blessed is a man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity. That is, even though he does it wrong, God overlooks it. But this is the underlying thi...
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Yeah, I asked myself. And because, listen, as human beings, things like that happen. It's not right, it's the pride of life, you understand what I'm saying? So, no, no, it's not right, it's not right, it's not good, it's not good. What I do is that, what I do, no, that's not even the issue, but I am...
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He said, but I rejoiced when I received your gifts. Not because of what was going to add to me, but because of what it will add to you. That's what I'm making. As a preacher, never do anything that's not adding to the people listening to you. Never. Never. It's the spirit of faith. It's the spirit o...
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and he failed the test badly because he does so to his own flesh. We from that flesh reap corruption. I want to explain something to us that is a mark of Christianity. See, when Paul said, Walk by the Spirit. What is the Spirit? I will get to it quickly. Jesus said something. Quickly go there. The b...
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Are you getting my point? The reason is this, not because there is no inward witness, not because Holy Spirit does not bear witness with our spirits. It is because until you are trained to discern the difference, what you have most of the time is confusion. Are you getting my point? Usually those wh...
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Yeah, and my reason, no, I thought about that. Are you angry? I said, no, I'm not angry. I said, why are you doing that? I said, because it's the right thing to do. I cannot see somebody's about to spoil things, and I'll keep quiet that, you know, that's not my point. I'm being the man in charge, fo...
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Daughter came back from abroad. He tried to link them together. Talks to him. So he began to seek counsel. He went to his father. And he asked his father. And the father said, look, just say to the other girl, I married this one. This is our way out of poverty. So finally, he bought the idea. He now...
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Just be telling lies. Can't a man just have, you know, something you stand for? You bend every way. That's what it means to be spineless. Listen, let me forget what leaders. I'm talking to Christians. The important thing about life is that in whose spirit there is no deceit. Anything you do in life,...
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One day we went for a course when I was a medical student. So I was inside the bush, you know, just in the village and all of that. I said, let's go back to where we stayed, one community. UBTH had an outpost there. So one of my friends, OBR, I said something which I'll never forget. He said, hey, B...
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And that's the attitude a lot of people have. And Jesus said that is not a necessary attitude. Under the old covenant, they had to come to the temple three times a year. Every male Israelite had to show up before the temple of God, three times every year. Then a time came, Jesus said, it's no longer...
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We started with number one, the spirit that loves the word of God. That was the first one I started with. Always wanting the instructions of God in the midst of her life. Therefore, the fellow, all right, takes the simple action of reading the book. And that is what Jesus said, thou shalt love the L...
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One day, let me tell you this joke, it's gonna make you laugh. Children, you know they're very funny. When my children stay with their grandparents, my wife's mother especially, she spoils them, you know, the way grandmothers do. So those days, of course, when we get there, my kids, especially Akinu...
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purposes. You will deny yourself certain pleasures and
human promotions so that you can take hold of the
Spirit. It is those things that are the real tests of your
seriousness.
FAKE CONSCIENCE BALM
I have found out that many people use this working-
for-God thing as a form of atonement for their...
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e by the teaching of the word.
Believe me, it worked.
The word of God is interesting; it first shows us our
shortcomings, where we are living below the glory of
God, before it begins to transform us.
For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than
the sharpest knife, cutting deep i...
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o not
come only to those who want to do them but also to
anyone engaged in things which constitute their roots.
This is what Paul was explaining to Timothy when he
was warning concerning covetousness.
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by
longing for it have wandered awa...
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it means to work for God and
be free from every kind of bondage to human ideas. I
pray that no one will exercise himself or herself
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needlessly thinking that they are pleasing God. I also
pray that those who may have been going the ...
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the world in his
temptation of Jesus, but God in His wisdom is
honouring the faith which the Lord Jesus showed when
He refused to bow down; He is doing that by handing
over everything to Him forever.
Now, in everything the Lord wants to do on this earth
He uses people, and to take over all the king...
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is word, simply go to Him in prayer and acknowledge
that you have a problem in that area. He said all you
have to do is acknowledge (Jer 3:13), and He will take
care of the spiritual healing.
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is my point: root, or seed, is easy to tackle, but fruit
is outside our control. Whatever we desire, we must
observe to tackle it from the root. So it is with working
for God.
THE ROOT OF GOOD WORKS
In all endeavours of life, Jesus declared, only one thing
is needful. It was that thing that Mary c...
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his times to explain away his
actions. God says, “Only acknowledge your iniquity!”
The man committing adultery uses his wife's bad
attitude as his excuse. God says, “Only acknowledge
your iniquity!”
One major reason why people try to justify their actions
is that they do not know how to stop doing...
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d we get
spent right out. If we are doing things inside God's
arrangement for us, the natural exhaustion is so quickly
recuperated by the resurrection life of Jesus that we do not feel
the exhaustion.
There is a joy and drive that keeps a person that is in the
centre of the call of God for his life...
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today were written in those days, and
as at the time of writing this I still have so many
unpublished materials from the same period.
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The point I am making is that the main work of God is
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THE START
uard your steps as you go to the house of God, and
draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice
of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Eccl 5:1
THE ART OF LEARNING
Learning is the foundation of real spiritual work; our
first emphasis must be to learn. It must no...
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ally show in our inability to do many things even
though we might be willing still. Itis so easy to overlook
imbibing your vitamins, but the effect will eventually
manifest.
LIKE VITAMIN TO YOUR SOUL
Just like vitamin deficiency in the body, the
manifestation of lack of rest is often not so quickl...
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ons. They think it is
a sign of commitment but it is totally rubbish. These
things offend the Lord.
Read here the verdict of the Lord Jesus on such things.
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But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents,
‘Sorry, lca...
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to be able to make petitions before
God. Situations sometimes come in life when you are
just without strength even to pray. Like David once said,
the heart can be overwhelmed (Ps 61:2). Eli was tired.
Spiritual exhaustion was what led Solomon to support
idolatry in his latter days. He was never an ...
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e said to the Master, “your mina has made ten
more!” And the Lord called him a good and faithful
servant.
There is a danger in complacency; the servant who
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refused to work so as to multiply that which he was
given was severely puni...
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ptance. They are done as a natural manifestation of
the new life in Christ. You are doing works you were
created to do; they are not done to gain acceptance. Let
me use the following story to explain.
Many years ago my friend and I attended the same
church (that was the church I mentioned that the ...
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ough our outer man is
decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For
momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal
weight of glory far beyond all comparison... 2 Cor 4:16-17
So you see, people who easily lose heart are very likely
in the wrong place (except of course for ...
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e direct instructions of God. He had begun to forget;
the flesh was beginning to gain the upper hand in his
life. His disobedience was the symptom of a deficiency
disease that was beneath the surface.
The Lord saw that and decided that a radical treatment
was needed. His favourite man, Moses, had t...
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matters of the
Law. In all of this he attained many natural advantages
which unfortunately turned out to constitute stumbling
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blocks to his becoming anything in Christ Jesus. There
is a goal that God has set for every single ...
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The
functional word here is learn. The proper way to serve
God does not come naturally; it is something that we
must make the effort to learn. He said to 'draw near to
listen.' David said it this way:
Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of
the LORD. Ps 34:11
He was saying i...
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his word and it would be
very wrong to take that away from them. The strength
to do anything meaningful for God comes by this very
word and so we must not take it away from Mary or any
other disciple.
The word of God transforms us as we sit in its presence.
It is not about intellectual imbibition a...
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their
shoulders, with the poles thereon as Moses had commanded
according to the word of the LORD. 1 Chron 15:12-15
So we see that problems sometimes can be that of the
methods that one is employing.
Once, I heard a message preached by a seasoned elder
in the faith, and he was talking on this calli...
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outward
work that we might ever do. Once it is being well done,
then outward works will come out without much effort
and without the risk of running contrary to the order of
God.
DOING THE MAIN WORK
To be transformed into the image of Christ is the main work
which we have to do as believers. When ...
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st rule to apply to this thing
so as to make prayer unnecessary; all the things I have
explained are to help each person know how to
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approach the throne of God, as Solomon said in
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you simply
do not enjoy the work that you are doing, and there is no
real reason for this that a natural person should easily
understand, it is possible that's a sign that you are in the
wrong place.
When the Lord calls someone to do something, the
passion for that thing tends to grip the soul so t...
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ome. Concerning our
God the Bible testifies,
He is the Rock; his work is perfect. Everything he does is just
and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and
upright heis! Deut 32:4 NLT
The decision to kill Moses and take him completely out,
including his dead body, was made when he ...
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down the king alone. 2
Sam 17:1-2
Notice that he understood the fact that David was most
vulnerable in the time of tiredness.
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This was a strategy of physical war but which also
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nd
the cares of this world, we will find Him leading each
one of us automatically into the right place. That is part
of what is meant by ‘He leads me in the path of
righteousness for His name’s sake.”
The Spirit of God will lead you concerning the steps to
take so as to progress from whichever stat...
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e in
Him. Believing in Jesus allows you to be called a
righteous person, even though you are not perfect; all
the shortcomings are covered by the blood of Jesus, as
long as you remain of faith in Him.
Now, this righteousness begins to generate in your life
the ability to do good works. Forgiving ot...
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fulfilment.
Give Him no rest until He establishes...
Pray for your nation.
Pray for your local church.
Pray for your friend.
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Pray for your husband or wife.
Pray for your fiancée.
Pray for those that you love.
It is difficu...
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Opportunity to minister the word was produced as a
result of teaching a medical subject.
ALIGHT SHINING
You see why it is ministry to live an honest and decent
life, to abhor what is evil and to succeed...
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res, both in your mind and brain, which
you have and others don't. This gift, though spiritual in
foundation, affects your physical body. David
explained it thus:
For Thou didst form my inward parts;
Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonde...
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ification of our beings from all defilement
of flesh and spirit. It is done with the instrument of the
word of God which we pay the greatest attention to.
That is the first and primary work.
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ur time; abide within the realm of
your calling.
IT's A MATTER OF LONG LIFE
When I say ‘don't die before your time’ I mean it literally.
One of the greatest teachers in my life in the matters of
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r ministers for ministers;
they minister to prepare ministers. Every believer is a
minister, either in service or in training.
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before which we must all
appear, you will be judged a failure. In all the parables
of Jesus about talents and minas, the Lord always asked
the servants to show what they did with what He gave
to them.
In the New American Standard Bible rendering of Luke
19:13, the thought is so beautifully expresse...
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et and you
will have a reward before God.
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THE RIGHTEOUS
INTERCESSOR
am explaining that the prayer of intercession is
hard work, and a persistent one at that. When yo...
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we all do that. But to look beyond the current
circumstances and focus on the promise and plan of
God, and determine to pray until something changes,
that is work. Itis work for God and He rewards it.
The promises of God are interesting, especially when it
has to do with a group of people, such as ...
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We'll answer that in a short while but first let me explain
the meaning of these words: gift, calling, and ministry.
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CHAPTER 13
GIFTS, CALLINGS
AND MINISTRIES
nd since we have gi...
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t was always with him. The zeal was consuming
him. He initially tried by his own hands and failed;
afterwards the Lord sent him with His mighty hand.
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from putting in the necessary effort into his studies to
make him succeed. He was thankful the man left.
At other times we are trying to be something to please,
say, our parents. Some are doctors just be...
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hoice
making process, then God is second or maybe even last,
and once God is not first, consider Him totally absent. In
the words of Oswald J. Smith, “He is either Lord of all or
Heisnot Lord at all.”
Callings demand sacrifice, and if you are not willing to
make the necessary sacrifices you will mi...
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in his life, but more importantly it was to keep him
talking while I connected in my spirit with the word of
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As he spoke I realized he loved his profession, he was
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giving is because you have not made it a
matter of importance. I believe that is one of the
ungodly attributes of the natural man which every
Christian must strive to overcome with the Spirit of
God.
That same depraved human nature is expressed often
in life in the fact that most people do not unde...
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les that they should freely ask
God for whatever they needed and expect answers
simply because the Father loves them (John 16:26,27).
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meone
who he hardly knew. I charged him to forget all about
church work and to begin to concentrate on learning,
not for the purpose of working or preaching, but simply
for the purpose of knowing God.
God was calling him to come closer to Him, but he had
been coming closer to service; he had missed...
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people
obviously expected to hear what they were supposed to
do as outward works, but the Lord turned their
attention to the place that the work of God really starts
from — inside.
THE WORKIS BELIEVE
Jesus said that the work of God is to believe. Believing is
something that has to do with the stat...
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people or a place. It may
also be an assignment that is imposed upon you as you
prove faithful in your all-round walk with God.
He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name's
sake. Ps 23:3
What the Lord does is to lead us in our everyday life
until we find ourselves in our calling. That...
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ritance, where to thread and where not to thread (Dt
11:24). There were places He specifically warned them
not to provoke the inhabitants thereof because if they did
they were on their own (Dt 2:4-9).
People often do not know that God has a predetermined
will for their lives or that it is important...
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CHAPTER 17
THE ZIPPORAH
PHENOMENON
hen I said that he, Kenneth Hagin, almost
died in the process I am referring to when
he decided to pull out of itinerant ministry
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ugh.
SPIRITUAL CONFLICT
Derek Prince taught an audio message series titled
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Aggressive prayer, and in this he described the use of
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us and we foolishly believe
them, and as a result we start pursuing things that only
men approve but which are not of God. How many
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Zipporah circumcising her son so as to keep
Moses alive (Exodus 4:25).
SPANNERIN THE WORKS
This leads me to one last point, and this is still talking
about how one may know he isin the wrong calling.
Now, sometimes God just throws the spanner, like we
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to a lonely place and rest a while.” (For there were
many people coming and going, and they did not even have
time to eat.) And they went away in the boat to a lonely place
by themselves. Mark 6:30-32
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according to the situations we are faced with. This is as
long as we consciously put the knowledge of truth into
our hearts (which is what you are doing right now by
reading this book).
As I mentioned earlier, many insist that every Christian
must give a tenth of their income to thei...
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accepted by Him. That is what it means to be made
righteous by faith. Paul wrote this thing clearly in his
letter to the Romans thus:
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But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him
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teacher and prophet.
He had been a pastor for about twelve years and had
pastored different kinds of churches. At this point he
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was the pastor of the best church he had ever pastored
and was living more comfortably than he had...
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ted through us.
It is the work of God and the work of ministry to put
excellence into all that we do.
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SOUL-WINNING TOOLS
Aman came to see me once and he told me that until he
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tian.
I think it will be perfect to end this chapter with a
Biblical example of secular work as God's work.
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GOD AND POLITICAL POWER
We all acknowledge and take example from the life of
Joseph, as being an example of a man of God. ...
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We all need this because
there must be no end to the increase of the government
of Christ; that is the only way by which peace, real and
enduring peace, will come to the earth.
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
The hope that the world has is for the sons of God to
increase and by their increase drive out the ...
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listened to
The Gospel of Abundance by David Oyedepo more than
70 times before I lost the tape. Yet at this time I was
having a craving for something more. I did not even
know what this something was.
It was about this time I told myself that I had to get
involved in ministry work. I must have thou...
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. Love for God is actually defined
by obedience to His commandments and His precepts;
therefore a person who is serving God in the area of
giving is using his money as the Lord desires that he
should.
One thing many Christians do not realize is that the
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to know God personally. It is that knowledge and
relationship that provokes the work that you do. You do
Christian work out of love for the brethren and out of
the knowledge of your gifts and calling.
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As an example, I am a te...
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to relax and to take His meals whenever He was in
Bethany. John's gospel testifies of how He loved
Lazarus.
On this particular day the Lord Jesus was around and
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there is an issue I'll like to
tackle. If someone is already in something,
how can he or she decide if that is the right calling, and if
it is not, what can be done to change into the right
calling?
To answer this we must first see why someone may be in
the wrong calling in the first place. The re...
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blood of Jesus. I
do good works because it is my nature to do them. It is
very much like a mother nursing her child; it is the
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Place of Refreshing.........cscsccceeen 237
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PREFACE
he initial edition of this book was first released
in 2009. Before then I had written a few books,
and I have also released some more since then.
However, I consider 'How to Work for God' to be the...
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CHAPTER 22
THE PRAYER OF DANIEL
n the first year of Darius... in the first year of his reign I,
Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years
which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah
the prophet for the completion of the desol...
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CHAPTER 1
A PERSONAL HISTORY
hile I was a student in the university, I was
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n his serving; or he who
teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation;
he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he
who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Rom 12:6-8
In the previous section, my emphasis was to help us
understand that secular work is part of God's ...
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of Christians. If we understand it, we will
tackle ours job with prayer and meditation and not with
the crass un-spirituality that most of us are guilty of.
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TEACHER BY CALLING
The knowledge of this truth will...
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prophets. We just need opened
eyes, and we will see the truth about the Christ in
everything in the Law and the Prophets. After this I
read the book of Isaiah until the pages in my Bible
became brown.
I learnt the role of sufferings in the life of the believer. I
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WHAT A CALLING IS
trictly speaking, the word 'calling' is used in the
New Testament to reflect the life and purpose
which the Lord brought us all into according to
His plan. For example, all believers are said to b...
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God in a manner
pleasing to Him. Among the things explained are:
* Transformation into the image of Christ as the first work of
God for everyone.
* How our secular jobs relate to the service of God.
* Howto pray as a service to God.
* The true role of giving in serving God.
* The place of resti...
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sonal
and managerial discipline on the part of the minister,
we will discover that begging is not necessary.
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This is why I never push for offerings or make pleas for
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chmen; all
day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind
the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; And give Him no rest
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until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Isa 62:6-7
Notice that He says th...
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egularly for the teachings
which we hold twice a week at the ministry office, and
that it is as they do this that the external work will
eventually manifest. That is the way it works.
GOOD CO-WORKERS
I like the kind of men that I have, people who love the
teaching more than the work. I have severa...
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oever else their sponsor is. (This is
the problem with legalism; it easily entraps in
arguments about letters of the law which nobody can
truly win.)
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I explained to the person asking that I do not believe in...
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many.
It is interesting to note that the people who Jesus called
and made apostles were all doing something when he
called them. They were not idle people who were
supposedly waiting upon the Lord.
What I have tried to explain in this chapter is that
Christians must bear in mind that God's work ...
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ow God. He needed to realize that
becoming acquainted with God is actually the real and
fundamental work of God.
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FAITH IN GOD'S LOVE
Christians must understand that God does not require
their works for Him to love them. He loves th...
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wer, you are rewarded by the Lord
separately from the answer.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
“May peace be within your walls,
And prosperity within your palaces.”
For the sake of my brothers and my friends...
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God...
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far beyond these proportions I have suggested and
actually do not calculate proportions — they just give.
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THE GIVING MINISTRY
There are persons whose specific ministry from God is
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HOW TO GIVE TO GOD
have outlined the people we should give to as
channels of giving money and material things to
God; what I want to describe next is how to decide
what to give to different people.
Contrary to w...
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r regular jobs and duties. We cannot feign
faithfulness to God by doing well in church because He
does not look there only. He would have first checked
us out at our regular jobs before anywhere else.
One of the things we Christians must learn is that the
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tried to
correct, who claim they have a particular gift and I
wonder who lied to them. That very thing that they are
trying to do is what turns people off from them, and yet
they think they can doit.
Ona personal note, before I began to think I could teach,
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both alike will be good. Eccl
11:6 AMP
Whenever you give there is a reward, that is if you do it
with the right motive and in obedience to God's due
order.
So, what are the right motives?
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MOTIVES FOR GIVING
mong the wrong motives for givin...
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