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We can interpret it like we've always done, as being persistent in praying, and that is true. But there's a second interpretation, which is what? Don't let life frustrate you. I have a personal testimony in that area. It's as if no matter what the thing trying to frustrate me might be, it's more lik...
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34:30
He said, he reasoned, he said, what is driving me mental now is that I don't know what happened. He said, let her just tell me, this was what I did, this was what happened. I said, no, nothing. And she never came back. After some time, they went to church, church had panel on it, everything. And I t...
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22:30
Demas was not particularly being a difficult person, all right? And many of us are worse than Demas, but we are laughing at Demas. In fact, to this Christian, I think most are worse than Demas, but we can laugh at Demas. We can't stand what Demas stood before he finally gave up. No, go and do a sear...
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18:00
I think in China, you can go to jail for reading the Bible. They said in North Korea, you can be killed for owning one. The story I heard recently. They say a Bible around a piece of paper look like a Bible. You go to prison. The persecution in North Korea is worse than the one in China. Oh, yes, fr...
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16:30
They were generally not tall people. They were not big people. That's why God said, when Moses was speaking, you know why God chose your father? It was not because you were too handsome. There was nothing for you to say, hey, this is why God chose us. Nothing. He chose because he loved you. You know...
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3:00
You say you should pray and not get tired of praying. But that's one half of it. The second half is that pray and don't let life frustrate you. I don't know whether you heard that one. I like the way you smiled, realize that it didn't enter you. Instead of losing heart, what do you do? Go and pray. ...
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21:00
Demas look one day and said, guys, guys, guys, guys, I feel the spirit leading me. The Lord has been speaking. The Lord can speak. The Lord was speaking to Demas and Demas went to Thessalonica and Paul declared. He was writing it. Demas has forsaken me. Why? Because he fell in love with the present ...
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1:27:00
I can run through a troop, I can leap over a wall. Begin to confess that. Because the Holy Spirit is inside me right now. I can run through a troop, I can leap over a wall. I can overcome all the challenges in my life. If you're a student, you need to confess that. All the challenges of academics, I...
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36:00
What am I saying with all of these things? God knows life is hard. He expects us to be faithful. He expects us to do what he said. Why? The reason why he's still good in the midst of all of this is that he said, look, listen, I will supply the strength. So if you fail, you didn't come to collect the...
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9:00
I see that human beings like to complain everywhere of why they ruled Canada too. Because I don't seem to get it. And this, so just to let you know, that life is hard everywhere. And there are different kinds of hardships and hardnesses. There's physical hardness. There's mental hardship. There's em...
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24:00
You know, when I was going to the cross, now let's get this clear. Did Jesus, now please there's no catch to it, just you know the correct answer. Did Jesus have a pure heart? You're not sure? Answer now, yes or no. He had a pure heart. Did he have a clean spirit? You're sure about that? For that re...
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1:25:30
Ezekiel said, he said to me, son of man, stand to your feet that I may speak to you. He said, when he said that, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet. He said, Lord, I come again this evening to receive a fresh inflow of the Spirit that sets me on my feet. Now, I want each person to begi...
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42:00
I hope you're getting my point. Yeah, that's Samson for you. Those guys were Samsonic in their depiction. Yeah, that's what they do. You see one little normal guy. Yes, he's done a lot of training, but it is not his strength that's going to help him face an army. So he faces a hundred men and he tak...
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43:30
We started by emphasizing that life is hard. I look back now, I realize that many of the decisions we made, we thought were being reasonable, were not being reasonable. We were filled with the spirit. You know, there was something I was saying earlier, sorry, a few weeks ago, just talking about thes...
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58:30
Please, what am I trying to emphasize in all of these things? See, in this life, you are not going to succeed because you know too no book. You understand? You can be as big mentally as Goliath. You can be as big as, you know, mentally as, financially now, I wanted to say, as Goliath. Life will just...
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1:03:00
You wouldn't know now. You just go there. You're not feeling well. You want to lie down. Stomach was paining you. This guy, you don't understand. That is your big artery. Don't burst inside your belly. You are bleeding internally. You are dying. Before you sleep, say, ah, Father God, I give you than...
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19:30
Not the Sunday, the Lord's Day. No. I was in the spirit on the Lord's Day. And with the whole empire, people, sometimes Christians were brought to the front. Oh yeah? Say Caesar is Lord. And the Christian will say, how can there be two Lords? And some of them go from there straight to jail. Some fro...
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1:00:00
But the urge was so strong, he crossed the road, moved over to the left side, and just went close to the edge of the road on that side. As soon as he did that, he saw a truck that had left his own lane coming on the wrong side. That if he had been there for two more seconds, that guy would have knoc...
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30:00
I said life is hard. What did I say? Yeah, life is very, very hard. If it was before, I would have been angry. What is wrong with all these people, men and women? But now I realize life is hard. The only reason why you will overcome that is because of an infusion of the spirit. Please, let me advise...
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1:28:30
Remember, they looked at Peter and Cole. And the reason, they said, how come these people can speak like this? He said, it's because they have been with Jesus. Well, that is true, but that was not the reason. The real reason was because they had been filled with the Spirit. The real reason was they ...
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12:00
is because they have gone totally kulu. Do you get my point? They are not normal again. So the madness froze them. Go and check. It's called catatonia. Yeah, it's a real word. It's a real word. You get into one catatonic freeze. You've not seen somebody that you can stand like this for a whole day. ...
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1:33:00
That's what we are talking about. He said, when the mouth of the Lord commands, His Spirit will go out and go and gather. Say in the name of Jesus. Heavenly Father, send that Spirit out to gather for me. To gather in my favor. Things that are difficult, that people say cannot easily be found. Please...
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1:01:30
the 8th. Visitors will come, they will cook. People will stay with them at home, they will cook. They kept on cooking. They'll go there, go and take rice. Eat, cook, go, take rice and cook. Take rice and cook. Take rice. Say one day. His wife say, which kind of abame rice now we buy, sir? Now they c...
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All right, the Lord is good. The Lord is good. If you believe it, give me an amen. If you believe the Lord heard you, everything you've been praying about the last 30 minutes, give me an amen. All right, before we take our seats, this is our school of prayers, of course you know that. Okay, before w...
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==I have to spend more money than I budgeted for this; am I made of money or what?
==My children are growing and needing more time to guide them, and I still have to work. I hope I don’t go crazy.
==My boss has given me more assignments at work as if I could divide myself into two; I will just ...
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lities but by the grace and power of God working with me (Zec 4:6).
See, wisdom and calm have since come into me, and things are moving faster now as if by themselves. I have been experiencing grace.
Friends, how often have we overlooked the resources of God inside us so that we allow little thing...
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Recently I was appointed to head a combined department at the institution where I work and that came with some extra duties beyond the obvious. This was an appointment I specifically prayed that I would not get because of the extra work it would impose upon me. I most certainly did not want it, but ...
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ned to Zechariah that the challenges before
him would not be surmounted by his own might or
power but by His Spirit, that is, the Spirit of God.
Now, let me briefly examine the meaning of these
words.
Even though closely related, there are some
significant differences between the meaning of the
wor...
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ey
could take the land from the giants. That was not
hearing with faith. The word therefore could not
release to them the Spirit or power in it—the power
that would have made them overcome the giants.
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive
anything from the Lord, being a double-minde...
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for all these
actions. These are the things that will spill out of
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you, as it is written that, the mouth speaks out of that
which fills the heart. *
The Habit of Thanksgiving
Always giving thanks for all things in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ ...
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ll not be
able to overcome him. He cannot do that just
because he wants to—he doesn't have that power;
his method is the use of temptations.
*John 15:5
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What Temptations Are
Let me take a small side journey to emphasize an
important fact about temptat...
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against us, in spite of it we will not be afraid.
Many times, we have wondered at how Daniel was
able to keep his faith, even though there was the
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threat of being thrown into the lions' den, and how
it happened that Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah...
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ay have life. Because of Him, we live.
On that cross, He paid for all my sins and washed them
away. He made me a child of God.
Now He lives forevermore; He makes intercession for me
before the Father.
What I am in Christ**
My sins are forgiven. I have a new life in Christ. I have
the spirit of a so...
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make us win when everyone thinks we
should lose.
It will make us prosper in the midst of economic
hardship.
It will make all grace abound towards us so that we
will have all sufficiency in all things.
The power in the word will heal all our diseases.
That power is for those who treat the word with
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n, who knows he is
to bring it all to God in prayer. He fulfils the words
of the Lord Jesus who taught us that we ought
always to pray and not to lose heart. Paul said we
are to pray without ceasing.*
As we have already seen, the prayer of worship,
which includes praise and thanksgiving, is an
impo...
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know Him.
I have the power to fulfil those plans
I am confident of this because of my trust in God through
Christ Jesus. I know I am not qualified to do anything on
* Rom 12:1, 2 Cor 3:4-6, 2 Cor 5:15
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my own. Without Him I can do nothing. My abil...
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keep
to that statute, so it would be better not to even go
near marriage.
The disciples said to Him, "If the relationship of the man
with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry. Matt
19:10
What I am pointing out is that it is not possible to do
the will of God or obey the word of God unl...
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ed and keenly
watched the game daily for over 1000 years. You
simply cannot win, no matter how naturally gifted
or intelligent you are. When you hear that a
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computer beat a master at the game of chess, please
understand that it was not a machine that beat...
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d;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth quakes,
And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Jer 10:10
* Deut 8:18
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Then he told me, "Son of man, I will make food very
scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out wi...
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, spirits and others—to hear. We
call Him names as revealed to us in the scriptures.
The following are examples:
For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor
among the nations. Psa 22:28 KJV
The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness...
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nt things, and that includes to be filled with
the Spirit, when it is necessary. The waiting period
is for the preparation of the person to be ready to
receive.
So, what do we do when we are waiting?
The first thing is to get detailed knowledge of what
our assignment is. Waiting is not an idle pro...
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chance.
Many people think they are struggling against
chance or luck as they move and work in this life.
They think darkness is just the absence of light, but
nothing could be further from the truth.
The truth is that darkness is not just the absence of
light but it describes a spiritual force that...
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ainable way to do this is
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by regularly filling up with the word of Christ with
the purpose of drinking in the Spirit within. It is the
way of victory.
A Sense of Value
The word of God is not just about intellectual
knowledge. It is the transmission ...
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ficult
problems. These are the kinds of things that should
mark the child of God that is filled with the Spirit of
God.
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At Work
The word of knowledge and the word of wisdom
are not only for church services. They will m...
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y through repentance and faith in
the name of Jesus. They understood that it was not
only for Jews but for all nations, and that the
message was to spread to the whole earth,
beginning from Jerusalem.
The Need for Power
With such understanding, the disciples would be
eager to move and fill everywhe...
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tudy
and praying, before setting out. That is the kind of
thing you do when you are tarrying for the Spirit.
Jesus first gave the disciples understanding when
He told them to wait for the gift of God.
When you would have learnt, then you will be
ready to receive the Spirit. A heart must be
prepared...
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you have turned your pain into gain. Yes, they will
be very wrong most times in these explanations,
but it will be undeniable that something unusual is
happening. They may not understand it, but it is
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the Spirit in you manifesting.
The Ephesian Stor...
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in Christ Jesus. Forgiveness of sins is a major one
of them. We are redeemed in Christ. We have been
purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ. We are a
new creation in Him; old things have passed away.
Paul was very profuse in giving thanks for the
churches; I think we should learn from that. He
gave...
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all
genuine prayers that get the attention of Heaven,
are prayers of faith. Whether it is intercession or
supplication or worship; they are all prayers of
faith, otherwise they would not be effective.
…pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and
restored... The earnest (heartfelt, conti...
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inning, for God's Son holds them securely, and the evil
one cannot touch them. We know that we are children of
God and that the world around us is under the control of
the evil one. 1 John 5:18-19 NLT
The major issue with temptation, as far as the
enemy is concerned, is to shut off the flow of the
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the Spirit enters into you. That was what
Paul meant when he declared that “I am what I am by
the grace of God”. He was operating by that same
power of God, which is also called the Spirit of
grace.*
This man Paul faced opposition and suffered many
things in the hands of the Jews. He was imprisoned...
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do it
* Col 1.8, Acts 19:21, Gal 5:16, Rev 1:10, Eph 6:18, John 4:24
** 1 Cor 14:14
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from the bottom of your heart, like we say, or with a
whole heart.
When the Lord Jesus said that the Father is seeking
those who will worship Him in spirit and in tr...
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d the Sadducees came and had them
thrown into jail till the next day; they were upset
because these apostles were preaching the gospel
of Jesus and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection
from the dead.
Now, remember that on the following day, when
they were brought out to defend their actions, Peter...
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evil spirits in the Gospels, you will
notice that they are sometimes driven to do things.
One boy would be thrown into the fire or water;* a
* Mark 9:22
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man was compelled to live in the tombs against his
will and not to wear clothes. When the Lord Jes...
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Chapter 12: MEET THE HOLY SPIRIT.......................133
Chapter 13: KEEP BEING FILLED - 1.........................141
Chapter 14: KEEP BEING FILLED - 2.........................151
Chapter 15: KEEP BEING FILLED - 3.........................159
Chapter 16: QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT ....
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multiplied food for the widow when she was
visited by the prophet during famine, until food
returned to the land. This was not done for the sake
of Elijah the prophet, but to save the woman's life.*
When I was young, a man of God told us of how
God multiplied food for him and his household.
They ...
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him to her. He kept saying nothing was
wrong. So, she prayed, and the Lord reminded her
of something that happened to her when she was
* 1 Tim 3:4, KJV
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young. She was small-sized and she was being
mocked that she would never grow big. Well, she
realiz...
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God in psalms, hymns and
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spiritual songs. We must continually make melody
in our hearts to the Lord. We must meditate on the
word of God continually.
Lord, thank you for what you have made me in Christ.
Thank you for you have a purpose for my life, ...
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in Christ. You
are a new creature, and you have been made
righteous.
Meditate on His power working through you.
Let me summarise the things we are to meditate on
and confess, using the words of Paul:
…how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his
people, and how very great is his power at w...
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by the Lord Jesus, and they knew
their assignment, but they could not go in the
power of that knowledge alone. They needed to be
endued with power.
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The Art of Waiting
In my early days of learning about the in-filling of
the Holy Spirit, we were to...
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f we tap into the
heart of God; we start to feel what He feels, we love
what He loves, and what He hates turns us off.
Sometimes you weep physically, and it is because
of the pain in the heart of God.
Yes, the Holy Spirit brings into us the joy of God,
but there will be time that we will feel His o...
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can give such manifestations to those who
do not have the Helper, the Holy Spirit, as a usual
companion, how much more should children of
God expect such manifestations in their scientific
endeavours?
At Home
The word of knowledge and the word of wisdom
will work in our everyday lives. They will he...
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ared to them tongues as of fire distributing
themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
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speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them
utterance. Acts 2:1-4
The first time the ...
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ows into many. “Receive the Holy
Spirit” was first used by the Lord Jesus to impart
life into the disciples,* and it is still a way by which
*John 20:22
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the Spirit will flow into many today. It is to you
according to your faith. As those words are bei...
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m of the spirit that we also
do. These include meditations, confession of the word and declarations.
Many times, we lump all of them together as prayer but, strictly speaking,
they are not all prayer.
** Note that spirit or Spirit is not distinguished in the original text of the New
Testament; when...
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eld nearly 300 patents in equipment
design, manufacturing processes, and machine
tools needed to produce the equipment. The man
also used to give 90% of his salary and company
profits to mission work.
Sometime in his life as a young man, wanting to
serve the Lord fully, he had thought of going into...
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word of God for
the purpose of drinking the Spirit in it.
Also, fill your environment with the right
influences, just as we earlier saw. Be deliberate to
obey the word which David admonished us with.
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel
of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of si...
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d maker of articles of gold and
other metals. He could make fine jewellery. He was
a master of every such craft. The ability was Spirit-
breathed.
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Imagine therefore today an architect who is filled
with the Spirit.
Imagine a tailor who is filled...
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resurrection. He spoke of the
encounters of the disciples with Him after the
resurrection until the ascension. He also told of
how the Father appointed Him, Jesus, as judge of
the living and the dead.
Peter continued to speak, and the household of
Cornelius continued to hear with faith, until there...
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irit
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the
world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light,
for their deeds were evil. John 3:19
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Sometimes people get into arguments about
whether something is a sin or not, demanding to
know whe...
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John, and how the fulfilment was the
One to come.
Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of
repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was
coming after him, that is, in Jesus. Acts 19:4
It was a thing they had understood before then;
they just didn't know the One to come had come. It...
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em. So, we went to the back of the hall to pray.
So we began to pray. I was leading the prayer, and I
did something that I stopped after that day—I
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closed my eyes to pray with them. We were in
prayer for a while, my eyes being shut most of the
pe...
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ere produced by the
hearts of the people. It is similar to what happened
in His hometown, where He could do no mighty
work because of the unbelief of the people.*
What is the practical lesson for us?
The lesson is that we must be careful to hang
around where the Spirit of God is heavy in the air,
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ality, but in holiness. So then, whoever rejects
this teaching is not rejecting a human being, but God,
who gives you his Holy Spirit. 1 Thess 4:3-8 GNT
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Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed
among you. Such sins have no place among God...
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ws
all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit
* 1 Cor 14:16-17
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pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.
Rom 8:26-27 NLT
Sometimes when we pray, we find that the burden
is heavy, yet our understanding of the situation
m...
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These are signs of the Spirit in
the child of God.
A Christian in civil service, governance and politics
should not be average in function. They should
work empowered by the Spirit of God. We have an
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example from the Bible in the person of Daniel. Let...
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to
the lives of preachers at all. Every child of God is
supposed to receive the Holy Spirit and have the
ability and power of God manifest in their lives as a
result, in different forms and fashions.
The Holy Spirit comes to empower us to live for
Christ on this earth and accomplish various
assignm...
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, we can easily understand that a
major killer of the anointing is negligence.
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and
through idleness of the hands the house droppeth
through. Eccl 10:18 KJV
Anyone who is not taking the filling of the Spirit as
a serious agenda in his life is actually gui...
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er to
keep the switch of faith turned on, and to employ
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all the other means for being filled, which we have
seen, as the Lord will make them available.
The truth is that the Lord may choose different
methods to perfect what He began at that time of
p...
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et the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with
all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
thankfulness in your hearts to God. Col 3:16
It is clear therefore that, to Paul, being filled with the
word of Christ is essentially the same ...
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thee, 'tis, 'ol, etc. No, we can use modern English and
yet hardly change the sentences. I thank God for
modern hymn writers; there are so many of these
modern hymns these days. They are so spiritual.
The Ambience of Faith
Apart from church services, the company we keep
is so important, as we have ...
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use I am a believer in Christ Jesus and a
messenger of the New Covenant.
By the laying on of my hands, the sick are healed. I speak
with new tongues. If I drink any deadly thing, I will not
be harmed.
All My Needs Are Supplied*
The Lord is my Shepherd, so I lack nothing
He makes all grace abound to...
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und
in the lives of children of God. These things
seriously grieve the Spirit of God and cause a drain
on the anointing. You cannot be full of the Spirit
and your mouth will not be a fountain of life.
I have found grumbling, which is an expression of
lack of thanksgiving, to be a very potent killer...
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by faith' works in
anything, it most certainly works here.
Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and
ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be
granted you. Mark 11:24
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your hea...
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We remember Cornelius, and how an angel had
appeared to him, telling him to send for Peter so
that from Peter he would hear words by which he
and his household would be saved.
Now Peter, on his part, had been prepared in a
dramatic fashion by the Lord so that he would
accep...
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s. We will find
ourselves accomplishing great things for the Lord
in different areas of life and ministry, and we will
not even know when we started it.
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Operations and Manifestations of the S...
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the upper room, on
that day of Pentecost, and in the house of Cornelius.
We know of the upper room and the house of
Cornelius quite well, but we often forget about that
of the Lord Jesus and of Paul.
When Paul was first filled with the Holy Spirit,
there was nothing dramatic to herald it, apart fro...
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th your Holy
Spirit. I open my heart to receive. In the name of
Jesus.”
4. Receive with Thanksgiving
Now, know for sure He has heard you, and His
Spirit is flowing into you now. If you believe that,
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then a sign of your faith is thanksgiving.
Beg...
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od was not in their
lives. Such could have been lack of boldness in their
lives. They probably said everything without much
confidence. They likely hesitated over every word
and every truth they held.
They also very likely reasoned aimlessly over
scriptures and showed little understanding. They
pro...
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te, or shortly afterwards, over a
few hours or even days. Whichever way the
manifestation happens notwithstanding, every
single believer who prays this prayer will receive
the Holy Spirit.
Let us go.
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ld be
putting receiving the anointing at risk. If he decides
to go and take a leak, then he might come back and
discover Elijah is gone, and he would have missed
his inheritance. The man had to focus.
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, and he returned in the power of
the Holy Spirit.
Kenneth E. Hagin told an experience in which he
ministered through laying on of hands to a woman
who had a deadly disease. He said he often told the
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and decisions which our
intellects cannot decide upon. This guidance comes
in different ways.
A new urge may become persistent and recurrent
* Luke 8
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ediment was removed, and he began to talk without
any trouble. Mark 7:34-35 GNT
In great anguish he prayed even more fervently; his
sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke
22:44 GNT
Yes, the burden of prayer in the Spirit often comes
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erstand
therefore that just as physical and chemical forces
are affected by the environment, so can spiritual
forces be affected by the spiritual environment.
Let us see examples from the scriptures.
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hurch.
Let us recall the time when Peter and his friends
were threatened by the elders and rulers of
Jerusalem, and warned not to preach any longer in
the name of Jesus. We remember that they went to
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their own company of believers to report what the
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ly recycled through
our mouths if we want the power therein to
continue to flow through us.
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth,
but you shall meditate on it day and night… Josh 1:8
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because they waited. They waited. There's one proverb I've quoted several times and I like to quote it again that my people have and they say that a child that does not die must become an adult. Listen to me, if you practice the righteousness of God, if you take all these principles, you know, I've ...
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but that you'll be able to use that to create opportunities for prosperity, not only for yourself, but for those who are around you. He said in Psalm 126, he said, ''Restore our captivity, O God, as streams renew the desert.'' God said, ''If you want me to do that, you have to sow in tears so that y...
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They know that as long as they don't die, they will come out of this place. They know that outside, their people are working hard to bring them out of that pit. And of course, within the first 12 hours, I think thereabouts, they had signs that the people were digging. And they saw something that the...
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Now, what am I trying to explain? A man who is waiting for God's blessing, a woman who wants to be blessed by God should know that that is where we are going. Are you getting my point? We are not talking about temporary flash in the pan, all right? You appoint a man to government today, he charges p...
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And I said, until the testimony is that you have changed the place where you are currently, then you cannot step into the next season of your life. But what I want to emphasize today, in closing this whole discussion, is from this book of Hebrews, chapter 6, where he says that we must be followers o...
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Welcome to the way of success. Pastor Bank 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. Now, today is the last day that we will talk on that subject of creating the...
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God for glory in the Bible is weight. That's why the Bible call it the weight of glory. I'm going to explain something. God knows that the blessing he wants to pour upon you, it's heavy to carry. Do you get my point? So the period that you are waiting for that blessing is a period in which he's teac...
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Listen, there are things you will deny yourself for the sake of godliness. Please, I must emphasize that. You will deny yourself some temporary gain for the sake of godliness. But I'm saying that the Bible says that godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise for the life that now is and...
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We have spoken extensively about the fact that you and I, all of us together, we do something that will produce prosperity in our environment, that will produce prosperity in our community. After laying the spiritual foundation about the things that are inside the heart, I pointed out a number of is...
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Are you getting my point? Remember the story of Job. The argument was not whether Job was a righteous man. When God and Satan were going to argue and bet on the life of Job, it's not whether Job was righteous. It was why he was righteous that was the issue. Are you getting my point? Satan said he's ...
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The opportunities are first created inside the heart. As a man thinks in his heart, so his experiences outside will be. Are you getting my point? That if you have faith in your heart, it will produce results outside. When the word of God comes to you, he said the word becomes flesh when it is mixed ...
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Are you getting my point? I mean, Hannah wanted a child. She waited year by year because the reason why she wanted a child was to answer Peninnah, that me too I can bear. And God said, that's not the reason why I'll give you a child. Then one day she walked into the temple and said, this is why I wa...
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But what have I said? You must manage the five Naira. As long as it is your just reward, you must accept it. Because one day God will see the patience with which you are accepting it. Then he will lift you up to another level. And that is my emphasis as I close. The word patience. That there is some...
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Spiritual seed is that which you use to honor God, the one that you give to the poor, the one that you use to get involved in the work of the spread of the kingdom of God. But there is also physical seed, I emphasize upon it, which is that you invest in your skill, which is that you invest in somebo...
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But it now said in verse 1 of chapter 7, it says, seeing that we have these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit and perfect holiness in the fear of the Lord. Isaiah said his own like this. He said, come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord. Wh...
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And at the end of the message, I couldn't believe it. One young man walked up to me. He said, sir, what you are saying now is that if I need a car, I should give out a spare tire. I said, my God, I never said that. I never said it. Because you see, sometimes that's what people hear when you are talk...
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Now, what's the point I've made so far today, please? And that's the fact that we are known for our ability to what? Endure. That's it. That's what marks us out as Christians. It's not the ability to get. Paul said to Timothy, endure hardship. Whatever you are doing in life, the fact that things are...
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And like I said, it's a culture with us. It has to be a culture. It has to be a culture. One man invited me and daddy to come and preach. He said, we stay in a particular camp. If you don't like it, we can put it in a hotel. I asked the man, are you staying there? He said, yes. I said, no problem, s...
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They're sitting in my house. Did I stop? No. In fact, you know, that my friend is a real friend. A few weeks ago, he was the one that sent us $2,000 for the ministry. He's a real friend. That day, we were three. I've seen people close church. They close the shop of church because they've been there ...
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See, there is a reason why the Lord said concerning Jesus Christ. He said that none of his bones will be broken. With everything that happened to Jesus, none of his bones was broken. Not one. The Lord did that for a particular reason. They beat him, they dropped him, he fell down, the cross fell on ...
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But if I was looking at somebody else who finished the work, I won't do that. I'll go to them and say, oh, boy, you tried. How much did you spend? It must be a lot of money. Here, take. Here is 10,000 naira used to do part of your culvert. Let me contribute something to this, your project. Why? It's...
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You are helping somebody today, it's costing you half of your income. Listen, one day you will do that for a hundred people. In fact, your wife won't even tell you she did it. She will have taken money, done it, and you won't know the money is gone. That's how prosperous you will be in this life in ...
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Now, can we open our Bibles? Let's continue our teaching today. 2 Timothy chapter 4, I want us to continue from that particular point. From verse 1, Paul said, he was writing to Timothy. He said, I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dea...
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I'm telling you the truth. But I didn't care. All that mattered was that I was preaching, and we're recording the things. And as of now, we have almost 1,000 completely recorded messages on the internet, not the one we have archived, that you can download from our website at a time. Almost 1,000. Te...
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We as Christians must be known for our ability to endure. Faith is not known by what we can get, but what we can what? Endure. That is the thing about Christianity which I want to emphasize today. That is one culture that Christians must have. We must have a culture of endurance. That's what I want ...
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He came from there to come and look for a wife to marry. All the children were born over there. None of them was delivered in the South. He's a man who has a British passport. Then you know he has faith. You know what he's doing? He's doing because he believes something. And that's what I want Chris...
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He said he used to tap rubber to go to school, because they are from the Delta state. You know they call it rubber? Many of you don't know what they call rubber. Did he become poorer? Of course, as he was increasing, God was blessing, blessing his wife. He got to a time, he said, let me just put a h...
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And my wife was telling me today, she was discussing with somebody. I said, hey God, what is going on? After all, I've been paying my taxes, and I've been giving offerings, and I've been so and so. My wife said, eh? This is the reason why God hasn't answered you. This one you have said now is why yo...
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Look, I just like to talk about him because it's a story I know. Look, did it make him poorer in life? No. Of course, he struggled for a long time. The last time we went, that is, he and his wife. One day, my mother-in-law was telling me a story. My father-in-law pays fees for one of his younger one...
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I said, you've learned to complain. Do you understand my point? Your body is now used to the complaining. In this life, if you learn to give God thanks, you know one day I'll talk with my wife. I said, you mean we survive without a generator? Because when we came to town, we lived in Trans-Sekulu. T...
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I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. He said, in the future, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day. And not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing. Please, I want you to notice these thing...
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And let me tell you what next will happen. I began to tell him the kind of development that will come to town, because we're already praying for some of these things. But what I'm telling his story is I like his attitude. He wasn't one of those who are looking and say, you did here. Your mates are m...
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And what am I teaching today? Christians should be first class people in that area. They make the best. They are not complainers. That's the culture. We should be known that this man never complains. One day, I went somewhere. And one man is my senior, one of his neighboring states. He came to pick ...
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Yet, if it is headquarters, people would associate, Father God, in the name of Jesus, I will be posted to headquarters. He was telling him the story that day. He said that was the day he wished he could speak Igbo. Being a rural community, you can't just come speaking English, and they won't know wh...
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An average human being complains morning till night. Listen, this is a culture of Christianity. We are able to endure difficulty. There's something somebody said once. There are many people these days, OK, let me not talk about Americans, Nigerians, those of us who are here. Most of us live in the k...
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That is not the culture of Christianity. A man was in my house a few, about two days ago. He's from Enugu state here. He looked at me and said, he made a statement. He said, what are you doing here? Let me not say everything he said. Actually, he said, what are you still doing here? I said, what do ...
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He said, I heard so much about you, so this is you. So I was like, where did you hear about me from? And I said, OK. His friend who brought him to my house, Mike and I said, oh, the architect that works with him is one of your disciples. And I said, OK. He said, he talks about you all the time. He s...
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And it didn't start today. They used to have those things, those Bible days. And that was exactly what the Bible was speaking against. When you use the word, it being effeminate. That's what we're talking about. So you find it. Men do it. Women do it. And those are the things that the Bible specific...
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Now, I'm putting all of these things together to bring out one last issue as we close up this series of matter of financial prosperity. That sometimes we go through trials in life. That's what he was saying. Solomon explained something there. If you read that chapter three again, he went through all...
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The fact that you're having trying times does not mean that God has forsaken you. In fact, trying times is when God filters those who are really not with Him, who are just serving Him for what they can get. And this is what actually lays the foundation for eternal and long-standing prosperity for us...
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because we said God is working in our lives even when we are not aware. But there's one more thing I want to bring out. Verse 11. He said, I remember that we also read from Lamentations chapter 3 in which Jeremiah explained He said from verse 27, he said, it is good for a man that he should bear the...
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Peter, I've told you people, always try to bring food along when we are going for this kind of crusade. You know these people, they like to eat. Okay, Judas has taken all the money. What do you mean? You should have told me that Judas took all the money. You know, he didn't say that. He just simply ...
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You can learn with a thousand Naira that belongs to you that you don't have to be accountable to anybody for. Do you understand what I mean? That is, it's lost. Okay, fine. Nobody's holding me by the neck. What does God do? You see, those that God wanted to bless, he gave them talents. He said, do b...
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For me, I said, I told everybody that, look, I must live long. That's number one. All this running up and down because you want to achieve something that God has not given to you easily. I said, I won't participate in it. There is a job for each season. At that particular point in time, my job was t...
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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. Now let's begin to round off everything we have been saying about this mat...
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They are taught that once you give an offering, it doesn't matter. I have seen people trying to give an offering, you know, so as to be safe from their sins. I think it's quite silly. If you want to be safe from your sin, you know what you should do? You should repent, since now you know you are a s...
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Because sometimes God will appear to be taking so much time. But really, God may take time, He doesn't waste time. Let me say that again. He may take time, but He doesn't waste it. If God takes one year, two years, that means that those are the number of days and years that He requires to perfect yo...
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No, I've talked to people before, you know, maybe in the markets. You go to buy something. This one is fake. The man will tell you, after a plenty of talk, that I know. But the truth is that this is the one that sells. Are you getting my point? Alright, even if that's the one that sells, why do you ...
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That's why, look, listen, we must learn to acknowledge and give God thanks all the time. Look, that thing I'm saying is very important. God does not waste your time. The Bible says that God only appears slow as some counts slowness. Do you follow what I'm explaining? Anyway, so that's what the Bible...
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If I drive this car now, I will die. And what I mean is that it's not as if somebody is chasing me to kill me. What I mean is that I have to work three jobs in a day. People work morning till evening, evening till night, and then night till morning, in three different clinics. And earning 5,000 Nair...
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bear in mind that God will bring all things to judgment. He said, those things that are hidden, that is what God judges, especially are the things that people don't see. And I say that the motivation for why we do things is important before God, because those are the things that people cannot see. I...
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Therefore, we give him thanks at all times. I have seen opportunities come that I thought I could take hold of and I couldn't and it passed. Like I always say, you are not the only one that God wants to bless. So I give God thanks. Say, Father, I thank you because you have sent that blessing to some...
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And there are dozens of opportunities that are coming towards these people and they are taking advantage of it because they are thankful and they are busy looking around for what God wants to bring in their direction. But because he's not thankful, he wakes up in the morning. I don't know why NEPA d...
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You understand what I'm trying to say? But I will give you the bus stops. I won't pretend. I didn't used to take taxis. They were expensive. But now, here where I live, I don't take buses. Contentment is knowing my place in life and living like I am there. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? I t...
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Now, these are the things we have seen. And now, last time we now began to examine this matter of patience, that the Bible says that two things inherit the promises of God, faith and patience. We saw what the promises of God will be. And the one we emphasized on last time was that issue of, I will b...
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Say, God, all my friends are stealing. I'm not in cult. And yet, look at it, my shoes are bent. It is good for a young man to bare his body in the days of his youth. If you say, because of that, I'll go and join cult, the first day of initiation, a bullet will pass through your heart. Then you will ...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki has been teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your life will be productive. You don't have enough disadvantages in life to stop you from prospering if God is blessing you. That is, you live in Nigeria does not ...
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Listen, what is patience? The Bible says that it is that thing that you need coupled with your faith to inherit the promise of God. And we are defining it as see time extended. That is every time that you are in between the time you started following God and when great blessings come upon you is cal...
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Because in spiritual things, you don't just sit and stop. You keep doing it. Like if you read the earlier parts of Hebrews chapter 6, what we read just now, he said that God is not unjust as to forget your work and your labor in that you have ministered to the saints and you are still ministering. V...
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For us, seeing that we have these promises, first thing we do is to cleanse ourselves of all defilement of flesh and spirit, without which we cannot experience the blessing of God. Listen, the calamity that is the economic problems in a nation is not the reason why you are down. Blessing is not tied...
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You're not the one paying your school fees. You have a father that's paying. You have an uncle that's sponsoring. You have a brother who's paying. Business is good, but if you're a student, business must be secondary. Do you understand my point? Legitimate good business. Maybe you are doing a little...
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You get my point? That way, if I say, I don't have money, she knows you're not lying. Because you never lied to her at the point in time that you had more money than you really did. I'm explaining a point here about patience. Patience is for you to recognize that, look, there was something one of my...
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They are active. That is when the Bible says, wait on the Lord. He's saying, do the work of waiting. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? What is a man supposed to do in the days of patience? I want to explain something to you that in life, there are seasons we have said, well, apart from seasons...
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Do you get my point? That is, I don't recognize that years are passing. What I know is that before my eyes, the promise of God exists. It stands there, I'm seeing it. And I know that one day it will most certainly come to pass. That is what bothers a man that is in faith. Do you understand my point?...
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What do you mean it was not worth it? Because you were not patient enough to keep working righteously until God shines a blessing upon you. You said it was not worth it. That is why I don't believe in giving an offering so I can get money. I believe in giving because I'm a giver. Because if you are ...
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If God blesses a man, he is blessed with or without a university degree. Do you understand my point? The reason being that the things that God looks at, with which he blesses people, for which he blesses people, they are beyond his qualifications. Let me tell you something, it will surprise you, tha...
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Are you getting the point there? That is my society, they do not own the future. My community, there's nothing they can do about my future. My government, listen, does not decide my future. It's very funny when people make it look as if the government decides the future. They'll tell you there's no ...
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This is how winners think. Where has God prepared my body for? Therein lies my glory. Listen to me, if Moses had turned out to be a pharaoh in Egypt, he would never have heard this story. God brings the opportunity your way every day for you to see the place that He has called you to be. The place o...
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only in the realm of the spirit.
So, what do you do while what have been promised you is
still not seen?
But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance
we wait eagerly for it.
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to cross the Jordan to go in to
possess the land which the LORD your God is giving
you, and you shall possess it and live in it.
Deut 11:31
Looking closely at these portions of the scriptures will
reveal some deep spiritual truths about th...
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answer.
The next morning, I woke up to discover that all the pocks
on my face had vanished, less than 24 hours after they arrived. I
can still remember the feeling as my hands rubbed over my now
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smooth face. Only two pock...
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it will physically
rearrange your body and your feelings. The word of God is not
an opinion or just an instruction manual for how to live life. No,
please! It is an encapsulation of the power of God.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing;
the words that I have spoken to you ...
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ssions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
Isa 53:5
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This tells me what t...
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necessary.
In the interval, hold on tightly to the confession of your
faith. Do not let any physical evidence or suggestions in your
mind persuade you against the word of God. Tell the devil and
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all his human friends that you will hold on to God even if you
died doing so.
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can be. Now, subsequently you will
produce the good works that are in keeping with the
righteousness of God.
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CHAPTER 10. TAKE IT
I have found out from studying the Bible that whenever
God gives you something, it does not automa...
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at those who do not have what you
have for a second.
Be ever cheerful and thankful. There is so much He has
done for you.
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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
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Christ.
If your focus is on your fear and the things that are
befalling the world, then one day a portion may fall into you
hands out of the lot.
Be wise.
The second prescription is this.
Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may see good?
Keep your ton...
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well say, "You have faith and I have
works; show me your faith without the works, and I will
show you my faith by my works."
James 2:17-18
The works of faith are those actions that flow out of you
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has imparted life into you.
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Righteousness has power; the scriptures tell us that it has
enough power to deliver from death.
…righteousness delivers from death.
Prov 11:4
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yday rejoicing because of the victory that the Lord has given
you in Christ.
Please do not take pleasure in declaring the works of death.
I have met people who seem to me that they love pain and
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suffering; I say this be...
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until they are
activated by faith.
…the word they heard did not profit them, because it was
not united by faith in those who heard.
Heb 4:2
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If I mix the word that I have heard with faith, it produces
results for me....
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k a kind word to people you come across. Be cheerful
about life and be thankful to the Lord all the time.
This is the godly lifestyle that is in keeping with a long,
healthy and prosperous life.
…to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy
burdens, and to let the oppressed go free,...
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nd
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more energy on the word of life as this is the thing that will not
fail.
This is precisely what the Lord was warning the children of
Israel about when He told them that…
…man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by
everything that proceeds out of the mouth ...
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ause you believe what this man has said to you.
This is faith in the doctor.
The weather man on TV tells you it will be a rainy day.
Now, you may look out of the window and see it actually looks
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like a sunny day. Yet you take your umbrella and wear an
appropriate pair of sho...
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d by the resurrection life of
Christ. That same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead has given
life to those would-have-been-cancerous cells. They have
received life and will bless me into old age.”
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What you are doing is that you are taking by force what is
yours; the thin...
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CHAPTER 15. LIVE IN IT
We must not forget that the last part of what we are to do
with what God has given is still there to be examined.
…and you shall possess it and live in it.
After you have taken possession of anything that the Lord
gives to you, you must occupy it and be e...
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h someone, saying that I love many
children and I expect to have them so. The fellow ‘jokingly’ told
me not to forget that there is what is known as infertility. I
immediately broke out in anger that…
My wife shall be like a fruitful vine within my house,
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of sickness.
There are two prescriptions that are preventive that I will
love to show you today.
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This is the first.
My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart f...
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53:5
When He says that you have been healed by the stripes or
scourging of Jesus, it means He has given you health.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who
are in Christ Jesus.
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will cause there to be a
manifestation of the power of God in your life.
Faith in God is just simply taking what He has said in the
written words of the covenant as a present fact. It is making
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decisions with the view tha...
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that it is not relevant whether your affliction
came as a just recompense of reward for your deeds or you were
born with it or it came as a result of the evil in the environment.
What matters is this,
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the
old things passed away; behold, new...
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small that the spies thought it was not
necessary to send more than three thousand men for the battle,
beat them till they ran.
When Joshua went before the Lord to complain, He replied
him thus:
So the LORD said to Joshua, "Rise up! Why is it that you
have fallen on your face?
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of his actions in stealing the forbidden items. This
led to many soldiers dying in battle and the loss of the battle for
the whole nation.
This is stated expressly in this verse of scripture,
…one sinner destroys much good.
Eccl 9:1...
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aled when He made
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clay with spittle and asked the man to go wash it off at the pool
of Siloam. The story is in John chapter 9.
And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this
man or his parents, that he should be bor...
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om 8:2
I have said that God doesn’t just do what He likes, but that
there are principles that guide His actions. This is the reason why
we are encouraged to know the ways of God and not just His
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acts. What I am trying to...
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ing above. You have
accepted that He has healed you, delivered you from sin and
from death. If you believe it, then get ready for the release of the
power of God in your life to confirm it physically.
It is to the person that has believed these reports that the
power of God will be revealed.
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Christ. There is
forgiveness of sins in Jesus and there is a deliverance and
fortification against evil in Him.
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CHAPTER 6. THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS.
Having explained the things that we have so far, let us now
go on to the main issue of our study.
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u cannot possess what you
have been given but which you are not aware has been given to
you. The first thing to do therefore in possessing what the Lord
has given you is to know what those things are.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
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ep spread over the countryside. They arose and pursued after
the little devils, casting them away from the region in the name
of the Lord. The demons departed and next day the epidemic
began to abate.
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Now, the epidemic in q...
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Words control your life. The Lord Jesus said that when you
declare anything, and you believe it will happen, it will happen.
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"Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be
taken up and cast into the sea,' and does no...
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© 2002 Dr D. B. Olusina
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here to condemn you but to explain the origin of
all the troubles that may be afflicting you or anyone else around
you. We shall come to the cure in a short while.
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CHAPTER 5. EVIL
Before we leave this issue of sin and death, let me explain
something about the word ‘evil’.
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things which
must shortly take place. Rev 22:6
Every single event of importance that happens on this earth
has already happened in the spirit. On this earth, there are no
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earth.
…the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery
to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children
of God. Rom 8:21
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Life came in by Jesus.
…I came that they might have life, and might have it
abundantly.
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ar
like, the truth is that the real control is in the spirit, and this is
affected by our actions.
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CHAPTER 3. SPIRIT AND FLESH
I have said all these to say this: Diseases of all kinds are
spiritually determined, and so also a...
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on of dementia was cured after the deliverance
and the subsequent images of her brain taken at radiological
examination showed a disappearance of the degenerative lesion.
Everything had become normal.
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nd this is the primary basis for the determination of
righteousness.
When life is imparted as a result of the righteousness that
comes by faith in Jesus, this life is imparted by the life giving
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Spirit of Christ; this is called the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus.
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end to all the destructions of
mankind. All the strivings of all the religions of men have been
to be able to experience the effects of life. God sent it into the
world in the person of Christ Jesus.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John
1:4
You have to understand that t...
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all
To fall on Him.
Isa 53:5-6
All the punishment He experienced was not at all for His
own sins and trespasses but for those of others.
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He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf…
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The first challenge, your faith will vaporize. You know what I mean? The faith you thought you had, it will vaporize. It will. But what are you supposed to do? First, build up your ability to believe. And I explained that the first exercise is in being thankful. Take a glass of water. Lord, I thank ...
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that we assume we used to. I'm sure we don't do that anymore. We just assume that that was the day he was tempted. But actually that was not the day he was tempted. He was tempted before the same temptations had been going on in his life for years. That was just the one that was recorded for us to l...
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Jesus didn't come to save the world. It was the father that was saving the world. That Jesus came to do what? Do the will of the father. I know that was the first time I heard that. Never had anybody else say it apart from myself. While I was quoting the do you know what I mean? Yes, he said that Je...
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In verse 5, it now says, despite all of this, with most of them, God was not well pleased. And therefore, they died in the wilderness. So we're supposed to take instruction from them. He said, therefore, let us check the things that made people who had become, let's use our modern-day terms, they ha...
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and all ate the same spiritual food. And I was talking about manna there. And all drank the same spiritual drink. Now this was a type of... Now he was talking about typologies, that is, these things were types of things. So he was trying to explain using the experience of the children of Israel in t...
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I wish you would get what I am trying to say here. What I like about those men, some of the Bishop is that the things he says today, he doesn't preach as well, as much as he used to, in my opinion. All right. But I'm so glad for people like him that the same things he said then. All right. Now we, s...
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nor let us try the Lord as some did and were destroyed by the serpent, nor grumble as some of them did and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example and they were written for our instruction upon whom the end of the ages have come. Therefore, let him who thinks...
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had an acute heart condition. They checked him, found he actually had a serious heart problem. So he needed to go for coronary surgery. And as they were counseling him, the man said they should discharge him. He said, what's the problem? He said, I have to go to work. He said he was explaining to th...
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Let me come there and meet a trailer load is your problem. The following year, I'm bringing 10 bags. We'll be competing. Why? You have plenty of rice does not concern me. It's my duty as a son. Now, please let me say what I'm saying. So you find out that that's how spiritual things are. There's a ba...
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The Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. Can I just say a word of prayer? I know you prayed before I came, but since we're here now, Father God, we give you thanks in the name of Jesus. We thank you for the power of your word, for the gathering of your people, for the hope, the trust that you have...
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Okay? That was what we read in the previous chapters. I want to connect that with verse 10, chapter 10. You see the same thing he's saying. Now he has talked about himself, as you can see that. Now he wants to shift the attention now to the other people that are listening to him. All right? He said,...
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That's the first level of what? Faith. So that's the opposite of grumbling. We should be careful as believers that we don't grumble. You always have something to give God thanks up. Now let's go on. So now therefore, okay now let me just read that verse 13 again. no temptation has overtaken you but ...
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Do you get the point? Please. He said, if we do like within the wilderness, then we'll suffer the same consequences. I said something last time. Let us learn like Moses to circumcise our firstborn so that God, after giving us a commission, will not be the one to come and oppose us on our way to fill...
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Nobody would have called it. Sure. Nobody would have called it. What is this? That's what manna is. They ate what they didn't know for a long time. What is this? We'll go and get food. What do I get? Whatever you find there. What did you bring? What is this? That is it. What is it? And after some ti...
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I entered the house, I said, where's Akendu? He said, he's upstairs doing his own work. And actually, he heard the horn, and he went upstairs to do his own work. So I called him, I said, come here. I heard that when your mother left, you decided to start watching cartoons instead of finishing your o...
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Let me tell you the truth. What does that do for you? I'll tell you. In simple terms, it will make you very rich in life. I'm serious when I say. And you will be free with your wealth. You will not be bonded to anybody. Listen, when opportunities for prosperity come, you will see them. The grumbling...
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You know, they did not doubt. Now he was explained that the reason why they didn't doubt, now please try and get the point. I understood the spiritual lesson was that they had been eating only manna. I don't know whether you get the point. That they had been eating only the food that God gave them. ...
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They are actually fruits, things that they want in their lives. They are fruits. They are not roots. God doesn't give you the ability to control the fruit. He gives the ability to control the root. Do you get my point? Or which goes similarly to something like the seed. You can handle what is the se...
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news. Maybe I'll say go and call the elders of your village. Let them talk to him. You are his son. You are a first son. You have a right to half of whatever land he sells. No, I told him that I said, listen, God will bless you so much. You will wonder why you wanted anything from him in the first p...
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And I saw, I said, look, can't people see that this is not leading them anywhere? This is what I'm making. There are little choices they will make. Let me give you the way in that book, choice is key to destiny. I explained it. There are little choices like, oh boy, let's go and sleep. No, let's go ...
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I don't know whether you get what I'm saying. That is, see, the number one quest for the heart of the believer should be to be found pleasing to God. That's it. That is, you don't qualify that with anything. To be found pleasing to God. I said before that I read in the scriptures that the man, the o...
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and bring out the point. God said, let's go back to the first Corinthians chapter 10. He said this way, this was the first problem they had. They craved evil things, verse six. And that was what opened the door for everything else. He said, don't forget what I was saying. We are picking all the mist...
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You say, what was that? He won't understand that the woman don't bathe finished. He don't go house. You get my point. Now, this is just by the will. I have a feeling that David knew when she normally bathes. That's why he went there that day. I suspect. I wasn't there, but I have a strong suspicion....
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And that's, you know, when I explain something, when we read that first Corinthians chapter nine, verse 19, there about, he said, for though I am free from all men, that is by reason of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, I am a free man. He said, I have made myself a slave to all. I have become subjecte...
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He would say, no, you are not praying in faith, my friend. Any faith beyond that one is craving evil things. I know what I'm saying. No, I know what I'm saying. No, I really know what I'm saying. I'm not going to bring up the principle here. So you find out that getting the right foundation is what ...
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in teaching. Now, what has happened to all of them? Believe me, they are each discovering the will of God. The will of God is that which comes into your heart when you have made up your mind to walk with God. And when I say made up your mind to walk with God, it's in the basic things of life. How yo...
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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. Now, we have come to understand how to overcome by the blood. That it's n...
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Jesus said that God may want to deliver you, but if he doesn't find faith, what is he going to do? And what I want to explain is how to nurture that faith. What are we supposed to do? I want to just give you a few practical steps. You know, the other time I said something that I went into a bookshop...
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That is, we have to wait for it. You can plant today, it might take three months, it might take a year. Depending on what you planted, it might take 10 years for you to finally get the result, all right, of what you are waiting for. Now, but then, no matter how long it takes, to hold on to faith thr...
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That is, without faith, even though God wants to do something for us, He wants to deliver us from troubles, He wants to avenge us of our adversaries, He wants to deliver us from economic problems, He wants to create a good nation for us, without faith, He cannot. That's why Jesus said, nevertheless,...
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Jesus, by his blood, is speaking something. And once we agree with what Jesus is saying, then we are automatic overcomers. Don't forget this lesson of the children of Israel at Kadesh Bania. They had all the power on their side. The angels were ready to do battle for them anytime. But they went ther...
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Make it appear as if the thing you have believed for will not happen. And what the Bible calls patience is the ability to hold on to faith over time. And that is work, actually. That is a major work that we need as believers, as children of God, the ability to hold tenaciously to our faith. Now, get...
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He didn't just comment, he began to create. The Bible said he incubated, that is, he said the spirit of God was moving over the surface of the deep. And then God said that he's having incubated something. He spoke and he brought order into the midst of disorder. And that's what we do with our faith ...
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I mean, I remember somebody told me once, he said that he was having an issue and there was one sister that would come and counsel with him. He said as soon as she leaves him, he will be depressed. She would come always criticizing and judging. I told him simply, next time she's coming, get up and f...
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