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Alright, Romans chapter twelve. Now, I will start reading. Let's read from verse one. He said, therefore, I urge you brethren by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice acceptable to God which is your spiritual service of worship and do not be conformed to this world bu...
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that this is the path of holiness, that each person learns how to follow the purpose of God for his life. You learn how to follow the purpose of God for your generation. That is what holiness is. Now, I just wanted to review those points just in case you have not been following us from the beginning...
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not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality. Now let me just stop there. I want to stop in verse 13. Now if you look at the context of this, Pau...
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more than half of my classmates who graduated studying medicine. Are you getting me? More than half are between US and UK, they are there. You think God called everyone? No. But everyone persisted, persisted. Are you getting my point? And eventually, God will get tired of resisting you even if he di...
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It's when you have gotten home and settled, and you have gone back to standard temperature and pressure, that you really know the one that is really your own. In all these places that God is pouring out. Do you understand my point? Let's get back to what I was saying. I told you I had a message for ...
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One page. So I got home, I saw the one page she wrote. I took a sheet of paper and wrote another one page on something I don't know about, she knows about. She read my one page. I said, wow, how did you learn to write like this? I have been fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful at their works an...
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Now, so I just use that one to explain what I mean by righteous means and unrighteous means. However, that is one thing, but the path of holiness is a bit different. When I have used righteous means, all right, what am I doing with the righteousness of the means that I'm using? That is, yes, they ha...
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Are you getting my point? He's not looking for those who think it is that anything good is risky. Are you getting my point? You now go and join, you now go to a monastery somewhere, you'll be walking around barefoot so that, you know, you say why? So that the sun can be burning, that the hot earth c...
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What testimonies should do is to lay the emphasis on the will of God, lay the emphasis on the power of God. John G Lake, one of his books I read, he talks about the power of a man's soul. That if a man focuses so much upon something, he can draw it to himself. So it is not a manifestation of God tha...
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We are talking about holiness, all right? It's what is acceptable to God. It's your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world. Now, we have explained this before, that you don't use righteousness to pursue the same thing the world is pursuing. That is the issue that Christians ...
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Yes, in the life of the Christian. That is a threefold purpose. Now, that's the way I understand it or that's the way I arranged it for today's teaching. Do you understand? Somebody might break it up into five. Don't say, you are disagreeing with Pastor Banki. Pastor Banki doesn't know or you don't ...
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How much Bezalel gave towards the temple itself is not exactly relevant now. Do you get my point? The issue is that this guy was going to design the clothes, all those things they put on the breastplate of Aaron, the dishes, the ark, all those things in the tabernacle. He was specially gifted to do ...
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Oh, John G. Lick told his own experience. He had that same situation, just what I've described. Very successful. Good job. Heading a big insurance company. So every time he goes to work, a client comes. All that comes to his mind is the condition of the man's soul. You're supposed to discuss with th...
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Anyway, I hope you are learning something. Anyway, I don't mind these digressions. I'm trying to explain something. So, I just wanted to chip that one in for those who might be interested. The way God expects is that it is by your faith. You look to God. David said that as the servants look to the m...
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He said, God has been laying it upon my heart to get involved with politics. Do you get my point? And when you were saying it, you were not trying to deceive me. You're not trying to deceive anybody. Are you getting my point? You're not even trying to sound super spiritual. It's just because your he...
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Do you follow my point? You can't do it. Maybe when you're a very young believer, when you don't really, when something has not been developed enough in your heart, do everything they are doing in church. Sweep, go ahead and sweep. So who shall be the one to sweep here? Volunteer. Like in Hagin we s...
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Wonderful how that works. My soul knows it very well. For Regina, if the guy blinks two times, first blink spirit, second spirit, demons, third blink angels, that's how he sees them. But me, I just walk boldly. Do I walk with the value of the shadow of death? I fear no evil. I can prove that to you ...
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One, it relates to you. Two, it relates to the body of Christ, the church of God. And then three, it relates to the whole world. Now that is very important. We'll notice the three different areas and the emphasis will lead one by one. Well, how do I start this now? Yeah, I'll start it by first readi...
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God will be looking at you like, you only. You think I'm a clown. You want to turn me into a clown, see? Have you not heard of preachers that preach and they give them one million? In the same manner, somebody has gifts and they give him one. I don't know whether I get my point. Each person has his ...
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thereby taking the sheep away from his mind, focusing on a new phenomenon. Are you getting my point? The Bible said that when God saw that he turned to Luke, then he began to talk. Now, notice another point. I said something, I don't know whether it was on Monday or last Saturday, that before God co...
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that asked me a question. He said that sometimes people do something that's wrong. And he has heard it said apparently. It's as if they want to explain that, well, what we are trying to achieve is this. That is, what it means is that, let me give you an example. Let's assume now that I need money to...
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So I assumed you didn't understand. Therefore, I continued explaining. At the end of the next 10 minutes, you didn't say, I have understood you. So I never, then when she got tired of hearing, had become exasperated, said, please, 30 minutes you have been on this matter. So I told her, no, what I'm ...
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Now, I went to the church after, years after, I saw Bible studies I read, I wrote, and I was wondering that whoever wrote this man had revelation, man, this is God, this is what, I was almost taking notes from it until, you know, did I, you wrote that one, I did? Wow, this is revelation, you mean I ...
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That is, as you began to contemplate what was going to happen, then God began to give you revelation. Then God began to give you the interpretation of the dream. But I noticed in my Bible, I marked it in my old Bible when I first read it, that the man said that your thoughts turned, it was your thou...
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Believe me, is that God will prosper people, all right? I don't want someone to prosper somewhere. Do you follow what I'm saying? And they came to show mercy upon the work that I'm doing. Like, okay, you two are preaching. Here is a one million Naira to help you. May I see your heart and take the ch...
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man of god also that is senior to me beside me. We sat down together. I was watching. So, I said, I said, uh pastor II, I said, this guy, I don't know. I don't think he should be teaching. He said, oh, you don't think so. He's also a teacher, right? He said, well, I never wanted to say it but I've a...
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Do you understand my point? Now, I'm taking it from number two now. That is the purpose of God towards the body of Christ. It's that each person has a function that he's supposed to what? Perform. I said something earlier when I was giving an illustration of what righteousness is and what holiness i...
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You know, you can say those things in person. Dear Lord, I would like some extra cash to bless a man. You know, just say that and continue going. But when you will rise up at night and begin to pray, eh, the things you should pray about are things like renew a right spirit within me. You know, when ...
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God is not disturbing your heart too. But suddenly you feel like, ah, we have to save all the souls in the world. I said something last week. There are different mission fields. Are you getting my point? There are different kinds of mission fields. The one that you go to Bush to go and do is just on...
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So it is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. Now you know what happened? As a result of 66, many of the disciples withdrew and were not working with him anymore. There were few that remained. Prominent amongst them were the 1...
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You need to just believe differently, do differently. I've said two things now. One, believe differently and act differently. You'll find that you don't have all these problems. Because I showed the individual, I said, you are sitting there, you are surviving. Yet, every investment you have made, yo...
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Now you see, he said, we have to drink his blood. He said, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me,...
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So they say, we have to go to theater. Now, boom. They will tell your father to drop $4 million before they start going. In a private setting. That is why they go to traditional theater. Because if you stay there for one year, you will finish in one year for x-ray and MRI alone. Your leg will heal u...
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Their salary is just enough for them to eat for one month. And their future is bright. Those children they are raising, just managing to raise, one of them is going to become a governor. One of them is going to be assistant to Dangote if you know what I'm saying. They'll be hustling for who's the ri...
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But I said, God, don't give me anyone. I appreciate it. Just take a moment and say, Father God, please. Just say, Father God, please, don't give me any problems. I appreciate the work you have done. Please, thank you, thank you, thank you. Food available, yes, thank you. Air, I can breathe. Take in ...
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say like you are blessed this morning the lord is good if you believe that can you give me an amen all right let's take our declaration of understanding we are going to study the word of god as usual or i want to let's go now i declare The Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the...
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I don't know about eternal life, right? So when I see people running up and down, what you are looking for, that's what I'm saying, is not there. It's in eternal life manifested. Let me tell you what eternal life is. You'll be in the midst of trouble, you will not be aware. If you are like that, let...
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That, you know what, you don't think anything of it. That's what I'm making, you don't think anything of it. To you it's normal. But some people drop down so low. They drop down so low that to come back up to where you are, which is normal, they need a shot of cocaine, they do. I'm a preacher. All r...
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In answer to them, verse 27, do not walk for the food that perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him the Father God has set his seal. Therefore they said to him, what shall we do so that we may walk the walks of God? And he answered, ...
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encounters the healing power for your blindness so that your story will be a perfect description of the goodness of God. That's what I'm saying. The Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. Now let me just leave that one there and then you know I said at the beginning that I w...
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You know, initially, you know, a lot of people look at Pritchard and say, like, these jobless people, who just want scheme. Get out of the way. He'll be collecting money from you. He looked at all of you. I feel sorry for you, that this man will collect your offering. I know. I've heard them say it ...
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you know, my co-speaker. When I said that to him, the two of them went, hmm. Why? It's something you have heard here before. I said, success is not what you made. Success is not what you achieved. I said, success is the story you tell about the process. If you don't have any story, you have not succ...
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gave them off in marriage, saw his children, his children's children, even though the ones that died earlier were middle-aged men and women. Do you follow my point? He saw the new ones that were born when he was already in his 70s. And he saw their children, their children's children, and he was sat...
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I feel bad. I'm not saying it's bad, though. Do you understand my point? I have my opinion on diets. But you won't see me mount this pulpit and be telling you the advantages of aloe vera and ugu leaf. No. God forbid. No. I will say to you, be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. When...
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You are getting the point. What God is saying is that if I do my work in your life, I don't give you a hood whether a stranger raped your mother. That's how come you were born. You never knew who your father was. It will make no difference. It will make no difference. I don't give you a hood whether...
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I will be with him in trouble. I will rescue him and honor him. With a long life, I will satisfy him. Everybody say satisfy. Satisfy. Say satisfy. Satisfy. He said, what he said literally is, with length of days, I will satisfy him and cause him to feast his eyes on my salvation. That is, it's about...
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Don't forget what I said. God doesn't describe what we're experiencing. He describes his desires, his will, what he wants us to experience. What I want to talk about today is the fact that God wants us to live long. It's a very simple statement, but I need to say it until we are persuaded about it. ...
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distribute the books, how to have them published. Do you understand? And after I'm gone, she must marry a man that won't help her. You didn't hear what I said. Why? Because I have this sense of assignment. So if you give me five years, I will try and condense everything I have to do. I will, oh God,...
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Let me explain what I call satisfaction. And this is what days are for. Days, I told you before, are to manifest the character of God. Are you getting my point? God has a purpose for you. There are missions for you to fulfill on this earth. For example, sometimes when I'm talking, what would I like ...
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What am I saying? If you go and say, don't try and go hungry for 40 days because you want to get the anointing of Jesus Christ. He was not hungry for 40 days. The Bible says that afterwards he became hungry. I'm not teaching on fasting, alright? Let me just leave that one there. Okay? What I just wa...
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that word began to teach them how to farm. I don't know what I said. The word became flesh and dwells amongst us. The word began to explain things to them. The word of God has one thing, it's an empowerment. A blessing is an empowerment to succeed. It is. The second thing the word does, let me quick...
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You get what I'm saying? Now, that's just the magnitude of God. He's great. He's great. I mean, I'm into the biological sciences, and I know how molecules work. Not those tiny infinitesimal small ones. I mean, molecules, macromolecules, proteins. Doubt at God. You get what I'm saying? He fills every...
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And listen, if they don't reach out and walk with God, and let God turn that blindness into something else, they will die like that. And the statistics will be written. Sociology will write it. Science will write it, that when a man like this gives birth to a child like this, what always becomes of ...
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You're getting what I'm saying? That's how grace works. It's so powerful that by the time it's manifested, you thank God for the blindness. But this is a problem. When people miss that time, the blindness is not funny. I don't know what I hear. People start cursing God. They start getting angry. Why...
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The guy was chasing one woman, and the woman was not agreeing. So this guy couldn't understand the reason why this girl was giving this guy a hard time. I was there that day. I didn't know the guy well. I went to visit with a friend, and they were talking. He said, imagine, he mentioned a man's name...
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This is digression, but the problem with the Church of Christ today is that we easily get sidetracked into things that are not the Word of God. That's the problem. I was with this man today, Larry Bucket. in his book, Business by the Book. And he said something that, in fact, I just scribbled on the...
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What we are going to do is to discuss how to drive so that we don't die early. When you are driving, look left, look right, and right again. I'm not saying those things are not important. But not from here. Do you follow my point? Some of you join Federal Road Safety. Where's Roque? Special Marshall...
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All right. Today I want to see how it will go, but I desire to conclude what we have been teaching for the last 12, 13 weeks on the subject of the sayings of God. Of course, as you know, The whole of Christian work is about the sayings of God. If you believe that, say amen. Amen. You know how I know...
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He said, you know, so that the sin of Herod will be full. Give him to Herod. So they give him to Herod, and Herod removed his head. And God was happy with it. But the point I'm making is that there was no way he promised that his children should please pray, and I will do what they want by making th...
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What am I saying? We can never depart from focusing and paying attention and spending time with the Word of God. So we are leaving this topic today, the sayings of God. It's not as if we have left it. Because I'm trying to, you know, enunciate it and explain it line by line. We discontinue that when...
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Their diseases are not found amongst whites. Do you understand? Now we're talking about sickle cell disease. White people don't know what they're talking about. They're not used to it. It's just found in blacks and Asians. But there are diseases you hear of, Neyman-Picks disease. You will never see ...
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Your nationality is Jerusalem. That is, when the Lord is looking to the earth and said, this one was born in her. He was talking about you. You are the one born in Jerusalem. If any country wants to prosper, it should have diplomatic relations with people who don't believe in Jesus Christ. It's the ...
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I don't know what I said. Everybody is going to die. So why don't you take a risk to make sure your life counts? I don't know what I said. Take a risk to make sure your life counts. What do I mean by taking a risk? There are times you deliberately, because God will give you the opportunities every d...
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But the point is that God takes his glory in demonstrating his power in the midst of all the troubles of life, even though he's not the one that caused it. Do you follow the point I'm making there? Yeah, it's very important we understand that. Listen, all things work together for good to them, liste...
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JOY AND GRATITUDE
I want to in today’s teaching conclude this series of sermons on the secrets of increase and breakthrough, and the following two portions of the scriptures will serve as the foundation for today’s points.
Though the fig tree should not blossom,
And there be no fruit on the vines...
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Who redeems your life from the pit;
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
Who satisfies your years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. Ps 103:1-6 NASB Rejoice in what He has done for you already. Don’t focus on what you do not have yet. Yes there are...
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sh each day. I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" Lam 3:21-24 NLT
The next place where we derive joy from is from recalling to mind what God has done for us.
Bless the LORD, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my...
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d; let all the people praise thee.
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Ps 67:5-7 KJV
Last time I explained that the little times of life are the times that we prove to God that we are...
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gives that every child of God should derive joy from. The first and most important, the unfailing one, is the word of God.
I rejoice in your word, like one who finds a great treasure. Ps 119:162 NLT
The amazing promises of the word of God is where we derive real joy from.
There are all kinds of n...
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until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts”. 2 Peter 1:19 KJV
Please note the words ‘word,’ ‘light’ and ‘star.’
”Thy word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path” Ps 119:105 NASB
From these scriptures above we see that the light, power or spiritual energy which communicates wi...
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THE BASIC SUBSTANCE OF LIFE (Transformation made easy)
Because of my professional training I know quite a bit of the science of biology. I have been a student of science all my life and so I know a bit of physics, I guess more than the average person (it doesn't imply I know much; it’s just that mo...
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nnects with the physical. Now, the design of God is that the particles that make up our bodies must have His life constantly interacting with them so that they can continue to function.
WHEN MAN DIED
Eating the fruit of the forbidden tree in the garden was a declaration by Man that he would seek h...
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what I say. Listen carefully to my words.Don't lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. Prov 4:20-22 NLT
The word of God is often misunderstood; people often look at it as a set of codes and instructions...
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revents death; it heals diseases. It corrects things that were wrong; it overtakes the consequences of sin. Life is God’s substance. It comes by the entrance of His light, and that is the word of God.
So you see that the word of God is not just a set of instructions or rules for life; it is the way...
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mes in through those 2 methods; preaching and personal study.
It is as we pay attention that the life-energy in the light of the word of God acts upon us. It speaks to our molecules.
SPIRIT AND LIFE
Please let me emphasize that the words our ears perceive as sound waves or which our eyes scan off...
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nded Moses to lift up the serpent.
“…and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze [attentively, expectantly, with a steady and absorbing gaze], he lived.” Num 21:9 AMP
That is the perfect description of faith or believing right there. Faith is not just to say I acce...
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king their medicines daily for their whole lives; there is no stopping because the doctor promises a control and not a cure. If we gave the word of God that same attention we would get the life in it.
People do not give enough attention to the word of God; that is what the problem often is. They gi...
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u hear that it contains certain things that are needed for cellular function. Even the cholesterol people treat like poison is actually a crucial part of life, and too little of it in the body is bad.
Still on this confusion, many people do all the good things with diet and exercise but disease and...
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efore favour the Amplified translation most here.
”If you will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God…” AMP
This is a similar thing as we see from Prov 4:20. It is all about attention.
The reason why God talks this way is because the word actually has the power in itself to make you...
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and I will deliver you and you will honor me. You will give me a sacrifice of thanksgiving. That is, it makes me happy to be able to boast that I was the one who did that for that man. He didn't know anybody. Nobody helped him. I was the one that did it. It gives me satisfaction. That's why I preach...
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Of course, what we are going to do is to continue what we started studying last week, which we titled, A Life of Purpose. And I'm going to start the meditations this evening by reading from the book of Philippians, Chapter 2. It's turned out to be one of my favorite scriptures in the New Testament, ...
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This person is doing business. That five naira is a legitimate charge for that photocopying. I don't want that kind of crappy luck in the morning. The kind of luck I want is what I want the man did for me. Somebody paid. This business, no, I won't deny them. No, let them take the money. So I don't k...
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and to complete his work, to finish his work, so that if I'm doing what God called me to do, that is when I will find satisfaction. I gave Elsa an illustration, two illustrations actually, to bring out the importance of that expression. I told the story of Mary Kay Ash, who was diagnosed as having r...
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What it means is that my healing is to do the will of Him that sent me and to finish His work. My satisfaction, my supplies come from doing the will of Him that sent me and finishing His work. I also told the story of Kennedy Higgins who the Lord appeared to sometime when he was there, well, maybe i...
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And that one may not marry her. And another one will marry her, so she'll have lived with maybe seven men and married five. That's a desperate situation. Say amen. So when Jesus preached the word, do you understand my point? To such a woman, and she received the gospel, that was why he was excited, ...
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You cannot afford it. Jesus said, a man's life does not consist in the abundance of things which he possesses. That statement is true. It came from the mouth of the creator God. Therefore, we must learn it. Because if you don't learn it now, you will frustrate yourself later. You'll start preaching ...
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Are you following what I'm saying? So education can be a ministry. When Satan has that kind of strategic plan to corrupt the lives of the nation because the youth, they are indeed the future of the nation. So when God wants to antagonize the work of Satan and conquer it, what does he do? He doesn't ...
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Listen to this, that this is my glorying, because I did not run in vain, nor toil in vain. Verse 17, but even if I am being poured out as a drink offering, upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. Get what he was saying there. That is, if I will die in t...
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Choices, the key to destiny. By faith, acquire life. What is God's will here? The righteousness of God. Your future has been prepared. How many of them have written all these books? He that believes that no one has come not the grace to prosper. How many of them have affected lives the way I have af...
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obviously wasn't going out much in the sun. Do you understand what I mean? That's the physiology. Then when most people walked out in the sun, most people were farmers. Everybody had a tan. Only the rich person who didn't have to go out into the farm didn't have a tan. So the person who came out in ...
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I was watching on TV a few days ago, good news. They said Culture Club's boy judge was sentenced to 15 months in prison. And I remember that last one I read about this guy when I was in university those days, after he released a series of hits, he was found, he almost died. He said, then he had been...
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I was watching the other day on one gospel, and they were discussing the power of advertising and media use in propagating the gospel. I want them to forget all these things. It has its place. I'm not saying it doesn't. But what we are looking for is not popularity. We're not looking for fame. We're...
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the word of God must be first in your heart. It must be the most important thing for the reason of which you have come to meet me. I'm a teacher of God's word. I don't do anything else. You get my point? I have nothing else to offer you. So if you're not interested in the word I'm teaching, sorry, I...
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One day I told a friend of mine, I said, ah, I want to buy a Jeep. If I have money, God bless me, I'll just buy one. I like big things. So I mentioned the name of one. He said, ah, Banky, that car will be good for your ministry. It was a joke, but we laughed about it, that it's ah. Then one day he s...
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is a sign of what? Mourning, you sinned, your children are sick, your husband is in distress, you're about to be divorced, and you've worn sackcloth and ashes, and you are fasting. Do you understand my point? That is when people look like that. It's not a sign of victory. Even Jesus said, when you a...
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As any young woman believe your gospel, say amen. Amen. Chiki, who believed your gospel? All I can say is amen. Amen. All right. All I can say is the gospel has been believed, I know. Listen, make us say amen. All right. Chiki, say I did try. Is it true? Say, oh God, I did try. The Lord is good. Now...
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diploma, a national diploma, and higher national diploma, internationally recognized diploma. Cook first does it. Do you get what I'm saying? And I was talking to a real estate developer in this town some time ago, a man you know very well, quite a well-known man in town. He said he's planning to st...
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going away. Do you understand what I'm saying? Yes, that's what, no, no, no, no, me. I don't, I don't believe in counting number. I like serious people. I like the fact that I do my teachings on Saturday evenings because you know, if we did this on Sunday mornings, you have to come the day before to...
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Do you get my point? That is transforming people's lives and is getting something out of them. Do you get my point? That is transforming their lives and they feel like they owe to God to participate in what is going on. Then I know I'm doing work. What am I trying to explain? That's the old man who'...
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He did not know the day that the master will come back. Do you know why he couldn't do his assignment? And why he was judged? You know, if you go and read the parable, Jesus didn't say the man was judged for maltreating anybody. But while busy maltreating, he forgot because you are one person. You g...
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So I said, all right, I give her 100 Naira. And he said, we don't have change. I said, OK, let me pay 10 Naira. He said, we don't have change. I said, let me pay 20 Naira. The guy ran up and down and said, no, I still can't find change for 20 Naira. And one young man there looked and said, why are y...
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Taking the people from my area as an example. A man's wealth, he rents things all apart. So his wealth was counted in the number of yams he produced. No matter how hard you farmed those days, you couldn't produce 100,000 yams. In fact, they are the same in Yoruba land. You know the meaning of the wo...
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If I'm going on the road at night, there was a day Roke and I were talking there. Some girls moved by. There was only one way I knew that the Turks were looking for people to pick. They didn't know we were just gisting. Roke took me somewhere, so my car was there, so he stopped to drop me off. How d...
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and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a mature man, or perfect man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. Notice what he said there. Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers were given that the saints might be equipped to be able to do the work of m...
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All right? Most of the things that you see arranged there, Olympic America, Israel, Chukwudiki, or Hakuna, people like that, they do that before I come. You follow the point I'm making. All right? So it's not, I'm not saying that they are irrelevant. But you see, I have seen, there was a day I was l...
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Your hands, whatever you put these hands to, will prosper in Jesus' name. God will cause favor to flow towards you. He will make all grace abound towards you. You will have all sufficiency in all things, and you are bound to every good work, in the name of Jesus Christ. This coming week, doors will ...
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Now, of course, I'm not saying that's literally what that scripture meant, but this was what he explained. And it was so beautiful. He took two men of God, made them stand beside him. One was looking very handsome. His suit very straight. His tie very straight. Looking good, just by the way. He used...
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Always doing good. Never thinking I have done enough. Always generous and ready to share. This is a sign that you really have faith in God concerning your finances, concerning your destiny. It is not, listen to me, it is not as if I am giving this to secure my children's destiny. I saw a man do it o...
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They're not as good. I mean, let me stop preaching. We have things to do and we have to go home. And lazy people say they are believing in God. Nonsense. Listen, stop sitting at home doing nothing. They don't employ you. Deploy yourself somewhere. Join those who aren't carrying cement. Your neck wil...
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That is, you have been killed but you are alive. Are you getting my point? That you have been handed over to God completely, just that you are breathing. So you treat yourself as something, like an animal that has been killed for God. That's what I mean. So like I was saying, it's not just preachers...
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No, I don't know whether I get my point. He said, you seek the things that are above where your life is. You get my point. He said, seek those things that are above. Now I'm asking you a simple question. The person who said that, do you think he wants to tie you to things that are on the earth? No. ...
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Listen, there are times you should enjoy your insults. Are you getting my point? Yes, sir. When they insult you, you should be happy. Blessed are you when people insult you for my sake. That's what Jesus said. They will insult Christians sometimes. You Christians, you will be burying your head in th...
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is because they saw his people walking in his paths. Are you getting my point? That is, the people we see, the people of God, walking in his paths. And for that reason, they will want to learn how to walk in his ways. And they want to learn concerning his ways. And I'm saying that what that implies ...
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There are things you're asking him to do in your life, things you're expecting. God cannot do, you see the way I said it, to emphasize it. He can't do anything in producing that on the earth in reality, physically, I mean now. Except first, he changes how you think about certain things. And as a res...
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and the one that I had 150,000, there was no difference. He said, only one thing made me rejoice. I realized that God will bless you because now I'm seeing proof of your faith. You claim to love the word. Your money is not participating in your love of the word. That your faith is a fake one. He sai...
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They copied somebody. They don't realize that actually deep inside the person they are copying, deep inside his or her heart was faith. And the faith now produced actions. They started with actions and there was no faith. What am I gonna explain? So as I'm going on, I may say some things along those...
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to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share. He said, when they do that, verse 19, they are storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. Let me just really say to you, Paul could not have been inf...
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They were learning principles concerning how to live their lives from unbelievers. They have become soothsayers like Philistines, and they strike bargains with the children of foreigners. What that means is that when you hear them talk, analyze situations, predict what the future will hold, that wha...
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Don't worry, God will take care of us. That is faith walking. It's not every time that God will come to your defense, as in, they say, don't rig elections. You did not rig and you still won. There are times you will not rig elections, and because you did not rig, you will lose. And faith is when you...
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Are you getting my point? That's the way it works. If you don't have power to lay it down, you don't have power to take it up again. No, you don't. That's why I've said to you many times, I have no problem with somebody taking a marriage vow and saying, for better, for worse. It's not unbelief. It's...
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It's not as if you do the actions of faith to download the result that faith has not yet produced for you. I hope you are getting my point here. Yeah, because if not, I will understand this. Now let me just give, I want to just look at a number of examples concerning this issue. Like I said, faith i...
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or liberality, that is, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God. That is, why is God going to enrich you? It is so that you can give some more. It will supply and multiply your seed for sowing. Are you seeing that? So when God finds a Christian that's generous in giving, he demands more ge...
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And if a faith is fake, can it save? James said it. No, come on guys, check it. Such a faith can't save anybody. So I've been looking at the fact that our faith therefore must produce. When we say the faith must produce, we don't mean it must produce money. We don't mean it must produce money. The w...
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nor are your ways my ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, and making it bare and sprout, and furnishi...
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This guy will just die for nothing. All this is hard work, he's not gonna do anything. I told the young woman that day, I said, listen, God has answered your prayers, that's why he sent you to me. All your offering, what did he do for you? Nothing, sorry. I said, Pastor Banki, it's a whole year, who...
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you are not thinking right, you are not behaving right. And I said at the beginning, it's more important to him that we get those things right than the blessings we are looking for. So he withholds blessings, as it were, dangling it in front of us like this, but we can't reach it. He just needs to p...
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They asked him, when did we see you and we helped you? They did not know. But we say, ah, Lord, were you not there? That offering, brown envelope. He had gold trimming. That is why you are blessing me today. No, when God wanted to bless those people, they said, when were you hungry and we fed you? T...
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She became half the size, you know. You leave school and you're still losing weight. You're supposed to lose weight when you're in school. She left school, lost weight, lost weight. Seriously. Why? People are copying actions. I will not make, no, that's another problem. I will not make doctrines out...
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If I earn 100,000 Naira, if I give 10,000 Naira, anything I give after that, God should be grateful. I don't know whether you're getting my point. Is it new to you? I'm looking like what I'm saying is strange. That anything I give after that, it's like it's not counting. And we teach it like that. I...
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the ones he was carrying in that smaller version. He could more than double the amount he moved at a time. He contacted the printers, the publishers. They said they could arrange for it. But he needed to pay $12,000 of that time, there about. I can't remember the exact sum. Let's make a long story s...
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Seven days dry. Many people can do that. Then they are ordained, and Jesus is looking. They will come one day. Did you not pass off branches in your name? And he will say to them, I never knew you. So James said, if you have that kind of faith, you are not safe. So what kind of faith is it that save...
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Generosity and, let me just say one thing, is generosity and a constant readiness. Because I noticed something about God. When he wants to collect money, he goes to the person that has given before. That's what life is. They say you want to get something done, give it to busy people. Have you heard ...
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You will sell your car, you will sell your house, you will clear your bank account, you will sell your shoe, you will sell your shirt. Says that all, say yes, that sickness is cheap. This will kill her. I don't consider it an expensive sickness. It only becomes expensive when you say sell your child...
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That is a sign that his faith is in God. Now, this is different from, how do I secure my future? Give to the kingdom. Now, can you see the difference? How do I secure my future? Give. That is an investment. That is not faith. How do I secure my future is faith. Are you getting my point? It is what? ...
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That thing is the way it is. People are doing outreach in Enugu. They are doing church inside a bacha. What's a bacha? Knock wood, knock zinc, knock it together inside Enugu. We were all around them. Not churches, forget the churches. Mega buildings. When I saw it, I said, eh. I told the person who ...
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Father, we give you thanks. Indeed, we have no other God but you. Our help comes from the Lord who made the heavens and the earth. We give you praise in the name of Jesus. Amen. Today, Lord, we come to learn from you. We come to receive the spirit of wisdom that we trust that you will grant it to us...
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5,000 for that. Where is it going to come from? You know, I'll be there calculating. Now, let me give you, based on that, I can give you a new definition for worry. Definition for worry is calculating when you are in bed. What did I say? That's worry. If you want to calculate, get up and sit down. O...
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And I have personal experience with the fact that those who don't have anything they are doing are the ones that don't get anything done. If you're somebody who's busy, say, ah, no, don't give it. It's already busy. Give it to the other guy. It won't get done. That guy that has nothing waking you up...
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I said, so the only thing is that it makes you happy to give to somebody or give an offering? He said, yes. I brought up my hand and shook him. I said, congratulations, you just got saved. He said, now you're a Christian indeed. Before, you were playing. You were playing near the kingdom. Now you ha...
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And in the general population, it's still a lot of money. I said, but you see, without us realizing it, being conscious about it, God has increased us. We started buying cars that are valued in millions. Many of us are building houses, many living in their own private houses. But when it's time to g...
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You look at the angel and say, how much do you want? The angel says, what? But if I cut a blade of grass from heaven and bring it to the earth and convert it, it's worth more than everything you have. Forget that. I mean, just enjoy your dying process. If you had lived all your life pursuing materia...
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to learn. We must go after it aggressively. If there's anything you don't have a word, you don't have something that God said about, don't practice it. Go and learn it. You want to marry, you don't know everything, of course nobody knows everything, but you don't know much concerning what the word o...
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It doesn't start one day like, okay, you have spent all your life chasing money and living like your life depends on money. They now want to die in peace like that. Nonsense. You will die crying. You will look at your bank balance as you die. They will have printed the statement the day before you f...
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That is a matter of fact. So Paul here explained to us that, listen, in this I rejoice. This is the cause of my joy. This is why I magnify, that is, I'm exalted inside me, because everybody is preaching. They say, and yes, I will rejoice. For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through...
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so that we didn't lose the phone. That's how the Lord led us so that we didn't lose it. That's what I'm trying to explain. All right, the Lord is good? I said the Lord is good. All right, let's quickly go for the rest of the time we have. We'll begin what I want to share, and then we'll complete it ...
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That's what Paul was saying. He said, I am hard pressed from both directions. Having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for this is very much better. Yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. Those of you who are at risk of being infected by Ebola. Do you get it? You under...
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You know the manicure lawns? You know what I mean by manicure the lawn? It's where you're taking care of your football field. Then you now go to the Queen's Garden, and I tell you, people say, ah, this grass is fine, you know. If you see the grass in our football field, that the one in our village, ...
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Now, one of the reasons why ministers have problems, people who are going to ministry, why they may die early and all of it, they become sick, they have problems, you know, with finances, and of course, sometimes premature death, is because they are walking out of the will of God for their life, tal...
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with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again. Now let me stop here, okay? Now, there's something I just wanted, I want to bring up from here. Paul here, as you can see, was writing to the Philippian...
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If you are going to open your mouth, it is don't mind them. What you should have simply done is to say, ah, what is going on? Like they say, if this thing be of God, you understand, in the book of Acts, then you settle down, get materials, pray, pray honestly and earnestly, and say to the Lord, what...
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He said, I've looked around, I have fought my fight, I have run the race, I have kept the faith. He said, there's nothing that remains for me now, apart from a crown of glory that is waiting, you know, which our master will give to anyone who does this and does that. And he explained to Timothy, he ...
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Say, Lord, thank you for understanding that makes it so that I do not pursue the things of this world and think that they are, you know, they are the main things in eternity. Say, Lord, thank you, thank you, thank you for understanding. Thank you for liberating me through understanding. Oh, so now I...
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But this is the point I'm making. But because I was so close, it wasn't cloud. I would come out in the morning, wear a jacket, and come out into the cloud and pass through the cloud. Why? Because the cloud is nothing. Do you get my point? It's mist. It's mist. If you carry your mahogany into heaven,...
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Let me say that again. No matter how beautiful it is, whatever you see on this earth is a scaled down version of that which exists in heaven. This earth is not worth dying for. It's nothing. It's nothing. No matter how well you take care of your body, this flesh, once you exit it and you're not usin...
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Do you get my point? That was Paul's attitude. He saw this life as purely a place where you come to fight against Ebola. That's why the challenges of life were not a big deal to him. That this thing you are even discussing, what are you talking about? Look, let's continue reading it. That's just a g...
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You know, you're going to look at him and say, so, you know, that's the attitude. So, I'm sorry I'm going to have to deport you. You look at him like, are you okay? I have come to an Ebola district to help you. Do you know the amount of fight my wife fought? Called her father, called my father, call...
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I am being filled with the knowledge of His will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. I am walking in the manner 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. Say to yourself, as the Word of God is co...
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Let us let the Romans know that whether they lock him up or not, the gospel will still move forward. Let us encourage our brother while he's in prison." So they arranged themselves and began to preach, towing the same line that Paul would have told, saying the same words, all right? Using the same w...
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AS WE START TO STUDY THE WORD, THIS IS OUR DECLARATION:
Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him…
…and I am being filled with the knowledge of His will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.
As a result of this…
I am walking in a m...
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of fools shall destroy them. That is, when the man has achieved a little, he says, so rest, you have learned a good job. Because that is the beginning of destruction. That is, this is the exact opposite of the quest for fruitfulness and multiplication. You know, I said something to us before, that s...
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No, that's contentment. Look, I don't buy cars for fuel efficiency. So if I can't buy fuel, I won't drive car. There's no quarrel about it. Do you understand my point? I can't be driving a lawnmower because I don't want to buy fuel. Because one gallon will carry me for three, six weeks. It's content...
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That was what Solomon said he observed under the sun. Now get what I'm saying. He said there was a small city and there was a poor man when they were in crisis and the man delivered the city by his wisdom. And he said no one remembers the poor man. Does that make sense? No, let me answer, he doesn't...
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That's what King James says. Proverbs chapter 1 verse 32. It says, for the waywardness of the naive, we kill them. And the complacency of fools, we destroy them. Now let me explain something there. If you have a King James, what does it say? And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. That's wha...
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I enjoyed listening to him a lot. But from the core teachings he gave, I learned 10%. From the side gist about his experiences, I learned 90%. That's a fact. If I found out any later, I'm listening to my pastor in recent times, the things that have blessed me the most in all the teaching he has give...
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Job said, when I sat at the gates, I sat as chief amongst them. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? That God never designed for Christians to be poor yet influential. No, it's not true. It's not true. Get what I'm trying to say. The commandment is be fruitful and multiply. Those are two differen...
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and fill the earth and subdue it and rule. Let me stop there. Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. When you have done that, you now have the power to rule over everything that's on the earth. Do you understand that? Okay, so the commandment of God to man therefore is be fruitful and ...
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passing my exams. So then one day I encountered the word of truth, that there was a revelation she had once, and from that day she swore that every exam she would take, she would take it very well and pass every one. And since that time, she has been passing the exams. So she told me that for that r...
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and you defeated him. That is a good testimony. You understand my point? But not that the man was the best everywhere and I'm the worst, yet I got the job because my God is a living God. You are very stupid. You should not do things like that. You understand what I'm saying? What God wants is that h...
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Common things are things that you see commonly. You know what I'm trying to say? If you don't find something commonly, it is not common. Someone was saying recently, I was listening to a message, I think it was my pastor, I listen to him a lot. He said somebody said that T.D. Jakes, those days when ...
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Do you get my point? One of the lies believers used to tell themselves those days is that, no, I don't need much. I just need a car, a house, enough money to feed myself, my wife, my children, maybe give them good education. In short, you are good for nothing. You know my point? You are good for not...
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What am I saying? That the difficult times made people productive. I'm coming to a point here. That a lot of times people settle down in a job, earn a salary, get increment every year, promotion every three years, and then one elevation of position every 10 years. And they are happy. Do you know why...
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I hope this long calculus I'm doing is straightforward enough, okay? That is, God is not just... I mean, God is spirit. But for you to describe God, He must always have the description in people that are alive and well. on this earth. So God will give them authority and the way by which they will ge...
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that this thing will make you very wise. You understand my point? I said, is that so? Yes, you know, after all the deception. The Bible says he has hidden son wisdom from the upright. Do you understand my point? That if they are just waited, they still have become as wise as the devil said God didn'...
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How do I say it now? He's not looking for that kind of description for his person. So that the tourist company can use you to make money, use his name to make money. That's not the point. He says, as the father has sent me, he says, so I am also sending you. What does that mean? It means that if God...
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You understand that? Now, don't let me sit down there. Let me go on to something else. So we have said that the wisdom to do all of these things, that God has kept it for the upright. That is the same wisdom that God used in creation. And that what we find when God says, let there be and there was, ...
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but it's another way. If you say in this whole world, I don't want anything but Jesus Christ, I tell you, listen, Jesus is always tangibly manifested. So if your Jesus is always in the spirit, you are in non-entity, you are an irresponsible person, you are useless to God upon the earth. Now if Jesus...
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Are you getting my point? Because you can have so much money that you can do such things. But is that the reason why God gave you wealth? Those are the questions you should ask yourself. But let me get on to the message I want to preach. But what I'm just saying with that is that whatever God has gi...
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And I mean, I went for that exam, I was very, very empty. And I came out, I was the best student. Amen, amen. Praise the Lord. And brethren, God can do anything. I said, yes, God can do anything. But foremost among the things he loves to do is to make you the best student, not the worst student that...
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That is a structural adjustment. All I have is 5,000 Naira to meet all my needs. God said, why eat everything? Now you have given your spiritual seed good. So I'm willing to bless you in abundance. But before I can bless you in abundance, you must sow physical seeds. Do you get the point I'm making?...
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But that doesn't make it right anyway. But if you do it soundly, one day I'm going to do it. In fact, there's a teaching I have planned up, maybe we'll come after this, we may do that, which I planned, I called it the, I think, Financial Management for Christians. It's just purely a teaching of the ...
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That is that steadfastness of faith that God looks at and despite every other thing, he puts the man in the position of authority because he recognizes that this guy can be trusted with power. So when James and John came to Jesus, they said, Granddad will have authority with you. That's what they we...
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the word of faith. That's why he said the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh. You should have known as the devil that taketh. Well, that's their own problem. As far as I'm concerned, when Job finished, God marked his script and said, very good. Distinction. You know what I'm trying to say? Whatever you li...
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