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COUNTING YOUR POSSESSIONS.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb 11:1. NASB
(vs 1b, AMP…faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses.)
Many times I hear people look over their lives, and they have regrets because they have very...
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you? Is it just the contractors that work on your never-ending material addition that are happy you are alive? Who are the people who are praying for you to be alive? How many mouths are blessing you? How generous have you been to those who cant help you back? Have strangers and those in need placed...
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anyone so. The truth is that those are moments of backsliding.
Listen to the verdict of the Lord Jesus.
"…for ones life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses." Luke 12:15 NKJV
Has your life been successful or not? You CANNOT determine that by looking at the things you have ...
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e need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich… " Rev 3:17-18 NASB So, forget counting your success in life by the kind of house you can now afford and the kind of ca...
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k the word of God concerning that affliction. When we discover the word of God, we hold it up and declare it over our lives and then receive the manifestation because it is truth. It dispels darkness.
There has been confusion in previous times over the role of affliction in the lives of believers. ...
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saying to them that the intolerant spirit inside them is the problem. When the disciples went this way, Jesus Christ said to them, “you should understand that you have a different spirit.” (Luk 9:55)
Your prayers for money and for promotion, for a husband and for children, what is it all about? Wha...
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rning, fellowship, personal prayer must be on the discovery of the face of Christ and our personal transformation into that image. That is progress in Christianity. All other things are added to that.
Many times people talk and behave like God has disappointed them; they feel thus because they have...
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ng, and all other things he didn’t seek were added to him. Let us not mess up the order.
SEEKING THE REAL THING
What are we to seek therefore? In answer to this Paul gave us the example of his life.
“But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ… ...
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lked the path of obedience all the way to death — his death on the cross.” Phil 2:5,8 TEV
CHRIST FORMED IN YOU
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you. Gal 4:19 NASB
When Christ has been formed in you, you will have a different drive from the people around you. Yo...
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rist is formed by the entrance of His word into that area.
“And God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.” Acts 2:24 NASB
Once Christ is allowed to be formed in your life in any area, it is not possible to be held any lo...
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their lives to Christ so that he might totally change them. They just want their healing and their prosperity. When they do get it, it doesn’t last, and this because they missed the real gift of God.
“Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give...
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ifesting His character in every aspect of life. We are each to be the modern day Jesus, who was thus spoken of:
“The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God…” Heb 1:3 NLT
He wants the seed deposited inside us to grow until the verse is a reality in the lives of each on...
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the church … 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies… 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church.” Eph 5
Did we notice that God expects that husband-hood should be patterned after Christ, and not after a...
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I said the difference, yeah, and I know where I went all of that. Even if you have difficulty, please Christians, one miracle place to another is not your way as a believer. See those miracles you see in crusades, they are for unbelievers. Yes. If you go and check it, no time to go into details abou...
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You think Abraham became a friend of God because everything was nice and easy? No. It was because his life was comfortable, everything was so good. God said, yeah, come. Get up. Abandon everything. Come walk with me. That's how you become a friend of God. And there's people making choices because th...
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I went to go and preach. I don't know whether I get where I'm going. Then that time he said, this country, you know, when you talk, you know, I just say that you're shallow. The president of this country is bad. He's not building anything. See, all he's doing is waiting for somebody to pay him a sal...
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So the righteousness that surpasses, let the Pharisees and Sadducees be concerned about who commits adultery. We go beyond that. Adultery does not start, they concern that woman and say we caught her in the very act. It doesn't start with the act. How did David's adultery start? How did it start? Wi...
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Loving only by mouth. If you do things that are only convenient, it's not love. There's no labor in it. Love is known by labor. It's not convenient, but I will do it. I normally don't like to do it, but I will do it. It's not an unrighteous deed. It's going to help you. It will mean I'll wake up ear...
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Here, when I say walk now, scripture, hearing, scripture, understanding, prayer, change, me, remove all defilement of flesh and spirit. Spirit can be defiled. You have to remove everything before God. Without holiness, no one will see the Lord. There's a kind of consecration you need to do in differ...
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our father we thank you for you have gathered us again we appreciate that you are the one that's pouring your spirit into us on to become exactly like the Lord Jesus Christ thank you for another encounter or such a transaction this morning in the name of Jesus we are afraid and because we know you a...
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Just forgive them, they don't know what they are doing. It doesn't work like that. The principle of forgiveness that somebody paid, because every offense is a transactional thing. You have generated negative currency. You have generated a debt, that is D-E-B-T now. You know, your own body's owing in...
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They will get there. And I don't care where you got your education from. You are not going to surpass them. See, let me just leave it there. Give your children an opportunity. I've taught you the word of God. Every single morning, I still lay hands on them, including Akinwule, as big as he is. The o...
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Those are the things you have to be careful about, because they are the manifestations of your character. They determine your character. Not only are they the manifestations, they determine your character. Let's bow down our heads. Let's just thank God for the word we have heard today. Let's just th...
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Some of us call hardship. And I once asked my wife, have you ever heard me grumble about life? I said, no, I'm too grateful. Honestly, I'm too grateful. I'm habitually too grateful. My gratitude towards life generally, it's a habit. Sometimes I'm praying for somebody who's sick and I'm wondering, Go...
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After all, when it comes to Rebekah, please, the son of Abraham said, the ones you have chosen for my master, this I want to know and let it be somebody who will be kind to us when she comes. Are you getting my point? The wife I found out, somebody pointed out to us some time ago, the wife that Jaco...
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Suffer hardship. So, I'm talking about friendship. You know, I got into friends. Why do people become friends? You don't become friends because you learn scripture. You can become an orator. You can become a quoter. You know, I don't mean quoter with an A, but quote scripture with an E-R. You can be...
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Said, the bridegroom has come, the door has been shut. The time of preparation, ringing the bell around, was to listen to John. So John came with the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. You did not listen to John, you were doomed. I said, you? Well, the principles, they differ, they d...
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Do you understand that? So God gave us freedom, and said, without freedom, don't serve Satan, don't serve the flesh, don't serve the world, serve God. Say, let my people go that they may serve. The purpose of freedom is so you can serve. In Egypt, they were being compelled to serve other things. The...
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He knew what they had suffered. You want me just to come? You ain't playing grass with us, you don't bleeding platform. You know, okay, just come preach. We'll do the praying, you don't need to pray. They were not sleeping though. They would do all of that on the day at night. You know the way we ar...
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But that's the key to it. That's the key to divine intervention. It's not how long you prayed, it's how long you listened, and how much you obeyed that which He said to you. It's not how long you prayed, God is not hard to persuade. Are you getting my point? The Lord is not hard to persuade. It's no...
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and more besides will be given to you who hear." Now please, I want you to notice what he said. He said, the measure of thought and study you give to the truth you hear will be the measure of virtue, that is power and knowledge that comes to you. The understanding, the power of God to comprehend, th...
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God is transforming us in the midst of our afflictions, changing us. That is the basis upon which he manifests our destiny. And whoever wants to enter into divine destiny should cooperate with what God is doing in his or her life. And should constantly take the word of God and transform himself and ...
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is Paul, a born slave of Jesus Christ. Peter, a born slave of Jesus Christ. Same thing with James. They would call themselves born slaves. So we established that there are two kinds. Again, of course, these are not new doctrines. We established, again, that there are two kinds of sons. There are pro...
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They first told her how fine she was, and explained to her she didn't need this. In fact, the person who wanted the jersey said, nah, this will also spoil my market for today. The girl didn't do it again. She took counsel from them. I hope she doesn't go back to her friends who laid her in the first...
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Then suddenly you go and buy a big basin, pour water inside and put your head inside. I don't know, I'm just drowning here. Come on, lift your head out of that place. You are the one that sank your head into. A lot of people are drowning, yet they are not inside the waters. They are inside a water, ...
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And God says, easy, easy. That's why, guys, let's take it easy. I can't bless you more than this. Stay your level. If you want to increase, increase insight first. Then I can increase you outwardly. So what God does is that he's increasing you inside. Abraham went through a lot of affliction because...
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That was a problem I had, going to a Christian concert. And the guy kept on shouting, whatever you have received in this life, if you don't know Jesus, you don't die, oh. It's not worth anything, oh. My wife, we jumped out of the car, started running with them, running all over the field. Everybody ...
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Although, this is banky for you, sir. This is banky for you. Lock the door. I will also announce, please brethren, services are suspended until further notice. This is not a campus where I be. There are times in which people say, you must not love your life unto death. There are times when you say, ...
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He said, you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and every other thing will be added. It is not godly for us to organize a whole prayer meeting on what we shall eat, what we shall drink, and where we shall be clothed. It is a sign that we are not working with God. If you praise God ...
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And he will delay two extra days. And in that process, Lazarus will die. The question is, how do you handle the situation? I won't lie to you that it will never happen. No, I will not lie to you that it will never happen. Because one day in your life, it will happen. Yes, it will. I don't know how i...
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He was damn too sure he would pass. But not the kind of assuredness that you get from faith, but from, I know I can do it. He failed so badly, he didn't recognize himself. One of my colleagues and I looked and said, I think it's very good for our chief. He said, it's very good for him. Very good for...
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I have learned how to live independent of my circumstances. I can do all of these things through Christ who strengthens me. Now, what am I bringing out here? That is a peace that God wants us to attain. I'm sorry to say this. I think we have done ourselves, both we preachers and the church as a whol...
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Let me tell you, you don't look like, ah, God, how do you have such amount of faith? I have enough experience in life to know you don't have that kind of faith. Nobody does. It is a piece of God that passes understanding that guards your mind at such times. Not as if you want to be careless and irre...
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Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as when they provoked me. If you have a King James, it says in the day of provocation, or at the provocation, that that was referring to a particular experience in the book of Exodus, as in the day of trial in the wilderness, when your fathers ...
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I said, the Lord said I should tell you there are 55 people out there with a $5,000 offering that's about to break the back of your poverty. Right now, you know, I'm not going to do it. God wants me to do it. He said, show up and come and stand beside me. I go talk some more. You go talk. Put the mi...
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Nobody there more. He was really going to kill somebody. Moses had to beg, say, please, please, I beg, I beg, please. Because what God would have done normally is taking you out of Egypt into the promised land, into a land that flows with milk and with honey. You will have, listen to me, bad experie...
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One day I read in the newspaper, and I don't know whether the reporter quoted him correctly or he lied about what he said. But he said that Jesus ruined my life. I said, you should know that he does that often. He ruins people's lives. If your name is Moses, and you are living in the palace of iniqu...
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to have come short of it. Now please notice that there is something called the rest of God. I don't want to read the whole of these two chapters. We have studied them here and then different times. I am going to bring out an issue here. There is something that Paul said in the book of the Corinthian...
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What am I saying? Do we have pressures? Are you getting my point? Don't forget, this is Christianity. It is not about the lack of money. It is about our minds, our spirits. How do we respond? Actually, God is testing something. You hear what I said? Let me read this one, I close with it. Deuteronomy...
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Let's see who will qualify in group F. Okay, tell them we are coming. The march is still going on. The Bible says when he heard he was sick, he now decided to stay there two extra days. If he had not been sick, he probably would have gone on time. Wait until Lazarus is sick. Say, let's first round f...
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And this interesting part, by that time, the money won't even interest you anymore. Hope you are getting what I'm saying. That's what God is doing. If money see interest in you, you go, ah, God, you know he doesn't grow old. Now you the age. People will be there for a long time. Very long time. Very...
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Chapter 3. Why do I want to read this? Before we read it, or let me read it, and I will explain why I'm reading it. But because it is long, I'm going to, as I often do, jump and paraphrase in certain places and just hurry up. All right, from verse 1, it said, Therefore, holy brethren, by the counsel...
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You know why I can't tell you the truth? I didn't come here to get it so I can drill it for your money. So, yes, it's true. The real people who can't tell the truth is because when you finish preaching like this, you won't give the offering you wanted to give before. Say, hey, you're sure you can't ...
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I'm talking about faith rest. I want us to get now, and I said that a lot of religions in the world, that's what they are trying to attain. Rest. Rest. Men who have sought, they have seen, they have sought after wisdom in life, they realize that these things don't mean anything. So they were now loo...
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What you need, all right, is to have the peace of God with you. Notice what I said to some of the disciples. I said, all of you are going to have a lot of troubles. They will bring you before panels, judges. They will sentence you to death, all kinds of things. He said, now when they are bringing yo...
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Let's open our Bibles to the book of Hebrews chapter 3. I want to start our discussion today from there today I'm going into a new set of Well a subsection of our faith basic series like I mentioned earlier. I'm gonna begin talking about the faith rest life What did I say the faith rest like faith t...
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I was always rejoicing. What I couldn't understand, you know, one of my uncles that seems to know everybody in this life, he came. I did not even remember to tell him. Brethren, it was last year I started working again. He told me that it's been five months that I've been out of a job. I learned to ...
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Let me stop here. Next time I'll continue talking about that on why he does it. Like I was going to read just now, he said that I need to purify your heart. I've said that again and again. How long will it take? I don't know. But one thing we must all learn is how to respond while God is taking time...
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Then you go to church. You sow a seed towards the next stage in your life. You carry your pecan tree. That's your pastor. You don't love him. You just want a Hyundai Azera. And God said, let me teach this boy a lesson. Gabriel. Yes, sir. Give him a Hyundai. Next, a manifestation of the seed that you...
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What do you call this? The Bible says they gathered stones and they wanted to stone Moses. Why? You understand their mindset. When Egypt, we say we were slaves. You say you came to give us deliverance. The little we had, even as slaves, you took it. You understand the problem? And let me preach to y...
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Are you getting my point? All you've ever wanted is music. Let's leave music for a moment. Let's say preaching. Yeah, preaching. That's a good one, too. Preaching. Finally goes, ah, oh boy, opportunities. $450,000 a month. Where? Saudi Arabia. So let me go and preach. First of all, I'm a missionary....
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Now, that was painful. But we think it was only the knee it reached. At least, the rest of the body is still there. We worship you. Bless her with the name of the Lord, because it's very good. This one will get to the promised land. Yeah, look, listen. It's interesting. It's interesting. But this is...
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Yes, you've done nothing wrong in your office. All you have done is right. You have worked hard so that they will promote you. When the worldwide economic crunch started, your companies had to downsize. I like the American word. I mean, it's not your problem, really. We are downsizing. You are too b...
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If you have troubles, God forbids that you should grumble and complain in the midst of those troubles. He said, when they do, I am displeased and I swear in my wrath they shall never enter into my rest. Listen to this. When the children of Israel were in Egypt, some were suffering. Not all of them w...
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And one day, and that's what you should look forward to, one day we'll say to you, well done, thou good and faithful servant. That should be your greatest pleasure in life. Let me end it with this. What's Christianity? We sacrifice the temporary so as to gain the eternal. Let's bow down our heads. T...
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I'm not here to establish you on this earth because when it comes, everything here will melt away. Am I saying it? So if you see challenges around you, take advantage of it. Take advantage of it. God is using it to teach you faith, teaching you righteousness, using it to teach you justice, using it ...
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for reminder of things of old, and the bringing forth of the things that are new. We receive these things from you, Father, in the name of Jesus. Therefore, we declare as follows. The Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, and I am being filled with the knowle...
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Your name is Jacob, you will go to Laban's house. Laban's house is, now you're in heaven, you're talking, not the physical realm. Laban's house is hard. Jacob, if you don't get to Laban and stay with Laban for this 20 years, you will never achieve what I want out of your life. God please, 20 years i...
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They're not as good. You can't help it. You see, can I just add this on to it? That sometimes you have to learn to stay in the place of your appointment. And be patient. That's just the way it works. But it also has its own drawback. It has its own drawback. After a while, you know so many persons, ...
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I say to you again, literally, be happy when you have trials and temptations of any sort. If you land in prison unjustly, spend the first hour on your knees thanking God. He said, are you going to call a lawyer? I said, please, I need one more hour. Recite, please memorize scriptures. Recite Psalms....
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I was just thanking God that this matter had gotten up during the night to pray about it. Do you get my point? So that what they were saying wasn't disturbing as it should. I just left the place. I called my wife. I said, Kai, I said, you just have to learn to trust God all the time. You can't trust...
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Satan went there. And you know Jesus prayed and meditated and waited on the Lord for 40 days. So Satan did not disturb him that time. So as soon as everything was done, Jesus was now living in the power of the Holy Spirit. Satan said, wait, where are you going? What's the hurry? Some of us didn't wa...
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You don't get it. They were that frustrated. Specialist hospitals, specialists, they had everything, they were doing everything. When the doctor looked at this woman, he said, you make us look like we don't know what we are doing. Because everything they did went wrong. That kind of thing, you now s...
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I can confuse him, but it doesn't matter. Even if he knows, what will happen? He prepares his evil before me. So let him know, that's not my problem. He can know. What I'm just doing with all of that is this. He doesn't know the details of what's going on. So he has to walk. So he saw that Jesus was...
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I said, just make sure it's the Lord you are following. Sorry, no assurances offered. Yeah, he stood here. I told him. You want to follow the Lord, bro? Do it. What will happen to you? I don't know. Your villagers may burn you tomorrow. Yeah? They may hang you. You may become destitute. Fact, you ma...
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That's all. That's all. Then they can say, ah, this road you are using, why are you on it anyway? Then I say, you know, the Bible says, leave that thing, let's be practical. If you use this road, I know I'm, okay, where are you going? It's not the place of your destiny. I say, yes. I'm having conver...
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Oh, and then forget, your hands are weak, so you also can't write. You can't type. Your wife will sit with you. They should go and take care of the children and other things, and leave you alone. You just realize that 18 hours a day, you're on your own. For the other six hours, four of the hours hav...
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Where I'm going is that, you see, we make grumbling a habit because we have an entitlement mentality. I've given these economic examples. Let's go to spiritual things. That is why I say all the time, you know, some of you like to give and ask God to repay because let's not get into that business. Yo...
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See, following the Lord, hmm? Know the truth? It's scary. It scares people. They were discussing marriage one day with the Lord. He scared Peter so badly. He scared James so badly. They put their heads together. They said, it is better not to marry. Modern generation Christianity, where we present e...
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I thank God for Geordie Rockefeller, but that does not even seem to me. That doesn't even come across to me as what could be my calling. Because see, the truth is this. We are being assessed on things of eternity. Everything on this earth that you are doing must be done with what? Eternity in view. ...
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Please stop that thing. If you are living in your house, what did I say? She said, I don't have iron. When we were in secondary school, we didn't have to. You know what we used to do? At night, we fold it, put it under the mattress, and sleep. By morning, an angel will have ironed it for you. But wh...
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Now you must understand that this world, let me use the word air for a moment. The air out there is not empty, it's not vacant. It's not a place of chance. The Bible tells you about the prince of the power of the air. There's power in the air. Do you follow my point? If you watch the news, you follo...
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It's your pocket orthopedic hospital that now has cast on it, has plaster. Buy a good one. That one you can afford. What you are wearing is shoe, not tire. Why are you going to Vorganizer? Go and buy a few good ones. That's what I mean. Some people, Vorganizer knows them. You're sold now, old tire. ...
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It requires you to hear, don't be afraid. If you are going to your ministry, you are confident everything is OK. You are not in the right ministry. If you are marrying the right man and everything is OK, you may not be marrying the right person. I just say, may not. Once you have to wake up at night...
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When he got the daddy, he got the answer. He said, sir, that was when I realized, indeed, it is this itinerant teaching ministry that God called me to. What happened was that we met somewhere, so I was just asking him, how is ministry? How is church? Ah, he said, church, pastor. Church. Church at Ba...
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Because if you jam the motor, you leave it there. Tell them, repair the car, but I can't wait for you to repair. So you order another one. And when they finish repairing it, you look at the car and say, ah, ah, ah. Doesn't look smooth. I thought they said they could do it well. That's all they can d...
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All right, good morning everybody. God bless you. Welcome this morning to a session of learning the word of God together. I believe that God has something special for each one of us in the name of Jesus. There's a portion of the scriptures I'd like us to use to take the declaration of the glory of t...
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You know what he's talking to you? Your raven. 100K he drops every day. Again, you're not wicked, you're just human. Hunger is motivation. It pushes you to get up. And God uses it to make people go to work. But one reason why you won't tell your boss like that is that you're going to get fired and y...
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The only way you can do what is right and be on the right road is to follow what God is telling you. From scripture, not the one you, after I finish praying, my spirit just said, leave your spiritual. Take scriptures, the one that were taught from the word of God, follow it. It's called the gates of...
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What God is doing is using it to bring eternal value out of you. Jacob would never have been the Jacob that God wants in eternity if there was no Laban in his life. A prayer you must pray for yourself. Say, God, my lessons of faith may I not fail in. Do you know what it took God? You know, sometimes...
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Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. And in your hand is power and might, and it lies in your hand to make great and to strengthen anyone. Now therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name. Amen. Amen. I said amen. You should memorize this all. Say it before y...
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Following the Lord, or was it Watchmani? Ni Tusheng, that's his Chinese name. Involves things like you've labored and labored and labored. Go and do your final exams and get your PhD. The Lord said you can't have a PhD, get out. And he gets up, leaves after the years of study without a certificate. ...
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There is a river that flows, get into that river and you will be moved by God. 4. The journey of life is sweeter and easier, with fewer accidents, if you would travel it with patience and with grace. God is good to those who wait for him (Lam 3:25). 5. Those smart dashes often lead to accidents. I r...
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ouldn’t learn. Again on the bridge, as we were descending into Onitsha, another crawl was on, so we slowed down. After a while he showed up again, breezed past me, his way had not changed a bit. Shortly after this we cleared all go-slows and I turned into Onitsha proper to connect with a side ...
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morning; Great is Thy faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the Lord Lam 3:22-26 NASB
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, that though he was 120 years
old, the strength did not abate. Caleb was as strong
at the age of 85 as he was at the age of 40.*
*Deut 34:7; Josh 14:10,11
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WORSHIP AND SEX CONTROL
I believe that there is a spiritual reason why the
Spirit of God puts emphasis on this ma er of
pr...
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tapped only by
faith, and it is a sign of faith to take your adequate
rest. When people refuse to do this, they are
idolizing themselves even though they may not
realize it, and it leads to weariness.
When we are weary, we start disobeying God, and
we lose the power to resist sin. Many men of God
s...
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turbing them, they have not yet commi ed any
sin. (I once read a Christian book which teaches
this, so it is not hearsay). It would have been
laughable except that we are dealing with a serious
ma er.
Please, let us not mock God. Pe ing or heavy
pe ing,* as such activities are termed, are nothing
b...
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is to remember to pray about everything,
commi ing our activities into the hands of the Lord.
So, the following are a few tips on preventing
weariness.
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One
First, know the assignment that is yours and focus on that.
Reduce to the minimum your involvem...
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d of today. Yes, there is
abundance of sin and temptations to sin out there,
but the Lord has already made preparation for such
a time.
…but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
Rom 5:20
Grace is the power of God to resist sin, and we have
an abundance of it right now available to us....
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trying to solve the next day's
issues depletes our energy and we become weary.
Three
The third word of advice that I will give on avoiding
weariness of soul is this: learn to leave dead things
alone.
What are these dead things? They are the
disappointments of the past; investments that have
gone b...
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man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be
tempted beyond what you are able, but with the
temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that
you will be able to endure it. 1 Cor 10:13
This assertion by Paul is often not the experience of
Christians. Some temptations come, especiall...
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not just lessons to learn but
words to speak out in confession of faith. Let us
start with the words of blessings.
Words of Blessings To Declare
I am a child of God. I am a believer in Christ Jesus.
My flesh, which is the old man, has been crucified with
Christ. My natural life is no longer alive. ...
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d her very much but he was strict in discipline
when he had to be. That is the way God is. He loves
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us so much He gave Jesus up for us, yet the Bible
says,
And have you entirely forgo en the encouraging words
God spoke to you, his children? He said,
"My ...
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this truth
is that I begin to give the Lord thanks.
Thanksgiving is a sign of our faith. If indeed we
believe the word of God concerning our freedom in
Christ, then thanksgiving will fill our mouths.
So, start thanking Him that you have overcome.
Thank him that you are free in Christ Jesus. Thank
H...
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ovided.
God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted
beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will
provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to
endure it. 1 Cor 10:13
Approaching God in that manner cures addiction
to sexual sins, to pornography and even addiction
t...
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sus. Cancer, HIV, dementia, failed
marriage, diseased womb, or whatever disease or
affliction; none can resist the power of the word of
God in the mouth of the redeemed child of God.
Laying on of Hands
Sometimes you may extend your faith by having
hands laid on you by believing elders. Please note
t...
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iful poem from David,
something he learned partly the hard way:
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord…
I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
If I go up to heaven...
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s to
bring out His image. We must therefore cooperate
with Him so that His work in us will be effective.
That is the reason we are looking at these steps
which we are to take in keeping ourselves pure.
Step 6: Visit The Throne of Grace
This sixth is the last step I am offering in helping us
overcome ...
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y the
might of my power and for the glory of my
majesty?” We think we are everything. We work
from morning till night. And then we become
weary. It is a common temptation of good and
righteous people.
Let me quickly add that the temptation of good
people is usually good things, but we must resist
t...
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een so far
in this book is in our hearts, our prayers will most
certainly be prayers of faith, and they will avail
much. All thoughts and feelings of things such as
homosexuality can be thus banished.
The main problem that hinders faith is that people
hold on to the opinions of the world and yet co...
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on by him
and put to torture. O, we must never despise
correction. By the 39th year he fell sick, but instead of
turning to the Lord, he turned to his heathen
physicians. Two years later, he was dead.
He displeased the Lord in his la er life—a very sad
conclusion to an otherwise beautiful story. Hi...
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y words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.
For they are life to those who find them
And health to all their body. Pro 4:20-22
If you want to walk in holiness, know that you do
not have the power in yourself, but only in Chri...
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Father, so we too might
walk in newness of life. Rom 6:4
Let me add that those who are already Christians
must keep away from sin; it is a door for the devil
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into our lives, and so we must not allow him. As
soon as you find out that there is something wrong
...
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her.
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American Standard Bible, Copyright ©The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1995. Used by
permission.
Bible quotes marked NLT are from The Holy Bible, New Living
Translation, Copyright ©1996, 2004 by ...
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ncerning all
the things that we have learnt in this book so far. We
are to lay them all out before Him. We ask Him to
help us. We confess our sins to Him.
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There may be times we feel so weak before a
temptation which comes to us. This may be in
different ...
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grace starts by
just saying ‘Amen’ to His words. It is not about how
we feel, or what the society tells us, or what
struggles we might think lie ahead; it is all about
what He says.
We Are Empowered
I think I should emphasize again the fact that God
has given us the ability to walk above sin. Whet...
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l
manner of things in his life.
Judgements vs Consequences
Let me quickly point out something at this point:
Most of the times, God's judgements are not
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punishments He is meting out because of His
displeasure; they are often rather the declaration of
...
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to grumble about
their situation. It is such a time as when Amnon
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could not cease thinking about his sister, a thing
that was an abomination to the Lord.
I can imagine someone in Amnon's situation
praying before this throne of grace when he begins
to ha...
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X CONTROL
unclean spirits, men and women begin to derive
sexual pleasure from pain and from inflicting pain.
It is called depravity and darkness of heart. All
these things are the results of idolatry.
At this point, we need to examine some important
things to the end that Christians might be carefu...
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Bible classes at the ministry
office, publication of free teaching tracts,
magazines and books, radio/TV/on-line
broadcasts, and organizing teaching
seminars in various towns and cities.
The audio messages digital catalogue
includes many hundreds of messages; most
of these are availa...
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past work for our
good.
And we know that God causes all things to work together
for good to those who love God… Rom 8:28
Four
The fourth word is this: Separate yourself from people
who wear you out.
Some people are a drain on one's soul. Some of
these people do this by infecting you with worry.
T...
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" But he said,
"Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." But He
said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but
as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of
God." Luke 9:59-60
Many have not done the will of God but have put
money first. They want to make money first and
after...
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the deviant sexual tendency.
I've told the story here because it helps to illustrate
that the power to sustain ourselves in purity is not
*Luk 11:24 – 26
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in us but is tapped from the Spirit through the word
of God. Anyone truly desirous of a chaste life...
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eason he
sought help. I think he also sought help because the
spirits started talking to him all the time, even
when he didn't want the information. I saw that as a
spirit of madness being invited in.
The solution I recommended for him was easy, but
it may be hard for some. I told the person tellin...
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away, it is impossible to renew them again to
repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the
Son of God and put Him to open shame. Heb 6:4-6
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Like I said, the Holy Spirit did not teach us that
every sin leads to eternal death; however, there...
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course
of this journey,” and it would not be a result of his
displeasure or desire to punish you. Someone has
done what should not be done and so he is making
you aware of the impending consequences.
Also, to illustrate, the daring man who jumps off a
cliff with rocks waiting to receive him may hear ...
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time, your salvation
cannot be reversed, even if you were to renounce
your faith, deny Jesus Christ as the Son of God and
your saviour, and start living for all intents and
purposes as an unbeliever.
Yes, a preacher said this, and many Christians
believe it. How anyone can believe this baffles me!
It...
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s to me
that Satan knows this and so he seeks to promote
falsehood in our doctrines, so that we can be
trapped by fleshly lusts. Wrong doctrines lead to
bondage, and often the bondage is of immorality.
The Lord taught us a spiritual principle when He
said that trees are known by their fruit.* A tree...
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that gift of
righteousness from Him, He has also given the
ability to walk above sin.
Agree with these truths presented so far and grace
will be activated.
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Avoid False Doctrines
As part of agreeing with God, it is very important to
avoid false doctrines....
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nt, the sins hardened her until she openly
rejected Jesus and crossed the point of no return. It is a true story which
illustrates sound biblical principles.
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teaching is directed only at those who seek the life
of holiness. I want to tell these seekers to ...
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nsellor and administrator, and so the
grace and glory departs. It is as if, like David, the
grace to walk in righteousness begins to get eroded,
so that he is exposed to the whims of tempting
spirits.
We must be careful to follow the plan of God as
ministers. Seek Him concerning what you should
be ...
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just act happy for the
public most times. People are in bondage. These
folks also want beautiful homes with godly
partners. That is why many come to church and try
to learn the method of deliverance.
But I must emphasize that there is nothing of such
on offer. God's deliverance is in Christ; it is o...
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and sin no more,” He was not
advising her; He was actually infusing her with the
ability to resist the sin in the environment. If she
would just a end to that word, then adultery was
over in her life.
With our mouths, we declare what we have agreed
with as the word of God. By this declaration we
co...
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parties are ‘in love’ or if they
are hoping to marry. The world is in them, and yet
they are supposedly Christians.
It is so sad, especially when grace is so readily
available to overcome the world.
No ma er how much grace is available for us to
walk above sin, if we do not take hold of it with
di...
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en I listen to the message. The Lord Jesus
said that the profit is not in the sound or le ers, but
is rather in the spirit which these words carry. It is
that spirit that imparts divine ability to us.*
Anyone desiring a life of holiness must form a habit
of constantly reading and listening to the wo...
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ver say I have finished listening to a song.
Such a concept does not exist. You listen again and
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again. That is how to tap the power in the word of
God.
The Lord showed the importance of being occupied
with the word when He gave a unique rule for the
...
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er fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit
the kingdom of God.” 1 Cor 6:9-10
By the power of the Spirit I walk in the fear of God and do
not indulge in sexual immorality; I un...
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ment. Christians should not allow their
ears to feed on lewd lyrics, and never repeat the
words of a song that glorifies the flesh. That is one
way to preserve our walk in holiness.
There is A Sacrice
Let me add something, especially for young
people. You see, Christianity is a life of sacrifice.
Yo...
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lect seven men who are well respected and are
full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this
responsibility. Then we apostles can spend our time in
prayer and teaching the word." Acts 6:1-4 NLT
Notice here that the Twelve understood that taking
over the administrative duties of the church wa...
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what you say, then you have succeeded
in controlling where the whole of your body goes.
If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect
man, able to bridle the whole body as well. Jam 3:2
So, give your mouth and tongue to God, and the
rest of your body will follow. Don't agree with the...
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give for
granted and go about flouting His rules.
For there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away
sins if we purposely go on sinning after the truth has
been made known to us. Heb 10:26-27 GNT
Forgiveness is for those who are confessing so they
can change. Confession is not just for the sak...
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lity......131
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Chapter 15: The Corruption in The World
Through Lust ....................................
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ou.
All afflictions as a result of sexual immorality are
cured. That is the power of Christ.
Tapping into Life
So how does one receive this forgiveness and the
power of life which is in Christ Jesus?
The first point is that it is available for those who
have truly believed in Christ. We understand ...
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king for the Lord. They work so hard even in
the ma ers of spreading the word of God, but
sometimes the hard work is not necessary and is
not what the Lord wants them to do.
The Spirit of the Sabbath
There is a reason why God gave the Sabbath. Now,
just as it is with most of the express commandmen...
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So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care
for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Ma 6:34
The world has crept into the church and so we have
normalized worrying about tomorrow. It has been
rebranded as wise planning when it is not...
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between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and
your herdsmen, for we are brothers. "Is not the whole
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land before you? Please separate from me. Gen 13:8-9
The man had a destiny to fulfil and striving with
Lot was going to be a constant occurrence,
somethi...
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rist's return. May you always be filled with the fruit
of your salvation—the righteous character produced in
your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory
and praise to God. Phil 1:10-11 NLT
The fruit of our salvation is the righteous character
produced in us. If our doctrine is not produ...
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od may
forgive you but the consequences will remain. My
opinion is that those saying it do not understand
the power of Christ and the forgiveness that is in
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His blood. They do not know the power of the Spirit
of God which raised Christ Jesus from the dead...
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t know
that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind
and naked. Rev 3:15-17
We must be wary of complacency. It is a dangerous
thing in life. We get so secure in many areas that we
*Prov 1:32
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are not zealous anymore to take hold of God.
Sometimes...
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the household of his
father David. We need to take a quick look into why
this was happening to David . We need to
understand how the door was opened which
allowed that spirit into the house of David.
Don't forget, evil spirits or Satan himself are not
God, and they are not as powerful as people oft...
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stern Nigeria that says, “What a man does
not wish to eat, he should not sniff.”
False Doctrine – 2
To look at the second false doctrine we are to avoid,
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I want us to first see the following admonition from
Paul.
Now these things happened to them as an...
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e a part of themselves
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behind when they get tied to any person. Bit by bit,
but certainly, they lose their strength. That was the
problem with Samson.*
There are times we think of Samson and we wonder
why he told Delilah the secret of his strength. E...
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u for
deliverance. Of course, this man didn't realize he
needed deliverance and would not come, but that
was not much of a problem. I told the person to tell
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the wife or his adult children, his wife preferably, to
come see me, and I could help them. But I ...
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ay they contributed immensely to wear him out.
See, it is not just age that makes people weary, it is
the accumulation of troubles faced and the
depletion of soul energy that are actually
responsible.
A similar sad story in the Bible is that of Asa.* Asa
was also an illustrious man of faith. He fol...
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tually involved in all sorts of sexual intimacy. The
young man admi ed the truth—they indeed were
having all the sex in the so-called heavy pe ing but
avoided the penetration. That is pure tomfoolery.
Please it is a lying doctrine that seeks to permit such
passionate expressions and still lay claim...
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and makes intercession for the
*Eph 4:27
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transgressor. God did not just overlook your sins
and mine; Jesus paid the necessary price and bore
the penalty.
In the time of David, atonement was by offerings of
lambs, goats and other clean animals. But not e...
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al purity.
In the name of Jesus, I declare that I am a child of light. I
belong to the day. Therefore, I live a decent life before God
and before all men.
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I do not participate in the darkness of wild parties and
drunkenness. I do not participate in sexu...
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ch things are worthy of death, they
not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to
those who practice them. Rom 1:32
*Mar 9:47, 1 Jn 2:16, Rom 6:13
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God judges us as guilty when we approve what is
wrong even though we are not directly doing the
wr...
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sts.
Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and
peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the
Lord with pure hearts. 2 Tim 2:22 NLT
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Instead of keeping these doors closed, what the
modern godless society has done is to open as
many...
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clean
I am not defiled
In the name of Jesus.
Because of the victory I have in Christ Jesus, I break the
power of any demon of lust or sexual deviancy; I
command them to leave me, in the name of Jesus.
I receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit, and I declare the
Greater One, the Holy Spirit, lives i...
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for those who live
in union with Christ Jesus. For the law of the
Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ
Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom 8:1, 2 GNT
I think this is the most exciting chapter for me to
write. We are now looking at the thing that is...
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labour in
preaching or in pastoring, and of Christians who
are very commi ed and generous givers, but their
lives are marked by sexual immorality; I want to
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say to such persons that their sacrifices are not
acceptable unto God because they are being offered...
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not know God; and that
no man transgress and defraud his brother in the ma er
because the Lord is the avenger in all these things,
just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.
1 Thes 4:2-6
Many Christians are suffering in different areas
every day, and someone keeps telling them it is the...
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sh 23:11
Let me quickly point this out: loving God and
fearing Him are not mutually exclusive. It is not
that you would choose one and leave the other. As a
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ma er of fact, the love of God and the fear of God
are two sides of the same coin. No proper
relat...
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household of Eli.
He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
And the peoples in His faithfulness. Psa 96:13
In one day, Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of
Eli, died.
Let me point it out again: your sexual purity is a sign
of your true service. It is a sign of spir...
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on; not of struggles or of desires. It is where you walk that determines what
you get.
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CHAPTER 4
CHOICES
Thus far, we have seen that life moves on automatically and that we can only
change where we are g...
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lf have done it; all I could do was place my feet
on the path that led to that end.
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CHAPTER 5
THE LORD TEACHES
Please notice that when charting my course for the desired end, my guide was
the word of God, and ...
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life in order that you may
live, you and your descendants. (Deut 30:19)
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CHAPTER 9
TEMPORAL LIGHT AFFLICTIONS
There is one more thing I will like us to notice from the account of Moses.
By faith Moses, when he...
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became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly,
and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the
LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. (2 Chron 26:16)
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ORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will
not be put to shame. (Isa 49:23)
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BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS
Covetousness is the result of the deceitfulness of riches. From the parable of
the sower that the ...
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h, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may
live, you and your descendants. (Deut 30:19)
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CHAPTER 9
TEMPORAL LIGHT AFFLICTIONS
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hat are chosen x
8. Time for your decision x
9. Temporal light afflictions x
10. Two dangerous devils x
11. The God called Mammon x
12. Beware of covetousness ...
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of the things of God. I recollect how one
day I sat and watched a TV programme in which a young woman was teaching
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children about sex. These children were secondary school kids of ages between
12 and 16. One of th...
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ave come to realize is
that if any person is in Christ, he or she is a new creature, born in Christ Jesus
who has made all things new” (2 Cor 5:16,17). That was why I asked whether
he was backslidden.
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n to have confidence; to look up with boldness in the face of situations;
to see all and yet say, “my salvation is near”. That reason is that your heavenly
Father knows that you need all these things. You have a heavenly Father who is actively planning and taking charge of your
life to bring you to ...
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ed to make my boast loudly in
the Lord concerning marriage, that I can never marry the wrong woman. I
proclaimed again and again that I shall marry the best wife possible for me to
marry under heaven! See, I understood that it was not in me to determine this
by myself and that all I could do was to ...
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it. When
the Lord called Abram, He called Him alone and was not trying to measure him
up with his mates (Is 51).
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Men are about the greatest hindrance to the fulfilment of God's plan in many
lives. It is men that...
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Prophesy!
3. Your Greatness Has Been Prepared
4. What is God's Will Here?
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2. Here on Purpose
3. The Law of life
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and use God's criteria alone to
make choices, then good will come to you.
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THE FEW THAT ARE CHOSEN
You have heard it said that many are called but few are chosen. Have you ever
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” (1 Sam 13:13-14)
One of my pastors used to say that it is the decisions that you make for God in
the furnace of affliction that will decide whether you will remain just called or
will become chosen.
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sness x
13. Let’s summarize x
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INTRODUCTION
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ou hear things like “choose you this day who you will
serve. You hear it said, “choose life that you may live”.
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is is what God rewards - the choice you make.
And God said to Solomon, "Because you had this in mind, and did not ask for
riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even
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e; we all can understand the mechanism and
so can easily trace the 'cause-and-effect' of it. Unfortunately, most things in
life, though having similar cause-and-effect relationships, are not always so
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my business early
in the morning, but nothing seems to come out of it. I don't know what the
problem is.”
He looked for much, but was only able to gather little.
The question one needs to ask is, why?
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the eventual outcome.
We must learn to look beyond immediate gratification.
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CHAPTER 10
TWO DANGEROUS DEVILS
In closing this exposition, I will like to show us two things that compete with
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g wisdom is the most
important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment.
(Prov 4:4,7 NLT)
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when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His
commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every
act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
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t he had been given by his father David.
My father told me, "Take my words to heart…Getting wisdom is the most
important thing you can do! And whatever else you do, get good judgment.
(Prov 4:4,7 NLT)
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re of what I had and made no apologies. I used to feel
sorry for anyone who either tried to look down on me or feel sorry for me. I
was a man that had real substance, and I still am. The lusts of men! This is what kills a lot of believers. They know the plan of God
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o be my follower you must love me more than your own father
and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, more than your own
life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26-27 NLT)
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me to understand that may
answer our question is what I am sharing in this book.
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CHAPTER 2
THE PATHS OF LIFE
I have come to understand that life is in paths, and that all you can do is to
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Bankole Olusina
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of visitation. After that day, should
she continue in adultery, she would be an adulteress by choice. Now, this is where most people blow it. Many will rather continue in the
passing pleasures of sin. The time of ignorance that the Lord overlooked has
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n, and you can only choose your destination
by choosing the road you will travel on.
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CHAPTER 3
LIMITED HORIZON
Choices in life are made based on knowledge and understanding. By this I
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this in mind, and did not ask for
riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even
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teach you. He
said,
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words of my
mouth. (Prov 7: 24)
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cipleship. Remember that it is the lusts of men
versus the will of God.
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CHAPTER 11
THE GOD CALLED MAMMON And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are
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question a business executive asked
R. W. Shambach when he confronted him with the choice of accepting Jesus as
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bout mammon, and in the next verse he
said, “for this reason I say to you.” What He was saying in effect is that
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on. You cannot by yourself
make the right choice; you MUST be taught. God's word must teach you. He
said,
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words of my
mouth. (Prov 7: 24)
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s it that makes me put in that possessive pronoun ‘my’?
For not from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south comes promotion.
But God is judge; He puts down one and exalts another. Ps75:6,7
I have found out that life is a battle that I must win; it is a venture I must succeed in. The Scr...
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he fact that Isaac was gone, but that he just considered that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead. He was fully aware of the promise that said “in Isaac your descendants shall be called.”
So you see, he did not give up Isaac as dead forever but he decided to sacrifice him, counting tha...
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lifts men up. I trust Him.
He said to me:
“Behold I cause prosperity to flow towards you like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream.”
Now, that means He will lift me up.
Look, I also recognize that with every event of my life I am moving closer to my destiny. Nothing ...
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place where the mercy of God will reach me. Has it not been said that:
“The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He might strongly support those whose heart is completely His.”
So all I need to do is to give Him my whole heart by walking in a manner completely pleasing to Him...
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k account!”
Forget it! There’s no need for worrying.
Look I believe in Jesus, the first begotten Son of God. He said, “a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of things which he possesses.”
Let me help you understand that. It means what you have or do not have does not in anyway affect t...
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m, the more I see I need to improve. In fact, that is why I gave up trying to improve. I discovered that trying does not do the job, discovering Him and running home is what changes me; not my effort!
One thing I also discovered is that this Our-Father-Who-Art-In-Heaven is very kind and also very w...
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Whatever is born of God overcomes. It's not whoever, is that what he said? Whatever, every idea, if it's a scientific invention, if it's one of those things that God brought out from heaven for you, it will overcome. You are getting my point? If it is a medicine, a discovery, it will turn around hea...
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For we are the temple of the living God. Just as God said, I will dwell in them. Now, these are the sayings of God. I will dwell in them. I will walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be my people. He said, therefore, come out from their midst and be separate, says the Lord. And do not...
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and your godliness, brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness, love. Verse eight says, if these qualities are yours and increasing, now notice the word that they are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks thes...
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And I went back and immediately, look, the money we had was not really better than before. But I just knew that this was the time. And as God will have this as a testimony, I personally received some money that day. So I took a huge chunk of it and gave it as a first offering towards the radio broad...
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Alright, let's begin from the book of the second letter of Peter. Let me read from verse Two, having introduced himself in verse one, Peter said, grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, seeing that his divine power has granted to us everything pertaining t...
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I said, you are using the pretenders to judge the rest of us. I say it all the time. If you're a student on campus, especially when you're a preacher, don't lie that you are failing for the gospel sake. Do you get my point? There's a simple reason why Christian leaders don't pass on campus. They kno...
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He granted us his precious and magnificent promises in order that by them we might become partakers of the divine nature. What he was saying is that God has his ability. God has his traits, his characteristics. Now for you to partake of it means for it to be manifested in your life. Are you getting ...
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Are you getting the point? I mean, if they finish the school now, they go back home, they won't have a job. If they have jobs, they won't live as comfortably as they are living here. So they decide to settle down. It's failing in school. They're not trying to do well. As long as somebody is earning ...
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It is not what we call a church. We don't meet on Sundays. We don't have all those things. It's just an avenue to release this anointing and let people run with it. All right? So it makes sense to be able to close. I mean, it was a big day. You close. Boric Jonah is a church. Yet he will shut the do...
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That's why I said all the things I said. It's not by struggle. It's when we seek first. If you see the scriptures, there's something, there's a principle that's there. God always tells you the main thing to do so other things can be done. Are you getting my point? For example, in the beginning of Ps...
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He said, if you notice the ground that brought forth a hundred food, the one that brought thirty-sixty and a hundred. You know, we talked on thirty-sixty and a hundred. But he was analyzing the different ones. That is, the one by the roadside and all of that. He said, the one that brought forth good...
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All right? The title for today's message is The Greatest Victory. Yes, because I know I thought about it. I almost forgot. The Greatest Victory. We're talking about the courage to conquer. Today I want to talk about the most important thing that a man should conquer. You can already guess where I'm ...
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is the self, the natural human flesh that does not allow people receive the promises from God. That's what I'm saying. That doesn't allow those things to manifest. So Peter said it like this. He said we have the promises. Paul said it also, we have the promises. Paul said, for us to receive those pr...
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the sayings of God. And see, from what Peter is saying here, that those things we discussed, then the sayings of God, they are the ways by which, you see, those are the promises of God. That's verse 4. He said, He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises. We looked at those things for...
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Christians... Now, I hope you won't be angry with me for saying this because I say it all the time. Christians were not called to struggle. Are you getting my point? Now, I'm not saying we're not called to have courage and to take bold steps. But as a matter of fact, there's what is called grace, wh...
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