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1:42:00
Put your hands down. There is no part of you that won't receive life. Let's begin to give thanks. Please, I'll teach what I wanted to teach next time. Now give thanks. Say, Lord I thank you. Because the spirit of Christ is inside me. It's giving life to my mortal body. It's giving life. It's giving ...
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1:36:00
Did you hear what I said? Anytime you are hearing the word, life is riding upon the words. Faith will activate the life to manifest in your life. That's the way it works. And somebody listen to me today. Life is being activated in you in the name of Jesus. That life is going to reverse degenerated b...
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4:30
It is possible for him to give you, and you leave it lying there, and you never stretch out for it. Let me quickly say this. It's a small, I will say aside. A lot of people, please, I hope you followed our series, The Era of the Prophets. It's on our podcast, Pastor Banki in 10. It's called in 10 be...
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1:43:30
Yes, I have life. My eyes receive life more abundantly. My mouth receives life more abundantly. My brain, oh, yes, somebody who had a stroke, life, life, life, life. That same power that raised Lazarus from the dead, goes to that portion of your brain right now, and life comes into it. I say to that...
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1:37:30
I say life enters you in the name of Jesus Christ. Life enters you in the name of Jesus. Life, receive life. Everybody, look, any area of your body, your soul that you need rejuvenation, you need life. Receive life. No matter what it is. I was reading about one disease, the other disease, and I said...
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34:30
There are days he would skip us there. Even the guys who used to record, not these that would do digital recording, like talk 10 hours. The hardest you could know before. This was tape. The guy used to record the tape without squeezing his face. Like pastor wants him to change his tape, he won't cha...
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57:00
You are supposed to be the light of the society. You are the one now breaking all the rules. No dumping of refuse there. You park and put your refuse there. And you can see the sign boldly. Let me not even talk about those of you who eat up and throw the wrap out of the moving vehicle. Men, you shou...
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1:40:30
I said this was all I said from recent scriptures. Please let me just tell you, faith is very reasonable. It's all that, you know, it's all those who have not studied, you know, I've not read anything. I'm going to tell you see, you see, you know, molecule, jam molecule, then they form, form somethi...
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Faith doesn't mean how you imagine things, no. Faith means you take the word of God and say, alright, if you say it, I believe it, let it be untold me according to your word. If you don't say that, other things may control your life. Do you get my point? See, faith means you will deliberately yank y...
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him in all respects. I'm bearing fruits in every good work, and I'm increasing in the knowledge of God. Now again, I climb my ears to his word. The word is entering my heart. It's giving me light and direction. It's healing me in every area, and it's making me more and more like the Lord Jesus, in t...
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54:00
They have bad habits. Okay? Things you have to watch. I'm telling you. See, spiritualize your life. You must spiritualize your life. I know what I'm saying. It's very critical. Spiritualize your... I've told you, even when it comes to food eating, spiritualize it. Once you have given thanks to eat f...
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People have, you know, people say it's an anecdotal thing, right, that this is not his normal way, just his own story. I say, but it's real. One of the richest men in the world, his name is Warren Buffett. You know, Warren Buffett did something. You know, he eats very bad food. You know, the one the...
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The Lord is good. Now, let's get back to our matter. So pastors, you start inventing messages. You want to shorten your life. That's why I say all of that. There are many things that are shortening people's lives. I don't feel like saying this. Some women who like to tear people's cloth. Please, go ...
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7:30
And God said, all right, as you have said, so it will happen. So they were not able to take the land. They had a last ditch effort, like we say, to go in. The people beat them well. God said, no, you can't take it. You said you wouldn't be able to take it. I've withdrawn the strength I had going for...
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3:00
Guard your sword on your thigh, O mighty one. In your splendor and in your majesty, ride on victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness. Let your right hand teach awesome things. I'm going to stop in verse 4. Where the psalm says, my heart overflows with a good thing. I'm goin...
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So God judges us first on the spiritual sins and the moral aspects of our life, on whether you did not jog or did not jog. But do you know, you can use lack of jogging to kill yourself by telling yourself, if I don't jog I will die. And God said, after two years of not jogging, let this guy die. Why...
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You want to know the truth? The law doesn't like it. They are too disorganized. It doesn't like that. Yeah, they are small things, quite all right. They are not the weightier matters of the law. But just know that the law actually doesn't like it. I've been telling my children, they will come out so...
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58:30
He chose the wrong lane, supposed to choose a lane then, they had where he could pay. So he chose the one that was automated, so just drive past. But he didn't have the tag. Fine, $200. Now, that's a serious issue, $200. But to throw paper out of the window, $500. You know what that tells you? God d...
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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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d for me, and I choose to believe it.
"Make me one of your own and fill me with your life and your joy.
"Make me know you for myself and lead me forever in your way.
"Thank you for a new life.
"Amen.”
If you prayed this prayer, then a new life has begun. Your new
duty is to start learning the ways ...
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by the time he was through I said to him, “what you
want is what is called a wife. Go and get married!”
No girlfriend will ever be able to fulfil the things he
wanted. He had his definitions mixed up.
It is important we get our definitions right. As
Christians, getting it right means only one
thing...
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t is the source of joy, good
children, good home, health and prosperity. It is the
source of everything. If you love the word and have
a spouse who does, then all other things shall be
added unto you.
My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
Do not let them depa...
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ide or
being full of one's self. I knew my purpose in life (at
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least I thought I did), and this was just a simple
judgment in the interest of peace, long life and
prosperity.
Did I get what I wanted? Let us see.
Once, my young wife and me, her young husband,
were speaking...
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-degree fashion around me.
One day they want them fat; the next they want
them thin. Years ago, full busts were too much, but
now they pay vanity surgeons to make them as big
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as possible. Years ago, Europeans wanted women to
be as white as possible, now they want them tann...
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t life's principles; it is
about vision and it is about destiny. Your true love is
one with whom you can run in the same God-
ordained direction. How you will get to know that
person is another story.
Just as an addition, let me state that attraction can be
useful if your senses are well trained. A...
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your life?
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nd do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that you may prove what the will of God is.
I need to emphasize that as Christians we are the
light of the world, just as the Lord Jesus said. ...
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gs. You need a
blessing to prosper. A blessing is a spiritual
empowerment to succeed.
It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich…
Prov 10:22
Let me tell two stories to illustrate this point.
FAVOUR FROM ABOVE
I read the first one in Reader's Digest. A rich
business executive riding with h...
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t the Army
15. The Righteousness of God
16. Prophesy!
17. Your Greatness Has Been Prepared
18. What is God's Will Here?
19. Living by Divine Wisdom
20. The Habit of Faith and Other Sermons
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of success for the world to read. This thing
is about your attitude as a woman, and it is there
even before you meet your husband. It affects the
way you relate with men—potential husbands,
generally.
Worldly women are the only ones that are permitted
to allow themselves to be treated like second c...
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also mentioned
as prophetesses (Miriam, Deborah, Huldah etc), but
apart from Priscilla and Mrs Isaiah I cannot easily
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recollect any other whose husband was also a
preacher.
So we see that it was never implied that a man's wife
must also be a minister of the word because h...
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singer in the choir.
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I was trying to get to the points I understood by
revelation about the kind of woman I was
seeking to marry. Now let us get back to it.
We have seen that being a believer was a forgone
conclusion. So what was my first stated criterion...
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at all. She has by that action
demonstrated to you that she could not have helped
you prosper. She is a drain, a nag and a source of
spiritual confusion. Rejoice for the great deliverance
of the Lord.
What a godly woman wants in a man is that he is a
man of faith with a sense of purpose, and that h...
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in
my understanding, was a personal quest for the
knowledge of the word. No, I am not at all talking
about knowledge for the purpose of preaching or
showing off, but just to know and be changed by it.
I told the Lord I wanted a lady that loved Him and
whose love for Him showed in how she pursued th...
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ely to end
up with one, and that is possibly statistically correct,
but…
…if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the
old things passed away; behold, new things have
come. 2 Cor 5:17
All the ancestral curses invented by a grandfather
who was a witchdoctor are erased by being in
Ch...
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that proceeds out of the mouth of God
shall man live.” What that means is that everything
you can ever want in life is to be found in the word of
God, and that you are to pursue them through the
word.
If you are afraid of poverty, pray about it. Bishop
David Oyedepo tells the story all the time of ...
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y by mingling your life
thoroughly with the promises of God. Come to a
marriage decision with a heart ready to bring
blessings into the life of whoever God brings into
your life as a marriage partner.
You are not a liability, you are a blessing. It is very
wrong for a Christian woman to say, “I wil...
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its that tickle your
fancy, like we say. Are those things the real things
that matter, or mundane things? Peter said both men
and women must seek the things that are after the
inward man of the heart.
You should be known for the beauty that comes
from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle an...
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ing under an
anointing is more handsome than his normal self
and has a lot of other attractions that are not resident
within him normally. So watch out that you are not
carried away by manifestations.
I also advise young women who are still unmarried,
especially university students, to please drop ...
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at my helpmate might be thinking is a
waste of time?
For this reason I reasoned that it was vital that I had
a wife that believed I am called to teach, and just as
importantly that I could teach her.
I have had experiences with ladies who talked more
than me; they had to have the last say when we
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the Lord are
righteousness and wealth (or strength)” (Is 45:24). What
we all need is the joy of the Lord and the blessing of
God which makes rich. Look to the Lord alone; pray
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to Him that He might grant you the desires of your
heart materially. Long ago I heard a word from ...
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ed
specially to a Paul-like ministry that involves
celibacy, then the earlier you marry the better for
you. You do not need to have all those trappings of
success to marry. What you need is a sense of
*Even though the context is about Israel's enemies, this is
quoted to show that with God, one plus...
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who have been put into positions and
for this reason they will perform impressively but
only because of this influence of the anointing.
However this does not translate to personal true
spirituality.
TRUE SPIRITUALITY
True spirituality is about a thirst for the knowledge
of God. True spirituality i...
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o make one body of
all races of mankind. As true
Christians we must realize that we are
all of one ethnic group and one race.
That race and group is called Christ.
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ext we will see some of the things that
constitute errors in criteria for ...
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e
held on to those points indicates to me that they
were the revelations of God to help me. They were
not just based on my feelings. I liked the woman
who fulfilled them, and she is the one I married.
Let me share those points with you and explain
them as I go on.
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Being a...
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ill
turn out only to be a source of entertainment or a
source of frustrating standards unless you are of
faith in Christ Jesus. Step aside for a while and give
your life to Christ Jesus (see page 17).
For those who are believers and who are looking for
the best from God, I want to tell you that you...
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th your
example of faith is just a gamble. The fact that you
married him despite the fact that you knew he was
not a believer is all the example he needs to know
that your faith is not serious to you.
IT'S ABOUT THE SPIRIT
The idea of being a believer is about the spirit
someone is open to and not ...
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g men today will be anything between
ages 21 and 30. I agree that 21 may appear early for
our current day society in Nigeria, but it is actually
in order. 30 years of age is pushing it to the far end.
*The ability to leave is the ability to earn enough to live on your
own and provide food and accom...
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produced is born of God and it
overcomes.
Let us go together in this book and create
expectations for marriage from the Word of God.
INTRODUCTION 17
*How to be a Christian. Being a Christian is not hereditary and
is not passed on by association. I...
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lished in his materialistic life, and the
women too are getting themselves ready only to be a
show piece and a baby factory. Thank God for the
true women liberation that is found only in Christ
Jesus.
To God a woman is as much a child of God as the
man is. Her life is also a ministry and she has a
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es.
There is a huge difference between desires and
expectations. Desire is something you simply wish
for, but an expectation is a derived thought. It goes
beyond just wanting something; it is born of
* Resonance. This is taken from a principle of elementary
Physics. According to the laws of God in...
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but when she has that
blessing, her husband is empowered by
it. The whole home is empowered by it.
If she does something that earns
money, it also prospers.
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L et me address this issue particularly as it
concerns women. Godly and holy women
...
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younger brother, Deji, wanted to marry and my
mother asked my opinion of the matter that the
young woman is Ibo, I said to her simply, “Mummy,
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we are either Christians or we are not!” That was my
opinion and I did not even think it was a mat...
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a person who you
have given no signals ahead of time, so unless this
so-called dating is for the direct purpose of working
up to the point of marriage proposals I do no think it
has a useful purpose.
Now, if by dating we mean the idea of pairing off in a
Pentecostal form of girlfriend-boyfriend rom...
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x
that to the experts on marriage. I hope to, all the
same, lay a solid foundation so that those who are
eager to follow the way of the Lord will both have a
reference and a foundation to build upon.
This book is directed to believers. I know the subject
of marriage is very popular with both belie...
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All right, quickly let us declare the word of God. Say, I am being filled with the knowledge of His will, in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. I am walking in 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 knowled...
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God can bless you and give you material resources abundantly. He does that. I believe in it totally. I believe the gospel of prosperity. I wrote the book, Grace to Prosper, and I recommend that you go and read it. In fact, again, I'm recommending quickly, read the book, Grace to Prosper. It will hel...
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1:21:00
Are you getting what I'm trying to explain? That's how it is. The man does not make more spiritual progress than the man who's preaching. The one preaching is the one that helped him to understand that. Listen, Christianity, each person, do your duty. Forget about who's being promoted. God will lift...
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1:19:30
No, really. Listen. Some people are here listening to me, and that's your job. Right now, you are still on 10, 15, 20. You are going to get to 50. But listen to me. A time will come. That is, before you spend money for yourself, you'll be checking whether it's not somebody else's money. You earn the...
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Listen to this. No matter what happens in life, you understand? No matter what you experience, make sure that the most important thing to you is that Christ is formed in you. Progress. Listen. Progress is not occurring in your life because you are earning more money. Listen, let me tell you somethin...
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Because all the laws of Moses, he kept. And for him to become that rich, and he said he kept the laws of Moses, obviously he was blessed of God. So for that season of his life, it was good. Then the next season, Jesus said to him, go and sell, did you hear what he said? All, everything that you have...
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One thing happened in the body of Christ over the last many years, I don't know, I'm not trying to study history now, alright? Spiritual history or Christian history. But I know a time came in which we couldn't decipher the difference between motivational speaking and gospel preaching. That was when...
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That's rule number one. The rule number two, which is actually the most important, is that before you go out every morning, you have declarations of the word of God you must do at least 15 minutes. Every day you must listen to a message at least one hour. For the 30 days, we'll select like four book...
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The amount of whether I have built a house, I haven't built a house, whether I have bought another car, I haven't bought another car, whether I'm now a chief where I work, or maybe I'm now a director. Those things, as much as they are good, listen to what I'm going to say, they are not a sign of pro...
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Listen, this one I'm telling you. Anybody tells you otherwise, he doesn't know the balanced truth. The seed is the Word of God. One of the reasons I was excited when I heard Gary Carpenter say that thing was that I never heard somebody preach it categorically like that until I heard Gary Carpenter l...
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Jesus must be the center of everything that we are doing. Now, that's Galatians chapter four. There was something that Paul said there. I'm reading from verse 19. He said, My children, with whom I am again in labor, unto Christ is formed in you. Now, please notice that, I like the way King James say...
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It doesn't mean anything. It's just like, what? An observation. I just say, oh, boy, you are wearing a red shirt. Thank you for noticing. You are wearing a green suit. And hey, you understand what I'm trying to say. So that's what I'm trying to explain. I'm not saying it's good. I'm not saying it's ...
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1:03:00
Progress was measured by, now that I'm being tested, did I pass my test? Every time in life you'll be tested. Progress is, am I still failing the same test? Or have I begun to pass the test? That's progress. It's not whether I now have money or I don't have money. I said to us, faith helps us to giv...
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So in Israel, when Jeroboam started that one, when Jeroboam started his own priesthood, Lord Paul saw that, man, life rough, so they go queue up. Jeroboam just appointed them priests. Now, why am I going into this? I'm telling you why Lord Paul missed things. So this man, I was telling you the story...
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access their life, how they are doing, or whether they have or they don't have. I know that's where I began this from. You can't do that. Material things, they are not a sign of your progress as a Christian. Not at all. I said on the last time, if you look with the eyes of angels, many people who yo...
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It must have taken the Lord some days to encourage that young man to wake up. I suppose the first one month, every morning he would wake up and cry and say, where is the God of my fathers? He would have wanted to. Before the Holy Spirit would start to tell him, say, well, now that you are here, make...
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That is, I mean, Joseph is a good example. Mrs. Spotify shows up in your life, and Mrs. Spotify explains to you, you know how powerful I am. I'm not asking for too much. And Joseph said, ha, madame, what are you talking about? Look at, okay, you know the story. He said, how can I do this thing? Late...
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You know, people gather. You know, this has become my pet project again. And we're fighting their enemies, enemies, enemies. You understand? That's not why we gather. You understand? The reason why we gather is so that the Spirit of God can, by the infusion of His Word, enter into us and change us. ...
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Do you understand my point? I like the way Moses died. He was 120 years old. God showed him everything. That's why he cannot lie down here. All right? Are you comfortable? The guy was on death row. You understand my point? He laid down there. God said, all right, take a deep breath. Deep, deeper, de...
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The fact that faith helps us to give up, give things up, that's what I mean. It doesn't just help us to get. Faith helps Moses. You know, of course, you know that's in the book of Hebrews. We just want to read it now. By faith, when he reached a particular age, he was no longer, you know, excited. A...
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But how did he get into that? The point I'm making is by faith. By faith. I was saying something earlier, which is why I went into it. So, a man can be in a particular phase of life today, and you look at it, he's materially, outwardly successful, like the world we see, not scripturally now, but lik...
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Then they now called him from the office, that a client just came, and he went there, negotiated with the client, and the client deposited for him 250,000 Naira. He said, he quickly took the money and paid the balance. Praise the Lord. And he went and sat down. I said, I wish Christians would hear t...
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1:09:00
As soon as the bank manager, the cleaner comes in, ah, good morning, he says, ah, praise God. How are you, sister cleaner? And the cleaner is looking at him, look. What's happening? Do you know, he says, ah, our guy is now dicking. And he's telling his wife, very soon, by next year, I should be an a...
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Even when people don't tell you there's a boundary, there is a boundary. So it's your duty to go and find out what the boundary is. We should get to the life of Joseph. We will analyze the life of Joseph. So much to learn there. But what I'm going to say is that, so, that's a digression. Like in Hig...
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1:04:30
Is this how everybody in your fellowship on campus, is that how a lot of you talk? Because you wanted to know, like, where did this my boy get this depth of wisdom from, you know, and eloquence and fluency of words? Because I remember then, in fact, one of those days, I just came home from school. W...
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as the object of what we are trying to do. Meanwhile, those results are totally and not the things that God is trying to bring in our lives. You know, that's not what He's trying to do. What He's trying to do is to form Christ in us again. Do you get my point? If I choose that expression, if I let's...
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1:10:30
12. The other 10% is just so that, I mean, if you are being blessed, you should give. Are you getting my point? So we have to make allowance. That's the reason why you will never hear me beg for money or go on radio. People think that the more your outreach, the more money will come in. Listen to ou...
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And when Christ was formed in him, he sold all that he had, and he gave to the poor, and they came and followed him. And you say, Banki, what did you do to him? I said, I taught him the truth. Now he's free. Now he's free to serve God. Please, I said to us last time, faith does not always get for yo...
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Another man that day, he said when they were pledging for the program, the same day I was going to preach. So you know the way if you've been to full gospel, they give testimonies. In fact, the preacher has called the testifier. So they said the last testifier for the day, then they introduced me. S...
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And you should know that even if you don't have much, don't think that you are lacking. Your life still doesn't consist of your possessions. What does that mean? He said, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God shall a man live. Let us continue readin...
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1:09:00
Yes. I say you must follow hard after what? Righteousness. Yes. I say you must follow hard after righteousness. There are three points. Let me just review them for us. One, I say follow hard after righteousness. Number two, learn to walk by faith. And number three, learn to be a giver. You must be a...
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It's not about whether you have a big house or a small house that we're talking about, about divine abundance. Your value system must be different. It must be. If you don't have a different value system, you cannot enjoy God's blessings. I hope you're getting my point. That's why I went into all of ...
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Why? Are you normal? Why did you not just invest this money? No! They just watch. And of course, predictably, after three months, his money is gone. Are you in your mind? You're not angry that the money is gone. You're angry that an adult can be this stupid? It's God that took away the censor. God s...
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1:57:00
That was the end of it, though. So when I tell you that, you think, look, sometimes you want to gossip. You know why I don't want to give you money? The hair you want to buy, I don't like it. So go and braid your hair. Go to Nanka. The lot is good. You walk by faith. That's the point I'm making. You...
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in England, or you go to Australia and be free. So the high population of criminals started that country, Australia. They have a history of being criminals. He said he had more uncles and cousins in prison than out of prison. They continued for a long time in their lives. That was where he came from...
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If he says you are blessed, you tell yourself, I must be blessed. I must be blessed now. It appears like you're not doing well in life, saying, no, something's wrong. I must be blessed. No, no, I don't know whether I get my point. The argument is that I am blessed. I must, no, I need to find out wha...
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1:07:30
And that's why they would say, pray oh, money can't help you. People were languishing in prison for doing nothing. That's what the Bible calls oppression. So many people are suffering oppression. So what we are discussing is, what does oppression mean? Being bound when you are supposed to be free. B...
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I don't know whether you're getting my point. Yeah, we say some of those things sometimes, that look, maybe, okay, this kind of situation. What if I want to increase my faith and say, ha, in the name of Jesus, ha, it will not get missing, ha, in the name of Jesus, ha. On phone? No. If my phone gets ...
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1:55:30
People have also magnified Judaism to an extent that it's not good. It's making it difficult to preach the gospel to both them and Arabs. It's making it difficult. But I don't want to go into that now. But let's not magnify the devil. He's not the one taking things from you. God is the one that, if ...
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Now again, I incline my ears to His Word. The Word is entering my heart. It's giving me light and direction. It's healing me in every area. And it's making me more and more like the Lord Jesus. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. I said Amen? Alright, the Lord is good. Let's take our seats. Where do ...
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I am blessed. I've read it from scriptures, I've seen the spiritual principles, and the conclusion is I am blessed. Albert Einstein said the universe is expanding. The scientists around him who were of the school of thought, they said the same thing. But the observation was that it wasn't. And they ...
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In Spain, they thought they were materially poor. He's saying to us now, you may think you are materially poor, but check, you may be actually rich. He said, you may think you are materially rich, but check, you may actually be truly poor. So it's the value system that matters. Faith is of incredibl...
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I'm saying this to you. Do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat, not for your body, as to what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Please remember that these things stand for a category of things. So when they say life is more than food, that i...
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Let the car be scrapped. The house, nobody should live there again. Break it down. Those people won't know why. I used to say, set it on fire. Somebody said it may be illegal. I found out later, once nobody's living inside there, it's not illegal. It is your house. But if you're a liar, you can corr...
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Again, I'll jump to verse 22. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. This is the word of the Lord. All right, so I've done some Bible reading so that nobody will accuse me. I've read plenty today, all right? Can I talk now? Everything I say is based on scriptures anywa...
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They wanted to launch powerful telescopes. I said, sorry sir, it's actually expanding. He said, I said so. And he said, this was the worst scientific error of my life. Because when he started his calculations, he said, this thing should be expanding. Are you getting my point? That even in physics, t...
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In fighting, kill only the men of war. That is, we leave the wives, we leave the children. Some of them will say, hmm, men of war, and the women, if they have abandoned a man. So, the young ones, they survive. Some, he will say, and then their goods survive. Their gold. Some, another group, he will ...
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but now you are actually the true circumcision because the circumcision is in the heart so whether you are a Jew or Gentile he says it in that chapter 2 that we have been made into one body he has broken the wall of partitioning we are now one new man in Christ Jesus he said for that reason he said ...
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That's an aside. The main thing I'm saying is that don't let people be cursing your business. Let it be that when they do, it is unjust. That it never has any effect. You measure something for somebody, you say it's 20 kg. When you know it is 18.5, no, it's 19.8. Still the same. That 0.2 that's rema...
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about his teachings, he always tried to distinguish the disciples from the common people. He said, but you, I hope I'm getting my point, you are not to be like them. They want to pray, so this is how they pray, but you, when you want to pray, go into your closet. I hope I'm getting my point. He's al...
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but I is synagogue of Satan. Do not fear what you are about to suffer." Of course, in their hands. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison so that you will be tested and you will have tribulation for 10 days. Be faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life. He who ha...
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ss and for the improvement of the lives of the people. It has absolutely nothing to do with the welfare of the king (remember Solomon). Any Christian who really gets this point will one day get there. Do you want power for increase and breakthrough? Then ask God to reveal to you by His word what His...
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WHAT ARE YOU REALLY ASKING FOR?
Last time I introduced the principles of "double-mindedness" and "what-God-has-joined-together." I explained that increase and prosperity are joined to having the giving heart like that of King Solomon.
Today I want to show more on the subject of double-mindedness ...
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t." 38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" " Mark 10:36-38 NASB There is this thing about resonance which I learnt as a student of elementary physics. According to...
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I SHALL NOT WANT
When the Lord desires a thing on the earth, He puts it into it as a seed. The seed then begins to grow and eventually produces the fruit, which was the goal. Now, the seed is the word of God.
In your life as His child, God has plans that He wants manifested on this earth and He ha...
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ou acquire some material things. That is deceitful because it is not true.
Hear the truth from the mouth of the Truth Himself: “ A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of things He possesses’
That is the truth. Believe it, what will make your life improve is not a fat account, money to thr...
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e on doing the right thing, focus on doing well what God has placed in your hands.
Let nobody deceive you that you have the situation of the nation as an excuse for wrongdoing.
He has promised this:
“Who among us can live with continual burning?
“ He who walks righteously, and speaks with sincer...
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hat obeys the things that are known and revealed, a life of righteousness and holiness. In doing this we become the will of God in our very lives, and the actual Will of God comes out of us naturally.
The message today is that we should seek to please God daily in those things that are revealed, an...
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a manner pleasing to God on a daily basis, walking into the will of God in the big things is automatic and easy. The Lord takes it upon Himself to guide the person who does this into His perfect will.
“Who is the man who fears the LORD?
“He will instruct him in the way he should choose,” Ps 25:12 ...
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God indeed has a will. His will is not limited to only the ‘big’ things of life. He has a will concerning everything that concerns you. Many people think that God is only concerned about who they marry or which ministry to be involved in. No, it is not so.
God has a will concerning the kind of food...
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He said, you? You want me to do it again? Just watch, watch. Yeah, cause a fight, cause a fight. As the guys are ready, the guy will just jump. And the anointing of the grief field, you know? Anointing that used to approach unto something, it never used to fail him. As long as the locks on his head ...
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What was I praying about? So God said, okay, right now we teach on the average, say three times a week, Saturdays, Mondays, and then radio broadcast here and there. So we cover most part of Eastern Nigeria with that radio broadcast. So God, what's wrong with going further north? What's wrong spreadi...
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Do you understand my point? I'm explaining the principle here. If you are not motivated, all right, by the thing that's motivating people in the world, then you will understand the purpose of God's wealth. That you'll understand why it is possible for a man like Peter Daniels to have only one car an...
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He now broke it down to 100 million dollars over 10 years. Now what am I saying? The man said, how much does a man need, really, to enjoy everything he wants in life? And he has calculated it's about 200 million dollars. And he has about 3 billion. And that's what he was doing. Are you following my ...
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So I told my guy, I said, next time you are going to introduce me as bishop to everybody that comes around. He said, that boy is bishop also. I told him, with his jerichos and everything, you know, in my mind, I don't know the guy, he may be a good man, you know, I'm not judging him. But I was just ...
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Ephesians chapter four. From verse seven it says, but to each one grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gifts. Therefore he says he ascended on high, he left the host of captives, he gives gifts unto men. I'm just trying to be quick. He said, now please just jump down to verse 11. He ...
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His worst, if you see him drive a car one day that's new. Government official car, you see? Yes, Damas has departed away from me having fallen in love with this current age. He started quoting scripture. I hope you are getting the point I'm trying to make. I'm explaining something here, listen. The ...
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a non-denominational teaching ministry, this is what we do. Resources are from free will offerings by people who are so moved. And if you wish, I will never tell you, and if you hear me say anything more than that, I mean what I'm saying absolutely. If I say I want to teach you certain principles co...
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I know a young man in town that look, if he got us, young people follow him every time. If people like me are talking, they think my English is too much. It's influence. Are you getting my point? Listen to me, in every area of life that God has called you to, I am persuaded that he expects to be a m...
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and the seed sprouts and grows, how he himself does not know. He said, the soil produces crops by itself, first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle because the harvest has come. Let me just jump down please and rea...
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Friend of mine has bought and bought. But the last one he bought, as soon as he plugged into my system, my Windows crashed instantly. Blue screen. Emergency, emergency. He didn't write emergency, but he wrote something like, you know, alert. To prevent further damage to your this and that, Windows h...
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Are you following my point? Now, if we see wealth from that perspective, that's what I'm saying, you will understand that God indeed, his perfect plan is that his children should be very wealthy. Are you following my point? Because the matter of wealth, go and listen to our Spiritual Economics serie...
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Now, what I'm bringing out here is this. Now, as part of God's process, all right, of making you relevant in life, he makes you influential. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Let me explain what I'm saying. Job was a righteous man, but you will see that the Bible said that he was the greates...
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That anything they are doing, they are supposed to be what? A minister in doing it. And the minister does not entangle himself with how much money will I get. No, possibly he doesn't. Because he's a soldier. So he doesn't entangle himself with all those things. You are following my point? All this j...
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Are you getting my point? There was one man in United that I watched on TV. He was a retired school teacher, contested for either governorship of the, or as mayor of his city. I'm not very sure which one of the two, but a powerful position. Two of his opponents were more time. He had about two or th...
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Like we just read here, all he says that preachers exist to tell everybody what to do, to tell them how to do the work of ministry, to tell them how to work in righteousness, then they will not take those principles, go out and do the work of ministry. Listen, all we are doing here is introducing me...
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He said, during the time of sowing, you have to make up your mind it is time to sow. Are you getting the point? And you do not check whether the wind is blowing or the wind is not blowing. Once it's season for sowing, you do the right things. He said, he who watches the wind will not sow. And then a...
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What am I preaching to you today? Get ready. God says sometimes you'll be the one to pay the price. But you know the truth? Human beings won't give you glory because they won't even understand. They won't understand. And that's why in this life, don't do anything for human beings so that they will k...
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But every day, what do you do? Make sure your life is being poured out as a drink offering on the service of something. That's the point I'm making. The service of something. In this our country, many people will join politics. Before they start, they know that oligopoly, ransom, cootie, and driving...
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This was a few years after that. I saw him on the street of Suruleri driving the Golf he had, I guess, before he was made Minister for Health. You know, this idea that once I enter government, my life must change financially is satanical. It's satanic. That man, till he died, he was, I think, the mo...
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And that's what, like I said, I'm trying to connect, I've not gotten to the meat of what I'm trying to say. I've not gotten there yet, all right? What I want to get believers to understand is that, ah-ha, good, I've gotten the statement now to help me get into it. Our lives are seeds that must be pl...
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He said, in the day of Christ, I will have reason to glory. Because when I see you, I will recognize that I did not waste my life for nothing. Do you understand the principle there? I will understand that all, everything I suffered, I suffered and it worked in your life and that your faith was built...
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And what I want to teach this evening is something along that line. That's not exactly what I'm teaching, but yeah, I think it's the same spirit actually, alright? I just want to bring out something talking about this power for wealth, alright? Now, maybe I should start again by reading from... Ther...
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Send that word that you have put in his mouth for me. Let it come to me. Say, Lord, send Pastor Banki to me. In Jesus name, we pray. Father, we thank you for the wisdom to come to your presence. We thank you because we have come to the place of sanctification. The tool you have provided for our sanc...
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or whether I not drive a Lincoln in America where I live or have a very big house. One of my greatest blessings would be I'd come to Nigeria. I come to church service. I didn't tell anybody that I was coming. And I hear the choir begin to sing. And they are singing, I will come into your presence, L...
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because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. 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. You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me. Please notice these last two verses I ...
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Was he telling me that one woman said, doesn't like the way I preach, I'm not allowing Christians to prosper. I guess I better get out of here. Many people wouldn't know what they are saying or talking, report it to me. Not that one. Because this is where I'm going. We have so locked, my message tod...
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I have 5,000 more who have perspired in trying to acquire the desire that they admired, but they were interred. You know what they call interred? Bury them. Nothing came out of it. Why? Because there was no foundation. I read a book many years ago. When it was a perspire, perspire, I said, I want to...
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A young man was asking a question. He said, what if you know in this particular area you are the wizard, you are the guru, you are the sheikh, you are the professor? He gave himself a lot of titles. That whether you can charge more than other people. When I got up to speak, I answered this question ...
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is for Christians to forget. When you see the title of this series, Powerful Wealth, don't think I'm preaching how to become dangute. There is no law like that. It's not in your Bible. I'm not teaching you how to become a state governor in Nigeria because you believe that they enjoy life. I'm not te...
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So I focus our eyes on certain things, and people oftentimes neglect the assignment of God for their lives, because God actually has an assignment for everybody. And he has not called everybody to be another dangote. He hasn't. If you like, sow all the seeds you want, clear your account, plant first...
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He can sow his seed. Is it three, seven, or two? Because I don't know whether to say he can go to bed, because that way he should go to bed. And he can observe when the crop permits, so that he can put in the sickle. That's the only thing he can do. If you read that from the Amplified Bible, I like ...
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Comedians and outsiders, of course. Of course, you know, we are not healing the sick. We are not raising the dead. We are not doing anything like that. Something has to drop the people now. So if serious Christianity cannot drop people, what do we do? We look for something. Just look for something. ...
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There are many things you will do you will never remember. You won't even know the importance of that which you did. But if God allows you in the day of Christ, like Paul was saying, to look back, you will see that your sacrifice was not in vain. I hope you are getting my point. Listen, for example,...
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Let's continue to pray. And the prayer is, Lord, help me to stay in the place that you have ordained me to be. Help me to focus on my assignments. Let's pray that prayer. Help me to focus on my assignments. You are important to what God is doing. You are very, very important. The Bible said, Paul pl...
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Somebody has to take care of them. One day, somebody went to Yabong Uber, Naino. He said, our children speak Pidgin. They can't speak pure English. The woman is a gynecologist. The husband is a lawyer. The children speak Pidgin. They were wrapping Pidgin, because morning till night, they never see f...
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And then they wanted the brook to dry up, not because God couldn't keep the brook flowing, but because he wanted a widow somewhere saved. I'll tell you, get up, go to Zarephath. So the life of Elijah, very different from the life of Joseph. God said to Joseph, prepare for it. Build big barns. I want...
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I like to quote a lot in that collection of chapter one. He said that, I have observed the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It's perfect, actually, but there is one thing that is lacking in that sacrifice. And what is that thing? The knowledge of it amongst those who he sacrificed himself for. So he said ...
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Others are shouting, state police, state police. Nobody expects vigilantes to be deputized. Yes, of course, we will get state police. I don't know why I just said that, but I believe we will do that because, yeah, my reason is because, you know, if you know, when I'm preaching, I don't do much polit...
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their time is that valuable. However, this is where I began from. That's just an aside. If that is not your ministry, stuff is not a prayer point. The particular music, very nice music, but they put one bad boy to spoil it. Some guys know what I'm talking about. The man was singing. He said, God, th...
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How long will it take him to fulfill? It depends on you and me. He has no other plan. Did you hear what I said? Let me say that again. How long will it take him to fulfill? It depends on you and me. He has no other plan. He has no other plan. You can run away to go out. You'll be comfortable. That's...
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that they will not, this is the allegation, because I'm preaching, I can't tell you whether I believe it or I don't believe it, all right? Okay? Let me just give you the allegation, all right? That out of nothing, the Western world, a place like the United States, they create things. The thing did n...
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And why did they say 20 feet? They were talking because the lead, the main person performing. Name one common guy for us now. One of our popular ones in Nigeria. Flavor, give me another one. Two Baba, thank you. And these two boys, Wizkid and Davido, thank you. Those are the stars, they are in front...
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I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, and I'm being filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. As a result of this, I'm walking in the manner worthy of the Lord. I'm pleasing Him in all respects. I'm be...
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He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. Please notice that the people were praying. Now, incidentally, I think I taught on this in the Spiritual Economics series. That's something we taught some time ago. A...
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And please, I'd like to just say it again, because some people have not been listening to you hear things like this. They just quickly interpret it in a particular way. In our modern Christianity, every time we hear seed, all we are hearing is what? Money, give an offering. Money is seed quite all r...
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So when you are teaching anything that appears like that, people just assume you are teaching worldliness. Not as if they are fighting you, but they are happy to hear it. And before you know what's happening, come now, unworldly people, squeeze themselves in the midst of it, so that motivational spe...
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so the devourer will not get you. You are looking for, you know, self-preservation is uppermost in everything we want to do. So we start interpreting everything according to our natural inclination for self-preservation. The way I like to illustrate it is, the day I went to preach, three days every ...
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The Bible says now faith is. It's not tomorrow. Faith is today. It's not true. There's nothing like now faith is. The Bible says faith is. Faith is. It means that is is what present tense. It's not faith was. Faith will be. I said define monkey. Is not monkey is? Is that not so? Why are we not makin...
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Do you follow my point? They are stingy, they are self-centered, they will never give anything to anybody. They come and hide behind me. And I keep on quoting the funny prophets for you, Fela and Nicola Pokuti. Me and you know they're the same category. We may look alike in some things, we are not i...
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