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1:19:30
Begin to read the scripture out, that this is the will of God, my sanctification. Lord, that I abstain from sexual immorality, that I know how to possess my own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion. Lord, with my mouth in consecration before your throne today, I reject lustful ...
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1:18:00
For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor. not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God, and that no one transgressed and defrauded his brother in...
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1:25:30
Sin will not reign in my body. I consecrate this body. He said, do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Now begin to say to the Lord,...
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1:16:30
Therefore, I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of Go...
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1:21:00
This body is pure. This body is holy. This body is righteous. It is laid down on the Lord's altar right now. I lay it down on the altar of God. I say, Lord, possess me with that spirit of purity. Possess me with the spirit of sanctification. Let this mouth preach the gospel. Let these eyes behold yo...
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1:12:00
Lord, I live for you alone. For me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. Are you using the words that Paul gave to us? For me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. For me to live is Christ. What does it mean? My life is for Christ. I live for Christ alone. I live for Christ alone. I li...
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1:13:30
That man came to Jesus. He said, let me first go and bury my father. Jesus said, no, it doesn't work like that. One said, come, let me first. He said, no. If you put your hand on the plow and you look back, you're not worthy for the kingdom. You're not worthy of the kingdom. So say to the Lord, I'm ...
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1:15:00
You are boldly declaring to God the Father what your life should be according to His will. Take another minute and say that to the Lord. For me to live is in the service of Christ. He died for me, now I live for him. Say that to him, several times. Jesus, you died for me, now I live for you. Die, li...
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1:31:30
The reason why many Christians, I'm telling somebody listening to me, just to go to church, tell your pastor I want to be baptized in water. Yeah. This consecration. I found out that God is faithful. If something's not working right, there's something we're not doing right. And it's not a big thing,...
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1:28:30
Lord, my satisfaction in life is not when you give me a big car, you give me a good wife, or you give me a good husband, or you give me children. No. My satisfaction is for me to know I did that which is pleasing to you. My satisfaction is for me to know that I did that which is pleasing to you. My ...
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1:30:00
in the name of Jesus Christ. In the same manner, the last one actually is the same thing as chapter 3, just saying that we are consecrating ourselves. Paul said, say to Archippus, in Colossians chapter 4. Let's open that and read it. Then that will give God thanks. We might go over these declaration...
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1:10:30
Now let's open to it again. We're open there. 2 Corinthians 5, verse 14, 1-2, let's go. For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died. And he died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died and rose ...
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1:24:00
He said, we know that Christ having been raised from the dead is never to die again. Death no longer is master over him. So death is not master over us. Say amen like you believe it. Amen. He said, the dead that he died, he died to sin once for all. But the life that he lives, he lives to God. You a...
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1:01:30
Because you know people, you know everything, you're qualified. Then, that day, as we were rushing to get there, they said, nobody can get there after 9 o'clock. You left your house at 7. As we're leaving the house, it started raining. You know those kind of satanic rains that falls in the Trans-Sek...
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1:03:00
So how do we pray? We pray in consecration to the will of God for our lives. As I mentioned, a number of areas where we must be careful. One, when you consecrate in prayer, you say to the Lord what you live for. It's so important. Please write that down if you are writing. What you live for. You jus...
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0:00
Hallelujah. The Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. Welcome again to the school of prayer. I believe the Lord has heard the prayers we have prayed so far. If you believe that give me an amen. Alright, let's take our declaration of understanding so we can study a bit and then we'll continue prayin...
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45:00
especially in this political season. People keep on telling us we have prayed enough. I say to you by the Spirit of God, we have not prayed enough. Let me tell you when our prayers will be enough, when you are dead. When you have gone to heaven. That's when your own prayer is enough. Those of us sti...
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1:27:00
Did you hear that? What are they talking about? He was hungry. He went to go and get food. There was lack of satisfaction at that point in his life. And he said food will fill it. So he went to go and look for food. Before they came back, he met the woman by the well. Remember that story? And he min...
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40:30
God is just. So if he sinned, he would have been a subject of death also. So prayer delivered him from sinning against the Father. How do I know? If you just go back to the previous chapter, because it's continuous. We jumped from there. We're not studying that now. In the previous chapter, he said,...
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46:30
Then I said, it is what we say that's a major place where we are missing the activation of grace. So our school of prayer, so we are talking about what you say in prayer. I hope you're getting my point. A lot of times we complain in prayer. But when it comes to consecration, I want to emphasize, thi...
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37:30
To be able to say, I will not watch a match. It's 5 PM. Let me go and hear the word. Instead of lying down to sleep one extra hour, I will sleep later. Let me go. Those are the little decisions that we're talking about. You're doing business. Somebody forgets money with you. You keep it for the pers...
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1:34:30
In the name of Jesus, we have prayed. Please, I beg you, go and get, we'll try and get this message out. All the streaming platforms are available. Please listen to it again and again. We'll try and hang it on our website within the next one week, okay? So you can follow up on our podcast. There are...
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55:30
Then said I, that's what we're emphasizing. I was saying that we don't brag on the Lord enough, either openly or privately, in prayer. We don't talk enough about the things that we are supposed to do. If you look at Jesus, he always, we're talking about consecration to the plan of God for our lives....
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1:22:30
I use my members, Romans chapter six. He said, please listen to this, he said, therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body. In fact, let's read it together. Let's read it together, this Bible reading is important. We're gonna read from verse eight, and we'll read to verse 14, please. We're g...
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1:33:00
Vanke, I'm saying to you, you will take heed to the ministry you have received in the Lord to fulfill it. You will pay attention to your ministry. There will be no distraction in your life. There will be no distraction in your life. I prophesy to you, every distraction, every obstacle, every hindran...
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1:36:00
It's a testimony. Why is it a testimony? He said, I just took the word, put it in my ears, and listened. He said, by the time I finished, he said, the evil spirit departed. Not the ordinary eye, like we say. Some of these evil people do. It's not the ordinary eye. How do you keep yourself clean? How...
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57:00
You anointed my head with oil, and my cough runs over. Surely, Lord, your goodness and your loving kindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in your house forever and ever. In Jesus' name, amen. So what else? I'm a dancer, so you may leave. That's it. Let me tell you how God ...
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1:07:30
About three or four people independently, I remember three of them, mentioned it. So Enugu was just showing up again and again. And I started praying about it, thinking about it, until God sent one brother who I had not seen in a long time. And we just sat downstairs in the apartment block. So we gr...
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24:00
They did not know they did it. All these ones that you are writing record of your seeds, these are dead seeds that you are planting. Some Christians have been taught to have a book. So they are planted, like one man say, a plant, a plant, plant a thousand naira seed. Aren't there funny things? You g...
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36:00
We will catch you. No, God will help us catch you. He's not on the run because he's a criminal. That's why I tell you, don't follow all these clowns on social media. They were sent by Satan to deceive. They do real estate business. That's why you are buying Bentley for Christmas. And buying the Pate...
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1:09:00
I burst into laughter. I said, sir, don't worry, we'll go. He said, no, I don't think. I said, don't worry, we'll go. I said, the reason why you are thinking so now is because he has not given you the grace to go. When he says you should go, the Spirit will enter into you and send you there. We'll b...
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42:00
It was important to him that I did not fail the plan of the father, the eternal plan of the ages. So he prayed so that he wouldn't fail. Now, remember we're talking about consecration, all right? So I've said all of this to emphasize again. Let's go back to Psalm 40, just reminding us of how we are ...
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3:00
we need to balance some things. There are other years we should, you know, can do some activities and I have decided that if I was to give this year a year of something, it would be, I mean, in my own words, it would be the year of holiness. What I want to begin to teach about, beginning from today,...
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12:00
You go to school, your lecturer decides when you leave the class or you come in. You go home, your father tells you when to go out or not to come in. Even when you come here, Pastor Bang tells you where to sit or where not to sit. It's as if, uh-uh. Do you get what I'm saying? Then when the authorit...
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4:30
It's like a certificate of approval that God gives to your work, that God gives to your life. I hope you are getting what I'm trying to say here. Paul said it like this, he said, hearing is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith. That is, this is how you will walk and God will be plea...
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10:30
He said that you are, as Peter was speaking now, he said you are a holy nation. That is actually by God's calling you have been set apart to fulfill a purpose for God on the earth. So anybody who becomes a believer automatically steps into that nation. you'll get my point. Now, some people say that ...
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6:00
How do I say it like this? A man who is walking in sin, you cannot discuss the matter of holiness with him. Do you get my point? Holiness is not coming out of sin primarily. Sin is when you are walking in a manner that is short of God's standards. Do you get the point I'm making? That is, if you are...
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9:00
It must be relating, it must be describing the relationship between two people. That is one. Number two, in which direction are you considering that word? For example, if you're talking about love between God and man, he has a definition. That is the love of God to man is that he loves him so much h...
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1:30
And that's one of the things that we'll still go on looking at. In fact, I'm going to lay a foundation for this year's teachings now. But I just brought that one out to say something. Before I began out in ministry like that, I explained to everybody, I made a vow before God, asking for His help, th...
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15:00
Do you get my point? If the dust in the air is not bothering me, then I ignore the dust. And paradventure, the dust is the reason why I was created, so that I might solve the problem of dust, you know, disturbing other people. Then I go about trying to solve that problem of dust, because my life was...
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7:30
and whom I serve. That is, there is an active participation that somebody, or let me say, an active process somebody must make in his mind to be able to serve God. And when a man is doing that, then you say he's walking in a holy fashion. What I'm saying, is it making sense to you here? That is, hol...
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13:30
Do you get the point I'm making? That's why Paul would say that all things are lawful, but not all things are expedient. What he's saying is this. I have been consecrated. I have been dedicated to perform something on the earth. So even though all things are lawful, anything that does not further th...
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24:00
All these brothers are not anointed, that they are trying to use the word of God to corrupt. You know, just say it in person, that guy won't set a roof. They will start spreading it, that, ah, this man is a crook. He made bread, call it olive branch, so that we would think he's a Christian. You know...
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25:30
I'm just adding this one to you to bring out the point here, that the things they are doing, they are not sanctified in it. And it's very clear from scriptures, they are pursuing after the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Therefore, success was withdrawn from them. Do ...
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1:09:00
You see what I'm talking about, sanctification? What he's saying in effect is that my life has been consecrated to be an example for God to the people. That God will use me as an example. When my friend told me the other day that I told somebody, shut up, you're talking about tribalism. It is becaus...
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1:07:30
Because the Bible has said, those that hopefully wait for it will not be put to shame. Listen to me, if they are heaping wahala on top of one another for you now, then get suspicious. Maybe you're about to enter, and Satan is getting desperate. Do you get my point? Oh, go and get that message, the r...
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27:00
It is consecrated for the use of God. It is consecrated to serve God's purpose on this earth. Holiness describes the person's purpose that you are serving on in life. Are you getting the point I'm making? Now, that was just supposed to help us introduce what we'll be talking about beginning from uh ...
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21:00
Do you understand my point? Sometimes people confess to God in private. It's the reason why they have not stopped sinning. Do you understand? Because really, they are just confessing to themselves. If you do what God says, confess your sin one to another, really, salvation is quicker. Do you get wha...
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22:30
say like that, that not five korbo that I cannot declare publicly was given to me, will I take from anybody? If you do that, you have sanctified your authority. Now you are seeing what I'm saying, that a Christian cannot just say, I am sanctified. It's not that sanctification I'm talking about. I'm ...
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43:30
You can't. All you can do is sow it in the morning and at night, don't withhold back your hands. You don't know which one will prosper or maybe all of them together. And the way I've come to understand is that all of them indeed for the child of God who has sanctified that offering, sanctified all t...
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19:30
The prodigal son, remember, he had a brother. And like I said to us last year, anytime you see God, give two things as an example. What he's saying is simple. You have to be one or the other. If you see the story of Esau and Jacob, everybody, Sarada and Esau, or a Jacob. If you see the story of Haga...
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42:00
This offering, you will go to where we are giving you to and bless the people there." I said, very good. God bless you, ma. You know, before people send their offering on an errand like this, say, this offering, go out and go and bring me a car. I said, no. This offering, if I'm giving you to a moth...
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1:04:30
You are getting what I'm saying. It is my responsibility, therefore, to focus on the word of God so it can work in my life. That's why I said 2007, my year of music, I must wake up in the morning praising God, being happy, so that I shouldn't come and deceive me. You know, people just before, after ...
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46:30
The way you spend money is right. The way you talk is right. As far as God is concerned, not the nation or the people around you, that is righteousness. That what God says is right is what you are doing. Holiness is about purpose. Please let's remind ourselves of that. Holiness is about purpose. Tha...
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So Ben Carson said the woman became his number one fan in that place. They became very friendly. Defended him. Of course, he grew up, finished residency, became the chief of pediatric neurosurgery in that place years later, and they remained very friendly. He said I could not ruin that relationship....
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1:57:00
Take the responsibility. You will take a lot of hits. You will lose money in trying to preserve your name. But not for your sake. Because of what? Holiness. You want to know the truth? That is the real problem God has. It's the real problem this country has. A lot of protesting people. They are wors...
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1:55:30
that this guy wants to ruin a rape. He said, look, that rape was built over 40 years. Let's not say more about his issue with the other guy. But it made me realize something. You know, the man is a Christian. It made me realize something. This is how Christians should do things. If you get to a poin...
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1:12:00
Now, I don't want you to do contract jobs again. Come and settle down here for the next one year and be meditating and studying and building yourself up in faith. All in the name of Jesus, I come. Now, I said this when I was praying at the beginning, which is what I preached last week. Each season o...
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54:00
It does not allow you to have human confidence for the future. This company, what is the future like there? God said, I don't care. What's the retirement plan? Do you know whether you are going to retire? See, people make decisions for strange reasons. Do you know who will go to church so that if th...
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You know, we talk about Ruth again and again. Okay, that will now help me get to the main message, all right? You know, I went into all of this talking about discipleship, you get my point. The disciples came to him, and this is a summary of it. It's only disciples that are true believers. Only disc...
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51:00
He said, you just with your own mouth told me you are the only representative of God there. He wasn't talking about the money. He wasn't talking about the comfort. He was talking about, so when you left now, when Jesus wants to talk, who does he send? The lady quickly went, withdrew her resignation,...
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will buy the house. So he raised money and bought the house. Not because he needed that. Of course, a house is good. It's good for him to have. But he said, look, you are reducing the resources available to us. I'm talking about holiness. Holiness is to have a godly reason for what you are doing. Th...
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1:58:30
There is none like the God of Israel, who rides the heavens to your help and to the skies in his majesty. Eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath you are his everlasting arms. He will drive out the enemy from before you. Upon your enemies destruction will come, but you, you will dwell in ...
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1:54:00
Like one time I told my wife, I said, don't mind my mother. She lies a lot. I mean, how can a young boy, I told my wife, don't mind my mother. Anything she says is a lie. And he said that is the thing he dislikes most about her, that she flogs us for the things that she does. Please, I'm just adding...
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That word is a word of lifting. It's a word of, you know, the stagnation. You have to break out of stagnation. Without that word coming forth, that breaking would not happen. So that's why you need to receive it. Say, I receive it. I receive it. Today. Today. This morning. This morning. In the name ...
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2:00:00
Two more, this is your season of the demonstration of the power of God. The last person, this is your season of the demonstration of the spirit and of the power of God. Give yourself one, this is my season. Alright, shalom brethren. God bless you.
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1:46:30
that they step inside there, but they uphold righteousness. What is holiness for them? I'm here to shine what? The light of God, the light of Christ. Let me end my message here that God needs serious Christians. Christians who marriage for them is an assignment from God. Raising children from them, ...
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1:30
For not by might shall a man prevail. Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered. Against them he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and will exalt the horn of his anointed. Amen. Praise the Lord. Father, we thank you...
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1:13:30
and then you live through marrying him for all these years, pain and anguish every day, then finally you get tired of divorcing. Please, what have I said? People of God, eh? Let's determine to walk in righteousness. Many of us do that. But let's remember the holiness aspect. What is holiness? This d...
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It is a lie. Now let me tell you some of the doctrines we preach. If they were true, everything Jesus said would be false. Now let me say this to you again. When Jesus came to me on the last day and said, Lord, Lord, did we not? They were not trying to lie to him. They were just deceived. Please, I ...
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1:06:00
First prayer, Lord, let me never miss your will for my life. I know you have a will concerning the man I will marry. You have a will concerning the work I will do. You have a will concerning where I will live. You have a will concerning the time I will do this. I know you have a will. So my prayer p...
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You have answered an altar call does not make, does not save you. I hope you're getting my point. What saves you is that you took up your cross and you are following him. You are not a Christian except you are a disciple. It was the disciples, all right, that were called what? Christians. in Antioch...
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1:07:30
your mind, your material things, including your money, and your mission in life. Consecrate all these things. I'm not sure I got everything, but you can check the book, Guided by the Spirit, on our website. It's free to download if you are using the website. Guided by the Spirit. That's the name of ...
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So we met where we were both waiting. So after we exchanged pleasantries, he said, how are you doing? We brought out the book by Larry Bucket. I said, sir, you have the book, say yes, because you know we have to wait for a few hours. So he brought it to keep himself occupied. It's the statement he m...
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and start infiltrating the place with righteousness. You need about 5%. Now please, this is not scripture. This was just his own analysis from some studies done that they have observed that you need about 5% of persons there to be walking in righteousness, to be true, committed believers. So he's ve...
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1:18:00
So you can put things on the wall like this. Lo, I come in the volume of the books that is written of me. I do delight to do thy will, O my God. Thy law is within my heart. I hope by the word of my Lord I can put it on the wall. You can. Faithful is deceitful. Beauty is vain. A woman who fears the L...
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1:45:00
Let's talk about Nigeria for a moment. You know what Nigerian is? People who really want to advance God. Who want to advance righteousness. Like David Paulson said, David Paulson believes that Christians should please cut into civil service. Why? He says somebody has to shine the light. The current ...
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First Psalm chapter 2. We're going to read from verse 2. I want to let's go. Indeed there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God. Boast no more so very proudly. Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth. For the Lord is a God of knowledge, and with Him actions are weighed. The b...
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1:43:30
When they are talking about two years later, there's a particular school that our sister, Jen Jen, my wife, was talking about one day. She says something. Ah! How can this be wicked to children like this? I want to say what the other thing that the two of them said. Anyway, they invoke judgment. The...
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1:52:30
No, no, no, no. It can't be repealed. No. I'm sorry. Because you see, if I repeal it tomorrow, you will dare me again. So I got to help you with that. I calculate before I tell you. Remember I used to tell my children, I said, who did this one? I said, wait, before you talk, if it is you, the three ...
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Moses, I don't tell you sorry now. Mother, I don't tell you sorry. I beg you. Irresponsible behavior. How did I get there? I finished there. I wanted to go back to where I was. I know I said it was an aside. Don't worry, I'll start preaching again. I was talking about disciples. Yes. Where I'm going...
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At the end of the day, she became a grandmother or a great-grandmother to David, who of course we know is part of the lineage of the Lord Jesus Christ. So please, let's not apply ourselves primarily to comfort in life, but to purpose. Many Christians work in righteousness, but they miss the holiness...
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can't come out except something presses them. But as long as they have life, they don't have a problem with the sun. Where am I going? Don't use affliction as an excuse to disobey God. God says, no, you don't understand. You have come to tell me why you are disobeying. Meanwhile, that was why I comm...
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A young woman came to him one day and said, ah, sir, thank God with me, I just got a job. Where? In a Christian organization. And the person is, was, okay, it's late now, he was passionate about Christians working in public service. And you will see his reason in a moment, and I know you agree with ...
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until you unanimously say, there is no help for us but in God. You won't have help, and this country won't settle. There was a time we went to go and protest on the street against kidnapping. Do you remember? Yeah, we Christians. Led by some of our big men in Abuja. We went to the street to protest ...
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1:04:30
All right? You allow the rat, you put it upside down like this, the rat will see the food inside. He will go in and eat it. It's always an open door. We have never done any of our canning rat without the door open. What is so spoiling is that I went and used rubber band to trap the rat. So the rat c...
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1:03:00
the choice of words, and it's not a big deal. Because if I don't know the man personally, but if I were to meet him personally, I would ask him a question. Sir, do you believe that Christians must increase in their attributes of godliness? The answer must be yes. Because Peter said, if these qualiti...
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1:04:30
The answer is obviously no, because the same people who preached that to us said, cleanse yourself of all defilement of flesh and spirit. What does that tell you? Christians can have defiled flesh, they can have defiled spirit. It's a perfect holiness in the fear of God, which means that right now, ...
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2:10:30
She'll become so gentle. The story around the fellowship, or the office, or the church will be, ah, have you seen that sister? I can't believe it. Eh? She had just sown her seed for the thing that she said to God, I don't ever want. But look at the way the seed is now. It's God that said, this is a ...
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1:01:30
and I still stand by it, and I will explain. First of all, I said at the beginning, salvation is in three dimensions, right? So everything this man has described is what I call new birth. And I said it, of course. That is the time in which we are what? Justified. That is the time we are declared rig...
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In the name of Jesus Christ, amen, amen. And that is what God is going to do for you today in the name of Jesus Christ. The Lord will speak a word to you, especially today in Jesus name. And that word will heal every affliction that may be trying to stick itself to your body in Jesus name. All right...
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2:09:00
You cannot skim your way into a good marriage, into a successful life. You can't. What you can do is to ask God about it. Get on your knees and say to God, I forgive my father, but I don't want to have a husband that will treat me the way he treated my mother. Simple. You know what he will do? He wi...
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1:52:30
But first year I went, he didn't make money. Second year now, after school, I'm talking about graduation now, he realized that, ah, see money, money is passing me by. The boy took his Catholic upbringing and threw it away. Why? I need money. I fear poverty more than I fear God. You know, I say somet...
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1:00:00
Yes, I captured that page so I can refer to it when I'm preaching. And really, he said it clearly. He said, progressive sanctification is not a biblical principle. What is his reason? Paul said, for he that is dead is freed from sin. He said, this is emphatic past tense. According to him, it occurs ...
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Do you get my point? And again, just for completeness, you can get the Doctrine of Monogamy. It's on our website. You can just get the write-up in that area. OK, so that I don't want to discuss that in detail. But what he actually said is that the Diki must be a man of one woman. Just like he said h...
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This one is just for me, it just makes it so clear. So there's no need to disagree. I don't want you to get this clear because you'll get into research things, it will appear as if there's a disagreement. No, there's no disagreement. He said in verse 19, My children, with whom I am again in labor, u...
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Where's the name of Bilal? Boko. You'll go to Boko for one week. Then when you come back, you'll respect my short preaching. Pastor Bile will keep you sitting down for five hours. So Pastor Bank is very nice. I'm growing. When I become his age, I will do that to you, too. Amen? So let's get to today...
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Salvation is that I gave my life to Christ and I left it with Him. Let me explain again. Salvation does not mean perfection. If it meant perfection, John wrote for no reason. John said, if we confess our sins, why should we confess our sins if we're already perfect? Do you get my point? Why is there...
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Do you get my point? That's what Paul was saying. He said we are convinced of better things concerning you when it comes to salvation. Why? Because we have seen your love for the brethren. We have seen how the communion of saints matter to you. It's not you we are talking about. Those we are talking...
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You get my point? It's the power of God for salvation. It's the power of God for deliverance. The righteousness of God. There are different kinds of righteousness. The one we operate by is the righteousness of God. How am I made righteous? It's by my faith. I'm not made righteous by my works. I am m...
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He said in 2 Timothy chapter 2, he said, if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us. No, that's verse 12. 2 Timothy chapter 2. Because I've heard people say before that, no, God is faithful, does not require your own faithfulness. Hey, wait. Paul said it to us cl...
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love. It's just that she's looking for it in the wrong places. Go around and start asking people, how many of you have your father ever hugged? You'll be shocked. African men don't hug people. There are men you look, that their wife had children, you'll be wondering, how did they manage it? Because ...
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Paul wrote to Timothy and explained to him that a deacon must be a husband of one wife. And I've heard arguments from men again and again, especially older men who want to be Christians and marry their second wife. They will hold on to the letters that that instruction was given to whom, for whom, d...
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No, verse 25. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her so that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word. Now notice this, that he might present to himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle ...
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unrepented that is if you are not repentant if you are not changing improving we'll talk about that today you stand two risks in life I mentioned one but then you can become your heart can become hardened by sin that you would deny your Lord not even realizing you have done it and if you do that you...
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Sid Roth. So I was watching one particular man who was interviewing. The man described how God changed him dramatically after he gave his life to Christ. But that, you know, the anger, he had a short fuse, easy to get angry. And not small anger, destroy things. He says, as a little boy, you know, so...
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He said, oh, where I'm going? I'm going to walk this distance. Let me listen to a message while I'm moving. Let me not waste the time. The first thing faith does for you is to help you let go of the world. There's a song, I know we talked about it before. It's a good song. You take the whole world a...
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that means Jesus has given up on you. Listen to me. If he leaves you and you survive, he has written you off. I keep on quoting what Ken Higgins said to us. He said, God said to him, if I don't correct you, you will not live beyond the age of 55. And at that point in time, the guy was 30-something. ...
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They tasted of the heavenly gifts, that is Jesus Christ. I hope you understand that. And have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away. That's what I want to stop. That it is possible to once receive Ch...
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Letters is you want to just ensure that you have dotted the T's and, did you dot the T's? Or you dot the I's and cross the T's, okay? So that you give yourself a sense of self-righteousness. As believers in Christ Jesus, actually our righteousness is not based on those little acts of obedience to co...
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Notice verse 21, for it will have been better, he said, it will be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known it to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. Now, are you getting what I'm saying here? He's describing people that they escape from sin, th...
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He says all of us. So he says, okay, you want to kill us? No, hey, we have come to pay bride price. We will pay, Abbie? Has he lost his salvation? Of course not, he has gotten a wife. And we'll go to church and give thanks. It doesn't mean we are supporting it. I hope you're getting my point. I mean...
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Bitterness is the weed. The seed that God wants to germinate is struggling with it. God had to get up one day and say, now, time to separate light from darkness. That is what we mean by progressive sanctification. We are not saying that you were not set apart when you were born again. We are saying ...
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Jesus is always forgiving them every day. That is, they sin. Jesus say, what is wrong with you? You smoke? He say, Jesus, yes, I smoke too. That was why I did. Don't do it again, no. Okay, no, Jesus, just forgive me. Jesus will forgive, they'll go. After a while, Jesus will look at this boy. Let me ...
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Jesus said, make these corrections and I will not erase your name. I've had it said to me before that Jesus was trying to say that he does not erase people's names. I said, excuse me, we don't speak on base 10. May I? You speak on one base, I speak on another base. Please, anybody wants to disagree,...
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The process of changing all of us in different areas of life is what we call progressive sanctification. Nobody is saying you were not sanctified the day you were born again, but were you totally changed? We have seen from scriptures, no. What happened to Simon? Peter said, I see that you are still,...
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Now, if you've been training martial arts to that level, you live in Ajegule. When you are rolling at night, that's how you roll. Boys know they try you. They bring knife, bang, bang, bang, you slap people with knife, they end up in gutter. You not give your life to Christ. You not say, drop down, s...
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you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money. He said to him, verse 22, therefore, repent of this wickedness the man has believed. There's this particular wickedness he needed to repent of. And pray the Lord that if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. The man had an...
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And that is why when he was rebuked, instantly, like David, he repented. He said, go and pray. He said, pray? I can't. You guys please pray for me. because the man truly believed. Why I like this story, which is why I'm tying it to the two we read, Ephesians chapter five, that Jesus is washing us wi...
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for he had not yet fallen upon any one of them. They are simply being baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When they began laying their hands on them and were receiving the Holy Spirit, he said, then they began. Now, when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the hands o...
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In our generation, church in southern Nigeria especially, church is in vogue. So they open churches. They have services. That man went for a service. That was why he went there. He was alone. He was in a hotel. He said, ah, let me just go and fellowship with brethren. He entered the place. The place...
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And they are quiet. He said, I feel their spirits pulling. He said, don't do that. Don't do that. Just relax. Worship God. Let the Holy Spirit minister to whoever he wants to minister to. But you see this is, what do you see? People clapping. Hey! Father! My father! Prophesy, papa! Papa, prophesy! A...
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ple up.* He can doit anywhere as long as
they are where He ordained for them to be. The child
of God learns that people are not blessed because of
places but that places are blessed because of people.
By imbibing the word of God, he learns how to wait
on God, practice faithfulness and walk in faith...
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is own body and live in
holiness and honor — not in lustful passion like the pagans
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who do not know God and his ways. 1 Thess 4:3-6 NLT
What we do with our bodies affect what our spirits
can perceive and release. That was why Paul lin...
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as God sees and who constantly does what
is pleasing to the Lord. He will become one whose
spirit can be trusted every single time it leads. He
would have become an exact representation of the
Father.
But there is a problem. First, the presence of light does
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erest
inher on the Holy Spirit, by that putting the poor lady
into distress for the fear of disobeying God. We must
renounce all these things so that we can really hear
what the Spiritis saying to us.
The businessman must not lie with his adverts if he's
walking by grace. Forget what the world call...
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t contaminates
and defiles body and spirit, and bring [our] consecration to
completeness in the [reverential] fear of God. 2 Cor 7:1
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Until our consecration is complete, the defilement of
the spirit is not totally gone. A contaminat...
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n through
struggling, but through constant learning and
confessing.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 1 Jn 1:9-10
We must consecrate every part of our lives. I have
used the two examples above to show how
consecr...
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d the consecrated spirit ready to
walk with Him.
You are not your own. Your own personal ambitions
belong to the dunghill. You must determine that
whatever He created you to be is what you want tobe.
Eve is a perfect example here. Why was she created? It
was to correct something that was not good ...
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ible brilliantly
shows us what to do so as to have a pure spirit. It says
it is a matter of full consecration to God. Until we are
properly consecrated we cannot discern the will of
God for our lives.
When we talk about consecration, it means to
examine our lives and ensure that we are living solel...
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ecrating Our Mission
Closely related to motivation for living is the mission
for which we are living; by this I mean the thing that
we wish to accomplish with our lives. This too must
be consecrated.
Before I formed you in the womb Iknew you,
And before you were born I consecrated you;
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s thoughts. When it does this,
what we are to do is to confess them as sin and ask the
Lord for forgiveness and cleansing. This is so crucial.
There is no other way to free our spirits from
pollution.
After reasoning about it, | summarized the different
parts of our lives that we need to deliberate...
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t Jesus be in you.’ When that
same attitude is in you, then you are releasing the
pure spirit so as to know the will of God.
But what might be pollution of spirit in this area for
the believer today?
Many have their own ambitions. They want to make
money. They want to be important. Many pastors ar...
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r
deliverance while their wives are at home. In
summary, the ‘witch’ and the channel through which
the evil spirits come into his life is the person who
escorts him to prayer, how can he be delivered?
Avoid immorality. Any other sin a man commits does not
affect his body; but the man who is guilty ...
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the prophetic unction must strive more
than anyone else to keep a clear head in the midst of
the noise. The church as a whole is supposed to be a
prophetic people. We all need to be careful therefore.
Many times Christians are so occupied with the
media reports of what is going on in the world. The...
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cration for this young lady?
It is to accept correction. It is to confess her sin of
having a wrong expectation for solving the poverty
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problem. She should look back in her mind at the
suitors who she had despised in her heart because...
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Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied
with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave
you; Iwill never abandon you.” Heb 13:5 GNT
Contentment and generosity are two major things
that show that a believer has a right spirit in th...
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ip, and everybody respects her
spirituality. But deep inside is a contaminated spirit
which is the reason she won't discern the choice of
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God for her in marriage. But the Father loves her and
doesn't want her to perish, so to speak. So ...
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om God will get
stronger, while the ones from our own 'pollutions'
will gently wane. That seems very correct to me.
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Constant Cleansing
What we need as believers is the constant purging of
our spirits from contaminants, using the word...
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rit of God, these
are sons of God.’
In the Life of Jesus
Let us see how the presence of this spirit that came
out of God manifested in the life of Jesus Christ. Paul
described it to the Philippians.
Let this same attitude and purpose and humble mind be in
you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, ...
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cording to her, her spirit just then
indicated she should. Let's make a long story short,
she needed money and her spirit said she should ask
me. Was it her spirit? If it was, was it speaking for
God?
Also, I have been in church services in which the
Pastor decides that he's about to do something o...
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reach for special communications when the general
rules are not clear to us. We are not to use special
revelations to subvert the general rule.
Notice what He said through David to us in Ps 119v4
which was quoted earlier. He said we are to kee...
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for
temptation. It is not his nature.
Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for
God's very nature is in them; and because God is their
Father, they cannot continue to sin. 1 Jn3:9 GNT
It is only when the spirit has been defiled that
children of God start walking in sin and away fro...
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rality. A married Christian must be focused on
his or her spouse and never have any bodily
relationship with any other person, and must keep
the heart free of such lusts. This is as simple as it gets.
Single people are to keep away from sexual contacts
of all types until such a time as when they sa...
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tion of the spirit too. Many men are like that in
their hearts and so they love materially successful
women ina special but ungodly way.
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In this area of marriage, some men are fixed on
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red the fate of evil men.
He took the place of many sinners
and prayed that they might be forgiven.”
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Isa53:10-12 (NLT, GNT combined)
Reading through this portion of the prophecies of
Isaiah shows clearly what the joy was which was ...
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which we navigate in that realm. The physical five
other senses, when they are too active, tend to reduce
perception with our spirits.
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Many times people are taught to develop their spirits
so they can perceive things more, but caution...
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s of this world,
but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change
of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God
— what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect.
Rom 12:2 GNT
The number one way by which God leads His
children is by giving them the understanding of what
is ...
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eople have failed, even though they thought
they had a revelation concerning what they are
doing. But the hand of the Lord was against them.
They came to prayer with idols and iniquity in their
lives.
Idols are preconceived ideas in people's hearts. We
looked at that matter when we were examining t...
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ns of God’ (Rom 8:14). It is taken by
many that the ability to perceive the voice of the Holy
Spirit is a sign of sonship or maturity. But let's look
closer at the scriptures and get things correctly.
The word 'spirit' has a wide range of uses with
diverse meanings in the scriptures.” Generally, 's...
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d we will not be like that.
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The Precepts and the Commandments
Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,
That we should keep them diligently. Ps 119:4
We saw in the earlier chapters of this book that what
the Lord wants for His children is that they...
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profess to be
believers.
Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us
be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy
fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire. Heb 12:28-29
*Ez 14:4,5
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We know that if peopl...
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These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of
wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and
severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against
fleshly indulgence. Col 2:23
Once you are following anyone for signs and not for
the love of righteousness, then you are likely t...
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sound spiritual principles, he was walking
automatically in the will of God. It is walking by those
spiritual principles that is the will of God; it is not
about any special communication from heaven.
Like I explained at the beginning, it is this operating
system that God is working into our lives,...
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ounsel.
When you approach God in prayer for direction, your
first set of words must be words that examine your
heart to be sure you are actually idol-free and free of
the stumbling block of iniquity.
I remember how the Holy Spirit guided me in how to
pray. When the time for asking for direction co...
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eir hope on the uncertainty of riches,
but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be
generous and ready to share. 1 Tim 6:17-19
The major manifestations of the right spirit toward
money and material things are contentment and
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Let the wicked leave their way of life, and change their way
of thinking... "My thoughts,” says the Lord, “are not like
yours, and my ways are different from yours. Isa 55:7-8
GNT
When we give our lives to Christ and begin to live as
believers, it is demanded that we shave off ...
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ate of our hearts affect
what we hear from God. We are not to confuse what
we hear supernaturally with the will of God which is
perfect.
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Unless your spirit is right, you cannot discern the true will
of God, and that is why the Lord is ...
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g
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT
Once we are determined to do something, except we
come to God with a prayer of consecration, then
whatever we hear is just our polluted spirits
beclouding the true will of God.
Beyond just assuming that what their spirits say is the
will of God, many people have even gone fu...
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hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should keep them
diligently.
Oh that my ways may be established to keep Thy statutes!
Then I shall not be ashamed when I look upon all Thy
commandments. Ps 119:4-6
The principle is this: if I observe the precepts and
statutes, applying them diligently, then the ...
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Special Manifestations
God works in different ways, but it is the same God who
does the work in all of us. 1 Cor 12:6 NLT
It is now time to look at the special ways that the Lord
communicates His will and directions to u...
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specific word of the
Lord to people.* As we mature as believers we are
able more and more to know the will and mind of
God without special communications. That is the
desire and the plan of the Lord.
For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed
to the word of righteousness, for he is a ...
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sex act, they were free. But they
became pregnant because of heavy petting. See, let us
not fool ourselves, lust is lust, even if it didn't go as far
as what we call sex in the traditional definition.
Sexual perversion, as defined by the word of God
(homosexuality, bisexuality, incest, bestiality, ...
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that indeed
the Lord wants to lead us by the inward witness and
by our spirits, as itis written,
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching all the innermost parts of his being. Prov 20:27
He is transforming us to become exactly like Him. His
plan is that we will want what he wants, love...
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nst good sense and the written Word.
What exactly is the will of God? There are many
aspects to that expression as we will see from the
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scriptures. What is most important to note in all is
that it does not describe what our personal
p...
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e
without regard for the precepts of God were
spending all night asking the Lord to solve their
problems. That was the situation the Lord was
speaking to. Such behaviours kindle the anger of the
Lord.
The summary of what the Lord was saying through
Ezekiel is that we must satisfy the basics before ...
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said it this way:
Open to me the gates of righteousness;
Ishall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it. Ps 118:19-20
Even if what we are seeking to enter is a good thing,
we still must enter through the gates of God....
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usion: Fear God and obey his
commands, for this is everyone's duty. Eccl 12:13-14 NLT
Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether
my teaching is from God or is merely my own. Jn 7:17 NLT
If we truly fear God, and we are obeying His known
commandments; if we really want to do His will ...
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edience was at
work in his flesh (Rom 7:21-23). In summary, it is
possible to be clear as to what God wants us to do and
still not doit.
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So, doing the will of God entails much more than ‘has
He spoken?’ We are often so taken by this 'h...
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ain type of evil spirit. This spirit is described as a
divination spirit or a familiar spirit. These are the two
closely related methods employed by witch doctors
and false prophets to impress people.
The book of Acts (in chapter 16) has the story of a
certain slave girl who had such a spirit of di...
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ason. I took that as the confirmation
Ineeded from the Lord.
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Beware of Divination
I want to conclude this book by warning about
divination.
When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives
you, you shall not learn to imitate the dete...
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ng about here? When he said
* The Holy Spirit, when specifically identified has the name fully
written as such. Gr to pneuma to hagion.
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‘the SPIRIT' he was definitely referring to a particular
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with me ahead; in fact, he had never heard me speak
about sucha thing.
So how did he know? That is what is called having
someone's spirit.
After the meeting that day, he came to speak with me,
and that was when he told me of his earlier ...
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GID
Before You Pray, Beware
There is a way someone might pray for guidance and
the Lord would be offended. We need to understand
it so as to beware. Ezekiel's prophecy is where the
caution is.
For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who
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methods; we don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of
God' (2 Cor 4:2 NLT).
This is a major problem today. Many ministers do not
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realize that they must not twist the word of God to get
money. They are so busy doing the work of G...
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rse about being led by
the Spirit of God. It has been used by many as the
foundation for walking by esoteric feelings. They
claim they are being led by the Spirit, but Paul was not
saying that at all.
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation
to do what your sinful nature urges y...
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ourself
up in the knowledge of His word. Walking in God's
will is a consequence of renewing our minds with
heavenly wisdom and understanding. Paul made
this very clear as he prayed for the Colossians.
...(we) ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His
will in all spiritual wisdom and unde...
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supernaturally.
First, let us see how the early church followed this
principle of diligently applying the precepts.
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Time to Make a Choice
The way the apostles chose a replacement for Judas is
such a beautiful way to illustrate how we kn...
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eplacement for Judas. Again we
are not told He inquired of the Lord. He just set out
the criteria using his own sense, a sense that was
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individual should
move on to things of maturity. Itis just like a baby that
is growing; the communication method between the
child and the mother keeps evolving.
Qualifying for Special Communications
We need to bear this in mind: For us to expect any
special communications in knowing God's will, w...
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thing. I explained these
truths to her and if Iremember correctly, I led her ina
confession of faith. But I refused to pray specifically
about her dream because I did not wish to give
credence toalie.
But that is all many churches and ministers these
days do. They make sucha big deal of those who h...
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them. All is because the people have never said that
‘Father, if you will not bring the money, we will not
need it and we will not spend it.'
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money at all. Without the knowledge of this, every
other thing someone is supposedly hearing is not the
will of God, even if an angel were to appear and
speak.
The system of the world tells us that the more the
number of ‘powerful’ people a person knows, the...
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try that
way; it wasn't because we heard a voice or had a
dream or vision. The Lord kept opening doors and
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we kept stepping into them.
We must have our hearts open to recognize doors that
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afterwards; at least that was
what I used to think. But that couldn't possibly be.
Paul had explained to us that He already existed in
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the form of God, therefore this elevation could not be
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arily a mark of spirituality if you are visited
by angels; it is just one of those things that may
happenas the Lord chooses.
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Chapter 19
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The Prophet’s Ministry
And He gave some as apos...
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he Army
15. The Righteousness of God
16. Prophesy!
17. Your Greatness Has Been Prepared
18. Whatis God's Will Here?
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Dr. Bankole Olusina, fondly called Pastor Bankie, is a teacher
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one is 'seeing visions’
and revealing secrets, turn in the other direction; a
spirit is ensnaring them. I have seen people enslaved
by these spirits. It is a horrible life.
Another Form of Divination
[also want to bring out the matter of divination from
another angle. We have correctly tied divina...
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chapter, he got an express word from the Lord
about divorce among Christian couples.* But, as we
will later see, Paul knew that such a clear word from
God would not be offered if the Lord had already
*The way Christians carry on these days, it is as if the Lord said
nothing about this matter of div...
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ded to know the hearts of these men,
but only the Lord has such knowledge, just as Peter
acknowledged in his prayer. They came to the point
of lacking wisdom, at which point James said we are
to pray.
Another point is that there will be some things the
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y this
know His pattern. We use also the experiences of
those who have walked with Him to understand the
way He thinks, and the result is that we understand the
will of God.
Itis a Result of Training
Walking in the will of God is therefore a result of
learning. It is as you are trained with the wo...
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m the
scriptures and observing life's experiences, I can only
say I do not understand it to be so. Of course we do
*Dt 29:29; Acts 1:7
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not have the Urim and Thummim or the Ephod,*
which were parts of the instruments of worship in
Isr...
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s;
these came upon her because she had just seen the
demonstration of God's power to bless. She
explained, in effect, that success is a gift of God and
that was why she said, 'You can't out-give God.’
Ihave told this story here to illustrate how someone
may hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. A numb...
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en one of the partners decides to live in
adultery or abandons the faith totally.
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granted the wisdom necessary to know what to do or
say.
In our everyday life, the plan of God is that we will be
able to understand what is good and what ...
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y, and began to weep. The lady was in
dire need and the money was an answer to prayer.
The Lord actually impressed that upon his heart.
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Now, that was easy to 'risk' obeying because giving is
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things. That operating system of the mind prescribed
by the Lord is what is called the will of God. It is
something we are supposed to learn. It is something
we get accustomed to by training.
So we see that it is not the person who knows how to
‘hear God' that knows the will of God but the ...
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come to expose something that is hidden in your
heart. This you will also know with some prayerful
introspection.
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When Non-Prophets Prophesy
A very common way by which prophecies come to us
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d of time not to worry about how
you will defend yourselves, because I will give you such
words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to
refute or contradict what you say. Luk 21:14-16 GNT
This is the power of faith we are talking about. Poking
around into the future, even with what see...
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questions about the
situation so that we might judge them with the Word.
All we want is to pray and let God speak, and we
*Prov 3:5,6
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think it is spirituality. But it is not spirituality at all; it
is spiritual laziness, and is not t...
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all or it has the authority of Jesus
Himself to stay where he is. If things do not yield to
you within the ambit of practising the precepts of
God and with prayer, then it is not the devil, itis God.
Sometimes I think of a man like Paul, I think of how
he handled things that he wanted to do in his ...
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Psalms,
where it says, ‘Let his home become desolate, with no one
living in it.’ It also says, ‘Let someone else take his
position.’ So now we must choose a replacement for
Judas...” Acts 1:20-21 NLT
He acted purely on the word of God as recorded in
Scripture. He understood the precepts of God.
Nob...
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inside us. John said, ‘you are from God, little children, and
have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you
than he who is in the world’ (1 Jn 4:4). The greater one
lives in every believer.
This is what is called the helmet of salvation. It means
to interpret everything in light of what t...
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houghts. She knew it had to
be the Spirit of God. When she was called up to speak,
after going here and there with her speech, she finally
made the offer as instructed and the result was
overwhelming.
Previously, on good days, they would collect about
500 dollars after much motivation, so no one ex...
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This may
be okay when we are baby Christians but every true
minister of the gospel should be preaching and
teaching their followers so that they will not need to
come ask those questions after a time.
In the wilderness, Moses was making that mistake
when it came to leading the people of Israel. He ...
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how the two men parted. Abram stayed in
the land of Canaan, and Lot settled among the cities in the
valley and camped near Sodom, whose people were wicked
and sinned against the Lord. Gen 13:10-13 GNT
Lot operated simply by the sight of his eyes. He
looked only at external things. He looked at wher...
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ible, especially the New Testament, indicate it. I
believe that God speaks in such manners far less often
than itis often made to seem.
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Actually, the plan of the Father is to make us into His
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well-
known portion of Proverbs.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And do not lean on your own understanding.
Inall your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight. Prov 3:5-6
Because the KJV uses the expression 'He will direct
your paths,’ many miss the point in what Solomo...
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. Those personal preferences may be expressed to
the Lord in prayer to see whether He will make
anything of them, but focus must be on things
derived from the Word.
Point 3. They Applied the Criteria
Armed with a knowledge of the kind of person they
wanted, Peter and the rest of the disciples went...
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Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day
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Chapter 16
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The Voice of the Spirit
Sometimes what rises up inside us is stronger than
just an impression or perception; sometimes the
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ations of the word of knowledge. It is one
way by which the Holy Spirit gives direction to the
children of God. At such times, if the word is yours,
there will be an instant recognition in your heart.
Another type I have seen is a situation in which the
person speaking is not preaching, yet the Lor...
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iver.’ He recognized it as the
voice of Satan trying to appear like the voice of the
Holy Spirit. He rejected the voice, went on with the
evangelistic meetings, and the Lord reversed all his
troubles.
Kenneth Hagin also told of how he spent days
waiting to die because he heard a voice quote a verse...
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ures and one of these
is the use as describing the drive or motivation for
what one is doing in life.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a
wounded spirit who can bear? Prov 18:14 KJV
In this verse of scripture above, what Solomon was
teaching is that a person's drive determines wh...
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his mind up for him.
I shall come to you after I have gone through Macedonia... I
shall probably spend some time with you, perhaps the
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why I say this is because these
impressions of the heart can be closely mimicked by
very many other things so that many times they may
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actually be inaccurate. Many young Christian men
have had such impressions with several sisters; t...
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houghts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way. Ps 139:23-24
Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying,
‘What are we going to have to eat?’ Matt 6:31 AMP
When there are anxious thoughts in the heart, the
spirit is polluted. A believer then operates wit...
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ecause, according to him, God told
him to do so. Some have even been bold enough to
carry on with affairs while being married, and when
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the man I have in mind was asked why, he said that
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in the name of Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ. And I just realized that we still have quite a lot to do, so we're going to stop it. Maybe God allowing us to continue it next time. So many scriptures, all right? But remember, what is the aim? To sanctify yourself. What is sanctification? T...
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They call it auto-cleaving. Dry heat, whatever it is they want to use, they use gamma radiation to burn off everything. Why? It's purpose. If you want to fulfill God's destiny, you can't be living anyhow. That's what we are saying. If we are going to fulfill the destiny of God for our lives, we can'...
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Every day that was written concerning me is to be fulfilled. I sanctify myself to fulfill the purpose of God. I sanctify myself to fulfill the purpose of God in my life. I sanctify myself, declare it, say, I delight to do your will, O my God. Your law is within my heart. I'm quoting from Psalm 40, v...
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But it's more than they didn't do that anymore because of, you know, fabric design that's actually better than being naked. So when you wear, they're very slippery and all of that. Okay? The way everybody, you know, dresses is according to your purpose. Do you follow my point? All right? Aaron's gar...
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Well, once again, you're welcome to the School of Prayer. Let's quickly take our Declaration of Understanding. Then we'll share a word briefly, and then we'll continue to pray. Amen? Amen. 1, 2, let's go. Now I declare. Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in ...
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Are you normal? You do smoke something. You see, when you go outside, you see, you have escaped the temptation. You are a student, you are a woman. Lecturer says, you should see him in his office. And he gets inside and starts shouting. The only man will immediately drive you out. When they are driv...
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I can live righteously because I am a child of God. I can live righteously because I'm a child of God and I'm not a child of the devil. The seed of God dwells in me. You need to say that. The seed of God dwells in me. The seed of God dwells in me. The seed of God dwells in me. Please, for times sake...
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It's not every click you click on. It's everything on your phone. There are things you just don't... You know something, you're a priest, you just drive away your anointing. Give a lot of thanks and say, Lord, I will serve your purpose for my life. I sanctify myself so I can fulfill your purpose for...
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Don't worry, the world will take care of the rest. I will not give in to sinful desires. I will not give in to sinful desires. I refuse for any part of my body to be an instrument to serve evil. An instrument of evil to serve sin, I refuse. Instead, I yield myself completely to God. Because I'm aliv...
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It was a bride that made herself ready. It was given to her. Notice that. The Bible, if you didn't live in translation, she has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear. She had to wear it herself. So the fine linen represents the good deeds of God's holy people, of the saints. The bride to...
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Put on your new nature, created to be like God, truly righteous and holy. 25. So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. And don't sin by letting anger control you. Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold ...
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For you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God's grace. Now everybody say this, sin is no longer my master. Say it again. Say it again. One more time. Sin is no longer my master. Now say this, I live under the freedom of God's grace. I have the f...
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I live for Christ who died and was raised from the dead on my behalf. Please take about 30 more seconds and say that thing to yourself again and again. I'm not living for my own ambition. I'm not living for my own goals. I'm living for Christ. You need to say that to yourself again and again. I live...
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Number six, he said, Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. He said, Let us rejoi...
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Everybody say, in the name of Jesus. I am not my own. I belong to God my Father. I belong to Jesus my Lord. Say that again, I'm not my own. I belong to God my Father. I belong to Jesus my Lord. First Corinthians chapter 6 verse 20. Somebody quickly look to that. First Corinthians chapter 6 verse 20....
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how to live. That's what he did. After I explained everything, he said, now that you know all of these things, even before I even get to that point, he told us what God had done to prepare us for effectiveness. That is, the work God did, the preparation he made. He gave gifts unto men. He gave some ...
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Who will do it? The Word. Who will do it? The Word. The Word. Thank you. It's the Word that will become flesh and overcome that temptation. But that Word must ahead of time be laid up in your heart through meditation. Is that okay? So that's what we are doing. Alright, let's start. We are trying to ...
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Next line, so they can't keep on sinning because they are children of God. 10, so now we can tell who are the children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love their believers does not belong to God. Hallelujah. It's clear enough, isn't it? I t...
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You know I said earlier, it can cure gluttony. Ah, yes. Say, I can't control myself when I'm eating. Spirit of God will enter you. By the time you eat three spoons, you are tired. You think they've done one pound of soju on your stomach. They remove half of your stomach. The Spirit of God say, no, n...
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This is not the kind of plate my mates used to eat. Have you not eaten rice from a leaf? You know the special delicacy to have it served in a leaf? You'll just be complaining about nothing. You'll be telling history on Gari. The angel that brought the nutrients, the angel that brought the chicken fl...
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You don't even have time to rationalize it again. Like, ah, what happened just now? Ah, what did I just do? Somebody say, the world works. The world works. Say it again. The world works. You know, when we get something, maybe we'll get healed or get money, we say the world works. When you resist tem...
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I hope you're getting my point. Now, please take a moment and say to the Lord, every day I will fulfill. Say, all those days that you recorded, I will fulfill. You're telling the Lord that. Just for a few seconds, now begin to speak to yourself. Say, hey, mention your own name. Listen, every day rec...
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Maybe nice, so you know, they can be tempted. Songs are so sweet. So sweet. Doesn't that just say, I know you are sweet too, but the word of God is living and acting. Go away. Quickly look for a good one to replace it. Because those things will speak to you later. If you go and read Deuteronomy chap...
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you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. Did you notice that? Did you notice that? Now we are going to read it one more time. This time around you are going to personalize it before we go into the meditation aspect...
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Is he not good? Is he a good father that would not say that, you can play all day, 12 midnight, come back and sleep, wake up during the night, go and play game on the television, wake up, the exam is tomorrow, doesn't matter. It's not by strength that a man will prevail. That's why God told Israel, ...
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We are not. And that's why I keep saying, those who preach to us that there are no consequences are the enemies of our souls. Those who preach the kind of mercy that God did not promise are the enemies of our souls. Because they remove the motivation that taps grace. I hope you are getting my point....
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He bought me with a high price. Therefore, I must honor God with my body. Do you notice that? Do you notice that? Now begin to do that. You have one minute. Ah, you must be talking now. You can't be silent. I realize that my body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit dwells in me. The Holy...
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What I want in my life is dictated by that spirit. My ambition is dictated by that spirit. Every self-ambition, I cast it down now in the name of Jesus. I yield my whole heart to the Lord. I yield my heart entirely to the Lord. I yield my heart entirely to the Lord. I yield my heart entirely to the ...
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Okay, let's read NLT. Fine. 1, 2, let's go. Either way, God's Christ love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we all have died to our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will ...
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Yes, I am free. Yes, I am free. Yes, I am free. In the name of Jesus, I am free. Quickly, everybody read open. Just go further down to Romans chapter 8. We are going to read around verse 12 there. Romans chapter 8. Now, verse 11 is good, even though that's not the main thing we are reading. But let'...
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All right, another set of decisions we'll take quickly. Declarations, we're going to take those ones concerning righteousness. That is our ability to do right. Remember I said earlier, we are not in bondage to sin. Somebody say, I'm not in bondage to sin. I'm not in bondage to sin. Say it for me. Fo...
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Thank you, my provider. The Lord is my shepherd." And you say, amen. The One Ninja just does like this. All the vitamins, the minerals have been blown into it. You eat it, you swallow it. Wait, why do you think Daniel and those guys were looking healthier eating rubbish food after 10 days? It's simp...
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That's it. That's what we are doing. Activating the help from God. To walk in righteousness is not because you are determined by yourself. It's because the Word of God is helping you. Romans chapter 6. Let's read from around verse 14. Now we are going to read, let me see which version we are going t...
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For that reason, I don't do what the old nature does, says. I don't tell lies. I don't let sin control me. I don't let anger control me. In the name of Jesus, I do not engage in stealing. I work hard with my own hands. In the name of Jesus, I do not use abusive language or foul language. I speak to ...
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and they have children. Father is dead, mother is in jail. When I saw that, I saw his picture, I just felt bad. You know, this kind of thing just feel bad. You're not even angry. Just feeling like, you're like, Lord, can you find me that devil? Let me to jump on his chest and bash his head in 200,00...
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will come from me into the body of Christ in the name of Jesus. No filthiness, no filthy talk, no coerced jesting, but only fitting words, giving of thanks, appreciating what God has done, speaking words of truth. That's what will be my portion. I speak these words, my mouth is anointed in the name ...
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Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from Him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God, truly righteous a...
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The five five so that all of us after now you read it, please I use it to prophesy first meditate upon it and use it to form words by which we speak to yourself Do you understand that these are to walk in righteousness? It's important. These are to walk in holiness want to let's go read from 17 So t...
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I will not smoke any hallucinogenic substance, any mind altering substance. Will not enter this body. This is the body of the Holy Spirit. This is the temple of the Holy Spirit. This body is the instrument of God on this earth. Is the temple of God. I will keep it pure. I will keep it pure. I will k...
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And in my mind, it's not me that said it. It's what? The word of God. So assuming your whole career is built on lying, deceiving people, and calling it jokes, just read the scripture out every day. As a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death, so is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, ...
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which is your spiritual service of worship, and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you will prove what is the will of God, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Read it one more time. Therefore, I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of...
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They are hopelessly confused. That's what New Living Temptation says. It says in the name of Jesus, I will not walk in confusion. I will not walk like the Gentiles do. I speak to my soul. You will no longer walk in confusion. You will not walk as the Gentiles do. Their minds are dark. My mind will n...
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I will be transformed by the renewing of my mind. Yes, that is my true worship. That is my true worship. It's prophetic. We are speaking like a commandment. Yes, we start with meditation, then we begin to command ourselves. Command yourself. Last time, we asked the Lord to help us. Today, we are com...
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I will not steal. It's very important. There are different ways of stealing. I will not steal. I will not take that which does not belong to me. I will not take that which belongs to the government. I will not take money that's not mine. I will not steal. I will walk. The Lord will bless the walk of...
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I hope you're getting my point. Sometimes the scripture addresses some things that otherwise you think are trivial. Like one day, I told you, I tweeted something on April 1st. I do that yearly. When is April 1st? About two, three days ago. Good. If I remember, I tweeted again. As a madman, who is do...
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There are times you are sitting down, one kind of breeze will come through the window. It hits you like this, you fall asleep instantly. It's cool, it's just the right strength. It's not enough to blow you and blow things away. It just drops over you and you say, oh God, thank you. Now imagine that ...
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This is the result of chopping. What did you eat? Look at that fruit. Did God say you shouldn't eat it? Yes. I knew. He didn't have to tell me. You know that's what he said? He said he didn't have to tell me. That's what he says all the time. Don't eat. Look at you. If they shine light on you, you a...
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When we say what we are saying, it's not a joke. We have to prepare ourselves to be able to receive what God wants to give. You know, the precepts of God, the principles of God, they are the ways by which we build, you know? There's one song we used to sing. I was born to be your dwelling place. You...
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And the Lord appeared, held something in his hand, like he wrapped oil in a small bag, something like that. And he knew instinctively that that was his man's healing. So the Lord held it out. That man couldn't see anything. The man would rise up from his sick bed as if he wanted to receive something...
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We start learning. You know, we told them, these are the laws by which we live in the land that I'm taking you into. So we say, these are the laws. There will not be any other God, because they came from Egypt, where there were many gods. You will go in there, only one God. This God, no image. And t...
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So I say to you today, you are going with me to paradise. So just tell the person, that's all. I like one story. This man told that time, hey, you know how he gave his life to Christ? He didn't know how to pray. The guy was high on drugs. He's a guy who never went to church. But where his mental pro...
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We'll still bring it out, even though normally we can't finish it, but at least we will try. Now, so I just wanted to bear that in mind. Some of the things that I'm saying, practice how to live responsibly. Again, let me say it again. All these crises, don't let your heart be troubled. I feel like I...
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There's no method, there's no case. Say after me. Lord Jesus, all down now because... Anyway, it's good it will work, amen? It will work, it will work, it will work. Don't worry, it will work. Anyone you use for that person, it will work. What am I trying to say? Forget these scars. These scars, so-...
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Forgiveness is not just that God said, okay, don't worry about it. God, when He forgave, He cleansed away those poisons. From your destiny, poison has been removed. Look, people are destroying their destiny every day, they don't know. But when Jesus forgives you, He rearranges that destiny. Receive ...
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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 manner worthy of the Lord. I am pleasing Him with all respect. I am bearing fruit...
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I've noticed that many times we are taught how to prophesy concerning our needs. And there's nothing wrong with that. We are taught how to prophesy concerning our healing. There's nothing wrong with that. But we don't focus as much attention on how to continue to alter prophetic words concerning our...
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the same spirit, the same spirit, but hear the word of the Lord, it will pass. Amen. It will pass. Amen. Now, I'm not saying this is the word of God, what I'm about to say next, but I suspect it is. When it passes, what will surprise people is the amount of peace and prosperity. Now, in the Hebrew, ...
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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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odes vary from society
to society and from situation to situation; it is
therefore not possible to give a one-cap-fits-all
instruction, but we must all remember to apply
decency first in all that we do.
Every apparel is designed with a purpose in mind.
Try and imagine the purpose for which a dress is...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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is, that you abstain from sexual
immorality; that each of you know how to possess his
own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful
passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God.
1 Thes 4:2-5
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit
the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; n...
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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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is is not only
for preachers, but for every believer. Our offerings
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are impure if our bodies are not pure.
I want to present a few steps that I believe will help
any Christian who truly desires sexual cont...
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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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heir spirit is pure so they cannot be guilty
of fornication or adultery. As stupid as this sounds,
people actually believe it and live by it. They live by
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a belief that the seed of God is inside them and since
they are spirit beings, it is only what the...
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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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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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in many apostate nations,
and their numbers and zeal are reducing. This is
making the nations closer to judgement.
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aving seen all we have so far, what we now
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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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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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months later, without any report of illness, the
preacher doing those things sat in his car and died.
A very mysterious death indeed, but not far in
likeness from that of Ananias.
I remember Kenneth Hagin telling similar stories.
In one, he told of a young minister who the Lord...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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cally warned
against immorality.
And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of
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them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.
1 Cor 10:8 NLT
So, Paul was warning Christians against being
complacent in their faith, assuming that nothing
cou...
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out before you have defiled
themselves in all these ways. Because the entire land has
become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there.
I will cause the land to vomit them out. Lev 18:22-25
NLT
The nations are celebrating even as hordes of
demons are passing through the gates into the
earth. ...
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t entirely done yet with the
ma er of grace and agreeing with God,
but this second step is intricately
woven with the agreement thing, so much that I
have to quickly get to it.
One major manifestation of agreeing with God is to
speak in agreement with what He says. This is a...
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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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turning off the tap. Just because you refuse
to look in the direction of the tap as the source of the
flooding of your floor does not mean it is not.
Spiritually blind people cannot connect these
things.
The cause of the problems of the world is the lust
therein. Sometimes we can see the direct connec...
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will lose out of what they call fun, but
that is just the way it is. Sometimes we want to have
the two and we end up actually only having the
world while displeasing the Lord.
This Attire Says What?
It is a bit out of my scope to talk about dressing
here, but let me quickly explain, especially to
...
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E P E R S
I said something earlier about adultery being the
opening of doors for home-wrecking demons. That
is a fact. Another area of sexual immorality I should
mention is that of sexual perversion.
Sexual perversion is a powerful door opener for
evil spirits. The Lord made the earth and all the
...
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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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people, or of people engaged in sexual activity. It is
a door for the spirit of lust; it is a method by which
the seed of lust is planted in the hearts of people.
It has been said that lust actually does not start from
the heart but from the eyes; there is a lot of truth ...
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not
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exist and more importantly, the word of God does
not so teach. We follow the word of God with our
whole being.
Beware of Complacency
Now, I believe the most important reason why
Christians get involved in sexual immorality is
sheer...
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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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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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ormal too. In some
parts of the world, especially in Europe, they have
succeeded in that, but it is yet to be mainstream in
the rest of the world.
*1 Jn 5:19
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I notice that people wear ta ered jeans all around
these days. That people will consider rags
fash...
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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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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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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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s you, and you will be saved from many
a pitfall.
— Oswald Chambers*
*In Our Portrait in Genesis
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hen the LORD God took the man and put
him into the garden of Eden to cultiv...
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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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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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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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sacrifices on the tops of the mountains
And burn incense on the hills…
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
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And your brides commit adultery. Hos 4:12-13
See, the reason there is so much sexual immorality
and deviancy in the world today is because there...
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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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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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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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" 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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ality among Christians. False
doctrines are so dangerous that we do not see any
of the apostles of the Lord Jesus who wrote
scripture for us address them with levity. Let us
look at the words of Jude.
Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you
about the salvation we all share. But no...
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ompany corrupts good morals.
1 Cor 15:33
Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another. Pro 27:17
It has been said that your character reflects the kind
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of persons you spend time with. It is important you
abandon friendships that do not value the
stan...
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ry
time I came in, the TV was tuned to a particular
music video channel. I called the a ention of the
customer service staff to the offensiveness of the
display and I was told to speak with the manager.
I asked the manager why I had to see pornography
every time I came to their shop. She protested th...
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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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ut
outside because the men and the ladies involved
did not want to commit a sin, but the seeds swam
hard enough to reach the tubes of the womb and
fertilize the eggs. Please let us not fool ourselves.
"You have heard the commandment that says, 'You must
not commit adultery.' But I say, anyone who e...
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et worth
cannot be thus calculated. Real worth is mostly
invisible, as it is spiritual. Many materially rich
people are poor in reality. Just see again the
assessment the Lord Jesus gave the church in
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Laodicea and you will get the point.
...
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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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ore important than the physical
consequences of sexual immorality are
the spiritual consequences.
Sometimes we see some grievous punishment
meted out by the Lord for some offences, and
people have ...
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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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her.
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American Standard Bible, Copyright ©The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1995. Used by
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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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Wrong company is a way by which the seed of lust
may be planted in our hearts. We have already seen
that we must overcome the seed before there is
conception of sin.
Step 5: Watch Your Entertainment
Entertainment is very important, and is one of the
most important ways by which we learn behaviour
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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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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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er in such a manner that if we
cannot find an express commandment about
something, it means that the Lord has not said
anything against it. Rather, we are people of the
spirit; we seek the mind of God.
The Bible does not have an express commandment
against pornography because it is a modern
iniquity...
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is
with sex. It is with the spouse whom you have
sworn allegiance to and have come into covenant
with for the rest of your life. Yes, sex is physical, but
it is not just a physical act; it is sacred.
In the world today, you see the campaign for free
sex and for homosexuality. These are perversions
...
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other spirits into our spheres. We can invite
demonic forces, or we can repel them. We can invite
the spirit of the blessing of God and the carrier
angels, or we can hinder these.
People do not realize that more important than
their prayers are the works they engage in which
all...
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are set free, that is, our sins
are forgiven. Eph 1:7 GNT
No ma er what sins we may have commi ed, and
no ma er for how long, God has made forgiveness
available in Christ Jesus.
Complete Forgiveness
As I mentioned earlier, forgiveness is not just to
overlook a thing; with God, it involves the
cle...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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kings
usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers
and the Israelite army; they defeated the Ammonites and
besieged the city of Rabbah. But David himself stayed in
Jerusalem. 2 Sam 11:1 GNT
I would have loved to think that such a small thing
should not have been responsible for this black...
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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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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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ve?” “What about
your aged parents?” “You also need some comfort
in your life.” It is always about such, but it is all
satanic counsel.
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Many of us parents are full of such satanic counsel
for our children these days; we claim to be
Ch...
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o that it
would be broken in that initial act, causing blood to
flow, so as to signify that they have entered into a
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blood covenant. That is the plan of God.
Now, the scriptures teach us that things that are
initiated and consummated often have to be re-
e...
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as university
teachers. Such a stain on the body of Christ it was.
In those cases, I am so certain that God had given
them time to repent, but they would not, so He
disciplined them by the rod of men.
Let me quickly add that it is be er to repent than to
try to hide and continue the iniquity. God w...
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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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tainly, but it is fear all
the same. Jesus said,
"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill
the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both
soul and body in hell.” Ma 10:28
I think we should fear God more than we fear any
other thing or person.
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ture. It is not worth it. If you
want sex, go home. And women, please give your
husbands plenty. Sink that hook of righteousness
into him again and again. Do your part in keeping
witches off your turf.
There are men who are in this kind of situation as
that detective, but unlike him, they know they ...
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forgiven, and their healing, which
Jesus began to administer, was a sign of that. What I
am saying is that there is restoration a ached to the
forgiveness which we have because of the blood of
Jesus.
Once we believe in Christ Jesus, the benefit of the
payment is ours. It means that the devil has no
...
36%
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...
36%
f demons and
other gods. These things provoke the wrath of God
*Bondage-Dominance-Sadism-Masochism
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and open the door to evil spirits which corrupt
mankind.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men wh...
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transferred into worshippers who
come to worship in pagan temples. Through those
sexual encounters, they receive the offering of the
bodies of the worshippers on behalf of the demons
being worshipped.
Demons are worshipped with sexual activity,
especially deviant sexual activity such as
homosexualit...
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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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Judg 16:1
That was his custom, and that was where his
strength went. No wonder Lemuel's mother was
later to warn him: “Do not deplete your strength on
women.”* These things waste spiritual strength.
The world tries to paint it otherwise; they make
James Bond a hero and a womanizer. James Bond
slee...
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Dr. Bankole Olusina, fondly called Pastor Bankie, is a
teacher of the Word of God. He teaches from the platform
of Kingdom-Word Ministries. The emphasis of his
teachings is the separation of the church from the world by
the obedience to the truths of God. He is happily married to
the wife of his yo...
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. The demons
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want it and they demand it of the lead worshippers;
they also pour out the influences on other followers
who thus cannot help but engage in it.
This is why God often likens idolatry to sexual
immorality. The truth is that one is the physical
...
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ed the corruption that is in the world by lust.
2 Pet 1:3-4
What I want us to see in this portion of Peter's
second le er is where he said there is corruption in
the world, and that it comes by lust.
The word ‘corruption’ here refers to a state of ruin
or destruction; it implies disintegration or
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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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ere, parents
are the gatekeepers. Parents are the ones who have
the authority of the Lord concerning which spirits
can dwell in the house. They decide which
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blessings they want in or which demons they
would keep away. They decide this by how they
live the...
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n
right before us, we want to resist, but at such times
the thing is already conceived, and the sin will be
born. Solomon said the clouds have become full
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and must give birth to rain.* This is the reason many
young Christians fall into sexual sins. Most...
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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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W H Y J E S U S PA R D O N E D T H E W O M A N
He was not counselling her but was giving her the
necessary enablement to walk above the negative
forces emanated by the men in the society.
What do we learn from this? We learn that the
adults in the society, especially the men, are the
ga...
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e spirit. Who knows what
he would have become in life if the parents had not
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sought help. This is definitely an example of the
making of a serial killer.
The parents admi ed and confessed their sins
before the Lord. Then the man of God prayed with
them...
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ear it.
But hearing they must, otherwise God will send
wasting diseases into their flesh, especially those
who have been to the house of God but rejected the
truth for the love of the lust of the flesh.
Another interesting disease in that regard is cancer
of the cervix, which is the second most commo...
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li, that it was the same sins that
killed them. They assume that God is love, and He
*1 John 1:9
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no longer punishes like that, but they are so wrong.
I heard a teaching some time ago that Ananias and
Sapphira were not Christians, and that that was
...
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make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! Or
do you not know that the one who joins himself to a
prostitute is one body with her? For He says, "the two
shall become one flesh." 1 Cor 6:15-17
As we learnt in Chemistry, there are weak bonds
and there are strong bonds; bonds differ from one
an...
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e may get
involved in which actually constitute idolatry
because they move us away from that close walk we
are supposed to have with the Lord. One of those
things is walking away from the plan of God.
A Black Spot
One of the most beloved persons by the Lord in the
whole Bible was David. He loved th...
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et them work
from a distance if possible.
We must be careful to remove spiritual drains out
of our lives.
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Chapter 12
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ne of the reasons why people engage in
sin is that they do not understand ...
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…because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God;
for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not
even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot
please God. Rom 8:7-8
The more I study and observe the world, the more I
respect the wisdom of God and understand that
in...
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in Your name, and in Your name cast out
demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you;
depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'
Mat 7:22-23
When the Lord Jesus said this, He was actually
addressing ministers of the gospel. Note that the
la...
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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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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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did not see fit to acknowledge God any
longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do
those things which are not proper, being filled with all
unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil… Rom 1:26-29
Think of it; to want to have sex is a valid instinct but
which we subject to control according to ...
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image. But
idolatry does not necessary involve graven images
and visits to demonic shrines; for the believer in
Christ, any form of the love of the world and
walking in unbelief constitutes idolatry.
Li le children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods) —
[from anything and everything that would ...
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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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ily because of the guarantees
presented in meeting your basic needs, you are
serving mammon. It is so subtle. We are not looking
at that in details right now, we just need to see an
application of it.
Why many ministers depart from the place where
God wants them to be is usually the desire for
finan...
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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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hould Christians react to evil pictures?
*A US survey
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We must follow the example of Job.
I made a covenant with my eyes, not to look with lust…
Job 31:1
We are to simply dedicate our eyes specifically
before the Lord, as part of offering up the whole
bo...
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mmorality, otherwise they would find more
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strength to resist it or not even allow themselves to
be tempted.
Let us take for an example, a young man about to
have intercourse with a co-worker in his office who...
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e proposal is already there to
decriminalize consensual sexual relationships
between first-degree relatives, like siblings, and
parents and their adult children. Many countries
already allow it anyway.
That is what happens when people depart from
God and start living without His wisdom.
...
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e, let me tell you, they want to kill that
woman; the man is an occultist,” he said. He neither
knew the woman, nor her husband, nor did I get to
tell him my opinion before he affirmed what I
suspected.
The point I am making is that sexual immorality is
an open door for the devil. Let us look beyond ...
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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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maybe more than
80%, of the money we have go en in Kingdom-
Word Ministries have come from persons who are
not even in our city. I would have disobeyed God
for nothing, if I had followed that counsel.
Satanic Counsel
We must be very wary of satanic counsel which leads
us to disobey God. Satanic cou...
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use of his lack of discretion. It is not love that is
taking him away from his wife; it is spiritual
manipulation by a woman who he joined himself
to. Some would call her a witch, but it is his error.
The person you are ge ing sexually intimate with
can control your life if she, or even he, chooses...
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f so, that preacher is trapped by
mammonic love.
The person who loves money changes jobs any time
he can get more money, even if he has to disappoint
people, mess up other people's plans, or break an
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agreement. That is the love of money...
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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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t if
you were to fall into anything, you should try and
get up. Feelings, no ma er how strong they may
seem, are fleeting. It is crazy to act on your feelings
in this life. No wonder the Lord warned us
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thoroughly on how to keep our ways pure;* we
cannot do i...
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cultists, (they
are trained accusers, or advocates, if you please),
and yes, they do get results. If she were to steal that
handkerchief from the man meeting his wife, it
would be a waste of her time.
What I am saying is that when a man has
intercourse with a woman, he exposes himself to
her spirit...
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because there was much adultery in the spiritual
climate. The church today has much iniquity and so
our Ananiases and Sapphiras thrive. But one day, the
Lord will arise and begin to purify His people.
Anyway, instead of bickering over whether they
were born again or not, why don't we focus on the
m...
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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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Mammon, in that verse above is rendered in other
translations as wealth or money. I like the word
mammon because it presents the wealth and
money as a god that people may serve, and indeed
it is such.
Serving mammon or wealth, is one of the most
subtle forms of idolatry that exists. Many
Christians...
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w this, he built an
altar before it… So the next day they rose early and
offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and
the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play. Exo 32:4-6
This quote above describes part of the events that
happened when Aaron built that well-known
golde...
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right
afterwards, while the spirit of vengeance went to
work on Absalom. “Vengeance is mine,” the other
prince thought, and so Amnon died by his hands.
Sin is not pleasure; it is sugar-coated poison.
I have explained many things in this chapter, but
the main reason I brought up the ma er of Amnon
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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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ed and
sent to prison. While he was in prison, his wife
divorced him and married his contractor and
friend. It was while he was in prison that he told
John Bevere something all Christians should note.
John Bevere asked Jim Bakker how he could have
been involved in many of those wrong things. He
was...
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God my Maker,
Who gives songs in the night,
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Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Job 35:10-11
The more we have the wisdom of God, the more we
control our urges. For example, those who have the
...
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areers,
ministries and homes like sexual immorality when
exposed. No wonder David wanted to cover up his
deeds with Uriah's wife. It was going to be headline
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news in the newspapers of the nations around, and
in the underground newspaper of the rebels in
Is...
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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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. These
things may be hidden in the heart, but they are
spiritual forces that control the portal into the realm
of the spirit. Demons ride through those gates
when disobedience to the Lord opens them.
I remember a story told by John Alexander Dowie
(he lived over 100 years ago). A couple brought
th...
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e richest man who ever
lived, even till date. It was such a beautiful life that
is so encouraging, except for the things that
happened at the end of his life.
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For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart
away after other gods; and his heart was not ...
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us did not
condemn the woman caught in the act of adultery
in that well-known story. It was not right to stone
her since she was not an exceptionally wicked soul;
she was just part of the environment.
By the way, I am not at all exonerating Amnon
entirely from the sin, nor the woman Jesus forgave.
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raft
Now, those who understand spiritual things can
manipulate these things to control people, and that
is one reason why it is dangerous not to maintain
godly sexual discretion. Here is how it works:
When practitioners of the occult want to
manipulate a man, they must have a road into his
life. Th...
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l temptations as the
daughters of Moab enticed them, but that led them
to being joined to Baal of Peor. The cancer had
begun to grow. The heavenly surgeon looked and
had to excise the serious disease.
Those men did not only sin against themselves,
they were also introducing evil into the camp. Like...
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Again, in the line what we have been discussing for many weeks now, we have been talking about the pursuit of holiness and in it we said that there are, well, let me just say this for a few minutes. I won't risk repeating the things that we have said in previous times too much. Now, I explained that...
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Let's just start from verse 18. Now he was talking about Christ Jesus here, Philippians chapter 1 verse 18. He said he's also head of the body, the church, and he's the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything, in everything. Notice that ...
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And as they began to pray, that guy got up, that he watched his feet straighten. Not somebody went to the front to testify that while I was back there. No, this one was beside him. And he shouted like, what's going on here? He saw a crippled man healed. So he said, ah, these people must be telling t...
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1:30
are you getting my point? You're somebody laboring very hard so that you will persuade yourself that god has forgiven you of your sins. You know, you are laboring hard, working very hard so that your soul will be quieted, you know, so that your conscience will cool down because you want to be able t...
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that is what God wants to do for the church, the body of Christ through you. And we say in these two cases, that is what the Bible calls a grace that you have according to a gift that you have according to a grace and ease, all right? That has been given to you to be able to do work. That God will u...
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that I might fully carry out the preaching of the Word of God. This is very important because that's actually what I want to talk about today. The preaching of the Word of God. My Bible supplies that word here in New American Standard, the preaching of the Word of God. Paul said, I was made a minist...
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Do you get what I'm trying to say here? What is the foolishness of preaching? That is, a man goes and the Bible says, Jesus said it like this. He said, the poor has the gospel preached to them. Why is this man not laboring hard? He said, first, I must labor to enter into rest. Until then, he that la...
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ministry. What is that mystery? Notice something. He's saying that god wants his saints to understand something and he said that thing is a mystery which means that people before now did not understand it. It was hidden but he wants them to understand and that understanding is what I am communicatin...
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34:30
Do you understand what I'm trying to make here? That is, they needed his life as a reference to the address of the true God. You are getting the point I'm making? I'm explaining something that is a call. You know, I told you something about righteousness in a generation. That each generation, God ha...
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31:30
John said, that's which was from the beginning, which we have seen. Are you getting me? Which we have heard, which we have seen, which our hands have handled concerning the word of life. That's the only one we can declare to you. The only way you can describe God is through the life of those he has ...
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25:30
That day this guy spoke, suddenly I felt very foolish. I realized that I've been believing God, I've been doing this, I've been doing that. It's just because I have thought about myself alone. Maybe my parents has expectation of me. Maybe somebody thought I would do something. I thought about that a...
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1:04:30
So I tell my students, look, learn to give hope to your patients. Hope. One of the things, the story I'm going to tell you is that normal sperm count for men, they're supposed to be normal. 20 million and above, 40 actually per mil is the normal sperm count. about the average that's okay, but 20 mil...
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so you can present yourself to God and receive his personal approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed, and who correctly explains the word of truth, accurately handling the word of truth. He said, verse 16, avoid worthless, foolish talk that only leads to more godless behavior....
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He said, everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness or from evil. If you name the name of the Lord, all right? And I said, now, this is the issue now. In a wealthy home, some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils a...
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You are not anointed. You are being manipulative. Those who are really anointed, see, if you are anointed to make people give, you will preach on the second coming of Christ, they will give. You will preach on love your wife as Christ loved the church, people will give. You will preach on fulfilling...
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Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered. Against them, He will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth, and He will give strength to His King, and will exalt the horn of His anointed. Amen. Hallelujah. Our Father, we thank You for another day. Thank You for anothe...
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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 manner worthy of the Lord, I am pleasing Him in all respects, I am bearing fruit i...
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All right, 1 Samuel chapter 2, like I said, we'll read from verse 2. We are reading all the way to verse 10, and let's do it like we are blessed. There is no one holy like the Lord. Indeed, there is no one besides you, neither any rock like our God. Most know most so very proudly. Do not let arrogan...
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1:12:00
You've heard that before? Yes. Get high on the most high. That's why I get high on Kudos. Why I get high on crystal meth? Why I get high on cocaine? If you want to get high, go for the most high. And I'm telling you how to smoke the most high. There's just one way. Go to church. Sit down with brethr...
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Run from anything, that's verse 22, that stimulates youthful lust. It was a young man, Timothy. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord, like Nathaniel. I just added that one to it. He said, from pure hearts. Now let me s...
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