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What to Know Before a Believers Conference (Part 1)
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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for our rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. We are here to charge each other. To
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steer up each other. for Catatissmus for the
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believers conference that is coming and for walks
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for good walks for good walks for the walk of
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ministry Hebrews 10, let's start with Hebrews
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10 the title of the teaching or the exhortation
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or the encouragement is what to know before a
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believers conference so what we need to know
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before a believers conference when there's a
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conference like this coming up what we need to
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know is also valid for every believers meeting
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you attend that you know what you are going there
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to do that we understand what we are coming together
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for think about so if i enjoy the teaching what
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should to after a believers conference and this
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is just something like you know the other side
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of the coin which is like what to know right
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before a believers conference you see one of
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the things I believe that is very valuable to
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yourself and myself is our time right? very precious
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that when we go to a place we get the value of
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why we are there. Praise God. That is why it
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is necessary to know certain things when you
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are coming to a believers meeting, when you are
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coming to a conference, when you are coming to
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church for service, when you are coming to a
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place of prayer. There are certain things that
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must be set in place. It helps our mind to receive.
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Right? It's like a student attending or enrolling
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for a program. With no intention of what they
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will come out with They have no idea that there
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will be a certificate at the end. They have no
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idea that there's a transcript It means that
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the student is just there for just for the long
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run But when you enroll with an understanding
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You will be able to catch everything that that
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institution has provided for you. Have it together
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But when you don't go there without understanding
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some things will be passing you by Including
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you know the grades it's the same when we come
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to spiritual things are much more important that
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when we come together There is something That
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we must know so that we can receive in abundance
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what God has for us Are we together so that we
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can receive in abundance what God has for us?
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Hebrews 10 verse verse 24. It says, and let us
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consider one another to provoke unto love and
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to good works. Let us consider one another to
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provoke. That what provoke is to steer up one
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another unto love and good works. And this year
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we know that the theme of the church is greater
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works. Greater works through the Spirit of God.
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Greater works in the Holy Ghost. So one of the
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things that we must know is that in a believer's
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conference We are coming together to steer each
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other up in love and for good works We are coming
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to steer each other up in love unto love and
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for good works It means that it is not the pastors
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that will do it alone You will participate in
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the steering Do you get it? You will participate
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in the sharing when we come together We stay
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each other up for good for good works for good
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works and that good works Starts from the works
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of ministry. It is the work of ministry Now come
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on right down because people might be asking
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you what is this believers conference? I just
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try to craft out a definition after examining,
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you know yesterday when pastors missing and this
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was like We're realizing that it's like the seventh
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year of the same believers conference like the
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seventh year of holding this meeting here in
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here out and We can see The move of God we can
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see the revelation of God we can see the power
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of God in every of our meetings So as we come
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together to stay each other up unto love and
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good works we can say that a believers conference
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Okay, we can write We can write this all starts,
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you know happening from next week starting from
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now a believers conference Is where time is given
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okay a believers conference is where time is
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given a Believers conference is where time is
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given To activities A believer's conference is
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where time is given to activities that take place
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in every form of believer's meeting. This is
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just the definition while I was preparing. It
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just struck me. that what we are actually doing
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and we are calling conference is a combination
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of many believers meeting stretched out within
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a week so a believers conference is where time
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is given to activities that take place in every
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form of believers meeting every form of believers
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meeting so this will help us to shape our expectation
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when you come to a meeting when you come to church
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when you come next week what we're trying to
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do this morning is to shape our expectation to
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make us know what we need to know so that when
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things are happening you won't say ah this is
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strange you know there was a time jesus was teaching
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and he healed someone and because of the teaching
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and the healing the people there said we have
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seen a strange thing today we are shaping our
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expectations i won't say that so that we will
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be participants in what God is doing in that
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meeting so just a quick summary of what we've
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known before right a quick summary of what we've
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known before and we'll give an illustration of
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a people that had a meeting with God you know
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just as we have our believers meeting there's
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some people in the scriptures they had a meeting
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with God in fact God called them for a meeting
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and we can learn what we need to know in a believers
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conference the believers meeting from that so
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let's write down the first and the most important
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that we always emphasize is the teaching meeting
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right the teaching meeting so from next week
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one of the things that will be seen is that there
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will be a lot of teaching hours from next week
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a lot of teaching hours so teaching meeting Means
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one person is teaching and others are listening
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and writing They're listening they're writing.
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So the first thing is the teaching meeting Where
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others are listening and one person is teaching
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now, why do we have a teaching meeting? I'm gonna
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give scriptures for that. Well, I need to tell
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us why why is there extensive time of teaching?
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When Paso Victor was praying he said sometimes
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the will of God is not popular You must know
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that that's sometimes the will of God is not
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it means that is not is not common among people
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Is the times will come when many would draw back?
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from the correct doctrine of Christ and That
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scripture says your duty is to what to preach
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the word so in a believers meeting that is a
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teaching meeting right sorry teaching meeting
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one of the reasons why we have it is for persuasion
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and convincing so you can write it down we have
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teaching meetings for persuasion you need to
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be persuaded you know sometimes when we teach
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salvation we can teach it one hour here sometimes
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we can teach it you know extensively maybe two
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hours here but in this meeting we're going to
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teach for hours so it is for persuasion for persuasion
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for convincing So that you will be fully convinced
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that nobody will be able to change your mind
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pertaining the will of God for your life I Say
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it again that we will teach the world that you
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will be so convinced and so Persuaded that nobody
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will be able to change your mind regarding the
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will of God for your life Let's go to acts Let's
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go to the book of Acts. There are many scriptures,
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right? Acts 17 Acts 17 10 to 12. Acts 17 10 to
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12. Let's start with that. Persuasion And the
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brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas
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by night unto Berea who considered went into
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the synagogue of the Jews next They were more
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noble than those in Thessalonica in that they
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received the word with all readiness of mind
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and such the scriptures daily whether those things
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were so 12 Therefore many of them believed also
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of the honorable women which were Greeks and
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of men not a few not a few now this was Paul
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going into the synagogues to teach It is not
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a one day thing. A series of, of course the scriptures
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just put it within two few verses. But one thing
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that is sure there is that it was a teaching
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meeting. That these people had to go and go back
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and search themselves. And they were convinced
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and they believed. And said not a few believed.
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Not a few believed. Not a few believed. Acts
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18. Verse 24 to 28 but many believed act 18 Act
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18 Act 18 And when Paul was now about to open
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his mouth, sorry is the act 18 Verse 24, can
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you go to 24? Yes, and a sudden Jew named Apollos
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born at Alexandria an eloquent man and mighty
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in the scriptures came to Ephesus the next and
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the man was instructed in the way of the Lord
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and being fervent in spirit he spake and taught
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diligently the things of the Lord knowing only
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the baptism of John and began to speak boldly
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in the synagogue see a place where teaching takes
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place the synagogue teaching extensive teaching
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when whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard
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they took him unto them and expounded unto him
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the way of God more perfectly Next and when he
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has the when he was disposed to pass in into
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a care the brethren wrote exulting the disciples
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to receive him who when it was come help them
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much with Help them much which had believed through
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grace then 28 for he mightily did what? Convince
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the Jews and that's publicly Showing by the scriptures
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that Jesus was Christ This was someone who was
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already preaching who was already engaging in
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the synagogues but he did what he convinced mightily
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convinced so one of the essence of teaching extensively
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is that beyond reasonable doubts you are able
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to convince others from your conviction because
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you are convinced you are able to do what you
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are able to persuade others you barely persuade
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others when you are not persuaded You cannot
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persuade others when you're not persuaded But
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when you are persuaded it helps you to persuade
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others to tell others Christ is the Messiah Acts
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19 Acts 19 But when divers were hardened and
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believe not but speck evil I think we can start
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from verse 8 verse 8 Acts 19 verse 8 and he went
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into the synagogue and specked boldly for the
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space of three months disputing and persuading
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the things concerning the kingdom of God who
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was that? that was Paul that was Paul he said
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he went into the synagogue and specked boldly
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base of three months we just have one week and
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we want to see how much we can do hallelujah
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we just have one week right maybe there will
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be a time when it will be three months i believe
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it's possible when we will be persuading people
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concerning the things that pertain to the kingdom
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of god so few hours in caratismos is few Six
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hours per day is just few, and we pray. So in
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teaching meeting, the essence is for us to be
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convinced beyond reasonable doubt. To be convinced,
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to be persuaded. The next one, just a prayer
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meeting. Prayer meeting, which we have prayer
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meeting. Prayer meeting. You write scriptures
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Acts 4 verse 23 to 24 Acts 4 verse 23 to 24 and
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verse 31 just write the scriptures down the scriptures
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we've read Acts 13 verse 1 to 2 Acts 13 verse
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1 to 2 what happens in this kind of meeting is
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that people are stirred up the examples of the
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scriptures we found is that people are stirred
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up for the work of ministry to have boldness
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to preach the word so they pray for boldness
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they pray for boldness they are stirred up all
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are all praying everybody praying together When
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we begin to pray together we steer each other
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up in the Holy Ghost We steer each other up in
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the Holy Ghost We steer each other up so in the
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week coming we will see abundance of this We
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have prayers in the morning. We have prayers
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in the evening. We have prayers all through While
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the word has been taught you can be praying under
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your breath when the time for prayer comes you
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can pray The essence is that it helps you to
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also receive the word effectively When you're
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praying under your breath while the word is coming
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you receive the word more effectively. It means
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you are actively participating So in prayer meetings,
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which we also have in this hour meeting Everybody
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prays, oil is filled, oil is teared up, oil receive
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direction Let's go to 1 Corinthians 14 1 Corinthians
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14 26. I think I'm running too fast but... So
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when you come together, how is it then brother?
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When you come together, every one of you had
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a psalm, had a doctrine, had a tongue, had a
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revelation, had an interpretation. Let all things
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be done unto edifying. Let all things be done
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unto edifying. Now in prayer meetings... We have
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the expressions of the Holy Ghost as well Okay
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in prayer meetings. We have the expression of
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the Holy Ghost We have demonstrations among believers
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We have demonstrations among believers So while
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prayer is going on right we're gonna have this
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demonstrations We can have this Holy Ghost time
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where we receive the word. Now it says when you
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come together every one of you are a psalm, a
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doctrine, a tongue, a revelation. You have an
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interpretation. Sometimes when we start a prayer
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meeting it turns to an Holy Ghost meeting. Right?
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We start praying, we start praying, we start
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praying and before we know we start ministering
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to each other. So prayer meeting can actually
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become an Holy Ghost meeting. As we just sit
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down to pray. I will begin to receive the word.
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I'll begin to minister to one another. Now, another
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one you can write is healing and healing meetings,
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healing meetings. I actually thought it's healing
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and miracle meetings, but healing meetings is
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fine. Now, while in the caratismos, we are not
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emphasizing this that much. right we're not actually
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emphasizing you know we're not giving time to
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teach about healing i don't think that teaching
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will come or calling people out i mean or going
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out rather going out or bringing people there's
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something you must know about when the teaching
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meeting is taking place so others meeting it's
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not like they are so exclusively separated right
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sometimes you're having a teaching right and
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The teaching is going on and by the leading of
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the Holy Ghost we just stop and it becomes a
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healing meeting. And we begin to teach about
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healing and we begin to heal on that spot. Luke
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5 verse 17 to 26. Luke 5 verse 17 to 26. This
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is Jesus. And it came to pass on a certain day
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as he was teaching that there were Pharisees
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and doctors of the law sitting by so we see that
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this is a teaching meeting for Jesus right go
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to the next verse and behold men brought a man
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in bed a man which was taken with palsy and they
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sought means to bring him in to lay him before
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him so while Jesus was in a teaching meeting
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someone was in need and that need was what was
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met Do you get it? So while pastors will be teaching
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there will be series of teaching taking place
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you must Be perceiving that as that teaching
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is taking place something Needs will be met Healing
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will take place Direction will be given remember
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that scripture that we used to read that While
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Paul while Peter yet speak the Holy Ghost did
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what it fell on them while Peter was teaching
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So while teaching is taking, that's why we give
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teaching priority. A lot of priority. So that
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while we are teaching, you also knowing now that
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while teaching is going, you can receive. Within
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you, you are praying under your breath and you
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are receiving healing. Go to verse 26. We knew
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this man receive his healing. Go to verse 26.
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It says, and they were all amazed and they glorified
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God. That was after Jesus healed him. And they
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were filled with fear, saying, we have seen strange
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things today. We have done what? We have seen
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strange things today in Cardatismus. Strange
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things will happen. Say strange things will happen.
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We will do strange things by the Holy Ghost.
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We know those things are not strange. Healing
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is not strange. Having clarity and direction
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is not strange. Hearing the voice of God is not
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strange. But it will call a strange things so
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mighty and miraculous things will happen as the
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teaching is taking place I'm using this to set
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your expectation so that when you come and you
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sit down You will not just be waiting for the
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word was you are receiving the word you are perceiving
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within your spirit You are receiving the word
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within your spirit. You are believing God that
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healing is taking place. You're receiving direction
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Confusion is taking away Do you want to make
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decisions? As the man of God will be teaching
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you are receiving clarity So we will experience
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this but we experience healing in this meeting
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we experience healing in this meeting Now another
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meeting that we have is the evangelistic meeting
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which Cataclysm will prepare us very well this
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believers conference will prepare us very well
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because we're gonna teach about how to answer
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questions As someone ever asked you, why not
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Islam? Why not Buddhism? Why not Scientology?
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As someone ever asked you that question, why
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did you choose the Christian faiths? As someone
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ever confronted you with this question, that
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what if you were not born in a Christian home?
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We would explain thoroughly. empowering each
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and every one of us for evangelism hallelujah
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for evangelism while it's not exactly an evangelistic
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meeting because we might not have more of people
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unbelievers coming in or going out to meet them
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but there's empowerments for you to hold an evangelistic
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meeting wherever you go there'll be many people
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traveling home right after the meeting there'll
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be many people going back to their countries
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so what you should pick in this meeting is that
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I want to pick something that I can hold an evangelistic
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meeting in my community and men will be saved.
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Let's go to Acts 8. This is the empowerment that
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we are given. It said, therefore, they that were
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scattered abroad went where they were preaching,
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went where they were preaching the word you know
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and I was like well for us there's no persecution
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scattering us abroad but graduation is scattering
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us abroad right hallelujah graduation is sending
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us forth is scattering us abroad we have many
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people everywhere that have been part of this
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believers meeting for several years and whether
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we like it or not sooner or later some of us
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here most of us here will also be scattered abroad
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what will you be doing abroad in the country
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you are desiring to go what will you be doing
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Will you just go there and you will turn it to
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a place of you know economic Stability and all
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of that. No much more Importantly is that you
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will go wherever you are going doing what preaching
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the word You go wherever you're going doing what
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preaching that is why this meeting is there,
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you know That's why we're encouraging people
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risk. I do your flight do this do that because
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it will launch you into starting up meetings
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like evangelistic meetings now let's see you
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know while I was preparing this someone a brother's
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name came to my mind and I'm going to read it
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when we finish all right let's read verse 5 it
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says then Philip went down to the city of Samaria
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and preached Christ unto them And the people
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which one accord gave heed you see people will
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listen to you never doubt it someone say oh What
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what if I preach and nobody listen people will
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listen to you because it is the power of God
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It is the power of God You know sometimes when
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we go for evangelism in city center one of the
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first thing is what if the person says no What
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if person doesn't want to hear what if I don't
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have time what if people will listen to you?
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You know when you go with so many people they
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say I don't have time and you beg them for two
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three minutes and they will give you that time
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but they never had time right because you want
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to share something that is very important with
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them so people will listen to you you must know
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that men from every nation will listen to you
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after you have been equipped and strengthened
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is that and people which one i could give heed
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onto those things which philip speak hearing
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and seeing the miracles which you did for unclean
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spirits crying with loud voice came out of many
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that were possessed with them and many taken
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with palsies and that were lame were healed and
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there was great joy in that city hallelujah this
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is what we read it is because there was a preaching
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of the gospel signs and wonders following and
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what there was great joy in that cities they
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said the disciples also rejoice so Men will always
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seek the gospel from you. Did you hear that?
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Men, they might not know it. They might not even
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know it. See, they would always seek the gospel
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from you. Because when you present it, they will
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know that is the power of God. Verse five. So
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in verse five, you can replace it with your name.
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and the name that I said you know while I was
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teaching and I was preparing the teaching that
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came to my mind that came to my mind was I said
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then verse 5 then Prince went down to the city
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of Monrovia where's brother Prince? okay brother
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Prince you are there yes so you are the one that
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came to my prayer you know you what I just I
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didn't even know Monrovia and Samaria sounded
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alike you know but when I was preparing the teaching
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your name just kept coming to my mind not because
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you are the one in charge of evangelism sincerely
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not that but it just came that priests went down
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to the city of Moravia and you preach Christ
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unto them so you can insert your name inside
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the place you're going that after this meeting
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I will go into a city and I will with boldness
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preach with boldness people that have been worried
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about sharing with people that have been thinking
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would they hear me with boldness I would go I
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will hold an evangelistic meeting Now the last
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one is The Holy Ghost meeting which is the last
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day of the catatismos The Holy Ghost meeting
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which is the last day which is more or less prayer
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meeting you will observe that what we do is we
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pray and we have the Holy Ghost meeting we pray
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and We have the Holy Ghost that's why I say praying
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and Holy Ghost meeting they flow together prayer
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meeting and Holy Ghost meeting flow together
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So your first Corinthians 12 verse 4 to 11 first
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Corinthians 12 verse 4 to 11 first Corinthians
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14 verse 26 that were read This is where the
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demonstration is in abundance it's giving room
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for this demonstration so when you are coming
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for Galatians Moses you know that You will have
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a Sam you will have a doctrine You will have
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a tongue, you have revelation, you have interpretation.
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If you have not interpreted your tongues before,
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you will interpret your tongues. It means that
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at the spot of the moment, while you are praying
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in the Holy Ghost, while you are praying, the
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Holy Ghost within your spirit begins to tell
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you what you're praying about. It's an experience
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that is real. It's an experience that is real
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that when you begin to pray in tongues Within
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your spirits you will receive what you're paying
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about you will receive instructions You will
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receive clarity on what you're praying about
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On the spot of the moment by the Holy Ghost so
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we can say That's karatis most is the power packed
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meeting Yes, I understand that because that is
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most the believers conference is a power pack
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You know power pack meeting those that we used
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to go power pack you see drama you see singing
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you see choreography and all of that While those
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sustained and lasted for those moments we are
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sure that these meetings this expression this
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kind of Occurrences and meetings in our conference
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is what makes it power pack This is what makes
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it power pack that men can run Men can fly men
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can do greater works for God after the meeting
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Are we ready to do something this morning come
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stand up and pray in the Holy Ghost We appreciate
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you being here today, we hope you carry this
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war with you throughout your week Don't forget
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Until next time, stay blessed.