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The Gifts of the Spirit 6 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 5
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Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here.
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Make sure to stay with us till the end, where
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we'll share some great resources to deepen your
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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.
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Yes, much more prophecy. Praise God. So which
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means that when we say let's pray in tongues,
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You should not be doing this mess. I think either
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Pastor Fred or was it Pastor Victor that showed
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us a posture yesterday, Pastor Victor. You know,
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I attended a meeting by Baba Chris Delvan for
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the first time, 2003. He came to our place. The
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first time he released his first album. You know,
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I bought that album with my money. I finished
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that album. You know, I went to NYSE. When I
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sing, people say I sound like him. I say I've
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never seen him in my life. One -on -one. But
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I know I attended the program. So, that was the
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first album. Something just within me, I said,
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there's something about singing and me. Why is
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it that my parents did not allow me to sing?
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When I was finished on the school, they'd say,
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write the group you want to go. I put choir.
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My mom changed it to prayer team. On Sunday,
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I was happy. They were going to call because
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you wear white, white. So, they're going to call
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you people and then they will announce the group.
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They announced me in prayer team. Ah, I was,
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ah. Pastor Fred said it was rigged. So I attended
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this program. You know, then we grew up in a
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place where the clothes you wear, you grow in
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them. So when they buy you a trouser, you have
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to grow in the trouser. So you should know the
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size of the trouser. When they buy you one shirt,
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I think that also kind of affected us why we
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have to keep clothes for a long time. We use
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clothes. I can use clothes 20 years. Why? Yeah,
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I'm wondering. You know? You know, somebody say,
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are you in the wilderness? I don't know. So when
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they will buy shoe for you, They will buy the
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shoe. You will grow in the shoe. You will grow
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in it. It becomes like an inheritor, like a legacy.
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You know? So, because of that, we never had too
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many clothes. We just had clothes to, the shirts
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to wear, trousers to use. There was no clothes
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like that. So, I was glad my cousin sent his
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Nautica and then one big jeans. You know, Fubu's
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baggy. That one big one. So, I was feeling myself.
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I remember I went to this man's program because
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those were one of my best clothes. If you say,
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go and wear your best clothes, that is one of
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the clothes I know it was my best. I wore and
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then I went to his meeting. So they were praying.
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So me, I took myself to that program. But you
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know, I just put my hands in the pockets and
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I was praying. You know, Baba Delvan looked at
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me. He said, Yulia! Are you mad? Do you think
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we came here to play? We are praying and you're
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putting hands in the pockets and moving around.
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Remove the hand or I send you home. I said, but
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I brought myself to this meeting to show you
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that I did not forget that correction. That's
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why it's still in my head till today. I brought
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myself. I saw the program. I was happy. I came
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there. It's the same posture that when Pastor
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Victor said yesterday, that was a picture that
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came to my head. You can't be on fire and your
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hands are in the pocket. Hallelujah. So when
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we say, let's pray, you just, that's when you
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now enter your big man is in. You know, you start
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pacing around. You start pacing around. The other
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day, Coladay, Coladay asked us to do something,
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right? To kneel down. That's a posture. We saw
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it from scriptures. Right? You start pacing around,
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that's when your body will start scratching you.
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And that is when your phone will start ringing.
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You pick up your phone, you step out, you come
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back. You step out, you come back. You step out.
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You see that lady has stepped out now. She has
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not come back. And I didn't know when she left.
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If I knew, she would not leave. So when we say
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pray, amen, please, boil, boil. If you're online,
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hear me. When we say pray, every, let me say
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this now, it's coming to my heart. Every time
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you are doing a spiritual thing, boil over that
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thing. Hallelujah. Do what? Boil over it. Don't
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take it casual. Boil over it. When we say let's
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take the next five minutes and then pray in tongues,
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please, don't pray casually. Do what? Boil over
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it. Hallelujah. Are we ready to do that? Are
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we ready to do that? Are we ready to do that?
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Yes, this is how we enjoy the supernatural things.
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I was listening to that Baba this morning. He
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said, every time he has a conference, he takes
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one week, two weeks, three weeks, not to prepare
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for the conference, to prepare him for the conference.
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He said, I prepare me. He said, I ensure that
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every noise inside is silenced so that I can
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hear him well. So when we come like this, let
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all our desires, we establish a reality that
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we have audience with God. Hallelujah. We have
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audience with God. So let our desires be what?
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Be fervent. Are we ready? Let's pray in the next
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five minutes in the Holy Ghost. Because the things
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that we are about doing in the next minutes to
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come will require us to be fervent. It will require
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us to be fervent. It will require us to be fervent.
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It will require us to be fervent. Thank you.
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Alabama Moth. Alabama Moth. Alabama Moth. Alabama
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Moth. Alabama Moth. Alabama Moth. Alabama Moth.
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If you're online and you're following, boil,
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boil and pray more in the Holy Ghost. It's the
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Epaphras who is also one of you. That's the posture.
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And Jesus with an agonizing posture. So much
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so that his sweat was thick as blood. That's
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the posture. And they prayed all night for the
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apostles when they were locked up in the prison.
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That's the posture. Thank you. You have an audience
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with God. You have an audience with God and not
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with men. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Isotomenai,
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Adikapraila, Ejonoberai, Aramakamolo, Ezazelibrahala,
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Alabarababo, Alembra, Alembra, Alembra, Alembra,
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Arabalaba, Arabalaba, Arabalaba, Arabalaba, Ababababa,
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Ezazeriabala, Ayabalaba, Ayabalababa, Ayabalababa,
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Ayabalababa, Ayabalababa, Arabalagadabalobo,
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Ezazelibolaba. Thank you, Holy Ghost. In Jesus'
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name we pray. Can we have a seat briefly? You
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could do well also by just praying under your
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breath in the Holy Ghost. You know you can do
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that, right? You can listen to me at the same
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time you're praying in tongues. Hallelujah. Praise
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God. Praise God. Praise God. I know for some
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of us, you know, this is one of the first time
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we're experiencing such where you sit from morning
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till evening. The first time I had this experience
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was with Reverend Imao Para from Nigeria. You
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know, the first time I've never had this experience.
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They say we're going to have 14 hours of prayers.
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I say, ah, ah. What are we going to be praying
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for 14 hours? Well, you know, because I have
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the spirit of God, that saying excited me. I
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said, I would love to experience this. Hallelujah.
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Every time you hear things like that, let it
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excite you. I said, I would love to experience
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it because I've never been in a place where we
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prayed 14 hours. At least we've been in a place
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where we had fasting festival, Apostle Idama,
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one week of fasting, no food. Just water, one
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week. I came back home, only my head, my neck
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sling. In fact, the third day, I even vomited.
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You know, one week, if you have never done it,
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you say, will I reach fifth day? As if I will
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die. Because your eyes will be turning you. But
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oh boy, you know, getting to the last day, that
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time in Joss, there was this so much supply of
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strength from the Holy Ghost. I know this Baba
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has been holding this conference for a long time,
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if you know him. I saw him, I thought he was
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Paul. Because the picture we see of Paul, you
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know, in the scripture, he has bald head and
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with long BS to the DC. That's the same way that
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Baba is. With a bald head, all he has is chalk,
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then his BS all to the chest. He was laying on
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us. I know I can explain it now. But when that
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man came close to me, he didn't touch me. I know
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this man carries much more of God's presence.
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You know, he had millions in his box. He kept
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the millions, all the millions for running the
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conference. He kept it on the table. He said,
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all of you in this conference, you know, inside
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this suitcase is all the money we use for running
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this conference. If you are a thief, come and
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steal it. I'm telling you, he said it. That box
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was there till the end of the conference. When
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the government of George sent him two million
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and one cow and ten bags of rice, he said, take
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it back to them. Tell them we don't need it.
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If they want to come here, the governor himself
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should come here. Not anyone. He said, only the
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pillar. You see that light? It's 1 .5 million.
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You see the other one? Only light. You know,
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he sent the thing back to them. Tomorrow evening,
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the governor came. So when you hear of spiritual
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and I shortly, I just came back shortly from
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school and I had on Sunday that people are traveling
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for fasting festival. I did not calculate it
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in my head. I did not even arrange it with my
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parents. I told them I had the announcing fellowship
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on Friday that on Sunday there is a traveling
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to Joss. I want to go. I packed my bag straight
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to Joss. These are some of the things that will
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preserve God's deposit in your life. When you
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hear meetings like that, don't run away from
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them. Praise God. Hallelujah. With this so much
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knowledge you have, at the age where you are,
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16, 17, 20, 21, what you are hearing today, we
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never had it at 21. We never had anybody, sir,
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even at 23, 24, for sure not say, this is how
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you craft your life. Don't do this. The other
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day we were talking. If we had people that were
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following us the way we are following people
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and you're running away. Really will not be here.
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But something kept us. Hallelujah. That desire
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never died. Hallelujah. That desire never what?
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Never died. That desire should not die in your
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heart. Praise God. It should never die. It should
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never grow cold. It should never grow cold. It
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should never grow cold. It should never grow
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cold. It should never grow cold. It should never
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what? Grow cold by the Spirit of God. Now, in
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your own corner, plan out a time that I'm going
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to give myself to praying in tongues for the
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next 90 days. Praying in tongues every day for
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one hour. I will give myself praying. Praying
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in tongues. Not in English language. Not in French.
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Not in Zimbabwe language. Not in any language.
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Only tongues for one hour for the next 90 days.
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Plan it out. Something will happen about your
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life. Amen? Praise God. Yeah, so let's go. Where
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did we stop? So that we can run this and then...
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Like I told us, when we talk about... Tongues
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and interpretation of tongues is already what?
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Prophecy. Praise God. Yeah, so even when we're
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going to talk about prophecy later on, it will
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just be just almost like what? A reputation.
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Because we're going to dwell still on 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 14 chapter mention
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chapter 14 and it's the same side by side that
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you see Paul talking about that. Amen? So where
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did we stop? Can you remind me please? Sorry.
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We stop at what? Definition of prophecy? Okay,
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speak by inspiration. Thank you, sir. Excuse
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me. So, okay, and then we said we carried the
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words and we put it in, right? Yeah, so and then
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you read it for us. Thank you for that. Holy
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Spirit. So, Having said that now, 1 Corinthians
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14, let's just build from there. I told us we
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should not be tired of 1 Corinthians, Mark chapter
Mark 16 chapter mention
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16, Acts. We're going to be going there back
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and forth. Follow after what? Charity, right?
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And desire spiritual gifts. But rather that ye
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may what? Much more that ye may prophesy. You
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speak by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost at
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the spur of the moment. Amen? So, when Paul starts
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out, or as he has started out this chapter, he
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said that much more that ye may what? Prophesy.
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And then we established that prophecy is directly
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what? Edifying the what? The church, right? And
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so, when we say you're speaking by inspiration,
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what we are saying is that you are speaking intelligible
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words that the mind can understand. Do you know
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what I said? When we say prophecy, you are speaking
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by inspiration. What the Holy Ghost is uttering
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through you, right, is coming to the mind and
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the mind is understanding it. So in essence,
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what we mean is that now prophecy is using, let
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me qualify it this way now carefully, is using
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the common language to be able to explain. supernatural
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information or communication. Using what? Common
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language. A language that everyone understands.
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The language that your hearer understands. So
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prophecy is using what? A common language. A
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natural language that the mind understands to
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explain supernatural communication. Prophecy
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is using what? Natural language, common language
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that the mind understands to explain what? Supernatural
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what? Communication. So that the mind can be
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edified. You can either put so that the mind
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can be edified or the hearer can be edified.
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So every time prophecy comes, prophecy will not
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come in speakings like tongues. Prophecy will
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come in words that are understandable to the
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mind. Amen? But the sole end of prophecy is what?
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Edification. Don't forget. The sole end and the
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aim of prophecy is what? Edification. To build.
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So prophecies don't come to destroy. Prophecies
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come to build. However, I've jumped ahead. But
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it's still part of interpretation. Prophecies
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don't come to what? To destroy. Prophecies come
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to do what? To build. So when you get into a
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place and somebody is giving you a prophetic
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word, he's giving you tongues and interpretation
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of tongues, right? And then suddenly, instead
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of getting edified, you're feeling unedified
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and you're feeling destroyed, right? Two things
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are happening. which we are going to learn here
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also. Whether the person has not learned and
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is matured on how to pass the information he
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or she is receiving as a result of growth or
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as a result of teaching, right? Or the person
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is transmitting from a wrong source. So there's
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a place where as a result of your growth, you
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are not taught. So you are hearing and you are
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receiving accurately, right? But now, How to
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transmit it. I want to give one example. I don't
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know how to put it. Let me leave it. How to transmit
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it now is a challenge. Right? So, but however,
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now you need to be taught and you now learn how
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to now carefully because one of the things we
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are learning is that every time you receive an
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instruction, the sole aim is to edify. The sole
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aim is to what? When there is tongue and interpretation,
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the sole aim is what? Edification. Edification.
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We're going to see now. Edification. Building,
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building, building, building, building. Not to
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put fear. Not to put fear. Not to put anxiety.
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Not to put worry. Not to put fear. Not to put
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anxiety. Not to put worry. But to set up faith
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and to build. That's why yesterday I counseled
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some people to leave some groups on WhatsApp,
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on TikTok, Palm or Strange House group. Understand
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your destiny by reading the Sky group. I told
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you, leave those groups. That is why you're hearing
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things when you sleep. You see things. When I
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sit, I just hear things. Why won't you hear things?
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The source of what you're hearing is not edifying
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you. I remember a sister came here. And she told
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me that she's already hearing since she's here.
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I will not say her name. But she's not in the
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hall here. And I hope she's listening to me online.
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You know, and we asked her, what book and what
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are you hearing? She said that she has been reading
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something about demonic, demonic something, something,
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something. And there's somebody that she's following
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online. There was one guy that they released
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on YouTube that talks about, is it hell or Satan?
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was something demonizing. I said, why are you
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listening? She said that she's listening so that
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she can understand their operation. And I asked
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her, you have not finished with the operation
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of what we are doing in this church. You are
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giving yourself fully to that. Why won't you
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be hearing the things you are hearing? Why won't
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you be seen? She said when she sleeps, she sees
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people are following her like she's seen demons
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around. Do you know what she told me? She said
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when she looks at people, she sees demons on
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their head. Yes. It took time. She has stopped
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seeing them now. The sole aim of tongues and
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interpretation is what? Edification. And I said
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something earlier that interpretation is not
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translating syllables of the sounds of your tongues.
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Interpretation is not what? Translating the sounds
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or the syllables of your what? Of your tongue.
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No. And I said something profoundly that interpretation
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is also a diversity of the Holy Ghost within
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the believer. The believer has tongues within
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him. He also has what? Interpretation. So the
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source of interpretation is the Holy Ghost. So
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interpretation does not come from your mind,
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but interpretation comes from your what? From
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your spirit. So it's interpretation that comes
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from your spirit and then the mind is able to
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catch up with the information. Praise God. So
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when interpretation comes now, your mind now
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takes it up. I say, glory! They never spoke yesterday.
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Brother Prince and other brother, remind me your
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name. Simon. They never met yesterday. They never
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spoke yesterday. But the same word he gave me
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today, the same word he also gave me today. Yesterday,
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sorry. He also gave me. Just a confirmation.
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And my mind understood it. Why? Because for the
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past few weeks, I've been getting lots of information
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of the same thing. In fact, with lots of messages.
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People that we have not talked to for a long
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time. So now, you see, they've interpreted it
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and my mind has what? Understood it. Am I edified?
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Yes, I'm edified. That's interpretation of tongues.
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Are we all here? So, run away. You have passed
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that place now. But when you meet people now,
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because you have passed the level of what I was
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about to say. So I've changed it now. When you
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meet people and they're struggling with the sounds
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of tongues, the sounds of tongues, right? You
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know what to tell them now, right? Right? So,
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and then you know what to tell them regarding
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interpretation, right? Perfect. Glory to God.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So, verse 3 and 4 now.
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We say, but he that prophesied speaketh unto
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men. To what? Can you see why I kept stressing
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edification? But he that prophesied edifies.
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Say I prophesy and I edify. I prophesy and I
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edify. Hallelujah. So because prophecy brings
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edification. Prophecy brings exaltation. Prophecy
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brings comfort. Prophecy does not bring, should
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not bring anxiety. Prophecy should not bring
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fear. Prophecy should not bring sleepless nights.
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We're going to teach extensively on prophecy,
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on the prophetic. Amen? So you see, I'm already
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mixing interpretation and prophecy at the same
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time. Praise God. Hallelujah. Are we all here?
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So verse 3, verse 4 now. He that speaketh in
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an unknown tongue edifies who? You now know why
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the scripture says that you edify yourself, right?
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Why? Tell me. Yes? Yes? Yes, sir. Yes sir, that's
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one. Oh, this class. Please, we'll share the
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grace and go. You've written these things on
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your book now. When we say, he that speaketh
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in an unknown tongue, or he that prayeth in tongue,
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he defies himself. He's talking about one person
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now. What does he mean? Yes! You have audience,
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you and God. We say it's what? It's an elevated
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discussion. You and God. So what's happening
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is that God and you are understanding what you
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are speaking. You are edified. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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That's what's happening. But you should not stop
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there. See what the scripture says in verse 4.
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But he that prophesied edified what? The church.
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Why? Because when it's prophecy, now the words.
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What did I say about prophecy? Yes, the language
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other people understand. Or when I pray in tongues
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and I interpret the tongues, I edify the church.
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Why now? Because in interpretation, what's happened
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is that I use common language that the mind can
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understand. So, in the short moments now, we're
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going to split ourselves, right? And then we're
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going to pray in the Holy Ghost much more. And
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then we'll say, give a word. Do you give a word
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when we say, give a word? Come, for example.
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Let's do something. Let's pray. Let's pray for
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two minutes in the Holy Ghost. Don't look at
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us praying in the Holy Ghost. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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I've received a word for him. Right? I've received
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a word. In my heart now for him. But now. Let
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me give him the word. Are you with me? Rejoice
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now. So you are rejoicing. How do you understand?
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What did you understand? Are you rejoicing? Did
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you understand anything? Nothing. But now. If
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I come now. After we have taken time. And I tell
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him that I perceive in my heart. That there is
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so much desire for the supernatural. There is
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so much desire for the supernatural. And the
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spirit of God is saying that in this season.
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He is satisfying that desire much more. That
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you will see signs, wonders and miracles walk
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through your hands. He said even in the seemingly
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natural things that you desire. Those things
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that you've been praying much more. Those things
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that you've been, oh, you've been asking. Oh,
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really these things are possible. And I know
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it's possible through my hands. He said, I'm
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making them your reality much more. You will
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walk in them. You will see them. And many will
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testify of it. Hallelujah. Does he understand
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it? That's interpretation. Hallelujah. That's
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interpretation. That's just it. So as you keep
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it up, as you keep it up, as you keep it up,
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you get better at it. Don't shy away from it.
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Hallelujah. Good. So now, I just perceived this.
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You know, this thing that happened now, a couple
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of people have received a word in their heart.
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A couple of people have received a word. Two,
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three people have received a word. Who is the
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person or who are the people? Don't shy now.
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I just finished saying the word. I'll set you
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up. My management says I should not do this sign,
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so I'll not do it. But I will set you up. I will
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set you up. My management knows the sign. So,
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the Lord will give you understanding. Are we
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all here? So now, verse 4. He that speaketh in
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an unknown tongue edified himself. We have established
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what edified himself means, right? But he that
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prophesied edified what? The church. 5 now. I
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would that ye all speak with tongues, but rather
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that ye what? Prophesy. For greater is he that
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prophesied than he that what? Speaketh with what?
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With tongues. Except he, what? Interpret that
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the church may receive a defiant. Hallelujah.
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He said, for greater is he that prophesied than
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he that speaketh with what? With tongues. And
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we establish a word there, rather. Have you written
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something like that? Rather. You wrote it before,
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right? What's the word? Much more. Praise God.
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So if you realize, much more. When you check
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the original context of this writing, right?
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Translators have been able to act to help our
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understanding, actually. Right? They've been
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able to act, hear that. All the world has been
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seeing that. Right? So, because now, Paul is
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communicating from verse 1. And the matter of
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the discourse has not changed. Praise God. And
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the discourse is about the prophecy. Much more.
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Prophecy. He said, when you speak in tongues,
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interpret. The end of it, edification. Hallelujah.
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Yes, so he can come again and negate a reality
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and say that, oh, you know, when you speak in
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tongues, you are now greater than, sorry, when
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you prophesy, you are now greater than the one
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that what? That speaks in tongues. And then now
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every one of us go about. We say, you know, this
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man is a prophet. He is greater than us. And
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let me just say something. You can receive a
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word. In Africa, it's not common, but let me
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say it now. It just came back. In Africa, you
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cannot receive a word for your pastor. It's difficult.
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Even when you receive it, it cannot reach him.
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It will take you one year maybe before it reaches
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him. The first time I learned that actually,
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you can actually give a word was the day we were
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doing prophetic activation with Papa Steve. When
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he said, no, you can give me a word, I said,
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ah! Who am I? I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy.
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And you know, so we prayed, prayed, prayed. So
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by the Spirit, I now just, you know, I said,
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I perceive, sir, that you people are planning
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to move to Europe. Yes, Europe. I just perceive
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Europe. I didn't get the country, France. I saw
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him smiling. I said, ah, maybe I messed up. So
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he said, Koston, I said, yes, sir. He said, hmm.
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So, did you get the country? You know, I immediately
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said, I got it. I felt like, come on now. I've
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received a word from man of God and I know his
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class. Because where we are coming from is strange.
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Glory to God. But let me tell you, I announced
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to you that you can receive a word for a man
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of God by the Spirit of God. You can receive
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a word for your pastors. If you're online, you're
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hearing me, you can receive a word. Hallelujah.
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And give them the word. Praise God. Hallelujah.
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Yes, that is to answer one question in someone's
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heart now. Amen. Praise God. So Paul would have
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not been speaking that the one that prophesies
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is what? Is greater than the one that speaks
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in tongues. And also what? Because the sole aim
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of this communication in verse 5 is about what?
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Edification. Praise God. Because when we read
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verse 4 carefully, let's go to verse 4 everybody.
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He that speaketh in an unknown tongue does what?
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Edified himself. But he that prophesied edified
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what? The church. So he wants to explain much
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more what is his communication from verse 4.
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Right? Because if he's saying in verse 4, in
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verse 5, sorry. If he's saying in verse 4, the
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prophecy edifies the church. But the man, right,
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that prays in tongues, edifies himself. So verse
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5 will be. So when I edify myself and I have
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to edify the church, what should I do? Do we
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understand? Do we understand? That's what's happening
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in verse 5. Everybody go to verse 5 now. That's
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what's happening now. See now, he says in verse
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5, I would that ye all speak with what? With
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tongues. But rather, much more that you do what?
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That you prophesy. Why? Because previously he
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has said that prophecy edifies the church. However,
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now, when we keep reading now, for greater is
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he that prophesied than he that what? Speaketh
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in what? With tongues. Except he interprets,
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what will happen? That the church may do what?
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That the church may what? So now, fast now, because
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I want to quickly run over this place. I have
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a few minutes here so that we can do the things
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that we have ahead of us. When you check the
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what, that greater is maison. M -E -I -Z -O -N.
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He wasn't saying the one that prophesied is greater
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than what? The one that speaks in tongues. It's
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about edification. Praise God. So Paul would
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have not been contradicting the communication
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from verse 1, 2, 3, 4. Mason. M -E -I -Z -O -N.
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Mason. M -E -I -Z -O -N. And that word there
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is more. And that more there is not talking about
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ranking or classification. Prophecy is greater
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than what? than tongues. No. What he's saying
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is that the same way that prophecy brings edifying,
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when tongues is added with interpretation, edification
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also comes to what? To the church. Amen? Hallelujah.
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How did I know? Verse 6. See verse 6 now. How
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did I know? Verse 6. Now, brethren, if I come
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to you speaking with tongues, what shall I what?
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Profit you. Except I shall speak with you either
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by what? Revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying
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or by what? Doctrine. So he's saying that when
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I come to you, the only way I can profit you,
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that what profit there, the only way I can be
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of advantage to you is that I have to either
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bring their tongues and interpret it. A disclosed
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matter is now, an undisclosed matter is now disclosed,
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right? That's revelation. Amen? Yes, because
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interpretation, I've said it, that it happens
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by what? Revelation. Praise God. So now, the
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only way Paul will say that what? Is that I come
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to you either by revelation or by what? Knowledge
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or by what? Prophesying or by what? Or by doctrine.
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All of this will come with a natural language.
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So that the human mind can what? Can understand
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and be edified. So verse 5 is not talking about
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ranking of who is great and not. That word he
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that was added by translators. So that word greater
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is talking about more. And that more there is
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saying that prophecy. Right? The same way we
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define prophecy. You remember the definition,
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right? Yes, sir. Prophecy, as much as prophecy
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brings edifying to the church, when tongues is
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mixed with interpretation, edification comes.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So because
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now there are lots of assertions that no, he's
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the one that prophesies. He's greater than the
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one that what? That speaks. Ah, that comes to
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me. I saw a man somewhere. I saw a man that come.
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Maybe you have seen it. One pastor brought one
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lady up. She spoke in tongues. And he now asked
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somebody to come and interpret. Have you seen
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the video somewhere? He was shaming, shaming
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tongues. You know, I just saw that man. The word
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that came to my heart, he said, You know, he
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called the lady and told her, pray in tongues,
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pray, pray, pray. And the lady seriously prayed
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in tongues. In fact, she fervently prayed that
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prayer. And he now said, can anybody come and
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come and interpret it? You have not seen it?
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It's somewhere online. I saw it some time ago.
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Yes. I felt pain in my heart. And you know the
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scripture he read? It's that place. We are coming
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to it in Acts chapter 14. That if there be no
Acts 14 chapter mention
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interpreter. He now ridiculed tongues there.
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He ridiculed. He even ridiculed the lady too.
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No Allah. We are here. That's why we are here.
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Praise God. See, that's why I'm here. Yes, that's
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why we're here. Amen? Yes, are we all here? Yes,
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wrong point. Where did we stop? Okay, in six,
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right? Okay, perfect now. Good, good, good, good,
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good, good, good, good. So you see, Paul would
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have not been contradicting himself because all
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the while, Paul has been encouraging, pray in
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tongues, interpret, prophesy. Pray in tongues,
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interpret, prophesy. I would have loved that
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we read the whole chapter. Right? Probably that's
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the last thing we'll do. Please remind me. Remind
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me, please, that we're going to read the whole
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chapter and then we get into what we're going
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to do after learning all these things. Amen?
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Good. So now, So we now see that from his teaching,
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that tongues followed by interpretation is what?
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Is prophecy. It brings edification. Praise God.
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So we can say, when a believer prays in tongues
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and interprets the tongues, it serves the same
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purpose with prophecy. It's not that prophecy
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is greater than what? Than tongues and interpretation
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of tongues. When a believer prays in tongues,
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right? And then interpret the tongues, it serves
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what? The same purpose. With what? With prophecy.
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The same purpose. And what's the purpose? What's
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the purpose? Edification. Edification. Because
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verse 6 says, in verse 6 he said, if I come to
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you speaking with tongues, what shall I? Profit
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you. That word profit is the word Ophelio. Ophelio
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means useful, advantageous, benefit. Ophelio.
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O -P -H -E -L -E -O. O -P -H -E -L -E -O. Profit.
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That word profit is Ophelio, which implies useful,
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advantageous. So what Paul would be emphasizing,
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right? Is that our participation in tongues and
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interpretation of tongues brings advantage. Our
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participation in tongues and interpretation of
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tongues brings what? Advantage. Oh, it brings
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usefulness. Hallelujah. It brings benefits. Praise
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God. It brings benefits. Are we all here? So
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in that verse 6, he ended by saying something
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there. He said, Except I shall speak to you either
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by what? Revelation. By what? Knowledge. Or by
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what? Prophesying. Or by what? Or by doctrine.
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That word revelation is translated from the word
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apocalypses, which implies disclosure. Right?
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Disclosure. Apocalypses. To disclose something.
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Praise God. Apokalupsis. Which implies disclosure.
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So it means that interpretation carries what?
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Revelation. Interpretation carries what? Revelation.
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Disclosure. He said, oh, I speak to you by knowledge.
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Which we know. Gnosis. G -N -O -S -I -S. Right?
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Which implies insight or experiential knowledge
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of facts, places, people, events, time. Much
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more. God's words. Praise God. Knowledge. Gnosis.
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G -N -O -S -I -S. Which implies what? Insight.
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Experiential knowledge of facts. So insight to
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facts, places, people, events, time, but much
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more what? God's word. Praise God. Are we all
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here? So all these now, I'm saying them because
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you use the common language to be able to explain
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them so that the mind can understand them. Then
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doctrine. We know doctrine. Amen? Yes. What is
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doctrine? What is doctrine? Which means what?
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Is it any teaching? General teaching? What? Specific
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teaching. Do you teach in tongues? And you say,
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yes. Yes. Say, I receive it. What are you receiving?
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How do you teach? Explanation. Praise God. Are
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we all here? Yes. So what Paul is saying is that
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he said tongues and interpretation of tongues,
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this is the benefit. So when I come to you in
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tongues, I have to also interpret it. I have
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to bring it also. If I'm not going to bring it
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in tongues and interpret, then I prefer to bring
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it by what? Revelation. I prefer to bring it
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by what? Knowledge. I prefer to bring it by what?
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Doctrine. Hallelujah. Praise God. So are we all
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here? So, with all these things that we have
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said, we know now that it's the believer that
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prophesies and it's the believer that also what?
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Prays in tongues and interprets what? Tongues.
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1 Corinthians 14, 26. Verse 5. We've been reading
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verse 5. Verse 24. Verse 24. See verse 24. But
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if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth
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not, or one unlearned, what will happen to him?
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He is what? He is what? Why do you think he's
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convinced? Why do you think he's convinced? He
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will what? In what he understands. So you go
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to evangelize or you go, we are going to even
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have it now in the next few minutes now. Because
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we are going to pray. We'll take some time and
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pray. And then you're going to speak. You're
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going to give a word to someone here. Or to your
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brother or to your sister. Because the words
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you're going to give are what? Words that the
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mind can what? Understand. See 26. The same.
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Communication. How is it then brethren? When
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you come together, every one of you had a psalm,
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had a doctrine, had a tongue, had a revelation,
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had what? Interpretation. Let all what? Things
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be done unto a defying. Each one of you has an
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interpretation. Can you see that place in your
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verse? Each one of you. Each one of you. So when
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all of you, Come together. You know, the same
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way all of you have a tongue, all of you also
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have a what? Interpretation. See that verse carefully.
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He said, each one of you. Praise God. 31. Also,
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for ye may all what? Prophesy. Can you see? All,
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all, all, all, all, all. Each one of you. Every
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one of you, everyone, everyone, ye may all do
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what? Prophesy. So you all, all of us in this
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room have the ability to what? To prophesy. We've
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read that in 1 Corinthians 12, 10, right? We've
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read that in 1 Corinthians 14, 5, 14, 26, 14,
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27. You will see the same thing. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Praise God. So now, verse 12 and
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13. Yes, it is beautiful. Verse 12 and 13. Even
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so ye, for as much as ye are zealous of spiritual
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gifts, seek that ye may excel to what? To the
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edifying of what? Can you see? Seek that ye may
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excel to what? To the edifying of the church.
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13, everybody. Wherefore, let's read together.
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Let him that pray that he may let him that speaketh
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in tongue pray that his pastor interprets. Is
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that what the scripture is saying? Let him that
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speaks in tongues pray that what his sister will
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interpret. Who does the interpretation? The speaker.
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Who does the speaking? The speaker. Right? Perfect.
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Hallelujah. But you see, that word there, he
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said that even so, for as much as ye are zealous,
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can you see zealous, right? Good. Perfect. You
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know, this church, you know, we read in verse
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1, chapter 1, verse 1, that they are not, they
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have never come behind, you know what? In no
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gifts. So, now, if Paul is even as much as ye
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are what? zealous. He's a child that desires
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the spirituals. Seek that ye may excel to the
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edifying of what? That what, even so, just similarly
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means that in the same way. Because he has been
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talking from verse 11. So as he's reading verse
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12, right? He say, even so, similarly, that what
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even so means, similarly, in the same way. Are
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you all with me? Are you all with me? Yeah, so
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in 12, in 11, he said, therefore I know, I know,
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if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall
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be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he
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that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. Without
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interpretation now. Verse 12, see verse 12 now.
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Even so, similarly, in the same way, praise God.
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You should seek that you may excel to edify in
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what? Of the church. That what ye may excel is
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the word periso. Ye may excel is the word periso.
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Well, we are coming now to the last part of this
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foundation that we have laid on interpretation
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of tongues. That what ye may excel is periso.
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P -E -R -I -S -S -E -U -O. P -E -R -I -S -S -E
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-U -O. Berisu. And which implies to be in abundance,
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to be in excess. Hallelujah. To be in abundance,
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to be in what? To be in excess. Have we written
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that? 1 Corinthians, now that verse 13 says,
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Wherefore, let him that speaketh in an unknown
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tongue pray that he may what? The word that.
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The word that. Let him that. Speak it in an unknown
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tongue. Pray that he may interpret. That word
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is hina. H -I -N -A. Hina. Which means in order.
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So as. That word that. It means in order. So
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as. So when we say the one that, wherefore him
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that speaketh in an unknown tongue, what will
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happen what? Yeah, so he is the person. So as
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to what? Also interpret that tongue. We are coming
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to it now. So that word pray. Right? So when
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we read now, everybody now, stay with me. We
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have established that the word seek is what?
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Okay, yeme excel is what? To be in abundance,
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to be in excess or what? Yeah, excess or increase.
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So the word seek, please put this now. I forgot
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to tell us this now. The word seek. To seek,
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to excel. Seek. That word seek is Z -E -T -E
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-O. Z -E -T -E -O. Z -E -T -E -O. Which implies
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to desire strongly. To desire strongly. to be
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eager and forward about something or to go after
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something. That word seek is not a mere desire.
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That word seek is to desire something strongly.
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Are we all there? Are we all there? So now, having
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established that, Even so, similarly, for as
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much as zealous of spiritual gifts, that ye may
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what? Excel. That ye may be in abundance to the
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edifying of the what? Of the church. He didn't
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stop that communication there. How will that
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happen? How will you excel when it comes to edifying
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the church? That's what Paul would now say in
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verse 13. Praise God. How will I excel? How will
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I be in abundance when it comes to what? to the
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edifying of the church. Now, Paul will say in
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verse 13, when you pray in tongues, what should
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you do? You should also what? You should also
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pray that you should what? Interpret. That word
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pray is not saying that you should go, Lord,
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I need interpretation. I need interpretation.
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Oh, I think I did not get it. Interpretation
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did not come. You know, that's what's happening
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to us. When we say, can you give a what? You
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say, ah, sir, sir, there is no word. In fact,
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let me say something now, much more, stronger
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now. You know, you know, sometimes some people
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think when we say, can you give a word? And then
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they go, sure. Inside their mind, they say, ah,
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you should not come here to, you know, come.
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Ah, they will not get it. Ah, up to now, nothing,
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nothing, nothing. Ah, finally. Light don't show.
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Ah, my son, my son. Oh, I want you to do this.
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Hey. See, when you pray and then you give interpretation,
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it's not like you're using a charm to bring out
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the interpretation. Do you know? When we say
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you should give a word. You can come and don't
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need to pray. You can come and don't need to
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do. Finally. The Lord said. You don't need it.
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All we are just saying is. Every time you pray
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in tongues. There should be what? Interpretation.
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So which means. You can receive instruction in
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your heart without necessarily coming to do keko,
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ko, ko, ko, ko, ko, ko. Then interpretation comes.
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Because I realize it's almost like when we call
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people to come and give a word, they will now
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say, they're first now, they say, oh, that's
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Pastor Victor. I think my tongue should be higher.
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Rubber. What has come? No. Praise God. Why we
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are saying, or why you see, when we say give
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a word, and people just come and pray in tongues,
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and pray in tongues, they are just setting precedence
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to the interpretation. Simple. Amen? There is
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nothing more. Because so that you don't feel
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as though if I don't pray in tongues, the interpretation
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will not what? Will not come. Or when we say,
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give a word. Is it because, ah, I don't have
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a word to, but two minutes, two minutes. Ah,
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it has come. Say, I have the Holy Ghost in me.
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I have the Holy Ghost in me. I have the Holy
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Ghost in me. I have the instructions of the Holy
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Spirit in my spirit. Hallelujah. It's in your
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spirit. There are people that I was just chatting
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with them and then suddenly it was almost like
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my eyes just got open. And then the discussion
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changed. Has that happened to you? You're just
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talking and then suddenly so much, so much instructions,
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promptings just flood your heart. And then changes
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the direction of discussion. I've been telling
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them something. I say, I've been praying about
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it for a long time. How did you get it? By the
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Spirit of God. Did you pray in tongues? Did you
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type in tongues? Did you type it on the listening?
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And how did you give them the instruction? Or
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you told them, give me two minutes, please. Let
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me chat up. Praying in tongues before interpretation
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or giving a word is not chatting up. You're not
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doing it to chat up. Praise God. Are we all here?
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Are we all here? So now, when I pray in tongues,
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it's my spirit that is praying. We have seven
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minutes now. Okay, it has become six. When I
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pray in tongues, it's my spirit that is what?
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That is praying. It's my spirit that is praying.
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Sorry, I did not finish this part. Verse 13,
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what Paul is saying, and you do not remind me.
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Okay. Okay. So, in verse 13, what Paul was saying
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is not that you are going to pray to interpret,
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amen? What he was just saying is that what? He's
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saying that wherefore let him that speaketh in
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an unknown tongue, right? That won't pray there.
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He's not saying you should do what? You should
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go and pray for interpretation. Because already
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he has started a text. There's a communication
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from verse 12. Are we all here? And that communication
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is that what? To edify the church. So what he's
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saying is that, wherefore let him that speaketh
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in an unknown tongue also desire to what? To
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interpret. Praise God. Before you say, oh, let
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me pray. You don't need to. Interpretation is
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in your spirit. Hallelujah. Praise God. So when
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I pray in tongues, it's my spirit that is what?
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That is praying. Say my spirit. My spirit is
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praying when I pray in tongues. And I have interpretation
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for the tongues. The same thing we see him say
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in verse 2. How be it in the spirit he speaketh
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what? He speaketh mysteries. How be it in the
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spirit? The same we see in verse 14 and verse
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15. Wherefore, if I pray in an unknown tongue,
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my spirit, what? Pray it, but my understanding
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is, what is it then? I will pray with, and I
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will pray with the understanding also. I will
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sing with, and I will sing with the understanding
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also. So that word the spirit in verse 2 is the
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same that we see him talking about in verse 14
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and what? And verse 15. Praying in the spirit
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means praying in tongues. Are you hearing me?
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Praying in the spirit means what? Praying in
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what? In tongues. So can we be inspired by the
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Spirit to pray? Yes. Ephesians chapter 1 verse
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15. Ephesians chapter 1 verse 15. Wherefore I
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also, after I have heard of your faith in the
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Lord Jesus and love for all the saints. See what
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Paul will say. What is the next thing? After
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he has heard this. What is the next thing in
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verse 16? I cease not to do what? To give thanks
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for you, making mention of you in my what? In
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my prayers. This communication, was it in tongues?
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Was it in tongues? Was it in tongues? No, it
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wasn't in tongues. Amen? But what he had regarding
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their faith, right? Inspire him to be able to
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do what? To pray for them much more. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Then now, Philippians 1 verse 3.
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Philippians 1 verse 3. I thank my God upon what?
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Remembrance of you. Always in every prayer of
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mine for you. For you. All making requests with
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what? With joy. Hallelujah. So when you see verse
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9. And this I pray that your love may abound
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yet more and more in the knowledge and in all
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what? And in all judgment. Verse 11. Be filled
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with the fruit of righteousness which are by
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Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of what?
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Of God. Hallelujah. Ephesians 6 verse 18 now.
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So that we can put a context to it and then we
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see. Ephesians 6 verse 18. Yes. Ephesians 6 verse
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18. Are we all there? See now. Praying always
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with all what? Prayer and supplication where?
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In the spirit. First, he has established that
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praying always with all prayer. Then now he moves
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on to say and supplication in what? In the spirit.
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In the spirit. So he will say, if I pray in an
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unknown tongue, my spirit, what? Pray it, but
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my understanding is what? Is unfruitful. So every
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time you pray in the spirit, what is happening
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is that your understanding is what? Is unfruitful.
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That what your understanding is unfruitful is
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that your mind cannot be able to understand what
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is being uttered. So I will pray in the spirit
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and I will interpret that prayer. Praise God.
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Because some people say praying in the spirit
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means, you know, praying in English language.
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You are in the spirit. We know you are in the
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spirit. Hallelujah. Say I'm in the spirit. I'm
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in the spirit. I'm in the spirit. And when I
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pray, I pray by the spirit of God. You are in
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the spirit. Hallelujah. But when you pray in
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tongues, your understanding is what? Is unfruitful.
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That's prayers. For example, when we say, can
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we pray? I say, Father, Lord, thank you for life.
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Thank you for strength. Thank you for salvation.
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Thank you. What is happening is that you are
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praying in your understanding. Are you all with
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me? Are you all with me? When we say, sing in
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the spirit. That's the last thing that will hit
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us. When we say sing in the spirit, singing in
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the spirit is making melody with tongues. And
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when we say sing with your understanding, we
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are talking about singing with intelligible words
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that your mind can understand. Amen? Why? Because
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when we say you are praying with understanding,
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it means that you are praying with human language.
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That's the right word to use. You are praying
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with what? With human language. Praise God. In
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a language that is intelligible to the mind.
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So what Paul will say is that I will pray in
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the spirit. I will also pray in my what? In my
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understanding. I will sing in the spirit. I will
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also sing in what? In my understanding. Hallelujah.
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So when I sing in the spirit and I interpret
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that singing, it's already what? It brings what?
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Clarity, explanation to what? To the understanding.
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That's why I say my understanding is unfruitful.
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That idea your understanding is unfruitful is
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that your mind cannot what? Comprehend it. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. Praise God. Are we all here? Are
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we all here? So when he said, I will sing in
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the spirit, he's just making melody, right? You
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know, singing has melody. Yes or no? Yes. So
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when we say singing in the spirit, what we are
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just saying is that you are what? You are praying
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in tongues. Let me say it this way so that you
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can understand what I'm saying. You are praying
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in tongues, but with a melody. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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This one is new again. It's not new. Praise God.
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You people follow all these people that sing
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with chants. Don't do like you don't know. Immediately
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they want to start it out. You know, as the piano
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just give one sound. It has now become like an
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anthem. Even though most of them don't even know
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what they are doing. He said, sir, why are you
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saying like that? Yes. Because what they now
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sing after saying that is not the interpretation
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of those tongues. Yes. How do I know it? By scriptures.
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Yes. Okay, chance, chance. Okay. It's a chance.
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Let's rise to our feet. As they rise to our feet,
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explore and smile. Huh? Huh? Reading of chapter
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14. Oh, I love you. Thank you. Let's rise to
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our feet and ready to stand. So when we say sing,
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sing in the spirit, right? When we say sing in
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the spirit, praise God. Maybe some of you have
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even done it. Amen. is that I'm going to sing
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with tongues. I'm going to make melody with tongues
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and then give meaning to it. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He says,
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sir, but there is no keyboard now. You don't
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need keyboard. He says, sir, but I need guitar.
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Sir, you know, my type, I need guitar. One string
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instruments need to happen. Then the thing will
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now stay up. You don't need it. Say, I already
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have the melody that I need for singing in the
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spirit within me. Hallelujah. I'm already singing
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in the spirit As I'm doing like this, he says,
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sir, how about the interpretation? I can give
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accurate interpretation to what I'm singing right
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now. I'm just giving a practical for us so that
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we can understand. Is that I give melody to the
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tongues. Hallelujah. I give melody to what? To
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the tongues. So you can be, you can be on the
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streets and you are moving. You can be on the
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streets. Or one worry, I just perceive in my
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heart now, one worry wants to just swallow you
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up. I will never be afraid. For the Lord is holding
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my right hand. And he's saying, child, never
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be afraid. I am with you. I'm here to help you.
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I'm here to guide you. I'm here to instruct you.
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My joy is in you. My peace is in you. Your heart.
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You see. I'm already doing it. And I'm interpreting
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it. You say. How do I know? By the spirit of
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God. By the spirit of God. By the Spirit. This
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is interpretation. You are the one. Interpretation
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is inside you. By the Spirit of God. All that
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we have discussed is prophecy. If we have to
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teach prophecy, you realize that it's just going
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back over and over again. So the same way. Hallelujah.
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Hear me now. Hear me now. And then we're going
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to flow. Don't worry. Today, whatever is happening
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is conscious. Praise God. I realized some people
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are already stretching. They say, ah, today.
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Thank God. Tomorrow. You know, I also always
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say, tomorrow is the last day. Praise God. Where
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you should be saying, we need one more week.
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You see some people say, ah, ah. I told some
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people that we're going to pray for 36 hours.
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They wanted to run away. I said, no. We're going
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to do it. Is it non -stop? Of course. Non -stop.
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That's it. Yes. Yes. Non -stop. Just a few weeks
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ago, with some people, we prayed from morning,
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nine hours. Just a few weeks now. God had it
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six hours, just a few weeks ago. Just a few days
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ago. Non -stop. Non -stop. Non -stop. Non -stop.
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So tell me, how is this pharmacy going to die?
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How is it going to die now? What will kill it?
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Nothing will kill it. Nothing. Who told you to
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do it? We just got a prompting in our heart.
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It seemed good in our heart. Let's do it. Oh.
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I just got a word for somebody. Let doing the
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things of the Spirit seem good to your heart.
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At your own location, let it seem good to your
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heart. You're staying in Lefkosha one of these
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days. Say, you know what? Every day, I'm going
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to leave my house. I'm going to leave that bed.
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I'm going to pace around the whole area. I'll
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be praying in tongues. I'll be singing. I'm going
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to sing. Let me tell you something in case you
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don't know. There is no place I've not trekked
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in this Lefkosha. There is no place. I tell you
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this. My wife, when we move around, I tell her,
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I say, you see, from Merit, I've trekked to Gonyele.
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Most of the time, Pastor Chidi says, most of
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them that we stay together, I say, I'm coming,
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I need to just go around and this thing. There
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is no place I've not trekked in this Lefkosha.
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So sometimes I say, they say, walk. He says,
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my leg. What is happening to your leg? He says,
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what are you doing? Praying, praying, praying.
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I'm in CIU. There is no place in CIU where I
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have not walked praying. My wife is here. She
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will tell you, for the past two, three months,
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we've been praying every night. Every, the whole
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of CIU. Every night. One hour, at least 15, 20
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minutes. Every night, praying. What will kill
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this fire now? What will kill it? Nothing can
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kill it. Let me tell you, Jesus will ensure that
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nothing kills it. He says, you love the things
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of the spirit. He does not love the things of
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the spirit. You don't know what he's doing regarding
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the things of the spirit. What you're just seeing
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there is just the outside part. God is using
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you for the work of ministry. Hallelujah. And
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those things cannot happen on your bed. Those
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things are what is experienced here. You just
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sit down from morning to now. You are shaking
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body. You are doing like this. So you now, when
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we use organized camp meeting and you want to
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do work of ministry, we will take nations. We
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will take nations. This is how you make nations.
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We said we'll do nine to nine. He said, ah, nine
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to nine. Oh boy. Say, I do greater works than
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the pastors of NECF. Ah, say it now. Are you
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people unbelievers? Say, I do greater works than
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the pastors of NECF. Yeah, so if we are organizing
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catatismus from 9 to now, you're going to organize
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it 24 hours. 6 to 6, 6 to 7, 6 to 12. What are
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you telling me? It was the last catatismus year
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that we were playing. And one of the pictures
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that I got here, and one of the instructions
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I got, that the next place God is going to take
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us to, one of the things we're going to establish,
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that we're going to go around every university.
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Every university will not escape us. Every university
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will not escape us. You are doing ministry like
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this. You are here. You are still struggling.
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Oh boy. See, we're going to boil. We're going
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to boil hot regarding these matters. Praise God.
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And that is what we're going to do. The things
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that we're going to do in the next one hour,
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30 minutes or 20 minutes. When we say pray in
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tongues, pray. When you return home, because
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tomorrow we're going to pray from morning till
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evening. In fact, I don't know whether there
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is five boss or what boss is the last boss. If
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the last boss is 10 boss, we're going to take
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it to 10. You see? This night, as we're going
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to do the things, this night, when you go home,
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drop your Bible, take some time out later after
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resting, eating, buffing, right? Later in the
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night, take some time out. Say, Pastor Custon,
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let me try out something. I'm going to take...
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Yes, I'll take time out this night. I'm going
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to leave everything. I'll walk from my house
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to Alakoi. You know? You see? Somebody say, Gee,
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I walk to Alakoi. Praying. I can show you. He's
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there. I got the instruction. I wrote. I got
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the instruction even when I didn't know these
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locations. So I'm going to do it. Take time.
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Don't pray in English. Let me encourage you,
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please. Don't pray in your understanding. Pray
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in. Pray in. And. Interpret. Please drop your
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watch. Drop your phone. Because some of you want
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to time yourselves. Before you open your eyes.
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You are the runabout. Let me tell you, something
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is going to change inside you. See, let me tell
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you, you're going to feel you're already moving
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towards being you. You say, yes, you have not
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experienced it. I challenge you by the spirit
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of God. exercise yourselves much more in the
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things of the Spirit. If you want to see, many
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people have asked me, sir, how is it that you
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know things just like that? I don't just know
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things because I'm doing nothing about them.
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How do our pastors just know things? It's not
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like that. Pray more, pray more, pray more, pray
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more, pray more, pray more by the Spirit of God.
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It should not be casual. Matthew, remember that
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night that we splitted ourselves over Lefkosha?
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You know the other day I was driving around that
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Presumptual Palace? I said, we prayed about this
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land. We prayed everywhere here. Pray, pray,
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pray. So it should not just be just like that.
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Are we ready to do that? Are we ready to do that?
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You see, you are taking this thing lightly. You
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are taking your tomorrow lightly. You are taking
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the work of God in your life lightly. You are
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taking, Pastor Chidi is here. 2022, I had so
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many dreams. I prayed about them. I landed in
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Nigeria and all of them were a reality. You don't
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love ministry? You can't say you love Jesus and
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you don't love the work of faith. Because loving
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Jesus is equal to doing ministry. And doing ministry
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starts from how you participate in doing these
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things. It's how you go on with fire. There is
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no way in the scriptures that we are called nominal,
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normal Christian life. No. You realize that we
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are all supernatural. We are spiritual. Have
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you ever met any unserious native doctor? No,
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tell me. Have you ever seen any unserious native
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doctor? Even the one I met in this Cyprus, they
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threaten people. Say I'm spiritual. You are not
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too young. I just heard this now. Somebody say
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I'm young. You are not too young for the work
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of ministry. And it's going to happen here. This
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is the time to catch the fire. This is the time
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to pray more. This is the time to desire more.
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This is the time to see more. See more with the
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eyes of faith. Desire more with the eyes of faith.
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Can we pray in the Holy Ghost? You tell me you
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are young. You tell me that you are this. You
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tell me you are that. No! We have this deposit
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in our insides. We see fathers. We see mothers.
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We see children. No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no. We know better. We have received
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better. Please don't be doing... Boil with fire.
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Boil, boil, boil, boil, boil. Tomorrow, people
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will say we really contended for the work of
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faith. Pastor Victor gave us a testimony about
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his grandfather. Won one soul and the one soul
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became a huge vessel in God's hands. One man,
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15 years, one soul. Doing the same thing for
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15 years. You cannot just wake up and arrive
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like that. No. Without all this spiritual discipline
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and equipping, the work of God is in our hands
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and we are taking it. We are taking it. We are
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boiling fervently over it. You are not young.
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Oh no, I don't believe you are young. You are
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not young. It has nothing to do with your age.
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It has all to do with the knowledge that the
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Holy Ghost is in our insides. We're thankful
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