Sermon
Holy Ghost Meetings pt 4
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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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1 Corinthians chapter 12. 1 Corinthians chapter
1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention 1 Corinthians 12 chapter mention
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12 from verse 1. Please let's pay attention to
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the reading of the word. Now concerning spirituals,
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brethren, I will not have you ignorant. So concerning
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the things that pertain to the Holy Ghost, I
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will not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were
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Gentiles carried away unto these dumb idols,
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even as ye were led. So he was referring to about
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their past life before they got saved, right?
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He said, wherefore, I give you to understand
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that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth
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Jesus accursed. And we say Holy Ghost meetings
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are meetings where things are being spoken. The
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Spirit of God has been given to us, we said on
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Sunday, that we may become speaking spirits.
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Hallelujah. We may become speaking spirits. Last
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few meetings, we said that we have the Spirit
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of God dwelling in us. We are spiritual. And
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when we say we are spiritual, what we mean is
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that we have the Spirit of God dwelling in us.
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We have the Spirit of God dwelling in us. We
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read in Corinthians also that our body is the
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temple of the Holy Ghost, right? So it's a no
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man speaking by the Spirit of God. So a man will
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speak by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God
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will be dwelling in us, is dwelling in us, and
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then he speaks through us. The Spirit of God
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speaks through you. I need to emphasize that.
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The Spirit of God speaks through you. The Spirit
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of God speaks through you. He does not only dwell
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in your inside, but he also, what? Speaks through
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you. Hallelujah. And then he said, call it Jesus.
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No man can say that Jesus is Lord. You see another
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saying again, but by the Holy Ghost. Four. Now
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there are diversities of gifts, but the same
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Spirit. And there are differences of administrations,
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but the same Lord. And there are diversities
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of operations, but it is the same God who worketh
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all in all. Verse 7, everybody now. But the manifestation
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of the Spirit. That word manifestation there
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is phanerosis. From the root word pheno, right?
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Phanerosis, P -H -A -N -E -R -O -S -I -A. P -H
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-A -N -E -R -O -S -I -S is from the root word
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phaino, P -H -A -I -N -O. And what does it mean?
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It means to make something visible, to shed light
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on something, having an evidence to show for
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something. Something that meets the eye. That
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let the eye see it. Manifestation. Something
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that is seen. Is not hidden. So we have the spirit
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of God in us. But do you know brethren. That
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the spirit of God. Cannot be hidden in us. There
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are certain activities. Demonstrations. Operations
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of the spirit of God. In the believer. which
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we are going to continue reading now, that should
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not be hidden. It should meet the eye. When people
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come around you, they know that these things
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are visible. That's another word for pheno. Visible.
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Visible. Visible is not hidden. Shedding light
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on something. To appear, to be seen. Amen? He
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said, but the manifestation of the Spirit, can
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you see? He said that the manifestation of the
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Spirit, if we use that word there, the evidence
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of the Spirit, the visibility of the Spirit.
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So the things of the Spirit are visible in the
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believer. Hallelujah. This thing must stay with
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us because in coming weeks into Catatismus, these
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are some of the realities that we're going to
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walk inside. That the things of the spirit in
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the believer are what? Are visible. Hallelujah.
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They are visible. They are to be seen. They are
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not to be hidden. The prophetic is to be seen.
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Word of wisdom is to be seen. Word of knowledge
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is to be seen. Gift of healing is to be seen.
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Gift of faith is to be seen. Tongues is to be
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seen. Hallelujah. Interpretation of tongues is
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to be seen. Designing of spirit is to be seen.
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Evidence. You know. He says, giving to every
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man to do what? To profit all. To profit with
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all. For to one is given by the Spirit the word
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of wisdom, to another word of knowledge by the
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same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit,
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to another the gift of healing by the same Spirit,
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to another the working of miracles, to another
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prophecy, to another designing of Spirit, to
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another diverse kinds of tongues, to another
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the interpretation of tongues. But all this...
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All these gifts work at that one and self -same
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spirit, dividing to every man severally as what?
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As he will. Hallelujah. So the man wills them.
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The man wills them because the spirit of God
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has given the man all the gifts. Praise God.
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But the manifestation, that's the word there.
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The manifestation, the demonstration, the visibility
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of the gifts. Hallelujah. You see, the more the
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believer makes them visible, let me say this
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word, he becomes profitable to the local church.
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He profits. He profits the local church. He profits
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his brother. He brings direction to his brother.
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He brings increase. In fact, that word profit
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all is to make advantage. You bring advantage.
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You become an advantage to the local church.
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You become an advantage to your brother. You
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become an advantage to your husband. You become
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an advantage to your wife. You become an advantage
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to your sister and to your brother. We pray the
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prayer now. You know, thank you, Sister Judith,
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for that, right? That's one which we will look
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at it. But when we come to the program, more
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I believe that there will be lots of teachings
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that are going to build on it. You cannot make
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manifest these gifts of the Holy Ghost without
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love. Hallelujah. That love drives each and every
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one of them. So the visibility, the proof, the
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evidence, all of them have been driven through
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love. I bring prophets to the local church because
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of what? I'm walking in love. I bring profit
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to my sisters and brothers because I'm walking
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in love. So let me say directly that is that
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manifesting the gifts of the Holy Ghost is walking
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in love. Praise God. He's walking in love. And
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let me say the other way around. Refusing to
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manifest the gifts of the Holy Ghost is not walking
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in love. And the Spirit of God has been given
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to the believer not to be hidden. So the believer
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should not always act on his will to restrict
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and limit the manifestation of the Spirit through
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his life. So what is the Holy Ghost meeting?
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In the last time we met, we said two things are
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happening in the Holy Ghost meeting. That the
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Word of God is given first place in teaching
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and preaching. The word of God is given first
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place in teaching and preaching. The word of
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God is given first place in teaching and preaching.
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Let me repeat myself. In Holy Ghost meetings,
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the word of God is given first place in teaching
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and preaching. So important. Because the foundation
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for the demonstration and manifestation of the
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gifts of the Holy Ghost are all from God's words.
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Let me say it again. There is no manifestation
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that you see that is outside God's words. If
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you see a manifestation and you see a demonstration
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that is not in God's words, then that is a demonic
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manifestation you are seeing. Because God's words
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gives life, validates every manifestation you
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see. So the Holy Spirit cannot act out of God's
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words. The Holy Ghost cannot manifest apart God's
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Word. It's not possible. In fact, let me say
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it this way, that the teaching and preaching
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of God's Word automatically is a manifestation
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of the Spirit of God. So we don't need to start
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seeing the prophetic flow. We don't need to start
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seeing eyes open. We don't need to start. The
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moment you begin to hear teachings are given,
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the Holy Ghost is already manifesting. You see,
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so that does not give you the option to choose
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the things. Some people come to church to choose
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the part of service they want. They say, me,
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you know, I don't like that preaching time. I
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like the worship time because that is when the
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spirit moves me. You are lying. You know me,
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I don't like, I just like that prayer time. For
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every other thing, I shut down. You see, if you
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understand meetings in the local church, you
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will know that the Holy Ghost is manifesting
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in all the meetings that we gather. Every meeting
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we gather, the Spirit of God is manifesting.
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So you don't choose which meetings as it were,
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or rather participate in all meetings. So teaching
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and preaching, important. We took time and talked
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about teaching meetings. And we read Acts chapter
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10, verse 34 and 46. One of the things we got
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from that place is that the teaching of God's
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word gives back to the demonstration of the things
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of the spirit. Hallelujah. The teaching of God's
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word. While he yet spake, that's what the scripture
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says, the Holy Ghost fell on all of them. Praise
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God. In cataclysmos, what will be happening is
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that while the teaching is yet ongoing, that
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the Holy Ghost will be falling on many. Hallelujah.
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We're going to be seeing so much demonstration
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without necessarily time given for different
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instructions will be given. The eyes of many
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will be open. People will see by the Spirit.
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People will hear by the Spirit as the teaching
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is going on. There's no yet any call made or
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any instruction given as it were for us to edify
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each other in the prophetic or in spiritual songs
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or in word of knowledge or in word of wisdom.
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As the teaching is coming, hallelujah, that we
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are going to be seeing so much sharing happening.
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And the spirit of God is moving across everywhere.
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The atmosphere, the presence of God, glory clouds
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everywhere. Where people are set up, convictions
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are set up, you know, much more passion is set
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up in the hearts of people. People are being
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convinced about the call of God in their lives.
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And after the meeting, we're going to see people
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testify and say, sir, you know, during the teaching,
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as the teaching was going on, the Holy Ghost
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was working out a whole lot in my heart. Suddenly
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my eyes opened and I saw A land. And I saw a
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place. And I saw a group of people. And I heard
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the voice of God in my heart. Saying that these
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are the things I want you to do. As the teaching
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is going on. That's what happened in Acts chapter
Acts 10 chapter mention
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10. And we read about Jesus also. As Jesus was
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teaching. The power of God was what? Was available.
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Was present to heal. He wasn't healing yet. He
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was just what? Teaching. Let me say this. Teaching
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and preaching is as powerful as the manifestation
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of the prophetic. Teaching and preaching is as
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powerful as word of wisdom. Teaching and preaching
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is as powerful. So don't say, hey, me, I'm waiting
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for, you know, I'm waiting for the time of power.
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So we see the word of God giving first place.
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So teaching and preaching gives precedence to
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demonstrations or activities of the spirit. And
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what do we say are demonstrations? What do we
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say are manifestations? And we say that demonstrations
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and manifestations are the evidence that the
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Holy Ghost is present. Hallelujah. Because they
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are physical. They are tangible. They are evidence
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that what? That the Spirit of God is what? Is
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present. When we come in a meeting, as teaching
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is going on, Holy Spirit, I know as teaching
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is going on, then suddenly, you know, a call
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is given that there are two blind people here.
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Can you come out? Or if you know someone is sick
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here, can you just come out? We're going to lay
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house on you right now and healing is going to
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happen right now. You know, many sick people
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run to the front and hands are laid on them or
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words are given and instantly you begin to see
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eyes are opening. Instantly you begin to hear
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ears are opening. You hear a shout there. I can
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hear, I can hear, I can hear. You begin to see,
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oh, the eyes are open, the eyes are open. Why?
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Because I know her. She is my neighbor. She has
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been blind from childbirth. But as hands were
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laid on her, suddenly there was a recreative
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miracle and then eyes came to her. There are
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evidences. So demonstrations are evidences that
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the spirit of God is present. Hallelujah. Demonstrations
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are manifestations of the spirit. shows the glory
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and the power of the Spirit of God that is in
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you. Let me repeat it because we need to hear
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this line now. That demonstrations, manifestations,
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they show the glory and the power of God that
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is in you. It's not a potential energy. It's
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not a potential evidence that is hidden. It's
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a moving evidence. It's a physical evidence.
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So when I say I have the glory of God, when I
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say I have the power of God in me, what I am
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saying in essence is that I am going to give,
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I'm going to give opportunity for a free flow
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for the manifestation of that power within me.
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So how can people know you have the spirit of
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God through the manifestation? Hallelujah. How
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can people know you have the spirit of God through
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the demonstration? So when we come to a meeting
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and then an instruction is given, can you give
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a prophetic word? You know, we have had lots
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of these testimonies in our meetings in Catholicism.
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Lots of people, even in prayer groups, we have
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had lots of testimonies. People, we know when
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people are grouped in a 2 -2 or 3 -3 or 4 -4
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or 5 -5. And then they say, can you take some
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time and pray in the Holy Ghost? Pray in the
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Holy Ghost. Pray in the Holy Ghost. Five minutes,
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10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes,
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one hour. And we say, can you give a prophetic
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or a word of wisdom? Or can you give a word to
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your brother and to your sister? Do you know,
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for the first time, people that have never experienced
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the manifestation of the prophetic, they find
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themselves prophesying. For the first time, people
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that have not heard God's words specific for
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individuals. And you know, that experience alone
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changes all about them from that meeting. So
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the spirit of God in the believer should be visible.
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Should be visible. Should be visible. And that
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is why we say demonstrations of the Spirit of
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God in the believer shows the glory and the power
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of God that is in the believer. Romans chapter
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8, verse 14 to 16. Romans chapter 8, verse 14
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to 16. Romans chapter 8, verse 14 to 16. Therefore,
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as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
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are what? They are the sons of God. For you have
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not received the spirit of bondage again to fear.
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Hallelujah. What have we received? We have received
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the spirit of adoption. Whereby we do what? We
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cry. Hallelujah. Our father, the spirit himself,
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beared witness with what? With our spirit that
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we are what? The children of God. Hallelujah.
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So manifestation and demonstration of the things
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of the Spirit are witnesses in the believer's
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life. Do you hear what I said? They are what?
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They are witnesses. In fact, let me say them
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this way. That the gifts of the Holy Ghost in
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the believer are witnesses of the Holy Ghost
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in the believer. The gifts of the Holy Ghost
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in the believer, their manifestation, their demonstrations
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are what? Are witnesses in what? In the believer.
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So what do we see? We see that an inward witness
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in the believer should produce an outward activity.
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An inward witness in the believer should produce
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an outward demonstration, an outward activity.
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Say, sir, you know me, sir, my spirit, you know,
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sir, you people, you like to show, you like to
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show. You know, the last time I saw the pastors,
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sir, you know, we are only in the inside, in
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the inside, bro. The spirit of God in the believer.
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Should be manifested. The spirit of God. Has
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and should always. Be giving free course. For
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demonstration. Then the second thing I said.
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Is that the Holy Ghost. In Holy Ghost meetings.
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The Holy Ghost is giving a free room. To demonstrate
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himself. That's the second thing. In Holy Ghost
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meetings, the Holy Ghost is giving a what? A
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free room to demonstrate himself. And we're going
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to build on that now. And when we say he's giving
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a free room, we are saying that, Lord, that we
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create an allowance for the Spirit of God. We
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give room for the Spirit of God. We give opportunity
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for the Spirit of God. So how does the Spirit
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of God demonstrate himself in Holy Ghost meetings?
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Number one. How does the Spirit of God demonstrate
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himself in Holy Ghost meetings? Number one. Does
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the Spirit of God or the Holy Ghost demonstrate
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himself in utterances? In Holy Ghost meetings,
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one of the things we are going to see is that
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the Spirit of God will be demonstrating himself
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in what? In utterances. And when we say utterance,
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what we mean by saying utterances in Holy Ghost
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meetings is that the Spirit of God is going to
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speak. Things are going to be said in Holy Ghost
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meetings by the Spirit of God. Things are going
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to be said. Let me say it again. Things are going
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to be said. When we say utterances, we mean what?
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Things are going to be said. Things are going
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to be spoken under the inspiration of the Spirit
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of God. So when the Holy Ghost is giving room
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in utterances, He gives us things to say. He
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gives us things to say. He gives us things to
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say. He gives us things to say. He speaks through
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us. He brings comfort through us to people. He
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brings direction through us to people. He brings
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comfort, strength to people. He brings confirmations.
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He brings reassurances through us. But how? Through
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things that have been said and spoken. He gives
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us something to say on the moment. Not premeditated
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things. Hallelujah. That is why we are saying,
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through the inspiration of the Spirit of God,
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not premeditated things. No, no, no, no, no,
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no. On the moment. Things that eyes don't know
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about. Ears don't know about. Heart don't know
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about. People around don't know about. On the
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moment. Or at the moment, he gives us things
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to say. So it's not a regular discussion where
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I know my wife and I know lots of things about
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her and then I come to say those things to her.
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No. And when we say utterance, there are three
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utterances the Spirit of God is going to give
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in Holy Ghost meetings. Three utterances we're
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going to see him move. We're going to see him
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move in the prophetic. We're going to see him
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move in the prophetic, the prophecy. We're going
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to see him move in tongues. We're going to see
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him move in interpretation of tongues. We see
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the Holy Ghost gives utterances, things to say
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via the prophetic, things to say. Via tongues.
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Things to say. Via interpretation of what? Of
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tongues. Hallelujah. When we read 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 14 chapter mention
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chapter 14, we will see that tongues and interpretation
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of tongues is equal to prophecy. Because when
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we pray in tongues, when we sing in tongues,
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as it were, in 1 Corinthians chapter 14, it says
1 Corinthians 14 chapter mention
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we edify ourselves. But when we pray in tongues,
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when we speak in tongues, and we interpret those
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tongues, what it does, it does what? It edifies
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the church. So likewise, prophecy also what?
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Edifies the church. So in Holy Ghost meetings,
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let me say this now to us now. In Holy Ghost
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meetings, prepare your heart, prepare your mind
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that the Spirit of God is going to speak through
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you. Hallelujah. The Spirit of God is going to
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give you things to say. And when He gives you
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things to say, please don't shut your mouth up.
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He's going to give you things to say via prophecy.
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He's going to give you things to say via tongues.
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He's going to give you things to say via interpretation
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of tongues. So we say the Spirit of God, let
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me tie it again from where we had last week.
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We say the Spirit is given to us to become speaking
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spirits. So the Spirit, or the things of the
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Spirit, or the gifts of the Spirit, or the demonstration
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of the gifts of the Spirit are preceded upon
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speaking. All the gifts of the Holy Ghost find
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expression through how? Through speaking. Healing
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will take place through what? Speaking. Gifts
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of faith comes to people through what? Speaking.
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Word of wisdom, word of knowledge, through what?
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Speaking. See, the spirit of God in you has made
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you to be a speaking spirit. So take advantage.
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Posture yourself. Position yourself to enjoy
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the flow of the Spirit of God through you. So
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let's just track back a little bit. And then
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let's look at how the work of the Spirit throughout
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the spiritual. Just some examples. We're going
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to look at some examples until we continue. And
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we're going to see that the Spirit of God comes
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upon us. And one of the things we're going to
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see that is prevalent, one of the things that
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we're going to see that is obvious and evident,
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right, where the Spirit of God is, is what? Speakings,
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utterances. So you see how we are building now.
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We are going back to now see from the Scriptures.
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These are just, you know, Examples that we're
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going to see, the walkings of the Spirit, so
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that do not be at distance, are for 1 Samuel.
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Thank you, Holy Spirit. 1 Samuel, chapter 19,
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verse 20. 1 Samuel, chapter 19, verse 20. And
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then let's see what the scripture says. And let's
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start from verse 19, everybody. 19, 19. And it
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was told Saul saying, behold, David is at Nioth
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in Ramah. And Saul sent messengers to take David.
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And when they saw the company of the prophets
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prophesying and Samuel standing as appointed
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over them, the spirit of God was upon. the messengers
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of Saul, and they shut their mouth. Is that what
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your scripture says? What happened to them? Because
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the spirit of God was there, they prophesied,
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speakings, utterance. Hallelujah. The spirit
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of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they
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also what? Prophesied. Messengers. Messengers.
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They were messengers sent. But the Spirit of
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God came upon them and what happened instantly
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to them? They began to speak. Inspired speakings.
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Prophecies are inspired utterances. Inspired
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speakings by the Spirit of God. 2 Samuel chapter
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23, verse 2. 2 Samuel chapter 23, verse 2. The
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Spirit of the Lord. 2 Samuel chapter 23, verse
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2. The spirit of the Lord speak by me. His word
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was in my what? In my tongue. Hallelujah. The
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spirit of the Lord speak. The spirit of the Lord
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speak by me. Gave me in spiral trances. Why?
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Because his word was in my tongue. In cataclysmos.
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Many and all of us. The word of the spirit of
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God. Will be in our tongue. And we will be speaking
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them out. Hallelujah. He spoke by me. For his
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word was in my tongue. We see an activity of
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the spirit of God. Numbers 11. Verse 25. Numbers
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11 verse 25. Numbers 11 verse 25. As we are reading
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these scriptures. Directly. Just start seeing
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yourself much more. Much more the spirit of God.
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Is giving words much more through your mouth.
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That there will be so much. Abundance speaking
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is happening through you. In the Catholicism.
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Abundance speaking is happening through you.
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In cell meetings, abundant speaking is happening
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through you. On Sunday, during the service, abundant
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speaking is happening through you. The Spirit
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of the Lord giving you words, giving you direction
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for your family, direction for your father, direction
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for your mother, direction for your siblings,
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direction for your friends, and you are altering
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them out. Numbers 11, 25. And the Lord came down
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in a cloud. and spake unto him and took of the
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spirit that was upon him. We're talking about
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Moses now. And took of the spirit that was upon
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him and gave it unto the 70 elders. And it came
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to pass when the spirit rested on them. What
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happened to them? They prophesied and did not
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see it. Hallelujah. So we see. Where the Spirit
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of God is, we are seen in spiral torrents. Immediately
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the Spirit of God rested on them. What happened
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to them? They began to prophesy and did not cease.
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In fact, let's keep reading now. 26. But there
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remained two of the men in the camp. The name
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of one was Eldad. And the name of the other Medad.
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And the spirit rested upon them. And they were
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of them that were written. But went not out unto
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the tabernacle. And they prophesied where? In
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the camp. So everyone. That is part of the believers
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meeting. Everyone that is part of the Holy Ghost
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meetings. Hallelujah. Inspired utterances. Inspired
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speaking by the Spirit of God. Nehemiah 9 verse
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30. Nehemiah 9 verse 30. And we keep going through
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so many of these scriptures. Nehemiah 9 verse
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30. Yet many years did not forbear them. And
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testified against them by the Spirit in thy what?
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In thy prophets. One of the teachings that we
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had concerning spirituals, the first teaching
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we had concerning spirituals, you know, in the
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self -pity, we said the Spirit of God has been
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on the earth. The Spirit of God didn't show up
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during the day of Pentecost. And we read... evidences
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from the scriptures. And one of them, we said,
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we see the activity of the Spirit of God upon
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prophets, upon priests, upon kings. We remember,
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I know we should not forget the teaching. Right?
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So, and we see it here. He said, it testified
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against them by the Spirit in what? In thy prophets.
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Yet would they not give in their forgiveness
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thou them into the hands of the people of what?
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Of the land. When we read throughout the scriptures,
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we're going to see kings. We're going to see
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prophets. We're going to see priests. As the
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Spirit of God comes upon them, one of the first
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things that happens to them is that you will
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hear them give inspired utterances. By the Spirit
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1, verse 16. There are a lot of scriptures here,
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so I'll just call 2, 3, 4, and then we'll just
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look at it, and then we keep building. Acts chapter
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1, verse 16. He said, men and brethren, these
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scriptural needs have been fulfilled, which the
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Holy Ghost, by the mouth of what? David. Did
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what? The Holy Ghost, by the mouth of David,
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did what? Speak. Hallelujah. The Holy Ghost,
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by the mouth of Custon, speak. The Holy Ghost,
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by the mouth of Pastor Chidi. Speak. By the Holy
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Ghost, by the mouth of Pastor Victor, he's speaking.
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The Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Queen, he's speaking.
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The Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Prince, he's
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speaking. The Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Samuel
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Lawatt, he's speaking. The Holy Ghost, by the
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mouth of Dunkard, he's speaking. The Holy Ghost,
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by the mouth of Joy, he's what? He's speaking.
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The Holy Ghost, by the mouth of Takunda, he's
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what? He's speaking. Before concerning Judas,
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which was God's death, the one that took Jesus.
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This same scripture, I would have read it from
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the Old Testament, as it were, Old Testament.
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However, we see the Spirit of God in David giving
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him what? Inspired utterances, the prophetic.
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4. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
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they were all with one accord in one place. And
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suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of
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a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole
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house where they were sitting. And there appeared
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upon them cloven tongues as of fire, and it sat
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upon each of them. See verse 4, everybody. And
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they were all filled with what? With the Holy
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Ghost. See the next thing that began to happen
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to them. Everybody. And they were all filled
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with the Holy Ghost. And began to what? Speak.
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Hallelujah. They began to speak with other tongues
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as the Spirit gave them what? position yourself
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that in catatismus, I am filled with the spirit
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of God and I will speak as the spirit gives me
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utterance. Hallelujah. I will not shut my mouth
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off. I will not be hearing. I will not go to
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the back and keep quiet and just be an onward
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looker or a spectator somewhere. I will participate.
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And my participation is what? In speaking. In
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speaking. In speaking. As he gave them utterance,
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they didn't hold back. What did they do? They
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spoke. They spoke in other tongues. As he gave
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them utterance, Peter stood up. He didn't go
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back to hide. What did he do? He spoke by the
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Spirit of God. That's what the Father said. Then
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Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, kept quiet
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and thought in his heart, Ye rulers of the people
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and the elders of Israel. Is that what the scripture
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says? He said, Peter filled with the Holy Ghost.
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What did he do? He said unto the people, Hallelujah.
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He said unto them. Koston, filled with the Holy
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Ghost, said unto them. Gabriel, filled with the
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Holy Ghost, said unto them. Gatenia, Maria, filled
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with the Holy Ghost, said unto them. We see speakings,
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speakings by the Spirit of God. 2 Peter chapter
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1, verse 8. Let's read it. I know we know the
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scripture, but let's read it. 2 Peter chapter
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1 verse 21. For the prophecy came not in all
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time by the will of man, but the holy men of
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God speak as they were what? As they were inspired
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by what? By the Holy Ghost. Oh. The Catatismus
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meeting is going to be a meeting full of inspiration
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by the Spirit of God. Hallelujah. There will
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be massive, so much speaking by the Spirit of
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God. From the teaching sessions, to the prayer
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sessions, to the practice sessions, so much speaking
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by the Spirit of God. So we see God give his
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people his spirit throughout the scriptures.
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And they never kept quiet. They have been speaking.
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So God gave me his spirit to speak. Hallelujah.
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God gave me his spirit to what? To speak. To
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bring order to where there is chaos. To declare
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salvation to where there is darkness. To announce
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much more freedom to them that are under the
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bondage of Satan. To speak. So change things
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by your declaration. Change things. Change things.
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Bring direction to friends by your declaration.
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Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18 to 20. Ephesians
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chapter 5, verse 18 to 20. See the scriptures,
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everybody. Speakings. We are still on that first
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point. He demonstrates himself. Hear what? Utterance.
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Hallelujah. Speakings. Ephesians chapter 5, verse
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18 to 20. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank You Holy
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Spirit Thank You Holy Spirit Ephesians chapter
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5 verse 18 to 20. to God and the Father in the
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name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is our reality
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in catatismus. Hallelujah. We will be speaking
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to ourselves in psalms, in hymns, which are spiritual
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songs. We will be singing. We will be making
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melody in our heart unto the Lord. We will be
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submitting ourselves one to another in the fear
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of God. Where we see the infilling of the Holy
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Ghost, where we see the sharing of the Holy Ghost,
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we're going to see inspired utterances. We're
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going to see the prophetic. We're going to see
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tongues. We're going to see interpretation of
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tongues. Somebody just asked a question. Okay,
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so how are we going to know prophecy, tongues,
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interpretation of tongues? Don't worry. The teachings
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are going to come. There is nothing we will practice
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in Catholicism that will not be taught. In fact,
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let me say it this way before we come to it.
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You see, the gifts of the Holy Ghost, they function
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much more by instructions. We're going to get
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instructions first from the teachings and preaching.
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You see, that is why you can't remove teaching
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and preaching from the Holy Ghost meeting. If
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you remove teaching and preaching for a Holy
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Ghost meeting, I don't know, that is like a similitude
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of a shrine. You consult oracles and oracles
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just speak and you carry your load and go. I'm
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going to say something you understand why the
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teaching of God's word must first take place.
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So we see the infilling of the Spirit of God
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results to us, all of us, speaking about the
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inspiration of the Spirit of God. Hallelujah.
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So we will pray in tongues. We will sing in tongues.
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We will interpret the tongues. All by the Spirit
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of God. So the second thing we see by the Spirit
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of God, the Holy Ghost demonstrates Himself in
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revelations. The Holy Ghost demonstrated himself
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in what? In revelations, in a Holy Ghost meeting.
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So we said in utterance, when we say the Holy
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Ghost is demonstrating himself in utterance,
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it means that there are things that are going
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to be said by the Spirit of God, right? But now
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when we say in revelations, we mean that there
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are things that are going to be seen. In utterance,
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things will be said. In revelations, things will
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be seen. Hallelujah. Things will be revealed.
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Things will be unveiled. Many things will meet
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the eye. Three of them, we see word of knowledge.
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We see word of wisdom. We see discerning of spirits.
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There are also three. So the Holy Ghost will
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demonstrate himself in revelations. What do we
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mean by in revelations? Things are going to be
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seen. Hallelujah. In cataclysmos, we're going
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to see people are going to see by the Spirit
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of God. There will be speakings as a result of
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seeing. So we see three of them. Word of knowledge,
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word of wisdom, and discerning of spirit. So
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when we say things are going to be seen, it's
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that things are going to be revealed that we
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don't have information about. Hallelujah. We
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have never encountered the things. And those
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things will be made bare to meet the eye. So
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we're going to see God give us things that are
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going to happen or things that are happening
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or things that have already happened in the past
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and God wants to speak or reveal those things
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because he wants to do something now with them.
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Hallelujah. So things will be seen. So we're
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going to receive things that were not there before.
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Hallelujah. Things that were not there before,
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we're going to see those things. Those things
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will be revealed by the Spirit of God. Third
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thing, the Holy Ghost is going to demonstrate
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himself in power. He's going to demonstrate himself
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in power, which means that things are going to
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be done. Things are going to be established.
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In utterance, things are going to be said. In
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revelations, things are going to be seen. In
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power, things are going to be done. Hallelujah.
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Oh, glory to God. Cataclysm is supernatural.
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Cataclysm is supernatural. We are saying things
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by the Spirit of God. We are seeing things by
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the Spirit of God. And many things are done by
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the Spirit of God. By the ability of the Spirit
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of God. So things are going to be done. We will
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see them visible. So three of them also. We are
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going to see them in healings. We are going to
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see them in healings. We are going to see them
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in walking of miracles. We are going to see gifts
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of faith. Hallelujah. We are going to see them
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in healings. In working of miracles. And do you
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know everything that I'm saying is the reality
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of what will happen in Katatismos? All that we've
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been saying so far, they are things that are
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all our reality during the Holy Ghost meeting
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that is ahead of us. Hallelujah. Healings, working
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of miracles, and gift of faith. We see the power
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of the Holy Ghost coming upon people. Things
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are going to be happening supernaturally. Fourth,
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the needs of people are always met in Holy Ghost
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meetings. Fourth, the needs of people are always
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met. Healing needs. Ignorance needs. That is
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why teaching must come. Healing needs. Ignorance
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needs. Direction. Comfort. Deliverances. Convictions.
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Needs are going to be met and are always met
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in Holy Ghost meetings. That's the third one
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now. So after the teaching of the word, then
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we see the demonstration of the spirit of God.
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Then the fourth one, the third one is the need
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of people are met. Then the fourth we see is
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that the believers, let me clarify myself so
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that we can get it. Number one, we say in Holy
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Ghost meetings, the teaching of God's word is
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given what? priority number two the holy ghost
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is giving room for demonstration right and we
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say in the point for holy ghost giving room for
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demonstration to manifest right we say he's going
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to manifest himself in utterance he's going to
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manifest himself in revelation he's going to
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manifest himself in what in power amen and so
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though all these points are sub points under
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The Holy Ghost demonstrating himself. So the
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third thing is that the needs of people are met
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in Holy Ghost meetings. And the fourth thing
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we see is that all of us are edified. In Holy
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Ghost meetings, the meeting that is ahead of
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us, all of us, we are edified. We are strengthened.
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And the last thing that will be happening to
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us, glory to God, we will leave the Holy Ghost
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meeting rejoicing. Hallelujah. We will leave
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every day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
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Friday, Saturday. We are exiting that door rejoicing
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every day. Hallelujah. Rejoicing every day. Rejoicing
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every day. Why? Because the word of God has its
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place. The Holy Ghost has demonstrated himself
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in utterance, in revelation, in power. Why? Because
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needs have been met by the Spirit of God. We
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are edified. And when we are edified, what do
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we do next? We rejoice. So we leave always out
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of that door rejoicing throughout that one week.
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So in Holy Ghost meeting, let me reiterate myself
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again. In Holy Ghost meeting, what do we see?
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The preaching of God's word is what? Is giving
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what? Is first place. That's number one. Number
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two, the Holy Ghost is giving free room for what?
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For demonstration. Hallelujah. Number three,
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we see that the needs of people are what? Amen.
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Praise God. Number four, what do we see? That
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we are edified. Number five, what do we see?
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That we leave that atmosphere, what? Rejoicing.
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Praise God. Hallelujah. So all these things,
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when we join them together, We can term them
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as experiences by the Spirit of God. All that
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we have discussed, when we join all of them together,
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we can term them as what? Experiences by the
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Spirit of God to the believer. So what the Holy
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Ghost is doing for every one of us is that He
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is giving us or He is taking us into all these
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experiences. So our lives cannot be devoid of
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experiences. Where the word of God is given its
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first place, where we see a demonstration of
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the spirit of God, where we see needs are met,
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where we see we are edified, our lives will not
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be devoid of what? Of experiences by the spirit
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of God. So you can term Catartismus as a week
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of experiences by the Spirit of God. Monday,
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
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deeper experiences by the Spirit of God. From
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one level to another. Experiences upon experiences.
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Encounters upon encounters. So we see because
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these experiences, directly or indirectly as
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it were, even though we will not be able to explain
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some of them, but as we continue to submit ourselves
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to teaching, certain things that are going to
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happen to us, the knowledge will come to us.
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Hallelujah. You see, that is why you cannot attempt
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karatismos and after that meeting, you just run
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away. Stop coming to meetings. No. You keep coming.
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You keep coming. You keep coming because certain
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experiences are going to be defined and explained
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through the teachings that you will keep getting.
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So let me say this now. What are some of the
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things that we can do? Or what are some of the
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things that we should not do to hinder the flow
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of the things of the Holy Ghost in a Holy Ghost
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meeting? I just have a few minutes left. Probably
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I will just say them and then we can write them.
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What are some of the things that we should not
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do that will hinder the flow of the things of
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the Spirit? in a Holy Ghost meeting. You see,
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all the things that I've said should already
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inform us on how we ought to behave in the meeting
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that is ahead of us. Hallelujah. That when we
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come, how we should participate, how we should
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yield ourselves. You should know that when I
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come to a Holy Ghost meeting, one of the ways
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I should participate is that the Holy Ghost is
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going to speak through me. So I need to posture
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myself in hearing instructions. Because through
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me, needs will be met. Through me, someone will
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be edified. So what are some of the things? Number
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one, in Holy Ghost meetings, do not allow over
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familiarity. or lack of honor to rob you of receiving
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such spiritual experiences. Do not allow what?
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Is he not my husband? Is he not my wife? Is he
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not my housemate? Okay. Is he not Brother Shenene
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or Chokobleke? I know him now. Spiritually, I
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am higher than him in the spiritual rank. Do
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not allow what? Over familiarity, lack of honor
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to rob you of receiving spiritual experiences
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in a Holy Ghost meeting. Do you know why? Because
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once love is not there, once love is not there,
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automatically a block is already placed from
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receiving spiritual things. 1 Corinthians chapter
1 Corinthians 13 chapter mention
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13. You can read it after this meeting. Let's
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just read it. Let's just read it. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 30. You can just read verse 1. Just the
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few verses I heard of it. And then we just move.
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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
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angels. And have not love. I am become a sounding
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brass. Or a tingling cymbal. And though I have
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the gifts. Of prophecy. Can you see? Though I
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see the demonstration of the prophecy. Though
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I see the final. Law of prophecy. And I understand
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all mysteries. And all knowledge. And though
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I have all faith. And so that I could remove
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mountains. And have not love. I am what? I am
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nothing. So what we see. Lack of honor. What
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we see. A loveless man coming to such a meeting.
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Over familiarity. Strife. What it will do is
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that it will place a block to receiving the things
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of the Spirit. So what will I say to you? In
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Holy Ghost meeting, let love flow. Hallelujah.
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In Holy Ghost meeting, let what? Let love flow.
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In Holy Ghost meeting, let love flow. And the
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things of the Holy Ghost will flow. Let love
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flow. As you give, it will be easier to also
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receive. Let love flow as you receive the things
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of the Spirit. Let love flow as you give the
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things of the Spirit. So do not allow over -familiarity,
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lack of honor, strife to rob you of receiving
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spiritual experiences, manifestation of the things
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of the Spirit. So what should I do in Holy Ghost
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meetings? When I come, let love flow. Let love
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flow. Glory be to God. In the training center,
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we are dealing with a message, be not angry or
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be angry or be not angry. What we see from the
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whole discussion that we've had, glory to God,
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that what we see is so profound in this season.
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Every man that has the spirit of God and must
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see the things of the spirit of God must have
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a heart that is treated. By the spirit of God.
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Your heart must be treated. Your heart must be
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treated. Your heart must be treated. By the spirit
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of God. Secondly. What we see. Do not allow.
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Or do not be. Let me say it this way. I think
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that will capture it. Do not be stereotyped to
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only one thing during Holy Ghost meeting. Don't
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be used to only one thing. Be flexible. Be flexible.
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Flow with the Spirit of God. Do not be stereotyped
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to what? To only one thing. Don't say all that
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is to the Holy Ghost is the prophetic. No. Don't
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say all that is to the Holy Ghost is healing.
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No. Don't say all that is to the Holy Ghost is
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word of knowledge. No. Don't say all that is
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to the Holy Ghost is only the sight of spirits.
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No. Don't say all that is to the Holy Ghost is
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tongues and interpretation of tongues. No. Don't
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be used to only that one thing. Because you know
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what? In the Holy Ghost, oh boy, it's an unlimited
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experience. Hallelujah. There is more in the
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spirit of God. In case you don't know, let me
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announce it to you. There is more in the spirit
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of God. More experiences. Deeper experiences.
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More demonstrations. More manifestations. So
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don't hold only on to one. The third thing, unbelief.
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Unbelief. Unbelief. Unbelief. Unbelief should
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not rob you of receiving from the Spirit of God
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in Holy Ghost meetings. And then write this as
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the last ignorance. There are lots of scriptures
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here. We're going to come to it again because
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I'm going to give us this scripture and we're
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going to read it all true from the Old Testament.
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down to the New Testament as it were for simplicity
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of understanding what I'm saying. We're going
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to read them. There are lots of scriptures here
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which we're going to go from scripture to scripture
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to scripture and then learning how unbelief can
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pose a block to receiving from the Spirit of
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God. Then the last thing is ignorance. Ignorance.
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Ignorance as As a way of either you know the
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things of the spirit. And refuse to yield to
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them. Or you don't even know anything about the
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things of the spirit. Or what they are in essence.
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Hallelujah. So we see over familiarity or lack
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of honor. We see being used to only one thing.
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In a Holy Ghost meeting, we see unbelief, we
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see ignorance. So we see all these things are
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going to pose threats to us receiving from the
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Spirit of God in Holy Ghost meetings. Hallelujah.
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So in the meeting that is ahead of us, Position
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yourself. Posture yourself. Pray about it. Fast
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about it. Participate. Make up your mind to participate.
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Make up your mind. Pray, plan, prepare, and make
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up your mind to participate. That in that meeting,
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we're going to have people that are full of joy.
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We're going to have people that are going to
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pray and pray and pray into the next day, into
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the next day. We're going to have people where
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burdens are lifted from them. We're going to
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have people that have never experienced the manifestation
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of the Spirit of God for the first time in their
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lives that are baptized with the Holy Ghost.
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We're going to have healing miracles happening
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in that meeting. We're going to have people that
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are being moved by the Holy Ghost. We're going
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to receive instructions. Hallelujah. We're going
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to see angels ministering to us by the Spirit
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of God. We're going to see activations happening
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to us. We're going to see tongues and interpretation
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of tongues happening to us. We're going to see
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the prophetic finding expression accurately.
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See, many and all of us are going to have such
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deeper experiences by the Spirit of God. Can
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we just pray for the Christmas meeting that is
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ahead of us? Can we pray, every one of us? Can
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we just pray by the Spirit of God? Can we pray
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by the Spirit of God? Can you pray for yourself
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that in this meeting, oh, I yield myself to the
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teaching. I yield myself to the demonstration.
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My needs are met. Make up your mind. Have expectation.
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Have needs that should be met. oh i am edified
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hallelujah i live that meeting rejoicing glory
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to god can you just pray for yourself can you
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just pray for yourself oh glory glory glory glory
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glory glory glory glory glory glory supernatural
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experiences, deeper experiences, deeper experiences,
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deeper experiences, deeper motions of the spirit.
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These by inspirations, utterances by the spirit
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of God, revelations by the spirit of God, power
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by the spirit of God, needs are met by the spirit
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of God, edification by the spirit of God. We
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are rejoicing. Hallelujah. I bring edification
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to my sister. I bring edification to my brothers.
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I see the supernatural. I see power demonstrated
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through the healing of my hands, the laying of
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my hands. I see power be released upon sicknesses.
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Sicknesses are healed through my hands. Eyes
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are opened through my hands. Ears are hearing
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through my hands. I bring words and interpretation
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of those tongues to men in the name of Jesus.
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Thank you, Holy Ghost. We bless you. Thank you,
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Father. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Hallelujah.
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