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Life Conference 2021 (Saturday) - Bishop Tony Kemp (February 6, 2021) | Life Bible Church
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I want to give reverence to the Father, King
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Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Let's give honor
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to your pastor and to his precious wife. Let's
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give honor to all the ministry staff. And give
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a hand clap for your neighbor also if you don't
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mind. How many of you were here either Friday,
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Thursday, Friday, or earlier today? Raise your
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hands. Praise the Lord. Give yourselves another
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hand clap. So if you have your Bible. or your
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iPad, or your phone, or your eyes. Turn to 1
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John 2, verse 27. And at 7 .08, I want to try
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to be good tonight. Notice I didn't say I was.
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I said I was going to try. One night, I went
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to bed. That's a good thing to do at night, I
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guess. And I dreamed this scripture. But the
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anointing which you received of Jesus lives in
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you. And John is saying that there were false
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teachers and you don't need to listen to them
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because you don't need any of those folks to
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teach you, but as the same anointing teaches
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you concerning all things, and the anointing
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is true and is not a lie, just as the anointing,
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the Holy Spirit, has taught you, live in Jesus.
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Now, the anointing, the Holy Spirit, he wants
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to do more than make you feel good. I mean, he
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does want to make you feel good sometimes. Sometimes
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you need to feel good. But the anointing of the
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Holy Spirit, the holy anointing oil, is very
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functional. And very practical. Even when you
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look at persons anointed by God in the old covenant.
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You see. That there is benefit. I think we use
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this example about. Isaac. Finding himself in
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a famine in Genesis 26. And the word of the Lord
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the truth. God's Holy Spirit. Speaks to him and
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says, I know you were thinking about going down
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into Egypt, but I'm telling you, stay right here.
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And he sold in that land and he got a hundredfold
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return. That tells me that the anointing of the
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Holy Spirit in your life can guide you and direct
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you in your profession or in your career. if
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you're able to do well financially, it will bless
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your spouse. They will like the money. Your kids,
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if you're older, your grandkids, your family
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members, your friends. Because here's the statement
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I want to really leave with you. And you're going
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to memorize this statement. And maybe you can
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now quote it. If it's not practical, it's not
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spiritual. So when you look at the anointing
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of God, the presence of the Lord, in Abraham
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and Isaac and Jacob and then in Joseph, this
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anointing that's in the life of Joseph was to
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perceive. Hard times are coming and we need to
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hold back 20 % because we're going to have seven
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years of plenty and then seven years of famine
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and we need to get ready for the future. He was
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living from the future. The Holy Spirit, the
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anointing, that holy anointing oil enables you
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to live from the future. Prepare now so that
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when the future comes. Not only do you have everything
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you need, but you have overflow. Does there anybody
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here that would like to have some overflow? And
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so because of that light that he walked in, because
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the Holy Spirit, the anointing always brings
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light because it brings the word and the interest
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of your word brings light. And in your light,
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we see light. and the Lord is my light, he was
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able to save the nation of Egypt and the sons
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of Israel. See, I want you to take the anointing
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beyond church. The anointing is not just for
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here. You come here, you get mourned on it, and
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you take it out there and you bless your spouse,
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you bless your kids, you bless your grandkids,
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you bless your community. Make sense to you?
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Okay. I appreciated what this brother said about
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Peter's eyes, his spiritual perception was so
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great. that he was able to discern the angel
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of the Lord, and he was taken out of confinement.
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Now, I know that's Peter, but where do you feel
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trapped or confined or restricted or contained
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where you need spiritual perception as the result
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of the anointing? where something can open for
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you and you have a freedom and a liberty you
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didn't have before. In fact, if I was to give
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this message a title, I would call it How to
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Increase Your Spiritual Perception. So, I have
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to do something because, you know, I have this
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thing where I always got to bring you back to
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Jesus. So that's what I'm going to do. Because
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that's what the Holy Spirit would want me to
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do. The Holy Spirit always testifies of Jesus
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and the Father always testifies of Jesus. And
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if I testify of Jesus, I'll have the approval
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of the Father and the Holy Ghost. And I'll have
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God with me. And I have preached by myself before.
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It didn't work out so well. So John's Gospel,
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chapter 1, verse 36. When you get there, it will
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say this. Behold. That's what the prophet, the
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forerunner says. Behold the Lamb of God. For
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some reason, because the Spirit of God in his
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life, he was able to see who Jesus was. What's
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interesting about this word, behold, this is
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important. It means to look, to stare, to probe,
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and to fix your gaze. Behold and keep beholding
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the Lamb of God. That means spiritual perception
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begins with looking at and looking to the Lord
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Jesus. That means spiritual perception or seeing
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in the Holy Spirit is first about getting to
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know the Father and Jesus more than before. Ultimately,
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The whole purpose of spiritual perception or
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to see in the Holy Spirit is to get to know Jesus
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and the Father. Now, how? Well, it's not as hard
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as people think. I'm basically lazy. And sometimes
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I don't feel like reading my Bible. So there's
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something called YouTube. And so, you know, I'll
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just go YouTube the Gospel of John, sit down
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or lie down, and just let somebody read to me.
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Just like mama read to you when you was a child.
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Everybody say, baby Kemp. And so if something
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strikes my fancy, I can always push the pause
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button. And I'm receiving the word of the Lord
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into my spirit and into my mind. Everybody say
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the written word of God will open up your spiritual
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perception. Now, if you like to read, read on.
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I like to rest my eyes. You know, I'm 65. And
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then. I know this is very simple. I have to do
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this. And then it's just simple praise and worship
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music. Now, I can't sing and the African -American
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rhythm gene didn't know I was born. And so typically
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I sing through other people. So I like to do
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praise and worship so I can perceive the presence
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of the Lord and I just soak. Everybody say the
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word. And the spirit. So. So here's the deal.
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You have to put it on your schedule. Look at
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somebody say you have to schedule the word. Look
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at somebody say you have to schedule the Holy
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Spirit. Believe it or not, you're putting the
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anointing in your schedule. Okay. See, when I
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got filled with the Holy Spirit, I didn't have
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any gifting. Nope, nope, none, none. Do you spell
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N -O -N -E? None. And because I came from a family
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of intellectuals, it didn't make sense to me
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that natural man does not receive the things
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of the Spirit of God. And so, and second, I'm
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a person. That I have to understand it. So you
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won't have to deal with my understanding. Because
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here's the deal with me. I want to know how it
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works. Just me. But there's a scripture that
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says this. Now I'm going somewhere. After Jesus
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was raised from the dead, the scripture says
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this. Then opened he there under. that they might
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understand the scriptures. That means, and I
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referenced Isaiah 11 and 2, there's a spirit
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of understanding that lets you know. Spirit of
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wisdom, creativity, what works. Spirit of understanding
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is why what works actually works. So anyway,
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I'm asked to do this meeting. And what they want
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me to teach on is how to host. The manifest presence
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of God. So since that's what they want, give
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the people what they want. So I talked to the
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Lord about hosting his presence. And he won't
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talk to me about that. Okay, that ain't gonna
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work very well. So since you don't want to talk
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about that, what do you want to talk to me about?
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He starts talking to me about something that
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was quite fascinating. He called it curiosity.
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Very interesting. So I began to learn that spiritual
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curiosity increases your ability to receive the
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revelation of the Father in Jesus. In the book
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of Exodus chapter 3, when Moses saw that a bush
Exodus 3 chapter mention
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was on fire, and it kept burning, because in
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that environment combustible things would burn,
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but it kept burning, he became curious. And the
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scripture says that when God saw, he turned to
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see. Oh, wait. Perception means I got to turn
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to see. Maybe the Holy Spirit's trying to interrupt
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my regularly scheduled program to get me to stare,
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to look, to probe, to turn to see. I'll say this,
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and I know this is so simple. How do you have
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visions? Well, you got to look to see. If you
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don't look, you won't see. That's another. I'll
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come back to that later. When he turned to see,
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he began to receive the revelation of God. After
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that. His relationship with God increased his
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spiritual perception until he saw manifestations
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of both the presence and the power of God turn
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into signs and wonders. Look at somebody and
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say, you got to look to see. So you have to turn
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to see that the Lord will speak to you and you
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get the revelation of God himself. Spiritual
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perception is the result of stopping what you're
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doing and looking until your eyes are opened
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by the Holy Spirit. I know a guy who used to
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run an air conditioning and heating business.
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And he practiced perception. Something, you know,
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he would get a call to fix something and he would
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ask the Lord, what's wrong with it? And the Lord
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would tell him. And when there was a financial
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recession, his business was growing. Look at
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somebody and say, spiritual perception can cause
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prosperity. This is very practical. Very practical.
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It's so practical that sometimes spiritual perception
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goes to this. The woman that's writing. See,
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here's the deal. Let me tell you about spiritual
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perception. Let's just, you and me have a conversation
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and they can just eavesdrop. See, sometimes spiritual
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perception means this. I really want to say something,
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but the Holy Spirit says you just need to sit
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on yourself. Look at somebody say, don't give
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anybody a piece of your mind. Look at somebody
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and say, you need all the mind you got. And sometimes
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you want to just share it. But the Holy Spirit
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said, don't say that right now. Oh, but I want
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to. The Holy Spirit says, pray in tongues. If
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you got to have your lips moving, pray in the
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Spirit. And then some of us, we're insane. It
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was nice talking to you. Can I talk to you now?
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Okay, who are you with? You with them? Okay,
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good. So anyway, so, you know, sometimes people
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have a best friend, but they fail to realize
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that their best friend has a best friend that's
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not theirs. And so you tell your secret to your
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best friend who also has a best friend that's
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not yours. And then you wonder how it got out.
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Look at somebody and say, you ought to pay attention
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to the anointing. If it's not practical. Now,
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here's what's funny. How many of you like me?
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You love to talk. Respond. How many of you have
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been like me where the Holy Spirit is going,
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don't say that, don't say that, don't say that.
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But you want to say that, you want to say that.
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And then after you said it, you regret ever saying
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it. Sometimes it's really hard to pay attention
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to the anointing. The anointing. It was curiosity.
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It was the curiosity of Moses that enabled him
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to hear the word of the Lord. When John's disciples
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looked at Jesus, they were curious. And they
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said, Lord, where do you live? Where do you abide?
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Where do you stay? Jesus said, come and see.
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So because of spiritual curiosity, they were
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able to be with Jesus. Jesus said in the book
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of Matthew, the last verse of chapter 28, Lord,
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I'm with you always, even to the end of the age.
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I'm having problems talking. Now, you know what's
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funny? Now, please hear me. I know what we mean
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when we say, I'm. Seeking God. So, what's he
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doing, running away from you? I know what we
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mean. I know what we mean. Because I do it. But
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after a while, and I heard a preacher use this
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example, and I'm going to be, I'm going to be
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cultural just because I know if I'm cultural,
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it will make you remember. You'll go, I can't
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believe he said that. So, you know, if you're
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African American, you came from Africa or thereabouts
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somewhere. And so it doesn't matter what time
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you get up because the crops are coming up when
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they come up. So you white folks, we have an
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appointment and let's make the appointment at
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one. You'll be there at the restaurant at 1.
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I'm going to come in at 1 .15 because we operate
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CP time, colored people's time. I know you're
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going to, right now you're saying, I can't believe
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he's doing that. But I'm doing it because this
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will make you remember. Not that we all, because
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I got a stickler for time myself. But what you're
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going to do is you're going to stand up and you're
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going to wave at me and smile. And I'm going
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to say, oh, there you are. What if I was to tell
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you that you have appointments with God himself,
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but you have to look to see where he is in your
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marriage, in your family, in your career, in
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your profession. You have to look to see where
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he is in the room. Everybody say, you have to
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look to see. Because he's right there. He said,
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no, I'm with you always. So where is he? So even
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when I approach a service, I'm looking to see
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where God is. I'm just looking to find him because
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he's here somewhere because he kind of likes
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you. Kind of. He really likes you. So I'm looking
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to see where he's at. So in 1 Peter. Chapter
1 Peter 1 chapter mention
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1, 10 through 12, this is what it says. It says,
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the scripture records that the prophets inquired
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of God concerning salvation about the grace that
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come to you, and they were searching what manner
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of time that the spirit of Christ in them to
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testify, and things were revealed to them as
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the result of their curiosity. That tells me
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that revelation, even prophecy, is the result
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of curiosity. Huh. That tells me that prophets
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lived in a state of spiritual curiosity. And
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as a result of that spiritual curiosity, they
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received discerning of spirits, words of knowledge,
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wisdom, prophecy. What does that mean? Could
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it be that spiritual curiosity is a key to activating
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the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Could it be that
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spiritual perception increases when you begin
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to look at people Not to see how they were, but
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how Jesus sees them. Huh. I wonder if you could
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look beyond their past and their present with
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spiritual perception and see people like Jesus
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sees them because Jesus saw people like the Father
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saw them. Because in John chapter 1 verse 42,
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Jesus looks at a man and says, your name is Simon.
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Which, by the way, in the Greek means unstable
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as water. Which means he had the tendency in
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his lower life to sink to the lowest level. He
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could blow a fuse, a gasket. He had anger management
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problems. That's why he'd go to cussing. And
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then he could get cold as ice. He was externally
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regulated by the temperature. He did not have
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internal controls. Interesting. Jesus says, well,
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right now you're silent. But I see something
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else. I see Cephas. I see a stone. I see a stone.
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I see you from your future. I'm calling it into
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being now. And this word is going to overtake
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you. And eventually this word is releasing an
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anointing that's going to conquer Simon. And
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you will cease to be conformed. to your past
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and you will be transformed into the image and
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the likeness that my father has decreed. Okay,
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let me, okay, I guess I have to do this. Not
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crazy about this, but anyway. So, I'm in glory
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and there's a father and, you know, spirits come
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out of God and he sends them into the earth and
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they become souls. That's where you came from
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when your mom and dad got happy. And so I see
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this spirit come out, and the father starts singing
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to this spirit. Sings to this spirit its purpose,
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its calling, its anointing, its gifting. His
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destiny impacts it and imprints it into the spirit.
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Blows him into the earth. So that when the person
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repents of sin, believes in Jesus, what was placed
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in that person by the father begins the process
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of activation. In fact, true prophecy is nothing
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but Reading from the book that the father wrote
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about you before he blew you into the earth.
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Spiritual curiosity gives you the ability to
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read a page or a paragraph or a sentence out
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of the book. Once you spiritually perceive that
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the father doesn't just like you, he loves you
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and likes you. And he's for you. He's really,
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really for you. And then because he's for you,
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you act for yourself and not against yourself.
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You figure out that everything is rigged in your
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favor. And that no matter what happens, ultimately
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you will succeed. So my question to you is this.
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What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
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So I'm minding my own business, which I do unless
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I'm really bored. Then I mind other people's
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business. I got cousins in this room. You might
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be one of them. Anyway, I'll leave that alone.
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So the father starts talking to me. This is what
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he says. He says, I called you just like I did
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Joshua. He said. just like I was with Moses,
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I'll be with you. He said to me, every place
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upon which the sole of your foot shall tread,
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I've given it to you as your inheritance. He
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said, just like I was with Moses, I'll be with
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you. And he said, I will not fail you. So I'm
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very confident because I can even make a mistake
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and God will turn the mistake into a miracle.
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Look at somebody and say, you can even make a
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mistake and your father will turn your mistakes
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into miracles. And I can make a mistake and the
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father will give me wisdom. I'm learning mistake.
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I'm learning wisdom from my mistakes. Right?
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So I understand that what appears to be failure
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is on the road to success. So I fail where I
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need to to be able to minister to you. Okay.
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For a righteous man falls down completely, but
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God picks him up. A righteous man falls down
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seven times, but the Lord picks him up. So he
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really, so ultimately he is successful. Are you
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still with me? Okay, so now. So Jesus sees Simon
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first in his earthly identity, but he saw Peter
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in his heavenly identity. Jesus' perception,
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he speaks to Simon out of Simon's future. and
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calls Peter into being now. So, I don't live
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in my earthly identity. Love my dad, respect
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my dad, 100 years of age when he went into glory,
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but I never would let my dad define me. Never.
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He tried, bless his heart. He meant well. Ain't
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happening. Because it was too low. My mom, who
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was the oldest of several children, she tried
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to be the boss of me. But I was the baby. Ain't
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nobody the boss of me. My dad was a Baptist.
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Mama was a Baptist. She was a Bible teacher.
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My mama, you know, they wanted me to be a Baptist.
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I got saved in the Baptist church. Got filled
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with the Holy Ghost. Had an angelic encounter,
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not a vision, actual physical angel talk to me
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in front of people. And they want to convince
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me to be a Baptist. Want to tell me? Miracles
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don't happen. I told them while I was just in
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the meeting, because there was a move of God
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and I was a part of it with young people, and
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the owner of the building, he was on crutches,
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and he put away his crutches and he walks. Too
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late. I was standing this close to the guy when
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the miracle happened. So revelation produces
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transformation as Simon becomes Peter as he obeys
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Jesus. Here's what's crazy. All right. What are
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the people saying about me? One apostle says
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this. He says, what do you got to say about me?
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Simon, Peter says, you're the king. Messiah,
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the king. You're the son of the living God. Blessed
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are you, Simon Barjona. Flesh and blood didn't
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reveal this to you, but my father in heaven.
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And I tell you that I'm the big rock. You're
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the little rock. And upon the big rock, I'm going
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to build the church. And the gates of hell should
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not prevail against it. Wait. How's this transformation
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come? Peter had a spiritual perception first
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about who Jesus was and what Jesus was. And as
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a result of that, Jesus gave Peter a perception
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on how he was seen by the Father. Everybody say,
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number one, revelation. Everybody say, number
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two, identification. Everybody say, number three,
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authorization. So as he began to identify with
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Jesus, he began to be transformed by God. Are
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you still with me? So here's where I'm coming
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from. I refuse to let anybody tell me who I am
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when they don't know who they are. Now you need
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to hear me. Hear me. Moses was the son of a Hebrew
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father and mother, but he was raised in the house
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of Pharaoh. And so he lived in an identity that
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wasn't his for 40 years. The longer you live
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in identity, that's not yours, you delay coming
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into who you are. So unless you speak to me the
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word of the Lord that agrees with my heavenly
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identity, I'm in my heart giving you the hand.
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Everybody say revelation. Everybody say identification.
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Everybody say authorization. Peter, I give to
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you the keys. Whatever is forbidden in heaven,
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you have the ability, when I tell you to, to
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forbid it on earth. Whatever is permitted in
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heaven, you have the ability to permit it on
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earth. Everybody say revelation, identification,
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authorization. And guess what? It all happens
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through perception. The perception brought about
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the transformation. Let me show you how powerful
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this is. Peter is up on a house stop praying.
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He gets hungry. I'm thinking about that fish
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tonight. He has a vision. And in the vision,
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he's instructed to eat something that's not clean.
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Gentiles. He's Jewish. Has it three times. Vision
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goes up. He's trying to figure out the revelation.
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And then the Holy Spirit says, three men are
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looking for you. Go with them, doubting nothing.
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Three visions in one. Three men. And he goes
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with the Gentiles and he goes into their house.
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And he preaches Jesus. The Holy Spirit falls,
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they speak in tongues, and they get baptized
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in water. All Peter was looking at at that moment
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was the people in the house. It wasn't until
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later that he perceived you being in Christ.
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What am I saying? Sometimes God is doing something
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in your life or through your life, and you don't
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even perceive the full significance of it. You're
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only looking at what's going on in the house
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and not the thousands and millions of people
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that are in the backyard. And so I need the anointing
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to increase my spiritual perception so I can
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see what God is doing in my life and the lives
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of others. Because if I could perceive it and
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conceive it, I can get a hold of it. I can shift
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it from the invisible to the visible. And so
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I have, and I'm getting ready to close, and we
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get ready to do something. So sometimes I see
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with my physical eyes you, but I see something
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else with my spiritual eyes at the same time.
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Or sometimes I will fall asleep with my eyes
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open. All this fades to black, and I'll be somewhere
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in the future. Maybe a meeting. And I may see
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the pastor. I may see what he's wearing. It'll
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be like color as if I'm there. Or maybe I'm supposed
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to minister to somebody, and I'll see the condition
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in their body as if I'm there in color. I may
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be in a church service, and let's say there's
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somebody who's involved in witchcraft, and they're
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on this row, and they're sitting right here.
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Okay, that's got to be dealt with. You know what
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I mean? I'll dream about something. And then
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if it's like that, I'm awake. It fades to black
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and it's like falling asleep with your eyes open.
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Because it's part of my assignment. It's not
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because I'm spiritual. Seriously? Really? No.
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It's not that. It's that I've learned. Or I'm
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learning to look just to see. So what does that
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mean? That means maybe the Holy Spirit says,
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don't go to work your regular route. Go a different
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route. That make sense? So everybody say it's
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very practical. So let me give you this scripture
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and then we're going to shift. This is from the
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book of Acts chapter 11 verse 22. You don't have
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to put it up. When Barnabas came to Antioch,
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he saw the grace of God and encouraged the believers
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with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord.
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The Greek word saw or had seen is spelled Horeo.
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It means to look at something intently, to scrutinize
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it, to analyze it, to observe it something fully.
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The thing about Jesus is this. He looks beyond
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your faults. He'll see your need. It's not that
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he's unaware of your flaws, weaknesses, and defects
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of character. It means that he looks beyond them
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to see you in your original heavenly state that
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you're going to walk into as you follow Jesus.
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Barnabas was a great apostle and prophet. And
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he was able to see the grace of God. He was able
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to see what God was doing in the lives of the
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disciples of Jesus. And the Spirit of God wants
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you to be able to perceive what the Father's
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doing in the lives of his sons and daughters
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through his son Jesus. So when you're moving
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in, like discerning of spirits, words, and knowledge,
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wisdom, prophecy, look for what God's grace is
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saying and doing in the life of that person by
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the Spirit of Jesus. Give the Lord a big hand
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clap, will you? So, I've been at conferences,
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many, where they would set me in a room and they
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would just bring people. And I just prophesied.
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Maybe take an afternoon. Because I would just
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simply look and see. It's very simple. I just
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simply tap into the spirit of Jesus because he's
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a prophet in me. And I can go, I can look at
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him and go, oh, you have a Romans 12 gift of
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teaching. You're analytical and you have to figure
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things out. You have this pragmatic thing about
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it's got to be one, two, three, and four. A,
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B, C, and D. And when I was talking about you
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need to understand it to move in it, you went,
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oh, that fits me. Is that true? Raise your hand
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so they don't, because they can't see you. So
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do you know you have a gift of teacher in you?
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You know now. Notice how I put the question.
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Did you know? Did you know Jesus the teacher
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is going to work through you? You're going to
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be anointed to teach. Here's the crazy thing
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about your teaching. As you teach, the power
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of the Lord has become present to heal. Because
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you've been praying about that. Right? Raise
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your hand so they know I'm hitting it because
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you know. And then you've got this thing about
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you want to see people deliver from the evil.
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Raise your hand if that's true. And then you
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want to see people feel the Holy Spirit. Raise
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your hand if that's true. And so, you know, there's
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kind of this, I don't know if you're aware of
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this. You know, you kind of got a pastoral kind
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of a thing. You know that, right? But you also
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got an evangelistic kind of a thing, right? Okay,
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so just listen to your pastor. Now, I need to
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do this with you because it's important. You've
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heard of Rick Renner. He has Sparkling Gems 1
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and 2. Do you have them? You should get them.
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It's going to help you. Okay? He's extremely
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solid. He's like a Greek scholar. I think he,
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well, he's an apostle, really. And so I think
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he established a church in Moscow. And I think
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he has a school of Jesus. And I think he has
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ministries that have come out of him. And he's
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just real. You'll really like him. He will help
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you in the pastoral part. Because pastors need
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to be teachers, right? When you look at, I just,
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please forgive me. When you look at Timothy,
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1 Timothy and 2 and Titus, elders need to teach,
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right? They got all these qualifications like
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22, 23, but there's one they had to have. Look
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at somebody say they need to teach. So this whole
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pastor, teacher, evangelist thing, okay? So you
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should stand right here because there's an anointment.
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I like that word, anointment. It may or may not
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be a word, but other people make words up, so
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I figure I will. Hey, Kenny, man, what are you
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doing, man? Y 'all going to pray for this dude?
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Well, when are you going to pray for him? Let's
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pray for him now. Lift up your hands and get
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ready to receive more of God. Come on. Father,
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we thank you for this pastoral teaching and evangelistic
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gift of Jesus that's on the inside of him. Let
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it be cultivated. Let it be matured. Let it be
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developed. Let him go through what he's got to
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go through so that he can be shaped and formed
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and made by you, God Almighty, so that he can
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overcome every test and he can stand. the pressures
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of being a leader and that he could be victorious
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and an overcomer through Jesus. Come on, pray
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for him in 30 seconds. Come on. 30 seconds. Pray
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over him in the spirit. Almost done. We're almost
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done. I've got a big hand clap. You can take
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the seat. Now, I do need the screen. I need Ephesians
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1 and 17. I need to do this, then I'm gonna tell
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you something, and then we're all gonna pray,
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and then I'm gonna go eat me some food. Paul
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says that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
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Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of
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wisdom and revelation, the knowledge of the Father.
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Next verse. That the eyes of your understanding
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may be enlightened. Okay. Understanding is where
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we get the word heart. Enlightened is where we
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get the word photizo. What it's saying here is
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that there's an anointing. Jesus, the anointed
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one in his anointing, the Holy Spirit, can cause
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you to see properly framed photographs in the
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spirit of King Jesus. Everybody say, your eyes
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flooded with light. Now, here's the thing. My
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brother, where's the brother? Was that you came
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up here to talk about perception? Is that you?
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Where's he at? Okay, it was you. Okay, so here's
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the deal. You were right on. And then the brother
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talked about the pots of oil. Here's what's crazy.
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One of the angels, there's a couple angels I
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want to mention. One has to do with releasing
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the anointing, but the other is a honey angel.
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I should explain. Everybody say, honey anointing.
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Here's the deal. And as soon as I say it, you'll
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get it. Saul had said, ain't nobody eating as
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we're going out here to war. But his son Jonathan
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didn't know. So his son Jonathan was tired. He
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was faint. He found some honey and he ate it.
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And the scripture says his eyes were enlightened.
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What if I was to say to you that there are angels
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up here of anointing that can release honey that
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will cause your spiritual perception to increase
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and that they can release the light of spiritual
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perception onto you right where you are. How
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many of you would like to see more? Then stand
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to your feet. We're going to do an altar call
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right where you are. Because the angels can be
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here and they can release it. But I want you
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to do something. I want you to pray in the Holy
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Spirit for three minutes before I pray for you.
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Close your eyes. Start praying right now. have
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an anointing release the spirit of revelation
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and wisdom and visions and dreams and revelations
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so Holy Father I lift up your sons and your daughters
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and Father I release the spirit of wisdom I release
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the spirit of revelation I release the Holy Spirit
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of light I release the anointing for dreams,
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perceptions, revelations, visitations. I release
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that. Let there be an impartation of it right
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now. Let people begin to see who've never been
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able to see before. And Lord, let them check
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the scriptures and with the pastor and with the
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leadership. Discover that they've seen correctly.
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By the Spirit of the Lord. Now I want you to
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take one minute and praise God for it right now.
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You may be seated. Now, I just got to do one
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more thing. This row, the dude, the dude with
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the long beard. Yeah, stand up. That row, everybody
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in that row, stand up. So, I don't understand
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this, but I see Joe. Does somebody know a Joe
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in the row? That's one. Now, that means Joe,
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Joseph. Anybody else? Yeah, I know. Finally took
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you long enough. But this whole row, because
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the Lord pointed out the whole row. You know
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how Joseph was able to see, discern, Feel. A
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blind person, they see with their fingers. They
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feel, but it's just as good as seeing. This whole
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row, there's a spirit of revelation on it. You
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need to get ready because God's going to show
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you stuff. It may be an impression. It may be
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a perception. It may be a glimpse. It may be
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a dream. It may be a feeling, but God is getting
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ready to do something just like he did for Joseph.
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He's doing it for you. Lift up your hands, that
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whole row. I release the spirit of revelation.
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So that they can be a blessing and benefit others
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for your glory. In Jesus name. Everybody give
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God a hand clap. go to www .lifebiblechurch .org
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or call us at 541 -995 -8282.