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Saturday Message - Pastor Danny Bonilla (September 24, 2011) | Life Bible Church
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What a great moment in God. And what a great
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moment in God for this local church. This wonderful
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10 -year marker. A real prophetic moment in God.
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The moment that God intends to propel you into
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a whole other decade of blessing and prosperity
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and the fulfillment of what he has designed for
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your church. And I love the way you love God.
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I love that you love his presence and that you
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can spend time in his presence. I love the pastor
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for opening up the altars during the time of
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worship and letting people just get lost with
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God. It is the altar, the place where the lost
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get found and the found get lost. The place where
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we can just spend time in his presence and be
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transformed, change in a moment. You can walk
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in here all weary and tired and hopeless. one
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moment in the presence of God and it's all changed.
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Can you give the Lord a big clap offering for
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His presence? It's awesome. Hallelujah. Thank
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you, Lord. Throughout the church, the history
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of the church, there have been those who were
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lovers of God's presence. Today we enjoy what
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we know is worship that came to us via King David
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who established for us, the Vedic worship and
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principles of coming into the presence of God
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and entering into His presence and spending time
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in the presence of God. David distinguished himself
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different in Saul because he loved the presence
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of God. Saul reigned over Israel, never was concerned
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about restoring God's presence back. The first
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thing David did first order of business was restoring
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God's ark back to the house of the Lord and restoring
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worship back and putting musicians back in their
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place. And I believe David did all that because
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of a mentor that God put in his life. It was
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the prophet Samuel who trained David who was
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a lover of God's presence. Judge prophet of the
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Old Testament who stood among the judges who
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initiated the years of the king Yet this man
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was a man who loved the presence of God and I'd
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like to talk to you a little bit about Samuel
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because I believe this house has a Samuel touch
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on it has a prophetic touch on this house to
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raise prophetic people and people who will love
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the presence of God Anyone who comes into this
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house in proximity of this house is going to
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know that God dwells in this place. Amen It's
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a worshiping house. It's a house full of praise
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great musicianship Can you give the Lord a hand
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for the music of the house the musicians singers?
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What an anointing on the house? I believe God
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has anointed you in a special way, and I think
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there is a divine heritage for the house of the
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Lord among the prophets. Go with me to Acts chapter
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three as we just lay the foundation. I wanna
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talk to you about Samuel, but let's go to Acts
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chapter three. In Acts chapter three, verse 24
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and 25. Acts chapter 3 verse 24 and 25 Here's
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what the scripture says yes all the prophets
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From Samuel and those who follow as many as have
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spoken have also foretold these days You are
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the sons of the prophets Would you turn to somebody
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and say you're a son of a prophet? I've been
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called the son of many things, but the scripture
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says I'm a son of the prophet and so are you
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You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant
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which God made with our fathers Saying to Abraham
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in your seat all the families of the earth shall
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be blessed what a great thing to know that We
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have a divine heritage in God among the prophets
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that God considers the church as that instrument
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that will inherit not only an inheritance among
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the prophets, but also part of the great covenant
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that gives us the authority to bless the families
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of the earth. I want you to look at somebody
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and say you have the authority to become a blessing
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to somebody else. That's right, I believe that
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God has saved us, transformed us, changed us.
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so that we can be the carrier of someone else's
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miracle. You are carrying a blessing of somebody
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else. Somebody's waiting for your arrival. Somebody
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is waiting for you to show up in their life and
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bring them you're gonna be the answer to somebody
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praying Even around the world. I believe this
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house is going to answer the prayers that have
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ascended unto the throne room of God You are
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the instrument of God and you are a part of Abraham
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the seed part of that great Covenant that God
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said that in his seed all the families of the
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earth shall be blessed everybody say all And
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that means all doesn't matter who they are what?
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Nationality what culture they're from what religious
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background we can bless all the families of the
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earth And I'm not intending to say that we are
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going to be the sponsors of an ecumenical movement
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I'm just saying we can infiltrate every stronghold
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of the enemy and become a blessing anywhere.
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God takes us Can you say man wherever God sends
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the sons and daughters of this house? You're
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going to take the blessing that's on this house
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and become a carrier of the anointing of this
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house. You're going to import that which God
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has brought into this house, export the very
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glory of the Lord that is in this place. And
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God will show up on your behalf wherever you
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stand, whether it's the couple that just moved
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to Texas to plant a church or whether it's God
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taking you to the mission fields, even into the
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countries of the Middle East. a Muslim population,
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God will bless the families of the earth. Not
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too long ago my wife and I had the privilege
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of spending a month in Asia and spent some weeks
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in Indonesia Traveling the islands of Indonesia
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and one of those islands we were invited to speak
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in an open -air Rally where the governor of that
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island opened the island up so that and opened
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the biggest stadium they had been hit by a tsunami
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and earthquakes and It had been ravished and
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they were ready the wife of the governor had
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been saved and filled with the Holy Ghost So
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she was making ready her husband for what would
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be the visitation of God. We got invited to continue
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from Singapore, and it was awesome as we brought
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musicians and singers into that island that had
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been ravished, who still had not restored all
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the light around the city. But it was amazing
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to see what God was about to do. And we gathered
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in a stadium that only had a few lights hanging,
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illuminating the first part of the crowd. But
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there were hundreds and thousands of people that
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gathered. Muslim people that came to hear the
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music and when they heard the music They just
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were sitting there kind of somber to what was
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happening But I knew God was about to do something
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great Because I believe in this verse that we
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have the power and the authority to bless the
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families of the earth Can you say amen? So I
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was determined we're going to see blessing unleashed
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in this place and people are going to get saved
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and we're going to infiltrate this Muslim community
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and see God save some people. The first night
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we had two nights to do it and three other nights,
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three other days to disciple whoever got saved.
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The first night we saw 500 Muslims run to Jesus
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and give their lives to Christ. The second night
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1 ,500 came to the Lord. 2 ,000 Muslims got saved.
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Miracles began to happen and people got healed.
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and restored and we spent for the next three
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days discipling some people and blessing families
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and they came every day after that to be lay
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had the hands laid on them to receive the baptism
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of the Holy Spirit and establish them in foundational
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doctrine so it was a powerful time as we spent
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three solid days with them about eight to nine
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hours teaching them the Word of God praying for
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them and speaking of the future into their lives
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prophesying over their lives I believe that you
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and I are called to infiltrate this world We're
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called to step in to places where the devil would
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not have us show up but God has delivered us
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so that we and cleanse us and Changed us that
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we might have an authority to step into places
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that have been ruled by the enemy And I believe
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this church is called to take some ground that
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belongs to the kingdom of God. Can you say amen?
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So I'm standing among a prophetic people who
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have a great heritage in God. You indeed are
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the sons of a prophet. You have a pastor who
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has a prophetic mantle on him, has been a proven
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prophet, even among his mentor Bob Isabel, who's
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been a mentor to him and a father in the Lord
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to him as well. He has proven himself. And I
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believe God's raised this church while others
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were walking away from the supernatural presence
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of God and the manifested presence of God. Raising
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and preparing a place where he could make his
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self known God wanted to reveal his presence
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and he has raised you with that purpose I believe
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all in this region I know there gotta be other
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churches But you are an instrument of God with
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a great heritage from God and the prophetic voice
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of the Lord will trump it out of this house And
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everyone who will come into this place will have
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an encounter with God's presence an encounter
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with the Lord How many thank God that you came?
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Come on That you got touched by God. You're part
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of what God's doing in this place You're this
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house with a great heritage that has the power
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and the authority to bless other families So
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there is a great future lined up for this church
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And you're not ever going to become a quiet church
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So if that's in your mind forget about it You've
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arrived among some people that know how to worship
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God with all of their heart and are not ashamed
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To proclaim it. Oh, you're gonna do things with
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excellence and the touch of excellence is all
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over your ministry And I thank God for a people
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of excellence But you can have excellence and
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the anointing as well and the anointing is definitely
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in this house There is a God anointing that has
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marked you with a heritage among the prophets
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to stir up I believe that this house is going
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to be like a house of Samuel. You're going to
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be like a school of prophets. People who come
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in this place are going to be trained under the
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prophetic anointing and the mantle of the Lord.
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And before you know it they're going to find
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themselves prophesying and the word of the Lord
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will spring out of their mouth even before they're
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intending to do it. The Holy Spirit will overtake
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people's lives and God will do it. You know everywhere
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there was the presence of God, everywhere Samuel
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was there was this anointing that he dispensed
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on people. people's lives, changing moments and
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bringing and ushering in change into people's
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lives. He walked into the house of Jesse and
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anointed David and the least, the one who nobody
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thought had the potential to accomplish what
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God had intended. But when the prophet showed
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up with the anointing, everything changed in
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the house of Jesse. A king was announced that
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would come out of his house and God established
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his presence. The anointing that's on this house
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going to bring a divine identity to people. I
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said divine identity because people don't know
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who they are until they receive a revelation
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of their divine identity. You don't know who
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you are until God reveals who you are. He created
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you and just like Bob shared with us so tremendously
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yesterday from Psalm 139 He fashioned you in
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your mother's womb. He put into you everything
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you needed I believe that God packed you for
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the journey. He packed you right in your mother's
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womb with everything you needed you have were
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already equipped and Somebody had to wake up
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that potential inside of you speak to a secret
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inside of you I think you were born every one
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of us was born with a secret inside of us up.
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The secret of God, the wisdom of God hidden inside
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of us, hidden in our lives. Well, in second Corinthians,
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or first Corinthians chapter two, forgive me,
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first Corinthians chapter two, before I go on
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to Samuel, let me just establish this, that it
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is Paul, the infallible interpreter of scripture,
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that brings this to us. When he says in first
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Corinthians chapter 2 verse 6 however we speak
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wisdom among those who are mature Yet not the
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wisdom of this age nor the rulers of this age
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who are coming to nothing But we speak the wisdom
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of God in a mystery the hidden wisdom somebody
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say the hidden wisdom Which God ordained before
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the ages for our glory? Now he's talking about
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this hidden wisdom God hid wisdom this secret
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wisdom God hit in It was ordained before the
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ages before time began for our glory Which none
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of the rulers of this age knew for had they known
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they would not have crucified the Lord of glory
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But as it is written I has not seen nor ear has
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heard Nor have entered into the heart of man
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the things which God has prepared for those who
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love him things prepared Preordain predestined
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as we heard yesterday Set into order by God.
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I believe secretly in every one of our lives
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I Believe that when the scripture speaks about
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the hidden wisdom of God not just hidden in heaven,
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but hidden in lives secrets in your life you
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have been carrying a secret all of your life
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and God's about to unclose or uncover the secret
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that contains the glory of your life. This scripture,
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if I read it correctly, it says it was ordained,
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that secret wisdom of God, that hidden wisdom
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of God was ordained before the ages for our glory.
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Somebody say for our glory. So there's glory
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hiding, and I believe it's right inside of you.
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I believe that's why God is causing a prophetic
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move upon the face of the earth to wake up some
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glory all over the earth. Everywhere we go, through
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His prophetic anointing, through the church that
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is on the church, God is about to unclose, to
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unlock the secrets that are in people's hearts.
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It has always been the intention of God to do
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so, that He might reveal the things that eyes
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have not seen. There are some things that God
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has planned about your life that no eye has seen.
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No eye has been able to see it. No ear has been
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able to hear it. They have not been birthed out
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of the heart of man, but they have been birthed
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in the heart of God. Can you say amen? But verse
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10 says this, but God has revealed them to us
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through His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all
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things. Yes, the deep things of God. Somebody
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say the deep things. The deep things of God for
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what man knows the things of a man except the
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spirit of a man which is in him Even so no one
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knows the things of God except the spirit of
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God Now we have received not the spirit of the
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world But the spirit who is from God that we
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might know the things that have been freely given
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to us by God That we might know talking to somebody
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and say God wants you to know God wants to bring
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revelation knowledge to every person about what
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He has designed for your life, what He has already
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prepared for you. He wants you to know the secret
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that is in your life. And these things we also
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speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches,
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but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing
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spiritual things with spiritual. Spiritual things
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with spiritual things. Would you go with me to
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First Corinthians chapter 14, verse 25. Listen
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to the worship service that Paul articulates
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and speaks about when the church gathers together.
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Verse 23 to verse 25 in chapter 14 of First Corinthians.
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First Corinthians, therefore if the whole church
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comes together in one place and all speak with
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tongues and there come in those who are. Uninformed
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and unbelievers will they not say that you are
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out of your mind? but if all prophesy if who
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prophesies all Come on if all prophesy and an
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unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in He
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is convinced by all and he is convicted by all
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and thus the secrets of his heart are revealed
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The secrets of his heart are revealed and so
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falling down on his face, he will worship God
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and report that God is truly among you. And I
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believe that's the anointing that's on this house.
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The anointing to reveal secrets. You are part
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of a people that God has raised up with an anointing
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to reveal the secret things of a heart. The secret
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things in people's lives. People are gonna walk
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in here and in one moment under the prophetic
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anointing, under the prophetic song, under the
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prophetic worship, under the life of a Holy Ghost
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that's moving in this church and the liberty
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that's created by leadership that understand
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that everything that is going to take place,
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that significant must take place. In that presence
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of God and in that holy moment of God today.
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We've experienced an incredible moment in God
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I believe the holy presence of God It's almost
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like we could have just sat there and just waited
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on the Lord. Wasn't it awesome? God shows up
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in these bits But there is also this anointing
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that prepares is preparing the church of the
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end times not to be quiet But to speak up with
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a Samuel anointing and uncover the secrets of
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people's hearts. Would you go with me? to 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 9 chapter mention
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chapter 9, it tells the story of when Saul came
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looking for what he had lost, he goes to find
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a seer who might have information for him about
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what he has lost. Not looking for anything else
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but what he has lost. Yet God had already determined
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that this would be a prophetic moment in Saul's
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life. And I'm using Saul because it's probably
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the most clear example of what we just talked
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about, discovering the secrets of people's heart.
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Saul did not know where the animals were that
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he had lost and he was looking for. Convinced
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to go to the seer's house, God was already ahead
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of him, speaking to the seer. And in 1 Samuel
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chapter 9 verse 15, now the Lord had told Samuel
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in his ear. Somebody say in his ear. It's a wonderful
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thing when God can speak to you in your ear and
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you can hear the voice of the Lord. Now the Lord
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had told Samuel in his ear the day before Saul
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came saying, tomorrow about this time I will
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send you a man from the land of Benjamin and
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you shall anoint him commander over my people
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Israel that he may serve my people from the hand
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that he might save my people from the hand of
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the Philistines for I have looked upon my people
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because of their cry has come to me. So when
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Samuel saw Saul the Lord said to him, there he
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is. the man of whom I spoke to you. This one
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shall reign over my people." Then Saul drew near
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to Samuel in the gate and said, please tell me
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where is the seer's house? And Samuel answered
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Saul and said, I am the seer. Go up before me
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to the high place for you shall eat with me today
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and tomorrow I will let you go and will tell
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you all that is in your heart. Another translation
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says, and I will reveal the secret of your heart.
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The hidden, that which is hidden in your heart.
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And that's the anointing that I believe that
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it was on Samuel to reveal things that were in
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people's heart. And I believe that this church
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I'm not talking about the sin being revealed
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when people think about if you all prophesy Those
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that are an informed come in and those secret
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things the sins of people will be revealed God's
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not into shaming people but God's into bringing
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of revelation of their destiny Revelation of
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who they really are see you don't know who you
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are until there is a Divine identity revealer
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until the secrets of your heart Saul did not
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understand who he was He thought he was just
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laboring to find something that was lost But
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he was actually walking into a prophetic moment
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where God would reveal the very secret of his
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heart He wasn't even looking up till he had no
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knowledge that there was something hidden inside
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of him Some of you don't even know that there's
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something great hidden inside of you, but you've
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been walking with a secret Something that are
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that has your glory attached to it. It has been
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ordained to bring glory to your house To your
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family to your children to cause you to stand
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out in your generation And to bring you into
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a place of fulfillment it has your identity and
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your identity has Your heritage and God When
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you know who you are then you know what you're
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an heir of and that is the reality David didn't
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even know Jesse didn't know who he was his own
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father David didn't know who he was Growing up
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in the house of Jesse But when Samuel showed
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up Samuel again revealed the divine identity
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Samuel revealed that which was hidden of God
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and I believe this church has got a call of God
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to reveal the hidden things There is an anointing
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to reveal destiny in this place, and I believe
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it's not just gonna happen here But it's gonna
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happen around the world as you send ambassadors
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and teams of this house to minister different
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places of the world. I believe it's what's going
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to give you entrance to different locations that
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God's going to take you to in the next few years.
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I believe that as you seek to multiply what God
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is doing in this house, it's going to happen
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in the same way it happened here. There's going
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to be destinies affirmed, and God's going to
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use not just a few, not just one man and his
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wife, but he's going to use an army. of people
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that he's preparing under that anointing. Come
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on, there's a presence of God sitting in this
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place. It's just like what Samuel experienced.
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You know that Samuel, and reality is that David
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learned from Samuel. Jesse wasn't the mentor
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of David. It was Samuel the prophet who brought
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an impartation to him and revealed who he was
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that caused David to attach himself to Samuel.
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Actually, when he ran from Saul later in his
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life, where did he run to? for cover where Samuel
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was and told Samuel everything that had happened
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to him he was running into the presence of the
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scripture says in first Samuel 19 that Samuel
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was presiding over a prophetic meeting over a
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prophetic meeting that was full of people prophesying
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it was the school of the prophets and David came
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there and everyone that Saul sinned to arrest
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him when he found out he was there started prophesying
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under that anointing They could not fulfill the
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will of man, but God fulfilled his will I believe
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that God's going to do that in this house I believe
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that the anointing of God's going to increase
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in this church and people are going to fall out
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when they walk into this place under the anointing
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of the Lord and begin to get touched by the Spirit
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of God I've watched people get saved filled with
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the Holy Ghost and prophesy all at once Do you
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know anything do it all at once what took some
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people months to achieve and God it happened
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in a moment for some people I watched it a move
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in a great revival where I was birthed in the
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out of Puerto Rico as a police officer walked
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into our Presbyterian church that was so refined
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and quiet and the services would end at 9 p .m
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They'd turn off the lights and throw you out
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if you weren't out of the place but that day
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the service carried on till 3 in the morning
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because God showed up and Nobody could leave
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and there was crying and wailing in the presence
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of God and people falling out of the anointing
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the police officer of the town square showed
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up curious to hear the cries of the people walks
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him to the place he's not saved but in the moment
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I watched him with my own eyes I was 17 years
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old watching the manifested presence of God arrest
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people with purpose and that I saw him that officer
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and one of his officers fall to their knees get
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saved and all in one moment get filled with the
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Holy Ghost so God can do it In a moment he can
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change lives he can change the course of people
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and people can find who they are And I saw young
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people begin to prophesy to that police officer
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He has he wept on his knees and couldn't get
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up kind of just nailed to the floor by the presence
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of God And the Spirit of the Lord came on him
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and next few things that we heard about him was
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that he would he was the officer in charge of
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the morning lineup and giving instructions to
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The people who guarded our city the other police
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officers But now he was giving a Holy Ghost Instruction
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and the word of knowledge was flowing through
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him And he was causing police officers to get
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saved because he would speak to them about Secret
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things in their lives and only they knew and
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they would fall and worship God in the church
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got filled with a harvest of police officers.
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So, listen, God can do that and He can do it
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now. He's been doing it ever since and He did
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it with Samuel of old. Samuel heard God so clearly
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and I believe a spirit of God is in this place
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Opening up plowing the ear of this house. Not
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just a few not just five percent But this is
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a prophetic church with a Samuel call amen and
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up You all have been basing in the presence of
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God. There is just an awesome presence of the
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Lord It's not in every place of worship what
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your understanding what you're experiencing here
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is a real unique move You are in a day of the
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favor of the Lord that is on you. God is defining
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you and your call. His anointing is bringing
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you this church, corporate church, a divine identity.
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There is a Samuel house that will raise prophets
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and raise men and women who will link themselves
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to the covenant of Abraham and have the authority
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to bless people when they speak. Come on. Are
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you ready to change your world? I'm talking about
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people your sons and daughters will have will
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gain in this house the wisdom and the authority
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to change people's lives When God sends you you're
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not going to go into fields of harvest and into
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the fields that he sends you with with an intimidation
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You're going to go with somebody that knows that
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you've got you're carrying somebody's blessing
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You're the carrier of somebody's miracle and
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that when you are sent out from this house You
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will be sent out to perform It's a miracle that
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somebody has been expecting. Look at somebody
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again and say somebody's waiting for you. That's
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right, somebody is praying, somebody's waiting
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for you to show up, for your house to show up.
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Somebody will be waiting for your children, because
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God keeps covenant with a thousand generations
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with those who love him. Can you give God a clap
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offering that your kids are gonna serve God?
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I don't care what the devil's doing in this house.
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God keeps covenant. He'll go after your kids.
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He'll save them. He'll rescue them and he'll
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bring them into the place God has a anointing
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on this house Samuel is a particular man as we
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look at Samuel's life He's the son of Hannah.
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Remember Hannah couldn't have children But somehow
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her husband had so much faith that every time
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they went up to sacrifice and to worship the
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Lord He would give her a double portion as scripture
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says If you read first Samuel, the first chapter,
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there was another woman who just mocked her,
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who had children. Hannah went before the Lord
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and her husband somehow had enough faith to say,
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I'm sowing into you because I believe that God's
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not through with you and that you're going to
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bear a child. And he would sow double an offering
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over Hannah. He would sow into all of his children,
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but to Hannah he gave a double portion. And I
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believe because he was sowing into a miracle.
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Something was about to happen a day where the
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priesthood was corrupt. And were Eli's sons were
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committing the sin all over the place and priests
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that had abandoned the presence of God and were
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Looking at their own comfort and gain. That was
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what Eli's sons were into and Eli I was not correcting
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them or adjusting them Eli was his eyes were
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growing dim and could not see but God Had something
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that he was going to do. He was going to raise
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a prophet and I believe that's why the book of
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Acts says from Samuel and it marks, marks our
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heritage. From Samuel on and everyone after him
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they prophesied about these moments. They spoke
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about the church There is an anointing that God
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wants to mark in our lives that started with
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Samuel that is our heritage and so we need to
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go back and That took me back to want to know
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how did Samuel grow up in the presence of God?
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Well, I read that Samuel spent time. He was taken
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by Hannah as as you know, it was The word from
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the priest, as she cried out to the Lord, God
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gives her this son and in 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel
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it tells the story of this man and I want to
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briefly go through some things that I believe
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are prophetic for this house at this moment in
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the life of Samuel because I believe that's what
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you're experiencing and that's what's going to
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set you up to fulfill the word of the Lord and
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have the capabilities to open up the secret things.
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to disclose the secrets of people's hearts. I
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believe God is going to change your perspective,
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change what you're looking at. You're no longer
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going to look at the outward man, but you're
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going to learn what Samuel learned, how to look
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at the inward man, and see them for what God
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sees them. Well, listen to the story, just a
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few things that are told about spoken about this
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Samuel it says that having known a little bit
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and know that you're a word church we're going
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to go right to this chapter 2 at the at the very
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verse 11 when they bring the child over to be
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given to the Lord verse 11 says then I'll kind
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of went to the house of Ramoth But the child
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ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.
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Because the mother had committed that that child
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that would be born, she would lend them to the
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Lord. And so they kept their promise and brought
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the child very young. And it says the child ministered
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to the Lord before Eli the priest. Then it says
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in verse 18, but Samuel ministered before the
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Lord even as a child. Somebody say even as a
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child. Wearing a linen ephod. Moreover his mother
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used to make him a little robe somebody say a
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little robe and Bring it to him year by year
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when she came up with her husband to offer the
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yearly sacrifice and Eli would bless Alcana and
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his wife and say the Lord give you descendants
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from this woman for the Lord for the loan that
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was given to the Lord Then they would go to their
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own home and the Lord visited Hannah so that
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she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters
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Meanwhile everybody saying meanwhile the child
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Samuel grew before the Lord verse 26 again affirms
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and the child Samuel grew in stature in favor
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both with the Lord and with men The same words
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are used to describe Jesus growth growing in
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the presence of God Same exact words It is said
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in chapter 3 listen to chapter 3 Now the boy
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Samuel ministered to the Lord and now it's not
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a child but a boy Now the boy Samuel ministered
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to the Lord before Eli and the word of the Lord
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was rare in those days There was no widespread
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revelation and it came to pass at that time while
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Eli was lying down in his place When his eyes
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had begun to grow so dim that he could not see
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And before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle
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of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and while
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Samuel was lying down, that the Lord called Samuel,
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and he answered, here am I. And you know what
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happens in that story. Samuel gets called by
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God, and the Lord wakes him up, but it's important
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to know the details of this story, that it happens
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in the very dawning of a new day. It's the light
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of the tabernacle, the lamp of the tabernacle.
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Eli, it describes Eli as having dim eyes. He's
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old of age. His eyes have gone dim, I believe,
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spiritually. He doesn't have the eyes to see
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what God's doing. There's no widespread revelation.
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There's a lack of vision, a lack of revelation
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in the whole land. But God's about to bring change
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by birthing Samuel. And I just feel that God...
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has brought change to this entire area by birthing
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this church. And I don't say that lightly. I
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don't say this in every place, but I believe
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that God has put an anointing on this house,
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a Samuel kind of anointing on this church, a
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prophetic anointing that is going to end up revealing
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the secrets of people's hearts. And it happened
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that Samuel grew up in this presence of God.
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The Bible denotes and has the connotation that
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he slept by the ark of the covenant. That while
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Eli slept in his own place, that Samuel stayed
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in the temple. who made reference that Joshua
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would linger when Moses would return back. And
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God's into having people, grooming people in
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His presence. He was grooming out of all the
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young men of Israel. He was grooming Joshua in
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that lingering time. What a great thing that
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you know how to linger in God's presence. Because
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there's been a grooming of God. For 10 years,
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God has been grooming this house. And for 10
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years, like Samuel, who now turns into a boy
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who has grown in the presence of God, he was
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grooming sleep by the ark of the covenant that
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represented the presence of God but this morning
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everything was going to change the lamp was going
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out and the lamp announces that there was a that
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lamp was lit all night long in the morning it
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was a job of the priest to make sure and trim
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the lamp so it could keep burning because it
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was the only light in the tabernacle the light
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was going out because it was the dawning of a
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new day and I want to say that there is a dawning
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on this house of a new thing that God would do
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a new Day is dawning on this house and there
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is an awakening a voice of God coming to this
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church to awaken you to further Accomplish the
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will of God. So I'm here by divine appointment
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of God I believe that this is a prophetic moment
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And I thought thank God that the pastor had in
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his heart to prophesy over some people But it
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is a prophetic moment not just for a few but
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for the entire church I believe that God's gonna
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wake this church up to a sense of destiny like
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never before and the anointing is going to increase
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in your life and God's gonna reveal himself in
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a whole brand new way to like he did to Samuel
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Samuel ran to Eli and said did you call me and
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he said no I didn't call you and he ran twice
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but the third time Eli finally got it it's the
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Lord calling this boy something yeah God wants
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to get attend the attention up and you know that's
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the way God speaks to men men men don't get it
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the first time Women I want you to know that
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he has to speak to men two or three times himself
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So whenever you have to tell your husband something
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to be patient. That's the way God made men If
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it would have been a woman shooter known for
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the beginning But Samuel went back and laid back
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down and the Lord kept calling him Samuel Samuel
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finally Eli got it and answered when he's when
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he calls you next time answer the Lord and the
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Lord revealed himself to Samuel And Samuel starts
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out this awesome ministry. The end of that chapter
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three says that then the Lord showed up in Shiloh
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again. The Lord revealed himself in Shiloh, began
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to appear in Shiloh again by the word of the
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Lord through Samuel. And I believe that God is
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gonna show up all over this land by the word
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of the Lord of this house. There's a revelation
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of the. Presence of God that's going to hit people
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in the marketplace in the business place in the
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workplace in the educational Systems of this
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world as you begin to infiltrate every one of
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those areas that God's going to bring change
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to So I'm here to prophesy to you that you're
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an ambassador of that miracle Working power of
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God is going to be unleashed over a people and
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Eugene has not seen anything yet I believe that
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you yet have to see what God is about to do I
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believe that God sent leaders into this place
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and they walked away from what God had intended
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for them to do They turned their face and up
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chose the wisdom of man rather than the wisdom
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of God they chose to have People get comfortable
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rather than have people get transformed in the
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presence of God. And I just so thank God for
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your abandonment in your worship, for your abandonment
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at the altar, for your ability to respond. I
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can tell you've been well trained to respond
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to the voice of the Lord. And it's that kind
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of a people that God's going to use. You have
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been raised in spite of all the criticism, in
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spite of everything. You're the replacement of
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what used to be what God had chosen. chosen to
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use, but they turned her heart from the very
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things that God had spoken to them, so God raised
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the Samuel. Oh, listen, you can send this tape
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to whoever you think needs to hear it. God raised
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the Samuel in spite of. The Eli's who went blind
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And who would not perform the will of God men
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who went after their own comfort and their own
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gain And God's switch God does that God doesn't
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waste time If you're not it he'll raise another
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If you decide you're gonna waste God's time listen
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God has a bunch of other people that he can save
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He can save him out of the gutter clean him a
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matter of fact. He loves going To pig pants and
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saving people that's where God finds some of
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the great champions of the kingdom in the roughest
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places God I believe that has prepared you grown
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you I believe this house has been raised for
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ten years in the presence of God like Samuel
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Ministering to the Lord like a child like a little
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church That death was just coming to know their
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destiny and you spend ten years learning about
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the presence of God waking up by the ark, waking
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up by the presence of God. Now the voice of the
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Lord is coming again to awaken you and to bring
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you into a place. And listen, can I say that
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the Holy Spirit has been at work just like Hannah
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was at work for her son? If I read to you correctly,
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we read about how Hannah would visit him once
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a year. because she had loaned them to the Lord
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once a year. Now I want to say that Hannah represents
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the work of the Holy Spirit in the church today.
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In this church in particular, once a year Hannah
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would come and she had actually prepared a robe
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for him. Every year she made him a new robe.
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Now those of you who have children, you know
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that you're going to have to spend some time
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dressing your kids because when they start growing
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up they grow out of their clothes quickly. and
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you have got to continually bring change to them
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and you have got to invest in them so they don't
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look funny and are the laughing stock of the
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community. But there is something you have to
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do to keep them clothed. Well she knew her boy
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was growing in the presence of God and she was
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going to make him a robe. Every year she would
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show up with a robe. Now strategically I believe
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Hannah had to think about that as a seamstress.
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She had to think and anybody who knows about
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Sewing clothes and tailoring clothes to fit You
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know that if you're going to do something up
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for a child that he is gonna have to wear for
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a year You're going to have to make it fit for
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a whole year You got to take an account that
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you're not gonna stay the same, but they're growing
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and So every time she would come with the robe
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at the beginning it was too big But by the end
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of the year it was too small Did you hear me
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Because you've been experienced this for ten
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years At the beginning of the year the dream
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seemed big and the robe you were cloaked with
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as you ministered before the Lord seemed to drag
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and People look you look hilarious and people
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made fun at you and mocked you in the community
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in the city and even other Other priests of the
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city said that look at it looks so hilarious
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This he cows that that robe is too big for him.
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They couldn't see the future. They couldn't see
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you growing up But Hannah saw a boy that would
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grow up in the presence of God. She was preparing
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the next robe. She was already going home. I've
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seen him. I've measured his stature. He's grown
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so much this year. I know what I got to do for
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next year's robe. She was strategically preparing
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another robe for him. And every year, by the
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end of the year, can you see Samuel already?
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His sleeve's kind of short, tight, uncomfortable.
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Some of you have grown uncomfortable and tight
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and you don't even know what's happening in your
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ministry. It's not that God... It's chastising
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you it's that you all have outgrown a season
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in your life And now the Holy Spirit's gonna
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come to cloak you again So don't don't fret when
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God through his Holy Spirit comes on your pastor
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and he starts talking big talk And he starts
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talking a vision and it starts designing a robe
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that seemingly doesn't fit Then when you look
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at it and examine it with the natural mind because
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the natural mind can't understand the things
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of the spirit It looks big how we ever gonna
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fit that robe But the Holy Spirit will Cause
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growth to come to this house and every year you
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have matured You have grown in spite. You have
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outlived your critics You have outlived those
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who made fun of Your dragging robe And they watched
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you outgrow That which you had in the past season
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now they're understanding and now listen I believe
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there's a sense of that even in your spirit.
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You are tight and uncomfortable Because God has
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brought you to a close of a decade and there's
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a new fitting for you God's God's weaved another
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robe for you. And people of faith, don't you
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scare at the sight of it. Don't you look at it.
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I believe Samuel was excited. Mommy is here.
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Man, I'm finally going to get out of this robe.
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It's been so tight. I can hardly fit in this
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thing. I can't worship or minister at the altar
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the way I used to. But I wear it in spite of
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because it's what she made for me. And you've
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been wearing some tight robe in the house. But
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God's ready to bring a change into you and cloak
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you. over again it's the Holy Spirit I believe
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God is bringing you raising you like he raised
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Samuel in his presence from childhood to boyhood
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to manhood where it says that he was proven all
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over the land that he was a proven prophet and
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none of his words fell to the ground everything
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is spoke came to pass everything you set out
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to do God will perform it I believe there's gonna
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come an authority on you that you have not yet
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experienced in God That's going to cause this
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land to shake. It's gonna cause people Attention
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to be set on this house as you begin to speak
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what God gives you as you begin to tell people
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What God sees them like you're gonna open up
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the secrets of people's hearts There is an authority
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on this house that is dawning upon you now It's
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a new season, and that which was of old will
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not work for the new season. So there's a change
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of ropes coming to you. God's cloaking you all
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over again, but you're growing in stature. You're
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growing in favor with God and with man. Tell
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somebody the favor of God's on you. Come on,
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favor of God's on you all over again. Amen, and
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when you think you've you can't experience more
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of his goodness How many know that as a good
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father he out does himself again, and he brings
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it all over again on you Well listen, I believe
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I Believe that you are like Samuel been prepared
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crew To multiply yourself many times over and
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to unlock the secrets of people's hearts Your
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children will not have to open doors trying to
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guess what their destiny will be Because you're
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in a place where the anointing of Samuel is here
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Destinies will be established. You're not gonna
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let the educators of our day dictate the destiny
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of your children You're not going to look up
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or look to the world so that your kids can find
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their place in society a dear what they were
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created for. But it's in this house that identities
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will be established, heritage will be established.
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And I believe like even Manoah of old, remember
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Manoah? Judges chapter 13, the angel came to
Judges 13 chapter mention
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his wife and said, a child's gonna be born to
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you. And when the child was born, Manoah made
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it his business. When he shows up again, I wanna
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talk to him. And when he showed up, he said,
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are you the one that talked to my wife? Ran to
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him. Are you the man that talked to my wife?
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He said, yes, I am. It was the I am. And he said,
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I want you to tell me. I want you to tell me.
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When the word of the Lord comes to pass, what
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will be the rule for this boy's life and the
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work of his life? He asked those two things.
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How do I measure him? How should I grow? What
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should I attain? What should my vision be for
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his growth? Every child you have has a different
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measure Ever you could have ten children in the
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same house with the same genes But they're all
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gonna measure up different anybody who has had
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children. You know, they're different They can
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be twins and they're different. Come on. There's
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a different measure for their life. Can you say
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amen? And they're gonna look like you but they're
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gonna be different they're gonna have a different
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measure and They're gonna have a different work
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every one of them. There is a work That God wants
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to reveal and I believe that anointing is going
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to be on this house your children are going to
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grow up with a sense of destiny a generation
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that has divine information and that know that
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they have been ordained that they are the sons
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of the prophets and that they have the authority
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to bless the families of the earth in closing
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if you have felt the robe tight, frustrated with
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what seemingly doesn't fit. You just stand to
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your feet in acknowledgement that there is a
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new season to dawn upon your life. And you receive,
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you're saying by standing, I receive what the
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Holy Spirit has for us as a church and for my
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life, individually for your family. I hope you
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get this. I hope you understand that the Holy
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Spirit's coming this weekend. to visit you and
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cloak you again. Oh, I just can't think about
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the excitement of Hannah showing up every year.
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I can't wait to see my little boy. The man that
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God's making him, he's wearing the ephod. He's
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ministering to the Lord continually. I've heard
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reports. She came to inspect him, brought him
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his new robe. preparing him for a new season
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of his life. This is a whole new season for this
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church. As you step out of the old and step into
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the new, this is a new day in God. Thank God
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for the 10 years that you have had. Can you say
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amen? But get excited about the new, the new
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cloaking of the Lord. There's a fresh anointing
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coming on this house. It will... Take you to
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greater places and God it will open doors that
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did not open in the last ten years All of a sudden
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doors will open unto this church that were shut
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and God kept shut until this season of maturity
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But now it is the time of God on your life and
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the doors that you try to open that didn't open
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will suddenly open and God will cause you to
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enter into a day of favor before man and before
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God So Lord, I pray now Let your Holy Ghost anointing
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rest on this church afresh. Pour out, oh God,
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your anointing. Your visitation has been here
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all through this week and you've visited with
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us. Oh God, there's a presence. You're coming
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to minister to every man individually, every
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household. I pray ears would be unplugged and
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opened. I pray eyes would be opened to see what
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they could not see before. I pray the level of
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faith would rise in them. I pray a new excitement
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would come into them as they experience the cloaking
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of something new and something that they're gonna
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have to grow into. Jesus, let an anticipation
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come to the families of this house, to the leadership
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of this church that has waited for you year after
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year, waiting on you to come. Oh God, let there
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be a new excitement Let their vision be expanded
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Lord and may you show up not only in their lives
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and in their homes But may like Shiloh Lord You
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show yourself all over this land Because there's
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a Samuel in the land because there is a prophetic
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people Lord And may you reveal yourself through
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the word that comes through this church. May
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you bring revelation knowledge to leaders and
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officials of this city. May you give them a voice
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as they grow into their place. Thank you, Lord,
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for a wonderful church. I bless them in the name
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of Jesus Christ. Would your hands raise up to
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him and say, Lord, I'm ready. Dress me again.
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I'm ready. I'm ready to look silly all over again.
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It's something that's a lot bigger than me. I'm
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ready to raise my level of faith. I'm not staying
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the same. I'm gonna grow again. I'm gonna change
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again. I'm gonna enter a new realm. And everyone
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will know that you are the God who has called
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me. anointed me to carry the miracle of somebody
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else. God bless you church. Hallelujah. Do you
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receive that? Why don't you just be seated for
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a little bit. If you are interested in hearing
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