Sermon
The Principles of Spiritual Fervency (Prayer)
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Who is this of Wisdom Bible Church, the Church of a distant
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Christian marriage. Welcome to leaders breakfast.
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You are blessed in Jesus name. For the past three weeks now the
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man of God has been teaching on the subject the principles of
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spiritual vacancy, the principle of spiritual vacancy.
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We took our bearing from the book of Romans chapter 12, where
Romans 12 chapter mention
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opposed to Paul was pleading to the believers what our personal
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life should be. And then we proceeded to verse
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11 of the same chapter, Romans chapter 12, verse 11, where we
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were made to understand that there are three prongs, so
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success in life. A prong is like a fork with
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teeth. That is the meaning of prongs.
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There are three prongs to success in life.
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A prong is like a fork with teeth meant to pick or hook
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another object. So the man of God describe and
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explain to us that there are three prongs to success in life
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and that for anyone to succeed in life these three prongs must
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be adhere to number one. He spoke about divine clemency
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or you rather call it undeserved favour.
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That is the place of the grace of God in a man's life.
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This cannot be overlooked or underestimated.
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If you will make headway in life, you need the grace of God
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to achieve success in life. And number two thing is to
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discuss with us is practical vibrancy.
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Practical vibrancy that is the place of personal or practical
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responsibility of man, the place of practical responsibility of
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man. As a man, you have your part to
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play in attaining success in life.
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You can't afford to leave everything for God to do for
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you. You have your part to play.
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And of course, the number three thing he described and explained
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to us is spiritual fervency. Don't forget, I'm trying to
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remind us of the three prongs of success, which was explains to
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us in the last three weeks. Now number one is divine
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clemency. We talked about the grace of God
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in a man's life, and #2 is practical vibrancy, the place of
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practical responsibility of man, and #3 is spiritual vacancy.
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That is the place of spiritual responsibility of man.
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And then we dwell so well under this third prong, and our focus
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has been on the issue of spiritual vacancy.
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Spiritual vacancy. The man of God made it very
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clear that life is a place of contestation and that life is
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full of confrontations. Life is a place of contestation,
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contestation and is full of confrontations.
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And that is why spiritual fugacy is inevitable.
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Life is a battlefield whether you are conscious of it or not.
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Life is a battlefield and that is why it is necessary for you
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to constantly keep feet in the Spirit and not to lose God.
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The Bible made it clear to us in Ephesians chapter 6 verse 12.
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Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12, the Bible says, for we wrestle
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not against flesh and blood. So it means the Bible made it
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very clear to us that in this life when we encounter warfare,
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life is a battlefield. For we wrestle not against flesh
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and blood, but against principalities.
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There are principalities we must contend with.
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Against power, there are powers, powers of darkness, powers in
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high places that we must content with, against power, against the
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rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
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wickedness. And of course we can't use human
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weapons to to fight that that type of battle.
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We are fighting against spiritual wickedness.
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So battles of life is not dodgeable, but it is
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conquerable. You can't dodge it.
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The Bible has made it very clear that we rescue against
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principalities, against paths of darkness.
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So battles of life is not dodgeable, you can't dodge it.
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You can't dodge it, but through the help of God it is
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conquerable. Jesus said in John chapter 16
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verse 33 the B path, He said in this world ye shall have
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tribulation but be of good year. I have overcome the world.
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That is the good news, that is the good news.
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So battles of life is not dodgeable but Jesus has promised
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to give us victory. I pray for you in the name of
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Jesus you will conquer all your battles.
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Can I hear your Amen? Louder I say, I pray for you.
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In the name of Jesus. You will conquer all your
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battles. You will be victorious over any
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challenge that may come your way as you journey in destiny in the
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name of Jesus. Again, the man of God said to us
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that you don't delegate your spiritual responsibility as a
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believer, as a man, you can't delegate your spiritual
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responsibility. You have to rise up to it
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through the grace and through the help of God.
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Spiritual warfare is not what you can delegate people to fight
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on your behalf. Don't forget that day it was
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citing example of a husband delegating the wife, you
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continue to pray for me and then the husband will be doing
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anyhow. Or the wife will say my husband
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is praying and then she will relax.
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No, you can't delegate spiritual responsibility.
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And of course, spiritual warfare is not what you can ask somebody
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to do on your behalf. So spiritual warfare is what we
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must understand and know. That is part of the package for
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a believer. And then we must rise up by the
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help of God, through the help of the Holy Spirit.
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In the battles of life, your faith will not faint.
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In the battle of life, your faith will not faint in the name
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of Jesus. So spiritual warfare is not an
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optional vocation in the journey of faith.
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I have said that it's not an optional vocation.
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I am trying to remind us of what we have been taught so that by
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the time we rise up to pray, we will be able to pray
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effectively. We must have this understanding.
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Spiritual warfare is not an optional vocation in the journey
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of faith. It is a component of faith that
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cannot be separated from the journey of faith and destiny.
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It is a vocation that is not optional in the school of faith.
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Therefore, we must all be fervent in the Spirit and
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serving the Lord. We must rise up.
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We must be fathered. That is why spiritual vacancy is
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necessary. It's important, and I want to
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add this, it is compulsory For you as a believer, you must be
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fathered. For you as a child of God, you
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must be fathered. You must not be cool and casual
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in your faith, in your Christian journey.
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All of us must be people who can pray effective prayer of faith.
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Praying effective prayer of faith is not only for the prayer
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warriors, if not only for a separate gender.
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It is meant for every one of us to rise on our feet and pray
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effective prayer of a James chapter 5 verse 16.
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The big part of it says the effectual pheasant prayer of a
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righteous man at veiled much I pray for you receive the
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tireless spirit of Christ. Receive the grace for fervency
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of the spirits to be able to be persistence in your prayer life
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in the name of Jesus. And then the man of Godfather
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pointed out that life is a place of contest and conquest.
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Life is a place of contest and conquest.
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There are things that will confront you in life.
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There are things that you must contest for.
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Are we now saying life is a competition?
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No. But there are things that you
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desire. Those are the things you contest
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for, things you desire. You desire success in life.
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That is what you are contesting for.
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You desire promotion. You desire breakthrough in
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business. So there are things that you
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contest for and there are things that will confront you in life.
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Those are challenges of life, challenges of life.
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So nobody is accepted. Nobody is accepted.
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So to be able to contest and conquer whatever confronts you,
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you must be spiritually fathens. That is why you need to be
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fathens. Don't, don't put on the attitude
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of art. God is not a wicked God anyhow.
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Anyhow is OK with God. He looks only at your heart.
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God knows that I am trying. You must rise up and be fervent.
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The Bible says the factual fervent prayer of a righteous
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man, a veiled much. So you must approach life with
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spiritual mindedness. You must approach life, the
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issue of life, how you live on daily basis, how you live your
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life, how you interact with men, your relationship with other
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people, how you live in your place of work, even in your
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family. You must be spiritually minded.
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The man of God said life is not a comedy space.
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You must approach life with spiritual mindedness.
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Life is not a comedy, a comedy space where you can just joke
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and joke away your time, joke away your life, joke about
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everything. Nothing serious about you,
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nothing. Everything is just joke.
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It is not a space. Life is not a space for the
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funniest. Life does not deliver its best
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for the funniest, but it deliver its best to the fittest.
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Say God, help me to be fit. Life is a serious business is a
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serious business. So if you have been living life
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in a careless way, rise this morning and ask God for grace to
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be fathers and spirit. Life is a serious business and
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therefore this morning we are going to be praying that God
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should funnel us into flame and that the Holy Spirit should
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breathe on us and make us fit to conquer and be victors and not
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victims in the battle of life in the name of Jesus.
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The man of Godfather pointed for us, that pointed to us that life
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offers confrontations. Like I said the other time,
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challenges, life offer confrontations, challenges
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descending into a valley, climbing mountains and so on and
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so forth. Challenges of life.
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As you are praying about an issue, as you are receiving
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victory, you will. This is something we still pray
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about. Life is not a matter of I have
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done my part. Let me now rest.
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Let me now sit down, no more praying, no more doing this and
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that. I am OK.
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Now you rise efficiency, put on the whole amount of God, I'll be
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able to stand and after you have done everything he said stand.
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He didn't say sit down. He didn't say go and sleep.
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He didn't say go and rest. After you have done all these
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things, you should do what stand.
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Life is a serious business, so life offer confrontations,
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challenges. So if not spiritual life event
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life may push you out of the way.
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If you are not spirit, that is the danger of not being
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spiritual event. Life may push you out of the
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way, that is, push you out of the Christian way, and you begin
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to believe anything. You no longer have faith in the
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power of God. You no longer honor God.
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I have had a cancer with a man who will tell you, Jesu, there
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was a yeah, he said, honey, Jesu Badu.
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Yes, I have encountered such a man.
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I tried to minister to him, to preach Jesus to him.
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He was holy. Jesu die, so if you are not
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spiritually pheasant, life will push you out of the way.
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Therefore, we must be well equipped to engage life and be
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victorious. Then, Father, equip me, I can't
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hear you to be victorious in life in the name of Jesus.
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I pray for you that Lord will grant you grace to exercise
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yourself in all virtues of Christian discipline required to
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be fit for divine conquest in the name of Jesus.
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Again, during his teaching, the man of God said life is a race
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and those who are slack have no chance.
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Life is a race and those who are slack have no chance.
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They will push you aside. It's a race in which you must
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not be slack. When you enter a bus where if
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the seat is meant for four people or three people to sit
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and you are like 5 seats on that seat, some will sit down.
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They are they are they are put up will not be touching the seat
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of the of the fable. Can you feel that you know what
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I'm talking about? Some will be able to sit down
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but some their put up will not touch the seats and then they
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will be looking for opportunity that once if they could enter
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gallop or whatever as if they could enter gallop and everybody
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jump or you will quickly put your bottom fear.
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You have taken your place. If you are slack, there's no
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chance for you. That is life.
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You don't you don't run the race carelessly.
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Focus. May you be energized by God in
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the name of Jesus. Even when you are savored, you
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must be sensitive to recognize it and be competent to manage
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it. Even when God brings
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opportunity, be sensitive to recognize that this is an
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opportunity I must not miss. This is an opportunity I must
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hold on to. So you must be able to recognize
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it and then be competent to manage it.
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May you be energized to manage your guarding, to manage every
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opportunity that will come your way in the name of Jesus.
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Why? Because there are forces who are
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ready to fight and snatch it. That is life.
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If you are too loose if you smack.
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There are forces, there are people, there are powers, there
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are principalities that are waiting for you to relax.
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And then they will snatch it. They will fight against you.
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So you must be spiritually fervent.
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I pray for you. You will not slack, say you will
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not slack. You will be empowered to fight
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and conquer in the mighty name of Jesus.
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Receive grace and strength to rise up to your responsibilities
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in life in the name of Jesus. The law will make you to be well
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positioned to have the good share of life in the name of
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Jesus. What belongs to you in destiny
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will not be forcefully taken from you in that name of Jesus.
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Please, I want us to rise up as we call on God this morning.
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I want you to really pray. Be fathered in your prayer.
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Are you ready to pray this money?
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Are you ready to pray this money?
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I want you to pray. Raise up your hand and say,
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Father, in the name of Jesus, I receive grace to be fervent in
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spirit. In the name of Jesus, pray that
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prayer effectively. Pray like somebody that is ready
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to receive, somebody that is well positioned to receive.
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In the name of Jesus I receive grace to be fervent in spirit.
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Hey, be, be, be, be intentional about your prayer.
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Please be intentional, Lord. Lord, I receive grace this money
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to be fervent in spirit, in the name of Jesus, In Jesus name we
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have prayed. Hey Nostizo, you are in the
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presence of God, Suraka, be ready to receive.
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Don't look at your neighbor. Don't look at your neighbor.
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We have told you that. Say, Father, baptize me with the
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Holy Spirit and fire. Oh yeah, pray in the name of
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Jesus. Father, baptize me with the Holy
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Spirit and fire. Maracata baza Pele Qatar.
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Lord, baptize me with the Holy Spirit and fire in Qatar.
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Karaka bosha katalia bosha. Baptize me with the Holy Spirit
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and fire. Baptize me with the Holy Spirit
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and fire in the name of Jesus. I received the Holy Ghost.
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I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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Marika Talamasu Pali and de la Catalia Maika posa belika tala
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baliya Bo chandelier. That's OK.
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Bye. Thank you Father, in Jesus name
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we have prayed. Say I will be more sensitive and
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active so keep pace with the move of the Holy Spirit in the
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name of Jesus. Turn it into prayer Father in
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the name of Jesus Lord, I will be most sensitive and active to
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keep pace with the move of the Holy Spirit In the name of
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Jesus. I will be made sensitive and
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active to keep pace with the whole.
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We move for the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus.
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Marega bosha katana, Malia bosha katanana, masim belly and
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delicable. Thank you Father, in Jesus name
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we are praying the ends for the word of God.
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We nourish my soul and flourish my destiny in higher dimensions
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in the name of Jesus. Oh Father, take me to another
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level. Push me to another level.
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Let the word of God nourish my soul.
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Let the Word of God flourish my destiny in higher dimension.
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Father, let the word of God nourish my soul, hence for the
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word of God will nourish my soul and flourish my destiny.
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In higher dimension, my red catanama, he can tell you no.
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Push me to another level, push me to another level.
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Hey, higher dimension, higher dimension in the name of Jesus,
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Thank you Father in Jesus name we have pray, lift up your head
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and say Father in the name of Jesus prayer lessness,
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carelessness and spiritual laziness.
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We no longer journey with me in destiny in the name of Jesus
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Father, carelessness, prayerlessness and spiritual
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laziness. We no longer journey with me in
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destiny in the name of Jesus, prayerlessness, carelessness,
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spiritual laziness. We no longer journey with me in
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destiny in the name of Jesus Lord.
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And I judge me Lord, and I judge me, Oscarpos and Bella Quetenia
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in the name of Jesus. In Jesus name we have prayed,
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say in the name of Jesus. The Spirit of God will help me
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to develop bitter hatred for sin and develop appetite for
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righteousness. In the name of Jesus, Father,
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your spirit will help me to develop bitter extract for sin.
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In the name of Jesus, your Spirit will help me to develop
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appetite for righteousness. All sins shall no longer have
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dominion over me. It is said that we make you to
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be unfruitful sin. We know I love spiritual facets
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in your life. Except you draw sin, there is no
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way you can be fathered in that spirit.
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Say Father, sin shall not have dominion over me.
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No longer shall sin Renob my life in the name of Jesus.
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Lord, help me to develop bitter and stressful sin and develop
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appetite for righteousness in the name of Jesus.
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Thank you Father in Jesus name we have prayed say I receive
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define inspiration to outsmart the devil and succeed in spite
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of our limitations on the way to success.
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In the name of Jesus in spite of all limitation on the way to
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success. I receive divine inspiration to
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outsmart the devil. I receive divine inspiration to
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outsmart the devil and succeed in life and succeed in life in
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the name of Jesus I receive divine inspiration to outsmart
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the devil and succeed in life in the name of Jesus.
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Father, help me Lord, I release myself to you.
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I receive help, I receive help to outsmart the devil and
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succeed in spite of our limitation on the weight of
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success. In the name of Jesus, thank you
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Father. In Jesus name we have prayed,
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say in the name of Jesus, through the empowerment of the
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Holy Spirit, raise up your hand. In the name of Jesus, through
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the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, my hands we perform
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great exploit in life. In the name of Jesus, that's OK.
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How are you in the name of Jesus?
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Thank you, Father. The man of Godfather said to us
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that life is liking to a tree with many ripe fruits that will
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never drop on their own accord. It's not like you have mango
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tree, you have even orange. By the time they are the fruits
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are ripe and you did not pluck them.
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If we get to a time where those fruits will be dropping, but he
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said for life it is like into a fruitful tree which the fruits
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will not drop on its own accord, you have to pluck them.
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So that is why he told us that go get your sequel.
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You are going to pray, lift up your right hand and say, Father,
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I will not lack the needed strengths to pluck my fruits.
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I will not lack the needed resources.
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Some of you, you have strengths, but you don't have resources.
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Some of you have resources, but you don't have strengths.
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I will not lack both. I will not lack both.
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I received the necessary strengths and resources, both
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human and financial resources, to assess my fruits.
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I will not slack in my responsibility, good things will
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begin to manifest in my life in the name of Jesus.
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Oh yeah, I will not lack the needed strengths and resources,
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both human and financial resources, to invest my fruit.
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I will not slack in my responsibility, Good things will
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begin to manifest in my life in the name of Jesus.
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Success, Victory through promotion, they will begin to
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happen in my life. They will begin to manifest in
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my life. They will begin to show up in my
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life. Father, I will not lack the
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capacity to assess my fruit. I will not lack the capacity to
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assess my fruit. In Jesus name we have prayed.
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You know the meaning of them will not drop on their own
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accord except you plot them. If somebody has promised you,
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you have to stick back it up. With what?
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With prayer you begin to promise.
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I'm not worried by the next month.
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That is the scripture. Pray until your joy is full.
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You have to if you call me. If you call me.
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Yeah, me. If you call me.
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Oh yeah. And my wife 's in my home in the
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name of Jesus. In quick succession.
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In quick succession. In quick succession, in the name
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of Jesus, thank you Father, in Jesus name we are.
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We were also told that in life opportunity abounds for
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everyone, but conquest goes to the fittest.
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So we are going to pray. Say O Lord, say it like you mean
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it. Keep me fit and anodize my
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capacity to effectively manage my garden in the name of Jesus.
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Opportunity will not slip out of your hand.
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Opportunity will not slip out of your hand.
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Opportunity will not slip out of your hand.
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In the mighty name of Jesus. Opportunity will not slip out of
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my hands. O Lord Father, keep me fit and I
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just my capacity to effectively manage my garden in the name of
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Jesus. In the name of Jesus, Thank you
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Father. In Jesus mighty name we have
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prayed. In Jesus mighty name we have
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prayed. And lastly, the man of God said
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lack of spiritual orientation will lead to molestation.
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Is that the type of orientation you have about life?
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We either turn you into a fighter or to a victim.
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If you don't have the right orientation about life, it may
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make you to doubt God and His power.
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You must therefore have the correct orientation about life,
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and you must travel far in Christ to remain unshakable and
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well positioned to have your share in the good things that
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life has to offer. Do you understand?
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Do you understand? You must have the correct
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orientation about life. So the orientation you have
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about life, we either turn you into a fighter or to a victim.
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You will not become a victim in the battle of life.
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In the name of Jesus orientation you have about life.
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We tell you where you are going. It's all about it.
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That money by. Yeah.
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Yes. So your orientation about life,
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we tell where you belong. And then he said we must travel
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far. People are travelling far in the
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world. Many years ago the man of God
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said so. People are travelling far into
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the world, maybe to get power, maybe to get connection, maybe
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to be rich and so on and so forth.
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They are travelling far. So you are self believer.
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You must travel far in Christ, Know Him deeply.
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Have your understanding of the Word of God.
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Have the clear understanding of the move of God.
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Know the voice of God when God is speaking and when the devil
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is talking to you. Recognize and identify the grace
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of God. Don't be confused.
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Have the correct orientation about life.
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So when you travelled far with Christ and His Word dwells in
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you, then you will become unmovable and unshakeable in the
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face of life Challenges and good things of life that have good
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things that life has to offer will become yours.
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Pray Father, in the name of Jesus, take me deep and you pray
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here. Say, oh Lord, say, oh Lord, say,
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oh Lord, take me deep in the knowledge of Christ and in the
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word of God. Keep me unshakable and unmovable
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in the face of life challenges in the name of Jesus.
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Unmovable, uncheckable. You have deeper understanding of
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God, deeper understanding of the Word of God.
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Travel fire with Christ Jesus. Take me deep in the knowledge of
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Christ. Take me deep in the Word of God.
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Keep me unshakeable and unmovable in the face of life
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challenges in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Father God, we are
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thanking you for grace this morning.
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Blessed be your name, in Jesus name we have praised.
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Lord, we are so grateful for the opportunity, the privilege, the
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strength you have granted to us to start in your presence this
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morning to pray. Lord, we say be exalted in the
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name of Jesus. You will find us into flame.
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You will find us into flame. You will find us into flame.
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Holy Ghost will breathe upon our lives and make us fit to face
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the challenges of life and to conquer.
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We will not be victims, we will be victors in the name of Jesus.
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Thank you Father, for you have had us.
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In Jesus name we have prayed. We believe you'll be blessed by
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the ministry of this message. You will do well to be the duer
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of all you've heard. For further inquiry and
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spiritual help, contact this number is 08035685882 or worship
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with us at Oasis of Wisdom Bible Church, adjacent University of
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Ellorin Teaching Hospital, OK OC Ellorin, God bless you.