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LRH: Order in Prayer - 8
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Do you want to build your faith?
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Welcome to the logo streamer are with God savant Reverend
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Doctor Joseph Being, head Pastor of Harvest Chapel International Commercy.
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And now to today's message.
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Amen, let's take a conversion from Joshua one verse aid,
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this book of the Law shallow depart out of my mouth,
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but I shall meditate in it to day at night
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that I may observe to do according to all that
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is written in there. But then I will make my
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way prosper us, and then I will have good success
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in Jesus' name. Amen, why don't you take your seats
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and hallelujah. So let's continue our discourses on bringing order
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into our prayer lives. Let's take our Bible reading. Let's
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read through where are looked after eleven, Let's read through
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one to thirteen, and then we will see how best
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we can break down some of the key truths that
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God wants us to know and understand. So one says,
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now it came to pass as he was praying in
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a certain place, when he sees that one of his
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disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as
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John also taught his disciples.
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Two.
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So he said to them, when you pray, say our
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Father in heaven, hallow it be your name, your kingdom.
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Come.
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You will be done on earth as it tastes in heaven.
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Give us day by day our daily breath, and forgive
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us as sins. But we also forgive everyone who is
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indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation,
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but deliver us from the evil one. And he said
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to them, which of you shall have a friend, and
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go to him at midnight and say to him, friend,
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lend me three loaves. Where a friend of mine has
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come to me on his journey, and I have nothing
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to set before him. And he will answer from within
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and say, do not trouble me. The door is now shut,
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and my children now with me in bed, I cannot
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rise and give to you. I say to you, though
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he will not rise and give to him because he's
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his friend.
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Yet because of.
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His persistence, he will rise and give him as many
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as he needs. Now, so I say to you, ask,
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and it will be given to you. Sick, and you
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will find knock, and it will be open to you.
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For everyone who asks red, and he will six fights.
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And to him who knocks, it will be open. Verse eleven.
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If a son asks for bread from any further among you,
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only give him a stone. Or if he asks for
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a fish, only give him a second instead of a
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fish twelve, Or if he asks for an egg, only
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over him a scorpion thirteen.
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If you, then, being.
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Able, know how to give good gifts to your children,
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how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy
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Spirit to.
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Those who ask him a man.
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So now let's go back to verse one, and then
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let's speak up and some of the lessons that we
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have already learned, and then we would add up to eight.
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And now it came.
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To pass as he was praying in a certain place,
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when he sees one of his disciples said to him, Lord,
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teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
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And then we said that lets you or the enterprise
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of prayer is something that we have to learn. A
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man god gees ask his children how to pray. Jesus
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Christ was asked or implored by his disciples to take them,
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just like John had done to his disciples. And even
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though Jesus Christ is not currently present with us, remember
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he has left his spirit with us and for you
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and I as believers, the Holy Spirit comes to take
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center stage in our lives and comes alongside of us
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throughout our journey or pilgrimage with Jesus Christ. And so
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just like the disciples asks Jesus to teach them how
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to pray, it behooves us to also teach or asked
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the Holy Spirit to teach us how to pray. Harleeluier
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a man and the Holy Spirit. Remember Jesus taught in
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John fourteen through to sixteen that he is giving us
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our teacher, He's giving us an advocate, He's given us
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a comforter, and he will teach us a man. And
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in line with that, we have looked at the persistence
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in prayer. We looked at corporate prayer when we looked
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at the story of Peter and the jail break that
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the Holy Spirit organized for him when he was putting
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chains and then locked up by King Herod planning to
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kill him after the Passover ceremony in Acts chapter twelve.
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But the Bible says, the church prayde we have seen
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the power of prayer. The church prade, and God sent
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this angel and organized the jail break and got Peter
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out Hallelujah. We also looked at the power behind individual
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spraying Hallelujah a man, bold carriageous individuals. And we read
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through the story of Anna Hallelujah a man how that
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for a long time she had been trusting God for
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the fruit of the woman someway. Somehow God had delayed it,
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and she kept on coming and coming. And on one
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day when they went from one of the Jewish festivals
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in Shiloh, energized, probably prompted by the Holy Spirit, she
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just put her food aside and marched Hallelujah to the Temple.
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And there the Bible said, she poured out her heart
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to God. And she indeed even went into you know,
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a vow and an agreement to God that God, if
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you give me a man child, I'm going to ensure
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that I'm going to train him in such a way
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and I'm going to bring him such that all the
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days of his life he will be committed and dedicated
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to you. And God said, you can have him. I
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can also have a true prophet. God was looking for
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a prophet in Israel, and I was able to do that,
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and God and.
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Ited heir desires.
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It coincided with God's timeline when the prophet that God
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was planning all along in Israel so that he could
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get rid of bothening finishers. And they are condescending that
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Elie the priest God was able to do that haln
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Louiah in May. And then we also saw last Wednesday,
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we looked at the story of the syoh phonician woman
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who you know, get crashed into Jesus' presence and then
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we said she.
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Didn't even have a formulas. She didn't.
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She just came and they said, I'm not going to
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allow you to rest. And even when the disciples were
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trying to drive her away.
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She wouldn't go.
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Even when Jesus Christ was trying to tell her that
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your time has no and when I look on my timeline,
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your prayers are not you. The healing of your your
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demonized child cannot pray and be aned. And she persisted
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that no, yes, healing may belong to the children of God,
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but even the dogs that eat and take the cramps
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are the children's table, are entitled to a certain form
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of blessing. And because of her persistence, that's what the
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Bible say, because of her persistence, And we looked at
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this in context or in connection with we putting ourselves
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up to intercede for our loved ones who may not
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be in a situation to pray for themselves. So this
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very bold, courageous and daring woman get crashed into Jesus
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and the disciples where they were hoping to take some rest,
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and was able to persuade Jesus.
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Christ to.
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Also release the blessing that she desired or that deliver,
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and that she saw much desire for her child. Hallelujah Amen.
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So like we said, yes, and we are going through
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a very very structured form of prayer as Jesus taught
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his disciples. But nonetheless, any time anyway we can always
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you know, get crashed into the presence of God and
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make our case for God to intervene in the situations
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that concerns our life.
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Hallelujah. Amen.
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So now we can go to verse two. So that's
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this one now in verse two, and we are learning
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he said, so after he asks them, or the disciples
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asked Jesus Christ to teach them how to pray. The
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Bible says, so he's set to them, so he said
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to them, And we are saying that with the same truth,
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God is ever willing to teach us all how to pray.
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And the fact that He oblige this hamble requests reinforces
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the idea that prayer should not just beat spontaneous to
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the believer's life. Halleluiah, a man for it to become
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spontaneous to the believers like or work with God if
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you hope to have effective prayer lives a man. Prayer
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is an art. It's a skill that is developed when
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we commit to studying the word of God just so
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we can know God better. Halleluiah, and living out the word.
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We are saying again without the adequate knowledge of God.
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Because reading, our studying, our way, applying those truths in
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our life helps us to get to know God so
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that in the place of prayer we can pray meaningful
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prayers and impactful prayers. Hallely Louiah A man, very very
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and it's a skill. We master it through constant practice.
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The more and more you pray and steady the way,
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the more and more you get to know the likes
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the dislikes of God, the prayers that you pray that
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would probably touch the heart of God, and probably elliss
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sit and answer, hallly Luiah. If you don't know the
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word of God, I'm afraid you will keep on asking
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about frivolous things that God may not hanner because it's
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not in his will for any of his children.
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Halleluiah, Amen.
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And if you are not careful, unanswered prayer can be
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a very, very, very big disincentive to prayer. Our prayers
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must be had, and our prayers must be answered. But
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we might spray in the will of God, and that
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will of God is revealed in the word of God.
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Halleluiah, A man.
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We always say in the school of prayer, whence you
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get born again, you will be sealed by the Holy Spirit.
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And this Holy spirit enrose all the children of God
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into the school of the prayer of or the school
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of prayer where the Holy Spirit giving us our teacher
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and our master is going to coach us. Hallelujah, a
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man and let or teach us the ways of God.
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And there's no day of graduation for any one.
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Of us in all the disciplines that we need to
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do or need to know to be effective. Ambassardors of Jesus,
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you're on hearth, hallelujah. So a pastor, you can't say
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that after HPIP then you go back. No, that's why
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we've been doing it, halle Luiah, year by year, even
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as God.
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Leaves and guides us. Halenluier. Amen.
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So no one, no one gets to graduate in your
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prayer life past these deacons, apostles, profess or share Sunday
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school children, students, teachers, Halenluier. We must all learn how
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to pray, and we must pace ourselves for a lifetime
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of prayers.
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Say a big amen.
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When you become the CEO, you don't stop praying because
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you have now a CEO, Halleluier. When you get a
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lot of degrees and qualifications, it doesn't entitle you that
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you should stop praying. If you're a child, of God
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or God starts giving you a fat salary doesn't mean
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that you should stop praying. Then it means that you
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never understood the place of prayer. Hallelujah. It is not
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about titles, It is not about money. It all has
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to do with finding the will of God at any
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particular time in our walks, in our walk and in
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our adventure with Him. And that is for a lifetime. Hallelujah.
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You never we will never know God here fully on
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this earth. Halenlujah.
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That's why I.
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Said the more you read the word, the more you
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study the word, the more you get breakthroughs in prayer, the.
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More it drives you to your knees in prayer.
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So you get one or two prayers or breakthrough and
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you stop praying, that it means you never understood it.
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Hallelujah. The same aggression that we are now that we
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know nothing, we.
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Are aggressive towards God or before God looking for breakthrough
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the same aggressiveness should go on in all our work
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and adventures with Him. It because you will learn that
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the adventures with God, if you like, they increase.
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That's why it.
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Helps us exercise our mascles of faith. They say, the
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higher you go, is it the tougher it becomes hallelujah.
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So more breakthroughs in me, the more challenges. And we
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must stay on our knees and pray. Hallelujah. So God knows,
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even God knows he's waiting for us. And he said,
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when you pray, He says, when you pray, because I
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know you will pray. And we said, we look at
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him himself, even on the cross, he was praying until
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he exited this.
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World, halenlujah.
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And on our death base we should be found praying,
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say at begetting mad, halleluiah. And now then the next
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thing that he now takes, he say, when you pray,
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say our father, who at in heaven? Hallelujah. So God
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now introduces very very important and points here that maybe
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we'll just stay here and then learn a few things
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about the fatherhood of God. Hallelujah.
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Amen.
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Jesus wants his disciples to see God just like any
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every dad.
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Hallelujah.
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In Jewish culture, and I believe many cultures, Fatherwood was
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key or is key for the holistic development of every child.
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Amen. Even now, hallelujah.
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The psychologists will tell you that children who grew up
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without their dad's being home, because dad's represented authority figures.
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They were supposed to help their children in theirmoral and
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spiritual training. Hallelujah, a man. They were supposed to be
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there as protector. They were supposed to be there as provider.
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They were supposed to be there permanently, coming alongside their
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children and helping them to navigate the challenges and the
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complexities of life. Why because they have been there and
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they have experience, and they can impart these experiences to
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their children.
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Hallelujah amen.
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And they were also supposed to be their teacher and
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their mentor. That's why everybody sees is that just like Hercules, Halenelujah,
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my father can't do anything at all. Halenelujah. Every child
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sees their dad as tough, tough guy because of the
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way children were seeing. So then the dad was supposed
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to be teacher or supposed to mentor, and as I said,
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the authority and figure in their lives.
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Hallelujah amen.
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And Jesus wants us, you know, to begin to wrap
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our minds about us, particularly those of us who benefited there.
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I know there are a lot of us here outside
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and throughout the Kingdom of God who never because we
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live in a disfunctional well, a lot of us who
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never had the benefit of experiencing proper fatherhood.
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Amen.
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So, and sometimes this concept teaching it don't register immediately.
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I'm not saying they should be absent. They don't register
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immediately because soon after we get born again, God steps
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in and whatever deficits or gods are there, God is
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prepared to teach us as we read, as we study
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the Bible, Harlene lujah.
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Indeed, in the Kingdom of God.
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That's why he said, God them, you'll find Apostle Paul
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in these letters, particularly to the physians, helping us to
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know that our pastors and the leadership they serve us
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if you like these figures in our lives. So he says,
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talks about fathers in the church. We have mothers in church.
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We have big brothers, big sisters you know in church,
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and peers in church. And they are all so that
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we can picture the Church of God.
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Just like any family setting. Hallelujah.
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And we should give them reverence as they undertake their job.
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If you don't undertake your job, then you don't earn it, hallelujah.
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They may not too long ago.
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In recent past, we've had to deal or cancel or
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hear the story of people who have lost their parents,
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their dads specifically, and these dads never played any role
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in their lives because they were literally absent until the
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I don't lie. Some of them says they tried approaching
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the dad pushed them back and I don't want to
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have anything to do with you. And some way, somehow
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God stepped in, and some way some are God. When
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we say God stepped in, God will use other people,
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you know, to mentor you to take or play that role.
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And now these people now are playing or if you
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like them, have matured and and now this biological appearance.
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Or dads die and.
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People are insisting they should go for the funeral and
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go and hander them. And they said, as much, inas
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much as I would like to do that, because I'm
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a child of God, there is no connection. It's very difficult.
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You know, I can go there. But I could just
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speak the word and say that, but.
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It's not there.
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If I decided that I'm going to write a tribute
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because I'm a child or they are, there's nothing to
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write because I never experienced him. I said that maybe
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if I decided to write it. Do all be bitterness
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and anger and all that you know? So we said, okay,
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we understand you. Halen Lujah. Amen.
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Amen, is the same thing.
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Amen, if you have not experienced the love of God
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and the mentorship of God and the father would of God,
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this thing that Jesus is thained that when you come
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to the place of prayer you should say our Father,
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you you find it very difficult to connect with. Wasn't yesterday?
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A couple of days ago I had another daughter sending
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in her sending me on my God. I asked that
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everybody should write any and some of them are sharing
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with me Halene Loujah.
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And as I.
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Read through once again, I asked the first one I
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read through and the second one as I was reading
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through and they were sharing their their story and and
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about God his Father, would how God has been not
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just their God? And the common thread was seen and
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recognizing the fatherhood of God and sharing truth that I
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could connect with and everyone who has enjoyed the Father
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of God when you hear the stories as similar.
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When nobody was there, God stepped in.
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And even when we thought we thought that we were
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alone without God, and now that we have come to God.
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Now we are seeing that, oh so all along. That's
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the thing about the Father would of God, that when
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you come into relationship and connect through the legal means
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that God has spelt out for us all to be
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able to come back home and connect with God, our Dad.
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God has always been our father in ages past, even
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when we did not know him.
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Halenelujah.
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He said he knew us even before the foundations of
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the world. The common thread, I hope. I wish that
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I had known him earlier. That's all they all say.
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I wish that I had come home earlier. But even
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now what I am enjoying the Father would of God
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that I'm enjoying. I look back and I am able
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to see God's hands and favor all along in my life.
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That is why even the apostle Paul, we see that
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that he knew that God knew him before.
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The foundations of the world. Hallelujah. Amen.
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Remember with the other they were sharing this, and this
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is true. I want to share realitreated there are three
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tiers of blessings in life, and said three tiers or
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three four blessings in life. Number one we said it, hallelujah.
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Where God as Creator is responsible for all humankind, and
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these blessings are coming from God, the Father would of
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God see it. God as Creator is responsible for all
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human our welfare, hallelujah, and all irrespective of our current
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relationship with him. God still sees us as his children
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say a big ay man to that. That's why the
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Bible says that He allows his reins to fall on
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the just and the unjust, those who are not Him,
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and they don't under him, they are entitled to a
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certain tear of blessing that God has put in place
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for all humankind. Whether you're insulting or you don't insulting,
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whether you mess up your life, whether you're a rebel,
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you are a criminal, whatever, God has a certain blessing
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for all humankind, and those blessings are there to entice
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you to come home, so that when we come home
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and get into the relationship, be reconnected with God in
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the relationship. Then we move to tia two blessings. Hallelujah, Amen,
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and that tear two blessings, this is.
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What we will.
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Jesais say that the devil comes to still kill and
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to destroy, But I have come that you may have
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life and to have abandoned life in Tier two and blessings,
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it is for all the children of God, all those
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who have come back home and reconnected with God and
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are now seeing God.
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That's their Dad, our father in heaven. Hallelujah. That also
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brings a certain truth. Let me just cut off before
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we come to.
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Theater three that for all of us, Amen, particularly those
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of us who belong today Kingdom of God, will experience
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or we are entitle to or year mark. Maybe let
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me use the word year mark for two Beth say
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amen to that Birth number one is the natural best
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that we all experience, and Beth number two is the
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born again experience that we receive or experience as children
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of God. Hallelu In Beth number one we get bathed
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into the natural world. In Beth number two we get
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delivered or bath into the spiritual and the heavenly world.
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These are the teachings and that so we can connect
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well how the Father would of God comes in.
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Hallelujah. Amen. In Beth number one, and that.
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We all experience, everybody experience, our parents are responsible for that.
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In Beth number two, in the Kingdom of God, God
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the Father is responsible for that.
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