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12+1 Core Values: Kingdom Minded | Pr Ronson
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You're listening to a message to go from ast church.
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We hope this message will light up your day.
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Now. When Jesus began his ministry, the very first words
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he used, the very first message he told the people
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back then, is repent for the Kingdom of God is
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at hand. Jesus didn't start off his very first ministry
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by saying be blessed all of you. He says repentance. So,
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in other words, to enter into God's kingdom, repentance has
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to be the key. What is repentance? Most of you, you know,
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repentance basically means a change of our mind, a mind
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that was against God to a mind that is aligning
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to God, alive that was away from God, to a
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life that is aligning to God. So Jesus say, is
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repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand. Now,
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when you look at the word kingdom, you've got to
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have three things that mix up a kingdom. First, you've
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got to have a king. Next, life, A kingdom without
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a king is not a kingdom, right, And for a
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king to rule, you've got to have subjects or people.
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So if you have a king, you don't have people
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to rule, it's not a kingdom. But if you have
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a king, you have people to rule. But if you
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don't have territory, it's not a kingdom. So when we
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talk about a context of kingdom, they are treatings king
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subject territory. Now, in the context of our faith Christianity,
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we know that Jesus himself is the king of kings.
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Here's a lot of Lord. So he is our king.
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And if you believe in Christ as a Lord and savior,
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you have repent of your sin and you have you know,
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throw away your own life and brace the new life
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that Christ has given you. Because his word says the
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all has gone, the new has come. We are reborn
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in our spirit. Without the second birth of the spirit,
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we can't enter into God's kingdom. So Christ gives us
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that salvation. And when we enter into God's kingdom, he
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becomes our king and we become his people. In other words,
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we acknowledge that his lordship, his rulership, it's all our lives.
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Now when it comes to territory. In as much as
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the scripture says that Satan rules the world, but Christ
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eventually still rules the world, there will be a second
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kingdom for us where eventually this earth will pass away
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and the new kingdom will come where Christ will rule
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for eternity, and we're going to be part of this
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kingdom with him. Now, before that, we have to understand
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that God is not just after our salvation. See, many
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Christians feels that when they have entered water baptism, or
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when they have said they want to believe in Christ,
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that's it right. They don't do the the way of
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Christianity that means to come to church, to be part
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of a prayer movement, to be part of a small group, uh,
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to do a communion, et cetera. So God is not
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zz after our saluation, but sonship all the scriptures here
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is the three scriptures that like to share with us.
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The first one is Romans five, Roman Chapter five, verse twelve. Therefore,
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just as true one man sin entered the world and death,
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true sin and turst death spread to all men because
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all sin now pop Chris since his family Sunday. Who
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is this man that Romans Fife spoke about. Therefore, just
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as true one and seeing entered the world, Adam very
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good good student behind Well, I thought good student always
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sit in front of one, but actually it's different. Now
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goes to them sit behind Ah, it's it's Adam. So
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in Romans five, when Adam dis orbeyed God by partaking
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in the fruit that he is not supposed to take,
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which is the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil,
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through that act of disobedience, seeing him into the world,
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and because of that death spread to all men. The
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word death here basically means is a spiritual separation from God.
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It's not a physical death, because if it signified physical death,
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Adam would have dropped death Dan then. But it signifies
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that prior to Adam's disobedience, he had a very close
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fellowship with God, right, But after Adam disobeyed God, that
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fellowship was broken because sin separated us from God. God
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is holy holiness and sin cannot mix. Right. So in
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Romans five fifteen he says, for if by one man's
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of fans, many died, so we're gonna blame Adam right
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much more, the grace of God and the gift by
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the grace of the one man Capital and one man,
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Jesus Christ, abounded to many. So the bad news is
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Adam sin, and as a result, sin entered the world.
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But the good news is Christ came to give us
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that grace. Christ came to give us that salvation. So
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in John one twelve to thirteen. But as many as
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received him, meaning Jesus to them, he gave them the
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right to become children of God, signs and daughters of
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God to those who believe in His name, who were
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born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
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not of the will of man, but of God. Not
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let me pause here for a while by sharing that
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your life is a miracle. Your life is a miracle.
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And as much as some OFAs think that we are
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here because of our parents' choice to have us, or
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Salmas may feel that it wasn't our parents' choice to
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have us, but let me tell you that you're here
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because you are God's choice. You're born because God wiels
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that you're here, and because He wiels that you're here,
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you're given time to seek for him and to look
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for him because He is your perfect father, He is
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your creator. He is the one who knows you far
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more better than anyone in this world would know about you.
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So to enter into God's kingdom, we've got to understand
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that salvation is just the starting point. We still as
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a Christian, got to grow into a place of maturity
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in our faith. We got to be bearing fruits that
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Christ one day, when he looks at our life, would
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look at it and say, well done, my good and
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faithful servant. So salvation is not the end but the
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beginning of sanship. You see, God's intention was always for
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his children to spread his kingdom across the earth. So
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the first commandment he gave to Adam before the sin
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was this. Then God blessed them, and God said to them,
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be fruitful and multiplied, fill the earth and subdue it.
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Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the
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birds of the air, and on every living thing that
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moves on earth. So man was supposed to rule earth
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before sin. But when sin came in, men have gave
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up that right, and corruption came in, and man was
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deprived from God's original purpose and intention in taking dominion
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on earth. Now, this commandment was just not it's not
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just unique to Adam. In the time of Noah, when
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God has flooded the earth and only noah family came
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out of the art, it was the same commandment that
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God gave to Noah, be fruitful and multiply. So the
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anchor point here is this that God desire for his
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kingdom to be spread across the earth, and God often
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choses his sons and daughters to fulfill this. So the
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Kingdom's message is sonship. We're all child of God. Those
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sometimes biblically some people say, oh, I'm a servant of God.
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Yes you are, but a birth that you are a
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son of God. You're a daughter of God. You have
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a heavenly father who loves you, who cares for you.
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And we have to understand that we are not safe
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merely to go to heaven. We are safe to become
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sons and daughters who brings God's ring and rule to
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every sphere of our life. Let me ask you how
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many of you here you have friends who are not Christians?
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You have? I have too? How many if you're your
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family members who are not Christians?
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You have?
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I have too? Colleagues as well? Are they all children
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of God? There? They are all children of God? Just
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that because of seeing, they're blinded from seeing the truth.
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Who is supposed to bring and present this truth to them?
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We we, So we must bring the message of the Kingdom.
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The message of the Kingdom is repentance. Jesus says, repent
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for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. So we,
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as his children, we are to bring his reign, his
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rule wherever God has place us in, where it be
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our family, our campus, our marketplace. We are to be
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his representation. We are to be the Christ that people
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can't see. We are to be the walking Bible that
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people haven't read. The physical Bible. But we are to
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be the walking Bible. So what is the kingdom? The
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kingdom to me is the present reality where we experience
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God now as he transform our hearts. So God's kingdom
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is also a very spiritual kingdom. You see, Jesus when
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he rules, he doesn't rule lands right, he doesn't take
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country by country, he doesn't conquer countries by country. He
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conquers heart. And when our heart is given surrendered to Jesus,
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when his kingship comes into our heart. Essentially, what it
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does is that we are saying that God, now I
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choose to live for you, I choose to place you first.
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I choose to submit my life to you where I
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could have lived my life. Really, now I subject my
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life to your kingship. Many of you here can experience God. Okay,
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God can be experienced any time, anywhere, as long as
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his people seek for him. You can experience God in
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your room. You can experience God in your kitchen while
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you cut there anon and you start tearing right. You
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can experience God when you're driving. You can experience God
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in your offices. God can be experienced in fact. Jesus says,
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the Kingdom of God is withinged you. So wherever you go,
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you carry with you the Kingdom of God, the kingdom values,
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the kingdom power, the Kingdom's message. So the territory will
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come when Christ comes and reign, but before that, the
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Kingdom leaves in you. So I'm a believer where God,
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wherever God placed you in, you have the authority. You
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have the power to share the message and to pray,
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to take dominion and to see God's Kingdom come. Remember
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the Lord's prayer, Our Father, who is in heaven, Hollower,
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be thy name, the Kingdom Come. Thy will be done
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on earth as it is in heaven. I have been
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praying for my company for many years, and often I
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interchange it as or you can pray for a country,
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which I've used as well. Let's use country because if
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I share my employer's name then or like okay, very good, employer.
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It is the best units to Malaysia. But anyway, ah,
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so you can interchange it as thy Kingdom come, that
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will be done in Malaysia, as it is in heaven.
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The Kingdom come. That will be done in Salmon, as
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it is in heaven. The Kingdom Come. That will be
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done in Mozambique as it is in heaven. The Kingdom come,
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and I will be done in the Tan Family as
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it is in heaven. You ask God's kingdom to come
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and to be manifested where he has planted you. So
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here are the seven mountains that some people say affect society. Right,
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some of you are familiar with that business and technology.
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Does it affect our daily life? It does? Right? Especially
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now what is the key with in technology? AI? AI?
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AI every day. I'm sure we have used a form
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of AI. I confess the ex kids template was done
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by AI. Oka didn't handraw it right. But you see
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how AI affects our life where it increases productivity, it
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increases efficiency businesses as well. It does affects life. The
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venue that we meet in is a business. The chair
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that you sit on, someone would have thought about it
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as a business and sells you chair. Government how many
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of you here know that government also affects our life. Right,
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election is coming, I oh, you'll vote for the the
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right people to be empowered because these are the people
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that will go to the Parliament and past policy sees
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that will either say they will remove your subsidy or
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they will increase your taxes. Right, so it will in fact,
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it will affect our life. Family for sure, the very
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you know children, children's primary influence in their formative years
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come from their family. Right. So if you are Christian
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parents here, remember the commanment that God has given to
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you is to raise up your children in the ways
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of the Lord, because they see you more than they
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see their friends while growing up. So parental influence is
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very important for children. Religion as well. This is not
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unique to Christianity. The world have probably hundreds or thousands
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of religions and religion does affect society as well. Media.
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Many of us at least once a day we will
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scroll our Instagram or TikTok Facebook, the news that we read,
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the things that we get exposed to media. You know,
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election season is coming up in Joho and the Grease
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and Milan as well. You begin to see more information
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shad through media. Right, But as Christians, we got to
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also be discerning what we expose ourselves in in media.
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Education for sure. For sure, you got to choose the
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right school for your kids to belong to, because education
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does shape society. Education does influence society. Arts and entertainment,
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for sure. The movie that you're gonna watch, the series
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that you're gonna watch, the Netflix series, uh they're gonna watch.
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If you're a parent here, someone told me that to
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really understand young people and the influence of social media,
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you gotta watch this series called a Dolescent. Have you
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all watched that before? Right? It's like how a kid
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was exposed to social media ended up doing some bad stuff.
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Go and go and go and read about it. Go
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and go and look at the movie. But what I
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want to say is that in our day to day life,
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these are the seven mountains that affects society and it
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affects us as well. Now, my point is basically this,
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if you're working or you're studying, you are part of
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this mountain somewhere. It's either you are in the mountain
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or you're being exposed to the mountain. For me, I
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work in education. Education is my mountain, and God has
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given me a clear mandate to take on the mountain
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of education to see that our education should be a
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ground where not only with nurture the current generation, but
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to build them up with values. Right. Safi may be
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called to the realm of business. If you're a business owner,
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that is your realm of mountain. Safi are called to
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be media or entertainment. We need more good Christian artists,
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good Christian singers, good more Christian role model even in
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the arts and entertainment. Right. But if God gives you
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the grace to go and to flourish, that you should.
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So when God has planted you there, what are you
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supposed to do? You're supposed to bring God's Kingdom with
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you into that mountain. You're supposed to bring God's influence.
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You're supposed to share the Kingdom message, the Kingdom power,
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and to represent Christ in these mountains. Because if Christians
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do not take dominion over this mountain, who will take
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dominion over this mountain? Christians do not shape this mountain,
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who will? Right? Because society can only be impacted when
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Christians begin to recognize that their influence extends beyond Church.
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We've got to share the love of God. We've got
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to share the principles of God. We've got to let
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the world know that there are better ways of making decisions,
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better way of doing things. So the Kingdom's method is discipleship,
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which often re lead to maturity and multiplication. Matthew twenty
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eight vers. Ninety says, go therefore, and make disciples of
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all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
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and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. You see,
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when Jesus back to heaven, he gave the commandment to
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the twelve. The twelve is supposed to I say, he
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gave eleven right the because Judas betrayed him. So the
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eleven is supposed to bring God's message, and they're supposed
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to multiply themselves. And then we have Paul who told
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Timothy second Timothy chapter two, verse two, and the things
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that you have heard from me among many witnesses. Commit
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this to faithful men who will be able to teach others. Also.
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I love God's method discipleship. The only way a Christian
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can truly mature. I use the word truly mature, is
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when we place ourselves in a relational discipleship where we
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open ourselves to be disciples by someone, and in turn
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we pour out our life disciple others. Because discipleship will
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often put us in a place where we need to
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depend on God. I believe that everyone here can be
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a disciple. Everyone here has something that God has given
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to you to impart to the next generation. Remember the
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Seven Mountains. Right. If someone who is in a business world,
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God will open doors for you to disciple the younger ones,
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so that when God opened doors for them to run
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their first business, they know how to run it for
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the glory of God. You know, we are many school
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teachers here. Maybe God will give you the ability to
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disciple young Christian teachers who one day enter in a classroom.
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They will know how to be sought and like maybe
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some of us here, we are gifted. As a parent.
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We can also decid dip younger parents in how to
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raise children in the ways of the Lord. So I
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want to understand that when we talk about kingdom mindedness,
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it is not church mindedness. Right. We don't grow God's
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Kingdom by just being Oh, this ex church agenda. This
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is just excuchangenda. No, we should live bigger than that.
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It should be the kingdom agenda, So can anyone disciple
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anyone outside of ex church. The answers should be yes.
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So I don't want us to see discipleship in the
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context of just a local church. If you are in
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a marketplace and you have people reporting to you, that
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is an opportunity to disciple. If you're giving a position
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of influence, you know, you may run or lead an
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assignment group in your campus, You may run a club
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or a society, or a leader in your club or
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society on campus. That is an opportunity for discipleship. That
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is an opportunity to represent Christ. It's good to be
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a leader outside of church. It's really good because you
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will be given the opportunity to influence. But the question
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is what would be the source of your influence. Would
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a Christ centered nurse in your identity be the source
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of your influence or would your influence come outside of Christ?
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Because only a disciple can bring about that godly influence
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when you are anchored in Christ, when you open yourself
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to be discipled by others, and then you disciple others
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as well. Now why these matters. God is very clear
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in his vision where the day will come, the earth
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will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of
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the Lord. As the water is hours the sea the
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seven mountains that I show you earlier, the day will
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come where the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
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will cover next, light will cover the earth, as waters
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cowards the sea, or the earth will be filled. I
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want us to reframe by thinking this. I know that
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we have family who have been praying for their live
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once and today I want to encourage you to also
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pray something like this. For my family will be filled
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with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. As
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water is covers the sea you're prophesying over your family.
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For my business will be filled with the knowledge of
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the glory of the Lord, as the water is cows
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the sea. For my work, my company ABC will be
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filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
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as cowers the sea. For my community will be filled
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with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as
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cowers the sea. Wherever God places to be, there must
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be a higher purpose. The highest purpose is to see
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the glory of God manifested in the domain that you
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have placed us in. Sorry, like Lating's testimony, it shows
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the glory of God coming into the family. I know
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that many testimonies as well, even when you talk about family,
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how when parents heart turns to God, or how when
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the kid's heart turns to God. The glory of God
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just come upon the family. And the Kingdom of God
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is about love. The Kingdom of God is about recon
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The Kingdom of God is about restoration as well. Right,
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often we want to see the glory of God, and
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the glory of God appears often in ways that will
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just blow our imagination. And God did not leave us
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alone when you have placed us in this mountain. The
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Kingdom's provision for me is power. First Countians four twenty
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say is for the Kingdom of God is not in word,
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but in power. As Christians, we have power in us.
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Why because the Holy Spirit is in you. Scripture says
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that the same power that rose Jesus from the grave
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lives in you. Right, So if you are with me,
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just tick out your palm, hold it at your heart,
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and say, I have the power. The Holy Spirit is
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in you. So if the Holy Spirit is in you,
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you have the power of God. Really, there's nothing that
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you cannot do. There's nothing that you cannot overcome because
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His provision is in you and will work through you
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to overcome things that you need to overcome. Right Manyew
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sixteen says, now there is a lot's prayer, and do
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not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the
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evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power
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and the glory forever. Amen. So when I look at
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this line, I associate kingdom as power and glory. Whenever
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God's Kingdom is manifested in the life of someone or
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in the community, you have to see power, you have
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to see glory. If there's no power, there's no glory.
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We've got to pray, pray, pray for God's Kingdom to come. Amen.
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X One it say is but you shall receive power
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when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. So you
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have the power to us share in God's kingdom. You
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have the power to live up God's kingdom wherever He
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has brought you. The power essentially will bring transformation next life.
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The first transformation to know whether someone has the Kingdom
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of God in them is the transformation of self. If
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we have been a Christian for twenty years, twenty five years,
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and there's no change in a character, we become more impatient,
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become more angrier, We become to have like self control,
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we become more unkind. Then we've got to connect back
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to God and ask him to transform our heart because
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there's power to transform. Ah. Really, I've seen life being transformed.
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People come up to us and say that, you know,
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I used to be very quick temper. Now God has
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lived in my heart. I become more patient. There's a
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very positive transformation. No, I used to smoke twenty secrets
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a day. Now I smoke five secrets a day. We've
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got to celebrate the progress because eventually the person who
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say I have quit smoking. You know, I used to
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every opportunity, I used to swear a lot, A little
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bit this would come out. Not mean I'm just give
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me an example of stories I hear a little bit,
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A little bit, this would come out little, a little bit,
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this would come out. But scripture is very clear. You
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know the same amount that praise God cannot be the
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same a mount that say bad words. Yeah, how many
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times we have seen transformation in people's life where they
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become more kind in their words. So as Christians, please
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do not pray things like God transformed my neighbor. The
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first praise would be God transformed me. First change me first,
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because God is more interested in your heart, my heart,
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so that we can represent Him in a manner where
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he would like us too. So the first transformation is
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always the transformation of self. When the King of God comes,
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we should be able to see the transformation in artists
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as well. So the church is a good place to
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see this because for sixteen years we run next Neelai.
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People come and go because of graduation and all we
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have seen life that have come in the before and after.
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The before is package A. After is package C plus
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Christ plus right. They live to be better than they were.
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So being involved in ministry is a very good thing
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because you get to walk with life. You get to
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see first hand transformation. You know, God is not looking
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for perfection. None of us here is perfect. In fact,
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there is a saying you know, if you have found
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the perfect church, please don't go because you and I
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will then make the church imperfect. Up to today, I
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have still things that I need to deal with, I
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need to grow in as well, and likewise, you also
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have your own journey. So God is never looking at perfection.
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But what God is looking at is can we be better?
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Can we be better? Because His Holy spirituiness. He will
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give us a power to be better. Now. The third one,
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when the Kingdom of God comes, there will be a
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change in atmosphere. About a year ago, I needed to
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deal with a situation at work. It wasn't the best
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situation to be in because I find them the culture
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is such that it was toxic. Right, it's either there's
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gossip here, gossip there, to a point where my people
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who I let didn't have a very good working relationship
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with me. Because as a boss sometimes I need to
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say things that are not popular. So for example, if
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you are sharing office and you have been talking most
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of the time than working, and when you submit work
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there are careless mistake. What should the boss do? The
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boss ever say something right? Sorry to say something. And
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then it became things I say very nicely. I say that, Okay,
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if you're on to talk, maybe you should talk during lunchtime.
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You know, go and talk whatever you want to. Don't
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talk during work time because it's a distraction. It can
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be disturbing as well. Right, It came back to me
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ronson doesn't allow us to talk in office. And you
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know what God told me, continue to love and you
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must pray because I recognize that God has given me
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a dominion in that sphere. And there are things that
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we deal in the marketplace and sometimes in your classes
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may not necessarily be physical challenge, it's spiritual. So I say,
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I pray God, the spirit of truth must prevail. I
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bind every divisive spirit, cast it out. I pray that
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hope will be planted. Pray that joy will be planted.
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Every seed that the enemy have sown in the area
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of dominion that You've given to me, I tear it
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up and I plant God faith, I plant hope, I
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plan love, I plant peace. When you're a boss, you
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can pray that why because you have you have physical authority,
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and you also have spiritual authority. When you're lecturing in
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your classroom, you're a teacher in your classroom, you have
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the physical authority, you have the spiritual authority. Most of
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us wrestle in the physical authority. Are you fight me out,
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I'll fight you back. Sometimes we can't win in the
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physical authority. But I am of the opinion when it
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comes to the spiritual authority, when Christ is with you,
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you will always win because when you win that spiritual authority,
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you see the Kingdom of God. Manifested here translate to here.
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So we're going to know where is our focus. Our
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focus is not that difficult friend who is giving us
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hell on earth. Our focus is not that person who
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has been unkind. Our focus should be on the principalities,
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the power of darkness that is influencing them to cause
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heartache to you. So when we're going to focus, you'll
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be able to pray. So after one year we are
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way better. I think there's more understanding, there's more grace,
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there's more patient. God is able to transform that atmosphere.
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God is able to transform society as well. You know
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the next like, Kingdom mindedness is not church mindedness. To
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understand that primarily when we speak about kingdom mindedness. In
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God's kingdom, there are many churches. We are all one
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and passa CANDEV has always discipled us where if we
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can help another church, we should. That's why whenever we
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have combined church prayer rally in subang Ex church has
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always been the biggest supporter. We will turn up in
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the hundreds and we will come because we value kingdom unity.
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Even in Eli we have done revel Nelai before we
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partner with our friends from the Nelai Chinese Methodist Church.
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We partner with the Gospel Neli Gospel Hall. We partnered
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with different churches. So when we talk about kingdom mindedness,
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it's not church mindedness. It's also about working together in
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the churches because Neli is so big that there's no
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one church that can win Neeli. For God, we need
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each other, right, So I don't ask Neli to be
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a place where it's just about xts because sometimes when
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we are not careful, it can often look like it's
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just about us. But we should look at it as
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it's about us and others. The end must be dead.
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The last point for today. Sick first the Kingdom of God,
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Jesus says. But sick first the Kingdom of God and
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his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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So the word sick care basically means to desire, to pursue,
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to stroke life after or to make something a priority.
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This is very important. In every domain God has placed
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you in, in every decision that He has placed you in,
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You've got to first seek the Kingdom, seek the mind
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of God, seek the will of God. Put him as
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number one. Someone said this before, right, if Jesus is
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not a lord of all, he is not lord at all.
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What does it mean? It basically means this. You know something.
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People can say, Lord, you are the lord over my family,
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but when it comes to business decision, I'm on my own.
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Sometimes it can be the opposite. Lord, it can be
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the lot of my career. But when it comes to
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my relationship, don't touch, because I will lead like how
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I want. So it's either Jesus' reign and rule in
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every domain of our life, or he doesn't. So when
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you say sick first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
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it basically means I may have my own agenda, I
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may have my own desire, I may have my own plan,
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but I subject to God's direction. I sick first the
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mind of God. I sick first the will of God.
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In this, so to know whether a person is making
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a decision that is kingdom minded or not, often is this.
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You will look at the fruit of the decision, whether
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the fruit will yield a glory to God or the
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decision will yield to itself. Where I look good, it's
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all about me. It's all about my achievement. It's all
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about my own effort. That is very self centered. A
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kingdom decision is it's all about God. I wanted to
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do this, but God turned my heart to do this
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and it turned out way better than I could imagine,
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and He gets all the glory. Amen. So this will
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be our value, kingdom mindedness, something for us to contemplate on,
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something for us to reflect on. I'd like to I
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want you to stand as we call today's message to
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a close. Where will you appel an altar before God
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and ask him to come even right now where you are.
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God's kingdom is not just in words, but in power.
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We've got to be Christians who apply our faith because
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that's where power will come. Now, there's really no point
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feeding our head with a lot of good knowledge. But
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if we don't apply the knowledge of God, if we
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don't apply blibical knowledge, there won't be power. So my
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desire is for ask NELI to be a place where
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people don't just experience the power of God in church,
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people experience the power of God outside church, where God
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has placed you in, where God has placed you in. No,
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we've got to pray, ask his kingdom to come, Ask
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that God will use us to be a good representation
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of His kingdom. Show to the world what forgiveness looks like.
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Show to the world what restoration look like. Show to
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the world, what second chances will look like? Show to
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the world how much God loved them. We don't live
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just for ourselves. We live for God. We live for
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His purpose. The highest calling in life is to worship God.
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The highest calling in life is to do and to
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obey His will because all other things doesn't really matter.
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It doesn't really matter. What is God's will for me
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in my career? What is God's wal for me, for
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my family? What is God's will for me for my future?
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His kingdom Come. His will be done on earth as
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it is in heaven. So I see in my mind
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God is ready to continue manifest his kingdom upon your life.
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But aligned to his will, aligned to his purpose. I
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see in my mind God has so much in store
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for his kingdom for you. And God is ready to
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release every provision you need. What is it is it
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grace to come you persevere so that you don't give
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up for the sake of His kingdom? Is there a
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provision of wisdom? You know some of you you're in
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a good place. You're very careful. You're in a very
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good place because you're very careful, You're saying, God, I
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really want to please you. I really want to make
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a decision that will bring ornor to your name. Teach me, Lord,
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is it just my flesh or is it your spirit speaking?
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The Lord will give you that confidence. The Lord will
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gives you that peace. The Lord is going to give
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you that assurance. He's saying to you, my child, I
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understand your needs. I know your struggle. I know there
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are many things going through your mind. But my child,
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Lord says, my peace is yours, His peace is yours.
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My friends, peace is the fruit of the Kingdom. I
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see chaos being put into order. I see healing coming
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into God's people's spirit. Confusion must cease, clarity must prevail.
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As you open up yourself to God, you're gonna experience
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the Kingdom's power even right now. Is it a bad
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habit that we find it difficult to give up? His
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power will see you true. His power will see you true.
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God's Kingdom is a kingdom of light. It's auras we
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have Christ, but often we struggle in the area of darkness.
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But Jesus is saying he is the light of the
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world and that he has translated you from the kingdom
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of darkness, to the kingdom of His Powerle's love, His
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light will continue to shine in and through you. So
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I see even deliverance right now coming true. Every struggles,
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every setback, will we turn to victory as you turn
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your hearts to God. Come back to the farthest kingdom,
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Come back to the farthest heart. I see God covering
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us even right now with a robe of righteousness. Yes, Sulmas,
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maybe far away from God, just like the prodigal Sun.
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We have wasted our life. But in God's kingdom, there's
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no condemnation. In God's kingdom, there is only love. Love
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will always draw us back to God. The goodness of
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God will all always lead us to repentance. So I
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pray that the goodness of God right now will overflow.
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We'll all flow into your life. Hallelujah.
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this week is going to be a good week.
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I hit for you.
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God, bless