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We're studying on the subject, stepping up with destiny. Say with me, destiny.

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Destiny. Oh no, you're not saying like you even understand what I say. Destiny.

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Hallelujah. Amen. The time has come for you and I to move into our God-given

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place. And that is our destiny.

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Hallelujah. Amen. Amen.

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In Jude, it said, contend endlessly for the salvation and for the faith.

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And in that scripture, you and I, our destiny was in there.

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So it's not just about salvation to heaven, but also to fulfill all that almighty

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God in his infinite wisdom plan concerning us.

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But he said, we must earnestly contend.

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In other words, it will not come on a silver platter.

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Hallelujah. That is why you and I will have to step up. You see,

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everything about God goes up. Amen.

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So human beings grow up. Am I right? The plants grow up.

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Am I right? I mean, everything about God goes through scripture.

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The only thing that goes down is that which is dead.

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Or that which is not pure. Or that which is not befitting the presence of God.

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But everything that is of God goes up.

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Hallelujah. Amen. So we must step up with our destiny. Because I said, I have plans.

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I have thoughts. I have a purpose to bring you to unexpected end. Hallelujah.

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Amen. So we are not just coming in here and go, no, at the end of the day,

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something remarkable must happen to you and I to show that yes,

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of a surety, we serve a living God.

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Hallelujah. That's why Paul said, I am not moved by whatever goes around me.

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My only concern is to fulfill the cause of God. Praise Jesus.

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Amen. even at the peril of his life.

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He said, none of these things move me, neither count my life dear unto myself,

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but that I will finish my course with joy so that on that day,

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God can look at me in the face and say, well done, thou faithful and good servant. Praise Jesus.

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Hallelujah. The time has come for you and I to step up with our destiny, with your destiny.

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Praise Jesus hallelujah,

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step up into your destiny by driving away all the opposing forces you see anything

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that is of a God the enemy is also against it are you aware of that?

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Praise Jesus in Genesis chapter 15 from verse 7 God was talking to Abraham about

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his destiny can we project it?

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And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of the air of the

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childish to give thee this land to inherit it.

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I said, the time has come for you and I to drive away all the opposing forces

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that rise against our destiny. Hallelujah.

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From within and from without. Eight. And he said, Lord God, where shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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And he said unto him, take me an heifer of three years old and a she-goat of

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three years old and a ram of three years old and a tattledove and a young pigeon.

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And he took unto him all these and divided them in the midst and laid each piece one against another.

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But the best divided he not. Hallelujah.

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Listen carefully. Let's go on. This is where the problem is.

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So God was dealing with Abraham concerning his destiny.

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And God said, bring me a sacrifice. You know, your sacrifice,

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our sacrifice is that which will bring God's attention to us and God's credence to us. Hello?

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Sacrifice, I can't wait to see him say. Where is my tree going? What a furry boy.

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In Tinangu, Montreal, Abraham said, But me a furry bee.

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No, yeah. But look at what the devil, what they said.

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And when the fowls came down upon the carcass, Abraham had to drive them away.

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Otherwise, they will spoil their sacrifice. Is somebody hearing me? The time has come for you and I to step up into our

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destiny by driving away all the opposing forces.

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Those are the fowls of the air. They want to destroy that which will give credence

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of you before God. Praise the Lord.

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So, so many things will come, but you have to be resilient.

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That's how we hear chine Tell your neighbor chine You can also be a chine What

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do you say? Chine What do you say? Some of us, we are trying the wrong way. Praise Jesus. I don't know what you're talking about.

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But we can't try. That's why we are tasseled.

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Like when Paul knew that this is the destiny of God.

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Because he said, for almost all the time, the Holy Ghost has told him that these

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are some of the things that will be happening as you walk the journey of your destiny.

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And then a prophecy came and the people misinterpreted the prophecy by the prophet

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Agabus. booths and say, what are you people talking about?

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The prophet only said that this is what will happen.

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And I, I know it already, but they interpreted, oh, God has revealed. So don't go.

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No, God didn't say he didn't go. God was just confirming that,

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hey, what I told you, just remember.

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So that when you get there and they happen, you don't retreat.

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You continue. You step Tap up and then end well. Hallelujah.

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I might speak to somebody here. Praise Jesus.

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So the fouls will come.

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Drive them away. Tell your neighbor, drive them away.

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Oh, you're not saying like you mean to drive them away. Praise Jesus.

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When I was preparing, I mean, around three o'clock, one of the days,

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the Lord just woke me up and I was just praying.

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And then while I was praying, certain confessions were coming.

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I want us just to be on our feet. Let's confess them as we control.

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We're talking about stepping up with your destiny.

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Unkrabia. Kasame unkrabia. Are you sure you believe what you are saying?

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May I have a destiny? Look at me very well. Some of the decisions I'm taking. Praise Jesus.

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So, once I was praying and I was writing. Because I was praying the Lord brings and I write.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Lift your right hand as we declare these confesses. I shall not die unborn.

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I shall leave my testimony.

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I shall leave my destiny. My testimony cannot be ruined.

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My testimony cannot be endangered.

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My testimony cannot be destroyed. Do you understand what you are talking about?

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Amen. I confront every highway in the realms that seek to go against my destiny, my progress,

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my increase, and my rising up.

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In the name of Jesus, I receive grace for more rising.

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In my personal revival. In my personal restoration.

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In my personal renewal. In my personal recovery. And in my personal discovery.

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This year, you and I will recover and discover.

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Hallelujah. Amen. Your right hand. We're not finished. There are 11 of them.

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Amen. I shall be relevant in life. Do you believe what you are saying?

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I shall be relevant in life. I war against any power seeking to make me irrelevant in this life.

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Those are the fouls. They want to destroy. But you have to war. Praise Jesus.

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He says, since the time of John the Baptist, he said, and the sovereign what?

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And the violent that's what? They take it by force.

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So war against any power, any principality, any high-powered spirit that seeks

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to make you irrelevant in life.

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So that you can step up with your destiny. In the name of Jesus.

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My destiny cannot be hijacked. So object to me in real destiny.

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And let's judge how. Praise the Lord.

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Around 3 a.m. And Lord said, let me share with you so that you two go.

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So I was praying. Then he would give it to me. Then I'll write. Then I'm going.

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Hello. Praise the Lord.

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Nobody can hijack your destiny. The enemy will come in like a flower.

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But the Spirit of God will lift the standard on your behalf.

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In the name of Jesus. By the power in the blood. By the fire of the Holy Ghost. And in the name of

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Jesus, I confront any spirit seeking to hijack my destiny.

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In the name of Jesus. I would say rising to my high place is not just bread and butter.

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It calls for people who are out of their tassel. Time.

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Praise Jesus. The last one.

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I, I mention your name. I, I, John Kofi Appiah, shall fulfill my destiny.

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Now let's say it again. I, put your name there. I, John Kofi Appiah,

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shall fulfill my destiny in the name of Jesus.

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Give the Lord a clap of hands to take your seat.

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We are rising to our high place. And that is your destiny. Let me refresh your mind on destiny.

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You see, when we say destiny, Your destiny is your high place in the Lord,

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according to his timetable for you on planet earth.

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Your high place in the Lord, according to his timetable. Are you with me?

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In other words, where God wants you to be, note it.

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Who God wants you to be. What God wants you to do. and how God wants you to

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be. Are you with me, somebody? You should be able to answer all these questions.

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I know who God wants me to be, so nobody can come and mess me up. Praise the Lord.

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You must know where God wants you to be at this point in time.

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And you must know what God wants you to do. And that's why when Paul met Jesus

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on the way to Damascus, it's a Lord who I doubt he wants to know him because

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when we get to know him, that we can receive from him.

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And then his next prayer was that, Lord, what would thou have me to do?

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Step up with your destiny. To anamon erura unkrabiam.

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Unyo biara kwa. Tell your neighbor, unyo biara kwa. You see,

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sometimes the enemy will come and whisper, who are you?

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Then I also answer, but you too, who are you? Hallelujah.

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Amen. So your high place in the Lord, according to his timetable.

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That's why in Jeremiah 29, 11, you know, he said, I know the thoughts that I think towards you.

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I have plans to bring you to unexpected end. Praise Jesus.

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In Psalm 40, verse 7 and 8, he said, a volume is written.

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That's God's timetable. That is God's high place. He said, then said, I know.

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This is Jesus. And it was repeated in Hebrews.

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He said, then said, I know, Lord.

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I come in the volume of the book. It is written of me.

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Try and error. No, no, no, no. Tell your neighbor, no, no try and error.

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Because a volume is written. So what you and I need to do is find out what that volume is saying.

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Praise Jesus. Hallelujah.

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That was why when Epaphras was praying for the church in Colossae,

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in Colossians chapter 4 verse 12, he says something. He said,

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he's praying that they will be complete in all of the will of God. That is destiny.

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Not in some of the will of God. Colossians 4.12. He said, I prefer as one of you, a servant of Christ,

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salutes you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers.

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So if you cry that on the day that you are born, you use it as a fasting.

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I'm giving suggestions. You can go and practice it. And on that day, just let this verse alone be your prayer.

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He said, laboring fervently that ye may stand perfect perfect and complete in all the will of God.

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That is stepping up with your destiny.

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Amen. What should be beaten, I said, I don't know. You remember.

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Tell your neighbor, I say, you remember. Hallelujah. Amen.

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Paul in Acts 20, 24, he said it.

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He said, none of these things move me. I've said it already.

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He said that I will finish my call. Let's read it. Acts 20, 24.

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He said, but none of these things move me because Paul talked about so many

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things that he encountered in life.

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So maybe you too are saying, why am I encountering all these things?

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He never promised a problem-free life, but he promised victory at the end of the day.

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Is somebody hearing me? Praise Jesus.

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What one can say, a name I can't tell you from, but the meaning of it is,

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a man who can't tell you a thing.

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Amen. Amen. If you have that understanding, then you know that we will always fight.

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From victory to victory. Praise Jesus.

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He told them, go to the land that I promised unto you. And when they got to

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the brink, he said, go, fight and possess.

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The first time years ago, I was standing there, I said, God,

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but you said you give in to the world. Why are you not asking them to go and fight?

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He said, it's part of the destiny journey. He said, go.

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Fight and possess your possessions. But before then, he has said,

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I've given the land to you. Lift your right hand and say, I will step up onto my destiny.

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You know, step up transformer. If you have a 110 gadget and you bring it somewhere here, you buy a gadget that

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is 110, so you need a step up transformer.

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You need the transformer of the Holy Ghost to step you up, to step me up so

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that we can get to where we want to go. Praise Jesus.

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Hallelujah. Is someone being blessed? So at the end of the day,

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Paul, like in 2 Timothy 4, 5-8, which we all know,

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because Paul was one man who really taught much about destiny, purpose.

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He said, 2 Timothy 4, 5-8.

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2 Timothy. Yes, it's about what thou in all things endure afflictions.

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Do the work of an evangelist. Make full proof of your ministry.

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Make full. It is my responsibility.

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It is your responsibility to step up. Make full proof. Who is to make the full proof?

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Oh, no, no. We are talking to ourselves. Who is to make the full proof?

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Is it the ministers to make the full proof? isn't the papa no we will be guided

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but at the end of the day you and i will have to make so paul,

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instructing his son timothy timothy i've taught you

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a lot of things and i'm telling you that make full proof of your ministry of

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your service once the ministry is not talking about no ministry is service and

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service is your destiny praise jesus if you find yourself doing what god God wants you to do.

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That is your destiny. That is my destiny.

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Praise Jesus. Hallelujah. So when we say step up with your destiny,

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all that we are saying is that let your life be shaping in glory.

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Let your life be shaping in glory. Let your life register.

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Praise Jesus. As a stamp. You have to say, Amen.

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Say, Lord, help me to step up with my destiny in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.

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Let your life register and let it be relevant.

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Let your life be sharpening so that you can make impact. impact.

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You see, in our days, don't think making impact is only when many people get to know about.

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You know, there are so many people hidden in some corners of the world.

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Nobody even hears of them, but I tell you, they are making impact more than

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the people that we see on the tellies. Hello, am I speaking to the people of God? So, it's not about the crowd.

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It's about about what you are doing to affect and to infect your generation

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to make a positive impact upon their lives. Hallelujah.

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It is about achieving as far as God is concerned and not as far as men are concerned.

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So at the end of the day, you will seek for the volume that is written of you

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and you will pursue it. Praise Jesus.

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Hallelujah! Man, have you been blessed?

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The destiny is fulfilled only in God.

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So when we say step up with your destiny, you can't take out God.

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I met somebody who said, these days, you know, it's ways and means.

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I said, what do you mean by ways and means? For you as Christian, what do you mean by ways and means? He said,

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without me, you can do nothing. So destiny is fulfilled only in God.

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Praise the Lord. And God is fulfilled in our destiny.

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Because God is not happy when we are always working like people who have no father.

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Like people who don't have any aim. God is not happy if our life is always the same negatively.

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Praise Jesus. Are you with me? God is not happy if things are not going well all the time.

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Hallelujah. Ask your neighbor, did you hear what he said? Praise Jesus.

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Let the Lord help us that our life will be sharpening to impact.

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Because you cannot just be anybody at all.

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Amen. You matter. Tell your neighbor you matter.

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You matter I can't tell your neighbor. You matter you're not just anybody sometimes that's what the devil wants us

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to think that oh oh like somebody said so what do you mean what do you mean,

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do you know where I'm coming from, Tell your neighbor, you are part of it. And we are all rising to a high place. That is our destiny.

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Hallelujah. Praise Jesus.

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Are you with me, somebody? So, make your destiny a reality. That's what we mean by step up.

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Make it a reality by the guidance and the leading of the Holy Ghost.

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And your personal effort. Two things. The Holy Ghost will guide us.

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He will lead us. But our effort is also.

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That's why I said with all diligence. With all effort. Determination. Hard work. Praise the Lord.

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Perseverance. Strong hearts. Amen.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. like one time I was riding my bicycle in the dark,

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and a brother I don't know what he wanted he said he wanted to so me do ah so

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I say hi and I stop I say oh so he thought,

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he thought he's doing it so that I'll be afraid I said no though I walk through

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the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil, so I come in and my mouth blue so I come and I pray Jesus Jesus,

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strong in heart, because you are not just anybody at all.

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Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. But there are certain things we need to watch against if we have to step up

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with our destiny to God's glory.

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Number one, watch against fear of failure and opposition.

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Watch against fear of failure and opposition. position.

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Gideon had that problem. In Judges chapter 6, verse 11 to 16,

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when God is telling him that you are a mighty man of valor, go in this your

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strength, he was still saying, oh, because of fear, he said, I cannot do it.

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But God says Go in this your might Praise Jesus In Numbers chapter 13 verse 33,

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When God had already told them That I'm giving you that land And Moses had sent

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the 12 guys To go and spy Some of them came because of fear They said We in

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our own eyes Were like what?

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Grasshoppers what I call the grasshopper mentality.

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Watch against it. Otherwise, you cannot step.

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Otherwise, you cannot fulfill your destiny.

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Hallelujah. He says, and there we saw the giants.

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We'll see giants. Hello.

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The sons of Anak which come of the giants and we were. Look at what he said.

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It is not the people who read. It is not the giants who saw them as grasshoppers.

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It is the people who they said. Tell your neighbor you are not a BBA. He said, in our own eyes,

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we saw ourselves as what?

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Grasshopper. That's what I call the grasshopper spirit, grasshopper mentality. Watch against it.

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Otherwise, you cannot step up. You cannot unfold the volume that is written of you.

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Amen? And so when the people were doing all those things, when you read further

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in the same Numbers 13, I think verse 33, Caleb said, we are well able.

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Tell your neighbor, you are well able. The way I'm saying this,

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as if you are yourself now, tell your neighbor, you are well able.

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Well able to do what? Ask him, what do you mean by well able to do what?

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I assure, you are not just anybody at all. You matter.

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Praise Jesus. Hallelujah. Amen.

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So watch against fear and opposition.

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The second thing to watch against is that understand God's move and don't chicken

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out whenever he gets on the move.

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Bible said that the people of Israel had a problem with the Canaanites and then

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God spoke to a man, Barak. Judges chapter 4.

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Verse 4 to 9. He had already spoken to Barak.

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Now Barak, I'm going to use you too, but Barak was still not understanding God's move at that time.

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So God had to speak to him again through the prophetess Deborah.

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He said that Deborah, prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

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And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in Mount

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Ephraim. And the children of Israel came to her for judgment.

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And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kadesh Naphtali and

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said unto him, Hath not the Lord, in other words, God has been speaking to Barak.

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But Barak did not understand. The time has come for God to move. When the time is ready, you got to move.

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Praise Jesus. He said, have not God official commander saying,

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go and draw toward Mount Tabor and take with thee 10,000 men of the children

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of Nathalie and of the children of Zebalon? So I was asking, hasn't God spoken to you?

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What is it that God has put in your heart that you are still struggling and

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you are still giving all the excuses and you are still thinking,

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no, this one day it cannot be possible. Praise Jesus. I met somebody also. Everybody, I can't wait. But you see, what do you mean by that?

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God is not limited by space.

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Hello? If he has said it, he will do it. Praise Jesus.

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But look at what Barak said.

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He said, And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon-Sizeri,

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the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude.

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And I will deliver him into your hand.

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And Barak said unto her, If you will go with me, then I will go.

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So God has spoken to Barak. Barak, this is what I want to do with you.

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But Barak said, If Deborah, you go with me, then I will do it.

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But if you will not go with me, then I will not go. Like how the children,

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they mean, they mean, come. And so he missed it out. So God through the prophetess told him, verse 9.

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And she said, I will surely go with thee, notwithstanding the journey that thou takest.

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So he took the journey all right, but he didn't fulfill his destiny.

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He said, the journey that thou takest shall not be for your honor,

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for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.

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And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kadesh.

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Let that not be our story. Hallelujah. That when God will minister,

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you'll rise, irrespective of the challenges or whatever you see around you. Hallelujah.

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Another thing that we need to watch against.

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Don't condemn yourself and remain in a fault or an error.

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Quickly pinch yourself and rise up and move on.

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Don't let somebody cancel communion. Cancel, no.

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My bond, they don't mean to me. I say, no. Don't let the enemy condemn you.

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Praise Jesus. He said the righteous will fall seven times, and seven times he will do what?

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Proverbs 24. And in 7, 8, he said, Rejoice not over me, O my enemy,

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for when I fall, I shall do what? I'll rise up.

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This is a time for you and I to stop. So watch against you condemning yourself.

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Rise up and correct whatever you need to correct.

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Like God tells us, put your house in order and rebound and keep moving. Praise Jesus.

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Hallelujah. Are you with me, somebody? body another thing

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we need to watch against that way before god

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what you hear from others

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even let me add this because that's the lord even men of god way because beloved

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not nobody knows it all except god and anybody can make an error or even lie

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to have their way and when you go Lord Jesus Christ sees some of them.

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When you read 1 John chapter 5 verse 10, it says, anyone who is born of God

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has the witness in himself. So watch. Somebody said, oh, this thing, my very close friend told me so that

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no way things before going to the other ways take time.

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And I'm saying this for us to understand that nobody knows it all. Praise Jesus.

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Their lives to the Spirit of God. Because the Bible says that the Spirit of God bears witness.

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Praise Jesus. In 2 Samuel 7, verse 1 to 5, the Bible said, David went to Nathan the prophet.

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He said, look, I want to build a house for the Lord, the prophet.

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And the prophet told David, said, David, go. Whatever you have to go, the Lord is with you.

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But Nathan got it wrong. When you read verse 5, let's go to verse 5,

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verse 4 and 5, because of time.

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And he came to pass that. Now go to verse 4, yes. Go to verse 3.

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And Nathan said to the king, go, do how that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.

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Where did Nathan get that from? wrong. David came to him and said, oh, this is what I want to do. He said,

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oh, the Lord is with you. Go and do it. But the Bible said that very night, go to verse 4, and he came to pass that

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night, that night, the word of the Lord came unto Nathan saying,

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go and tell my servant David, that seeth the Lord, shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

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Nathan got it wrong. Are you with me? So if you can step up with our destiny,

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and fulfill the purposes of God for us, we need to take time and wait things before God. Take time.

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What I say, take time, wait on God, and take time, wait for God.

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A lot of the time, we are able to wait on God, but sometimes we are not that

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patient to wait for God. It's like. Praise Jesus. It's like, Nobody can help God,

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And in 2 Kings chapter 4, 26 and 27, you see Elisha and the Shunammite woman.

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When the son died and Babu said the Shunammite woman was going to Elisha.

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And then Elisha sent Gehazi to ask him, is everything well? He said,

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yeah, everything is well. And then when the woman came to Elisha, he was going to hold the feet.

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And then Gehazi decided to do what?

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To shove her away. And Elisha said, no, don't do it.

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And listen to what Elisha said.

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He said, and when she came to the man of God, to the hill, she caught him by

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the feet. But Gehazi came near to thrust her away.

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So, and the man of God said, let her alone.

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For her soul is vexed within her. And the Lord had hid it from me.

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And hath not told me. Hello?

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I don't know what I'm saying. So watch against. Let's weigh things very well.

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I'm also speaking from experience. Let's weigh things very well.

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He said, the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.

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So as at the time that the woman came to Elisha, Elisha didn't know that the guy was dead.

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He said, and the Lord has not told me. So, let her alone. Let her tell us whatever is worrying her.

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Because before then, she has asked, is everybody, is your son well? She says she's well.

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Is your husband well? He's well. Is everything well? Well. So, why now coming to?

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In those days, if somebody should come and do, I mean, it's a serious thing.

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I'm just letting us know, I suspect that nobody knows. So, please take your time.

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I met somebody saying, this man of God who told me to do it.

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That's how bad. In the Bible, where did you see it?

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So it's the man of God said, so you have to do it? No, at the end of the day,

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we are not going to use the standard of the man of God to judge us.

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We are going to use the standard of the word of God. Amen?

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On that day, God is not going to judge us by our giftings and by our charisma.

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He's going to judge us by our character, our behavior, and how well we fit into the volume.

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How well we fit it into his destiny.

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Praise Jesus. Amen? Are you there?

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In 1 Kings chapter 13, the first time I read this scripture, I was like, blaming God.

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God, you know, you know about this man of God and then the old prophet.

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God sent him, right?

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From Judah to Bethel to go and do so many things.

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And God told him that when you finish, don't go by the way you can okay, go.

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But I don't eat. I don't do anything. Go back.

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And Bible said, even the king that the man helped, the king wanted to bless him.

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And he told the king, even if you give me half of your kingdom,

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I won't do it because this is what God has told me. But Bible said, an old prophet.

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And then the first time, years ago, I was standing, I said, God,

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but this is not fair. And God said, no.

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What I tell you, do it, irrespective of whoever counters it.

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Because, The young man of God told the prophet that God has told me not to.

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But listen to what the man said. Can we go to verse 18?

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Go to verse 18. But when you have time, read the whole scripture.

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Go to verse 17. Do you know when the old prophet told him, come to my house

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and eat and blah, blah, blah. For it was said to me, and the man answered him, it was said to me by the word of the Lord.

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We're talking about destiny. We don't joke with destiny. He said,

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it was told me by the word of the Lord, thou shalt not eat no bread,

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nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the same way that thou camest.

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So the man of God, the young man of God was telling this prophet that this is what God had told me.

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That's what I'm saying. Watch against. Let's take time. Wait on God.

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Wait for God so that we can wait this very well.

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Then listen to what they're saying. And he said unto him, the old prophet,

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I am a prophet also, as thou art.

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And an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord. Oh, Jesus.

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Say, bring him back with thee into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.

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But look at what he said. But he lied unto him. The old prophet lied. He lied.

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I tell you what, I see men of God lie. And I tell myself, if you had approached

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me with that, I'll tell you, that's it, you are lying.

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But thank God they don't come near me. They know those people they will go to

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and say they are liars too. But he lied unto him.

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And that's where I would say, but God, it was not his problem.

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It was the old prophet. Why didn't you deal with the old prophet?

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He said, no, I spoke to the young guy. I didn't speak to the old guy.

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And so, and the third thing, verse 19, that was where, when I was,

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I studied this last years back, but when I was reading it, it just came to me.

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So, no, go back to verse 18.

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He said, I must also eat, drink, blah, blah, blah. Then, verse 19.

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So, he went back with him and did eat bread in his house and drank water.

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I said, the day I fell, I said, God, no, God, this is not fair.

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Then after eating everything, look at what happened. This same old prophet.

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And he came to power. As they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came

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unto the old prophet. That brought him back.

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Go on. And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah,

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saying, That saith the Lord. Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the

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commandment with the Lord that God commanded thee,

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we are talking about destiny let's take our time,

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because nobody knows it all so be doubly sure

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like Baba always said being doubly sure is not

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a sin so if it will take you 20 years to be doubly sure please it is better

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than rushing praise Jesus when you go please come the end of it was that this

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same old prophet who lied was used by God to prophesy to the man that you won't

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get your destiny you will die, And surely, surely, the young man died.

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The first I hear, I say, God, this is not fair. God, this is not fair.

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You should have dealt with the old man. I said, no, I spoke to the young man, so he should have known better.

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Yes, what God has said, as I said, once has God spoken, and how many times will

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you hear? Twice. What do you mean, sir? Nyangkubo ka e, upa ko, uba e. He also said, I am the Lord God, I changeth not.

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Like, Balaam, Balaam, Balaam. Thank God for that donkey. Like you will have been killed like a goat.

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You went to God and God told you, my friend, you cannot curse the people.

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Then you went and then Balaam increased the price money.

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Then he went back again. God, should I go? And God said, go.

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Sometimes, some of them go, they don't go. So God said, go, go. Thank God for the donkey.

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The sword was ready to cut him. Because I once had gospel. Nyanku mwokan, I sang bakua.

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Who nye bibiya? I said, one time somebody said, and I'm fasting to see whether

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God can change. So who did fasting by bribing God?

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We don't use fasting to bribe God. Hello?

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Now James said, fasting and nyanku mwokan, hunumamu bonon, sisang adimu ka.

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I said, hey, hey, hey, you know what I'm saying?

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Fasting is not nyanku mwokan. Fasting is not what? Any wujidie, any wusu, any wubain,

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Praise Jesus. So please, let's work against this.

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Let's weigh things very well. Let's talk about some factors.

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There we go. Some factors that we need. Be strong on God's word. Be strong on God's word.

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When you read Isaiah 50, verse 6 to 7, Jesus said it.

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Jesus saw all the things that were to happen to him. The shame and the agony and everything.

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But he said, I am ready to face it. In Isaiah chapter 50, verse 6 and 7,

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he said, I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them that plunked.

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Hidden on my face from shame and spitting. Then verse 7.

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It says, for the Lord God will help me.

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Say, God will help me to fulfill my destiny. Do you believe it?

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Go, call on him. He said, therefore shall I not be confounded.

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Therefore have I set my face like what? A flint. A flint is a hard stone.

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In Tehran, I'm just saying, I said, we are trying. My name, my name, ding, ding, ding.

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Nothing will move me. That's why he went to the cross for that shameful death for you and I.

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Praise Jesus. When you read Matthew chapter 26, 36 and 38 thereabouts,

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when they went to the garden, you could see that Jesus was agonizing.

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You see? But he was strong on God's word that this is what my father said, so I have to do it.

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Praise Jesus Amen Don't chicken out Tell your neighbor don't chicken out.

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In Numbers 13 Like I said When the people were making all the noise And all

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the Israelites were crying And they were shouting confusing In the camp And

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the Bible said that Caleb stood and stood The guy said look we are well able,

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Where did he get his confidence from From the word of God Be strong on God's

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word Tell your neighbor, be strong in God's word.

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But how can you be strong in God's word when you don't know it?

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That's our problem. We don't know. Praise Jesus.

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So, prophet, I met a woman. Went to his house with corn.

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Oh dear bro, oh fear, then I went. So, prophet, this young dear bro,

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bro native, if you know how to do it.

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So get to know this God and let him show you the right way. And thank God he

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did it. And today, it's working. Hallelujah.

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Praise Jesus. Is someone being blessed?

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Have what I call the inquiring and inquiring heart.

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Seek God's face on all issues through prayer and fasting.

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Seek his face before his strength. In our day, people are just seeking his face

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for strength, power to demonstrate. No.

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And so we see men of God, women of God, Christians, just disgracing Christendom.

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Saying things they ought not to say. Once I heard somebody say, Bro, me, me na me besao yari. I said, brother, nyabutre.

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Come, I will heal you. I said, no, no, no, no, no. Hold on, hold on.

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Hold on. Yes, God said, in my name. That's what God said. He said, in my name.

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So let the point be on the Lord, not you. I said, brother, hold on, hold on.

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This is a mistake. This is a nightmare.

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And I love what the other person said. He said, come, I will pray for you and God will heal you.

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I think that one is better than, brother, I'm not going to say it. Praise Jesus.

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Hallelujah. Alleluia. I would make somebody, 1 Chronicles 16,

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11, let's seek his face before his hand or his strength.

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Is seeking for his purpose, his will, his destiny for us.

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How do we do it? How do we go about it?

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Amen? You can do the right thing in the wrong way and makes everything wrong. Are you aware of that?

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That's why Paul told the church that don't let your good be evil spoken of.

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You say, oh yeah, but the way you are going about it, it will make everything

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wrong. But when you seek his face, then he will show you how to go about it.

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What to say and what not to say. Praise the Lord.

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Man, praise the Lord. Are you with me, somebody?

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Proverbs 11, verse 14. Put down the 1 Chronicles 16, 11. You want to go, please read it.

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Seek his face before his hand or his strength.

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You ain't be bringing it to me, to me, to me. You know, you just pray and fast

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just to power, and that's all. No.

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Like I said, God will not judge us based on the power that we display.

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He will judge us based on our character, our behavior, and how we projected

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Him and how we fit into His agenda on planet Earth.

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That's why we need to find out God's purpose for us and God's destiny and let's

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step up and get into it. Hallelujah.

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Proverbs 11 Proverbs. 1114. 1114. He said, where no council is, the people fall.

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But in the multitude of counselors, there is what? Safety.

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So it's part of the inquiry. Thank God we are blessed with the man of God,

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the chief servant of God. We are blessed with the man of God, the woman of God. People are around. So seek counsel.

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That's what I call the inquiring and inquiring heart.

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Seeking to know. You don't rush. Praise Jesus.

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Hallelujah. The other factor we need is what I call the faith, hope, and patient life.

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Faith. You must be a man of faith.

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Feed your faith. The Bible said faith comes by what? Hearing.

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Romans 10, 17. And be a man of hope. A woman of hope. So.

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No destiny person is an opportunist.

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Because Bible said, in his time, he makes all things beautiful.

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And he said, the man of destiny, the woman of destiny, it is he,

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God, who orders his steps. That's why I said, mark the perfect man.

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Behold the upright. bride that is the person who is chasing after god's destiny

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for his life he said the end of that person is what peace.

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Amen. So be a man of faith, hope, and need that soul and patience.

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And then the other factor is what I also call FTO. Faith, trust in God, and obedience.

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The first one is F-H-P. The second one is F-T-O.

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Your faith. So realize that in both ways, faith is very, very important.

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You cannot move with God without faith.

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So you must practice your faith the first one, feed your faith with the word

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of God and then practice it trust God feed your obedience,

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once he started calling me from outside then I asked him how is your FTO I said

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what is FTO he said how is your faith now in God,

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how is your trust now in God and how is your obedience he said

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thank you I've gotten the answer the next time he calls her bless you because

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she was veering off I said watch your FTO your faith your trust in God and your

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obedience what has God said that you are not doing go and check and do it and

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you'll be okay praise the Lord, in hope and in patience you know the story of Jacob Bible said because he loved

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Rachel he was asked to serve for how many years how many years Yes, seven years.

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And then when the seven years was due, he was swerved. Hello?

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But Jacob realized that his destiny is with who? Rachel.

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So when it was so, you have to serve another seven years. He said, yes, I'm ready.

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Faith, hope, patience. Praise the Lord.

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And he waited. In Habakkuk, he said, I'll stand upon my watch and wait to hear what he will tell me.

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The Lord. Hallelujah. David was anointed as king when Samuel was sent,

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but it was after more than 10 years before the crown was put on his head as king.

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Maybe it wasn't true. Maybe the prophet was lying to me. Hallelujah.

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Amen. The last thing I will say is that build a strong foundation for your life.

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And all that I want to say is that let go of the past. Let go of your past mistakes.

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Let go of your past errors. And let go of your past achievements.

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Paul said, I count all the things I've done and I strive towards the high calling.

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Philippians 3, 13-14. And Proverbs 24, 16.

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He said, The righteous will fall seven times. He has to rise up.

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So let go. So, if you want to build a strong foundation of your life, let go of the past.

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Two, properly redefine your focus, your purpose, your direction with no distractions and deviations.

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Proverbs 4.25, it said, look straight on. 4.25, it said, Look straight on.

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Amen. Praise Jesus. The other thing we need to build a strong foundation is that we

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must be planted in the house of God.

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Psalm 92. 12 and 13.

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When I say be planted in the house of God, what I mean is identify yourself well with your church.

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And then two, have regard for church authority.

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And three, love the brethren.

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And four, make yourself useful in church. Have I communicated? Did I say that?

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Number one, identify. Identify well with the church. Two, have regard for authority.

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Amen. Praise the Lord. Are you with me? And three, have love for the brethren.

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And four, is what? What's the fourth one?

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Make yourself useful. What are you doing, church?

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That's why this year we said, everybody must find himself or herself doing service.

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Get into a department. We're talking about stepping up.

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He said, they that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish.

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A lot of us have not planted ourselves well. And so our destiny is just going

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like this, like that, like that. But if you rise up and love the brethren, have respect for authority,

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identify yourself well. Say, yes, I'm an Adonite.

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And then make myself useful. The Lord will take you far. Praise Jesus. And the last thing to say is that be a prayerful person.

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Feed on the word. Grow in what I call the school of worship.

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Yes, I always tell God, God, help me to grow in the school of worship.

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You know, worship is a school. Hello. I will, you know, school, go to school, go to worship school.

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Said, yeah, thank God. Take me through. They see that the sons are coming just

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like that. Take me through. Feed on the word. Be prayerful and grow in the school of worship.

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You realize that all these things will help you build a strong foundation that

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will help you to be able to step up into your destiny.

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Hallelujah. Let the Lord help us that you and I will rise up.

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But don't forget that there will always be fouls that will will try to destroy,

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but tell yourself that I am getting there.

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Hallelujah. Be on your feet wherever you are.

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Lift your hands unto the Lord. We need to depend on His grace.

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Depend on His mercy and depend on His peace. Paul said, I am what I am by His grace.

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Hallelujah. Oh, thank you, Jesus. Please give me Lamentations chapter 2, verse 33.

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The The mercies of the Lord. The mercies of the Lord. Lamentations chapter 3 verse 22.

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3.22. We need to depend on his grace.

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It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not so consumed.

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Because his compassions fail not.

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Hallelujah. His mercy will take us out of any calamity.

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His grace will grant us ability and his peace will give us the tranquility that will help us to focus.

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He said, thou will keep it in perfect peace. Him whose mind is still on you.

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Lift your hands unto the angels. Talk to the Lord.

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Music.

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Pray that you shall fulfill your destiny. Pray that you shall rise up to your high place.