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Don't be left in the dark. 
Get proper understanding of life

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through the Word of God. 
My people perish for lack of 

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knowledge. 
The Word of God is an 

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illumination which gives 
direction. 

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Remain placed as Reverend was 
far and illuminates your mind 

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with the Word of God with all 
simplicity and clarity. 

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Strategies of church growth and 
last week we focused on 

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dimensions of church groups. 
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understanding that church group 
is a multi dimensional concepts 

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and that there are different 
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itemized 4 dimensions. 
The numerical growth that is 

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achievable by evangelization 
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trench planting. 
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spiritual growth. 
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achievable by effective 
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Effective discipleship. 
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the gospel, if it we advance and
fulfill the global mandate that 

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it was intended and designed to 
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Financial groups can also not be
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I will mention that that is 
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infrastructural growth also very
important and what we bring that

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to be is visionary leadership. 
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evangelization, strictly 
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Spiritual growth comes by 
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financial growth by teaching the
delivers to embrace still 

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worship of their resources such 
that God that has provided 

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whenever he makes a demand for 
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provided for his war, we are 
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use. 
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can come by reason of visionary 
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financial resources is there, it
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So it takes visionary leadership
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development. 
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of infrastructure development 
that is required is one that can

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further help discipleship, OK, 
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where you have mission school is
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it, but for the purpose of 
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in the right direction with the 
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Praise the name of the law. 
And so today we're going to move

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on to now itemize about 10 
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achieve all sided church growth.
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church growth is 
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not just be growing in one area 
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areas, OK, certainly we must 
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achieve comprehensive church 
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growth we're going to be 
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Now number one is effective by 
effective puppet ministry, 

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effective puppet ministry of 
preaching and teaching the Son 

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doctrine of Christ. 
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sided, it's not going to be 1 
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acromegaly. 
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medical balance is the type of 
roots that happen to just one 

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organ and it grew out of 
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body. 
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1 yard length OK, your right 
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your left hand is 2 yard length,
you know that one is already 

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disproportionate to the pair 
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balanced. 
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disfigure type of growth. 
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accommodally, if it's going to 
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So this 10 areas must be looked 
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And the first one we're 
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pulpit ministry, using the 
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To preach and to teach the 
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to teach the sound doctrine of 
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In Acts chapter 6, OK, which has
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drive the message of church 
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the apostles there, the reason 
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of libel. 
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that the pulpit ministry was 
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impacted and they have been 
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issues as against giving their 
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issue of the ministry of the 
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disciple decided in Acts chapter
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give ourselves continually to 
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the world. 
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continually to prayer and to the
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In other words, they prioritize 
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teaching of the Son doctrine of 
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So when we talk about the 
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ministry of the world is carried
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through preaching and teaching. 
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not the same. 
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complements, praise the name of 
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So by preaching we tell the 
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do. 
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use the puppy, his mission, his 
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tell the people what they need 
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OK, But many at times you tell 
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what to do, but they don't know 
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it, that is teaching. 
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So it's like a marathon race. 
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teaching complete the race. 
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So in the ministry of the world,
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preaching and teaching. 
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people what to know and what to 
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trained how to do what they have
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So in teaching the people are 
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on how to do what they have been
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By preaching you are told by 
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Hello, hello. 
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introduce people to the faith. 
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the believer in the faith. 
So preaching welcomes welcome 

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you OK, and teaching establishes
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to do what they have been told. 
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introduced to the faith and so 
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And then the believers are 
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teaching ministry, by the 
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And I said it can be likely to 
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preachers start the race, OK, 
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But the same person who preached
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I went together, I went 
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So the apostles in Acts chapter 
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ourselves continually to prayer 
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world. 
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the lifestyle of the believers 
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grow and the kind of teaching 
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We also inform how the believer 
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the larger society. 
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life of the members of the 
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church, will reflect the kind of
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serving for them to eat in an 
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OK, except you are recalcitrant.
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Am I talking to somebody now? 
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outside there. 
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people the kind of spiritual 
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church. 
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many of you, OK are living what 
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Are you not living contrary to 
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being taught? 
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to a larger extent, OK, your 
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life will reflect the kind of 
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receiving or that has been 
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ministry of your pastor. 
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required to make church groups 
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is fathend and effective prayer.
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prayer still act Chapter 6, 
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In fact, we are going to follow 
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You will discord that giving 
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of the world. 
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relieve ourselves of this 
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to prayer and the ministry of 
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And of course it is said, and I 
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church is a growing church. 
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growing church, A church that 
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And we saw the results in Acts 
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the apostle decided to give 
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prayer and the world, the church
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exponentially. 
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that a pray church is a growing 
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A church that prays will grow. 
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number one instrument for every 
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For every aspect of church war, 
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prayer. 
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Are you working in the choir? 
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the number one instrument to 
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involve God. 
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By prayer without him, Jesus 
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So I do not have him with you 
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By prayer, by what? 
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sovereignty. 
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concerned, we also also need to 
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the balance is that prayer is 
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exercise. 
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that prayer is paramount, prayer
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fundamental. 
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pray and do nothing more. 
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learned last week that is going 
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hold a meeting, OK. 
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ourselves off in prayer and 
fasting and releasing angels to 

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go and bring the people we will.
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And all we do is lock ourselves 
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ordering angels to go and bring 
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West, from the north. 
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prayer, but you must back that 
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Am I talking to somebody? 
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prayer? 
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should understand that prayer is
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exercise. 
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But faith without war, the 
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What is that? 
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So. 
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teachings and sayings of Jesus 
about prayer, OK, you will 

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discover that Jesus also 
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is essential, prayer is 
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take it as a stand alone 
instrument for spiritual and 

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practical engagement. 
So watch and pray what the 

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direct words of Jesus watch and 
do what and pray you may if you 

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don't watch and you just jump 
into prayer, you may pray and 

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miss Hello. 
If you don't watch and you just 

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jump into prayer, you may do 
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Pray and miss. 
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presented that saying he didn't 
say pray and watch, but he said 

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what? 
Watch and pray. 

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So prayer and work is a 
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Paul, too. 
So we cannot do any Kingdom work

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without prayer. 
We can't do any Kingdom work 

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successfully without prayer, 
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we must not leave all Kingdom 
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That is the balance. 
We can't do any Kingdom work 

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without prayer. 
However, at the same time, we 

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must not leave all Kingdom words
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Can we move on church? 
Can we move on to #3? 

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We must create conducive 
atmosphere for the Holy Spirit 

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to govern the church, a church 
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Man must not be the CEO. 
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so conducive atmosphere must be 
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govern the Church, not only in 
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for the manifestation of the 
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through His vessels to a church 
that we grew must not be 

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monopolized. 
Maybe just by the senior pastor.

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We'll study in vision. 
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the teacher, the prophets, the 
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OK. 
They are the leadership offices 

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in the church ministry, but 
their purpose is not to take the

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work upon themselves, but to 
train, to keep the general 

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believers to do the work of 
ministry. 

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So we are called labourers 
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So the demonstration of the gift
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monopolized by just the 
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Hello, are we together? 
Not just a segment of the church

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member. 
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the age of prophecy fulfillment.
Way back in history, the prophet

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Joel said in the last days God 
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all flesh, so and that spirit is
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OK. 
Therefore, we must create the 

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atmosphere, the conducive 
environment for believers to 

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exercise the diverse gifts of 
the Holy Spirit. 

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In Acts 13, verse one to two, 
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serious. 
Transnational movement of the 

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gospel. 
You know when Jesus gave the 

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mandates in Acts chapter one 
verse 8, he said I will pour out

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my spirit upon all flesh. 
You will be my witnesses. 

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Trust Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria 
to the uttermost part of the 

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earth. 
OK, but in a way it didn't 

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happen very quickly. 
Praise the name of the Lord. 

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It didn't happen very quickly, 
but when it will start to happen

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in a very mega and the drastic 
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ministry of Apostle apostle Paul
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OK signals that praise the name 
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will discover it upon under a 
conducive atmosphere for the 

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manifestation of the gifts of 
the Spirit, not just by one 

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person, but by different people.
That's one at 13. 

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Now there were in the church 
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prophets and teachers as 
Barnabas and Simeon that was 

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called Niggal and Lucius of 
serene and mana end, which had 

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been brought up with error the 
tetrarch and shore. 

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Then verse 2 as the minister to 
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said Praise the name of the 
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So that phenomenal advancement 
of the Gospel, phenomenal growth

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of the church happen when the 
holy breeds said something and 

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the Holy Ghost said separately 
Barnabas and so on for the work 

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we are on to. 
I have called them and you know 

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what happened without church in 
their vessels, church in 

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Galicia, church in mentioned 
them. 

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Blood So genuine power OK, and 
the growth will be well-rounded.

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So general power, ministry and 
manifestation of the 

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supernatural must be encouraged.
Why without science and wonders,

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there are categories of people 
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seriously. 
Without science and wonders, 

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some will not believe. 
And of course, our world is 

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filled with countless situations
that require supernatural 

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interventions. 
So many things are happening in 

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the world that require 
supernatural intervention, and 

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only the Church qualify to 
manifest that dimension of 

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supernatural manifestation. 
Don't let the Church OK is 

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qualified to introduce that 
dimension of supernatural 

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intervention. 
Say, Father, make me the 

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instrument of supernatural 
intervention in every area of 

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confusion that the world is 
going through. 

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In the name of Jesus, receive 
power, receive grace, receive 

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power, receive grace to work in 
the supernatural. 

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In the name of Jesus in John 448
Then said Jesus unto him, Except

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you see signs and wonder, you 
will not believe. 

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Praise the name of the Lord, you
see your your evangelism will 

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bring some people, your good 
conduct will bring some people, 

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your charity will bring some 
people. 

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But there are some people. 
The only thing that can bring 

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them to Christ is signs and 
wonders. 

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AM I talking to somebody? 
So let nobody castigate signs 

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and wonder are you believe? 
Hello. 

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Let nobody castigate science and
wonder are you? 

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Just follow them. 
The man that is teaching, thank 

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God for his teaching. 
Are we together? 

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The man that is doing charity, 
thank God for his charity. 

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The man that is doing St. to St.
evangelism and witnessing to 

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people and they are turning to 
cry, Thank God. 

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But the man that has been 
greased to also manifest the 

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supernatural, OK, he has his own
category of people that only 

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science and wonder can compare 
to believe the gospel. 

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Am I talking to somebody? 
So the growth of the church, if 

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it will be well-rounded, 
conducive environment, conducive

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atmosphere, must be created for 
the full manifestation of the 

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diverse gifts of the Holy 
Spirit, Jesus Himself. 

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Affirming that there are 
categories of people who will 

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never come to the faith except 
the see. 

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Signs are wonders. 
But the unfortunate thing about 

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our generation is that some of 
the things we call signs are 

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wonder. 
Today they are nothing but 

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shames and blunders. 
Hello. 

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They are not about what Saints 
and blunders. 

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So if you have to arrange the 
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no science and wonder. 
So if you have to go out of the 

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gospel and use mischievous 
means, demonic means 

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manipulative means OK, So 
achieve miracle. 

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OK, that is not science and 
wonder, that is shapes and 

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blunders. 
Genuine science and wonder comes

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from the Holy Spirit and nothing
else. 

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And if the Lord decided not to 
make it happen, OK, you don't do

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anything to help it and make it 
happen. 

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Am I talking to somebody? 
Yours is to pray, OK Yours is to

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announce that God can do it, OK?
When he does it, the glory goes 

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to him. 
If he didn't do it, he has his 

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reason why he has not done it. 
You just move on. 

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Am I talking to somebody? 
Mark 1617 and these signs shall 

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follow them that believe not any
particular OK senior category of

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church population, but them that
believe in my name shall they 

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cast out devils. 
This I speak with Newtons and 

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verse 20, what he promised in 
verse 16 manifested and they 

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went forth and preached 
everywhere, the Lord walking 

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with them and confirming the 
word with signs following with 

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signs the word following. 
So yours is to confess the Word.

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This is to confirm it every, 
every gracious thing you confess

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about Jesus, you will be there 
with you to confirm it in the 

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name of Jesus. 
So take note of this. 

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A powerless church is the 
caricature of the one purchased 

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by the precious blood of Jesus. 
When a church is powerless, no 

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any slight manifestation of the 
supernatural. 

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When a church is operate just 
like a mere social organization,

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such a church where there is no 
testimony of the mighty works of

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God, OK things that God will do 
in the lives of the people and 

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can be traced only to the power 
of God. 

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Am I talking to somebody? 
OK, so such a powerless church 

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is the caricature of the one 
purchased by the precious blood 

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of Jesus #4 #4 when the growth 
of the church is well-rounded. 

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OK #4 in such a church, there 
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the youths. 
Active involvement of the youth 

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will be very, very feasible. 
We saw phenomenal growth of the 

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church, transnational in the 
ministry of Apostle Paul. 

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But one thing you also notice 
with Apostle Paul is that a work

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with many youths, he worked, he 
kept the company of youths that 

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assisted in and we're going to 
find out so, so it is 

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instructive to notice that Apple
Support went around on his 

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missionary journey with dynamic 
young men like Titus, like Luke,

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this man, I believe them to be 
young, middle-aged men. 

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Look, for instance, as a doctor 
catered for his wound after he 

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was tuned and left for dead at 
Lystra. 

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You know, in the pursuit of his 
mission, his calling, he got to 

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Lystra and then they rejected 
the gospel, rejected him too, 

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and also wanted him dead. 
They stood him and left him for 

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dead, but they dragged him 
outside the outside the city. 

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A brief came on him and then he 
came alive. 

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It was after that we started to 
notice that Doctor Luke OK was 

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part of his mission. 
So certainly he puts to use to 

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help him loss the wounds he 
succeeded. 

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I mean he sustained from the 
persecution using his medical 

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training. 
So Luke as a middle age young 

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doctor was on his ministry team 
who catered for his one after he

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was stoned and left for dead at 
Nystra. 

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Now this man OK went on to write
one of the Gospel, the Gospel 

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according to Saint Luke. 
He also wrote Acts of the 

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Apostles praise the name of the 
Lord. 

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And so it was a young man on the
ministry team of Apostle Paul 

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that did all of this. 
Then when you also track this 

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ministry journey of Apostle 
Paul, you will also discover 

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that whereas there are this, a 
senior man called Barnabas with 

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him, but as they were going, 
they carry with them another 

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young man called John Mack. 
An issue came up that made him 

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to separate from John Mack for 
some for some time because it 

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was not proven to be as useful 
as it ought to to be. 

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OK, It was not proven to take on
challenge of difficult Terry as 

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expected that they used to be in
the front, in the front line. 

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So Apostle Paul was not 
comfortable with that. 

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And for that reason, OK, he 
decided not to go with him on 

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the second missionary journey. 
But at least for the start of 

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his ministry, we found this 
young man John Mark on on team. 

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And so whatever they were able 
to achieve in the first journey,

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certainly John Mark made some 
contribution, praise the name of

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the Lord, praise the name of the
Lord. 

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And eventually later, at the 
very advanced age of Paul, he 

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also made a comment about John 
Mark that revealed that amplify 

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OK is weakness above his 
strength because he eventually 

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now discovered that he needed 
this John Mark, this young man 

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that is separated from. 
So at advanced age, when Apostle

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Paul was about to lay down this 
world, he demanded for John 

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Mark, a very vibrant young man 
whom at that advanced age he 

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described as a man profitable 
for ministry. 

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Hallelujah. 
So this was in spite of an 

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earlier period of separation. 
In Second Timothy 411, he said 

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only Luke is with me. 
Can we give it to Luke? 

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There was no any time of 
breaking away. 

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From the moment he joined Paul, 
even to the point when Paul was 

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in the prison, he still 
maintained the relationship. 

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The name of the Lord. 
Luke was not a fair weather 

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disciple. 
OK, when things are going 

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smoothly, they are there. 
What that crisis in the 

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ministry? 
They fly around, they fly away. 

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No, that was not Luke. 
So in second motion for a level 

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in what you can term as a some 
of the paledictory writings of 

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apostle Paul about to lay down 
this world. 

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He has this to say about this 
young man Luke. 

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OK, that join him and 
contributed effectively. 

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He said only Luke is with me. 
Will you be that Luke that Luke 

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that when your pastor look 
around and everybody has gone 

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away. 
OK, you'll be able to say Luke 

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is with me. 
I think this by this man Luke 

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got the spirit of Apostle Peter 
when men left Jesus OK and Peter

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said we are not going anywhere 
only you have the word of life. 

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May you be baptized with the 
spirit of Luke. 

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You will not you will not break 
rank in the name of Jesus. 

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You will not but light as we 
have this read about Luke. 

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OK. 
We also have another young man 

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called Demas. 
It was in this same text that 

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Apostropos said they must left 
me because he loved this present

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word. 
Ayo ninja Oba le le le your 

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lauru after Ayo ninja Oba le 
your lauru. 

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I never see this way about Luke.
He said only Luke is with me. 

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People were about Fidel Sousile 
in me. 

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You know Fidel Sousile. 
I don't know about you. 

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I'm saying it about myself and 
you are still looking at me. 

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You have a plan to go away is 
the reason you cannot say it 

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about yourself. 
I knew you when he was writing 

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this. 
Luke Paul was in prison and he 

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can still look around and find 
Luke. 

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And he said whole name Luke is 
with me. 

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He was, he was, he was, he was a
man expressing loneliness. 

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And let me say, let me say this 
to you. 

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Nothing destroyed the soul of 
the soul of a man like its 

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loneliness. 
Nothing destroyed the soul, the 

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soul of a man like what it 
loneliness. 

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Our Lord Jesus Christ endured 
everything on the cross. 

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The only one he complained about
was loneliness. 

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The disciple. 
I've deserted. 

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I've deserted him. 
Are you with me? 

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Then God himself turned his back
to him momentarily. 

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It was at that point, just say 
my father, my father, why art 

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thou forsaken me? 
So nothing destroyed the soul of

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a man like what it's loneliness.
So Apostrophe was going through 

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loneliness. 
He was abandoned to himself. 

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But thank God that he could look
around and find Luke. 

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But there was a test for him 
that he should still enjoy the 

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company of this vibrant young 
man that he will hand over to 

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who will continue after him. 
His test in second multiple 

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level was not for Barnabas. 
Are we together? 

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He said. 
Take Mark and bring him with 

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thee, for he is profitable to me
for the ministry. 

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And of course you will also find
out as you study or you track 

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his ministry that the men he 
appointed as Bishop were young 

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men. 
So he appointed younger family 

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men such as Timothy and even 
titles as Bishop. 

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OK. 
If you go to find out from 

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scholars, it is believed that 
Timothy was likely in his late 

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20s to mid 30s when he was 
appointed Bishop of Ephesus. 

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So a church that we grow in a 
well-rounded manner, he must 

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prioritize the usefulness of the
youth. 

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So it is believed that Timothy 
was likely in his late 20s to 

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mid 30s when he was appointed 
Bishop of Ephesus. 

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Titles was also there. 
Titles served as Paul secretary.

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00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:42,720
He also served as Paul 
interpreter when Paul had risen 

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to send people to visit the 
different churches where he 

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administer. 
You will find titles on on the 

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team. 
So titles was also sent on 

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crucial mission to churches and 
tradition gave us clue that he 

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served eventually as the 
Archbishop of Crete after 

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Apostle Paul dead. 
He was a young man on the team. 

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So as we were providing these 
men, now give me one around Paul

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that was not a young man. 
So what is the lesson here? 

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The lesson here is that to 
achieve effective church groups 

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we must involve well discipled 
youths and we are not to despise

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them. 
We must involve well discipled 

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youths and we are not to this 
despite their Apostle Paul used 

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that approach and we saw the 
kind of phenomenal growth that 

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the church experienced because 
he prioritized the involvement 

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of well discipled youth. 
First Timothy Fort will let no 

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man despise their youth. 
He was talking to Timothy 

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because Timothy himself was a 
young man. 

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For be thou an example of the 
believers in Word, in 

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conversation, in charity, in 
spirit, in faith, in purity, 

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their writing to titles. 
OK. 

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He gave the same admonition. 
Distance, speak and exhaust and 

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rebuke with all authority. 
Let no man despise thee. 

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However, today's youth must 
realize that this youth that we 

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are talking about you Mark 
Timothy titles mentioned there 

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were accorded so much honor and 
not despise. 

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They were trusted with 
responsibility because they 

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themselves so highly commitment 
to their feet. 

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They showed what highly 
commitment to their feet and 

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00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:01,200
they display spiritual maturity.
It's not just using youth for 

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youth's sake. 
Hello it's not just using youth 

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00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,040
for the capacity to jump up and 
jump down. 

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Praise the name of the Lord. 
You must so early commitment to 

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your faith and demonstrate 
spiritual maturity here this 

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00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:24,360
about Timothy second Timothy 
chapter 3 verse 14 and 15 but 

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00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,040
continue down in the things 
without as lay and has been 

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assured of knowing of whom thou 
has lent them. 

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00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:40,280
Verse 15 and that from a child 
thou has known the Holy 

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00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:48,320
Scripture and a commitment to 
faith is the reason there can be

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so much honor and highly 
trusted. 

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What is your attitude to the 
Scriptures? 

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00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,640
What's your attitude to the Word
of God? 

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00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,800
What is your attitude to godly 
instruction? 

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00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:07,880
Wake up, Ally. 
OK to the seriousness of your 

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00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:11,200
spiritual life, don't push it to
the background. 

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00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,320
A lot of you today are being 
deceived. 

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00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:18,200
OK that this serious with God. 
OK, It's not what matter at a 

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younger age. 
They postpone it till maybe when

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00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:27,800
they grow older. 
Hello. 

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00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:42,720
OK, so we pay. 
AM I talking to somebody so, and

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00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:47,760
that from a child thou has known
the only creatures which are 

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00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:52,880
able to make the wise unto 
salvation through faith which is

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00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:57,000
in Christ Jesus. 
So, Halle, commitment to faith, 

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00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:02,960
delayed gratification, display 
of maturity. 

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00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:09,200
Okay, we make you useful to 
yourself, useful to your family,

522
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,360
useful to God, useful to your 
nation. 

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00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:19,080
Am I talking to somebody right 
from what MOTU was being taught 

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00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:22,640
by the mother and grandmother, 
she embraces Apple support came 

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00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,720
into the state and pick it up 
from there. 

526
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,400
He glued to Apple to Apple 
support. 

527
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,200
He eventually became the great 
man that he became. 

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00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,880
Luke that we mentioned that that
that that that we talked about 

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00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,680
OK, highly educated in language 
and medicine. 

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00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:44,840
AM I talking to somebody in 
language and medicine? 

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00:44:51,400 --> 00:45:06,800
#5 We said #1 Effective pulpit 
ministry #2 Partment and 

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00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:14,280
effective prayer #3 For this 
adventure for the manifestation 

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00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:23,040
of the Holy Spirit #4 active 
government of the youth and #5 

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00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,240
strategic engagement of the 
women. 

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00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:33,240
The choice that we grew in a 
well-rounded manner must also 

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00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:36,560
embrace strategic engagement of 
the women. 

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00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,320
Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself 
involved women. 

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00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:47,120
He accepted the administration 
of money, material and other 

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00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:56,560
welfare. 
Luke chapter 8 Let's go through 

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00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:02,240
the first the first 3 verses and
it came to pass afterward that 

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00:46:02,240 --> 00:46:08,520
it went throughout every city 
and village because some people 

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00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:13,960
are paying the bills can. 
As we read further, we 

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00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,440
discovered that the prominent 
amount of people that are paying

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00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:21,800
the bills were we made preaching
and seeing the glad tidings of 

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00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:28,320
the Kingdom of God, and the 
twers were with Him, and there 

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00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,560
was no record of any time that 
they ever went hungry. 

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00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:39,760
Am I talking to somebody? 
Verse 2. 

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00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:44,360
Uncertain women which had been 
healed of evil spirit and 

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00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:49,360
infirmity. 
Mary Magdalene out of whom went 

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00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:54,760
seven Devils verse 3 and Joanna 
the wife of Husha. 

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00:46:55,160 --> 00:47:00,480
Errol Stewart a very senior man 
in government, the wife of that 

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00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,320
person was on Jesus ministry 
team for work purpose. 

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00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:08,080
And Susanna and many others and 
all those others we are talking 

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00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:13,200
about our women with minister 
unto him of their substance. 

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00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,760
What kind of a woman are you? 
Oh, Nemotier. 

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OK, Well, that's a reaction if 
we were compared to Netany 

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Church by anyone. 
Am I talking to somebody just to

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00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:34,680
prevent him OK, from putting his
resources, his substance into 

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00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,040
supporting the work of the 
ministry? 

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00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:47,320
But this were women, wives of 
nobility OK and some that OK the

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00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:49,920
hard problem. 
And in response to the fact that

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00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:53,880
Jesus ministry touched the ally,
they committed themselves to 

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00:47:53,880 --> 00:48:02,560
supporting Jesus ministry. 
Jesus ate the food of matter. 

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00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,000
If you were matter, you will 
never cook for Jesus again. 

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00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:18,440
You remember that story when 
Jesus was visiting what it was 

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00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:24,400
their village now Bethany and 
Mata was going up and down 

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00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,800
killing about jail and so on and
then marry the sister sat by 

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00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:32,800
Jesus and Mata felt like at 
least I mean maybe she also 

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00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,160
learned a helping hand and then 
said why are you there? 

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00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:38,240
Come on, come on, join me in the
kitchen. 

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00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:45,320
I just said no, praise the name 
of the Lord. 

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00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,760
There are many times we want to 
hold, we want to hold program 

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00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:51,240
here and our women, we want to 
cook, OK. 

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00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:55,440
And I'll be telling them we 
arrange a call, you know, 

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00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:59,000
disturb, you know, some of them 
are not comfortable when I say 

576
00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:04,760
it, am I talking to somebody? 
Why? 

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00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:12,000
Because so you must strike a 
balance. 

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00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:15,920
You must do what? 
Strike a balance. 

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00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,720
Ensure that you don't because 
you are jumping up and down now.

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00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:22,160
Miss out of the spiritual 
blessing. 

581
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:30,360
The funny thing was that after 
cooking the food that the rebuke

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00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,680
matter for it went on to eat the
food. 

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00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:40,320
If it were you, you will mumble,
you will grumble. 

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00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:46,000
When Jesus is visiting, you will
not cook, but anytime Jesus is 

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00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:52,080
visiting Bethany, OK, forget it.
You will always be accommodated 

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00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:54,640
in that house and the 
hospitality will be top notch 

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00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:57,480
because that's a matter that we 
always cook. 

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00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:09,080
May you rub Jesus with expensive
alabaster oil so I won't Benny 

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00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,760
two years to car. 
I want to walk back with Seneca 

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00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:16,840
Co. 
I won't even know that's it if 

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you know, so do save me. 
But when we have multitude of 

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00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,840
women in our program today, what
are they contributing? 

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00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:31,680
Some noise and media? 
How about the charity The 

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00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:51,240
Christmas? 
Am I talking to somebody when 

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00:50:51,240 --> 00:50:55,440
Jesus met that Samaritan woman 
by the website and all that that

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00:50:55,440 --> 00:51:00,280
woman could do was to go back to
the village and evangelize the 

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00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,320
village. 
Jesus just say you are a woman. 

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00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:09,600
Evangelization is for men. 
So you find women play very 

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00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:14,080
prominent role in the ministry 
of Jesus. 

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00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:19,600
When he rose from the dead, he 
told Mary Magdalene to go and 

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00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:24,600
break the news of his 
resurrection, news of his 

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00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:28,640
resurrection Father. 
Well, thank you for this is how 

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00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:35,800
far you have helped us again 
today we ask alone that in our 

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00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:43,640
own way, in our own way, we will
contribute optimally to the 

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00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:47,800
advancement of the gospel and 
the growth of your church. 

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00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,440
In the name of Jesus, thank you 
Jehovah God. 

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00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:55,840
Jesus name we pray. 
We believe you'll be blessed by 

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00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:59,720
the ministry of this message. 
You will do well to be the doer 

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00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:03,480
of all you've heard. 
For further inquiry and 

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00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:12,440
spiritual help, contact this 
number is 08035685882 or worship

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00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:17,160
with us at Oasis of Wisdom Bible
Church or Justin's University of

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00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:21,200
Ellorin Teaching Hospital. 
OK OC Ellorin, God bless you.