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Saved But Still Struggling? Here's What You're Missing.
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What if salvation was only the beginning?
In this episode, we go beyond the basics and dive into what it truly means to live in the Kingdom of God. Many believers know Jesus as Savior—but few are walking in the authority, freedom, and victory He made available.
We unpack the difference between just being saved and actually living a transformed, Kingdom-driven life. From renewing your mind with the Word to understanding your identity and authority in Christ, this conversation will challenge you to stop living defeated and start living the life God designed for you.
If you’ve been struggling, feeling stuck, or wondering if there’s more—this message is for you.
It’s time to step into the fullness of the Kingdom.
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Transcript
Nebraska's Weather and Personal Climate Preferences
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It is that time again. It's ministry moment. And we are very happy that you are here today as we jump into some fun stuff. Yeah. And the weather is changing.
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Again. Right? Well, it is nebraskas Nebraska. Nebraska. changes daily. Yeah. So and I'm excited for, oh you know, nice weather.
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Yes. So I have to share this. So it's, we don't really have spring in Nebraska. I've decided we just take winter and we sprinkle some spring days into winter and then we just go straight to summer.
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So yeah that's what our weather's like in March, especially. So it was earlier March when we had like an 80 degree day and a set a new record. And
Life's Challenges and Faith
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then a few days later it was snowing. It snowing.
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Our oldest was complaining because was like, it's too hot. and don't like this hot weather. was only 80, but you loved it. That was... I do because, you know, ah sometimes and I have to enjoy myself.
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I don't care. I'm not subject to the weather. You know what I'm saying? That's number one. I'm not subject to any weather. But I have to enjoy my life myself. God brought me to all my heart. It's not for me to be miserable, so I can enjoy it.
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So that's why we have a, you know, what is a healing system in place. So to our house is warm. Yeah, so so I got to, you know, ah you know i i don't um' I don't know about you, but i I don't like to be sick. I don't like to be subject to anything. I love my freedom.
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You know why? Because Jesus died for me, so I'm not going to live empty life.
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So He's interested. He wants us to ah enjoy our life. That's why,
Living a Victorious Life Through Faith
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you know, ah he He always takes care of us. that's That's what I can tell you. So we should spend all of February in Florida then?
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Yeah. Maybe why don't you pray that, you know, ah we send winter to Florida. If Elijah can pray. well I can pray because i'm so because I'm suffering for Jesus. He put me here. So, you know, yeah, anything is possible.
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I'm praying. You know, the Lord has answered a lot of my prayers. You know, I hate uniform. so and And I pray one time for something and God did it for me.
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ah So i just said, okay, he can do anything. This is this message is all about. And i want you, we want you to trust him. And God has given us a beautiful life so we can live.
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Now, the
Understanding the Gospel and God's Kingdom
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question is, ah do you know what was given to you? because if Because a lot of people are so ah living a life of defeat. When I say life of defeat, that's just what I mean by that. they are because They become subject to situations that's happened around them.
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yeah that sometimes we that believe the Gospel of Jesus, you know, the Gospel of Jesus means that, you know, He came and gave us gave us life, righteousness, so we can be victorious. yeah Now, sometimes,
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because for me, misconception about this gospel, it's difficult to so to make a different distinction between those who are not saved and those who are saved. Now, the difference, there's a big difference. All right? so And also, those who believe pray in the Spirit and those does not believe pray in the Holy Ghost. Sometimes people need to see the difference. He gave us ah a supernatural life that was given to us. That's the bottom line. Yeah, and I think, ah to your point, sometimes people share or they go around preaching a gospel of salvation, which is great. We all believe in salvation. However, Jesus said to preach, what?
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The kingdom. The kingdom. The kingdom is more than just salvation. Salvation, yeah. Salvation is part of the package of the kingdom. yeah But He said you need to preach the kingdom, right? Yeah. And He even said, look, there are things you can see, for example,
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If people are being, demons are being cast out, then you know that's a sign that the kingdom is here, right? Salvation is what he provided so that we could step in to the fullness of the kingdom that Jesus was bringing. But that was not the message. The message message wasn't just salvation. The message was the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom, the Kingdom. Because in the Kingdom, there's a salvation.
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You see, you know, Kingdom comes with ah its own culture. Wow, this is beautiful. So, all right, this is powerful. Kingdoms always comes with their own culture. yeah There's a way that people live their life in the Kingdom.
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Right. and And just real quick while you're on that point, but salvation is how you
Adopting the Culture of God's Kingdom
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get citizenship in the kingdom. Beautiful. And then kingdom yeah the kingdom is... Now, if you go to yeah China, ahh they have their own culture. Yeah. Do we agree?
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I believe you you understand what I'm saying here. If you go to... Now, let's say you come to USA. There's a way that people live their life here. It's different than...
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You know, I'm originally from Togo, so when I came here, I have to adapt. I have to make a lot of adjustments. All right? Now, on the good side, because every culture there has their own negative thing. I have to bring the kingdom mindset into my life so I can really, you know, ah ah be a part of or live a life, a glorious life, you know, in Omaha, Nebraska, because the culture here is little bit different.
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Yeah. I remember when we first got married. yeah Because in your culture, it's a sign of respect to not look at someone yeah when you talk to them because it shows you're listening to them. And I would always hear the opposite. so So I'd always be like, honey, look me in the eyes when I'm talking you. said, give me times for me to adjust. Because it took me how some donkey years to be.
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and no Yeah, so it's part of the, again, there's a culture. Yeah, it's culture. Now, when you come to the kingdom of God, we have our own culture. Yeah. The way we live our life.
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The way we talk. with The way we talk. That's why in this kingdom, the kingdom of God, we don't talk garbage because in this kingdom, you we've been positioned that things that we say is what manifests. Yeah. That's that's the reason why you you have, if you belong to this kingdom that I belong to,
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Okay. And where you, there's a kingdom that we have Papa Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You know, we have all, you know, Isaiah, the prophets, and we have our, our King, Jesus, the Son of God himself.
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And this kingdom that we have, we have our own lifestyle, how we live our life. You know, because we've we've been ordained by God that things that we said, that's what is is going to happen. There's there's a reason why he Jesus was called King of Kings. yeah Lord of Lords is talking about us. We are part of that, you know, ah priest, what is it, kingly a kingdom, because we're only kings. We rule over region, things that God has ah been assigned unto us. We don't rule over people.
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ah yeah
Faith and Salvation in Jesus
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That's Jezebel. You don't rule over people's wills, but you rule over, you know, you control things that's happened around you.
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You know, the element. we That's why that's this is the reason why in this kingdom we're not subject to the element of this planet Earth. We we rule above principalities and powers and rulers of this dark age.
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Now, well you know, sometimes someone may be listening to this message you say, you know ah you know they may know, you may not be able to understand what I'm saying to you. Go back to the Bible. Go back to the Scriptures.
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and now Now, not everything, because in this kingdom, you have to practice it. You have to reculture yourself yeah to this lifestyle that we live.
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You should be living in this kingdom. Remember, before you were born again, before you have accepted the cross, before you received salvation, you used to live a certain kind of life, yeah you know, a life of defeat. That's a consequence for what Adam did that has affected every mankind.
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You don't have to do anything. that's that's it That is one of the reasons why when you when you have your, you know, you have and when you have a newborn baby, or maybe one years old, you know, you don't have to teach them how to talk bad.
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It's part of for the nature. Now as a parent, because that's why you have to bring, you have to bring correction to position them so they can live a a good life, so they can talk right.
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And remember, because of Adam's sin, everyone was condemned to what? Hell, eternal condemnation. and And because we are part of God, He sent Jesus for us so we can be saved, so we can return back to Him.
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So the fellowship that Adam has lost from the beginning was restored back to us through Jesus. And that is the reason why if anyone, anybody, if you don't believe that Jesus is the Son of god you will never be saved. If you don't believe that Jesus was born from a virgin, you will never be saved. You're gonna go to hell.
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is The rejection of the cross will take you to hell. That's the bottom line. That's a period. the God is not gonna compromise on that one.
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He's not gonna say, oh, because you have suffered so long that I'm gonna save you so you can come to heaven. He's not gonna go. Jesus said it. He said, I am the only way to the Father. No man can come to the Father except only by Me. Yeah. So, you can you can only... There's only one way to be saved, only through Jesus. If you don't know Jesus, I challenge you, believe this Gospel. I'm not saying to receive a religion into your heart. Receive the real person, Jesus. It's real. I'm telling you, you know, the day I have... Even though I was raised up in a Christian home,
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But I have to make a personal decision to follow this Jesus. Yeah. Because I don't want to waste my time. And I said, Father, i said, if you are real, reveal yourself to me. And by at the age of nine, that's when I remember personally, I have confessed that Jesus, you are Lord of all my life.
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and the rest is history. And I thank God that I have to make my own personal decision. Even though my parents, was raised up, you know, pen my parents have done their best.
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but They're not going to save me. right Only the blood of Jesus will purify me, will save me from eternal condemnation. And I think God has accepted the cross. Same thing for you.
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You can be raised up in the house of God. You can go to
Jesus as Lord and Lifestyle Guide
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church all your life. you can you can You can read your Bible. If you never profess that Jesus is Lord over your life, you will never live the life of this kingdom. the culture will never affect you because the moment you receive Jesus, that culture is given to you freely. Now, it is you your job, it is my job to retrain myself, the way I think, the way I talk, the way I live my life, to to conform to the culture in the kingdom of God. In this kingdom, we don't talk, it like I said, we don't talk garbage. right What we say is what happened. We have that authority.
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Yeah, and that's why it's so important that we're in the Word because this is the instruction manual for the Kingdom of God. And you renew your mind by wash the washing of the Word. And faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the Word of God. And out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. So, if you want to be speaking Kingdom-like, you got to get the Kingdom on the inside of you. You've got to get the Word on the inside of your heart. so that you speak right. It all comes back to knowing God, but knowing the Word, intimately knowing the Word. yeah You know, not just listening to it at church on Sunday.
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You need to know the Word for yourself. You have to know because that's the only way because salvation is personal. You have to know this for yourself. You have to confess that Jesus is Lord of my life. Now, for so long, religion has destroyed people's life and they have seen Jesus as their Savior.
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No, Jesus is now your say is' not just your Savior. Jesus never came to save you from... is That's not only purpose why, reason why He came. Now, you can be forgiven from a sin. You can be forgiven from all the things that you did, but it's not guaranteed that you will never go back to the same situation again.
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No. What Jesus gave to us is righteousness. He came to become Lord over your life, not just your Savior. I know people say, Jesus my Savior, but they are not living for Him. No, He doesn't want to be just, I say, just your Savior. He wants to be Lord over your life. and He want you to be subject to Him. He want Him, Jesus want to to dictate, and I said this to dictate everything that's happened around you, how you should live your life. If you go to any kingdom, you have to comply to the lifestyle of that kingdom. You can never, you are not allowed to do anything outside of that.
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You have to do you are required to behave like Okay, you have you are required you to be held like them in that kingdom. So want to encourage you. You know, the love that Jesus gave to us is is a beautiful life. Sometimes we make we make so hard for ourselves, you know, and that we we we we we we have talked ourselves out of that place of power and that glorious place that He places.
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God places you. He doesn't want, see, He places you far above. You know, every situation that you are going through this at this very moment, you are not, see, everything that came, anything that enemies are using to attack your life, your body, every situation, i have a good news for you, every situation came to pass, not to stay with you.
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Now, for to see that situation live or that trouble to you, you have to do things right in the kingdom. You have to know how to pray. You have to know what God is thinking about the situation. You have to know the will of God for that in that situation. This is a law.
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yeah Yeah. Well, and going back to what you were saying before, even Jesus in Luke chapter 6, He said, why do you say, Lord, Lord? Why are you calling me Lord? And you're not doing what I say. yeah James tells us that if you're... So, in other words, just hearing the words, not enough, Isn't that enough? You have to do it. He said, if you hear the word and you don't do it, it's like someone looks in a mirror and you forget who you are. Why? Because you're not acting like who you are called to be. You have to have the fruit of the faith that you confess. It should manifest itself in what you do, what you say, how you behave. Yeah, but people need to see the difference between you and those who don't know Jesus. yeah Now, if they can't see difference, something wrong with your salvation, they should know. If it is to curse, shut your trouble. They say, I like to choose. That's in Spanish. You are not allowed to talk like you used to. You know, you got to bring some discipline into your life.
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You have to bring some order, okay? You
Righteous Living Through Divine Strength
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have to bring some, you have you have to reposition yourself. You have to see yourself as a king. See, kings, they don't talk, you know, anyhow. but did No, they they speak with a respect, yeah dignity.
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Okay? And when, when, the way they look, you know, look, you gotta go, I know sometimes the Western culture doesn't really help people to see, you know, to understand kingdom ways of of living. You know what I'm saying? But if you go by, like say, if you go back to the scripture, you're gonna discover how kings operate, how people live their life in in any kingdom. yeah Like I said, they have their own culture. We have our own culture in the Bible, okay? We don't just live how we want to.
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There's a holiness that is required. There's a righteousness, a life, or a pure life, a sanctification. I know for sake of time, there's a lot is required in this kingdom. You know, the good news, you know, you know I can give you, the you know, the good news in in the midst of all of that, he never asked you or anybody to do anything by our own strength. You're right.
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That's the beauty of it. Yeah. He never asked any one of us in this kingdom to just do everything by our own personal strength. No, because he's a good father. He knew that because you still in this physical body, see, we have the consequences of the sin is all over the place, okay? we The sin all over the place.
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and and And so that's what we have Himself. He say, I'm going to help you. He say, I'm going to help you so you can live this glorious life that i have paid for you. Can you imagine? listens Listen to this. He say, I'm going to help you.
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God says, the holy God said to us, He's going to help us to live this life in this kingdom. yeah So that means that we should never struggle in any situation. Yeah, well, and I love how Paul put it, because Paul said in Romans, he said, well, then if we emphasize faith, so by the way, Paul emphasized faith a lot. Does this mean we can forget about the law? Of course not. In fact, only when we have faith, do we truly fulfill the law? So, in other words, when we're people of faith, when we're in the things of the Spirit, we naturally will fulfill the law. And in Galatians, it says, you know, if you lust after the things of the Spirit, you're going to fulfill. Yeah. what the Spirit wants, right? That's how you do it. You begin to press in to the things of kingdom naturally by pressing into your faith, pressing into God. You're going to fulfill the law because the Holy Spirit on the inside of you is going order your footsteps into righteousness. Oh, wow. What a way to to live our life, you know, in this kingdom.
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Now, someone may be listening to us, you know, this moment say, I'm struggling. You know, i'm I'm having a hard time to live this life. Yeah. No.
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You don't have to struggle. You don't. Because the Bible says anyone that comes into Christ has seized from his struggle. Book of Hebrews.
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I think the book book of Hebrews, I don't have that, just further scriptures came my spirit. I think Hebrews 4, verse 10. Let's hear that, chapter 6, somewhere is a Hebrews 4, for sure. For all who have entered into God's rest. Yeah, did you see that? It's 410. Okay, can you read it for me? Yeah, for all who have entered into God's rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.
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So let us do our best to enter into that rest. That's good. Okay. All alright This is beautiful. It says, He that step into Christ has seized from their own their own struggles.
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Listen to how the Holy Spirit put this, the construction of this verse. Has seized from your own struggles. Okay? so So, the reason why we struggle, people will struggle sometimes because they never step into Christ. That's good.
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They never surrender everything to Christ. They try to see, sometimes, oh, I'm trying it. yeah I'm trying to do this. No, it's a do it. you you The Bible says when you read the Bible, The Bible says the Word of God was given to you so you can practice it, not to try. You do it because the zeal, the but you know the excitement to do it is already inside of you. That's why you are required to do it.
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Yeah, because we are doers. We do the Word. We practice it. We act accordingly. Very simple. Now, if you are struggling, you know, and be honest with yourself.
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Just ask the Holy Spirit. Yeah. You know, ask the Holy Spirit, say, Holy Spirit, you know what? I need help in this situation. You know, the God is very simple, but very, very profound.
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Sometimes, we you know, we we wish we should never be subject or suffer for any reason. if That's why you gotta be honest with yourself. That's how I live my life. That's how what
Overcoming Struggles with the Holy Spirit
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I do. If something's not right, I say, Holy Spirit, I may not be able to go to someone to tell them every, you know,
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what I need or ask questions. I say, Holy Spirit, look, look, let let's be honest. i talk to him because he's real as a person, you know, yeah and I give him that, that reference because Holy Spirit is God himself. that That's why, that's how he he, he's with you to help you to do, to live this life of this kingdom. I say, Holy Spirit, help.
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I need help in this situation. You know I can't... You let Him know what what what area that you need help. He understands your situation.
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jesus there was that Jesus was tempted for everything. There's nothing that you are going through that God is now never went through it yeah through Jesus. Jesus went through every temptation.
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and He's the only one who can help you, you can go to all the counseling, you know, you can go to, you know, take those classes. If the Holy Spirit is not involved in it, you will never or become an overcomer yeah over vi that situation. That's i'm gonna encourage you.
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If you are struggling in some areas, I'm going encourage you, be honest with yourselves. Ask the Holy Spirit. He's your helper. I can help you. I can pray for you, even I'm going to bow to you, pray with you.
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But the only person that will stay with you 24 hours a day, it is the Holy Spirit. So be honest with him. Just just say, Holy Spirit, I need your help in this situation. Or maybe you are about to make a decision. Say, Holy Spirit, you know what? a Hey, what's up? Very simple. He said, I need your help. He will. Now, in this kingdom, like I said, you got to discipline yourself.
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what We believe in this kingdom that marriage is between... Man and a woman. Yes. No, between two guys. There's an abomination. We believe that there's a law.
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but for sake of time. They are telling me, there's a six sick of time. I can't get to it. But, you know, just go back to the Bible. You're going to see the lifestyle in this kingdom.
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And so, like I said, if you are struggling with sin, you don't have to. The reason why people sin because they are babies in Christ. Well, the Bible says because you're drawn away by your own lust. By your own lust. If you walk in the Spirit, you will never fulfill the lust of the flesh. You know, somebody said, oh, it's hard for me. Look, we all went through it.
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And I'm just telling you the easy way out of every situation. What do you want? Yeah. Well, and I think just real quick, and then we'll pray, is that sometimes people convince themselves that it's okay because they have the desire. No, look, if you didn't want to do it, it wouldn't be a temptation to be sin. Yeah. But there is always a way to overcome through the Word of God and through prayer, always. Remember, the name of Jesus is higher than any other name. And a lot of times we talk about that in the context of sickness or financial st struggleral struggle, but that's the same if you are struggling with something like you said, like sexual sin or a sin area in your life. The name of Jesus is more powerful than that demonic spirit. and Whether it's complaining or gossiping or whatever it is, there is victory in the name of Jesus over everything. You know, and so don't make it hard for yourself. yeah Make it very simple.
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ah Question, ask this question myself, what do I want in this life?
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You got an answer for What do you want? Do you want to keep doing what you've been doing? Going through what you've been going through? Or do you want something different? If you want something different, be honest with yourself. Ask for your help.
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He will help you.
Living as Testimonies of God's Kingdom
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amen You know, very simple. He will. That's his job. yeah and Remember, I said that's his job, to help you and I, for us to live, what, a real,
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a Christian life. So because he uses our life to shine to the whole world that, hey, this is my daughter. This is my son. So be excited.
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Don't beat yourself down for nothing. Repent. yes Ask for help. That's what I do. Amen. Amen. So, all right, I know we need to do a set part 3, 7, 25. This is awesome, so be honest with yourself. What do you want? That's the question. What do you want? And live the life on in this kingdom. It is a beautiful life. So, we pray for you.
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Whatever you need, i pray that the Spirit of God has came to help all of us. be with you, is with you. Yes. Will touch your life in a special way. Will remove that bad habit, that same situation.
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You are cleansed in hind the blood of Jesus. You are sanctified by the power of the Holy Ghost. Yes. And by the name of Jesus. If you are, if you've been oppressed by every devil, I'd break the power of hell.
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i said, do you, every unclean spirit, take your hands off of God's property that's right in the name of Jesus. And I speak blessings over you. I pronounce blessings over your life, over your health, over your finances. You are not subject to any element in this earth, but you are above every situation. i commend you in the name of Jesus for you to go forth and flourish in every area of your life.
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Go. And your life is awesome testimony to anyone that come in contact with you. Thank you, Lord. Amen. I'm blessed. yeah I love this message. My faith is another level. Yes, hopefully we know it was a blessing to you too. Please, if you haven't yet, like and follow us and share this teaching on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram at Salafu Ministries.
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And we will see you next week.
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We believe this message has been a blessing to you. John 3, 16 says, for God so loved the world, and that includes you. The miracle of Jesus's death brought salvation to your doorstep.
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If you're ready to receive it, let's pray together. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for loving me. Thank you for sending Jesus to die on the cross for my sins. I believe with my heart that God raised him from the dead for my justification, and I confess that Jesus is Lord over my life.
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