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1. Kingdom does not debate or cut deals with people<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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   • People are always offering us deals that will sidetrack us & sabotage our destiny<\/span><\/li>\n
   • Daniel & his friends were offered the king\u2019s portion but refused to indulge themselves. What we eat may sometimes end up eating us! Prov.23:1-3\u00a0\u201cWhen you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you; and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceitful food.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
   • Kingdom cannot negotiate or debate \u2013 it cannot do deals!<\/span><\/li>\n
   • Babylon wants to get us to bow to its image of gold (Dan.3). The three Hebrew boys were accurate & steadfast in their Kingdom expression even if God did not deliver them!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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     1. Kingdom forcefully advances<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        • Matt. 11:12 “And <\/span>from<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>time<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>John<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Baptist<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>began<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>preaching<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>until<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>now<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Kingdom<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span>Heaven<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>forcefully<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>advancing<\/span>, <\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>violent<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>attacking<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span><\/em>.”<\/em> (NLT)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Our motto:\u00a0\u201cNo retreat, no rethink, no surrender!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • We don\u2019t rethink our commitment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          1. Only the forceful can lay hold of it<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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             • Matt.11:12 “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.”<\/em> (NIV)<\/span><\/li>\n
             • Except no limitation as far as the Kingdom is concerned.<\/span><\/li>\n
             • We must say \u201cNo!\u201d to everything that seeks to hinder us from high visibility & maximum impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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               1. The Kingdom cuts down & grinds into\u00a0powder every false move or\u00a0<\/strong>impostor<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  • Daniel 2\u2013\u00a0<\/em>The idol was cut down and ground into powder<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • Therefore you cannot afford to be part of the false. If we are we will be crushed also<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                    1. The kingdom will fill the whole earth<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                       • Dan. 2:35 \u201cBut the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
                       • Deut. 10:14\u00a0\u201cBehold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
                       • Hab. 2:14\u00a0 \u201cFor the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                         1. The Kingdom will swallow all other kingdoms\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                            • John 18:36\u00a0 \u201cJesus answered,\u00a0\u201cMy kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
                            • The Kingdom does not operate like the kingdoms of the earth. It\u2019s modus operandi is far superior<\/span><\/li>\n
                            • This is the difference between churches: the true church builds His Kingdom; the counterfeit, false churches builds an empire<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                              1. The Kingdom cannot be shaken<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                 • Heb 12:26-28<\/span><\/li>\n
                                 • We have received a kingdom that\u00a0cannot be shaken<\/u>! Heaven & earth will be shaken but not this Kingdom!<\/span><\/li>\n
                                 • Therefore when everything is being shaken around you, you can still stand tall &<\/span> strong!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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