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1) Success & Greatness from a worldly standpoint.
 
2) The craving to break earthly records.
 
3) The ambition to be the greatest.
 
Looking at the above with ordinary eyes, nothing is out of place with the above aspirations. So, how are they a distraction?
 
Listen, a true kingdom citizen is in the world but not of the world. What do I mean by that? Listen, the world isn't just about the geographical expression of our nations and continents; there is more to it. The world has its perspectives: definitions, majors, minors, targets, systems of operation, etc, which are opposite to the perspectives, definitions, majors, minors, and system of operation of God's kingdom.
 
If one claims to be a Christ person and lacks this understanding and doesn't appreciate this difference, such is merely a member in the body of churches but living outside the kingdom of God.
 
Our success drive, craving to break records, and being the greatest has become a huge distraction because we are going after these things with the same mentality and vision of the world.
 
From the world's perspective, at the time and age Christ was crucified, He was a failure. Didn't it look like that? He had no acres of land, buildings, or stocks to his name. From the world's perspective, He was a failure but the question is, how many people who had lands, buildings, and stocks in their name still had them a hundred years after they were gone?
 
Who among them is talked about today for those things they had that made them successful in the world's definition? Today, Christ is the most famous person in the entire world. Did you get it?
 
Listen, kingdom people don't pursue success or live to break records or strive to be the greatest; they chase after God and his purpose for their lives; the bi-products are the things the people of the world live and kill to achieve and after they die, the leave it all behind to continue in an eternity separated from God known as Hell.
 
Listen, if you aren't chasing after God and the fulfillment of his purpose for your life but striving for worldly success, records and to be great, the minute you sign out of the earth, you will realize how distracted you were from Majors and how what you thought was a Big Hit, was merely worthless vanity.
 
There is no eternal reward for earthly success except it serves God's purpose. Earthly, most celebrated records don't count in eternity.
 
If you aren't living your life for God's purpose and glory, giving it all you have, you are a deceived and lost soul.
 
Church, let's get back to basics!
 
We are being distracted by the trivial things of this passing life. We are in a race to prove something to the world using the things of the world😭😭😭 How is that possible?
 
You can't beat the world 🌎 with what belongs to the world unless you decide to join them. That's the reason for the current trend of many in church joining the occult in search of results as they claim to answer insult. 😭😭😭What folly!
 
We are in the world and not of this world. I pray God to grant us understanding. If you have wandered away from the path of life in pursuit of worldly vanities, I pray you get back to God before it's too late.
 
Please contact me if you need my counsel, prayers, or mentorship.
Ponder!
 
Visionary
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You Can't Romance What You Hate!

Hebrew 1:9: Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

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The men and women under whom I learned the fundamental principles of the faith in the 80s weren't super-gifted, but they loved righteousness and hated iniquity. That was the most valuable asset they passed on to the next generation.

What kind of Christian experience will we pass on to the next generation? Will we pass on a weak and compromised Christian experience that has lost its distinction from the world?

Are we going to pass on a religion of wickedness in which moral values no longer matter but charisma? Where is our love for righteousness and hatred for iniquity, the most distinctive characteristics that separate God's crowd from the other crowd? What is the value of our mass crusades, miracles, signs, and wonders if our local churches have become brothels?

Who are we fooling if we claim to preach to save the world from the same things we are captives of? Where and when did we lose our souls to vain glory? Ichabod is written over some of our most revered shrines since we have turned from the worship of God to men. Like King Saul, we are protecting our King Agags' and accursed things in the pretext of sacrificing them to God.

Paul, the Apostle of Christ, said in 2 Thess 3:6, Withdraw yourself from every brother that walks disorderly not after the teachings of the word. Sadly, we are rather ordaining them and cheering for them. The last time I checked, the saints were to Judge the world, but sadly, the world is Judging us.

We have lost our moral compass to lead people from darkness to light. Like Samson, we still going through the motions even though His essence longed left us. We must repent first if we want the world to repent.

It isn't time to brag about physical achievements in our state of spiritual and moral bankruptcy. It is time to humble ourselves and seek God until He rains righteousness on us.

 

Dr. Benard Etta

Visionary

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INSIGHTFUL WORDS 2024

A man was successfully born but blind. "Born Blind." I know some of you get it, but some don't. What makes the difference? In the kingdom, God has to take you through a process to give you SIGHT. The devil is afraid of people with eyes that see. You walk into a place where people jump and shout that God is moving. Suddenly, the actor in the drama sees you and stops and quickly prays the closing prayer because they know someone who sees is present. That's why a "blind preacher" may enjoy more acceptance in many quarters than those with eyes. Why? Such can't stir hell's wrath. Most people love their demons and chains. If a man with Sight walks into a place, his message won't miss the target and will cause holy trouble.

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The chaos in Christendom today is largely a result of ignorance of the Biblical-approved pattern for ministry. Anyone who can say something and it happens thinks they are Prophets. Anyone who prays for someone and they have a testimony that to them is a qualification for ministry. Christ sent the disciples in twos; they healed the sick and cast out demons, but Christ didn't release them to start anything. Paul met with Christ on his way to Damascus but didn't start Damascus Int'l Church. Why? They needed to be schooled by Christ to be ready for ministry. Church folks are easily deceived today because they join the church through unschooled tutors who created their own patterns of ministry, leaving those under them with no substance of the knowledge of God and how the church was designed to function.

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Christ wasn't stupid to have walked with his disciples for at least three years as the mobile Word of God before he breathed on them to receive the Holy Spirit. Do you know why? Anyone without the knowledge of the word can easily mistake a familiar spirit for the Spirit of God. The scripture says, Try all spirits, 1 Jh 4:1, how? Miracles and charity aren't the criteria. It takes years of walking with the Lord in the light of His word to have the quality of discernment to unmask Satan when he appears as an Angel of light and his ministers as ministers of righteousness. 2 Cor 11:14.

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One's quality of life and impact can't be fully measured when one is alive. That's why a Testament is only valid after the Testator dies. Whatever we read in the Bible today was not written when the events occurred but years after. If you think you can do anyhow, then die to rid yourself of the consequences, you know too little. A man has been tried while dead, and the sentence passed and a chain placed around his grave. There is no peace to the wicked, alive or dead! Get wisdom, and live right!

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It isn't as if God has not been speaking to his Church about today's events. He has been speaking and speaking, but since those He has been speaking through don't fit our mold, we chose not to listen. God wouldn't have needed Balaam's Donkey to speak to him if he listened to God's voice. God called Nebuchadnezzar his servant in Jeremiah 25:9 and used him to judge Israel. When the Church doesn't listen, God can use anything or anyone to rain down his judgment.

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Denial of a disease one is sick of is not a cure. You may cover up cancer for some time, but at a point, it will surface for all to see. We know that occultism is practiced within the church world, but due to our obsession for power and need-orientated gospel, we seem not to bother about the standing of those we call our leaders. We must look inward, accept reality, and repent.

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One of the ways the devil gets many unsuspecting believers and emerging leaders is by lying to them that Everybody Is Doing It as the reason why they, too, should also do it. In pidgin, Na Who Well? Don't be fooled; there are still some Josephs whom Potiphar's wife can't manipulate. There are still some Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego whom the king's meat can't buy over, and there are always 7000 individuals or more whose knees haven't bowed to Baal or kissed him.

 

Dr. Benard Etta

Visionary

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December 30th, 2023.

👇 2 Samuel 11:1

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

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When Kings Go To War, David Sent Others But Stayed In His Headquarters 👉Jerrusalem. The Lord said the Scandals we are dealing with in the body of Christ today are largely a result of a failure of His Davids to think, live, and act based on what the times demand.

We wouldn't have ever read of David committing Adultery with Beersheba if he joined his troops in the field of Battle. 2 Samuel 11: 2-5. Can I preach?

After the years expired means, there was a shift in time that initiated a paradigm shift in the dynamics of kingly leadership, but David maintained the status quo. Yes, he was anointed, but not current.

How many of us today are still playing David's card? Jerusalem Syndrome is our present-day Headquarters mentality👈

We enjoy headquarters more than we are interested in the Lord's Battle. David was anointed to lead Israel to defeat the enemies of the Lord against Israel, not to indulge in comfort in Jerusalem.

When he stayed back in Jerusalem, while walking on the upper balcony of his palace he saw what he wouldn't have seen if he was fully engaged in the Lord's battle.

The Lord is calling on his Davids to leave their comfortable Headquarters to go to battle. If you need more insight, get in touch.

 

DrBenard Etta

Visionary

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LET'S GO TO Nairobi, Kenya!

Join the flight ✈ ✈ ✈ ✈ to the GFC 2023 World Congress-Nairobi Kenya.
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Theme: Repositioning the 21st Century Church.

Date: August 22nd, Arrival.
August 23rd To 26th
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The 21st-Century Church desperately needs a Repositioning, without which this generation will perish right before our eyes as if the Church never existed. A sick church can't be a solution to a sick world.

That's the mission bringing together Gospel Ministers, Kingdom Businesspeople, Emerging Leaders, and Christian professionals from 30-plus nations to Nairobi, Kenya, August 22nd-26th for the GFC 2023 World Congress.

The Congress is a lifetime opportunity to travel, meet new people, unlearn, relearn, and discover unique opportunities and possibilities. Above all, Get Repositioned mentally, spiritually, Physically, Socially, and Economically for the kingdom engagements of these unprecedented times.

Participating Nations include.

1) The United States

2) Belgium

3) Netherlands

4) Australia

5) India

7) Qatar

9) Ghana

10) Nigeria

11) Cameroon

12) Togo

13) Benin

14) Liberia

15) Ivory Coast

16) Ethiopia

17) Congo Brazzaville

18) DRC Congo

19) Central Africa

20) Uganda

22) Malawi

23) Rwanda

24) Burundi

25) South Sudan

26) Gambia

27) Zambia 🇿🇲

28) Sierra Leone

29) South Africa

30) Zimbabwe

31) Mozambique
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Workshop Topics Include.

1) Contending for the faith.

2) The centrality and headship of Christ.

3) Repositioning the fivefold ministry and the ministry of the saints in the marketplace.

4) The purpose-driven Church.

5) Repositioning the Church post the covid pandemic and lessons from the pandemic for any future pandemic.

6) The challenge of World Missions.

7) Smart Churches

7) Ministry partnership and Networking

8) Understanding the last days' deception

9) The Spiritual Warfare strategies for conquering Cities and nations for Christ.

10) Kingdom Economics

11) Forging a Global Coalition for the last days' engagements.

The Congress will be held at the ultra-modern auditorium of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. (Pictures attached)

Accommodation, Transportation, Breakfast, Lunch, and Supper are included in the registration package.

Register here 👇👇👇

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WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS

Three months ago, one of the mighty men of the word, whom the Lord used in the late 80s to Mid-90s to impact my life, was informed about our relocating to Nairobi, Kenya. Repositioning😂

A day before our departure, he wanted to send some money to contribute to our trip, but I told him not to bother even though we needed money. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart and pleaded with him not to send me money. 

Why?

Listen, there are things not written in the Bible word verbatim, but as you walk with the Lord, one of the marks of spiritual and mental growth is knowing how the kingdom of God functions.

That is what Christ meant when He said in Matthew 6:33 that we should seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness first.

Seeking first the kingdom is not about being so preoccupied with church activities but seeking the understanding of the operative dynamics of the kingdom.

Get this👇👇

In the kingdom, money is less valuable than heavenly blessings of any sort, while in the world's system, money is the god.

It is possible to be a believer for years while still operating with the world's Mentality.

What does it mean to operate with the world's mindset?

It is simply by changing the order to 👉 looking at money as a greater value than a divine blessing—the Esua mindset.

Those with the above mindset don't think of anything greater than money. Money is the measurement of value to them.😭😭😭

They are prepared to forfeit an opportunity for divine blessing rather than lose money. When money leaves their hands, not for something that can bring more money, it is to them like losing blood. 😄

Let's get back to the focus.
Why didn't I happily reach out to receive money from the said man of God?

Get this right; I'm not saying it is wrong for a man of God to bless those they have impacted with money. However, when you understand kingdom value, the last thing you would desire to receive from a man endowed by God is money. 🤔🤔One with an un-renewed mind can not comprehend this because, in the world, money is the god.

That is why when Abraham met Melchizedekdek, he did not look into his purse 👛 to see what money he could receive. I can tell you by the understanding of the divine that if Melchizedek gave Abraham money, he would have rejected it.

Why?

When you understand kingdom values, you can't meet a Melchizedek and be thinking about receiving money from him. Money can get finished, but a divine endowment can impact one's time and beyond.

Some men and women who were once rich are currently poor. Money does not last forever, but a heavenly endowment can have a generational impact on one's life and beyond. So, instead of Abraham settling for something physical from Melchizedek, he went for his blessing.

That separates the kingdom's giants from those who end up as midgets. Hear me and hear me well! If you don't grasp this, you can't go far.

What is your value system? Is it borrowed from the world?

Instead of taking money from Melchizedek, Abraham gave him a tenth of everything he had.

Why?
The answer is in Hebrew 7:7. "And without all contradiction, the less is blessed of, the better."  In Kingdom-Dynamics, a person that blesses is greater than he that receives a blessing. It isn't the other way around.

Get this in your subconscious mind.
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When you think men and women God has endowed to be gateways via which heavenly blessings are released to a generation would worship you because of a few $$$$ you have in your bank account, you are ignorant. Without the above understanding, someone can dry their stomach for a 28-40 days fast and still not experience a breakthrough.

Do you know what is killing this generation?

It is spiritual ignorance, not Satan. God brings people our way whose impact can leave us with generational blessings, but because of our flawed value system, we treat them like trash because of the little money we have in our bank accounts. The result is God leaves us with money as our only achievement, and when we leave the earth, we go with our memory; and are bankrupt for eternity.

I want to ask us, what if all Abraham ever had was money? 👉 His memory would have perished like some rich men in his days whom no one remembers today. Abraham lived over 4000 years ago but is more famous today than most legends. What could be responsible for that? 👉The right Perspective. Proper value system. Kingdom mindset.

You can know people whose legacy will outlive them and those who would only acquire the material things of this life, and when they exit, a few years in the future, even their great, great, grandchildren will be borderless about their memory.

Today, a young man starts doing well in business; he becomes more important than God. You can't tell him anything. You can't tell him to stand, and he stands. 😄

A young pastor gathers 100 People and gets a few $$$ he starts seeing himself as Alpha, and men/women they should still humbly learn from become their colleagues.

Tomorrow is Sunday, and those with money will go to church when they want and close themselves at their chosen time. After all, they have money.😭😭

When God opens your eyes, there are things when you see; you will weep. Those with such a mindset don't know what is designed for their peace. Remember, Christ wept for Jerusalem because they didn't know the time of their visitation. The one the Prophets of old foretold was in their midst, but they could not perceive.

Why?

They expected a messiah who could fulfil their political, social, and economic aspirations. What they set as their parameters made them miss one of the glorious times their forefathers desired to see.

What is greater in your eyes; the blessing or money?

To Elisha, it was a blessing, but to Gehazi, it was money.

Elisha went home with a double portion of anointing, but Gehazi went with Leprosy.

Two people, same opportunity but different destinies. What made the difference?

👉 Mentality. Value system, Perspective.

I declined the offer of the said man of God because I wanted what was beyond money.

As the Lord helps me, I look forward to blessing his ministry with whatever the Lord provides as long as he is alive, but I will not take a dime from him.

I still have much to share on this!

Ponder!

Dr Etta

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Enjoy👇👇💯% Hot!

You can't change from an attitude you justify, and what you accept will live with you for the rest of your life.

 
The price Christ paid is sufficient to remake us into new beings, but if we keep listening to sugar-coated pulpit lies that glorify the mess we are in instead of challenging us to desire the fullness of Christ's redemptive grace that transformed Paul from a killer of believers into an apostle of Christ, we'll continue our downward fall!
 
Christ died so that we might live, not for us to remain in our deadness.
 
The Cross can take us from the side of perpetual falling and rising to the side of stability in the Lord by the grace of God in Christ Jesus.
 
The problem today isn't that the gospel no longer has the power to change lives but the fact is that for the first time in the history of Christendom, we now have so many individuals in the pulpits whose drive is to earn a living and gain some form of recognition from what they consider as a ministry.
 
90% of young men who came to my office seeking some form of counsel for ministry never returned after the first encounter.😂😭
 
Why? They came expecting me to tell them what they wanted to hear but got the truth and fled. Does that explain the reason for the many RIPs?
 
We have ministers today who are botherless whether the people under them experience a thorough transformation that is not a burden as long as they keep coming to provide cash and an audience for pictures to post on social media.
 
When a true 'Gospeler' proclaims the everlasting gospel, sin will diminish in their sphere, and righteousness will increase.
 
Everything ( Healing, deliverance, and other breakthroughs) is a mere bonus.
 
Today, the bonus is now the main goal of our gospel.
 
When Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, 3000 people asked him what they must do to be saved. Do you get that?
 
Today we preach to please our online and offline audiences.
 
The trillion dollars question is, how can one preach with fire, challenging people to turn from their sinful ways and embrace Christ and his kingdom if they believe everyone is already saved and there are no sinners because Christ died for the whole world?
 
The question is, if that is true, what is the value of receiving Him?
 
The scripture says,👉 "But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. "John 1:12 (NLT)
 
Why should anyone repent when in the first place, they aren't sinners?
 
Well, we should just tell them they aren't sinners because Christ died for them, and that will change them😂😂😂😂
 
Take that gospel to the streets, and see if you will see the conversion of drug addicts, prostitutes, drunkards, gang stars, and the real unbelievers in general, etc.
 
The only people filling up auditoriums where such trash is preached are tired and retired church folks with itching ears who are looking for what is not lost.
 
Listen, if 3000 people bowed to the power of the gospel when Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, although on that day no physical miracle occurred, more than 3000 people can bow today.
 
The gospel has not lost its power to change lives. We just have people on the pulpits who shouldn't be there, preaching their opinions and not the gospel of Christ.
 
The Holy Spirit still convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment. John 16:8
 
We aren't the ones to save the people; our job is to proclaim the gospel faithfully, and He will do what He knows to do best.
 
Brethren, the state of our cities and churches is an indictment against what we preach and teach.
 
We need a repositioning. Do you see why Kenya 🇰🇪 2023 is crucial?
 
May we use this Easter weekend to reflect on what we are busy about as a ministry today!
 
We must recover both the gospel and what the church is supposed to be. Help us, God!
 
Happy Easter 🙏🙏
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If you would miss any gathering of the saints this year, it shouldn't be the GFC 2023 World Congress, Nairobi, Kenya. 🇰🇪
👉 Message to kingdom Leaders👈
 
The reason is that the Repositioning of the 21st-Century Church is God's "Now Agenda. "Whatever the Lord has ordained for the church in every nation and globally will only occur after a proper repositioning or realignment of the church to God's order, plan, and overall goals.
 
When one is serving God only for what one can acquire or doing ministry, like running a private enterprise just for personal gains, the repositioning or realignment of the church isn't always the pursuit.
 
But the remnant within the body of Christ who are after the Father's heart knows the seriousness of the repositioning of the church and how critical it is for the church to transition from our present spiritual chaos nationally and globally.
God does not rain his blessings on fallow ground; it must be broken and prepared.👉 Hosea 10:12, Jeremiah 4:3👈
 
Praying for a heaven-sent visitation without a proper repositioning and realignment of God's people to God's will and ways is like praying for Elijah's kind of fire to fall on a generation without building the altar on which the fire should rest.
 
Nairobi-Kenya will be the "Bethlehem" of the 21st-Century
👉 (The Birthplace of the Next Big Thing in God's heart).👈
Wise men and women worldwide have seen the Star and are preparing to embark on the long journey to Nairobi, Kenya. 🇰🇪
 
Let me reiterate; if you would miss any gathering of the saints this year, it shouldn't be the GFC World Congress-Nairobi, Kenya. 🇰🇪
 
God is gathering his people for repositioning and realignment to this order, will, and purpose as preparation for the last days' kingdom engagements and the final harvest of souls before the return of the Lord.
 
The Lord will surely provide for those whose hearts have travelled to Nairobi, Kenya. 🇰🇪
 
Don't be told; be there.
 
LET’S GO TO NAIROBI, KENYA 🇰🇪
GFC 2023 World Congress, August 22nd-26th.
 
 
 
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WELCOME TO MARCH!

Dear kingdom Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen, A Happy New Month to you from the GFC Visionary, Dr Benard Etta and his lovely wife, Luminary Helen Etta and to all of us at the Global Faith Coalition communication department!

We Praise the Almighty God for bringing us to March, the third month of the year of our Lord 2023, a month to march forward in our preparedness for the forthcoming GFC 2023 World Congress-Nairobi Kenya, scheduled for August 22nd to 26th on the theme, the Repositioning of the 21st-century Church.

The Church is in dire need of Repositioning. The Repositioning Mandate is critical to the final move of God on earth before the return of the Lord. Christ is not coming "for the Church we see" but for a glorious church, properly repositioned, fulfilling Christ's dream of a church against which the gates of hell can't prevail.

A church that can subdue kingdoms, wrought righteousness, and turn the hearts of the men and women of this age back to God! The time for "that Church" to emerge on the earth is now.

That's the mission bringing together Gospel Ministers, Kingdom Businesspeople, Christian professionals, Luminaries, kingdom technocrats, Strategists, Visionaries, Missionaries, Intercessors, and emerging leaders of all walks of life and Christian denominations from 30-plus nations to the Catholic University of East Africa Nairobi Kenya, August 22nd to the 26th for the GFC 2023 World Congress.

Workshop Topics Include:

1) Contending for the faith.
2) The centrality and headship of Christ.
3) Repositioning the fivefold ministry and the ministry of the saints in the marketplace.
4) The purpose-driven church.
5) Repositioning the Church post the covid pandemic and lessons from the pandemic for any future pandemic.
6) The challenge of World Missions.
7) Smart Churches.
8) Ministry partnership and Networking.
9) Understanding the last days' deception.
10) The Spiritual Warfare strategies for conquering Cities and nations for Christ.
11) Kingdom Economics.
12) Forging a Global Coalition for the last days' engagements.

The congress will be held at the ultra-modern auditorium of the Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
God is building a people of Power and wisdom who will walk through the Land by his Spirit to bring glory to his precious name.

If your heart is panting after this Next and Last Kingdom revolution before Christ returns, register and be a part of the next big thing in God's mind—the Repositioning of the 21st-century Church.

Let's Go To Nairobi, Kenya, To receive the Repositioning Mandate and take it to our nations. Get Ready! Get Ready! Spread the word! Register this month! You Don't want to miss it!

The GFC Visionary Dr Benard Etta, his lovely wife, Luminary Helen Etta, and all of us at the Global Faith Coalition communication department wish you all God's continuous blessings this new month. As the Lord lives, you will surely make it to Nairobi, Kenya.

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👉Arrival - August 22nd
 
👉Congress--Wednesday 23rd- Saturday 26th.
 
👉Venue: Catholic University of East Africa.
 
GFC 2023 World Congress on Repositioning the 21st-Century Church Nairobi Kenya is not an ordinary gathering but a holy convocation for those God Himself has appointed!
 
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him." John 6:44a
 
Attending international gatherings of the saints should be a part of every believer and leader's growth plan. Though it can't be done as frequently as reading a book or listening to audio teaching, a believer or leader should attend an international event of the dimension of the GFC World Congress at least once every year.
 
Below are a few benefits of attending the 2023 GFC World Congress.
 
1. The opportunity to acquire profound knowledge to enhance your growth and leadership capacity.
 
Undoubtedly, no one can attend the 2023 GFC World Congress without experiencing a sharpening of their kingdom perspective and gaining new insights into God's program on the Repositioning of the 21st-Century Church.
 
Our speakers are from the world's five major continents, each of which will bring something unique to the theme. Listening to the insight, knowledge, and thoughts of leading individuals in the kingdom is always refreshing.
 
Every time you walk away from such an encounter, you take along with you something new you have learned. Also, one-on-one interactions with other leaders from around the world could be an opportunity to gain relevant and practical advice you can implement in your life and ministry. Making you a better person and leader than the person you were before attending the event.
 
2. 2023 GFC WORLD CONGRESS a source of nourishment!
Nourishment is the substance necessary for growth, health, and good condition. The World Congress will bring needed nourishment into the lives and ministries of every participant because it will have a climate of encouragement, motivation, and inspiration. The weight of leadership and other life challenges can be cumbersome, so attending an event like the GFC 2023 World Congress allows you to be refreshed and renewed.
 
3. Opportunity To Connect with Like-Minded Individuals
There is so much one can make out of a divine connection. No one can succeed as an Island. The man at the pool of Bethesda was beside the pool for 38 years while others were receiving their miracles because he had no man to put him into the water, unlike the man sick of Palsy whom his four friends uncovered the roof of the house to get him to Jesus for his miracle.
 
Since the world congress will bring believers and Christian leaders from 30 PLUS nations, it will be an excellent opportunity to connect and network with other attendees and leaders from around the world.
It can be a lifetime opportunity to start building relationships, which can last long after the meeting. These relationships can be valuable to your life's journey because they can:
 
I) LEAD TO NEW AND MORE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES.
 
II) TURN INTO FRIENDSHIPS IN WHICH YOU CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
 
III) GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER'S GROWTH.
 
4. An Opportunity To Increase Your Platform
The World Congress can be an opportunity to share and promote your vision. When connecting and networking with others at some point during the interaction, you can share your passions and what you're doing online or offline to make a positive difference.
 
The benefits of attending the GFC 2023 World Congress are beyond what we can write in this single write-up. We encourage you to take advantage of this lifetime opportunity. If you still need to register, you can do so via the links below.
 
 
The GFC 2023 World Congress online Registration form is also now available. Click on the link below, follow the instructions to register and submit your form.
 
After submitting your form, expect a follow-up email detailing how to remit your fee.
 
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Within our churches, Satan seems to be the real enemy of the kingdom, and we spend so much time fighting him. However, when you get into the field, you’ll discover that it isn't Satan but our disorder, egotism, greed and self-seeking ministry mindset.

Satan seems to have stopped fighting us in several quarters but merely watching us destroy ourselves. For instance, when you arrive in most places today with a vision and burden for a strategic kingdom engagement, the first question you will be asked by those you thought would make themselves available is 👉How much money have you brought?👈

The question about money isn't because of the need for adequate finance to realise the vision but what individuals could line their pockets with. So, once a big event is in view, people start salivating for money. 😭😭😭 If you aren't sharing money like Reinhard Bonnke of blessed memory for mobilisation, then be ready to work out your life to get the job done with few volunteers.

Brethren, Satan isn't our problem but our greed, egotism and self-seeking ministry mindset. Some years back, people were more excited about being a part of what God was doing, not necessarily what they could take for themselves. If you find such people, thank God for them because they are rare.

The American dollar has made it hard to get things done in most places. They will tell you how much they got from a recent program organised by an American preacher, and if you can't meet up, they will promise to show up and dash your hope when you need them most. 😭😭😭

Despite these challenges, the kingdom of God will continue to thrive, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against the true remnant church of Jesus Christ.

The voice of God is still sounding. 👇👇 "Whom should I send as a messenger to these people? Who will go for us?" I said, "Here I am. Send me."

Isaiah 6:8 (NLT)

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👉👉👉👉👉Genesis 26:18, KJV: And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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We'd have an awakening if we re-dig the wells of revival (History of revivals). If churches worldwide devote the next three months of 2023 to listening to stories(documentaries) of revival in fellowships and listening or watching messages taught or preached by some of the leading kingdom voices of the 19th and 20th centuries, we'll witness a great spiritual awakening.
 
The past set the pace for us to win the race, but sadly, we have an entire generation that knows so little about the history of past moves of God and the sacrifices generations before us made to preserve the faith we're taking for granted and abusing in some quarters today.
 
Isaiah 11:1
👉👉👉Out of the stump of David's family* will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. Isaiah 11:1 (NLT)
 
Did you see that👉 A new branch bearing fruits shooting from the old root?👈
 
The New will be cosmetic and superficial if isolated from the Old. A New Branch shooting from the old root! 👏👏👏I feel a mighty presence of the Holy Spirit writing this👏👏👏👏
 
Do you see why we are losing our young men and women? They aren't learning from the wisdom of the ancients because they have been fooled into thinking that the past is irrelevant today. Unknowingly to them, it is a kingdom pattern for the present to rest on the shoulders of the past. That is why Christ went to John to be baptised.
 
John wasn't a pharisee but Jesus's forerunner. We must know the difference between God's sent forerunners and Pharisees and Sadducees. If you don't know the difference, you may submit to Pharisees and Sadducees, thinking you are walking the path of the ancients.
 
The past must baptise the present for righteousness to be fulfilled. The Bible we all glean from its books was written thousands of years ago.
 
God's best secrets for the present and the future are kept in the past, and it is our responsibility to re-dig the wells of our spiritual heritage in search of water from the wells of our fathers and revival desperately needed today.
 
We have strange fivefold ministers today; they look odd because they aren't aligned with the character and anointing of the offices they claim to represent.
 
Only those coming from the past but living in the present have the hindsight, insight, and foresight to correct the present and redirect the future.
 
Nothing in the present started in the present; the past is the womb of the present and future.
 
Honouring fathers and mothers is also inclusive of respecting the wisdom of the ancients.
 
We may lose this generation unless we inspire them to re-dig the wells of our fathers and revival.
 
 
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Genesis 26:18, KJV: And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

 
Before Isaac and his servants dug new wells, he reopened the wells of Abraham. The present must stand on the shoulders of the past to see farther.
 
Isaac Newton said,” If I’ve seen farther than my contemporaries, it is that I stood on the shoulders of those before me.”
 
You have no roots if you don't dig the wells of the faith once delivered to the Saints.
 
👇👇👇Ponder
 
Then he added, "Every scribe who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new gems of truth as well as old."Matthew 13:52 (NLT)
 
In several quarters, everything wrong with today's ministry relates to what we are discussing. A well-developed kingdom teacher must be a blend of the unchanging principles of the kingdom and insight into the new things the Lord is doing.
 
New + Old = Balance.
 
New - Old = Surfaced experience with God (Cosmetic & Superficial)
 
How much of the wells of the word and revival are you reopening? If you care about realignment in 2023, do the needful.
 
👉Redig the wells of Abraham. 👉The wells of salvation, faith, consecration, passion for the lost world, hunger for true revival, spiritual awakening, etc., dug by generations past.
 
The pride of this Laodicean age is a killer.
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You say, `I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realise that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. Revelation 3:17 (NLT)
 
May the Lord help us
 
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(Is It 31st-Night Crossover Or "Overcross?"

We're gradually getting closer to the New Year 2023, and there are preparations for crossover nights everywhere. The multi-million-dollar question is, where is the place of God's agenda in these several purported crossover nights? What is motivating it?
 
If we learn from history, we will avoid repeating its mistakes. The brazen serpent was a symbol of deliverance and healing in the wilderness. However, it became an idol when the children of Israel kept it for 400 years, burning incense to it until King Hezekiah; the reformer, destroyed it. 2 Kings 18:1-4
 
Come to think of the time when Moses, by God's instruction, made the Brazen serpent, and it served its purpose, but as religion always does, a symbol of healing and deliverance pointing to Christ became an idol for 400 years. John 3:14.
 
2 Kings 18: 1-4
He (Hezekiah) removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time, the Israelites had burned incense to it.😭😭😭😭😭😭Chai, fear religion😭😭😭
 
The pioneers of every move seem to get it right, but when it becomes popular, charlatans will always prostitute it. That's what has become of the December 31st-Night crossover.
 
Is there anything wrong with having a cross overnight? No, but when it becomes a competition with other churches to prevent church folks from going elsewhere, it becomes like salt, which has lost its saltiness.
 
Without mincing words as a kingdom watchman, out of 100% of crossover nights on December 31st, God will not be a part of 99% of all the euphoria.
 
Why? He didn't order or direct it! He isn't the agenda but the individual's schemes.
 
What would be the signs that God wasn't a part of it?
 
1) 99% of the prophecies and proclamations for 2023 will not come to pass.
 
2) Sadly, most conveners will be victims of what they would promise the people on 31st Night. If we look at 2022, several of those who held the December 31st crossover Night for 2021 and prophesied and prophesied about 2022 aren't on earth today to host the crossover of 2022!
 
What is happening?
The answer is what many want to avoid accepting.
 
👉God, long left, and others, He was never a part of. God has never been a part of the loud music in most places called "church." 👈
 
Nowadays, People merely run their shows using God's name and the Bible as labels. The only victims are the ordinary members who keep looking for the living among the dead and will sow to the flesh on the 31st night, thinking they are sowing to the spirit.
 
Where is God?
He isn't in manmade temples but with people who know his heart. These remnants are spending the last days of 2022 repenting, seeking realignment with God's will for 2023 and beyond, and inspiring their people in the same direction.
 
It isn't how much money they can raise by the end of the 31st night by manipulating the people's fears for their profits that matter to them but delivering the mind of God to the people of God.
 
Beloved, if you aren't sure of the Lordship of Christ over your "church," don't waste your time with the so-called crossover nights, which are mere "Overcross nights."
 
Stay before the Lord with your family and enter the New year on your knees seeking realignment with God, but if you have the discernment to be somewhere God's marching orders for 2023 will be delivered, go there and be a part of it.
 
Don't fall for the dance without God! Wisdom is profitable to direct!
 
Dr Benard Etta
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Gospel Giants

1 Corinthians 9:16

"For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!" 

Preaching the Gospel to them (Gospel Giants) was not something to attract attention, likeability, or become wealthy and famous but of necessity. They stayed faithful to their calling and counted it worthy to bear the reproach of Christ. They were in the world but not of the world. They lived for higher goals. Heavenly kingdom goals. Human accolades were not their pursuits but the crown of" Well done my good and faithful servant" from the master, Christ Jesus, who is the Gospel personified.

Today, the term gospel giant has been mistaken for individuals who travel from nation to nation, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars as they go, aimed at sponsoring their propaganda, egoistic projects, vanity fares, fantasies, and payoff their numerous sex partners and bloggers to cover their tracts.

When real gospel giants stormed cities and nations, hardened criminals known by all, prostitutes, gamblers and others etc., bowed at the feet of the cross seeking salvation. Backslidden ministers and churches got revived, and a feeling of God's visitation was in the city's atmosphere as people celebrated their freedom from sin and other bondages, etc.

Today, gospel campaigns have become podiums for hypnotism, manipulation and self-branding. 😭😭😭 Heaven is in shock as the pioneers of faith gaze with utmost bewilderment at what we have turned the Gospel into today.

The Gospel of the kingdom can accomplish in a day what political leaders, educators, and philanthropic organisations can't do in years. History bears record of the impact of the Gospel via the ministries of gospel giants like Charles Finney, D L Moody, Savanirola, The Jeffrey brothers, Reinhard Bonnke, Arch-Bishop Benson Idahosa, John Wesley, Lester Sumrall, T L Osbon, Osward J Smith, etc., etc.

Has the Gospel lost Its Power?

No, the Gospel is still the power of God for salvation. The problem is with today's vessels. We have turned the Gospel into Big Business, showmanship, and a way of gaining fame and other trivialities. Churches are everywhere, but the darkness seems to get darker. We preached for many reasons other than the sole aim of the Gospel, which is to align fallen humanity with God in relational order.

Is there hope?

A Big, Yes! That's the reason for the GFC 2023 World Congress, scheduled for the 16th-19th of August in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme. The Repositioning of the church. We hope to reclaim the Gospel and inspire a new generation of Apostle Pauls to preach it because" necessity is laid on them" to preach and faithfully teach the Gospel of the kingdom."

Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel." Paul

So, help us, God!

Dr Benard Etta, GFC Visionary

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TO EMERGING GOSPEL MINISTERS

My dear emerging Gospel ministers, please listen. Putting on Clerical titles, apparel, or Bishopric attires does not indicate ministry Grace, spiritual status, ministry requirement, etc.

I know I just smashed the” brazen serpent.” I'm not talking to elderly kingdom statesmen and women but to the emerging generation of ministers.

One of the indicators that a once-upon-a-time revival movement is in decline is when the craving for recognition, attention, position and self-seeking becomes paramount. Sadly, that's how things have degenerated today, especially within the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

Christ denounced the above in Luke 20:45-47.
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"Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honour in the synagogues and the head table at banquets. Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished." Luke 20:46-47 (NLT)👈
 
The obsession for bishopric ordinations today among the emerging generation isn't only a gross distraction from the mission before us but a mark of religious insanity.
 
How can one help emerging leaders who move with flowing bishopric apparel, thinking they are some great Apostles? Even God finds it hard to reach such because of the large ego, false self-image, pride and self-deceptive world they live in.
 
Let today’s emerging generation of gospel ministries focus on doing the work of the ministry and leave the craving for bishopric titles and apparel. 👉It is Saul’s armour. 👈
 
If you are obsessed with ”joining the club,” you need prayers. It is time to give back to Catholic and Anglican Churches what belongs to them. It is their thing.
 
Young men still looking for rent for their church houses are busy raising money for ordination as Apostles and Bishops. They also want to put on bishopric and apostolic titles and apparel to look like spiritual fathers. An apostle who hasn’t subdued a street; talk less of a quarter.
 
Let’s stop this nonsense. Satan is laughing at us😭😭😭Pentecostals, we have lost the vision of our calling and chasing trivialities.
 
We are creating man-made religious hierarchies over nations with zero divine mandate. We now have so-called Double Apostles and Bishops, and we won’t be surprised to see the first batch of Pentecostal Popes. 😭😭😭😭
 
In some places I visit, I seldom introduce myself as a gospel minister because of the shame associated with the ministry today. The once noble office of the kingdom ambassador-ship has been hijacked and disgraced daily.
 
Brethren, we have work to do that demands more than paddling around looking like the Pharisees and Sadducees of the days of Christ.
 
If you think it isn't a problem, then you are a part of the problem.
 
Nairobi, Kenya 2023 is Loading. We need a Repositioning of the Church.
 
Help us, God!
 
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The Unity of the faith

Ephesians 4:13

Till we all come in the Unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

There is what the Bible calls the Unity of the faith that connects past, present, and future generations of saints. It embodies the understanding of the fundamentals of the kingdom of God, God's ways and the operation of his kingdom. His will on earth as it is in heaven and much more enshrined in the Holy scripture. The saints throughout history have forged a common bond along these lines.

Psalms 16:6

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

If we believe in one God and one mediator between God and men (1 Tm 2.5), one divine plan of salvation (Eph 1.3–14), one Church, and one apostolic authority (Mt 16.13–19; 18.18; 28.19–20), the absolute authority of the written word on all matters of the faith, we'll lay the foundation of the Unity of the faith in our walk with God.

Sadly, we are seeing a generation of believers and gospel ministers today who aren't aware of the Unity of the faith, while some are outrightly nonchalant. That is why their opinions to them are revelations, even when they are not aligned with the scriptures. They have unconsciously bought the lie of the liberal world that everyone has their truth. "My truth may not be your truth." That implies no absolute truth exists that sets the standard for right and wrong, and everyone must decide what truth is and isn't. So, when you try to correct their teachings on the authority of God's word, they will tell you it is their truth.

Remember, God's word is the absolute authority on matters of faith (2 Peter 1:19); if a person claims to be a believer or gospel minister and doesn't accept the absolute authority of the word, they are already in error. And the error will only multiply as they try to make their opinions the truth.

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

You are on your own when your life and ministry go contrary to the line, path, and bond of faith that unites the saints throughout history. Some people may not be forthright in telling you this, but by God's grace, I'm telling you now. You may think it is your revelation or whatever you call it; listen, you are on your own.

Proverbs 22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

The kingdom of God is not the democratic party of America that keeps shifting its boundaries to accommodate every liberal ideology out there and its sympathisers.

The written word of God is the constitution of the kingdom of God on earth, and its authority is absolute because the authority of its author is absolute. If your teachings do not align with it, you are preaching another gospel!

Galatians 1: 6-9

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

May the Lord grant us understanding.

DrBenard Etta,

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BRINGING KINGDOM ORDER AMIDST CHAOS!

Genesis 1: 2 -3.
And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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Brethren, only light can drive away darkness. We need light to change the present state of the church. When the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, God introduced light. May the light of God shine in our hearts as we glean from his mind in Jesus' name!
 
1 John 1:5 (NLT)
This is the message we heard from Jesus* and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
 
Listen, to be in a position and to have the means to do something is not the same as being chosen and appointed by God to do it. King David had it all to build the temple; he had the resources, but it wasn't his divine mandate to make it (2 Samuel 7). When the Lord made known the one ordained to build it, he didn't hesitate to transfer the resources he had at his disposal to the right individual. It takes a kingdom mindset to act that way. Read 1 Chronicle 22: 7 -19.
 
In the case of King Saul, it was the direct opposite. He wasn't supposed to offer sacrifice as a King. That was the Job of the Priest, but he waited for Prophet Samuel to come, who doubled as Priest, but he delayed; Saul when ahead and offered sacrifice to the Lord, something entirely out of the jurisdiction of his assignment (1 Samuel 13: 6 -14.
 
That is the major crisis the body of Christ is facing. Individuals called to be effective intercessors, musicians, and financial partners under leadership ministries prefer to promote themselves to the front line instead of serving God faithfully, where he has placed them in wait for future re-deployments.
 
There are individuals running ministries and churches today merely because they have the money to pay for a facility, not because they have the mandate to do so. They prefer doing that than identifying those chosen to function in that capacity to give them their support. Money is not everything!
 
There are also people heading ministries and churches merely because they can attract people through music, intercessory gifts, and prophecies. It is worth noting that a gift alone can't build people, but the word taught by someone with a bit of every ministry. It takes this dimension to build God's army, not a mere gift.
 
People are bound to be lopsided under an individual whose sole message is deliverance or prophecy from January to December. That is the dilemma the present Pentecostal, and Charismatic movement is into in several quarters.
 
A large congregation established via the manifestation of a "gift" of healing, deliverance, or prophecy does not indicate that the person there is mature enough to raise or build the people. People may fill a building because they need physical healing and deliverance. However, the individual there may still be a baby Christian who needs to submit to those with expanded grace for mentorship.
 
It takes great humility and understanding of the way the kingdom of God works for one to see things in this light. The truth many don't want to accept is that a large congregation is not equal to spiritual maturity.
 
Philip the Evangelist went to Samaria, and the Lord wrought great miracles through him, which brought the entire city to Christ; however, God took him to Gaza and brought in Apostle Peter and John to establish the people in the knowledge of God.
 
Miracles may attract a large crowd, but it takes the proper teaching and unveiling of the word to develop and establish the people in the truth.
 
When someone who is supposed to teach Sunday school becomes a General Overseer of a church because they can attract people via the operations of the gift of healing, prophecy, and deliverance, it spells out doom to people under such individuals.
 
The kingdom of God grows via effective networking; just like a vehicle needs several parts working together to function effectively, so is the kingdom of God. However, it is vital to note that the components of a car, no matter the role they play in the effective functioning of a vehicle, are not designed to become the driver. Some people are suitable as a part, but they don't feel that's good enough; they prefer the driver's seat.
 
If every component in a car chooses to become the driver, you would not have a car, and you would not also have anyone as the driver. A vehicle must first exist before a driver is required. Those who have ears should hear. To be in a position to do something is not the same as being chosen and appointed to do it.
 
PONDER!
 
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GFC Visionary
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