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We share this morning from Psalm 106, verse 46. Psalm 106, verse 46. How to recognize your God-sent helpers and partners in destiny. How to recognize your God-sent helpers, God-sent, and partners in destiny.
Psalm 106:46. The Voice version says, "He changed the hearts of all who had held them captive, so that they will show compassion on them." So, behind the scenes, there is an invisible influence that is making people do good. I pray for everyone listening to this message today that, more than ever before, God will influence the hearts of men and women.
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And as a result of God's influence, people will show you great mercy and compassion.
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You will find favor amongst men and amongst families. People will treat you with kindness. Strangers will treat you with kindness. People you know will also treat you with kindness. It is a common saying that when God wants to bless you, one of the ways He does it is to send a good friend or a good relationship your way.
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God will use men. God will use men. In Ecclesiastes chapter 4, verses 9 to 10, Easy-to-Read version, it says, "Two people are better than one. When two people walk together, they get more work done." Then verse 10 says, "If one falls, the other can reach out to help that man." Listening to me, help is coming your way now. So, woman listening to this message, help is coming your way now. What needs to be finalized will be finalized.
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This time around, it says, "If one falls, the other person can reach out to help. Those who are alone when they fall have no one to help them."
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They are what we call God-sent. God-sent partners.
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And you have to be very, very sensitive.
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Today's reality of life, there are people that will always have a heart for you. And take note of this: some, or let me say many, of your God-sent partners in life may never be close to you. Never be close to you. You may never have a close relationship with them, but they will always have a heart for you. They will always have sympathy for you. They would always have a desire to protect you, to defend you, and if they have the opportunity, to favor you.
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It's a mystery of life. It's a mystery of life.
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Partners. God-sent helpers. In Proverbs chapter 18, verse 22. Proverbs 18:22, New Living Translation says, "The man who finds a wife finds a treasure." And something will happen when you are blessed to have a true partner endorsed by God.
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It says, "finds a treasure and then receives favor from the Lord." Proverbs 19:14. Proverbs 19, verse 14, Amplified Bible says, "Houses and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord." Is from the Lord. An understanding spouse, wise, prudent, comes from the Lord.
Then in Proverbs chapter 31, verses 10 to 12. Proverbs 31:10-12, Living Bible, it says, "If you can find a truly good wife."
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So the Bible is now making a distinction. The Bible is not making a distinction among wives. It says, "If you can find a truly good wife." Truly good wife.
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"She is what modern precious gems are." Her husband can trust her. Her husband can trust her, and she will richly satisfy his needs. She will richly satisfy his needs. So there are wives that richly satisfy the needs of their husbands.
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I think that's another topic for research. He says in verse 12 that she will not hinder him. God-sent a spouse, a God-sent partner. She will not hinder him, but she will help him. A woman that will help you. Partners that will truly help you. From today, God opens the door for them to come into your life. Brethren, it has always been the pattern of the Lord to raise destiny helpers.
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Partners in destiny to help you fulfill, to the optimum, your potentials in life and destiny. Even our Lord Jesus Christ benefited from this divine arrangement.
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He benefited from it. God will use your destiny helpers to do certain things. He will use them from the beginning to teach you. He will use them to teach you. He will use them to educate you. He will use them to educate you. He will use them to train you. He will use them to correct you. Correction will go with training. Correction will go with training. He will teach him. He will use them to sometimes this.
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He will use your destiny helpers to advise you. He will use them to advise you. He will use them to prepare you. If you want to have a great future, believe that great destiny is truly of the Lord. Then God is going to take you through a process of preparation, and He will use people in the process of preparing you. God will raise destiny helpers to prepare you, to coach you, to mentor you. He will raise destiny helpers to guide you, to help you. He will raise men and women to encourage you. To encourage you. He will raise men and women to provide for you, and they will be happy when they are doing it. He will raise helpers, partners in destiny, to empower you. And one of the ways this will happen is that they will give you access to opportunity. They will give you access to opportunity. He will raise destiny helpers to uplift you. In the different phases of your life today, the Lord will wake up your destiny helpers. Let your amen connect with heaven. And when God is using these men and women, God will use them in different areas of your life. He will use them in your spiritual life. He will use them in ministry. He will raise those destiny helpers to help you play the roles I just mentioned in your marital life, your family life. He will raise a destiny helper to meet your emotional needs, in your career, your calling, in your business, the works of your hands. God will raise destiny helpers for financial empowerment. God will raise destiny helpers to fulfill certain aspects of your divine purpose and destiny. God will raise destiny helpers to help solve certain problems. There are some people that are going to show up in your life just once. God is bringing them to help solve a particular problem. And the Lord commands that man to show up now. The Lord commands those women to show up now. God will use them for your promotion. He will use them for your upliftment. They are the ones that will recommend you. They are the ones that will mention your name. They are the ones that will approve of your promotion.
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God will raise destiny helpers to help you realize your peak potentials. Your peak potential. Even when you think you are doing well, they are the ones that will see that you can still do better. They are the ones that will see that you can still go higher.
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God will use them to raise you to operate at your peak potentials. And there are some that God will use in so many areas of life. Some are virtually just there all through your lifetime, meeting needs in all of these areas mentioned, such as the spouse. Genesis chapter 2, verse 13. Now, your divine helpers and destiny partners, they have a duration of their operation around your life. Some will come into the scene around your life for a particular need.
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To be addressed. Some will come for a particular goal to be achieved. Then there are some that will come at a certain age of your life, and once you have passed that phase, they will also be out of the way. Some will come at a particular age, at a particular phase of your life. Then there are some of them that are going to be directed to you, connected to you by God, for a lifetime. For a lifetime. For a lifetime. For a lifetime. And those in this category, there is really something deep and special about them. To the extent that the Lord will advise us in Proverbs, "Your father's friends, forsake them not." We are all used to the aspect of friends, but the Spirit of the Lord also advises us to not cut off completely from those true friends of your father. Those true friends of your parents. Why? Every true friend of a man will have a heart for his children. Whoever loves you will have a heart for your children.
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Whoever was a true friend of your father is a man or woman you are safe with. So the Bible says, "Forsake not your father's friends." Not all of them, but those true friends. Those true friends of your father. It may be a late father. Be one that is might make God's mercy still alive. They are most likely to have a soft spot for you as a child of that man they sincerely loved.
What are the key attributes of these people that God will send to your life to be a blessing, to be a channel of support? There are some things you will observe about them, and through these attributes, you will know them.
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With that knowledge, you'll be able to relate better with them. Like I've told you, some of your destiny helpers are not going to be your friend, but they will do everything that a good friend does if they have that opportunity. But you may never exchange phone calls. You may even reach out to them, and for some reason, they may not respond to you. They may not respond to you. If a judge seems to have a soft spot.
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For someone that is going to be exposed to, or she's going to be exposed to.
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It is there in the heart, but they will intentionally never relate with that particular person. A time may come when you may sense it, and then you may now want to reach out. But some will intentionally not respond. In 1 Samuel chapter 18, verse 1. 1 Samuel 18:1, the Bible says, "The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul." There are some attributes, there are some clues, there are some signs with which you will know these men and women that God has touched their hearts towards you. And there are some biblical examples: Ruth towards Naomi, Jonathan towards David, and Peter towards Jesus. Peter towards Jesus. It will surprise you to know that Peter was over 30 years older than Jesus. He was 30 years, over 30 years older than Jesus. You won't read that in the scriptures, and when you look at how Peter related with Jesus, you will never assume.
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That there was such a wide age difference between the two of them. But Peter loved Jesus. He followed Jesus. One key attribute: genuine care and concern. In 1 Kings chapter 5, verse 1. 1 Kings chapter 5, verse 1, we read, "And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants unto Solomon, son of King David, for he had had they had anointed him king in the place of his father, for Hiram was ever." Can somebody say, "ever"? Was ever what a lover.
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Don't forsake your father's friends.
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Witnessed you are in that town.
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Squeeze out 30 minutes and just dash there. Say hello to them.
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Who knows? The next time you are in town, he may no longer be alive. Your father's friends, forsake them not. Are you see this plane out here? This man loved King David. And then the moment.
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Solomon, his son, was anointed king, that same love he had for the father, it was transferred to the son. It was transferred to the.
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Today. So here we see, Hiram, one of the true friends of David, expressing his goodwill for David, even to even to his son.
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People that love you will want to help your child without you telling them. People that love you will want to assist your child without you asking them. Those are clues. Those are clues. They may not promise anything, but unknown to you, some are wishing to do something in favor of your child, and it's an expression of the love they have for you.
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Second attribute: unconditional friendship. Unconditional friendship. It's not based on what they are gaining from you or what they hope to gain from you. Of course, in every good relationship, good things will play out, but that is not the basis of the relationship. So when they fail to do something they could have done in your favor.
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You don't hate them. You don't hate them. You don't begin to wish them.
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Terrible and evil things. You still have that good heart towards them. Number three: they will be protective of your life, your health, and your interests. This is a must. This is one of the most powerful indicators. People that truly wish you well, they will be sensitive. They will be protective of your life. They'll be protective of your interests. Number four: they are honest and sincere in their feelings and actions towards you. Meaning that God has touched their hearts. Women that God has touched their hearts, they are honest and sincere in their feelings towards you. Now, let me say something interesting here. We are not talking about good people.
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So you can understand some dimensions of this message. Your God-sent helper may not be a good man. Your God-sent helper may not be a good woman, but they will just have this sympathy, empathy. And so you sometimes see that someone who is so strict with every other person, when it comes to you, the person drops the rule. Five: some friends may even have a soft spot for you.
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That's one of the strongest and deepest mysteries. And we'll close with that shortly. I share with you quickly a story in the scriptures where God used a well-wisher. You know, we use this word a lot of times: friends and well-wishers. Friends and well-wishers. Well-wisher is a word that is referring to your God-sent helpers, partners in destiny. Many of them will not be in a close relationship with you, but their heart towards you will be very, very positive and warm. And in this story, we see how God used a well-wisher to save the lives of two men who would have died. But God used a well-wisher. And let's take note, well-wishers can come into play from different dimensions. On the individual level, some people could just have a good heart towards some kind of people. And that is why most of the time, when people now want to do things like charity, you know, they have their preferences. Thousands of people are into charity, but in different dimensions. Some focus on widows, some focus on orphans, some focus on, you know, certain types of people, different people in different conditions.
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Some people have a soft spot for Israel.
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A soft spot for Israel. Yeah. And the person that God used to save these two men was a woman that had a soft spot for Israel. What's the story? What's the major lesson from this story relative to what we are sharing now? One: the invisible influence of God. Have you asked yourself, how come the spies did not go to the wrong house? How come the spies did not go to the wrong person who could have exposed them to the king? Who could have exposed them? I pray that you will not go to people that will expose you. I pray that in the day you will need help, you will not go to people that will expose you.
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Sometimes, even if they can't help you, but at least let them not expose you. But there are people that won't help, and in addition, they will expose you. Will expose you. These men would have been dead men if they had gone to another house. These men would have been dead men if they had gone to another man or another woman.
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For you to clearly understand, just look at verse one and two of Joshua. Verse one, he said, "Joshua chose two men as spies and sent them from their camp to Akazia with these instructions: 'Go across the river and find out as much as you can about the whole region, especially about the town of Jericho.'" It's not the way modern-day espionage is done, where a lot more information is provided as to where they will stay, who they would contact, and all that. Now, these men were just sent there.
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They said, "The two spies left the Israelite camp and they went to Jericho." Now look at the deciding moment where God stepped in. He said, "Where they, where they decided it was when they got there that they decided the house to go to." That was when God impressed in their heart, "Go to that house. Go to that man." You will hear the right name from today.
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You will hear the right name from today. No more mistakes from now on. No more errors from now on. Anybody you will go to for help that you will later regret, the Lord will restrain you from such people.
We are not any particular address. They were not sent to any particular person. The same way they met a woman that had a heart to help them, is the same way they would have walked into the hands of someone that would have told them, "No problem, stay in this room," and at the same time, he will go and inform the king, and they captured them and killed them instantly. And what do you take away from that? God has given you two things: called intuition, and the second thing He has given you is what is called instinct. Your intuition is something that guides you to act in a certain way without fully understanding why. Without fully understanding why. So there are times where you would not do what is your routine pattern because something will just tell you, "Do it differently. Do it differently today. Don't go in that direction today."
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The ability.
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Your feeling is in your feelings rather than considering the facts. The second thing that God has given you that will also help you to recognize your God-sent helpers is your instinct. Is your instinct. So you must learn to be sensitive to your intuition at all times, especially before taking major decisions. Your instinct can restrain you.
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Also to stay with a particular person, or an organization, or a location, when so many others are leaving. Others are relocating. Your instinct will be telling you to stay. At a time people are relocating, at the time people are relocating an organization where people are resigning, your instinct will tell you to stay and not resign.
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So anytime you don't have peace in your spirit, be patient and avoid taking that decision.