before. Again I reasoned, God will come through as soon as I get up there. I was introduced and again—nothing. I prayed for direction, and there was silence. I began to preach another message I had ministered before and was overwhelmed with confusion. There was no life, direction or anointing. After five minutes of this mess I said, “Folks, we need to pray. Something is just not right!” The entire congregation stood up, and we all began to pray fervently. All of a sudden I heard
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