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World Cup: Prophets, African Teams and Rolls Royces

Prophets predicting who will win the World Cup is as old as the hills. In fact, it is older than the hills.

Any prophet worth his pulpit must have that ‘I see’ moment. Thanks to social media we can pick these ‘I see’ moments through shared clips. Heaven bless the God of technology.

This week I chanced upon one such video. A pastor was predicting the outcome of the World Cup and his ‘seeing’ was a final between Germany and Denmark.

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