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Jun 2025
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Rev. Ike | You Are Not Poor, You Are Pow...

SEAN CROXTON
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Reverend Ike didn’t believe in poverty as destiny. In this bold and empowering message, he challenges the welfare mentality, promotes personal responsibility, and preaches the power of positive self-image. True Black excellence begins with rejecting limitation and embracing your power to contribute, create, and rise.

Source: Rev. Ike: "No one has a right to be a parasite”
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