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d work.
He sca ered abroad, he gave to the poor, his
righteousness endures forever. 2 Cor 9:9
God will multiply his seed for sowing and increase
the harvest of his righteous deeds of liberal giving.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for
food, will supply and multiply your seed for s...
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the
mercy the Lord has shown to him in what he has.
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He is always full of thanksgiving and for this
reason he is forever ready to share.
A cheerful giver has a mentality that he is above
only and not beneath, and so is liberal in giving...
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possible, each person
should give as they earn.
On every Lord's Day, each of you should put aside some
amount of money in relation to what you have earned
and save it for this offering. 1 Cor 16:2 NLT
If you are a monthly earner, then give your major
offerings monthly. Give to your church and also t...
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used to do a similar thing by giving to the poor.
The only other thing He did for them was to preach
the gospel to them. He never tried to get beggars off
the streets—it was not part of His assignment.
We tend to think sometimes that we can make a
poor man rich just by deciding to. No, you can't;
po...
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e sowing corn. Some give out their old
cars just because they want God to return it as a new
one. Some will change naira to dollars and then use
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the la er as an offering in church. The reason is so
that God can pay them back in dollars. They kn...
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parison,
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen. 2 Cor 4:16-18
* Gen 8:22, 2 Cor 9:6, Luke 6:38
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The knowledge of the spiritual law of sowing and
reaping makes it possible for you to see the thin...
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ers mean nothing! All I do
at those times when I'm asked to do so in church
services is just to give Him thanks for the ability He
has given me to give and for the faith that does not
trust in riches.
People are often encouraged to give their offering a
name before they give it; this name is suppose...
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succeed. It is a spiritual substance
which confers upon a person the power of
fruitfulness and productivity. What Jesus is telling
us here is that the giver has more spiritual power
than the receiver.
A blessing does not only affect your finances but
also other parts of your life. It affects your heal...
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ings and to men
of God, it is not because they are poor, but because
you are commanded to honour them. Everyone
loves a gift, even if they have already. Give to them
and they will bless you in return.
Many people, because they believe that their
parents are rich, keep taking from rather than
* 2 C...
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do not
understand think that it is because they have too
much money. The truth is that their faith is in God
and their main concern is to do the will of God; that
is why they give of their substance.
If you are one that is prone to doing such good,
please I implore you to continue and to disregard
...
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others.
God's Order – Seed and Bread
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and
increase the harvest of your righteousness. 2 Cor 9:10
Usually, anything God sends you has two
parts—seed and bread. The bread is the portion you
consume ...
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I, the LORD, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds. Jer 17:10
You see that a man's deed does not stand by itself in
the presence of the Lord but is judged in view of
what is in his heart. The reason...
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rvest for His sacrifice, but
His aim in giving Himself as a sacrifice was not at
all for His own la er gain; He was already great and
He couldn't ever be greater than He was before He
came to the earth.
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will
see His offspring, He will prolong His days,...
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and I came to the conclusion that that was
not necessary. You see, giving is not about our
sense of accomplishment but about helping the
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person who needs it. A refugee is unlikely to be
interested in a pair of fancy shoes that cannot
wi...
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of God which is yours in
abundance through the Lord Jesus Christ. Here,
your confidence for answered prayers is only
because you know the love of God and the work of
Jesus on your behalf. That is all.
I remember a conversation I had with a brother
while I was still a student in the university. A
pro...
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ed in life's
The Art of Giving to God – 2 227
ba les. Now that you have se led on your firm
ground, you must turn back to those places and
offer an offering to God on those altars.
Your father or uncle who paid your way through
school is more deserving of your first salary than
y...
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s His children. I am quite aware
that things like praise and thanksgiving are gifts
unto the Lord but here our focus is on giving of
material things.
The various ways of giving to God are as follows.
1. The Work of Ministry
Whenever the work of propagating the gospel is
being done, giving to it is...
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* For more on the ma er of giving to ministry and ministers, please
read my book, 'So, Who Will Pay For This?'
free e-book from pastor.ng
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The Art Of
Giving To God – 2
N ow, the forms of giving to the Lord we
examined in the previous chapter are very
import...
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liever with the
word of God until his own thoughts, desires and
a ributes are exactly like that of the Lord Jesus
Himself. The result is that he does the will of God
naturally, without any compulsion.
Effective Grace
A cheerful giver is the child of God who the Spirit of
God has done this work of gr...
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. She replied, “They told us that is
how to prosper.” Poor girl! She was deceived. I told
her God had heard her prayers and so sent her to
me for deliverance—deliverance by the knowledge
of the truth.
Those who give to get are not at all cheerful givers;
all they are doing is investing, and not giv...
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muddy water. The loaves were ruined. The
woman bent down, grabbed a nearby
sympathizer's hand and began to weep on it. It was
clear that she couldn't afford to take that loss for she
was a pe y trader.
My friend turned to me and said, “Are you thinking
what I am thinking?” I nodded. We estimated the...
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omes and to sponsor a poor child's
* Heb 7:7
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schooling are all given to the Lord and are not
inferior to giving to the work of ministry.
"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come,
you who are blessed of My Father, inherit th...
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esources, which Paul called uncertain riches; I was
not trusting in God. I may have been praying, but
there was much unbelief in the picture.
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As soon as I realized this, I immediately took of the
money I had gathered and began to give out. ...
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our prayers. The reason He
answers your prayer is purely because of His love
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for you; it has nothing to do with your 'seed'
planted beforehand.
A Sign of Faith
Being a habitual giver is a result of faith—indeed it
is a sign of faith. For some...
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Psa 68:5
The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the
fatherless and the widow. Psa 146:9
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD,
and He will repay him for his good deed. Prov 19:17
We need to know that whatever we do for the poor
is something that we are offering to the Lord. God...
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-10
I believe this word; it gives me confidence for the
future; I am not afraid. He has said, “do not worry
about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each
day has enough trouble of its own.”*
This is the reason I can relax. Jesus is saying here
that the Father will take care of all that I ...
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do not pick
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up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the
foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.
Lev 23:22 NLT
The Lord commanded His people to leave portions
of their fields unharvested. He also forbad them
fr...
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er mites* and
definitely the thing with the widow of Zarephath
(who we shall examine shortly). It is the faith that
God is honouring and not the gift itself. God looks
at the heart and not the outside.
If you look at the case of the rich young ruler that
came to Jesus, the Lord wanted Him to be free...
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to marry and a comment that
* Prov 19:6
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slipped from the fiancée's mouth showed that he
had not changed. I wondered why she was
marrying him.
You may wonder what such people do with their
money, and I will tell you. They love to count their
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out clothing and in need of
daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be
warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what
is necessary for their body, what use is that? Jam 2:15-16
Even when you are not in a position to solve the
whole problem for someone, do what is in your
pow...
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h
the aim of receiving. By doing this, they miss a
major point which we saw earlier, which is that
motive counts with God. The motive for such giving
is therefore selfish, and cannot be blessed by God.
See, if love for God, for the people of God and the
work of God is not your motivation for giving,...
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studying the following por ons of the
scriptures: Deut 14: 22-28; Gen 14:19, 20; Gen 28:20-22; Mal 3:10.
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• Love for the poor and needy.
Anyone who takes care to do the above is fully
engaged in the spirit of tithing. The New Testament...
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otive behind what you do.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Ma 5:7
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…for those who honor Me I will honor. 1 Sam 2:30
It is a spiritual seed that counts. Honour and mercy
may manifest in different kinds of physical se...
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y life and you
will be doing God service if you use some of the
money He has given you to do just that, among
other things.
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The Giving Lifestyle - 1
It is More Blessed
I believe one of the main purposes of this book is
to get us all as believers into the givi...
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ew Covenant is the spreading
of the gospel of Jesus and the building up of the
saints of God. The growth of the temple of God on
* 1 Chrn 29:1-5
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the earth, which is the body of Christ, is by the
preaching of the word for the conversion of sinn...
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you, but who would not be able to afford
such on his income or allowance. Sometimes, you
may sell it to someone but at a very reduced price,
just to give the person the feeling of having
purchased it.
I remember once a young man who asked to buy an
old car I had. He later testified that he was led by...
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You do not have to drive a hard
bargain with a low-paid worker. You don't have to
extract all the value in your purchases for yourself.
When you pay more than a labourer's due wages, it
is gleaning.
When you give out your used clothes, which are
still good enough for you to wear, it is gleaning.
P...
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, and according to
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the promise of Jesus, he will receive.* This is why he
ties nothing to his gifts—it is not necessary; he just
loves the Lord.
I have described above the kind of person who is a
cheerful giver in the sight of the Lord. Whethe...
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. Your part is that of faithfulness, faith
and patience. Patience means to continue to do
what is right before the Lord no ma er how long it
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takes for any reward to come. Be faithful in giving
and leave the rest to the Lord.
I mentioned e...
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because of his faith, which means that he has trust
that God is taking care of everything about his own
life. He is not afraid of tomorrow.
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Grace and Truth, the Basis of Cheerfulness
Being a cheerful giver is a result of the
transformatio...
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is a generous spender.
The Lord has always emphasized on blessing
people in such abundant measure that they will
have much more than they can use or even
effectively store. He said to His people that…
…I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour
* Mark 14:6
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Jerusalem.” Zech 1:17
So, we have to do the good works associated with
spreading the kingdom. Paul said we will abound
unto every good work. For doing those great
works, we will have super-abundance.
Poor or just-sufficient people cannot give
scholarships to the poor nor can they adopt orphan
babies...
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o the word of
God. God rewards actions of faith.
Anytime God makes a demand on you by His word
and you obey, it is called the work of faith. This
widow believed the prophet of God and she
prospered.*
Labour of Love
We have already seen that love is a major valid
motivation for giving.
* Note also ...
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of giving. We can
therefore say the other people got crumbs of power
but she got a substance of power.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase. Prov 3:9 KJV
A substance is what you give to someone the Lord
has commanded you to honour. If you are giving to
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rding to your ability.
Tradition and First Fruits
There is a practice that is traditional in parts of
Nigeria which I pray we never lose. The spiritual
concept behind it is what I am expounding here.
It is customary for a young man or woman to give
the first wage earned (usually the first month's
2...
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d but it is inferior to giving. On the
other hand, taking is a terrible habit. No one loves
the company of anyone who is always taking from
them.
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You see, giving is one of the foundations of life.
Anyone that does not give does not radiate life...
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lar season of life. Faith
is not designed to accommodate the pride of life.
Ruth's faith was shown in how she, with Naomi,
accepted her humble state and followed God's
order for supernatural supplies.
Circumstances can happen to anyone, and indeed it
is how God sometimes humbles people. He wants
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It is a product of our love for and trust in God.
Anyone who does not love God cannot effectively
lay up treasure in heaven. It is that confidence in
God that makes the child of God easily generous.
Another point to remember is that faith must work
together with love.* If you do not love the plac...
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ations as working and should expect to get
'paid' for it. This is what is meant by “the plowman
ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope
of sharing the crops.” It is a ma er of right.
Now, there were times that he and his co-workers
took up secular jobs, but it was a ma er of forgo...
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very commendable customs
in this regard. One example is that of giving gifts to
couples ge ing married. Another one is the custom
of giving gifts to new babies. These are common but
very good customs.
Now there is a custom we have in Nigeria which I
have deliberately stopped participating in becaus...
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offering the help that he can give. Jesus was such a
person; He often saw the needy and was moved by
compassion.
The labour of love, together with the work of faith,
is what the Lord rewards.
False Hope Corrupts Good Works
Just as faith is the confidence that stimulates giving,
a major reason w...
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hat
you have heard.* All knowledge does is to puff you
up and deceive you into thinking you believe what
you really don't. The only way by which you can
know what you really believe is by your actions.
* Jam 1:22
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The Art Of
Giving To God ...
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being disobedient and are missing out of
the blessing of God. If a minister has been a blessing
to you, then return to him a gift of material things.
Do it again and again; you will be blessed for it.
How was Jesus sustained in His ministry on the
earth? He and His disciples did not survive on
212...
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clude giving; He condemned the practice of some
people who use the excuse of vowing what they
have to God to not give to their parents. He said
they were cancelling the word of God by those
practices.
You skillfully sidestep God's law in order to hold on to
your own tradition. For instance, Moses g...
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and material resources. For us, these things
do not validate us, they do not measure our worth,
and they do not determine if we are successful or
not. We see them as tools to serve the purpose of
God.
The purpose of wealth, as we have seen again and
again, is to be a blessing to others and to human...
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% belonged to God, but a
Christian cannot say so and be correct. Some say it
is to be a starting point for generosity. In that case, it
is good, but it makes it a suggestion and not a
compulsory idea.
In most practical cases, a generous giver will give
far more than that proportion anyway, consider...
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things for God. God checks our motives.
I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to
give to each man according to his ways, according to the
results of his deeds. Jer 17:10
Allow me to set a few things straight.
The Law of Righteousness
Righteousness means to be accepte...
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t the flesh of bulls, or drink the
blood of male goats? Psa 50:10-13
Any gift that will be pleasing to Him must be given
in accordance with His instructions. It is obedience
that actually pleases Him.
Please recall the case of Saul, how the Lord
instructed him to totally destroy the Amalekites
and ...
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is
faithful to God. It is not Christian to give because
you are broke and want to get, but you can give
despite the fact that you are broke knowing that
God is faithful. It is all a ma er of a itude.
What a child of God must do in the ma er of good
works is to make giving a habit. It is the secret ...
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to eat
and drink whatever it was that they liked; the only
rule was that they had to finish the whole tithe.*
Interestingly enough, that was the primary way the
tithe was spent under the Old Covenant.
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be
conceited or to fix their hope on the un...
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he implication of “be fruitful and
multiply.” You are first fruitful in what the Lord has
given you as your own personal seed, then you
multiply by planting the seeds from your increase
here and there.
As an example, you may be fruitful as an author,
and from the money that comes to you as you do
yo...
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il 4:18 NLT
It was in response to this kind of dedication to the
Lord that Paul wrote that very famous line, that
“My God will supply all your needs according to His
riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
It is a fact that every work of God has a reward. The
reward tied to the ministry of preaching is ...
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t of a proportion of one's
income as a part of worship was only found as part
of the laws of Moses. It never occurred anywhere in
* Mal 3:10
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the scriptures before or after the Law. All who gave
gifts in those times outside the law were che...
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ather He looks at the inward person,
which is the heart. The true person is in how the
heart operates.**
* 1 Sam 16:7
** 1 Pet 3:4, Prov 23:7
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So, when the Lord describes a cheerful giver, He is
not describing external a ributes. He does not...
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rything, you may
have an abundance for every good deed… you will be
* 2 Cor 8:1,2
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enriched in everything for all liberality… 2 Cor 9:8,11
If you read the story of Elisha, you will notice that
God used a wealthy family to take care of hi...
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s rewarded by God. They call it seed-
sowing. No, that is not true Christianity.
In Christ, every true believer has been made to be a
liberal giver.
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Conclusion
H aving read all this, the summary in a few
words is to fear the Lord, obey His
comm...
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our that
makes it grow.
The first servant reported, 'Master, I invested your
money and made ten times the original amount!' 'Well
done!' the king exclaimed. 'You are a good servant….
Luke 19:16-17 NLT
As we have come to understand, what the Lord
doesn't want is the a itude of laying up money.
Our t...
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Chapter 11: Rich Toward God ..............................143
Chapter 12: Why We Give to God........................151
Chapter 13: How to Receive from God ...............165
Chapter 14: God’s Love and the Cheerful
Giver .......................................................
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that saved us, and that grace
does many things for us as part of the salvation
package. Salvation includes ending poverty and
lack, and bringing the abundance of divine
provision to us. It is wri en:
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that
always having all sufficiency in everything,...
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ive to God so He can answer us. It is an
insult on the blood of Jesus and the work of Christ
on the cross to give something to God hoping that it
will make Him answer your prayers and meet your
needs.
God is our Father. We a ained that relationship
through faith in the Son, Jesus Christ. No real
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one with less material resources
is not necessarily inferior to the one with more.
Each person has a different assignment for their
life, and each must be careful to focus on and fulfil
the assignment.
What I am saying is that, as a child of God, you
cannot just decide to be rich and work hard to get...
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t will own one because of you. This
will be a working person who can maintain the car.
Someone will own a house because of your
generosity.
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The Spirit of Ruth
Now, if you are in the Ruth stage of life, please don't
be ashamed to partake o...
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s that we fulfil and we are
judged to be faithful as servants of the Lord.
* Gal 6:6
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Now, there is another kind of seed that I need to
point out.
Creators of Wealth
You see, most times that God wants to give
anything into the earth, it comes as...
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e ing to a place you are not supposed to get to.
The problem is that we like to think we can use
these things to control every detail of life when
actually God has not given us that privilege or
duty.
Women have been counselled not to marry a non-
tither, as they are thieves, that they will continu...
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eanings, such as old
clothes. Gleanings, in my understanding and
personal practice, are different from crumbs, and
are not meant primarily for beggars, but one may
occasionally allow them have of them.
A beggar begs from many and is therefore not your
full responsibility; you are to give to him a li...
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the power
to get wealth comes in many forms. The Lord may
give someone the ability to make inventions that
* Gen 12:1, Gen 28:15, 1 Kgs 17:8
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will constitute huge wealth. He may bless through
creative ability in the arts, such as music. It m...
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ood and faithful
servant. You have been faithful in handling this small
amount, so now I will give you many more
responsibilities.' Ma 25:23 NLT
This principle was demonstrated in the life of
Joseph.
Joseph was called of God to be a ruler, not to lord it
over people but to preserve lives. You see,...
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oung man that the Lord said should go
sell all that he had could not do. He did not have
this vow of poverty working in his life.
* Prov 18:11
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Also, I recently heard the story of a young man
who, together with his friends and associates, own...
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r, I invested your
money and made ten times the original amount!' 'Well
done!' the king exclaimed. 'You are a good servant. You
have been faithful with the li le I entrusted to you…'
Luke 19:16-17 NLT
God is pleased when we have the desire to be
fruitful. He wants to make us fruitful. He wants us
t...
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nts
would come through Isaac. So, he considered that
God was able to raise him up from the dead even if
the young man had to die.* It was a work of faith,
and it caused the Lord to swear to bless him.
By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you
have done this thing and have not withheld ...
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we all
understand that he wants her for himself, for
example in marriage, because he feels strongly that
marrying her will bring him much joy and
happiness. So, basically, human love is self-
centred.
God's Love
Now, God's love is different. If the Lord says that
He loves something or someone, He is...
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of poverty.
I will love you to go to the Lord in prayer at this
time, armed with the knowledge of the facts in this
chapter, and pledge to live your life within the
boundaries of this vow of poverty.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
* 1 Tim 6:10
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rom the
pulpit. The surest way to lose many during a
message is for the preacher to start talking about
money. They feel this way, not because they are
wicked, but because they think too much emphasis
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has been laid on the subject. This...
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keep
His commandments and do the things that are pleasing
in His sight. 1 John 3:22
And this is the confidence which we have before Him,
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that, if we ask anything according to His will, He
hears us. And if we know that He hears us in wha...
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ches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat
from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his
labor; this is the gift of God. Eccl 5:19
A Covenant of Service 77
I have seen people who will give anything to
anybody but will not buy themselves even good
clothes...
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money just so you will
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have something to eat; He gave it so that you can
have resources to sow into the land and make the
land productive.
The man with the power of wealth is the one who
speaks in the world of economics and in the
markets...
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d 119
surprised to see what the blessing of the Lord can
turn them out to be.
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives
you the ability to produce wealth.
Friends, plant that seed in that vision. If it is born of
God, it will overcome. I am of the opini...
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ly cons tute themselves into heavy loads for the children to
carry, making excessive demands on them; this is not what the Lord
is suppor ng.
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person, but since you cannot see God and you want
to give to Him, then the person that He used is ...
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He lives and does not
die. He seems to be able to gain the earth and
retains his soul. He lies down and sleeps because
the Lord alone causes him to dwell in prosperity.
It is the power to get wealth.
Examples
To show the way this power to get wealth works, I
will tell a story of a brother. He test...
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y carried the ark of God on the new cart from
the house of Abinadab; Uzza and Ahio drove the
cart. Everyone was celebrating, but…
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When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza
put out his hand to hold the ark, because the...
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hat
that would not have been enough. The Lord's
emphasis was not just on giving God glory but on
turning back to do it.
“Was no one found who turned back to give glory to God,
except this foreigner?”
In my book, Great Faith Can Be Yours, I told a story
about a man of God who was called upon to
min...
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is He
who is giving you power to make wealth…
As long as the person remembers and so gives all
the glory to God, that power will abide with him. If
he forgets, he stands the chance of losing it all.
A major way to constantly remember the Lord as
the source is in proper use of the wealth. Such a on...
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is preach the gospel
and the people that hear it are moved by the Spirit
to give generously to them. They do not cajole
anyone, neither do they have to use specially
designed fables to raise offerings.
You have to understand that the person that has the
power to get wealth sleeps well. This power is...
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ng on the earth is temporal and
has uses determined by God.
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus
Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to
return as our Savior. Phil 3:20 NLT
So, our hearts are on the things of heaven. We
know, however, that when Jesus comes, He will
check...
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finitely
favoured before Him.
We also see that when the Lord loved Jacob, as it is
wri en, “…Jacob have I loved…”, He gave him the
blessing and appointed him a superior forever
above his brother Esau.
This tells me that the cheerful giver, who God loves,
is above only and not beneath. He, like Solo...
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more than
enough for all good works. You are able to meet
needs that are not your own. To use the words of
Paul, it is having all sufficiency in everything and
having an abundance for every good deed.*
However, when you take a vow of poverty, you are
acknowledging and affirming that what you seem
to ow...
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ve been sent to the
business world. This is how the influence of
righteousness will spread. It is the leaven principle.
* Eph 4:12
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More Than Church Activities
We Christians often forget the job outside the
church which the Lord g...
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unnecessary. Wealth is an
endowment; it is not a product of struggles. You
can struggle for daily bread and a li le bit of extra,
but great wealth has to be given to you by a power
that is beyond you.
I want you to know at this time that God's covenant
with you is that kind that can take a person i...
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his life..." 1 Sam 1:11
She consecrated the child to the Lord even before he
was born. By that dedication, she fi ed herself into
*Isa 6:8
A Covenant of Service 73
the order of God for His covenant people. God's
covenant people are people chosen to serve the
Lord...
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s life is not his own but must be lived in
a manner that is glorifying to the Lord.
You understand therefore that this person cannot
help but be a cheerful giver; after all, the money is
not his own.
Not Trusting in Money
This person knows that he or she has no special
advantages just because he h...
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ces which have a positive impact on
the lives of people and on the environment. Money
is not wealth but may be used to measure it. It is
nothing unless it is a reflection of true wealth being
produced.
Most crooks and uninformed worldly people just
want money, but truly successful people have a
prod...
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n. Words of curses
spoken in his direction are turned by the Lord into
words of blessings. It is a manifestation of His love.
See this here:
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Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to
listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned ...
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have an eternal abode with God. It is the guarantee
that we will not be condemned with the devil and
his angels.* This is the most important form of
prosperity and the foundation of the other levels.
The next level of prosperity is that of the soul. It is a
prosperity of the heart and mind. It is t...
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r li le, then they will
not give much out of their abundance. It is in the
A Covenant of Service 83
li le that you will demonstrate what you will do
with the abundance.
This is why those who are not givers may not
receive abundant blessings from the Lord. It is not
t...
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always a reward
tied to any discharge of the work of the ministry;
that 'prophet's reward' is for everyone who
partakes in the discharge of that assignment, both
the prophet and those who give to him.
The story of the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings
Chapter 4 illustrates it well. This woman used to
inv...
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gineering, into
law, into medicine, and into the creation of wealth.
That is when we will see what is called the glory of
God.
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The Vow of Poverty
M any years ago, as a young student of the
word under the Word of Faith movement, I
le...
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uching his
life (recall that the Lord specifically forbade him
from killing Job).* Treasure in heaven preserves the
life of the one who owns it. It is something that we
must consciously seek to lay up.
It Must Be Bought
The Lord Jesus explained that the way by which
one lays up treasure in heaven is...
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Power Belongs to God 61
…and He died for all, so that they who live might no
longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose
again on their behalf. 2 Cor 5:15
As we shall see in a short while, God's abundance
will be released only upon those who have go en
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ould learn to honour ministers. Paul had to tackle
this question at a time to se le the issue of ministers,
secular jobs and their rights to the support of the
saints. Here is a quote of what he said.
Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain
from working? Who at any time serves as a so...
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o make them materially
prosperous. We need to go beyond just telling
ourselves that we believe in prosperity; we need to
know that the power of God to make His children
abundant in goods is available.
Let us be clear that we are discussing the viewpoint
of the Lord and not that of the world. Wealth...
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ual and physical exhaustion. He has
literally laid down his life for others, howbeit
unknowingly. The scripture is then fulfilled that
says, “He amasses riches and does not know who will
gather them.”*
Beware lest it be that you are burning up your soul-
life in exchange for material wealth. It may ...
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e is to be your security for tomorrow. Your sense
of self-worth must come from your relationship
with Him. Knowing Him is what you may boast
Who is Rich? 67
about—that is to be your confidence.* You must
understand that there is nothing the future can
frig...
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ed. The
things around him seem to love to cooperate to
make him succeed. Everywhere may be dry, but
when he plants, it begins to rain.
The story of Isaac in Genesis 26 is a good
illustration of this.
There was famine in the land, so Isaac went to Gerar
in the land of the Philistines. There the Lor...
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11
witnessed the excesses of some preachers. We
should rather learn the balance of the word of God
on the subject. That is my aim in the following
chapters of this book.
Caution!
I understand that such a title as this book has will
a ract many covetous and worldly Christians, but
the work is not f...
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around you.
And indeed if they had been thinking of that country
from which they went out, they would have had
opportunity to return. Heb 11:15
The Vow of Prosperity 103
How you think decides the opportunities that come
to you. If you think in accordance with the
abund...
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e late one morning, smoking a
pipe.
“Why are you not out fishing?” he asked.
“Because I have already caught enough fish,” came
the reply.
“Go and catch more fish,” he advised.
“What would I do with it?”
The rich man went on to explain to this man how he
could sell the excess fish and possibly buy an e...
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to God 155
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially
for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is
worse than an unbeliever. 1 Tim 5:8
We all do these works as a natural outflow of the
faith in our hearts. We are not trying to a ain
r...
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does not make these things compulsory. Giving
10% of your income, in what we call tithing, is not
compulsory; any amount that your heart freely
gives to any cause is what He accepts.
Some say that a tenth of your income belongs to
God, and must be given to Him as a ma er of
priority. Now, that...
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s natural
background or environmental condition; it is an
endowment from God. Either He gives it, or He
does not. You cannot lay claim to it because you
think you are smart or you are strong. Only God
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decides who He will give it to. Ther...
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e opportunities and righteously earn huge
sums of money. I saw people use information and
earn what I could only earn after some ten years of
working as a young doctor, and they did it in a few
weeks.
See, I did not get anything materially at that time; in
fact, it was a season in which I was on a ...
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* The second parable is in Ma 25
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master gave equal amounts to his servants as he
was leaving, and he commanded them to each use
it well.
He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went to a distant
country to receive a kingdom for himself, ...
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sends it through someone. He holds that
person accountable for delivery to the place where
the thing is needed. God is looking all the time for
faithful people who will deliver as appropriate.
Everything God places in your hands has specific
intended uses, and it is faithfulness to use them as
appro...
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f
poverty is supposed to be. I was indeed surprised
to see that it was perfectly in line with the principles
of being a disciple of Christ, as I understood it. To
me, it was a sound biblical teaching.
I found out that, if taken in the proper light and
applied correctly, it is not a vow reserved for...
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Dr. Bankole Olusina, fondly called Pastor Bankie, is a
teacher of the Word of God. He teaches from the platform of
Kingdom-Word Ministries. The emphasis of his teachings is
the separation of the church from the world by the obedience
to the truths of Go...
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to love money and put their
hands into evil. It is all a product of a lack of
understanding. Abraham did not love money nor
did he do evil, yet God made him very great. That
was the story of Job, too.
There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of
Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete int...
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d that He will wipe out lack from
your life, and make you so abundant that you will
be helping others. You must accept that He is taking
you somewhere great. You must forsake the lies of
the ignorant.
Yes, we may have trying times as part of the trial of
our faith, but we must never think that pove...
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to see that they are just
walking directly out of the will of God.
Do you want a rich husband? Love the Lord and
marry a man that loves Him too, and the Lord will
cause you both to prosper together.
Let me tell you something about wealth: it has
wings and it can fly! Make sure that God is causing
i...
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Prosper
Lord will not die young as a result of excessive
labour. You can easily see why he or she will
forever continue to excel because of this power
working on their behalf. It is the power of God.
All the things that other people try to achieve, using
their soul-life, are given to him as a gift...
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So she made the
promise. Now, she thought the contributions
would amount to a few thousand dollars at most.
That was reasonable since previous appeals had
hardly ever turned up anything close to that.
Well, she finished speaking and the people
responded. When everything was counted, she had
the shoc...
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eople—the church. That is His first
choice.
A Covenant of Prosperity 19
Now, the summary of the purpose of God on the
earth is the establishment of His kingdom
everywhere.
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall re...
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ore to your fathers, as
it is this day. Deut 8:18
What God gives is the power to make wealth. The
literal meaning of that word wealth is strength. It is
the material ability to get great things done.
Many Christians claim to believe in prosperity but
do not yet fully grasp that there is a realm in...
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erson that
The Vow of Poverty 137
loves money is shown by the things that he would
do to get it. If necessary, he would pervert justice,
steal or even kill, to get it.
Just like a person who loves God lives in a manner
that draws him nearer to God and does things th...
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as in them, and it grew wild
and out of control. That is why they wandered from
the faith. That is why they look like children of the
devil.
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It is important that we bear in mind that the seed of
the love of money is in many more people tha...
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and so are the ones most people
hear about; this is probably one of the reasons why
many think you cannot be righteous and be
endowed with wealth.
The Power Belongs to God 57
A Personal Story
I grew up in an average middle class family. Both
of my parents were civil servant...
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lking in the
love of God and how to interpret the scriptures
accurately on certain ma ers. Apparently, that did
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not sit well with some. Many however discovered
the liberty of the Spirit from it.
Those truths are still in this book; I have not had any
cause to change them over the years. I bel...
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s to receive the opposite of their
prevailing condition. It was sight to the blind,
release to captives, and freedom to the oppressed. It
follows therefore that, for the poor, it had to be
prosperity.
See, the gospel to the poor is that they can have
God's abundance. Poverty is a curse and is a lon...
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eful and in it you are
faithful. It also helps you know deep inside that He
is planning to increase you at a due time—the time
He will be 'back.'
“Do business with this until I come back.” Luke 19:13
A complacent person, on the other hand, is the
person who buries the talent the master gave him.
H...
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When the Lord gave the Israelites the land He
promised to their ancestors, He told them to go in
and take possession of it. It was not going to fall into
their arms just because they came near there.
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you
cross over the Jordan into the land of Cana...
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d that only those who already have their
joy in the Lord can be greatly blessed with material
things. No, there is no joy for us except in the Lord,
and we have this joy whether we have much or
li le.
Every believer must understand that God has
abundance for them, and this is be er than lack.
Note ...
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n
we refuse to follow when He calls. It limits Him.
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Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the
Holy One of Israel. Psa 78:41 KJV
God can only do very li le if we will not believe
Him. He has said He will make you great. You hav...
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Jesus, was that he laid up treasure for himself on the
earth and was not rich toward God.
It is clear from this parable that the opposite of
storing up treasure on the earth is being rich toward
God.
Now if you read the rest of that chapter of Luke,
you will find that the Lord told His disciples ma...
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anwhile if we need anything, we ask. Truth: When giving money, make sure your motive is good and godly, because that is the true seed that registers in heaven. Money in itself in not a spiritual seed!
3. You have heard is said, give your offering a name; tie it to something you want from God. Also ...
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hing in the heart of the giver that is the spiritual seed. All acts of giving have a motive, and that motive is the thing that God judges as the seed into the realm of the spirit. Only the Lord knows! He searches all hearts and examines deepest motives so he can give to each person his right reward,...
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in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good. Eccl 11:6 NASB
Truth: The key to receiving from God is asking in faith. 2. You have heard it said, “If you need money, you must give money.”
Again, this statement appears...
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tices in Christianity, practices that actually displease the Lord. I will try to bring the correction of the word of God to them so as to bring deliverance to those who may have been confused by them.
1. It is often said, “The key to receiving from God is giving.”
As much as this statement has som...
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YOUR MONEY. Getting Value For Your Seed
The matter of money is a crucial part of life, and in fact God judges your spirituality partly from the assessment of your ability to handle money. In the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, “… if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you wit...
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AL SEED!
3. You have heard is said, give your offering a name; tie it to something you want from God. Also you have heard it said, “remind God of all your offerings and tithes when you want to pray.”
From what we have seen in the earlier 2 points, there is no need to say much further in answer to ...
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g so he can get. He or she is just a person of faith who knows that God is good. Giving to God is a sign of faith, a sign of our love for God and obedience to His word; it is not a means of demanding.
For more on this subject, please get the book, “Grace to Prosper” by Pastor Bankie. Also read the ...
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the seed into the realm of the spirit.
“Only the Lord knows! He searches all hearts and examines deepest motives so he can give to each person his right reward, according to his deeds.” Jer 17:10 TLB
If you are giving just so you can get, what you are really sowing is selfishness. That is what reg...
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ill succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.” Eccl 11:6 NASB
Truth: The key to receiving from God is asking in faith.
2. You have heard it said, “if you need money, you must give money.”
Again, this statement appears true at first, especially because it is supposedly based upon the pr...
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very clearly.
“…you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives…” James 4:2-3 NASB
The key to receiving is asking, asking in faith (James 1:6).
We are forbidden from bargaining with God with of our good works. Good works are not to be done fo...
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YOUR MONEY - Getting Value For Your Seed
The matter of money is a crucial part of life, and in fact God judges your spirituality partly from the assessment of your ability to handle money. In the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, “… if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you wi...
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ssure from a
preacher who wants him to quickly make a
commitment. If what you will receive is what is in your
mind as you are giving, you are not giving to God but
are essentially throwing away money.
ACHANNEL OF BLESSING
The basic understanding that every believer must have
is that God has appoin...
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is a holy man of God. Let's build a small
room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a
chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever
he comes by.” 2 Kings 4:9-10 NLT
She was not trying to get anything from the prophet; in
fact when he called her to ask what she wou...
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nd to persons he is
commanded to honour, such as parents. We will see
more of this in the next chapter.
A similar law to the law of tithing is to be found in the
law of gleaning.
THE LAW OF GLEANING
‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall
not reap to the very corners of your ...
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rking For God ¢
of Luke; you will see that what the Lord said is “Give
and it will be given...” and not “Give, so that it will be
given...” There is a world of difference between the two
expressions.
“Give and it will be given...” is describing a law of life
while “Give, so that it will be given.....
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ysical
law does not accept spiritual seed; for example you
cannot sow words into your farm, or good deeds or
prayer, and expect corn to come to fruit. You must sow
physical corn to reap physical corn.
On the spiritual side the same principle applies; you
cannot sow physical things into the realm of...
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. Love for God is actually defined
by obedience to His commandments and His precepts;
therefore a person who is serving God in the area of
giving is using his money as the Lord desires that he
should.
One thing many Christians do not realize is that the
only thing that we can actually give to God i...
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giving is because you have not made it a
matter of importance. I believe that is one of the
ungodly attributes of the natural man which every
Christian must strive to overcome with the Spirit of
God.
That same depraved human nature is expressed often
in life in the fact that most people do not unde...
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when itis presented.
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HOW TO GIVE TO GOD
have outlined the people we should give to as
channels of giving money and material things to
God; what I want to describe next is how to decide
what to give to different people.
Contrary to w...
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Him (Dt 14:23). Anyone there who wanted to serve God
had to run the errand of delivering the tithes to the
proper places.
It is that spirit behind the law of tithing that Christians
are supposed to learn. The reason is t...
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n of resources
according to the situations we are faced with. This is as
long as we consciously put the knowledge of truth into
our hearts (which is what you are doing right now by
reading this book).
As I mentioned earlier, many insist that every Christian
must give a tenth of their income to thei...
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close relatives who are
inneed. It is all those poor close relatives that I refer to as
‘widows of your household.’ Please bear in mind that
we, as Christians, are to practice piety in regard to them.
It’s not an accident, or the fact that you are smarter than
all else, that made you richer and ear...
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o the subjects of his
generosity. The true Christian giver is just a messenger
of God.
If you study the laws of Moses, you will see this
principle underlying all the commanded generosity of
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the people. The Lord i...
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oever else their sponsor is. (This is
the problem with legalism; it easily entraps in
arguments about letters of the law which nobody can
truly win.)
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I explained to the person asking that I do not believe in...
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both alike will be good. Eccl
11:6 AMP
Whenever you give there is a reward, that is if you do it
with the right motive and in obedience to God's due
order.
So, what are the right motives?
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MOTIVES FOR GIVING
mong the wrong motives for givin...
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tly pursue it. Our giving
must be as instructed in the word of God. You are
working for God when you give as He instructed in His
word.
So, how has He instructed us believers to give?
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WHERE TO GIVE TO GOD
n talking about how to give t...
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ong and
does not produce any profit with God. Unfortunately it
is that wrong motive that is being taught in many places
today.
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The practice of giving so that you may receive is not
godly; it is selfish and is not acceptable b...
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from
him. He was not just spontaneous, rather he took time
to prepare. Let us follow this example of David.
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Set an ambitious target for your giving. Say to yourself,
“This year I will like to give a million ...
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th him. The fact is that
most decent ministers will not demand their rights, just
like Paul wrote in that first letter to the Corinthians, but
Christians must still recognize their duties and do them.
Some only give to preachers like they would give to the
needy, that is because they are poor. No, ...
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paid.
But he is forbidden from charging for his services (even
though some have resorted to charging, for various
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reasons); God expects Christians to voluntarily pay the
people for the service they are doing to th...
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ians in Phil 4:19.
Every Christian who has anything must be actively
financially involved in the propagation of the word of
God as one of the fundamental things in their lives. It is
the work of God!
Next, let us see the second way of giving as working for
God.
THE MINISTERS OF THE WORD OF GOD
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sonal
and managerial discipline on the part of the minister,
we will discover that begging is not necessary.
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This is why I never push for offerings or make pleas for
donations either for myself or for Kingdo...
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hildren from giving to their parents. Gifts stimulated
by need are different from those stimulated by honour.
When you are honouring God by honouring your
parents, it has little to do with their need.
Of course if you have parents who are in need, it means
your responsibility now has a double-barre...
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s:
1. The work of the ministry of the Word.
2. The ministers of the word of God.
3. Those who God commanded us to honour,
especially parents.
4. 'Widows of your household.’
5. The poor and needy.
When you divide the portion of your money that is
called seed-for-the-sower to these places, then ...
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budget,
just like you budget for your other obligations. Don't
wait till a special offering is being collected. The man
blesses you or has blessed you; go to him and settle your
debt.
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ch one of us take a good portion
of the money in our pockets and make the sponsorship
of the gospel a project.
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LET US PREPARE
Notice that I said it is to be a project. One of the reasons
why we don't have the so-called offer...
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fulfilment.
Give Him no rest until He establishes...
Pray for your nation.
Pray for your local church.
Pray for your friend.
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Pray for your husband or wife.
Pray for your fiancée.
Pray for those that you love.
It is difficu...
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hatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the
presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your
household. Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in
your town... Deut 14:26,27
Many times when we celebrate in thanksgiving to the
Lord (like when there is a new child), and we ...
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les that they should freely ask
God for whatever they needed and expect answers
simply because the Father loves them (John 16:26,27).
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The love of God the Father for the believer is the reason
why things get done for him or her. This...
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nds of copies in the initial period of some
months. The tracts were distributed free. The summary
is that my guiding attitude was to exercise my gift as I
am given the opportunity.
EXERCISE YOUR GIFT
This is the point where many people miss it, especially
when their gifts are more secular than spi...
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believers and I continually make prayers to God for
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them, but the majority of believers still have the
‘mission project’ mentality.
The expression 'mission project’ is one I heard from
Babbie Mason, the gospel musician, who said t...
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amous but mostly misinterpreted
statement:
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for
those of his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse
than an unbeliever. 1 Tim 5:8-9
We usually quote this to instruct men to take care of
their wives and children, but that is a misi...
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o not
come only to those who want to do them but also to
anyone engaged in things which constitute their roots.
This is what Paul was explaining to Timothy when he
was warning concerning covetousness.
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by
longing for it have wandered awa...
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e people to go
visit other churches may mean the membership will
reduce. But they are wrong; a man can receive nothing
except it is given to him from above. If God gave them to
you, they will be back.
Let me conclude by saying that there is a duty to rest as
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before which we must all
appear, you will be judged a failure. In all the parables
of Jesus about talents and minas, the Lord always asked
the servants to show what they did with what He gave
to them.
In the New American Standard Bible rendering of Luke
19:13, the thought is so beautifully expresse...
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We'll answer that in a short while but first let me explain
the meaning of these words: gift, calling, and ministry.
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GIFTS, CALLINGS
AND MINISTRIES
nd since we have gi...
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ce.
And I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the
grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground
produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your
hands.” Hag 1:9-11
If you read the whole portion of that book of Haggai
you will see that the people were suffering a...
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broadcast. At that time,
Kingdom-Word Ministries was just starting and he so
could not see any organized setup backing me with the
funds. The man was surprised I was paying to preach
the word of God.
I came to the conclusion that many Christians think
there are unseen forces paying bills for minist...
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res, both in your mind and brain, which
you have and others don't. This gift, though spiritual in
foundation, affects your physical body. David
explained it thus:
For Thou didst form my inward parts;
Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonde...
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blood of Jesus. I
do good works because it is my nature to do them. It is
very much like a mother nursing her child; it is the
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ur time; abide within the realm of
your calling.
IT's A MATTER OF LONG LIFE
When I say ‘don't die before your time’ I mean it literally.
One of the greatest teachers in my life in the matters of
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ministry is the departed Kenneth E....
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n his serving; or he who
teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation;
he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he
who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Rom 12:6-8
In the previous section, my emphasis was to help us
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egularly for the teachings
which we hold twice a week at the ministry office, and
that it is as they do this that the external work will
eventually manifest. That is the way it works.
GOOD CO-WORKERS
I like the kind of men that I have, people who love the
teaching more than the work. I have severa...
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t was always with him. The zeal was consuming
him. He initially tried by his own hands and failed;
afterwards the Lord sent him with His mighty hand.
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far beyond these proportions I have suggested and
actually do not calculate proportions — they just give.
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THE GIVING MINISTRY
There are persons whose specific ministry from God is
to give; Paul described this ministry in Rom...
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ted through us.
It is the work of God and the work of ministry to put
excellence into all that we do.
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SOUL-WINNING TOOLS
Aman came to see me once and he told me that until he
started listening to my messages he did not ...
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allowed people to ask
questions and raise issues so I could help answer them.
As one person after another spoke, I noticed that the
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greater number of the people claimed they had a gift of
acting or of singing. For a while I was won...
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es for exercising your gift. | remember the
story told by Ben Carson, renowned American
neurosurgeon, formerly of Johns Hopkins.’ In his book
Gifted Hands, he told of how he honed his surgical skills.
Immediately after his residency the Lord led him to
Australia to work for a year. While there his ...
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ugh them in the Church, and number
three, what He wants to do through them in the world.
The way by which we do outward work for God is to
use the gifts that He placed inside us so as to bless
people.
There is something that other people need that is found
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CHAPTER 14
WHAT A CALLING IS
trictly speaking, the word 'calling' is used in the
New Testament to reflect the life and purpose
which the Lord brought us all into according to
His plan. For example, all believers are said to b...
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purposes. You will deny yourself certain pleasures and
human promotions so that you can take hold of the
Spirit. It is those things that are the real tests of your
seriousness.
FAKE CONSCIENCE BALM
I have found out that many people use this working-
for-God thing as a form of atonement for their...
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get a new car, what I
would have obtained is an answer. But if lasked God for
anew car fora friend, and the Lord gave mea pat on the
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back for praying for my friend while answering the
prayer, that pat on the back is a reward. A rew...
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We all need this because
there must be no end to the increase of the government
of Christ; that is the only way by which peace, real and
enduring peace, will come to the earth.
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
The hope that the world has is for the sons of God to
increase and by their increase drive out the ...
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wer, you are rewarded by the Lord
separately from the answer.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
“May peace be within your walls,
And prosperity within your palaces.”
For the sake of my brothers and my friends...
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God...
Ps ...
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t must be in the heart of every
child of God as they seek to do any business in this life.
We must forsake the doctrine of I-don't-want-much
which we had held on to supposedly as a matter of
humility.
In my book, Grace to Prosper, [explained that wealth and
prosperity are not about self-pleasure bu...
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nd
the cares of this world, we will find Him leading each
one of us automatically into the right place. That is part
of what is meant by ‘He leads me in the path of
righteousness for His name’s sake.”
The Spirit of God will lead you concerning the steps to
take so as to progress from whichever stat...
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to know God personally. It is that knowledge and
relationship that provokes the work that you do. You do
Christian work out of love for the brethren and out of
the knowledge of your gifts and calling.
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As an example, I am a te...
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God in a manner
pleasing to Him. Among the things explained are:
* Transformation into the image of Christ as the first work of
God for everyone.
* How our secular jobs relate to the service of God.
* Howto pray as a service to God.
* The true role of giving in serving God.
* The place of resti...
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r regular jobs and duties. We cannot feign
faithfulness to God by doing well in church because He
does not look there only. He would have first checked
us out at our regular jobs before anywhere else.
One of the things we Christians must learn is that the
Lord has a method for judging those invisib...
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The senior pastor of the
church called me one day and asked me to choose
where I would love to serve in the church. About four
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CHAPTER 11
MIND THE BOUNDARIES
here is one problem that exists in the body of
Christ today, and which many do not realize is a
problem, and this is the problem of breaking of
ranks.
When I say breaking of ranks, what I'm referring to is
when people who are not at all called by th...
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in his life, but more importantly it was to keep him
talking while I connected in my spirit with the word of
the Lord for him.
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As he spoke I realized he loved his profession, he was
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tried to
correct, who claim they have a particular gift and I
wonder who lied to them. That very thing that they are
trying to do is what turns people off from them, and yet
they think they can doit.
Ona personal note, before I began to think I could teach,
I heard other people, mostly my seniors, ...
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many.
It is interesting to note that the people who Jesus called
and made apostles were all doing something when he
called them. They were not idle people who were
supposedly waiting upon the Lord.
What I have tried to explain in this chapter is that
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Chapter 7: The Word and Spiritual Progress............. 63
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think he deserved to
be answered as he hardly did anything for God. That
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give but their own remarkable degree of
commitment will be in other areas as their gifts indicate. We must
recognize this fact.
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kindness is a spiritual seed. The
Lord Jesus gave a long list of spiritual seeds in the Sermon on the
Mount in Matthew 5. It is important I point out that negative
attributes are also spiritual seeds.
Having said this however, I must also point out the fact that
though spiritual seeds are spiritual...
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wered.
It is clear therefore that giving so as to get is not only wrong, it is
unnecessary.
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CHAPTER THREE
THE SPIRITUAL SEED
I want to continue what I was teaching in the first chapter about
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s very
sick." John 11:1-3 NLT
This Lazarus became the man that Jesus raised from the dead as a
sign of His Sonship!
Selfless giving is a sign of true love and devotion; it is indeed a
sign of faith.
Abraham's gift of Isaac was a sign of his faith, and it caused God
to pronounce huge blessings on ...
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Giving is the life of a believer. The main reason why God gave
you resources is so that you can be a blessing to others. Giving to
the work of the ministry is a crucial part of your giving life. You
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cannot afford to make th...
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unity where the priesthood, the poor,
the widows and the strangers were sustained. The storehouse
therefore describes charity work generally. (For more on this,
please read my book, Grace to Prosper).
Please I am not saying you must not give ten percent to your
church if you desire; only note that ...
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done, but that we have come trusting that our sins are forgiven
and that Jesus has enough credit with the Father that we can draw
on.
So, we do not do things for the reward.
Now please note this: Even though we do not give so that it will
be given to us, the Lord however ...
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s that
may have come because they heard that testimony would most
likely have not received anything. It was not the offering; it was
the faith. The testimony should teach them about the God of
Elijah.
Copying acts of giving because you want to receive the same
blessing someone else got is a waste o...
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Herod's steward, and
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Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support
out of their private means. Luke 8:1-3
The ministry of Jesus did not depend on begging those he was
reaching out to for offerings. He had...
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appropriate field. The law of sowing and reaping as it applies to
giving is an operation of the spiritual field. When applying this
law to the spiritual field, the seeds must necessarily be spiritual.
To illustrate, physical corn can only be planted into a physical
soil. You cannot sow corn into th...
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on is
wrong, they get nothing from the Lord. Be careful that you do not
have fleshly desire for self-preservation as the motive for your
giving; if you do, you are wasting a lot of time and resources.
The real motive for giving, especially in the context of the subject
of this book, is faithfulness...
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acquiring material things so as to enjoy life and we have in the
process forsaken the kingdom of God and the spread of it. We
have not been careful to help spread the word of God as a priority.
Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'This people says, "The time has not
come, even the time for the hous...
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by
her giving to him material things like food and shelter. We know
it was honour since she did it purely because he was a man of
God. When the Lord was going to pay her back, what did He
give? A son!
God did not decide to give her more rooms because that was what
she gave Elisha. If the law worked...
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ltiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest
of your righteousness. 2 Cor 9:10
Please notice that Paul was teaching that in every material thing
of your life there is seed and there is bread.
Seed, in the context of the subject of this book, is that which you
give to support the work of Go...
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ing of that sentence. It shows that
there was something going on before it. That prayer was prayed
particularly for the Philippians because they had been so active in
supporting Paul and his ministry.
…you have done well to share with me in my affliction. And you
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ptable according to
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your current level. God will give you a place where your little
money will count. But you will increase.
A man who I read of and who I believe has this kind of grace is
Peter J. Daniels, the Australian C...
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ve in prosperity… Not
that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases
to your account. Phil 4:11,12,17
I am not saying this for any other reason other than because it is
right.
See, there was a time I went to preach for a fellow minister who
was doing a lot of work among you...
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crificial giving. They preach that God will also bless you as
He blessed them with finances. But that is not the whole truth.
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It is true that faithfulness in using their gifts will make the grace
increase, but it is not true...
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istry and give it. For those who are my
co-workers it is compulsory that they determine it at the
beginning of every year and give it regularly. The amount is
totally voluntary but it must be regular.
Most of the people who give to our ministry do so once a month.
We don't need to spend our time co...
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gain will get
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nothing. The sincere ones will get correction as a reward. The
Lord will not encourage the perpetuation of errors.
The main issue is that we have forsaken the doctrine of sacrifice
in the following of Christ. We a...
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one
developed country to another, Seoul to Sydney, and check him
into a YMCA room? Something is wrong there. A friend of mine
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was actually checked by his hosts into something more like a
brothel – those low-level hotels that...
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ot holding unto what we have
but rather being ready to give up things for greater purposes. That
is the heart of Christianity; once we start drifting from it we start
drifting into error and apostasy.
Like I have pointed out here and there in this book and in others,
it is not right to use selfish ...
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e would not want to be a part of keeping the work going as the
Lord gives him the ability. Yet again he said yes. I told him that
that would be a righteous motive for giving—to keep a good work
going.
To explain to this man further, I wanted to know what his
response would be if on his way back hom...
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S?
Every believer will participate to varying degrees in performing
all these functions, but there is specialization in a specific area for
each person, and that is what we call a gift and a calling.
There is a specialization called giving, and there are people called
into that ministry. These peo...
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n someone
buys something or acquires a new addition of any sort, we ask
them to 'wash' it. 'Washing it' simply means that the person should
spend money to entertain us so as to celebrate the increase.
I teach people to look at life from a different perspective. Why
don't you wash it for them? That ...
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About the Book
Why do you do what you do? You may be a great giver, but are
you aware that the Lord does not rewa...
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orget that there is beauty in consistency. Try to be
consistent in your giving life.
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
THE MINISTRY OF GIVING
This book is to every Christian and describes an area of the
operation of the spirit of Christ – t...
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their own needs. They have bought cars and built houses and
travelled all over the world. They are just having a good time.
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Meanwhile the work of God that should have prospered by their
hands is suffering. They are being ve...
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the Lord affords them will be given to the
preaching of the word. I do not believe that we should leave this
matter to impulse alone. We must plan ahead and disburse these
monies as soon as they come.
I mentioned earlier that at Kingdom-Word Ministries we never
announce 'offering time;' the reason ...
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otivation for
giving to a prophet (which stands for all ministers of the word of
God), He emphasized that the motivation must be 'because he is a
prophet.' No other motivation gets a prophet's reward.
There are several funny reasons why people give to prophets.
Commonest these days is the idea of t...
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ng because of what we want to get, we are practising the
'labour of selfishness,' instead of the labour of love (1 Thess 1:3,
Heb 6:10). We are also by this practising ‘godliness without
contentment.’
When I say godliness without contentment, I am reversing what
Paul said in the first letter to Tim...
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rship of the gospel!
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall
yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and
shall yet choose Jerusalem. Zech 1:17 KJV
SUMMARY
There are a number of things I want to point out from these last
things I discussed.
1. If yo...
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amount of money that flows toward you as a child of God, the
greater the responsibility that you must carry financially.
The error that the world sold to us is that we think ourselves lucky
when we are rich and so take a...
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d
don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by
being at the right place at the right time. Eccl 9:11
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We definitely have different graces and abilities when it comes to
financial matters, just like we...
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e in
any act of righteousness is what the Bible calls patience. You are
said to be walking in patience when you identify what is good and
you continue to do it whether you see a reward quickly or not.
that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through
faith and patience inherit the pr...
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e
Philippians saying,
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And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches
in glory in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19-20
The manifestation of the fruit is determined by the need and not
the seed. Their needs could be an...
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never see yourself as deserving of any praise for it. You
were blessed for a certain reason. You have no right to
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live large and expect the responsibilities to be shared
equally, either in your natural family ...
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Effective sowing and preserving the fruits
of your financial seeds
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brethren with the right spirit.
Among the first mails we got after going on radio was one which
had a cheque for 5000 naira included; it was from a student. May
God increase him and people like him.
Many times people have walked up to me and asked, 'how do you
pay for all these?' and they have don...
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be in vain.
I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles,
but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear
that I might be running, or had run, in vain. Gal 2:2-3
I encourage you to open your heart to correction so that your
labour for the Lord will not be in v...
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t
may just be a sign to you that you actually do not believe
that word contains the life that the world and even the
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church needs. The preacher should accept the offerings
because it is God's way of paying him.
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Matt 9:38). Pray that God will bless them, keep them and make
them be of a willing heart. Pray for those who financially work
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with you so that they might prosper much more. That is part of
your duties. Just preach and pray; ...
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:2).
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Refusal to accept gifts is not a thing to be praised in the life of a
minister. It does not show he is spiritual at all.
Please understand me; I am not saying preachers should be
grabby. Many times I return offerings gi...
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once basic needs are taken care of, the proportion that can
be parted with to other people increases as the total increases.
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As an illustration, Ted Turner, founder of CNN, gave out a billion
dollars to a United Nations age...
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CHAPTER SEVEN
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
ENDURES FOREVER
I thank God for brethren who have a right spirit about these
things. I thank God they understand.
I run a ministry in which as a matter of principle we never make
any drive for money. And it is against my personal religio...
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No, it is not
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right. They will not get a prophets' reward. Unfortunately a great
number of Christians are in this category.
There are many I have encountered. They are tremendously
blessed by the word I preach, and they kn...
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ding for their children. They do not do it because of what
they will get but simple because it is their duty; if they do not do
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it nobody will do it for them. Paul said everyone should bear his
own load (Gal 6:5). The preachin...
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he plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh
in hope of sharing the crops. If we sowed spiritual things in you,
is it too much if we should reap material things from you? 1 Cor
9:10-12
If a teacher of the word has touched you with God's word, then
you must reciprocate with material ...
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d it like a servant of God. God will
bless her and multiply her. It was not about my need at all.
Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which
increases to your account. Phil 4:17
Whichever way she learnt it, she did what was right.
Most other people I meet love to tell me all ...
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money to it. Their money carries their
spirits of goodwill. Every work needs this goodwill spirit
like it needs prayers.
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• A preacher should not go around begging for money. For
his personal sustenance, or in time...
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proper thing to do. When you are blessed from a
place, send your testimony back there. If you were blessed
materially and financially, send a portion to the one God used. It
is the proper thing to do.
This man I am speaking of should have done that. I can imagine if
it was me; I would have gone to ...
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eded help in
Elijah's time… yet Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was sent
instead to a widow of Zarephath — a foreigner in the land of
Sidon. Luke 4:25-26 NLT
So why did God send Elijah to her?
The truth is that the woman would have given to Elijah even if he
did not promise anything. It was...
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he money he gave was previously meant for a mortgage
payment but God supernaturally paid up the whole outstanding
bill on the house for him.
We may not know what the reward is, but there is a reward.
We cannot decide what the reward will be, but there is a reward.
The reward is bigger and better t...
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HER
Let me develop further something I briefly discussed earlier on
giving to the preacher because he has blessed you with the word.
Let us see that portion of Paul's letter to the Corinthians again.
For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle the ox
while he is threshing." God is...
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teed any special portion of the reward. He rather
receives only according to his labour.
…but each will receive his own reward according to his own
labor. For we are God's fellow workers. 1 Cor 3:8-9
The prophet's rewards belongs to the prophet and anyone who
will participate in one way or another...
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ey.
And when they had assembled with the elders and counseled
together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, and
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said, "You are to say, 'His disciples came by night and stole Him
away while we were asleep.' "And...
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it cost the organizers a lot of
money. When you enter a hall for a meeting and it is a nice place,
well air-conditioned with a good sound system, never overlook
the fact that those things cost money.
I remember once when we organized a programme on a university
campus. I asked the young man who tra...
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ion of manna by the nation of Israel in the wilderness. We
see in Exodus chapter 16 that manna used to fall in the morning.
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The Israelites were meant to gather only what they could consume
in a day. They were forbidden to ...
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sed
to come out to preach in a meeting he organised until the crowd
contributed enough money to pay all outstanding bills. The
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meetings had been going on for days and the people were being
tremendously blessed, but the bills ...
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is not right, it is not possible. I explained about this
in the book Grace to Prosper. Seeds deliberately tied to personal
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expected rewards are dead on planting. They produce nothing.
The reason is that in doing that we au...
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e mouth of Paul that God gives
us richly everything to enjoy. I believe that poverty is not the plan
of God. I believe that God still materially blesses those who obey
Him.
I hope you believe it too.
However to speak as if that is all the Lord is doing makes such a
beautiful truth become error. Hi...
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you all to know that you have a part in the prophet's
reward.
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CHAPTER EIGHT
THE PROPHET’S REWARD
What is a prophet's reward?
"He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me
receives Him who sent Me. "He who receive...
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10.
Paying Your Preacher
1. Have A Right Motive
11. Pride, Humility and Responsibility
2. How To Receive From God
3. The Spiritual Seed
12. The Work of Ministry
4. Walking in the Light
13. Shine Your Eyes
5. We Have A Dut...
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ch man had enough
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for his household. Paul applied this when collecting relief money
for the trouble in Jerusalem as follows.
For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by
way of equality — at this p...
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different from theirs, and since He is the law-giver, they
must learn his ways, one way or another. I chose the easier way; I
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dropped pride and started accepting offerings early. And God has
been merciful.* [*Please note that...
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Therefore I follow the injunction of Solomon which says,
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not be idle in the evening,
for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will
succeed… Eccl 11:6
I follow that and I say to you that,
The key to the release of God's favour is the continual doing...
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s, preachers
are forbidden from charging for their services, but I do expect
those who use their services to be reasonable.)
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For anyone to speak disparagingly of the work of the ministry is
to come close to blaspheming the ...
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ministry and city he built and would often be alone at home. He
was forgotten by most people and was often without any money.
It was in those days that a man who had always loved and
admired this man of God from a distance h...
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IMPORTANT WORD
Before we leave this chapter I wish to add a few words directed at
those who host ministers of the gospel. Many of these are other
ministers or church councils.
There have been many situations I have heard of, and been a
victim of, in which the visiting preac...
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.
13 Don't you know that those who work in the Temple get their
meals from the food brought to the Temple as offerings? And
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those who serve at the altar get a share of the sacrificial
offerings. 14 In the same way, the Lor...
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ndously with the
ministrations of the word of God.
What was the reward this man felt was perfect for me? He wanted
me to give him at least two tapes! Why? Because those tapes
would further bless him.
I felt sorry for him, deeply sorry. I had no tapes with me there and
then to give to anybody, but ...
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o Africa.
There was a time that most mission work was funded by
Europeans and Americans and most activities of evangelism came
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to us free of charge. We got free Bibles, free books, free tapes and
free everything. Many even ga...
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have the capacity to preach many more
messages and put them on air for longer times; it is the money
that is the rate-limiting factor, like we say in Chemistry. Like Paul
used to say, we are hindered.
Others have written that we should bring the programmes to
stations covering their respective area...
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wrong motive is because they have been taught wrongly
concerning how to receive from God. They have been taught that
the basis for getting from God is what they have given to Him
before coming to ask.
It is often said that "nothing leaves God's hand until something
leaves your hand." I heard a prea...
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ve something.
When it comes to ministries I am encouraging believers to look
out for how to be a blessing. That is what the Nigerian slang
'shine your eyes' means. It means to look out with keenness.
Ministry costs money. Things that come to us free actually cost
money. The costs of those TV progr...
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he will of God in using His word to manipulate
people. This last option is what many preachers chose to do, but
that is the very thing not to do as God never accepts excuses for
adulterating His word.
"Behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who
use their tongues and declare, 'The L...
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m strongly inclined to believe that, despite the fact that we
will be reaching millions of people, the greater proportion of the
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money will come from a maximum of twelve people. These are
people that He called to give just as I...
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nd self-righteousness before God in
prayer is the way by which you exalt yourself, and the Lord Jesus
said you will be frustrated and disappointed. That is what it means
to be humbled in this context.
See, good works have their reward, but we are not to look to the
reward or plead the good works wi...
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…Am I not an apostle?...2 Even if others think I am not an
apostle, I certainly am to you, for you are living proof that I am
the Lord's apostle.
This is my answer to those who question my authority as an
apostle. 4 Don't we have the right to live in your homes and share
your meals? 5 D...
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the Philippians.
And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches
in glory in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19
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MY GOD
Note that he said, 'my God.' Is it not the same God he had
preached to the Philippians, and indeed ...
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t,
please let me state some truths.
Ministry is expensive and it is forbidden that you put extra
burdens on the minister and the ministry organization beyond that
which the Lord has placed upon them.
Please I am not saying ministries do not do charity work. If it is
part of their own commission, t...
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is the reason why these Christian stations do fund raising
programmes because that is where they get funds from. I may
disagree with some of the methods I see some people employ, but
the need is real.
Until our talk he had no idea ministries had to pay to broadcast
the word. He thought all you need...
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me why the man
who is preaching free of charge to them should be the one that
they will beg money from. They just assume that he or his
ministry must be rich; that must be the reason why he is on air.
When I asked this young man what I said in my many teachings
which he had heard that made him come...
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blessings by faith. If the cause of the gospel requires a life that
appears like a life of poverty, then we must take it as true soldiers
of Christ.
We all love to quote what Paul said, "I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me." In quoting it we must be careful to
note the...
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ngs, chapter 4.
There was a time Elisha went to Shunem and he met this wealthy
woman who showed him great hospitality. She was persuaded he
was a true man of God and she decided to honour his office.
Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where
there was a prominent woman, and she...
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e ministry to pick the bill when they
wanted to speak to us. (There were no toll-free lines in Nigeria
except to the phone companies). One of my men used to answer
simply, “I am not calling you back.”
What have I not seen? There were these two young men who
travelled down to Enugu to attend a semin...
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collects His gifts and offerings through various means. A church, a ministry, preachers, the needy, giving to your parents and everyone else you are to honour are all valid. Do all these things. O, even the thanksgiving parties in which we ‘blow money’ in celebration of His blessin...
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ever spoke about whether Christians should do it or not. Total silence. It is NOT a fundamental doctrine of Christianity, and so we should be able to disagree and still get along with each other fine. It is therefore very wrong for some of us pastors to insist it is the passport to prosperity or tha...
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s government deliberately erode the value of currency all the time. America was doing it to the tune of almost 100 billion dollars a month in ‘Quantitative Easing’ to come out of recession. Not funny!
35. You cannot give a portion of your income and think you have settled God. That is not Christian...
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s, and the forgiveness therein, is not acquired by money.
20. Money gifts convey the spiritual substance in the heart of the giver. There is no guarantee that you will receive money for giving money.
21. Give and don’t expect anything in return. Expecting something when you give is not the way fai...
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51 RANDOM TRUTHS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MONEY
1. Money is a means of exchange but a poor store of value. Any money simply stored up is either stolen or gradually eroded away. “Moths destroy and thieves do break in and steal.”
2. What you do with your money shows what you believe and wha...
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.
47. You cannot inform God of what you gave so that He will give you back. It is a fatal error.
48. Investing your money so it can grow is godly, but don’t use that as a means of securing tomorrow.
49. A life spent chasing money is a wasted life, even if the person got plenty of it.
50. Having ...
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rior personality.
“So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs but on God who has mercy.”
That is why He can give freely, and the Lord loves him for it.
Be a cheerful giver.
An average person you meet is a cheerful and excited receiver. To correct this, Jesus had to expla...
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is one sure way that you can put yourself in a place that is beyond average with God.
“He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness abides forever.”
Who is a cheerful giver?
A cheerful giver is one who knows that of all the resources that come into his hands, a portion is ...
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snacks and ice cream after the service. I am of the opinion that you should prepare your offering together as a family so that the children will see the respect with which you give to God’s assembly.
Let me state again that you must also give to yourself, and to your spouse. It was OK to pinch penn...
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CHEERFUL GIVER
The Bible tells us clearly the attitude of God towards the cheerful giver. It says in 2Corinthians 9,7 that“…God loves a cheerful giver.”
Now, we have to understand that when God loves, it is not with the same attitude and effect as when man loves. You see, if I told you I love a la...
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e made it clear that the word of God is that a man must give to his parents. Study Malachi 1,6-8 and you will see that the Lord expects you to honour your parents by giving to them good quality gifts.
Crumbs are what you give to beggars; that was all that Lazarus desired from the rich man at whose ...
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For example, the world says you are to save up for the rainy day, but God says
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
These are the words from the mouth of the Lord Jesus Himself. He started that sentence with “theref...
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t will make you happy; get some good luxuries in life. No matter how much we have ridiculed the statement from the mouth of prosperity preachers, it is still the truth that “my God is not a poor God.”
There is no glory in poverty; the only glory while in poverty is the glory that you have in hope. ...
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at God admires a cheerful giver; it does not mean He loves to see them in church. No. Rather you understand that it means that God delights in adding His blessings to the one that is a cheerful giver.
Let me quickly add something here. See, if the Bible took the space to tell us that God loves a ch...
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n that money right now to this ministry or this TV station. As we are preaching the word of God with your money, God will be moving in your business. Get ready for a message that will save your home.”
“Your seed must be painful for it to bear fruit for you. Can’t you see that these people gave what...
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her mind or actions (Ps 15:1,4). She also had a passion for the progress of work in her assembly. She did not for once think of getting millions in return even though that was what she ended up with.
The second person gave because he had compassion on a man used greatly by God. His gift to God thro...
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God who can carry His glory. That was His satisfaction. If you are going to be sowing into the spirit, you must learn to enjoy seeing your money bring forth good results in the lives of other people.
Another point we must highlight from the stories we saw earlier is that in both cases, the persons ...
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nt. The one who will be blessed is the person who sowed to the spirit.
What does it mean to sow to the flesh as against sowing to the spirit?
I want to tell two stories here to illustrate the answer.
There was a woman, May Kay Ash, of the Mary Kay Cosmetics fame; one day her pastor requested her t...
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d.”
Note why this woman gave her gift to the Lord and what, if anything, she was expecting from the Lord for it. Please keep the story in mind because I will refer to it after narrating a second one.
There was a great man of God, John Alexander Dowie, who lived around the turn of the 19th into the...
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Sowing to the spirit or sowing to the flesh
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not...
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imaginations, she expected nothing more than 10,000 dollars or thereabout, after all the contributions hardly ever totalled more than 2,000 dollars in previous times when such an appeal had been made.
The next day came and she got a phone call informing her that the sum collected was 106,000 dollar...
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y and material things is generosity and not trusting in those things. We are to be careful to trust in God alone. Every Christian must be generous continuously and make giving priority in their lives. In what the Lord gives to us, seed for sowing is before bread for eating (2 Cor 9:10). That tells u...
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Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase: So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine. Pro 3:9-10 BBE
Should I give my whole first month’s salary to my church as ‘first-fruit’? Usually when I...
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What we learn from the Law is the spirit of that commandment. The spirit is that of acknowledging God. It is that of giving Him the praise and glory for all that He has done and is doing in our lives. It is the habit of gratitude that the Lord was teaching Israel. It was one of those ordinances He g...
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