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Welcome to this time of Refreshing. This is a radio message that was put from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. Again, we'll read from the book of Galatians chapter 5 to continue what we're saying. We're talking about the fruit of your life. Now, we've been speaking about that...
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Because there is a way that leads to peace. He said, the way of peace they know not. That is, peace has a way. And the duty of everybody is to learn the way of peace. So when he says, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, what he was saying is that there is a righteousness, there's a ...
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so that you may enter into the promised land and obey His commandments. That is, the reason for their deliverance was not so that they would just come out and celebrate. God brought them into the promised land so that they would be able to obey His commandments. So God has a right to expect fruit fr...
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As a middle-aged woman, she started a company. If I believe the testimony, because the company was not a public company, so we don't know exactly how much it was worth when she was alive. But if I go by the testimonies of some people I had, they said the woman was worth billions of dollars. At least...
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Not human beings now, but their ideas. He worked out of about two business endeavors in which he had partners before he started on his own. Because he said, these people are not getting my point. And it's his point I'm trying to get us to understand. So because of all this influence, he made a state...
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in health and in stronger bodies. And even death cannot do us part. I've heard Pentecostals take marriage vows, and I say, you are joking. It is seen for better, for worse. Because there will be worse times and better times. Pastor Banki, you don't have faith. Faith is to read the Bible and believe ...
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His own has reached the fourth generation. The men are still blessed. Why? Because of a divine principle. When I'm talking to my wife sometimes, I say, listen, these principles are still out there, but many business people are still not tapping into it. They are praying for breakthrough, but they sa...
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And there was this man and his wife. The wife was sick. They must have been in their 70s or something. Or at least, maybe one of them would have been in the late 60s, the other would have been in the 70s. And they were hugging each other like this. The woman was about to go for surgery. And everybod...
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I'm explaining this principle. All right? That God's work is in more places than we realized. There are women who are having children. At the same time, they are running after money. They are raising the next generation of armed robbers. Like God is saying, I was dead. It didn't go through the spiri...
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The consequence of dwelling in the secret place of the Most High, the secret place of the Most High, is that God will take his shadow and cover that man. So how does he dwell in the secret place of the Most High? Job said, there was a time that the secrets of God were upon my tabernacle. What does t...
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and God called us to establish his righteousness. Are you getting my point? To establish his righteousness. You have just listened to a radio message by Pastor Banki. More of this and other messages are available from our website kwm.com.ng or pastorbanki.org. To contact us especially to let us know...
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Are you getting my point? And he said, listen, I know. I can stand by my product. So he began to teach men, you should be able to stand behind your product, that your integrity is tied to the thing you are manufacturing. So if you make an engine, it's always breaking down. You're a breaking down man...
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That was one of the things he did. So his company was built on that principle, that whatever we are making, we should try and bless many people with it. So he used to drop, now listen, he was the cheapest car manufacturer, but he was still dropping prices. And for him, listen, this year we sold thes...
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is the service of God. And God, listen, that's one thing I want to talk about today. The excellence of God must be demonstrated in that walk. I ended last time by explaining something. That is what is called the righteousness of God. And the Bible says, Jesus was speaking in the book of Matthew chap...
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quired holiness for fulfilment and for sustaining
that fulfilment.
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FINAL WORDS
We must pursue personal godly character in all that we do. That is the
foundation for succeeding i...
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ver (Heb 12:1).
Flee from sexual immorality (2 Tim. 2:22).
Cultivate faithfulness. Seek it and practice it.
Learn diligence, integrity, good manners and every virtue just like every
Christians should.
Make sure you take your eyes away from your special call as if it is a guarantee
of success; it di...
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d to show that these are
wrong concepts.
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ALL-
ALL-ROUND LEARNING
Like I was saying earlier when talking about leadership, what actually makes
someone succeed in li...
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to note that the Hebrew word for
glory (kabhod) has the root meaning of weight. It means 'to be heavy'. No
wonder Paul described the “weight of glory” in 2 Cor 4:17. The fact is that
glory is weighty.
It happened that the young man could not withstand the weight of the glory
which the apparent succ...
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ze that if they must disobey God, it is better
to disobey him by honest labour rather than by begging or being dishonest.
Even if both of these constitute disobedience, one is definitely a lesser sin.
I am not at all saying that people should not pursue their missions of life; I am
just saying that...
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fail even though they have a special calling and are heavily
endowed with divine power.
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Choosing To Follow Jesus
Jesus died to save us all from our sins and from everlasting damnation;
He came to make us children...
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ing all kinds of miracles
and having large crowds follow them, everything must be alright; but it is all
deception. I can just imagine the Lord sending a message to Samson and
persons like him saying:
“You say, 'I am strong, feared and have become influential,' yet you do not
know that you are weak...
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ult of a deliberate action by the Lord. The Lord refused
to lift them up because they failed in the small things.
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How you are doing right where you are as a student or as a worker in another
person's business is ...
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o succeed in
the ministry.
Yes, every gift has its temptations.
When you work in a quarry, stones might fall and crush you. When you chop
wood, there is danger with each stroke of your ax. Eccl 10:9
What Solomon was writing here is that each profession has a danger, and
when John the Baptist call...
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Chapter 1 4
Chapter 2 6
Chapter 3 8
Chapter 4 10
Chapter 5 13
Chapter 6 17
Chapter 7 22
Chapter 8 25
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INTRODUCTION...
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. No, learning
the subject of physics or mathematics may not have much to do with the
preaching anointing, but it has everything to do with succeeding in life and
surviving the glory of the anointing.
The good thing about having a calling or gift in an area of life is that the calling
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eared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.'
And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in
a very little thing, be in authority over ten cities.' vs16-18
The better any of these men did in what could have been considered
mundane, the greater the place ...
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s matter is crucial if you will
make success of your ultimate calling. The vision you wish to pursue is usually
for an appointed time. Many people hurry into the vision when the time is
not yet right.
There is a time for everything
Everything has its right time; if you try to go ahead of the time y...
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that reason they close doors against themselves
so often.
The second verse is this:
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men. Prov 22:29
What I want to bring out from this verse is the meaning or implication of the
word 'skill.' If you ...
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minister.
These are all things that could have been cured off him if he had stayed longer
under the structure of a school system, under the authority of a corporate
environment or under a human boss.
Sometimes I see a jobless and hungry man and he either tells me that the
work available is not his ...
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ed your gift alone; there must be success
in many supporting areas of life for you to stand. This is why I believe that the
Lord doesn't often send people for training in the area of their gifts only.
Let me explain.
David loved to read, write poetry and play the harp. He was gifted and
became so s...
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it is not a guarantee of
success at all; it is more of a call to discipline. The Lord is calling you to realize
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some income and to qualify for the continued support of the church. They
had rented a place for him to live in.
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I spoke with this man and gave him some counsel about life, but he seemed
determined to leave the ...
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her the character
and discipline that people develop into their lives. Gifts do not make a man,
character does.
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TWO IMPORTANT VERSES
Let us quickly examine the following two verses of sc...
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st assumed that it would come
to pass whether they do anything or not, they became totally lax with the
result that the Lord left them long ago and they do not know it. I need to
emphasize this point.
When God shows us a vision or reveals the future to us, the reason He does
that is so that we can ...
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y is this so? That is what I wish to answer in this short
teaching.
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WHO ARE LEADERS?
For a long time, and largely till now, I would get confused quite a bit when I
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who are not worth their offices, just like there are elders who refuse
to show enough responsibility over time and therefore differ little from
juveniles, but they are the abnormal specimens of life.
As you grow up in anything, you become a worthy leader if you learn
diligence, discipline, patience...
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s faithful as a civil servant that he
becomes a man of God. God doesn't primarily follow us to church to see how
diligent we are there; he checks our secular offices to see if we are truly
faithful.*1
Sometimes the Lord calls a student and he runs away from school to obey the
call; my understanding...
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ng. That strength is simply the power with which we hold unto
God; it manifests as faith and obedience to the word of God. That was what
Samson was donating to strange women through sexual encounters.
Beware
That is the problem with a lot of people today. As they engage in sexual
immorality, and ot...
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It is often quoted, even though
wrongly applied most of the
times, that a man’s gift will make
room for him. Many suppose that
being gifted means that success
and great accomplishments in
life are almost certain. But this is
not the way things turn out most
times. The fact is that majority of
gifted...
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know that there is no need
worrying about what would become of their calling if they remain as they
were. I am saying that until the chance comes for you to step into the next
phase, do not force it.
Many people have forced themselves into a phase that God is not ready for
them yet. Like I mentione...
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ar, and we
never heard of them again. They did not allow the vision to put restraint into
them; a great ministry thus dies or is never born. The deliverance of God is
thus being delayed for the earth.
We need to know that every call or promise of God has conditions implicit in
them. The Lord may no...
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type that Paul commanded that whosoever would not work should not
eat. He became unhappy when someone tried to make him responsible. The
problem was not at all his calling or passion; it was laziness.
The passion for every idle man especially when he is hungry must be for
labour. If he is indeed no...
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There he met a Jew named Aquila… with his wife Priscilla... Paul went to see
them, and stayed and worked with them, because he earned his living by
making tents, just as they did. Acts 18:2-4 GNT
There is no indication that making tents was apostle Paul's calling or that he
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as to teach us
later.
Do not give your strength to women,
Or your ways to that which destroys kings. Prov 31:3
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Samson's strength was depleted in the houses of those women that he
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Welcome to this time of Refreshing. This is a radio message that was put from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. If you have your Bibles, please open to the book of John chapter 15. I want to read from verse 1. Now the Lord Jesus was speaking. He said, I am the vine, and my fat...
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change the title at this particular point and begin to speak about what I call the fruit of your life. Now, when I was speaking about the purpose of life, I made a number of points. Let me just review them in about a minute. And that's the fact that man has a spirit, has a soul, and has a body, and ...
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Are you getting what I'm trying to explain? Listen, very important. That's the first fruit, all right, that God is looking for in our lives. You know, I've been saying this, I don't know why I was saying it before now, but let's just read this scripture. So that was 2 Peter chapter 1. Peter said, 2 ...
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If you are living, you are using up resources. If you are living, there is a spiritual energy that God is expending to keep you alive. And when he does that, what he expects from your life is fruit. You will notice something. He said that, for three years, I have come looking for fruit on this fig t...
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That is, you will be fruitful. He said, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind, short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins, that it is possible, he was saying, for a Christian...
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So the point I'm trying to make here is this. So you see, in whatever businesses Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, as a household, already were involved in, the fruits of their lives will be reflected in how they did their businesses. Are you getting my point? Yes, it will be. And that's what the Lord Jesu...
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in us we manifest. Remember I explained the principle that you see or I explained the point that Jesus when he came he functioned essentially like a prophet like Moses prophesied that God would bring forth a prophet like my type for you at another time. So when Jesus came he functioned essentially i...
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That's in verse 8. He said, By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. That is, the proof of being a disciple of Jesus Christ is that your life bears fruit. Now, the proof of being a disciple of Jesus is not that you go to church. You know, I've been s...
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That is, he had practicing tax collectors that were his disciples. And he said, in tax collecting, you will bear fruit. That is, those under the jurisdiction of Zacchaeus, after that, we know something happened to this man. Because why the people hated tax collectors, number of reasons. One of them,...
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unless you are the pastor or you are one of the clergy like we see. Where he goes to mark register for the average Christian is where he walks. I'm emphasizing this thing, talking about the fruit of your life. That you see, when the Christ nature is inside us, we must be a fruit. Listen to this. One...
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Are you getting my point? And this is a confusion that comes as a result of that. People therefore rise up when they want to do work for God and they want to be pleasing to God. They feel they are under obligation to go and do it as it relates to the ministry, you know, ministry of the word now. The...
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People make that mistake a lot. The reason why we work with God is not so that our sins will be forgiven, because our sins are forgiven by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. The reason why we are working with God is not so that we can get something out of Him. I emphasized that we must never, e...
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The mafia doesn't care what you do, who you kill, who you cheat, the wives you have. He doesn't care. As long as you steal a million dollars, you come and draw 200,000 for him. So he protects all the criminals inside, so they can keep bringing his court of what is going on. You get my point? And the...
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Do you follow what I'm going to explain? Now, listen to this. So, forget all this one of the souls, I will take when I'm going, because you are talking plenty. I think the emphasis in Christianity these days is too much talk. Are you getting my point? Yes, you can preach in buses, but pay the man yo...
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I'm going to read your Bible well. When God made Eve, it was to solve Adam's problems. It's not your Bible? And Eve wants to wake up these days and say, let me look for an Adam that doesn't need help. Adam that has built a house. That has a lot of money to buy me a car as a wedding present. That I d...
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The purpose was so that Abraham would be a fountain of blessing for other people to drink from. It said, in you, if you look at it, I will bless those who bless you, and anyone who wants to constitute himself into an obstruction to your progress in life, I have to remove. What is the reason? Because...
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Then I modified it. I said, I'm having more than enough to help somebody else do his own too. I hope you're getting my point. Yes. What is prosperity? Having enough abundance around us so that all of us can fulfill the will of God. That is what prosperity is. Prosperity is not having so much that we...
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the principles of divine abundance. We are going to start from the book of Genesis chapter 12. Genesis chapter 12. I just want to use this one to describe something about purpose. We just read about three verses. It said, now the Lord said to Abram, go forth from your country and from your relatives...
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I hope you are getting my point. Of our garment being priestly garment. That was what was keeping Iran alive. As soon as they removed it, Iran expired. Some of us, by ourselves, we strip the thing off and hang it somewhere. And say to God, let me go and first do this. I'll be back. Life is about sac...
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In this country, it's all of us. It is all of us. There's no difference. There's no leader out there. Like my friend was saying when I went for a program last week here, he said, let's use the Nehemiah principle. Everybody, build your portion of the wall. Now, please, I'm going to emphasize somethin...
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The Lord makes poor and rich, He brings low, He also exalts. He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them seat with nobles, and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He set the world on them. He keeps the feet of His godly o...
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And the assessment of the Lord is what is most important in your life. It is not what you think, it's not what the people of the world think, it's what the Lord thinks. I pray for you, it's one of my own personal greatest desires, that I will always see things from above and not from beneath. I hope...
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Now, we have been looking at this issue of the laws of working in divine abundance. And we've already established a number of principles there. Remember, we said divine abundance is tied to kingdom switch. That's the first thing we explained. That you see, you cannot live in the kingdom of the world...
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When I read it, I said, Oga, is this how this ministry is supposed to be? The man finished marrying and said, look, OK, OK, we have finished the wedding. Please, I'll be back. And boom, he was gone. Reviver. Now God will give you that kind of husband. And you will know, you know some people, this on...
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I said this more than 20 years ago. More than 25 years ago, I said this. I was inside the church on the premises outside. Me and one brother were talking. And we're talking about it. And we loved and admired the man. But I said, God, I do not want a ministry like this. Not because it's bad. But the ...
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He said, please, can I understand, what is the reward in that? No. And he meant it is a very honest question. The person I'm talking about is the chief medical director of a federal teaching hospital in Nigeria, one of my classmates. He said, please, I want to understand. So what I told you his own ...
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Get a trusted accountant. I didn't give you a summary periodically. Get a chartered accountant, a chartered, what do you call it, an accounting firm, so that they will take the responsibility if anything goes wrong. They said, no, that poor uncle didn't have to deal with this, so now we have to, do ...
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The Amen is correct, I agree with the Amen. But let us assume I came and told you that this jacket is black and your shirt is white. Will you say Amen? Thank you, sir. Are you saying it is fine? I hope you get my point. It's just what? Information. Correct information. Factual information. Not a wis...
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Be a cheerful giver. Let me see how far I can go with both of them. You must walk by faith. What is faith? Faith means whatever God has said is final. Like I said, look, I don't care how anointed the person is. Say, today I have a special anointing to break the curse in your life. Don't get up from ...
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I don't know whether you're getting my point. That is what they call the Rico Laws. The Rico Laws were written in such a manner that if two mafia guys greet each other, it's enough. Once all of them gather together to eat somewhere, you photograph them and say, hey, they are eating together. Why? Yo...
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What should guide your life? There's no way the resting place is good and the land is pleasant. Never. That should never be the guiding principle of your life. I come, in the volume of the books it is written of me, to do thy will. Oh my God, thy law is within my heart. That is the primary thing. Th...
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So she got up, left the money on the table, said, no, I'm just trying to, let's just help each other. We're man to woman. She said, but you know, she had been warned and said, thank you, but I'm sorry I had to decline. You know what, even though they didn't say anything, it was OK to collect that mo...
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financially small those days for that kind of thing. But if you had, you park the plane there for three weeks. Does that make sense? Of course it doesn't. You're getting my point? So if you come to me now and say, Prashbank, you're right. A lot spoke to me. And then you drop a Gulfstream on me. I wo...
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I hope you are getting my point. Stop relating visions that God didn't give you. If you close your eyes tight, you will see things. You know that? So one brother comes one day, he shares his revelation and his vision. You are now feeling inferior because you don't have revelation, you don't have vis...
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If four years pass and I don't give you a certificate, would I have failed? Who would have failed? It's the student that failed, not me, not the institution, not the vice-chancellor. But you told me it's a four-year course. I didn't say four years of playing. I meant four years of coming to class, f...
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All right? You go for a function, they give you a buffet. You stay and eat. The only time you will speak under such circumstances is when he doesn't want you to eat. Like my sister said, she went to go and see somebody. Before she entered, the Holy Spirit spoke to her clearly. Beware of the leprosy ...
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You will look and say, Kai, maybe you teach secondary school children. You'll be thinking of those children, so I will leave them behind. You will think to yourself, before I came, these boys, some of them were beginning to join calls. Ever since I started standing in front of them, nobody's been te...
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If things don't work out the way they are supposed to work out, it's called oppression. You fight it. You fight it. Not by trying to break a curse, but saying, no, there are some critical decisions or changes I have to make in my life to make what God has done for me effective. And we said there are...
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If you came to this life and did not realize, or you do not realize, that life is about making sacrifices, that is, you open your eyes, say, this one, I will enjoy this one more. But for the sake of something better than my own enjoyment, let me go for the one that will make me suffer. I don't know ...
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That want to inflect, the young man was surprised. He said, that want is the one that is the problem. You can't want. You can just desire to fulfill your assignment and believe God to send all resources necessary to you. That is all. I'm just going to emphasize something again. I've been on it for q...
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They say a dollar hit 1,000 or something. You're now running around like a chicken that they cut the head. Don't panic. I said that on Tuesday. What do you do? You go and pray. Go and pray. There's wisdom that God has kept for you. Don't panic. It's very important. The Lord is good. So that's what w...
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If the pleasant land will not let you exercise your gifts, go to the difficult land. Because one day you will give account to it. You know I've been saying these things. You know comfort can numb you. Your senses are deadened. Jesus warned about it. People can be deadened by the comfort around them....
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But I am saying, again and again and again in your life, God will make you forgo that which you will have enjoyed, for that which you have to endure, for a greater purpose. Did you hear what I said? That is, God will make you forgo that which you will have enjoyed, for that which you have to endure....
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That is the greatest wealth you can ever receive. That is the greatest wealth you can ever experience. For the Lord to say to you, well done, thou good and faithful servant. Like I said, that kind of student, you just look and say, no, sorry guys. I've been giving these children to take care of. I n...
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Apart from one, every other thing will be average. Do you hear what I said? In life you can do many things, but you will only be excellent in one. You will only be most impactful in one. And that area where you are going to be most excellent and most impactful, this is what my teacher used to teach ...
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towards the servant according to how they performed with the talents that he gave to them. God's purpose is that your life will be fruitful. He said to them, be fruitful and multiply. Multiplication is a plan of God for your life. A man that is fruitful, his life is characterized by multiplication. ...
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and patience inherits the promises. Now let me just read something from verse 13. Verse 12 is where I really want to read, but let's just go down a bit so that I can highlight some things. Notice that verse 12, it said, people inherit the promise that God gives to them through their faith and their ...
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They are different ways. Let me tell you, if you want to know whether God is with you or He is not, if you cannot tell anybody at all what it is you are doing, it's only the results you can share with them, something is wrong. Do you hear what I said? Something is wrong. If nobody can understand wit...
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and let the rough ground become a plain, and the rugged terrain a broad valley. Now notice verse 5, Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. Now let me just stop there. Now what is it saying here? If you are going to exper...
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It's the ability to bless people. It's fill the earth and subdue it. That's what we're talking about. It's what? Fill the earth and subdue it. No matter the number of cars you have, you can't subdue nothing more than you and your friends are sitting inside the car. You're already subdued. by the amo...
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the motive. It's when the motive is wrong that the method starts going in every direction. When the main thing you are trying to do is not correct, you now discover wrong ways to serve God. Do you follow what I'm going to explain? See, in Christianity, if you get your motives right, you will be amaz...
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And it reminded me of one scripture, that the Bible says, many are the devices in the heart of a man, but only the counsel or the purpose of God we stand. You know, until that scripture came up in our discussion, the way I used to hear it is this, no matter what I devise about my life, it's only wha...
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He poured into the life of anyone who will love him. He said, with long life, I will satisfy him and I will show him my salvation. Are you getting my point? So even though, all right, you go out and the doctor said that they've checked you. You don't look like you will live long. Tell him I'm coming...
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That's it. And he doesn't do anything for me. Well, he's growing now. He can run a few errands. But he's not getting anything because of errands he runs. What is it? Because he's what? A son. Just because he's a son, he gets everything. You understand the principle there? That's what he promises. I ...
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Physical seeds have physical, the physical earth accepts physical seeds, and spiritual seeds, the spiritual soil, which is the realm of the spirit, accepts spiritual seeds. So if I give, what I am actually giving is the motive behind my giving. So if I give money, I'm either giving kindness or honor...
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So James said, your works cooperating with your faith. He was talking about the steps of the faith of Abraham. He said his works cooperated with his faith. Therefore, his faith was perfected. What activates your blessing, your promise, is the perfection of your faith. It's the perfection of your fai...
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A brother said once, it was reported to me, he said, now I am due for my breakthrough. I wanted to call him to say, who told you that? Somebody says, I have suffered enough. I said, according to whose timing? If you say you are tired of suffering, I can understand. Whether it is enough, you don't kn...
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The Lord is good. What am I saying? I just want to emphasize this to us again in that area. That people said, give so that you might get. And I have a problem with that. The problem is that when I don't get, I get discouraged. Because it's scriptural. The hope that is defied makes the heart faint. I...
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All right, let's take our text of scriptures from the book of Hebrews chapter 6. There are two scriptures I want to read, and you'll find out the reason in a moment as I begin to use it to explain what we are discussing today. Where I'm going is verse 12, but as usual, I like to read it in context. ...
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And Peter said that is the entrance into his own eternal kingdom. That is God will show you something to do which will bring forth his glory in your life. And Peter said if you want to be able to know that thing, what you do is that you add to your faith. What? Moral excellence. Number one is faith....
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It has happened to, maybe not everybody, but to a lot of us, it has happened. Hope was defied. Like I always say, because the man promised what God did not promise. What is godliness with contentment? Godliness with contentment is that, ah, if I believe so much in that project, I believe is for God ...
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That's how believers reason. That's how believers reason. That's how believers reason. The second reason believers walk, I told you, is so that through our interactions with people, through our interaction with the world, through our interaction with other believers, through our interactions with th...
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I wanted to title my message for today, but it didn't work out like that. I want to title it, how to activate the promise. Do you understand that? But let me recommend a CD to you, activating the blessings of God. Listen to them. And it's a series. All right. But everything, I think two of them are ...
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He did not give it to me. Now I have taken it by force. And you know the interesting part? If indeed you give your life to Christ, you won't be worried. You will just smile and say, God, now wow. One way or the other, he must just get your way. Because yes, what did you say? You gave your life to me...
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In your hometown, in your village, the contest amongst your age group is who will build the biggest house. Therefore, some boys went and read and read and came out with first classes and tried. And some managed. They got their jobs in oil companies. And they are now directors. And they are earning b...
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I'm putting two things there. I'm highlighting those things we read. How do we inherit promises? He said it's through what? Faith and patience. What is patience? Let me quickly define it. We've discussed this several times, but we can't say these things enough. Patience is that I locate what is righ...
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that once they give you money to do a business, you will never complete it. No matter the prayer you pray, if that's your reputation, you're in trouble. No matter your prayer, what God does for you, listen to this, is that he will show you that, oh boy, this is your reputation. Then you and him will...
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When Paul was describing the Gentiles, he said they were without hope and without God. He said they were alienated from the common wealth. Notice the word wealth of Israel. That is, Israel had a blessing because of their covenant with God. And he said, it is the Lord thy God that giveth power to get...
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And let me tell you something. When I make statements sometimes, I'm trying to correct people from things that, I mean, they appear totally wrong, all right? But that they are low levels. We are advancing Christianity. Do you get my point? We started somewhere. One of the man was working for me, and...
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And according to the rules of the Old Testament, that made him a false prophet. And several times, Jonah had been so embarrassed by God. That was why when God told Jonah, go to Nineveh and go and preach, Jonah said, not me. You then look for who you could disgrace again. I'm not going. How do I know...
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You say, boy oh boy, say yes sir. In that village, no house for you. That is, start from the beginning. The race, the competition ends. I am not in the game of who can make who richer or richest. That's not my job. I have not called you to go and compete with jokers and ignoramuses who forget that w...
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I knew that I was an average man. I knew I would never die in an entity. I knew I was a blessing that God created for multitudes. And that it affected the way I walked, the way I spoke, where I went, and where I did not go. Therefore, I felt very pious with myself. You know what I mean to feel pious...
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Let me explain this again. You know what? I said, I'm aging very fast. I'm not physically in the body now, but in mind. I'm seeing a lot of things these days, and without trying to be judgmental and trying to curse people, there are people I look at. In fact, I was thinking of one guy this afternoon...
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All right, I just learned some things about patience. I'll come back to you talking about faith. So as I was meditating, I said, okay, how did Abraham, being the champion example of people who live by promise, all right, how did he receive his promise? Then I remembered that scripture and I read it....
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Not on connection. Ah, you mean you know that man? Give me a number. Give me a number. You want people to network you with people. Listen, it's better now, fail amongst more people. I don't know whether you can go on and explain. Yes, let all your bad character be known by small, small people now. S...
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New Saudis, they don't mess you. If they catch you with cocoa, they will use your head. You know? Maybe a person passed through Singapore, they hung the guy. Now you realize, man, this is a risky business. So you withdrew yourself, and somebody said, come to our church. Our pastor will preach until ...
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What am I saying? If people knew this, they won't join courts to become anything. They won't swear allegiance to anybody to become anything. They will go into their closets and swear their allegiance to God alone, knowing that if he makes them, nobody cannot make them. Knowing that if he appoints th...
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uitful in his business.
It brings all forms of sicknesses to the body.
It corrupts the working of the intellect.
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The corrupt societies and the failed economies we see these days are all the
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a loss of
respect from other men, but when you finally escape, then you will be glorified
and everyone will see.
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A River Of Life
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ould rejoice because for him it
would be the sign of good things to come. He would in effect be walking by
faith.
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To the person walking by faith, the word of God is concrete evidence. It was
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en. All you experience now is health,
long life and prosperity. That is the effect of life. This life is acquired by faith,
and experiencing the power of that life is what is meant by living by faith.
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to give you life for yesterday,
but to remain in the realms of life today, you need a fresh word from heaven. The revelations of God are ever progressive and we cannot get all there is in a
lifetime. The Lord has ordained that there is a word for a season, and He gives
you only the word for each sea...
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x
6. Echoes of Accusation and the Power of Death x
7. Saved by the Blood x
8. Overcoming by the Blood x
9. What the Blood is Speaking x
10. The Power of Creation ...
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methods of harvest. There is no use to them when you do not have seed in the
ground. The seed is spiritual. It is the victory that you have won in the realm of
the spirit over the spirit of poverty. Many years ago I won my victory over lack
and poverty by a word from heaven. The word of the Lord c...
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estined because God foreknew me and destined that I will be
conformed to the image of Christ Jesus. (Rom 8:29)
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This generation needs me; there is a blessing for them that I carry. I will
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erians, and I saw how many had to go overseas just
to get the basic things of life. I have witnessed all the oppression by fellow
citizens and experienced the failure of infrastructure in the country. Yet I
believe strongly that it is well with my soul and that much financial prosperity
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later days will greatly increase.
What is important is that I always increase, and God has said that this is my
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portion. My path is like the light of dawn that shine brighter and brighter, until
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k to me. I have been blessed to be a blessing.
Even though my beginning be small, yet my later days will greatly increase.
What is important is that I always increase, and God has said that this is my
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e. (Ps 138:8)
The peace of God dwells in my home; the Father and the Lord Jesus dwell
there too. (Jn 14:23,27)
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In peace will I lie down and sleep because the Lord alone makes me dwell in
safety.
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can plaque anyone today that the Lord did
not know ahead of time and that He did not provide an answer for. The
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understanding that you will get in the word of God, David said, is the secret of
acquiring life.
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are not to describe the dead situation with your
mouth. You are to assess it in the light of the word of God, form a conclusion
that agrees with God and then begin to command life into the situation. I have contemplated the economic adversity of the so-called third-world
nation in which I live; I ha...
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of death is gone; the power of
death is defeated. The Devil has lost permanently. Let us step into that victory.
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CHAPTER 18
Legal Documents
Here are samples of the truth of God e...
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abounding toward me so that I have all
sufficiency in all things and even have an abundance for every good work.
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says that life is not hopeless but full of joy and expectation.
The blood says it is well with you all round.
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The Power Of Creation
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ope.
That which is real in the heart is released into the physical realm by words. It is
first real in the heart.
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Calling the Things that Be Not
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e poor that I through His poverty might be made rich.
“In Christ Jesus I have all grace abounding toward me so that I have all
sufficiency in all things and even have an abundance for every good work.
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us things that God wants the believer to
have. The blood in effect is speaking God's perfect plan for your life.
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CHAPTER 9
What the Blood is Speaking
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that God gives which makes you overcome the
negative forces in this world. You become a victor and not a victim.
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CHAPTER 2
Death and Life
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h persists though
the act itself appears to be past. That is how blessings and curses work; they
are spiritual forces of life and death respectively, and they affect the life and
prosperity of people. Sin has power, and I pray that young men and women will have the spiritual
sense to understand that...
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the cross, taken out of your way.
Do you want to experience this?
Do you want to acquire life?
Then believe it and speak it.
Defend yourself with the power of the voice of the blood and you will live!
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are not expressions of concepts that are real
in his heart. My aim always is to find out what the person really understands. That is the issue about words; it is what they contain that really matter. The
contents of words are the pictures in the heart that the words are supposed to
convey. When God ...
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fresh; so
everything will live where the river goes.
Ezek. 47:9
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Introduction
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cted to have all the updates. Your connection is by prayer and by a constant study of the word. It is by also
by appropriate fellowship. Those are the three ways by which we contact God
in this world. Prayer, study and fellowship. It is by these that we tap from the rich anointings on the ministers ...
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death because he
brought the laws of God by which those who obeyed might acquire life. Life
always overcomes death. Those who obeyed the laws under the Old Covenant
were partakers of the life of God.
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“So choose li...
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n why people sow without reaping.
It makes a child dull in learning.
It makes a man unfruitful in his business.
It brings all forms of sicknesses to the body.
It corrupts the working of the intellect.
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;
the devil has no part in me; he can't lay a hand on me. No he can't. His
accusations are frustrated; this I know for sure. All my dead spots have been
turned around; I have life now in Christ Jesus.
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Turning the hopeless situations of life around
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ain mercy. Acquiring life by faith is to create
new physical things out of the truth of the will and word of God.
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Saved by the Blood
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n grace, and this grace increases as we
increase in the knowledge of Jesus our Lord. What I am saying here is that
people fall from the realm of life when they stop increasing in the knowledge
of God. The keyword there is 'increase.'
The problem with our proverbial cock is that it had become too big...
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and prosperity will be within my walls.
My Father God perfects everything that concerns me. (Ps 138:8)
The peace of God dwells in my home; the Father and the Lord Jesus dwell
there too. (Jn 14:23,27)
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curate
knowledge of God. We must continually increase in our knowledge of God by a
constant infusion of the word.
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matter what the genes say,
they are inferior to the life giving Spirit of Christ in me. Because Christ is in me,
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even though the body was subject to death because of sin, the Spirit will give it
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be, that is
where it will flow to. That word created an expectation, and that is what hope
is — an expectation.
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God's hope does not ever disappoint. Once your faith creates the expectation
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me new persons. They are not the same
anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!” (2 Cor 5:16-17NLT)
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To cast down imaginations and thoughts is to reject the standards of this world
by the power of th...
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first
took place. “The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the
waters.” (Gen. 1:2 AMP)
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He wanted that He ...
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er and dominion, and every name that is named, not
only in this age, but also in the one to come.” (Eph 1:20-21)
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raised us up with Him,...
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o turn the order of things around. This new force is
what Paul called the power of His resurrection (Phil 3:10).
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rd must stand, and
then God will start releasing that power to bring His ways to pass.
It is power, not methods.
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CHAPTER 11
Exercising Creative Power
Please let us not forget that thes...
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d dwells in me, and makes my body well
despite all the reasons why I should be sick. No matter what the genes say,
they are inferior to the life giving Spirit of Christ in me. Because Christ is in me,
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and most times people tell me
that the fewer the better. When I ask why, I am told of all the problems of life
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e end of the age,
He showed an important difference between the way His believers and the
world would react to things that would happen. Each person would react
according to the information they have. “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth dismay
among nations, in per...
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sness is
released into his or her life, but there is still forgiveness for them by the power
of the blood of Jesus. That forgiveness is contacted by the confession of sin
from a truly repentant heart.
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tructions of Abraham, the gold and stuff he
took, and the methods he used to talk to the girl were all based on one
premise — God had appointed a woman, and that is the person we are trying
to locate. I remember a senior sister who I discussed my interest in a lady with once, that
was while I was a ...
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thoughts and
imaginations that are trying to overshadow the knowledge of God. Once you begin to break away from the experience of the gravitational down-
pull of death, you will begin to breathe easy. When you start it may appear
hard, but you must fight until you overcome as God has ordained you to...
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s of how they received the strength to
walk away from their marriage and marry another man. The sense of sanctity
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of marriage and the fact that it is a covenant has essentially disappeared
among the people.
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. Grace to Prosper
10. How to Work for God
11. So, Who Will Pay For This?
12. The Laws of Increase and Breakthrough
13. Should I Say Yes?
Mini-books by Pastor Bankie include
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2. Prophesy!
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esterday, you need the one that is
relevant for today. The word that gave you a sweet marriage yesterday will not
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in the light of the word. The first thing is
to brood, change your perspective to match God's, and then speak.
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The Principle of Sitting Down and Counting
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inue to fail. Please understand that it was not so at the beginning; when God first made
this whole thing, the Bible testified that it was good. It was after sin was
introduced that the problem began. Now we should know that righteousness has come by Jesus Christ and a new
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urselves and thanking God even more for what wonderful a
spouse you each have. That is what an anchor is for — the times of trouble. As another example, there are people whose fear is that of poverty. They have
known what lack means; what it means to have no food or decent clothes for
use. They have...
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a
blessing to have a quiver full. If you accept it, you will experience the power of
life to make your life sweet with your children. If you agree with science, then
you are, like we say, on your own! Marriage is another very good example, if not actually the best one. It is an
area in which the sta...
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ound out the true details of his life. The very
steps taken by his real father and later by him to prevent the prediction from
taking place were the same ones that helped the destiny become a reality. I have told this story here to help you understand the fact that oftentimes
what people think they ...
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Father of the Lord Jesus Christ” to any of
these questions, then you have been lied to. Cast down the stronghold.
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Hope, the Result of Agreement
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n your heart, cast down his stronghold,
before you begin to take charge of your environment by that creative word of
God. For this reason you must arm yourself with the relevant word even as you
pray. Take books that address those areas of conflict and read them with
purpose. Don't go around playing...
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hings that come as inheritance from our ancestors. This latter is crucial we understand — the power of ancestry.
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urse without a valid cause cannot
have any effect (Prov 26:2). There must be a credible reason for an argument
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my needs. I have
all I need to do the will of God. I super-abound to every good work. Poverty
died on the cross!
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Escape Velocity
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when
you are 50, 60 and 70 is decided by what you did as a teenager and as a young
man and woman in your 20's.
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thing; God
has His ways. For example, if God says you are forgiven because of the blood of
Jesus, then it is unrighteousness to want to exercise yourself in any form of
penance to achieve forgiveness. Also, if the word of God says that a thing is
good, you must never let statistics and science say t...
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to their tribes…” (Num 24:2 KJV)
Many times I have heard it taught that we should start speaking against the
altars raised up against our persons as believers and I maintain that it is not
necessary. What is necessary is that we continue in faith, having offered our
lives as living sacrifices to God...
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st's
resurrection. It is only after you have settled that one that any natural
manoeuvre will make any meaning.
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second is that we must subsequently begin
to talk like Him.
Agreeing in your heart and speaking with your mouth!
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there are two things that we must do. The first is that
we must agree with God, and the second is that we must subsequently begin
to talk like Him.
Agreeing in your heart and speaking with your mouth!
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case by the power of the blood but, just
as in the case of Israel at Kardesh Barnea, it is ineffective if you speak against
Him. I mentioned before now that Satan's goal is to make us agree with him. He
knows that as long as we speak according to the testimony of Jesus he has lost. This is why he us...
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neer the circumstances so that you miss the mess. It
is the same principle I have been explaining in this chapter.
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A Wrong Approach
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ords spoken
against us in the past. It is important we note that there is what is called the handwriting of
ordinances that was against us; these things, the Bible says, are contrary to us
(Col 2:14). I like the way this is expressed in the New Living Translation; it is
called the record that contai...
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cts of negative economic 'realities' are unreal.
That is what the truth is!
And it sets us free, once we know it.
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Overcoming by the Blood
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Jesus immunizes
you to the forces of death; the connection you had by sin to the death in the
air has been broken.
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The Forgiveness of Sin
I need to explain something about th...
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nt thing that one must receive from God to
have hope in life.
Without it, Satan is just too powerful against you.
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Echoes of Accusation and the Power of Death
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will not be blessed. Who told you women from that particular place do not make good wives? Who told you that you can now overrule the word of God that says believers
are new creatures in Christ Jesus? Hear what God says you must do:
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er how long you fight it, it
eventually pulls you back down. This is because, unlike you, it is not trying; it is
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celled. To forgive sin is not just a
question of God's memory about the issue or His change of attitude towards
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over those who had
not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam…” (Rom 5:14)
So we see that the place where one takes his root from affects the kinds of
handwriting or records against the person. As we go on I will show how exactly
it happens that those ancestral records become chargeable again...
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tially enforcers of
judgments, good and evil, respectively. “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the
LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.” (Zech. 3:1-2)
When a person is blessed, what is happening is that the weight of evidence or
pleading befor...
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f the
ancestors. But the blood of Jesus says, “even though the body is subject to
death as a result of sin, yet the spirit will give it life because of the forgiveness
of sin.” (Rom 8:10 paraphrased). “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who
raised Christ Jesus ...
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What is happening is that the
force of death is at work, and only the power of life can reverse it. It does not
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od about your life. Take that word in prayer and use it as a cleanser. The
Bible described the word of God as water that washes; apply it by prayer. When I say apply it by prayer, this is what I mean. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from...
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ays “I said it.” And Satan says, “Yes you did. The
fact is that I needed you to believe and say it, and you did.”
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When Satan begins to accuse, what he is trying to get is the power of death
over you. If you agree...
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hat we give ourselves as we
cooperate with Satan to hold us in bondage. They are developed after we have
heard those voices of accusations and have believed them. To explain let's take a few examples. A young lady's mum died from cancer of the breast and her sister has
developed the same; thoughts t...
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children. I heard a story once of a particularly gifted young man who died suddenly and
accidentally. When a young woman heard the story, she remarked that she
knew he was not going to live long. Why? He loved to take advantage of young
women and even rapes them. See, sin has power and it steals, ki...
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life?
Then believe it and speak it.
Defend yourself with the power of the voice of the blood and you will live!
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21:00
Now, first, he tried to sell ideas to banks. Nobody bought. Eventually, he managed to get a little bank started and started giving out these loans. But they had their own strategies for recovering their loans. Their own was just to ensure that the things that you are doing was really working. Now, t...
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By the time he died, he was a billionaire from one particular idea. Are you getting my point? I'm trying to explain something that certain types of increases that God wants to bring into our lives, we have not yet seen it before. And sometimes it becomes manifested in the place of failure. But becau...
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I don't have to tell you that the time I saw him, he was trying to collect money from people. Now you see, it was very, very sad because you see in life, God gives everybody an opportunity. Let me explain that to you. If you open a business, you have an opportunity to succeed. If you start a ministr...
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16:30
And when he came back, he began to share the cities to his servants as they have already done with the money he gave them to trade with when he was not around. The one that turned his one talent to ten, the master said, have lordship over ten cities. Are you getting my point? That is the way by whic...
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Now listen, God will cause those things to prosper. That's the stage I'm talking about. Now if you start prospering little, let me emphasize that, initially the prosperity will be small. Now that's what I want you to understand. That is after you have persevered, at a point that you start seeing fru...
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a 15-year license that was only exclusive for the first four years. And the four licenses were issued. You know many companies bidded for the license. One of the companies that dropped out earlier before the final four, one of the heads of that company said that no company doing business in Nigeria ...
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Because it thinks that once I can drive them in the beaker, they will know I have succeeded. Listen, you know the problem with cars? They spoil. They catch fire. They get stolen. And even if none of these things happen to it, they age. The moment you drive a car away, if you bought a brand new, the ...
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And for him, all it begat him is probably embarrassment at the beginning. He probably didn't enjoy it. You get what I'm trying to say here? But a man did not love his life even unto death. Therefore, when God thrust a bigger responsibility on him, he just stepped in and began to fulfill it. But some...
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Then the result of elections came out and he lost. He said he just took off, he travelled abroad to go and rest and recover from all the hassle. Then while he was there relaxing, an idea came to his mind. That all the things you wanted to do for your state, why don't you do them for yourself? Then h...
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And I observed the things that were going on, and I talked to some people who were there at the beginning, and then described how greatly this clinic prospered at the beginning, how people patronized, how a lot of money was flowing in. And I said, then what happened? Then they began to explain to me...
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Our best example in these teachings has been marriage. So you step into marriage as a young woman. God said that a wife should honor her husband and respect her husband. And like Sarah respected her husband so much that she called him Lord. And you have practiced that you have believed it. So whethe...
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the same effort you put in today and yielded you abundant prosperity, you might put that same thing in tomorrow and it does not bring forth anything. It is just because for certain reasons at this particular point in time, God has refused to pour his blessing upon that thing. I'm explaining therefor...
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an ungodly mindset for you to say, I don't want much in life. Once I have money to take care of my wife, my children, buy a car, build a small house, I might as well be content. That way, you have only blessed yourself. You have not blessed anybody else. The men that build multinationals, I was ment...
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Welcome to this time of refreshing. This is a radio message that was pitched from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. We have been talking about cooperating with the phases in life's adventures. We have divided it into five for ease of teaching. The first stage is the stage of s...
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It is God that will give the increase. Your assignment is to do what is right, and God will choose to give His increase as He sees fit. That's what I've been trying to explain. You know, sometimes I see, because Yonggi Cho built the church that has one million members thereabouts in South Korea, oth...
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I give another example of Michael Dell. Why is he a very wealthy man? Because of him, many, many young men can now own their own computers, and indeed these days, their own laptops. He created the low-pricing system for such things. If you're in a society where people just become rich, what does he ...
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Now listen, when you have gone through all these phases, I said one flows effortlessly into the next. Then when you have entered into this position of rest, then God can begin to work on your behalf. If angels have to become men to guide you, they will. Do you get what I'm saying? If God has to conn...
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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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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.
CHAPTER 18
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
16 ...
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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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s that we fulfil and we are
judged to be faithful as servants of the Lord.
* Gal 6:6
The Assignment of God 115
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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hose around us. It is service to God
and to humanity that I am talking about.
There are some persons reading this who the Lord
* 1 Chrn 4:9
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is waiting for them to get up and face the vision and
dream that He has placed in them long ago. T...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CHAPTER 10
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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has
placed in you that He will use to bring you to that
The Vow of Prosperity 107
place of being a blessing; He wants you to take that
thing and begin to use it.
Some are gifted teachers and authors, but
something else has taken their focus because it is
giving...
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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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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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195
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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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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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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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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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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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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ng out with the truth of God. In
fact, a lot of times, those titles give the impression to
business people that the bearers do not know much
about the so-called real life. That is not the plan of
God.
The Job Example
See, Job was a man who was respected in the
society. He was a man of godly influenc...
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hings control the physical; the treasure
one has in heaven is fundamental to sustaining the
treasure on the earth. Treasure in heaven causes
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more to be produced on the earth and it preserves
the life of the owner of the treasure.
As a tru...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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-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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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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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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n to want to be
rich. Now, I will tackle that question by first
trying to understand what the enquirer may have
in mind. Words as simple as being rich may mean
different things to different persons.
For some, and I dare to say this is how most people
are, to be rich means to have a lot of money a...
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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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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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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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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.
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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
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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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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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. 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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tree." Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the
Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham,
so that we who are believers might receive the promised
Holy Spirit through faith. Gal 3:13-14
Because of Christ Jesus, no one is more blessed than
another, but all are blessed only in Christ.
S...
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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
yo...
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his came as a result of the fact that hope
is set on God and not on those material things that
the fellow possesses. Hope is a person's
expectation. It is a result of evidence or information
believed.
The wealth that a man has speaks to him; it tells him
what his future will be like. If he is a ric...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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e health of
the drinkers of it. God caused him to prosper. He
and his descendants became renowned for their
acts of great generosity. Their wealth sponsored
many missionaries and took care of charity.
I am telling his story to bring a point out. I read that
because of his philanthropy and the use o...
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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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arn from
him the path they should follow. Psa 25:12 GNT
A lot of people are living life using wrong principles.
It is called walking in darkness. But that is not to be
our portion as children of God.
The second advantage we have as believers is that
we have the grace to do what is right. Knowing
s...
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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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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. 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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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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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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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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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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thing seems to go wrong in the life of the
person.
The existence of curses is a fact in life. It is a spiritual
force.
* 1 Kgs 12:13-15
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My message, however, is that Christ Jesus took care
of all of it for the believer. He took care of...
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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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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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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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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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. 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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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
Why We Give to God 163
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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strength, no one can defeat you. In
that place, every setback is nothing but an
opportunity to recharge. Here, you are the
champion and no one else can be like you since you
are the best at being you.
A Shaking May Come
Many may suffer the loss of jobs soon. When it
happens to you, don't panic if yo...
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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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ny tree in your father's compound. If
that tree is the problem, it will die from the roots on
its own because of the blessing of God in your life.
That blessing will kill it as it overcomes the curse.
Many times, I hear pastors say they want to deliver
someone from a curse of poverty and bad luck, ...
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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
The Vow of Poverty 133
Also, I recently heard the story of a young man
who, together with his friends and associates, own...
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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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and Problems 43
Trial of Faith
Another reason why we may have problems as
Christians is the trial of our faith. In this case, we are
to endure until the trial passes.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter
various trials, knowing that the testing of yo...
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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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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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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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.
The earth is not cursed anymore for you.
In whatever you do, now you can prosper.
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CHAPTER 3
Christians And Problems
Problems Happen
M any people think they are cursed because
they have problems. Yes, curses are real ...
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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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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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, 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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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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th of the adults
among the Israelites in the wilderness—they
rebelled against the Lord. As a result of that
rebellion, all of them died in the wilderness and
never got to enter into the Promised Land.
“I, the Lord, have spoken! I will certainly do these things
to every member of the community who h...
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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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not be full.
God is always looking for how to bless His
children, but the only blessing He can give to a
disobedient child is correction. Without accepting
to be corrected, there is no moving forward.
So, many problems we have are nothing but the
inevitable consequences of our ways. A person who
is...
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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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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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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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hteousness to gain comfort or relief from the
troubles. Remember that that is the aim of the test
anyway. Eventually, that trial shall pass.
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A Just Recompense
The last reason that I wish to explain concerning
why Christians have problems i...
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these
resulted from his refusal of instruction and
correction. He added sin unto sin and he was
cursed as a result.
At a time, the people of Judah came under a curse
for neglecting the house of God.
You have planted much but harvest li le. You eat but are
not satisfied… Your wages disappear as thou...
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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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CHAPTER 16
The Art Of
Giving To God ...
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our prayers. The reason He
answers your prayer is purely because of His love
How to Receive from God 167
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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hteousness
for the sake of righteousness that He anoints.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows. Psa 45:7
The resolve for righteousness will be tested. The
person commi ed to righteousness will be faced
w...
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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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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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I said, what he didn't notice is the striking of oil is a gift of God. The man that rose up late and went to bed early can also strike oil. Do you understand what I'm trying to explain? What am I trying to explain? That those so-called principles of success, listen to me, the good ones are what I ca...
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comes from doing the will of Him who sent me, God who sent me, and from finishing His work. I'm talking about a life of purpose. Now, like I read from the New American Standard, it said, my food is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work. Now let me say something for all of us to ...
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Some are astronomers, others are astrologers. Astronomers, yes. Astronomers are the ones that look at real stars, not funny stars, real physical stars and calculate movement of them. The man decided, okay, this is the best time to do it. There was a time they wrote off 13 days in a year. That is, on...
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So that here what happened to Jesus was that he was physically hungry. All his nerves were triggered. So he was weary and he sat down waiting for food. And then purpose came to him. Do you get what I'm saying? Purpose came to him and he fulfilled purpose. And suddenly there was nourishment again sup...
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Now, is this what happened in the meantime? That's what I want to emphasize again, verse 31. The Bible says, in the meanwhile, the disciples were requesting him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But he said to them, I have food to eat that you do not know about. The disciples therefore were saying to one another...
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I'm bringing an issue here. So let us assume that somebody now decided, look, the way to become happy in life is to amass wealth, become influential, attain political office, become an MD of a great enterprise by the time you are 35. And the fellow achieves it, you know what will happen? If that's n...
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woman leave her house at 6.30, come back at 10 p.m. And none of that, none of that. How do they cope? Ah, the man needs grace and none of that. So I tell that, ah, something like that began to happen to me once. When my wife was working in the bank and they were doing some things and then there was ...
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He said, my God, that this is not your God I'm talking about. I'm talking about my own. There is something unique about my God. So none of your business. That was why he called himself the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. So as he runs with one man, it's none of your business....
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According to Miles Morrow, if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. So you see, the man is just exercising. According to them, Miles Morrow was in town recently. I encourage everybody to go and listen to him. I hope you went. Alright? It was a blessed time for those who w...
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talking about gifts and callings. Then I looked at the time we had left, and we had so many other things I wanted to do before we go on our annual break. And I knew if I started that one, it wouldn't work like that. So we just closed it where it was, and I knew that the next batch is going to take a...
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The other man who was not given anything, thinks that if I don't have anything, I'm in trouble concerning tomorrow. And to both of them, he was saying, listen, this thing doesn't account for anything. I've told all of this story to bring out an issue. Because we didn't make life, we can't just make ...
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They quote him all the time, quite a famous philosopher. But I heard Ravi Zacharias read out the statement he made before he died. Cut the long story short, he said he decided, I don't have the exact words here now, but that he decided that he was going to enjoy himself. He decided to remove every r...
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Do you understand my point? They say this business is good. I started it, it didn't work for me. How do I respond? Now, what I'm trying to bring out here is this. God has an instruction concerning how you are supposed to respond. And listen, until you understand how God expects you to respond, you w...
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No, I'm serious. There are things you do that don't bring you honor. Just bring you honor. That's what we are saying. My nourishment, my honor is to do the will of Him that sent me and to finish His work, not to pursue what everybody else is pursuing. I'll continue this message next time.
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how to have children by faith, how to marry by faith, so many how-tos. You hear things like, you wake up in the morning, you focus on it, you focus on what you really want, you focus, you focus, you make sure it doesn't deviate from your heart, and then you confess it, you confess it. After you conf...
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is for you to use to buy treasure in heaven. There are monies that are not valuable in buying treasure in heaven. Stolen money cannot buy treasure in heaven. Crooked money cannot buy treasure in heaven. Are you getting my point? You cannot steal and go and pay, and you think it is valuable, it is no...
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In English, it can be either Greek chronos, which is what I just described, or karyos, which describes the seasons of life. And listen, brethren, it is more important that you recognize the seasons of life rather than just the time of life. The seasons are much more important, all right? So a new ye...
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You follow the point I'm making? And you are here breaking your head. Give me this land or I die. Pastors say just focus on it, focus on it, confess on it, confess on it. Jesus said my meat, my nourishment, my land. Do you get the point? Comes from doing the will of him that sent me. And from finish...
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Do you get my point? Listen, what makes one season different from the other is that the person moving from one season to that or the next season, something has changed in him, a season or something in him has been accomplished. Please, that thing is very important. You've heard it said, I don't know...
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but he was living in Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos. He was a law student in UNEC, Enugu campus here. And he was living in Federal Palace Hotel. He would fly down early in the morning of the previous night, finish lectures, and fly back to Lagos. He was a happening guy. Fine boy, no pimples. But you ...
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All right, the Lord is good. We are going to have a very interesting year. For me, this year is a continuation of last. There are things that we have not finished to accomplish that we began to do last year and until the year is over, and when I say the year, until we finish the things that we are s...
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That is only found in the center of the will of Him that sent me while I'm finishing His work. So when God says to Abraham, come, he comes. Are you getting my point? Everything David did, he wanted to know what God's will was in that thing. I talked about the will of God several times, walking in Go...
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you will become sickly. In the same manner, if you don't identify the reason why you were born and walk in it, or at least walk in righteousness so that God can lead you in the path of righteousness, in the path of his will, in the path of the reason why he brought you to life. If you don't do that ...
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She thanked them very well and went back to work. Now, get what I'm saying. You know what she said? That I didn't have the time to be mourning over my sickness. I did not have the time to be wondering about why. I didn't have the time to be complaining and moaning and groaning. I just took my time a...
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I was saying something. Now this is how a Christian makes progress. He changes his mind. Then God helps him make progress because he has come to align his thoughts with that of God. Now get what I'm trying to explain. Now I said that your life is different, alright? As a child of God, there's someth...
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And you're saying, why do you behave like this? And you're talking to your husband. I want to enter the ground that, you know, they teach Bible for you in our church. That was just me. I said, after that, that was about all I asked the Lord for. It's called seeking first the kingdom of God and his r...
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That works both ways. In that particular situation, it was judgment that God said, go and prophesy. And the judgment did not come to pass. Was it because the man was a false prophet? No, it was because the people went and prayed, and repented, and God suspended judgment. And there are times God want...
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God bless you if you can manage a small house. I can't. Now, get my point. I'm not saying I have never lived in a small house. I used to live in a single room when I first married. For the next 10 months, 11 months after I married, my wife and I lived in a single room on a three and a half spring be...
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to as the salt of Sodom and Gomorah. What I am saying is that your environment, your family, the country in which you live, the company in which you work, all of these are touched by the life in you.
When you have life, your family will prosper, your company will prosper. Remember that Laban was bl...
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ral being and that life can take over, and indeed has taken over, my physical flesh. I have no choice but to believe what God says. I cannot believe the report of the doctor against the report of God.
Eternal life is not a matter of theological exercise but a real and tangible spiritual entity that...
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cts your body, your children, your land, your job, and whatever else can be called yours.
Why are most believers not experiencing the effect of this life, if indeed they really have it as Jesus said?
You see, God’s gift can lie dormant in a man if it isn’t stirred up. It appears that you really ne...
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Oftentimes we hear the expression ‘eternal life’ and we immediately begin to think about living forever. Well, I think I should let you know at this time that spiritual things do not only have a length but also a depth and a height. Thinking of eternal life in terms of living forever is looking only...
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person will desire such a life. So, many thirsted after it and so came to meet Jesus to ask him the mechanism for obtaining it.
As for you, Child of God, read these:
“He that hath the Son hath life”
“…whosoever believes in Him…(will) have eternal life”.
“…He loved us… (and) made us alive togethe...
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hole human race because everyone has sinned.”
When a person is subject to this reign of death, he or she is said to be dead in scriptural terms. See Ephesians 2,5:
“…we were DEAD in our trespasses…”
This was what the Lord wanted to spare Adam from when He warned him against eating of the tree of ...
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