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that your offering only begins to count when your tithe is complete. A man actually was bold and he said, if you are in a church and you are not tithing, every offering you give is a seed, except that your tithe buys you land. So that when you sow in that church, you are sowing into another man's la...
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Once you're not my co-worker, it doesn't apply to you. If you're my co-worker, it applies. You are not my co-worker if you don't do it. And my reason, my logic, is because you say where a man's treasure is, there is her to be also. What you really believe in, your money goes there. So you cannot be ...
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Malachi spoke when they were breaking it. So he gave you many things they were doing wrong. Not just one. You cannot just isolate that and use that to send Christians to hellfire. And when Jesus spoke at the time, and he talked about the matter of tithing, I don't want to talk about it now. He made ...
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1:21:00
You should have taken 90% of this burden of this ministry, of this church, of this new work that they are doing, and let every other Christian generally contribute what they can. Then the church will have had enough. But we pastors say that once you have paid your tithe, you are okay. Lie. He's not ...
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1:19:30
Next time I give practical tips again, I want to add those practical tips. Guides to help people. Not only to give to the work of the ministry, give to those who need. Don't, like I told you, just be a giver. We have to talk about this, just a giving thing. And then, amongst the generality of believ...
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1:18:00
10,000, 1,000, 50,000, 300,000, believe me, 1 million. I'm not joking. You know the alert you get, your phone will vibrate. You didn't say it don't vibrate. Now you wait. Yes. Believe me, brethren, do it. Brethren, do it. Brethren, do it. That's it. Not only has it worked for us, but it's actually t...
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So you threw away the water. So let's give it to the Lord. Let's assume that you did that for God and not for me. Alright? So that's what a leader is supposed to do. Okay? Help people keep their emotions in check. Like I was saying, now, Why I brought up that matter is because I kept on emphasizing ...
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I don't spoil the income of the church. Because if the church is taught to give the way the Bible said they should, the church will have so much money, the pastors will have to place an embargo on offering certain periods. That is exactly my message for today. If you taught Christians the truth, And...
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9:00
That is consolation. That is compassion. Then I will know you really want to console him. The Lord is good. I don't want to digress too much. I have many other things about human behavior that I'd love to talk about. Now, while I went through all of that, just to emphasize to us that that's how God ...
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10:30
mainly because we are the ones that pulled down his power into the earth. Exodus chapter 35, beginning from verse four. Moses spoke to the congregation of the sons of Israel saying, this is a thing which the Lord has commanded, saying, take from among you a contribution to the Lord, whoever is of a ...
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What do you think? And my friend Chuck said, if it is the truth, Banky, it has to be told. And as I say that then, I know I disagree with many great men, but I also know that many great men are also on my side. All you need to do is settle down and search. There are plenty. One of the ones I like to...
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1:16:30
You know what they are teaching them? The more commands more than the work of the ministry. I told my wife, never. So they don't give every Sunday. But occasionally, my wife will not pack money. It has to be 1,000 Naira or 500 Naira notes. It was something we did deliberately to attach it in their m...
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1:13:30
He said this is not, look, let me add my own words now. He wasn't saying this about what you're gonna get. He said, but if to us has been committed the truth, and we have to propagate the truth, we have to spread the kingdom, we must spend money. That was the challenge he threw down. And I said, fat...
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49:30
Now, things that we are all supposed to do as Christians, there are those that are specialized in certain areas. All of us are supposed to be able to teach the Word of God to a certain extent, whether you are called to ministry or not. But certain people are called to ministry, and their calling is ...
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blue and purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen, and goat's hair, ramskins dyed red and purplish skins brought them, everyone who could make a contribution, everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the Lord's contribution, and every man who had in his possession a ca...
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It's good. That's how to marry. So that is, again, we are rock bottom. You understand? From here, where can we go? Upward. There's no road down there. We are at the bottom. I got that concept that time. People would say to me that, eh. In fact, I still remember one person actually tell me that, you ...
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1:03:00
Is it three years? Boy, for a long time. I will say, what? Where's the money? He says, I hope. He says, go and bring it. When the man came, he said, put it in that basket. Offering basket. Go. That's all. Just for the man. Put it there and go. We miss that man, though. Honestly. Do you know that man...
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the mercy seat, and the cutting of the screen, the table, its poles, and all utensils, all its utensils, and the bread of the presence, the lampstand also, I'm going to jump now, and the oil for the light, and the altar of incense, verse 15, the altar of burning, the altar of burnt offerings, and it...
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Now, if you now go down to verse 36, I'm jumping because it's quite a long read. Chapter 36, quickly, from verse 3. Moses, after he had called Bezalel and his partner, they received from Moses all the contributions which the sons of Israel had brought to perform the work, and they still continued br...
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1:15:00
He said, ah, I leave church. So when the pastor finished talking, and I paid money. You know the other thing they do in church, maybe dedication on this one. He said, it doesn't matter. Once I pay money, I go. I was, I said, oh God, it's not payment now. You know what I mean? So for him, the service...
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1:01:30
You go, let's talk about it, you go, I know the church, that the church building is not the temple, but you go to church every Sunday, the roof is leaking. I'll say this will surprise you. You are living in a house now, you are comfortable, you are paying rent, you are building your own, then you go...
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When you bring it home, I blow it away. Why? Because my house lies desolate. I'm summarizing the verses. Therefore the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. I call for a drought on things that you normally will enjoy, and the labor of your hands. If you now go down to cha...
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Let's start from our Haggai again. We're reading that a lot. I'll just pick a few verses here because we have read it many times. It says from verse one, please remember I'm cutting and joining so as to gain some speed. It says, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel and to Jo...
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Let me start from here. Many of you have listened to me for a very long time, so you know my opinions. And they are founded on the scriptures. So I'm not going to say anything that will surprise you. We just want to put things in order. Let me really start from the fact that in today's Christianity,...
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1:04:30
They are still focusing the eyes of people on covetousness. And it does not work. Remember I said digression? So I can, you know, I just wanted to solve that. I finished it. Back to what I was saying. What I was saying at that point is that every Christian, Moses, was building the temple. We know wh...
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1:12:00
But my story is about Miles Monroe. Miles Monroe, of blessed memory, great man of God. He came up, it was his time to preach. And when I saw him, and you know it's a man you respect. It's a man you respect, don't want him to drop the ball. So I was watching, ah, I was like father of God. I was prayi...
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1:00:00
Eh? It tastes differently. The first time I gave my father cloth, you know, like that. Later I was talking about, he said he wore it in the evening and knelt down to pray. Are you getting my point? If it tastes different, don't tell me your father doesn't need anything. That one you give to him, it ...
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34:30
You know what I'm trying to say? Those in the wilderness say they want to eat meat. They must eat meat. Say, God, if I cry for meat, and the meat is not good, give me manna that is sufficient for me, lest I eat meat that will bring leanness into my soul. Any method you use in life, especially if you...
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51:00
All the things I need in life, they are given to me on the principle of sonship. And this is the principle of sonship. Jesus died, and because of his death, he procured from the Father every good thing for me. I'm already blessed. That thing must be wiped away from Christians' mentality. It is so wr...
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Those things are not good because you're actually taking advantage of people's emotions. You are. You are. Because people do things, after some time, they start regretting it. I've heard testimonies before, stories, of people who come to church, give their cars, come back next day and say, can I hav...
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1:09:00
The average child comes tomorrow and says, I want to go to university. You give to him not because one day your child will need, but because that is the opportunity that God has given to you today to do good works. That is the opportunity. One thing God gives us every day in life is opportunities. O...
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Listen, we must emphasize what is right. That's what I want to emphasize. We must. I just feel like dropping down before I go into the main thing I want to say. Now, my main message, however, is on the people. Remember, we're talking about the advancement of the kingdom of God and the ministry of gi...
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39:00
I think you should buy two aphids, drag it to my house, tie it there. Then I will kill it and invite the neighborhood. Are you getting my point? We will go to one primary school nearby. So why here? So that the school, the children can eat. Everybody can eat. And when it is so plenty, the adults can...
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58:30
Listen to me, I want to give you, I tell you practical things. You have been saving money. Woo! Because you want to buy something, material, for yourself. And because of that, in the last six months, one year, you have not been an active giver. Your parents, you think they don't need, so you don't c...
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That's actually the glory to God. It is the people that come in there. It's what they get. I've seen people, you know, you build a building, people come in there, they are not fed with the order of God. That place is an idol. That is a shrine. So David Pawson said that he never designed a church tha...
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1:07:30
Locked themselves in an enclosure. Nobody knew they were there, and they suffocated. When they found them, they brought them. Of course, we had to be sure that nobody killed them and dumped them there. We had to examine the bodies. And at the end of the day, when we wrote the verdicts, my colleague ...
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When you speak, people react immediately. Go and check it. They sprang up quickly, those ones. People spring up quickly when they are hearing things. And your duty as a preacher, as a pastor, as a leader amongst the people, is to help them keep their emotions in check. People shouldn't make rash dec...
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A man that is waiting patiently, a woman that is waiting patiently is one that is doing good works continually. Not for what he or she is going to get. Go and get that message, I can't preach it now. I just want to emphasize, so Christians, we always do good works. Why? Because we are like our fathe...
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your money, that is how to handle your money, generally speaking, and where we have gotten to now, having explained the fact that what we can really give to God, don't forget, is what? Faithfulness, that the sacrifices, the offerings that God accepts are the things that he had commanded that people ...
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1:12:00
every year. The yearly tithing was a celebration tithing. You were supposed to take a tenth of everything God blessed you with, go to the presence of God in front of the temple and declare a party. God said at that time, do anything you like. You want to drink Guguru? Use my money to buy it. No, it ...
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Alright, the Lord is good? I said the Lord is good. Let me just quickly get into what we have to do today. I just want to read this text of scripture. It's not the only one we have to discuss, but let's just start from there. The book of Luke, chapter 8, from verse 1, it said, And it came about soon...
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1:10:30
But then, beyond that level, let me not stick on that alone. I'm talking about widows of your household, all right? So that when God brings you, all right, into a place, and He gives you more resources, maybe a family, what He's saying is that, I have given you more assignments to do there. You get ...
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But like Paul told us in 1 Timothy chapter 4 and in Titus chapter 3, that we must be careful to continually do good works. And I said the key to receiving the harvest, because it's a season for harvest, the key is what? Continuity. He said, don't get tired of doing good. In due season, you will reap...
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1:13:30
and I lived in a very good apartment in Transeculum. Five bedrooms. So some years ago, I said, I will use it for Thanksgiving. So I told my wife, start. She bought food, bought drink, bought everything. At the end of the day, I said, so how much? She said, it came to 80,000 Naira. So I took the bala...
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1:16:30
There's a portion that once the month ends, I put it where it belongs. I have a mom. Every month, I give her what's her portion of my income. Do you get my point? I have other ministries that I love. Periodically, I give them their portion. I have charities that I like what they are doing. Periodica...
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1:15:00
What I have done the last seven days, all right, up to today, is to explain to you as a believer. Please give with the right motives. Stop giving because you want to bribe God that he might bless you. Don't give to me because you want to tap an anointing upon my head. It is not right. You want to gi...
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That is the way to know this God is to talk about his son, Jesus Christ. Do you get the point I'm making? God usually has a physical address in the lives of people. And then when God wants to bless people a lot of times, he tabernacles inside somebody and blesses the person through the person in who...
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There were days of the year you brought offerings. Every time you appeared before the temple, you were supposed to bring certain things. Do you follow that point? So I'm bringing up an issue here, that God doesn't like surprises. When you want to do anything, it must be according to the commandment ...
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He doesn't like being bribed. He doesn't like people that he can't do things for until they have done him a favor. However, in life, there is a lot of suing and reaping. So it tells people if you do good continually, it is good for you. Doing good continually is good for you. Do you understand what ...
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is that heathen religions were known for one thing. They will build a cathedral in the midst of poverty-stricken huts. You see, the temple to their God will have all kinds, but the people serving that God don't have anything, unlike the God of Israel. When Solomon built the temple of God, he built h...
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So let's go. They went, raised the boy up from the dead, and told her, this time around, go and take him up for yourself. I'm not going to give him possibly back to you. Go there. Receive him by faith. It's a spiritual lesson. This time around, she took it by faith, and then the boy lived. Now, I'm ...
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It's not time to say, yes, I have suffered. It's time to enjoy. Don't harvest your fruit before the right time. Don't. It's not yet time. You are not paying people back. Please, get what I'm going to explain. It's not as if you want to say, let me pay this man so that now I have paid him off. No. I'...
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1:09:00
She would go to church, to the bank, take a temporary loan from her bank manager. Now listen to me, she knew she had the resources to match it. Before she got off from that seat, while she was sitting there, someone called and said, the investment we made some time ago, this month it began to yield....
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The place in which he manifested himself is where he expects people to go and give thanks. So that when the ten lepers were cleansed, the giving of thanks was only acceptable if it was done in the presence of Christ Jesus. He was near them. So when only one came back, he said, where are the other ni...
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The idea now would be like, this is what they call super bounding onto good work. So all the people who are blessed over time or your children, they now look and say, look, this is 10 of the 10 state-of-the-art cars. You don't even, you say, what am I going to do with all of them? Two months ago was...
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It's scriptural. Not because you want to tap an anointing for him. Why must we turn everything around to selfishness? So if you want the grace walking upon that man to walk in your life, you give to him. It's sorcery. It's sorcery. Hear me. Quote me. Mention my name. It is ungodly. It is sorcery. Do...
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Oh no, you are commanded to honor certain people. So if a man has helped you like that over there, your parents, most importantly, when you are going to give back to them, it's not payback. It is what? Oh no, it's like you're saying to God, thank you. Those your first few salaries are not acceptable...
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1:06:00
or preparing for a meeting, or something. I hope you've gotten my point. Now, so I was talking about the widows of your household, just by the way, that's what I'm trying to explain. So when God gives you more, all right, than everybody else in your family, it is because you're supposed to carry mor...
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is so difficult to command individuals concerning how much money they can give towards one particular thing. It's impossible actually. What do I mean? Because God locates each person for certain purposes. Because of our time, please listen to many of the messages I've preached. There was one in whic...
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And I'm gonna lay some emphasis again today so that you get me very clear. Number one, what I'm trying to do, let me just say that, is to remove the wrong motives for doing good works. Because like I say all the time, motives count with God. Do you follow my point? Ignorance will deprive you of your...
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No other blood enters there, none other one. No, no other blood. The blood of Jesus has all the powers to counteract every blood that has been shed against you day and night. Do you get the point? I make it. You cannot use Naira to fight offerings of blood, you can't. The biggest blood that can figh...
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You have to do it occasionally. A day will come when you say, God, every money I earn this month, I'm going to organize a birthday party. Say for what? Just to say thank you. What am I going to do with it? I will call all my friends. They won't go until the money has finished in eating and in drinki...
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I'll put an envelope on the table, and I'll say, what is that? They say, pastor, it's a draft. It's one billion naira. I want you to use it to preach the gospel. Less than two weeks after, another person walking. Pastor, here is a draft. It's for one billion naira. Please use it to preach the everla...
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I encourage people to do it. So the day she got up to speak, before that morning, she said if you ever say you hear from God, that was her closest to it. As she was making up to go to church, a thought just dropped in her mind. Tell them you will double everything that they give. That is for every d...
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I know people, some people are so proud they can't carry. Those are the ones that have a problem. Normal people will carry a chair if we are here now. You understand what I'm saying? Okay, please arrange these chairs. But you're not here as a brethren. We need some people to go and carry a chair in ...
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See me either on stage or on air, so I'm asking. Brethren, things are rough right now for the ministry. We are going through some difficult times. It's because we are not giving, we are not responding. No, I don't do that. I will shut the door. You come one day, you just see one hairdressing salon o...
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If you're a business person, wake up in the morning and face your business. You don't go to church every morning, afternoon, and night. Morning, afternoon, and night. Oh, boy. We are not all supposed to be in the temples making sacrifices. Some of us are supposed to go and work to produce the sacrif...
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And you know the rest of the story. He caught so much fish, he had to beg his friends to please come and help. And all their boats filled up until they were drowning. The boat was about to sink. Everybody came to help. He gave to the Lord, he lent to the Lord, and God paid him back abundantly. What ...
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You know, you can imagine if we were praying tomorrow morning, say, what's happening? You know, for our program next year, we need God. We pray the power of God will be manifested. We have these broadcasts that are coming. We have these outreaches. We have this. We have these tracts to print. So tom...
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That's why women who build must, they have to chop all kinds of steroids. So you cannot, if you like, run with Arnold Schwarzenegger, play with him, do everything, train with him, you will never be as big as him if you're a woman. You can never attain it. It's not in your genes. Thou didst form my i...
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we are giving to God. I give six different ways by which we can give to God. I say number one, and please listen to this, every obedience to God's order brings a reward into your life. Now get that one very clear. God does not leave anything neutral. If he disobeys order, there is a cost. Now let me...
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and he keeps distributing. Out of the 10 he gathers, he will distribute 8 until it remains the 2 that he needs. You are getting the point. Then they go down tomorrow again, manna falls, he begins to gather. Everybody said, ah, the manna today was not plenty. He said, what do you mean it wasn't plent...
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And then there's a second way, in which even without having a conscious knowledge of that, he just realizes that where people put in one unit of labor, and God blessing their labor, they reap 10 units. He puts in one unit. With a little dose of blessing, he gets a thousand units. Suddenly, what God ...
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On the other hand, I said, okay, yeah, what we are going to do next? We are going to do this and that. He said, Pastor, please, how much is that going to cost, really? He said, for all the projections we have for that, I think 2.5 million should do it. He said, very good. Even if he doesn't have the...
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1:04:30
I don't believe in fasting to come and preach. It's not the will of God. So I told you guys, I think I need to go home and go and lie down, drink water, eat something small, and relax. I said, I just want to make sure there's somebody around in the office to open the door on time. And when I called ...
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1 Chronicles chapter 13. At the end of the day, Uzzah died. And he was one of the drivers of the cart. That's why the Bible says, watch your steps when you are coming to the temple of God. You must draw near to listen. I'm explaining something. Anytime you obey God's order, you get a blessing. And i...
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The Bible said, there is he that giveth. He said, let each person wait upon his ministry. He said, as we have gifts that differ according to the grace given unto us, let us exercise them accordingly. He said, he that teaches, let him wait upon his teaching. That's he that giveth, with liberality. Le...
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I'm serious about that. Paul said, the husband man labors in hope that he will be a partaker of the fruit. Are you getting the point I'm making? It's very important. I said that, look, when you go through school, the people who have to go to school, their first few salaries usually to be settling th...
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Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me my affliction. You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone. For even in Thessalonica, you sent a gift more than ...
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Now listen, let me tell you something about burden. For us Christians, our things must be spiritual. Are you getting my point? It is not about cash. It's not about cash. Because listen, a man can have a million and give a 100%, but it's not burdensome. Do you know why? Because the Bible says it's as...
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He's still flying first class. That's why in Christianity, laws are so difficult. One of our brothers, he lives in a company where, he laughs when they say that your tithe is not complete, he laughs. He said, I earn well, I thank God. He said, my friends who live outside here, earn the same amount o...
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Why? It's free will. Let me get back to it again. We began like this. For us Christians, we don't do it because we're trying to, what am I saying now? We walk in a manner pleasing to God all the time, but we're not doing this because we want to get something out of him. We're not doing this because ...
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1:37:30
How can you spend 100,000 Naira on hair? And you're not giving double that as a regular offering. That's what I mean. You're a sinner. Father God, whoever is like that, may teeth yank it off as she's walking on the road. Otherwise, there's repentance. You can redeem your hair. It's very simple. Go o...
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is because they don't want to stop stealing. Many criminals give to church. Those gifts are not acceptable. Are you getting my point? There are so many of them, we don't want to get, start talking about them. Oh, let me just say this. Even when you have repented, truly repented, you're no longer a s...
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Even though he has given 90%, E.G. Link said he has not given as much as a person who had 50,000 and gave 10,000. Because living on 40,000, or when you have two children that are going to school, is hard. He proved it from scripture. He said, Jesus said, this woman gave all she had to live on. He sa...
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In God's word, in his totality. And then apportion resources according to the needs that God gives, makes clear to you. Apportion people's monies equally. Are you getting my point? That's one major thing you need wisdom for. To set your money down and say, this one belongs to here, it belongs to her...
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I will not neglect to remind you of these things. So for those of us who have been together here, what I'll be doing today is reminding us of these things. But for everybody else, if you are new, then maybe you are hearing our own opinion, which is the Word of God we believe for the first time. But ...
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500,000, stand up. Now, I'm not saying it's always totally wrong. There will be occasions once in a while, maybe you are close brethren together, you want to be sure the money is complete, and it's not like we are sowing seed, offering, okay, how much are you going to give? You give us 5,000, all ri...
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I like the food. But if my wife decides to save double portion of what I really want to eat, and I say, okay, I've eaten enough. And she says, no, instead of made food, wait for this house. Belen must have lost. Then she stands there and she stands there and says, my husband, there's no wastage. You...
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It is relevant. It is relevant. What I produce for you or not does not determine the fertility of the ground. What makes a fertile ground is whether the fellow is in need or is not in need. Do you get my point? Are you able to say that, listen, the good place to plant in this ministry that's winning...
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1:03:00
That's why James said it, you have not because you ask not. And when you do ask, you don't get because you ask wrongly. What is it? You are competing. So I'm gonna emphasize to us, when it comes to working for God and the area of giving, the motives we have in our hearts, they count. So we must have...
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Are we getting my point here? It's important. Let's get it clear. It's so important. You see, if you don't understand these things, serving God is going to be burdensome. Now listen to this. Our motives count with God. So we must get our motives right. We must get our motives right. And I've been ex...
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1:39:00
That's the offerings of honor is not offering of lack. Not if a person is hungry, no. When you're honoring people, what they have is irrelevant. Therefore, you give to the poor, the needy. And one of them is widows of your household. We'll talk about that. What are the widows of your household? Youn...
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you will see the reward is really not even what the person did. A woman came and honored the man of God, Elisha. Elisha, he didn't sow a child into her life, into his life. And it's when he blessed him back, she delivered the son. That's what Elisha did. And that's why Paul said that my God shall su...
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So we're not giving to him because we want protection. Very important we understand that. Our motives count. Why are we giving to God? The simple reason, I'll put it in two areas. The simple reason why we are giving is one, we love God. Two, we love the brethren. Every other thing is a manifestation...
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Like I said at the beginning, this series is titled The True Service of God. That's what I've been looking at. And what we are talking about is, again, just using different words to explain how people are supposed to work for God. We're just teaching how to work for God, how people are supposed to d...
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There are different people you give to, and it's that you are giving to God. Let me just explain something again. We are debunking things. Giving is a work of God, amen? Amen. Giving is a work of God, and God loves a cheerful giver. I need to emphasize something to us again. God is not only in churc...
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Nobody practices like that. James said, you have not because you ask not. When you ask, you don't get, it is because you ask wrongly. Your motives are wrong. And we're going to see it. He said, I, the Lord, I test the heart. I want to emphasize that. As Christians, listen, it's very important. As Ch...
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I allow it to flow. So as a preacher, what do you do? You make sure all the time you are well fed with God's word. You keep on filling your heart with understanding, filling your heart with information, filling your heart with the knowledge of God. So that, what that does is to boost, listen, I'm no...
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It's not the thing itself. It is the spirit. When we're talking about giving and working for God. How to give and it is a work of God. Remember, it is the spirit. It is not the flesh. When you are giving, it is not money. Money in itself is nothing. When you are giving, it is not food. Food, bread i...
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Everything we do in life as believers, like I said, motive counts. They must be propelled by faith. And the Bible says faith works by love. So everything is because of the love of God and the love of the brethren. That's it. Everything is deciphered from inside those two things. Upon these two comma...
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This is what I would like done. I've told us before, the most important thing about this, our prayer, we are praying all the time is to cleanse our hearts of all defilement. Because when we come to God and say, Lord, I need a new car. I need a new car. He's looking at you. This boy doesn't need a ne...
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I said, she's selling bread. So what? Never ask a person if they sell better bread. Did I say she opens her way to the Bible? Let's read Philippians chapter 4 and continue our journey. I'm saying all of this to let us understand and listen. That's why faith is weak many times. People really, their h...
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God said, you bring to me animals with defects. He said, take them to your governor. Malachi was talking to the people of Israel. That tells us something. He said, take them to your governors. Will they accept those things from your hands? What does that tell you? It tells us something. You say, oka...
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It's like everything that goes up must come down. That particular principle did not talk about motive. And God said, however, I, the Lord, let's read that. Very important, in the match of the 17. For time's sake, I just read out to you because mine is already open. From verse nine, he said, the hear...
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That was the only thing he said. Listen, because of course you can understand there are many reasons for it, but one of them, well let me not even go into the reason. But generally, that's how God is. So let us bear this in mind. So it's not every sacrifice that he accepts. So the problem therefore ...
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We are at the place we give to, and we say we are giving to God. That's what I want to just bring out here. How to give, which proportion to give, we'll talk about later. Let me just drop this proportion thing for us, and we'll see, it's interesting. I learned this one from E.G. Links. Let me ask yo...
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Said amen before you sit down. Please turn to somebody and bless the person that understands your portion today in the name of Jesus God will give you insight today in the name of Jesus Healing is coming to you today again in the name of Jesus from the top of your head to the sole of your feet From ...
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How many books should be in my office here? So that I had compassion. You know, when you're in something, are you getting my point? You feel for people. Why am I saying all of these things? Sometimes that is where the problem with not being a giver reflects our lack of faith. That's why I so thoroug...
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God saw that they were showing love to the saints. Are you getting my point here? It was that love they were showing to the saints that he was focusing on. People think that the principle of give, you just give and God will just reward it back. I will explain the principle again. When it comes to mo...
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You buy cosmetics. Oh, let's not talk about your hair. You know women and hair. Thank God for natural hair is raining now. Somebody say amen. For maintaining natural hair, you wish that they would use Brazilian hair. This natural hair. My mom brought coconut oil the other day. It be like eye drop, 3...
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If you could jump inside and save all of them, would you like to do it?" The son said, yes. He said, what if I told you to do it, you would become a fish and remain a fish forever? The boy looked like he did joke. I would die for a fish, stay with them permanently? Forget, fish, all of them are peri...
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Lord, I thank you. Jesus has paid for everything. Thank you, it's free. Thank you. I am your child. Jesus paid for everything. I'm serving you because you own me. Not because I want to get something from you, but because you own me totally. Oh Lord, thank you, thank you, thank you. I worship you, yo...
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if the gospel is being preached, and I'm a true believer, and I'm gonna talk about that one of these days. See, giving is a sign of faith. Go and listen to the series we taught here earlier on this year, Total Faith. If you listen to that message, that series, you realize a lot of Christians don't h...
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Sunday, you shine it again and it starts again. It's called Kakaroro, otherwise known as never say die. Are you getting my point? When you have something like that, okay, that is when you give. You see, you check the need. You're not trying to impress anybody. You check the need. The person you are ...
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You are using phone as if you are Don Capro. You know Don Capro? There's one guy who I read his blog. He writes on, you know, tech things. You are using phone like Don Capro. He does that because he has to write. One of my friends said that, he said that, my son is with my Note 4. I said, wait, how ...
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because the Lord does not see as man sees. Man looks at the outside. God was saying to Samuel, but I, the Lord, I look at the heart. Peter called the inward man of the heart. So the man, when God says somebody's a cheerful giver, it means he's not a dancer. He's not the, okay, today let's dance as w...
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And you see, under the new covenant, all right, let me just really say this, people will ask the question, why did God not receive the sacrifice of Cain? Was it because, all right, he was not a blood sacrifice? Was it because he was not the best? And I've heard those arguments, that if it is not the...
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She did not know. She thought they were going to raise like $1,000. But it was God that told her to speak. When they raised money, it was over $100,000. I told the story a bit wrongly for you. Later, I want to confirm. It was one hour after she finally told them, don't worry, I will pay tomorrow. On...
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Though we can't see it, but we know it is there. And the impact of that thing will be felt where? On this earth. And that's what we were teaching last time about laying up treasure in heaven. Because you see, it's just like putting money in a bank. I tell you, don't put your money in UB, put it in U...
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It doesn't work like that. What works? This is how the two connect. Every time you sow a seed, you are laying out treasure in heaven. Do you understand my point? And listen, you don't lay it out because you want to make withdrawals. Do you go to a bank and deposit money because you need to take mone...
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I'll rip corn. Oh, very good. So Christians misunderstand and say if you sow dollar, you reap dollar. No, it doesn't work like that. What did Solomon sow when he reaped plenty of wealth? He asked, no, he just asked God, give me wisdom. God saw the concern he had for the people and for fulfilling his...
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You cannot say, I've given God his portion so I will lay up treasure on the earth so that moth will not destroy and thieves will not break in and steal. No. It's a principle on the earth. Once we lay up treasure on the earth, even if you give God 90%, the other 10%, you and moth will share it. And t...
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Listen, the foundation of wealth on the earth, it's in the spirit. That's what I'm trying to get across to us in this last, today and the one we did last time. That treasure in heaven must be your foundation. You must understand that if God blesses you, the idea of treasure in heaven is simple. Thie...
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Last Saturday we spoke on the subject that we titled Treasure in Heaven, and I believe that it was an enlightening time for most of us. For me, it was. And that's the way the Word of God is. There is something I just want to... Let's read a few portions of the scripture that we are starting today, t...
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It doesn't make sense. It doesn't. You give 10% of your income to God because God doesn't own everything. If he did, you won't be negotiating with him on percentage. Men who have worked with God... The mistake we make is that we think that giving to God is when you have a package of money and say, t...
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Anyway, that's what he said. Now, what I want to say about the company that he owns and runs. Look, it's part of their constitution. You know what I mean? What sets up the company. Charity is part of it. There's a certain proportion of money. You give them your money. They make money with it. A cert...
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People say that if you give and you are not planning to get, is you are not giving out of faith. You don't know what faith is. I was listening to somebody, anytime you give, tie it to something. I say, yes, I tie my own to something. I tie it to the blessing, the life of the person who I'm giving it...
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There is something in the realm of the spirit. Like, let me give you an example. Jesus said, it is more blessed to give than to receive. Now, that is a revolutionary statement if the people didn't know anything about the spirit realm. Do you understand my point? That is only sensible to the man that...
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everybody enough resources to buy all the treasure available for him or her in heaven. do you get the point I'm making? Let me just give you an example to explain what I'm saying. Because, you see, the Bible says, to whom much is given, much is expected. Before God, if a Nigerian spends 1,000 naira ...
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Have you ever heard in your whole Bible, read the cover to cover, that Solomon gave all that he had to God? Yet in the Scriptures, who had as much money as he? Did you ever read that David gave all that he had to God until he was about to die? All the days that he lived, he didn't. Yet this guy had ...
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Most people who preach it like that, they don't want to collect the money first. That's their own. Do you understand my point? It's your problem whether you receive or not. But I don't think it's right. I don't think we should do that. So like I was saying, those who maintain the habits, those who u...
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He said that I'm using real estate because that's what I do well and I know how to do it. That you don't have to do real estate. Do you follow me? Most people won't know that. They will be buying land everywhere now. Not knowing that. That blessing that was upon that man doing real estate business m...
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That is where we carry the thing beyond what the Lord was saying on the principle of seed and harvest. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? Supplies, answers for goodness sake to pray. Whatever you shall ask. Is that not what he said? You have not because you ask not. I mean, come on. When you as...
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Somebody comes to tell his story and says, can you believe it? Praise the Lord, brethren. Praise the Lord. Today, one trailer was just passing there. And he just knocked down one tree. I thank God he didn't knock me down. Amen, amen. Go and sit down. I said, look, there are 1,000 other people this t...
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Okay? Again, you see that, so, oh, I'm very happy we're going to read this. You see that the same act is judged by God. Alright? Depending on the motives behind the doing of those acts. Can you say that again? You know, I've never even connected this until now. You can see here, it says, this man we...
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I say, they are preachers. No, I'm not saying this to run anybody down. I am a preacher also, you understand? Now, as a preacher, if you teach the word of God, you minister the word of God, and the Bible says you have the right to live by that. Do you understand my point? So, God commands people to ...
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Do not be afraid, little flock, for your father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. For this reason, sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, nor moth destroys. For where your treasure ...
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that we are preaching Kingdom Word, that children of God must be differentiated, separated from people of the world by virtue of the way they live, the principles they walk by. You see, let me tell you something about faith. Again, we have discussed it before, but faith is very strong. Like we said,...
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Do you follow what I'm trying to say? Mike Murdoch used to say something that you are built for a connection, that you must be blessing somebody otherwise you would not live long. If you see people who live for themselves alone, who cannot give to anybody, who will not do anything to help anybody, f...
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Are you following my point? And I said that treasure is always bought. It is not acquired for free. Nobody is going to give you anything like that for free. But the thing is that the price of buying your own treasure, God has given it to you. Which is again, we come back to faith. Let me give you an...
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Big is the one we know, because it's the number one selling writing material on the earth. You get my point? That is a soil need. They decided to invest in people's lives, and as they were doing it, they were laying down treasure in heaven. And that treasure kept on generating treasure on the earth....
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about all I ever prescribed was a little bit of analgesic and a little bit of diazepam, because they never had any problem beyond that. It's always knee pain, always pain. They were essentially, by the time we finished that day, that guy looked at us and said, ah, chief, can't we come back? And we'r...
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When that day I was going, there was this young boy, young chap there, I'm forgetting his name now. He just escaped me. He was a Christian too. He was a house officer. He had a car. I said, boy, come, let's go and consult with those people. After I'd gone this far, the guy followed me. When we finis...
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All right, Jeremiah chapter 17, verse 10. I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds. That is, I first look into his heart, I know why he's doing what he's doing, the reason he's doing them. So if somebody is giv...
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I hope you are following me. That's why the disciples of Jesus went to him and said, teach us to pray, like John taught his disciples to pray. There was a way they prayed. You see, you know, the way, it's like a school of prophets. At a point in time, the prayers became like chants. Do you understan...
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Now, if that widow didn't give her two mites because she did not have, I hope you know she has bought nothing. Now, that's talking on money level. There are other ways by which people buy treasure in heaven. Let me give you an example. Praise the Lord. Let me give you another example of another way ...
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Without understanding, you go around broadcasting military strategy failure. Why you should beware of military strategy failure. But the real weight we know is that the words were impregnated by the word of God. When I was reading, I was telling you last time that I read this man's book, Robert Kiyo...
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to choke the word and prevent the word from bearing fruit. And one of them, he said, is the deceitfulness of riches. I just want to say something briefly about that thing, about deceitfulness of riches, before we, well, as part of what we are teaching. Hebrews chapter 11, verse 3, let me read this p...
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It is vain for you to rise up early, verse 2, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors, for he gives to his beloved even in his sleep. Psalm 127. I hope you are following what I'm saying. Now I want us to understand that as a Christian you must know that what moves wealth, what moves money...
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Not the one that if we want to buy something big for the church hall we are using. We will raise money from the pulpit. When it's for charity and welfare, we go and put a basket at the door and put a notice on it. Please give to the poor. But when it's something and we stand on the pulpit and be sho...
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But serpents are harmful, so don't grab that side of the type. Are you getting my point? And there is a simple way to define the limits of the type in the scriptures. You know the limits? Whatever it says, don't use anyone beyond the one it has said. If it said, be harmless as doves, don't behave li...
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That is, if I look, that means, remember what he said, you pray this prayerware in secret. You see a brother, a sister who's having problems, you don't tell her, ah, sister, brother, I'm praying for you. But on your own, you kneel down and say, God, God said, you have your reward. All right, so like...
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That is your only guarantee. Let me tell you what, I've always told people who talks too much nonsense and rubbish about Nigeria. Please take a visa and clear. Because if you continue like that, you can never be blessed abundantly there. God must see that your desire for the land is for its prosperi...
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Please don't be angry with me. I have to start again. As long as the problem is there, we have to continue solving it. You understand? And I always try to get Christians, because this matter of money, money is so everywhere. It pains me that it gives the Church of God a bad name. All right? It gives...
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My story about it is that he asked God, said, let me shut this woman up from saying this kind of thing. And God said, that's right. He wasn't competing with his neighbor. It was between him and his wife. If we have the right motive, that's what I'm going to emphasize, God answers prayers. I need to ...
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which is what I'm talking about. What's the relevance? He said, honor the law from thy substance. It's tied to verse 5. I explained to us before that the first fruits in the old covenant, the way God gave it to them, the first fruit was not your home on salary. All right? Forget all of these ones we...
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when people will harvest, the very first that came from the earth, God gave them a commandment under the laws of Moses that they were supposed to take that in the time of harvest and go and present it before the priest. The idea behind it was that they were by that acknowledging God in that harvest....
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That's a matter of fact. Listen to me. How do we become saved, Christians? We don't magnify the name or the works of our enemies. No, we don't do that. We don't do that. We don't do that. It's irrelevant. I wake up every day and declare, God is my rock, my fortress, my refuge, my high tower. That's ...
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You know, the name God does not allow them to say it. But deep inside their hearts, they feel like there is something God does not get. When it comes to doing business for something, God doesn't understand computer programming. Now, they don't say it with their mouth. They just, when they are doing ...
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Now, please notice this, verse nine. Honor the Lord from your wealth, or with your substance, if you have a King James, and from the first of all your produce, so your bands will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. Now, there are two things I want to bring up from here....
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I do. And that's what we must do as Christians. He said, in all your ways, acknowledge Him. He now said, honor the Lord with thy substance and the first of all thy produce. I was emphasizing something here that you discover, that what he was trying to say there, rather than to harassing ourselves ab...
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You are giving the name of the Lord to a vain thing. A certificate is a vain thing. Because if you acknowledge me in all, all, all your ways, listen, I will fill your bands and then make sure your vat overflows. I will make sure that no basic necessity is lacking in your life. And if you blink in th...
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Quickly open your Bibles to the book of Proverbs chapter 3. I want to commence today from the book of Proverbs chapter 3. I'm going to read a portion of the scriptures that's very well known. But I'm trying to bring out something slightly different from the common about it. From verse 1, we won't re...
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I like the way she said it. Oh, you know, she was lying down on the bed. Just say, oh, see bat. Do you understand? Very calmly, oh, see bat. I said, where? Oh, just inside that wardrobe. Are you serious? Ah, that is, if not some people. If not some people. If not some people. Ah, husband, see bat, b...
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That's breaking the commandment of God. And don't go and teach young people. This is how to succeed in life. Sometimes I see people trying to teach you how to plan for your future. And I shake my head. This plan for your future that you are teaching subsequent generations is making an image of that ...
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Sounds funny, but I mean it literally. I'm not joking about it. Some people have never heard this before. They still think, I mean, I still want to preach somewhere last time, what day was it? Okay, yeah, I'll finish on Tuesday. I want somewhere to preach. It's just for somebody to take offering. An...
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That was his prayer. He said, he just said, Lord, ah, ah. He said he just looked over his life. He works very hard. He's somebody I know very well, you understand? Hardworking young man. And he just sat there and said, ah, ah. Lord, please, dress me up now. And then something just, a thought just dr...
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If you look into the heavens, listen, I was reading it yesterday night, or the night before, about the story of that plague, because that caused me to study, that came into Israel. The Bible says that the children of that man, Onan, they looked up, they saw the angels, they ran away. The thing was a...
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And whenever I finish my combination and permutation, I've lost appetite for the apple. But I will buy it. I will buy like 10, 20, carry it. You eat it, you will deny satisfaction. No. The extreme of my own was that. You will offer it to me. And I'll say, do you like it? You say yes. I say, in that ...
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Of course, we are talking about financial management, biblical financial management. That in every money that God gives you, there is what the Bible calls seed for the sower and there is bread for the eater or what the Bible calls bread for food is the same thing. The last time we established that t...
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Treasure in heaven is bought with your acts of faithfulness. I prefer that word. Your acts of obedience. Your acts of love. Things that you do in denying yourself so as to be a blessing to somebody else. It procures for you what? Treasure in heaven. Are you getting the point I'm making here? So we s...
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I hope you are getting the point. Listen, this is sound doctrine. I told you last time that, in fact, interestingly enough, I was, I read a page in, there's a book my wife is reading now about Hudson Taylor. And one man said, made a statement there, that Christians often don't give because they are ...
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do you understand what I'm trying to say? That's all that God is saying. God is not like, come and bribe me. No, I have to know that it's from my hands that you're expecting blessing. Remember what I said? God is not demanding, therefore, that you should be impulsive. This impulsive attitude is not ...
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I'll give myself as an example, not a testimony, just as an example. I work, I have a secular job, alright, and I get paid a salary regularly. I mean, every month. Do you get my point? Before the money is paid, I have already decided long before what is going to where. There was a time I was telling...
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Are you getting my point? Why? Because I have already made room in my heart for that expenditure. That's what I want to emphasize. Most people cannot operate their priestly offices. You know what I mean? They cannot service their priestly altars because they don't make room. You know, one of the pro...
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primarily make a room. You must always make room for things. Things you don't make room for, you can't do them. I was telling you earlier that, you see, I am the one person that, that's why Kingsley takes announcements the way he does. This is Kingdom World Ministries. It is supported, it is funded ...
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Now, I said that we have to learn the fear of God and that God has something to say about every aspect of life. Why did I remember him? Because I remember a statement he made. It wasn't around when we talked last week and the week before. But he made a statement that he said it appeared to him as if...
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After all, the time that God commanded them every year was supposed to be eaten by them. It's different from food. That's not what I'm saying. But food, maybe let me just use a minute, because I want to close now, to explain this. I said there is seed for the sower, and there are two kinds of seed. ...
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Are you getting my point? There are people I know, committed ministers who are doing great works. Periodically I remember, oh, sorry, we have not done this for a while. I write a check, I post it. You know the interesting thing? I have never been so broke that I forgot. Are you hearing my point? No....
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Are you getting my point? What about the guy next door, who you know that this guy, the reason why this young man is not making any progress is because nobody's helping him. So you call the young man, you give him advice, you know, are you getting what I'm trying to say? That is, you help somebody, ...
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You are waiting for him to fall tomorrow. Something is wrong with you. Do you get my point? One brother was telling me the other day. He said, he thinks he wants to buy an E-class. He was telling me because he knew I would understand. He said, it's not too big. I said, listen. There are times that G...
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there is a world of difference. I hope you are getting my point. I'm talking about honoring God. I'm not finished. Now, this guy said something and that was wrong. Sorry, I have to give the gist. So, actually, he came to see me because he came to give me some money. So, that's for Kingdom World. So,...
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Okay, now today we are going to continue again as usual in what we have been discussing in the last few, today will be third day. Remember we started this season, we said we are discussing what we called financial management for Christians. Do you remember that? So let's quickly just remember that w...
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Somebody there say, come on, like you mean you're able to, you know, that amount of money out of this little money that you have now listen, that is because I recognize that there is a spiritual side to life. Do you understand my point? Listen, I don't want to appear as if I'm sounding that giving c...
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Are you getting my point? When God took the children of Israel out of their homes, not promised land now per se, it's promised land though. But when he took them out of their homes and took them into captivity, what did he tell them? That while you are in captivity, the land will enjoy its Sabbath. ...
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And he took a coin. He said, whose likeness and whose inscription is this? They told him Caesar's. He said, render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's. What am I trying to say? You must never eat the portion of your money that is hit for the sower, and you must not sow the porti...
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It is not as if he needs bribery. It is just that if you walk in a particular fashion, it is clear that you are not believing God for blessing, that your prosperity, your promotion is not coming from God. And God, therefore, he's not compelled to bless you. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? He...
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This man had been laboring and working for God for more than 10 years. What am I saying? Years before that, nobody knew him now. Decades he had been preaching and managing. But the time for harvest came, but physical investment was needed to ignite that harvest. do you understand my point? That is, ...
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No, this is my own problem, you understand. No, I would say, the other one, that you have a hundred bucks, is your problem. Are you getting my point? So I won't let your problem disturb my own problem at all. Are you understanding what I'm trying to say? Why? Because the commandment is that honor th...
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Only for me to open the door and find it was not him. Then it made sense that I can look at, stand at the door, knocking, saying that it's not him. He kicks the door down. You understand my point? Interestingly, if for any reason the door is locked, he will get there, push the door, the door will op...
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You get my point? The light we're using is burning fuel. We broadcast on air. It's the spreading of that word that is the organization called Kingdom World Ministries. So I said, there is a work of the ministry, and there is a minister of the work. I said, please, don't just send cheques with my nam...
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Recently, somebody took me in a car by accident. My wife left church without me because we were delaying. So she left and left a note that, look, I've gone home. Find a ride when you are coming home. So she took the car home. So the person that was supposed to take me home, as soon as I entered the ...
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Why? Because God said this is the time. I know her very well. My good friend cannot recognize Ikeja Airport. Before that day, she couldn't. You know what I mean by that? The only sea she ever crossed was that River Niger, if you can call it a sea. Do you understand my point? We have come to understa...
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Do you hear what I said? I am not a poor man. I will not be donating small, small bit of, you know, okay, use this one to buy louvers and keep, God forbid, bathroom. Until that time, what will I do? I will live in a good rented house. If my landlord annoys me, I will park from his house and rent a b...
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Are you getting the point I'm trying to make? So please, brethren, don't ever forget. I said I wouldn't go over this, but I'm tactfully going over it again. But let me just get back to what I want to say. So now, I have also realized that as a believer, if you believe in spiritual things, what marks...
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Somebody like me, I spend by faith, so you can never judge how much money I have. It's not possible. You can't judge it. You can never judge it. Do you get what I'm saying? What I mean is that most people think that if you spend maybe a hundred thousand, that means you have five hundred. No. The onl...
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You know, you have to have like 2,000 square meters. That is the will of God. And I'm not planning to live in the bush all alone. I live in a well-developed area. Now, when I calculated the cost of all of these things, it's big. So I said, God, for now, give me a good rented house. Are you getting m...
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So he had an affair with one of the ladies that worked for him and his wife found out because the young woman was pregnant. So one day he was eating in the morning, eating. His wife came and said, Jolene is pregnant. The man looked up and said, that's her problem. That's her problem. The woman said,...
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It's a matter of understanding. Are you getting my point? Let me tell you one small story that will make you laugh. One day, when I was a house officer, when I was being paid 700 naira a month as salary. So, one day I was dancing. I was feeling very happy. I was feeling cool. Then one of my colleagu...
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s government deliberately erode the value of currency all the time. America was doing it to the tune of almost 100 billion dollars a month in ‘Quantitative Easing’ to come out of recession. Not funny!
35. You cannot give a portion of your income and think you have settled God. That is not Christian...
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51 RANDOM TRUTHS EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MONEY
1. Money is a means of exchange but a poor store of value. Any money simply stored up is either stolen or gradually eroded away. “Moths destroy and thieves do break in and steal.”
2. What you do with your money shows what you believe and wha...
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s, and the forgiveness therein, is not acquired by money.
20. Money gifts convey the spiritual substance in the heart of the giver. There is no guarantee that you will receive money for giving money.
21. Give and don’t expect anything in return. Expecting something when you give is not the way fai...
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47. You cannot inform God of what you gave so that He will give you back. It is a fatal error.
48. Investing your money so it can grow is godly, but don’t use that as a means of securing tomorrow.
49. A life spent chasing money is a wasted life, even if the person got plenty of it.
50. Having ...
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Oh, are you getting my point? That you see, when Solomon sacrificed, physically speaking, this guy gets my point, he wasted animals. I told you something last week. When Jacob was going on his journey, he told God, if you will bless me, I will give you 10% of whatever you give to me. I said there wa...
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Remember I said that every money that God gives to you, he said there are two portions in it. There is seed for the sower and there is bread for the eater. I'm using Isaiah's expression. There is seed for the sower and there is bread for the eater. Now he was saying here that this man did not recogn...
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but so that we don't give people offense. That's why I drop off from every time we go to church. So the offering is really very small compared to what I can give. But the real giving is given as a check once a month. If a special need arises, you get my point? Then you task yourself again, specially...
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Like he flew from US to Jamaica, you know, just flew around to warm the engine. Let me see how the plane I bought is doing. That's how wealthy the fellow is. Yeah. Pastor Paul said something because like he's a spiritual son to him. He said, the man has never given him a dime. He said, this is what ...
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I thank you because you have given everybody listening this evening the spirit of wisdom and revelation and the knowledge of you so that the words that are coming forth Lord will fill their hearts with truth in the name of Jesus. Okay so last week if you remember we started talking about what we des...
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Yeah, it's likely. I mean, a man in current day Nigeria who earns 10,000 Naira a month is not likely to be giving out 8,000 Naira a month. He has to eat. When you hear that some men, people like Algie Letourneau, that a man goes giving out, even Archbishop Benson Ndahousa, these are men who routinel...
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He said, honor the love from your wealth and from the first of all your produce, or King James used the word increase. I kind of like King James' expression here. Honor the love from your substance and from the first fruits of all your increase. He says, so your barns will be filled with plenty and ...
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What am I saying? Making sense? It's a sell your possessions. He just told them first. Don't worry about that man that's built. In case you have stored up something. That's what he was now telling them. So that you two do not die suddenly. Peter, go and sell that thing you kept at home. He said, I'm...
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of life as God had taught it. God made me and put me in this life. Why did God make you? He made you to know him, to love him, to serve him. Come on, those things were rammed down your head as a child. It never came to you instinctively. If you go to Europe and you go to, I mean, a lot of so-called ...
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Christians are not bad people. Let us stop making them appear as if they are selfish. They are inherently good people. If they see opportunity to be a blessing to God, they will do it. Like the woman that I had prayed, she said, God help me. You know if you were in the same situation and I was your ...
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And he began reasoning to himself, saying, what shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops? Then he said, this is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. There I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, soul, you have many goods laid up for m...
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Now, the one I have is a licensed copy. And those are the issues. Let me tell you something. Integrity Music used to sell their discs in Nigeria for about 900 naira when pirated copies on the streets of the same quality were 200 bucks. I say, you are cheating yourself. Now they have woken up to real...
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All right, I can't go into all of those things, but the point I want to make here is this. Jesus said, now we have established there's bread for food in every morning that comes into your hands, and there is seed for the sower. And amongst seed for the sower, I'm bringing out a point. Number one, he...
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Now to start this message, please I would like to read a few verses of the scriptures and then I will now start talking without much interruption. Alright? That's today's main thing for today. Please open your Bibles to 2 Corinthians chapter 9. Now actually chapters 8 and 9 Paul talked extensively a...
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Do you get my point? Then when they came and told him that John the Baptist had been thrown into custody, the Bible said as soon as he heard it, he arose and began to preach, repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. He started exactly where John the Baptist stopped. The guy's mission had ended. And...
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Yes, I know that God will pay you back, and there's nothing wrong with expecting God to pay you back, but please, don't do things primarily because you expect God to pay you, because if God demands payment for your head, where will you get money for it? Ah, he said the redemption of his soul is cost...
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Let me just say this here. God said that you must ensure that you have treasure in heaven because treasure in heaven is what sustains the treasure on the earth. There's one man in my place, very, I think I told you the story before, very rich man, extremely wealthy, honored every year as the highest...
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that he say you cannot serve God and if you have King James says mammon or my Bible new American standard says you cannot serve God and wealth there was a point I made last week from verse 11 there when he said if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth I emphasize that when he u...
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No, that anointing would be okay if it was not for hire. No, it's true. There are people that when they preach, you will give money. You understand my point? But it did not come there to collect your money. So I recognize that one. But once anointing is for hire, don't fool me, my friend. I'm not a ...
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is look at what we are doing. I will announce to them, we now broadcast on Cosmo FM. I will announce to them, we have this number of tracks now. I announce to them, we have books. Go to our website, download our messages. But to tell you that please, we need money. Listen, we don't need money. If Go...
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from the person who is handling it. A man of an evil heart, we handle money and use it to do evil. Whereas one of a righteous heart, we handle money and use it to advance righteousness. I hope you are getting the point I'm making. So these points we made last time are two actually. We said that the ...
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It is not as if he has no place, but the place he has is very little. That is, Jesus was saying that this is the first point by which somebody would be shown to be a faithful person. That is, how does a person handle money? I remember last week I said a lot of things. I told a story of what the Lord...
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Are you getting my point? When Peter gave his boat to Jesus Christ, he was an idle man. That is, he had fished all night and caught nothing. Jesus was no longer, Peter was no longer interested in fishing. He was hiding. The Bible said they were washing their nets. So he just called himself, thrust i...
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I used to speak against public evil. I said, with those size of raps the guy used to inhale, even you will speak against God. Please, are you getting the point of all that I'm saying? Let me tell you something. Take my example. After I understood the principles of marriage, you understand, I told my...
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Christians are hardly taught how to handle money. Now, it may sound funny that, ah, no, no, no. But they talk about money a lot. I'm sorry to say this. What churches do most of the times is to raise money. Do you get what I'm trying to say? It is not to teach people about money, but to raise money. ...
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You know, you know that that is not if I cannot say you cannot say you either I mean, yeah, that beats this one or beat your that's not the issue. Yeah, you get what I say that so when God says something like you cannot save God and Mammon, he was saying that Mammon is so powerful that it's able to ...
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It's true. He wants to collect from me what he has more than you. I'm emphasizing the point that there's what the Bible calls seed for the sower and there are two types of seeds for the sower. Number one is the one that I call the one that you use to buy treasure in heaven. Let me say that again. Wi...
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Now, as God lives, I was not eyeing this. It wasn't even fine. No, it's true. No, I'm serious. I didn't like it. It was an old model jacket. I just wanted to wait for the interview. Then he began to describe that if you get to his house, cleaning was a problem because this is a very wealthy fellow w...
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Now, at that time, something happened. I just, one day, I entered my wardrobe and realized that, now, the time came, I selected a lot of ties I had. There's one guy, one I have, I'm just going to give it to him. He knows how to distribute it to those who will want to have them. Then something came t...
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the widow, all right, that had only two mites. Jesus did not tell her she was foolish. You didn't notice that? If anything, what did he give? What did he get? A commendation. That is, no one is ever so poor that he cannot honor God. None. Bishop Odenkwo used to say something that, because he believe...
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There was virtually nothing original with him. It was always a development of the things that Rich Dad said. And I looked at it, it may not have been a preacher or something, but it was obviously one who understood spiritual principles. This Rich Dad was a Christian who believed in faithfully giving...
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by the well. He said that the time has come when those that worship God will worship him in spirit and in truth. Are you getting what I'm saying there? Now what was the issue? The issue was that the woman said, what is the correct instruction for the worship of God? You understand my point? And he w...
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He brought one man from India and showed that they had a few thousands of cable stations that were broadcasting them 24 hours. And all it cost to be in is $1,000 per station. That is, you would give them a receiver and decoder, one. Total price by $1,000. And that station would give you a full chann...
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You know the interesting thing? Any man who doesn't finish it and puts that thing in the barn, God said, this night I will require a soul from you. What am I saying? The things that sustain health, long life, and prosperity, they appear like waste, physically speaking. They really don't do any good ...
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The problem that guy had was not that he had a ban. It was okay for him to have a ban. It's just that when God gave him more increase, what he forgot was that that meant that his seed, his treasure in heaven should also increase. One of the things I learned in recent times, I'm going to say many thi...
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He said that Jesus said, feed my sheep. Then it clicked, that when men preach like that, they are not feeding, they are milking. Do you understand my point? You can say the same spiritual truths with the intent to feed, but there are times you say those things, but with the intention of milking. Pau...
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Are you getting what I'm trying to say? One of the things God is even helping me with in life is that I want to get to a point, I think I'm getting there now, where I don't even sell old things. That is, I finish with a car, I will not sell it to get another one. I just look at this car, you have so...
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but your own life is different. That is, it is all right for the nations of the earth to seek after them. But if you are a child of God walking by faith, it is not all right for you. That's why I'm emphasizing that word, but. Please follow me, I know I'm saying a lot of things. Now in that sentence,...
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Please, I need to emphasize that. So you realize that we're talking about why we are trying to get the reasons out of the way. The wrong reasons why people give to God. We're going to talk in detail, like I said, about how to give to God. We will just get it right so we'll get our motives right. We ...
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Are you getting my point? And when we give to God, that's the kind of thing we are saying. We are not trying to bribe him for the next harvest. We are thanking him for this current harvest. You know part of the problem is that human beings, they think God is like them. You understand what I'm saying...
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Are you getting my point? There is nothing you can give that he did not give you first. So if I give to God, it's part of it. Like if you're in church on Sunday, and you say, OK, come and give an offering, like some pastors will say, and I believe it's so serious, the law of church will say it, that...
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So the Bible says you should provide for those of your household. So she pockets all her money. And the man who's barely earning about the same amount of money because they have the same level of rights in life, the man has to provide school fees for those of his household. He has to provide accommo...
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the ministers of the word of God. If somebody has been a blessing to you, don't just pass by. You're chopping all the blessings that God has brought into your life through his ministrations. You don't give him anything. Bible says that you should return, all right, to such a place and give to God th...
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That is the only thing you can give to him. It is obedience. If God says, go this way, you go that way. That's the only thing you really can give to him. Every other gifts that you quote are given, are you getting me? You have to give through somebody before it gets to God. And those are the things ...
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Are you following the point I'm trying to make? That's what Christianity is about. We must get it clear. We don't receive from God because of what we give to him. We receive from him in answer to prayers offered in faith. Now having established that, we're not teaching details now on money. I don't ...
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Welcome to this time of refreshing. This is a radio message that was switched from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. To continue what we have been discussing about how to work for God, today we are going to continue from the book of Jeremiah chapter 17 verse 10. That was where...
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Listen, in fact, the time came that her land was lost. God restored wealth back to her through a miraculous intervention. She came to the king when Gehazi was telling her story. Are you getting my point? What did she sow? Honor. And he that honors me, I will honor. That's what God has said. Listen, ...
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You give to your parents because they are your parents. You give to your friends because they are in need. You give to the work of God because you believe the gospel is indeed the light of the nations. If you are not giving towards the preaching of the gospel, it means you don't believe it. That's a...
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then you will receive from God, because if you waver, you are not, you know, you cannot receive from God. That's a summary of HMO asking faith. And number three reason, James said in James chapter 4, that what happens is that some people ask, but they don't receive, because the motivation is because...
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It is recognized in the realm of the Spirit and it produces decay in your body because anything you sow will be multiplied back to you. If you sow honor, the Lord said it like this, he that honors me, I will honor. God refers Samuel there. Now you find that in the book of 1 Samuel chapter 2 in verse...
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Listen to me, we are talking Christianity. You either pray in the name of your vow or you pray in the name of Jesus. Listen, I'm trying to explain something here. We said we are discussing how to give to God and I want to explain first how we don't give to God. why we don't give to God. That is the ...
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It does not work like that. If you are going to be pleasing to God in the matter of giving, you must learn, I'll discuss it in details as we go on, you must learn how to share things equitably. If something belongs to a particular group, you don't give it to another. Are you getting my point? If you...
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If they sent you into political office, you, be a House of Assembly member, be a councillor, be a senator, be a governor, whatever it is that God gave you the opportunity to be. It is so that you can be a blessing to people. If you still want it there, you come back to church and say you are returni...
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And that's what Christians are making as a mistake today. They sow selfishness, and they expect God to reward it. So a man gets up and says, I need more money, so let me give money. He's sowing self-centeredness. Then he walks past somebody who is in need, and he does not give the person. Please, I ...
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Some things are types. They are types. There's a principle of seed time and harvest. And that what a man sows, he shall reap. But you must understand how to interpret it. We are talking about physical things, all right? When you sow corn, you will reap corn. We are talking about things that are half...
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The person who has paid for the forgiveness of sin is Jesus Christ. Listen, except you believe, you will likewise perish. Except you repent, Jesus said, you will likewise perish, no matter what you have given. I know people are listening to this, so I need to emphasize it. Please, you cannot give Go...
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Listen, God is checking our motives. Very important. So I'm going to explain something. So when people say that, look, when you sow naira, you know, you hear a lot of joke these days, what we call church, as we preachers, when we want to raise money. People say, if you want a special breakthrough, y...
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I hope you are following what I'm going to explain. One day somebody told me, I was preaching somewhere, I was teaching to just this and I'm saying, and he said that, but Jephthah vowed to God that if God will help him win the victory, that he will give God anything that comes and he won the victory...
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d is to be found in churches alone but not around you every day. (The truth is that God often shows up as a needy insignificant person who carries no ministerial anointing. Prov 19:17; Matt 25:42-45.)
11. In this same light, if the only person that can testify to your generosity is your pastor and ...
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f us examine our own selves:
1. If you expect God’s blessings because of your gifts, you are not generous. NB: A Christian can only expect things because of God’s love, mercy and the grace of Christ.
2. If you recall your gifts and offerings to mind when praying and overtly or subtly mention them ...
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“So is the man who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:21 NASB
The verse above is the end of the parable of the Lord Jesus about the rich fool. I have quoted it to highlight the concept of being rich towards God. As one can easily understand by reading the whole parab...
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