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y and material things is generosity and not trusting in those things. We are to be careful to trust in God alone. Every Christian must be generous continuously and make giving priority in their lives. In what the Lord gives to us, seed for sowing is before bread for eating (2 Cor 9:10). That tells u...
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Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase: So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine. Pro 3:9-10 BBE
Should I give my whole first month’s salary to my church as ‘first-fruit’? Usually when I...
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What we learn from the Law is the spirit of that commandment. The spirit is that of acknowledging God. It is that of giving Him the praise and glory for all that He has done and is doing in our lives. It is the habit of gratitude that the Lord was teaching Israel. It was one of those ordinances He g...
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what do you call it, a dove, be wise as a serpent, but be harmless as a dove. What Jesus was saying in effect is that there are traits in a dove which has to do with gentility and harmlessness that you must learn. At the same time, there's a trait of camouflage, all right, and subterfuge that you mu...
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You understand what I'm saying there? That is, if I'm going and somebody needs money and I give the person maybe a thousand or two thousand or one hundred thousand, whatever it is, I'm not expecting the person to give back to me or help me with connections or necessarily even pray for me. As long as...
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whether my father in the Lord or my physical father, what I have sown is honor and I will reap honor. What a man sows, that shall he also reap. When I'm sowing into the false field of the spirit, I must sow spiritual substance. But spiritual substance always has a coating. So the coating can be mone...
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When you see a lot of people abroad, these white people in the advanced countries, they are very generous. Some of those generosities are not out of the richness of Christ in them. They are born out of the fact that if they don't give it, government will take it. Because what government does, anythi...
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But that's because God has made another plan, which you should step into. I hope you get my point. All right. The Lord is good. I said, the Lord is good. All right. I said, we should open somewhere. Let's continue this matter of money that we're talking about. Second Corinthians chapter what? Nine. ...
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Now, here's what I want to say about the matter of money for Christians. Please don't forget details and other perspectives or other points you will find in those materials. There's a particular CD we have titled, what? Your Money. There's another one titled, that's MP3, Many Messages in Need. There...
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These days, we pastors, we love to make it look like you don't need to plan. All right? You just suddenly wake up and start giving offerings. And I want to talk specifically about that as we go on. He said, it supplies seed to the sower and bread for food. What that tells us is this. It's a simple p...
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your brain starts shrinking. It's called disused atrophy in medicine. It starts shrinking when it starts working. What am I saying? When a man just thinks that he has got that enough, all right, so as to take care of himself, something is going to go seriously wrong. Let me leave that there, all rig...
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It's a huge amount of money, 20 bucks. If a man earning 5 million gives 10%, it's pocket change. That's reality. That is why in advanced societies, taxes are not equal. If you earn a little, you pay nothing. If you earn small, you pay a small fraction. If you earn more, you pay a higher proportion. ...
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a new pair of shoes for 8,000. Right now, you are owing 12,000. I give you 25. When your sister called, you couldn't take the call because she begged you that her friend is wedding, and she wanted money to buy a new gown to join the wedding. You have used your money to buy shoes, buy a new Motorola....
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The pastor, in his wisdom, decided that the way to do it is to collect all their monthly salary. I think it's very wrong. I don't agree with him because you collect it in January. You say it was first fruit. You collect 10% every month. You say it's tight. You collect another 10% every month. You sa...
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It does not even mean he's rejoicing his heart at that moment when he's giving. Go and read my tract. A cheerful giver, being a cheerful giver is a mindset, an attitude, it's a principle of faith in life. A cheerful giver is a man who knows, like I was telling the story of my friend. Wally and I con...
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But some people are not moving anywhere. Holy Spirit does not even know how to get them up their seats. Are you getting what I'm saying? What I'm telling you is let us have a culture first, based upon that which is written. If you work and you have an income, you must give to the poor regularly. You...
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Okay, let's start from here. Second Corinthians chapter nine. Last time I began to speak about financial balance as part of our faith basic series. We've been talking about balance being the key to life. Don't ever forget the scripture. We read Ecclesiastes chapter seven. He said, try and maintain b...
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So the first alumni convention I attended, I put up my hand. I said, it's not fair. We can't have levies. I said, look at these fingers. Are they equal? No. I said, we all know. I pointed to one brother. I said, that brother works in Shell. He's been working in Shell before I entered University of B...
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The foolishness of the heart of man did not allow him to realize that if one seed could produce this tree, every year hundreds of seeds come from that tree. But he collects all the seeds, the fruit, sells them, collects and eats the money. He was dependent on one tree. So that by the time somebody k...
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Why did I go into all of this? To let you know that to handle finances productively is one of the characters of a good Christian. As we go on, I'll mention it. I don't know how far we can go today. For example, you must know how not to owe money. It's important. Yes, because the servant, sorry, The ...
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selfish and self-centered, that you should be a giver and not a taker. So I said that, along what I was saying, I just said, I mean, before you start saying you want a car, if you want a car, first go and give somebody a gift as part of a car. That's more, perhaps it's more blessed to give than to r...
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The unbelieving engineer says that I made the clutch cable. I don't know whether you get my point. A Christian knows what is right, and we follow the proper order of doing things. Then periodically, there are days that the clutch cable will cut. Are you getting what I'm saying? And you have to move....
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In France now, they are fighting. Because government says they want to raise retirement age from 65 years to 67. The whole nation is in turmoil. They want to add just two years. And you know, it doesn't worry me. I don't plan to retire at 67. Nor do I plan to retire at 90. Or even at the age of 100....
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What am I saying? That a Christian should learn how to manage money so that he won't be living beyond his means. That's what I'm trying to say about all of those. It's part of it. Those are the things that God expects us to do. I said we should open somewhere, right? So the points I made up till now...
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You get my point? But if I turned around and gave somebody begging at the gate that 160 Naira and I walk away empty-handed, that's a spiritual seed. Now, my emphasis here is that every money you have, there is a portion that's spiritual seed and there is a portion that's physical seed and there is a...
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He was the only one that got in. Yet there were seven people that maintained for a long time being ahead of him in class. He said, you know, that made the difference. He said, I was the only one in that set that became anything in life. Now, we're talking, he said, I just know it's God. So I told hi...
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Offering time, begging time. You know, that's what we say unconsciously. So before you come, you see, if you like, take 10 offerings. People know, they will break the money into 10 pieces. Before they come here, it's a matter of fact. I will read a scripture for you just now. Well, that's where I'm ...
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There is a proper procedure, the Bible says, for every event. There is a proper procedure to sow a seed. And let me really say this before I begin. I am just giving you a panoramic view of everything we will discuss. Alright? The proper procedure to sow a seed is not to even know you are sowing one....
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that everybody recognizes that different people have different ways when it comes to prayers. I'm bringing out an issue here. Spiritual things are in levels. So when we say God loves, when Paul took the time out to explain that God loves a cheerful giver, what he means is simple. It's very simple. T...
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People now say that when God had dead children, He knew what to do. He went to sow a seed. Listen, God didn't do that. What He did that when He saw people in trouble, He brought deliverance for them. Let me say something to you. The fact that He sowed a seed doesn't mean it's germinating. Yes, I wil...
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If he is given it because everybody is watching him, he is not a cheerful giver. If he is given it because of what he will get in return, he is not a cheerful giver. Either the praise of men or even promised spiritual reward, he is not a cheerful giver. He does not qualify for that special addition ...
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I always say, people listen to me. Maybe to help you get what I'm trying to say very clearly. A lot of times people think that it's because he has money. I say, what do you mean by I have money? Kingdom World Ministries, how do we get money? I'll tell you, there's a fixed amount. I say, the family t...
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It's because of the mentality. You know, one of the people I love most in life, when it comes to taking offerings in church, is Bishop David Oedipo. He's an extra. He said, God doesn't need your money. You are the one that needs his blessing. That's how he starts. After that, you will give anything....
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Go and read the context, 2 Corinthians chapter 8 and chapter 9 that we just took one from. You will see what Paul was motivating people towards, alright, was to help those who were in distress. My best example is the widow of Zarephath. She qualifies for cheerful giving on two, yes, two of them, in ...
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Some people rejoice. You know what Jesus said about the Pharisees? He said, they love to have their praise from men. Therefore, they pray publicly. They do their alms publicly. These days, we believers, you know, we have learned it too. Yes. I made up my mind some time ago. That one, I know they do ...
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Let me just start from verse 6. I'm reading the New American Standard. He said, Now this I say, He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as verse 7. Let each one do just as he has proposed in his heart, not grudgin...
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That's what I was explaining. I said there are two reasons why God blesses people, right? One, you asked, we're not talking details about that. We're talking about when God loves people. And I'm talking about who's a cheerful giver. The cheerful giver is born out of what? Hope, faith, and love. And ...
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And sometimes when God allows you to identify things, it's because He wants you to ask for it. He said, this I will have the children of Israel ask from me. I will multiply their men like a flock. When God wants to do something, sometimes He gives you the opportunity to ask for it. Shall we hide wha...
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Do you follow my point? He's what? An all-around person, and that is what I want to explain. My aim is to balance doctrine. You've heard a lot of things, I know. My conscience says, it beats me sometimes, that Pastor Banki, if you keep quiet forever, deliverance will have to arise from somewhere els...
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There was something they did in a corner one day. I tell you, the way God's caused things. Let us assume that guy was telling you about it. Let's assume he lived long. God healed him of his deafness. He went into business. And this guy is making $10 million every other month. You will never link it ...
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If I call somebody a cheerful giver, it has no bearing with what is going on outside. It must be something that's inside his heart that I am seeing. That's why I called him a cheerful giver. That's why I said, look, dancing and giving large offerings, both of them can be characteristics of a cheerfu...
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Have you ever stopped going to them? Because if you really have the power, how come you are not the governor? Listen to me. Walking in the realm of Satan, the guy can make you a governor, yet he will never leave his village. Who will hear the truth? Because it's so important, listen to what I'm goin...
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If I see a man about to be thrown out of his house, he's living in a single room somewhere, and they're about to kick him out, he doesn't have money to pay, and I have money to pay, and I pay for him because, do you get what I'm saying? Because, because of his need, that is love. Do you follow my po...
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If you can't pay somebody, don't hire him. Do your work yourself. People really want to prosper in life. Those are the fundamentals. Listen, let me tell you something. You have heard too many lies. We told you that your way to prosperity is by giving. I said something when I was making an announceme...
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Why does he have to give? It's the same joker who told me that even if the money is blood money, we have big blood to use to wash blood money. Do I need to tell you he's a joker? Your lack, your need is not a motivation for giving. I'm discussing with somebody, I just wanted to go off the tangent qu...
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In full. God said, these houses, how do we share it? How many were there present? Because God would not leave one on giving out. How many were present? Totally, it counts in hundreds. So give that guy a four, give that guy a one. Don't give that guy anything. He was not very faithful. Give this guy ...
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Then one guy is passing and says, ah, look at the way they are laughing at this man. He's not right now. So he calls two of his friends and they go home and they start praying for the brother Israel and the work he's doing. That's four people that are going to share the prophet's reward. Then somebo...
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that what God says is that God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work in that you have ministered to the saints and you are still ministering to the saints that you are trying to help people. I mean, I don't think you need a deep revelation to understand that. Otherwise, they let us zero every...
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No! They are doing it because there is a prophetic assignment going on. Let me tell you, motive matters with God though. Let nobody tell you that motive doesn't matter. If you give because you hear that giving to that man will give you money, you may as well flush it down the toilet. The real motiva...
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As God blessed you, I want you to pledge before everybody how much you will use to support the work of God. That is under compulsion. Because the man is in distress. Do you follow my point? You are putting him on edge. That is a fact. Let's tell ourselves the truth. Is that okay? That is a fact. He ...
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Alright, let's start again. Let's open our Bible to the book of 2 Corinthians chapter 9. Like I said, what we are trying to do is to bring balance and stability into the lives of people. And good understanding is what actually gives balance and stability to our lives. Good understanding. And so, tha...
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I feel sorry for ushers who count money. All the dust, you know, money we don't change hand for a card I hand. You've heard this joke before. It was a serious joke. If I tell you, you will laugh. You already laugh and I've not even told the joke. That one day, CBN decided to gather money. I'll modif...
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I said, that's what God says you give to beggars. Crumbs, it's called crumbs, we'll discuss it. There's what the Bible calls substance, all of the love with thy substance, the first fruit of all your increase. I don't like people dropping crumbs in offering baskets where I'm present, I don't like it...
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Are you following what I'm saying? And as you are sewing those seeds, they are actually inside your heart. Okay, you go marry me. I'll chop this suya for nothing. Now, now, it's good. And if he doesn't buy the suya, don't marry him anyway. If you can afford it, that means he's stingy. He won't give ...
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Alright? Now, it's not a Christian book, but there are some spiritual principles in it. He said one of the keys he gave to people who want to become rich in life, he said, go and pay all your debts. Don't run away from the people that you are owing money. One guy there was discussing one of the many...
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When God says that, instantly He ties, listen to me, both spiritual and material blessing to that commission. He does that. Now, I'm not saying this is all there is to the spiritual and material blessing, but I want to say things that we can easily relate with. Is that okay? So, for example, He can ...
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If you do MTN Zone, MTN League, MTN Golf, he doesn't care because he doesn't have to put money on the phone. He just keeps talking. And he's supposed to be a small boy. How much do they credit your guys? Just leave the phone and don't quench it. Just keep talking. There are different kinds of people...
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But this other guy, who was born deaf, his parents hated him. They used to keep him in the attic. You know what a woman calls attic? At that attic or basement, one of the two of them, to hide him away from visitors. They never loved him. Finally, the guy ran away from home. He was brought up in an o...
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That is why you cannot live your life and God doesn't expect it. Everything you need, you are asking for. So he said, don't even pray like the Gentiles. He said, the Gentiles, anytime they want to pray, they pray by what they shall eat, what they shall drink, and wherewithal shall they be clothed. H...
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Now, I'm just going to establish some things that you easily get carried away. You don't realize that sometimes we slip into things that are not right. And I think as believers, we should have good understanding. Let me just summarize like that. We should have understanding, get stability, and do th...
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If nobody has ever looked at you and from the bottom of their heart said, God bless you, you are sick. And when I say sick, I don't mean mentally sick. You have a problem in life, you don't know it yet. Today when I went to buy gas, I was about to drive into the gas station. That's cooking gas. I sa...
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But that is love. Do you get my point? You don't do it every day. You probably won't bring her down to that crunches until you have done some more work and saved up some more. You follow what I'm saying? Yes, so you can do that easily because you don't do it every day. In the same manner, that's wha...
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That is, you prayed to God. That's why we talk about prayer. Whatever you ask in my name, the Father will give it to you. Ask and you will receive that your joy may be full. You have not because you ask not. And when you do ask, you ask amiss. All those things. That's one premise upon which good thi...
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will be faithful also in what? In much. It now said, if you have not been faithful in the use of money, what it called, please, verse 11, if you read the New Living Translation, it says, if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches of heaven? Are you getting wha...
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You are getting the logic. That's the meaning of the word expression, God loves somebody. It's not the way human beings love. God is always trying to add to the lives of the people that he loves. Do you follow that? So when the Bible says God loves the cheerful giver, remember what I started from, t...
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Not every widow could wake up and say, man of God, take my last meal and give me a breakthrough. Think about it. Could everybody just have done that? No. Because by the time he was leaving the brook of cherries, God gave him an address. There's a particular widow who had prepared to feed you. Go to ...
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Do you get my point? Listen, Christianity is not Kalu Kalu. Let me end with this, I'll continue next time. You cannot, listen, no! You cannot tie your reward to a particular seed. You don't have the power. You can't wake up and say, God, I want this. This is my seed towards it. You don't have the po...
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It's a culture there. It's a good one. Let's not discuss that. Let me tell you the bad one. That's what I want to discuss. You know what this Owambe is? You know Owambe is a Yoruba word. Ostentation. They taught Nigerians how to show off. How to finish a whole year's earning on a two-day ceremony. N...
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So, everything I get at the end of the year, I'm giving out to preach the gospel to the people who are in need to develop the environment. You know, people do things like that. Ajilu, I was telling you about earlier, telling his story. When he sold his company in the 70s, he gave everything out to p...
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not by common sense. And the emphasis is that if you are sorting things by grace, you know I said something two weeks ago, that faith, of course you know the way grace works, it has to be by faith that it might be in accordance with what? With grace. That is, there must be things you are doing that ...
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I take care of my children because they are my duty. We give because it's our duty. We are like our father in heaven. We're not trying to give so we can prosper. That's why the way we preach tithing is not the word of God. The way most of us preach it. If you don't tithe, God will send a devourer af...
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We check the progress of ministry by the amount of lives we're imparting. Are you getting my point? That we're imparting. Then also, we don't charge for our services. We have a principle. Freely you have received, freely give. Then we also turn the principle to those who are receiving. Which is what...
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It's not true. It's not all that matters. Does it make money? Does it make money? As believers, we look at the business we are doing. I went through all of this. I was trying to say something. That we are converted into givers. Remember I said that? And that giving is not just taking an offering and...
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your fathers. It's not your covenant. Jesus said, I and the children that the Lord has given me, we are for science and for wonders. That's what he's talking about. That covenant is not with you. That covenant is with Christ Jesus. It is yours when you enter into him. It's not a covenant you make. I...
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A curse can settle the whole continent. Is it a servant of servants? It will be. It's a prevailing word, hanging over the air. People will not know why they just do things wrong, as a matter of fact. But let me not sit on it. I don't like sitting on it. What I like to sit on all the time is that the...
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God can bring prosperity and anointing into anybody's home. You don't have to be a member of a particular church. Are you getting my point? You don't have to be. You don't run up and down looking for where somebody will give you an anointing to prosper out of a sudden. Once I went somewhere to preac...
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They are spoken because they help us gather resources for the work of the ministry. Let's even assume that we're not being covertious, we're not being self-seeking. We want to do something noble. Usually it's to help people gather to do that noble thing. It is hardly ever, as a matter of fact, it is...
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What do you call it now? Scripture. Apart from a book like Ephesians. He wasn't writing scripture. Okay, Ephesians and I believe you wrote Hebrews, I told you. Most of that was just talking to people. Thessalonians. It wasn't scripture, it was just writing to the church. Philemon. Please, write a no...
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I see that money, and I tell God, thank you for it. Because I know each 100 Naira like that is signed and sent to me. So if it doesn't get to me, it was not sent to me. And if you decide to steal my 100 Naira, there will be another way by which it will come. You will be judged for stealing my money,...
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Why did I read this one about the poor having the gospel preached? I want to just emphasize to us that, contrary to what we think sometimes, wealth or abundance is not instantaneous. That was why Jesus didn't do it this way. That is, he could give people sight suddenly. He could make the lame walk a...
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Don't even want it. If somebody gives you a scheme by which, listen, by tomorrow you're a millionaire, say I'm not interested. Say why? Say I don't want to be a millionaire tomorrow. You can set me on the path of millions, but I don't want it tomorrow. What I'm telling you is a matter of fact. Most ...
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You are getting my point. Let's take manna that used to fall from heaven. Manna used to last for just one day. You got the food in the morning and in the evening, and it didn't last till the next day. Every day you had to come, collect enough resources for one day. And on the days before Sabbath, yo...
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When curses want to work, they cause people to do wrong. When blessings work also, you know what they do? They cause you to do right. You do right in two ways. One, that which is pleasing to God and that which is structurally correct. Now when I say structurally, please understand I'm not talking ab...
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know the condition of your flock. Many people don't know the condition of their flock. They mix personal money with business money, making it difficult to be accountable. They sell 5 million Naira, they have turned over 5 million Naira in a month, and they go and buy a car for 2.5. Not knowing that ...
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And they were supposed to ask, are you the one we're expecting, or do we look for someone else? When the men came to him, they said, John the Baptist has sent us to ask, are you the expected one, or do we look for someone else? In verse 21, at that very time, he cured many people of diseases and aff...
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Anyway, let me now get away from my gist. So Ntono used to use his relatives. His own reason was that because they were close to him, he could share his burdens with them. If things are rough and there's no money, he would tell them, please, there's no money now. Can we hold on? And they won't press...
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It's not a problem. I bring my wife and children. We sit down, we eat. Anything we like, we'll give you 2,000, what we have eaten. After a few days, you will close. The pattern of running the restaurant is not the same pattern as running the ministry. I hope you're getting my point. You understand? ...
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I'll rub my stomach. I say, Father, I thank you. I thank you. So if I eat all my money, God is getting a complete thank you. I give to God. If I don't give to God, I give to people. I give to the work of preaching. Where is God to give to? This give to God to me, I don't understand it. Let me tell y...
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purely because of what they are going to get. Listen, it's not the will of God, and we should not continue in it. What am I trying to explain? We are working for God. How do we work for God? One of the ways by which we work for God is by giving to Him, and we have itemized different ways by which pe...
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If we sow spiritual things in you, is it too much if we should reap material things from you? Now there's something, there's another place where I want to read it from. And that's, I think that's the book of Galatians. That's Galatians chapter 6, verse 6. And let the one who has taught the word shar...
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and increase the harvest of your righteousness. From that we establish the fact that they are different. Anytime God gives you money, there is seed for the sower and there is bread for food. We said that Jesus said, give and it shall be given unto you. He did not say give so that it will be given un...
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Please, I want to emphasize that from there, the fact that he said this was for the preaching of the gospel. Now remember, we have been speaking about how to work for God in our continuation of many of the things that we have been saying concerning spiritual life. And we have been talking about the ...
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In verse 17 it says, not that I seek the gift itself but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. Please notice this carefully verse 18. It says, but I have received everything in full and have an abundance. I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a f...
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kind towards their relatives. He was talking about Christians taking up responsibilities around them when they see it and they have the ability. Now having established all of that, the next one we want to look at is another way by which we give to God, which is about the one that's preached mostly i...
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The work of the gospel is what? Work. It is hard work. It's not a joke. I do it and I can tell you it is hard work. That's what the point I'm making is that a lot of people don't realize it, but the fact is that it is work. And one of the ways by which we can give to God is to participate in that sp...
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What is bread for food? That which you use for yourself. What is bread for food? That with which you buy your literal food, with which you pay your house rent, with which you build your house, with which you buy your car, with which you buy your clothes. That's bread for food. What is seed for the s...
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Welcome to this time of Refreshing. This is a radio message that was pitched from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. Now let's start today by reading from the book of Galatians chapter 4. We want to read something that Paul wrote to the Galatians there. The book of Galatians ch...
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Not because you needed something. That is where the arrow, alright, crosses into the lives of Christians. We are always focused on what we need. We are always focused on what we need. If somebody's giving an offering, he's tying it to something. If somebody's giving to a man of God, he's tying it to...
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Now, it doesn't mean that I never do anything that's not projected. In fact, just as a testimony, the other day I was in my office. A man took a call. That was just yesterday. He took a call. And by the time he finished taking the call, he spoke in Igbo, so I didn't hear what he said. He was not tel...
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You say, hey, I want a child. You go and give to him so that you can have a child. You want to minister like him. You want a husband. You want a wife. You go and give to the prophet, believing that from that you will tap an anointing that will bring a blessing into your home. It is not right, brethr...
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That's not what it is. Christianity is a life of sacrifice. It is a life of sacrifice. I'm just closing by explaining the principle that less budget for it. One of the reasons why people cannot be generous is that they don't make allowance for it. In life, understand principles and make allowances a...
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He said, he who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward. Please notice this. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, because a prophet can be poor, he can be in need. If...
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It is not because you want something from Him. What is number two reason? Now, before I go to number two reason. Notice, I'm going to emphasize the fact here. The man is preaching. One of the ways by which we can give to God is to participate in that which is being done, alright? As a preaching of t...
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But please, if you are supposed to give money to your parents every month, first must take their own out first. Because what I'm trying to emphasize is that God is not only in church. And if we Christians are responsible and we do what we are supposed to do, the work of God will not lack money, neit...
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Then there is what he calls a prophet's reward. What is the prophet's reward? God rewards people for the things they do that are pleasing in His sight. Anything that is done in that process, okay, and that God is pleased with and He wants to reward, He will share with the people who participated. Ar...
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that the same might be ready as a bountiful gift and not affected by covertiousness. Now let me just explain that briefly. He was saying that you made a promise of a bountiful gift. That was a promise. It doesn't, a promise really, it doesn't mean anything. Do you get my point? He said, you made a p...
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But I've written it, signed it. That is, I can't eat the money. Devourer can't take the money. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Need cannot take it. It is not my money. I don't budget on it at all. Once money comes in, that portion has gone out. Is it a tight? No, I don't tie it. To me, it'...
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He wasn't a poor man when I knew him. Look, brethren, time has gone. I have spoken at length. I thought I wouldn't speak this long, but let us just give God thanks. Let's thank God. We'll round up everything we'll be saying about this next time. And after that, I want to talk on one topic titled, Ac...
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It's not only what you give to, the man you are supposed to honor, the Bible says you do what? You give to him also. I told one of my friends when he was entering ministry, I said, yeah, a preacher doesn't make you a beggar. I've seen preachers, I think everywhere they go, they must be collecting fr...
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It's not there at all. But we're not going to spend time on that. However, I want to just give practical tips to every believer. And that is the fact that giving must be a committed thing. Let me explain what I'm saying. You see, I've noticed one thing in churches. Preachers encourage people to be i...
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Do you follow what I'm saying? Now, let me just say this. I attached to this message the power of the giver. Because, now before I go on to what I want to say, please let me recommend. I don't know whether I will still have the tracts here or it's available anywhere. Shareful Giver, that tract, if w...
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That is, he thinks that he loves, but he does not know that he doesn't. I said earlier, the reason why God, in fact, open to 1 Corinthians 6, the reason why God tells people to give is because that is the way by which they connect to blessing. If you give to Abraham, You are agreeing with God concer...
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Another thing, you give to whom the Bible says you should honor. I don't care how rich your parents are, if you earn money, you must give to them. Look, giving to people like parents is not just out of need. It's out of what? Honor. I was listening to my pastor in Lagos, Pastor Kojeda, he was quotin...
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In Philippians chapter 4, because of time, you see, we can't really open to all of them. You remember that, what's his name? Now, Paul explained in Philippians chapter 4, that I am not saying this because I want something from you. He says, but so that credit may be added to your account. That is, e...
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I just tell Kingsley, announce a simple fact. Do you know my reason? Look, you see, you give as you earn. Do you understand my point? And people think that every time you go for a service, you must drop an offering. There are times I go for service, okay, there's a special offering, then there's a r...
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And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed. Now, verse 10 says, now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of you...
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I said, we just closed our eyes as if it is not written there. People would just say, amen. Praise the Lord. Today, we are going to take off. Now, everybody, if you are going to give us 2,000, come forward right now. I said, me, carry this leg. God will speak by dreams and visions to get me to get u...
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Anybody considering you should love you. If the person loves you, the sincerity of the love is shown by giving. I told you, it's acceptable according to what a man has. Anything a man or a woman does not give to, he or she does not love. The other day, you know, I've been grumbling for a long time t...
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My studies of the scriptures have shown that tithing is not biblical for a believer. God never commanded it. God does not require it. God does not rebuke the reviler for a believer's sake because he paid a tithe. And God does not ever, ever ask a believer to pay tithe. I don't have time to discuss t...
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And anytime he tells people to give something, you know the reason. I found out it's very, very scriptural. It is because He wants you to connect to a blessing. Listen to me. He said, Thou shalt serve the Lord thy God, and He shall bless your bread and thy water. In the realm of the Spirit, it's a m...
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That will help me lay hold. That is, the way by which I lay hold of my salvation is to count all the things I gained as dung. For him, that thing he gained before was the cost of his salvation. Do you get my point? That's why I told you that first. Look. It varies from one individual to another. God...
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But I dare to say, and I think I'll be right if I say that, it's totally imbalanced. I was talking to somebody the other day. I said, I have a new rule. Now, get my point. I will make exceptions to rules once in a while. But my new rule now is that once you say, who wants to give money, put up your ...
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He said, when they do that, what are they doing? Verse 19, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. Future was not saying when they die. He's talking about future as in future, anything beyond today. Now noti...
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Can God increase? He can't increase. You know what that means really? You can't give him anything. People have said that praise is the food of God. He said, if I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you. That's what he said. Now that tells me praise is not his food. Because the scriptural truth is that if h...
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Do you understand my point? That is why running after money is not a godly principle. In life, you must seek to be pleasing to God and be a positive impact upon other people's lives and upon your society in general. If you do that, you can never be poor. Do you understand my point? You see, you read...
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I wanted us to notice that. Then let's open to 2 Corinthians chapter 8. It said, now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which he has given to the churches of Macedonia, that in a great ordeal of affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed the wealth of ...
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Paul said, if I do anything and it is not motivated by love, I profit nothing. What is love? The desire to be a blessing to somebody else. If I give money because I desire more money, it doesn't produce anything. Because God said, I, the Lord, I search the heart, I search the mind, I taste the heart...
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And I have not withheld your son, your only son. Indeed, I will greatly bless you. And I will greatly multiply your seed at the stars of the heavens, and the sand which is on the seashore. And your seed shall possess the gate of the enemies. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be ble...
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I talk about the power of the giver. That's what we're talking about. Now, first let me read 7 Chronicles 9 verse 7. It says, let each one, in Corinthians, let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. If you read that tract...
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you will be blessed. God never told him that. But because God has sworn that he will bless him, the man will gather a congregation of 100,000 people, slapping them, and you will not be able to comprehend. You say, but does God not love the 100,000 people? There are people that are called sheep. All ...
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If he doesn't find an excuse, he will not bless. It is always a case of because of this thing you have done. It's always a case of because you have done this thing. Listen, I know that righteousness is by faith. And I will keep on trying to balance that thing. But one mistake we shouldn't make is to...
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but the man thinks he loves his son. But the Bible says he hates him. I remember, God is true. So I told the young people there, I said, I don't know for sure, but one I know for sure is that if he doesn't give to you, he doesn't love you. If he says, ah, the man doesn't know how to give, please don...
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Especially since this girl was a youth copper and didn't need the money for any other thing but build that chapel. Inside prison. So she can't even sell it later. You know what I'm trying to say? It was going to be inside prison. And I believed it because it was in keeping with scripture. That's wha...
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eir hope on the uncertainty of riches,
but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be
generous and ready to share. 1 Tim 6:17-19
The major manifestations of the right spirit toward
money and material things are contentment and
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houghts. She knew it had to
be the Spirit of God. When she was called up to speak,
after going here and there with her speech, she finally
made the offer as instructed and the result was
overwhelming.
Previously, on good days, they would collect about
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methods; we don't try to trick anyone or distort the word of
God' (2 Cor 4:2 NLT).
This is a major problem today. Many ministers do not
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why I say this is because these
impressions of the heart can be closely mimicked by
very many other things so that many times they may
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actually be inaccurate. Many young Christian men
have had such impressions with several sisters; t...
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Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied
with what you have. For God has said, "I will never leave
you; Iwill never abandon you.” Heb 13:5 GNT
Contentment and generosity are two major things
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Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day
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Chapter 16
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The Voice of the Spirit
Sometimes what rises up inside us is stronger than
just an impression or perception; sometimes the
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these came upon her because she had just seen the
demonstration of God's power to bless. She
explained, in effect, that success is a gift of God and
that was why she said, 'You can't out-give God.’
Ihave told this story here to illustrate how someone
may hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. A numb...
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y, and began to weep. The lady was in
dire need and the money was an answer to prayer.
The Lord actually impressed that upon his heart.
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with the will of God, as it is
written,
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Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference
to one another in honor. Rom 12:10
There is something we can easily notice about the life
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them. All is because the people have never said that
‘Father, if you will not bring the money, we will not
need it and we will not spend it.'
Churches and Christians have now gone to the world
to learn their methods. PR and branding are now...
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cration for this young lady?
It is to accept correction. It is to confess her sin of
having a wrong expectation for solving the poverty
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said it this way:
Open to me the gates of righteousness;
Ishall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord;
The righteous will enter through it. Ps 118:19-20
Even if what we are seeking to enter is a good thing,
we still must enter through the gates of God....
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inher on the Holy Spirit, by that putting the poor lady
into distress for the fear of disobeying God. We must
renounce all these things so that we can really hear
what the Spiritis saying to us.
The businessman must not lie with his adverts if he's
walking by grace. Forget what the world call...
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scriptures and observing life's experiences, I can only
say I do not understand it to be so. Of course we do
*Dt 29:29; Acts 1:7
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not have the Urim and Thummim or the Ephod,*
which were parts of the instruments of worship in
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are you getting me? And when those children, alright, when Aquino is giving this kind of testimony, I don't need his money. He may have more money than I have, but I don't need it. But it won't happen that one month or one Christmas will pass, and you know, let me tell you something, people will say...
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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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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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Therefore, that one, it can go into the hearts of men, which is a fertile ground, and produce results. When you give to somebody who is in need, the Bible says that he that giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord. Do you follow my point? So the Lord, therefore, is the ground upon which you can sow y...
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You have to start giving out as much money as you can. I didn't tell him that on the face. It's just inside my heart. You see, that's why Jesus said, sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. My time is good, but I should introduce that matter of faithfulness I wanted to talk about. Actually, tha...
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that a Christian, listen to this clearly, a Christian does not have the capacity to take a certain amount of money or material thing or whatever it is and claim he is sowing it towards his particular result. You don't have that capability. What God told us through Solomon, He said, sow your seed in ...
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He said, that 400,000 Naira, man, the thing was tempting. I said, my brother, that is why it is called temptation. That's why you must resist it. It is temptation. The fact that you want to do it is why it is called what? Temptation. I said, Satan, that guy who offered you the money is an agent of S...
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Now, this is just to introduce what we want to talk about today and, of course, briefly review some of the things we have spoken about. We are talking about your money. That's what we are talking about. I want us to, in this process, get a solid foundation of what God wants us to do in life concerni...
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Even the prophet said that if a man was doing good and he stops doing good, we forget all his good deeds and account only the last bad deeds he did. Listen to me, the only thing that gets fruit, reward for the child of God is the continual good that he's doing. If you want to take a particular amoun...
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1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 17, it said, instruct those who are rich in this world, my Bible is New American Standard, not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God. It said, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy? Instruct them to do good, to be rich in go...
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Let me start from verse 7. He said, Now, this is where I'm going, verse 10. He said, He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will multiply and supply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. Don't forget that what he called righteousness is what? The giving t...
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What it means is that what you sow, that you shall also reap. Do you get what I'm trying to say? Jesus, he that shows mercy, shall receive what? Mercy. Now that's a law. So I said I don't want to apply the physical law to the spiritual aspect. We have to be careful not to take a spiritual applicatio...
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They had literally laid down all to follow that path in life. Go and check. They would give up things seriously. I'm calling the principle of the Macedonians. It is what Paul was describing in 2 Corinthians 8 as beyond their ability. What he means is that these people gave beyond what Paul thought a...
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There was a man who came to our church and pledged two million. A man who begs for transport money after church service. Who will give a million? He jumped to the front. Second service, who will give a million? He was right there in front. People were looking at him. Of course, the man of God came f...
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Your motives matter with God. I said something that I will develop later. That is possible to kill your seed. You can sow boiled corn. You know they call boiled corn? As soon as you put it into the earth, it begins to decay. You are sowing a dead seed. Do you follow what I'm saying? Therefore, if yo...
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There are those you give to because they need. There are those you give to because you are commanded to honor them. There are some gifts that are honor. When you go to a king, he is not hungry when you carry your goods. You know the way it is. You go to a king, you are supposed to bring a gift. Solo...
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He never went to God and said, I have paid my tithe, I have paid my tithe. He said he went to his pastor and said, see what the problem is. And the pastor took his hands and prayed. He went to another man of God and they were discussing and said, see what happened. And that one took his hands and pr...
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When I was talking about the power of godliness, there was a scripture I explained from that first Timothy chapter four. When Paul said that godliness is actually the means of great gain if it is accompanied by what? Contentment. Let me explain something to you. If I have a thousand Naira and I give...
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You don't pledge what you don't have. This is faith. It's not faith. It's foolishness. It's madness. It's modern day Christianity. What you don't have, you don't give. It is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he doesn't yet have. I want to explain the meaning of godliness ...
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So Jesus thought for a moment, and he looked at the man, oh, rich man, I understand. He hasn't learned the real lessons of life. I need to teach him the real lessons of life. He said, you know what we're going to do? We need to strip you of riches. It is not as if you are using your offering to buy ...
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All of you rise up and in your heart say, God, I have saved over 15,000, 20, 50. As much as you have saved, I'm waiting here on Monday morning. I will collect it from you and bless you with oil. All of you will bring it. I know, most of you will bring it. That's the problem when you found doctrine o...
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pay more rent, triple the shop, manufacture something, become great. Then you now wake up. They say land is going up, don't worry, that's for poor people who are not increasing. The man who is being blessed, when the time comes, when they were selling the land for 25 Naira, he didn't have, now it is...
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Listen, the foundation of doctrine, like I explained to those of us here before, is apostles and prophets. Who are the apostles and prophets? What is he talking about? He was talking about those that Jesus taught the word of God. If you go and read the whole of the New Testament, it was documented b...
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way too thirsty. I'm telling you the truth. When you are prospered properly, one day you will not go there. You won't even build a house in the village again. You will personally develop the whole village. You will go there and say, hey, wait, all this one that everybody, you know, one thing I found...
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Do you follow my point? The knowledge of the law of sowing and reaping was not given to motivate wicked souls. It was given to encourage righteous souls who have put their lives on the path of righteousness and the tendency to become tired comes to them occasionally. Therefore God reminds them, don'...
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Do you get what I'm trying to explain? So when it tells you don't do this, it gives you an inclination that the opposite will be the natural one. That's why David said, come you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord because what will have come to you naturally will have been ...
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Let me say this, number one, basically. Everything you own belongs to God. Every single thing, not 10%, every single thing. One died for all, he says in 2 Corinthians chapter 5. That those who live may no longer live for themselves but live for him who died and rose again on their behalf. Every sing...
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If you want to believe God for it, God bless you. Banking doesn't do such things. You see, you don't have faith. You see, one thing I don't have, at least, is confusion. I will let you sweat. Sweat. When God has prospered you, then surprise me with it. I'm telling you. No, the reason why we have not...
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Notice what I said earlier about contentment. That is, the guy made up his mind that 250 Naira is all he will live on in a month. Do you get my point? Therefore, the first month, he does it. Second month, he does it. God says, this guy, because of the love he has for me, look at what he's ready to g...
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force fields. Let me put it like that. Last time I was talking about seed. That money as a seed cannot be sown into the realm of the spirit. That is why you cannot give Naira and say, God must give me money back. It doesn't work like that. You can give money and God gives you your life back. You can...
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that everything he said, anything you do, he said, it's an appraisal matter. So people liked to do eye service for him because it's an appraisal matter. So when Paul was going to teach us believers, he said, no, never do anything like that. Anything you are doing, just assume that God is on the othe...
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Read those books, please. That's the reason I'm recommending them. You don't have all the time in life, as a believer, to make the right choices. Today is the day of salvation. You don't have all the time. You can't leave doing what is right till tomorrow. Tomorrow, two things happens with tomorrow....
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if you don't bow to an idol. He's just saying that this is food offered to that idol, and this is food that is clean. Choose one. No pressure there. You make your choice concerning ordinary food. That's what I mean. Now let's continue from that point, just reviewing and amplifying some things that w...
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That's when you sow your seeds of faith. That is when you sow your seeds of faith. So that one day, without even realizing it, you look at a tree and say, this tree is useless. Nobody will eat from it again. And you'll pass. And the tree will wither. Please go and listen to our series again, The Hab...
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What he just simply said is, if he that shows mercy, we obtain what? Mercy. So you see, it's a spiritual substance. The physical substance is what carries the mercy. But it is what is inside that enters into the realm of the spirit. Please bear that in mind, I said that last time, okay? Now this is ...
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That is the first thing faith does for you. Go and read Paul, Philippians chapter 4. He said, be careful for nothing. What's next he said? He said, with what? With all prayer, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. What's next? God will not supply your requests? No. He said, th...
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I explained last time that, listen, Paul, we read that from 1 Timothy 6, right? Now, 1 Timothy 6, we read that Paul wrote to Timothy that he should instruct those who are rich in this world not to put their hope in their money, but to put the hope in God. And we said, what does that mean? That is a ...
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I said, this one, let her go and buy something to eat. It's so important that she doesn't go home and say, ha, God. And I begged him for food in the morning. And God said, so what happened? I met some two guys. They said, give me the name of one of them. Then one black guy that, I said, I beg God, n...
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For whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the spirit will from the spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart, he says, in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. ...
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because he said it himself. He that herds grain, the people will curse him. It's in the Bible. One of the things American preachers preach against all the time are Americans that are in debt and they still have credit cards. You are owing money. You are still borrowing money. And then some preachers...
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You will remove the shirt and say, this shirt, Lord, I'm sorry, I was foolish. But to show you I've repented, I won't wear it again. You wash it, starch it, iron it, go to the washroom and say, any special seed? Yes, I have. Drop the shirt there, say give to somebody who needs. As a sign of my repen...
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Was I not shouting to you that time that live within your means? Did I not shout to you that Paul said, I have learned how to be the same independent of my circumstances. I have learned to be an abundance. I have learned how to be a poverty. In life as a whole and under circumstances, I have learned...
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Follow what is right all the time. I remember I was saying something about God being a father. When you want to go wrong, he can't stop you. What is the will of God? My pastor would say those is in Lagos. He said, do the right things. The consequence is the will of God. I hope you're getting my poin...
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I'll tell you two stories that will make you angry if I've not told you before. One day, a colleague of mine, somebody stopped him. So he told me later, do you know what that person stopped me for? I said, what? He said, the person said, please, can you give me 5,000? I want to buy my drugs. Fellow ...
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But to the ignorant man watching from outside, they said, this man is enjoying. Anytime Ravik flies, he flies first class or business class, which he has flown 747, 787, 777, Airbus A380, A350 with the special wings. He keeps on talking. Many of the things the world is looking at, they say, what are...
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When he says, clear your account, what should I do with the money? Bring it here. Don't agree. You say, why? Jesus said, go and give it to the poor. Jesus used to do clear your account too. I hope you know that. He also used to do clear your account. He used to do it. The only problem is that he was...
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Listen, don't let the world, that's what I'm trying to say, put you under pressure. Faith for finances is total. It starts with your desires. It starts with your value system, your esteem of yourself. What do you think of yourself? Do material things add value to you? No, it shouldn't. That's where ...
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So in Jesus' name, be healed. No explanation, as you know, I'm getting old. You forget something today, you say it's because you are getting old. What about children? Since children are on the island, you know who's more forgetful. You tell the child, go upstairs, go to my room, bring my phone for m...
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you are doing things, you are making decisions, you are taking actions, all right, that shows that you are believing God. And the time will come when great faith will be needed in your life. You will find it there. Faith is not close your eyes and try, muscle and try, no. It's either you can't belie...
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Just say to the Lord, teach me how to work in your economy. That's the thing. Say, Lord, teach me, teach me, teach me, teach me. Teach me, teach me how to live in the economy of God. Not the economy of the world that is based on selfishness, on lies, on fear, and on mammon worship. I want to live in...
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They say save 10%, spend 10%. That is not in the Bible. As nice as it seems. You say, Pastor Mark, should I spend everything? Listen, the Bible says sufficient unto the day is evil thereof. I'm not saying be wasteful. I didn't say that. Prudence is one of the principles of the Spirit. One of the pri...
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