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and Problems 43
Trial of Faith
Another reason why we may have problems as
Christians is the trial of our faith. In this case, we are
to endure until the trial passes.
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter
various trials, knowing that the testing of yo...
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hteousness
for the sake of righteousness that He anoints.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows. Psa 45:7
The resolve for righteousness will be tested. The
person commi ed to righteousness will be faced
w...
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th of the adults
among the Israelites in the wilderness—they
rebelled against the Lord. As a result of that
rebellion, all of them died in the wilderness and
never got to enter into the Promised Land.
“I, the Lord, have spoken! I will certainly do these things
to every member of the community who h...
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hteousness to gain comfort or relief from the
troubles. Remember that that is the aim of the test
anyway. Eventually, that trial shall pass.
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A Just Recompense
The last reason that I wish to explain concerning
why Christians have problems i...
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and
suffer many things, all as a true soldier of Christ. It
was not because he was under a curse.
We therefore see that problems are not necessarily
proof of the existence of a curse in the life of a
* 2 Cor 11:23-29
** Col 1:24
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believer...
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o the word of
God. God rewards actions of faith.
Anytime God makes a demand on you by His word
and you obey, it is called the work of faith. This
widow believed the prophet of God and she
prospered.*
Labour of Love
We have already seen that love is a major valid
motivation for giving.
* Note also ...
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strength, no one can defeat you. In
that place, every setback is nothing but an
opportunity to recharge. Here, you are the
champion and no one else can be like you since you
are the best at being you.
A Shaking May Come
Many may suffer the loss of jobs soon. When it
happens to you, don't panic if yo...
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.
The earth is not cursed anymore for you.
In whatever you do, now you can prosper.
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Christians And Problems
Problems Happen
M any people think they are cursed because
they have problems. Yes, curses are real ...
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offering the help that he can give. Jesus was such a
person; He often saw the needy and was moved by
compassion.
The labour of love, together with the work of faith,
is what the Lord rewards.
False Hope Corrupts Good Works
Just as faith is the confidence that stimulates giving,
a major reason w...
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Jerusalem.” Zech 1:17
So, we have to do the good works associated with
spreading the kingdom. Paul said we will abound
unto every good work. For doing those great
works, we will have super-abundance.
Poor or just-sufficient people cannot give
scholarships to the poor nor can they adopt orphan
babies...
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e opportunities and righteously earn huge
sums of money. I saw people use information and
earn what I could only earn after some ten years of
working as a young doctor, and they did it in a few
weeks.
See, I did not get anything materially at that time; in
fact, it was a season in which I was on a ...
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I believe this word; it gives me confidence for the
future; I am not afraid. He has said, “do not worry
about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each
day has enough trouble of its own.”*
This is the reason I can relax. Jesus is saying here
that the Father will take care of all that I ...
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has
placed in you that He will use to bring you to that
The Vow of Prosperity 107
place of being a blessing; He wants you to take that
thing and begin to use it.
Some are gifted teachers and authors, but
something else has taken their focus because it is
giving...
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nts
would come through Isaac. So, he considered that
God was able to raise him up from the dead even if
the young man had to die.* It was a work of faith,
and it caused the Lord to swear to bless him.
By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you
have done this thing and have not withheld ...
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the
mercy the Lord has shown to him in what he has.
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He is always full of thanksgiving and for this
reason he is forever ready to share.
A cheerful giver has a mentality that he is above
only and not beneath, and so is liberal in giving...
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. Your part is that of faithfulness, faith
and patience. Patience means to continue to do
what is right before the Lord no ma er how long it
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takes for any reward to come. Be faithful in giving
and leave the rest to the Lord.
I mentioned e...
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arn from
him the path they should follow. Psa 25:12 GNT
A lot of people are living life using wrong principles.
It is called walking in darkness. But that is not to be
our portion as children of God.
The second advantage we have as believers is that
we have the grace to do what is right. Knowing
s...
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eful and in it you are
faithful. It also helps you know deep inside that He
is planning to increase you at a due time—the time
He will be 'back.'
“Do business with this until I come back.” Luke 19:13
A complacent person, on the other hand, is the
person who buries the talent the master gave him.
H...
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otive behind what you do.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Ma 5:7
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…for those who honor Me I will honor. 1 Sam 2:30
It is a spiritual seed that counts. Honour and mercy
may manifest in different kinds of physical se...
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hings control the physical; the treasure
one has in heaven is fundamental to sustaining the
treasure on the earth. Treasure in heaven causes
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more to be produced on the earth and it preserves
the life of the owner of the treasure.
As a tru...
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t will own one because of you. This
will be a working person who can maintain the car.
Someone will own a house because of your
generosity.
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The Spirit of Ruth
Now, if you are in the Ruth stage of life, please don't
be ashamed to partake o...
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these
resulted from his refusal of instruction and
correction. He added sin unto sin and he was
cursed as a result.
At a time, the people of Judah came under a curse
for neglecting the house of God.
You have planted much but harvest li le. You eat but are
not satisfied… Your wages disappear as thou...
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d that He will wipe out lack from
your life, and make you so abundant that you will
be helping others. You must accept that He is taking
you somewhere great. You must forsake the lies of
the ignorant.
Yes, we may have trying times as part of the trial of
our faith, but we must never think that pove...
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not be full.
God is always looking for how to bless His
children, but the only blessing He can give to a
disobedient child is correction. Without accepting
to be corrected, there is no moving forward.
So, many problems we have are nothing but the
inevitable consequences of our ways. A person who
is...
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ood and faithful
servant. You have been faithful in handling this small
amount, so now I will give you many more
responsibilities.' Ma 25:23 NLT
This principle was demonstrated in the life of
Joseph.
Joseph was called of God to be a ruler, not to lord it
over people but to preserve lives. You see,...
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to God 155
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially
for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is
worse than an unbeliever. 1 Tim 5:8
We all do these works as a natural outflow of the
faith in our hearts. We are not trying to a ain
r...
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er mites* and
definitely the thing with the widow of Zarephath
(who we shall examine shortly). It is the faith that
God is honouring and not the gift itself. God looks
at the heart and not the outside.
If you look at the case of the rich young ruler that
came to Jesus, the Lord wanted Him to be free...
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When the Lord gave the Israelites the land He
promised to their ancestors, He told them to go in
and take possession of it. It was not going to fall into
their arms just because they came near there.
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you
cross over the Jordan into the land of Cana...
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his came as a result of the fact that hope
is set on God and not on those material things that
the fellow possesses. Hope is a person's
expectation. It is a result of evidence or information
believed.
The wealth that a man has speaks to him; it tells him
what his future will be like. If he is a ric...
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ers mean nothing! All I do
at those times when I'm asked to do so in church
services is just to give Him thanks for the ability He
has given me to give and for the faith that does not
trust in riches.
People are often encouraged to give their offering a
name before they give it; this name is suppose...
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11
witnessed the excesses of some preachers. We
should rather learn the balance of the word of God
on the subject. That is my aim in the following
chapters of this book.
Caution!
I understand that such a title as this book has will
a ract many covetous and worldly Christians, but
the work is not f...
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gineering, into
law, into medicine, and into the creation of wealth.
That is when we will see what is called the glory of
God.
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CHAPTER 10
The Vow of Poverty
M any years ago, as a young student of the
word under the Word of Faith movement, I
le...
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have an eternal abode with God. It is the guarantee
that we will not be condemned with the devil and
his angels.* This is the most important form of
prosperity and the foundation of the other levels.
The next level of prosperity is that of the soul. It is a
prosperity of the heart and mind. It is t...
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and material resources. For us, these things
do not validate us, they do not measure our worth,
and they do not determine if we are successful or
not. We see them as tools to serve the purpose of
God.
The purpose of wealth, as we have seen again and
again, is to be a blessing to others and to human...
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one with less material resources
is not necessarily inferior to the one with more.
Each person has a different assignment for their
life, and each must be careful to focus on and fulfil
the assignment.
What I am saying is that, as a child of God, you
cannot just decide to be rich and work hard to get...
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n
we refuse to follow when He calls. It limits Him.
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Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the
Holy One of Israel. Psa 78:41 KJV
God can only do very li le if we will not believe
Him. He has said He will make you great. You hav...
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our prayers. The reason He
answers your prayer is purely because of His love
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for you; it has nothing to do with your 'seed'
planted beforehand.
A Sign of Faith
Being a habitual giver is a result of faith—indeed it
is a sign of faith. For some...
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lar season of life. Faith
is not designed to accommodate the pride of life.
Ruth's faith was shown in how she, with Naomi,
accepted her humble state and followed God's
order for supernatural supplies.
Circumstances can happen to anyone, and indeed it
is how God sometimes humbles people. He wants
yo...
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ual and physical exhaustion. He has
literally laid down his life for others, howbeit
unknowingly. The scripture is then fulfilled that
says, “He amasses riches and does not know who will
gather them.”*
Beware lest it be that you are burning up your soul-
life in exchange for material wealth. It may ...
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s natural
background or environmental condition; it is an
endowment from God. Either He gives it, or He
does not. You cannot lay claim to it because you
think you are smart or you are strong. Only God
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decides who He will give it to. Ther...
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s rewarded by God. They call it seed-
sowing. No, that is not true Christianity.
In Christ, every true believer has been made to be a
liberal giver.
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Conclusion
H aving read all this, the summary in a few
words is to fear the Lord, obey His
comm...
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ed. The
things around him seem to love to cooperate to
make him succeed. Everywhere may be dry, but
when he plants, it begins to rain.
The story of Isaac in Genesis 26 is a good
illustration of this.
There was famine in the land, so Isaac went to Gerar
in the land of the Philistines. There the Lor...
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d work.
He sca ered abroad, he gave to the poor, his
righteousness endures forever. 2 Cor 9:9
God will multiply his seed for sowing and increase
the harvest of his righteous deeds of liberal giving.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for
food, will supply and multiply your seed for s...
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unnecessary. Wealth is an
endowment; it is not a product of struggles. You
can struggle for daily bread and a li le bit of extra,
but great wealth has to be given to you by a power
that is beyond you.
I want you to know at this time that God's covenant
with you is that kind that can take a person i...
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ve been sent to the
business world. This is how the influence of
righteousness will spread. It is the leaven principle.
* Eph 4:12
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More Than Church Activities
We Christians often forget the job outside the
church which the Lord g...
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ny tree in your father's compound. If
that tree is the problem, it will die from the roots on
its own because of the blessing of God in your life.
That blessing will kill it as it overcomes the curse.
Many times, I hear pastors say they want to deliver
someone from a curse of poverty and bad luck, ...
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Power Belongs to God 61
…and He died for all, so that they who live might no
longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose
again on their behalf. 2 Cor 5:15
As we shall see in a short while, God's abundance
will be released only upon those who have go en
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, and according to
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the promise of Jesus, he will receive.* This is why he
ties nothing to his gifts—it is not necessary; he just
loves the Lord.
I have described above the kind of person who is a
cheerful giver in the sight of the Lord. Whethe...
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around you.
And indeed if they had been thinking of that country
from which they went out, they would have had
opportunity to return. Heb 11:15
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How you think decides the opportunities that come
to you. If you think in accordance with the
abund...
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because of his faith, which means that he has trust
that God is taking care of everything about his own
life. He is not afraid of tomorrow.
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Grace and Truth, the Basis of Cheerfulness
Being a cheerful giver is a result of the
transformatio...
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that saved us, and that grace
does many things for us as part of the salvation
package. Salvation includes ending poverty and
lack, and bringing the abundance of divine
provision to us. It is wri en:
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that
always having all sufficiency in everything,...
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Prosper
Lord will not die young as a result of excessive
labour. You can easily see why he or she will
forever continue to excel because of this power
working on their behalf. It is the power of God.
All the things that other people try to achieve, using
their soul-life, are given to him as a gift...
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rything, you may
have an abundance for every good deed… you will be
* 2 Cor 8:1,2
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enriched in everything for all liberality… 2 Cor 9:8,11
If you read the story of Elisha, you will notice that
God used a wealthy family to take care of hi...
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parison,
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen. 2 Cor 4:16-18
* Gen 8:22, 2 Cor 9:6, Luke 6:38
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The knowledge of the spiritual law of sowing and
reaping makes it possible for you to see the thin...
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ore to your fathers, as
it is this day. Deut 8:18
What God gives is the power to make wealth. The
literal meaning of that word wealth is strength. It is
the material ability to get great things done.
Many Christians claim to believe in prosperity but
do not yet fully grasp that there is a realm in...
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his life..." 1 Sam 1:11
She consecrated the child to the Lord even before he
was born. By that dedication, she fi ed herself into
*Isa 6:8
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the order of God for His covenant people. God's
covenant people are people chosen to serve the
Lord...
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hat
you have heard.* All knowledge does is to puff you
up and deceive you into thinking you believe what
you really don't. The only way by which you can
know what you really believe is by your actions.
* Jam 1:22
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CHAPTER 16
The Art Of
Giving To God ...
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r, I invested your
money and made ten times the original amount!' 'Well
done!' the king exclaimed. 'You are a good servant. You
have been faithful with the li le I entrusted to you…'
Luke 19:16-17 NLT
God is pleased when we have the desire to be
fruitful. He wants to make us fruitful. He wants us
t...
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out clothing and in need of
daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be
warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what
is necessary for their body, what use is that? Jam 2:15-16
Even when you are not in a position to solve the
whole problem for someone, do what is in your
pow...
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is a generous spender.
The Lord has always emphasized on blessing
people in such abundant measure that they will
have much more than they can use or even
effectively store. He said to His people that…
…I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour
* Mark 14:6
16 ...
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ng on the earth is temporal and
has uses determined by God.
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus
Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to
return as our Savior. Phil 3:20 NLT
So, our hearts are on the things of heaven. We
know, however, that when Jesus comes, He will
check...
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others.
God's Order – Seed and Bread
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and
increase the harvest of your righteousness. 2 Cor 9:10
Usually, anything God sends you has two
parts—seed and bread. The bread is the portion you
consume ...
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our that
makes it grow.
The first servant reported, 'Master, I invested your
money and made ten times the original amount!' 'Well
done!' the king exclaimed. 'You are a good servant….
Luke 19:16-17 NLT
As we have come to understand, what the Lord
doesn't want is the a itude of laying up money.
Our t...
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tree." Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the
Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham,
so that we who are believers might receive the promised
Holy Spirit through faith. Gal 3:13-14
Because of Christ Jesus, no one is more blessed than
another, but all are blessed only in Christ.
S...
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d 119
surprised to see what the blessing of the Lord can
turn them out to be.
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives
you the ability to produce wealth.
Friends, plant that seed in that vision. If it is born of
God, it will overcome. I am of the opini...
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rvest for His sacrifice, but
His aim in giving Himself as a sacrifice was not at
all for His own la er gain; He was already great and
He couldn't ever be greater than He was before He
came to the earth.
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will
see His offspring, He will prolong His days,...
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f
poverty is supposed to be. I was indeed surprised
to see that it was perfectly in line with the principles
of being a disciple of Christ, as I understood it. To
me, it was a sound biblical teaching.
I found out that, if taken in the proper light and
applied correctly, it is not a vow reserved for...
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keep
His commandments and do the things that are pleasing
in His sight. 1 John 3:22
And this is the confidence which we have before Him,
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that, if we ask anything according to His will, He
hears us. And if we know that He hears us in wha...
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he implication of “be fruitful and
multiply.” You are first fruitful in what the Lord has
given you as your own personal seed, then you
multiply by planting the seeds from your increase
here and there.
As an example, you may be fruitful as an author,
and from the money that comes to you as you do
yo...
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being disobedient and are missing out of
the blessing of God. If a minister has been a blessing
to you, then return to him a gift of material things.
Do it again and again; you will be blessed for it.
How was Jesus sustained in His ministry on the
earth? He and His disciples did not survive on
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as in them, and it grew wild
and out of control. That is why they wandered from
the faith. That is why they look like children of the
devil.
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It is important that we bear in mind that the seed of
the love of money is in many more people tha...
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t of a proportion of one's
income as a part of worship was only found as part
of the laws of Moses. It never occurred anywhere in
* Mal 3:10
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the scriptures before or after the Law. All who gave
gifts in those times outside the law were che...
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It is a product of our love for and trust in God.
Anyone who does not love God cannot effectively
lay up treasure in heaven. It is that confidence in
God that makes the child of God easily generous.
Another point to remember is that faith must work
together with love.* If you do not love the plac...
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esources, which Paul called uncertain riches; I was
not trusting in God. I may have been praying, but
there was much unbelief in the picture.
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As soon as I realized this, I immediately took of the
money I had gathered and began to give out. ...
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t the flesh of bulls, or drink the
blood of male goats? Psa 50:10-13
Any gift that will be pleasing to Him must be given
in accordance with His instructions. It is obedience
that actually pleases Him.
Please recall the case of Saul, how the Lord
instructed him to totally destroy the Amalekites
and ...
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of poverty.
I will love you to go to the Lord in prayer at this
time, armed with the knowledge of the facts in this
chapter, and pledge to live your life within the
boundaries of this vow of poverty.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
* 1 Tim 6:10
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uching his
life (recall that the Lord specifically forbade him
from killing Job).* Treasure in heaven preserves the
life of the one who owns it. It is something that we
must consciously seek to lay up.
It Must Be Bought
The Lord Jesus explained that the way by which
one lays up treasure in heaven is...
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y life and you
will be doing God service if you use some of the
money He has given you to do just that, among
other things.
CHAPTER 18
The Giving Lifestyle - 1
It is More Blessed
I believe one of the main purposes of this book is
to get us all as believers into the givi...
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een broken
by the shed blood of Christ Jesus. It is part of that
spiritual foundation of prosperity we mentioned in
the previous chapter. This is a fact, no ma er what
your experience might have been.
Curses are Real
Let me state that curses are real. It is not possible to
believe in spiritual thin...
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o make them materially
prosperous. We need to go beyond just telling
ourselves that we believe in prosperity; we need to
know that the power of God to make His children
abundant in goods is available.
Let us be clear that we are discussing the viewpoint
of the Lord and not that of the world. Wealth...
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ather He looks at the inward person,
which is the heart. The true person is in how the
heart operates.**
* 1 Sam 16:7
** 1 Pet 3:4, Prov 23:7
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So, when the Lord describes a cheerful giver, He is
not describing external a ributes. He does not...
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I, the LORD, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds. Jer 17:10
You see that a man's deed does not stand by itself in
the presence of the Lord but is judged in view of
what is in his heart. The reason...
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s to receive the opposite of their
prevailing condition. It was sight to the blind,
release to captives, and freedom to the oppressed. It
follows therefore that, for the poor, it had to be
prosperity.
See, the gospel to the poor is that they can have
God's abundance. Poverty is a curse and is a lon...
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things for God. God checks our motives.
I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to
give to each man according to his ways, according to the
results of his deeds. Jer 17:10
Allow me to set a few things straight.
The Law of Righteousness
Righteousness means to be accepte...
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thing seems to go wrong in the life of the
person.
The existence of curses is a fact in life. It is a spiritual
force.
* 1 Kgs 12:13-15
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My message, however, is that Christ Jesus took care
of all of it for the believer. He took care of...
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ches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat
from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his
labor; this is the gift of God. Eccl 5:19
A Covenant of Service 77
I have seen people who will give anything to
anybody but will not buy themselves even good
clothes...
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to love money and put their
hands into evil. It is all a product of a lack of
understanding. Abraham did not love money nor
did he do evil, yet God made him very great. That
was the story of Job, too.
There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of
Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete int...
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r li le, then they will
not give much out of their abundance. It is in the
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li le that you will demonstrate what you will do
with the abundance.
This is why those who are not givers may not
receive abundant blessings from the Lord. It is not
t...
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e sowing corn. Some give out their old
cars just because they want God to return it as a new
one. Some will change naira to dollars and then use
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the la er as an offering in church. The reason is so
that God can pay them back in dollars. They kn...
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to eat
and drink whatever it was that they liked; the only
rule was that they had to finish the whole tithe.*
Interestingly enough, that was the primary way the
tithe was spent under the Old Covenant.
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be
conceited or to fix their hope on the un...
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muddy water. The loaves were ruined. The
woman bent down, grabbed a nearby
sympathizer's hand and began to weep on it. It was
clear that she couldn't afford to take that loss for she
was a pe y trader.
My friend turned to me and said, “Are you thinking
what I am thinking?” I nodded. We estimated the...
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ly cons tute themselves into heavy loads for the children to
carry, making excessive demands on them; this is not what the Lord
is suppor ng.
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person, but since you cannot see God and you want
to give to Him, then the person that He used is ...
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ew Covenant is the spreading
of the gospel of Jesus and the building up of the
saints of God. The growth of the temple of God on
* 1 Chrn 29:1-5
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the earth, which is the body of Christ, is by the
preaching of the word for the conversion of sinn...
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So she made the
promise. Now, she thought the contributions
would amount to a few thousand dollars at most.
That was reasonable since previous appeals had
hardly ever turned up anything close to that.
Well, she finished speaking and the people
responded. When everything was counted, she had
the shoc...
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e health of
the drinkers of it. God caused him to prosper. He
and his descendants became renowned for their
acts of great generosity. Their wealth sponsored
many missionaries and took care of charity.
I am telling his story to bring a point out. I read that
because of his philanthropy and the use o...
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clude giving; He condemned the practice of some
people who use the excuse of vowing what they
have to God to not give to their parents. He said
they were cancelling the word of God by those
practices.
You skillfully sidestep God's law in order to hold on to
your own tradition. For instance, Moses g...
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s that we fulfil and we are
judged to be faithful as servants of the Lord.
* Gal 6:6
The Assignment of God 115
Now, there is another kind of seed that I need to
point out.
Creators of Wealth
You see, most times that God wants to give
anything into the earth, it comes as...
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ly educated and miserable. It
is a terrible curse. One of my dear brothers said he is
waiting to see Noah one day; he wants to ask how
he could have been so angry as to release such a
curse on anyone.
I don't wish to go into details about it; even though
the curse superficially seemed addressed only...
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and I came to the conclusion that that was
not necessary. You see, giving is not about our
sense of accomplishment but about helping the
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person who needs it. A refugee is unlikely to be
interested in a pair of fancy shoes that cannot
wi...
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ations as working and should expect to get
'paid' for it. This is what is meant by “the plowman
ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope
of sharing the crops.” It is a ma er of right.
Now, there were times that he and his co-workers
took up secular jobs, but it was a ma er of forgo...
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more than
enough for all good works. You are able to meet
needs that are not your own. To use the words of
Paul, it is having all sufficiency in everything and
having an abundance for every good deed.*
However, when you take a vow of poverty, you are
acknowledging and affirming that what you seem
to ow...
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omes and to sponsor a poor child's
* Heb 7:7
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schooling are all given to the Lord and are not
inferior to giving to the work of ministry.
"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come,
you who are blessed of My Father, inherit th...
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liever with the
word of God until his own thoughts, desires and
a ributes are exactly like that of the Lord Jesus
Himself. The result is that he does the will of God
naturally, without any compulsion.
Effective Grace
A cheerful giver is the child of God who the Spirit of
God has done this work of gr...
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rom the
pulpit. The surest way to lose many during a
message is for the preacher to start talking about
money. They feel this way, not because they are
wicked, but because they think too much emphasis
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Chapter 11: Rich Toward God ..............................143
Chapter 12: Why We Give to God........................151
Chapter 13: How to Receive from God ...............165
Chapter 14: God’s Love and the Cheerful
Giver .......................................................
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of God which is yours in
abundance through the Lord Jesus Christ. Here,
your confidence for answered prayers is only
because you know the love of God and the work of
Jesus on your behalf. That is all.
I remember a conversation I had with a brother
while I was still a student in the university. A
pro...
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possible, each person
should give as they earn.
On every Lord's Day, each of you should put aside some
amount of money in relation to what you have earned
and save it for this offering. 1 Cor 16:2 NLT
If you are a monthly earner, then give your major
offerings monthly. Give to your church and also t...
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y carried the ark of God on the new cart from
the house of Abinadab; Uzza and Ahio drove the
cart. Everyone was celebrating, but…
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When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza
put out his hand to hold the ark, because the...
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* The second parable is in Ma 25
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master gave equal amounts to his servants as he
was leaving, and he commanded them to each use
it well.
He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went to a distant
country to receive a kingdom for himself, ...
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do not
understand think that it is because they have too
much money. The truth is that their faith is in God
and their main concern is to do the will of God; that
is why they give of their substance.
If you are one that is prone to doing such good,
please I implore you to continue and to disregard
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to come in and
possess your rightful inheritance.
Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon,
and his land into your hand; begin to take possession and
contend with him in ba le. Deut 2:24
You will notice that the Lord described the extent of
the inheritance He gave to the children of I...
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e is to be your security for tomorrow. Your sense
of self-worth must come from your relationship
with Him. Knowing Him is what you may boast
Who is Rich? 67
about—that is to be your confidence.* You must
understand that there is nothing the future can
frig...
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ed in life's
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ba les. Now that you have se led on your firm
ground, you must turn back to those places and
offer an offering to God on those altars.
Your father or uncle who paid your way through
school is more deserving of your first salary than
y...
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He lives and does not
die. He seems to be able to gain the earth and
retains his soul. He lies down and sleeps because
the Lord alone causes him to dwell in prosperity.
It is the power to get wealth.
Examples
To show the way this power to get wealth works, I
will tell a story of a brother. He test...
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succeed. It is a spiritual substance
which confers upon a person the power of
fruitfulness and productivity. What Jesus is telling
us here is that the giver has more spiritual power
than the receiver.
A blessing does not only affect your finances but
also other parts of your life. It affects your heal...
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il 4:18 NLT
It was in response to this kind of dedication to the
Lord that Paul wrote that very famous line, that
“My God will supply all your needs according to His
riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
It is a fact that every work of God has a reward. The
reward tied to the ministry of preaching is ...
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to marry and a comment that
* Prov 19:6
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slipped from the fiancée's mouth showed that he
had not changed. I wondered why she was
marrying him.
You may wonder what such people do with their
money, and I will tell you. They love to count their
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sends it through someone. He holds that
person accountable for delivery to the place where
the thing is needed. God is looking all the time for
faithful people who will deliver as appropriate.
Everything God places in your hands has specific
intended uses, and it is faithfulness to use them as
appro...
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hem. He
understands the words of Paul,
For who regards you as superior? What do you have that
you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you
boast as if you had not received it? 1 Cor 4:7
You see, pride is a product of ignorance. I have seen
people talk as if the success they have came...
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s life is not his own but must be lived in
a manner that is glorifying to the Lord.
You understand therefore that this person cannot
help but be a cheerful giver; after all, the money is
not his own.
Not Trusting in Money
This person knows that he or she has no special
advantages just because he h...
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very commendable customs
in this regard. One example is that of giving gifts to
couples ge ing married. Another one is the custom
of giving gifts to new babies. These are common but
very good customs.
Now there is a custom we have in Nigeria which I
have deliberately stopped participating in becaus...
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e late one morning, smoking a
pipe.
“Why are you not out fishing?” he asked.
“Because I have already caught enough fish,” came
the reply.
“Go and catch more fish,” he advised.
“What would I do with it?”
The rich man went on to explain to this man how he
could sell the excess fish and possibly buy an e...
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eople—the church. That is His first
choice.
A Covenant of Prosperity 19
Now, the summary of the purpose of God on the
earth is the establishment of His kingdom
everywhere.
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall re...
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. She replied, “They told us that is
how to prosper.” Poor girl! She was deceived. I told
her God had heard her prayers and so sent her to
me for deliverance—deliverance by the knowledge
of the truth.
Those who give to get are not at all cheerful givers;
all they are doing is investing, and not giv...
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studying the following por ons of the
scriptures: Deut 14: 22-28; Gen 14:19, 20; Gen 28:20-22; Mal 3:10.
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• Love for the poor and needy.
Anyone who takes care to do the above is fully
engaged in the spirit of tithing. The New Testament...
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the power
to get wealth comes in many forms. The Lord may
give someone the ability to make inventions that
* Gen 12:1, Gen 28:15, 1 Kgs 17:8
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will constitute huge wealth. He may bless through
creative ability in the arts, such as music. It m...
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you, but who would not be able to afford
such on his income or allowance. Sometimes, you
may sell it to someone but at a very reduced price,
just to give the person the feeling of having
purchased it.
I remember once a young man who asked to buy an
old car I had. He later testified that he was led by...
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ive to God so He can answer us. It is an
insult on the blood of Jesus and the work of Christ
on the cross to give something to God hoping that it
will make Him answer your prayers and meet your
needs.
God is our Father. We a ained that relationship
through faith in the Son, Jesus Christ. No real
Fa...
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eanings, such as old
clothes. Gleanings, in my understanding and
personal practice, are different from crumbs, and
are not meant primarily for beggars, but one may
occasionally allow them have of them.
A beggar begs from many and is therefore not your
full responsibility; you are to give to him a li...
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is preach the gospel
and the people that hear it are moved by the Spirit
to give generously to them. They do not cajole
anyone, neither do they have to use specially
designed fables to raise offerings.
You have to understand that the person that has the
power to get wealth sleeps well. This power is...
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1:15:00
or have not even entered, something like that, that the way this country is going. Thank you. Nigeria don't suffer. Every man, no open mouth. Talk rubbish. Oh, the Lord is good. What am I saying? That's a promise of your life. Give me an amen. Amen. You have a need of what? endurance, patience, the ...
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1:16:30
Lord, I thank you. Indeed, you are working patience in me. James said, count it all joy. Say to the Lord this evening, Lord, I count it all joy. James said, when you fall into diverse trials, why, the testing of your faith works patience. Faith is often tested. You see here, Paul made it clear to us...
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for you have need of endurance or patience, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. I want you to understand that. In verse 36, it says you have need. That is something that is crucial. It is something you must have. You have need, it says, of endurance. The ab...
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He said, now faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Literally, faith is the assurance of hoped for things. That is, what he was saying is basically, is that faith is the assurance of hope. He said, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understa...
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How would you like your child to go to a school because it is an easy school? Everybody passes there. Is that why people go to special exam centers to go and write exams? You know what they call special centers? When a child has SATA in a normal school with normal exam. fail mass, fail English, then...
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1:10:30
You don't remove their neck. So Lord, please don't remove the neck. Just remove the tip of a finger. Because I know that's how he behaves. I pray we understand the God we are dealing with. So overcoming for Joseph was not now I enter the throne. Overcoming for Joseph is what? He saw his brothers and...
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1:03:00
So there was one, I think, a Greek doctor that was there. So that one called him, or an Israeli doctor called him and said, listen. He said, just come to the side. He said, boy, this is your attitude to get into trouble. He said, this man you're looking at, they can make or make you. So better cool ...
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It would have been like if it was effortless, they would have stepped into the promised land. The giants were in there. They should have known that to turn and face the Lord is worse than turning and facing the giants. Then they would have charged at the giants. And they would have realized that the...
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He leads me beside still waters. Anywhere He makes me lie down, that's green pastures. Say, whether I see it or not, I trust Him. He sees what I can't see. Say, I lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the path of righteousness. for His name...
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There's no way these guys won't take everything over. Why? They are ready to endure hardship. And look at it. You get down to it. I'm not saying what they do is right, but they're the ones that have produced people who died deliberately for their religion. And what gave me confidence and hope, like ...
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What happens? Grace much more abounds. Sometimes people try to scare me. This generation, there's pornography, just a click of the button away. This generation, there's drug abuse everywhere. What will happen to our children? I say, my friend, stop trying to scare me. Where sin abounds, what happens...
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That's just all it is. We want life to be easy, but God says, I want it to be tough. Like Robert Schuller would say, tough times never last. But what lasts? Tough people. So God says, I want you to be tough. You need to be tough. For that reason, I exercise you in toughness. How do I do that? I don'...
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Now, I'm not going to say this. These men recognize that our problems are. And they are saying, no, boy, if you can just manage to overcome the challenges, the rewards are good. Yeah, Christians, this is more challenge. This country, this is the problem with this country. You cannot even say constan...
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They were the ones who said, ah, we don't die. I don't die. I don't die. He said, no, no, no, no, no. Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry. How's my father? He's still alive. That was overcoming for Joseph. It's not, uh-huh. The first shall be the last. Tie them up. Look how we came. No. My enemies...
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No, really. What is overcoming, therefore? As I'm explaining. Those of us who have overcome, as Christians, are people that despite everything that has happened, the faith in God has not been shaken. Our trust in Him is not moved. That's what it means to overcome. That's what it means to overcome. T...
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You have, that is, what God will do in your life will not be complete until that thing is supplied. That's what I want you to understand. Until the ability to persevere is supplied, what God wants to do in your life will not be complete. It's a crucial point. So, stop looking for how you will not en...
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1:06:00
If you have had disappointments, especially that you overcame. And when I say overcame, I don't mean that you lost 10 million, you now got 20 million. That's not what I mean by overcame. I mean you lost 10 million, your head is still correct. That's what I mean by overcoming. You lost 10 million, an...
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Say, no matter what the enemies are, no matter who the enemies are, the table of the Lord is before me. And I will feast from the table of the Lord. Say, my head is anointed. I have ability. The Spirit of God is upon me because He has anointed me with His oil. Therefore, I can run through a troop. I...
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So his promises will come to pass. Thank you, we say, Lord, I am not discouraged. Begin to declare, Lord, I am not discouraged. I refuse to be discouraged. I am not discouraged. I refuse to be discouraged. I encourage myself in the Lord. I am encouraged in the Lord. I rejoice at your word, Lord, as ...
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That's how we pray. We magnify the Lord. We magnify the Lord. We magnify the Lord. That's how we pray. Prayer is magnifying God. When there's trouble, instead of shouting like everybody, go and say, in the midst of this trouble, who is God? When I traveled home, you know, you hear all kinds of stori...
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It will give you light. Amen. It will give you direction. Amen. Healing is coming to you in every area. Amen. And that will make you more and more like the Lord Jesus. Amen. In your character, you become more like Jesus Christ. Amen. In your faith, you become more like Jesus Christ. Amen. And in the...
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then you know what will happen. They will now all come out and they will do what? They will fail. Why? Because the real test of life does not care which school you went to. I hope you are getting my point here. And that is how God is also. So like I was saying, look, a child of God cannot just wake ...
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Is it 50th anniversary? No, 75th anniversary of D-Day. It was over the last few days. And we're talking about the invasion of the Normandy beach. That invasion, that amphibious invasion. Of the first line of soldiers that went in, I think between 70 and 90% died. You don't get my point. The Germans ...
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No, don't laugh yet, though, because the ridiculous part has not yet been told to you. So I said, you are going abroad to do what? He said, bro, the way this country is going, you know, I was so happy or sad that it was on the phone, because it was physically. Why? The person talking to me, small pi...
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Today, I saw a link. They said more than 50% of American, no, more than 50 million, let me see if I can find, American families cannot afford to pay for food. I need to get that information out. When I read it today, I said, what? This is CNN Money. This is not somebody trying to do something. I nee...
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You do the will of God. You receive that promise, you are doing the will of God. That which he has promised will definitely come to pass. He said, I will make prosperity flow towards you like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. It therefore makes it forbidden that you ...
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that will make the fear of tomorrow a valid excuse when we want to make decisions and we say we are Christians. And they will now turn around and say, there's Islamic agenda. God say, wait, wait, assume you were the judge. Who will you dash your nation to? That's what God is saying, that listen, bec...
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He kept them in one place and was checking whether they would quarrel. No, go and read that story. He kept on checking, would they quarrel? Then when he saw that, he decided that, okay, he will keep one of them behind while the rest will go. And they were like, okay, no, let me stay, let me stay. Th...
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Because of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, surely we have passed out of death and we have passed into life. We have passed out of darkness into the light of Christ. We have passed out from under the curse into the blessing. All things have passed away in our lives. We are now filled with the Spi...
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ed in any special thing we do for Him; He is only concerned
that we follow His prescribed order or ordinance. That is a major reason
why Christians often have problems. Sometimes we think we are doing
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akes haste with his feet errs. Prov 19:2
*
*For more on this please see my book, ‘How to Receive from God’
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Training through adversity
We have seen the fact that discipleship is the first thing about being ...
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ng the gospel of God. This
is what we must realize as Christians. The mark of Christianity is the
ability to make sacrifices; that is true apostleship.
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End...
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rom a lot of troubles, at times troubles are
ignited by the life of faith and obedience we have chosen; the aim is so
that we may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing, using the
words of James.
Hardship will happen as part of our training to be among the called,
chosen and faithful soldiers ...
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the Lord, repented if necessary, and he
would have seen a power greater than those of humans work again on
his behalf (the Lord had done such for him before). The prophet Hananni
explained it to him.
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him,
”Because you have relied on...
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me our way.
Why? Does it mean we are to be gluttons for punishment? No; it is
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because we know that when our faith succeeds in facing such trials, then
we develop the necessary ...
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s glory and the exact representation of His
nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had
made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
on high…Heb 1:3
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are
all things, in bringing ...
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tes about war, especially those who had
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never been in battle before. Judg 3:1-3GNT
People often misjudge these things. Part of the problem arises from the
fact that many times we mi...
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we can
endure hardship.
Callings and geography
Let me say something a lot of people do not realize. Calling is tied to
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geography. A Christian does not just move from one place to another
because of comfort but must ha...
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ation will not at all be for
what we enjoyed but for how we served Him in righteousness and in
connection with the specific assignment He gave us. We have gifts that
He sent us to the world to deploy.
We are soldiers of Christ and we must live life like soldiers. We have
been sent into every field ...
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s things to enjoy, but these are not the primary things of
life at all. To be in the centre of the will, call and plan of God is more
important than having material comfort. The Lord Jesus did not shy
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away from the ...
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ur positions in His army. The training is not a day’s job; it is actually a
very long process which requires patience and endurance. It is required
that we endure the training and be patient with Him.
The purpose of our lives is not to be blessed and to be able to enjoy the
things of this life. No;...
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part of the body to fulfil a particular assignment in the army;
if He does not find fruit, that is a major problem.
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Many are pursuing things that the Lord did not create them to do, and
neglecting the things He crea...
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ry courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses
My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the
left, so that you may have success wherever you go. Josh 1:6-7
Joshua was told to be strong and courageous so that He could fulfil the
part that God had for him ...
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wn a house, a nice car or be able to travel all over the
world! So what is that compared with being imprisoned or beheaded for
the name of Christ that your brethren in the faith have suffered in times
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past and are s...
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Pastor Bankie
to the prophetic words, he would have the strength to succeed. This was
the same thing taught to Joshua. Let us see the application in the verses
below.
When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied to the Jews…, in the name of the God of Israel, who...
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y Pastor Bankie
In this portion of the word of God quoted below, I request of you to note
what Paul was using as proof that someone is a servant of Christ.
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if insane) I more so; in far more
labors, in far more imp...
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and then you will have success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and courageous! Josh 1:8-9
Just as it was for Joshua, the strength of the soldier of Christ comes from
feeding on the word of God.
The mistake we make often is that we think zeal and natural ability will
help us, but that is not t...
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d the spiritual
atmosphere for success. Without the word, all struggle is like tilling a
ground that is cursed.
*
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CHAPTER 3
It is first a call to discipleship
So we see that it is by His word that God starts to ...
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d to derive his courage
through reading and meditating on words—the words of Moses. That
was not hard to do, unless of course we consider reading and
concentrating on the book of the Law a hard thing.
The strength Joshua needed was in the words of Moses. He was to use
the little strength he had as ...
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forfeit his soul? Mark
8:34-37
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Let us be ready to suffer for the sake of Christ and the call of God for our
lives.
For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by
believing in him, but also by ...
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or anyone to think he will be
heard because of what he or she ’did for God.’ The fact is that we receive
from God because He loves us and because the Lord Jesus offered
Himself up for us on the cross.
Any soldier going into prayer battle armed with the knowledge of his or
her good works is going in...
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Eccl 12:13(King
James’ Version)
”My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His
work. John 4:34
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The thing worth pursuing in life is the will of God. Our satisfaction must
come from accomplishing ...
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less you are
pastoring a church,” one person said. Starting and pastoring a church, I
was not opposed to, but the motive was just so wrong that I didn’t need
the Lord to tell me to decline the advice.
But many ministers still follow this Demas’ example. They have
relocated from a small city to a bi...
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ts in the prosperity
of His servant. That is a fact. He does not enjoy making us suffer; He just
says love for Him must be first in our hearts before any other thing. He
will make sure we do not lack.
David discovered this and said, “…those who follow the Lord will not lack
any good thing.” If anyt...
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Tim 3:6). They should first be trained. That is what is
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called discipleship.
The disciple
A disciple is a student, a learner. He is one who is avidly being filled with
the know...
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than to offer the sacrifice of fools… Eccl 5:1
When people do not take the proper place of disciples they rush off in
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zeal. Instead of sitting down to learn, they rush off to preach. They rush
off to missions, acting...
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t (…and blessed quiet) for
your souls.
For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good –not harsh, hard, sharp, or
pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is
light… Matt 11:28-30 AMP
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y fear these days. I am
important, and I may not be so easy to replace. This does not beget pride
but fear —godly fear. I do not want to fail Him.
His army
Who are the people in the army of the Lord?
The people of God who are walking and working with Him are the ones
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about Issachar.
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He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens,
And became a slave at forced labor.
The very place people run to, away from the posting of the Lord, is the
very place where they will...
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ly came, He just simply refused to listen to them
because he knew what was pushing them. It was a satanic assignment
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they were on. They actually planned to take Him forcefully (see Mark
3:21 AMP)
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know God as you ought. You are not
yet spiritual until you reach a place where little or much mean the same
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to you.
…I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not
disturbed or disquieted) i...
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d.
We are to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
We are to pursue the righteousness of God in our personal lives and the
Lord will provide all our needs.
We will not lack. It is a promise.
He will make all grace abound towards us so that we will have all
sufficiency in all things and ab...
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it means to take heed to your spirit. Once
we take heed to our spirits, that is to decide what is really pushing us,
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then recognizing the will and plan of God for our lives is a very easy thing.
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by learning, and that is the matter of being a
disciple which we are examining.
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I remember how the Lord helped my brethren and me in those days to
know this truth. We learnt the w...
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He is saying that we
must never place our comfort in life before the things that are more
important. Having said that, the truth is that He actually delights in the
prosperity of servants (Ps 35:27).
The provisions of the Lord are packaged as promises in His word, and
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resist him. If we do not do
so, no matter how long we pray, he will not go away. When people do
not realize this, they waste a lot of time in prayer thinking they are doing
something about the devil.
God is not the one to remove the devil from your life; you are the one
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The importance of Man in God’s plan
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ink one of
my best verses in the whole Bible is that written by Paul to the
Philippians in chapter 4 verse 11. I will quote from a little known
translation of the Bible known as the Way’s translation.
No, I have learned in whatever condition I am, to be independent of
circumstances. I am schooled t...
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hey are ill does not make that sickness the will of God; the kingdom
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of God is entered into by spiritual aggression.
The second reason Christians have problems is because of what the
word of God calls ’the just reco...
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place
the Lord wants you to be even if the place appears hard at present; be
willing to endure hardship.
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CHAPTER 7
Demas phenomenon
There was a Christian man who was working with Paul. This fellow,
Demas, was ment...
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do not be anxious for
your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your
body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the
body than clothing? Matt 6:24-26
Please notice that it was the need for assurance concerning how the
basic things of life would com...
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l notice what the elder brother
later said to the father; that was the order in the house.
’Look! For so many years I have been serving you, and I have never
neglected a command of yours…’ Luke 15:29
The brother was what the Bible calls a serving son, and they are a special
class among children of...
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t thinking I was; he was just thinking of the allure of
the US for the average Nigerian. But it was not my calling.
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A brother told me that once he was trying to make a decision concerning
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f Darius
remains our hero and example in this area; he was a government
minister in a corrupt environment but he resisted the evil of his day and
was the light of God in the high places of government.
Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of
accusation against Daniel in r...
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which makes you think someone is enjoying, is all emptiness.
Vanity, or emptiness, is not a theological word; it is a real experience
that every person will un...
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life for specific assignments. We
cannot do just anything and expect the Lord to be pleased with us. He is
concerned specifically about what He created us to be and the work He
said we should perform.
Paul was not an apostle because he loved apostleship. He was not an
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ld be their own
masters without dying. Unfortunately, they only became slaves of the
devil who tempted them. They wanted to be free of the control of God
but they ended up being slaves of a false god.
Even today, we see this principle operating as ’modern’ men and women
shake off the lordship of Go...
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selves)
who they call witches and enemies of progress, when the word of God
tells us clearly that our battle should be against principalities and powers
and the wicked spirits in the spiritual realms.
For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked
spiritual forces in the heaven...
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th. Ignorance
makes us hurt the people the Lord said we should be praying for, and
we rejoice at their sufferings. That is not the way of the child of God.
This is the word of the Lord Jesus about it:
But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute
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phesying are the methods by which we routinely give our
’power and authority’ to the Lord. As we can see in the portion of the
book of Revelations quoted at the beginning of this chapter, the kings of
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the earth do the...
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sts and
organizing teaching seminars in various towns and cities.
The audio messages digital catalogue includes hundreds of
messages which are available on the ministry website and
also on MP3 discs.
For more information and for free downloads of Pastor
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d never return. After her prayers he recovered rapidly and ended up
dying only after about 50 years later, having touched the body of Christ
worldwide and serving the purpose of God in his generation.
I have used this story to show that loving the world, and serving
mammon, doesn’t have to be those...
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g effect primarily
for just being present and being pure. It is not dependent on whether
the salt is trying to work; it just needs to be there and remain the salt
God made it to be.
What am I saying?
As salt-soldiers of Christ, our very presence is often what the Lord needs
to make the changes and...
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sent them two and
two ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to
come. Luke 10:1
Without the presence of God’s people, His visitation can’t happen. We
must never forget this.
Please don’t go
A young lady went to see her pastor; she was excited that she just got a
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ould have said no,
but he would have had to face the issue on the day of judgment; that is
the same with your life and mine. We have to be careful to say yes to
Him; we have to be deliberate about it.
Like Paul we were all called for our own specific purposes, and the Lord
did not think of our comf...
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and he has proven his trustworthiness to God in the time of affliction. That is, in life you will go to trials, you will go through afflictions. For that reason, we began to discuss what a man should do, what a woman should do when he or she is going through these situations in life. If you remember...
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is that a tranquil state comes into your heart which you can't explain. You will see problems coming towards you, but you are not worried. I've had things like this happen to me before. People think that you should be worried about this. I say, no, I'm not worried. Now, later on I'll look back and s...
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Endurance is because you know it will come to an end. There will have been no need to endure if the thing was not going to come to an end. You endure because you know that your problems have an end. You endure because you know that your luck has an end. That it's so important you don't die before th...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen, and you will be blessed by this message. 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 from verse 3. Paul said, We ought always to giv...
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He said, this is the principle. He said, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God. And I said, invest three for consider him who has endured such hostility by sinners against himself so that you will not grow weary ...
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then your change will most certainly come. The Bible says that a day with the Lord can be like say a thousand years and a thousand years can be like a day. It depends on whether men quickly repent or they don't repent. You see, God is waiting for men to repent and that's what he's always waiting for...
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Paul said it here. He said, it is through this that you'll be qualified for the kingdom of God that you have believed. It is through this you'll be qualified for the place that God has ordained for you to be. If your name is Joseph and you have not been lied upon, if your brothers don't sell you int...
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not lacking in anything. That was what James said in James chapter 1. Now what I'm emphasizing again is this. We must not look at life as if when I have problems it is because there is something wrong with me. If challenges come in life it is because I have been cursed. No, that's not true. You see,...
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One thing you must do, you see, because you must feel the time. There's no point wasting time. If you are enduring, look for something to do in the time of your endurance. If you are believing God for a great harvest, right now you have so much time, look for something to do with your hands. It may ...
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And another thing we mentioned that we must do is that of rejoicing at all times. It's a commandment actually. It says rejoice again, I say to you rejoice. And anytime you see in the scriptures something repeated, you will find out that it's primarily for emphasis. God is explaining why it's very im...
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But then something happened. The Bible said that in the garden, angels came and strengthened him. That is, you need strength in the time of trial. And what I want to bring out today is the source of that strength. What exactly is it that will give you the strength? Now, two things I'm going to say. ...
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Let your requests be made known to God. Notice verse seven, it says, and the peace of God, which passes all comprehension, will guard your heart and your minds in Christ Jesus. That is, there is something that is called the peace of God. It's actually a force of the Spirit of God that comes and moun...
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Now, so what I'm saying is that, you see, I was joyful in the midst of my afflictions because I had the vision of where God was going to take me to. You get what I'm trying to say here. Therefore, I couldn't be discouraged. Therefore, the events of life, I remember then, and those same seasons, you ...
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all, most of the ones we know, they make it in sports and in entertainment, alright? But generally in the realm of business, there are very few, there are very very few that do really well. One of the reasons is because most of them give up in life, most of them don't, they don't set goals before th...
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It is because it's not alright, unless it has a reason that you and I cannot see. And as a child of God, in the midst of your afflictions, that is a source of your joy. Something that other people can't see that you have seen. That is actually where your strength comes from. That is what God uses to...
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Yes, he had planned to take you to a great place. He deliberately put you in a small place. The Bible says that though your beginning be small, yet your latter end shall greatly increase. Which tells us something. If God is lifting somebody to a great latter end, he makes it a point a lot of times t...
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I'm not saying your insurance policy is not good, but the reason you are trying to use to sell it to me doesn't make sense to me. I said, right now, I earn only 6,000 Naira. You are saying I should take about 10% of that earning so that I may get 200,000 Naira in 15 years and I'll give it to you eve...
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e will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.” 1 Cor 10:13 TEV
Hey, even blessed people have had those disappointments! Read the story of one of them here.
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any of us would rather start a process of deliverance, praying all night and sowing seeds that are supposed to break the yoke. Ignorance!
A Christian can have challenges; it is not a sign of a curse!
There are 3 sources of 'problems' in the life of the believer.
1. Ignorance. This can be as it aff...
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hard only for the man who is cursed. The fact that life can be hard is the reason why Jesus promises His reward only to the overcomer. Why should He talk about overcomers if things will not be tough?
The promises of God for your life are real, but there are many obstacles and adversaries on the way...
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Many times I see people who tell me they had or have Typhoid fever. I laugh most of the times and tell the people simply, “you don’t have Typhoid, and believe me, you don’t want to have Typhoid.” What the persons have most of the time which they call Typhoid fever is nothing more than an improperly ...
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Welcome to this time of Refreshing. This is a radio message that was put from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. Now, we are still continuing what we have been saying about the giant killer. Let's never forget it. God's plan for his children is that no matter what the challenge...
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in the ability to tackle the challenges of life. Challenges of life, don't ever forget, they were not there, they were not put out there or allowed to remain there so that you will fall by them, but so that you will demonstrate the strength that God has placed inside you. In fact, when Jesus was spe...
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that made them so strong in themselves that when they looked through their eyes at the challenges of this world, they saw victory. When they look through their eyes, remember you don't see with your eyes. You see through your eyes. You see with your heart. It is what is in your heart that decides ho...
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and you carry that cash or lodge it in an account, and they will see that you have money, and then you will go and they will give you the visa. The day before the visa interview, he called the man's office to remind him that tomorrow is the visa interview, and they told him that, ah, have you not he...
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give me the instruction to go out and take that land that was promised to me. Why was it promised to me? He said, because I followed the Lord my God fully. That the right hand of God will uphold me because I'm following Him fully. That is my ability to overcome giants in life It's not because I have...
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This is not how I judge you. I don't lift a man up because of his external qualities. I lift him up because of his internal qualities. That is, if his soul is following hard after me, then he'll be the one to triumph in life. But if he's walking by his own strength, listen, I keep on telling people,...
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Because of our relationship with Him, that is the first thing that we put in place so that we will be able to build up the spiritual strength that we are talking about. Now, but the other thing I want to bring out, which I'm talking about, you know, what we're talking about is how do we build up the...
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is to build up the strength inside our hearts and be careful not to deplete it. I started this series by explaining that Samson was a man who had that dose of strength in him but he wasted it by going to many places. hanging out with harlots, hanging out with all kinds of strange people, doing sharp...
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Man, woman, you will not overcome in life because you are strong in yourself. You will not overcome in business because you have good financial backers. You will not overcome in this life because your parents are very rich. You will not overcome in this life because you are connected to the governor...
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and then they will come with the temptations that will want to take us out of the will of God for our lives. But if we have the strength in us, if we have the strength preserved, then we'll be able to overcome our Delilah. What happened to Samson? He wasted his strength by going to many women. He we...
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And God didn't give it to him. It means that God doesn't exist. Listen, he has lost the Batu entirely. The Batu was about his faith. It was not about his scholarship. It was not about the husband. It was not about anything. I've heard all kinds of people do very silly and crazy things. A young woman...
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The book of Luke chapter 22, in verse 31, Jesus said to Peter, he says, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sit you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, once you have been turned again or converted, strengthen your brothers, that is strength...
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What is being tried is not the material things. It's not the degree you are trying to get. What is being tried is your faith. And I'm telling you, if you win that battle for faith, if you win that battle to stand firm in faith, in the face of trials and afflictions, then you have most certainly won ...
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What I will pray about concerning you is that your faith may not fail. A friend of mine some time ago, he was severely afflicted in the matter of health. And we gathered to go and pray in his house. And when we got there, I was so encouraged because he said, because when the whole thing came, he rea...
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He said, I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily, that is, His elect. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth? That is, God wants to do something for us speedily. But what might hinder the speed of God is that He finds faith in our hearts, that He fi...
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Everything that God wants to do for us, avengers of poverty, avengers of sickness, avengers of all kinds of adversaries, to give us victory over every adversary in life, what God is saying is that before I can do it, I must find faith in your heart. So Jesus said it like that in that Luke chapter 18...
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and takes away your business, that's not a problem. If Satan attacks your health and manages to take away your health, primarily that's not a problem. The main problem is if Satan can, through all these things, take away your faith. Now please, that's very important for us to understand. That Satan ...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen, and you will be blessed by this message. Once again, we'll read from the book of Luke, chapter 18. There was in a ...
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in the first place because his faith never fails. Let me explain something. Material things in themselves are nothing. Listen to me. Material things in themselves, they are nothing. What really exists are the things that are in the realm of the spirit. He said, by faith, we understand that the world...
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The Lord spoke to the prophet, that you see, I've always wanted to heal this man, but I can't find faith in his heart. That's what they were saying. I'm applying my own words now. I've always tried to heal him, but I can't find faith in this guy's heart. Anytime I come with my healing power, he will...
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But those that seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. In that word, he talks to himself day and night. When we give him examples, we say, ah, don't mind all these young women. None of them can be trusted. Women are very terrible. And you are saying this to a man who's desiring a good wife. In t...
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Their faithlessness, they use it to drive him away. And the Bible says that he takes away the first to establish the second. As soon as he drives that man away, God sends another person who has faith to receive that man. Are you getting my point? So by the time, when they begin to see manifestation ...
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day and night in the word of God. I'm saying that the word meditate, it entails thinking, but far beyond thinking. It entails what I speak to myself. When I'm discussing with my friends, what do I say about my future? When they say life is hopeless, I say, no, my future is bright that I know the tho...
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And endurance means that some things are difficult. Endurance means that things are challenging. You have many things to face up to in life that appear not to be cooperating with where you are going. That's why you need to endure. Paul said here in verse 4, he said that you have persecutions and aff...
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I want to help you. He said, but from where do I help you? You are getting my point? That is why in life you must never be, no, this man promised that he would give me a job as long as I left school. The day I came out of the mouth, he didn't know me. The reason was because God had removed the abili...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen, and you will be blessed by this message. 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 3 We ought always to give thanks to God for you, ...
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that a man goes around grumbling like Habakkuk said, yet I will exalt in the Lord. I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. He said, the Lord is my strength. I mean, he said it like this. He said, the joy of the Lord is your strength. The man who is not happy at life, you understand, who's always,...
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I hope you have gotten my point of what I have said. Now let me just summarize everything I have said so far so that we can get out of here for today. Don't forget, there are things to do in the time of affliction. Faith is a battle. Are you getting my point? As soon as you are believing God, the fi...
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That is, I will always be happy despite the things that I'm seeing right now. And you see, let me say something about joy. And that's how spiritual things are. They come out of understanding. If you understand what is going on, James said it like this. He said, Beloved, count it all joy when you fal...
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that the situations in your environment do not at all indicate that you are a failure but that you are going to endure so that you can step into the kingdom that God has prepared for you. That is as you endure these persecutions that you really actually receive the promise from God. I said number tw...
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In the time of affliction, what am I talking about? One, endure. While you're enduring, get better. Number two, make sure you don't get bitter. Because the instrument for affliction, God has said it, the instrument for affliction are people. But you must never be angry at the people that God used in...
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What do you do at such times? You don't start believing in another God because Jesus has left. You just sit down and be waiting. And Peter did something that some of us think that it's because he didn't have faith. No, what he was doing was good. He said, guys, let's go and fish. Because right now w...
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Are you getting my point? The same thing happens to men also. A man, you met this girl when you were in university, she was struggling, and you had some money, so you helped her finish school, because you liked her so much, and you believed that when you finish school, you are going to marry her. Th...
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so that these people can have a place, all right, to get their daily bread from. And that's what it means to be a blessed man. I remember somebody I know, some time ago, he had a small business he was doing. And the business wasn't making any money. So somebody said, why don't you close it down? He ...
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So when a man comes with his problems, then you know that you don't want him. You say, oh, sorry, would you like me to help you with some money? You will give him some money, but go your way. I want a man who can walk. But if a man comes exalted in heart, happy, you know this guy is, I mean, his out...
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Lack of hope, that is sadness and despondency also. They prevent us from seeing opportunities when they come. I hope you are getting the point I'm trying to make here. When a man is sad, when a man is depressed, listen, God will present to him an opportunity to be delivered and he will not take it. ...
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believe God for just basic sustenance and you don't grumble about what you don't have. Are you getting what I'm trying to say here? And in fact, actually what I'm going to be talking about in what to do in the time of affliction is basically all on this point. Endurance. Because endurance is what yo...
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I don't know whether you are getting what I'm saying. The reason why a lot of our hospitals, for example, don't work in the country is because our rulers can easily fly abroad at every small problem that they have and go and have themselves treated. The day that Tony Blair's wife was going to delive...
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Miles Monroe said that God does not start until he has finished. What it means is that it's like a building that you want to build. You only start building it when the architect has already finished the building. I don't know whether you're getting my point. That is, when you lay a foundation, it is...
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These things are to help you endure. Are you getting my point? From 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock, have extra moral classes that you are teaching people and they are paying you some extra money. You are not stealing from anybody. You are just working hard to be able to endure that season. You are getting t...
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Are you getting what I'm saying? That is, endurance is all that God is asking from you. Just endure this time of trial. Endure the challenges. When you see giants rush at them, they won't kill you. That's what God is saying. But in all of this, I will give you food to eat. I will give you somewhere ...
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that there are no jobs, there are no jobs. I know that jobs don't create themselves, people create them. I know that when God wants to bless people, he blesses one person and that person becomes a blessing to other people. So dear Lord, I'm offering myself as a blessing to people. That's why I'm doi...
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but something is obstructing the movement. For that reason, he said, let every valley be lifted up, let every mountain and hill be made low, make a smooth highway for God in the desert. That is, between God and you is a desert place. Between God and you, there are hindrances to his glory. And at the...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen, and you will be blessed by this message. 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 3 Paul said, We ought always to give thanks to Go...
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what we shall eat, what we shall drink. He said these are the things that the Gentiles seek after. He said the birds of the air they get them without spending all night in prayer. That our prayer should be that we might discover the will of God for our lives. He said seek first the kingdom of God an...
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There's no point being angry with people because those things prevent you from receiving from God. God said, when you come to pray, forgive. If you don't forgive in your heart before you approach my altar, I will not accept the sacrifice from your hand. So people like Anna, they are there every time...
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the unbelieving, the abominable. God classifies them amongst those who are adulterers, who are murderers, who are idolaters. So with God, it is so important that we walk by faith. That Jesus said to Peter, Satan has desire to sift you all like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not...
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in the midst of afflictions, in the time of persecutions and adversity. It is because that is where Satan comes to make us lose our faith. That is, I explained last week about the reason why some of us that preach speak so much in Nigeria of today concerning the economy, concerning economic sustenan...
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Alright? From one place to the other. Trying to endure. Are you getting my point? Doing what is right in the time of endurance. Because you must understand that thing, when you are enduring, endurance means you keep doing what is right. That's what patience is. Patience is when you keep on with your...
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What to do in the time of affliction? Number one, endure. All right. Now, having explained that, let me go on to another thing. What to do in the time of affliction? The other thing I want to mention is that you get better. Now, what do I mean by get better? This one is so important. It's number two...
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And I explained that, you see, when God wants to do things on the earth, he first discusses with people so that they will accept what he wants to do so that through them he will be able to do it. And I explained that was the reason why the angel first had to go to Mary to go and ask her faith. If I ...
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Remember that I said that number two thing we should do is what? Get better. That's what I'm trying to say. Get better. Now, what am I trying to bring out from here? That is, before God can bring you to the position of the kingdom, to the position of the day of the Lord, to the position of breakthro...
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For seven minutes, the time he appeared on a particular program, in those seven minutes he spoke a word that blessed greatly the life of Paul Crouch. And Paul Crouch started looking for CDJs. He placed CDJs on his network and he instantly became an international figure. Are you getting my point? Lis...
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There are a number of reasons why people are afflicted. One important reason why people are afflicted is because they have not yet discovered the proper order of God. They are still working in what the Bible actually calls sin. Sin is not always a moral thing. Sin just means that you are not doing t...
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Christianity is a hard way to heaven. It's a hard way to eternal life. The word is endure. It's described as a race. It's described as a fight. I have fought the fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith. What does that tell you? Somebody's always trying to snatch it. Things are always...
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you know, Rehab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and all these people who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shot the mouth of lions, quenched the power of fire, and escaped the edge of the sword. From weakness, they were made strong, became migh...
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and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every ...
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Oswachemba has told us, the beautiful message, is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, okay? Now Oswachemba has explained, in one of the three, the person that suffered the most was who? Jacob. Of those three, the one that suffered the most is this last guy. But if you go and ...
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Righteousness is good for you. Righteousness is good for your eternity. Like I said, this life, you are here, it's a furnace. You take your ore, mineral, raw metal ore, you pass it through the furnace, it burns up the impurities, so that when you come out on the other side, you are pure as gold. Yea...
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But you read the whole Bible, and it says, I, the Lord, I do these things. The Lord said, I'm about to invent evil against these people. I kill and I make alive. And our brother from on that side of the country said, no, the Lord does not kill. But he said, I kill, he's the guy that said that when J...
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When you see things like that, that kind of thing, you have to understand. Jesus, you are Lord, but let me go and breastfeed. You know, that's what comes to your mind. By the way, you can't handle those things by yourself. You can't, you can't. Those women you have seen, They think they are hearing....
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Everyday in your life, no matter what you are going through, you will sit down and know that there is one thing I'm going to. Do you hear what I said? No matter what you are going through, there is one thing or one place I'm going to. There is just one place I'm going to. And let that be your focus....
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Let the earth, let the waters, let the earth come forth, let vegetation, let plants, let... Do you understand? Six days. Let's leave man out for a moment. Six days he arranged everything. A lot of spiritual work. Let's not start talking about the biology that goes into the living thing. On the last ...
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The Israel of God is the allotment of his own inheritance. Now listen to this. He's taking time to make sure that each one that calls himself, that calls herself one of his people, listen there's no joke about it, is a perfect one. Before you go on there with him, he has to transform you into the pe...
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The way your mouth opened is appropriate, don't worry. The way your mouth opened, like, what? My friend started to scatter the class. Yeah, my friend. He scattered the class, like, excuse me, I don't understand. He went over it again. Is this what you said? When he started arguing and all of that, a...
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My friend can pray. He prayed the whole night. He fasted. After one year, he didn't have two members. One guy just looked at him and said, ah, this pastor here is suffering. Okay, can I join? The first member he got was a volunteer who pitied him. So since that time, because he has been trusted, I t...
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I can't have a heated conversation in it. I can't. Now, you know what I'm saying? So I went to school. I assumed that's how it was with everybody in my class. So one of my classmates wanted to do an exam to go abroad. So I said, how can you fail English? I said, test of, in the IELTS, they call it. ...
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People thought that I had sins. No, it's not sins, it's prayer. I told the Lord, if you have to break my leg before the day of the wedding to make me get the point, please go ahead and do it. It's a prayer I prayed. I knelt down and I prayed to God. I said, dear Lord, I'm begging you for one thing. ...
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They are dreaming life now. Until today, they did not know it. But the speed that was pulling them. So sometimes, deep inside, we actually admire these worldly stars. But on the surface, when we are talking, praise the Lord, this world is not my home. I'm just saying, I have decided to follow Jesus....
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Don't feel like, don't like what you are. Are you getting my point? But don't be like angry that am I so horrible. No, you are normal. The good side about you is that you can even admit. I told you the prodigal son had one good thing going for him. He could admit it. When things rough the guy, thing...
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all my life, okay? What am I referring to? He said, the book of Job was placed in the Bible to kill the backsliding of saints forever. That's a cloud. Do you understand? That's a witness, I wanted to say. The book of Job, he said, was placed in the Bible to kill the backsliding of saints forever. Th...
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While his children were dying, his company was on fire. His staff were being killed by armed robbers. They burned down his warehouse. I'm using modern words now. His ship on the high seas sank. A torpedo hit it, or hit them. All the ships he had on high seas, torpedoes hit them at the same time. All...
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That is the annoying part of it. Demand is enough. God has called me to another ministry. There's a mission with the headquarters in Thessalonica. They believe in prosperity. Ministries where they dedicate boats, silk dress gowns, and stuff like that every day. I listened to one man yesterday, early...
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Let me just emphasize, this cloud of witnesses is what we just read in Hebrews chapter 11. Sometimes people interpret that saints are looking at you. Nobody is looking at you. This is the cloud of witnesses. That is, they left behind their testimony of what happened, what it means to walk with God, ...
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My friend said, as soon as he told him, that was what came to his head. God said, I know the heart now. Just Lincoln with, especially with the wit for such a person. So then God married and left. And a few years down the line, my friend saw him. He said, ah, no, that one, she don't leave me, don't g...
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and they advise the man to go and marry another wife. See, if I tell you the caliber of people that give this advice, your heart will break. And what they keep looking at, if people like me talk, they say, eh, you don't understand. What don't I understand? Do you not understand that the Holy Bible c...
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There's no sin you can't stop if you hate it enough and you pray about it. There's none. Addiction is very, very powerful. Drug addiction. Even simple things like cigarettes. There is none that cannot be broken. If a Christian gets on his knees, gets on her knees and says, Lord, deliver me. I'm tell...
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Nobody under attack from me this morning, I'm just talking. A lot of our churches are filled with people that have no faith, but they have money. Pastor has no faith, members have no faith, but they have money. Those who don't have, I envy them, I say, that is the way to go. Man, if we get to that c...
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that spirit is the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. As a result, he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what his eyes see nor make a decision by what his ears hear. Now let's stop reading ...
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when he has finished with me, I will come forth as gold. Exactly what happened to him. So that, that man, he preached that message. He said Job was put in the scriptures to cure the backsliding of the saints forever. So no matter what you have experienced in life, when you are talking, you know, you...
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When he had prayed though, everything would go well. He had fasted, he gave tithe, and so he secured the tent with his seed. He tithed the hand, thank you. He tithed God's hand, and he knew the last job he did, he gave, the lot didn't count it well. It was not 10%, 25, 25. Tithed his hand so that he...
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In Jesus name we pray. In peace we will lie down and sleep, for the Lord alone makes us dwell in. Dwell in what? This is dwelling in hunger. After some time, Demas said, the Lord has been speaking to me about this ministry. I think I need to move to Thessalonica. No, you don't blame Demas. I can't b...
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and they finish preaching, and you get to the guest house where they are staying. Okay, ha ha, brethren, all right, bring out the food, let's eat. See what he said, sir, actually, before the restaurants closed, I waited, you know, you've been preaching for the last 18 hours. You didn't take an offer...
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