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Suffering

How should a believer understand suffering in light of God's promises? Suffering is a reality in a fallen world, but it is not the final word for the child of God. God does not waste pain — He uses it to refine faith, build character, and draw His children closer to Himself. Yet the scripture also reveals that much suffering has a spiritual dimension that faith can address. The believer is called not simply to endure but to overcome — knowing that the God who walks through the fire with you is also the God who delivers you from it.
50 Audio Teachings 24 Books 29 Sermons 19 Tracts 11 Blog Posts

Audio Teachings 50

4. The strength to endure
4. The strength to endure
Pastor Bankie WHAT TO DO IN THE TIME OF AFFLICTION 30:25
1:30 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 ...
2. Get better
2. Get better
Pastor Bankie WHAT TO DO IN THE TIME OF AFFLICTION 32:23
9:00 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 ...
1. Walking in God's primary purpose
1. Walking in God's primary purpose
Pastor Bankie PERFECTION IN CHRIST 1:28:32
18:00 Now what am I talking about? Look, I'm trying to explain a particular perspective to life. So when people come and start telling me stories, this and that, I say, no, you don't understand. That's not ...
3. Endurance into overcoming
3. Endurance into overcoming
Pastor Bankie DIVINE HOPE TO LIVE BY 1:31:56
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...
Overcoming by the Word of Truth
Overcoming by the Word of Truth
Pastor Bankie THE WORK OF CHRIST 1:16:42
1:30 Again, I need just about one verse here, but because that area is very rich, I'll probably read a few more beyond the one that I need. Now, he said from verse 14, you, however, that is, let me back up...
3. Forgiveness and Joyfulness
3. Forgiveness and Joyfulness
Pastor Bankie WHAT TO DO IN THE TIME OF AFFLICTION 29:59
1:30 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. ...
5. Be faithful till the end
5. Be faithful till the end
Pastor Bankie CHRIST'S MESSAGE TO HIS CHURCH 1:37:00
57:00 because you were willing to stay there for 100 years. But this information we take from this letter to the church in Smyrna, the tribulation has what? An expiry date. It does. And one thing the Lord h...
23. Nurturing your faith (II)
23. Nurturing your faith (II)
Pastor Bankie THE FORCE OF FAITH 28:11
9:00 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 ...
3. The power of the white stone
3. The power of the white stone
Pastor Bankie SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS 2:21:29
2:10:30 Adversity is a test. You must pass both of them. Now, some of you have failed, so that's what I'm telling you, so you can go and pass now. Take your receipt exam. Sometimes take it in your mind. You j...
6. Take up your cross
6. Take up your cross
Pastor Bankie POWER WITH GOD 1:18:51
34:30 But that will be your reference. That is the only way you know that you are here according to the will of God. That's one half of it. My other one is, for me, the second thing is that there are times ...
6. The prayer in affliction
Pastor Bankie THE MOST IMPORTANT PRAYER 1:21:21
7:30 obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. What is the time of need? The time that we are tempted to disobey. It's not the time I need money. It's the time I'm being tempted to disobey. ...
4. How to dig deep
4. How to dig deep
Pastor Bankie THE SURE FOUNDATION 27:46
4:30 you came into existence. Are you getting my point? That is, your life, your very existence right now is a manifestation of the word that God spoke before you were born. That is, you have been born to ...
2. Adversity will come
2. Adversity will come
Pastor Bankie THE SURE FOUNDATION 28:27
12:00 I will pray with you that God will give you insight and give you direction. But please, you don't have a curse working upon you. So you are filled in one thing or you are filled in the other. So what?...
1. Endure
1. Endure
Pastor Bankie WHAT TO DO IN THE TIME OF AFFLICTION 32:55
13:30 They present excuses to you every day. I call most of them excuses for Satan. That is, explanations are given concerning why a young man, a young woman, would not do well in this country. Including yo...
Romans, Chapter 8, v18 to v26
Romans, Chapter 8, v18 to v26
Pastor Bankie ROMANS 52:10
12:00 Are you following me please? What I'm saying, I hope it's not too technical. Now, what I've read now, just lay it side by side, this one that's in Romans chapter 8 here, and you'll find that there's n...
5. The challenge of job and the law of admiration
5. The challenge of job and the law of admiration
Pastor Bankie MAN'S SPIRITS AND THE JUDGEMENTS 2:07:48
42:00 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 ha...
9. God's process in your life
9. God's process in your life
Pastor Bankie THE ENTRANCE OF FAITH 2:03:40
1:48:00 Come on daughter of Zion, put up your strength. Put on your strength. What's going on? He wanted to teach her that. But she's asking whether she should pack and go. We should understand what God is do...
6. Stronger than the occult
6. Stronger than the occult
Pastor Bankie DESTINED TO REIGN 1:18:11
18:00 Let me give an example. Let us assume that maybe he's a student and they used to network during exams. Cheat. And he has gotten used to it. And they explained to him that listen, there's no other way ...
4. Glory will come to you
Pastor Bankie HELP IN HIS WORD 1:12:32
52:30 He looks, suddenly you realize that no, your own is not prophet. And that scripture jumps, said, behold, you know, he said that I will give them pastors after my heart. We feed them with knowledge and...
10. Faithful until death
10. Faithful until death
Pastor Bankie STEPPING INTO A NEW SEASON 1:42:29
1:21:00 Let me just read to us what we used to pray, Revelation chapter 2 verse 9. It says, I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich. Let me just back up so that we understand. And to the an...
2 Cor 1v1-11
2 Cor 1v1-11
Pastor Bankie 2ND CORINTHIANS 1:00:24
0:00 Now, you have your Bible, 2 Corinthians 1 verse 1, American Standard, that's what I'm using. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy, our brother, that is the people writing, ...
4. The constraints of faith
4. The constraints of faith
Pastor Bankie THE BREATH OF FAITH 1:41:57
57:00 So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I'm speaking as if I'm insane. Are they servants of Christ? I more so. Now listen, how are they servants of Christ? That...
2. The wisdom for salvation
2. The wisdom for salvation
Pastor Bankie COOPERATING WITH THE SEASONS OF LIFE'S ADVENTURES 29:34
27:00 It's an assignment we all have in the presence of God. God has commanded each person to suffer for his children. So if you suffer for your child, you have not done anything extraordinary. You have jus...
16. Enduring with thanksgiving
16. Enduring with thanksgiving
Pastor Bankie FOUNDATIONS AND PILLARS OF FINANCIAL PROSPERITY 29:51
6:00 Now, I'm putting all of these things together to bring out one last issue as we close up this series of matter of financial prosperity. That sometimes we go through trials in life. That's what he was ...
3. The commanded response to adversity
3. The commanded response to adversity
Pastor Bankie THE BATTLE FOR OUR FAITH 1:52:41
21:00 For you, it's about faith. Because once faith is intact, like now there's water, there's nowhere to walk. Jesus said you will walk on the water. He didn't always walk on water himself. He used the boa...
10. Affliction and the transforming word
10. Affliction and the transforming word
Pastor Bankie FAITH BASICS, BOOK 1 1:19:24
40:30 Before, I didn't understand. But now I do. Of course, the Lord was right. He said, if this had not happened, you will have continued in what you were doing, and you will have died at the age of 55. An...
1. Enduring for an inheritance
1. Enduring for an inheritance
Pastor Bankie A PATIENT WALK WITH GOD 2:08:44
46:30 He said, are there apostles? I am much more. How? Exactly what he has suffered for the gospel. As far as Paul was concerned, you called really is how much suffering you are willing to take, not how mu...
3. The trial of your faith
3. The trial of your faith
Pastor Bankie COOPERATING WITH THE SEASONS OF LIFE'S ADVENTURES 29:49
13:30 And that is what it means to be the head and not the tail. Heads, I always say, take the lead. Tails are the ones that follow. What do I mean? If everybody is going in one particular direction, they a...
3. Keeping faith and spiritual focus
3. Keeping faith and spiritual focus
Pastor Bankie A PATIENT WALK WITH GOD 2:36:43
1:25:30 It brings this kind of derision. It brings this kind of harassment. And let me say this. That's actually the aim. That's why God said that those who don't have what? Depths of earth. They fall away at...
The spirit of victory
The spirit of victory
Pastor Bankie NOT BY POWER, BUT BY THE SPIRIT 1:38:47
18:00 I think in China, you can go to jail for reading the Bible. They said in North Korea, you can be killed for owning one. The story I heard recently. They say a Bible around a piece of paper look like a...
8. A safeguard in the word
8. A safeguard in the word
Pastor Bankie THE CHRISTIAN'S WARFARE 1:17:32
10:30 Why should we stay in a country where the roads are bad? Do you get my point? We think that all our faith does is create good for us. So my friend rebelled against that and said, that's not what Chris...
2. Blessed by adversity
2. Blessed by adversity
Pastor Bankie ON TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE SPIRIT 2:07:44
58:30 Your name is Jacob, you will go to Laban's house. Laban's house is, now you're in heaven, you're talking, not the physical realm. Laban's house is hard. Jacob, if you don't get to Laban and stay with ...
9. The passion for truth
Pastor Bankie THE MOST IMPORTANT PRAYER 22:45
9:00 was trouble. Amrobri, Amrobri, Amrobri. I used to, then when I'm preaching, I would say, God sent me to Enugu, he didn't send the Amrobri. That they will all die and go away. I am not going anywhere. ...
Faith-Rest Life I. Afflictions happen
Faith-Rest Life I. Afflictions happen
Pastor Bankie FAITH BASICS, BOOK 3 1:15:40
37:30 He said, you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and every other thing will be added. It is not godly for us to organize a whole prayer meeting on what we shall eat, what we shall dri...
7. True soldiers of Christ
7. True soldiers of Christ
Pastor Bankie THE KINGDOM LIFE 1:22:21
1:19:30 See, there is a reason why the Lord said concerning Jesus Christ. He said that none of his bones will be broken. With everything that happened to Jesus, none of his bones was broken. Not one. The Lord...
4. Demonstrating His faithfulness
4. Demonstrating His faithfulness
Pastor Bankie WANTED 1:28:07
1:13:30 That pastor taught me that day was to cure the backstabbing of saints. Because until he preached that day, actually, I still wondered. I thought only good things happen to good people. That finally, a...
3. A spiritual order
3. A spiritual order
Pastor Bankie THE SURE FOUNDATION 19:03
0:00 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 b...
4. Profiting from your problems
4. Profiting from your problems
Pastor Bankie GOD'S ORDER FOR PROMOTION 29:41
6:00 They would just absolutely neglect it. That's why Paul wrote to Timothy, he said, remember to rekindle that gift that God had deposited inside you through the laying on of hands and by prophecy. That ...
4. The character of endurance
4. The character of endurance
Pastor Bankie THE FULLNESS OF FAITH 2:11:13
46:30 You think Abraham became a friend of God because everything was nice and easy? No. It was because his life was comfortable, everything was so good. God said, yeah, come. Get up. Abandon everything. Co...
4. The call to overcome
4. The call to overcome
Pastor Bankie THE SELECT ONES GOD USES 1:30:15
25:30 When God wants to take you from one level to another, there has to be a new challenge that will cause you to overcome. I hope you're getting my point here. But our message is about overcomers. I want ...
2. Deliverance or resurrection
2. Deliverance or resurrection
Pastor Bankie WALKING IN THE EXPECTATION OF GOD'S GLORY 1:23:58
33:00 When we read from Psalm 116, David was not describing the same thing. He said, God has delivered me. He said, I am thy servant. I expect deliverance from the hand of the Lord. He said, as a servant lo...
6. The sandal and the breastplate
6. The sandal and the breastplate
Pastor Bankie THE CHRISTIAN'S WARFARE 1:18:35
0:00 Let's begin today, we'll read again from the book of Ephesians chapter 6. The book of Ephesians chapter 6. I'll read from verse 10. It says, finally be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his mi...
3. The satisfaction of the Father
3. The satisfaction of the Father
Pastor Bankie WALKING IN THE EXPECTATION OF GOD'S GLORY 50:42
13:30 Listen, the will of God is not defined by whether the thing is painful to me. And you know, like Christians fool themselves by teaching that God does never bring trouble. It's only Satan that brings i...
7. Peace from the Lord's yoke
7. Peace from the Lord's yoke
Pastor Bankie THE FULLNESS OF FAITH 2:10:22
4:30 people are doing to get anything that God has not ordained is how they will miss it. That very plotting. The Bible says, now this is very important, for it inflicts pain and it gives relief. You know ...
1st Corinthians 10 (I)
1st Corinthians 10 (I)
Pastor Bankie 1ST CORINTHIANS 1:12:07
1:30 and all ate the same spiritual food. And I was talking about manna there. And all drank the same spiritual drink. Now this was a type of... Now he was talking about typologies, that is, these things w...
5. Comforted by His ordinances of old
Pastor Bankie THE MOST IMPORTANT PRAYER 1:20:31
37:30 That's the, look, sometimes we're asking God for things. If we're the ones counseling somebody, we'll have told the person to wait. But we ourselves are not able to wait. So God said, look, you know y...
5. Tribulation brings promotion
5. Tribulation brings promotion
Pastor Bankie AGENTS OF FAITH AND LIGHT 1:19:30
1:18:00 He said, when I led him about, there was no other God with him. He was speaking concerning Israel. And that's what he's doing in your life, so that there will be no other God. Your friends will disapp...
8. Bearing your own cross in Christ
8. Bearing your own cross in Christ
Pastor Bankie KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (2024) 2:12:08
3:00 Now again, I incline my ears to His Word. The Word is entering my heart. It's giving me light and direction. It's healing me in every area. And it's making me more and more like the Lord Jesus, in the...
7. Self-discipline and the discomfort for dominion
7. Self-discipline and the discomfort for dominion
Pastor Bankie WALKING IN DIVINE ABUNDANCE 2:05:08
21:00 I do not believe in giving so you can receive. I believe in giving because you are a child of God, and you believe in doing good works, and you are blessed of the Lord. Amen? That is what I believe. S...
8. Help from the throne of grace
8. Help from the throne of grace
Pastor Bankie RELEASING GOD'S PROVISIONS 1:24:25
1:30 Now again I incline my ears to His Word. The Word is entering my heart. It is giving me light and direction. It is healing me in every area. And it's making me more and more like the Lord Jesus. In th...

Books 24

GRACE TO PROSPER (2nd Edition)
GRACE TO PROSPER (2nd Edition)
Pastor Bankie
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. ...
DON'T QUIT THE ARMY
DON'T QUIT THE ARMY
Pastor Bankie
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...
HOW TO WORK FOR GOD
HOW TO WORK FOR GOD
Pastor Bankie
d we get spent right out. If we are doing things inside God's arrangement for us, the natural exhaustion is so quickly recuperated by the resurrection life of Jesus that we do not feel the exhaustion....
The Righteousness of God
The Righteousness of God
Pastor Bankie
understand the testing of God. They did not understand that for a while, before the final manifestation, God may appear unrighteous. They simply did not understand. 8 Pastor Bankie ...
WE WALK BY FAITH
WE WALK BY FAITH
Pastor Bankie
to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin. Heb 12:4 We must be ready to speak in accordance with the *Rom 1:27; Lev 18:22 174 TO THE TESTIMONY ...
PROPHESY! Proclaim your own victory
PROPHESY! Proclaim your own victory
Pastor Bankie
hard. Things become difficult. Issues that God ordained for you to easily accomplish will take you a lot of 3 Prophesy! ...
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT
Pastor Bankie
ures and one of these is the use as describing the drive or motivation for what one is doing in life. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? Prov 18:14 KJV...
Great Faith Can Be Yours
Great Faith Can Be Yours
Pastor Bankie
are you letting this happen to me?” There was confusion in my soul as a result of all the things happening. I kwm.com.ng 126 Great Faith Can be Yours ...
The Blessing
The Blessing
Pastor Bankie
nerations after you. This is why you need to be careful to ensure that it is the blessing of God that is making you rich. Anything produced from the struggles of the flesh will not stand testing....
So, Who Will Pay for This?
So, Who Will Pay for This?
Pastor Bankie
kwm.com.ng blessings by faith. If the cause of the gospel requires a life that appears like a life of poverty, then we must take it as true soldiers of Christ. We all love to quote what Paul said, "...
Choices; Key to Destiny
Choices; Key to Destiny
Pastor Bankie
life in order that you may live, you and your descendants. (Deut 30:19) 23 Choices, Key to Destiny. Pastor Bankie Free e-book from kwm.com.ng CHAPTER 9 TEMPORAL LIGHT AFFLICTIONS ...
WORSHIP & SEX CONTROL
WORSHIP & SEX CONTROL
Pastor Bankie
d her very much but he was strict in discipline when he had to be. That is the way God is. He loves 87 WORSHIP AND SEX CONTROL us so much He gave Jesus up for us, yet the Bible says,...
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
Pastor Bankie
ur Lord Jesus Christ. …the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation. 2 Peter 2:9 NASB The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in him. Nahum 1:7...
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
Pastor Bankie
ey could take the land from the giants. That was not hearing with faith. The word therefore could not release to them the Spirit or power in it—the power that would have made them overcome the giants....
The Law of Life
The Law of Life
Pastor Bankie
to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it. Deut 11:31 ...
BY FAITH, ACQUIRE LIFE (Turning the hopeless situations of life around)
BY FAITH, ACQUIRE LIFE (Turning the hopeless situations of life around)
Pastor Bankie
in the light of the word. The first thing is to brood, change your perspective to match God's, and then speak. 46 By Faith, Acquire Life. Pastor Bankie Free e-book from kwm.com.ng ...
BEYOND GIFTS and TALENTS (Why Gifted People May Fail)
BEYOND GIFTS and TALENTS (Why Gifted People May Fail)
Pastor Bankie
ver (Heb 12:1). Flee from sexual immorality (2 Tim. 2:22). Cultivate faithfulness. Seek it and practice it. Learn diligence, integrity, good manners and every virtue just like every Christians should....
He That Believes
He That Believes
Pastor Bankie
someone about issues of life and when they give you their reasons for taking the decisions they are taking, you do not hear one single consideration of the counsel of God. I had one 42 Pastor Bankie...
SOMEONE IS CONTROLLING YOU
SOMEONE IS CONTROLLING YOU
Pastor Bankie
bout our attitude to God. Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith… 1 Peter 5:8-9...
LET US AGREE (The church and her role in national democracy)
LET US AGREE (The church and her role in national democracy)
Pastor Bankie
victims. Let us pray like those who have the victory through Christ. 55 free e-book from pastor.ng Activation by Faith DI t shall be done to you according to your faith. Mat 9:29 ...
SHOULD I SAY YES, 2nd Edition
SHOULD I SAY YES, 2nd Edition
Pastor Bankie
t the Army 15. The Righteousness of God 16. Prophesy! 17. Your Greatness Has Been Prepared 18. What is God's Will Here? 19. Living by Divine Wisdom 20. The Habit of Faith and Other Sermons...
What is God's Will Here?
What is God's Will Here?
Pastor Bankie
. They looked, in effect, not to God but to material things for supplies. I also believed it then but the Lord has since corrected me. 15 What is God’s Will Here?...
GOD IS THE MATCH MAKER
GOD IS THE MATCH MAKER
Pastor Bankie
ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their whole body. Prov 4:20-22 ...
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE (New)
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE (New)
Pastor Bankie
t hearing all the stories of who said what to who. It was not going to work and he knew it. He led them in a prayer of circumcision of the marriage, and the romance and affection returned immediately....

Sermons 29

ARE YOU CURSED? I DON’T THINK SO!
Pastor Bankie
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...
THE REAL GOAL OF CHRISTIANITY
Pastor Bankie
k the word of God concerning that affliction. When we discover the word of God, we hold it up and declare it over our lives and then receive the manifestation because it is truth. It dispels darkness....
JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
Pastor Bankie
hings around, but a kind of joy that comes from having the right spirit and contemplating the things that are real. We rejoice when we see things that have real eternal value. Let us take an example....
THE SEEDS OF DESTINY
Pastor Bankie
use me pain." And God gave him what he prayed for.' 1 Chron 4:10 TEV How will you like your life to be a testimony that God answers prayers rather than a testimony of human striving, which is vanity?...
COUNTING YOUR POSSESSIONS
Pastor Bankie
COUNTING YOUR POSSESSIONS. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb 11:1. NASB (vs 1b, AMP…faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the se...
TO RECEIVE FROM GOD
Pastor Bankie
e bitterness except that God showed him mercy (and let us never forget to hope in his mercy at all times). He learnt the lesson, repented, and when the prayer of faith was said for him, he was healed....
YOU HAVE THE POWER
Pastor Bankie
lities but by the grace and power of God working with me (Zec 4:6). See, wisdom and calm have since come into me, and things are moving faster now as if by themselves. I have been experiencing grace....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (7)
Pastor Bankie
d; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Ps 67:5-7 KJV...
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (3)
Pastor Bankie
s of the heavens?” "There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men. "Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it.” Job 35:9-13 NASB...
YOUR MONEY. Getting Value for Your Seed
Pastor Bankie
tices in Christianity, practices that actually displease the Lord. I will try to bring the correction of the word of God to them so as to bring deliverance to those who may have been confused by them....
AM I REALLY SUCCEEDING?
Pastor Bankie
group of Christians. “Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.” Rev 3:17 ...
TO HAVE AUTHORITY
Pastor Bankie
“All the foundations of the earth are shaken. “I said, ‘You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.’ "Nevertheless you will die like men, “And fall like any one of the princes." Ps 82:5-7...
THE LOVER OF GOD
Pastor Bankie
r God. If we truly love God we will obey His word, and that will be our source of joy. We are not obeying because of what we will get; rather we do so because it is the expression of our love for Him...
WORKS OR FAITH, THE DOCTRINE OF MERCY
Pastor Bankie
quick. Many of us who have prospered look back and think it is all because of the effort we put into sowing the right seeds, giving relentlessly. My brethren these things are so very wrong. Read this!...
SOWING TO THE SPIRIT OR SOWING TO THE FLESH
Pastor Bankie
God who can carry His glory. That was His satisfaction. If you are going to be sowing into the spirit, you must learn to enjoy seeing your money bring forth good results in the lives of other people. ...
THE FEAR OF GOD
Pastor Bankie
them. Behaving this way is not in keeping with the fear of God. In the fear of God, we do not do things because of what we stand to benefit; rather we do them because they are the right things to do. ...
BELIEVING UNTO FEAR OR INTO FREEDOM
Pastor Bankie
ever, is that “no evil shall befall me, neither will any plaque come near my dwelling.” He said, “though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for the Lord is with me.”...
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (5)
Pastor Bankie
WHAT ARE YOU REALLY ASKING FOR? Last time I introduced the principles of "double-mindedness" and "what-God-has-joined-together." I explained that increase and prosperity are joined to having the givi...
BEWARE OF THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD
Pastor Bankie
godly society, with children that the Lord blessed, who needs old people’s homes? The home of the old people is to be provided by their quiver of children. How blessed are they if that quiver is full....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (4)
Pastor Bankie
nd knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like." " 2 Chron 1:10-12 NKJV...
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
Pastor Bankie
Paul are also instructions to bear in mind. “But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.” Gal 1:8-9...
THE BASIC SUBSTANCE OF LIFE
Pastor Bankie
ading, but they do not have the attitude of drawing from the word of God. Even though they appear exposed to the word, it is not acting on them because their hearts are not inclined to draw the power....
THE HABIT OF FAITH
Pastor Bankie
power failure or your back or the mattress; give thanks first and you will soon see those things change. Give thanks for your food and your drink. Make it a habit to be truly grateful from the heart....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (6)
Pastor Bankie
THE PRACTICE OF FAITHFULNESS "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much." Luke 16:10 NASB "And ...
AM I RICH TOWARD GOD?
Pastor Bankie
d is to be found in churches alone but not around you every day. (The truth is that God often shows up as a needy insignificant person who carries no ministerial anointing. Prov 19:17; Matt 25:42-45.)...
DECLARATIONS, KWM
Kingdom-Word Ministries
AS WE START TO STUDY THE WORD, THIS IS OUR DECLARATION: Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him… …and I am being filled with the knowledg...
LED BY THE SPIRIT – 2
Pastor Bankie
t the primary thing He does in our daily living. These occurrences are mostly related to the performance of ministry, even though they may also occur in daily personal life. FILLED WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE...
THE SWITCH OF GOD’S POWER
Pastor Bankie
The switch for the release of God's power is the continual doing of good works. We are often preached to that the widow of Zarephath received a breakthrough when she gave the prophet her last meal. (1...
THE FIGHT OF FAITH, AN EXAMPLE
Pastor Bankie
TIP OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE FIGHT OF FAITH Recently I had some experiences in which it was so ‘clear’ that I was being discriminated against by reason of natural origin. Of course we all understand thi...

Tracts 19

RELAX – HE’S IN CONTROL
RELAX – HE’S IN CONTROL
Pastor Bankie
ital lessons by which you will survive when you reach that promised land. Even Jesus had to go through it. “Although He was a son, yet He learned obedience from the things which He suffered." Heb 5:8...
THE RESURRECTION
THE RESURRECTION
Pastor Bankie
ou must strive to encounter. Paul said he was ready to let go of all his previous achievements. Why? “…that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection…” What is the power of His resurrection?...
THE VISITATION OF GOD
THE VISITATION OF GOD
Pastor Bankie
what are causing your problems, remember they would not have been able to assail you if your relationship with God was in order. Your enemies are only as strong as your relationship with God is weak. ...
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
Pastor Bankie
s…” Another thing; when you come to God, it must not be for the blessings, but so as to know Him and be subject to Him. It is after ‘sheeping’ yourself under His ‘shepherdship’ that blessings follow....
DANIEL
DANIEL
Pastor Bankie
s it that makes me put in that possessive pronoun ‘my’? For not from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south comes promotion. But God is judge; He puts down one and exalts another. Ps75:6,7...
GOD CANNOT FAIL
GOD CANNOT FAIL
Pastor Bankie
Jesus Christ that does not fail. The Bible tells me that in Him there is no variableness or shadow of turning. This means that He does not change, neither do circumstances change Him. Let me explain. ...
I SHALL NOT WANT
I SHALL NOT WANT
Pastor Bankie
ou acquire some material things. That is deceitful because it is not true. Hear the truth from the mouth of the Truth Himself: “ A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of things He possesses’...
GRACE TO LIVE BY
GRACE TO LIVE BY
Pastor Bankie
these things are not peculiar to these people but that the same things apply to every one of God’s children; the difference is in how much each one fulfils what God wrote down concerning their lives. ...
A PRAYER FOR YOUR HEALING
A PRAYER FOR YOUR HEALING
Pastor Bankie
If you are sick and need healing, read this. If you are called barren don’t worry, just read. If you have a loved one that is afflicted, take this news to them: Every sickness has a cause; every sick...
THE LIFE THAT IS IN CHRIST
THE LIFE THAT IS IN CHRIST
Pastor Bankie
. “It will produce weeds and thorns…you will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything…” Apart from taking away the productivity of the earth, it also produces natural disasters....
DARE TO BELIEVE
DARE TO BELIEVE
Pastor Bankie
so much human knowledge that it becomes so difficult to believe God; they give you so much ground for doubt. You see, doubt is the good explanation you have for not building your action on God’s word....
ARE WE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD?
ARE WE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD?
Pastor Bankie
the Lord, do good, cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Men will say “enjoy yourself, party, have fun, have sex, you are a young man!”...
IT IS GOD AND I
IT IS GOD AND I
Pastor Bankie
ou called your money “chicken feed,” so it bought one chicken and finished, or was only enough to feed your chicken. Every time you declare “I’m in trouble in this place,” you enter into more trouble....
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
Pastor Bankie
Paul are also instructions to bear in mind. “But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.” Gal 1:8-9...
THIS IS FAITH
THIS IS FAITH
Pastor Bankie
make my faith produce. Real faith is that I go about my duties knowing that my Father knows that I need these things, and He shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus....
PREDESTINATION
PREDESTINATION
Pastor Bankie
determined by your value system. If you are an ungodly man or woman in your heart, you will automatically make choices that will firmly establish you in the wrong path, leading to that wrong destiny. ...
CHEERFUL GIVER
CHEERFUL GIVER
Pastor Bankie
snacks and ice cream after the service. I am of the opinion that you should prepare your offering together as a family so that the children will see the respect with which you give to God’s assembly. ...
DECLARATIONS - KWM
DECLARATIONS - KWM
Kingdom-Word Ministries
AS WE START TO STUDY THE WORD, THIS IS OUR DECLARATION: Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him… …and I am being filled with the knowledg...
THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST
THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST
Pastor Bankie
Let me take this time to answer a question you may have been asking for a long time. ‘Born again – what does it really mean?’ You see, life is basically lived as a reward, i.e. what you are experien...

Blog Posts 11

Lessons from a Traffic Jam
Lessons from a Traffic Jam
Pastor Bankie
There is a river that flows, get into that river and you will be moved by God. 4. The journey of life is sweeter and easier, with fewer accidents, if you would travel it with patience and with grace. ...
KEEP ON TRUCKING (Life on a day-by-day basis)
KEEP ON TRUCKING (Life on a day-by-day basis)
Pastor Bankie
ind something small to do to tide you over for just another day. You current job doesn’t pay so much? Just learn to manage; Paul taught us that it is one major skill the Lord gives strength for....
Effective Christian Prayer
Effective Christian Prayer
Pastor Bankie
t the success in battle was not determined by the skill and strength of Joshua and his men but by the position of the hands of Moses. Now it was not the hands of Moses per se but the thing it carried....
TRUST, MY LATEST LESSON
Pastor Bankie
wisdom, etc. When I would make some plans thinking, "that should work this way", I have been quick to notice that those things refused to work, even though every natural reasoning dictated otherwise. ...
Justification by faith; Why James had to write
Justification by faith; Why James had to write
Pastor Bankie
isobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 1 Thess 4:3-8 NLT So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body....
The Law and the Prophets. (A little bit of Bible Exegesis)
The Law and the Prophets. (A little bit of Bible Exegesis)
Pastor Bankie
n and again. It encouraged me and it blessed me. It gave me rest. I saw my destiny from just reading the book of Isaiah. I saw the promise of prosperity like I never knew it before. It was liberating....
THE TITHING ISSUE; Away With The Contention
THE TITHING ISSUE; Away With The Contention
Pastor Bankie
collects His gifts and offerings through various means. A church, a ministry, preachers, the needy, giving to your parents and everyone  else you are to honour are all valid. Do all these things....
OWN THAT DECISION (…and stop ‘blaming’ it on God)
OWN THAT DECISION (…and stop ‘blaming’ it on God)
Pastor Bankie
of God so much that we think like Him. And if we learn anything new by the special operation of the Spirit of God, then we are to seek to understand the wisdom therein and make that wisdom part of us....
The prophet’s ministry (Beware of false prophets)
Kingdom-Word Ministries
fasts and long nights of prayers are also very common with them. Those long fasts and vigils appear Christian but are nothing but shamanic practises found in most mystics religions, such as Hinduism. ...
IS YOUR FAITH WORKING?
IS YOUR FAITH WORKING?
Pastor Bankie
ip;’ These are kinds of talk that certainly appear like faith talk. But what did James say? What use is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?...
CHRIST IS THE KEY
Pastor Bankie
Every puzzle has a key. We have read again and again the story of the young girl who was distracting the dad, a pastor, as he was busy preparing his sermon for the next day. He decided to solve the pr...

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