GOD IS NOT A TASK MASTER. HE WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO BRING AN ISAAC UNTIL HE GIVES YOU ONE.
EVERY MAN SHALL GIVE AS HE IS ABLE: IT WILL BE WICKED TO ASK SOMEBODY WHO HAS 5 NAIRA TO GIVE 10 NAIRA.
IT IS WICKEDNESS. GOD DOESN’T DO THAT.
GIVING TO KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT IS ONE TRADE SECRET THAT MANY DON’T LIVE TO DISCOVER ALL THEIR LIVES.
YOU WON’T NEED TO PLAY GAMES TO EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH.
THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PAVE THE WAY FORWARD FOR ANY MAN.
NO DEVIL NEEDS TO DIE FOR YOU TO ENJOY YOUR BREAKTHROUGH.
GOD TAKES DELIGHT IN KEEPING YOUR ENEMY ALIVE, SO THEY CAN KEEP BITING THEIR FINGER WHILE GOD KEEPS LIFTING YOU.
- Bishop David Oyedepo at CHoP
Heavenly Father, thank You for another day. It’s Your doing, it’s a day You have made, we shall rejoice and be glad in it. That shall be everyone’s portion today, in the name of Jesus.
The Psalmist said, “Your words were found and I did eat and it became the joy and rejoicing of my heart.” May the Word today stir new realm of joy and new realm of rejoicing in your life, in Jesus precious name.
SPIRITUAL STEWARDSHIP PAYS THE MOST
Every Kingdom advancement endeavour is a form of spiritual stewardship. Every Kingdom advancement endeavour we engage in is a form of spiritual stewardship. Anything that is lined up with God’s interest on earth that we choose to engage in is a form of spiritual stewardship. Church Gist. In all labour, there is profit – Proverbs 14:23
There is no unprofitable engagement in the Kingdom and we have gone through quite a number of things since the week began. Now, we are concluding today as we look at this other dimension of it.
Giving towards Kingdom Advancement Endeavours
It’s a form of spiritual stewardship because My Kingdom, My House through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad – Zechariah 1:17
And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached among all nations and then shall the end come
It takes prosperity to spread the gospel and until it is done, He will not return. So Kingdom advancement giving is a vital aspect of Kingdom stewardship. Giving towards the spread of the gospel is a form of spiritual stewardship.
David testified, “and now because of my affection for the house of My God” – 1 Chronicles 29:3
Affection!
Genuine love gives.
True love gives.
God so loved the world: He gave – John 3:16
He said you prove the sincerity of your love through your giving – 2 Corinthians 8:8
It’s one major way we prove the sincerity of our love for God and eyes have not seen, ears have not heard what God has in store for them that love Him – 1 Corinthians 2:9
For them that love Him. God has vowed to turn His lovers into wonders, in all areas including their finances.
God has all the silver and the gold: that is true.
Why is He asking us to give? So He can bless us the more. God’s wealth is entrusted into the hands of those who will engage it in advancing His Kingdom.
If you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall commit to your trust the true riches – Luke 16:12
So His riches is not committed to those who are crying for it; it is committed to those He is sure will engage it among other things for His purpose.
You don’t have to cry for what to give, the moment He sees your heart giving it, He gives it and then He gives you more so you can have more to give because your heart is a giving heart.
-No one here shall suffer lack till the end of your life.
I mean it is so interesting, you start from where you are. God is not a taskmaster; He will never ask you to bring an Isaac until He gives you one. He never asked Abraham, “Give Me Isaac because He had not given him one yet.”
It was after He gave him one, He said, “Now, can I have this. Let me see whether you are worshipping that or worshipping Me?”
The end time Church will flow in some dimensions of financial affluence that the world has ever known as God’s people hearts begin to pant after Him and the interest of His Kingdom.
He has no problem putting in our trust what He is sure we will engage in advancing His Kingdom. No!
Yes, we are giving these things richly to enjoy, but we are admonished to be rich in good works, to keep promoting a good cause so the blessing does not become a trap.
-Somebody’s story is changing.
Please get excited at your level. Get excited in engaging in your giving life, your covenant walk with God from where you are.
That is the most interesting part of it. He said, “from the place where thou art” – Genesis 13:14
Not where you are going, where you are: From the place where thou art, look northward, southward, eastward and westward. For all the land which thou seest, unto you will I give it – Genesis 13:14-15
It is interesting.
God is not looking for who to rob, He is looking for who to enrich.
They were going to build the Tabernacle and the Lord commanded Moses to ask the people to give, whosoever is willing – Exodus 35:4-5,12
For what purpose? The purpose for this was to build the Tabernacle.
And they came, as many as were willing hearted and brought an offering to the Lord – Exodus 35:20-22
You are just willing, it’s not that you are being coerced – Exodus 35:22
And every that offered, offered an offering of gold – That is the most precious to them, they gave according to their levels.
They had cause to announce, “don’t give anymore.”
You know why they were giving every morning? They were just been blessed, the blessing kept multiplying, so they kept giving and giving.
Exodus 36:1-7
They kept giving and giving, because they were just been blessed as they gave.
-It’s your turn!
Every Kingdom advancement opportunity for giving is an opportunity to grasp: embrace it, run with it and you will be glad you did.
This is one trade secret that many don’t live to discover all their lives. Church Gist. You are now here where you see it working in practically.
-I pray this year will be a year with a difference in your life.
-The days of financial struggles come to an end in anyone’s life this year.
-You won’t need to play games to experience financial breakthrough.
The truth of God’s Word is more than enough to pave the way forward for any man. No devil needs to die for you to enjoy your breakthrough. No devil.
Arise, shine, when your light comes. Darkness may cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the Lord shall arise upon thee as you walk in that light and then suddenly they begin to talk about you, “who are these that fly like the cloud” – Isaiah 60:1-2, 8
Though you are not recognized as a human being, “I will make you an eternal excellency, the joy of many generations” – Isaiah 60:15
In the midst of that gross darkness, a little one among you shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time – Isaiah 60:22
It doesn’t need games. Just walk in the light. Walk in what God says to do and you begin to command affluence. You will just enjoy God’s blessing. It is just pouring on you and the enemy is getting angry, gnashing with their teeth, but their desire shall perish.
He said, “I will prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemies. I will render helpless.”
Psalm 23:5
When you follow what I am saying, your enemies can’t stop my blessings in your life.
God takes delight in keeping your enemy alive, so they can keep biting their finger while God keeps lifting you.
-This will be a very strange year in your life.
We all believe that light is more than a conqueror forever over darkness.
True or false? True
Have you ever heard darkness struggling when light comes in: No. Sorry Sir, it vanishes, it fades away.
-From now, whatever is stopping others can’t stop your way forward.
Serving the interest of the Kingdom with our God given resources bring us into higher realms of financial fortune.
It came to pass at the end of this that God did test Abraham and that test launched him into another realm of blessing – Genesis 22
The blessing that went beyond him to his generations after him for life – Genesis 22:18
Because you have done this thing, you have not withheld thy son, thy only son from Me. By Myself have I sworn, that in blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will thy seed – Genesis 22:17
God always speaks to us concerning giving when our heart is truly opened.
-Many will do one thing this year that will earn them a sworn blessing for life.
-One step that will put you on the path of continuous rise till the end of time.
That was what happened to Abraham.
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things that others are dying to get, they shall be added to you – Matthew 6:33
Psalm 102:13-15
Just pushing the Kingdom with your God-given resources bring you into new realms of financial fortune.
-You are stepping into that, in Jesus precious name.
Very interesting as we close, He said, “because you have not engaged with the matters of My Kingdom, therefore the heaven over you is shut from dew”
No
So Kingdom advancement giving opens the window of heaven – Haggai 1:3-11
(Haggai chapter 1) verse 10 in particular
Haggai 1:10-11
…upon all the labour of the hand: Nothing is working.
Why? This House lies down in ruins and ye run every man into his house
As God has blessed everyone, so even let him give. God is not putting any pressure on nobody – Deuteronomy 16:17
Every man shall give as he is able: it will be wicked to ask somebody who has 5 Naira to give 10 Naira. It is wickedness.
God doesn’t do that.
When he gives 1 Naira, all the angels will be clapping: out of 5 Naira.
And somebody gave 10 Naira, out of 10,000 Naira: NO, the clap won’t be as loud, if there was any.
A family here gave less than 10 Naira, I can’t remember precisely. They used to trek from Ikeja to Raji Oba. When he stood here and was giving testimony of billions. That was when we were building Faith Tabernacle. That is, all that they can give by the blessing of God upon their lives was, “okay, child, you. Number 1 child, 2 Naira; number 2 child 2 Naira; me, the father, the balance.”
God turned their lives.
Because as he is able, according to the blessing of God upon his life.
There is no pressure. When you find pressure, God is not there Sir.
You give willingly, you give according to His blessings in your life. That makes it most relaxing.
I have never been under tension giving in my life. You can preach till you die, it doesn’t matter. What I don’t have, I can’t give.
Somebody came to me, he said, “God said I should give him a car.”
That time if they sell me, I can’t buy a car. I said, “tell God I have not heard.”
He went and came back and said, “God said He has spoken.”
I said, “tell Him I have not heard. When I hear, I will know I heard.”
Anybody can start from wherever he is.
When your little boy in Secondary School buys you a bathroom slippers, your heart blesses him.
But when you have a son who is working in United Nations or working in one of those great companies around the world, he now came back from Germany and brought you a pair of slippers, bathroom slippers. He says, “Dad, I just love you. I mean, my heart is after you all the time. So I brought you these bathroom slippers.”
You will say, “thank you,” After he goes, you will now lock the door, “Se mi nan re” (Is this my worth?”
Why? Because of where he is.
But your little boy that bought you a pair of slippers, for going to the showers, he enjoys showers of blessing: “Hehn, you bought this one for me? My God. This one for me! Come and you are a Winner, so you invoke Winner’s blessing.”
Because of the level of blessing upon his life
-May God swear a blessing on you this year.
Prayers: Ask God for the giving grace in advancing His Kingdom; from where you are, from where I am.
Grace, the giving grace, to helping the needy around you; from where you are and from where I am.
He said as you abound in everything, see that you abound in this grace also. Take that grace, the giving grace that impacts on the needy around you, that impacts on advancing the Kingdom of God at your level.
You are buying a chair today, plastic chair of 1200 (Naira), but you will build a house tomorrow in the name of Jesus. Just ask God for grace for consistency in your giving life.
Grace not to ignore opportunities that changes people’s stories. Grace not to ignore, not to despise Kingdom advancement opportunity that changes the story of men, take that from the Lord. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
When our income as a Church was 18,000 (Naira), my own was there. That was all sacrifices and offerings. That was where we were and a number of those folks just consistently following the Lord in their giving life: gbam!, gbam!!, gbam!!!
Others said, “well, I think this is a method ooo.”
Some still believe that the same way people give here, they are not real. Because they open the door to the enemy to infest them with the evil heart of unbelief.
You know that person. The way…I think he has somebody in Germany, that is why he got that job.
They don’t believe in the integrity of the acts of God, so how will He act in their lives?
This thing is real. We have never cut a corner as a Church.
Why are we this blessed? By Him
Why? We are just on key with the little light we have and He keeps changing our level as a Church, one level after another.
-You will never know a setback anymore.
-You will never know a backward movement anymore, in every area of your life, including your finances.
You know God’s giving pattern is simple.
Tenth of what He gives you: so there is no problem. It’s not that your own will 90 per cent because it is small. 10 per cent!
10 per cent of 10 Naira is 1 Naira: you can’t say how can your tithe be like this?
That is the blessing I have, what is your problem?
That’s where they used to write it and call you, “where is your tithe? Or they won’t bury you when you die, if you don’t pay tithe.”
As God as blessed everyone, even so, let him give.
You serve a loving Father, not a taskmaster.
May I now therefore advise, don’t shy away, don’t despise any Kingdom advancement opportunity at your level. 1 Naira today will soon become 10 Naira tomorrow.
They say, “how can you give 1 Naira towards building rural Church?” That is what you have and write it boldly on the envelope, ‘This is Rural Church Building Seed’ and it will go there straight.
Anybody can laugh you to scorn, that is his problem, but you are changing level.
We have the fliers, so whether they listen to you or not, you put it in their hands: they will read it and the fire in these fliers will bring them in.
There shall be mammoth harvest tomorrow.
Let’s proclaim the breath of the Holy Ghost upon these fliers and the tracts.
Decree the breath of the Holy Ghost. Let the fire of the Holy Ghost rest upon these materials, bringing about convictions and massive conversions and drafting multitudes into Church tomorrow morning, in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank You Father, so let it be. In Jesus precious name.
Give Him thanks from the depth of your heart, for a most fulfilling week, a most refreshing week. Give Him thanks for answers to your prayers in the course of the week.
Give Him thanks evident upon your life. Magnify Him. In Jesus precious name.
Please let none of the fliers remain with anyone of us by the morning tomorrow. They must all be generously distributed. Somebody will pick it, somebody will read it, somebody will respond. Let’s be sure there is no waste and Jesus will stop every form of waste in our own lives.
Take only what you can pick. There are others who will be able to do final raid, whether it is 12 midnight, it doesn’t matter.
When I see 2 fliers in my pack, I send people to the gate, to go and give it out.
God hates waste and we shall be partners with Him in driving His agenda.
Give Him thanks.
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