IT WILL BE GROSS WICKEDNESS TO DABBLE INTO THINGS THAT WILL IMPLICATE THE NEXT GENERATION.
WHAT GEHAZI DID, DIDN’T JUST END WITH HIM; IT ENDED WITH CHILDREN THAT WERE INNOCENT.
BE A FULL STOP TO WHAT IS FOLLOWING YOUR LINEAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT FROM YOU, IT IS GOOD NEWS ALL THE WAY.
IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN WRONG; YOU CAN BE RIGHT IF YOU CHOOSE TO.
-Pastor Fidelis Alika at Destiny Recovery Convention, 2022
Dunamis International Gospel Centre
Morning Session – Impartation Service
Day Four.
Father, I thank You, I give You praise for this opportunity, I return all glory to You. I ask for grace as I connect with the mantle upon my Father and upon the Commission in the name of Jesus.
I want to use this opportunity to appreciate my Father and my Mother, for the privilege to stand and bring a sharp Word this morning, trusting God that the mantle will speak on my behalf and this opportunity will not be abused in Jesus’ name.
Speaking very quickly on;
“THE LIFTING POWER OF POSITIVE CHARACTER – FINANCIAL INTEGRITY”
Jeremiah 17:11, Zechariah 5:1-5
I will not be sharing any personal revelation, I have been around for a while and I have observed; I have seen my Father, I have seen his practices, I have seen his teachings in this line. Church Gist. So, I will be drawing from what I have been drinking into for the past few years. Objective this morning is:
1). Understanding what financial lack of integrity is.
2). Understanding the consequences of financial lack of integrity.
Please note the following;
1). Financial integrity is the manifestation of God’s mastery over a life (Matthew 6:24). So, whenever you see a person operating in financial integrity, it means that mammon has practically lost its grip on him. It is a demonstration of the fact that God has taken charge in this one’s life.
2). It does not matter how long you have been wrong; you can be right if you choose to. I realize that no matter how far you have gone in the wrong direction, when you realize that, this is not the right direction, a U-turn is still possible. Church Gist. You don’t say, since I am on the wrong road and I have travelled for long, let me finish it. Where you will end, you will not like it.
3). Every decision without corresponding action equals deception. The case of the prodigal son, when he left his father’s house, he went out and lived anyhow. Somehow, he realized that this particular venture will end me how I don’t like. Church Gist So, he decided to return home and the moment he made the decision, he backed it with actions because the truth is, you have not truly decided until there are actions following it.
- I believe that at the end of this meeting, the necessary actions that will make everyone to escape the pitfalls of financial lack of integrity shall be taken!
What is financial lack of integrity?
1). It is the lack of transparency, honesty and accountability in financial dealings. Every financial dealing that is shady, something is wrong. Every financial dealing that is not transparent, something is grossly wrong.
2). The illegal possession and accusation of wealth.
3). It refers to access to financial means without favour, labour or gain (Dr Pastor Paul Enenche). Church Gist. You can’t just wake up and see it; it must either come from favour, labour or from gain. If it didn’t come from any of this, then something is wrong somewhere.
Integrity with prosperity is a possibility. It is possible to combine integrity and prosperity. If you look at our Father and our Mother, you will know that it is possible because, whatever God says to one, He says to all. You must not be crooked to prosper; crookedness makes destiny look crooked but yours will not be crooked in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Examples of those who lived in financial integrity:
1). Abraham – he was a man who at a time in his life, he had nothing to show. At 75, he was in his father’s house. I believe he would wake up early in the morning and his mother will ask him, what would you like to eat? At 75, nothing to show but God picked him up and in that journey, he was tested. In Genesis 14:21-24, Abraham practically refused to take what was not his and he ended up gloriously.
Genesis 24:1
- I announce to someone here, before you are grey-headed, you will have this kind of testimony also!
2). Joseph – he was a man that had battles from childhood. He saw himself in slavery and suddenly, he appeared in the house of Potiphar (Genesis 39:4-6). He left all he had in Joseph’s hand; he didn’t even take account but not a pin was missing. God was watching, nature was watching; when his stewardship on the platform of integrity was complete, God ushered him to the next level (Genesis 41:41-44). Church Gist. Joseph was faithful with the small one given to him and God gave him a bigger platform to exercise that same faithfulness; nothing was missing on his way and he landed in the realm of financial glory.
- I announce to someone here, that will be your portion at the end of this convention!
3). Job – According to my Father, he said he was a man of notorious integrity and undeniable prosperity (Job 1:1-3).
- Very soon, those that don’t like your face, they will still acknowledge that God has blessed you!
Examples of those who have lack of integrity:
1). Adam – he ate what he was not licensed to eat, then he lost what he had the right to eat. The Garden was big and filled with all manner of things, I can’t still come to comprehend why the only one he was not asked to eat was the one he chose to eat? The moment he ate it, he stopped living.
There are things not to eat people of God and there are things to eat. If you eat what God has not given you, you lose what He has given you. I remember one particular day, I was in the office, but prior to that time, I had a revelation about a church member who was in the revelation, he was telling me everything is shut down, nothing is working; I can’t even pay my tithe. When I woke up, I knew what that meant. So, I sent for me and asked him to come and after I spoke to him, he said, “exactly!” We were in church and I prayed for him. Church Gist. Under 24-hours, everything opened and after that, the people that refused to pay him for months, called and apologize; they paid him and compensated him with another contract. Then few days later, he came to my office, he said to me, “I brought my first fruit. The prayer worked and I brought my first fruit.” I prayed for him and he left. But when I opened it, I saw tithe. I have been around my father to know that there is different between tithe and first fruit and I said to myself, Adam was in the Garden, he ate what he was not supposed to eat and he stopped living. I picked up my phone and I called him and I said to him, you said first fruit but what I see is tithe. He said tithe and first fruit are the same thing. I said, “No, they are not. Next time you have your tithe, go to the account department.”
I prayed for him and I sent it to the account department. I didn’t know God was testing me. Few days after that, I woke up in the morning and I got an alert, it was about four times more than what I sent back and I said to myself, this was what Adam didn’t escape, I decided to escape it.
- You will escape!
2). Achan (Joshua 7:22-25). He saw the Babylonish garment; that you are seeing it does not mean you should take it. He took what he was not supposed to take and he condemned his own generation – his wife and innocent children died the death they shouldn’t have died.
3). Gehazi – he was close to making a generational news. If Elisha carried double portion, he would have carried double of double but the plagues of greed and covetousness disconnected him (2 Kings 5:20-25). Church Gist. When you get to a point where the member you are supposed to help is the one preaching to you, there is something wrong somewhere. It is not everything you take. When you get to a point where you see people as money, there is something wrong with your head.
What are the consequences of lack of integrity?
1). The lack of financial integrity short changes you; it disqualifies you from handling what originally belongs to that was coming to you (Luke 16:11).
2). The loss of your God ordained destiny inheritance. Adam lost it and it was irrecoverable because he took something he shouldn’t have taken.
3). The presence of transgenerational curses and calamities. We come from Africa, where we already have enough battles from our ancestors; we have things we are dealing with, we don’t know where they come from. It will be gross wickedness to dabble into things that will implicate the next generation. Church Gist. What Gehazi did, didn’t just end with him; it ended with children that were innocent. Be a full stop to what is following your lineage and make sure that from you, it is good news all the way.
Abraham was born into a family of idol worshipper but what followed his family didn’t follow him because his practice was different from the practices of his family.
4). The opening of the gate of death (Jeremiah 17:11).
5). Nakedness and shame – Adam, the moment he ate, he was naked and ashamed. The truth of the matter is that, nakedness actually speaks of vulnerability; you become easily accessible and destructible; anything can reach you and there’s no covering anymore. Please close your mouth so you can cover your life.
Lift up your right hand and say;
“Father, today I receive the grace for financial integrity. I refuse to be a victim of the lack of financial integrity.”
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