LONG LASTING MONEY ONLY COMES FROM GOD
IF GOD BLESSES YOU, NO MAN CAN BRING YOU DOWN
YOU CAN’T BREAK FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS UNTIL YOU POSSESS CERTAIN KEYS
I WAS GIVEN A GIFT OF SEVENTY THOUSAND NAIRA (70,000) BY TWO MEMBERS FOR PREACHING A GOOD SERMON IN A NEW CHURCH I WAS TRANSFERED TO
APPRECIATION IS ONE OF THE KEYS THAT BREAK FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS
- Pastor Matthew Adebayo at RCCG Youth Convention Tagged ‘Exceeding Expectations’
(Day 5, Morning Session).
You are not clapping for me. Can we rise and
do it better. Put your hands together for the Lord Jesus while standing.
Hallelujah!
I like us to us rise to our feet, brothers and sisters wherever you are. Today is the last day of the convention. We are trusting God that something unusual will happen.
Let’s lift our hands and appreciate him for all he has been doing since we started. Let us give him praises. Exalt the name of the Lord. Thank him because he is faithful. Thank him for all the testimonies we have had.
🎵🎵When I was down…You raised me up so I can stand on mountains…🎵🎵
Father, we are trusting you for a lifting at this hour. We are done where we used to be. Take us to another level as we exceed expectations in Jesus precious name.
Hallelujah!
Brothers and sisters and everyone watching us online, I have been ask to speak on “Breaking Financial Limitation” You want to exceed expectations? You need to break every form of financial limitation. The Bible says in 3 John 2, “I wish that above all things, that thou mayest prosper and be on health even as your soul prospers” This is talking about financial prosperity, physical prosperity and spiritual prosperity.
It is God’s ultimate desire for each and everyone of us to prosper financially. That is why he said, “I wish above all things…” Much more than you could think, God wants you to exceed financially.
I have come to discover that if you want to break every financial limitation, you need to have the keys that unlock financial bondage. A limitation is that thing that kept you down. A limitation is that thing that kept you from rising. Church Gist. It is that thing that kept you on a spot. It is that thing that want you to stop where your fathers stop.
-Today, I pray that everything that kept you down financially shall be broken in the name of Jesus.
Everyone has been limited financially one way or the other. Many have suffered financial bondage and captivity. Poverty is like a cancer. It is something that will not allow you fulfill divine mandate. So, I’d you must break financial limitation, you need financial freedom or dominion.
Though we have some people that are rich, they are still battling financial limitation. I used to have an uncle. He is no more today. But several years back in Ibadan, I visited him. On getting to his house, I noticed that for months, my uncle in the early 80s, God blessed him to purchase a Peugeot 505. We cover the car every day and once in a week we remove the covering and wash the car and cover it back. Church Gist. He was one of those that God blessed early in the family who was able to purchase a fabric sofa but also refused to remove the nylon. All the foams in all the rooms were covered with nylon.
I told his wife, “What is the purpose of a car that is not being used” That day, I removed all the nylons that covered the chair and everything. My uncle came back and was very furious because of what I have done. I said, “Uncle, the fact that you are rich means that you should know the usefulness of money. You must be in charge and money must not control you”
1 Timothy 6:17-19
Beloved brethren, the purpose of being wealthy is that you should do good, willing to communicate and ready to distribute. In other words, the purpose of God blessing you is for you to have the mindset that wealth in this kingdom is about God’s distribution and not about his Church Gist. God is blessing you so that you can share with others. God is blessing you so that you know the purpose and the usefulness of money. God is blessing you so that you can communicate wealth to others. Anything outside of this is not of God.
Wealth in this kingdom is about God’s communication not about accumulation.
Why do we need to break off from financial limitation? It is because of the pains of poverty. Proverbs 19:4. Wealth has a lot of friend but the poor is stranded. When God blesses you, you see a lot of people around you but when you are poor, you will be standing alone. A lot of people don’t want to associate with poverty. Proverbs 10:15. Money is good. No wonder the Bible says, “Money answers all things” Though money is not everything, money is good for the prosperity of the kingdom.
Money can buy a waterbed but cannot give you sound sleep. We have a lot of people that have access to money but money failed them when sickness came. Your money can make a rich man marry a beauty queen but money can not make him win her love. Your money can give you all the security gadgets in the world but your money cannot give you maximum security.
Your money can buy you any judgement in the world today but your money cannot buy you the White Throne Judgement. The truth of the matter is that money has its limitation. This is why we have to break off from the pains of poverty. When you are poor, you are isolated. Poverty causes people to. love away from you. They look down on you. This why we need to exceed limitation on the area of finance.
I will like to emphasize this quickly. Money comes from God. Financial dominion and lifting only comes from God. Deuteronomy 8:18. Money comes from the Lord. If anyone is here trusting God for financial breakthrough, you only need to look up to God. Look up to God who is the source. If you are disconnected from the source, it is just a matter of time before you lack resources.
Psalm 66:12
Coming into a wealthy place is only orchestrated by Divine presence. You can’t come into the wealthy place if God damnit d not permit it. Church Gist. Long lasting money only comes from God. If God blesses you, no enemy can bring you down. Don’t join people in taking shortcuts to wealth.
Short cuts are liable to cut people’s lives short. Proverbs 28:20. Many people are not willing to wait upon the Lord. A lot of people are looking for “Jehovah-Sharp Sharp” They want to cut corners into making wealth. This is why there is an increase in ritual killings today. What is the purpose of the wealth you acquire at he expense of your health.
Pastor Mathew said there is no bad money. That money only takes it coloration from its handler. Money is just a legal tender. The one who is handling the money is the one who determines if the money is clean or not. Glory be to God. Money is essential. We all give money different names. We call it tithe and offering in church. Church Gist. When it is borrowed from the bank, it is called a loan. When you are paid for a month’s service, it is called salary or wages. It is called bribe when it is wrongly received to pervert judgement. It is called a tip when given to a waiter for service rendered. It is called gratuity or pension when collected after retirement. It is called dowry when collected during marriage rites. When it is paid to kidnappers, it is called ransom. It is called incentive as a reward for service. It is called rent when paid to landlords.
Money is good but there are keys to unlock the world of financial prosperity. You can’t break financial limitations until you possess these keys. Church Gist. Money is of value and wherever valuables are kept, there is a door that seal it off. That is why you need keys. If you don’t have these keys, you may be frustrated. I will be giving to us the six keys to break every financial limitation
- The Key of Obedience. Obedience that is not absolute is impotent. Deuteronomy 28:1-2. Any form f blessings that your heart desires shall come if you will hearken to the voice of the Lord. Many times the voice sounds so loud but we allow the voice of reasoning to overshadow it. Church Gist. Beloved brethren, you have not taken a step into breaking financial limitation until you fulfill the key of obedience. Isaiah 1:19. Every land has its own goodies. It takes your willingness and obedience. Many are willing but only few are obedient. Many people come to church but only few have come to the knowledge of Christ.
1 Samuel 15:12-23
Here, the story of how God gave King Saul a second chance is told. Saul disobeyed God by offering sacrifice that was meant for Samuel to to make. Saul offered a sacrifice which only a priest is allowed to offer. Samuel told him he had done foolishly. Church Gist. He said his Kingdom would have been established forever but not anymore.
-May your kingdom not be discontinued on the account of disobedience.
God gave him another chance. He was told to destroy the Amalekites. Destroy everything that breathes there. He still disobeyed by sparing the cattle and the King. He was reprimanded again by Samuel who told him that the Lord delights more in obedience than in sacrifice. Obedience is the mega key in this kingdom.
- The Key of Faithfullness. You need the key of faithfullness. Proverbs 28:28. Luke 16:10 Many of us will say, “God, try me with money and you wi say how I will serve you with it” God will eventually start trying you with little and see if you will be faithful. Your financial ability is what determines your financial capacity.
You remember the story of the talent. The man who have the talents have them according to their abilities. God has no problem with releasing wealth; he is just not a waster of resources. He wants to be sure that what you are asking for can be managed by you. Church Gist. God is not willing to waste kingdom resources. You are asking God to give you twenty million, yet you don’t have a bank account. If he releases the money, where do you want to keep it?
Preparation is the mother of manifestation. You need to start preparing for the next level you are praying for. Church Gist. You need to enlarge your heart so that your heart can accommodate what is come. Faithfulness thrives on three things:
a. The fear of God: so many people lack the fear of God. They eat what they should not eat. They joke with their tithe and expect God to bless them.
b. The Sense of Contentment: you need to know that what you have now is enough for now. Church Gist. Don’t try to copy anyone. Don’t kill yourself. If you want God to increase what you have, then you need to enlarge your capacity. That which you have now, make use of it.
c. Sense of Appreciation: you must always learn to appreciate people especially when good things are done for you. Don’t be ungrateful for those little things done for you. Say, “Thank You Jesus” Even Jesus desires appreciation, remember the story of the ten lepers. Some will say, “Why should we always say thank you to Daddy G.O. After all he is our G.O. He is our daddy.
If you have a home and you have your children and the house help. Whatever the house help gets, she/he does not complain but says thank you. Church Gist. The children can complain of what has been bought for them. You need to learn how to be appreciative. As a young adult, appreciate your spouse. Appreciate your Pastors when they preach good sermons.
I remember some years back, I was transfered in Lagos before we moved to Abuja. I was transfered from one parish of Redeemed to another parish. Church Gist. On getting to this new church, I finished preaching on Sunday.. As I was moving towards the officer I saw two men running after me. I stopped and they introduced themselves. I was to shake hands with them and one of them squeezed twenty thousand naira (#20,000) into my hands and the other one gave me a cheque of #50,000. I was dumbfounded. I asked them what it was meant for. Church Gist. They said to me, “Good message, well delivered” I said in my heart, wow! 70,000 for just a message I didn’t use my jotter for! Next Sunday, I will come prepared. When you appreciate your Pastors, they will do more.
- The Key of Diligence. Diligence as in working hard not as in hard work. Prosperity is not a product of hard work, if it was, those that dig well will be the richest. It is about working hard. Church Gist. The Bible says, ” Derry thou a man who is diligent in his work, he shall stand before kings” You need to work with your own hands Who is our example? God the Father is a diligent God. Genesis 2:8. God did not wish a garden, he did not prophesy a garden. God planted it. God showed us how to be a farmer.
John 9:4.
Jesus also shows himself to be diligent. A man with a genuine anointing will be hard-working. You can’t carry a genuine anointing and just stay in one place. Acts 10:38. Jesus seas busy going about doing good. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a diligent God. Church Gist. Abraham reared cattle and that was what God increased for him. Also, Isaac sowed when it was difficult to sow and he reaped a hundred fold. He grew so wealthy that he became the envy of other. Jacob also was very hard-working. Church Gist. Laziness is a career of poverty, do not enrol for such courses. When you pass over opportunity regularly, you are poor.
- The Key of Investment. Ecclesiastes 11:1. A lot of people are going investment. Permit to tell you seven deadly investment errors.
a. Don’t be greedy; be satisfied with reasonable returns on investment.
b. Don’t be deceived by tricksters who will give you the prize you have won in a contest you did not participate.
c. Take time to investigate investment opportunities. Don’t be trapped by hasty decisions on investment.
d. Insufficient diversification of investment portfolio can be dangerous. Spread out your investment.
e. Never take an investment decision without appropriate advice from your professional advisers. Poverty and shame come to him. that lives without instructions.
f. You must differentiate between upward investment and downward Investment. Downward Investment is an investment in which you consume whatever you spend money upon. Church Gist. Buying shoes and clothes to wear is a downward investment. Upward investment is the type that brings money into your pocket. This is what Kiyosaki called Liabilities and Assets respectively.
g. Neve incur debt for non-productive purposes such as burial expenses, clothes, drinks, shoes and so on.
- The Key of Tithing. Malachi 3:8-12You have robbed God if you refuse to pay your tithe. Everyone that God blessed paid their tithe.. God promises a blessing for it. Jesus Christ recommended it according to Matthew 23:23.
Hebrews 7;7-10 Paying of tithe is not what you debate it is a command. - The Key of Sacrifice. Sacrifice is not defined by its volume but by its value. It is not what you choose to give, it is what He wants from you. It is not to be done where you want but where he chooses. Church Gist. Sacrifice may not necessarily be a cheerful seed. The Bible says, “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy”
Whatever you have, rise to your feet as you give something sacrificially to God.
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