THE REASON 2 PEOPLE CAN DO THE SAME THING BUT HAVE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES IS DETERMINED BY THE STATE OF YOUR HEART: THE STATE OF YOUR HEART THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE MAKER.
-Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr at CHoP
- Every action we take has a specific weight, but that weight is determined by the state of our hearts.
- Where labour is absent, profit can never be present.
- Your own stewardship will produce results
Our Father, this morning we have come to give You all the glory and all the praise. We celebrate You Lord for Your faithfulness and Your goodness towards us. Thank You Lord for Your awesome testimonies for Your hand at work in our midst. We give You all the praise and all the glory. For the answers to our prayers we say Thank You and now this morning, our eyes are on You. We ask that You speak to us. By Your Word let everyone be transformed and changed. We give You all the praise and glory for it, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
Our line of exhortation in this week in our Covenant Hour of Prayer has been:
UNDERSTANDING THE DEMANDS FOR PROFITABLE STEWARDSHIP
God’s Word establishes that every commandment of scriptures is ordained for our profiting – 2 Timothy 3:16.
Every commandment of scriptures is for our profiting. We discover that the commandment of stewardship is ordained for our profiting.
Exodus 23:25-26
God demands our stewardship in order to offer us the profit or the blessing that returns on our behalf. That is why it is important for us to understand what it takes to ensure that our stewardship engagement is profitable.
Hebrews 12:28
Until it is acceptable, it cannot be profitable. You and I must understand the premise on which our stewardship can be deemed acceptable to God. That is what we have been looking at during the course of this week and I pray that the light of God will shine brighter in our lives in the name of Jesus Christ.
- Number one key we are looking at this Morning is:
We Must Serve God with Good Will.
If you intend to secure profit from your stewardship to God, you must serve Him with good will.
Ephesians 6:7-8
In other words, it is not enough to do good things, the good things we do must be done with good will. We must ensure that our engagement is powered by our good will. Our good will has to do with our good intentions, our good motivation. God makes it very clear if you and I are going to be profitable in our stewardship, then we must engage with good will.
Jeremiah 17:10
According to what we see from Scriptures, God’s response to our engagement is determined by the state of our heart. Before God will look at your Act, God will look at your Heart. Church Gist. Your heart is what gives weight to your acts.
1 Samuel 2:3
Every action we take has a specific weight, but that weight is determined by the state of our hearts. That is why 2 people can do the same thing and have 2 different outcomes. It is the state of your heart that is the difference maker. The Word of God makes it very clear to us, He said, “He will search the heart and try the reins before he will do anything in response to our engagement” – Jeremiah 17:10
Our engagement will only be as profitable as our good will in it.
Somebody says, “I am doing good things”, but God is asking, “Are you doing it with good will?”
It is the good will powering the good things that we do that brings good things back in return for us.”
So the profit of our stewardship is determined by our good will. - We Must Serve God Diligently.
Proverbs 14:23
According to the Word of God, it is clear that for profit to be available, labour must be engaged. Any stewardship that does not cost labour will not pay profit. The profit of our engagement is determined by the tempo of our labour. Where labour is absent, profit can never be present and that is why we must understand the necessity of engaging wholeheartedly in labour.
1 Corinthians 15:10
According to God’s Word, we are made to see that when it comes to our labour, it is a non-negotiable factor. God said, “I have bestowed grace upon you but the way for that grace to find expression is by labour.”
We must ensure that our stewardship is done diligently.
Deuteronomy 28:1-2
“… All these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you” – but it is not everyone, it is for those who will be diligent in their engagement.
Diligence talks about hard work. Until your engagement can be classified as labour, profit is not in view.
The question is this: When you are praying, are you labouring?
When you are going after souls, are you labouring?
When you are following up after your converts, are you labouring?
What you engage with as a hobby cannot pay you. Church Gist. It is what you engage with as labour that pays you. Until your engagement in the advancement of the Kingdom of God can be classified as labour, there is no pay in view.
Look at some examples in scriptures
Colossians 4:12 – Epaphras
Always labouring in prayers. His prayer was considered as labour.
The question is this:
Is your prayer considered as labour?
These are the things that you and I must understand.
When Paul the Apostle and Barnabas were to go out into the field in pursuit of their assignment, the Bible says that the Holy Ghost said, “Separate Me Paul and Barnabas for the WORK.”
You see whatever will work for you is what you are working. Until you are working your stewardship, it cannot work on your behalf.
The profit of our engagement is determined by the diligence in our engagement.
Proverbs 22:29
It takes diligence in any engagement to stand out in it and our business as Kingdom citizens is the advancement of the Kingdom of God.
Romans 12:11
Our service to God must be taken with a business mentality and that requires that we give it the diligence that is demanded.
-I pray that for each one of us today, the grace to engage with diligence, may that grace be granted to each one of us.
- We must continue to take yield to ourselves as we serve.
Acts 20:28
Pay attention to your posture, pay attention to your position, pay attention to your pursuit.
2 Corinthians 13:5
According to Scriptures, we have a responsibility to examine ourselves at every point in time.
Am I doing it as God has ordained it?
Am I labouring in my stewardship?
Am I engaging with good will?
Keep paying attention to yourself. Taking the Word of God as a mirror, making adjustment and making corrections wherever you find yourself in error. That is the key to making the most of your stewardship.
-I pray that for each one of us from this day onwards, you will not labour in vain.
-Your own stewardship will produce results in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayers: Lord, I receive grace this morning.
Take that grace.
Lord, the grace to labour in my stewardship, to do it with diligence, to do it with good will. I receive that grace. The grace to keep taking heed to myself in all of my engagements, I receive that grace this morning.
Take grace from God, you can’t do it by yourself. You need His grace. I am what I am by the grace of God and with that grace, you can then labour. With that grace, you can then operate with good will. With that grace you can examine yourself.
Lord, I receive grace to put Your Word to work as I have heard You this morning. Thank You Father, blessed be Your holy name. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
From this day onwards, God’s grace will be made manifest in your life. Your labour will always produce profit. You shall not labour in vain. You shall not bring forth for trouble. In the name of Jesus Christ, so shall it be in Jesus precious name.
We have our fliers for this Sunday: Covenant Family Day
Declare the breath of the Holy Ghost upon these materials: That as they go forth, they will go forth as sharp sickles bearing great harvest.
Lord, every flier is sent forth as a paper missionary. Let them bring forth mighty harvest. Thank You Father for it because we know it is done already. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Another day is here. Speak to the day and make your decrees and your declaration concerning this day.
You shall decree a thing, it shall be established unto you. Speak to the day!
Make your declaration concerning the day. Make sure you are doing it, full of faith. Speak to the day right now. Thank you mighty God. In Jesus precious name we have prayed.
-Now this day is declared blessed.
- For you it will be a day of testimonies.
-There shall no evil befall you all through the day.
-There shall be no evil report to you all through the day.
-This day for you will be a day of good tidings.
-The favour of God will locate you today in the name of Jesus Christ!
So shall it be, in Jesus precious name, we have prayed.
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