Guard Against III
‘Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.’ 1Tim.6:18.
Every terrain comes with its own challenges and being rich is not left out. Even as the Lord continues to increase us, you and I must guard against being distracted from our true priorities. Riches give us the power to create options and many times those options are outside of God’s will. A typical example would be a man who tells his wife that even though he loves her, he needs her to know that he has options. And Read the rest of this entry
Guard Against II
‘Though the Lord is great, He cares for the humble, but He keeps his distance from the proud’ Ps.138:6
Guard against anything that attempts to steal your adoration of Jesus. You see people who never had issues with tithing. And as they remained committed, God began to bless them and in a way God opened doors that even they would never have imagined. Then they began to delay in their commitment. Some would even demand that you show them where tithe is in Old Testament or New Testament. I know you Read the rest of this entry
Guard Against I
‘This was the last thing the official expected to hear. He was very rich and became terribly sad. He was holding on tight to a lot of things and not about to let them go’ Luke 18:23 [MSG]
From the story of the rich man it is clear to see that being rich comes with certain problems we must be aware of and guard against. When you are rich, it is harder for you to depend on God and that’s the truth. If you don’t believe me or you are saying that is not possible, it is because you’ve not tasted real money. But you will not only taste, you will own real money. And this is why I am cautioning you in advance. I Read the rest of this entry
A Question Of Ownership
‘When Jesus saw this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”’ Luke 18:24-25
You are looking very rich this morning. If after reading this first sentence, your thoughts immediately went to the state of your finances, then it means you still have not embraced the fact that you are rich. So again I say you are looking very rich today. Now accept it – accept it. This is not a prosperity teaching; this is the word of God. If this message infuriates you in anyway then perhaps you want to welcome the Read the rest of this entry
Rich In Gratitude
‘And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.’ Ecc. 5:19
If you don’t Feel Rich, you will never Act Rich so you will continue to struggle to Get Rich and you will never realize that you already Are Rich and you’ll never learn how to BE Rich. I want you to confidently feel rich otherwise you will never learn how to act rich. One of the ways of acting rich is gratitude. One of the ways of acting rich is being grateful to God. If you don’t know how to act rich, you will consistently Read the rest of this entry
Fact
‘And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God’ Ecc.5:19.
The fact is you are rich so stop saying that you have nothing. If you earn fifty thousand naira monthly, you are among the top 21% richest people in the world. There are 6.7 billion people in the world so you are richer than 5 billion people. You are rich! For you perhaps, fifty thousand is what your husband gives you as your weekly allowance and you are complaining. God will forgive you. Say amen. The truth is you Read the rest of this entry
How To Be Rich
‘Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment’ 1Tim.6:17.
Over the next few weeks, we are going to be learning about How To Be Rich. Note, we are not learning how to get rich but rather we are learning about how to BE rich. This message was originally preached by Andy Stanley and then by Craig Groeschel. I find it very interesting and apt for where we are right now so we’re going to go learn how to Be rich together. Read the rest of this entry
The Name Of Jesus
‘That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father’ Phil.2:10-11
I remember years ago, I was comparatively a new believer. There was a man fully possessed of demons, the demons were speaking queens English, and he was very violent fighting everybody in the room. He said to the head of the prayer unit of the church at the time ‘you are a witch’ and she kept quiet. And he looked at my friend and said ‘you did not pray last night’. He was afraid because he really didn’t pray. All Read the rest of this entry
All-Powerful Name
‘This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds… and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel’ 1Sam.17:46 [NIV]
Goliath did not just die when the stone hit him. Yes he died physically but David won the battle when he came against goliath in the Name of the Lord of Hosts. In the New Testament, Paul was admonishing us to do everything we do in the name of the Lord. Why is Paul saying that? It is because it is in the name of Read the rest of this entry
In The Name Of The Lord!
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied’ 1Sam.17:45 [NIV].
The conversation with goliath. The fifth conversation David had was with goliath. You must have a conversation with your problem [goliath]. Have a conversation with the chest pain or fibroid, talk to it. As the conversation started, goliath went all spiritual on David. Goliath said, “Do you think I am a dog?” and David must have said “Of course you are a dog. In fact, you are a big foolish dog!” The Bible did not state that but my imagination takes over sometimes. Jesus was saying to the woman that was not Read the rest of this entry
