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...Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his
servant. Psalm 35:27
This is good news!
There is a source to which I want to introduce you to in this book. When
you hit that source, you will stay refreshed the remaining days of your
life.
I am also going to show you the way to that source. The moment you
can appreciate and apply yourself to that way, life will deliver to you its
maximum benefits.
Most killer diseases reside inside the body of their victims for a long
time before they are discovered. Cancer for instance. Medical science
tells us that it can be inside a man for eight years without any symptoms,
then suddenly, when it has gained absolute dominion inside the victim, it
begins to afflict him.
Friend, there is no stagnation without a reason. Whatever has been tying
you down from enjoying the beauties of God in life, God is going to
reveal it to you in this book. Your story must change this time around!
Every tied down issue of your life your Family, your career, your
business, must be released by this encounter!
Oh, I thank God for blessings; but God's ultimate is to make you a
blessing God wants to see you prosper! It gives Him great pleasure! God
is excited when you prosper. What an encounter this will be for you!
One day, by such an encounter, God picked me out of my poverty, and
threw me into the realms of prosperity. This will be that one day for you!
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God will usher you into strange realms of prosperity; sorrow-free and
God-given kingdom prosperity! Come with me, as I take you into the
secret house of wealth.
Until you are able to lay hold on His commandments, you never become
a commander. I make bold to say that I am a commander in the realm of
wealth. I don't beg, I don't pray for money, I don't borrow. I only line up
myself with His commandments, and it just keeps flowing!
Oh it's so sweet! I want you to come to that point where you come on
line for heaven's supplies in all areas of life, so you can be a blessing to
your generation.
The encounter you're going to have in this book will bring you amazing
testimonies too, such as I have!
I want to provoke you to practical living! I'm not out to expound theories
to you. John the Beloved said in the opening of his epistles: ...And our
hands have handled, of the Word of life;
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also
may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father,
and with his Son Jesus Christ. I John 1:1,3
Friend, the things I have handled and touched, they are the things I will
be sharing with you in this book.
You have a very great future, an enviable one at that! All you need is to
turn loose for Jesus!
You are not down because things are down. You are down because you
don't have the light you need to be up.
They marvelled at Jesus "From whence hath this man these things? and
what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty
works are wrought by his hands?" (Mark 6:2)
Mighty works answer to "this wisdom". When you locate God's Word
on prosperity and you act on it, you're operating "this wisdom" in the
realm of prosperity, and mighty works of prosperity will be the result.
It's not luck, it's not connection, it's not fortune!
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Isaiah 60:1 says: Arise, shine; for thy light is come...

Until your light comes, you can work and work, and still won't shine!
Job said: As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was
upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers
of oil; Job 29:4-6
The secrets of God is the maker of the saints.
Job was saying here, "The secrets of God made me. My understanding
of the secrets of God is the reason for the way I'm shining."
The secrets of God will make any man. I see God making you by His
secrets that you will encounter in this book.
The end-time Church is programmed to prosper exceedingly! But then
we need the blessings of God to make the promise a reality.
In Haggai 2:6-8, God said: For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it
is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea,
and the dry land;
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and
I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
And in Zechariah 1:17 He makes us understand that: ...My cities through
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad...
God wants to prosper His Kingdom through the prosperity of His
people.
In Matthew 24:14, Jesus said, "This gospel must be preached in all the
nations and then shall the end come." So if we're the generation that will
preach the gospel to all nations,
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then we are the prosperous generation I'm talking about.

Please understand that we are out on a celebration lane!
God said: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and
be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2
Friend, Jesus is out looking for who to pick; may He find you worthy!
The end-time Church is a prosperous Church. So it's important for you
to understand how to prosper in the kingdom, how to enjoy true
prosperity. It's not, "God, just give me something to eat and to drink."
No! He wants to make you a blessing, and all the people of the earth
shall see it.
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the
land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Deuteronomy
28:11
Aren't you excited about that? Now, I like this:
Deuteronomy 28:12-13: The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure,
the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all
the work of thine hand, and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou
shalt not borrow.
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt
be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto
the
commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to
observe and to do them,
So, God's commandments make you a commander.
God is going to raise commanders of such terrific wealth in the body of
Christ! People who will change the destiny of multitudes! All you need
do is to position yourself by laying hold on the covenant secrets He will
be unveiling to you in this book, and things will begin to blossom in
your life! Plenty is our heritage!
I'd like your heart to be open. I will be teaching you the fear of God—
the things I've heard, the things I've seen, and the things that my hands
have handled of the Word of life.
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God takes pleasure in your plenty! No father is happy to see his children
in lack. Why then do you think that your lack excites God? Which father
is excited to see his children begging all around? Have you ever heard
somebody give a testimony, saying, "I thank God, two of my sons are
beggars"? Your children's children will never beg!
I want you to know that the prosperity God has planned for you has
nothing to do with your profession, your career or your Family
background. No! It says, "If thou shalt hearken diligently, unto the voice
of the Lord thy God..." Whether you are a carpenter, a firewood seller,
water seller, a medical doctor, lawyer or engineer is irrelevant. Your
covenant alignment is the issue.
I have no business set up anywhere in this world; no, I'm not selling
anything. But I can't be poor! I announced sixteen years ago, "I cannot
be poor!" because I encountered the truth that liberates from poverty.
This is your chance too!
I would like you to understand this: God's Word is your access into the
world of wealth. An encounter with the Word is what makes you a
commander in the realm of wealth.
I curse every hold of poverty on your life, in the precious name of Jesus!
There is no shortcut! It is the entrance of the Word that gives light and
gives understanding to the simple (Ps. 119:130).
There is nothing called luck or fortune in the kingdom. Light is what
makes the difference between the winning Christian and the losing one,
between the poor Christian and the wealthy one. The difference is light;
otherwise, we have a common destiny (Rom. 8:29- 30).
You will encounter that light in this book! I have since entered into the
realm of tens of millions in my giving to the kingdom, by reason of
heaven's downpour! It's not luck, it's light!
I want the same heavens to open for you. All you need to do is come and
take what He has given me, so you can see what I am seeing.
I've not traded in any other thing since He called me, and I've never
begged, never appealed to anywhere or anyone for aid, and yet I've
never been helpless at any time!
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This is your hour!

It's not luck! Don't sit down in your corner and be wondering, "I wish I
were as lucky."
Psalm 111:10 says: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, a
good understanding have all they that do his commandments, his praise
endureth for ever.
Can you see that? "A good understanding." And the Word of God tells
us that:
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 13:15
Friend, good understanding commands blessings! Every blessing of God
is transmitted through sound understanding. When you grasp it, it
becomes yours.
God said to Abraham: ...Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place
where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed
for ever. Genesis 13:14-15
And the Word of God also talks about "the eyes of your understanding
being enlightened" in Ephesians 1:18. So the more you understand, the
better you live.
It is your level of understanding that determines your level of
possession. I see God giving you a very unique encounter in this book!
May I say this friend: I am not a preacher of prosperity, I am a prophet.
God spoke specifically to me while I was away in America for a
meeting, "Get down home and make My people rich!"
That is why the things I teach are not the regular prosperity preacher's
syllabus. They are divine impartations to make you a celebrity on the
earth.
Why? I am sent! Prosperity is one of the twelve-pillar messages of this
Commission.
So, I would like your heart to be open and get set to line up yourself with
the things I will be sharing in this book. This is the time you will have
your own lifetime encounter, as I had it sixteen years ago reading a book
like this.
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I have seen God in the realm of prosperity since then, that's why He has
sent me to go and turn the destinies of men around.
I am sent not only to teach it, but to effect it, so that when you hear what
God is saying through me, and you apply yourself to it, there is no way
you won't be free. Because, "by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of
Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved." God is set to see your
destiny preserved!
Now listen to me: between being the lender and being the borrower,
which do you want? Between begging and giving, which do you want?
The Bible says your heavenly Father knows that you need these things
(Matt. 6:32). So for you to say or pretend you don't need what God says
you need is to be a hypocrite!
Our opening scripture says, " Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that
favour my righteous cause, yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant." (Ps.
35:27)
Joshua 1:8 establishes the fact that each man's prosperity is made by
him. It says, "You shall make your way prosperous, and you shall have
good success."
Say with me, "Teach me Lord, how to make it this time around."
It is my prayer that God will by this book give you a lifetime encounter
with His Word of prosperity! The Word of God is our covenant platform
for prosperity.
God will take you to the very fundamentals of His plan and purpose for
your life and for the Church in general.
Two years ago, John Osteen was led by the Spirit of God and he started
a teaching session on prosperity in his church and poverty was
swallowed up in victory in that assembly! God's people flourished, the
kingdom of God progressed and amazing things happened! The same
will happen for you too!
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be
rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
I am redeemed to be enriched! So I will be an abuse to redemption if I
don't actualise that
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dimension of my redemption. Jesus came down to lift me up. When He

came down, we were raised up, not pressed down. We were raised up
together with Him, and made to sit together with Him in heavenly
places. High flyers! That's what redemption makes of saints. That should
enter your spirit man.
I'd like you to say and believe this: "I am saved to display His wealth! I
am on the right side! I am not a goat! So wealth is my heritage,
abundance is my birthright."
Friend, you are saved to display His wealth on the earth! To clothe the
naked, feed the hungry and attend to the sick! That's what you're sent to
do! (Matt. 25:34-40)
It's time you knew you're not here on earth as a beggar. It's time you
know that! God can't tell you to feed the hungry if He hasn't ensured that
there's food in your house. He won't tell you to clothe the naked if you
are naked. You are sent to minister to the needy, you're not a needy!
Poverty-mentality is satanic slavery! Be free from it! Prosperity does not
create enmity with God. Abraham was a super-prosperous man, yet the
Bible described him as "the Friend of God" (James 2: 23).
It is the secrets of God that make stars in the kingdom. May God provide
you a supernatural access into His secrets concerning kingdom
prosperity, in Jesus name!
Prosperity is our identity. If you don't demonstrate it, then you are a
misfit in the kingdom.
Prosperity is not the availability of cash, but encounter with light! From
now on, money will respect you!
Get set as we take an adventure into the realms of plenty. I am going to
be taking you through a four-part teaching on prosperity the foundation
for prosperity, why God prospers, our covenant platform for prosperity
and how God prospers.
When you have a grasp of the Word of prosperity, you just prosper, you
live in a state of no lack. A state of no lack is what is called prosperity.
It's not a state of cash, it's a state of light!
When money is in your hand and it is not enough, it is because the light
in you is not
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enough. May you encounter that light, in Jesus name!

It's time to get on the line with God. We're not in a game, we are in a
covenant. And an understanding of that covenant makes the difference.
This day will mark the breaking forth of heaven's light and favour in
your life! May you experience the touch of God in a new way.
Supernatural supplies is a reality. I'd like you to appreciate this fact. The
Bible is full of proofs establishing this.
Prosperity is not just having money, it's a state of well-being which you
enter into through the covenant of abundance. You will find it! God will
give you a supernatural escape from every discomfort of life, in Jesus
name!
So come with me, as I take you through this outstanding teaching,
packaged and delivered for your flourishing. I have enough proofs to
make you listen to me!
This is the hour of your prosperity! Your struggle must end this day!
This is going to be the most explosive and most fulfilling time of your
life! God sent me to enrich His people, not by tricks but by truth!
I'd like you to make this confession:
"This is my hour of prosperity. The way to it is the Word of God. I am
set for the Word of God. I am set for encounters in the Word of God. I
am not going to live my life as a beggar. I am going to be a blessing to
my generation. I am not going to be an abuse to creation. Lord, I'm
ready. I'm not looking anywhere else, not even to myself. I'm looking up
to You.
Help me Lord! In Jesus name!"
I see the mighty hand of God picking and making a mighty man out of
you. It shall be so for you in the precious name of Jesus!
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Introduction
Part 1: Foundation For Prosperity
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Chapter 1 Covenant Dimension of Prosperity

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Chapter 2 Consecration
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Chapter 3 Dedication
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Chapter 4 Affection
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Chapter 5 Addiction
Part 2: Why God Prospers
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Chapter 6 So You Can Be A Blessing

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Chapter 7 For His Kingdom's Sake

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Chapter 8 So You Can Bless The Poor

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Chapter 9 Scriptural Proofs

Part 3: The Covenant Platform For Prosperity
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Chapter 10 The Seed Is The Word

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Chapter 11 Faith: Our Covenant Access

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Chapter 12 Increase Answers To Input

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Chapter 13 Financial Integrity

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Part 4: How God Prospers (7 Pillars Of Kingdom

Prosperity)
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Chapter 14 Giving
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Chapter 15 Working
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Chapter 16 Thinking
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Chapter 17 Trusting
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Chapter 18 Waiting
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Chapter 20 Thanking
Part 5: Conclusion
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Chapter 21 When Is My Due Season?

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Chapter 22 Blessings Of The Giving Covenant

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Chapter 23 Make A Choice For Change

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Chapter 1
Covenant Dimension Of Prosperity
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18
Prosperity in the kingdom doesn't answer to fasting, nor does it answer
to prayer, or prayer of agreement! It only answers to your understanding
and practice of covenant details!
What you are selling or the business you're involved in is not what
determines your prosperity. No! It is the light under which you are
operating that determines the results you get. Let's stop wishing, let's
step out and walk in the light!
...it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his
covenant...
The power for wealth is released on the platform of the covenant. When
you step into the covenant, you encounter the power to get wealth. That
was one thing I saw that brought me out of poverty into the abundance
that I now enjoy in God.
Prosperity is not a promise you claim in prayers or with fastings and
confessions. No! It's a covenant you practise. That means, God has set a
stage, understand your part of it, and then the power to realise the
promise will be delivered to you.
Now, if you look at Hebrews 9, the Bible talks about the Holiest of all,
where we have the tables of the covenant. Among the tables of the
covenant is the covenant of prosperity— the one that brings you into an
encounter with the power to get wealth.
A covenant as it were, is like a contract. So it involves two or more
people. In this case, it
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involves just you and God. God is the covenantor and you are the
covenantee—you are the beneficiary of the deal. All you need then is a
good understanding of what the covenant entails, and you'll be up in
abundance.
Look at Psalm 89:34, that will help to establish your confidence in the
covenant. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips. God is a covenant keeper. His side of every covenant is
forever secured, it is our side that is variable. But when we lay hold on
the terms that relate to us, and apply ourselves to it, God is committed.
And once you locate the covenant and you enter into it, your struggles
all come to an end! Since that day in March 1981 when I saw the
covenant of prosperity, I entered into my rest.
You don't pray or fast for a covenant, you just enter into it.
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers
with all their heart and with all their soul; ... and the Lord gave them rest
round about. 2 Chronicles 15:12,15
They didn't cry into the covenant, "they entered " into it. People enter
into it, you sign in for it, you don't confess it.
If you care to sign in for the covenant, your Christianity will take on
brighter colours, because the power to get wealth is released on the
platform of the covenant of prosperity. You need this understanding.
Let me tell you what triggered off in my spirit and brought me to the
point where I shouted, "I found it!" It's Jeremiah 33:20-21: Thus saith
the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of
the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he
should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the
priests, my ministers.
Friend, God's covenant with us is as eternal as the day and the night!
Until you can stop the day and the night, you can't stop the covenant!
God is saying therefore, that as long as human life exists on this earth,
His covenant with us is intact!
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Also verses 25-26 tell us: Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not
with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven
and earth;
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I
will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, for I will cause their captivity to return, and have
mercy on them.
God is committed to cause our prosperity to return and to have mercy on
us, by the immutability of His covenant. Let's get set therefore and
discover what that covenant is, and when we enter into it, our case is
settled.
...His covenant which he sware unto thy fathers...
What did God say to Noah? While the earth remaineth, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night
shall not cease. Genesis 8: 22
It is also important to note this: ... His covenant which he sware unto thy
fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18
It is a present tense covenant. It works for every generation, so it's
working presently in our generation now. It will work for you! People
have spent so much time in prayer and fasting for increase. No, it doesn't
answer to all that.
Can you imagine somebody who has a farm and he goes there and lifts
up his hand and prays prevailing prayers; after which he goes home to
announce to his wife, "We have the heaviest yam harvest coming this
harvest season!"
That's a loser's mentality, because yam won't come out of that ground
until yam has gone into the earth! Harvest only answers to seedtime.
The Covenant Will Always Prevail.
When God told Abraham: ...Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee,
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. Genesis 12:1- 2
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He moved as he was commanded, yet he met famine there. And Abram

journeyed, going on still toward the south.
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. Genesis 12:9-10
But in spite of that famine, Abraham prevailed! And Abram was very
rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Genesis 13:2
The Bible also records that Isaac prevailed in famine: And there was a
famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of
Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto
Gerar.
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. Genesis 26:1,12
Friend, the covenant is stronger than any climate! In spite of the famine,
God blessed Isaac: And the man waxed great, and went forward, and
grew until he became very great: For he had possession of flocks, and
possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines
envied him. Genesis 12:13-14
There is no economic dearth or crisis that can break the efficacy of the
covenant!
Abraham prevailed! Isaac prevailed! Because in all labour there is
profit! Whether in famine or in the absence of famine, in season or out
of season, every giver provokes divine blessings; and when he works, he
takes delivery of those blessings.
In Jacob's time also: And the famine was sore in the land. Genesis 43:1
But in spite of this, Jacob still had more than enough. In verse 12, he
told his sons: And take double money in your hand...
In verse 11, he sent presents with his sons to the man from whom they
bought food.
...Take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the
man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts,
and almonds:
All this was in the midst of "sore" famine! Jacob still had access to
double money and
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could afford to import food from a foreign country!

So famine is not your problem, ignorance of the covenant is your
problem.
God said in Hosea 4:6: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...
Not for famine, not for economic crisis of money failure. He said,
"because thou hath rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee..."
If famine could not stop our covenant fathers, famine can't stop us. The
economy of your nation has no bearing on your covenant walk. They are
two separate laws. The law of the spirit of life (under which we operate)
is always able to cheaply handle the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2).
Natural laws are subject to spiritual laws, for whatever is from above is
above all. So when we walk after the spirit, we dominate the law of sin
and death.
It is not luck, it is light! And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the
world. John 1:5,9
So, "when men shall say there is a casting down", because you are
walking in the light, then you shall say, "there is a lifting up." (Job
22:29)
Many Christians are lost in the natural environment where they find
themselves, because they lack the required light to dominate that
environment. Isaiah 60:1-3 says:
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen
upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the
people, but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the
brightness of thy rising.
It goes on further all the way to verse 20 to paint a picture of the efficacy
of light, the dominion of light over darkness.
So you're not down because things are down, you are down because you
don't have the light to be up. The covenant will produce anywhere,
anytime, anyday!
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God's Word says: Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:34
There is no place on earth for instance, where there are no lenders and
borrowers. Yet, they all live in the same environment. Now, where did
the lender get his excess from? From the same land that the borrower
can't see! They all live in the same place; yet one is up and the other
down. Who is to be blamed? You will never be down in your life!
Stop looking at the shadows, there's no substance in it! The Bible says
God controls all things by the Word of His power; not by the edicts or
policies of the government of your nation. You will never lose control
any more in your life!
Look at Psalm 37:18: The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and
their inheritance shall be for ever.
Because they are doing things right, in the days of famine they shall be
satisfied.
For the upright, things never go wrong. If you will be upright in the
covenant, things will keep on being right for you, no matter what's going
on where you are. For it is the blessings of God that make rich and adds
no sorrow with it (Prov. 10:22).
My hope is not in the budget of my country, my hope is not in the
national economy, nor in the global economy; my hope is built on
nothing else but Jesus Christ and His precious blood!
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is
better than a dead lion. Ecclesiastes 9:4
Friend, look up! I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence
cometh my help. Psalm 121:1
Look up! Stop looking around at the physical. Give us help from trouble;
for vain is the help of man Psalm 60:11
Look up! Every environment is conducive for the covenant. Please
understand this fact: those who look around don't go far. Those who
look up are the ones that go up. I see help coming down for you now!
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I want you to know that there is no condition that can make the covenant
of no effect. That should reinforce your confidence. You can stake your
life on the covenant. As long as day and night are exchanging positions,
the covenant is still in force!
God said: And the Gentiles shall come to thy light and kings to the
brightness of thy rising. Isaiah 60:3
The world has had its turn, it's now our turn. Government has changed
hands. It's now our turn! The covenant is taking over, no matter how
wicked the wicked are! There's a very clear line of demarcation recorded
in the Bible that will excite you:
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so
that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the
famine. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of
Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for
why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. Genesis
47:13,15
Every time money fails, the covenant prevails!
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said
unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent;
my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight
of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands, Genesis 47:18
It was a national crisis! Yet, in the midst of all that, see verse 27:
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they
had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Oh, what a paradox! The covenant is simply powerful! Some fellows
were offering themselves for sale, and in the same land, some others
were multiplying exceedingly! Friend, the covenant provides the
strongest covering in the midst of crisis! That's why covenant-keepers
are great winners!
While the famine prevailed over the Egyptians, the covenant prevailed
for the covenant people. I have been announcing for a long time now
that there's coming a conversion of the wealth of the Gentiles to the
covenant-keeping saints of God; and it's on already!
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The smartness of the Egyptians could not handle the famine, but the
covenant was able to handle it without sweat. Let me say this to you: not
everyone is suffering, I'm not! Not everyone is giving bribe, I have never
given any! Not everyone is using connections, I have only one
connection, and it's upward. Upward only!
Covenant! That's what makes cheap stars in the world. Just stay under it.
It may be slow, but it's sure. I would rather go for what is slow and sure
than for what is fast and has no future. Oh yes!
Say with me, "Lord, help me to stand strong under Your covenant
covering all the days of my life."
Hear this: Africans, Europeans, Americans or whoever, may be offering
themselves for sale, but under the covenant, I will always prevail! Every
condition is conducive for the covenant. I am saying this so you can
possess a tireless spirit, a tireless approach to what the Lord is taking us
into. Oh it's amazing!
Many have escaped to Europe or America because things are hard at
home, only to become slaves there. Just for money! There is no nation
on the earth where there is no poverty, and there is no nation on the earth
where there is no wealth. There is no nation on the earth where there are
no wealthy people and at the same time homeless people.
Brace up, friend! If it won't work for you where you are, it may never
work for you anywhere else. Brace up! I see a new day for you!
Yes, God can send you to any nation of the earth. Why not? He is the
Lord of all the earth. But there is no escape in any nation. Without a
covenant covering, you remain a victim wherever you go. The covenant
is it!
Say to Him, "Lord, help me to stand strong under this covenant covering
as a lifestyle. That I will give to it all of the time the things it demands of
me."
If you're a giver and a thinker-worker (i.e a creative worker ) things must
always work for you; you will be satisfied in famine.
Friend, I would like you to embrace and appreciate the validity and
infallibility of the covenant.
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If God can't break the covenant, let no man attempt to break it. If His
covenant is tied to day and night, it is foolishness for anyone to attempt
to break it!
I see the covenant prevail for you in your time! May everything that is
against you bow to the power of this covenant! Enter thou into the joy of
thy God, in Jesus precious name!
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Consecration
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat
the fruit of their doings. Isaiah 3:10
God, without any doubt, is taking us somewhere—to a place of honour,
a place of glory and a place of beauty. You will surely get there!
When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Psalm
102:16
What is this saying?
That is, God will come when Zion has taken her full and rightful
position. Jesus will be here after Zion has fully taken her position in
destiny—after she has taken over on the earth, according to God's Word.
Then all nations shall flow unto her (Isa. 2: 2) That of course is talking
about the Church.
God is preparing for that ultimate, so that the sons of God will take over
the affairs of life on this earth. You won't miss your place in it! Every
plan of God has a foundation. If you don't understand the foundation,
you will suffer frustration. That's what Psalm 11:3 makes us understand.
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
So every plan and purpose of God has its foundation, and as we embark
on this adventure into the realms of kingdom prosperity, it is necessary
for us to properly examine the foundation for the Jesus-kind of
prosperity, so we won't be building on sand.
See what 2 Timothy 2:19 tells us:
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Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The
Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the
name of Christ depart from iniquity.
We need to understand that every one of God's provision for man has
this as its foundation —"...depart from iniquity."
I am going to show you a few more things from the scriptures, that will
help you to appreciate this fact, so that the subsequent teachings can
produce for you. Many people have the teachings, but they don't have
the results. Why? The foundation is not in place. Many are operating the
principles, but lack the foundation, so the principles appear untrue; their
foundation is faulty.
Let me quickly say this: the Word of God provides a four-dimensional
ministry to us.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. 2
Timothy 3:16
If it is out of place, the principles will not work, adjustments will not
produce either. But when the foundation is in place, every other thing
keeps working. The foundation is crucial to every structure. So as we
proceed to build a strong, lasting prosperity structure, in this book, we
need a good understanding of the foundation.
The Mother Of Poverty
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art
thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself. Genesis 3:9-10
Man was put in the garden. And the Lord God took the man, and put him
into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God
commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt
not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 2:15-17
But he messed up! And when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to
make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both
were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig
leaves
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together, and made themselves aprons. Genesis 3:6-7

The immediate effect of man's fall was nakedness! He was stripped of
honour and dignity as a result of sin. So sin is the mother of poverty! Sin
stripped Adam naked! Adam lost his beauty to sin! Poverty arrived upon
man right there in Eden, at the invitation of sin. Therefore the Lord God
sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence
he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the
garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Genesis 3: 23-24
This is where all of man's struggle began. God sent man out of plenty
into lack. He drove him out of comfort into the wilderness of want. Sin
sent man out of plenty, into lack. Sin sent man out of the garden into the
wilderness. The foundation of human depravity is sin! It wasn't the
serpent that sent Adam out of the garden, it was sin. It wasn't the fruit
(the fruit had always been there), it was sin! As long as sin remains,
poverty won't go!
Give Up Sin!
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The
Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the
name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Timothy 2:19
Until you step out of sin, you cannot step into plenty. This is the sure
foundation for every kingdom benefit. It hasn't changed and it will never
change; because God never changes. Kingdom prosperity answers to
iniquity-free candidates.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away
iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Job 22:23-24
When you return to the Almighty and separate yourself from sin, then
you become a candidate for prosperity; the law begins to deliver and
produce for you. In Malachi 3:10, God commands us to give so that the
windows of heaven can open for us. But before then, verses 3 and 4 tell
us: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the
Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Only when He has purged you can you then give offerings in
righteousness. Then and only then will He accept it.
The foundation has not changed. Departure from evil is a demand. It is
what grants you access to prosperity. If you have not departed, you won't
see God's prosperity, no matter what method you use. Iniquity is the
cheapest way to block your heavens. Until you step out of iniquity, you
don't step into prosperity. The secrets of God are not for the general
public.
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are
done in parables. Mark 4:11
If you enjoy sin, you can never come in touch with God's secrets. If sin
has become your lifestyle, you are without—you can't have access to His
secrets, for His secrets are with those who fear Him( Ps. 25:14).
There are two levels of people that are "without". Number one is the
unbeliever. Nothing you say about God matters to him, because he is a
dog and is "without". The preaching of the cross is foolishness to him.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they
are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14
There's yet another class of people "without". This is the believer who
has no understanding of the things he is doing. To such a person for
example, when he is giving, it is so that his church can prosper—"Well,
if you want us to contribute, let's contribute." He is making
contributions, he's not giving! He doesn't understand anything about
giving. He is suffering from both mental and spiritual blindness, because
he is born again but yet wallowing in sin!
Revelation 22:15 tells us: For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie. "For without are dogs." If you join that to Mark 4:11, you'll
find out that to be without means to be a dog. Who are dogs?
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For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning. But it is happened unto them according to the true
proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was
washed to her wallowing in the mire. 2 Peter 2:20,22
From this we see that dogs refer to those believers who, having been
cleansed, return again to sin.
Friend, the secrets of God that make for kingdom prosperity are for the
righteous. You must therefore endeavour to keep yourself pure, so you
can enjoy the blessings of God's plan to prosper and bless your life.
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that
he shall choose. Psalm 25:12
Who will God teach? The man who fears Him! That was what qualified
Job for God's secrets and which made him the greatest man in the East.
He was described as "perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and
eschewed evil." (Job 1:1)
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them
his covenant. Psalm 25:14
Who will God show His covenant? Those that fear Him, not those who
just go to church! So the fear of God is what qualifies you for access into
the secrets of God, which guarantees triumph in all areas of life. The
secrets of God which Job had access to accounted for his shining. He
said, "... I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out
rivers of oil" (Job 29:6).
You need to eschew evil. You need to enjoy holiness. You need to love
righteousness, you need to hate wickedness! Then will He show you His
secrets. God's secrets are not free, they are limited to those who love
righteousness. That's why everywhere you see wealth or prosperity in
the kingdom, you discover that it is tied to righteousness. Why? Because
the secrets that will lead you into that realm of pleasure, that realm of
accomplishment, come only by practical righteousness.
In Proverbs 1:7, we have this powerful Word from heaven: The fear of
the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction. The fear of the Lord is what gives you access to the
revelations of God.
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Say, "Help me Lord."

God's foundation has not changeduntil you step out of iniquity, you don't
step into plenty. Look at this testimony that came in from Burkina Fasso:
"When I came to the Seminar last month and heard the man of God say
that God can turn our lives around if we are to read the book Breaking
Financial Hardship by Bishop Oyedepo, I took it as a challenge. Even
though I have very little understanding of English language, yet I
believed the Holy Spirit will teach me the truth in the book, so I read the
book in the Holy Ghost (so to say). And suddenly things began to
happen in my life!
For almost three years I had been trying to sell some caterpillar parts I
brought from France but could not get buyers and they were becoming
rusty. But as I was reading this book, I got to page 109, where the
Bishop was talking about "Compromising Your Integrity" and I began to
receive fast understanding of my problem in selling these parts. Not only
this. I got to page 112, and the Bishop said, "Right dealings do not
reduce men's height, it promotes and sustains it", referring to Luke
16:10-11. I could not go any further, I was grounded in these truth and
immediately I realised my past dirty dealings in business. I went on my
knees and asked God to forgive me and vowed to avoid ungodly
dealings in my business.
Few days later, I received a call from one of my friends, who told me
that he had seen a man looking for caterpil
lar parts. I supplied these parts and even made double gain on it! God is
indeed faithful! I give Him all the praise and glory for the inspiration
given to the Bishop in writing this book"
Kouda Moussa (Burkina Fasso)
This man discovered his problem from the Word. He responded on the
spot and came on course with God, and every curse of his life was lifted!
Psalm 1:1-3 has this to say: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in
the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.
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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper. Why?
He has given up on sin, he has turned his back on iniquity; now he is
face to face with plenty! "Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."
God sent man out of the garden because man sinned against Him. Until
the sin question is solved, plenty is not in view! Jesus knew no sin, so
He knew no lack. The Bible calls Him the second Adam. He lived in
"Eden" while He was here on earth in the realm of no lack and want.
Because He knew no sin, He was not permitted to know lack.
No one shines in the kingdom with sin. Sin stinks! Sin is a reproach to
any people! There are two kinds of pleasures in the Scriptures— the
pleasure of sin and godly pleasure. By faith Moses, when he was come
to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing
rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season; Hebrews 11:24-25
The pleasure of sin is always for a season. But there is also godly
pleasure: Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness
of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11
One is for a season, the other is for evermore! The pleasure of sin is for a
season, but godly pleasure is for evermore. It transcends the temporal
life into eternity. That's why we have "durable riches and righteousness"
(Prov. 8:18).
Whatsoever the Lord doeth it shall be forever. As long as you are in your
place, God will never shift His ground. Pleasures for evermore, and
pleasures for a season—the choice is yours! I want you to look at any
pleasure that sin brings and say, "I know you are temporal. I am not
going for you. I have chosen eternal pleasures." Friend, detest any
pleasure of sin, for sin stinks!
Get Back To Eden
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away
iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Yea, the Almighty
shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. Job 22:23-25
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Disobedience took man out of Eden, only obedience can get him back
there. The foundation of human depravity is sin; the escape therefore is
righteousness. Each man now has to decide whether he wants to stay on
in the wilderness of nakedness, penury, lack and want; or whether he
wants to get back to Eden—the city of plenty, where God's favour flows
freely.
Positive responses to every Word of God is the prelude to a return to
Eden. Now, note that every blessing begins with your return home. The
father couldn't reach the prodigal son outside, until he returned home.
Likewise, your prosperity is at home; and until you're back home,
poverty remains your lot! Until you're saved, you're not safe! Your
prosperity begins with your salvation. Beloved, I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3
John 2
Until you're saved, what you have is a dead soul! Do you carry gifts to
the graveyard for a dead man? No matter how much you loved a dead
relation, do you take food and gifts to him or her in the graveyard?
Let's look at some prophetic scriptures that point us to the way back to
Eden. Redemption makes you and I citizens of Eden. But unfortunately,
many, like Esau, have sold their birthrights.
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places;
and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the
garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein,
thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah 51:3
God is saying here, "Hearken unto me all you who follow after
righteousness. I am taking you back to Eden. See what I did with
Abraham! I am taking you back to Eden; that's why I am cleaning you
up. You are the seed of the second Adam. It is your heritage to be back
in Eden. Follow after righteousness, you will soon arrive there—the
place of no lack, the place of no want."
I see you walking back to Eden with dignity! You will not know the
meaning of lack anymore in your life! Eden is your destination, and
you're getting there. Henceforth, God's presence will make the
difference in your career, your business, your home, your body and your
mind, in Jesus name!
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Now listen to me: as righteousness increases, favour increases to match.

For if God be for us, who can be against us? I see that favour of God
exploding forth on your life!
King Asa, we were told in 2 Chronicles 15, kept the covenant for twenty
years. But when he shifted his ground, it was wilderness all over again
for him! Say with me, "Lord, keep my feet in Your house!"
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar
in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish
in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they
shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my
rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. Psalm 92:12-15
I command the blessings in your coming in and your going out! I
command blessings over your store house and your baskets! I command
the rain of heaven over the works of your hands, in Jesus precious name!
Purity Begets Plenty!
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 14:34
Remember we're examining the fundamentals for God's kind of
prosperity. It has its roots in integrity. Kingdom purity is what gives
birth to kingdom plenty. Listen to this: lack and want is not holiness! We
have been told that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and
wisdom is the mother of wealth (Prov. 3:13-16). It is God's wisdom that
begets kingdom wealth, and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom. So your access to kingdom wealth begins with the fear of God.
Consecration is your first step into kingdom "colours"! God will give
your life colour when you consecrate it to Him.
Joseph said, "I fear God", and we saw that even in prison, he prospered,
because he was on the right frequency. Job too was a man that feared
God, a perfect man, and he became the greatest man in all the east.
Crookedness never earns anyone a future! Wealth gotten by vanity shall
be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 13:11 God prospers those who follow after righteousness. In
Isaiah 3:10, He said, "Say to the righteous it shall be well with him..."
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A man I admire a lot in ministry is Billy Graham. He probably has never

preached any message on prosperity, but he lives it. God prospers His
people when they follow after righteousness. Billy Graham lives on a
126 acre land!
Friend, if you are saved and you walk in righteousness, if you carry God
on your inside, the world must take notice of you. Righteousness is not
synonymous with suffering. No! Righteousness is profitable.
It is the will of God that we live the edenic life here on earth. Eden is a
place of fulfilment, abundance, rest and luxury! If pleasure is your
choice therefore, His presence must be your goal—for in His presence is
fulness of joy, and at His right hand are pleasures for evermore. Thus
saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all
your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes
shall be builded. Ezekiel 36:33
There is a place of no want, a place of no lack, but access there becomes
possible only after God has cleansed you from all your iniquity. Then
will He rescue you from the wilderness where you had been banished to,
and bring you back home to the garden of comfort.
People had thought that seed planting equals automatic prosperity. No!
it's your walk with God! God prospered Abraham, yes! But He told him,
"Walk before me and be thou perfect." (Gen. 17:1)
Friend, the covenant is not a game, it is a walk! Enoch walked with God
and was not, because God took him. And before he was translated, he
had this testimony that he pleased God (Gen. 5:24, Heb. 11: 5). God
took him, so he did not see death. So will God take you, that you will not
see lack!
There's a place of no lack on this earth. When you become iniquity-free,
you will enjoy plenty from God. Let's open up!
When you are tired of purity, you are tired of plenty. Let's open up! It's a
lifetime adventure. If you must live in Eden, you must live free of
iniquity.
Practise Holiness
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But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto
godliness. 1 Timothy 4:7
I call godliness "god-likeness". God's predominant nature is holiness
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty" (Rev. 4: 8). So there's no
god-likeness without the practice of holiness.
He said, "exercise yourself ", so it's a thing you work out, it's not a thing
you keep waiting for. You work it out by yourself.
Now, let's see what happens when you exercise yourself unto godliness:
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to
come.
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy
profiting may appear to all. 1 Timothy 4:8,15
Godliness is profitable unto all things, not only heavenly things— "
having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
Godliness gets you back to Eden, to give you access to the "grapes" of
life. It gives you a taste of God's original plan for man, before taking you
up to heaven to enjoy eternity with God.
Now look at the breakdown: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou
an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in
spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
That is godliness! That means, be an example of the believer in your
utterance and in your conduct. In the conduct of your business, the way
you conduct yourself in your career—be an example of the believer in
spirit, in faith, in purity. That is godliness!
So, it shows in what you say, in your conduct, in your exhibition of love.
It shows in all areas of your life—in spirit, in faith, in purity. Godliness
is profitable unto all things, so purity has earthly values! True prosperity
follows your restoration back to Eden. It's not just money. No! It affords
you things money cannot buy. You need to take definite steps towards
your return back to Eden.
There is a place of no lack on this earth, and it is only guaranteed when
you live a sin-free life. God is saying, "If I chased man out of Eden
because of sin, no man will live in Eden while in sin. Only righteousness
qualifies any man to be back in Eden. Until you are set
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for righteousness, Eden is not in view for you." 1 Timothy 6:6,11 says:
But godliness with contentment is great gain. But thou, O man of God,
flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love,
patience, meekness. Great gain means great prosperity. Follow after
righteousness, follow after godliness, follow after faith, love, patience
and meekness, and you shall inherit the earth. Follow after all these and
you will enjoy plenty, beyond what anybody can lay hold on with
struggles and efforts.
Purity begets plenty! Iniquity begets penury! Financial iniquity begets
financial scarcity (Lk. 16:11). If you're not financially straight, you will
die in wretchedness! So awake unto righteousness, stop playing games
and cheating people! It takes financial sanity to enjoy financial plenty. It
takes financial integrity to enjoy financial plenty. Say with me, "Lord
help me to live straight!"
Look at this poem I wrote:
"Nothing beautifies like holiness (...In the beauty of holiness, in the
womb of the morning: thou hath the dew of thy youth Ps. 110:3)
Nothing dignifies like integrity (The integrity of the upright shall
preserve himProv. 11:3)
Nothing uplifts like uprightness (His seed shall be mighty upon earth:
the generation of the upright shall be blessedPs.112:2)
Nothing causes to flourish like righteousness (The righteous shall
flourish like the palm tree, he shall grow up like the cedar in Lebanon
Ps. 92:12)
Nothing is as colourful as consecration (The foundation of God standeth
sure, if any purges himself of these things, he shall be a vessel unto
honour— 2 Tim. 2:19-21)
Nothing prospers like purity!"
It is satanic oppression to think purity equals poverty! The purest place
in the whole universe is also the wealthiest place heaven! Heaven is the
purest place in all of creation. The streets in heaven are paved with gold.
So purity will never be equal to poverty, nor
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will poverty ever be a proof of purity. As a matter of fact, poverty is a

proof of unrighteousness! The day man sinned, God took off his clothes,
remember?
Sins strips naked, holiness makes beautiful!
Not For Fools!
The Bible says, "The prosperity of fools shall destroy them" (Prov.
1:32). Who is a fool? Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous
there is favour. Proverbs 14:9
Fools mock sin"It doesn't matter", they say. And since God knows that
prosperity will destroy them, so He doesn't allow them to move near it,
He keeps it from them.
Fools in the kingdom don't prosper. And we have seen that fools are
those who make a mockery at sin, those who sin doesn't move, those
who are comfortable with it. But the righteous shall flourish, they shall
enter into the realm of true prosperity.
It is cheap to connect purity with plenty. The Holiest of all is the
wealthiest of all, even the Almighty Himself. He said, "The silver is
mine and the gold is mine." And we have heard it said that, "the earth is
the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and all that dwell therein,
the cattle upon a thousand hills." All these belong to God, the Holiest of
all!
So we really don't have to go far to understand that purity begets plenty.
Personal purity guarantees personal plenty. Impurity is an enemy of
plenty.
Many have preached prosperity, many can quote many scriptures on it,
but very few experience it. Iniquity is one of the greatest reasons why it
is so. Your heart and habits go a long way in your desire for prosperity.
If you can put your heart in line with God, and your habit under
covenant control, you've got it. If only you can let go of all that lying
and cheating, all that unholy and ungodly scheming you're carrying on in
your business, which are the reasons why you're going around in circles.
But there's victory for you today! You probably might have identified
one area of weakness or the other, where the devil has been playing
tricks on you; begin to use the blood of Jesus against it now. That anger,
that fury, that vulgar language, begin to use the blood against them!
God is going to prosper His Church, but for Him to prosper you as a
person, you must
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attain unto a level of consecration that will not let money bring you into
corruption.
Friend, you can have money without money having you! It's possible!
Many have proved it.
God is the lifter of the righteous! We saw that in Job. He was a perfect
man, one that feared God and eschewed evil, and he was so blessed of
God that he became the greatest man in the east. Job was a hater of
iniquity and a lover of righteousness.
When sin goes, lack dies! Giving will never be equal to prosperity until
the foundation is in place, you can give from now till you die and not see
any returns!
The greatest men in the world will soon begin to emerge from the
Church, not from the mosques, the shrines, nor from the occult. All
those fellows are only occupying temporary positions. We understand
this from God's Word, for He said after a while you look for them, but
won't find them again (Ps.73:1-22).
Every prosperity is traceable to victory over iniquity. Your giving will
never change your position until you return to God in truth and verity.
Two great prosperity scriptures make this clear:
...Return unto me, and I will return unto you... Malachi 3:7
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away
iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust,
and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Yea, the Almighty
shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. Job 22:23-25
So prosperity begins as we "return". After man sinned, God chased him
away into the wilderness. The wilderness is the portion of sinners,
because God is angry with the wicked everyday.
If only you will clean up, all your seed sown and which have been dying
in the earth will come back to life.
Righteousness enthrones! It causes to flourish! It dignifies! It brings
beauty! Joseph refused sin! If you don't refuse sin, you will soon become
a refuse! Joseph would have
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become a life-time refuse in the house of Potiphar, but he refused sin.

The fear of God lifted him, as we see in Genesis 41:38-44.
See how Daniel transcended all his persecutors and became their head,
because an excellent spirit was in him. Everybody knew Daniel with his
God. It's time for people to know you with your God too! I pray that you
will not cut short your destiny with iniquity. I would rather be cheated
than cheat my destiny.
Be awake! We are not serving a heavenly banker, but a heavenly Father.
God is not in need of your money! I need to ring this truth into you very
well. He said, "My son, give Me your heart" (Prov. 23:26). Did He say,
"My son give Me your money?"
A departure from iniquity and a return home is the foundation for
prosperity. As long as the prodigal son stayed away from home, he
remained naked. But the day he returned home, he was clothed and he
became a celebrity!
You will not suffer anymore! See your nakedness clothed this time. The
God that prospered Joseph on the ground of righteousness, purity and
integrity will clothe you also. The God that enthroned Joseph will
enthrone you!
Sin is a destroyer, not a friend. Let's fight it with all our being! There is a
future in righteousness. Job became the greatest because he lived the
purest life in the land.
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to
show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward
him 2 Chronicles 16:9
God will look and find you this time and take you up to where you
belong.
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches
shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. Psalm
112:1-3
The true riches of God are for faithful stewards. Faithfulness means
righteousness. Oh, I see the dawn of a new day! There's a future in
purity. Let's go for it. Iniquity is a destroyer, let's destroy it! Depart from
iniquity!
May the secrets of God that cause men to shine as stars be made
available to you in this
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book.
"Nothing beautifies like holiness!
Nothing dignifies like integrity!
Nothing uplifts like uprightness!
Nothing is as colourful as consecration!
Nothing prospers like purity!
Nothing causes to flourish like righteousness!"
These are the missing links I believe, that has frustrated many prosperity
practitioners. The scriptures cannot be broken, not even by your givings.
Many givers may as well die in poverty, because there is more to
prosperity than giving. Giving is only one of the too many aspects that
make for your prosperity in the kingdom.
I see God taking you back to the garden, from the wilderness of lack and
want where you have been tilling and toiling. From today you will not
know lack anymore!
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Dedication
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Proverbs 23:26
Note that God didn't say, "My son give Me your cash."
When it comes to kingdom prosperity, if your heart is not there, your
cash is wasted! Talking about the Macedonian Church, they enjoyed so
much grace in the realm of prosperity, because as Paul said of them:
And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the
Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 2 Corinthians 8:5
They first gave their own selves, and then their prosperity became
legendary.
In Psalm 51:16-19, David said:
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in
burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with
burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.
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When your heart is tuned unto God, your sacrifices become acceptable,
otherwise they have no meaning to Him. People have made too many
mistakes hitherto; what moves Him is your heart.
Dedication is getting connected to God and His pleasures. When you're
separated from Him, you separate yourself unto suffering and troubles!
After consecration is dedication. Dedication is being there with Him at
all times. It's being planted in the house of God.
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts
of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing; Psalm 92:13- 14
To "be planted" means to be committed. Do you find trees moving
about? Wherever you find a tree today, that's where you'll meet it
tomorrow. It's planted. "Those who are planted..." That word "planted"
explains what dedication is all about.
Dedication is "deadly" commitment, being always there!
Dedication guarantees a glorious future. Dedication is the mystery
behind distinction. How dedicated you are determines how distinguished
you will ever become in the kingdom.
It's not activity I'm talking about. It's dedication—dedicated to God,
being planted in the courts of our God, flourishing and still bringing
forth fruits in old age!
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever
he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 1:1-3
When you are planted you flourish. That makes all the difference. It
says, "Whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper." Whatever he does,
whether he is selling firewood or whatever, it
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must prosper.
Isaiah 61:3 says:
...that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the
Lord, that he might be glorified.
When you are planted in Him and by Him, that settles it! You will be
glorified and God is glorified through you too.
So our yieldedness to God is what determines our results. Until our
hearts are planted in God, our destinies are not secured.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this
world shall keep it unto life eternal.
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also
my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. John
12:24-26
This approach is the way to greatness. It is the way to prosperity.
When you put a seed in the ground, it comes under some form of
pressure. This pressure is required for it to become a fruit. So, the seed
goes into the earth and dies in the earth. But later, life emerges from that
same region of death! Two grains of corn were put in the ground, but
they bring forth for you an average of six hundred grains on each cob!
Sometimes you might have three cobs on one stem, just from two grains
of corn that had to die!
That's how fruitful Christianity becomes when you become thoroughly
dedicated to God.
Nothing multiplies until it is sown! So until your life becomes a seed,
planted in the ground of the kingdom, it will not have the colour God has
ordained for it. Dedication is what determines the flow of life from God
to you. It is putting yourself inside the kingdom earth, for a fruitful
destiny.
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Jesus said, "I am the vine, ye are the branches." We have been grafted in
and as long as we stay there, we'll keep on drawing life directly from the
vine. Whatever obtains in the vine naturally becomes our own lot. "For
to him that is joined to all the living, there is hope..." (Eccl. 9:4)
If the branch gets off the vine, there's no more hope for it. It may still
look green, but it's only for a while, it will soon dry up.
Transformed!
Let's look at the transformation mystery of dedication in Romans 12:1:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
Your transformation is sequel to your dedication. He said when you give
yourself over to Him as "a living sacrifice", you will be transformed.
Every dedicated seed ends up transformed into fruits. If you look at the
yam seedling for instance, it looks very pitiable; and if while it's
growing you try to check what is happening to it, it looks like some
rotten faeces. But inside that rottenness is hid the life, beauty and colour
of the yam tuber.
After a while, the old yam dies and the new whole tuber begins to
develop and you end up with something about two feet long, heavy and
breaking the ground around it! But it first had to die! That is how
beautiful dedication can be. Dedication is the mother of distinction! "My
son, give Me your heart."
I am not serving Him for things, no. I have chosen to offer myself to
Him.
Somebody says God has called him to preach, and he doesn't pay his
tithe. He is a liar! Someone who can't
pay tithe can't give his life. Nobody called him, he's simply looking for a
means of livelihood.
There is no truly dedicated person that does not find joy in giving
material and monetary
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offerings. If he has given his life, his material possessions have no more
value in his sight.
On September 12, 1976, I made my life a seed: I did it personally,
deliberately and consciously! So, I can't but be fruitful; because I am not
just giving seeds, I'm a seed! I was not yet called into ministry then, but
I knew that all my life will be lived pleasing Him and promoting His
Kingdom.
I said, "Now I deliberately turn my back on everything. Henceforth,
there is nothing that is mine anymore. You must be Lord of all or not
Lord at all." I wrote this down and showed it to my wife (we weren't
married then). "This is what the Lord has told me. Do you still want to
marry me?" She said, "Yes", and I said, "Now, sign", and she did.
Many have wondered, "What is Bishop Oyedepo's secret?" It's a long
story! It's a whole lot of diverse encounters and "dangerous" decisions!
Friend, you must get to a point of desperate surrenderedness before your
true colours can come out. I'm talking about total yieldedness to God.
Then everything begins to respond to you.
Many have consecrated themselves, so as to secure a place in heaven;
but your place on earth is impossible without dedication, as God will be
careful to bless you if your dedication is out of place; He can't tell where
you will be off to next, you may go off target.
Consecration guarantees you a place in heaven, but dedication is the
mystery behind your distinction on the earth. No truly dedicated
Christian loses colour.
They could not find anything against Daniel except against the law of
his God. God! God! God! The Bible also tells us that in spite of all Job's
sufferings, he did not sin against God; so his latter end was more
colourful than his beginning.
You can't be sold out for God and not be marketable on the earth! Your
colour will be so attractive that everybody will be looking for you!
Your transformation in life is tied to your reasonable service. When your
life becomes a living sacrifice, your transformation in life is secured.
The late man of God, Lester Sumrall had just bought a new car when he
got to know that
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two students were about to be sent out of the Bible School where he was
a lecturer because they couldn't pay their fees. That car was like a new
wife to him; he used to just sit in it, smiling to himself during his free
periods. But when he heard about these two students, he said, "God says
the labourers are few, who knows what place these ones have in God's
central programme?" So he sold the car to pay up their fees.
That wasn't a give and receive gimmick, that was dedication! Such that
brings about your distinction in life.
I am never motivated by the returns I hope to get when I give. My heart
has found a resting place in God. Others may be in it for money, but I'm
in it for God! Anything about God just turns me on! The choice is yours!
Dedication makes your life fertile and fruitful. It makes you a reasonable
worshipper, and your transformation is sure.
Jesus said, "No one taketh it from Me (talking about His life). I lay it
down on My own. I have power to lay it down and have power to take it
up again." (Jn. 10:18) That's dedication!
Say with me, "Lord help me to stay dedicated and stay planted in Your
house. My life will no more lose colour. I know where to stand now for
my colours in the covenant to come forth. I will stay consecrated. I will
remain planted in the house of God, so I can keep bringing forth fruits
the remaining days of my life."
May God give you an encounter with this kind of dedication. May you
get to that point where your life becomes truly a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Plenty answers to dedication! Dedication is simply kingdom
commitment, kingdom connection. Until you commit yourself to the
kingdom ground, you cannot become fruitful.
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Chapter 4
Affection
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all
things, and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have
destroyed thee. Deuteronomy 28:47-48
The next issue we want to consider in foundation for prosperity is
affection.
I define affection as delightsome commitment—getting involved with
excitement. There is this prophetic parable in Jeremiah 23:36-39:
And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's
word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living
God, of the Lord of hosts our God.
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee?
and, What hath the Lord spoken?
But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord;
Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto
you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake
you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of
my presence:
So you have to be delighted in God, you have to be excited! God loves a
cheerful giver.
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That is, God doesn't love just the giver, but the one that gives cheerfully.
Giving therefore without being cheerful is wasting your seed. It has no
future.
When you do it as a burden and not as a delight, you end up in shame
and reproach. When you don't obey God with delight, it's a curse.
God is not a taskmaster. He brought us out of the taskmaster's domain in
Egypt, so we can enjoy His favours and blessings. God must not be seen
as a burden, otherwise life remains a burden for you!
When you are not delighted in your service unto God, you suffer lack.
You know why many people are in lack today? They give their tithes
with complaints and murmuring! Any time you're not excited, please
never drop an offering, it's a waste! Serve the Lord with gladness of
heart!
There is nothing that has happened to you that is not common to man.
But when you now make your own special, you become a special
problem to God. Hear me: you don't have a special problem, only special
ignorance!
You have a flat tyre, thank God you're not the one who went flat! All
you do is get out of the car (if you're really going somewhere) and jump
into the next bus that comes along and be about your job!
God is not a burden! There is no special problem in this world, don't
create one for yourself! There's nothing around you that you cannot
handle. There's a great tomorrow for you! It's not a burden serving the
Lord, it's a privilege!
Affection is an expression of love. When that young ruler came to Jesus
and asked, "Which is the greatest commandment of the law?", Jesus
said:
...Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind. Matthew 22:37
Your affection for God is crucial in your Christian adventure.
And Solomon loved the Lord... 1 Kings 3:3
That love was what opened him up to the realm of supernatural plenty
that he enjoyed.
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"Solomon loved the Lord", not, "Solomon gave to the Lord." Love drove
him to offer to the Lord a thousand burnt offerings. He wasn't giving to
get, his giving was just an expression of his affection for God.
Please understand what I'm talking about: giving on its own has no
future.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it
upon your lusts. James 4:3
So nothing happens when God is not the centre of your action.
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great
high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
1 Kings 3:4
The heavens was full of the smoke of his sacrifice! And God came down
to him in the night and said, "Ask what I shall give thee." And Solomon
said, "Lord, I just love You, and I don't want to displease You, I don't
want to hurt You. I want to appreciate You for the honour and glory You
have placed on me. Just help me to stay pleasing You."
Giving to God without a heart-seated affection for Him will always lead
to a lifetime of frustrations. The quality of your affection for God
determines your future in the kingdom.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 1
Corinthians 13:3
So giving without affection cancels out the giving. Say with me, "Lord,
help me to stay in love with You and in the affairs of Your kingdom."
It is the degree of your affection that determines the multiplication of
grace you enjoy. If you don't have affection for Him, your giving is
nothing but philanthropy. No man can outsmart the covenant! I carry
God in my heart, that's why I'm shaking my earth. You need to get
started now!
"Bodily exercise", Paul said, "profiteth little", but giving without
affection profits nothing. So there are many in church who are profiting
nothing.
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Someone defined prosperity in a way I love. He said, "Prosperity is

making satisfactory progress." That agrees with Proverbs 4:18, which
says:
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.
When it's not more and more, the man is not just, something is out of
place. Life is designed for continuous progress. If a child is not walking
at age three, shouldn't the parents be bothered? People say, "Don't
worry." No, you should worry! If you don't diagnose a case on time, it
may kill you.
You may ask, "What if one is ignorant of this throughout his life?" Well,
he will just go through life patching and managing!
Friend, it is the intensity of your love for God that determines the level
of blessings you live to enjoy.
Jesus is asking you today, like He asked Peter, "Lovest thou me?"
(Jn.21:15) Peter replied, "Lord you know that I love you." How many
can say that with all sincerity today? Your transformation begins with
your affection for God.
Paul the Apostle asked, "What shall separate us from the love of God?"
That's what determines your height in the kingdom. When you become
inseparable from the love of God, your destiny begins to shine forth.
Many in the charismatic circle are in crisis today. Why? There is no
affection for God. They are seeking God for their own sakes. God is not
the reason they're serving in church, they're serving for bread and butter;
so they keep going through crises! I see you come out of those crises
now!
Develop a heart for God, and the earth will hear you! Without a heart for
God, you don't make a mark on the earth. David kept celebrating his
unique affection for God, so they called him a man after God's heart.
You can't be a man after God's heart and not shake your world; no, it's
impossible!
"Lord, give me a heart for You!"
You need a heart for God. Every bread and butter Christian ends up
disappointed.
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Somebody once asked me, "What do you do between the time you give
and the time you receive?" I told him I had never given it a thought,
because my reason for giving is different from his.
Love is the motive behind all my input in the kingdom. It drives me like
wine! I can be careful about the shoes I wear, but I can never be careful
about what goes out from me to the Kingdom, because that's where my
heart is.
It is not luck, it's not fortune; it is light! When you have that light and
you're walking in it, darkness will respect you! It's one thing to have the
light, it's another thing to walk in it.
You can't be in love without knowing it. I have said before the Lord
several times, "Lord, You know I love You!" Love gets you
delightsomely committed. You can be committed as a duty, but love
makes it more
colourful. You count it a privilege, not a duty or a burden. You're just
excited! Something is just tickling you for Him night and day!
Looking at all the scriptures on prosperity, you find the word "delight"
recurring: But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth
he meditate day and night. Psalm 1:2
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Psalm 112:1-2
The word "delight" connotes affection, charity, a romantic word. It's one
thing to be committed, it's another to be delightsomely committed. That
is, God is not a burden to you, you're just in love with Him.
I just love God so much, that's why I know He can't leave me alone. My
entire being pants after Him, He's the only being that moves me.
It's not a gift, it's a choice! Just like your wife is not a gift, but your
choice, love is also not a gift, but your choice. I have chosen Him as my
central figure. Anybody else may choose cars and houses, but I choose
Him. Anybody can choose name or fame, but He is my choice! Ask Him
anytime, anywhere, and He will tell you that my heart has been with
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Him for years. I don't love money, yet I have it. Why? I know the rule of
the game.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord
shall not want any good thing. Psalm 34:10
There are many money-hunters in church, so they suffer lack and
hunger. When you are consumed by God, your destiny can no longer be
doomed! When God becomes your song, you never have tears!
Lasting prosperity is nothing but carrying divine presence: "and in His
presence there is joy and at His right hand are pleasures forevermore"
(Ps. 16:11).
The house of your friend is never far, is it? You have neighbours; but
when you want to pour out your heart to someone, you go in search of
your friend, no matter how far his house is from yours. You will never
be alone when you get into a real love relationship with God.
David was that kind of man, and oh, how God blessed him! He said:
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the
gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for
things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and
of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones
in abundance.
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to
the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the
holy house. 1Chronicles 29:2-3
It is affection that moves you to the realm of "over and above" giving.
David brought 3,000 talents of gold, which is equivalent to five hundred
and seventy-six million dollars in today's value! He encountered all that
by reason of affection.
Please get back and properly relocate your heart; put it on the correct
covenant frequency and you will soon begin to shake your world!
All this, "Oh God, I need Mercedes Benz 230" is not Christianity! That's
not what you need. Just get on the line with God, and "all these things
shall be added unto you" (Matt.
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6:33).
For a Christian not to sleep because he needs a television set is terrible!
He has a problem, that's demonic oppression! He needs to be free. (For
after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you. Matthew 6:32-33
I have never knocked at God's door for money, but He is committed to
keep blessing me, because I am in the covenant. Just get God committed
and you will be free for life.
I have committed Him by doing what He said I should do. I am doing it
how He said it should be done. I am not doing it to get things, but in
love, as He has commanded.
God called Abraham at 75, and made a name out of him. It's never late.
Light will always generate life!
Love makes you a sweatless winner!
Listen to me: those things you concern yourself about are not the real
issues of life. These things I'm talking about are the things that make
living great.
Psalm 37:4 says:
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of
thine heart.
You can't be in love with God and not enjoy plenty! When you're in love
with Him, you're through with struggles.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21
When the Father loves you, you're through! God so loved the world, He
gave His best. When you win God's love, you become a star on the
earth!
Friend, stay in love, and you will be fulfilled. Stay in love and your
struggles will end.
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That's what "and he shall grant you the desires of your heart" means.
No one loves Him without being lifted. Everyone that stays in love with
Him lives as a star on the earth. Say with me, "Lord help me to stand
strong in the love covenant." When you win the Father's love, heaven's
best becomes available to you. God can't love you without the world
taking notice, because heaven's best comes naturally to you.
God has made a supernatural help available that will help us stay in love
with Him. That help is the Holy Spirit.
Romans 5:5 tells us: ...Because the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost who is given to us.
Pray intensely in the Spirit, for self to give way to God in your heart. Be
baptised into delightsome commitment, into affection and genuine love
for Him this hour, in the name of Jesus!
I decree that your love for Him stays aflame forever, in Jesus name.
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Addiction
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Psalm
122:6
Now, I want to take you to a point of encounter with Jehovah Jireh. We
will be looking at what I consider the fourth fundamental issue in
kingdom prosperity addiction.
Who shall prosper? The above scripture says, "they shall prosper that
love thee", not "that love to prosper." Those that shall prosper are those
that love the peace of Jerusalem (God's kingdom), that want to see it
advancing, progressing and established. That's addiction!
Verse 9 says: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy
good.
That's not a trade by barter life, but a life utterly dedicated and
committed to the good of the house of God. David was simply addicted!
The formula is clear:
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
There is what to seek first, so that you won't have any need to seek any
other thing, as they would cheaply be added unto you!
I don't know where your heart is, but I must tell you that where your
heart is determines where God places you.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God...
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That is, you're moved by every kingdom issue; not just to be seen, but
because that's where your heart is.
Many are in the kingdom for what they can get, so they always get
disappointed. Many there are that are only moved by their own things,
so their own things never work. But when the kingdom of God moves
you as your own thing would, you're on your way to the topmost top in
life. David can testify to this (1 Chron. 29:2-5).
Change Your Position
In the great prosperity passage in Job 22, one thing is very clear:
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up... Job 22:23
So there is need for a relocation. You're not built up because you are
giving, you are built up because you have relocated, you have aligned
yourself with the terms of the covenant.
... Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts...
Malachi 3:7
So covenant alignment is the key to heaven's abundance; that is,
relocating yourself to fall in line with the covenant demands for
abundance. Until you change your position, your situation remains the
same.
God said in Jeremiah 29:13:
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all
your heart.
And Psalm 16:11 makes us understand that:
... in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures
for evermore.
How addicted you are to the advancement of the kingdom determines
the level of abundance you enjoy.
This addiction I'm talking about is not in the volume of what you give.
No! It's in the tenacity of your heart—how connected you are to God.
David said:
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I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, Until I
find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
Psalm 132:4-5
God has seen how much offerings you drop continually in church. Now,
let Him see you drop your heart for Him, that's your reasonable service.
Drop your heart! Where is your heart? Return!
Don't let the offerings you give deceive you. Until your body becomes a
living sacrifice, you're not in reasonable service yet.
Say with me, "Lord, I will seek the good of Your house with all my
heart. My giving is secondary. My heart is the primary issue. Help me,
Lord!"
The Word says, "Rend your heart, not your garments." (Joel 2:13) It is
your heart that connects with God. Let that heart be truly connected, and
then you will begin to see your rain of blessings, you'll begin to make
progress. At the end of the day, you won't have anymore requests,
because while you were busy seeking "the peace of Jerusalem", He was
busy bestowing on you His own peace; while you're seeking the
prosperity of His kingdom, He was busy adding to you "all these
things".
Seeking the good of God's people commands good to follow you. David
was an example of true Biblical addiction which led to earthly
distinctions for him. If every businessman has a kingdom dream, his
business will definitely flourish.
Now let's have a look at Abraham's addiction to God.
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest,
and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had told him.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar
off. Genesis 22:1-
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Abraham had ample time to change his mind, but he didn't; neither did
he consult with anybody. I have looked at this account very carefully
and have come to appreciate the fact that this was not just dedication.
No! Neither is it just affection. It's addiction!
Abraham was a God-addict! A kingdom addict! Just like you have
people addicted to drugs, cigarettes, adultery, or one vice or the other,
Abraham was addicted to God. See what became of Him:
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Genesis 13:2
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had
blessed Abraham in all things. Genesis 24:1
Friend, kingdom addiction is the highway to supernatural additions!
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his
son. Genesis 22:9-10
This was no pretence! He went three days, climbed up the mountain,
built the altar himself (he didn't send anyone to do it for him), all at his
age!
And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing
unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me. Genesis 22:11-12
That means the sacrifice was concluded, Abraham had concluded
slaying his son Isaac. But we were not told anywhere that it was done in
tears. Drunkards don't weep for lack in their homes, because they are
addicted to their drinks. When his wife tells him, "There is no food in
the house", all he replies is, "Go to blazes!"
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Abraham was lost in his obedience to God's demand. There was nothing
more inside him but God! You must also get to that point in your life.
That is the point of eternal triumph. You will just keep flying! May God
help you to get to this point and stay there, in Jesus name!
May you tap into that Abrahamic grace today, and step into the realm of
kingdom addiction, so you can enjoy endless provisions the remaining
days of your life. God swore an eternal blessing to Abraham (Gen.22:16-
18).
God said, "Draw near to me, and I will draw near to you." And in
another place He said, "He that honours me, I will honour." He is in
other words saying, "If you are addicted to Me, I will be addicted to
you."
Abraham took in his hand what could be regarded as his greatest
testimony, and without questioning God, he was set to go and slay him.
And he encountered God! He encountered Jehovah Jireh!
His emotions, his attitude, his thinking, everything was God-controlled,
just like every drug addict is drug-controlled. When he hasn't taken it,
his whole body begins to shiver; he can do anything, sell anything to get
a fresh supply of his drugs. The same way God controlled the whole of
Abraham. We were not told anywhere that he discussed the matter with
even his wife Sarah.
When you come under such control, you become a controller on the
earth. Say with me, "Oh God, help me! I want to see the Abrahamic
order of faith at work in my life. I want to obey You absolutely on every
issue, no matter what it costs me."
Daniel was another God-addict!
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Daniel 6:5
There was no trap that could catch this man Daniel. All around him
knew Daniel was addicted to his God. It's time for people around you to
know where you belong.
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his
house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he
kneeled upon his knees three
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times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime Daniel 6:10
Daniel was addicted to his God, and it led to supernatural liftings for
him.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian. Daniel 6:28
When you become addicted to the law of your God, you have set the
pace for the supernatural additions of His blessings.
Let's also look at the three Hebrew boysShadrach, Meshach and
Abednego.
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego? do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the
golden image which I have set up? Daniel 3:14
And they answered him: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer
thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver
us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine
hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not
serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 3:16-18
That's the language of one that is drunk with his God! Remember that
they were captives, they didn't even need to commit any offence to be
killed. But yet they despised the fiery furnace! See what that earned
them:
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the
province of Babylon. Daniel 3:30
Friend, if you're addicted to God, He will be addicted to you! Daniel
prospered; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were promoted—all on
the ticket of kingdom addiction!
Addiction is your way to mount Moriah, where you encounter Jehovah
Jireh.
Addiction — when God takes hold of the whole of you; when
emotionally, psychologically, physiologically, you are all wrapped up in
God, completely tied up to Him; when nothing moves you like Him,
nothing stirs you on the inside like Him; when He's all you're living for!
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When you get to that realm, no matter how many forces are against you,
you just keep going up. I'm sure that with the examples of Abraham,
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, you have a clearer
understanding of what I mean by kingdom addiction. It is unreserved
obedience, the cost notwithstanding.
It is absolute yieldedness, when God becomes the central focus of your
life. It is when all His Words have become law to you. It is when you
rise up in the morning and all you celebrate is God; you go to bed at
night, and all you celebrate is God.
There is no way you won't prosper this way. Just get addicted to God,
and you will be free. When He becomes the controller of the affairs of
your life, everything will go in your favour.
So, you see now that prosperity goes far beyond giving. You will notice
that we haven't mentioned giving so far, because it is not the only crucial
issue in prosperity.
If the foundation we have considered is not in place, you can have all the
theory, till Jesus comes, and still not see God's good and great finger in
your life.
I would like you to say this prayer:
"Lord, get me drunk with You like Abraham, Daniel, Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego were drunk. Get me drunk with You, Lord, in
Jesus name."
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You Can Be A Blessing
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Genesis 12:2
There's nothing God does without a reason. He said in Jeremiah 29:11,
"I alone know the plans I have for you..." (Good News Bible).
God is a planner. So, what's His plan or reason for blessing us? Why
does God prosper?
...and thou shalt be a blessing.
That's not a title, but the reason why God blesses. That's the only way
that the blessing He will bless you with won't kill or destroy you. Until
you understand the secret of being a blessing, you'll never enjoy God's
blessings.
The level to which you're prepared to be a blessing is the level to which
you will be blessed. God will never bless you beyond the level to which
you are ready to be a blessing.
We often sing, "Abraham's blessings are mine." Wonderful! But this is
the condition—if you're not ready to be a blessing, neither will God be
ready to bless you.
No matter how delicious a meal is for instance, if you're not ready to
"bless" the earth with the waste, you're likely to die with it. No matter
how much you love any dish or how much you enjoy it, you still need to
pass the waste out, otherwise, you'll be a dead man very soon!
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The reason many are financially dead is because they stopped "going to
toilet" financially, i.e. they stopped being blessings unto others. So, they
are going about as financial corpses.
When somebody hasn't passed out faeces for about three days, do you
ask him, "What food would you like to eat?" No! He wouldn't like any
food at that time, because there's one inside him that has become
poisonous.
If you eat all your food and drink all your water alone, it will soon dry
up! But let it flow out to others and you'll stay refreshed. Stagnant water
stinks, you know?
"...And thou shalt be a blessing." This is a commandment that has long
been forgotten in the Church when we talk about prosperity.
Every blessing must flow out to others to enjoy, if you don't want it to
stop. Abraham reached out to be a blessing to tired travellers.
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and
when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground, And said, My Lord, if now I have found
favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a
little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree:
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts... Genesis
18:2-5
He was inviting blessings unawares! Many people have allowed
blessings to pass them by, because they are tight-fisted; if you touch
their money, you have touched their soul!
You want Abraham's blessings? Then you need Abraham's lifestyle!
That's the way he got the blessings. Abraham lived practically as a
blessing. He was an addicted giver.
Giving leads to blessings, and blessings in turn leads to giving, and the
cycle continues like that.
Everytime God talks of blessings, He also talks of you being a blessing
(Gen. 22:15-18). God blesses you so you can bless others.
Every genuine giver is more excited at giving than at receiving.
Covenant people are not
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opportunists. They are not schemers. They are people who have the love
and the affection of the people in their hearts. In Genesis 23, Abraham
needed a piece of land on which to bury his wife Sarah. Though the
people wanted to give it to him free, he, however, insisted on paying for
it.
Somebody once gave me a piece of land, which I fenced round, put two
gates there and gave it back to the person. Another person also gave me
a property ( a building), located in a good place I was told (I never saw
it). I said, "Call this person, let me bless her." I said to her, "It's in your
heart to give this gift, but I seed it back to you as Abraham's Isaac on the
altar, that will not be killed. Receive it back in Jesus name."
Covenant people are more eager to bless, because Jesus said:
...It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35
One day, I got to the church and I saw my precious people, the sancturay
keepers, working so hard at keeping the whole place clean. As I looked
at them, I felt in my heart that some of them had some needs. So I called
their leader and asked him to let me have the details of such needs. At
the end of the day, I gave out over seven hundred thousand naira, to take
care of those needs. Why? Because, it's more blessed to give than to
receive! God doesn't bless people for the fun of it. He blesses them so
that they can become a blessing.
"Abraham's blessings are mine" is more than a mere song. It's a lifestyle.
Stop dancing around people's possessions! Stop praying prayers that will
make them give you something! No!
Covenant people are not opportunists. They are givers, and are excited at
giving.
Everybody who lifts up his hand to the Lord will never lack. You are
blessed to be a blessing; when you stop being a blessing, you stop being
blessed.
If your income is five hundred naira, don't eat it all, it's not safe! You
might be eating up your future unknowingly. The only way to step into
Abrahamic blessings is to live the Abrahamic lifestyle.
When God was talking about giving, He said:
...Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all
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thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment. Matthew 22:37-38
So, your giving goes first to God, and then to men around you. God's
love is a giving love. When you are not a giver, you are not in love. God
so loved the world, He gave His best to the world, to prove His love His
Son Jesus.
So God's love is a giving love. And everyone that loves Him, He said He
will love; and when God loves you, He will give to you. When you are
in the practice of the love of God therefore, you don't stop receiving.
Don't ever give any man what you won't give to God! That's not correct.
Somebody wants to give me a car. Wonderful! But I find out first, "Has
he ever given such a thing to God?" If I'm not sure, he should take his
car back and give it to God directly, not through me. It's God first,
anybody else next!
I will never give my wife what I don't give God. God forbid! It will
never happen! I'm wiser than that. I have vowed I will never take to my
mouth anything near what I give to the Lord. I won't wear what I won't
put on God. No! God first!
God's love is a giving love. God blessed Abraham and Abraham
responded by giving back to Him (Gen.14). He gave, he didn't pray! He
gave to say, "I saw the blessing, here is my giving."
Giving is living! You won't be blessed until you are ready to be a
blessing. Don't shut your door and eat all the food, and drink all the
water, while somebody is dying next door to you.
Demonstrate your love for God in church—give! Galatians 6:10 tells us:
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men,
especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Also:
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his
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bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1 John 3:17
I could pray for you from now till eternity, but the scriptures cannot be
broken—God blesses, only to make men sources of blessing.
Friend, if you want to be blessed, open up! Say withme, "Lord, help me
to become a blessing. I have found out that it's the only way to be
blessed. Help me Lord."
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For His Kingdom's Sake
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it
shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters;
and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. Exodus 3:21-22
Later in Exodus 25:2&8, we got to know why:
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of
every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my
offering. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among
them.
God blesses primarily for His kingdom's sake.
The children of Israel were just about to take up their redemption in
God, they were just about escaping the slavery of Egypt; and God said to
them, "You shall not go empty. I will make sure I bless you."
And so He transferred the wealth of the Egyptians to them, He blessed
them with the wealth of the Gentiles. He gave them gold, silver and
brass. He brought them out of bondage with plenty. But in Exodus 35: 4-
5. He called for the gold:
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,
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Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver,
and brass, "Take", not "Go and look for." He had already blessed them,
and out of that blessing, He was calling for offerings from a willing
heart, for the building of the tabernacle.
He said to them as it were, "Take it, I need it now. It's Me who gave it to
you. You were in rags in Egypt, then I gave you loads of gold and silver
to carry. Now take it, bring it here." And so they responded:
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted,
and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of
gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the
Lord.
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins,
brought them. Exodus 35:22-23
Please understand this: God blesses for His kingdom's sake. When we
entrench this into our lifestyle, we keep the taps of His blessings
permanently open.
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion
with a great jealousy.
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was
but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies:
my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be
stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad... Zechariah 1:14-17
Why was God turning their captivity? So He could spread His city
abroad. God is out to bless us, so we can in turn become avenues of
blessing to His kingdom.
Every gold you keep away from God will take you away from Him. You
either worship God with your gold or you worship your gold. Make your
choice. There are two great contestants for your worship God and gold.
And Jesus said, "Ye cannot serve God and
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mammon (money)."
You are either serving God with your means, or you'll end up
worshipping your means. Because the children of Israel would not
worship God with their gold, they became worshippers of gold.
Remember the golden calf? (Ex. 32:1-6)
So it's a risk when you lack the opportunity to give like they did (God
had not called for any offering, so they used it to build the golden calf).
But when the opportunity came to give for the building of the tabernacle,
they kept giving, until Moses had to tell them to stop giving (Ex. 36:6-
7).
God blesses primarily for His kingdom's sake. When you're a kingdom-
seeker, you'll never lack any good thing in life. Seek the kingdom of
God; seek its expansion, seek its beauty, seek its glory, "And all these
things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33).
Without a heart for God, you can't make a mark on the earth! If
everything God is saying doesn't move you, there's nothing you will ever
say that will move Him.
The reason why God is always running after my things tirelessly is
because I run after His things tirelessly. I can't watch His work die. All
my being and my thoughts is after the progress and expansion of His
kingdom.
Twenty years ago, I was a student-worker in a remote village. When I
arrived there, there was no single church there! I said, "Lord, I must not
leave this place the way I met it. So, help me in whichever way You
will." I then got a young man who speaks the language of the place and
said to him, "you will interprete for me. Work is to start here now!"
I first got him to accept Christ, then we began. And in forty days, we
didn't only have a church in place, but had also put up a church structure.
Yes, it was a grass structure, but God saw me when I was climbing the
palm trees and cutting down palm fronds. He also saw me when I left
that village with less than I went in with, because I gave out all my shoes
and clothes to the boys who were my co-labourers.
The day I was leaving that village, the village chief came to church for
the first time in his life! He said, "We have been told that anywhere
church gets to, civilisation gets there too. Thank you for bringing
civilisation to our village."
Meanwhile, we had converts of all kinds in church. I wasn't yet called
into ministry then, I
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just had a heart for God.

The eldest man in the village, on behalf of the whole village, presented a
bush lamp to me, saying, "The light you brought into our village, let it
shine round the whole world." I believe that I earned this ministry I now
have from that village.
Where is your heart? If your heart is not with Him, don't expect His
hand to be on you for blessings. Without a heart for God, you don't make
a mark on the earth.
If you're in church only to collect, you will never stop being
disappointed. But if you're in church to be part of the lifting, promotion
and progress of the kingdom, give it time; all your mockers will soon see
you right on top.
Why does God bless? He blesses so we can bless His kingdom, so we
can be part of lifting His kingdom. Whatever gold He gives you, when
He calls for it, may you not keep it. Solomon said:
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept
for the owners thereof to their hurt. Ecclesiastes 5:13
When you keep your riches away from God, it is to your own hurt. God
is not eyeing your money! There's nothing in your pocket that didn't
come from Him in the first place. God is not looking for your money,
He's looking for your heart!
You know why you do not give consistently to the kingdom? Your heart
is not there! If your heart is there, you won't need any encouragement.
I've never needed encouragement from anyone in this world to serve
Him! By the weight of my givings (which is now in millions), God is not
afraid to give me billions, because He knows what I will do with it. You
know He testified concerning Abraham, "For I know him..." (Gen.
18:19).
Hear this again: God won't bless you more than how far you are set to
promote His kingdom! It's not the prayer of any man that will change
your position, it's your positioning yourself in the covenant that will
bring a turn-around for you.
God is a lifter! He said, "Honour Me and I will honour you, lift Me and I
will lift you, promote Me and I will promote you." It is wisdom to put
God first.
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Oh yes, I'm involved in ministering to the poor and the needy; but there's
nobody I will minister to in this world with things near what I minister
to God. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart...", that's
the first and the great commandment. You don't go to the second when
you have not done the first.
God so loved the world, He gave. If you love the Lord your God with all
your heart, you will give to Him with all your heart as well. God is not
your heavenly banker, He's your heavenly Father. He responds to love
more than to anything else.
"I just love you Lord, I can't help myself!" When that becomes your
song, you're on your way to the topmost top.
God blesses for His kingdom's sake. When you allow these blessings to
fulfill the purpose for which He has blessed you, He keeps blessing you
the more.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall
receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Matthew 19:29
So when you allow the purpose for which He blessed you to be fulfilled,
then He blesses you more and more. Don't give for the sake of receiving;
that's a wrong type of giving!
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man
that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive
an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to
come eternal life. Mark 10:29-30
Luke 18:29-30 is in the same vein:
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath
left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom
of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time,
and in the world to come life everlasting.
Look at Psalm 102:13-14 as well:
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her,
yea, the set time, is
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come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
All you need to do is to favour His kingdom and you will encounter
kingdom wealth without sweat. Favour the very dust of His kingdom.
When the children of Israel didn't give their gold, they suffered; but
when they gave it, He kept blessing them, and they kept bringing, until
Moses announced that it was enough.Listen to me: when God says, "I
will bless you", never mind the climate. It's irrelevant, as He would
surely favour you. But the time to favour you doesn't come until you
begin to display your favour for His kingdom. When everything about
the kingdom moves you, then you'll begin to move Him to bless you. I
see you going up, in Jesus precious name.
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Chapter 8
You Can Bless the Poor
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we
thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when
saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:35- 40
The poor around you are God-given assets for your increase in life. So
celebrate every opportunity with excitement. There's always somebody
in need just around the corner. For ye have the poor always with you...
Matthew 26:11
Deuteronomy 15:11 also adds:
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee,
saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor,
and to thy needy, in thy land.
When you open up your bowels, heaven's windows also opens in your
direction.
One of the reasons God blesses us is so that we can bless the poor
around us, to open our hands wide towards the poor and rescue them
from the jaws and plague of poverty. Until your arms are open wide to
the needy, God's window stays shut over you.
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If you eat all your food and drink your water alone, it will soon run dry.
There's an opportunity around you there, grab it!
You may say, "There was somebody I helped the other day, and he did
this, he did that", recounting some negative experiences you had in the
past. No! Just keep reaching out to the poor and needy. Don't say,
"When I have a big house..." It's a big heart you need, not a big house!
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that
despiseth his ways shall die. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth
unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 19:16-17
Giving to the poor is a commandment. Verse 16 established it as a
commandment and verse 17 gives us an understanding of that
commandment.
Having pity on the poor is lending unto the Lord; and you by so doing
commit God to give it back to you. And of course, when you lend to a
man bigger than you, when he's repaying you, it's always with a bonus.
When you lend to a man bigger than you, you're securing extraordinary
favours in your direction.
God said, "Owe no man anything." So there's nothing that you lend to
Him that is lost. If He says, "He that gives to the poor lendeth to the
Lord," then you're through, because you are sure He will repay you.
It's a privilege to lend to the Lord by giving to the poor. You have a
guarantee of returns.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that
honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. Proverbs 14:31
So, when you have mercy on the poor, you're honouring God. Now, join
this with 1 Samuel 2:30:
... for them that honour me I will honour...
When you're meeting the needs of the poor according to the grace of
God on your life, you are securing honour from heaven.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker... Proverbs 17:5
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Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself,
but shall not be heard. Proverbs 21:13
May you respond with godly fear every time the poor knocks at your
door!
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather
it for him that will pity the poor. Proverbs 28:8
God will always favour the one that pities the poor.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes
shall have many a curse. Proverbs 28:27
One of the reasons God blesses is so that you can clothe the naked, feed
the hungry and help the helpless. That way, you're on your way to the
top. On my birthday in 1996, God laid it in my heart to give two separate
cheques of one million naira each, for scholarship to indigent students in
the church and the other to service the needs of the people.
Friend, giving is living! It's just like breathing. When a man stops
breathing, that's the end, he's regarded as a dead man! Since he's tired of
breathing, he's tired of living!
Accumulators of money don't get kingdom wealth; it is distributors of
money that are blessed with it.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth
more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. Proverbs 11:24
Anyone who gives to the poor can never lack. You remember Job? One
secret that accounted for his greatness he told us, was giving to the poor.
He said:
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the
poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. And I brake the
jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Job 29:15-17
So he came out as a mighty prince in his community, the greatest man in
all the east! 1 John 3:17 tells us:
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But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love
of God in him?
God's love is only given expression by giving. Friend, God is not
blessing you to give you more clothes, more cars, etc. Those ones do
come along, but they are not the issue. He blesses you to bless your
generation in everyway that they need a blessing.
Then He blesses you for His kingdom's sake. So when you begin to give
for His kingdom's sake, you open the windows of heaven in your
direction, for ceaseless and continuous supplies. And then, He blesses
you to bless the poor.
Watch everyman that is prosperous in the kingdom, He is one that has a
large heart: one towards God and towards men that are around him. So
God blesses us to make us a blessing. When you're tired of being a
blessing, God also will be tired of blessing you.
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Chapter 9
Scriptural Proofs
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old
paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for
your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Jeremiah 6:16
Examples are the most effective ways of teaching. Let's find out how the
men who have trodden the old path made it.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he
was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. Genesis 14:18-20
ABRAHAM had victory, he had blessings, and he gave, to fulfill the
purpose for which he was blessed. According to Hebrews, Melchizedek
was Jesus in a figure. So when God blesses you, you respond by blessing
Him. Abraham gave the tithes of all, laying an example for us to follow.
God blessed Abraham with a son called Isaac at the age of 100 years.
And in Genesis 22, God called for Isaac as an offering! Then Abraham
went three days' journey, looking for a mountain where he would
sacrifice his son!
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God blesses us so we can bless Him in return. Abraham understood this,

so he took his son up to mount Moriah, to offer him to God. God was
sure he would do it when He saw him bind the lad and lift up the knife to
kill him. And then God responded, "By myself have I sworn, that in
blessing, I will bless thee."
When you fulfill the purpose for the blessing, you keep the blessing
flowing! Abraham could bless God with anything God had blessed him
with, so the blessings kept flowing. When you know the reason for
which God has blessed you, and you're standing on it, He will never stop
blessing you. That's how God operates.
Let's look at the nation ISRAEL.
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it
shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: Exodus 3:21
And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so
that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled
the Egyptians. Exodus 12:36
God gave them such favours that transferred the wealth of Egypt unto
them. But why did God do so?
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, Take ye
from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing
heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and
brass, Exodus 35:4-5
And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel
had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it
withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came
every man from his work which they made; Exodus 36:3-4
Mysteriously, even though they were still in the wilderness, as they were
giving the gold and the silver, it kept multiplying back to them. So they
kept bringing and bringing. I have discovered that whenever God makes
a proclamation requesting for something, it's an opportunity to open
your heavens to you.
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God's blessing has nothing to do with the size of what you give, but with
your heart and readiness to serve Him. The Word of God in 2
Corinthians 9:7 says:
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
DAVID said:
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the
gold for things to be made of gold...
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to
the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the
holy house, 1 Chronicles 29:2-3
How many in church can say that today? When you join the "over and
above" company, you're on your way to the top. The larger your heart
for God, the greater you'll become on the earth.
God told David, "I won't let you build a house for Me because of your
blood-stained hands." Shouldn't he go and rest then? David should have
just rejoiced and gone ahead to start building all manner of houses for
himself. But no, he wouldn't do that! He said, "God, You don't know me.
I'm an addict! I will prepare everything before I die!"
Friend, God blesses to make you a blessing! David has proved that
God's blessings can be unlimited.
Until you're a blessing to the kingdom of God, you don't become blessed
on the earth. So get started on time.
Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: How he sware unto the
Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; Surely I will not come
into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will not give
sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, Until I find out a place
for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Psalm 132:1-5
That's the kind of person God blesses.
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Job was an extraordinary blessing to the needy in his community, so

God also blessed him extraordinarily. He knew the secret to God's
blessings. This is the secret behind kingdom prosperity.
Friend, God is out to bless His people, you won't be the odd one out!
You are blessed to be a blessing. So if you're not prepared to be a
blessing, don't expect His blessings. When you're committed to being a
blessing, you have committed God to blessing you.
So, you better start working now, while others are working; otherwise,
while they are eating, you will be begging.
You will not suffer, in Jesus name!
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Chapter 10
The Seed Is The Word
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8
Now we're going to begin to explore how God blesses. Some people
have thought that God blesses you financially when you give financial
seed. Well, that's not the whole truth.
Prosperity in the kingdom is on the platform of encounters with "this
book" the Bible. The Word of God is God's highway to the world of
wealth.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up
his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be
built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then
shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the
brooks. Job 22:21-24
God's kind of prosperity begins with receiving the law and laying up His
Words in your heart, because God's Word is what leads to the world of
wealth. It is God's gateway to heavenly blessings.
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon
earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches
shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. Psalm
112:1-3
It is your encounter with God's commandments that makes you a
commander. I command
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sickness at will, because I've encountered the Word of healing.

Concerning supernatural supplies, I once said to God, "Won't You even
wait for someone to pray before You answer?" He said, "No. There's a
company of people who before they call on Me I answer them, and
while they are yet speaking, I perform."
That's the Word company! When you become a Word-operator, you
become an automatic commander. It is your encounters with His
commandments that makes you a commander. It's your gateway to
heaven's blessings, amazing, unmistakable and undeniable blessings!
In Deuteronomy 28:1-14, we see where God opens up, showing us the
pathway to His everlasting blessings. It begins with:
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently to the voice of
the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments... Verse 1
And He goes on to list out the blessings:
...The Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth...
Blessed shall thou be in the city and blessed shalt thou be in the
field...And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods... The Lord shall
open unto thee his good treasure...
Look at all of that! Friend, the Word is the way to wealth. God has
packaged it so. His ways are higher than our ways, there's nothing we
can do about it.
"This Book" is the gateway to wealth. It is the answer book for
prosperity! Anything that can help your understanding of "this book" is
an asset to your destiny, so grab it!
Until you're able to lay hold on His commandments, you never become a
commander. In Isaiah 60:1, He says:
Arise, shine; for thy light is come...
When do you shine? When your light comes. Nothing shines without
light. And what is that light?
The entrance of thy word giveth light... Psalm 119:130
That light refers to scriptural illuminations that help your appreciation of
divine truth.
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When does light come? When the Word enters. Not when you hear it,
but when it enters. And all the way down to verse 22 of Isaiah 60, it goes
on to list all that that light carries in form of blessings and distinction.
The Word of God is God's gateway to heaven's blessings. It's our
covenant platform for kingdom prosperity. No short cuts! It is the Word
that creates wealth.
Declaring His mission in Luke 4:18, Jesus said:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor...
What do you do to the poor? You preach the gospel. And what is good
news to the poor? Prosperity! What is good news to the hungry?
Prosperity! What is good news to the naked? Prosperity! What is good
news to the homeless? Prosperity!
Prosperity is preached, you don't pray it. You don't fast for it, you preach
it. The encounters come by the Word, not by the rigours of religious
exercise.
Speaking to John's disciples in Matthew 11:4-5, Jesus said: ...Go and
shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel
preached to them.
So it is the Word that delivers men from poverty. You therefore need an
encounter with the Word, an eye-
opening insight, that will deliver you from all the things holding you
down. The true riches of God are only available through the Word of
God.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which
is sweet to thy taste:
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast
found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be
cut off. Proverbs 24:13-14
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You can't find it without knowing it. So many people know the law, very
few understand the ways. The law will only prosper by the
understanding of the ways of God.
A prominent man of God used to be very poor. But one day he
encountered one little book written by Kenneth Hagin, titled,
"Redeemed From Sickness, Poverty and Death." And from the insight he
contacted from that book, poverty fled!
Another man of God also used to be poor. but one day, he got a load of
Kenneth Hagin's tapes, locked himself up in a room and began to listen
to them. Light came and his star rose! He began to shine, and poverty
had to flee!
For every man with an outstanding breakthrough, such breakthroughs
are traceable to a definite light they encountered from God's Word.
My own personal encounter: In March, 1981, I went on a three-day
adventure into the Word of God. I sat down with my Bible and Gloria
Copeland's book, God's Will Is Prosperity. And on the third day, while
reading, I found it! Light dawned from heaven like a lightening! I stood
up and began to spin around in the room in the excitement of my
discovery! I came out and announced to every one, at the top of my
voice, "I can never be poor!" It was a verdict backed-up by light from
heaven! Poverty ended in my life that day. Yours too will end today.
One thing I will never be called till Jesus comes is, "Needy". No! I will
never mistakenly be called "Needy" by any man.
I was in America some time ago, and a man, having enjoyed my
ministration, walked up to me and asked, "What needs do you have in
your ministry?" I said to him, with absolute conviction, "Our ministry
has no needs, we only meet needs!" Till date, we don't receive a dime as
aid from any country in the world, nor have we ever solicited for it!
Friend, it's no luck, it's not chance; it's light!
The Prosperity Of Your Soul First
The prosperity of your soul determines your overall prosperity in life.
And the Word is what prospers the soul. Until your soul prospers by the
Word of God, your life can't taste prosperity.
Every man that was released from the bondage of poverty encountered
certain words that
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brought about their release. It's not the practice, it's first and foremost the
Word. The prosperity of your soul by the Word is what results in your
outward prosperity in life.
"This Book" is the key. It shall not depart from your mouth, you shall
meditate therein day and night. Then shall you make your way
prosperous by encounters with the Word and by the operation of the
revelations released to you.
It is your soul that prospers first before your life begins to prosper.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in
health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2
The prosperity of the soul is nothing but the revelation of the Word of
God. Please understand that there is nothing called luck; you are down
because you lack light. When you encounter appropriate light in the area
where you're walking in darkness, you will shine as a star! Men triumph
by truth, not by tricks. In that testimony from Burkina Fasso, Kouda
Moussa did not get his breakthrough until he encountered the light on
integrity. Nothing shines without light. Until your light comes, your
struggles continue.
There is this testimony from a precious brother in the church. He said:
"I've been privileged by the grace of the Lord, to be in contact with this
ministry since 1988. I desired to go to school, but couldn't, because I
come from a broken home.
In 1990, I listened to one of the Bishop's tapes, where he preached on
Possessing The Land With Money. He said, `If you are educated and
you don't have money, pressmen will not come to your birthday party.
But if you have money and you're not educated, pressmen will come to
your birthday.' I caught that word and I went out to take up a job. The
Lord blessed me tremendously, that within three years of doing that job,
I was able to put up a three-bedroom flat!
After that, I was transferred to another site. After I received my
Christmas bonus in January, I gave my pastor the whole package
(minus my tithe) and asked him to buy me all the Bishop's books and as
many tapes as the money I gave him could purchase. He bought them
for me and in March I listened to one of those tapes.
It was that of the December Pastor's meeting. The Bishop said, `This is
your peak and if you miss your peak, you'll end up in a pit. This is your
time and you must take time to
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make it count.' So, I sacrificed the month of April to come for the
WOFBI course. I wasn't paid for that month, because if you don't work,
you won't be paid. When I got back to the office after the course, there
was
a letter waiting for me, that I should report at our head office in Lagos,
to fill out the workers' evaluation sheet.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Bishop had told us to pray that God would
single us out for a blessing. And yesterday while in the office, I got a
radio-phone message, saying, `Bro. Nath, what is happening? I
discovered that we are owing you 300 tonnes of granite. What do you
want us to do?' And my reply was, `Please dispose of them immediately
and send me the money.' And in less than three hours, my Project
Manager brought 300,000 naira to me! He also went on to say, `I
discovered we didn't pay you in April' and I said, `Yes Sir.' And he said,
`I will pay you your salary from my pocket.' And he did exactly that!"
Adebisi, N. B.
If you don't love the truth, you will never be free from trials. Psalm 45:3-
4 says:
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and
righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
It is your wonderful insight, contacted from the Word of God, that make
you a wonder in the kingdom. Supernatural supplies don't answer to
prayer. It answers to insight! Friend, if only you can have light from
heaven! Oh, if you can locate yourself in this dramatic access to heaven's
source, you will be free for life!
The adventure into the realm of supernatural wealth requires your sitting
down to prosper your soul first, so that your life can prosper along.
That's all it takes.
And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath
this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Matthew 13:54
Every mighty work that people talk about today in the kingdom answers
directly to "this wisdom"; which is the correct application of the
revelations of life, as contained in "this
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book".
When you walk in the wisdom of financial prosperity, you will end up in
mighty finances. When you walk in the wisdom of divine health, you
will live in mighty health, and when you walk in the wisdom of the
marriage covenant, you will have mighty peace in your home.
It is not luck, it is not chance, nor is it connection! It is light! And when
you walk in that light, you enforce the miraculous.
It's Not Money
The Word seed is what controls all forms of increases in our human
endeavours in the kingdom, not your money. Abraham only heard the
Word of God, acted upon it, and prospered by it! There was no monetary
transaction involved, but money came out of that obedience.
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will
show thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: Genesis 12:1-2
And the Bible says:
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with
him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of
Haran.
And Genesis 13:2 records:
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Just for acting on the Word of God! He received the Word, he applied
himself to it, and he prospered! No one should be confused about God's
basis for prospering His people. The Word, not money, is the platform
upon which we prosper in the kingdom. Every time you talk about
prosperity and God's blessings, you talk about the Word of God that is
applied to produce it.
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In Deuteronomy 28, God said, "And it shall come to pass, if thou shall
diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God..." Not, "And it
shall come to pass if you shall diligently give offerings..." He goes on to
say:
...These blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee... You shall be
blessed in the city, you shall be blessed outside the city; you shall lend
always, and shall never borrow; you shall be the head and not the tail;
you shall be above only, you shall never be beneath...
All that for doing what? For diligently hearkening to His Word, and
putting it to work! So, God's Word is our covenant platform for
prosperity. It is Word encounter that guarantees access into kingdom
wealth.
Everywhere you see God talk about prosperity, the Word of God is the
basis. It is the all controlling seed. Luke 8:11 tells us:
Now...the seed is the word of God.
"Now, the Lord God had said unto Abram... So Abram departed..." Did
you see where it said, "And Abraham gave offerings?" Jesus said:
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I
will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 7:24
Your unreserved response to God's Word is your highway to kingdom
prosperity. What did Abraham do? He received the seed, and the seed
prospered in the ground of his heart.
Everywhere you see God talk about prosperity, the Word of God is the
foundation. And when you respond with excitement to every demand of
scripture, whatsoever you do, "it shall prosper."
We can then say, "Now the parable of prosperity is this, the seed is the
Word of God."
When the seed of the Word of God (on prosperity, such as you're
encountering in this book) falls on the good ground of your heart, and
you respond appropriately to it, you explode in kingdom prosperity
without sweat!
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The Word of God is God's eternal seed that controls all forms of
increases in all realms of life. For your health to prosper, you have to
prosper in revelations on health. For your home to be peaceful,
harmonious and pleasant, you have to prosper in revelations of the Word
of God on marriage. For finances to multiply and increase in your hand,
you have to prosper in revelations of the Word concerning finances. This
is because, "He upholds all things by the Word of his power." (Heb. 1:3)
Every increase in your life answers to the quality of the seed in your
heart! So prosperity is Word-seed determined, not money-seed
determined. It is Word-born, not cash-created.
People have forgotten "the seed" and are dancing around with seeds. It is
"the seed" that controls the overall increase of any man in every area of
life. The seed is not your money! "Now...the seed is the Word of God".
I didn't see money written anywhere in Deuteronomy 28. Neither in Job
22:21:
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee.
Did it say, "Give Him now your money, and thereby good shall come
unto thee"? Many are in a trade by barter worship with God! Every
outstanding scripture on prosperity doesn't dwell on money. God does
not prosper you on the grounds of cash. He prospers you on the grounds
of the light in which you are walking. "Receive, I pray thee, the law..."
(Job 22:22), "This book of the law..." (Jos. 1:8).
When I found the Word on prosperity that destroyed poverty in my life,
I didn't have a dime in any account anywhere! But that was the day I
knew I couldn't ever be poor, and I announced it to all around. "I can
never be poor!" And every demon heard me!
Everyone preaching against prosperity gives offer ing, but have never
seen any financial miracle in their lives. This is because what causes
your money seed to produce is the Word seed that is operational in you.
Locate The "Sent"
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and
how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how
shall they hear without a preacher?
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And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring
glad tidings of good things! Romans 10:14-15
The cheapest way to prosperity is to seek out people who are sent with
that message, people who have proofs that it works. Locate the "sent",
and camp around his message. It is in that message that you will have an
encounter.
You can read your Bible from now till Jesus comes, and still not get a
light from it! But locate a man whom God has sent, camp around him,
begin to swallow his words and you will soon find something that will
loose you from that chain of poverty.
I'm saying in essence that apart from your direct personal effort in
locating these things in scriptures, also locate men who are sent to
enlighten the world in such areas as you have need of a breakthrough,
and then camp around them, until it happens for you.
You remember my encounter with prosperity? It started after I heard the
testimony of the Copelands and believed it. I then went out on a three-
day search for the light that would give me the same testimony, armed
with their books. I wanted to find out what prosperity really meant,
because their testimony was very profound and outstanding, and I
believed it was of God. I had never met them.
You can't give what you don't have. Acts 3:6 says, "Such as I have give I
thee..." For instance, I don't bother reading books on Church Growth
written by people who are not pastoring any church; because they don't
have anything to give to you, only theories. God has sent people in
different areas. Locate those sent in the area of your need.
The Bible tells us that Uzziah the king sought God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God. And that as
long as Uzziah sought God, according to the revelations delivered to
Zechariah, God made him to prosper (2 Chron. 26:1-5).
God has sent men in various areas of life, and has given them adequate
proofs to show, so that people can find light by their light.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it lighted upon Israel. Isaiah 9:8
I found it through Gloria Copeland's book, a few people have found it
through me, and I
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see many more finding it through this book!

There was calamity in the days of Asa the king. There was no teaching
priest then, everybody was doing what was right in their sight. Then
Azariah the prophet came on the scene and Asa took courage and
responded to the revelation that God gave through him; and God gave
them rest round about (2 Chron. 15).
No generation in God's creation has ever been left without "sent" men, to
proffer solution to the calamities of humanity. God has always sent men
and women to service the needs of creation in every generation. Many
have tried to catch it on their own; but God has sent men and women to
service the needs of His creation. Locate them and camp with them and
you will go places!
Locate materials on prosperity, swim in them, and you will be up. See
this lady's testimony:
"Before we started attending this church, we had financial problems.
And when we started worshipping here, we heard about giving and we
started giving, but there was no result. I then went to one of the pastors
for counselling. He told me to read one of the Bishop's books, Covenant
Wealth.
My husband and I read the book and we discovered why we had not
been seeing results in our giving. The reason
was that we had been giving towards our own needs, not to the kingdom
of God. We then asked for forgiveness from God. And that same week,
miracles started in our lives!
My husband was on a salary of 1,200 naira per month, but after reading
the book, he had to leave the job. Immediately, God gave him another
job. Someone called him to interpret English for him. My husband is a
French man and can't speak English very well, but this man called him
to interpret English for him. The man gave him 9,400 naira for his
efforts that week. That same man again said, `You are a good man, you
are a Christian. You will now represent our company here in Nigeria.'
That was not all. God then made a way for us to get money without
struggling. God showed my husband the way to get money without
serving under anybody. He now gets a minimum of 1,000 per day.
Also, since we got married, we had been looking for a house, because
we had been living
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in my father's house. But the following week, a brother called my

husband and told him to go and look for a house, that he would give him
the money to pay for three years rent. Another person called him again
and told him to look for a house, that the money to pay for it was ready.
Now, about three different people want to pay for a house for us; they
are the ones now hastening us up to go and get a house!" Yotshi, C.
(Mrs.)
You seek to find. "He that seeketh findeth..." (Matt. 7:8 ). Riches and
honour are with the Word of God. Let's conclude like this therefore: the
parable of prosperity is this the seed is the Word of God! No matter what
you give, until the seed of the Word is in place, there is no future for
your money seed.
The "Water" Dimension Of The Word
Let's quickly look at this other side of the Word. Paul said:
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1
Corinthians 3:6
Let's take the money you give as the seed, and the Word of God as the
water. Tell me, what is your seed in the ground worth without water?
Death!
For you to see the importance of the Word of God for your increase, let's
bring out God's Word in it's water dimension.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word, Ephesians 5:26
God's Word is water. That means, no matter what you sow as seed, it has
to be watered with the Word, before God can bring the increase.
You want prosperity? Make sure you catch the necessary Word that will
open you up to the wealth of the Kingdom! God is determined to prosper
the end-time Church. And because you're part of that Church, God has
programmed to prosper you. All you need do is to make it happen! And
how do you make it happen? Go all out for the Word! When you
flourish in the Word, you're bound to flourish on the earth.
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Faith: Our Covenant Access
But without faith it is impossible to please him... Hebrews 11:6
Did it say, "But without offerings it is impossible to please God"?
But the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4
The just shall not live by his offerings. How does God bless?
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest..shall not cease.
Genesis 8:22
Hitherto, everybody goes straight to conclude that "seed" here means
money. It is inclusive, but it's not the whole issue. We have earlier been
able to establish what that seed primarily represents the Word of God.
While God's Word opens us up to prosperity, the faith that we put in is
what makes it to deliver. That is, God's Word is the covenant platform
for our prosperity, and faith is our covenant access into it.
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from the Lord. Luke 1:45
No blessing of God can be delivered to you without faith.
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that
heard it. Hebrews 4:2
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So it's one thing to have the Word, it's another thing to mix it with faith
on your inside. Until that happens, it does not deliver. "For without faith
it is impossible to please God." It was by it that the elders obtained a
good report. So you don't obtain good reports without faith.
This is the reason the enemy keeps attacking the teachings on prosperity,
because he knows that until you hear it, and hear it, faith will not come.
...And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1
John 5:4
The Word of God, when mixed with faith, provides access to everything
that the Word promises. It's important therefore for us to know what
faith is.
Evidence Of Faith
Faith is not, "I agree." That's consent. Faith is not mental assent. Faith is
an active living force. Something that controls your attitude and your
actions as you allow the Word you have encountered to direct and
control you.
God said to Abraham, "Get thee out...to a land that I will show you."
"And so Abram departed...", because that word from God had taken
control of his entire being. If it were mere mental agreement, he would
have sat down first to begin to organise his departure. But the Bible says,
"And so Abram departed..."
How do I know when faith is at work?
Your Actions
...Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by
my works. James 2:18
The word translated "works" here means action. Show me your faith
without your actions, and I will show you my faith by my actions.
Abraham believed God, so everything God told him to do, he was on the
move immediately. "Get thee out of thy country", "And so Abram
departed." At another time, God said to him, "Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee
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into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon
one of the mountains which I will tell thee of." (Gen. 22:2) And again we
see Abraham's response:
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had told him.
Friend, faith is not taking down notes and doing nothing about it. That's
theology, not faith. That's theocracy "God I agree. I'm under Your
government after all."
Show me your faith with your actions! Somebody who has heard, "Study
to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be
ashamed..." (2 Tim. 2:15), but who is not studying is simply planning
shame for himself unknowingly.
You have heard, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there
may be meat in mine house, and
prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you
the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not
be room enough to receive it", and all you do is to only thank God for
the message, but don't pay your tithe, or you give offerings grumbling
(from left over change from Coca Cola)! You certainly don't know the
meaning of what you have heard.
You hear the Word that says, "Honour the Lord with thy substance, and
with the firstfruits of all thine increase." You agree, but do nothing about
it. That's not faith. Show me your faith without your works and I will
show you my faith by my works!
Your actions betray you. It's your actions that tell whether you believe
what God has said or not.
...The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1
Samuel 2:3
God weighs actions! That was Hannah speaking. The Bible tells us that
after her encounter with Eli in chapter one, where he told her, "Go in
peace, and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked
of him", Hannah "went her way and did eat, and her countenance was no
more sad." That was faith in action! So God visited her, and she came up
with that prophecy.
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God weighs your actions, to prove your faith. Your action either betrays
or authenticates your claim of faith. When your action is negative, it
only betrays you before God.
Faith is an active living force! When it gets into a man, it turns him on. I
got home one day, and my wife announced to me, "I had a miscarriage."
I said to her, "That cannot happen. Can I have my food please?" That
was the final word said on that issue. No further discussion, no prayer,
no opportunity for explanations. The pregnancy was sustained by the
force of faith and ended up in our first son, David Jnr.! For, "this is the
victory that overcomes the world, even our faith."
All this your sluggish religious motions in response to God's Word is a
proof that the thing hasn't entered you. Some say, "Nobody knows
tomorrow." But I know the One who knows tomorrow, and I am
following Him. So my tomorrow is sure. I'm glad to let you know that
your God knows your end from the beginning.
Faith is an active living force that controls its possessor. It's an active
living force that controls your mentality. When you're the one
monitoring it, it's no longer faith.
God told Moses, "Go forward..." Was it to go and drown in the Red Sea?
But he was under the influence of faith, so he went forward, and as he
stretched forth his hand, the sea divided!
Friend, faith has evidence! It is in your actions. God told me, "The
labourer is worthy of his wages." So, if I must earn wages in this
kingdom, I can't be an overseer or a supervisor. I have to be a labourer. I
then decided to remain a labourer, so that my wages will never cease. I
work and work, and all my co-labourers know that I have a covenant
with work! I'll never step out on the platform without preparation,
otherwise I will end up in shame. I'm a worker, so I'm worthy of His
hire. And when God pays you, you know it's something real big!
When you are not acting according to the Word you have heard, you are
not in faith! For every Word you believe, there must be a corresponding
action, to prove that you actually believe it. So if you do believe the
Word of financial prosperity, your actions will prove whether you
actually believe it. God is a God of knowledge, by whom actions are
weighed.
Abraham said, "I know God can raise up children for me from stones."
And he took Isaac,
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to go and slay him. That's faith in action!

Your Utterances
The second evidence of faith is utterance. When God was telling Joshua
of His programme to prosper him, He first of all charged him concerning
his utterance:
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth... Joshua 1:8
Watch a man speak, and you can tell what the future holds for him in the
kingdom! You can't talk lack for instance, and stumble into plenty. No
way! You can't talk want and enjoy divine supplies, because Mark 11:24
says, "You shall have whatsoever you say." Paul said in 2 Corinthians
4:13:
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed,
and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
So what you have believed, you naturally speak.
Faith is expressed in words. Not just by the words you speak to other
people, but even the ones you speak to yourself. The words you speak
either count for you or against you. Everything in life answers to what
you say.
In the school of faith, your tongue draws the conclusion. But your
tongue answers to the contents of your heart, because it's out of the
abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. That's why God is stuffing
your heart with matters, so that your tongue will never run dry of the
truth that refreshes and prospers.
One of the laws of the spirit of life is the law of right speaking. And that
functions according to the contents of your heart. Every seed sower is a
prosperous
citizen of the kingdom, if only his mouth allows him to get it.
Let faith be in your mouth, then you shall make your way prosperous,
and you shall have good success.
Obedience
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What is the connection between faith and covenant wealth? It is simply

obedience. That is, walking in obedience to what the covenant demands.
When you walk in practical obedience to the terms of the covenant, you
are in faith, and it will always produce for you.
Samuel, speaking to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:22 said to him:
...Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of
rams.
Obedience will always lead to prosperity.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and
their years in pleasures. Job 36:11
The conclusion of the whole matter is be willing and obedient, and you
will eat the good of the land (Isa. 1:19). That is faith in its practical
terms.
Faith is not in confessing it, but is professing it! Confession is mere talk
of the mouth. Profession is your actual practical commitment and
involvement. Paul said, "Holding fast the profession of our faith... he is
faithful that promised" (Heb. 10:23)
We've talked so much about confession, now let's go to the mother of
confession profession. Confession is only one of its children. Profession
is your stepping out to work it the way God has commanded it.
When a miracle was needed at the marriage in Cana of Galilee, Mary the
mother of Jesus told the servants, "Whatever he saith unto you, do it"
(John 2:5). That is the master-key to the miraculous! Don't recite it, don't
cram it, but do it!
Everytime you begin to respond to the Word of God, things begin to
happen for you. I see things begin to happen for you right now!
Our adventure into kingdom prosperity requires that we lay hold on this
mystery of faith, so prosperity can become real in our lives. Faith is it!
It's our covenant access into Kingdom prosperity.
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of
those things which
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were told her from the Lord. Luke 1:45

So there is no performance until faith is in place. Faith is what triggers
off performance from heaven. Your faith is what determines the events
of your life.
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Chapter 12
Increase Answers to Input
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the
ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and
I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Zechariah 8:12
Prosperity is impossible without seed.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest...shall not cease.
Genesis 8:22
The covenant anchors on seedtime and harvest.
"God is not mocked", says Galatians 6:7, "For whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap."
The covenant of prosperity hinges on the mystery of seedtime and
harvest. It is this law that brings you into an encounter with the "Power
to get wealth" (Deut. 8:18).
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: Isaiah 55:10
Seedtime precedes harvest. It is not harvest that determines the seed, but
the seed determines the harvest.
First He gives seed to the sower and then bread to the eater. It's not
bread to the eater, from which he will take the seed. No! It is the seed
that generates the bread. Until this is understood, you will remain at the
same level.
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Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your
food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your
righteousness; 2 Corinthians 9:10
Did you see that? He ministers seed to the sower, so that food can come
forth, and seed multiply! Seed to the sower first, and then bread will
come out of it; and inside that bread, is multiplied seed.
Ask any farmer, and he will tell you that their seedtime is prepared for
from the current harvest. He looks at his yams, and picks out the fattest
of them all, and keeps it away in the barn for the next planting season.
The small boys who lack understanding of the farming laws want those
fat ones home, as they're the pride of the harvest season. But the father
knows better; he says to himself, "For me to get this size of harvest next
year, I must put this size of yam aside for replanting." Wise farming
demands that you prepare yourself for the next harvest season.
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine
increase:
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out
with new wine. Proverbs 3:9-10
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 2
Corinthians 9:8
That's talking about riches. What do you do with your riches? Charge
them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust
in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things
to enjoy; 1 Timothy 6:17
Paul is here talking about sowing financial seed, to create room for our
financial harvest. Seedtime and harvest shall not cease. God is
committed to increase only where seed is found. The scriptures cannot
be broken. When you attempt to break the unbreakable, you are broken!
What prospers is your seed. No one ever sees increase without first
putting in his seed. When there's no seed, there's no prosperity (Zech.
8:12). As you see the day exchanging position with the night, then know
that the covenant of God, the covenant of increase, remains intact. And it
anchors on one truth seedtime before harvest.
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Chapter 13
Financial Integrity
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 14:34
You still remember Job's story? A man that feared God and eschewed
evil; a perfect man. And this man was lifted by God, until he became the
greatest man in all the east. What was his qualification? He stood strong
on the foundation of God:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom... Proverbs 9:10
What is wisdom? "Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
them" (Matt. 7:24).
Now, if the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, then the fear of God
is the foundation that makes your acting on the Word of God to
produce.Job's testimony shows us that you don't have to be crooked to
get to the topmost top.
Nothing corrupts more than money in today's world. People scheming to
play out one another. When the Bible said, "Fight the good fight of
faith", it's talking about money. You must fight financial corruption or
you die in it!
The Bible says, "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life" (1
Tim. 6:12). That means money is wrestling against eternal life in your
life.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out. 1 Timothy 6:6-7
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And verse 10-12 says:

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good
fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and
hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
In other words, "I'm telling you, it's a fight! It's a battle!"
Financial corruption is a deadly attack from hell. Jesus once said to a
man, "This is money, this is heaven, choose one", and the man said, "I
take money!" Or how else would you explain that account in Mark
10:17-25?
Jesus told him, "Sell all you have and give to the poor and you will have
eternal life". But he said, "No, I don't want eternal life, I want 'eternal'
money!" He signed for suicide because of money.
Say with me, "Lord, keep me financially sane. Baptize me into your kind
of integrity. Let not money corrupt my destiny. Lord, help me to retain
this eternal life all the days of my life!"
There was a man called Jacob. This man sent his sons to Egypt to go and
buy food. Joseph, finding out that they were his brothers, put back their
money in their bags. The Bible tells us that Jacob sent back that money
(Gen. 43:12).
Integrity guarantees plenty! All our covenant fathers Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob were people of integrity. Who then do you look like, playing
pranks on account of money?
There's nothing in money to warrant anybody dying and laying his life
on the line for. Many people need to be delivered from the bondage of
financial corruption. Such people, when they see money, their bodies
begin to vibrate. Their nerves are no longer at rest.
You hide money from your wife, you hide money from your husband,
for what?
Listen to me: you don't love money to get it; you love God to be blessed!
Lovers of money
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get lost, but lovers of God get increasingly blessed! Tomorrow is

fantastic. All you need to do is live right today. If you live right today,
you secure a future for yourself, and for generations coming after you.
Don't sell off your destiny, no! It's too dangerous to your soul. If you
remember Judas and Gehazi, you won't do that! To buy something in
your office and tender a forged receipt, you're already under the chains
of financial corruption! Why must you tie your destiny down? You don't
have to!
It takes financial integrity to enjoy financial plenty.
Practical Righteousness
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the
sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto
the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the
Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. Malachi 3:3-4
Why? Look at verse 6:
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
Before He spoke about giving, He first of all talked about the refining of
the saints. That's talking about our need for righteousness before our
seed can be pleasant and acceptable to Him.
Practical righteousness is a principal requirement in the school of
prosperity. Your "Yea" must be yea, and your "Nay" nay, no matter the
cost it places on you. That's practical righteousness!
Until your offering is acceptable to God, it holds no benefits for you. Do
you know that Jesus came and put a stamp on that? He said if you bring
your offering to the altar, and you remember that there's a problem
between you and your brother back at home, don't drop the offering.
First go back home and sort things out, and then come drop your
offering; otherwise it's a waste (Matt. 5:23-24).
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My prayer is that you will practically deal with the things that won't let
your offerings be pleasant unto the Lord.
The Lord was speaking to me from 2 Chronicles 15. The Bible says
there was no law and no teaching priest. Everyone was doing what was
right in his sight, so there was great devastation upon all the inhabitants
of the land.
When you're without law, you'll get into trouble. Nature is governed by
laws. To be lawless is to be lifeless. When the first man Adam was put
in the garden, there was a law to guard his destiny. When he broke that
law, his destiny was destroyed (Gen. 3). Life without law is deadly and
chaotic, it is colourless. Let's enjoy the laws of God.
Things don't just work anyhow. There is divine order in our relationship
with God. When that order is embraced, your life becomes colourful.
Christianity is not lawless living. Somebody may say, "We're no longer
under the law." No, we're not! But we're free from one law, to get under
the other:
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
One law sets you free from another. Nature abhors vacuum. To be
lawless is to be lifeless. Watch every schemer, he keeps losing weight,
while the righteous keeps flourishing.
What God has for you, no smartness of yours can get it for you. So,
yield your life to Him, for you never get stranded with righteousness.
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness..." (Psalm 112:4)
There's no embarrassment for the righteous in the kingdom. There's
always a way of escape. There's always a future for the righteous. When
you respond to His righteousness, God responds to you by filling your
treasures (Prov. 8:18- 21).
Who will inherit substance? The people who follow the way of
righteousness and the paths of judgement. Who will God fill up his
treasures? The man who is filled with the righteousness of God.
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they
shall be filled. Matthew 5:6
Now, in the name of Jesus, I command everything that is set on your
way to corrupt your destiny to drop off you right now. Be free from that
chain of bondage, in the name of Jesus. I would like you to consciously
plead the blood of Jesus, for your total freedom and deliverance from
every form of financial corruption.
The God that lifted Joseph in the land of captivity, on the ticket of
integrity, will lift you too! The God that lifted Daniel in the land of
bondage on the grounds of purity, will lift you! The God that lifted Job
in the midst of sin, on the grounds of integrity and purity, will lift you!
Integrity shall preserve you! Righteousness shall exalt you! Purity shall
deliver plenty into your hands, in the precious name of Jesus!
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Financial Integrity
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Proverbs 14:34
You still remember Job's story? A man that feared God and eschewed
evil; a perfect man. And this man was lifted by God, until he became the
greatest man in all the east. What was his qualification? He stood strong
on the foundation of God:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom... Proverbs 9:10
What is wisdom? "Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
them" (Matt. 7:24).
Now, if the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, then the fear of God
is the foundation that makes your acting on the Word of God to
produce.Job's testimony shows us that you don't have to be crooked to
get to the topmost top.
Nothing corrupts more than money in today's world. People scheming to
play out one another. When the Bible said, "Fight the good fight of
faith", it's talking about money. You must fight financial corruption or
you die in it!
The Bible says, "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life" (1
Tim. 6:12). That means money is wrestling against eternal life in your
life.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out. 1 Timothy 6:6-7
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And verse 10-12 says:

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good
fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and
hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
In other words, "I'm telling you, it's a fight! It's a battle!"
Financial corruption is a deadly attack from hell. Jesus once said to a
man, "This is money, this is heaven, choose one", and the man said, "I
take money!" Or how else would you explain that account in Mark
10:17-25?
Jesus told him, "Sell all you have and give to the poor and you will have
eternal life". But he said, "No, I don't want eternal life, I want 'eternal'
money!" He signed for suicide because of money.
Say with me, "Lord, keep me financially sane. Baptize me into your kind
of integrity. Let not money corrupt my destiny. Lord, help me to retain
this eternal life all the days of my life!"
There was a man called Jacob. This man sent his sons to Egypt to go and
buy food. Joseph, finding out that they were his brothers, put back their
money in their bags. The Bible tells us that Jacob sent back that money
(Gen. 43:12).
Integrity guarantees plenty! All our covenant fathers Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob were people of integrity. Who then do you look like, playing
pranks on account of money?
There's nothing in money to warrant anybody dying and laying his life
on the line for. Many people need to be delivered from the bondage of
financial corruption. Such people, when they see money, their bodies
begin to vibrate. Their nerves are no longer at rest.
You hide money from your wife, you hide money from your husband,
for what?
Listen to me: you don't love money to get it; you love God to be blessed!
Lovers of money
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get lost, but lovers of God get increasingly blessed! Tomorrow is

fantastic. All you need to do is live right today. If you live right today,
you secure a future for yourself, and for generations coming after you.
Don't sell off your destiny, no! It's too dangerous to your soul. If you
remember Judas and Gehazi, you won't do that! To buy something in
your office and tender a forged receipt, you're already under the chains
of financial corruption! Why must you tie your destiny down? You don't
have to!
It takes financial integrity to enjoy financial plenty.
Practical Righteousness
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the
sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto
the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the
Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. Malachi 3:3-4
Why? Look at verse 6:
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
Before He spoke about giving, He first of all talked about the refining of
the saints. That's talking about our need for righteousness before our
seed can be pleasant and acceptable to Him.
Practical righteousness is a principal requirement in the school of
prosperity. Your "Yea" must be yea, and your "Nay" nay, no matter the
cost it places on you. That's practical righteousness!
Until your offering is acceptable to God, it holds no benefits for you. Do
you know that Jesus came and put a stamp on that? He said if you bring
your offering to the altar, and you remember that there's a problem
between you and your brother back at home, don't drop the offering.
First go back home and sort things out, and then come drop your
offering; otherwise it's a waste (Matt. 5:23-24).
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My prayer is that you will practically deal with the things that won't let
your offerings be pleasant unto the Lord.
The Lord was speaking to me from 2 Chronicles 15. The Bible says
there was no law and no teaching priest. Everyone was doing what was
right in his sight, so there was great devastation upon all the inhabitants
of the land.
When you're without law, you'll get into trouble. Nature is governed by
laws. To be lawless is to be lifeless. When the first man Adam was put
in the garden, there was a law to guard his destiny. When he broke that
law, his destiny was destroyed (Gen. 3). Life without law is deadly and
chaotic, it is colourless. Let's enjoy the laws of God.
Things don't just work anyhow. There is divine order in our relationship
with God. When that order is embraced, your life becomes colourful.
Christianity is not lawless living. Somebody may say, "We're no longer
under the law." No, we're not! But we're free from one law, to get under
the other:
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2
One law sets you free from another. Nature abhors vacuum. To be
lawless is to be lifeless. Watch every schemer, he keeps losing weight,
while the righteous keeps flourishing.
What God has for you, no smartness of yours can get it for you. So,
yield your life to Him, for you never get stranded with righteousness.
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness..." (Psalm 112:4)
There's no embarrassment for the righteous in the kingdom. There's
always a way of escape. There's always a future for the righteous. When
you respond to His righteousness, God responds to you by filling your
treasures (Prov. 8:18- 21).
Who will inherit substance? The people who follow the way of
righteousness and the paths of judgement. Who will God fill up his
treasures? The man who is filled with the righteousness of God.
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they
shall be filled. Matthew 5:6
Now, in the name of Jesus, I command everything that is set on your
way to corrupt your destiny to drop off you right now. Be free from that
chain of bondage, in the name of Jesus. I would like you to consciously
plead the blood of Jesus, for your total freedom and deliverance from
every form of financial corruption.
The God that lifted Joseph in the land of captivity, on the ticket of
integrity, will lift you too! The God that lifted Daniel in the land of
bondage on the grounds of purity, will lift you! The God that lifted Job
in the midst of sin, on the grounds of integrity and purity, will lift you!
Integrity shall preserve you! Righteousness shall exalt you! Purity shall
deliver plenty into your hands, in the precious name of Jesus!
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Working
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent
maketh rich. Proverbs 10:4
No one is born poor, neither is anyone born rich. Nobody was born with a
three-piece suit and a pair of shoes on. Everybody came to this earth stark
naked. Nobody carried a purse or a cheque book when he was born. People
arrive here to become whatever they choose to be.
"He becometh poor..." Just like men become rich, others also become poor.
Your choice determines what you become. "...But the hand of the diligent
maketh rich." So the making of wealth is not limited to giving alone.
Just in a moment, I will show you the balance between giving and working.
Giving procures the blessings, while working opens the channel through
which that blessing flows back to you. Giving establishes the blessings, but
working provides the channel through which the blessings are released.
Giving without working is like pouring water into a basket. The channel is
not created for the blessings that accrue from giving to be delivered. Here are
two striking scriptures that draw a link between giving and working.
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs 18:16
That is, room is created by your givings. But look at Proverbs 22:29: Seest
thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not
stand before mean men.
So it is your giving, and your working that determine your ultimate
placement in life. The charismatics have been taught how to give, but many
have not been taught the covenant place and
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dignity of labour.
Abraham encountered the promise of blessings by giving, but he took
delivery of the blessings by working. In Genesis 12, God called him out and
promised to bless him. In chapter 14, he gave tithes to Melchizedek, King of
Salem, who blessed him. Yet Abraham was a cattle-rearer! God has nothing
to bless when you are not working.
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his
delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and
night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he
doeth shall prosper". Psalm 1:1-3
"Whatsoever he doeth...", not "whatsoever he giveth"! It is the giving that
positions you by the rivers of water, what you do thereafter is what then
enables you to take delivery of the blessings of this privileged positioning.
The work of your hand is the channel through which you take delivery of the
blessings. "And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." There's no future for the
idle man in the covenant. You have a choice between hardwork and a hard
life! I made my choice for hardwork, so I'm free from a hard life.
The Bible says: Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that
build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalm 127:1
This tells us that God can't bless you until you are busy working. It is your
working in the covenant that attracts God's help to get the job done.
Jesus said, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." (John 5:17) Friend,
let's stop wishing, let's start working! Nothing works until you work it!
There's dignity in labour; stop playing around, you may attract a curse! Don't
hang around looking for who will dole out something to you. No! That's not
the covenant!
If you're not working, you will not only become poor, you are signing in to
die poor! The Bible says anyone who does not work should not eat (2 Thes.
3:10). That means if he must survive, he has to beg.
Kingdom prosperity doesn't stop at giving, it continues in working. Very
many are givers, but far less are workers, because majority think the
blessings will drop down for them from the sky.
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We give, but we have to create channels for the blessings. When you're not
going out and coming in, you're not a candidate for blessings. Looking at
Deuteronomy 28, you will discover that every blessing is poured out on the
work of the hands of the people —"All that thou settest thy hand unto..." Our
giving is like the rainfall that falls upon the work we do, causing a release of
the blessings.
However, your working (very hard) will be labour in vain without the giving
covenant being in place. In Haggai 1:11 God said:
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon
the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the
ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the
labour of the hands.
Why? "Because My house was lying in ruins and you are not bothered about
it, so I can't be bothered about you", God says. So, "When you earn wages, it
goes into pockets that have holes." Why? Because you're not in the giving
covenant.
When you're not a giver, but you're a hard worker, you just keep suffering in
frustration, because God's blessings is not on what you're doing, so it cannot
produce results.
Remain Tireless
God's ultimate for your life demands tireless input. God's Word says in
Galatians 6:9: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we
shall reap, if we faint not.
So your ultimate in the kingdom demands that you faint not. When you faint,
it fails. Jesus told a parable in Mark 4: 26-28:
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the
ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of
herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
No matter how marvellous the revelation you have received from God, it will
still bring forth results in phases. It takes patience to make the mark that God
has designed for us in the school of prosperity.
It is that kind of patience that stirs you up for tireless input. "For in due
season you shall reap, if you faint not." If you faint it fails!
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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and
not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not
tarry. Habakkuk 2:3
Every revelation only speaks at the end. So you need tireless pursuit of the
vision in order not to fail before the end. Scriptures like, "Let God be true and
all men liars", become very useful at such times.
WORKING
"At the end it shall speak." There are too many "Get-rich-quick" Christians
today, and they are the quickest to be frustrated. Many I guess, may have
looked at me at one time or the other and say to themselves, "Mm, Bishop is
lucky." No, Bishop is "worky"! I work out my salvation in givings and in
labour, and I've been doing that for years.
I'm not into the teaching of glamorous covenant wealth, but into practical
covenant pursuit. I understand God's ways and I give myself totally to it,
knowing that the One who has spoken cannot lie. So any time it comes is
good time.
Every vision speaks at the end. Many would have gone far ahead, but
unfortunately, just one more day to their breakthrough, they faint. I curse
every force set against you, to make you faint and fall in the covenant, in
Jesus name!
You remember the way Saul failed? He had waited, and just one more minute
for Samuel to come, he said, "I can't wait anymore." And he lost his kingdom
to impatience. Just one more day for a man's heavens to open and reward his
labours of many years, and he says, "I don't think this thing is working!" And
he gives up. That will not be your case in Jesus name.
...But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mark 13:13
This is also repeated in Matthew 24:13. Receive the grace to endure to the
end now. It's time for God's vision in your life to start speaking. They have
turned you into a laughing stock in some quarters, but don't give up; because
you're just about entering into your destiny.
When I first started preaching the prosperity message, I was an object of
mockery, because I didn't look it at all. God had encouraged me with these
words, " ...As poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet
possessing all things." ( 2 Cor. 6:10)
So I kept on doing what He sent me to do—"Go, make My people rich." I had
a choice to bang it, because a very terrible wave of mockery had risen up
against me. But I knew in whom I had believed. They called me all manner of
names then, but all my mockers are in oblivion today.
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And now the vision is speaking!

So we must remain tireless both in our giving and working.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 tells us: Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
And verse 10 adds: Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were
better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Your today is better than your yesterday. That is godly wisdom. That is what
propels you and keeps you going. Why? God's Word has said, "But the path
of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect
day." (Prov. 4:18)
If God said it, why are you saying something else? It is wisdom to know that
today is better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today.
There's a better tomorrow for you, all you need to do is keep working towards
it, at the end it shall speak.
Every input is an investment, the dividend must surely answer someday. May
you be there that someday, when the dividend begins to answer to your
faithfulness. We need covenant patience to enjoy covenant blessings. God is
not a robber. God is not a thief. His name is called "The Faithful Witness."
He cannot deny Himself.
As long as you don't stop giving, and you don't stop working, there is no way
it will not speak at the end. Proverbs 14:23 makes us to understand that, "In
all labour there is profit..." So every input is a kind of seed, the fruit will
answer someday. Just make sure your hands remain working hands, because
working hands are blessed hands.
Our Covenant Fathers
All our covenant fathers were hard and tireless workers. Abraham at the age
of 75 was still a cattle-rearer. Isaac dug a well, they filled it. He dug yet
another, and they filled it. Then he dug the third one, "and for that they strove
not" (Gen. 26). He tired out his contenders.
Another famine rose in the days of Isaac, different from the famine that was
in the days of Abraham, but Isaac rose up to the task. He was a smart worker.
Abimelech and his chiefs went to Isaac to do obeisance to him. "For thou art
much mightier than we", they said to him. A stranger became mightier than
the sons of the soil; because of his giving and working life! He was perfectly
in the covenant.
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If one job closes, open another. What are you there mourning and moaning
for? Didn't the scriptures say, "They shall come against you one way, but
they will flee before you seven ways?"
You lost one job, yes! Do you now want to lose your life along with it? It's
not your hands you lost, it's only a job; so find another one —"Whatsoever
thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thine might." Your hand therefore should
be a finding hand.
It is impossible to rise without working. Anybody that won't provoke you to
work is destroying your destiny without knowing.
There are three levels at which our covenant fathers worked:
- They were hard workers
- They were tireless workers
- They were creative workers
It was creative work that brought Jacob out of the house of Laban. Laban said
to him, "All the stripped shall be mine, the speckled shall be yours." His plan
was to keep Jacob in perpetual slavery. Jacob then sat down and considered,
"How can I make the cattle to give birth to speckled calves?"
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree;
and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the
rods. And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink. And the flocks conceived before the rods,
and brought forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. Genesis 30: 37-
39
That was ingenuity; the power of ready invention, the facility of combining
ideas, what I call the ability to foresee and calculate for results. All our
covenant fathers were hard workers (Abraham). They were tireless workers
(Isaac), and they were creative workers (Jacob).
Friend, you're created to matter, so don't sell your birthright! You're a
creature of dignity, don't sell off! Where you are is a fair place, but a better
place awaits you; so don't sell off!
"Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Blessings don't drop on people, they
drop on what people do. Whatever blessing God has promised in His Word
will only meet you on your job. Deuteronomy 28:4-6 declares:
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Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit
of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when
thou goest out.
Don't sit down in your house doing nothing from morning till night. You're
not a candidate for blessing if you're not going out and coming in, if you are
not working.
If we work as hard as we give, we will start off a revolution in the world. We
would have created enough channels for the delivery of our heavenly
blessings. "...Whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper." That's an open cheque!
Don't be ashamed of whatever work you're doing, as it is what determines
your worth. You're in a covenant relationship with God and He will bless "all
that thou settest thine hand to do." So celebrate your work, for you will soon
become a celebrity in the society.
Increase answers to giving plus labour. So get started now. Get started from
where you are.
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Thinking
In the course of my meditation, I came up with the statement: "It is wisdom
that begets wealth." Wealth is the offspring of wisdom.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the
gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the
things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.Length of days is in
her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Proverbs 3:13-16
We've talked about working, but work alone does not make rich. It is creative
work that guarantees productivity, and in turn wealth. Thinking, in this
context, is the ability to co-ordinate thoughts productively for increased
output. Reasoning is what makes rich.
When Paul talked about "the eyes of your understanding being enlightened,"
in Ephesians 1:18, he was referring to being mentally sound, that is high-
level productive thinking. In other words, somebody sitting down and
creating something productive that will make living great.
Working alone does not make for wealth, it is wise work that begets wealth.
A man may be labouring, but because he lacks results, he becomes wearied.
He knows what to do, but doesn't know how to do it. It is the knowledge of
how to do a thing that gets it done, not just the doing of it. It's not just work,
but wise work, that makes for wealth.
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not
how to go to the city. Ecclesiastes 10:15
That wisdom element of our labour, in most cases, is the missing link that
causes us to work and
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work, without having any result. Remember, our giving does not equal plenty
on its own. Giving connects us to the blessing, while working helps us take
delivery of the blessing. And if we are wise workers, then we can take greater
delivery of His blessings.
"The labour of the foolish", we are told, "wearieth everyone of them; because
he knoweth not how..." When you know "how", you begin to get better
results, and you receive more of those blessings. You will not labour in vain
anymore!
All the wealth of the universe came out of wisdom (Ps. 104:24). And that
wisdom has no respect for problems. It will obtain results in any
environment, under any circumstance, no matter how impossible the situation
may appear. That wisdom can locate treasures in any place (Job 28:9-12).
Therefore, the economy of your country is not your problem. It's your
mentality that needs to be adjusted. You're a new creature, old things are
passed away, all things are become new. You're not like the people of the
world. So when they say, "there's a casting down," you should say, "there is
lifting up!"
If you see things the way the world sees it, you will fall the way they fall. The
covenant is superior to the climate, all we need is to engage our covenant
mentality for high-level productivity.
Sit Down!
Jesus said no one builds a tower without first sitting down to generate, create
and analyse ideas. For instance, before our Bible School started, I went out to
find out what other Bible Schools were doing, so I would know how to get
better results.
It grieves me to see covenant people go mentally asleep. It's time to awake!
There's so much treasure in this "rock" (the Bible), wisdom will cut it out,
and the rivers in it will flow out.
In spiritual warfare, we've talked so much about studying the Word, praying
and fasting, but not much has been said about sitting down to think. Not just
reading, or searching the Word, that alone won't do; but sitting down to make
discoveries—searching the way out of whatever crisis you are faced up with.
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I
cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. For thus saith the Lord
God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in
quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. Isaiah
30:7,15
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There's a place for sitting still to locate the treasures in the Word, to bring
forth ideas that will enhance productivity. What do you get when you sit still?
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk
ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Isaiah
30:21
As you sit down to quality meditation with a there-must-be-a-way-out-
attitude, you provoke the treasures on your inside to come forth. Friend,
there's something inside you. The answer is within you, in your "house".
Elisha asked that widow, "What hath thou in thine house?" She said, "I have
nothing but a cruse of oil." And Elisha said to her, "You've got the answer!"
(2 Kgs. 4). The answer to her crisis came out of her house. The answer you
require is inside you. So, sit down and make it come forth!
Every event is an invention and every invention is a product of intuition.
What is intuition? Nothing but qualitative meditation, which is the ability to
co-ordinate thoughts productively. The prodigal son came to himself and
found his way back home by reasoning. I don't think it took more than one
hour of reasoning to do that. This is one of the forgotten, but most powerful
forces in life.
You have an excellent spirit, all you need to do is engage it. Your car has a
gear system, but until you engage the gear, the car won't move. So let's
engage our covenant mentality for cheap victories in the battles of life.
Getting things to work, not just by prayer, but by engaging covenant
reasoning, putting the facts on the ground and then working things out. Pure
wisdom!
So, the level to which you engage your mind determines the level of results
you obtain. If the way you give is the way you work, and coupled with the
wisdom required, this earth will shake under your feet. If you see a better
way of doing whatever thing you're doing now, what are you doing with the
old way?
You have a shop that is hardly making any sales, why don't you sit down and
reason,"Do people really need what I'm selling?" If they don't, then, "what is
it that they need in this area?" You have gone to rent an office space in a
locality, but the services you are rendering is needed in another area. What
lop-sided wisdom.
Friend, believe in results and stop playing around with false images.
Somebody is jobless, and yet he sits at home watching television! Sell that
television and buy a pepper grinding machine, put on an apron and a chef's
cap and get to work with excitement! Let's get into productive labour. It's
productive thinking that makes for productivity. One whole day of sitting
down to think can bring about that long awaited lifetime change.
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Creative thinking brought Jacob out of slavery; I see you coming out of the
slavery of lack and want right now!
Every throne is Created
Every throne is created, it is not a gift; it is a creation of wisdom. The heaven
and the earth, including all the wealth in the universe came out of wisdom.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the
earth is full of thy riches. Psalm 104:24
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he
established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew. Proverbs 3:19-20
The creative ability of God was put to productive use and all that we see
today came into being. The fulness of the earth—the gold, the oil, the
diamonds, name it—all came out of God's creative wisdom.
The Bible tells us that heaven is God's throne and the earth His footstool. So,
we discover that even the Almighty had to create His own throne. Likewise,
everyone that desires a throne on the earth today must be ready to create one.
Let me stir you up for results with this:
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we
have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16
"But we have the mind of Christ"! We are heirs of God and joint-heirs with
Christ, and the Bible says,"All things were made by him; and without him
was not any thing made that was made" (Jn. 1:3). Also, "...Christ the power
of God, and the wisdom of God." (1 Cor. 1:24)
If therefore we have the mind of Christ, and He is the wisdom of God by
which all things were created, then, we are by inheritance possessors of
divine creativity! It is our birthright to operate in the creative realms of God.
The creative capabilities of God reside on our inside, let's go and stir it up!
Let's draw them out by engaging the sitting down warfare strategy for
exploits.
Let's sit down with God! You have prayed, you have fasted, now think!
Engage creative thinking for high level productivity.
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I believe in new things. And every new thing comes out of new thoughts.
Why should God have a goal of billions for you and you're dying with
millions? Why should God have a supermarket for you and you are there in a
kiosk? No! Unto whom much is given, much is required. You have the mind
of Christ!
Be willing to cut down on anything that is seeking to cut down your destiny,
and focus on productive living. Focus on productivity, it will enhance your
dignity.
If I have the mind of Christ, then the world must mind me. When Jesus was
here on the earth, the world minded Him. But the world will never mind you
until you have results to command their attention. It is results that commands
respect.
Before you're through with reading this book, God will visit you with very
strange productive ideas, ideas that will put you on a higher level of life.
Where are you really going? Look like someone who is going somewhere.
Know where you are going, and draw out a strategy that will help you get
there. You're an enviable creature. You possess the mind of Christ. By that
same mind, all things were created. That mind carries life, and that life is the
light of men, which shines in darkness and darkness cannot handle it! Friend,
wake up, for you have the creator's mentality! You can cut rivers out of the
rock, you can overturn mountains by the roots, you can see every precious
thing in every difficult situation!
May God help you to engage this great gift on your inside productively. You
can make things happen. What you're doing now may not be what you need
to do to get to where you're going. You need a change, and change is a
choice. You make your choice and your choice makes you! You need to
change your approach to the thing you're doing now, so as to get better results
out of it.
I want you to be very excited, because the mind that created the world and all
that is in it is the same one you possess. If that mind can create the universe
and it's in perfect order till now, can't it create your little world?
Three Kinds of Wisdom
There are three kinds of wisdom- heavenly wisdom, earthly wisdom and
demonic wisdom (1 Cor. 2:6-8; James. 3:15). But that which is from above is
above them all. The wisdom of God is superior to every other kind of
wisdom.
It is not found in the land of the living, because it comes from heaven. It is
superior to intellectualism, it is far above it! It is superior to demonic forces,
because they're under our feet.
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The Bible says this wisdom of God is justified of all her children, so it is your
heritage in Christ. Paul told Timothy:
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with
the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 1 Timothy 4:14
I prophesy an awakening upon your mentality! The God of light will shed
very unique light on your path! That light will distinguish you among your
peers! Your generation will celebrate your birth! No more shall you be
mistaken for a nuisance! You shall remain an asset on this earth, no more a
parasite! Whatever had hitherto made for shame in your life as a result of an
inadequate engagement of your covenant mentality is destroyed right now!
Everything that is not making your mind work the way it should vanishes
from you now, in Jesus precious name!
God gave the three Hebrew boys knowledge and skill in all learning and
wisdom (Dan. 1:17), and He said, "I am the Lord, I change not." So God is
still in the business of giving knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom.
You have seen enough sweat, it's time to taste the sweet of the covenant and
the grapes of life.
Wherever wisdom dwells, that's where wealth is found. And in Him (Jesus),
we are told, dwells all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; and He dwells
in you. So you're a treasure of wisdom and knowledge. Not theoretical
wisdom, but productive wisdom.
I command the creative abilities of God in you to begin to work right now!
That better idea you need for better results, receive it now, in Jesus mighty
name! Be free from every confusion, be free from every depression. That
weight on your mind, that will not let it function at its best, I command it to
drop off you now, in the name of Jesus!
Reasoning Makes Rich
Many of us are a concern to God. This is because the things we cry about
don't require tears at all. They just require taking the appropriate steps, and
then walking into victory. But when you don't know what steps to take, how
do you take them? I'd like you to know that God has made every provision
available for us to exercise our minds so we can excel in life.
The creative abilities in us will only come to light with the adequate
exercising of our senses. It is strong meat for strong destiny.
Hitherto many have thought that sense knowledge is contrary to scriptural or
spiritual knowledge. But without a good sense knowledge, you can't
understand the things of the spirit. Your spirit
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can't instruct your body, it is your mind that does that; because the body only
responds to instructions from the mental region. Your spirit illuminates your
mind, passing on information to it, and then your mind dispatches it to the
body, for appropriate actions.
Please understand this: how much mental exercise you engage in determines
how much you will excel in life. Remember, wisdom begets wealth. It is
reasoning that makes rich!
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant
riches. Proverbs 24:3-4
The Amplified Bible puts it in a very colourful way:
Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a Family)
built, and by understanding it is establlished [on a sound and good
foundation],
And by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all
precious and pleasant riches.
Friend, it takes facts to become fat!
What they call "common sense" is not really common. The moment you
cannot explain the step you are taking, you don't have that common sense. If
you cannot explain to the people around the reasons for what you are doing,
or what you expect at the end of what you're doing, then you don't know what
you're doing. We have the mind of Christ. It's time to exercise that mind in
order to excel in life.
How to Exercise Your Senses
Now let me show you how you can exercise your senses for maximum
results.
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time,
and that he would show the king the interpretation. Daniel 2:16
Time is the greatest asset in the school of creativity. It is the common
denominator in our bid to excel in mental exercise. Daniel said to them, "No
matter how hard the situation, just give me time, I will get the answer."
"Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: That they would desire mercies of the
God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not
perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name
of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his" Daniel 2:17-20
This is what I call revelation-expectant prayer. It is different from healing-
miracle prayer. It is communicating with the unseen in faith, opening up to
receive direction from on high. Revelation- expectant prayers says: "Which
way Lord?" and is followed by listening attentively in the spirit, speaking
quietly in tongues. "Lord, I need light from You on this subject. Speak to me,
Lord, I'm ready to do whatever You say..."
He said, "You have not because you ask not... I am the Lord that leadeth thee
in the way that thou shouldest go... I am the Lord that teacheth thee to profit."
You may not hear Him while you're in that prayer, but it may be while you're
asleep in the night, as was the case with Daniel.
We suffer frustration because of assumptions. It's better to be slow and sure,
than to be fast and fail. When the Lord is your shepherd you shall not want.
Every business you rush into, many times you come back with regrets. But
Psalm 112:5 says, "He shall guide his affairs with discretion." If you lack
discretion, you're set for destruction! I guide my affairs with discretion.
The enemy plays on time, but time is your greatest asset in locating direction.
Daniel said, "Give us time." And they utilised the time in a revelation-
expectant prayer.
Seeking is also important in exercising our God-given mentality. You need to
be informed in whatever field of endeavour you are in, you need facts to
become fat. Decisions based on quality information will always lead to
distinctions. You need to locate current materials that will enhance your
decisions.
So go after those who have excelled in your field, and in their stories you will
locate their secrets, and with those secrets you can make better decisions.
Businessmen should seek for materials of successful businessmen and find
out how they excelled. That would help to boost the quality of your decisions.
Daniel said, "I Daniel understood by books..." (Dan. 9:2). Even though God
gave him wisdom, understanding and light, with which he could dissolve
hard sentences, yet he needed information for quality decisions. The Word of
God is our principal reading material, and other books related to our field of
specialization will help boost the quality of our decisions.
So you don't only ask for wisdom in prayer, you also seek for wisdom
through expanded knowledge, using books and tapes to boost your insight, as
you exercise your senses. That's why
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Daniel said, "Give us time." It takes time to encounter light.

God's Word makes wise. We therefore need to spend time in the Word of
God, and relevant materials pertaining to our areas of pursuit. To be informed
is to be transformed, and to be uninformed is to be deformed. So, let's crave
for quality information, it will enhance the quality of our decisions.
Meditation is the third way by which we exercise our senses in God.
What is Meditation? It is processing acquired information for quality
decisions.If you look at God's Word, you'll discover that every success
related matter is tied to meditation.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his
delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and
night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper. Psalm 1:1-3
The man is first a thinker, then a worker "...and in his law doth he meditate
day and night... and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." He ponders his steps
in the Word of God, and based on the information he has acquired, he takes
decisions.
God said, "Come let us reason together. Produce your cause. Bring forth your
strong reasons." He wants you to be a strong thinker, and not a baby thinker.
In Isaiah 43:26, He said, "Put me in remembrance: let us plead together:
declare thou, that thou mayest be justified."
And in Isaiah 1:18 He said, "Come and let us reason together..." You see, you
have a thinking Father, so you can't afford to be a mindless Christian!
In Psalm 1:1-3 and Joshua 1:8, we see prosperity being tied to meditation. So
let's settle down and invest our time, it is our greatest asset in our quest for
creativity. Time is all you need, and time is what you have. Invest it now, and
you will see great results tomorrow.
You may perhaps be facing some difficult financial times right now. I would
like you to sit up in your privacy and say to yourself, "I know there's a way
out of this situation." Then pray a revelation-expectant prayer, and lay hold
on wisdom materials to provoke your mind to action and light will surely
come. And as you follow that light, you will discover the answer is there.
Don't go to sleep with problems, because by the time you wake up, you will
still find them
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waiting. The Psalmist said, "Give me understanding and I shall live." That's
all you need. Don't sit around a commodity that is not selling, create
something else that will sell. There's a way out for you!
Let me conclude this sub-section by saying this: the strongholds of life
usually resides in the mind.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 tells us: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;
So you can tame your thoughts. It demands that you be vast in the Word in
order to tame your thoughts. The Word of God must dominate your mind, for
it to be able to tame your thoughts. Remember you have the mind of Christ.
Stir it up!
There is need to develop into manhood mentally. Manhood is not a function
of age, but a function of mental maturity.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall
be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Government is placed upon the shoulders of sons, not children.
The labour of the foolish wearies, so think as you work, so that your labour
will not be in vain. Be creative in your approach to labour, and you will never
cease to be productive.
You have the mind of Christ, you're to be envied. You have no business
staying in the pit. People pity men because they're in the pit. Get out of that
pit, you don't belong there. What God has put in you qualifies you for a
crown.
Sin Corrupts Mentality
The mind that we are talking about is a gift from God.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of
a sound mind. 2
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Timothy 1:7
I would like to say that this end-time, the Church of Jesus Christ is going to
experience such explosive operations of our minds. The Bible calls it the
"manifold wisdom of God." Manifold, that is, many-sided, complicated
wisdom of God working in us freely and in all realms.
Man was in control until sin came. When sin came, man lost control, and the
beauty of creation was eroded. Before sin came, man was covered with the
glory of heaven, but after sin came, he was stripped of that glory, and was
naked.
With sin, man also lost his ability to think like God. But God has stepped in
one more time into the affairs of His creation, by His only begotten son Jesus.
Jesus came to recover man back from that realm of mental depravity and
failure. So everyone that is in sin has automatically sold off that sound mind
that we now have in Christ.
Every testimony of soundness of mind in scriptures is rooted in purity, e.g.
Joseph, Daniel, Job. Sin is a destroyer of mentality, sin corrupts creation. You
can't live in habitual sin and expect to remain sound. No! The first Adam
couldn't make it, you can't make it either.
Before the fall, Adam singularly named all the animals that we see today.
And whatever name he called them, that was the name God called them. He
was on the same mental frequency with God. He was in total dominion, but
lost it to sin!
I believe that adultery eroded Solomon's mentality. The Bible says, "and his
wives turned his heart away from the Lord." The same Solomon who 1 Kings
3:3 said, "and Solomon loved the Lord." But his mind was corrupted by
adultery.
Samson's mentality was so corrupted, that when Delilah told him, "Tell me
where your power is", he told her. She actually bound him and called the
Philistines to arrest him. And when Samson got up, he killed those who came
upon him, but ironically, he left the woman! Who should he have first killed?
Isn't it Delilah? But Samson had lost his mind to adultery!
Watch every adulterer, they're dull-minded. That's why a man in adultery
doesn't think of his Family. He goes around town with women, leaving his
Family at home with plenty of problems.
No habitual sinner has mental soundness, no, not in the kingdom. A drunkard
for instance, has no mind of his own. He may have common sense, which of
course is not adequate to handle uncommon problems. You can decide
whether to operate a dull head or a sound mind. Sin corrupts mentality, only
righteousness quickens it.
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But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them
understanding. Job 32:8
It is sin that quenches that spirit, which is what connects with understanding
from on high. So when you give in to sin, you have quenched the candle of
the Lord in you that searches the inward part of the belly, resulting in mental
prowess
Ephesians 4:23 instructs us: And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
That's what makes our wisdom as children of God superior to intellectualism.
Intellectualism is limited to the ordinary mind, the spiritless mind of the
unregenerated man. But when you're born again, the Holy Spirit is fired into
your mind to quicken that dead mind and bring it on a redemptive frequency,
where it can deliver at the level of God.
Before you came to Christ, you had a mind. The mind was there, but it was a
dead mind, acquiring only dead materials, to produce dead results. But a one-
day old Christian who has received the touch of Jesus and the fire of the Holy
Spirit can easily deliver results, because he's now on a higher level. The Spirit
of God is fired into his mind to quicken that once-upon-a-time dead mind, so
it can now function on a redemptive frequency and in the class of God.
Sin is what quenches that Spirit. The Bible says, "Quench not the Spirit."
And at another time it says, "Grieve not the Spirit." When you don't stop
grieving the Spirit, you end up quenching Him; and when that happens, the
candle of the Lord inside you is quenched, destroying the ability to search the
inward parts of your belly.
There is no kind of physical exertion that can bring any Christian into mental
dignity. There is therefore need to subdue and overcome the sin matter, so
that your mind will be released to function at the correct frequency. Mental
dignity is your birthright, iniquity is the only way to sell off. The purer you
are, the brighter you are mentally. Jesus knew no sin, and they marvelled at
His wisdom.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall
be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20
If you're reasoning with the wise, you can't be a fool. So you need to establish
a good relationship with the Word of God. Note that friendship with the
world is enmity with God. It's time to decamp from the world and camp with
Jesus for extra-ordinary results.
The sin matter is a capital issue, we have to keep going back to it, because
our redemptive colours will never come forth until sin is permanently dealt
with. Sin corrupt mentality, righteousness is
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what quickens it.

The wisdom of God is first pure, so it is purity that can guarantee pure
wisdom. Sin gives birth to corruption, which corrupts the mind, the Spirit,
and the body. Don't give room to sin. Victory over sin guarantees soundness
of mind, so settle down and tell sin to its face, " You won't send me out of my
Eden the way you sent Adam out."
Watch out, you will begin to encounter very strange light as you destroy the
hold of sin over your life. Your redemptive mind will be quickened back to
life for divine encounters.
Keep Your Spirit Alive
Your spirit is the vital force in you and it is vulnerable to sin. When sin
comes, it dies! Sin makes it sick, and if it's not quickly and properly treated, it
dies.
Your level of illumination is determined by how alive your spiritman is, so
keep it alive always.
I command the Spirit in your mind to come alive, in Jesus name! I curse
every trap of corruption, you shall no longer be a victim! Enjoy the blessings
of divine creativity. God created His throne by wisdom, go and create yours
too. Every extra input you put in from now on will attract extra results from
above. I command your mind to stay awake, in the mighty name of Jesus!
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Chapter 17
Trusting
The next step to getting blessed is trusting. We have established the place of
giving, the place of working and the place of thinking. Now, let's establish
the place of trusting in the school of prosperity.
Quite a number believe God, but very few trust Him. What enhances a
successful, cheerful and relaxed giving life is trusting. It makes for profitable
giving. Those who trust Him are totally dependent on Him and on no one
else.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Jeremiah 17:7
Trusting is the highway to continuous triumph.
O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in
him shall be desolate. Psalm 34:8, 22
In Matthew 6:31, God said: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we
eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
The only way not to take thought for your life is to trust; and that's your
highway to the realm of kingdom prosperity.
There are so many people who are giving in worship, but who have never
enjoyed the blessings of God. Why? They are not dependent on God for their
needs, so they keep suffering. They depend on their pay packets, and on their
big brothers.
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Jeremiah 17:5
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Friend, you need to come into that realm of trusting, it is the realm of
continuous triumph. I don't have needs, because I'm trusting Him. It's my
natural lifestyle. No needs, no begging, no borrowing! There are many who
would have built their own houses, if only they knew how to trust God.
Trusting God is simply beautiful!
My trust is not in the congregation I pastor, as I don't do my planning based
on the number of the congregation. I plan based on my knowledge of God.
Since the day I heard, "Woe unto him that trusts in man", I decided to avoid
woes.
Listen to me, you won't know true triumph until you learn trusting. It is your
understanding of the mystery of trusting that brings you to the realm of true
triumph in life. Many love Him, but very few trust Him. Multitudes worship
Him, but very very few trust Him.
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed,
but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the
Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the
righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. Psalm 125:1-3
If you want to enjoy true prosperity, you have to enjoy the mystery of trusting
Him. One of the things that easily commands people's trust is money. Many
people's souls are tied to and anchored on their money. God does not bring
multiplication the way of such people, because it will lead to their
destruction. The moment your trust is in money, God withdraws it to a level
where you will keep believing God for every meal.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a
branch. Proverbs 11:28
When money is what determines your countenance, it shows that that's where
your trust is. Paul told Timothy: Charge them that are rich in this world, that
they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,
who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 1 Timothy 6:17
That money in your bank account or in your pocket is not what holds your
tomorrow. I don't trust in it. I'm not putting away money that my children will
spend tomorrow. No! They are learning now how to possess their own
possession. I don't trust anybody, including myself, I just trust God. Money is
crazy, there's nothing in it. So, to now go to the terrible extent of borrowing is
making God feel unworthy of handling your life.
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The only way to show that you don't trust in money is to give it out. You trust
it, that's why you can't give it. When you trust God, friend, He gives you all
things richly to enjoy. And as you keep on demonstrating your trust in Him,
He keeps on blessing you with His favours, night and day. Oh, I just trust
Him!
Do I have savings? No, I just have treasures. Your earthly savings could
amount to losses, particularly if you trust in them; but your heavenly
treasures guarantees you a future and a fortune.
Now, quite a multitude have passed the test of giving, and many are creative
thinkers. But we need to train up ourselves into the realm of trusting that will
make for outstanding and profound triumphs. Don't trust in your expertise,
nor your contacts. Just put your trust in the Living God.
Also, many have overcome trusting in men, but are yet to overcome trusting
themselves. Let's trust Him. Trusting delivers from trials. When you trust
God for everything, you are free from trials in everything . Let me show you
another secret for Job's wealth in Job 31:24:
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my
confidence;
Job was recounting his integrity before the Lord, and he included the fact that
gold was not his hope. Fine gold was not his confidence. His wealth was not
an attraction to him. He said if it had been, "I would have denied the God that
is above." Whatever else you trust apart from God makes you a betrayer.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psalm 34:5
There is no substitute for trust in the school of prosperity. In Psalm 112 (the
prophetic chapter that provides insight into God's kind of wealth) the Psalmist
tells us that the man's heart is established; he shall not be afraid of evil
tidings, because his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. He has dispersed
because he's not afraid (he's trusting), he's giving to the poor, his
righteousness endures forever and his horn shall be exalted with honour.
That's what happens when you trust God. I command your freedom from the
tensions of unbelief. Every unholy marriage with money, I command a
divorce right now!
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches? Luke 16:11
God's riches is held in trust, but delivered on trust to those who trust in Him.
If you can't trust Him for supplies, He can't trust you with His provisions. The
reason people play financial pranks
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is because they can't trust God to meet their needs.

Let's see David's secret:
The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob
defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of
Zion;
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. Grant thee
according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy
salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord
fulfil all thy petitions.
Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy
heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and
some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Save,
Lord: let the king hear us when we call. Psalm 20:1-9
My offerings are given in trust that He is my source. I am not depending on
my ability, but on His resources. Trust is an expression of commitment.
The three Hebrew boys said: if it be so, our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine
hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve
thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.Daniel 3:17-
18
Friend, we are not on contractual relationship with God, but in a son-father
relationship with Him.
Trusting is what gets you satisfied in famine. Let's look at various scripture
references in the book of Psalms:
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope
in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in
famine. Psalm 33:18-19
The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for
ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine
they shall be satisfied. Psalm 37:18-19
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
Psalm 112:7. Trust is it! It's what gets you satisfied in hard times. It's
wonderful to trust in the Lord.
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It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to

trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. Psalm 118:8-9
Things don't get better until your trust goes higher. As you trust Him more,
things get better, they get sweeter, and come more cheaply.
There's a great future for us as we put our trust in God. Don't trust your purse
anymore, trust in the Lord. Money has never finished in my hand, because
the source from which I am drawing never finishes! I don't celebrate what I
receive, I celebrate what I give; because what I give is an expression of my
trust.
Your trust becomes practicable when you just enjoy your state per time. It
will free you from anxieties. Enjoy your state per time, and you will enjoy
God for life. It's so sweet to trust the Lord.
Faith and Trust
Let 's distinguish between faith and trust. Faith is confidence, trust is
commitment. Faith breeds confidence, while trust breeds commitment; and
they are two different levels of life.
Faith can fail, but trust cannot fail! Remember what Jesus said to Peter?
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren. Luke 22:32
Confidence can be cast away: Cast not away therefore your confidence,
which hath great recompense of reward. Hebrews 10:35
Confidence can be cast away, depending on the weight of the conflict. But
trust can never be removed.
They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed,
but abideth for ever. Psalm 125:1
Faith believes that God can do it, but trust says, "even if He doesn't do it, my
position remains the same." Trust says: "If I perish, I perish!" Until you get to
the realm of trusting, you never see true triumph in life. I don't trust anyone,
including myself. You know why? Anything and anyone can fail, but
whatever you place in His hand is secured.
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The Bible refers to faith as one of the elementary principles of the doctrines
of Christ. But trust is the advanced level. At the trust level you become
unbeatable on the earth, because you're one with God.
It's one thing to be a giver, it's another thing to be a worker and a thinker. But
it is yet another to be a "truster". Do you trust Him? If God is your source,
what you have will never become your god. It's this realm of trusting that
brings you into the realm of sweatless giving, because you count on God for
the next supplies.
Confidence is not as strong as commitment. In the face of a fiery furnace,
confidence may fail, but commitment will stand. How far you go with God
determines how far you go in life. A great tomorrow awaits you, you only
require great steps to get there.
Quite a number believe God, but very few trust Him. Trust is eternal. It
stands out! It cannot be removed, its authority is irrevocable. "I know my
God can. But if He does not, that does not change my position", that's
commitment! But faith says, "I know God can. God will, and God must do
it." And when he can't see it, he is cast down.
We have been confident all this while, but let's now go on higher and be
committed. "Whatever I don't have now is not good for me. The One I'm
seeking says since I seek Him I will not lack any good thing. So whatever I
lack now is no good thing." That's trust!
Say with me, "Lord, help me to live trusting You." It is the way to live a
triumphant life.
Take Your Rest!
Trust commands your rest. And from scriptures we know that rest commands
results.
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14
God only fights when you take your rest, because in your state of rest you
provoke divine intervention. And when God fights for you, who can doubt
the results? It's time to take financial rest now. That's one of my secrets in
life.
Jesus said, "Take no thought for your life, what you will eat, what you will
drink, what you will wear. Just seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:31-33).
You need to enter into the realms of additions now by entering into a
supernatural state of rest
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around you. This is a missing covenant detail which has made life lopsided
for many. Every man and Family needs rest. Don't be encumbered by your
needs, there's more to life than possessions.
Let's look at one mystery behind trust in 2 Chronicles 20:17:
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see
the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be
dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.
Are you tired of struggling? God says, "Set yourselves, stand ye still, and I
promise you divine intervention." When you stop trusting, you stop
triumphing, because a state of doubt is a state of doom.
Friend, go and take your rest. You are struggling to collect things that are
beyond, that's why your body is not at rest. A state of rest is consciously
created. It's not a thing you wish, it's a thing you programme.
God says in Psalm 46:10: Be still, and know that I am God...
When will you know that He is God? When you are still. Then and only then
will He step in. Nothing upsets people as much as finance, and that's the
reason why many are in financial lack today. Remove money, and all the high
blood pressure cases we have in the world today would be reduced. Remove
money, and the crises in homes will be greatly reduced.
You will not see divine interventions in your finances until you take your
rest. Enter into your rest, and that business will not die. Enter into your rest,
and your children's children will never beg. Enter into your rest, and the
devourer will not devour the works of your hand. God is not a liar!
You're a giver, you're a worker, you're a thinker, now begin to trust Him, and
no one will be able to stop you from getting results. After Hannah heard the
word of Eli, she took her rest; then the atmosphere became conducive for
God to intervene, and she brought forth a man child!
No matter what that obstacle is in your life, a state of rest will convert it into
a miracle. Take your rest, and you won't miss your destiny in Christ.
Look at this: The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be
watered also himself. Proverbs 11:25 That is, the giving man shall be made
fat.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the
diligent shall be made fat.
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Proverbs 13:4 The working man will also be fat.

...He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. Proverbs 28:25. The
trusting man will likewise be made fat. And all these three go together to
guarantee your prosperity.
Abundance is impossible without trust. They are all in one package. When
there's no empty vessel, there's nothing for God to fill. And it takes trust to
empty your vessel.
If you don't trust Him, you can't be a good and cheerful giver. And if you're
not a cheerful giver, your labour will be wearisome.
It's so sweet to trust in Jesus. Please trust Him. The One who has successfully
managed the entire universe till now without any failure cannot mismanage
your little life! God will bless them that trust Him. So if you trust Him, you're
a candidate for His blessings.
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Chapter 18
Waiting
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and
multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he
obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:13-15
This is the eagle's secret. God swore to Abraham, yet he needed patience to
obtain that promise. The Bible said, "after he had patiently endured",not after
he had subjected himself to rigorous senseless fasting, not after he had
struggled and sweated it out; but after he had patiently endured.
Abraham needed to have endured. Indeed, every man, every "eagle
Christian", require a degree of covenant patience. The covenant of prosperity
is not a magic wand, it's an adventure of faith. "After he had patiently
endured...", not after he had wept aloud. We are not called to weep, but to
wait.
In Habakkuk 2:3, God said every vision is for an appointed time, so though it
tarries, wait for it. Did He say weep for it? Did He say run around for it? No!
Wait! "Wait for it. It will surely come, it shall not tarry."
The reason we are wasting is because we don't like to wait. In 1981, God
spoke to me, saying, "The hour has come to liberate the world from all
oppressions of the devil, through the preaching of the Word of Faith."
That was a revelation for a world-wide ministry, but the mandate to go into
Africa never came until 1994! Can you see the waiting period? "But at the
end it shall speak." When you run with it, it will speak at the end. Very many
people miss that end, so it looks as if the vision or revelation is not true.
Please understand this: quick prosperity will always end in grievous austerity,
because it lacks the
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required foundation for lasting results.
Why Wait? Your lifting with God is for appointed times and due seasons, and
He's the only One who knows when your due season has come. If you strive
to lay hold on something before you're due, you'll be doomed.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not. Galatians 6:9
Don't be tired in your covenant walk, because there is a due season. If you're
on your feet when that season comes, you will reap your harvest, but if you
faint, you fall.
"If it will work, it ought to have worked by now." That's murmuring. When
you murmur, you destroy your seed sown, and then you will have to begin all
over again. God runs a due season calendar on each one of us. When you are
due, He will not deny you. But if you faint before you are due, you lose it all.
It's better to wait or you waste. Abraham heard from God directly, yet he
needed patience to obtain the promise. If you will not be patient, you may as
well end up a patient in the hospital.
I caught the revelation that I cannot be poor in 1981, but that was not equal to
automatic prosperity. But because I knew what it takes, I never had occasion
to beg, nor was I ever tempted to borrow.
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Luke 8:15
Though the seed fell on a good heart and good ground, it could only bring
forth fruit with patience. In a society that's ever in a hurry as we live in today,
we need an understanding of God that will keep us above the system. God
said, "I know you're honest, but you need patience. The day you are due, I
will not deny you. Wait! Wait! Wait! The day you are due, you will see Me at
work. Wait!"
God cannot deny Himself. Haven't you heard what He said in Psalm 89:34?
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
So we can count on Him in the morning, we can count on Him in the
afternoon, and we can count on Him in the night. Everyone in this covenant
has a future, but that future is continually being contested by the enemy. It
takes covenant intelligence to beat him hollow. Waiting without staggering,
that's the secret of all high flying Christians.
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Concerning Abraham, the Bible said: He staggered not at the promise of

God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Romans
4:20
Waiting without staggering, undaunted by negative circumstances. There's a
change coming your way, but that change requires waiting without staggering
like Abraham did. Job said: If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of
my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job 14:14
Your change is guaranteed if only you will wait. There is no shame to them
that wait for Him.
Waiting is your access to great heights in life. That is, despising negative
circumstances and holding on tightly to the Word, to a point that everybody
thinks you are a fool. You need to wait for every change before you change.
If you change before the change comes you may be charged. Adjust your
taste to match your level per time. God knows your size, you don't need to
impress Him.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall
inherit the earth. Psalm 37:9
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the
land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. Psalm 37:34
Friend, it doesn't come overnight, it comes in phases. Wait for it. Live the
anxiety-free life, don't be ruled and guided by material possessions. Rather,
be guided by the principles of life that have been delivered to you, and you
will live well.
It takes a lot of discipline to wait, but God is never late. When you miss God,
you miss good. But when you start counting on God, things start opening up
for you. It is the blessings of God, not the blessings of merchandise that make
rich and add no sorrow to it. Don't look for shortcuts, wait. Be contented and
excited with whatever level you are per time.
Your change is coming! The One who brought changes into my life is the
same God. You too will encounter positive and amazing changes in your life,
only wait! God will prove you before He places you.
He won't let you see His wealth until He has found you worthy to retain it
and hold it in trust. There is no shame to them that wait for Him. Please wait!
God is never late. Whatever time He comes is the best time.
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Chapter 19
Talking
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:10
God prospers us through our giving, working, thinking, trusting, waiting, and
then talking. Talking is the sixth pillar of kingdom prosperity. Whatever you
are not able to say, you have not believed.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and
therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; 2 Corinthians
4:13
When God was introducing Joshua to his access to prosperity, He said to
him: This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8
There are many great doers, but very few doers and talkers. So inspite of their
great doings, they remain small. In the world of the spirit, your mouth is what
gives expression to your choice.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be
thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart,
but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall
have whatsoever he saith. Mark 11:23
That is, "whatsoever he doeth not withstanding, he shall have only
whatsoever he saith." So God sees what you say as the conclusion to your
expectation. He said to Joshua, "This book of the law must not depart from
your mouth. Because it is in your heart, observe to do whatsoever it says,
then will you make your way prosperous and have good success."
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Your mouth is a key factor into the realm of prosperity. You remember when
the children of Israel were about to enter the land flowing with milk and
honey and they said, "We be not able", and God said to them:
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine
ears, so will I do to you: Numbers 14:28
You can't enter into the land flowing with milk and honey by talking poverty.
No matter your level of commitment to labour, the quality of your giving,
your thinking, your trusting and your waiting, if you miss it at the talking
stage, you wipe off everything. James said concerning the tongue:
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how
great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of
iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body,
and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. James
3:5-6
Do you know that your mouth can burn off in one day everything you've
spent your whole life to heap up? No matter how many people are angry, I
will never talk poverty! I didn't when poverty was my next door neighbour,
so I won't much more now that it has ceased to be my companion. That
would be most unwise. Until you talk prosperity, you will never prosper!
That's the Word of God.
You must talk prosperity everywhere, both in your privacy and in the public.
Prosperity only answers to those who talk it. You make your way prosperous
by giving (which is what provokes divine blessings), by working (provides
the channel for the blessings to flow), by thinking (enhances greater results),
by trusting (without which your results will not be delivered into your hands),
by waiting (because you need patience to bring forth fruits), and then
prosperity comes into your house by talking.
I talked prosperity until poverty gave up on me, because God is committed to
the words of His servants, and the thoughts and counsel of His messengers
(Isa. 44:26). Until you talk it, you can't take it! I command your tongue to be
sanctified right now, so it will not stop your access into the land that is
flowing with milk and honey.
Don't look poor and expect riches, God weighs actions too. If you exhibit
actions of poverty, you are only expressing poverty. Let your appearance and
language express abundance. Don't try to impress, but let it be something on
the inside that cannot but be seen on the outside. You speak out of the
abundance on your inside. You don't get drunk with wine to the point of
misbehaving by just a few sips. An "established" drunkard needs about eight
bottles of beer to lose balance.
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Friend, talk prosperity! Until you talk it, you can't take it. Until you talk it,
you really don't believe it. And until you believe it, it cannot be performed in
your life (Lk. 1:45).
Prosperity is produced on the ticket of faith, and faith is given expression
through your mouth. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:10
Many give, many work, many are thinkers, but very few are talking,
particularly when they're among sinners. They are not talking probably
because that light is not in them yet. The reason you can't say it with your
mouth is because it's not in your heart yet. If it's in your heart, your mouth
can't keep it, for "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
I came out and declared, "I cannot be poor!" Nobody taught me, and I had
never read it in a book, nor had I heard it said by anyone. But when that light
became abundant in my heart, my mouth just spoke it out, I couldn't keep it.
Do you think drunkards plan what they say? No. It is out of the abundance of
the wine they're filled with that their mouths speak. Friend, go ahead and talk
it.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the
recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. Proverbs 12:14
That means what you do and what you talk weigh the same. Do you want to
see good things like prosperity in your life? It will come by the fruit of your
lips. What you say determines the good you will experience.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth... Proverbs 13:2
All those negative poverty talks you engage in in your privacy is the reason
for the equally private sufferings you're experiencing. There are certain things
you must never say. I have never talked need with my wife since we got
married. Not one day have we had any private discussion about trouble.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. So your mouth is the trigger for
the blessings you're looking for. Until you talk it, you can't take it, this is one
major lesson in the school of prosperity.
Let me quickly say that when you're not doing it but are talking it, it's an
empty talk. But when you're on course, and you're giving it expression with
your mouth, you're ready for your manifestation. Those who talk what they
shouldn't talk will eat violence, they will never cease from having troubles.
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Note that whether you speak it to someone or to yourself, it weighs the same.
Just as the prodigal son talked himself back home, many people talk
themselves away from home.
Somebody says, "This prosperity they have been talking about, I think the
whole thing is a matter of luck, because for the past how many years, I 've
been giving..." But you see, it is that way you've been talking that won't let
your giving produce. And you are talking that way because you are thinking
that way. Prosperity is not by confessing it, it is by reality, doing what it takes
to make it happen. I always tell people, "Until you do what I do, you'll never
see what I see."
The children of Israel had come a long way, they had travelled forty years.
But when it remained just a few more days to enter the promise land, their
mouths did not allow them.
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the
increase of his lips shall he be filled. Proverbs 18:20
Stop sharing trials, as what you talk is what you possess. Rather, start talking
testimonies. Don't kill that business, don't destroy that enterprise, don't bury
your destiny through ignorance. It's time to come on line with God's covenant
demands for kingdom blessings. No one enters the land flowing with milk
and honey until he talks it.
Anybody else is free to stay in the desert, but you have a destiny with God
that guarantees you a dwelling place in the land flowing with milk and honey.
If you're doing what He demands, go ahead and talk it, so as to enhance your
speed of accomplishment.
I'm not telling you to go about bragging, no. What I mean is you giving
expression to your stand in God, making it your lifestyle. I talked my way out
of the midst of mockers who are still paupers and beggars today. Ask God for
the grace to talk your way into the land flowing with milk and honey. Ask
God to touch your tongue with a coal of fire, so that it will not stop you from
entering your land flowing with milk and honey.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let
them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the
prosperity of his servant. Psalm 35:27
"Let them say continually." And He said to Joshua, "This book of the law
shall not depart out of thy mouth...then thou shalt make thy way prosperous
and then thou shalt have good success." But it can't get to your mouth until it
is full in your heart.
"Let them say continually." Not in church only, but continually! No one
succeeds by accident. What you say matters to your destiny and the
realisation of your redemptive rights in God. The way you look and talk
determine what awaits you in life.
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The tongue is a world of evil when you don't know how to put it to work. It
has cost many their lives, because, "death and life are in the power of the
tongue."
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see
good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Psalm
34:12-13
Keep your tongue from speaking the things you don't believe in. You want to
see good? Speak good! Say with me, "Lord, teach me how to speak, because
I know that prosperity is tied to the tongue."
What you've been doing with your hands not withstanding, it is your mouth
that ultimately determines your results. Why should you allow your tongue to
destroy your destiny? If you fail the mouth test, then you have failed indeed,
because everything answers to what you say.
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Chapter 20
Thanking
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. If ye will not hear, and
if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of
hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea,
I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the
dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. Malachi
2:1-3
Thanking is the seventh unshakeable strategy for unlimited prosperity. The
prophet of prosperity began in Malachi chapter one with, "Give quality seed."
In chapter two, it was "Give glory." And in chapter three he said, "The whole
world will know the difference between you and others."
Giving glory to God is your final step into the realm of unlimited prosperity.
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look
unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are
digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I
called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. Isaiah 51:1-2
God is saying, "Look at Abraham. Watch and follow in his footsteps, then I
will convert your wilderness into a garden of Eden." Still talking about
Abraham, let's look at Romans 4:18-20:
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many
nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being
not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was
about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in
faith, giving glory to God;
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It was his giving of glory that opened him up for his miracle. Nothing had
happened, but he kept on giving glory to God, he considered not the deadness
of his situation.
Friend, you're either thanking and giving glory to God or you are murmuring
against Him. And the cheapest way out of murmuring is to be thankful.
There's no way you will not murmur if you're not thankful.
Abraham did not stagger at the promise of God. He was strong in faith,
giving glory to God. He was thankful to God even before he saw what he was
believing God for. He was able to do so by refusing to consider any contrary
thing other than God who is faithful.
To be thankful is to be fruitful, and to be thankless is to be fruitless! Until
you become thankful, you don't become fruitful.
Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall
the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God
shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Psalm 67:5-7
You don't praise after the increase has come, but before; it is the praise that
provokes the increase. Abraham gave glory to God and then God responded.
Everytime you sit in the corner of your room wondering if God is still there,
wondering if His Word can still be relied upon, wondering whether He is
Who He says He is, or whether the preachers are just playing smart on you,
you remain on the same spot. Everytime you're cast down, you can't go up.
Those who look up to the sun don't see the shadows.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Psalm 34:5
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help
cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy
foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psalm 121:1-3
My help is alive, my help is alert! Awake thou that sleepeth! All these stylish
murmurings, grumblings, and grudgings are the reason your life is not
shining. You are never fruitful until you're thankful. You don't give thanks
after the fruits, because you don't see fruits without thanks. Thanking comes
before the fruits and continues after it.
Until you give thanks, nothing multiplies. Jesus gave thanks over the five
loaves and two fishes, and they multiplied and fed 5,000 people, with twelve
baskets left over! There was no multiplication until Jesus gave thanks. You
have complained enough about that business of yours,
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give Him thanks!

Watering Your Seed Sown
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1 Corinthians
3:6
I regard giving, working, thinking, trusting and waiting as seed planting,
while I consider talking and thanking as watering.
Paul planted, Apollos watered. So we do both the planting and the watering
first; then, and only then can God give the increase. Until we have planted
and watered, God is not committed to bring increases our way.
When you put a mirror before your mouth, and you speak or sing, what do
you see? Moisture on the mirror. So when we're talking or singing, we
produce moisture, a form of watering. So many have planted, but very few
have successfully watered, so there's no increase. Talking and thanking is the
watering dimension in the school of prosperity.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the
recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. Proverbs 12:14
The fruits come out of his sown seed as he speaks. Don't walk with
murmurers, it's contagious. Don't sell your birthright to unproductive
friendship. Don't be where your spirit cannot be relaxed. When they say,
"How are things with you?" say, "Fantastic, praise God!" and they will leave
you alone.
You know giving is serving God, and He said: And ye shall serve the Lord
your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take
sickness away from the midst of thee. Exodus 23:25
You've been giving your best, that's why God is giving you these strategies,
so you can bring home your harvest. There will be no more wastage in your
life again. None of your seeds will be wasted anymore. Grace to live a life of
thanksgiving and to remain thankful no matter what, receive it right now, in
Jesus name.
Take Hold of Opportunities
Every opportunity holds a fortune for the opportuned. May God help you to
grab with your two hands every opportunity that comes your way.
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One of my sons in ministry wrote in his book, Making The Most of

Opportunity, "Success is not closer to you than failure is. They are both
equally close; you just choose the one you want."
What you receive is not what makes you, what you give is what makes you. It
is the gift of a man that makes room for him and brings him before great men.
It is your giving that establishes a throne for you, not what you receive.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath
flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
Philippians 4:10
Several God-ordained opportunities will keep coming your way. There are
also men-created and prophets-proclaimed opportunities. All these are
opportunities clamouring for your lifting.
It is opportunity that begets dignity. Many don't see it when it comes by, but
the ones that see it fly with it. May God help you to see opportunity when it's
passing your way.
Every opportunity for sacrifice always results in outstanding liftings and
guarantees the turning of captivity.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially
unto them who are of the household of faith. Galatians 6:10
Giving therefore takes advantage of opportunities. Those who can see it enter
into financial dignity and all the blessings that follow it.
One day many years ago, I had 700 naira with which I wanted to buy a
motorbike. But a need was announced in a fellowship I attended, and I
believed God was creating an opportunity for me. So I dived in and I didn't
need to buy a motor-bike again! I have at present given over 20 cars out to
people !
Don't dodge opportunities, as it may turn out to become a lifetime regret for
you. Dive into any opportunity that comes your way, and God will make sure
you live by it. Every opportunity holds a fortune, let's respond to them.
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that
dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things
for them.
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our
captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall
reap in joy. He that goeth forth and
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weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:1-6
Every acceptable sacrifice to God turns the captivity of men.
There's a difference between giving and sacrifice. A sacrifice must cost you
something (2 Sam. 24:24). It is that cost that eventually determines your
worth. This testimony would bless you.
"In August last year, during the Breakthrough Seminar, the Bishop, quoting
from Psalm 50:5 said, `Gather all my saints together unto me, those that have
made a covenant with me by sacrifice.' He also quoted from Psalm 126:5,
where it says, `He that soweth in tears shall reap in joy.' He then told us to
give the most precious thing we had, that anyone that obeys will be
gloriously exempted from the horrors that will visit the earth.
Right there, I heard, `Your T.V' I said, `My wife will not allow this.' It was a
21-inch colour T.V. If you come into my living room, you will see it standing
very beautifully there. So when the voice came again, `Do you want to be
exempted? Between your T.V and eating fine and having all the things you
desire, which do you choose?'
I was afraid, because I didn't know how to convince my wife. Everyone in the
house loved the T. V. They were always there watching it. They even forego
their food to watch it.
On getting home that night, I asked my wife what she had in mind for us to
sow as seed to the kingdom. She was talking about a wrist watch and the
likes, but I said, `No, that T.V. is going.' By the time we were ready for the
service the following day, my household was gathered in the living room,
watching the T.V. I told my house-girl, who also loved the T.V., to go and
put it off. And without talking to anyone, I packed it back into its case and
carried it out. I waved down a taxi, and with my wife, I came to church.
By the time offering was being collected, an usher helped me to carry it
forward. On returning to my seat, I saw tears in my wife's eyes. I told her that
she was embarrassing me, but she said, `No, my tears is because the Lord has
accepted our offering.'
Deep inside me, I too was weeping. But when I remembered the Bishop
saying, `There is no reward for what you don't do willingly,' I said this
weeping might rob me of my blessings. But I remembered verse 6 of Psalm
126 — `He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.' I said,
`Lord, my weeping is tears of joy, not that I'm not willing.'
And between January and now, I've not only replaced that T.V. set with
another beautiful one,
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I've also paid a six figure amount as tithe! I used to pay a four-figure amount
last year as my AGIP subscription, but this year, I increased it to a five-figure
amount and I've paid till April. I've acquired a vehicle worth half a million
naira. A house I abandoned in my home town since 1989 has been roofed and
is all completed now. Things are just growing on their own accord for me!"
Oguelu, K.
The same man a few months later sacrificed a Mercedes Benz car when an
offering for foreign missions was raised in church! His captivity was turned,
and all the witches sitting on his destiny were destroyed all by the mystery of
sacrifice!
When a call for sacrifice is made, don't say, "I don't have." The clothes on
your body can be given as a sacrifice. If you let the opportunity pass you by,
you may end up in the pit. Every opportunity is God's design for the turning
of your captivity. Don't let it pass you by.
Remember that God is not in need. He's only presenting you with
opportunities for the turning of your own captivity. If you don't mind
opportunities you're sure to lose dignity. When you offer something that costs
you something, certain plagues stop in your life, no matter who put it there.
Noah built an altar and it became the place of his destiny. Once when there
was a need in the church, my Family gave and gave until milk and egg
disappeared from our house; but see how they come in now! I sacrificed my
way to the heights I'm living in now.
Everything that accompanies the covenant of giving becomes your portion
from this moment! Your business will never go down! You will never be
trapped in borrowing again! For every work you have done, you will be paid!
No devil will cheat you of your labours anymore! This day marks the end of
all your struggles! Enter into your problem-free season in life, in Jesus
mighty name!
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Chapter 21
When Is My Due Season?
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not. Galatians 6:9
This series on prosperity will not be complete without this subject being
treated. When you have an idea of when your due season is, it becomes easy
for you to stand strong in faith, not wavering.
"When am I due for blessings?" You may be asking. So God says:
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine
house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open
you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not
be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10
"When will these windows open?"
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
"We're in a scientific age. I need to know what many days means", you may
be asking.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil
shall be upon the earth. Ecclesiastes 11:2
Everytime you give, you're laying a foundation for the times to come. "So,
when is my due season?" When your cloud is full!
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the
tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree
falleth, there it shall be. Ecclesiastes 11:3
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You are not due until when your cloud is full! Until you have cast enough up
there, laying up treasures for yourself in heaven, your rain of blessings will
not fall upon you here on earth.
How Do I Fill Up My Clouds?
You fill up your clouds by casting your bread upon the waters, and when it is
due it will rain down blessings for you. Every opportunity to give a sacrifice
brings you closer to your due season, because it helps to fill up your cloud
faster than regular input. That's why with every acceptable sacrifice, there's a
forceful turn around of destiny. The cloud suddenly becomes full, and the
"rain" begins to fall!
Each man plays a principal role in determining his due season. Some have
been regular Christians for 20 years. Others have been around for just five
years, and they have filled their clouds again and again, and the "rain" just
keeps falling time and again for them.
It is evaporation that leads to "raination"! If nothing is going up from you,
nothing will come down for you! Every rainy season is a time of refreshing
and refreshing answers when your cloud is full. When evaporation is taking
place, the earth gets drier and drier. But suddenly (when the water evaporated
has condensed and the clouds can no longer contain its weight) the windows
of heaven open and it comes back to the earth as rain.
Your due season does not answer to prayer. It is only after the cloud of your
giving is full that they empty themselves upon the earth as blessings. So your
programmed efforts should be towards filling up the clouds again and again
by giving and giving till the cloud is full.
The rain will fall for every man who fills up his cloud. Every opportunity for
sacrifice is to expedite your rainfall. It comes down with speed, because
suddenly the cloud is full. I love this scripture:
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things
to enjoy; 1 Timothy 6:17
There is a responsibility that will help keep you under heaven's refreshing.
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1 Timothy
6:18-19
God is not against you having pleasures. The Bible says that in His presence
is fullness of joy and pleasures for evermore at His right hand. He believes in
it, hence the streets of heaven are paved
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with gold! But doing good is the only way to keep your enjoyment and
pleasures on.
People may keep greeting you, "Well done" for your giving; but until your
cloud is full, the rain will not fall.
...in due season, you shall reap, if you faint not. Many faint before their due
season. God is not a man that He should lie. You can't be due and be denied!
Job 34:10 says: Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be
it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he
should commit iniquity.
When you are due, the rain will fall. But until you are due, you can pray for
as long as you like but nothing will happen for you! Why is there no rain in
the desert? There is no evaporation there, so there is no way they can have
rainfall; as what becomes rain takes off from the earth as vapour. So if
nothing is going up from you, you can have a desert-like destiny, with
nothing coming down for you. "God is not mocked", says the book of
Galatians, "whatsoever a man sows, that also he shall reap." Friend, stay on
course until your heaven is full!
Every giving we do answers in heaven, and when it's due, God who cannot
lie, and cannot deny Himself, who will never break His covenant, makes it
answer to you as blessings. Every opportunity for sacrifice accelerates the
filling up of your cloud, particularly kingdom - building opportunities. God
takes pleasure in it, He is glorified by it (Hag. 1:3-11).
"When am I due for harvest?" Jesus gave a parable:
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the
ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
and grow up, he knoweth not how.For the earth bringeth forth fruit of
herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle,
because the harvest is come. Mark 4:26-29
The subject of when is the due season for harvest has for long remained a
mystery among Christians. People think due season is when God thinks
you're due. No! Your due season is not when you have a need either. Your
due season is when you are due! Your due season is determined by your
rigorous investments. How much you lay up there in heaven determines when
it comes down.
...where the tree falleth, there it shall be. Ecclesiastes 11:3
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So whether you are living in the south or in the North, in the village or in the
city,no matter where, if your cloud is full, your rain will surely fall!
Solomon filled up his cloud in one day. When he sacrificed a thousand burnt
offerings unto the Lord,God smelt a good savour and came down by Himself
that same night (1 Kgs. 3:4-5)!
Noah built an altar and sacrifice of every clean beast, and every clean fowl,
and the Lord smelt a good savour and responded. Noah's rain fell the same
day (Gen. 8:20-22)!
Abraham laid Isaac on the altar on Mount Moriah and the voice of God
sounded forth from heaven and Abraham's rain fell the same day (Gen. 22:1-
19)!
Every kingdom opportunity for a sacrifice accelerates the filling of your
cloud and the outpouring of your rain. Note that:
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds
shall not reap. Ecclesiastes 11:4
"Can I do it? Should I do it?" and all manner of considerations can rob you of
your blessings. You don't wait for due season, you programme your due
season. You do so by a deliberate fast filling up of your cloud.
Let me sound a note of warning here. Never go ahead of your due season. If
you do, you'll be doomed. For instance, if your neighbour or your friend
starts building a house. And just because you have a piece of land
somewhere, you begin to consider and say to yourself, "By next week I will
have to start building my own house." Probably his due season has come and
yours is still on the way. Please don't go ahead of your due season, it can take
you out of the faith.
If you impatiently go and uproot your natural seed in the ground in search of
a harvest, what you have is just roots. It is the same thing with your financial
seed. Leave that seed to mature, the due season is very close.
Why God Appoints a Due Season
There is one nature of God that is not often taught, but which exists.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these
forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what
was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deuteronomy 8:2
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He wants to know what is in your heart whether it is God or money. That's

why He appoints a due season for your harvest.
And he humbled thee and suffered thee to hunger... Verse 3
So that when you see food you will recognise and appreciate the source. Why
does God appoint due season? So He can be satisfied that you are worthy of
the blessings He is bringing your way, to prove you, to know what is in your
heart. There's no point blessing you when He's not sure of what you'll do with
the blessing. Having then proved you, He "giveth thee power to get wealth."
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power
to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy
fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18
God proves you first, so that the wealth will not become your wreck. The
power to get wealth is released after you pass the test. This is why waiting is
a compulsory course in the school of prosperity.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon,
being found blameless. 1 Timothy 3:10
When you are a committed and kingdom-addicted Christian, you can easily
get God committed to whatever concerns you. But when He sees that you're a
lover of money, a lover of position, a lover of status, He keeps them from
you, so they don't destroy you. Listen to this admonition in James 1:3-4:
knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience
have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
It takes patience to walk into the realm of no lack. Job said: But he knoweth
the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job
23:10
You will pass the test! Your tomorrow is great, it's amazing, it's enjoyable!
Friend, God is never late! Anytime He comes is the best time. He is always
right on time, so wait!
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Chapter 21
When Is My Due Season?
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we
faint not. Galatians 6:9
This series on prosperity will not be complete without this subject being
treated. When you have an idea of when your due season is, it becomes easy
for you to stand strong in faith, not wavering.
"When am I due for blessings?" You may be asking. So God says:
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine
house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open
you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not
be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10
"When will these windows open?"
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
"We're in a scientific age. I need to know what many days means", you may
be asking.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil
shall be upon the earth. Ecclesiastes 11:2
Everytime you give, you're laying a foundation for the times to come. "So,
when is my due season?" When your cloud is full!
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the
tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree
falleth, there it shall be. Ecclesiastes 11:3
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You are not due until when your cloud is full! Until you have cast enough up
there, laying up treasures for yourself in heaven, your rain of blessings will
not fall upon you here on earth.
How Do I Fill Up My Clouds?
You fill up your clouds by casting your bread upon the waters, and when it is
due it will rain down blessings for you. Every opportunity to give a sacrifice
brings you closer to your due season, because it helps to fill up your cloud
faster than regular input. That's why with every acceptable sacrifice, there's a
forceful turn around of destiny. The cloud suddenly becomes full, and the
"rain" begins to fall!
Each man plays a principal role in determining his due season. Some have
been regular Christians for 20 years. Others have been around for just five
years, and they have filled their clouds again and again, and the "rain" just
keeps falling time and again for them.
It is evaporation that leads to "raination"! If nothing is going up from you,
nothing will come down for you! Every rainy season is a time of refreshing
and refreshing answers when your cloud is full. When evaporation is taking
place, the earth gets drier and drier. But suddenly (when the water evaporated
has condensed and the clouds can no longer contain its weight) the windows
of heaven open and it comes back to the earth as rain.
Your due season does not answer to prayer. It is only after the cloud of your
giving is full that they empty themselves upon the earth as blessings. So your
programmed efforts should be towards filling up the clouds again and again
by giving and giving till the cloud is full.
The rain will fall for every man who fills up his cloud. Every opportunity for
sacrifice is to expedite your rainfall. It comes down with speed, because
suddenly the cloud is full. I love this scripture:
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things
to enjoy; 1 Timothy 6:17
There is a responsibility that will help keep you under heaven's refreshing.
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 1 Timothy
6:18-19
God is not against you having pleasures. The Bible says that in His presence
is fullness of joy and pleasures for evermore at His right hand. He believes in
it, hence the streets of heaven are paved
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with gold! But doing good is the only way to keep your enjoyment and
pleasures on.
People may keep greeting you, "Well done" for your giving; but until your
cloud is full, the rain will not fall.
...in due season, you shall reap, if you faint not. Many faint before their due
season. God is not a man that He should lie. You can't be due and be denied!
Job 34:10 says: Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be
it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he
should commit iniquity.
When you are due, the rain will fall. But until you are due, you can pray for
as long as you like but nothing will happen for you! Why is there no rain in
the desert? There is no evaporation there, so there is no way they can have
rainfall; as what becomes rain takes off from the earth as vapour. So if
nothing is going up from you, you can have a desert-like destiny, with
nothing coming down for you. "God is not mocked", says the book of
Galatians, "whatsoever a man sows, that also he shall reap." Friend, stay on
course until your heaven is full!
Every giving we do answers in heaven, and when it's due, God who cannot
lie, and cannot deny Himself, who will never break His covenant, makes it
answer to you as blessings. Every opportunity for sacrifice accelerates the
filling up of your cloud, particularly kingdom - building opportunities. God
takes pleasure in it, He is glorified by it (Hag. 1:3-11).
"When am I due for harvest?" Jesus gave a parable:
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the
ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring
and grow up, he knoweth not how.For the earth bringeth forth fruit of
herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle,
because the harvest is come. Mark 4:26-29
The subject of when is the due season for harvest has for long remained a
mystery among Christians. People think due season is when God thinks
you're due. No! Your due season is not when you have a need either. Your
due season is when you are due! Your due season is determined by your
rigorous investments. How much you lay up there in heaven determines when
it comes down.
...where the tree falleth, there it shall be. Ecclesiastes 11:3
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So whether you are living in the south or in the North, in the village or in the
city,no matter where, if your cloud is full, your rain will surely fall!
Solomon filled up his cloud in one day. When he sacrificed a thousand burnt
offerings unto the Lord,God smelt a good savour and came down by Himself
that same night (1 Kgs. 3:4-5)!
Noah built an altar and sacrifice of every clean beast, and every clean fowl,
and the Lord smelt a good savour and responded. Noah's rain fell the same
day (Gen. 8:20-22)!
Abraham laid Isaac on the altar on Mount Moriah and the voice of God
sounded forth from heaven and Abraham's rain fell the same day (Gen. 22:1-
19)!
Every kingdom opportunity for a sacrifice accelerates the filling of your
cloud and the outpouring of your rain. Note that:
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds
shall not reap. Ecclesiastes 11:4
"Can I do it? Should I do it?" and all manner of considerations can rob you of
your blessings. You don't wait for due season, you programme your due
season. You do so by a deliberate fast filling up of your cloud.
Let me sound a note of warning here. Never go ahead of your due season. If
you do, you'll be doomed. For instance, if your neighbour or your friend
starts building a house. And just because you have a piece of land
somewhere, you begin to consider and say to yourself, "By next week I will
have to start building my own house." Probably his due season has come and
yours is still on the way. Please don't go ahead of your due season, it can take
you out of the faith.
If you impatiently go and uproot your natural seed in the ground in search of
a harvest, what you have is just roots. It is the same thing with your financial
seed. Leave that seed to mature, the due season is very close.
Why God Appoints a Due Season
There is one nature of God that is not often taught, but which exists.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these
forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what
was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deuteronomy 8:2
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He wants to know what is in your heart whether it is God or money. That's

why He appoints a due season for your harvest.
And he humbled thee and suffered thee to hunger... Verse 3
So that when you see food you will recognise and appreciate the source. Why
does God appoint due season? So He can be satisfied that you are worthy of
the blessings He is bringing your way, to prove you, to know what is in your
heart. There's no point blessing you when He's not sure of what you'll do with
the blessing. Having then proved you, He "giveth thee power to get wealth."
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power
to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy
fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18
God proves you first, so that the wealth will not become your wreck. The
power to get wealth is released after you pass the test. This is why waiting is
a compulsory course in the school of prosperity.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon,
being found blameless. 1 Timothy 3:10
When you are a committed and kingdom-addicted Christian, you can easily
get God committed to whatever concerns you. But when He sees that you're a
lover of money, a lover of position, a lover of status, He keeps them from
you, so they don't destroy you. Listen to this admonition in James 1:3-4:
knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience
have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
It takes patience to walk into the realm of no lack. Job said: But he knoweth
the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job
23:10
You will pass the test! Your tomorrow is great, it's amazing, it's enjoyable!
Friend, God is never late! Anytime He comes is the best time. He is always
right on time, so wait!
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Chapter 22
Blessings Of The Giving Covenant
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy
water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall
nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I
will fulfil. Exodus 23:25-26
Our givings don't only bring in material blessings, but also bring in other
covenant blessings that money cannot buy.
Many have always thought that prosperity means just to acquire and stack-up
money. No! Prosperity means enjoying a state of well-being, and money is
only one of the many things that make for well-being.
Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I
departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning
giving and receiving, but ye only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and
again unto my necessity.
Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your
account. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of
Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet
smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:15-19
The giving covenant (the covenant of prosperity) covers all your needs. You
are not just to enjoy financial blessings, but you're covered in all areas of life.
However, it's one thing to be in the giving covenant, it's another thing to
know what the package offers you.
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"As far as your eyes can see, it shall be given unto you." (Gen. 13:14) Many
people see only money, but there's more to the giving covenant than money.
There is: sickness-free life, barrenness-free life, miscarriage-free life, death-
of-children-free life. You also freely have longevity, defence, so much more
than money can buy! Let's look at them one by one.
Strong, Sickness-Free And Fit!
...And I will take sickness from the midst of thee. Exodus 23:25
...And strenghten thee out of Zion. Psalm 20:2
Covenant people are not weaklings. Abraham went to battle at over 80 years
of age! Jacob travelled on horseback to Egypt at the age of 130! Listen to
Caleb:
And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five
years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of
Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and
five years old.
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my
strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to
come in. Joshua 14:10-11
Covenant people are energetic people!
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth
before God. Psalm 84:7
So the giving covenant brings you into encounters with unique strength all
the days of your life. When you're in the giving covenant, sickness is not
permitted to torment you, the doctor's report not withstanding.
The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all
his bed in his sickness. Psalm 41:3
When God spreads your bed, sickness will disappear from there! That means
God will tell you, "Get up, I want to make your bed; let Me see the sickness
that will come and lie on it!"
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:2
How do you bear fruits? By sowing seeds. When you are a seed-sowing
Christian, God prunes
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you, and takes off the parasites that won't let you be healthy. He applies
insecticides, to destroy the parasites that won't let you bear fruit to full
capacity. He makes you fit. The covenant of prosperity makes fit!
Sorrow-Free!
The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22
Sorrow-free blessings have only one source God! Not any bank, not America,
not Europe, nor struggling and sweating. No! All the sorrows in your life
must end this hour.
Curse-Free!
Noah's acceptable sacrifice in Genesis 8:20-22 caused God to lift the curse
He had earlier placed upon the ground when Adam sinned.
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and
of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord
smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse
the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is
evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as
I have done. Genesis 8:20-21
Something moved God to lift the curse. It was Noah's sacrifice. In response to
any sacrifice you offer to God, every curse upon your life is lifted for ever.
When you offer a good odour offering to God, He breaks every curse upon
your life; no matter who might have placed the curse, it returns to him or her.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the
Lord hath not defied? Numbers 23:8 No demonic cult anywhere can reverse a
blessing from God. Once God has blessed, He has blessed!
Defence
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all
that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his
substance is increased in the land. Job 1:9-10
Giving creates an hedge around you. The giving life of Job provoked an
hedge to be built around him and his house and all that he had on every side.
When you enter the giving covenant, you enter into the stronghold of life.
God builds an hedge of fire around you, around your house and
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all that you have.

Money can't buy this. That's why it is called the true riches of God. When
you enter into the covenant of giving and receiving, you don't only receive
money, all your needs are also covered by it.
Yea the Almighty shall be thy defence... Job 22:25
When God becomes your defence no armed robber can break through to
attack you. They call Him Jehovah the Man of War! He doesn't shoot arrows
to win in battles. He slays His enemies with the breath of His nostrils!
That's what you enjoy in the giving covenant. It takes you to a point in your
life where anybody that touches you touches Him, and God will arise and
fight your battles for you. God becomes your defence. So that if they break
through the wall, they'll find God there, ready for battle! That's why He never
sleeps nor slumbers, He's always there.
Can money buy that? Psalm 20:1-3 says: The Lord hear thee in the day of
trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the
sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; Remember all thy offerings, and
accept thy burnt sacrifice;
So when you're in this covenant, you are on God's hotline!
Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established... Job 22:28
The covenant of giving puts you on God's hotline in the time of trouble. In
other words, it gives you a prayer advantage with God. When Satan came to
take one of our children, I looked at her and prayed a less than-two minutes
prayer, and every devil in hell could no longer come near.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt
pay thy vows. Job 22:27
And Psalm 20:2 says: Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee
out of Zion; Finances is not the only area where you need help.
Long-Life And Pleasures!
...The number of thy days, I will fulfil... Exodus 23:26
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God is committed to your longevity. One million witches can't take your life
if you're in the giving covenant. At the age of 130, Jacob still rode on
horseback to Egypt. Friend, there's a rejuvenating power in the covenant, that
makes you younger by the day! When you give, you overcome troubles, and
you have longevity.
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed
Abraham in all things. Genesis 24:1
And Job 36:11 says: If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days
in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
I have never had a sleepless night over this ministry. That's pleasure! I have
never had a problem that required discussion with anyone or at a board.
That's pleasure! You won't know problem any longer from today!
Problem is not your heritage you're a child of promise, not a problem-child.
It Is Well With You!
Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him... Isaiah 3:10
When you're in the covenant of giving,it becomes well with you. Tracing the
giving ordinance from chapter one of the book of Malachi to chapter 3:18,
where God said, "Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and
the wicked...", we see that giving is righteousness. So those who are not
doing it are not righteous, but the ones doing it are "the righteous". And for
such, God said, "it shall be well with him..."
When you're in the giving covenant, God makes it well with you; He takes
you out of the realm of begging and stealing, because you have the God that
is more than enough on your side.
Giving is serving God, and He has promised in Exodus 23:25 that when you
serve Him, He will bless your bread and your water, He will take sickness
away from you, and much more; all these guaranteeing your total well-being.
No Barrenness!
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren in thy land..Exodus
23:26
You are not permitted to be barren when you are in the covenant of
prosperity. No, you don't need prayers for that, you just need a violent stand
for it. When you're in the giving covenant
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also, you are not permitted to suffer miscarriages, nor to bury your children.
Paul was saying to the Philippian Church, "No Church communicated to me
concerning giving and receiving, but you. Therefore my God shall supply all
your need..."
Is finance your only need? No! All your needs! Your need for help, your need
for mental soundness, your need for understanding, your need for strength,
for peace at home, peace at work, peace on the road all your needs!
That's the mystery behind the covenant of prosperity. It brings you into the
realm of all your need being supplied.
Friend, the covenant of prosperity guarantees your all-round well-being, so
you must enter into it today, now!
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Chapter 23
Make A Choice for Change
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18
The essence of God's Word is to effect changes. Just a Word from God can
change the entire course of your world.
Change is a choice. It is your reaction against the present that creates a future.
Judas heard the Word, just as much as all the other disciples did; but it did
not produce a change in him, because he did not choose change.
Having heard all that is said in this book, anyone who ends it all with, "He's
just lucky. I have been working all my life, I mean, I don't know exactly what
they're talking about", is resistance to change, therefore, he remains in chains!
When you don't respond positively to the Word of God, you remain in
captivity, whereas the Word is meant to set you free. John 8:32 says: And ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Judas heard the most direct message in the world (from the Word Himself),
but he didn't give room for a change. So he stayed on in chains, until he
arrived in hell! That won't be your case, in Jesus name!
Change is a choice! What information does is to provide opportunity for a
change. But your response to the information is what determines your choice
for either change or chains.
For instance, olympics star James Owens' outstanding feats in athletics was
as a result of the success keys his coach gave him while in school. He was
probably not the only one that heard the
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information that came from the coach on the four things needed for one to be
an athletics star (determination, dedication, discipline and attitude), but he
was the only one perhaps, that responded to it. And at the end of the day, he
became a world record-breaker, a legend in athletics, whose long jump record
could not be broken 22 years later! All because he chose to change.
Change is a choice! It is never forced on anyone. It is a choice that you have
to personally make.
When God called me into ministry, I saw what it was like to be in ministry
then that every body had to lean on somebody to work the work of God. But I
chose to come in and establish another way of doing it. My choice is
speaking today! Change is a choice!
I would like you to determine for a quality choice, because if at the end of all
you've read from this book you still do not make any quality decision, then
your frustrations will continue.
You make your choice, and your choice makes you. On 4th October 1981, I
made my choice against borrowing. I said, "If it means wearing a pair of
shoes for four years, we will never borrow." And I have never borrowed since
then! "If it means not having food to eat for days, we will never beg!" I have
never begged!
If you enjoy borrowing, that means you really need to work hard on yourself,
particularly borrowing to eat. That means your stomach has become a god to
be worshipped.
I made my choice for prosperity, I made my choice for health "I cannot be
sick!" Jesus said, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." That's why I'm
tireless. You make your choice for such things.
There's nothing called luck. In Deuteronomy 30:19 God said, "I lay before
thee life and death, good and evil, choose life..." So what becomes of you
tomorrow is your choice today. We're all hearing the same things, but
because we're not making the same choices, we get different results. Your
choice makes you. Every change is a choice, and every choice effects a
change.
I choose not to be like Judas Iscariot, who had every opportunity but banged
it. I'm going to stay on and enjoy the choices of my life, as those choice
continue to make me.
Prosperity is taught. And everywhere it is taught, it is anchored on the Word,
because the Word of God is the gateway to the wealth of life. You can't be
tired of the Word, because when you're tired of the Word of God, you're tired
of the wealth of life. You have encountered the Word of God on kingdom
prosperity, now make a choice for change!
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Prosperity is a state of well-being. That's not just financial well-being, but a

state of general well- being, a state of rest round about. Please enter into it.
We now have the best opportunity, having been taught the rudiments and
ordinances of divine prosperity. You now just swim in it, by a deliberately
programming yourself into it.
The time to favour you has finally come! Remember what I said in the course
of the teachings: your destiny is not in the hand of any man. It's not in your
uncle's hand, it's not in the hand of that company where you are employed,
neither is it in your profession or your career. Your destiny is in God, and
wrapped-up in the covenant. You can stand strong in the covenant and see
your destiny established for you.
Say with me, "This is my time for prosperity! I can understand the ways and
plans of God now. I'm excited!"
Every ungodly dealings that might have tied your business down, I command
your deliverance through a genuine repentance right now, in the name of
Jesus! You shall not be trapped by any force of the devil anymore! This time,
God will visit you! From this day, no one will ever identify you with poverty
anymore!
I decree the flow of life that is in the Vine throughout your life time, in the
name of Jesus! Whatever is not lacking in the Vine will no longer be lacking
in your life! Whatever is obtainable in the Vine will forever be obtainable in
your life!
Your season of flourishing has come! God has blessed you, no devil can
curse you! Enter into your prosperity now! You will not be stagnated
anymore in your life forever!
Now, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to
build you up and give you your own inheritance among them which are
sanctified, in Jesus precious name! Amen!
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