True Prosperity in Every Area
- Only you can fulfill the call God design for you.
- We use money and love people, not the other way around. Pursue the Lord, let money pursue you
- Genesis 26:1-4 is the story of Isaac in Gerar and he experienced famine. Gerar is in the promised land. Famine can happen in the live of blessed people. Famine in believers’ life when it seems to be no supply, dry environment such as famine of favor, go against you instead for you
- Rome 8:28 all things may not be good, but all thing will work for our good. In some cases, God will
- He will disappoint us because He loves us but He will bring you to the place He wants you to be. God is for you! for your happiness
- The Bible is for your good not for God’s success. the greatest success is to know Him and we make Him known. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
- People can be knowledge but wisdom comes from God not from world. God allows tests so we know what is in our hearts.
- “Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy” (Col 1:11). You are strengthened to perseverance and patience with joyfulness. Strong believers : have perseverance in circumstances that are adverse and have patience toward odd people, with joy! Things happen to train you to have patience. School of God is done in private, but success is in public. God prepares your characters before He gives you promotion to the next level
- Do not go down to Egypt (the way of the world), even when things’ going wrong keep coming to the church! Keep trusting the Lord!
- Length of day and long life and peace (shalom – health well being and wholeness). When God blesses your day, day become full
- Isaac sowed in the time of famine (we belong to Abraham’s family) and he began to prosper, continue to prosper until he became very prosperous. We against materialism and greed. Church is growing and prospering
- Barack = blessed to be envied is the man who fear the Lord
- Our life has to be a testimony. Dont apologies when God blesses you and dont be proud either. Salt become worldly, no wonder they dont want what you have
- Deu 8:7-10 in Christian life, there are valleys and hills. God prepares sound wisdom for the righteous but God hides His wisdom from the world.
- Head is like pomegranate — your thoughts are fruitful thoughts like pom seeds: positive, pure, wonderful, peace inducing thoughts, relaxed thoughts. My blood washes your thoughts says the Lord.
- Go down : yare (jordan). Egypt is always going down. Whenever you leave the Lord, you will go down. Whenever you go toward the Lord, you always go up and your life gain the ascendency. Egypt – misraim/double stress/ pressures. Land of Israel : valleys and hills while Egypt : flat land, sandwiched by dessert.
- Donot have delight in the things of death. Jesus killed death by dying
- We owe so much, we dont know the source.
- Deu 11God hates death
- Tree of knowledge of good and evil- by free will / choice you show that you respect God and exercise whether you want to do it by your way or God’s way. Do things God’s way. Canaand : a land that flow (abundant, extravagant, ) milk and honey.
- Egypt : sowed your seed and watered by foot. A lot of efforts to get good stuff. Canaan : drinks water from the rain of heaven
- When God blesses you : place when you have time to enjoy your loved ones, time to smell the flowers time to go to the church. For everything there is a season. This is the true prosperity
- Man is designed to look up to God, to have connection with God. Man is designed to be provided and cared for
- Love is not a feeling but a decision
- When you ask for wisdom today, it doesn’t mean you dont ask for wisdom tomorrow. Wise father does not mean you have wise sons. Wisdom is not imparted by osmosis.
- Teaching word of God is better than 2+2. True education is holistic : spirit, soul and body, is to know the Lord. There are lots of intelectual fools
- Pro 22:4 humility and fear of the Lord : there is life, riches, honor/esteem. Humility is traceableness
- Eph 1:15-19 do not cease to give thanks for you and making mention of you in my prayers
- Col 1:9-11 do not cease to pray for you and to ask. Cool calm and carry on and collected
- Wisdom of above —pure, gentle, good fruits, humble, easy to be entreat. Wisdom from the world – makes you proud, sensual, self seeking and demonic, confusing, evil work. You are not king King but servant king. Jesus use His power to serve and to set people free with His kingly touch, authority that the world does not know. Do His way of doing things and dont copy the world
- There is no wisdom apart from the person of Jesus. the moment Solomon stop worshipping the Lord, the wisdom was corrupted. Just because you have wisdom last year, you have it today.
- We need to ask God for wisdom day by day. Give today our daily bread (Food from God), that truly satisfied. Dont be like independent of God like Egypt
- Sow you way out of debt and give your way our of lack and you will become prosper
- True prosperity is to know You more and more