04/10/2015
Today's Sermon by Revd. Davidd Akinyemi
October 4th 2015
FOUNDATIONS FOR WINNING FINANCIAL BATTLES
To ignore His law is to live a low life.
God brought us to zion to teach us so that we can be filled with knowledge
2Ch 15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2Ch 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2Ch 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Isaiah 48 : 17 says Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
God is interested in teaching us. everyone who is thought changes height. Isreal was without light because there was no one to teach them.
It is knowledge that makes one to be outstanding in life
Luk 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, ......
We need light... the greatest way to fight is with intelligence.
If you go to war and u don’t have an understanding of how to use your weapon you will waste your ammunition.
The devil is against your prosperity because
1. Your prosperity will bring people to the kingdom
2. Your prosperity will preach the gospel.
We are in the kingdom to win battles
The devil is against your financial prosperity so we must fight back. Change your approach from a civilian approach to a military approach. Build your foundation Psa 11:3 says If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Eaglets are born but eagles are made.
The difference is that eagles:
1. They are trained
2. They are instructed
3. They Exercise: It has to exercise its muscle against the wind.
A sportsman waiting for God to make him a champion will wait forever. What he should do is to look for a coach and do personal training, and in the course of training regularly he would accomplish his goal.
What you hear and believe determines what you will be
The Foundation for winning financial battles are
1. Know that the devil is against financial Dignity: Job 1: 8 – 12. The devil is not happy that you prosper.
Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Job 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
The devil does not want you to become financial independent, against your abundance. Have this understanding as the first foundation for winning your financial battle.
2. Change the way you think. Proverbs Pro 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
So if Your thinking is not breakthrough thinking, stop thiking negatively, it can be bad now but God is not off. Think a winner, Think a winner, Think Scripture, align youir life with the scripture
1 John 5 : 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Think Things can work; to think big is to think abundance.
Stop thinking Ughelli, Stop thinking Nigeria Think Global
Many Families are depending on you to rise. Stop Thinking today think the future.
Rom 12: 2 says And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
A wise man the wisdom that brought you to a spot expires there, you need another wisdom to move forward. Rob mind with great mind, Find scriptures that would inspire you for as a man thinketh in his heart so he is.
Don’t be a conformist be a revolutionist by the way you think
We need to start to think aggressively, we need to think well, If individuals begin to think differently in no time the nation will be transformed. Stop thinking it is not possible.
You must be angry in your spirit.
3. Let the love of God burn in your heart.
Every genuine financial star is a lover of God.
Deutoron0my 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Do you love God or you are just hear to use him.
1Ki 3:3 - And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places
He loved God and gave a thousand burnt offerings and when god perceived the smell God was forced to come down.
Everything you want and have with God has to be love motivated. A lot of us love God by convenience. No love is ever cheap no pain no gain.
Love is not love until it is proved, You prove your love by the things you do.
We have been singing love let us act love, this is the platform when you get the best of God
4. Be willing to painfully take instructions:
Instructions are high ways to distinction
Pro 4:13- Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
1Sa 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1Sa 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
5. Serve God Diligently: Make sure that you are serving God diligently, Ensure that there is something you r are doing for God
John 12 :17
6. Practice the covenant rigorously: Be a covenant child, God is not a covenant breaker
Gen 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
If you practice the covenant of sowing seed
Jer 33:20
7. Be a committed Giver: Giving is living. Life is Give and take it is more blessed to give than to receive. For God so love the world that he gave
Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Prov 11: 24 – 25
Pro 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Pro 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
The Devil Teaches Hording but God Teaches giving
Pray for the financial rain you want to fall on you now… begin to pray for God to make you financially relevant.
Prophetic Declaration
From today money will locate you in Jesus name.
I declare a rain of Financial Abundance upon your life In Jesus name
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