Stop complaining...

Saturday, May  14th
Stop complaining …


“These people complain, find fault, follow their own desires, say arrogant things, and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.”
Jude 1:16(GW)  

If any of the character mentioned in our opening scripture describes you it means you do not know God as your source, therefore you need to repent.

The Bible admonishes us in Philippians 2:14(GW) “Do everything without complaining or arguing.” Why does God want us to do everything without complaining? It is because through complaining many have cursed their blessings without knowing.  

The children of Israel never saw God as their source so they were always complaining about their needs. In Exodus 16:4-5(GW) the Bible says, “In the desert the whole community complained about Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, "If only the LORD had let us die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to death!"”

Do you see God as your source? Then stop the complains about your needs. Do not act like the children of Israel. God already knows your needs before you ask Him (Matthew 6:8). When you ask the Lord for anything, receive it and then begin to thank Him for His answers instead of complaining, as you do you will get everything you have asked for (Mark 11:24).

Instruction.
What is that need that makes you complain? Ask the Lord to meet that need today and begin to thank Him for His answers.

For further study, read:
John 16:23-27, 1 Corinthians 10:10,
Philippians 4:6-7.

Doing the Word.
Whenever you are tempted to complain remember that God is already aware of your needs and the supply has already been released towards you.

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God's prescriptions

Friday, May  13th
God's prescriptions.

“Moses asked the LORD for help, and the LORD told him to throw a piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink.”
Exodus 15:25(CEV)

Who do you ask for help when you have challenges? Who is the first person you speak with when there is an emergency? In Exodus chapter 15 Moses had an emergency situation; the water that was available for the congregation of the children of Israel to drink was bitter, and they came to him complaining, demanding that he provide water for them to drink. Moses turned to no one else but the Lord, he asked the Lord for help and the Lord told him what he needed to do. This was a man that knew God as his source.

When Moses asked the Lord for help, God answered by giving him an instruction to throw a piece of wood into the water and the water became fit to drink. No matter the challenge you may be having today, go to  God and he will show you what you need to do.

Kenneth Copeland Ministry owed about six million dollars at a particular time, so he went to the Lord in prayer, and the Lord told him to start tithing 10 percent of their ministry income and as they did they prospered and came out of debt. This meant that they were in lack because they were not tithing. Are you tithing? God may have told you and showed you visions of the great things He will do with your life but if you are not meeting His requirements for you, you will still be stranded. You have to follow God's principles for prosperity for you to experience His full blessings in your finances.

Prayer.
Dear Father, show me what I need to stop doing that is sabotaging my progress and show me what I need to start doing to amplify the manifestation of your blessings in my life and all that has to do with me, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
Exodus 14:15-16, 21-22, Exodus 17:4-6,
Psalm 50:14-15.

Doing the Word.
Whatever He says to you, do it.

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Who is your source?

Who is your source?
Thursday, May  12th

“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.”
2 Peter 1:3(ISV)

For you to put your trust in any man to meet your needs, your heart has already departed from the Lord. There is no man who has the capacity to meet all your needs, demands and requirements. Only God has the capacity to supply all your needs, demands and all that you require for life and godliness. When you have such knowledge of God, you will not look to man or consider any man as your source.

The children of Israel lacked such knowledge of God when they were in the wilderness so they murmured against Moses because they thought he was their source. The Bible says in Exodus 15:24, “And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?” This is the reason many are in shortage today because they are seeing a man or the government as their source.

How do you know you are beginning to see someone as your source? You will get offended when they do not meet your needs. Your father is not your source neither is the government your source. God never intended for your father or the government to be your source. They can only do the best that they can, so settle this in your heart today that it is only God that can meet all your needs when you do, you will always have your needs meet.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I am confident that all my needs, demands and all I require for life and godliness have already been supplied by your divine power, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
Romans 8:32, 1 Corinthians 3:21-22, Psalm 121:1-8.

Doing the Word.
Stop expressing anger towards anyone for their inability to help you. God is your helper.

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Do not trust money

Wednesday, May 11th
Do not trust money.

“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  

Today, I want to charge you according to the Word of God not to put your hope and trust in money which is referred to in our opening scripture as uncertain riches. When you put your trust in money, you are putting confidence in an unstable foundation.

Your faith should not be in the value of the currency of your nation in the international market. No matter the value of the naira as against the dollar, I will still live life at God's level because my faith is not in money but in the living God, who gives me freely all things to enjoy.

I heard of a church in Zimbabwe who inspite of the economic downturn in that nation was able to build one of the finest churches in the world, and they are also on television in many nations. How were they able to do that in the midst of the recession they were having in that nation? That is what I am teaching you today; their hope and confidence was not in money. Today that church is so prosperous that Americans listen to that dear minster because of the results the Word of God has produced in his ministry.

The question I will like to ask you in the midst of the economic challenges in our day is this, “who is your God?” For me, my God is not a Nigerian. The Bible says that God is a Spirit (John 4:24) therefore the economic challenges in the world does not affect the economy of my God, therefore since I am hooked to God's economy I will continue to prosper and do well no matter what is happening around me. My path is the path of the righteous and it shines more and more unto the perfect day. Praise God.    

Confession.
In the Name of Jesus, I declare according to my faith in Proverbs 4:18 that my path is the path of the just and it shines more and more unto the perfect day. I am making unhindered progress by the power of God's Spirit. Amen.

For further study, read:
Proverbs 23:4-5, Proverbs 11:28, Jeremiah 9:23-24.

Doing the Word
Maintain your faith and confidence in the Word of God inspite of the pressures of the economy.

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Where is your trust?

Tuesday, May  10th
Where is your trust?

“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; …”
Jeremiah 17:5-6

If you do not make God your source, you will miss your opportunities. Our opening scripture shows us that the man who does not make God is source will not see when good comes. Therefore, the day you begin to put your trust in any man for your well being, that is the day you began to empower yourself to fail. You will be empowered to prosper no matter the economic situation when all your trust is in God as your source and only resource.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 say, “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” The Bible shows us that when God is your source, you will not experience financial heat. So the reason many are experiencing financial heat is because their salary is their source. Now that the salary has not been paid they are now stranded.

Do not depend on your salary or the government as your source. Make God your source because when God is your source, He will meet your needs and keep you financially buoyant even in the year of drought. This is what God wants to do for you so I encourage you to release your faith for this, stop complaining, turn your trust away from every man and rely solely on God. Put His Word in your mouth and let Him guide you into a life of abundance.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I turn away from trusting man and the arm of the flesh. I put my trust and faith in you as my source and only resource. Teach me how to profit in these days and give me ideas that will fetch me an income for a lifetime, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
Psalm 1:1-3, Psalm 34:8-10, Psalm 118:8-9.

Doing the Word
Stop complaining about the economy, instead say what you want to see; speak prosperity and the blessing.

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Righteous heritage

Righteous heritage.
Monday, May  9th

“For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and heaping up, that he may give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.” Ecclesiastes 2:26(AMP)  

Our opening scripture shows us the reality of the wealth transfer that we should expect to come to us who are serving God in truth. Poverty is not a reflection of holiness. That is why when you study the Bible, you will discover that all those who walked closely with God in righteousness were not poor, but their association with God made them rich and very prosperous. For example the father of faith, Abraham (See Genesis 13:2), secondly, Job (See Job 1:1-3), thirdly Isaac (See Genesis 26:12-14), fourthly Jacob (See Genesis 31:1-9) the list goes on and on.

Therefore, if you are serving the Lord righteously open your heart for abundance. God rewards your service to Him with abundance because He takes pleasure in your prosperity. According to the scriptures, the wealth most of these unbelievers are gathering today will be given to you.

Proverbs 13:22(GNB) says, “Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous.” For you to have wealth that will get to your grand children it means you are going to have abundance. The Bible also shows in this verse that wealth transference is coming to you. Amen.    

Confession.

Father in the Name of Jesus I declare by faith according to your word in Proverbs 13:22, that I will leave an inheritance to my grand children and the wealth of sinners will come to me. By this blessing I declare that properties are going to be delivered to me for free and when I have to buy anything, I will get it cheaper than the price people pay for them. Amen. 

For further study, read:
1 Chronicles 29:12, Job 27:16-17, Proverbs 28:8.

Doing the Word
Maintain your integrity.

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Giving and receiving 2

Giving and receiving 2.
Sunday, May 8th
“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35

Our Lord Jesus said that, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” The Contemporary English Version puts it this way, “… "More blessings come from giving than from receiving."” So the person who is more blessed is the giver. So, the giver will always be more blessed than those who do not give.

The level at which you give today is a prediction of where you will be placed tomorrow. The earlier you learn these principles and begin to practice them the more blessings you will experience in your future. In 2007, I met an old friend who grew up in the same church with me. When we were younger, we made vows for our church building but he gave more than most of us at that time. When I met him in 2007, it was eleven years after we gave for our church building and he was obviously prosperous, then God reminded me of his giving in his younger days. His giving as a young man strategically positioned

him in life. That inspired me to become a more radical giver at that time because I saw that it was actually my responsibility to create a more prosperous future for myself by my giving. I encourage you to do the same because more blessings come from giving than from receiving.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I ask that you teach me to number my days that I might apply my heart unto wisdom, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
Luke 6:38, Hebrews 13:16, Ephesians 4:28.

Doing the Word.
Create the future you want by your giving.

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