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PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (7): THANKING

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Thursday JULY 20, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (7): THANKING

5 Let the people praise thee, O Yahweh; let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and Yahweh, even our own Yahweh, shall bless us.Psalms 67:5-6 (KJV)

Thanking is the seventh unshakeable strategy for unlimited prosperity. Giving glory to Yahweh is your final step into the realm of unlimited prosperity. In Isaiah 51:1-2, Yahweh said, “look at Abraham.” Watch and follow in his footsteps, then I will convert your wilderness into a garden of Eden.” Still talking about Abraham, Romans 4:18-20 says that Abraham was strong in faith, giving glory to Yahweh. It was his giving of glory that opened him up for his miracle. Nothing had happened, but he kept on giving glory to Yahweh, he considered not the deadness of his situation. Friend, you’re either thanking and giving glory to Yahweh 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 Yahweh. He was strong in faith, giving glory to Yahweh. He was thankful to Yahweh even before he saw what he was believing Yahweh for. He was able to do so by refusing to consider any contrary thing other than Yahweh 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. You don’t praise after the increase has come, but before; it is the praise that provokes the increase. Abraham gave glory to Yahweh and then Yahweh responded.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (6): TALKING

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Wednesday JULY 19, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (6): TALKING

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 (KJV)

“He shall have whatsoever He says”. Whatever you are not able to say, you have not believed. In the world of the spirit, your mouth is what gives expression to your choice. That is, “whatsoever he doeth not withstanding, he shall have only whatsoever he saith.” So Yahweh sees what you say as the conclusion to your expectation. 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” (Numbers 13:31), and Yahweh 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 (see 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? 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 back to you), 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.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (5): WAITING

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Tuesday JULY 18, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (5): WAITING

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.Hebrews 6:15 (KJV)

We are looking at the mystery of waiting today. Kingdom prosperity is a function of the blessing which requires a great deal of patience. This is the eagle’s secret. Yahweh 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, Yahweh 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. Please understand this: quick prosperity will always end in grievous austerity, because it lacks the required foundation for lasting results.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (4): TRUSTING

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Monday JULY 17, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (4): TRUSTING

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms 34:8 (KJV)

Kingdom prosperity is a result of the blessing. We are going to see today how trusting connects us to the blessing. Quite a number believe Yahweh, 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 (see Jeremiah 17:7). Trusting is the highway to continuous triumph. In Matthew 6:31, Yahushua 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 Yahweh. Why? They are not dependent on Yahweh 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) Friend, you need to come into that realm of trusting, it is the realm of continuous triumph. If you want to enjoy true prosperity, you have to enjoy the mystery of trusting Him.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (3): THINKING

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Sunday JULY 16, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (3): THINKING

‘For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: …’
Proverbs 23:7 (KJV)

Thinking, in this context, is the ability to co-ordinate thoughts productively for increased output. Reasoning is what makes rich. 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 (See Ecclesiastes 10:15). That wisdom element of our labour, in most cases, is the missing link that causes us to work and 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. Thinking is liken to what Yahushua said about sitting down to count the cost of whatever you are doing. Thinking through to solutions and methodology that will deliver the best result in your undertakings. Yahushua said no one builds a tower without first sitting down to generate, create and analyse ideas (see Luke 14:28). There’s a place for sitting still to locate the treasures in the Word, to bring forth ideas that will enhance productivity.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (2): WORKING

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Saturday JULY 15, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (2): WORKING

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 10:4 (KJV)

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 dignity of labour.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (1): GIVING (B)

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Friday JULY 14, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (1): GIVING (B)

2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Ephesians 6:2-3 (KJV)

We shall continue the discussion of the giving dimensions. These giving dimensions provide avenue to release what you have in your hand in order to connect what Yahweh has in store for you.

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (1): GIVING (A)

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Thursday JULY 13, 2023

PILLARS OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (1): GIVING (A)

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy Yahweh: 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 (KJV)

We are going to look at the pillars of Kingdom Wealth. Kingdom Wealth answers to our lifestyle after new birth. What you do determines what Yahweh does for you. When you respond in obedience to the Word of Yahweh, you set the stage for Yahweh to unleash upon you what you cannot recover from all your days. Let us start this series with Giving. Giving is living. The way Yahweh prospers is different from the way the world prospers. What the world calls prosperity is how much you have; but in the kingdom of Yahweh, prosperity is determined by how much you give. We’re going to be looking at five dimensions of giving:

THE PURPOSE OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (3): FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT

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Wednesday JULY 12, 2023

THE PURPOSE OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (3): FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living Yahweh, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
I Timothy 6:17 (KJV)

This point should be obvious, that Yahweh is blessing you for you to enjoy it. Yahweh is not opposed to your enjoyment of the blessing on your life. On the contrary, He blesses you richly for your enjoyment. See this scripture in Deuteronomy 8:10, ‘When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy Yahweh for the good land which he hath given thee.’ Yahweh doesn’t just have a programme for you to eat but has provided more than enough so you can be full. Yahweh wants you to eat to the full not scarcely, not in scarcity. He gives us richly all things to enjoy. Refuse to manage through life. Refuse to celebrate scarcity, lack and want. There is more than enough provision for you to be full and be a blessing. Come to think about it, how can you be a blessing if you are not blessed? How can you sponsor someone to church if you lack transport yourself? If Yahweh commands you to be a blessing, it means He designed you to overflow, not to get by, not to manage through. No! Whatever your position is today does not suggest that it is your portion. Your portion in HaMashiach is abundance, plenty and prosperity. It is a place where nothing is lacking, nothing is missing.

THE PURPOSE OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (2): FOR OUTREACH TO THE POOR

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Tuesday JULY 11, 2023

THE PURPOSE OF KINGDOM PROSPERITY (2): FOR OUTREACH TO THE POOR

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 41:1 (KJV)

The poor is your opportunity to build capacity for greater level of blessing. The poor around you are Yahweh-given assets for your increase in life. So celebrate every opportunity to bless the poor 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 Yahweh 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, Yahweh’s window stays shut over you. 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!