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Matthew 6:19-33
• 19 "Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.
• 20 Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.
• 21 For your heart will always be where your riches are.
• 22 "The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be full of light;
• 23 but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!
• 24 "You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
• 25 "This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn't life worth more than food? And isn't the body worth more than clothes?
• 26 Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren't you worth much more than birds?
• 27 Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?
• 28 "And why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow: they do not work or make clothes for themselves.
• 29 But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.
• 30 It is God who clothes the wild grass---grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!
• 31 "So do not start worrying: 'Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?'
• 32 (These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.
• 33 Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.
WHAT IS ABUNDANCE?
An extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply
YOU DON’T NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN TO WALK IN MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL ABUNDANCE
• The Muslim billionaires globally
• Other billionaires who bear Christian names and still wallow in sin, etc.
But, with all their wealth, they still lack the most important thing…
…Abundant life! (salvation, peace, joy, access to the supernatural, health,
purpose, security, provisions, etc. combined together)
Which is ONLY found in Christ Jesus
John 10:9-10
• 9. I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
• 10. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY.
• A lot of us are worse than these billionaire unbelievers.
• You come weekly to church, but not to the Christ of the Church who gives eternal life. Hence, you remain the way you are.
• The money unbelievers have, you don’t have, the abundant life the redeemed have, you don’t have. What a misery!
John 5:39-40 (GW)
• 39. You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf.
• 40. Yet, you don't want to come to me to get eternal life.
Matthew 15:7-8 (GW)
• 7. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
• 8. 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
1 Kings 18:21 (NIV)
• …"How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.“
• If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Money is God, follow him.“
Matthew 6:24 (NLT)
• "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Revelations 3:15 (GNB)
I know what you have done; I know that you are neither cold nor hot.
HOW I WISH YOU WERE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER!
Revelations 3:16 (CEV)
• But since you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.
CRY OUT TO GOD NOW FOR MERCY
Every of God’s promises and blessings has conditions attached:
Isaiah 56:4 (GW)
This is what the LORD says: I will remember the castrated men who keep my days of worship, choose what pleases me, and faithfully observe the CONDITIONS OF MY PROMISE.
TO WALK IN ABUNDANCE
1. SIGN UP
Covenant provisions are for sons;
not strangers or visitors.
• Mark 7:27 (CEV)
But Jesus said, "The children must first be fed! It isn't right to take away their food and feed it to dogs."
• 1 John 5:4
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world… (sin, poverty, sickness, demons etc)
• Matthew 6:33:
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things (abundance) shall be added unto you.
2. DISCONNECT FROM “LOT”
• Genesis 13:14-15:
And the LORD said unto Abram, AFTER THAT LOT WAS SEPARATED FROM HIM, 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.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14 (CEV)
Stay away from people who are not followers of the Lord! Can someone who is good get along with someone who is evil? Are light and darkness the same?
• Psalm 1:1 (CEV)
God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God.
WHY SEPARATE FROM “LOT”
• God does not waste resources.
• If God releases resources to you before you separate from “Lots”, the “Lots” would influence you to squander your divine allocation on frivolities like changing your phone unnecessarily, buying the latest wears when you still have clothes, making needless calls, paying undue monthly subscription for satellite TV, going on needless outings, organizing needless get-togethers etc.
(Luke 15:11-32)
• He was blessed with unmerited favour
Genesis 48: 13-14 ;
• But he associated with “Lot”…
Hosea 4:17: Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
• … And became desolate
Hosea 5:9: Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke
Ephraim and his “Lot”
• He was destined to be a deliverer of Israel
Judges 13:5: and he (Samson) shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
• But he associated with “Lot”…
Judges 16:4: And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Samson and his “Lot”
• … And he perished with them
Judges 16:21;30: But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Samson and his “Lot”
WHO ARE THE “LOTS” IN YOUR LIFE?
Until you separate from them, you may not
experience your desired breakthrough.
3. LOVE AND SERVE THE LORD UNREPENTANTLY
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income
EXAMPLES OF THOSE WHO LOVED THE LORD AND PROSPERED
CONSEQUENTLY
• Job
• Abraham
• Joseph
• Daniel
• Etc.
Exodus 23:25
• And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water
Psalm 122:6
• Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
• WHAT IS THIS JERUSALEM?
Hebrew 12:22-23
• 22. But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• 23. To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect
HOW DO YOU PROVE YOUR LOVE TO GOD AND HIS CHURCH?
John 14:15,23
15. "If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
23. Jesus answered him, "Those who love me will do what I say…
If you love the Lord,
• He will be the reason you do all you do
• He will be the reason you pray, work in your office to make money to advance his kingdom, and influence others in the way of the Lord.
If you love the Lord,
• You won’t keep hurting Him by messing up your body with sin, which is the Lord’s house;
• You won’t shut your mouth, while your friends and neighbours whom Jesus died for are on their way to hell; you will keep telling people what Jesus does for you daily;
• You won’t wait for someone to preach to you and persuade you before you lavish on Him your money and time.
YOU PROVE YOUR LOVE BY JOYFULLY OBEYING HIM, BY LETTING THE ZEAL
OF HIS HOUSE CONSUME YOU!
THE BLESSINGS FOR THE OBEDIENT
Psalm 34:10 (GNB)
• Even lions go hungry for lack of food, but those who obey the LORD lack nothing good.
Job 36:11: If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Deuteronomy 28:1-14: And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do ALL his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God…
Psalm 84:11: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalm 112:1-3: …Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments …. Wealth and riches shall be in his house
4. WORK! Deuteronomy 30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous IN EVERY WORK OF THINE HAND Psalm 1:1-3: … and WHATSOEVER HE DOETH shall prosper Read also 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 Proverbs 28:19
5. BE DILIGENT
Be constant and persistent in your effort to accomplish results in your work.
Offer your clients the best!
• Proverbs 10:4: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 22:29: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
6. ADVERTIZE • Print Business Cards, Flyers, Brochure, Corporate
Profile, etc. Let these brand items carry a promise your company wants to deliver.
• Warmly leave these brand items with as many people as you come across, and assure them you will deliver on your promise. Collect their phone numbers and build healthy relationship with them. Stay humble!
• (John 6:35, 10:7, 11:25, Mat. 4:17, 11:28, 16:19, 28:20)
• A closed mouth is a closed destiny!
7. PAY YOUR TITHE
• Malachi 3:10 -12
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.
8. GIVE TO GOD’S WORK
• Deuteronomy 16:16
• 1 Corinthians 16:2
• Exodus 35:5
TO YOUR PASTORS
• Matthew 10:41
• THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH’S CASE
1 Kings 17:9-16
• THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN’S CASE
2 Kings 4:8-17
TO YOUR PARENTS
• Deuteronomy 5:16
• Genesis 27: 1-4
TO THE NEEDY
• 2 Corinthians 8:14
• Deuteronomy 15:11
• Proverbs 19:17
• Proverbs 28:27
• Psalm 41:1-2
• 1 Timothy 6:17-19
9. INVEST
Genesis 26:12
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
After giving to the Lord, invest what is left in assets (what can fetch you more money); not liabilities.
10. BE FINANCIALLY DISCIPLINED
• Cut off unnecessary expenses.
Proverbs 21:20 (GW)
Costly treasure and wealth are in the home of a wise person, but a fool devours them.
• Save
Proverbs 6:6-8
6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8. Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
11. BELIEVE YOU WILL PROSPER!
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he
12. CONFESS POSITIVELY
Numbers 14:28:
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you
Mark 11:23:
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.
13. HOPE IN GOD ALONE FOR YOUR SUPPLY; PRAY!
Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose
hope the LORD is. Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you: Also Read Matthew 6:31 Psalm 145:15-16 James 1:17
14. WAIT FOR GOD’S TIME
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit IN HIS SEASON…
Ecclesiastes 3:1:
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Habakkuk 2:3:
For the vision is yet for an appointed time
Hebrew 6:15:
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
And most importantly…
15. GIVE THANKS ALWAYS; IT PROVOKES SUPPLY!
Psalm 67:5-6
5. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
6. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
PRAYER POINTS
• Psalm 2:8: Ask …and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance
• Thank God for speaking to you the way He just did.
• Father, I love You, I will serve You forever with all my heart and with all I have. Please Father, let nothing take Your place in my life.
• Father, henceforth, as I serve You, please supply all my needs; let me walk in abundance till I see you in glory.
