Overflowing Prosperity

Tithing off the gross honors God. It opens the door for Jesus,  Himself to help meet your tax needs and other obligations so that you can enjoy the overflow without any interference.

Please read Proverbs 3: 9-10; Deuteronomy 4 :40 ;5:29 ; 26:1-11;Matthew 15:8 ;Leviticus 27:30-32;Malachi 3:8-10

Dear Friend,
I am sure you may wonder why we are talking about tithing this week. Well that is because tithing is one of the ways God has chosen to be honored. Remember last week we expressed that a person will only feel honored and appreciated if you do it according to their preference. Proverbs 3 :9 and 10 does not mince words when it records that God says, honor me with your possessions, And with the first fruits of all your increases so that your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine. This a perfect picture of overflowing prosperity!My friend, it is the perfect will of God for you to enjoy overflowing prosperity but there is a condition attached to that overflow. We see it echoed in several scripture s such as In Deuteronomy 5: 29. God reveals that when we honor Him by obeying all His commandments then it shall be well with us and our children forever. He has commanded us to pay the first tenth of our income to Him. If it is not first tenth it is not tithe. Giving God first place is what constitute honor.

God does not want you to live from pay check to pay check, barely making ends to meet. Many people have had struggles with this seeming simple condition. They have always entertained excuses why they can not give God their time, possessions, money, and pay the tithes. The reason is simple . Satan does not want you to honor God with your possessions because he knows you will be blessed tremendously, to have dominion and influence in the world around you. He wants you to be the beggar ,begging for a bailout ,always. He does not want you to be one that lends money to nations , meet the needs of the poor or expand the influence and plans of God’s Kingdom on earth. There is so much power involved with tithing, the devil will do everything he can do to stop you from paying it. That is why the first murder ever committed on earth was committed over the tithe. Yes Cain murdered Abel because God preferred his tithe to Cain’s. Abel offered God the firstlings of his cattle. Cain offered God the last leftovers of his harvest. Adam chose to dishonor God by allowing satan to talk him into spending or eating what belonged to God. That dishonorable act, brought about the curse, toil and hardship to mankind and it took Jesus to help us get back on track. We do not want to experience any curse because of our disobedience.

I pray that you will see that your problem has never been with your pastor or the church talking too much about money. Your struggle has always been with satan who does not want you to honor the Lord. What will you give to God after paying such awesome price on the cross to free you from satan’s harassments. Remember Jesus paid the price for you, so that you can have the will to overcome every temptation of the enemy in your life . Honoring God is a choice , therefore make a quality decision to do it in Jesus Name.

Keys To Realizing God's Will For Our Family

In order to realize God’s will for your family you need to give the word of God first place in your family and walk in love ,by allowing your love for God to overflow to everyone

Please read : Deuteronomy 6:4-7 ; Matthew 7:24- 27;Luke 10 : 27 ; Psalm 150 ;1 Thessalonians 5 :12

Dear Friend,
Did you know that you can tear down your family or build it up for victory through what you say and do? Jesus made it plain, in His concluding remarks to the Sermon on the Mount when He emphasized that anyone who “hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.” Vice versa.In other words when we do not obey what the word of God instructs us to do in the affairs of our lives , we place our families in a defenseless position against any challenges that may occur. It is obvious that challenges may come but a family or individual who functions based on the word of God , is guaranteed victory in any circumstances that may come up against them.

It is not enough to give yourself to the word and not be influenced by it. When you catch the spirit of the word through daily search, it drives you to pursue love, because God is love. The Holy spirit will drive you base d on the intensity of your desire to be come a doer of the word. It is unrealistic to love and praise God and be mean to family members. The same driving fore that enable s us to love God is the same that we need to be loving towards our family. There is enough power in the revelation you receive from the word to drive you to love God with all your heart and strength .In John 15 : 12 Jesus commands us to love one another as He has loved us. God is interested in how we treat people and nothing is going to work for us spiritually ,if we violate the command to love. The best place to practice walking in love is at home. If we can walk in love at home, then we can do it anywhere. It’s the place where we are most likely to be unkind and irritable, because we get close enough to others for them to rub us the wrong way. It is very important to place a demand on ourselves to be kind and patient with everyone .Apologize and make the necessary adjustments immediately you treat someone in an unloving way. One way to do this is to make a quality decision to always live according to the description of love given in I Corinthians 13..Love is patient and kind .It is not rude and self seeking. Love believes the best in every one.

Since we have no choice but to love our neighbor or the undeserving family member ,the onus falls on us to develop an interest in knowing more about them in order that we may be able to serve them at the point of their need or appreciate them appropriately. Once we have taken a good look, we will come to the point where we always want to esteem them in several of the following ways. Showering them with gifts; Speaking words of affirmation and not beating them down; Always planning to spend quality time with them ;Showing affection through hugs and appropriate gestures; Performing specific acts of service that say, ‘I care ‘.
A family member or neighbor that is genuinely appreciated or praised is more likely to be happier and apt to support and protect the interest of family with the highest enthusiasm. This is an excellent atmosphere for everyone to flourish and prosper in every arena of life. And that is God’s perfect will!

God's Will For The Family - Strong!

No matter where your family is, the Lord’s will is to perfect everything that concerns it-But you have to labor to build it by His Word and not tear it down!

Please read : Deuteronomy 6:4-7 ;Psalms 138 : 8; Psalm 34:10 ; Isaiah 35 : 16;Exodus 23:25 ; Hebrews 11:11

Dear Friend,

Yes , your family can be what you have always desired it to be. A place where every one is loved and no one lacks any good thing. A place of safety and peace, where your children are raised in the admonition of the Lord. I mean a place, as the days of heaven on earth. Wow, think about it for a second. Well, perhaps you may say this does not apply to my family because mine is so low in the lowest low it never can be built up again. I tell you, there is no situation so dead that Jesus can not raise it up again. Jesus suffered the pain of going into the depths of hell so he can take care of any situation that is so messed up. There is no sin, no matter how terrible it is, that He cannot forgive or help you to forgive.

There are several examples in scriptures where failing families were restored ,because one person purposed in their heart to see a change and cooperated with God to let it happen. The seeming feud between Jacob and Esau ,after Jacob deliberately stole his brother’s inheritance was resolved, when Jacob committed the issue to God for His intervention. Joseph decided to do it God’s way by forgiving his brothers for selling him as slave to the Ishmaelite. With men the situation with your spouse or family may seem impossible to resolve but with God it is very possible. If you will let Him. There is nothing too hard for God. No matter the pain or anger, Jesus can heal you wherever you hurt, then you too can forgive and your family can be restored. No matter what the doctors have said, you can receive power from God to conceive and bring forth a child. No matter how old you think you are, you shall never lack a marriage partner if you desire and believe God for it. This God’s perfect will for you and your family!

We want to be the one person in our families that will make the quality decision to be on God’s side in everything we do and say. One way to open the door for God’s intervention in our families is let the word of God dwell in our hearts so richly that without much ado, it becomes our guide and highest authority in life. Did you realize that our main scripture in Deuteronomy 6 indicates that the word of God should be at the fore front of our thinking always, fathers, mothers, children ,alike. No one is exempted from God’s expectation to be led by His word. His desire is for everyone to belong to a family well loved, secure and prosperous in every area of life. Make Christ the head of your Home. The unseen guest at every meal and the silent listener to every conversation. Standby for Keys to realizing a strong family next week.

Prayer: Heavenly Father in Jesus name come into my family and perfect everything that concerns us. Amen.