INTRODUCTION – LEVITICUS 23:9-14,20-22 NUMBERS 3:40-56;
- ALL OF US ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE FINANCIALLY MORE PROSPEROUS IN LIFE AND THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO DO THIS.
- THERE IS THE WAY OF THE WORLD; AND THERE IS THE WAY OF GOD’S KINGDOM
- THE WAY OF THE WORLD IS BASED ON A SYSTEM OF LUST, PRIDE, FEAR, SELFISHNESS , GREAT STRESS AND TROUBLES.
- THE WAY OF THE WORLD ALWAYS LEAVES US DRAINED, WITH LESS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ENERGY AVAILABLE TO SATISFY OUR FAMILIES AND SERVE GOD
- BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY – PROV. 3:5-9
- THE WORD OF GOD SETS BEFORE US A WAY OF LIVING THAT SAYS LESS IS MORE
- THIS IS THE WAY OF OBEDIENCE, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, AND ABSOLUTE TRUST AND FAITH IN GOD AND HIS WORD.
- FAITH IS THE LAW OF GOD’S KINGDOM. FAITH IS ALWAYS THE CURRENCY OF GOD’S PEOPLE
- THE LORD SAYS, IF YOU’LL GIVE TO ME ONE DAY IN SEVEN YOUR LIFE WILL MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN IF YOU TRY TO WORK FULL TIME SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
- THE LORD SAYS, YOUR INCOME WILL GO MUCH FARTHER IF YOU ADOPT HIS FINANCIAL PLAN FOR YOU RATHER THAN CONSUME ALL OF IT UPON YOURSELF.
- FOLLOW THE PLAN OF FIRST FRUITS, TITHES AND OFFERINGS AND HELPING THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.
- THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD IS BROKEN AND LEADS TO DESTRUCTION
- YOU NEED FAITH TO TRUST GOD ENOUGH TO OBEY HIM.
- LEVITICUS 23:9-14;20-22 INSTITUTES THE FIRST FRUITS OFFERING.
“AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES, SAYING, SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY TO THEM, WHEN YOU BE COME INTO THE LAND WHICH I GIVE TO YOU, AND SHALL REAP THE HARVEST THEREOF, THEN YOU SHALL BRING A SHEAF OF THE FIRST FRUITS OF YOUR HARVEST TO THE PRIEST: AND HE SHALL WAVE THE SHEAF BEFORE THE LORD, TO BE ACCEPTED FOR YOU: ON THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH THE PRIEST SHALL WAVE IT. AND YOU SHALL OFFER THAT DAY WHEN YOU WAVE THE SHEAF AN HE LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A BURNT OFFERING TO THE LORD. AND THE MEAT OFFERING THEREOF SHALL BE TWO TENTH DEALS OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED WITH OIL, AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE TO THE LORD FOR A SWEET SMELL: AND THE DRINK OFFERING THEREOF SHALL BE OF WINE, THE FOURTH PART OF AN HIN. AND YOU SHALL EAT NEITHER BREAD, NOR PARCHED CORN, NOR GREEN EARS, UNTIL THE SELFSAME DAY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT AN OFFERING TO YOUR GOD: IT SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGS…………. AND THE PRIEST SHALL WAVE THEM WITH THE BREAD OF THE FIRST FRUITS FOR A WAVE OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD, WITH THE TWO LAMBS: THEY SHALL BE HOLY TO THE LORD FOR THE PRIEST. AND YOU SHALL PROCLAIM ON THE SELFSAME DAY, THAT IT MAY BE AN HOLY CONVOCATION TO YOU: YOU SHALL DO NO SERVILE WORK THEREIN: IT SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGS THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS. AND WHEN YOU REAP THE HARVEST OF YOUR LAND, YOU SHALL NOT MAKE CLEAN RIDDANCE OF THE CORNERS OF YOUR FIELD WHEN YOU REAP, NEITHER SHALL YOU GATHER ANY GLEANING OF YOUR HARVEST: YOU SHALL LEAVE THEM TO THE POOR, AND TO THE STRANGER: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD.”
- NOTICE THAT THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS A SHEAF OF YOUR HARVEST AS THE FIRST FRUIT AND NOT THE ENTIRE HARVEST
- THE PEOPLE WERE TO BRING A SHEAF OF GRAIN TO THE PRIEST, WHO WOULD WAVE IT BEFORE THE LORD AS A HOLY WORSHIP AND THANKSGIVING OFFERING TO HIM.
- IT WAS A GENUINE THANKSGIVING OFFERING AND IT WAS TO BE OFFERED WITH BURNT OFFERINGS OF LAMBS.
- FOR US THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE MUST PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS ON OUR OFFERINGS
- PART OF THE SHEAF OF GRAINS WOULD BE TURNED TO FLOUR AND USE TO BAKE A MEAT OFFERING TO THE LORD
- THIS BRINGS US TO THE REASON WHY GOD INSTITUTED THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING AS STATED IN DEUT 18:1-5 :
“THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES, AND ALL THE TRIBE OF LEVI, SHALL HAVE NO PART NOR INHERITANCE WITH ISRAEL: THEY SHALL EAT THE OFFERINGS OF THE LORD MADE BY FIRE, AND HIS INHERITANCE. THEREFORE SHALL THEY HAVE NO INHERITANCE AMONG THEIR BROTHERS: THE LORD IS THEIR INHERITANCE, AS HE HAS SAID TO THEM. AND THIS SHALL BE THE PRIEST’S DUE FROM THE PEOPLE, FROM THEM THAT OFFER A SACRIFICE, WHETHER IT BE OX OR SHEEP; AND THEY SHALL GIVE TO THE PRIEST THE SHOULDER, AND THE TWO CHEEKS, AND THE MAW. THE FIRST FRUIT ALSO OF YOUR CORN, OF YOUR WINE, AND OF YOUR OIL, AND THE FIRST OF THE FLEECE OF YOUR SHEEP, SHALL YOU GIVE HIM. FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD HAS CHOSEN HIM OUT OF ALL YOUR TRIBES, TO STAND TO MINISTER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, HIM AND HIS SONS FOR EVER.”
- GOD ALSO COMMANDED THE JEWS TO PRESENT THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING AS A MEAT OFFERING. 23:14-16
- THIS WAS NOT MADE FROM MEAT BUT FROM FINE FLOUR
- THAT WORD MEAT CAN BE TRANSLATED MEAL OFFERING.
- WHEN YOU FEED GOD’S SERVANTS, YOU ARE FEEDING GOD HIMSELF
- JESUS BEAUTIFULLY SUMMARIZED THESE TEACHINGS IN MATTHEW 10: 41 BY INSTRUCTING US ABOUT THE PROPHET’S REWARD:
“HE THAT RECEIVETH A PROPHET IN THE NAME OF A PROPHET SHALL RECEIVE A PROPHET‘S REWARD; AND HE THAT RECEIVETH A RIGHTEOUS MAN IN THE NAME OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL RECEIVE A RIGHTEOUS MAN’S REWARD. “
- THE TEACHING INHERENT IN THIS TEXT IS THAT ANY REWARD RECEIVED OR TO BE RECEIVED BY A PROPHET OR A RIGHTEOUS PERSON IS GIVEN ALSO TO THOSE WHO BLESS AND CARE FOR GOD’S SERVANTS
- IN JESUS’ MINISTRY, LAZARUS WAS RESURRECTED BECAUSE HIS FAMILY USED TO MINISTER TO THE LORD
- MARY, MARTHA, LAZARUS WERE CLOSE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST .
- THE DISCIPLES THEMSELVES ALSO EXPERIENCED DRAUGHT OF FISHES AND THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY GHOST AND MANY OTHER MIRACLES.
- PETER’S MOTHER IN LAW WAS MIRACULOUSLY HEALED FROM A FEVER.
- I AM SURE THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE LIST OF REWARDS BY SHARING OTHER BIBLICAL AND MODERN DAY TESTIMONIES
- THE LAST PART OF THE INSTRUCTION IN LEV.23: 22 CLEARLY DIRECTS THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MUST MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY HARVEST THEY DELIBERATELY LEAVE SOME GRAINS IN THEIR FIELD FOR THE POOR
- WE SEE CLEARLY IN THIS SCRIPTURE THAT WHEN WE BRING OUR FIRST FRUIT TO THE PRIEST AND WHEN WE GIVE TO THE POOR , WE ARE HONOURING GOD.PROV 14:31 AND PROV 19:17
- GOD DEMANDS THAT WE HONOUR AND PUT HIM FIRST
- NO GRAIN WAS TO BE HARVESTED AT ALL UNTIL THE FIRST FRUITS OFFERING WAS BROUGHT TO THE LORD (LEVITICUS 23:14).
- THIS IS ALSO STATED CLEARLY IN EXODUS 22:29-30
“YOU SHALL NOT DELAY TO OFFER THE FIRST OF YOUR RIPE FRUITS, AND OF YOUR LIQUORS: THE FIRSTBORN OF YOUR SONS SHALL YOU GIVE TO ME. LIKEWISE SHALL YOU DO WITH YOUR OXEN, AND WITH YOUR SHEEP: SEVEN DAYS IT SHALL BE WITH HIS DAM; ON THE EIGHTH DAY YOU SHALL GIVE IT ME.”
- FIRST FRUIT, TITHES AND ALL OFFERINGS ARE ONLY ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
- TRULY LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT – 11:24-25,28 ;
“THERE IS THAT SCATTERS, AND YET INCREASES; AND THERE IS THAT WITHHOLDS MORE THAN IS MEET, BUT IT TENDS TO POVERTY.THE LIBERAL SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT: AND HE THAT WATERS SHALL BE WATERED ALSO HIMSELF…….. HE THAT TRUSTS IN HIS RICHES SHALL FALL; BUT THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH AS A BRANCH.”
- LET US ALSO CONSIDER PROV 13:7 ” THERE IS THAT MAKES HIMSELF RICH, YET HAS NOTHING: THERE IS THAT MAKES HIMSELF POOR, YET HAS GREAT RICHES.
- IN OTHER WORDS, GOD’S FINANCIAL PLANS AND PRINCIPLES FOR YOUR LIFE WILL HELP YOU ESCAPE FROM STRESS AND POVERTY IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRUST AND OBEY HIM
- WE HAVE TO TAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH SYSTEM WE WILL FOLLOW
- FROM THE WAY WE CONDUCT OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO HOW WE HANDLE MONEY, THE CHOICE IS ALWAYS OURS.
- JESUS SAYS WE CANNOT SERVE 2 MASTERS
“HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS LEAST IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH: AND HE THAT IS UNJUST IN THE LEAST IS UNJUST ALSO IN MUCH. IF THEREFORE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL IN THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON, WHO WILL COMMIT TO YOUR TRUST THE TRUE RICHES? AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS ANOTHER MAN’S, WHO SHALL GIVE YOU THAT WHICH IS YOUR OWN? NO SERVANT CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS: FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE, AND LOVE THE OTHER; OR ELSE HE WILL HOLD TO THE ONE, AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON.LUKE 16 10-13
- JESUS CLEARLY PUT GOD AND MONEY WHICH HE CALLS THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON ON THE SAME PEDESTAL
- THEY ARE BOTH WORSHIPPED AS GOD BY MEN ,YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE OF THEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORSHIP
- THE WORLD WANTS TO MIX BLACK AND WHITE WHERE SPIRITUAL MATTERS ARE CONCERNED
- WITH GOD THERE ARE ONLY 2 SIDES RIGHT OR WRONG, BLESSINGS OR CURSES, LIFE OR DEATH AND THERE IS NO MIDWAY.
- IF YOU WORSHIP THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON THE LORD SAYS YOU WILL NOT GET TRUE RICHES FROM GOD
- YOU WILL BE AN IDOL WORSHIPPER ON YOUR WAY TO HELL NOT HEAVEN
- GOD’S KINGDOM FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF SEEDTIME AND HARVEST TIME
- OF COURSE WE ALL REAP WHAT YOU SOW: 2 COR 9:6-8
“BUT THIS I SAY, HE WHICH SOWS SPARINGLY SHALL REAP ALSO SPARINGLY; AND HE WHICH SOWS BOUNTIFULLY SHALL REAP ALSO BOUNTIFULLY. EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HE PURPOSES IN HIS HEART, SO LET HIM GIVE; NOT GRUDGINGLY, OR OF NECESSITY: FOR GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TOWARD YOU; THAT YOU, ALWAYS HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS, MAY ABOUND TO EVERY GOOD WORK:”
DEUTERONOMY 26:1-10 GIVES EVEN MORE DETAIL ON THE PROCEDURE OF FIRST FRUITS OFFERINGS
- ACCORDING TO THIS SCRIPTURE, THE OFFERING MUST BE MADE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ISRAEL’S SOJOURN IN EGYPT AND OF THEIR DELIVERANCE FROM SLAVERY,
- THE Y MUST REMEMBER HOW THEY CAME TO POSSESS “A LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY
- FOR US WE MUST REMEMBER HOW THE LORD HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE SLAVE MARKET OF SIN AND SHAME AND POVERTY
- WE MUST COME HONOUR HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR WITH A GOOD PART OF OUR FIRST INCOME IN THE YEAR.
- IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE FIRST FRUITS OFFERING ARE SYMBOLICALLY. MENTIONED SEVEN TIMES.
- PAUL CALLS EPAENETUS AND THE HOUSEHOLD OF STEPHANAS “THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ACHAIA” (ROMANS 16:5
- HIS MEANING IS THAT, JUST AS THE FIRST FRUITS OFFERING WAS THE FIRST PORTION OF A LARGER HARVEST, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE THE FIRST OF MANY CONVERTS IN THAT REGION.
- IF YOU ARE THE FIRST TO BE CONVERTED IN YOUR FAMILY YOU ARE A KIND OF FIRST FRUIT TO THE LORD
- IF YOU ARE DEVOTED AND SERIOUS IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO CHRIST ALL YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SAVED
- FOR IF THE FIRST IS HOLY SO IS THE REST 1 CORINTHIANS 16:15
- JAMES CALLS BELIEVERS “A KIND OF FIRST FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES” (JAMES 1:18).
- JUST LIKE THE SHEAF OF GRAIN WAS SET APART FOR THE LORD, SO ARE BELIEVERS SET APART FOR GOD’S GLORY.
- THE FIRST FRUITS OFFERING FOUND ITS FULFILMENT IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR.
- “BUT CHRIST HAS INDEED BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THE FIRST FRUITS OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP” (1 CORINTHIANS 15:20).
- JESUS’ RESURRECTION HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR OUR RESURRECTION..
- , PAUL TAUGHT THE CORINTHIAN BELIEVERS TO SET ASIDE A COLLECTION “ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK” (1 CORINTHIANS 16:2).
- AND, JUST AS THE OFFERING OF FIRST FRUITS WAS AN OCCASION OF CELEBRATION AND THANKSGIVING, SO THE CHRISTIAN IS TO GIVE WITH GLADNESS AT ALL TIMES.
IN SUMMARY, FIRST FRUITS OFFERING SYMBOLIZES GOD’S HARVEST OF SOULS - IT ILLUSTRATES GIVING TO GOD FROM A GRATEFUL HEART, AND IT SETS A PATTERN OF GIVING BACK TO HIM THE FIRST (AND THE BEST) OF WHAT HE HAS GIVEN TO US.
- THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING REPRESENTS THE FIRST AND BEST OF SOMETHING TO BE GIVEN TO GOD
- FOR EXAMPLE, ABEL OFFERED THE FIRSTLINGS OF THE FLOCK TO GOD .
- THESE WERE THE FIRST ANIMALS THAT WERE BORN AND ALSO THE UNBLEMISHED ONES (GEN 4: 4). HIS OFFERING PLEASED GOD.
- FOR US THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDE GIVING:
- THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK TO GOD
- THE FIRST HOUR OF YOUR DAY TO WORSHIP, PRAY AND STUDY THE BIBLE
- FIRST CHILD TO GOD FOR FULL TIME SERVICE, LIKE HANNAH DID WITH PROPHET SAMUEL
- FIRST WEEKS SALARY IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR OR
- FIRST MONTH’S SALARY OF THE ENTIRE YEAR
- ALL OF THE FIRST SALE, FIRST WEEK’S SALE, FIRST MONTH’S SALE AS YOU SEE FIT TO HONOUR AND BLESS THE LORD.
- THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR FAITH.
- GOD ACTUALLY JUST REQUIRES SOME OF THE FIRST FRUIT AS WE SEE IN LEV.23
- THAT SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT GIVING ALL OF IT.
- HE WANTS THE BEST PART OF COURSE TO SHOW THAT WE HONOUR HIM
- KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING WAS A VERY SPECIAL OFFERING AND NOT DONE AS REGULARLY AS A TITHE.
- THE FIRST FRUIT IS LIKE THE REPAYMENT TO GOD, YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER, WHILE THE TITHE IS A MAINTENANCE OFFERING
THERE ARE MULTIPLE AND MIRACULOUS BLESSINGS THAT RESULT FROM OBEYING THE COMMAND TO GIVE THE FIRSTFRUIT OFFERING
- HEAVEN CAN MULTIPLY YOUR FINANCES IN 24 HRS IF YOU GIVE YOUR FIRST FRUIT TO HONOUR GOD
- IT CAN MAKE YOU MEET THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT PLACES WITHIN SECONDS
- IT IS A STRATEGY ORGANISED BY OUR FATHER TO DO FOR US THAT WHICH NEITHER OUR EDUCATION, CAREER, RELATIVES, ABILITIES AND INTELLECTS CAN EVER DO FOR US
- IT CAN OPEN ANY DOOR AND IT CAN TRIGGER SUPERNATURAL WEALTH FOR YOU
- IT CAN MAKE YOU WEALTHY AND HEALTHY IN A SINGLE DAY
- IT CAN BRING RESTORATION OF EVERYTHING THAT THE ENEMY HAS EVER STOLEN FROM YOU IN A SINGLE DAY
- IT WILL DEFINITELY PRODUCE AN INCREASE IN YOUR ASSETS
- IT WILL SURELY OPEN EVERY GOOD DOOR CLOSED AGAINST YOU BY THE ENEMY OF YOUR SOUL
- THIS STRATEGY FROM HEAVEN WILL MAKE YOU A WONDER TO YOURSELF AND TO YOUR CONTEMPORARIES
- IT CAN MAKE MEN LOCATE YOU AND DELIVER YOUR RIGHTS INTO YOUR HANDS VERY QUICKLY
- IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER AND IMMUNISE YOU FROM THE WASTAGE OF THE ENEMY
- IT CAN MOVE YOU FORWARD WHILE OTHERS ARE STAGNANT
- IT CAN BRING YOU OUT OF BONDAGE AND SEND THE ANGELS OF THE LORD AHEAD OF YOU
- IT WILL CONNECT YOU TO THE MYSTERIES OF GOD’S FINANCIAL PLANS FOR HIS PEOPLE
- IT WILL CONNECT YOU TO THE GREATNESS AND ALL THE RESOURCES OF HEAVEN
- IT WILL DEFINITELY PARTNER YOU WITH HEAVEN
- IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO LUNCH YOU INTO SUCCESS AND ATTRACT BLESSINGS INTO YOUR LIFE
- IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO MAKE GOD AN ENEMY TO ALL YOUR ENEMIES
- IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO MYSTERIOUSLY ENLARGE YOUR COASTS
- IT CAN BRING GOD’S BLESSINGS UPON YOUR HOME AND BUSINESS
- IT CAN BRING FORTH THE DISGRACE AND DESTRUCTION OF YOUR PERSONAL ADVERSARIES
- IT WILL MAKE GOD RELEASE POWERFUL ANGELS ON YOUR BEHALF
- IT WILL CONVERT YOU TO AN INSTANT MILLIONAIRE AND BRING UNENDING PEACE AND JOY TO YOUR HOME AND BUSINESS
- IT IS ACTUALLY A REVELATION THAT WILL LAUNCH YOU INTO PERMANENT WEALTH
- IT WILL PROVOKE GOD TO GIVE YOU HEALING AND HEALTH
- IT WILL PROVOKE OVERFLOWING STORE HOUSES
- IT WILL SURELY BREAK THE YOKE OF STAGNATION, POVERTY AND FRUSTRATION
- BLESSINGS THAT YOU ALONE CAN HANDLE ARE NO LONGER WHAT YOU NEED AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN YOUR LIFE
- YOU NEED A NET-BREAKING OVERFLOW OF DIVINE BLESSINGS,JUST SO YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS
- REMEMBER HOW PETER WENT TO CALL OTHERS TO HELP HIM WHEN JESUS BLESSED HIS FISHING TRADE IN LUKE 5?
- THAT IS A NET-BREAKING MIRACLE
- YOUR FIRST FRUIT OFFERING CAN PROVOKE A NET-BREAKING SPIRITUAL , MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL BLESSING.
- I COMMAND THE POWER OF THE NET-BREAKING MIRACLE TO FALL ON US ALL IN CLMI NOW IN JESUS NAME
- I DON’T LIKE TALKING ABOUT FIRST FRUIT OFFERINGS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE CRITICISE IT AND I REALLY DON’T BLAME THEM
- I TOO DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT THOUGH I WAS SMART ENOUGH NOT TO SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
- NONE OF MY PASTORS WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO TEACH IT.
- I WAS TOTALLY IGNORANT OF IT TILL GOD BEGAN TO LEAD THE BRETHREN TO GIVE ME THEIR FIRST FRUIT
- I WOULD JUST BLESS THEM BY FAITH AND THEY WOULD BE REALLY BLESSED
- I ALSO INVESTED THE FIRST FRUITS THE LORD GAVE ME HERE IN THE REPAIRING OF THE CHURCH HOUSE AND THE BLESSING WAS EXPLOSIVE
- IT IS THE REASON WE NOW COULD BUILD THE CHRIST’S LOVE CHRISTIUAN SCHOOL
- THEN I REALISED I NEEDED TO REALLY HELP GOD’S PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS UNIQUE WAY OF PROSPERITY
- THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD’S KIND OF FINANCIAL PROSPERITY MUST BE TAUGHT
- ESPECIALLY IN THESE DAYS OF FALSE PROPHETS AND FALSE TEACHINGS ABOUT PROSPERITY
- THE BIBLE SAYS TO HIM THAT KNOWS HOW TO GOOD AND REFUSES TO DO IT, IT IS A SIN JAMES 4:17
- IF I REFUSE TO TEACH YOU ABOUT WHAT GOD IS SAYING, THEN AM A FALSE PROPHET
- IT IS THE SAME THING AS TEACHING WHAT GOD DID NOT SAY
- THE BIBLE SAYS PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD ON TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD, 1 THESS 5:4
- I HAVE PROVED THAT 1ST FRUIT OFFERING WORKS FOR ME IN SO MANY POWERFUL WAYS
- SO IF I KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS BLESSED MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO DELIGHT IN PRACTISING IT
- THEN I MUST SHARE IT NO MATTER THE INSULTS AND THE CRITICISM
- THE RIGHTEOUS IS AS BOLD AS A LION
- THOSE WHO CAN OBEY AND BE BLESSED WILL BE BLESSED
- EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD IS BY CHOICE AND FAITH ,IT IS TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
- THIS PRINCIPLE BEGAN TO ATTRACT DIVINE FAVOUR AS EARLY AS IN GENESIS 4:3
- WHEN ABEL BROUGHT A FAT FIRST ANIMAL TO GOD AND GOD RESPECTED HIS OFFERING
- GOD HAD RESPECT FOR ABEL AND HIS OFFERING
- THE 1ST FRUIT THAT ABEL BROUGHT ATTRACTED PERSONAL RESPECT FOR HIM FROM GOD
- DO YOU WANT DIVINE RESPECT? THEN GIVE YOUR FIRST FRUIT LIKE ABEL DID
- 3:9 HONOUR THE LORD WITH THE FIRST FRUIT OF ALL THINE INCREASE
- THE RESULT WILL BE AN OVERFLOWING BLESSING ON YOUR STORE HOUSES
- WHEN YOU DO IT YOU HONOUR GOD LIKE ABEL DID AND HE WILL HONOUR AND RESPECT YOU TOO
- ROMANS 11:16 ONCE YOU GIVE THAT FIRST FRUIT THE BLESSINGS ON IT WILL AFFECT EVERY OTHER THING YOU DO OR HAVE IN LIFE
- DON’T SAY “OH THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE MY MONEY”
- CHURCH, PERSONALLY MY NEEDS ARE LITTLE
- AND GOD IS STILL BLESSING ME BECAUSE FOR ME NOTHING IS TOO BIG TO GIVE TO GOD
- GIVING IS THE THERMOMETER OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD
- GIVING AND OBEDIENCE WILL REALLY DETERMINE YOUR LOVE FOR GOD
- MANY CHRISTIANS FIND IT EASIER TO DO 21 DAYS DRY FAST THAN TO OBEY OR GIVE A GOOD OFFERING TO GOD
- BUT THE HAND THAT GIVES IS THE HAND THAT GATHERS
- YOUR GIVING IS YOUR FAITH IN ACTION AND YOUR UNCOMMON SEED SOWING WILL ALWAYS YIELD UNCOMMON HARVESTS
- THOSE WHO ALWAYS KEEP IT ALL NEVER GET ENOUGH TO SATISFY THEM
- IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU ARE GETTING FROM GOD TO CHANGE AND SATISFY YOU THEN CHANGE YOUR GIVING
- WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU REAP
- IF YOU ARE STINGY AS A POOR MAN YOU WILL BE STINGY AS A RICH MAN
- GOD JUDGES US BY WHAT WE GIVE, HE ALSO JUDGES US BY WHAT WE HAVE LEFT AFTER WE SAY WE HAVE GIVEN TO HIM
- THEREFORE GIVING TO GOD IN ANY FORMAT IS GOOD FOR YOU
- GIVING THE 1ST FRUIT OFFERING, TITHES, AND OFFERING, THANKSGIVING , SEED OFFERING, CONVENTION OR GIVING TO POOR AND NEEDY IS A GOOD THING
- GIVING TO GOD IN ANY FORMAT IS GOOD FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR MONEY IN THE BEST BANK
- YOU ARE LAYING YOUR TREASURE IN HEAVEN
- IF YOU DON’T TRUST THE PASTOR, CHURCH ADMIN AND ACCOUNTANTS BECAUSE THEY WILL EAT YOUR MONEY-NO PROBLEM
- JUST LOCATE THE ADDRESS OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND TAKE IT THERE YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU MUST GIVE TO BE BLESSED
- YOU MUST LEARN TO FOLLOW HIS FINANCIAL PLANS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR HIS PEOPLE JUST SO YOU TOO CAN BE BLESSED
- THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH GAVE ALL SHE HAD IN HER TIME OF NEED AND SHE RECEIVED MUCH MORE
- THE LESSON FROM THE WIDOW SHOWS THAT NO MATTER HOW POOR YOU ARE, YOU CAN ONLY BE BLESSED BY RELEASING THAT LITTLE THAT YOU HAVE
- EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS A GIFT FROM GOD ANYWAY
- YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE CHOICE TO KEEP IT OR RETURN IT TO HIM FOR MULTIPLE BLESSINGS
- FIRST FRUIT IS DIFFERENT FROM TITHES AND ALL OTHER OFFERINGS
- AND IT IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO JANUARY OR FEBRUARY
- ANY 1ST SALARY OR PROCEEDS FROM ANY VENTURE IN THE YEAR TRANSLATES TO FIRST FRUIT OFFERING
- YOU MAY JUST GIVE PART OF IT , THE BIGGEST PART OF IT OR ALL OF IT AS THE SPIRIT LEADS YOU IF YOU ARE JUST GIVING PART OF IT THEN MAKE SURE YOU STILL TITHE
- IF YOU WANT TO GIVE PART OF IT AND YOUR HEART WANTS YOU TO GIVE ALL JUST OBEY.
- IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU GREATLY.
- EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD ANYWAY
- I CHALLENGE YOU TO PUT 1ST THINGS 1ST AND START TO HONOUR GOD THIS YEAR
- ONCE YOU GIVE YOUR 1ST FRUIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR BLESSING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR
- GOD WILL PROTECT YOUR INCREASE AND BLESS THEM THAT BLESS YOU
- GOD WILL BLESS AND PROTECT YOUR INCOME AND SOURCE OF INCOME
- HE WILL CHASE AWAY ALL OPPOSITION TO YOUR INCREASE AND PROMOTION
- GOD WILL ENLARGE YOUR COAST OF BLESSING , GOD WILL PROVOKE SUPERNATURAL SUPPLIES TO COME YOUR WAY
- WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR FIRST FRUIT IT WILL CAUSE A FLOW OF ABUNDANCE AND ABILITY TO SAFE AND INVEST
- GOD WILL PLACE HIS BLESSING ON YOUR ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD EZEKIEL 44:28-30
- GOD WILL COMMAND HIS BLESSING ON THE REST OF YOUR INCOME AND INCREASE AND SECURE YOUR HARVEST
- GOD WILL RELEASE THE ANOINTING OF THE OVERCOMER UPON YOUR LIFE
- THERE IS AN ANOINTING FOR PROGRESS, WEALTH AND INCREASE
- IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ANOINTING TO CAST OUT DEMONS AND HEAL THE SICK
- SOLOMON WAS ANOINTED FOR WEALTH WHEN HE OFFERED 1000 BURNT OFFERINGS TO GOD
- CALCULATE HOW MUCH 1000 CATTLE WILL COST IN TODAY’S MONEY
- THIS WAS THE ANOINTING THAT WAS RELEASED ON ABRAHAM IN GENESIS 22:16-18 ISAAC WAS A TYPE OF 1ST FRUITS
- WHEN YOU DON’T GIVE YOU ATTRACT THE WASTER AND THE DESTROYER ON THOSE THINGS YOU THINK YOU ARE SAVING
- BUT WHEN YOU GIVE YOU ATTRACT DIVINE PROTECTION AND INCREASE AND BLESSINGS ON YOUR LIFE
- YOU BEGIN TO ENJOY DIVINE COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE WHEN YOU LEARN TO GIVE WHAT BELONGS TO GOD, TO GOD
- WHEN YOU REFUSE TO GIVE AND THINK YOU ARE CLEVER, YOU ARE ACTING LIKE THE FOOLS THAT DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD PSALM 14:1-2
- GOD SAYS WE SHOULD NOT BE FOOLS THIS YEAR, REMEMBER THE ANCHOR PSALM 75:4-5
- WE SHOULD STOP THINKING FOOLISHLY, WE SHOULD STOP TALKING AND ACTING FOOLISHLY
- FOOLISHNESS IS THE DOMAIN OF THOSE WHO DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD. ROMANS 1: 18,21-22 (READ)
- WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR FIRST FRUIT, IT MAY BE VERY, VERY HARD, JUST LIKE IT WAS WITH ABRAHAM AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH
- BUT THAT IS THE TYPE OF OFFERING THAT PROVOKES DIVINE ATTENTION AND BLESSING
- DAVID WANTED TO A PLACE TO OFFER A SACRIFICE TO GOD AND ARAUNER SAID TAKE IT FOR FREE
- DAVID SAID NO, IT MUST COST ME SOMETHING
- ALL SACRIFICIAL GIVING WILL ALWAYS PROVOKE UNCOMMON BREAKTHROUGHS AND DELIVERANCES FROM BONDAGES
- IT WILL MAKE ANGELS TO SURROUND YOU AND KEEP BLESSING YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN FOREVER ALL YOUR LIFE
- THE 1ST FRUIT CONNECTS YOU TO THE ANOINTING OF THE PROPHET ASSIGNED OVER YOUR CHURCH AND ENSURES THAT YOUR INCREASE IS HOLY MATHEW 10:42-44
- IT MEANS NOTHING OF YOURS CAN BE TOUCHED BY THE WASTER
- IT WILL RELEASE HEALING AND HEALTH ON YOU AND ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD
- IT WILL ENSURE THAT DESTRUCTION, DEATH, SICKNESS , EVIL ATTACKS, ACCIDENTS , LACK AND POVERTY TRAVEL FAR FROM YOU
- WITH ALL THESE ADVANTAGES YOU SHOULD PLAN TO PARTICIPATE AND MAKE IT YOUR LIFE PRINCIPLE EVERY YEAR
- HOW DO WE HANDLE 1ST FRUIT IN CLMI?
- MY INSTRUCTION TO OUR PASTORS IS THAT WE OPEN AN ACCOUNT FOR IT SO THAT ALL GOD’S SERVANTS CAN PROFIT FROM IT WHEN THEY HAVE A NEED
- I SAW THAT EXAMPLE IN 2 KINGS 4:42-44
- “AND THERE CAME A MAN FROM BAALSHALISHA, AND BROUGHT THE MAN OF GOD BREAD OF THE FIRSTFRUITS, TWENTY LOAVES OF BARLEY, AND FULL EARS OF CORN IN THE HUSK THEREOF. AND HE SAID, GIVE UNTO THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY MAY EAT. AND HIS SERVITOR SAID, WHAT, SHOULD I SET THIS BEFORE AN HUNDRED MEN? HE SAID AGAIN, GIVE THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY MAY EAT: FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, THEY SHALL EAT, AND SHALL LEAVE THEREOF. SO HE SET IT BEFORE THEM, AND THEY DID EAT, AND LEFT THEREOF, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD”
- PROPHET ELISHA APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS, WHICH CONSISTED OF 100 MEN.
- IT WAS A TIME OF FAMINE AND ONE OF THE ISRAELITES BROUGHT THE FIRST FRUITS OF HIS LAND TO SUPPLY THE PROPHET’S NEEDS.
- HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO EAT TWENTY LOAVES ALL BY HIMSELF
- GOD PUT THE RESOURCES IN HIS HANDS FOR THE PROFIT OF ALL THE OTHERS AROUND HIM
- HE SPOKE THE PROPHETIC WORD OF MULTIPLICATION OVER THE FOOD AND IT FED THEM WITH ENOUGH AND LEFT OVER.
- THE FIRST FRUIT WAS MULTIPLIED THE MOMENT THE PROPHET RECEIVED AND BLESSED IT
- IT WAS DEFINITELY HIS DUTY TO BLESS IT :
- “AND THE FIRST OF ALL THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL THINGS, AND EVERY OBLATION OF ALL, OF EVERY SORT OF YOUR OBLATIONS, SHALL BE THE PRIEST’S: YE SHALL ALSO GIVE UNTO THE PRIEST THE FIRST OF YOUR DOUGH, THAT HE MAY CAUSE THE BLESSING TO REST IN THINE HOUSE” EZE 44: 30
- PROPHET ELISHA BLESSED THE OFFERING OF THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH AS WELL AS THE GIVER
- AS A RESULT GOD GAVE THE WORD THAT THE FOOD WOULD BE MULTIPLIED.
- MULTIPLICATION OF RESOURCES IS ONE OUTCOME OF GIVING THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING.
- JESUS DID THE SAME TO THE FOOD GIVEN BY THE LITTLE BOY.
- NEXT SUNDAY, I WILL BE BLESSING YOUR FIRST FRUIT AS MANDATED BY THE LORD
- PUT IT IN AN ENVELOPE AND BRING IT TO THE ALTAR.
- STUDY AND CONFESS DEUT 26:1-10 VERY WELL AND THEN BRING THE OFFERING
- GOD IS THE ULTIMATE RECIPIENT OF THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING
- WE ARE RELUCTANT MANY TIMES TO GIVE ANY KIND OF OFFERING, BUT SCRIPTURES TEACH US THAT GOD IS REALLY THE RECIPIENT OF THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING.
- WHEN A FIRST FRUIT OFFERING WAS GIVEN, THE GIVER WAS COMMANDED TO TAKE IT TO THE TEMPLE.
- PLACE IT ON THE ALTAR, OFFER A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING, WORSHIP AND REJOICE BEFORE THE LORD:
“AND NOW, BEHOLD, I HAVE BROUGHT THE FIRSTFRUITSOF THE LAND, WHICH THOU, O LORD, HAST GIVEN ME. AND THOU SHALT SET IT BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD, AND WORSHIP BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD” DEUT 26: 10.
- THE PRIEST WAS ALSO COMMANDED IN LEV 23: 20 TO WAVE THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING TO THE LORD.
- THIS IS SYMBOLIC OF WAVING THE HANDS IN WORSHIP TO THE LORD, TELLING HIM HOW GREAT HE REALLY IS.
- GOD ALWAYS HASTENS THE FULFILMENTS OF ANY PROPHETIC WORD WHEN AN OFFERING IS GIVEN . 2KINGS 3:17-20
- “FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, YE SHALL NOT SEE WIND, NEITHER SHALL YE SEE RAIN; YET THAT VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED WITH WATER, THAT YE MAY DRINK, BOTH YE, AND YOUR CATTLE, AND YOUR BEASTS. AND THIS IS BUT A LIGHT THING IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD: HE WILL DELIVER THE MOABITES ALSO INTO YOUR HAND. AND YE SHALL SMITE EVERY FENCED CITY, AND EVERY CHOICE CITY, AND SHALL FELL EVERY GOOD TREE, AND STOP ALL WELLS OF WATER, AND MAR EVERY GOOD PIECE OF LAND WITH STONES. AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE MEAT OFFERING WAS OFFERED, THAT, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WATER BY THE WAY OF EDOM, AND THE COUNTRY WAS FILLED WITH WATER.”
- ISRAEL AND JUDAH, HAD JOINED THE KING OF EDOM IN ORDER TO FIGHT THE KING OF MOAB.
- THEY RAN OUT OF WATER ON THEIR WAY AND BECAME STRANDED
- NOW THEY NEEDED DIRECTION AND ASKED PROPHET ELISHA TO SEEK GOD ON THEIR BEHALF.
- THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS THAT THE VALLEY IN WHICH THEY CAMPED WOULD BE FILLED WITH WATER TO SUPPLY THEIR NEEDS
- AND THAT GOD WOULD DELIVER THE MOABITES INTO THEIR HANDS.
- THEY BELIEVED THE WORD OF GOD AND GAVE HIM AN OFFERING
- GOD COULD HAVE DELAYED THE MIRACLE, BUT IT WAS HASTENED WITH THE GIVING OF THE OFFERING.
- THE VALUABLE LESSON HERE IS THAT WE CAN HASTEN THE FULFILMENT OF ALL THE PROPHETIC WORD WE RECEIVED FROM GOD DURING OUR FASTING BY GIVING AN OFFERING
- FOR THAT MATTER THE LORD ACTUALLY ASKED US TO GIVE HIM 3 DAYS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
CONCLUSION
· GOD HAS ALWAYS DEMANDED OUR FIRST AND BEST GIFT
· GOD DOES NOT ONLY DESERVE OUR FIRST AND BEST GIFT-THROUGHOUT THE PAGES OF SCRIPTURE WE CAN SEE THAT HE DEMANDS IT.
· ABRAHAM WAS A VERY PROSPEROUS MAN WITH ABUNDANT LIVESTOCK AND A BLESSED HOUSEHOLD
· BUT NONE OF IT MEANT ANYTHING TO HIM IN COMPARISON TO HIS DEAR SON
· HIS CHILD OF PROMISE; PRECIOUS ISAAC
· YET IT WAS PRECISELY ISAAC THAT GOD DEMANDED AND IT WAS ISAAC THAT ABRAHAM WILLINGLY OFFERED.
· GOD CHOSE MOSES TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE AND REVEAL HIS LAWS
· THERE ARE MORE THAN SIX-HUNDRED LAWS YET THERE IS ONE MESSAGE THAT RUNS THROUGH THEM FROM START TO FINISH:
· “THE LORD WANTS THE FIRST OF EVERYTHING.”
· THE FIRST OF YOUR CHILDREN THE FIRST OF YOUR SONS
· THE FIRST HOUR OF THE DAY, OF THE WEEK
· THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR ,YOU’D BETTER REPENT IF YOU DID NOT FAST AND COME PRAY IN JANUARY
· THE FIRST OF YOUR GOATS THE FIRST OF YOUR SHEEP,
· THE FIRST OF YOUR FORTUNE- THE FIRST OF EVERYTHING
· KING DAVID WAS A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART
· HE KNEW HIS HEAVENLY FATHER WELL ENOUGH TO RESOLVE TO GIVE HIM THE BEST.
· I WILL NOT GIVE WHAT HAS COST ME NOTHING.(”2 SAMUEL24:24)
· NO FOR GOD ONLY THE FIRST AND THE BEST WOULD DO.
· WHEN WE GIVE GOD OUR BEST WE SHOW HIM THAT WE HAVE SURRENDERED TO HIM INSTEAD OF “SQUEEZING” HIM IN.
· WHEN WE GIVE HIM THE FIRST AND BEST WE’RE ACTUALLY SAYING,
· “YOU CAN TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS YOURS TOO”
· GIVING IS REALLY AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF OUR INNER COMMITMENT TO GOD.
· GIVING GOD WHAT IS FIRST AND BEST IS THE PLAINEST POSSIBLE DECLARATION THAT WHAT IS MINE IS YOURS
· GIVING GOD OUR FIRST FRUITS NOT JUST IN MONEY TERMS, BUT IN EVERY WAY IS NOTHING LESS THAN DECLARATION OF OUR COMPLETE SURRENDER TO HIM
· WILL YOU RE-DEDICATE YOUR ALL TO GOD TODAY?
· THIS MESSAGE IS REALLY NOT FOR EVERYONE, IT IS FOR TRUE BELIEVERS LIKE THE ONES IN THE MACEDONIAN CHURCH IN 2 COR. 8:1-5
“MOREOVER, BROTHERS, WE DO YOU TO WIT OF THE GRACE OF GOD BESTOWED ON THE CHURCHES OF MACEDONIA; HOW THAT IN A GREAT TRIAL OF AFFLICTION THE ABUNDANCE OF THEIR JOY AND THEIR DEEP POVERTY ABOUNDED TO THE RICHES OF THEIR LIBERALITY. FOR TO THEIR POWER, I BEAR RECORD, YES, AND BEYOND THEIR POWER THEY WERE WILLING OF THEMSELVES; PRAYING US WITH MUCH ENTREATY THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THE GIFT, AND TAKE ON US THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE MINISTERING TO THE SAINTS. AND THIS THEY DID, NOT AS WE HOPED, BUT FIRST GAVE THEIR OWN SELVES TO THE LORD, AND TO US BY THE WILL OF GOD
· UNLESS YOU FIRST GAVE YOUR HEART TO GOD ALL OFFERINGS ARE A WASTE.
· THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE WILLINGLY OFFERED
PRAYERS
ALTAR CALL FOR SALVATION
PRAYERS OF PERSONAL REDEDICATION TO GOD
- BEGIN TO ASK THE LORD TO FORGIVE EVERY FOOLISH THINKING , ATTITUDE, TALKING, AND REACTION YOU HAVE EVER EXHIBITED ABOUT 1ST FRUIT, TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO GOD
- ASK HIM FOR THE GRACE TO OBEY HIM AND GIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL ,
- ASK HIM TO MAKE YOU AN INSTRUMENT OF UNCOMMON SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS AND BREAKTHROUGHS IN 2017 AND BEYOND
- TALK TO THE LORD ABOUT YOURSELF AND ASK HIM TO HELP YOU GIVE YOUR FIRST FRUIT AND TITHES REGULARLY IN 2017
- SONG: I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS
- I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS
- LORD GIVE UNTO ME THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION AND WISDOM IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOURSELF.
- THE LORD SHOULD REMOVE SPIRITUAL CATARACT FROM MY EYES.
- LORD, FORGIVE ME FOR EVERY FALSE MOTIVE OR THOUGHT THAT HAS EVER BEEN FORMED IN MY HEART SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN.
- LORD, FORGIVE ME FOR ANY LIE THAT I HAVE EVER TOLD AGAINST ANY PERSON, SYSTEM OR ORGANIZATION.
- LORD, DELIVER ME FROM THE BONDAGE AND SIN OF SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE.
- LORD, OPEN UP MY UNDERSTANDING. LORD, TEACH ME DEEP AND SECRET THINGS.
- LORD, REVEAL TO ME EVERY SECRET BEHIND ALL MY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND ANY OTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE.
- LORD, SHOULD BRING TO THE LIGHT EVERY THING PLANNED AGAINST ME IN DARKNESS.
- THE LORD SHOULD IGNITE AND REVIVE MY BENEFICIAL POTENTIALS
- LORD BLESS ME WITH DIVINE WISDOM TO OPERATE YOUR LIFE.
- THE LORD SHOULD MAKE HIS CHURCH A CITADEL OF SALVATION, OBEDIENCE, HOLINESS, MIRACLES,SIGNS AND WONDERS, ON EARTH IN JESUS NAME.
- GOD SHOULD BRING THE WORKERS OF HIS CHOICE TO HIS CHURCH AND KEEP ALL OTHER EVIL AGENTS AWAY.
- O LORD, LET EVERY VEIL PREVENTING ME FROM HAVING PLAIN SPIRITUAL VISION BE REMOVED .
- FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I ASK TO KNOW YOUR MIND ABOUT EVERYTHING CONCERNING MY LIFE IN JESUS NAME .
- LET THE SPIRIT OF PROPHESY AND REVELATION FALL UPON THE TOTALITY OF MY BEING IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- HOLY SPIRIT, REVEAL DEEP AND THE SECRET THINGS TO ME ABOUT FINANCIAL PROSPERITYIN JESUS NAME
- I BIND EVERY DEMON THAT POLLUTES SPIRITUAL VISION AND DREAMS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LET EVERY DIRTINESS BLOCKING MY COMMUNICATION PIPE WITH THE LIVING GOD BE WASHED CLEAN WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
- I RECEIVE POWER TO OPERATE WITH SHARP SPIRITUAL EYES THAT CANNOT BE DECEIVED IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LET THE GLORY AND THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD FALL UPON MY LIFE IN A MIGHTY WAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- I REMOVE MY NAME FROM THE BOOK OF THOSE WHO GROPE AND STUMBLE IN DARKNESS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- O LORD, MAKE ME A VESSEL CAPABLE OF KNOWING YOUR SECRET THINGS.
- DIVINE REVELATIONS, SPIRITUAL VISIONS, DREAMS AND INFORMATION WILL NOT BECOME SCARCE COMMODITY IN MY LIFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
- I DRINK TO THE FULL IN THE WELL OF SALVATION AND ANOINTING IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- NO DEVOURER SHALL DESTROY THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR ANYMORE IN JESUS’ NAME.
- YOU DEVOURERS AND WASTERS OF FORTUNE, I COMMAND YOU TO DEPART FROM MY LIFE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- I USE THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST TO WASH MY HANDS AND MY ENTIRE BODY AND MAKE THEM CLEAN TODAY AND FOREVER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST
- I RETRIEVE MY BLESSINGS FROM EVERY EVIL ATTACK IN JESUS’ NAME.
- I BREAK EVERY CURSE OF FINANCIAL FAILURE IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LET THE LORD REVEAL TO ME EVERY SECRET BEHIND THE PROBLEM. CHRIST
- I COMMAND THE DEVIL TO TAKE OFF HIS LEGS FROM ANY MONEY THAT BELONGS TO ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LET THE MINISTERING SPIRITS (GOD’S ANGELS) GO FORTH AND BRING IN BLESSINGS UNTO ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LET THE ROD OF IRON FALL ON ANY STRANGE MONEY PASSED TO ME IN JESUS’ NAME.
- , LET THERE BE A BREAKTHROUGH FOR ME IN ALL MY TRANSACTIONS IN 2017 IN THE NAME OF JESUS. CHRIST
- I ASK FOR THE RELEASE OF PROSPERITY ON MY BUSINESS IN JESUS’ NAME.
- LET ALL DEMONIC HINDRANCES TO MY FINANCES BE TOTALLY PARALYZED.
- I BREAK EVERY CIRCLE OF FINANCIAL FAILURE IN JESUS’ NAME.
- LET MY FINANCES BE SHIELDED AWAY FROM ALL EVIL OBSERVERS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- I CLAIM ALL MY BLESSINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LET ALL MY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS RECEIVE DIVINE SOLUTION IN JESUS’ NAME.
- LET MEN GO OUT OF THEIR WAYS TO SHOW FAVOUR UNTO ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- LORD, LET NOT THE LOT OF THE WICKED FALL UPON MY FINANCES THIS YEAR IN JESUS NAME.
- ANTI-PROSPERITY CHAIN IN MY HANDS, BREAK , BREAK IN JESUS NAME ( PRAY CLAP YOUR HANDS)
PRAY IN THE SPIRIT FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE GOING TO
- AS YOU TAKE A DECISION TO HONOUR GOD,HE WILL EMBARSASS YOU WITH WEALTH IN 2015 IN JESUS NAME
- HE WILL PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR SOURCE OF INCOME IN JESUS NAME
- HE WILL HEAL ALL YOUR SICKNESSES AND ESTABLISH YOU AS HIS OWN PEOPLE IN JESUS NAME
- THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN’S CHILD WAS RAISED FROM DEATH HER LAND WAS RESTORED BACK TO HER, EVERYTHING IN YOU THAT WAS DEAD SHALL RECEIVE LIFE IN JESUS NAME
- YOU WILL REGAIN ALL YOUR LOSSES IN JESUS.
- GOD WILL HASTEN TO PERFORM ALL HIS PROMISES TO US IN JESUS NAME
- LET US PRAY DEUT 26 AND EZKIEL 44:30;MATT 10:41-44