- ISAIH 53 SAYS WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?
- ACCORDING TO ANCHOR 2020 GOD WANTS TO MANIFEST HIS GLORIOUS MAJESTY POWER AND VICTORY IN OUR LIVES THIS YEAR
- HE IS LITERALLY TELLING US TO ARISE AND SHINE IN ALL AREAS OF OURLIVES IN 2020
- BUT THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL BELIEVE GOD THIS BYEAR FOR GREAT THINGS?
- OR SHALL WE SAY WHO WILL BELIEVE GOD IN THESE HARD TIMES?
- THERE ARE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WHOM GOD WILL CHOOSE
1) THOSE WHOSE TIME HAS COME TO PROSPER
- ECCL 3:1-8 THERE IS TIME FOR EVERYTHING
- PSALM 102 :13 SAYS THE TIME TO FAVOUR US HAS COME THE SET TIME
- MARK 5;34-35 WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD SUFFERED FOR 12 YEARS BUT THEN
- LUKE 13:10-13 DAUGHTER OF ZION GOT FREED AFTER MANY YEARS
- JOHN 5:2-9 38 YEARS AT THE POOL OF BETESDA
- JOHN 9:1-7 BLIND FOR 40 YEARS
- I DECREE TO SOMEONE TODAY THAT YOUR TIME HAS COME
- DANIEL 2:20-22 GOD CHANGES TIMES AND SEASONS HE WILL UPROOT ALL DELAYS
- JOHN 2:1-11 JESUS SAID MY TIME HASNOT YET COME YET IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS HE ACCELERATED HIS TIME AND HELPED THEM
2)WHO WILL GOD CHOOSE TO BLESS IN 2020? GOD WILL BLESS THE FOOLISH
- GOD’S WORDS AND MIRACLES DON’T MAKE SENSE THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNSCIENTIFIC
- HOW DO YOU MAKE SENSE OF JESUS HIMSELF? BORN OF A VIRGIN TO DIE FOR SINS HE DID NOT COMMIT
- WHY DID GOD ALLOW HIM TO BE BORN AND NEARLY KILLED BY HEROD WHO KILLED SO MANY OTHER CHILDREN WHILE TRYING TO JUST KILL JESUS?
- WHY DID GOD ALLOW HIM TO BE CRUCIFIED AND THEN RAISED?
- HOW DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR GOD TO LET YOU GIVE MONEY AWAY IN THESE HARD TIMES?
- GOD’S WORDS DON’T MAKE SENSE ,BUT THEY PRODUCE SERIOUS MIRACLES
- LET US TALK ABOU FIRST FRUIT A LITTLE
- PROV.3:6-9 , LEVITICUS 23:9-14 :
- 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, LIKEWISE GREET THE CHURCH THAT IS IN THEIR HOUSE. SALUTE MY WELLBELOVED EPAENETUS, WHO IS THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ACHAIA UNTO CHRIST.
- 1 CORINTHIANS 16:15 I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, (YE KNOW THE HOUSE OF STEPHANAS, THAT IT IS THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ACHAIA, AND THAT THEY HAVE ADDICTED THEMSELVES TO THE MINISTRY OF THE SAINTS,)
- PAUL IS SAYING HERE 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.
- JAMES CALLS BELIEVERS “A KIND OF FIRST FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES” (JAMES 1:18).
- JUST LIKE THE FIRST SHEAF OF GRAIN WAS SET APART FOR THE LORD, SO ARE BELIEVERS SET APART FOR GOD’S GLORY.
- JUST AS THE BLESSINGS THAT COME FROM FIRST FRUITS NEVER FAIL, WE BELIEVERS SHOULD ALWAYS FLOW AROUND LIKE RIVERS OF BLESSING THAT NEVER DRY UP
- ANYONE ,ANYWHERE AND ANYTHING AROUND US MUST BE BLESSED
- THE FIRST FRUITS OFFERING FOUND ITS FULFILMENT IN JESUS CHRIST.
- “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 OWN RESURRECTION AS WELL.
- PAUL TAUGHT THE CORINTHIAN BELIEVERS TO SET ASIDE A COLLECTION “ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK” (1 CORINTHIANS 16:2).
- THE OFFERING OF FIRST FRUITS WAS AN OCCASION TO CELEBRATE THE LIBERATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE WITH THANKSGIVING TO GOD
- IN LIKE MANNER EVERY CHRISTIAN IS TO OFFER HIS FIRST FRUIT TO GOD WITH THANKSGIVING AND GLADNESS OF HEART AT ALL TIMES.
- IN SUMMARY, FIRST FRUITS SYMBOLIZES GOD’S HARVEST OF SOULS
- IT ILLUSTRATES GIVING TO GOD FROM A GRATEFUL HEART.
- IT SETS A PATTERN OF GIVING BACK TO HIM THE FIRST (AND THE BEST) OF WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US.
- THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING REPRESENTS THE FIRST AND BEST OF SOMETHING TO BE GIVEN TO GOD.
- NUMBERS 18:12-13
ALL THE BEST OF THE OIL, AND ALL THE BEST OF THE WINE, AND OF THE WHEAT, THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM WHICH THEY SHALL OFFER UNTO THE LORD, THEM HAVE I GIVEN THEE. AND WHATSOEVER IS FIRST RIPE IN THE LAND, WHICH THEY SHALL BRING UNTO THE LORD, SHALL BE THINE; EVERY ONE THAT IS CLEAN IN THINE HOUSE SHALL EAT OF IT.
- FOR EXAMPLE, ABEL, IN GEN 4: 4, OFFERED THE FIRSTLINGS OF THE FLOCK TO GOD.
- THESE WERE THE FIRST ANIMALS THAT WERE BORN AND ALSO THE UNBLEMISHED ONES .HIS OFFERING PLEASED GOD.
- FOR US THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDE GIVING:
- 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, TRUST, COMMITMENT, AND LOVE FOR GOD
- JUST AS YOU JUST NEED TO OFFER THE FIRST HOURS OF YOUR DAY TO GOD AND NOT THE WHOLE DAY NOR THE WHOLE MORNING ,
- GOD ACTUALLY JUST REQUIRES SOME OF THE FIRST FRUIT SO STOP PANICKING!!.
- NOW HOW DOES THIS INSTRUCTION ABOUT FIRST FRUIT OFFERING MAKE ANY SENSE IN THESE OUR TIMES?
- THE BEST OF ALL MY EARNINGS IN JANUARY? DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME?
- JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AND HOLIDAY TRAVELS AND EXPENSES?
- HOW WILL I SURVIVE RENT AND SCHOOL FEES ETC
- 2KINGS 7:1-11 ELIJAH SAID BY THIS TIME TOMORROW THERE WILL BE SO MUCH FOOD THAT NOBODY WOULD BE WILLING TO BUY IT
- DANIEL 3:14-30 THE KING ASKED “WHICH GOD WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THE FIERY FURNACE?
- BUT GOD WILL BLESS THE FOOLISH WHO SAYS I DON’T UNDERSTAND BUT LET IT BE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD LUKE 1 : 37
- IF YOU ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO BELIEVE GOD;S WORD BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR YOUR SITUATION WILL CHANGE JOHN 11:40
- ASK GOD TO HELP YOUR UNBELIEF AND INCREASE YOUR FAITH.
- YOU MUST ENTER INTO YOUR FINANCIAL REST THIS YEAR
2) WHO IS GOING TO BELIEVE GOD THIS YEAR FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE?
- IT IS THOSE WHO ARE WEAK AND HELPLESS,AND WHO ARE LIKE CHILDREN IN THEIR FAITH
- THAT’S WHY JESUS SAYS IT IS HARD FOR THE RICH TO MAKE IT TO HEAVEN
- STRONG AND SMART PEOPLE DON’T LIKE TO TRUST GOD.STRONG AND SMART PEOPLE THINK LIKE THOSE IN THE WORLD WHO SAY HEAVEN HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES
- YOU WILL NEVER FIND THAT SAYING IN THE BIBLE.
- BUT WEAK POOR PEOPLE SAY LET IT BE UNTO ME ACCORDING TO THY WORD
- 2 CHRON 20:20 BELIEVE GODTO BE ESTABLISHED AND BELIEVE HIS PROPHET AND YOU WILL PROSPER
- IN LUKE 17:8-16 WE READ OF THE POOR WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH WHO FIRST FED THE PROPHET AND GOT A LIFETIME MIRACLE
- JESUS SAYS IN LUKE 4 24-30 THAT THERE WERE MANY WIDOWS IN ISRAEL
- BUT GOD KNEW SHE WAS WEAK AND HELPLESS AND WAS LOOKING UP TO GOD IN ABSOLUTE TRUST
- IN THIS KNEW YEAR GOD WANTS TO DO FIVE LEVELS OF HEALING
- HE WANTS TO DO PHYSICAL,MENTAL,EMOTIONAL,FINANCIAL,AND SPIRITUAL HEALINGS IN OUR LIVES
- YOU CAN CHOOSE TO HAVE ONE OR TWO OR ALL OF THEM.LET IT BE UNTO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH
- PSALM 33:8-9 SAYS LET THE WHOLE EARTH HEAR HIM FOR HE SPOKE AND IT HAPPENED
4) WHO IS RIPE AND READY FOR GOD’S BLESSING IN 2020?
- THOSE WHO ARE DESPISED AND MOCKED AND REPROACHED BY THE ENEMY
- GOD WILL TAKE AWAY ALL REPROACH AND MOCKERY FROM ALL OUR LIVES IN 2020 IN JESUS NAME
- IN GEN 16:1-5 SARAH ‘S MAID MOCKED HER FOR BEING BARREN
- IN GEN 18:1-5 SARAH WAS STILL FAITHFUL TO GOD AND ENTERTAINED ANGELS INSPITE OF HER REPROACH AND PAINS
- IN GEN 21:1-6 SHE SAID GOD MADE ME LAUGH
- IN GEN 22 GOD ASKED FOR ISAAC TO BE SACRIFICED
- ABRAHAM OBEYD AND GOD BLESSED HIM AND HIS GENERATION FOR EVER GEN 22:15-18
- DAVID SAYS IN PSALM 38:11-15 MY FRIENDS AVOID ME AND REFUSE TO HELP ME
- HE SAYS IN PSALM 71:10-14 MY ENEMIES SAY GOD HAS FORSAKEN ME
- IN PSALM 33:20-22 HE SAYS MY SOUL WAIT AND HOPE IN THE LORD
- DAVID OFTEN ADRESSES HIS SOUL ENCOURAGING HIS SOUL TO PRAISE GOD AND TRUST IN HIM
- AT SOME STAGE IN LIFE PEOPLE WILL START TO DESCRIBE YOU BY YOUR PROBLEM
- BUT YOU CAN AVOID ALL REPROACH BY CHOOSING TO JUST LIVE FOR GOD
- 5) WHO WILL GOD BLESS IN 2020?THE HUMBLE PERSON WHO WILL DILIGENTLY CALL ON HIM IN FAITH HEB 11:6
- HUMBLE YOURSELF AND CRYOUT TO GOD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART AND ASK HIM TO HELP YOU
- LET HIM KNOW YOU REALLY NEED HELP FOLLOWING AND OBEYING HIM
- EVERY THING WE DO FOR GOD AND WITH GOD IS BY FAITH AND FERVENT PRAYERS
- THERE ARE MULTIPLE AND MIRACULOUS BLESSINGS THAT RESULT FROM OBEYING THE COMMAND TO GIVE THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING.
- HERE ARE SOME OF THEM:
- THE ONE WHO RECEIVES THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING IS EXPECTED TO BLESS THOSE WHO GIVE IT: EZEK. 44:30
“2) THE FIRSTFRUIT IS MULTIPLIED TO ALL 2 KINGS 4:42-44
“PROPHET ELISHA WAS 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.
- HE SPOKE THE PROPHETIC WORD OF MULTIPLICATION OVER THE FOOD AND IT FED THEM WITH ENOUGH AND LEFT OVER.
- I BELIEVE THAT PROPHET ELISHA BLESSED THE OFFERING AS WELL
- AS THE GIVER AND 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 JOHN 6
- I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SAFELY CALL THAT BOY’S MEAL A FIRST FRUIT SINCE IT CONSISTED OF TWO BARLEY LOAVES, WHICH WAS USUALLY USED FOR THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING IN BIBLE DAYS.
- JESUS BLESSED THE FOOD, BROKE AND MULTIPLIED IT LIKE ELISHA DID
- WHAT ABOUT THE OFFERING GIVEN BY THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH?
- PROPHET ELIJAH’S REQUEST TO FEED HIM WITH THE LAST BIT OF MEAL COULD BE SYMBOLIC OF A FIRST FRUIT OFFERING BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SACRIFICE
- THIS WOMAN GAVE HER ALL IN THE TIME OF FAMINE . CROPS WERE NOT BEING PRODUCED
- IT WAS ALL THAT SHE HAD LEFT AND SHE WAS GOING TO FEED HERSELF AND HER SON FOR THE LAST TIME THEN DIE
- BUT SHE WAS ASKED TO FEED THE PROPHET FIRST AND THAT IS THE KEY TO THIS CORN MEAL BEING A FIRST FRUIT OFFERING
- PROPHET ELIJAH SAID TO HER:
- “… FEAR NOT; GO AND DO AS THOU HAST SAID: BUT MAKE ME THEREOF A LITTLE CAKE FIRST, AND BRING IT UNTO ME, AND AFTER MAKE FOR THEE AND FOR THY SON” 1 KINGS 17:13.
- PROPHET ELIJAH HAD OBEYED GOD’S COMMAND TO BE FED BY THIS WIDOW AND HAD ALSO INSTRUCTED HER THAT SHE WILL NOT LACK IF SHE OBEYED 1 KINGS 17:8-14.
- IT IS NOT SO EASY TO OBEY THE LORD IN THESE THINGS AND TELL PEOPLE TO BRING ANYTHING WHEN THEY HAVE NOTHING
- BUT IT IS TIME TO TRUST THE LORD AND OBEY HIM IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING
- ELIJAH MUST HAVE HELD UP THAT FIRST MEAL TO THE LORD
- HE MUST HAVE BLESSED IT AND REMINDED HIM OF THE PROMISE TO KEEP THE BARREL FULL OF MEAL AND TO MULTIPLY THE OIL.
- THIS WAS AN OFFERING THE POOR WIDOW COULD NOT AT ALL AFFORD
- MANY OF US CANNOT REALLY AFFORD TO GIVE SACRIFICIALLY IN JANUARY
- BUT JUST STRETCH YOUR FAITH AND WATCH GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR
- PSALM 34:8 SAYS “TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD”
- IF YOU REALLY WANT TO OBEY GOD AND GIVE YOUR FIRST FRUIT , THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY GO ABOUT IT WOULD BE TO PREPARE FOR IT BY SAVING SOME MONEY DURING THE YEAR TO MEET YOUR JANUARY EXPENSES
- 3. THE RECIPIENT IS OBLIGATED TO THE GIVER
- SCRIPTURES SHOW US THAT THE RECIPIENTS ARE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COVERING TO THOSE WHO GIVE ANY FIRST FRUIT OFFERING.
- FOR EXAMPLE, THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH FELL ILL AND DIED. 1 KINGS 17:17-24
- PROPHET ELIJAH WAS OBLIGATED TO RAISE THE CHILD FROM THE DEAD.
- IN A SIMILAR MIRACLE , THE WOMAN OF SHUNEM HOUSED PROPHET ELISHA AND SHE REPEATEDLY RECEIVED A FOUR FOLD MIRACLE : 2KINGS 4:8-37
- THE BIRTH OF A SON,
- RESURRECTION OF THE SON
- PROPHETIC RELOCATION IN TIMES OF FAMINE.
- RESTORATION OF HER LAND AFTER A FAMINE (2KINGS 8: 1-6
6) WHO WILL GOD CHOOSE TO BLESS IN 2020?
- GOD WILL CHOOSE A WORSHIPPER JOHN 4:24-25 GOD IS A SPIRIT AND SEEKS SUCH AS WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH
- THIS IS WHY GOD CALLS DAVID A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART
- IN PSALM 108 :1 DAVID SAYS MY HEART IS FIXED I WILL PRAISE THE LORD
- HE SAYS IN PSALM 34 I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES
- DAVID SAYS IN PSALMS COME LET US WORSHIP AND BOW DOWN
- IF YOU HAVE PRAYED AND NOTHING HAPPENED START TO PRAISE AND THANK GOD
- BRETHREN THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING IS A POWERFUL WORSHIP OFFERING TO GOD
- IT IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR PRAYERS ANSWERED
- BECAUSE GOD IS THE ULTIMATE RECIPIENT OF THE FIRSTFRUIT 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 AND ALL OUR OFFERINGS
- 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 – DEUT. 26:10
- “AND NOW, BEHOLD, I HAVE BROUGHT THE FIRST FRUITS OF 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”
- THE PRIEST WAS ALSO COMMANDED TO WAVE THE FIRST FRUIT OFFERING TO THE LORD LEV 23: 20.
- THIS IS SYMBOLIC OF WAVING THE HANDS IN WORSHIP AND SURRENDER TO THE LORD, TELLING HIM HOW GREAT HE REALLY IS
· GOD HAS ALWAYS DEMANDED OUR FIRST AND BEST GIFT
· WE CAN SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PAGES OF SCRIPTURE, GOD DOES NOT ONLY DESERVE OUR FIRST AND BEST GIFT, HE ACTUALLY DEMANDS IT.
· ABRAHAM WAS A VERY PROSPEROUS MAN WITH ABUNDANT LIVESTOCK AND A BEAUTIFUL HOUSEHOLD
· YET NONE OF IT MEANT ANYTHING TO HIM IN COMPARISON TO HIS DEAR SON ISAAC, WHO WAS HIS PRECIOUS CHILD OF PROMISE.
· 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
· HE WROTE MORE THAN SIX-HUNDRED VOLUMINOUS AND DIVERSE LAWS
· YET THERE IS ONE MESSAGE THAT CONSTANTLY RUNS THROUGH THEM FROM START TO FINISH ,IT IS THAT “THE LORD WANTS THE FIRST OF EVERYTHING.
· CHECK OUT EXODUS 23:19 THE FIRST OF THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THY LAND THOU SHALT BRING INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THY GOD.
· AMPL.“YOU SHALL BRING THE CHOICE FIRST FRUITS OF YOUR GROUND INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD
· AND THERE MUST NOT BE ANY DELAY:
· THOU SHALT NOT DELAY TO OFFER THE FIRST OF THY RIPE FRUITS, AND OF THY LIQUORS: THE FIRSTBORN OF THY SONS SHALT THOU GIVE UNTO ME.LIKEWISE SHALT THOU DO WITH THINE OXEN, AND WITH THY SHEEP: SEVEN DAYS IT SHALL BE WITH HIS DAM; ON THE EIGHTH DAY THOU SHALT GIVE IT ME. EXODUS 22:29
· THE FIRST OF YOUR CHILDREN THE FIRST OF YOUR SONS
· THE FIRST HOUR OF THE DAY, THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
· THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR
· THE FIRST OF YOUR GOATS THE FIRST OF YOUR SHEEP,
· THE FIRST OF YOUR FORTUNE
· GOD WANTS THE FIRST OF EVERYTHING
· KING DAVID THAT A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART KNEW HIS HEAVENLY FATHER WELL ENOUGH TO RESOLVE TO GIVE HIM THE BEST.
· HE SAYS “I WILL NOT GIVE WHAT HAS COST ME NOTHING”. (”2 SAMUEL 24:24)
· 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 LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO GOD.
· GIVING GOD WHAT IS FIRST AND BEST IS THE GREATEST 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
- 7) FINALLY WHO WILL GOD CHOOSE TO BLESSS THIS YEAR?
- GOD IS LOOKING FOR SMOOTH STONES LIKE THE ONES THAT DAVID CHOSE IN 1 SAMUEL 17
- DAVID NEEDED POLISHED STONES TO KILL GOLIATH
- THE LORD IS POLISHING HIS CHURCH AND HE IS COMING FOR A CHURCH WITHOUT WRINKLE ,SPOT OR BLEMISH
- DON’T BELIEVE IN THOSE WHO SAY GRACE WILL ALWAYS COVER THEIR WICKEDNESS
- IN 2 KINGS 2:1-15 ALL THE OTHER SONS OF THE PROPHET COULD PROPHESY BUT COULD NOT FOLLOW TO THE END
- MANY SAY THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE
- YES THE GIFT WILL BE THERE BUT THE GIVER LEFT YOU A LONG TIME AGO
- SAUL WAS STILL ON THE THRONE FOR 25 YEARS AFTER HE WAS REJECTED BY GOD
- NOBODY WANTS TO PREACH HOLINESS ANYMORE
- NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT REPENTANCE AND CONSECRATION ANYMORE
- BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THOSE THINGS ANYMORE
- THEY SAY CHRIST’SLOVE DOCTRINE IS TOO HARSH WE SEE HOW OTHER BELIVERS DRESS AND LIVE.
- THEY ARE ALSO PREACHING THE GOSPEL AND PROPHESYING AND WORKING MIRACLES
- DANIEL CHOSE TO STAND ALONE AND BE DIFFERENT AND SO SHOULD YOU
- CHOOSE TO BE HOLY CHOSE TO PAY THE PRICE LET GOD CHOOSE YOU
- FATHER POLISH ME INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND MAKE A SMOOTH STONE
- CHOOSE ME LORD AND GLORIFY ME
- FATHER PROMOTE ME AND REMOVE ALL Y REPROACH
- PRAYERS
- FATHER MAKE ME A LIVING EXAMPLE OF YOUR ABILITYTO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
- MAKE ALL MYCHILDREN AND CHILDREN CHILDREN A LIVING EXAMPLE OF YOUR GREAT POWER AND MAJESTY AND GLORIOUS ABILITY TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE IN JESUS NAME
- FATHER USE ALL OF US IN CLMI TO ADVERTISE YOUR POWER IN 2020
- FATHER PLEASE PUT AN END TO EVERY REPROACH IN MY LIFE AND FAMILY IN JESUS NAME
- FATHER CHOOSE ME AND MY CHILDREN FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF YOUR GLORY IN 2020 INJESUS NAME
- I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO SERVE YOU ALL MY LIFE THEREFORE FATHER PUT AN END TO EVERY REPROACH IN MY LIFE AND FAMILY SO I CAN SERVE YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISTRACTION IN JESUS NAME
- FATHER SURPRISE ALL THOSE WHO ARE ASKING AND WONDERING WHERE IS MY GOD
- TAKE AWAY ALL MY SPIRITUAL,EMOTIONAL,FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL REPROACH IN JESUS NAME
- FATHER PUT AN END TO THAT AREA OF MY LIFE THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE TO LAUGH AT ME AND REPROACH YOUR NAME IN MY LIFE AND FAMILY IN JESUS NAME
- FATHER LETALL MY LOSSES BE DRAMATICALLY RESTORED IN JESUS NAME
- OH LORD MAKE ME A BIG SHINING STAR FOR NO MATTER THE DARKNESS AROUND ME
- FATHER I KNOW THAT DELAYED MIRACLES ARE MORE GLORIOUS BUT PLEASE LET THERE BE NO MORE DELAYS IN OUR MIRACLES IN JESUS NAME
- FORGIVE US FOR DELAYING TO RESPOND TO YOUR COMMANDMENTS AND HELP US TO OBEY YOU PROMPTLY IN JESUS NAME