Contents

1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1
3. Covenant Dimension Of
Prosperity
a. The Covenant Will
Always Prevail.
4. Chapter 2
5. Consecration
a. The Mother Of
Poverty
b. Give Up Sin!
 c. Get Back To Eden
d. Purity Begets Plenty!
e. Practise Holiness
6. Chapter 3
7. Dedication
a. Transformed!
8. Chapter 4
9. Affection
10. Chapter 5
11. Addiction
a. Change Your Position
12. Part 2
13. Why God Prospers
14. Chapter 6
15. So You Can Be
16. A Blessing
17. Chapter 7
18. For His Kingdom's
19. Sake
20. Chapter 8
21. So You Can
22. Bless The Poor
23. Chapter 9
24. Scriptural Proofs
25. Part 3
26. The Covenant
27. Platform for
28. Prosperity
29. Chapter 10
30. The Seed Is
31. The Word
a. The Prosperity Of
Your Soul First
b. It's Not Money
c. Locate The “Sent”
d. The “Water”
Dimension Of The
Word
32. Chapter 11
33. Faith: Our
34. Covenant Access
a. Evidence Of Faith
b. Your Actions
c. Your Utterances
d. Obedience
35. Chapter 12
36. Increase
37. Answers To Input
38. Chapter 13
39. Financial Integrity
a. Practical
Righteousness
40. Part 4
41. How God Prospers
42. (7 Pillars Of Kingdom
Prosperity)
43. Chapter 14
44. Giving
a. Tithing
b. What Is Tithe?
c. Kingdom Promotion
Givings
d. Plan Your Givings
e. Giving To The
Prophets
 f. The Widow Of
Zarephath
g. The Shunammite
Woman
h. Giving To the Poor
i. Give With A Willing
Heart!
j. Give Cheerfully!
45. Chapter 15
46. Working
a. Remain Tireless
b. Our Covenant Fathers
47. Chapter 16
48. Thinking
a. Sit Down!
49. Chapter 17
50. Trusting
51. Chapter 18
52. Waiting
53. Chapter 19
54. Talking
55. Chapter 20
56. Thanking
a. Watering Your Seed
Sown
b. Take Hold of
 Opportunities
57. Part 5
58. The Hidden Covenants
59. Chapter 21
60. Your Responsibility To
Your Parents
61. Chapter 22
62. Your Responsibility To
Your Family
a. WHAT IS THIS
KNOWLEDGE?
b. PROVIDE FOR
YOUR
 HOUSEHOLD
c. “WIVES, SUBMIT
YOURSELVES...”
63. Chapter 23
64. Keep Your Eyes On The
Plough
65. Chapter 24
66. The Little Things To
Mind!
a. FORGIVE!
b. OBEY YOUR
MASTER
c. PAY YOUR
 WORKERS WELL
d. GIVE YOUR JOB
ALL IT TAKES
67. Chapter 25
68. When Is My Due Season?
a. How Do I Fill Up My
Clouds?
b. Why God Appoints a
Due Season
69. Chapter 26
70. Blessings Of The Giving
Covenant
a. Sorrow-Free!
 b. Curse-Free!
c. Defence
d. Long-Life And
Pleasures!
e. It Is Well With You!
f. No Barrenness!
71. Chapter 27
72. Make A Choice
a. For Change
UNDERSTANDING
FINANCIAL
PROSPERITY

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DAVID O.
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ISBN 978-2480-
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 Introduction
…Let the Lord be
magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity
of his servant.

Psalm 35:27

This is good news!

There is a source to which I want to

introduce you to, in this book. When
you hit that source, you will stay
refreshed, the remaining days of your
life.
I am also going to show you the way
to that source. The moment you can
appreciate and apply yourself to that
way, life will deliver to you its
maximum benefits.

Most killer diseases reside inside

the body of their victims for a long
time, before they are discovered.
Medical science tells us that cancer
for instance, can be inside a man for
eight years, without any symptoms.
Suddenly, when it has gained
absolute dominion inside the victim,
it begins to afflict him.

Friend, there is no stagnation without

a reason. Whatever has been tying
you down from enjoying the beauties
of God in life, God is going to reveal
it to you in this book. Your story
must change, this time around! Every
tied down issue of your life — your
family, your career, your business,
must be released by this encounter!

Oh, I thank God for blessings; but

God’s ultimate is to make you a
blessing, God wants to see you
prosper! It gives Him great pleasure!
God is excited, when you prosper.
What an encounter this will be for
you!

One day, by such an encounter, God

picked me out of my poverty, and
threw me into the realms of
prosperity. This will be that one day
for you!

God will usher you into strange

realms of Kingdom prosperity
sorrow-free! Come with me, as I
take you into the secret house of
wealth.

Until you are able to lay hold on His

commandments, you never become a
commander. I make bold to say that I
am a commander in the realm of
wealth. I don’t beg, I don’t pray for
money; I don’t borrow. I only line up
myself with His commandments, and
it just keeps flowing!

Oh, it’s so sweet! I want you to come

to that point where you come on line
for heaven’s supplies in all areas of
life, so you can be a blessing to your
generation.

The encounter you’re going to have

in this book, will bring you amazing
testimonies too, such as I have!

I want to provoke you to practical

living! I’m not out to expound
theories to you. John the Beloved
said in the opening of his epistles:

...And our hands have

handled, of the Word of
life;

That which we have seen

 and heard declare we unto
you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us: and
truly our fellowship is
with the Father, and with
his Son Jesus Christ.

I John 1:1,3

Friend, the things I have handled and

touched, they are the things I will be
sharing with you in this book.

You have a very great future, an

enviable one at that! All you need is
to turn loose for Jesus!

You are not down because things are

down. You are down because you
don’t have the light you need to be
up.

They marvelled at Jesus — “From

whence hath this man these things?
and what wisdom is this which is
given unto him, that even such
mighty works are wrought by his
hands?” (Mark 6:2)

Mighty works answer to “this

wisdom”. When you locate God's
Word on prosperity and you act on
it, you’re operating “this wisdom” in
the realm of prosperity, and mighty
works of prosperity will be the
result.

It’s not luck, it’s not connection, it’s

not fortune!

Isaiah 60:1 says:

Arise, shine; for thy light is come…

Until your light comes, you can work

and work, and still won’t shine!

Job said:

As I was in the days of my

youth, when the secret of
God was upon my
tabernacle;

When the Almighty was

yet with me, when my
children were about me;
 When I washed my steps
with butter, and the rock
poured me out rivers of
oil;

Job 29:4-6

The secrets of God is the maker of

the saints.

Job was saying here, “The secrets of

God made me. My understanding of
the secrets of God is the reason for
the way I’m shining.”

The secrets of God will make any

man. I see God making you by His
secrets that you will encounter in this
book.
The end-time Church is programmed
to prosper exceedingly! But then we
need the blessings of God, to make
the promise a reality.

In Haggai 2:6-8, God said:

For thus saith the Lord of

hosts; Yet once, it is a
little while, and I will
shake the heavens, and the
earth, and the sea, and the
dry land;

And I will shake all

nations, and the desire of
all nations shall come: and
I will fill this house with
glory, saith the Lord of
 hosts.

The silver is mine, and the gold is

mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

And in Zechariah 1:17 He makes us

understand that:

...My cities through

prosperity shall yet be
spread abroad...

God wants to prosper His Kingdom

through the prosperity of His people.

In Matthew 24:14, Jesus said, “This

gospel must be preached in all the
nations and then shall the end
come.” So, if we’re the generation
that will preach the gospel to all
nations, then we are the prosperous
generation I’m talking about.

Please understand that we are out on

a celebration lane!

God said:

Beloved, I wish above all

things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul
prospereth.

3 John 2

Friend, Jesus is out looking for who

to pick; may He find you worthy!
The end-time Church is a prosperous
Church. So, it’s important for you to
understand how to prosper in the
kingdom, and how to enjoy true
prosperity. It’s not, “God, just give
me something to eat and to drink.”
No! He wants to make you a
blessing, and all the people of the
earth shall see it.

And the Lord shall make

thee plenteous in goods, in
the fruit of thy body, and in
the fruit of thy cattle, and
in the fruit of thy ground,
in the land which the Lord
sware unto thy fathers to
give thee.
 Deuteronomy 28:11

Aren’t you excited about that? Now,

I like this:

Deuteronomy 28:12-13:

The Lord shall open unto

thee his good treasure,
the heaven to give the
rain unto thy land in his
season, and to bless all
the work of thine hand,
and thou shalt lend unto
many nations, and thou
shalt not borrow.

And the Lord shall make

thee the head, and not the
 tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou
shalt not be beneath; if
that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the
Lord thy God, which I
command thee this day, to
observe and to do them,

So, God’s commandments make you

a commander.

God is going to raise commanders of

such terrific wealth in the Body of
Christ! They are people who will
change the destinies of multitudes!
All you need to do is to position
yourself, by laying hold on the
covenant secrets He will be
unveiling to you in this book, and
things will begin to blossom in your
life!

Plenty is our heritage!

I'd like your heart to be open. I will

be teaching you the fear of God—the
things I’ve heard, the things I’ve see,
and the things that my hands have
handled of the Word of life.

God takes pleasure in your plenty!

No father is happy to see his
children in lack. Why then do you
think that your lack excites God?

Which father is excited to see his

children begging all around? Have
you ever heard somebody give a
testimony, saying, “I thank God, two
of my sons are beggars”? Your
children’s children will never beg!

I want you to know that the

prosperity God has planned for you,
has nothing to do with your
profession, career or your family
background. No! It says, “If thou
shalt hearken diligently, unto the
voice of the Lord thy God…”
Whether you are a carpenter, a
firewood seller, water seller, a
medical doctor, lawyer or engineer
is irrelevant. Your covenant
alignment is the issue.

I have no business set - up anywhere

in this world; I'm not selling
anything. But I can’t be poor! I
announced 22 years ago, “I cannot be
poor!”, because I encountered the
truth that liberates from poverty.
This is your chance too!

I would like you to understand this:

God’s Word is your access into the
world of wealth. An encounter with
the Word is what makes you a
commander in the realm of wealth.

I curse every hold of poverty on your

life, in the precious name of Jesus!
There is no short cut! It is the
entrance of the Word that gives light
and gives understanding to the
simple (Psalms 119:130).

There is nothing called luck or

fortune in the kingdom. Light is what
makes the difference between the
winning Christian and the losing one,
between the poor Christian and the
wealthy one. The difference is light;
otherwise, we have a common
destiny (Romans 8:29-30).

You will encounter that light in this

book! I have since entered into the
realm of tens of millions in my
giving to the kingdom, by reason of
heaven’s downpour! It’s not luck, it's
light!

I want the same heavens to open for

you. All you need to do is come and
take what He has given me, so you
can see what I am seeing.

I’ve not traded in any other thing

since He called me, and I’ve never
begged, never appealed to anywhere
or anyone for aid, and yet I’ve never
been helpless at any time!

This is your hour!

It’s not luck! Don’t sit down in your

corner and be wondering, “I wish I
were as lucky.” Psalms 111:10 says:

The fear of the Lord is the

beginning of wisdom, a
good understanding have
 all they that do his
commandments, his praise
endureth for ever.

Can you see that? “A good

understanding.” The Word of God
tells us that:

Good understanding giveth

favour: but the way of
transgressors is hard.

Proverbs 13:15

Friend, good understanding

commands blessings! Every blessing
of God is transmitted through sound
understanding. When you grasp it, it
becomes yours.
God said to Abraham:

...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.

Genesis 13:14-15

The Word of God also talks about

“the eyes of your understanding
being enlightened” in Ephesians
1:18. So the more you understand,
the better you live.
It is your level of understanding that
determines your level of possession.
I see God giving you a very unique
encounter in this book!

May I say this friend: I am not a

preacher of prosperity, I am a
prophet. God spoke specifically to
me while I was away in America for
a meeting, “Get down home and
make My people rich!”

That is why the things I teach are not

the regular prosperity preacher's
syllabus. They are divine
impartations to make you a celebrity
on the earth.

Why? I am sent! Prosperity is one of

the twelve-pillar messages of this
Commission.

So, I would like your heart to be

open, and get set to line up yourself
with the things I will be sharing in
this book. This is the time you will
have your own lifetime encounter, as
I had it 22 years ago, reading a book
like this.

I have seen God in the realm of

prosperity since then, that’s why He
has sent me to go and turn the
destinies of men around.

I am sent not only to teach it, but to

effect it, so that when you hear what
God is saying through me, and you
apply yourself to it, there is no way
you won’t be free. Because, “by a
prophet the Lord brought Israel out
of Egypt, and by a prophet was he
preserved.” God is set to see your
destiny preserved!

Now listen to me: between being the

lender and being the borrower,
which do you want? Between
begging and giving, which do you
want?

The Bible says your heavenly Father

knows that you need these things
(Matthew 6:32). So for you to say or
pretend you don’t need what God
says you need, is to be a hypocrite!
Our opening scripture says, “ Let
them shout for joy, and be glad,
that favour my righteous cause,
yea, let them say continually, Let
the Lord be magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his
servant.” (Ps. 35:27)

Joshua 1:8 establishes the fact that

each man’s prosperity is made by
him. It says, “You shall make your
way prosperous, and you shall have
good success.”

Say with me, “Teach me Lord, how

to make it this time around.”

It is my prayer that God will, by this

book, give you a lifetime encounter
with His Word of prosperity! The
Word of God is our covenant
platform for prosperity. God will
take you to the very fundamentals of
His plan and purpose for your life,
and for the Church in general.

Two years ago, John Osteen was led

by the Spirit of God and he started a
teaching session on prosperity in his
church and poverty was swallowed
up in victory in that assembly! God’s
people flourished, the kingdom of
God progressed and amazing things
happened! The same will happen for
you too!

For ye know the grace of

our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
 though he was rich, yet for
your sakes he became
poor, that ye through his
poverty might be rich.

2 Corinthians 8:9

I am redeemed to be enriched! So, I

will be an abuse to redemption, if I
don’t actualise that dimension of my
redemption.

Jesus came down to lift me up. When

He came down, we were raised up,
not pressed down. We were raised
up together with Him, and made to
sit together with Him in heavenly
places. High flyers! That’s what
redemption makes of saints. That
should enter your spirit - man.

I’d like you to say and believe this:

“I am saved to display His wealth! I
am on the right side! I am not a goat!
So, wealth is my heritage, abundance
is my birthright.”

Friend, you are saved to display His

wealth on the earth, to clothe the
naked, feed the hungry and attend to
the sick! That’s what you’re sent to
do! (Matthew 25:34-40)

It’s time you knew you’re not here on

earth as a beggar. It’s time you know
that! God can’t tell you to feed the
hungry, if He hasn’t ensured that
there’s food in your house. He won’t
tell you to clothe the naked, if you
are naked. You are sent to minister
to the needy, you’re not a needy!

Poverty-mentality is satanic slavery!

Be free from it! Prosperity does not
create enmity with God. Abraham
was a super-prosperous man, yet the
Bible described him as “the Friend
of God” (James 2: 23).

It is the secrets of God that make

stars in the kingdom. May God
provide you a supernatural access
into His secrets concerning kingdom
prosperity, in Jesus' name!

Prosperity is our identity. If you

don’t demonstrate it, then you are a
misfit in the kingdom.

Prosperity is not the availability of

cash, but encounter with light! From
now on, money will respect you!

Get set as we take an adventure into

the realms of plenty. I am going to be
taking you through a four-part
teaching on prosperity— the
foundation for prosperity, why God
prospers, our covenant platform for
prosperity and how God prospers.

When you have a grasp of the Word

of prosperity, you just prosper, you
live in a state of no lack. A state of
no lack is what is called prosperity.
It’s not a state of cash, it’s a state of
light!

When money is in your hand and it is

not enough, it is because the light in
you is not enough. May you
encounter that light, in Jesus' name!

It’s time to get on the line with God.

We’re not in a game, we are in a
covenant. An understanding of that
covenant makes the difference.

This day will mark the breaking forth

of heaven’s light and favour in your
life! May you experience the touch of
God in a new way.

Supernatural supplies is a reality. I’d

like you to appreciate this fact. The
Bible is full of proofs establishing
this.

Prosperity is not just having money,

it’s a state of wellbeing which you
enter into, through the covenant of
abundance. You will find it! God
will give you a supernatural escape
from every discomfort of life, in
Jesus' name!

So, come with me, as I take you

through this outstanding teaching,
packaged and delivered for your
flourishing. I have enough proofs to
make you listen to me!

This is the hour of your prosperity!

Your struggle must end this day! This
is going to be the most explosive and
most fulfilling time of your life! God
sent me to enrich His people, not by
tricks but by truth!

I’d like you to make this confession:

“This is my hour of prosperity.

The way to it is the Word of God.

I am set for the Word of God.

I am set for encounters in the Word

of God.

I am not going to live my life as a

beggar.
I am going to be a blessing to my
generation.

I am not going to be an abuse to

creation.

Lord, I’m ready. I’m not looking

anywhere else, not even to myself.

I’m looking up to You.

Help me Lord! In Jesus' name!”

I see the mighty hand of God picking

and making a mighty man or woman
out of you. It shall be so for you, in
the precious name of Jesus!
 Chapter 1

Covenant
Dimension Of
Prosperity
But thou shalt remember
the Lord thy God, 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

Prosperity in the kingdom doesn’t

answer to fasting, nor does it answer
to prayer, or prayer of agreement! It
only answers to your understanding
and practice of covenant details!

What you are selling or the business

you’re involved in is not what
determines your prosperity. No! It is
the light under which you are
operating that determines the results
you get.

Let’s stop wishing, let’s step out and

walk in the light!

…it is he that giveth thee

 power to get wealth, that
he may establish his
covenant…

The power for wealth is released on

the platform of the covenant. When
you step into the covenant, you
encounter the power to get wealth.
That was one thing I saw that brought
me out of poverty, into the
abundance that I now enjoy in God.

Prosperity is not a promise you

claim in prayers or with fastings and
confessions. No! It’s a covenant you
practise. That means, God has set a
stage, understand your part of it, and
then the power to realise the promise
will be delivered to you.
Now, if you look at Hebrews 9, the
Bible talks about the Holiest of all,
where we have the tables of the
covenant. Among the tables of the
covenant is the covenant of
prosperity—the one that brings you
into an encounter with the power to
get wealth.

A covenant as it were, is like a

contract. So, it involves two or more
people. In this case, it involves just
you and God. God is the Covenantor
and you are the covenantee—you are
the beneficiary of the deal. All you
need then is a good understanding of
what the covenant entails, and you’ll
be up in abundance.

Look at Psalms 89:34, that will help

to establish your confidence in the
covenant.

My covenant will I not

break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my
lips.

God is a covenant keeper. His side

of every covenant is forever secured;
it is our side that is variable. But
when we lay hold on the terms that
relate to us, and apply ourselves to
them, God is committed.

Once you locate the covenant and

you enter into it, your struggles all
come to an end! Since that day in
March 1981, when I saw the
covenant of prosperity, I entered into
my rest.

You don’t pray or fast for a

covenant, you just enter into it.

And they entered into a

covenant to seek the Lord
God of their fathers with
all their heart and with all
their soul;

… and the Lord gave them

rest round about.

2 Chronicles 15:12,15
They didn’t cry into the covenant,
“they entered ” into it. People enter
into it, you sign in for it, you don’t
confess it.

If you care to sign in for the

covenant, your christianity will take
on brighter colours, because the
power to get wealth is released on
the platform of the covenant of
prosperity. You need this
understanding.

Let me tell you what triggered off in

my spirit and brought me to the point
where I shouted, “I found it!” It’s
Jeremiah 33:20-21:

Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break

my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, and that there
should not be day and night in their
season;

Then may also my covenant be

broken with David my servant, that
he should not have a son to reign
upon his throne; and with the Levites
the priests, my ministers.

Friend, God’s covenant with us is as

eternal as the day and the night! Until
you can stop the day and the night,
you can’t stop the covenant! God is
saying therefore, that as long as
human life exists on this earth, His
covenant with us is intact!
Also verses 25-26 tell us:

Thus saith the Lord; If my

covenant be not with day
and night, and if I have
not appointed the
ordinances of heaven and
earth;

Then will I cast away the

seed of Jacob, and David
my servant, so that I will
not take any of his seed to
be rulers over the seed of
Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, for I will cause
their captivity to return,
and have mercy on them.
God is committed to cause our
prosperity to return, and to have
mercy on us, by the immutability of
His covenant. Let’s get set,
therefore, and discover what that
covenant is, and when we enter into
it, our case is settled.

…His covenant which he

sware unto thy fathers…

What did God say to Noah?

While the earth

remaineth, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and
winter, and day and night
shall not cease.
 Genesis 8: 22

It is also important to note this:

… His covenant which he

sware unto thy fathers, as
it is this day.

Deuteronomy 8:18

It is a present tense covenant. It

works for every generation, so, it’s
working presently in our generation
now. It will work for you!

People have spent so much time in

prayer and fasting for increase. No,
it doesn’t answer to all that.
Can you imagine somebody, who has
a farm and he goes there and lifts up
his hand and prays prevailing
prayers, after which he goes home to
announce to his wife, “We have the
heaviest yam harvest coming this
harvest season!”

That’s a loser’s mentality, because

yam won’t come out of that ground,
until it has gone into the earth!
Harvest only answers to seedtime.

The Covenant Will

Always Prevail.
When God told Abraham:

...Get thee out of thy

country, and from thy
kindred, and from thy
father’s house, unto a
land that I will show thee,

And I will make of thee a

great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou
shalt be a blessing.

Genesis 12:1-2

He moved as he was commanded,

yet he met famine there.
 And Abram journeyed,
going on still toward the
south.

And there was a famine in

the land: and Abram went
down into Egypt to
sojourn there; for the
famine was grievous in
the land.

Genesis 12:9-10

But in spite of that famine, Abraham

prevailed!

And Abram was very rich in cattle,

in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:2

The Bible also records that Isaac

prevailed in famine:

And there was a famine in

the land, beside the first
famine that was in the
days of Abraham. And
Isaac went unto
Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar.

Then Isaac sowed in that

land, and received in the
same year an
hundredfold: and the
Lord blessed him.
 Genesis 26:1,12

Friend, the covenant is stronger than

any climate! In spite of the famine,
God blessed Isaac:

And the man waxed great, and went

forward, and grew until he became
very great:

For he had possession of

flocks, and possession of
herds, and great store of
servants: and the
Philistines envied him.

Genesis 12:13-14

There is no economic dearth or

crisis that can break the efficacy of
the covenant!

Abraham prevailed! Isaac prevailed

because in all labour there is profit!
Whether in famine or in the absence
of famine, in season or out of season,
every giver provokes divine
blessings; when he works, he takes
delivery of those blessings.

In Jacob’s time also:

And the famine was sore

in the land.

Genesis 43:1

But in spite of this, Jacob still had

more than enough. In verse 12, he
told his sons:

And take double money in

your hand…

In verse 11, he sent presents with his

sons to the man from whom they
bought food.

...Take of the best fruits in

the land in your vessels,
and carry down the man a
present, a little balm, and
a little honey, spices, and
myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

All this was in the midst of “sore”

famine! Jacob still had access to
double money and could afford to
import food from a foreign country!

So, famine is not your problem;

ignorance of the covenant is your
problem.

God said in Hosea 4:6:

My people are destroyed

for lack of knowledge...

Not for famine, not for economic

crisis of money failure. He said,
“because thou hath rejected
knowledge, I will also reject
thee...”

If famine could not stop our covenant

fathers, famine can’t stop us. The
economy of your nation has no
bearing on your covenant walk. They
are two separate laws. The law of
the spirit of life (under which we
operate) is always able to cheaply
handle the law of sin and death
(Romans 8:2). Natural laws are
subject to spiritual laws, for
whatever is from above is above all.
So, when we walk after the spirit,
we dominate the law of sin and
death.

It is not luck, it is light!

And the light shineth in

darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it
 not.

That was the true Light,

which lighteth every man
that cometh into the
world.

John 1:5,9

So, “when men shall say there is a

casting down”, because you are
walking in the light, then you shall
say, “there is a lifting up.” (Job
22:29)

Many Christians are lost in the

natural environment where they find
themselves, because they lack the
required light to dominate that
environment.

Isaiah 60:1-3 says:

Arise, shine; for thy light

is come, and the glory of
the Lord is risen upon
thee.

For, behold, the darkness

shall cover the earth, and
gross darkness the
people, but the Lord shall
arise upon thee, and his
glory shall be seen upon
thee.

And the Gentiles shall

come to thy light, and
 kings to the brightness of
thy rising.

It goes on all the way to verse 20 to

paint a picture of the efficacy of
light, the dominion of light over
darkness.

So, you’re not down because things

are down, you are down because you
don’t have the light to be up. The
covenant will produce anywhere,
anytime, anyday!

God’s Word says:

Then Peter opened his

mouth, and said, Of a
truth I perceive that God
 is no respecter of
persons.

Acts 10:34

There is no place on earth, for

instance, where there are no lenders
and borrowers. Yet, they all live in
the same environment. Now, where
did the lender get his excess from?
From the same land that the
borrower can’t see! They all live in
the same place; yet one is up and the
other is down. Who is to be blamed?
You will never be down in your life!

Stop looking at the shadows, there’s

no substance in it! The Bible says
God controls all things by the Word
of His power, not by the edicts or
policies of the government of your
nation. You will never lose control
anymore in your life!

Look at Psalms 37:18:

The Lord knoweth the

days of the upright: and
their inheritance shall be
for ever.

Because they are doing things right,

in the days of famine they shall be
satisfied.

For the upright, things never go

wrong. If you will be upright in the
covenant, things will keep on being
right for you, no matter what’s going
on where you are. For it is the
blessings of God that make rich and
adds no sorrow with it (Proverbs
10:22).

My hope is not in the budget of my

country, my hope is not in the
national economy, nor in the global
economy; my hope is built on nothing
else but Jesus Christ and His
precious blood!

For to him that is joined

to all the living there is
hope, for a living dog is
better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:4
Friend, look up!

I will lift up mine eyes

unto the hills, from
whence cometh my help.

Psalms 121:1

Look up! Stop looking around at the

physical.

Give us help from

trouble; for vain is the
help of man

Psalms 60:11

Look up! Every environment is

conducive for the covenant. Please
understand this fact: those who look
around don’t go far. Those who look
up are the ones that go up. I see help
coming down for you now!

I want you to know that there is no

condition that can make the covenant
of no effect. That should reinforce
your confidence. You can stake your
life on the covenant. As long as day
and night are exchanging positions,
the covenant is still in force!

God said:

And the Gentiles shall

come to thy light and
kings to the brightness of
thy rising.
 Isaiah 60:3

The world has had its turn; it’s now

our turn. Government has changed
hands. It’s now our turn! The
covenant is taking over, no matter
how wicked the wicked are!

There’s a very clear line of

demarcation recorded in the Bible
that will excite you:

And there was no bread in

all the land; for the
famine was very sore, so
that the land of Egypt and
all the land of Canaan
fainted by reason of the
famine.
 And when money failed in
the land of Egypt, and in
the land of Canaan, all
the Egyptians came unto
Joseph, and said, Give us
bread: for why should we
die in thy presence? for
the money faileth.

Genesis 47:13,15

Every time money fails, the covenant

prevails!

When that year was

ended, they came unto
him the second year, and
said unto him, We will not
hide it from my lord, how
 that our money is spent;
my lord also hath our
herds of cattle; there is
not ought left in the sight
of my lord, but our
bodies, and our lands,

Genesis 47:18

It was a national crisis!

Yet, in the midst of all that, see verse

27:

And Israel dwelt in the

land of Egypt, in the
country of Goshen; and
they had possessions
therein, and grew, and
 multiplied exceedingly.

Oh, what a paradox! The covenant is

simply powerful! Some fellows
were offering themselves for sale,
and in the same land, some others
were multiplying exceedingly!
Friend, the covenant provides the
strongest covering in the midst of
crisis! That’s why covenant keepers
are great winners!

While the famine prevailed over the

Egyptians, the covenant prevailed
for the covenant people. I have been
announcing for a long time now that
there’s coming a conversion of the
wealth of the Gentiles to the
covenant-keeping saints of God; it’s
on already!

The smartness of the Egyptians could

not handle the famine, but the
covenant was able to handle it
without sweat. Let me say this to
you: not everyone is suffering, I'm
not! Not everyone is giving bribe; I
have never given any! Not everyone
is using connections, I have only one
connection, and it’s upward. Upward
only!

Covenant! That’s what makes cheap

stars in the world. Just stay under it.
It may be slow, but it’s sure. I would
rather go for what is slow and sure,
than for what is fast and has no
future. Oh yes!

Say with me, “Lord, help me to stand

strong under Your covenant covering
all the days of my life.”

Hear this: Africans, Europeans,

Americans or whoever, may be
offering themselves for sale, but
under the covenant, I will always
prevail! Every condition is
conducive for the covenant. I am
saying this so you can possess a
tireless spirit and, a tireless
approach to what the Lord is taking
us into. Oh it’s amazing!

Many have escaped to Europe or

America because things are hard at
home, only to become slaves there.
Just for money! There is no nation on
the earth, where there is no poverty,
and there is no nation on the earth
where there is no wealth. There is no
nation on the earth, where there are
no wealthy people and at the same
time homeless people.

Brace up, friend! If it won’t work for

you where you are, it may never
work for you anywhere else. Brace
up! I see a new day for you!

Yes, God can send you to any nation

of the earth. Why not? He is the Lord
of all the earth. But there is no
escape in any nation. Without a
covenant covering, you remain a
victim wherever you go. The
covenant is it!

Say to Him, “Lord, help me to stand

strong under this covenant covering
as a lifestyle. Help me to give to it
all of the time the things it demands
of me.”

If you’re a giver and a thinker-

worker (i.e a creative worker ),
things must always work for you; you
will be satisfied in famine.

Friend, I would like you to embrace

and appreciate the validity and
infallibility of the covenant.

If God can’t break the covenant, let

no man attempt to break it. If His
covenant is tied to day and night, it is
foolishness for anyone to attempt to
break it!

I see the covenant prevail for you in

your time! May everything that is
against you bow to the power of this
covenant! Enter thou into the joy of
thy God, in Jesus' precious name!
 Chapter 2

Consecration
Say ye to the righteous,
that it shall be well with
him, for they shall eat the
fruit of their doings.

Isaiah 3:10

God, without any doubt, is taking us

somewhere—to a place of honour, a
place of glory and a place of beauty.
You will surely get there!
 When the Lord shall build
up Zion, he shall appear
in his glory.

Psalms 102:16

What is this saying?

That is, God will come when Zion

has taken her full and rightful
position. Jesus will be here, after
Zion has fully taken her position in
destiny—after she has taken over on
the earth, according to God’s Word.
Then all nations shall flow unto her
(Isaiah 2: 2)

That, of course, is talking about the

Church.
God is preparing for that ultimate, so
that the sons of God will take over
the affairs of life on this earth. You
won’t miss your place in it!

Every plan of God has a foundation.

If you don’t understand the
foundation, you will suffer
frustration. That’s what Psalms 11:3
makes us understand.

If the foundations be
destroyed, what can the
righteous do?

So, every plan and purpose of God

has its foundation, and as we embark
on this adventure into the realms of
kingdom prosperity, it is necessary
for us to properly examine the
foundation for the Jesus' kind of
prosperity, so, we won’t be building
on sand.

See what 2 Timothy 2:19 tells us:

Nevertheless the
foundation of God
standeth sure, having this
seal, The Lord knoweth
them that are his. And,
Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ depart
from iniquity.

We need to understand that every

provision of God for man has this as
its foundation—“…depart from
iniquity.”

I am going to show you a few more

things from the scriptures, that will
help you to appreciate this fact, so
that the subsequent teachings can
produce for you.

Many people have the teachings, but

they don’t have the results. Why?
The foundation is not in place. Many
are operating the principles, but lack
the foundation, so, the principles
appear untrue; their foundation is
faulty.

Let me quickly say this: the Word of

God provides a four-dimensional
ministry to us.
 All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for
correction, for instruction
in righteousness.

2 Timothy 3:16

If it is out of place, the principles

will not work, adjustments will not
produce either. But when the
foundation is in place, every other
thing keeps working.

The foundation is crucial to every

structure. So, as we proceed to build
a strong, lasting prosperity structure,
in this book, we need a good
understanding of the foundation.

The Mother Of
Poverty
And the Lord God called
unto Adam, and said unto
him, Where art thou?

And he said, I heard thy

voice in the garden, and I
was afraid, because I was
naked; and I hid myself.

Genesis 3:9-10
Man was put in the garden.

And the Lord God took the man, and

put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it.

And the Lord God

commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of
the garden thou mayest
freely eat:

But of the tree of the

knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of
it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.
 Genesis 2:15-17

But he messed up!

And when the woman saw

that the tree was good for
food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and
a tree to be desired to
make one wise, she took
of the fruit thereof, and
did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with
her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both

were opened, and they
knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig
 leaves together, and made
themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:6-7

The immediate effect of man’s fall

was nakedness! He was stripped of
honour and dignity, as a result of sin.

So, sin is the mother of poverty! Sin

stripped Adam naked! Adam lost his
beauty to sin! Poverty arrived upon
man right there in Eden, at the
invitation of sin.

Therefore the Lord God

sent him forth from the
garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he
 was taken.

So he drove out the man;

and he placed at the east
of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming
sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of
the tree of life.

Genesis 3: 23-24

This is where all of man’s struggle

began. God sent man out of plenty
into lack. He drove him out of
comfort into the wilderness of want.

Sin sent man out of plenty, into lack.

Sin sent man out of the garden into
the wilderness. The foundation of
human depravity is sin! It wasn’t the
serpent that sent Adam out of the
garden, it was sin. It wasn't the fruit
(the fruit had always been there), it
was sin!

As long as sin remains, poverty

won’t go!

Give Up Sin!
Nevertheless the
foundation of God
standeth sure, having this
seal, The Lord knoweth
them that are his. And,
 Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ depart
from iniquity.

2 Timothy 2:19

Until you step out of sin, you cannot

step into plenty. This is the sure
foundation for every kingdom
benefit. It hasn’t changed and it will
never change, because God never
changes. Kingdom prosperity
answers to iniquity-free candidates.

If thou return to the

Almighty, thou shalt be
built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.
 Then shalt thou lay up
gold as dust, and the gold
of Ophir as the stones of
the brooks.

Job 22:23-24

When you return to the Almighty and

separate yourself from sin, then you
become a candidate for prosperity;
the law begins to deliver and
produce for you.

In Malachi 3:10, God commands us

to give so that the windows of
heaven can open for us. But before
then, verses 3 and 4 tell us:

And he shall sit as a

 refiner and purifier of
silver, and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and
purge them as gold and
silver, that they may offer
unto the Lord an offering
in righteousness.

Then shall the offering of

Judah and Jerusalem be
pleasant unto the Lord, as
in the days of old, and as
in former years.

Only when He has purged you, can

you then give offerings in
righteousness. Then and only then
will He accept it.
The foundation has not changed.
Departure from evil is a demand. It
is what grants you access to
prosperity. If you have not departed,
you won't see God's prosperity, no
matter what method you use.

Iniquity is the cheapest way to block

your heavens. Until you step out of
iniquity, you don’t step into
prosperity. The secrets of God are
not for the general public.

And he said unto them,

Unto you it is given to
know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto
them that are without, all
these things are done in
 parables.

Mark 4:11

If you enjoy sin, you can never come

in touch with God’s secrets. If sin
has become your lifestyle, you are
without—you can’t have access to
His secrets, for His secrets are with
those who fear Him( Psalms 25:14).

There are two levels of people that

are “without”. Number one is the
unbeliever. Nothing you say about
God matters to him, because he is a
dog and is “without”. The preaching
of the cross is foolishness to him.

But the natural man

 receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them,
because they are
spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2:14

There’s yet another class of people

“without”. This is the believer, who
has no understanding of the things he
is doing. To such a person, for
example, when he is giving, it is so
that his church can prosper—“Well,
if you want us to contribute, let’s
contribute.”

He is making contributions, he’s not

giving! He doesn’t understand
anything about giving. He is suffering
from both mental and spiritual
blindness, because he is born again,
but yet wallowing in sin!

Revelations 22:15 tells us:

For without are dogs, and

sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters,
and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie.

“For without are dogs.” If you join

that to Mark 4:11, you’ll find out that
to be without means to be a dog.
Who are dogs?

For if after they have

escaped the pollutions of
the world through the
knowledge of the Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled
therein, and overcome,
the latter end is worse
with them than the
beginning.

But it is happened unto

them according to the
true proverb, The dog is
turned to his own vomit
again; and the sow that
was washed to her
 wallowing in the mire.

2 Peter 2:20,22

From this we see that dogs refer to

those believers who, having been
cleansed, return again to sin.

Friend, the secrets of God that make

for kingdom prosperity are for the
righteous. You must, therefore,
endeavour to keep yourself pure, so
you can enjoy the blessings of God’s
plan to prosper and bless your life.

What man is he that

feareth the Lord? him
shall he teach in the way
that he shall choose.
 Psalms 25:12

Who will God teach? The man who

fears Him! That was what qualified
Job for God’s secrets and which
made him the greatest man in the
East. He was described as “perfect
and upright, and one that feared God,
and eschewed evil.” (Job 1:1)

The secret of the Lord is

with them that fear him;
and he will show them his
covenant.

Psalms 25:14

Who will God show His covenant?

Those that fear Him, not those who
just go to church!

So, the fear of God is what qualifies

you for access into the secrets of
God, which guarantees triumph in all
areas of life. The secrets of God,
which Job had access to, accounted
for his shining. He said, “… I
washed my steps with butter, and
the rock poured me out rivers of
oil”(Job 29:6).

You need to eschew evil. You need

to enjoy holiness. You need to love
righteousness; you need to hate
wickedness! Then will He show you
His secrets.

God’s secrets are not free, they are

limited to those who love
righteousness. That’s why
everywhere you see wealth or
prosperity in the kingdom, you
discover that it is tied to
righteousness. Why? Because the
secrets that will lead you into that
realm of pleasure, that realm of
accomplishment, come only by
practical righteousness.

In Proverbs 1:7, we have this

powerful Word from heaven:

The fear of the Lord is the

beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom
and instruction.
The fear of the Lord is what gives
you access to the revelations of God.

Say, “Help me Lord.”

God’s foundation has not changed—

until you step out of iniquity, you
don’t step into plenty. Look at this
testimony that came in from Burkina
Fasso:

“When I came to the

Seminar last month and
heard the man of God say
that God can turn our
lives around, if we are to
read the book Breaking
Financial Hardship by
Bishop Oyedepo, I took it
as a challenge. Even
though I have very little
understanding of English
language, yet I believed
the Holy Spirit will teach
me the truth in the book.
So, I read the book in the
Holy Ghost (so to say).
Suddenly things began to
happen in my life!

For almost three years, I

had been trying to sell
some caterpillar parts I
brought from France, but
could not get buyers and
they were becoming rusty.
As I was reading this
book, I got to page 109,
where the Bishop was
talking about
“Compromising Your
Integrity” and I began to
receive fast
understanding of my
problem in selling these
parts. Not only this. I got
to page 112, and the
Bishop said, 'Right
dealings do not reduce
men’s height, it promotes
and sustains it', referring
to Luke 16:10-11. I could
not go any further, I was
grounded in these truth
and immediately I
realised my past dirty
dealings in business. I
went on my knees and
asked God to forgive me
and vowed to avoid
ungodly dealings in my
business.

Few days later, I received

a call from one of my
friends, who told me that
he had seen a man
looking for caterpillar
parts. I supplied these
parts and even made
double gain on them! God
is, indeed, faithful! I give
Him all the praise and
 glory for the inspiration
given to the Bishop in
writing this book”

— Kouda Moussa
(Burkina Fasso)

This man discovered his problem

from the Word. He responded on the
spot and came on course with God,
and every curse of his life was
lifted!

Psalms 1:1-3 has this to say:

Blessed is the man that

walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of
 sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the

law of the Lord; and in
his law doth he meditate
day and night.

And he shall be like a tree

planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his
leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper.

Why?

He has given up on sin, he has turned

his back on iniquity; now he is face-
to-face with plenty! “Whatsoever he
doeth shall prosper.”

God sent man out of the garden,

because man sinned against Him.
Until the sin question is solved,
plenty is not in view! Jesus knew no
sin, so He knew no lack. The Bible
calls Him the second Adam. He
lived in “Eden” while He was here
on earth — in the realm of no lack
and want. Because He knew no sin,
He was not permitted to know lack.

No one shines in the kingdom with

sin. Sin stinks! Sin is a reproach to
any people!
There are two kinds of pleasures in
the Scriptures— the pleasure of sin
and godly pleasure.

By faith Moses, when he

was come to years,
refused to be called the
son of Pharaoh’s
daughter;

Choosing rather to suffer

affliction with the people
of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a
season;

Hebrews 11:24-25

The pleasure of sin is always for a

season. But there is also godly
pleasure:

Thou wilt shew me the

path of life: in thy
presence is fulness of joy;
at thy right hand there
are pleasures for
evermore.

Psalms 16:11

One is for a season, the other is for

evermore! The pleasure of sin is for
a season, but godly pleasure is for
evermore. It transcends the temporal
life into eternity. That’s why we
have “durable riches and
righteousness” (Proverbs 8:18).
Whatsoever the Lord doeth it shall
be forever. As long as you are in
your place, God will never shift His
ground. Pleasures for evermore, and
pleasures for a season—the choice
is yours!

I want you to look at any pleasure

that sin brings and say, “I know you
are temporal. I am not going for you.
I have chosen eternal pleasures.”
Friend, detest any pleasure of sin,
for sin stinks!

Get Back To Eden

If thou return to the
 Almighty, thou shalt be
built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.

Then shalt thou lay up

gold as dust, and the gold
of Ophir as the stones of
the brooks.

Yea, the Almighty shall be

thy defence, and thou
shalt have plenty of
silver.

Job 22:23-25

Disobedience took man out of Eden,

only obedience can get him back
there. The foundation of human
depravity is sin; the escape,
therefore, is righteousness.

Each man now has to decide whether

he wants to stay on in the wilderness
of nakedness, penury, lack and want
or whether he wants to get back to
Eden—the city of plenty, where
God’s favour flows freely.

Positive responses to every Word of

God, is the prelude to a return to
Eden.

Now, note that every blessing begins

with your return home. The father
couldn’t reach the prodigal son
outside, until he returned home.
Likewise, your prosperity is at
home, and until you’re back home,
poverty remains your lot!

Until you’re saved, you’re not safe!

Your prosperity begins with your
salvation.

Beloved, I wish above all

things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul
prospereth.

3 John 2

Until you’re saved, what you have is

a dead soul! Do you carry gifts to the
graveyard for a dead man? No matter
how much you loved a dead relation,
do you take food and gifts to him or
her in the graveyard?

Let’s look at some prophetic

scriptures that point us to the way
back to Eden. Redemption makes
you and I citizens of Eden. But
unfortunately, many, like Esau, have
sold their birthrights.

For the Lord shall

comfort Zion: he will
comfort all her waste
places; and he will make
her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the
garden of the Lord; joy
and gladness shall be
 found therein,
thanksgiving, and the
voice of melody.

Isaiah 51:3

God is saying here, “Hearken unto

Me all you who follow after
righteousness. I am taking you back
to Eden. See what I did with
Abraham! I am taking you back to
Eden; that’s why I am cleaning you
up. You are the seed of the second
Adam. It is your heritage to be back
in Eden. Follow after righteousness,
you will soon arrive there—the
place of no lack, the place of no
want.”
I see you walking back to Eden with
dignity! You will not know the
meaning of lack anymore in your
life!

Eden is your destination, and you’re

getting there. Henceforth, God’s
presence will make the difference in
your career, your business, your
home, your body and your mind, in
Jesus' name!

As righteousness increases, favour

increases to match. For if God be for
us, who can be against us? I see that
favour of God exploding forth on
your life!

King Asa, we were told in 2

Chronicles 15, kept the covenant for
20 years. But when he shifted his
ground, it was wilderness all over
again for him! Say with me, “Lord,
keep my feet in Your house!”

The righteous shall

flourish like the palm
tree, he shall grow like a
cedar in Lebanon.

Those that be planted in

the house of the Lord
shall flourish in the
courts of our God.

They shall still bring

forth fruit in old age; they
shall be fat and
 flourishing;

To shew that the Lord is

upright: he is my rock,
and there is no
unrighteousness in him.

Psalms 92:12-15

I command God's blessings in your

coming in and your going out! I
command blessings over your store
house and your baskets! I command
the rain of heaven over the works of
your hands, in Jesus' precious name!

Purity Begets
Plenty!
Righteousness exalteth a
nation: but sin is a
reproach to any people.

Proverbs 14:34

Remember we’re examining the

fundamentals for God’s kind of
prosperity. It has its roots in
integrity. Kingdom purity is what
gives birth to kingdom plenty.

Note that lack and want are not

holiness! We have been told that the
fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom, and wisdom is the mother
of wealth (Proverbs 3:13-16). It is
God’s wisdom that begets kingdom
wealth, and the fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom. So, your
access to kingdom wealth begins
with the fear of God.

Consecration is your first step into

kingdom “colours”! God will give
your life colour, when you
consecrate it to Him.

Joseph said, “I fear God”, and we

saw that even in prison, he
prospered, because he was on the
right frequency. Job too was a man
that feared God, a perfect man, and
he became the greatest man in all the
east.
Crookedness never earns anyone a
future!

Wealth gotten by vanity

shall be diminished: but
he that gathereth by
labour shall increase.

Proverbs 13:11

God prospers those who follow after

righteousness. In Isaiah 3:10, He
said, “Say to the righteous it shall
be well with him…”

A man I admire a lot in ministry is

Billy Graham. He probably has
never preached any message on
prosperity, but he lives it. God
prospers His people, when they
follow after righteousness. Billy
Graham lives on a 126 acre land!

Friend, if you are saved and you

walk in righteousness, if you carry
God on your inside, the world must
take notice of you. Righteousness is
not synonymous with suffering. No!
Righteousness is profitable.

It is the will of God that we live the

edenic life here on earth. Eden is a
place of fulfilment, abundance, rest
and luxury! If pleasure is your
choice, therefore, His presence must
be your goal—for in His presence is
fulness of joy, and at His right hand
are pleasures for evermore.

Thus saith the Lord God;

In the day that I shall
have cleansed you from
all your iniquities I will
also cause you to dwell in
the cities, and the wastes
shall be builded.

Ezekiel 36:33

There is a place of no want, a place

of no lack, but access there becomes
possible only after God has cleansed
you from all your iniquity. Then will
He rescue you from the wilderness,
where you had been banished to, and
bring you back home to the garden of
comfort.

People had thought that seed planting

equals automatic prosperity. No! It’s
your walk with God! God prospered
Abraham, yes! But He told him,
“Walk before me and be thou
perfect.” (Genesis 17:1)

Friend, the covenant is not a game, it

is a walk! Enoch walked with God
and was not, because God took him.
Before he was translated, he had this
testimony that he pleased God
(Genesis 5:24, Heb. 11: 5). God
took him, so he did not see death. So
will God take you, that you will not
see lack!
There’s a place of no lack on this
earth. When you become iniquity-
free, you will enjoy plenty from
God. Let’s open up!

When you are tired of purity, you are

tired of plenty. Let’s open up! It’s a
lifetime adventure. If you must live
in Eden, you must live free of
iniquity.

Practise Holiness
But refuse profane and
old wives’ fables, and
exercise thyself rather
unto godliness.
 1 Timothy 4:7

I call godliness “god-likeness”.

God’s predominant nature is
holiness — “Holy, holy, holy is the
Lord God Almighty” (Revelations 4:
8). So there’s no god-likeness
without the practice of holiness.

He said, “exercise yourself ”, so it's

a thing you work out, it’s not a thing
you keep waiting for. You work it
out by yourself.

Now, let’s see what happens, when

you exercise yourself unto godliness:

For bodily exercise

profiteth little: but
 godliness is profitable
unto all things, having
promise of the life that
now is, and of that which
is to come.

Meditate upon these

things; give thyself
wholly to them; that thy
profiting may appear to
all.

1 Timothy 4:8,15

Godliness is profitable unto all

things, not only heavenly things— “
having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come.”
Godliness gets you back to Eden, to
give you access to the “grapes” of
life. It gives you a taste of God’s
original plan for man, before taking
you up to heaven to enjoy eternity
with God.

Now look at the breakdown:

Let no man despise thy

youth; but be thou an
example of the believers,
in word, in conversation,
in charity, in spirit, in
faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12

That is godliness!
That means, be an example of the
believer in your utterance and in
your conduct. In the conduct of your
business, the way you conduct
yourself in your career—be an
example of the believer in spirit, in
faith and in purity. That is godliness!

So, it shows in what you say, in your

conduct and in your exhibition of
love. It shows in all areas of your
life—in spirit, in faith and in purity.

Godliness is profitable unto all

things; so purity has earthly values!

True prosperity follows your

restoration back to Eden. It’s not just
money. No! It affords you things
money cannot buy. You need to take
definite steps, towards your return
back to Eden.

There is a place of no lack on this

earth, and it is only guaranteed when
you live a sin-free life. God is
saying, “If I chased man out of Eden
because of sin, no man will live in
Eden while in sin. Only
righteousness qualifies any man to be
back in Eden. Until you are set for
righteousness, Eden is not in view
for you.”

1 Timothy 6:6,11 says:

But godliness with

contentment is great gain.
 But thou, O man of God,
flee these things; and
follow after
righteousness, godliness,
faith, love, patience,
meekness.

Great gain means great prosperity.

Follow after righteousness, follow
after godliness, follow after faith,
love, patience and meekness, and
you shall inherit the earth. Follow
after all these and you will enjoy
plenty, beyond what anybody can lay
hold on with struggles and efforts.

Purity begets plenty! Iniquity begets

penury! Financial iniquity begets
financial scarcity (Luke 16:11). If
you’re not financially straight, you
will die in wretchedness! So, awake
unto righteousness, stop playing
games and cheating people! It takes
financial sanity to enjoy financial
plenty. It takes financial integrity to
enjoy financial plenty. Say with me,
“Lord help me to live straight!”

Look at this poem I wrote:

“Nothing beautifies like holiness

(...In the beauty of holiness, in the
womb of the morning: thou hath the
dew of thy youth— Psalms 110:3)

Nothing dignifies like integrity

(The integrity of the upright shall
preserve him—Proverbs 11:3)
Nothing uplifts like uprightness
(His seed shall be mighty upon earth:
the generation of the upright shall be
blessed—Psalms 112:2)

Nothing causes to flourish like

righteousness (The righteous shall
flourish like the palm tree, he shall
grow up like the cedar in Lebanon—
Psalms 92:12)

Nothing is as colourful as
consecration (The foundation of God
standeth sure, if any purges himself
of these things, he shall be a vessel
unto honour— 2 Timothy 2:19-21)

Nothing prospers like purity!”

It is satanic oppression to think
purity equals poverty! The purest
place in the whole universe is also
the wealthiest place —heaven!
Heaven is the purest place in all of
creation. The streets in heaven are
paved with gold. So, purity will
never be equal to poverty, nor will
poverty ever be a proof of purity. As
a matter of fact, poverty is a proof of
unrighteousness! The day man
sinned, God took off his clothes,
remember? Sins strips naked,
holiness makes beautiful!

Not For Fools!

The Bible says, “The prosperity of

fools shall destroy them” (Proverbs
1:32). Who is a fool?

Fools make a mock at sin:

but among the righteous
there is favour.

Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock sin—“It doesn’t matter”,

they say. Since God knows that
prosperity will destroy them, so He
doesn’t allow them to move near it.
He keeps it from them.

Fools in the kingdom don’t prosper.

We have seen that fools are those
who make a mockery at sin, those
who sin doesn’t move and those who
are comfortable with it. But the
righteous shall flourish; they shall
enter into the realm of true
prosperity.

It is cheap to connect purity with

plenty. The Holiest of all is the
wealthiest of all, even the Almighty
Himself. He said, “The silver is
mine and the gold is mine.” And we
have heard it said that, “the earth
is the Lord’s and the fullness
thereof, the world and all that dwell
therein, the cattle upon a thousand
hills.” All these belong to God, the
Holiest of all!

So we really don’t have to go far to

understand that purity begets plenty.
Personal purity guarantees personal
plenty. Impurity is an enemy of
plenty.

Many have preached prosperity,

many can quote many scriptures on
it, but very few experience it.
Iniquity is one of the greatest reasons
why it is so.

Your heart and habits go a long way

in your desire for prosperity. If you
can put your heart in line with God,
and your habit under covenant
control, you’ve got it. Let go of all
that lying and cheating, all that
unholy and ungodly scheming you’re
carrying on in your business, which
are the reasons why you’re going
around in circles.

But there’s victory for you today!

You probably might have identified
one area of weakness or the other,
where the devil has been playing
tricks on you; begin to use the Blood
of Jesus against it now. That anger,
that fury, that vulgar language, begin
to use the Blood against them!

God is going to prosper His Church,

but for Him to prosper you as a
person, you must attain unto a level
of consecration that will not let
money bring you into corruption.

Friend, you can have money, without

money having you! It’s possible!
Many have proved it.

God is the lifter of the righteous! We

saw that in Job. He was a perfect
man, one that feared God and
eschewed evil, and he was so
blessed of God that he became the
greatest man in the east. Job was a
hater of iniquity and a lover of
righteousness.

When sin goes, lack dies! Giving

will never be equal to prosperity
until the foundation is in place. You
can give from now till you die and
not see any returns!

The greatest men in the world will

soon begin to emerge from the
Church, not from the mosques, the
shrines, or from the occult. All those
fellows are only occupying
temporary positions. We understand
this from God’s Word, for He said
after a while you look for them, but
won’t find them again (Psalms 73:1-
22).

Every prosperity is traceable to

victory over iniquity. Your giving
will never change your position,
until you return to God in truth. Two
great prosperity scriptures make this
clear:

...Return unto me, and I

will return unto you…
Malachi 3:7

If thou return to the

Almighty, thou shalt be
built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.

Then shalt thou lay up

gold as dust, and the gold
of Ophir as the stones of
the brooks.

Yea, the Almighty shall be

thy defence, and thou
shalt have plenty of
silver.
 Job 22:23-25

So, prosperity begins as we “return”.

After man sinned, God chased him
away into the wilderness. The
wilderness is the portion of sinners,
because God is angry with the
wicked everyday.

If only you will clean up, all your

seed sown, which have been dying in
the earth, will come back to life.

Righteousness enthrones! It causes to

flourish! It dignifies! It brings
beauty! Joseph refused sin! If you
don’t refuse sin, you will soon
become a refuse! Joseph would have
become a lifetime refuse in the house
of Potiphar, but he refused sin. The
fear of God lifted him, as we see in
Genesis 41:38-44.

See how Daniel transcended all his

persecutors and became their head,
because an excellent spirit was in
him. Everybody knew Daniel with
his God. It’s time for people to know
you with your God too! I pray that
you will not cut short your destiny
with iniquity. I would rather be
cheated than cheat my destiny.

Be awake! We are not serving a

heavenly banker, but a heavenly
Father. God is not in need of your
money! I need to ring this truth into
you very well. He said, “My son,
give Me your heart” (Provverbs
23:26). Did He say, “My son give
Me your money?”

A departure from iniquity and a

return home are the foundation for
prosperity. As long as the prodigal
son stayed away from home, he
remained naked. But the day he
returned home, he was clothed and
he became a celebrity!

You will not suffer anymore! See

your nakedness clothed this time.
The God that prospered Joseph on
the ground of righteousness, purity
and integrity will clothe you also.
The God that enthroned Joseph will
enthrone you!

Sin is a destroyer, not a friend. Let’s

fight it with all our being! There is a
future in righteousness. Job became
the greatest because he lived the
purest life in the land.

For the eyes of the Lord

run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to show
himself strong in the
behalf of them whose
heart is perfect toward
him

2 Chronicles 16:9

God will look and find you this time,

and take you up to where you belong.

Praise ye the Lord.

Blessed is the man that
feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his
commandments.

His seed shall be mighty

upon earth: the
generation of the upright
shall be blessed.

Wealth and riches shall

be in his house: and his
righteousness endureth
for ever.

Psalms 112:1-3
The true riches of God are for
faithful stewards. Faithfulness means
righteousness. Oh, I see the dawn of
a new day!

There’s a future in purity. Let’s go

for it. Iniquity is a destroyer; let’s
destroy it! Depart from iniquity!

May the secrets of God that cause

men to shine as stars be made
available to you in this book.

“Nothing beautifies like holiness!

Nothing dignifies like integrity!

Nothing uplifts like uprightness!

Nothing is as colourful as
consecration!

Nothing prospers like purity!

Nothing causes to flourish like

righteousness!”

These are the missing links I believe,

that have frustrated many prosperity
practitioners. The scriptures cannot
be broken, not even by your givings.

Many givers may as well die in

poverty, because there is more to
prosperity than giving. Giving is
only one, of the too many aspects that
make for your prosperity in the
kingdom.
I see God taking you back to the
garden, from the wilderness of lack
and want, where you have been
tilling and toiling. From, today, you
will not know lack anymore!
 Chapter 3

Dedication
My son, give me thine
heart, and let thine eyes
observe my ways.

Proverbs 23:26

Note that God didn’t say, “My son

give Me your cash.”

When it comes to kingdom

prosperity, if your heart is not there,
your cash is wasted! Talking about
the Macedonian Church, they
enjoyed so much grace in the realm
of prosperity, because as Paul said
of them:

And this they did, not as

we hoped, but first gave
their own selves to the
Lord, and unto us by the
will of God.

2 Corinthians 8:5

They first gave their own selves, and

then their prosperity became
legendary.

In Psalms 51:16-19, David said:

For thou desirest not
sacrifice; else would I
give it: thou delightest
not in burnt offering.

The sacrifices of God are

a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O
God, thou wilt not
despise.

Do good in thy good

pleasure unto Zion: build
thou the walls of
Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be

pleased with the
sacrifices of
 righteousness, with burnt
offering and whole burnt
offering: then shall they
offer bullocks upon thine
altar.

When your heart is tuned unto God,

your sacrifices become acceptable,
otherwise they have no meaning to
Him. People have made too many
mistakes hitherto; what moves Him
is your heart.

Dedication is getting connected to

God and His pleasures. When you’re
separated from Him, you separate
yourself unto suffering and troubles!

After consecration is dedication.

Dedication is being there with Him
at all times. It’s being planted in the
house of God.

Those that be planted in

the house of the Lord
shall flourish in the
courts of our God.

They shall still bring

forth fruit in old age; they
shall be fat and
flourishing;

Psalm 92:13-14

To “be planted” means to be

committed. Do you find trees moving
about? Wherever you find a tree
today, that’s where you’ll meet it
tomorrow. It’s planted. “Those who
are planted...” That word “planted”
explains what dedication is all
about.

Dedication is “deadly” commitment,

being always there!

Dedication guarantees a glorious

future. Dedication is the mystery
behind distinction. How dedicated
you are determines how
distinguished you will ever become
in the kingdom.

It’s not activity I’m talking about. It’s

dedication—dedicated to God, being
planted in the courts of our God,
flourishing and still bringing forth
fruits in old age!

Blessed is the man that

walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of
sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the

law of the Lord; and in
his law doth he meditate
day and night.

And he shall be like a tree

planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his
 leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper.

Psalm 1:1-3

When you are planted, you flourish.

That makes all the difference. It says,
“Whatsoever he doeth, it shall
prosper.” Whatever he does,
whether he is selling firewood or
whatever, it must prosper.

Isaiah 61:3 says:

…that they might be

called trees of
righteousness, the
planting of the Lord, that
 he might be glorified.

When you are planted in Him and by

Him, that settles it! You will be
glorified and God is glorified
through you too.

So, our yieldedness to God is what

determines our results. Until our
hearts are planted in God, our
destinies are not secured.

Verily, verily, I say unto

you, Except a corn of
wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone:
but if it die, it bringeth
forth much fruit.
 He that loveth his life
shall lose it; and he that
hateth his life in this
world shall keep it unto
life eternal.

If any man serve me, let

him follow me; and where
I am, there shall also my
servant be: if any man
serve me, him will my
Father honour.

John 12:24-26

This approach is the way to

greatness. It is the way to prosperity.

When you put a seed in the ground, it

comes under some form of pressure.
This pressure is required for it to
become a fruit. So, the seed goes
into the earth and dies in the earth.
But later, life emerges from that
same region of death! Two grains of
corn were put in the ground, but they
bring forth for you an average of six
hundred grains on each cob!
Sometimes, you might have three
cobs on one stem, just from two
grains of corn that had to die!

That’s how fruitful Christianity

becomes, when you become
thoroughly dedicated to God.

Nothing multiplies until it is sown!

So, until your life becomes a seed,
planted in the ground of the kingdom,
it will not have the colour God has
ordained for it. Dedication is what
determines the flow of life from God
to you. It is putting yourself inside
the kingdom earth, for a fruitful
destiny.

Jesus said, “I am the vine, ye are

the branches.” We have been
grafted in and as long as we stay
there, we'll keep on drawing life
directly from the vine. Whatever
obtains in the vine naturally becomes
our own lot. “For to him that is
joined to all the living, there is
hope...” (Ecclesiastes 9:4)
If the branch gets off the vine, there’s
no more hope for it. It may still look
green, but it’s only for a while; it
will soon dry up.

Transformed!
Let’s look at the transformation
mystery of dedication in Romans
12:1:

I beseech you therefore,

brethren, by the mercies
of God, that ye present
your bodies a living
sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God,
 which is your reasonable
service.

Your transformation is sequel to

your dedication. He said when you
give yourself over to Him as “a
living sacrifice”, you will be
transformed.

Every dedicated seed ends up

transformed into fruits. If you look at
the yam seedling, for instance, it
looks very pitiable. If while it’s
growing you try to check what is
happening to it, it looks like some
rotten faeces. But inside that
rottenness is the life, beauty and
colour of the yam tuber.
After a while, the old yam dies and a
new whole tuber begins to develop
and you end up with something about
two feet long, heavy and breaking the
ground around it! But it first had to
die! That is how beautiful dedication
can be. Dedication is the mother of
distinction! “My son, give Me your
heart.”

I am not serving Him for things, no. I

have chosen to offer myself to Him.

Somebody says God has called him

to preach, and he doesn't pay his
tithe. He is a liar! Someone who
can’t pay tithe can’t give his life.
Nobody called him; he’s simply
looking for a means of livelihood.
There is no truly dedicated person
that does not find joy in giving
material and monetary offerings. If
he has given his life, his material
possessions have no more value in
his sight.

On September 12, 1976, I made my

life a seed: I did it personally,
deliberately and consciously! So, I
can’t but be fruitful, because I am not
just giving seeds, I'm a seed! I was
not yet called into ministry then, but I
knew that all my life will be lived
pleasing Him and promoting His
Kingdom.

I said, “Now I deliberately turn my

back on everything. Henceforth,
there is nothing that is mine anymore.
You must be Lord of all or not Lord
at all.” I wrote this down and
showed it to my wife (we weren't
married then). “This is what the Lord
has told me. Do you still want to
marry me?” She said, “Yes”, and I
said, “Now, sign,”, and she did.

Many have wondered, “What is

Bishop Oyedepo’s secret?” It’s a
long story! It’s a whole lot of
diverse encounters and “dangerous”
decisions!

Friend, you must get to a point of

desperate surrenderedness, before
your true colours can come out. I’m
talking about total yieldedness to
God. Then everything begins to
respond to you.

Many have consecrated themselves,

so as to secure a place in heaven; but
your place on earth is impossible
without dedication, as God will be
careful to bless you if your
dedication is out of place. He can’t
tell where you will be off to next,
you may go off target.

Consecration guarantees you a place

in heaven, but dedication is the
mystery behind your distinction on
the earth. No truly dedicated
Christian loses colour.
They could not find anything against
Daniel, except against the law of his
God. God! God! God! The Bible
also tells us that in spite of all Job’s
sufferings, he did not sin against
God. So his latter end was more
colourful than his beginning.

You can’t be sold out for God and

not be marketable on the earth! Your
colour will be so attractive that
everybody will be looking for you!

Your transformation in life is tied to

your reasonable service. When your
life becomes a living sacrifice, your
transformation in life is secured.

The late man of God, Lester Sumrall

had just bought a new car, when he
got to know that two students were
about to be sent out of the Bible
School where he was a lecturer,
because they couldn’t pay their fees.
That car was like a new wife to him;
he used to just sit in it, smiling to
himself during his free periods. But
when he heard about these two
students, he said, “God says the
labourers are few, who knows what
place these ones have in God’s
central programme?” So, he sold the
car to pay up their fees.

That wasn't a give-and-receive

gimmick; that was dedication, such
that brings about your distinction in
life.

I am never motivated by the returns I

hope to get, when I give. My heart
has found a resting place in God.
Others may be in it for money, but
I'm in it for God! Anything about
God just turns me on! The choice is
yours!

Dedication makes your life fertile

and fruitful. It makes you a
reasonable worshipper, and your
transformation is sure.

Jesus said, “No one taketh it from

Me (talking about His life). I lay it
down on My own. I have power to
lay it down and have power to take
it up again.” (John 10:18) That’s
dedication!

Say with me, “Lord help me to stay

dedicated and stay planted in Your
house. My life will no more lose
colour. I know where to stand now,
for my colours in the covenant to
come forth. I will stay consecrated. I
will remain planted in the house of
God, so I can keep bringing forth
fruits the remaining days of my life.”

May God give you an encounter with

this kind of dedication. May you get
to that point, where your life
becomes truly a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service.
Plenty answers to dedication!
Dedication is simply kingdom
commitment and kingdom
connection. Until you commit
yourself to the kingdom ground, you
cannot become fruitful.
 Chapter 4

Affection
Because thou servedst not
the Lord thy God with
joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, for the
abundance of all things;

Therefore shalt thou

serve thine enemies which
the Lord shall send
against thee, in hunger,
and in thirst, and in
 nakedness, and in want of
all things, and he shall
put a yoke of iron upon
thy neck, until he have
destroyed thee.

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

The next issue we want to consider

in the foundation for prosperity is
affection.

I define affection as delightsome

commitment—getting involved with
excitement. There is this prophetic
parable in Jeremiah 23:36-39:

And the burden of the

Lord shall ye mention no
more: for every man's
word shall be his burden;
for ye have perverted the
words of the living God,
of the Lord of hosts our
God.

Thus shalt thou say to the

prophet, What hath the
Lord answered thee? and,
What hath the Lord
spoken?

But since ye say, The

burden of the Lord;
therefore thus saith the
Lord; Because ye say this
word, The burden of the
Lord, and I have sent unto
 you, saying, Ye shall not
say, The burden of the
Lord;

Therefore, behold, I, even

I, will utterly forget you,
and I will forsake you,
and the city that I gave
you and your fathers, and
cast you out of my
presence:

So you have to be delighted in God;

you have to be excited! God loves a
cheerful giver. That is, God doesn’t
love just the giver, but the one that
gives cheerfully. Giving, therefore,
without being cheerful is wasting
your seed. It has no future.

When you do it as a burden and not

as a delight, you end up in shame and
reproach. When you don’t obey God
with delight, it’s a curse.

God is not a taskmaster. He brought

us out of the taskmaster's domain in
Egypt, so we can enjoy His favours
and blessings. God must not be seen
as a burden, otherwise life remains a
burden for you!

When you are not delighted in your

service unto God, you suffer lack.
You know why many people are in
lack today? They give their tithes
with complaints and murmuring!
Anytime you’re not excited, please
never drop an offering, it’s a waste!
Serve the Lord with gladness of
heart!

There is nothing that has happened to

you that is not common to man. But
when you now make your own
special, you become a special
problem to God. Hear me: you don’t
have a special problem, only special
ignorance!

You have a flat tyre, thank God

you’re not the one who went flat! All
you do is get out of the car (if you’re
really going somewhere) and jump
into the next bus that comes along,
and be about your job!
God is not a burden! There is no
special problem in this world, don’t
create one for yourself! There’s
nothing around you that you cannot
handle. There’s a great tomorrow for
you! It’s not a burden serving the
Lord, it’s a privilege!

Affection is an expression of love.

When that young ruler came to Jesus
and asked, “Which is the greatest
commandment of the law?”, Jesus
said:

…Thou shalt love the

Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy
 mind.

Matthew 22:37

Your affection for God is crucial in

your Christian adventure.

And Solomon loved the

Lord...

1 Kings 3:3

That love was what opened him up

to the realm of supernatural plenty
which he enjoyed.

“Solomon loved the Lord”, not,

“Solomon gave to the Lord.” Love
drove him to offer to the Lord a
thousand burnt offerings. He wasn’t
giving to get, his giving was just an
expression of his affection for God.

Please understand what I’m talking

about: giving on its own has no
future.

Ye ask, and receive not,

because ye ask amiss, that
ye may consume it upon
your lusts.

James 4:3

So, nothing happens when God is not

the centre of your action.

And the king went to

 Gibeon to sacrifice there;
for that was the great
high place: a thousand
burnt offerings did
Solomon offer upon that
altar.

1 Kings 3:4

The heavens was full of the smoke of

his sacrifice! God came down to him
in the night and said, “Ask what I
shall give thee.” Solomon said,
“Lord, I just love You, and I don’t
want to displease You, I don’t want
to hurt You. I want to appreciate You
for the honour and glory You have
placed on me. Just help me to stay
pleasing You.”
Giving to God without a heart-seated
affection for Him, will always lead
to a lifetime of frustrations. The
quality of your affection for God,
determines your future in the
kingdom.

And though I bestow all

my goods to feed the
poor, and though I give
my body to be burned,
and have not charity, it
profiteth me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:3

So, giving without affection cancels

out the giving. Say with me, “Lord,
help me to stay in love with You and
in the affairs of Your kingdom.”

It is the degree of your affection that

determines the multiplication of
grace you enjoy. If you don’t have
affection for Him, your giving is
nothing but philanthropy. No man can
outsmart the covenant! I carry God in
my heart, that’s why I’m shaking my
earth. You need to get started now!

“Bodily exercise”, Paul said,

“profiteth little”, but giving without
affection profits nothing. So, there
are many in church who are profiting
nothing.

Someone defined prosperity in a

way I love. He said, “Prosperity is
making satisfactory progress.” That
agrees with Proverbs 4:18, which
says:

But the path of the just is

as the shining light, that
shineth more and more
unto the perfect day.

When it’s not more and more, the

man is not just; something is out of
place. Life is designed for
continuous progress. If a child is not
walking at age three, shouldn’t the
parents be bothered? People say,
“Don’t worry.” No, you should
worry! If you don’t diagnose a case
on time, it may kill you.
You may ask, “What if one is
ignorant of this throughout his life?”
Well, he will just go through life
patching and managing!

Friend, it is the intensity of your love

for God that determines the level of
blessings you live to enjoy.

Jesus is asking you today, like He

asked Peter, “Lovest thou me?”
(John 21:15). Peter replied, “Lord
you know that I love you.” How
many can say that with all sincerity
today? Your transformation begins
with your affection for God.

Paul the Apostle asked, “What shall

separate us from the love of God?”
That’s what determines your height
in the kingdom. When you become
inseparable from the love of God,
your destiny begins to shine forth.

Many in the charismatic circle are in

crisis today. Why? There is no
affection for God. They are seeking
God for their own sakes. God is not
the reason they’re serving in church.
They’re serving for bread and butter;
so, they keep going through crises! I
see you come out of those crises
now!

Develop a heart for God, and the

earth will hear you! Without a heart
for God, you don’t make a mark on
the earth. David kept celebrating his
unique affection for God, so they
called him a man after God’s heart.
You can’t be a man after God’s heart
and not shake your world; no, it’s
impossible!

“Lord, give me a heart for You!”

You need a heart for God. Every

bread and butter Christian ends up
disappointed.

Somebody once asked me, “What do

you do between the time you give
and the time you receive?” I told him
I had never given it a thought,
because my reason for giving is
different from his.
Love is the motive behind all my
input in the kingdom. It drives me
like wine! I can be careful about the
shoes I wear, but I can never be
careful about what goes out from me
to the Kingdom, because that’s
where my heart is.

It is not luck, it’s not fortune; it is

light! When you have that light and
you’re walking in it, darkness will
respect you! It’s one thing to have the
light, it’s another thing to walk in it.

You can’t be in love without

knowing it. I have said before the
Lord several times, “Lord, You
know I love You!” Love gets you
delightsomely committed. You can
be committed as a duty, but love
makes it more colourful. You count it
a privilege, not a duty or a burden.
You’re just excited! Something is
just tickling you for Him night and
day!

Looking at all the scriptures on

prosperity, you find the word
“delight” recurring:

But his delight is in the

law of the Lord; and in
his law doth he meditate
day and night.

Psalms 1:2

Praise ye the Lord.

 Blessed is the man that
feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his
commandments.

His seed shall be mighty

upon earth: the
generation of the upright
shall be blessed.

Psalms 112:1-2

The word “delight” connotes

affection, charity, a romantic word.
It’s one thing to be committed, it’s
another to be delightsomely
committed. That is, God is not a
burden to you; you’re just in love
with Him.
I just love God so much, that’s why I
know He can’t leave me alone. My
entire being pants after Him, He’s
the only being that moves me.

It’s not a gift, it’s a choice! Just like

your wife is not a gift, but your
choice, love is also not a gift, but
your choice. I have chosen Him as
my central figure. Anybody else may
choose cars and houses, but I choose
Him. Anybody can choose name or
fame, but He is my choice! Ask Him
anytime, anywhere, and He will tell
you that my heart has been with Him
for years. I don’t love money, yet I
have it. Why? I know the rule of the
game.
 The young lions do lack,
and suffer hunger: but
they that seek the Lord
shall not want any good
thing.

Psalms 34:10

There are many money-hunters in

church, so they suffer lack and
hunger. When you are consumed by
God, your destiny can no longer be
doomed! When God becomes your
song, you never have tears!

Lasting prosperity is nothing but

carrying divine presence: “and in
His presence there is joy and at His
right hand are pleasures
forevermore” (Psalms. 16:11).

The house of your friend is never far,

is it? You have neighbours; but when
you want to pour out your heart to
someone, you go in search of your
friend, no matter how far his house is
from yours. You will never be alone,
when you get into a real love
relationship with God.

David was that kind of man, and oh,

how God blessed him! He said:

Now I have prepared with

all my might for the house
of my God the gold for
things to be made of gold,
and the silver for things
of silver, and the brass
for things of brass, the
iron for things of iron,
and wood for things of
wood; onyx stones, and
stones to be set, glistering
stones, and of divers
colours, and all manner
of precious stones, and
marble stones in
abundance.

Moreover, because I have

set my affection to the
house of my God, I have
of mine own proper good,
of gold and silver, which I
have given to the house of
 my God, over and above
all that I have prepared
for the holy house.

1Chronicles 29:2-3

It is affection that moves you to the

realm of “over and above” giving.
David brought 3,000 talents of gold,
which is equivalent to five hundred
and seventy-six million dollars in
today’s value! He encountered all
that by reason of affection.

Please get back and properly

relocate your heart; put it on the
correct covenant frequency, and you
will soon begin to shake your world!
All this, “Oh God, I need Mercedes
Benz 230” is not Christianity! That’s
not what you need. Just get on the
line with God, and “all these things
shall be added unto you” (Matthew.
6:33).

For a Christian not to sleep because

he needs a television set, is terrible!
He has a problem, that’s demonic
oppression! He needs to be free.

(For after all these things

do the Gentiles seek:) for
your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need
of all these things.

But seek ye first the

 kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all
these things shall be
added unto you.

Matthew 6:32-33

I have never knocked at God’s door

for money, But He is committed to
keep blessing me, because I am in
the covenant. Just get God committed
,and you will be free for life.

I have committed Him, by doing

what He said I should do. I am doing
it how He said it should be done. I
am not doing it to get things, but in
love, as He has commanded.
God called Abraham at 75, and
made a name out of him. It’s never
late. Light will always generate life!

Love makes you a sweatless winner!

Listen to me: those things you

concern yourself with are not the
real issues of life. These things I’m
talking about are the things that make
living great.

Psalms 37:4 says:

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and

he shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.

You can’t be in love with God and

not enjoy plenty! When you’re in
love with Him, you’re through with
struggles.

He that hath my
commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that
loveth me: and he that
loveth me shall be loved
of my Father, and I will
love him, and will
manifest myself to him.

John 14:21

When the Father loves you, you’re

through! God so loved the world, He
gave His best. When you win God’s
love, you become a star on the earth!
Friend, stay in love, and you will be
fulfilled. Stay in love and your
struggles will end. That’s what “and
he shall grant you the desires of
your heart” means.

No one loves Him without being

lifted. Everyone that stays in love
with Him lives as a star on the earth.
Say with me, “Lord help me to stand
strong in the love covenant.” When
you win the Father’s love, heaven’s
best becomes available to you. God
can’t love you without the world
taking notice, because heaven’s best
comes naturally to you.

God has made a supernatural help

available that will help us stay in
love with Him. That help is the Holy
Spirit.

Romans 5:5 tells us:

…Because the love of

God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost
who is given to us.

Pray intensely in the Spirit, for self

to give way to God in your heart. Be
baptised into delightsome
commitment, into affection and
genuine love for Him this hour, in the
name of Jesus!

I decree that your love for Him stays

aflame forever, in Jesus' name.
 Chapter 5

Addiction
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem: they shall
prosper that love thee.

Psalms 122:6

Now, I want to take you to a point of

encounter with Jehovah Jireh. We
will be looking at what I consider
the fourth fundamental issue in
kingdom prosperity — addiction.
Who shall prosper? The above
scripture says, “they shall prosper
that love thee”, not “that love to
prosper.” Those that shall prosper
are those that love the peace of
Jerusalem (God's kingdom). It is
those who want to see it advancing,
progressing and established. That’s
addiction!

Verse 9 says:

Because of the house of

the Lord our God, I will
seek thy good.

That’s not a trade by barter life, but

a life utterly dedicated and
committed to the good of the house
of God. David was simply addicted!

The formula is clear:

But seek ye first the

kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all
these things shall be
added unto you.

Matthew 6:33

There is what to seek first, so that

you won’t have any need to seek any
other thing, as they would cheaply be
added unto you!

I don’t know where your heart is, but

I must tell you that where your heart
is determines where God places you.

Seek ye first the kingdom

of God…

That is, you’re moved by every

kingdom issue, not just to be seen,
but because that’s where your heart
is.

Many are in the kingdom for what

they can get, so they always get
disappointed. There are many who
are only moved by their own things;
so their own things never work. But
when the kingdom of God moves you
as your own thing would, you’re on
your way to the topmost top in life.
David can testify to this (1
Chronicles 29:2-5).

Change Your
Position
In the great prosperity passage in Job
22, one thing is very clear:

If thou return to the

Almighty, thou shalt be
built up…

Job 22:23

So there is need for a relocation.

You’re not built up because you are
giving, you are built up because you
have relocated and you have aligned
yourself with the terms of the
covenant.

… Return unto me, and I

will return unto you, saith
the Lord of hosts…

Malachi 3:7

So, covenant alignment is the key to

heaven’s abundance; that is,
relocating yourself to fall in line
with the covenant demands for
abundance. Until you change your
position, your situation remains the
same.
God said in Jeremiah 29:13:

And ye shall seek me, and

find me, when ye shall
search for me with all
your heart.

Psalms 16:11 makes us to understand

that:

… in thy presence is
fulness of joy; at thy right
hand there are pleasures
for evermore.

How addicted you are to the

advancement of the kingdom,
determines the level of abundance
you enjoy.
This addiction I’m talking about, is
not in the volume of what you give.
No! It’s in the tenacity of your heart
—how connected you are to God.
David said:

I will not give sleep to

mine eyes, or slumber to
mine eyelids,

Until I find out a place

for the Lord, an
habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.

Psalms 132:4-5

God has seen how much offerings

you drop continually in church. Now,
let Him see you drop your heart for
Him; that’s your reasonable service.
Drop your heart! Where is your
heart? Return!

Don’t let the offerings you give

deceive you. Until your body
becomes a living sacrifice, you’re
not in reasonable service yet.

Say with me, “Lord, I will seek the

good of Your house with all my
heart. My giving is secondary. My
heart is the primary issue. Help me,
Lord!”

The Word says, “Rend your heart,

not your garments” (Joel 2:13). It is
your heart that connects with God.
Let that heart be truly connected, and
then you will begin to see your rain
of blessings. You’ll begin to make
progress. At the end of the day, you
won’t have anymore requests,
because while you were busy
seeking “the peace of Jerusalem”,
He was busy bestowing on you His
own peace; while you’re seeking the
prosperity of His kingdom, He was
busy adding to you “all these things”.

Seeking the good of God’s people

commands good to follow you.
David was an example of true
Biblical addiction, which led to
earthly distinctions for him. If every
businessman has a kingdom dream,
his business will definitely flourish.

Now let’s have a look at Abraham's

addiction to God.

And it came to pass after these

things, that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he
said, Behold, here I am.

And he said, Take now thy

son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get
thee into the land of
Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering
upon one of the
mountains which I will
tell thee of.
 And Abraham rose up
early in the morning, and
saddled his ass, and took
two of his young men with
him, and Isaac his son,
and clave the wood for
the burnt offering, and
rose up, and went unto
the place of which God
had told him.

Then on the third day

Abraham lifted up his
eyes, and saw the place
afar off.

Genesis 22:1-4

Abraham had ample time to change

his mind, but he didn’t and neither
did he consult with anybody. I have
looked at this account very carefully,
and have come to appreciate the fact
that this was not just dedication. No!
Neither is it just affection; it’s
addiction!

Abraham was a God addict! A

kingdom addict! Just like you have
people addicted to drugs, cigarettes,
adultery, or one vice or the other,
Abraham was addicted to God. See
what became of Him:

And Abram was very rich

in cattle, in silver, and in
gold.
 Genesis 13:2

And Abraham was old,

and well stricken in age:
and the Lord had blessed
Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:1

Friend, kingdom addiction is the

highway to supernatural additions!

And they came to the

place which God had told
him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and
laid the wood in order,
and bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar
 upon the wood.

And Abraham stretched

forth his hand, and took
the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:9-10

This was no pretence! He went three

days, climbed up the mountain, built
the altar himself (he didn't send
anyone to do it for him), all at his
age!

And the angel of the Lord called unto

him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said,
Here am I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto
him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 22:11-12

That means, the sacrifice was

concluded; Abraham had concluded
slaying his son Isaac. But, we were
not told anywhere that it was done in
tears. Drunkards don't weep for lack
in their homes, because they are
addicted to their drinks. When his
wife tells him, “There is no food in
the house”, all he replies is, “Go to
blazes!”
Abraham was lost in his obedience
to God's demand. There was nothing
more inside him, but God! You must
also get to that point in your life.
That is the point of eternal triumph.
You will just keep flying! May God
help you to get to this point and stay
there, in Jesus' name!

May you tap into that Abrahamic

grace, today, and step into the realm
of kingdom addiction, so you can
enjoy endless provisions the
remaining days of your life. God
swore an eternal blessing to
Abraham (Genesis 22:16-18).

God said, “Draw near to me, and I

will draw near to you.” And in
another place He said, “He that
honours me, I will honour.” He is in
other words saying, “If you are
addicted to Me, I will be addicted to
you.”

Abraham took in his hand what could

be regarded as his greatest
testimony, and without questioning
God, he was set to go and slay him.
He encountered God! He
encountered Jehovah Jireh!

His emotions, attitude, thinking and

everything were God-controlled, just
like every drug addict is drug-
controlled. When he hasn't taken it,
his whole body begins to shiver; he
can do anything, sell anything to get a
fresh supply of his drugs. The same
way, God controlled the whole of
Abraham. We were not told
anywhere that he discussed the
matter with even his wife Sarah.

When you come under such control,

you become a controller on the earth.
Say with me, “Oh God, help me! I
want to see the Abrahamic order of
faith at work in my life. I want to
obey You absolutely on every issue,
no matter what it costs me.”

Daniel was another God-addict!

Then said these men, We

shall not find any
 occasion against this
Daniel, except we find it
against him concerning
the law of his God.

Daniel 6:5

There was no trap that could catch

this man Daniel. All around him,
knew Daniel was addicted to his
God. It's time for people around you
to know where you belong.

Now when Daniel knew

that the writing was
signed, he went into his
house; and his windows
being open in his
chamber toward
 Jerusalem, he kneeled
upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed,
and gave thanks before
his God, as he did
aforetime

Daniel 6:10

Daniel was addicted to his God, and

it led to supernatural liftings for him.

So this Daniel prospered

in the reign of Darius,
and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian.

Daniel 6:28
When you become addicted to the
law of your God, you have set the
pace for the supernatural additions
of His blessings.

Let's also look at the three Hebrew

boys—Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego.

Nebuchadnezzar spake
and said unto them, Is it
true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego?
do not ye serve my gods,
nor worship the golden
image which I have set
up?

Daniel 3:14
And they answered him:

Shadrach, Meshach, and

Abednego, answered and
said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are
not careful to answer thee
in this matter.

If it be so, our God whom

we serve is able to deliver
us from the burning fiery
furnace, and he will
deliver us out of thine
hand, O king.

But if not, be it known

unto thee, O king, that we
will not serve thy gods,
 nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set
up.

Daniel 3:16-18

That's the language of one that is

drunk with his God! Remember that
they were captives; they didn't even
need to commit any offence to be
killed. But yet they despised the fiery
furnace! See what that earned them:

Then the king promoted

Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego in the province
of Babylon.

Daniel 3:30
Friend, if you're addicted to God, He
will be addicted to you! Daniel
prospered; Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego were promoted—all on
the ticket of kingdom addiction!

Addiction is your way to mount

Moriah, where you encounter
Jehovah Jireh.

Addiction — when God takes hold

of the whole of you; when
emotionally, psychologically,
physiologically, you are all wrapped
up in God, completely tied up to
Him; when nothing moves you like
Him, nothing stirs you on the inside
like Him; when He's all you're living
for!
When you get to that realm, no matter
how many forces are against you,
you just keep going up. I'm sure that
with the examples of Abraham,
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, you have a clearer
understanding of what I mean by
kingdom addiction. It is unreserved
obedience, the cost notwithstanding.

It is absolute yieldedness, when God

becomes the central focus of your
life. It is when all His Words have
become law to you. It is when you
rise up in the morning and all you
celebrate is God; you go to bed at
night, and all you celebrate is God.
There is no way you won't prosper
this way. Just get addicted to God,
and you will be free. When He
becomes the controller of the affairs
of your life, everything will go in
your favour.

So, you see now that prosperity goes

far beyond giving. You will notice
that we haven't mentioned giving so
far, because it is not the only crucial
issue in prosperity.

If the foundation we have considered

is not in place, you can have all the
theory, till Jesus comes, and still not
see God's good and great finger in
your life.
I would like you to say this prayer:

“Lord, get me drunk with You like

Abraham, Daniel, Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego were drunk.
Get me drunk with You, Lord, in
Jesus' name.”
 Part 2

Why God
Prospers

Chapter 6

So You Can Be

A Blessing
 And I will make of thee a
great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou
shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 12:2

There's nothing God does without a

reason. He said in Jeremiah 29:11,
“I alone know the plans I have for
you...” (Good News Bible).

God is a planner. So, what's His

plan or reason for blessing us? Why
does God prosper?

...and thou shalt be a blessing.

That's not a title¬¬, but the reason
why God blesses. That's the only
way that the blessing He will bless
you with won't kill or destroy you.
Until you understand the secret of
being a blessing, you'll never enjoy
God's blessings.

The level to which you're prepared

to be a blessing, is the level to which
you will be blessed. God will never
bless you beyond the level to which
you are ready to be a blessing.

We often sing, “Abraham's blessings

are mine.” Wonderful! But this is the
condition—if you're not ready to be
a blessing, neither will God be ready
to bless you.
No matter how delicious a meal is
for instance, if you're not ready to
“bless” the earth with the waste,
you're likely to die with it. No matter
how much you love any dish or how
much you enjoy it, you still need to
pass the waste out, otherwise, you'll
be a dead man very soon!

The reason many are financially

dead is because they stopped “going
to toilet” financially, that is, they
stopped being blessings unto others.
So, they are going about as financial
corpses.

When somebody hasn't passed out

faeces for about three days, do you
ask him, “What food would you like
to eat?” No! He wouldn't like any
food at that time, because there's one
inside him that has become
poisonous.

If you eat all your food and drink all

your water alone, it will soon dry
up! But let it flow out to others, and
you'll stay refreshed. Stagnant water
stinks, you know?

“...And thou shalt be a blessing.”

This is a commandment that has long
been forgotten in the Church, when
we talk about prosperity.

Every blessing must flow out to

others to enjoy, if you don't want it to
stop. Abraham reached out to be a
blessing to tired travellers.

And he lift up his eyes and

looked, and, lo, three men
stood by him: and when
he saw them, he ran to
meet them from the tent
door, and bowed himself
toward the ground,

And said, My Lord, if now

I have found favour in thy
sight, pass not away, I
pray thee, from thy
servant:

Let a little water, I pray

you, be fetched, and wash
 your feet, and rest
yourselves under the tree:

And I will fetch a morsel

of bread, and comfort ye
your hearts...

Genesis 18:2-5

He was inviting blessings unawares!

Many people have allowed blessings
to pass them by, because they are
tight-fisted; if you touch their money,
you have touched their soul!

Do you want Abraham's blessings?

Then you need Abraham's lifestyle!
That's the way he got the blessings.
Abraham lived practically as a
blessing. He was an addicted giver.

Giving leads to blessings, and

blessings in turn leads, to giving, and
the cycle continues like that.

Everytime God talks of blessings,

He also talks of you being a blessing
(Genesis 22:15-18). God blesses
you, so you can bless others.

Every genuine giver is more excited

at giving than at receiving. Covenant
people are not opportunists. They
are not schemers. They are people
who have the love and the affection
of the people in their hearts. In
Genesis 23, Abraham needed a piece
of land on which to bury his wife
Sarah. Though the people wanted to
give it to him free, he, however,
insisted on paying for it.

Somebody once gave me a piece of

land, which I fenced round, put two
gates there and gave it back to the
person. Another person also gave me
a property ( a building), located in a
good place I was told (I never saw
it). I said, “Call this person, let me
bless her.” I said to her, “It's in your
heart to give this gift, but I seed it
back to you as Abraham's Isaac on
the altar, that will not be killed.
Receive it back in Jesus' name.”

Covenant people are more eager to

bless, because Jesus said:
 ...It is more blessed to
give than to receive.

Acts 20:35

One day, I got to the church and I

saw my precious people, the
sancturay keepers, working so hard
at keeping the whole place clean. As
I looked at them, I felt in my heart
that some of them had some needs.
So, I called their leader and asked
him to let me have the details of such
needs. At the end of the day, I gave
out over seven hundred thousand
naira, to take care of those needs.
Why? Because, it's more blessed to
give than to receive! God doesn't
bless people for the fun of it. He
blesses them, so that they can
become a blessing.

“Abraham's blessings are mine” is

more than a mere song. It's a
lifestyle. Stop dancing around
people's possessions! Stop praying
prayers that will make them give you
something! No!

Covenant people are not

opportunists. They are givers, and
are excited at giving.

Everybody who lifts up his hand to

the Lord will never lack. You are
blessed to be a blessing; when you
stop being a blessing, you stop being
blessed.

If your income is five hundred naira,

don't eat it all, it's not safe! You
might be eating up your future
unknowingly. The only way to step
into Abrahamic blessings is to live
the Abrahamic lifestyle.

When God was talking about giving,

He said:

...Thou shalt love the

Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy
mind.

This is the first and great

 commandment.

Matthew 22:37-38

So, your giving goes first to God,

and then to men around you. God's
love is a giving love. When you are
not a giver, you are not in love. God
so loved the world, He gave His
best to the world, to prove His love
— His Son, Jesus.

So, God's love is a giving love.

Everyone that loves Him, He said
He will love; when God loves you,
He will give to you. When you are in
the practice of the love of God,
therefore, you don't stop receiving.
Don't ever give any man what you
won't give to God! That's not
correct. Somebody wants to give me
a car. Wonderful! But I find out first,
“Has he ever given such a thing to
God?” If I'm not sure, he should take
his car back and give it to God
directly, not through me. It's God
first, and anybody else next!

I will never give my wife what I

don't give God. God forbid! It will
never happen! I'm wiser than that. I
have vowed I will never take to my
mouth anything near what I give to
the Lord. I won't wear what I won't
put on God. No! God first!

God's love is a giving love. God

blessed Abraham and Abraham
responded by giving back to Him
(Genesis14). He gave, he didn't
pray! He gave to say, “I saw the
blessing, here is my giving.”

Giving is living! You won't be

blessed, until you are ready to be a
blessing. Don't shut your door and
eat all the food, and drink all the
water, while somebody is dying next
door to you.

Demonstrate your love for God in

church—give! Galatians 6:10 tells
us:

As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do
 good unto all men,
especially unto them who
are of the household of
faith.

Also:

But whoso hath this

world's good, and seeth
his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels of
compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God
in him?

1 John 3:17

I could pray for you from now till

eternity, but the scriptures cannot be
broken—God blesses, only to make
men sources of blessing.

Friend, if you want to be blessed,

open up! Say with me, “Lord, help
me to become a blessing. I have
found out that it's the only way to
be blessed. Help me Lord.”
 Chapter 7

For His
Kingdom's

Sake
And I will give this people
favour in the sight of the
Egyptians: and it shall
come to pass, that, when
ye go, ye shall not go
empty:
 But every woman shall
borrow of her neighbour,
and of her that sojourneth
in her house, jewels of
silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment: and ye shall
put them upon your sons,
and upon your daughters;
and ye shall spoil the
Egyptians.

Exodus 3:21-22

Later in Exodus 25:2&8, we got to

know why:

Speak unto the children of

Israel, that they bring me
an offering: of every man
 that giveth it willingly
with his heart ye shall
take my offering.

And let them make me a

sanctuary; that I may
dwell among them.

God blesses primarily for His

kingdom's sake.

The children of Israel were just

about to take up their redemption in
God. They were just about escaping
the slavery of Egypt, and God said to
them, “You shall not go empty. I will
make sure I bless you.”

So, He transferred the wealth of the

Egyptians to them; He blessed them
with the wealth of the Gentiles. He
gave them gold, silver and brass. He
brought them out of bondage with
plenty. But in Exodus 35: 4-5. He
called for the gold:

And Moses spake unto all

the congregation of the
children of Israel, saying,
This is the thing which
the Lord commanded,
saying,

Take ye from among you

an offering unto the Lord:
whosoever is of a willing
heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the Lord; gold,
 and silver, and brass,

“Take”, not “Go and look for.” He

had already blessed them, and out of
that blessing, He was calling for
offerings from a willing heart, for the
building of the tabernacle.

He said to them as it were, “Take it,

I need it now. It's Me who gave it to
you. You were in rags in Egypt, then
I gave you loads of gold and silver
to carry. Now take it, bring it here.”
So they responded:

And they came, both men

and women, as many as
were willing hearted, and
brought bracelets, and
 earrings, and rings, and
tablets, all jewels of gold:
and every man that
offered offered an
offering of gold unto the
Lord.

And every man, with

whom was found blue,
and purple, and scarlet,
and fine linen, and goats'
hair, and red skins of
rams, and badgers' skins,
brought them.

Exodus 35:22-23

Please understand this: God blesses

for His kingdom's sake. When we
entrench this into our lifestyle, we
keep the taps of His blessings
permanently open.

So the angel that

communed with me said
unto me, Cry thou, saying,
Thus saith the Lord of
hosts; I am jealous for
Jerusalem and for Zion
with a great jealousy.

And I am very sore

displeased with the
heathen that are at ease:
for I was but a little
displeased, and they
helped forward the
affliction.
 Therefore thus saith the
Lord; I am returned to
Jerusalem with mercies:
my house shall be built in
it, saith the Lord of hosts,
and a line shall be
stretched forth upon
Jerusalem.

Cry yet, saying, Thus

saith the Lord of hosts;
My cities through
prosperity shall yet be
spread abroad...

Zechariah 1:14-17

Why was God turning their

captivity? So He could spread His
city abroad. God is out to bless us,
so we can in turn become avenues of
blessing to His kingdom.

Every gold you keep away from God

will take you away from Him. You
either worship God with your gold
or you worship your gold. Make
your choice. There are two great
contestants for your worship —God
and gold. And Jesus said, “Ye
cannot serve God and mammon
(money).”

You are either serving God with

your means, or you'll end up
worshipping your means. Because
the children of Israel would not
worship God with their gold, they
became worshippers of gold.
Remember the golden calf? (Exodus
32:1-6)

So it's a risk when you lack the

opportunity to give like they did
(God had not called for any offering,
so they used it to build the golden
calf). But when the opportunity came
to give for the building of the
tabernacle, they kept giving, until
Moses had to tell them to stop giving
(Exodus 36:6-7).

God blesses primarily for His

kingdom's sake. When you're a
kingdom seeker, you'll never lack
any good thing in life. Seek the
kingdom of God; seek its expansion,
its beauty and seek its glory, “And
all these things shall be added unto
you” (Matthew 6:33).

Without a heart for God, you can't

make a mark on the earth! If
everything God is saying doesn't
move you, there's nothing you will
ever say that will move Him.

The reason why God is always

running after my things tirelessly, is
because I run after His things
tirelessly. I can't watch His work
die. All my being and my thoughts
are after the progress and expansion
of His Kingdom.
Twenty six years ago, I was a
student-worker in a remote village.
When I arrived there, there was no
single church! I said, “Lord, I must
not leave this place the way I met it.
So, help me in whichever way You
will.” I then got a young man, who
speaks the language of the place and
said to him, “You will interprete for
me. Work is to start here now!”

I first got him to accept Christ, then

we began. In forty days, we didn't
only have a church in place, but had
also put up a church structure. Yes, it
was a grass structure, but God saw
me, when I was climbing the palm
trees and cutting down palm fronds.
He also saw me, when I left that
village with less than I went in with,
because I gave out all my shoes and
clothes to the boys who were my co-
labourers.

The day I was leaving that village,

the village chief came to church for
the first time in his life! He said,
“We have been told that anywhere
church gets to, civilisation gets there
too. Thank you for bringing
civilisation to our village.”

Meanwhile, we had converts of all

kinds in church. I wasn't yet called
into ministry then, I just had a heart
for God.
The eldest man in the village, on
behalf of the whole village,
presented a bush lamp to me, saying,
“The light you brought into our
village, let it shine round the whole
world.” I believe that I earned this
ministry I now have, from that
village.

Where is your heart? If your heart is

not with Him, don't expect His hand
to be on you for blessings. Without a
heart for God, you don't make a mark
on the earth.

If you're in church only to collect,

you will never stop being
disappointed. But if you're in church
to be part of the lifting, promotion
and progress of the kingdom, give it
time; all your mockers will soon see
you right on top.

Why does God bless? He blesses so

we can bless His kingdom, and be
part of lifting His it. Whatever gold
He gives you, when He calls for it,
may you not keep it. Solomon said:

There is a sore evil which

I have seen under the sun,
namely, riches kept for
the owners thereof to
their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
When you keep your riches away
from God, it is to your own hurt.
God is not eyeing your money!
There's nothing in your pocket that
didn't come from Him in the first
place. God is not looking for your
money, He's looking for your heart!

You know why you do not give

consistently to the kingdom? Your
heart is not there! If your heart is
there, you won't need any
encouragement. I've never needed
encouragement from anyone in this
world, to serve Him! By the weight
of my givings (which is now in
millions), God is not afraid to give
me billions, because He knows what
I will do with it. You know He
testified concerning Abraham, “For
I know him...” (Genesis 18:19).

Hear this again: God won't bless you

more than how far you are set to
promote His kingdom! It's not the
prayer of any man that will change
your position, it's you positioning
yourself in the covenant that will
bring a turnaround for you.

God is a lifter! He said, “Honour Me

and I will honour you, lift Me and I
will lift you, promote Me and I will
promote you.” It is wisdom to put
God first.

Oh yes, I'm involved in ministering

to the poor and the needy; but there's
nobody I will minister to in this
world with things near what I
minister to God. “Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thine
heart...”, that's the first and the great
commandment. You don't go to the
second, when you have not done the
first.

God so loved the world that He

gave. If you love the Lord your God
with all your heart, you will give to
Him with all your heart as well. God
is not your heavenly banker; He's
your heavenly Father. He responds
to love, more than to anything else.

“I just love you Lord, I can't help

myself!” When that becomes your
song, you're on your way to the
topmost top.

God blesses for His kingdom's sake.

When you allow these blessings to
fulfill the purpose for which He has
blessed you, He keeps blessing you
the more.

And every one that hath

forsaken houses, or
brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for
my name's sake, shall
receive an hundredfold,
and shall inherit
 everlasting life.

Matthew 19:29

So, when you allow the purpose for

which He blessed you to be fulfilled,
then He blesses you more and more.
Don't give for the sake of receiving;
that's a wrong type of giving!

And Jesus answered and

said, Verily I say unto
you, There is no man that
hath left house, or
brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for
my sake, and the gospel's,
 But he shall receive an
hundredfold now in this
time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and children,
and lands, with
persecutions; and in the
world to come eternal
life.

Mark 10:29-30

Luke 18:29-30 is in the same vein:

And he said unto them,

Verily I say unto you,
There is no man that hath
left house, or parents, or
brethren, or wife, or
 children, for the kingdom
of God's sake,

Who shall not receive

manifold more in this
present time, and in the
world to come life
everlasting.

Look at Psalm 102:13-14 as well:

Thou shalt arise, and

have mercy upon Zion:
for the time to favour her,
yea, the set time, is come.

For thy servants take

pleasure in her stones,
and favour the dust
 thereof.

All you need to do, is to favour His

kingdom and you will encounter
kingdom wealth without sweat.
Favour the very dust of His kingdom.
When the children of Israel didn't
give their gold, they suffered; but
when they gave it, He kept blessing
them, and they kept bringing, until
Moses announced that it was enough.

Listen to me: when God says, “I will

bless you”, never mind the climate.
It's irrelevant, as He would surely
favour you. But the time to favour
you doesn't come, until you begin to
display your favour for His kingdom.
When everything about the kingdom
moves you, then you'll begin to move
Him to bless you. I see you going up,
in Jesus' precious name.
 Chapter 8

So You Can

Bless The Poor

For I was an hungred,
and ye gave me meat: I
was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me
in:

Naked, and ye clothed

me: I was sick, and ye
visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto
me.

Then shall the righteous

answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed thee? or
thirsty, and gave thee
drink?

When saw we thee a

stranger, and took thee
in? or naked, and clothed
thee?

Or when saw we thee sick,

or in prison, and came
 unto thee?

And the King shall answer

and say unto them, Verily
I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done
it unto me.

Matthew 25:35-40

The poor around you are God-given

assets, for your increase in life. So,
celebrate every opportunity 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 open in your
direction.
One of the reasons God blesses us,
is so that we can bless the poor
around us, to open our hands wide
towards them and rescue them from
the jaws and plague of poverty. Until
your arms are open wide to the
needy, God'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!

He that keepeth the

commandment keepeth his
own soul; but he that
despiseth his ways shall
die.

He that hath pity upon the

poor lendeth unto the
Lord; and that which he
hath given will he pay
him again.

Proverbs 19:16-17

Giving to the poor is a

commandment. Verse 16 established
it as a commandment and verse 17
gives us an understanding of that
commandment.

Having pity on the poor is lending

unto the Lord; by so doing, you
commit God to give it back to you.
Of course, when you lend to a man
bigger than you, when he's repaying
you, it's always with a bonus. When
you lend to a man bigger than you,
you're securing extraordinary
favours in your direction.

God said, “Owe no man anything.”

So, there's nothing that you lend to
Him that is lost. If He says, “He that
gives to the poor lendeth to the
Lord,” then you're through, because
you are sure He will repay you.

It's a privilege to lend to the Lord by

giving to the poor. You have a
guarantee of returns.

He that oppresseth the

poor reproacheth his
Maker: but he that
honoureth him hath mercy
on the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

So, when you have mercy on the

poor, you're honouring God. Now,
join this with 1 Samuel 2:30:
 ... for them that honour
me I will honour...

When you're meeting the needs of the

poor according to the grace of God
on your life, you are securing honour
from heaven.

Whoso mocketh the poor

reproacheth his Maker...

Proverbs 17:5

Whoso stoppeth his ears

at the cry of the poor, he
also shall cry himself, but
shall not be heard.

Proverbs 21:13
May you respond with godly fear
every time the poor knocks at your
door!

He that by usury and

unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather
it for him that will pity
the poor.

Proverbs 28:8

God will always favour the one that

pities the poor.

He that giveth unto the

poor shall not lack: but
he that hideth his eyes
shall have many a curse.
 Proverbs 28:27

One of the reasons God blesses is so

that you can clothe the naked, feed
the hungry and help the helpless.
That way, you're on your way to the
top. On my birthday in 1996, God
laid it in my heart to give two
separate cheques of one million
naira each, for scholarship to
indigent students in the church, and
the other to service the needs of the
people.

Friend, giving is living! It's just like

breathing. When a man stops
breathing, that's the end; he's
regarded as a dead man! Since he's
tired of breathing, he's tired of
living!

Accumulators of money don't get

kingdom wealth; it is distributors of
money that are blessed with it.

There is that scattereth,

and yet increaseth; and
there is that withholdeth
more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty.

Proverbs 11:24

Anyone who gives to the poor can

never lack. You remember Job? One
secret that accounted for his
greatness he told us, was giving to
the poor. He said:
 I was eyes to the blind,
and feet was I to the lame.

I was a father to the poor:

and the cause which I
knew not I searched out.

And I brake the jaws of

the wicked, and plucked
the spoil out of his teeth.

Job 29:15-17

So he came out as a mighty prince in

his community, the greatest man in
all the east! 1 John 3:17 tells us:

But whoso hath this

world's good, and seeth
 his brother have need,
and shutteth up his
bowels of compassion
from him, how dwelleth
the love of God in him?

God's love is only given expression,

by giving. Friend, God is not
blessing you to give you more
clothes, more cars, etc. Those ones
do come along, but they are not the
issue. He blesses you to bless your
generation, in everyway that they
need a blessing.

Then He blesses you for His

kingdom's sake. So, when you begin
to give for His kingdom's sake, you
open the windows of heaven in your
direction, for ceaseless and
continuous supplies. Then, He
blesses you to bless the poor.

Watch everyman that is prosperous

in the kingdom, He is one that has a
large heart: one towards God and
towards men that are around him. So,
God blesses us to make us a
blessing. When you're tired of being
a blessing, God also will be tired of
blessing you.
 Chapter 9

Scriptural Proofs
Thus saith the Lord,
Stand ye in the ways, and
see, and ask for the old
paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein,
and ye shall find rest for
your souls. But they said,
We will not walk therein.

Jeremiah 6:16

Examples are the most effective

ways of teaching. Let's find out how
the men, who have trodden the old
path, made it.

And Melchizedek king of

Salem brought forth
bread and wine: and he
was the priest of the most
high God.

And he blessed him, and

said, Blessed be Abram of
the most high God,
possessor of heaven and
earth:

And blessed be the most

high God, which hath
delivered thine enemies
 into thy hand. And he
gave him tithes of all.

Genesis 14:18-20

ABRAHAM had victory, and

blessings. He gave, to fulfill the
purpose for which he was blessed.
According to Hebrews, Melchizedek
was Jesus in a figure. So, when God
blesses you, you respond by blessing
Him. Abraham gave the tithes of all,
laying an example for us to follow.

God blessed Abraham with a son

called Isaac, at the age of 100 years.
Genesis 22, God called for Isaac as
an offering! Then, Abraham went
three - day journey, looking for a
mountain where he would sacrifice
his son!

God blesses us so we can bless Him

in return. Abraham understood this,
so, he took his son up to Mount
Moriah, to offer him to God. God
was sure he would do it, when He
saw him bind the lad and lift up the
knife to kill him. Then God
responded, “By myself have I
sworn, that in blessing, I will bless
thee.”

When you fulfill the purpose for the

blessing, you keep the blessing
flowing! Abraham could bless God
with anything God had blessed him
with, so the blessings kept flowing.
When you know the reason for which
God has blessed you, and you're
standing on it, He will never stop
blessing you. That's how God
operates.

Let's look at the nation ISRAEL.

And I will give this people

favour in the sight of the
Egyptians: and it shall
come to pass, that, when
ye go, ye shall not go
empty:

Exodus 3:21

And the Lord gave the

people favour in the sight
 of the Egyptians, so that
they lent unto them such
things as they required.
And they spoiled the
Egyptians.

Exodus 12:36

God gave them such favours that

transferred the wealth of Egypt unto
them. But why did God do so?

And Moses spake unto all

the congregation of the
children of Israel, saying,
This is the thing which
the Lord commanded,
saying,
Take ye from among you
an offering unto the Lord:
whosoever is of a willing
heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the Lord; gold,
and silver, and brass,

Exodus 35:4-5

And they received of

Moses all the offering,
which the children of
Israel had brought for the
work of the service of the
sanctuary, to make it
withal. And they brought
yet unto him free
offerings every morning.
 And all the wise men, that
wrought all the work of
the sanctuary, came every
man from his work which
they made;

Exodus 36:3-4

Mysteriously, even though they were

still in the wilderness, as they were
giving the gold and the silver, they
kept multiplying back to them. So,
they kept bringing and bringing. I
have discovered that whenever God
makes a proclamation requesting for
something, it's an opportunity to open
your heavens to you.

God's blessing has nothing to do

with the size of what you give, but
with your heart and readiness to
serve Him. The Word of God in 2
Corinthians 9:7 says:

Every man according as

he purposeth in his heart,
so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of
necessity: for God loveth
a cheerful giver.

DAVID said:

Now I have prepared with

all my might for the house
of my God the gold for
things to be made of
gold...
 Moreover, because I have
set my affection to the
house of my God, I have
of mine own proper good,
of gold and silver, which I
have given to the house of
my God, over and above
all that I have prepared
for the holy house,

1 Chronicles 29:2-3

How many in church can say that

today? When you join the “over and
above” company, you're on your way
to the top. The larger your heart for
God, the greater you'll become on
the earth.
God told David, “I won't let you
build a house for Me because of your
blood-stained hands.” Shouldn't he
go and rest then? David should have
just rejoiced, and gone ahead to start
building all manner of houses, for
himself. But no, he wouldn't do that!
He said, “God, You don't know me.
I'm an addict! I will prepare
everything before I die!”

Friend, God blesses to make you a

blessing! David has proved that
God's blessings can be unlimited.

Until you're a blessing to the

kingdom of God, you don't become
blessed on the earth. So get started
on time.
Lord, remember David,
and all his afflictions:

How he sware unto the

Lord, and vowed unto the
mighty God of Jacob;

Surely I will not come

into the tabernacle of my
house, nor go up into my
bed;

I will not give sleep to

mine eyes, or slumber to
mine eyelids,

Until I find out a place

for the Lord, an
 habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.

Psalms 132:1-5

That's the kind of person God

blesses.

Job was an extraordinary blessing to

the needy in his community, so, God
also blessed him extraordinarily. He
knew the secret to God's blessings.
This is the secret behind kingdom
prosperity.

Friend, God is out to bless His

people; you won't be the odd one
out! You are blessed to be a
blessing. So, if you're not prepared
to be a blessing, don't expect His
blessings. When you're committed to
being a blessing, you have
committed God to blessing you.

So, you better start working now,

while others are working, otherwise,
while they are eating, you will be
begging.

You will not suffer, in Jesus' name!

s
 Part 3

The Covenant

Platform for

Prosperity

Chapter 10
 The Seed Is

The Word
This book of the law shall
not depart out of thy
mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest
observe to do according
to all that is written
therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.
 Joshua 1:8

Now we’re going to begin to explore

how God blesses. Some people have
thought that God blesses you
financially, when you give financial
seed. Well, that’s not the whole
truth.

Prosperity in the kingdom is on the

platform of encounters with “This
Book” — The Bible. The Word of
God is God’s highway to the world
of wealth.

Acquaint now thyself with

him, and be at peace:
thereby good shall come
unto thee.
 Receive, I pray thee, the
law from his mouth, and
lay up his words in thine
heart.

If thou return to the

Almighty, thou shalt be
built up, thou shalt put
away iniquity far from thy
tabernacles.

Then shalt thou lay up

gold as dust, and the gold
of Ophir as the stones of
the brooks.

Job 22:21-24

God’s kind of prosperity begins with

receiving the law and laying up His
Words in your heart, because God’s
Word is what leads to the world of
wealth. It is God’s gateway to
heavenly blessings.

Praise ye the Lord.

Blessed is the man that
feareth the Lord, that
delighteth greatly in his
commandments.

His seed shall be mighty

upon earth: the
generation of the upright
shall be blessed.

Wealth and riches shall

be in his house: and his
 righteousness endureth
for ever.

Psalm 112:1-3

It is your encounter with God’s

commandments that makes you a
commander. I command sickness at
will, because I’ve encountered the
Word of healing. Concerning
supernatural supplies, I once said to
God, “Won’t You even wait for
someone to pray before You
answer?” He said, “No. There’s a
company of people who before they
call on Me I answer them, and while
they are yet speaking, I perform.”

That’s the Word company! When you

become a Word-operator, you
become an automatic commander. It
is your encounters with His
commandments that makes you a
commander. It’s your gateway to
heaven’s blessings, amazing,
unmistakable and undeniable
blessings!

In Deuteronomy 28:1-14, we see

where God opens up, showing us the
pathway to His everlasting
blessings. It begins with:

And it shall come to pass,

if thou shalt hearken
diligently to the voice of
the Lord thy God, to
observe and to do all his
 commandments...

Verse 1

And He goes on to list out the

blessings:

...The Lord thy God will

set thee on high above all
nations of the earth...

Blessed shall thou be in

the city and blessed shalt
thou be in the field...

And the Lord shall make

thee plenteous in goods...

The Lord shall open unto

 thee his good treasure...

Look at all of that! Friend, the Word

is the way to wealth. God has
packaged it so. His ways are higher
than our ways, there’s nothing we
can do about it.

“This Book” is the gateway to

wealth. It is the answer book for
prosperity! Anything that can help
your understanding of “this book” is
an asset to your destiny, so grab it!

Until you’re able to lay hold on His

commandments, you never become a
commander. In Isaiah 60:1, He says:

Arise, shine; for thy light

 is come...

When do you shine? When your light

comes. Nothing shines without light.
What is that light?

The entrance of thy word

giveth light...

Psalms 119:130

That light refers to scriptural

illuminations that help your
appreciation of divine truth.

When does light come? When the

Word enters. Not when you hear it,
but when it enters. All the way down
to verse 22 of Isaiah 60, it goes on to
list all that that light carries, in form
of blessings and distinction.

The Word of God is God’s gateway

to heaven’s blessings. It’s our
covenant platform for kingdom
prosperity. No short cuts! It is the
Word that creates wealth.

Declaring His mission in Luke 4:18,

Jesus said:

The Spirit of the Lord is

upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor...

What do you do to the poor? You

preach the gospel. What is good
news to the poor? Prosperity! What
is good news to the hungry?
Prosperity! What is good news to the
naked? Prosperity! What is good
news to the homeless? Prosperity!

Prosperity is preached; you don’t

pray it. You don’t fast for it, you
preach it. The encounters come by
the Word, not by the rigours of
religious exercise.

Speaking to John’s disciples in

Matthew 11:4-5, Jesus said:

...Go and shew John

again those things which
ye do hear and see:
 The blind receive their
sight, and the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the
dead are raised up, and
the poor have the gospel
preached to them.

So, it is the Word that delivers men

from poverty. You, therefore, need
an encounter with the Word, an eye-
opening insight, that will deliver you
from all the things holding you down.
The true riches of God are only
available, through the Word of God.

My son, eat thou honey,

because it is good; and
the honeycomb, which is
 sweet to thy taste:

So shall the knowledge of

wisdom be unto thy soul:
when thou hast found it,
then there shall be a
reward, and thy
expectation shall not be
cut off.

Proverbs 24:13-14

You can’t find it without knowing it.

So, many people know the law, very
few understand the ways. The law
will only prosper by the
understanding of the ways of God.

A prominent man of God used to be

very poor. But one day he
encountered one little book written
by Kenneth Hagin, titled, “Redeemed
From Sickness, Poverty and Death.”
From the insight he contacted from
that book, poverty fled!

Another man of God, also used to be

poor. but one day, he got a load of
Kenneth Hagin’s tapes, locked
himself up in a room and began to
listen to them. Light came and his
star rose! He began to shine, and
poverty had to flee!

For every man with an outstanding

breakthrough, such breakthroughs are
traceable to a definite light they
encountered from God’s Word.
My own personal encounter: In
March, 1981, I went on a three-day
adventure into the Word of God. I sat
down with my Bible and Gloria
Copeland’s book, God’s Will Is
Prosperity. On the third day, while
reading, I found it! Light dawned
from heaven like a lightening! I stood
up and began to spin around in the
room in the excitement of my
discovery! I came out and announced
to everyone, at the top of my voice,
“I can never be poor!” It was a
verdict backed - up by light from
heaven! Poverty ended in my life that
day. Yours, too, will end today. One
thing I will never be called till Jesus
comes is, “Needy”. No! I will never
mistakenly be called “Needy” by any
man.

I was in America some time ago, and

a man, having enjoyed my
ministration, walked up to me and
asked, “What needs do you have in
your ministry?” I said to him, with
absolute conviction, “Our ministry
has no needs, we only meet needs!”
Till date, we don’t receive a dime as
aid from any country in the world,
nor have we ever solicited for it!

Friend, it’s no luck, it’s not chance;

it’s light!
The Prosperity Of
Your Soul First
The prosperity of your soul
determines your overall prosperity
in life. The Word is what prospers
the soul. Until your soul prospers by
the Word of God, your life can’t
taste prosperity.

Every man that was released from

the bondage of poverty, encountered
certain words that brought about
their release. It’s not the practice,
it’s first and foremost the Word. The
prosperity of your soul, by the Word,
is what results in your outward
prosperity in life.

“This Book” is the key. It shall not

depart from your mouth; you shall
meditate therein day and night. Then
shall you make your way prosperous,
by encounters with the Word and the
operation of the revelations released
to you.

It is your soul that prospers first,

before your life begins to prosper.

Beloved, I wish above all

things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul
prospereth.
 3 John 2

The prosperity of the soul is nothing

but the revelation of the Word of
God. Please understand that there is
nothing called luck; you are down
because you lack light. When you
encounter appropriate light in the
area where you’re walking in
darkness, you will shine as a star!
Men triumph by truth, not by tricks.
In that testimony from Burkina Fasso,
Kouda Moussa did not get his
breakthrough until he encountered the
light on integrity. Nothing shines
without light. Until your light comes,
your struggles continue.

There is this testimony from a

precious brother in the church. He
said:

“I’ve been privileged by

the grace of the Lord, to
be in contact with this
ministry since 1988. I
desired to go to school,
but couldn’t, because I
come from a broken
home.

In 1990, I listened to one

of the Bishop’s tapes,
where he preached on
Possessing The Land With
Money. He said, ‘If you
are educated and you
don’t have money,
pressmen will not come to
your birthday party. But
if you have money and
you’re not educated,
pressmen will come to
your birthday.’ I caught
that word and I went out
to take up a job. The Lord
blessed me tremendously.
Within three years of
doing that job, I was able
to put up a three-bedroom
flat!

After that, I was

transferred to another
site. After I received my
Christmas bonus in
January, I gave my pastor
the whole package (minus
my tithe) and asked him
to buy me all the Bishop’s
books, and as many tapes
as the money I gave him
could purchase. He
bought them for me. In
March, I listened to one
of those tapes.

It was that of the

December Pastor’s
meeting. The Bishop said,
‘This is your peak and if
you miss your peak, you’ll
end up in a pit. This is
your time and you must
take time to make it
count.’ So, I sacrificed
the month of April to
come for the WOFBI
course. I wasn’t paid for
that month, because if you
don’t work, you won’t be
paid. When I got back to
the office after the
course, there was a letter
waiting for me, that I
should report at our head
office in Lagos, to fill out
the workers’ evaluation
sheet.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday,
the Bishop had told us to
pray that God would
single us out for a
blessing. Yesterday while
in the office, I got a
radio-phone message,
saying, ‘Bro. Nath, what
is happening? I
discovered that we are
owing you 300 tonnes of
granite. What do you
want us to do?’ My reply
was, ‘Please dispose of
them immediately and
send me the money.’ In
less than three hours, my
Project Manager brought
300,000 naira to me! He
 also went on to say, ‘I
discovered we didn’t pay
you in April’ and I said,
‘Yes Sir.’ He said, ‘I will
pay you your salary from
my pocket.’ He did
exactly that!”

— Adebisi, N. B.

If you don’t love the truth, you will

never be free from trials. Psalm
45:3-4 says:

Gird thy sword upon thy

thigh, O most mighty,
with thy glory and thy
majesty.
 And in thy majesty ride
prosperously because of
truth and meekness and
righteousness; and thy
right hand shall teach
thee terrible things.

It is your wonderful insight,

contacted from the Word of God, that
makes you a wonder in the kingdom.
Supernatural supplies don’t answer
to prayer. It answers to insight!
Friend, if only you can have light
from heaven! Oh, if you can locate
yourself in this dramatic access to
heaven’s source, you will be free for
life!

The adventure into the realm of

supernatural wealth, requires your
sitting down to prosper your soul
first, so that your life can prosper
along. That’s all it takes.

And when he was come

into his own country, he
taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that
they were astonished, and
said, Whence hath this
man this wisdom, and
these mighty works?

Matthew 13:54

Every mighty work that people talk

about, today, in the kingdom answers
directly to “this wisdom”, which is
the correct application of the
revelations of life, as contained in
“This Book”.

When you walk in the wisdom of

financial prosperity, you will end up
in mighty finances. When you walk
in the wisdom of divine health, you
will live in mighty health, and when
you walk in the wisdom of the
marriage covenant, you will have
mighty peace in your home.

It is not luck, it is not chance, nor is

it connection! It is light! When you
walk in that light, you enforce the
miraculous.
It's Not Money
The Word "seed" is what controls
all forms of increases in our human
endeavours in the kingdom, not your
money. Abraham only heard the
Word of God, acted upon it, and
prospered by it! There was no
monetary transaction involved, but
money came out of that obedience.

Now the Lord had said

unto Abram, Get thee out
of thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from thy
father’s house, unto a
land that I will show thee:
 And I will make of thee a
great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou
shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 12:1-2

And the Bible says:

So Abram departed, as the

Lord had spoken unto
him; and Lot went with
him: and Abram was
seventy and five years old
when he departed out of
Haran.

And Genesis 13:2 records:

And Abram was very rich in cattle,
in silver, and in gold.

It's just for acting on the Word of

God! He received the Word, he
applied himself to it, and he
prospered! No one should be
confused about God’s basis for
prospering His people. The Word,
not money, is the platform upon
which we prosper in the kingdom.
Every time you talk about prosperity
and God’s blessings, you talk about
the Word of God that is applied to
produce them.

In Deuteronomy 28, God said, “And

it shall come to pass, if thou shall
diligently hearken to the voice of
the Lord your God...” Not, “And it
shall come to pass if you shall
diligently give offerings...” He goes
on to say:

...These blessings shall

come on thee, and
overtake thee... You shall
be blessed in the city, you
shall be blessed outside
the city; you shall lend
always, and shall never
borrow; you shall be the
head and not the tail; you
shall be above only, you
shall never be beneath...

All that for doing what? For

diligently hearkening to His Word,
and putting it to work! So, God’s
Word is our covenant platform for
prosperity. It is Word encounter that
guarantees access into kingdom
wealth.

Everywhere you see God talk about

prosperity, the Word of God is the
basis. It is the all - controlling seed.
Luke 8:11 tells us:

Now...the seed is the word

of God.

“Now, the Lord God had said unto

Abram... So Abram departed...” Did
you see where it said, “And
Abraham gave offerings?” Jesus
said:

Therefore whosoever
heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, I
will liken him unto a wise
man, which built his
house upon a rock:

Matthew 7:24

Your unreserved response to God’s

Word, is your highway to kingdom
prosperity. What did Abraham do?
He received the seed, and the seed
prospered in the ground of his heart.

Everywhere you see God talk about

prosperity, the Word of God is the
foundation. When you respond with
excitement to every demand of
scripture, whatsoever you do, “it
shall prosper.”

We can then say, “Now the parable

of prosperity is this, the seed is the
Word of God.”

When the seed of the Word of God

(on prosperity, such as you’re
encountering in this book) falls on
the good ground of your heart, and
you respond appropriately to it, you
explode in kingdom prosperity
without sweat!

The Word of God is God’s eternal

seed, that controls all forms of
increases in all realms of life. For
your health to prosper, you have to
prosper in revelations on health. For
your home to be peaceful,
harmonious and pleasant, you have
to prosper in revelations of the Word
of God on marriage. For finances to
multiply and increase in your hand,
you have to prosper in revelations of
the Word concerning finances. This
is because, “He upholds all things
by the Word of his power.”
(Hebrews 1:3)

Every increase in your life answers

to the quality of the seed in your
heart! So, prosperity is Word-seed
determined, not money-seed
determined. It is Word-born, not
cash-created.

People have forgotten “the seed” and

are dancing around with seeds. It is
“the seed” that controls the overall
increase of any man, in every area of
life. The seed is not your money!
“Now...the seed is the Word of
God”.

I didn't see money written

anywhere, in Deuteronomy
28. Neither in Job 22:21:

Acquaint now thyself with

him, and be at peace:
thereby good shall come
unto thee.
Did it say, “Give Him now your
money, and thereby good shall come
unto thee”? Many are in a trade by
barter worship with God! Every
outstanding scripture on prosperity
doesn’t dwell on money. God does
not prosper you on the grounds of
cash. He prospers you on the
grounds of the light in which you are
walking. “Receive, I pray thee, the
law...” (Job 22:22), “This book of
the law...” (Joshua 1:8).

When I found the Word on prosperity

that destroyed poverty in my life, I
didn’t have a dime in any account
anywhere! But that was the day I
knew I couldn’t ever be poor, and I
announced it to all around. “I can
never be poor!” Every demon heard
me!

Everyone preaching against

prosperity gives offering, but have
never seen any financial miracle in
their lives. This is because what
causes your money seed to produce,
is the Word seed that is operational
in you.

Locate The “Sent”

How then shall they call
on him in whom they have
not believed? and how
 shall they believe in him
of whom they have not
heard? and how shall
they hear without a
preacher?

And how shall they

preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the
gospel of peace, and
bring glad tidings of good
things!

Romans 10:14-15

The cheapest way to prosperity, is to

seek people who are sent with that
message, people who have proofs
that it works. Locate the “sent”, and
camp around his message. It is in that
message that you will have an
encounter.

You can read your Bible from now

till Jesus comes, and still not get a
light from it! But, locate a man whom
God has sent, camp around him,
begin to swallow his words and you
will soon find something that will
loose you from that chain of poverty.

I’m saying in essence, that apart from

your direct personal effort in
locating these things in scriptures,
also locate men who are sent to
enlighten the world, in such areas as
you have need of a breakthrough, and
then camp around them, until it
happens for you.

You remember my encounter with

prosperity? It started after I heard the
testimony of the Copelands and
believed it. I then went out on a
three- day search for the light that
would give me the same testimony,
armed with their books. I wanted to
find out what prosperity really
meant, because their testimony was
very profound and outstanding, and I
believed it was of God. I had never
met them.

You can’t give what you don’t have.

Acts 3:6 says, “Such as I have give
I thee...” For instance, I don’t bother
reading books on Church Growth,
written by people who are not
pastoring any church. This is
because they don’t have anything to
give to you, only theories. God has
sent people in different areas. Locate
those sent in the area of your need.

The Bible tells us that Uzziah the

king sought God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in
the visions of God. That is as long as
Uzziah sought God, according to the
revelations delivered to Zechariah,
God made him to prosper (2
Chronicles 26:1-5).
God has sent men in various areas of
life, and has given them adequate
proofs to show, so that people can
find light by their light.

The Lord sent a word into

Jacob, and it lighted upon
Israel.

Isaiah 9:8

I found it through Gloria Copeland’s

book, a few people have found it
through me, and I see many more
finding it through this book!

There was calamity, in the days of

Asa the king. There was no teaching
priest then and everybody was doing
what was right in their sight. Then
Azariah, the prophet, came on the
scene and Asa took courage and
responded to the revelation that God
gave through him. Consequently,
God gave them rest round about (2
Chron. 15).

No generation in God’s creation has

ever been left without “sent” men, to
proffer solution to the calamities of
humanity. God has always sent men
and women to service the needs of
creation in every generation. Many
have tried to catch it on their own;
but God has sent men and women to
service the needs of His creation.
Locate them and camp with them and
you will go places!

Locate materials on prosperity,

swim in them, and you will be up.
See this lady’s testimony:

“Before we started
attending this church, we
had financial problems.
When we started
worshipping here, we
heard about giving and
we started giving, but
there was no result. I then
went to one of the pastors
for counselling. He told
me to read one of the
Bishop’s books, Covenant
Wealth.
My husband and I read
the book, and we
discovered why we had
not been seeing results in
our giving. The reason
was that we had been
giving towards our own
needs, not to the kingdom
of God. We then asked for
forgiveness from God.
That same week, miracles
started in our lives!

My husband was on a
salary of 1,200 naira per
month, but after reading
the book, he had to leave
the job. Immediately, God
gave him another job.
Someone called him to
interpret English for him.
My husband is a French
man and can't speak
English very well, "but
this man called him to
interpret English for him.
The man gave him 9,400
naira for his efforts that
week. That same man
again said, ‘You are a
good man, you are a
Christian. You will now
represent our company
here in Nigeria.’ That
was not all. God then
made a way for us, to get
money without struggling.
God showed my husband
the way to get money,
without serving under
anybody. He now gets a
minimum of 1,000 per
day.

Also, since we got

married, we had been
looking for a house,
because we had been
living in my father’s
house. But the following
week, a brother called my
husband, and told him to
go and look for a house,
 that he would give him
the money to pay for three
years rent. Another
person called him again
and told him to look for a
house, that the money to
pay for it was ready. Now,
about three different
people want to pay for a
house for us; they are the
ones now hastening us up
to go and get a house!”

— Yotshi, C. (Mrs.)

You seek to find. “He that seeketh

findeth...” (Matthew 7:8 ). Riches
and honour are with the Word of
God. Let’s conclude like this,
therefore: the parable of prosperity
is this — the seed is the Word of
God! No matter what you give, until
the seed of the Word is in place,
there is no future for your money
seed.

The “Water”
Dimension Of The
Word
Let’s quickly look at this other side
of the Word. Paul said:
 I have planted, Apollos
watered; but God gave
the increase.

1 Corinthians 3:6

Let’s take the money you give as the

seed, and the Word of God as the
water. Tell me, what is your seed in
the ground worth without water?
Death!

For you to see the importance of the

Word of God for your increase, let’s
bring out God’s Word in it’s water
dimension.

That he might sanctify

and cleanse it with the
 washing of water by the
word,

Ephesians 5:26

God’s Word is water. That means,

no matter what you sow as seed, it
has to be watered with the Word,
before God can bring the increase.

You want prosperity? Make sure you

catch the necessary Word that will
open you up to the wealth of the
Kingdom! God is determined to
prosper the end-time Church.
Because you’re part of that Church,
God has programmed to prosper you.
All you need to do is to make it
happen! How do you make it
happen? Go all out for the Word!
When you flourish in the Word,
you’re bound to flourish on the earth.
 Chapter 11

Faith: Our

Covenant Access
But without faith it is
impossible to please
him...

Hebrews 11:6

Did it say, “But without offerings it

is impossible to please God”?
But the just shall live by his faith.

Habakkuk 2:4

The just shall not live by his

offerings. How does God bless?

While the earth

remaineth, seedtime and
harvest..shall not cease.

Genesis 8:22

Hitherto, everybody goes straight to

conclude that “seed” here means
money. It is inclusive, but it’s not the
whole issue. We have earlier been
able to establish what that seed
primarily represents — the Word of
God.

While God’s Word opens us up to

prosperity, the faith that we put in is
what makes it to deliver. That is,
God’s Word is the covenant platform
for our prosperity, and faith is our
covenant access into it.

And blessed is she that

believed: for there shall
be a performance of those
things which were told
her from the Lord.

Luke 1:45

No blessing of God can be delivered

to you, without faith.
 For unto us was the
gospel preached, as well
as unto them: but the
word preached did not
profit them, not being
mixed with faith in them
that heard it.

Hebrews 4:2

So, it’s one thing to have the Word,

it’s another thing to mix it with faith
on your inside. Until that happens, it
does not deliver. “For without faith
it is impossible to please God.” It
was by it that the elders obtained a
good report. So, you don’t obtain
good reports without faith.
This is the reason the enemy keeps
attacking the teachings on prosperity,
because he knows that until you hear
it, and hear it, faith will not come.

...And this is the victory

that overcometh the
world, even our faith.

1 John 5:4

The Word of God, when mixed with

faith, provides access to everything
that the Word promises. It’s
important, therefore, for us to know
what faith is.

Evidence Of Faith
Faith is not, “I agree.” That’s
consent. Faith is not mental assent.
Faith is an active living force. It is
something that controls your attitude
and your actions, as you allow the
Word you have encountered to direct
and control you.

God said to Abraham, “Get thee

out...to a land that I will show
you.”“And so Abram departed...”,
because that word from God had
taken control of his entire being. If it
were mere mental agreement, he
would have sat down first to begin to
organise his departure. But the Bible
says, “And so Abram departed...”
How do I know when faith is at
work?

Your Actions
...Shew me thy faith
without thy works, and I
will shew thee my faith by
my works.

James 2:18

The word translated “works” here

means action. Show me your faith
without your actions, and I will
show you my faith by my actions.
Abraham believed God, so
everything God told him to do, he
was on the move immediately. “Get
thee out of thy country”, “And so
Abram departed.” At another time,
God said to him, “Take now thy son,
thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of
Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of.”
(Genesis 22:2) And again we see
Abraham’s response:

And Abraham rose up

early in the morning, and
saddled his ass, and took
two of his young men with
 him, and Isaac his son,
and clave the wood for
the burnt offering, and
rose up, and went unto
the place of which God
had told him.

Friend, faith is not taking down notes

and doing nothing about it. That’s
theology, not faith. That’s theocracy
— “God I agree. I’m under Your
government after all.”

Show me your faith with your

actions! Somebody who has heard,
“Study to show thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not be ashamed...” (2 Timothy
2:15), but who is not studying is
simply planning shame for himself
unknowingly.

You have heard, “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”. All you do is to only thank God
for the message, but don’t pay your
tithe, or you give offerings grumbling
(from left - over change from Coca
Cola)! You certainly don’t know the
meaning of what you have heard.
You hear the Word that says,
“Honour the Lord with thy
substance, and with the firstfruits
of all thine increase.” You agree,
but do nothing about it. That’s not
faith. Show me your faith without
your works, and I will show you my
faith by my works!

Your actions betray you. It’s your

actions that tell whether you believe
what God has said or not.

...The Lord is a God of knowledge,

and by him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 2:3

God weighs actions! That was

Hannah speaking. The Bible tells us
that after her encounter with Eli in
chapter one, where he told her, “Go
in peace, and the God of Israel grant
thee thy petition that thou hast asked
of him”, Hannah “went her way and
did eat, and her countenance was no
more sad.” That was faith in action!
So, God visited her, and she came up
with that prophecy.

God weighs your actions, to prove

your faith. Your action either betrays
or authenticates your claim of faith.
When your action is negative, it only
betrays you before God.

Faith is an active living force! When

it gets into a man, it turns him on. I
got home one day, and my wife
announced to me, “I had a
miscarriage.” I said to her, “That
cannot happen. Can I have my food
please?” That was the final word
said on that issue. No further
discussion, no prayer, no opportunity
for explanations. The pregnancy was
sustained by the force of faith and
ended up in our first son, David Jnr.!
For, “this is the victory that
overcomes the world, even our
faith.”

All this your sluggish religious

motions, in response to God’s Word,
is a proof that the thing hasn’t
entered you. Some say, “Nobody
knows tomorrow.” But I know the
One who knows tomorrow, and I am
following Him. So, my tomorrow is
sure. I’m glad to let you know that
your God knows your end from the
beginning.

Faith is an active living force that

controls its possessor. It’s an active
living force that controls your
mentality. When you’re the one
monitoring it, it’s no longer faith.

God told Moses, “Go forward...”

Was it to go and drown in the Red
Sea? But, he was under the influence
of faith, so he went forward. As he
stretched forth his hand, the sea
divided!
Friend, faith has evidence! It is in
your actions. God told me, “The
labourer is worthy of his wages.”
So, if I must earn wages in this
kingdom, I can’t be an overseer or a
supervisor. I have to be a labourer. I
then decided to remain a labourer, so
that my wages will never cease. I
work and work, and all my co-
labourers know that I have a
covenant with work! I’ll never step
out on the platform, without
preparation, otherwise I will end up
in shame. I’m a worker, so I’m
worthy of His hire. When God pays
you, you know it's something real
big!
When you are not acting according to
the Word you have heard, you are
not in faith! For every Word you
believe, there must be a
corresponding action, to prove that
you actually believe it. So, if you do
believe the Word of financial
prosperity, your actions will prove
whether you actually believe it. God
is a God of knowledge, by whom
actions are weighed.

Abraham said, “I know God can

raise up children for me from
stones.” He took Isaac, to go and
slay him. That’s faith in action!
Your Utterances
The second evidence of faith is
utterance. When God was telling
Joshua of His programme to prosper
him, He first of all charged him
concerning his utterance:

This book of the law shall

not depart out of thy
mouth...

Joshua 1:8

Watch a man speak, and you can tell

what the future holds for him in the
kingdom! You can’t talk lack for
instance, and stumble into plenty. No
way! You can’t talk want and enjoy
divine supplies, because Mark 11:24
says, “You shall have whatsoever
you say.” Paul said in 2 Corinthians
4:13:

We having the same spirit

of faith, according as it is
written, I believed, and
therefore have I spoken;
we also believe, and
therefore speak;

So, what you have believed, you

naturally speak.

Faith is expressed in words. Not just

by the words you speak to other
people, but even the ones you speak
to yourself. The words you speak,
either count for you or against you.
Everything in life answers to what
you say.

In the school of faith, your tongue

draws the conclusion. But your
tongue answers to the contents of
your heart, because it’s out of the
abundance of the heart that the mouth
speaks. That’s why God is stuffing
your heart with matters, so that your
tongue will never run dry of the truth
that refreshes and prospers.

One of the laws of the spirit of life,

is the law of right speaking. That
functions according to the contents of
your heart. Every seed sower is a
prosperous citizen of the kingdom, if
only his mouth allows him to get it.

Let faith be in your mouth, then you

shall make your way prosperous, and
you shall have good success.

Obedience
What is the connection between faith
and covenant wealth? It is simply
obedience. That is, walking in
obedience to what the covenant
demands. When you walk in
practical obedience to the terms of
the covenant, you are in faith, and it
will always produce for you.
Samuel, speaking to Saul in 1
Samuel 15:22 said to him:

...Behold, to obey is better

than sacrifice, and to
hearken than the fat of
rams.

Obedience will always lead to

prosperity.

If they obey and serve

him, they shall spend
their days in prosperity,
and their years in
pleasures.

Job 36:11
The conclusion of the whole matter
is — be willing and obedient, and
you will eat the good of the land
(Isaiah 1:19). That is faith in its
practical terms.

Faith is not in confessing it, but is

professing it! Confession is mere
talk of the mouth. Profession is your
actual practical commitment and
involvement. Paul said, “Holding
fast the profession of our faith... he
is faithful that promised” (Hebrews
10:23)

We’ve talked so much about

confession, now let’s go to the
mother of confession — profession.
Confession is only one of its
children. Profession is your stepping
out, to work it the way God has
commanded it.

When a miracle was needed at the

marriage in Cana of Galilee, Mary
the mother of Jesus told the servants,
“Whatever he saith unto you, do it”
(John 2:5). That is the master - key
to the miraculous! Don’t recite it,
don’t cram it, but do it!

Every time you begin to respond to

the Word of God, things begin to
happen for you. I see things begin to
happen for you right now!

Our adventure into kingdom

prosperity requires that we lay hold
on this mystery of faith, so prosperity
can become real in our lives. Faith is
it! It’s our covenant access into
Kingdom prosperity.

And blessed is she that

believed: for there shall
be a performance of those
things which were told
her from the Lord.

Luke 1:45

So, there is no performance until

faith is in place. Faith is what
triggers off performance from
heaven. Your faith is what
determines the events of your life.
 Chapter 12

Increase

Answers To Input
For the seed shall be
prosperous; the vine shall
give her fruit, and the
ground shall give her
increase, and the heavens
shall give their dew; and
I will cause the remnant
of this people to possess
 all these things.

Zechariah 8:12

Prosperity is impossible without

seed.

While the earth

remaineth, seedtime and
harvest...shall not cease.

Genesis 8:22

The covenant anchors on seedtime

and harvest. “God is not mocked”,
says Galatians 6:7, “For whatsoever
a man soweth, that shall he also
reap.”
The covenant of prosperity hinges on
the mystery of seedtime and harvest.
It is this law that brings you into an
encounter with the “Power to get
wealth” (Deuteronomy 8:18).

For as the rain cometh

down, and the snow from
heaven, and returneth not
thither, but watereth the
earth, and maketh it bring
forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower,
and bread to the eater:

Isaiah 55:10

Seedtime precedes harvest. It is not

harvest that determines the seed, but
the seed determines the harvest.

First He gives seed to the sower and

then bread to the eater. It’s not bread
to the eater, from which he will take
the seed. No! It is the seed that
generates the bread. Until this is
understood, you will remain at the
same level.

Now he that ministereth

seed to the sower both
minister bread for your
food, and multiply your
seed sown, and increase
the fruits of your
righteousness;

2 Corinthians 9:10
Did you see that? He ministers seed
to the sower, so that food can come
forth, and seed multiplies! Seed to
the sower first, and then bread will
come out of it, and inside that bread,
is multiplied seed.

Ask any farmer, and he will tell you

that their seedtime is prepared for,
from the current harvest. He looks at
his yams, and picks out the fattest of
them all, and keeps them away in the
barn for the next planting season.
The small boys, who lack
understanding of the farming laws,
want those fat ones home, as they’re
the pride of the harvest season. But
the father knows better; he says to
himself, “For me to get this size of
harvest next year, I must put this size
of yam aside for replanting.” Wise
farming demands that you prepare
yourself for the next harvest season.

Honour the Lord with thy

substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine
increase:

So shall thy barns be

filled with plenty, and thy
presses shall burst out
with new wine.

Proverbs 3:9-10

And God is able to make all grace

abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all things,
may abound to every good work:

2 Corinthians 9:8

That’s talking about riches. What do

you do with your riches?

Charge them that are rich

in this world, that they be
not high-minded, nor
trust in uncertain riches,
but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things
to enjoy;

1 Timothy 6:17
Paul is here, talking about sowing
financial seed, to create room for our
financial harvest. Seedtime and
harvest shall not cease. God is
committed to increase, only where
seed is found. The scriptures cannot
be broken. When you attempt to
break the unbreakable, you are
broken!

What prospers is your seed. No one

ever sees increase without first
putting in his seed. When there’s no
seed, there’s no prosperity
(Zechariah 8:12). As you see the day
exchanging position with the night,
then know that the covenant of God,
the covenant of increase, remains
intact. It anchors on one truth—
seedtime before harvest.
 Chapter 13

Financial
Integrity
Righteousness exalteth a
nation: but sin is a
reproach to any people.

Proverbs 14:34

You still remember Job’s story? A

man that feared God and eschewed
evil; a perfect man. And this man
was lifted by God, until he became
the greatest man in all the east. What
was his qualification? He stood
strong on the foundation of God:

The fear of the Lord is the

beginning of wisdom...

Proverbs 9:10

What is wisdom? “Whosoever

heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them” (Matthew 7:24).

Now, if the fear of God is the

beginning of wisdom, then the fear of
God is the foundation that makes
your acting on the Word of God to
produce. Job's testimony shows us
that you don’t have to be crooked to
get to the topmost top.

Nothing corrupts more than money in

today's world. People scheming to
play out one another. When the Bible
said, “Fight the good fight of
faith”, it’s talking about money. You
must fight financial corruption or you
die in it!

The Bible says, “Fight the good

fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
life” (1 Timothy 6:12). That means
money is wrestling against eternal
life in your life.

But godliness with

contentment is great gain.
 For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is
certain we can carry
nothing out.

1 Timothy 6:6-7

And verse 10-12 says:

For the love of money is the root of

all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.

But thou, O man of God, flee these

things; and follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love,
patience, meekness.
 Fight the good fight of
faith, lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art
also called, and hast
professed a good
profession before many
witnesses.

In other words, “I’m telling you, it’s

a fight! It’s a battle!”

Financial corruption is a deadly

attack from hell. Jesus once said to a
man, “This is money, this is heaven,
choose one”, and the man said, “I
take money!” Or how else would you
explain that account in Mark 10:17-
25?
Jesus told him, “Sell all you have
and give to the poor and you will
have eternal life”. But he said, “No,
I don’t want eternal life, I want
'eternal' money!” He signed for
suicide because of money.

Say with me, “Lord, keep me

financially sane. Baptize me into
your kind of integrity. Let not money
corrupt my destiny. Lord, help me to
retain this eternal life all the days of
my life!”

There was a man called Jacob. This

man sent his sons to Egypt, to go and
buy food. Joseph, finding out that
they were his brothers, put back their
money in their bags. The Bible tells
us that Jacob sent back that money
(Genesis 43:12).

Integrity guarantees plenty! All our

covenant fathers — Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob — were people of
integrity. Who then do you look like,
playing pranks on account of money?

There’s nothing in money to warrant

anybody dying and laying his life on
the line for. Many people need to be
delivered from the bondage of
financial corruption. Such people,
when they see money, their bodies
begin to vibrate. Their nerves are no
longer at rest.

You hide money from your wife, you

hide money from your husband, for
what?

Listen to me: you don’t love money

to get it; you love God to be blessed!
Lovers of money get lost, but lovers
of God get increasingly blessed!
Tomorrow is fantastic. All you need
to do is to live right today. If you
live right today, you secure a future
for yourself, and for generations
coming after you.

Don’t sell off your destiny, no! It’s

too dangerous to your soul. If you
remember Judas and Gehazi, you
won’t do that! To buy something in
your office and tender a forged
receipt, you’re already under the
chains of financial corruption! Why
must you tie your destiny down? You
don’t have to!

It takes financial integrity to enjoy

financial plenty.

Practical
Righteousness
And he shall sit as a
refiner and purifier of
silver: and he shall purify
the sons of Levi, and
purge them as gold and
silver, that they may offer
 unto the Lord an offering
in righteousness.

Then shall the offering of

Judah and Jerusalem be
pleasant unto the Lord, as
in the days of old, and as
in former years.

Malachi 3:3-4

Why? Look at verse 6:

For I am the Lord, I

change not; therefore ye
sons of Jacob are not
consumed.

Before He spoke about giving, He

first of all talked about the refining
of the saints. That’s talking about our
need for righteousness, before our
seed can be pleasant and acceptable
to Him.

Practical righteousness is a principal

requirement in the school of
prosperity. Your “Yea” must be yea,
and your “Nay” nay, no matter the
cost it places on you. That’s
practical righteousness!

Until your offering is acceptable to

God, it holds no benefits for you. Do
you know that Jesus came and put a
stamp on that? He said if you bring
your offering to the altar, and you
remember that there’s a problem
between you and your brother back
at home, don’t drop the offering.
First go back home and sort things
out, and then come drop your
offering; otherwise it’s a waste
(Matthew 5:23-24).

My prayer is that you will

practically deal with the things that
won’t let your offerings be pleasant
unto the Lord.

The Lord was speaking to me from 2

Chronicles 15. The Bible says there
was no law and no teaching priest.
Everyone was doing what was right
in his sight, so there was great
devastation upon all the inhabitants
of the land.

When you’re without law, you’ll get

into trouble. Nature is governed by
laws. To be lawless is to be lifeless.
When the first man Adam was put in
the garden, there was a law to guard
his destiny. When he broke that law,
his destiny was destroyed (Genesis
3). Life without law is deadly and
chaotic; it is colourless. Let’s enjoy
the laws of God.

Things don’t just work anyhow.

There is divine order in our
relationship with God. When that
order is embraced, your life
becomes colourful. Christianity is
not lawless living. Somebody may
say, “We’re no longer under the
law.” No, we’re not! But we're free
from one law, to get under the other:

There is therefore now no

condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit

of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from
the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:1-2

One law sets you free from another.

Nature abhors vacuum. To be
lawless is to be lifeless. Watch
every schemer, he keeps losing
weight, while the righteous keeps
flourishing.

What God has for you, no smartness

of yours can get it for you. So, yield
your life to Him, for you never get
stranded with righteousness. “Unto
the upright there ariseth light in the
darkness...” (Psalms 112:4) There's
no embarrassment for the righteous
in the kingdom. There’s always a
way of escape. There’s always a
future for the righteous. When you
respond to His righteousness, God
responds to you by filling your
treasures (Proverbs 8:18-21).
Who will inherit substance? The
people who follow the way of
righteousness and the paths of
judgement. Who will God fill up his
treasures? The man who is filled
with the righteousness of God.

Blessed are they which do

hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they
shall be filled.

Matthew 5:6

Now, in the name of Jesus, I

command everything that is set on
your way to corrupt your destiny to
drop off you, right now. Be free from
that chain of bondage, in the name of
Jesus. I would like you to
consciously plead the Blood of
Jesus, for your total freedom and
deliverance, from every form of
financial corruption.

The God that lifted Joseph in the

land of captivity, on the ticket of
integrity, will lift you too! The God
that lifted Daniel in the land of
bondage on the grounds of purity,
will lift you! The God that lifted Job
in the midst of sin, on the grounds of
integrity and purity, will lift you!

Integrity shall preserve you!

Righteousness shall exalt you! Purity
shall deliver plenty into your hands,
in the precious name of Jesus!
 Part 4

How God
Prospers

(7 Pillars Of
Kingdom
Prosperity)

Chapter 14
 Giving
The way God prospers is different
from the way the world prospers.
What the world calls prosperity is
how much you have; but in the
Kingdom of God, prosperity is
determined by how much you give.
In this chapter, we're going to be
looking at four dimensions of giving.

Giving is living. No matter how

delicious the food you have eaten
may be, there's a maximum number
of hours it should stay in your
stomach. After that period, it
becomes poisonous to your body.
Even if you had dinner with the
President of America, and you feel
like keeping the food in your
stomach as a souvenir, after some
time, the food turns acidic, and must
leave your body or you'll be in
danger of ending up in the grave.

The joy of eating is in giving out, i.e,

passing out waste. When what is
going in is not going out at all, you
become a source of concern, and if
something is not done quickly to
evacuate your bowels, they might as
well start digging your grave.

God's Word is four-dimensional—

principles, reproofs, corrections and
instructions (2 Timothy 3:16). Many
like the principles, but very few
enjoy the instructions. In the school
of prosperity, there is a law (Job
22:21); and then there are the
principles that help the law to
produce maximally. Now, let's
consider one very vital instruction in
the school of prosperity.

Tithing
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.

And I will rebuke the

devourer for your sakes,
and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground;
neither shall your vine
cast her fruit before the
time in the field, saith the
Lord of hosts.

And all nations shall call

you blessed: for ye shall
be a delightsome land,
saith the Lord of hosts.
 Malachi 3:10-12

This commandment is the master key

to financial miracles. Tithing is an
inescapable covenant obligation. No
one escapes poverty when they do
not pay their tithes, because they
come under a curse.

Will a man rob God? Yet

ye have robbed me. But ye
say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In tithes and
offerings.

Ye are cursed with a

curse: for ye have robbed
me, even this whole
 nation.

Malachi 3:8-9

So, no matter how much you give,

once your tithe is out of place, the
curse still remains. Tithing is an
inescapable covenant obligation.
Prosperity is impossible without
tithing, because when you're not
paying your tithe, you're under a
financial curse.

Tithing has been in existence, before

the law of Moses came. Abraham
paid tithe of all to Melchizedek
(Genesis 14:20). Jacob covenanted
the tenth of all his treasures to God
(Genesis 28:22). All these took
place, long before Moses came and
brought the law. The law only came
to help us appreciate how to do it.

What Is Tithe?
The tithe of your income is not yours.
That's where to start from. So, you
don't give the tithe. You only give
that which is yours.

And all the tithe of the

land, whether of the seed
of the land, or of the fruit
of the tree, is the Lord's:
it is holy unto the Lord.
 Leviticus 27:30

That's why God was saying in

Malachi 3:8, “...ye have robbed
me...” That would be a wrong word
for God to use, if the tithe wasn't
His. The tenth part or ten per cent of
whatever comes to you as income is
not yours; it belongs to God.

And concerning the tithe

of the herd, or of the
flock, even of whatsoever
passeth under the rod, the
tenth shall be holy unto
the Lord.

Leviticus 27:32
Also, God's Word stipulates that if
for any reason you spend or eat part
of that ten per cent, God will charge
you, because it belongs to Him.

And if a man will at all

redeem ought of his
tithes, he shall add
thereto the fifth part
thereof.

Leviticus 27:31

Tithing is, therefore, inescapable.

You either give it willingly to Him
or He collects it by charging you to
His court.

Men do not despise a

 thief, if he steal to satisfy
his soul when he is
hungry;

But if he be found, he
shall restore sevenfold;
he shall give all the
substance of his house.

Proverbs 6:30-31

It is not possible to steal from the

all-seeing God and not be caught.

Please understand that paying your

tithing doesn't enrich God. It is in
order for you to secure your
covenant destiny with Him.
Prosperity is impossible without
tithing.

The tithe is not yours; so there's

nothing to celebrate over when you
pay it. Do you celebrate that you pay
your tax? Nobody asks you whether
you're interested in paying your tax
or not; it's your civic responsibility.
Even so is the payment of your tithe,
your covenant responsibility, as a
citizen of the kingdom.

To be lawless is to be lifeless.
Nature is guided by laws. The first
man, Adam, was created in the
centre of prosperity. But his destiny
in it was to be guided by a law that
says, “the day you eat of this tree,
you will die.” Likewise, when you
eat your tithe, you begin to die
financially! You move, but nothing
moves! You work and work, but
nothing works! You run, but nothing
is accomplished!

Do you want a financial testimony?

Then obey the financial laws of God
—the tithe of all your income is the
Lord's. Don't touch it! It's dangerous
to eat up your tithe. Don't try it.

Every other offering answers on the

earth, but the tithe answers in
heaven. Tithe has a heavenly
transaction link, which guarantees
you the opening of the windows of
heaven. When your tithe answers and
your harvest is due, the heavens open
unto you.

Tithing is your God-given privilege

to establish your destiny of
prosperity. Sickness has no right to
touch you, when you're under this
covenant of tithing. Accidents and
misfortune have no right to affect you
either, because God has committed
Himself. He said:

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.

And I will rebuke the

devourer for your sakes,
and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground;
neither shall your vine
cast her fruit before the
time in the field, saith the
Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:10-11

Unlike in verse 8, offering is not

mentioned here, because what brings
you under this covenant is your tithe.
Any other offering you give, is
according to what God has blessed
you with, but this one is defined
—“Bring ye all the tithes...”

If you've been suffering under this

curse, you have here a wonderful
opportunity to come to yourself like
the prodigal son did, and return
home —the home of beauty, comfort,
fulfilment and refreshing. Don't let
the devil strip you naked.

God said, “Prove Me now, if I will

not open unto you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a
refreshing that you won't have room
enough to contain.” He said He
would rebuke the devourers for your
sake, and make your laughter a
permanent one. Friend, you can't
outsmart God. The devourers have
tormented you enough, so whatever
He tells you to do, do it.

When Oral Roberts was on his dying

bed, as a teenager, he said to his
mother, “I have some tithe there in
my suit pocket. Help me go and drop
it in church. I don't want to get into
heaven owing God.” That was how
tuberculosis dropped out of his life!

The devourer will no longer have

access to you! As your heart is
turning back to God, every evil will
begin to turn away from you. When
tithing becomes your practice, life
will give you its best. Take cover
from the devourer, by entering into
the covenant of tithing. He will be
far from you, as the east is from the
west.

God has overlooked the time of

ignorance, but now He commands
everyman, everywhere to repent.
Jesus said:

If therefore ye have not

been faithful in the
unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your
trust the true riches?

Luke 16:11
So, what you do with your carnal
wealth, determines how much of the
true wealth you have access to.

There is what is called “the true

riches of God.” It is the sorrow-
free, sickness-free, failure-free,
trouble-free, confusion-free,
frustration and depression-free
blessings. You're just free —free
spirit, soul and body. That is the true
riches of God.

Tithing does not only guarantee you a

blessing, it also establishes an
insurance against the wicked arrows
of life. I see you escape every such
arrows from now on, in Jesus' name!
Tithing is our master key to
prosperity. We saw it in Abraham,
Jacob and we have it in the law of
Moses. Jesus talked about it in
Matthew 23:23:

Woe unto you, scribes and

Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye pay tithe of mint and
anise and cummin, and
have omitted the
weightier matters of the
law, judgment, mercy, and
faith: these ought ye to
have done, and not to
leave the other undone.

Jesus is here putting His stamp on

tithing. It is obligatory, for your
covenant birthright to be realised. If
you're not a tither, things won't stop
being tight for you. Why? The
windows of heaven will remain shut,
and you know that it's the blessings
of the Lord coming from those
windows that make rich. So, when
the windows are shut, you remain
poor.

I would like you to know that

everybody pays tithe one way or the
other. Why? No one steals from God
without being caught. But we find out
that very few pay willingly to the
right source, while devourers are
sent to collect from quite a lot of
people, who won't pay theirs
willingly. Hospital bill today, car
breakdown tomorrow, accident here,
business failure there—it's the
devourers at work!

No one survives the curse of God.

God said the man who robs Him of
His tithe is “cursed with a curse!”
Let's stop sweating, and let's reach
out and take the sweet of life. Tithing
is the only way to keep the windows
of heaven open. The moment you're
set to do it, God is committed, and
when you begin to do it, God begins
to fulfill His part.

You want a financial miracle? Then

whatever He tells you to do, do it.
What is He saying? “Bring ye all
your tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be food in my house.”

Tithe is not optional; it's obligatory.

It is our master key to the world of
prosperity. Until you pay your tithe,
the devourers are permitted by God
to operate in any way they want in
your life.

What Happens To Your Tithe?

For this Melchisedec,

king of Salem, priest of
the most high God, who
met Abraham returning
from the slaughter of the
kings, and blessed him;
To whom also Abraham
gave a tenth part of all;
first being by
interpretation King of
righteousness, and after
that also King of Salem,
which is, King of peace;

Without father, without

mother, without descent,
having neither beginning
of days, nor end of life;
but made like unto the
Son of God; abideth a
priest continually.

Now consider how great

this man was, unto whom
even the patriarch
Abraham gave the tenth of
the spoils.

And verily they that are of

the sons of Levi, who
receive the office of the
priesthood, have a
commandment to take
tithes of the people
according to the law, that
is, of their brethren,
though they come out of
the loins of Abraham:

But he whose descent is

not counted from them
received tithes of
Abraham, and blessed him
 that had the promises.

And without all

contradiction the less is
blessed of the better.

And here men that die

receive tithes; but there
he receiveth them, of
whom it is witnessed that
he liveth.

Hebrews 7:1-8

That's talking about Jesus Christ. So,

it is not your church that receives the
tithe, but Jesus Who receives it up
there. There is a book of records
with Him in heaven; for, “there he
receiveth them...” He receives your
tithe by Himself. This should stir you
up for a change of heart, in your
attitude to tithing.

Let me say here that everyone,

including pastors pay tithe.

And as I may so say, Levi also, who

receiveth tithes, payed tithes in
Abraham.

Hebrews 7:9

Some pastors just sit down and

expect people to give them things.
No! Even the Levites, who by law
received tithes of their brethren, also
paid tithes like Abraham, because
they were all Abraham's seed.

Outstanding testimonies abound

around the world, to prove that
tithers are the wisest men of the
kingdom. A man called Robert
Ladlaw, a New Zealand
businessman, drew up a strategy for
his tithe payment, which started with
10 per cent, saying, “Lord, as You
increase this business, I will
increase my tithe by this,” drawing
up a graduated scale, by which he
would increase his tithe.

He did that, giving increased share

to the Lord, as he enjoyed more
success in his business. From the 10
per cent, he increased it to 30, 40
and 50. He said, “God seems to be
saying to me, 'Since I have been
taken into partnership in this
business, I am committed to bless it.'
” He rose on the wings of tithe, and
became a world figure!

There's this other man called John

Lang. He was managing a small
family business in Britain. That
business grew to become the largest
construction company in Britain, by
reason of his committed adherence to
the principles of giving. These are
not 18th century stories, they are
current life stories. I see Jesus touch
you and do something unique in your
life, as you walk in obedience to His
commandments.

Giving is very well-defined in the

scriptures. The one that opens you up
to heaven's riches, which has no
substitute is called tithe. Every other
thing happens after “Bring ye all the
tithes...”

Don't let any devil confuse you, the

tenth of every increase that comes
your way is not your own. Don't mix
it up with yours. Instead of waiting
for, “After one month I'll pay it”, pay
it as often as the increase comes your
way, and you'll be free!

Remember, there's a record on you,

up there. When that record is in
place, the blessings will answer. It
is the blessing of God that makes
rich and adds no sorrow with it. It's
time to cease from your own
understanding. You won't see
sorrows anymore!

Many like to collect prayers, only

very few like to comply with
instructions. But nobody can pray
God's blessings upon you, when His
own blessings from you are not
going up to Him.

Whatever He tells you to do, do it.

One key thing He's saying to you
right now is, “Do tithing, and things
will stop being tight for you.” Do it
now. Begin today. Not as a law, but
in a loving response to His
instructions. Don't look at your tithe
and say, “Let's quickly rush and use
it for something first, before we pay
the tithe." No! Don't touch what
should not be touched, otherwise,
you'll pay for it. When you keep the
accursed thing, you are destroyed by
it. You will not be destroyed!

God has given you the whole 10, but

says, “Just give Me one of it.”
Remember He is the God that said,
“Without Me, ye can do nothing.” He
also said, “Vain is the help of man.”
So, every help you have received
came from Him; everybody who has
shown you favour did so because
God commanded it.

So, God is the One doing it, He is

the One helping you to play your
own part, At the end of the day, He
says, “You take nine, send Me one,
to retain your name on My covenant
register.” You now say, “God, hold
on, I need all the 10 for now. Hold
on for just about three months, I'll
see You shortly.” Friend, you can't
outsmart God.

This simple instruction is one of the

things that make for outstanding
results in the kingdom. Paul said in 2
Corinthians 11:3:

But I fear, lest by any

 means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his
subtlety, so your minds
should be corrupted from
the simplicity that is in
Christ.

Don't now begin to turn the

instruction this way and that way in
your mind, saying, “You mean it's
only tithe that I would pay, and
things would just turn for me? When
I had all the 10, it didn't work; when
I now give out one from it, what will
the remaining do for me? Didn't they
say that a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush?”

Nothing makes a fool more than to

say, “God is not relevant.” Nothing
makes a greater fool more than to
look at heaven and say, “God, I don't
think You understand this situation.
Lord, I need all of it.” Hear me:
nobody has a stable and continuous
financial testimony without being a
tither, an addicted one at that. Do it
naturally, not as a law, but in love.

God said, “Return unto me and I will

return unto you.” They said,
“Wherein shall we return?” and He
said, “In tithes and offerings...” Let
me say this in conclusion; tithe is not
your uncle's, it's not your mother's
nor your brother's; it is the Lord's,
and it shall be holy unto the Lord.
Tithing is an inescapable covenant
obligation, so don't try to escape it!
Why? You are not actually giving, it
is God's part of your earnings. Don't
take it, don't eat it, don't touch it.
Anyone who despises tithing signs in
for poverty, lack, and want. Don't!
It's not safe. I see a bright future
ahead of you!

Kingdom Promotion
Givings
This is another type of giving, and it
includes your free will offerings and
your kingdom demands offerings.
The free will offering is as you will.
Jesus referring to it in Matthew 5:23
said, “Therefore, if thou bring thy
gift to the altar...” So, there is what
you bring to the altar, each time you
come to church. In Deuteronomy
16:16-17, we read:

Three times in a year

shall all thy males appear
before the Lord thy God
in the place which he
shall choose; in the feast
of unleavened bread, and
in the feast of weeks, and
in the feast of
tabernacles: and they
shall not appear before
 the Lord empty:

Every man shall give as

he is able, according to
the blessing of the Lord
thy God which he hath
given thee.

1 Corinthians 16:2 says:

Upon the first day of the week let

every one of you lay by him in
store, as God hath prospered him,
that there be no gatherings when I
come.

So, at no time should you come

before the Lord empty-handed. This
is not tithing, it is free will offerings,
aimed at the promotion of God's
kingdom.

Note that it says, “Everyman shall

give,” not “Some men shall give.” If
you're not a giver, no fasting, no
prayers nor prophecy can rescue you
from being a beggar. Giving is an
everyman's responsibility, an
everyone's privilege. Saying, “I don't
have” before the Lord, is a self-
inflicted curse. Don't put that curse
on your life.

Once, the man of God, Kenneth

Copeland was at a meeting and there
was nothing in his hands to give as
offering. When the offering basket
came to him, he simply took off the
buttons of his suit and dropped them
as offering! Many years ago, I said to
the Lord, “I don't have any cash in
my hand to give as offering. What
happens today? I have to give
something.” So, I woke up very early
in the morning and went to sweep the
church, so that whatever God would
have paid whosoever was to have
swept the church, would be my
offering to Him.

Never come before Him empty! It's

an abuse of privilege.

Giving to the poor what you don't

give to the Lord is covenant
foolishness. It has to be in order.
You're not a philanthropist.
Somebody has a need, yes. But what
goes from me to the needy, will
never match what goes from me to
God, because my destiny is not in the
hands of the needy. I'm an intelligent
distributor, I'm not a waster!

Free will offering is coming before

the Lord with something to
appreciate His good hand upon your
life, according to how He has
blessed you.

KINGDOM DEMANDS
OFFERINGS or sacrifices is like
God saying to Abraham, “Bring Me
your son, your only son Isaac whom
you love, and sacrifice him to Me.”
Every such sacrifice is God's
covenant device for your
supernatural lifting.

And Moses spake unto all

the congregation of the
children of Israel, saying,
This is the thing which
the Lord commanded,
saying,

Take ye from among you

an offering unto the
Lord...

Exodus 35:4-5

This is a kingdom demand offering

— the things you do for the
Kingdom's sake, by the reason of
kingdom demands that you're
privileged to encounter. They are the
kingdom demands for the promotion
of God's work on the earth.

“This is the thing which the Lord

commanded...” That's where
sacrifices come in. Of course, you
know that whatsoever you give for
the kingdom's sake comes back to
you a hundredfold—manifold more
in this present time, and in the time
to come, life everlasting (Matthew
19:29; Mark 10:29-30; Luke 18:29-
30). Whatever you let go for the
kingdom is sake, Jesus said it is an
investment; it will surely come back
to you in multiplied forms.

Every sacrifice that is done of a

willing hear,t naturally leads to a
divine and supernatural encounter. It
must be whole-heartedly given, with
excitement and cheerfulness. You
will always be sure of an encounter
for increase that way.

Please enjoy giving! It's the cheapest

way to enjoy living. Whatever you
have is never enough, until God is
there. As long as the prophet was in
the house of the widow, the flour
didn't finish. You need a personal
encounter and a personal testimony,
in order to subdue the trials of life!
When we were to start church
planting, there was a great need for
money; but the offerings that came in
were inadequate. It was an
opportunity for me. As I sat down
discussing the matter with God, He
said to me, “My son, give Me that
your car.” I knew it was God
speaking to me.

When I told my wife what the Lord

had told me, she simply said, “Praise
the Lord.” That was it! So, I called
one of my staff and ordered him to
drive it straight to the car dealer and
let it go. It was a Mercedes Benz
280. From that moment, the car left
my heart, my mind and my head. I
was so excited, I felt very
privileged. After that sacrifice, I was
going home one day, when the Lord
said to me, “My son David, even if
you don't want to be rich, it's too
late!” God swore to me the way He
swore to Abraham in Genesis 22.

When God makes a kingdom demand

on you, it is so He can add colour to
your destiny. It is His secret way of
promoting you. So, respond with
excitement and understanding.
Abraham jumped at that demand, and
God jumped in to lift him. He
became the possessor of the human
race (Genesis 22:12,15-18).
As you keep dreaming kingdom
dreams, your business and career
can't be doomed. Every kingdom
demand is a covenant device for
your lifting; so ,jump at it.

A brother shared this testimony in

church:

“Before the last Business

fellowship, I was sitting
in the sanctuary, and as
the Bishop was
preaching, I heard the
Voice say, ‘My son,
beautify My altar before
the Victory Celebration.’
I immediately went to one
of the pastors, and told
him what I heard. He
said, I should go ahead.

The following day, I went

ahead to do what God
told me to do. Then, I
started swimming in
business worth millions of
naira! I’m now swimming
in 2.44 million naira!
Also, before the Victory
Celebration, there was a
property I paid 155,000
naira for. But it became a
tussle between my client,
lawyer and myself. So, I
told my lawyer, ‘I have a
God, and He is always by
 my side’. I told him I
wasn’t taking any case to
court, because I know the
God I serve, that if my
Bishop had never failed, I
don’t see me being a
failure.

Just last week, I was

called upon and the man
that had been tussling
with me for this property,
now started pleading with
me to come and have my
property back!”

— David, O. K.

As long as your kingdom dreams

remain aflame, that your business
can never be doomed. Just keep
doing it with excitement, joy and
gratitude to God! Giving for
kingdom's sake establishes great
destinies for people. When you
respond to His demand with
excitement, God swears a blessing
on you. When God swears, the battle
is over!

After He swore to Abraham, he

ended up this way:

And Abraham was old,

and well stricken in age:
and the Lord had blessed
Abraham in all things.
 Genesis 24:1

That's the same way you'll end your

journey on earth, in Jesus' name. It
shall be said concerning you and
your family, that God has blessed
you in everything.

Plan Your Givings

Any enterprise is built by
wise planning...

Proverbs 24:3 (TLB)

God is a planner and He believes in

planning. Your offerings must not be
haphazardly done. They should be
planned and properly programmed.
Plan your giving, because you are
investing in heaven. Don't just bring
out any amount carelessly from your
pocket and drop in the offering
basket, and at the end of the month,
you can't tell how much you have
given. No! Somebody into whose
hands God will deliver millions
can't be doing such haphazard giving.

God is a planner, so let's go ahead

and be like Him in planning. Plan
your expenditure, plan your
investment. Walk sensibly in the
covenant. You're the easiest man to
be cheated, if you're not a planner.
But if you're a kingdom planner, you
won't have problems. You will give
with excitement, and not with
apprehension.

Ask the Lord to help you remain a

resourceful covenant planner, in all
your financial dealings—at home, at
work, in your business, in your
employment programme (so you
don't go and employ people you don't
need and pay them money you didn't
have to pay.) I curse every form of
waste in your life now!

As you enter into this covenant of

abundance, may all the needs of your
life find an answer!
Giving To The
Prophets
Another kind of giving is giving to
the prophets. Jesus introduced us to
this ministry.

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.
 Matthew 10:41

Prophets are God's anointed

messengers, sent to be a blessing to
us. Everything you give to God's
prophets attracts prophetic rewards,
because they are messengers of God.
So, we provoke prophetic utterances
from them, with the prophets'
offerings we give to them.

Prophets are spiritual fathers, so

when you touch their hearts, you
provoke a release of blessings. You
remember Isaac, when he was about
to die? He called his son Esau, and
said to him:

...Behold now, I am old, I

 know not the day of my
death:

Now therefore take, I

pray thee, thy weapons,
thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field,
and take me some
venison;

And make me savoury

meat, such as I love, and
bring it to me, that I may
eat; that my soul may
bless thee before I die.

Genesis 27:2-4

Jacob outsmarted Esau and brought

the venison, and Isaac poured out his
soul to Jacob in blessing.

Also, remember Elisha, who always

poured water in the hands of Elijah
whom he called “My father, my
father...” Elisha had a natural father;
but Elijah was his spiritual father.
When Elijah left, a double portion of
his anointing came upon Elisha.

Giving to the prophets of God

provokes prophetic blessings that
cannot be bought with money. Let us
see two encounters in the scriptures
that will help us appreciate the place
of giving to the prophets, for our
prosperity.
The Widow Of
Zarephath
The popular story of the widow of
Zarephath is found in 1 Kings 17.
After the brook, where Elijah was
receiving his refreshing from dried
up, God said to him:

Arise, get thee to

Zarephath, which
belongeth to Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I
have commanded a widow
woman there to sustain
thee.
So he arose and went to
Zarephath. And when he
came to the gate of the
city, behold, the widow
woman was there
gathering of sticks: and
he called to her, and said,
Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel,
that I may drink.

And as she was going to

fetch it, he called to her,
and said, Bring me, I pray
thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand.

And she said, As the Lord

thy God liveth, I have not
a cake, but an handful of
meal in a barrel, and a
little oil in a cruse: and,
behold, I am gathering
two sticks, that I may go
in and dress it for me and
my son, that we may eat
it, and die.

And Elijah said unto 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.

For thus saith the Lord

God of Israel, The barrel
of meal shall not waste,
neither shall the cruse of
oil fail, until the day that
the Lord sendeth rain
upon the earth.

And she went and did

according to the saying of
Elijah: and she, and he,
and her house, did eat
many days.

And the barrel of meal

wasted not, neither did
the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of
the Lord, which he spake
by Elijah.
 1 Kings 17:9-16

Look at that prophetic blessing! God

confirmed it! The widow and her
family were supernaturally sustained
till the end of the famine. Prophetic
encounters! You need prophetic
encounters that will last you, all the
days of your life.

I was out on a major outreach in

America, some years ago, and God
blessed me in every way. When I
returned home, the Lord told me
what to do with the offering I came
home with (it was the first time I
was handling such large amount of
money in dollars). I took all of it (no
dime was removed from it) and gave
it all to the man of God, whom God
directed me to give it to.

The man placed his hand on the

offering and said, “Your hand will
never be dry!” Not only that, he went
ahead to sow the offering back to
me. Ever since, I've never needed to
rely on BTA (Basic travelling
allowance) to go anywhere in this
world. Since then, I've always had
more than enough money on me,
whenever I travel. Besides,
anywhere I get to, money is always
there waiting for me.

...Believe in the Lord your

God, so shall ye be
 established; believe his
prophets, so shall ye
prosper.

2 Chronicles 20:20

That was how the widow of

Zarephath triumphed in famine, by
responding positively to the word of
the prophet. Giving to the prophets
of God grants you access into the
prophetic unction that they carry,
bringing a refreshing upon your life.

The Shunammite
Woman
Let's see how this woman
encountered God through giving to
the prophet.

And it fell on a day, that

Elisha passed to Shunem,
where was a great
woman; and she
constrained him to eat
bread. And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by, he
turned in thither to eat
bread.

And she said unto her

husband, Behold now, I
perceive that this is an
holy man of God, which
passeth by us continually.
Let us make a little
chamber, I pray thee, on
the wall; and let us set for
him there a bed, and a
table, and a stool, and a
candlestick: and it shall
be, when he cometh to us,
that he shall turn in
thither.

And it fell on a day, that

he came thither, and he
turned into the chamber,
and lay there.

And he said to Gehazi his

servant, Call this
Shunammite. And when he
had called her, she stood
before him.

And he said unto him, Say

now unto her, Behold,
thou hast been careful for
us with all this care; what
is to be done for thee?
wouldest thou be spoken
for to the king, or to the
captain of the host? And
she answered, I dwell
among mine own people.

And he said, What then is

to be done for her? And
Gehazi answered, Verily
she hath no child, and her
husband is old.
And he said, Call her. And
when he had called her,
she stood in the door.

And he said, About this

season, according to the
time of life, thou shalt
embrace a son. And she
said, Nay, my lord, thou
man of God, do not lie
unto thine handmaid.

And the woman

conceived, and bare a son
at that season that Elisha
had said unto her,
according to the time of
life.
 2 Kings 4:8-17

Caring for prophets takes care of

your cares. So, let's embrace the
ministry of the prophets of God in
our midst, so we can manifest more
of kingdom prosperity by
impartation, as God is committed to
the things they say and their counsel
(Isaiah 44:26).

This mystery is my natural practice,

which has helped me to connect with
the things that are connected to life.
On one occasion, the prophet of God
laid hands on me and said, “From
this day, I impart to you the gift of
on-time. Before the need arises, the
supplies will be waiting.”
Such utterances are stimulated by
“venisons such as they love.” God
has made it possible for everyone to
have at least one of such people in
his life, that can become his channel
of prophetic liftings.

Every prophetic blessing lasts

forever. When the Shunammite
woman's miracle child died, she
said, “I'm going to the prophet, the
one who said the impossible and it
happened. He can make it happen
again!” She went on to lay the child
on the bed she had prepared for the
prophet. The prophet laid on the
dead child, and he came back to life!
You can't kill a prophetic delivery!

Friend, you need to provoke

somethng upon your life, and break
through all those barriers holding
down your destiny!

When you don't have any messenger

of God sent for your prosperity, your
case is bad. Somebody else must say
to you, “Be blessed!” One day, one
of the prophets of God that God
linked me up with said to me, “I see
you going 20 times more than where
I stopped!” This came from the depth
of his heart.

You need to provoke something in

your direction. Let's take advantage
of the prophets of God in our midst.
There are messengers of God sent to
every generation. When you identify
one of them, take advantage of it.
They don't have needs, they are only
agents sent to service the needs of
humanity.

And certain women, which

had been healed of evil
spirits and infirmities,
Mary called Magdalene,
out of whom went seven
devils,

And Joanna the wife of

Chuza Herod's steward,
and Susanna, and many
others, which ministered
 unto him of their
substance.

Luke 8:2-3

They were ministering to Jesus (the

greatest prophet that ever lived) out
of their substance. One woman
poured a jar of alabaster oil on
Jesus' head. Jesus said:

Verily I say unto you,

Wheresoever this gospel
shall be preached in the
whole world, there shall
also this, that this woman
hath done, be told for a
memorial of her.
 Matthew 26:13

Everything that comes forth

prophetically, as a result of seeds
and gifts to the prophet, usually lasts.
Everyone requires their blessings for
lasting prosperity.

The Philippian Church enjoyed the

blessings of the prophet that came, as
a result of their giving to Apostle
Paul.

Now ye Philippians know

also, that in the beginning
of the gospel, when I
departed from
Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as
concerning giving and
receiving, but ye only.

For even in Thessalonica

ye sent once and again
unto my necessity.

Not because I desire a

gift: but I desire fruit that
may abound to your
account.

But I have all, and

abound: I am full, having
received of Epaphroditus
the things which were
sent from you, an odour
of a sweet smell, a
sacrifice acceptable,
 wellpleasing to God.

But my God shall supply

all your need according
to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.

Phillipians 4:15-19

When you're in the covenant of

giving to the prophets of God, things
abound to your account, your account
keeps increasing, giving food and
multiplied seed back to you. God
supplies all your needs, according to
His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
All your needs! I see God turn your
captivity in all areas, as you key in
to this covenant access of prosperity.
Giving To the Poor
A fourth dimension of giving is
giving to the poor. It will interest
you to know that the poor around you
is an opportunity for your rise in the
kingdom.

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.

Deuteronomy 15:11
You are either a needy or a supplier
of the needs of the needy. You're
either a giver or a beggar. But thank
God for the opportunity of having the
poor around us; it is an additional
opportunity for us to rise higher.
Your name is not included among the
poor that shall not cease out of the
land, so why must you accept that
status?

Jesus also confirmed this truth in

Matthew 26:11:

For ye have the poor

always with you; but me
ye have not always.

So, the opportunity to give to the

poor is an everlasting one.

He that hath pity upon the

poor lendeth unto the
Lord; and that which he
hath given will he pay
him again.

Proverbs 19:17

When you give to the poor, you're

giving to him on God's behalf; you're
lending to the Lord. The Word of
God says you're sure of getting it
back. Ministering to the needs of the
poor, is one of God's covenant
strategies for your prosperity
(Proverbs 28:27).
Until you're concerned about the
needs of the needy, your needs may
never be met.

I would like you to be ever ready

and willing to service the needs of
people. You will never suffer lack
doing so. It's an interesting ministry!
See this prophetic covering:

Blessed is he that
considereth the poor: the
Lord will deliver him in
time of trouble.

The Lord will preserve

him, and keep him alive;
and he shall be blessed
upon the earth: and thou
 wilt not deliver him unto
the will of his enemies.

Psalm 41:1-2

The deliverance of the Lord is a

thing money can't buy. Can you buy
deliverance from trouble? No! But
these are the things you enjoy, when
you minister to the poor. That's what
the Bible calls, “the true riches of
God.”

When you minister to the poor, no

matter how determined your enemies
are, their evil plans will be
punctured! Also, ministering to the
poor will destroy sickness. So, stop
eating all your food alone, and
drinking all your water alone.

Ministering to the poor brings you

into the realm of the true riches of
God. Every man in need around you,
is an opportunity for you to increase
in your financial height.

Acts 1:1 talks about the things which

Jesus began to do and to teach.
Anything Jesus did, He taught. He
believed in tithing and so He taught
it; I'm sure that because He taught it,
He did it also. Jesus gave offerings
too. He sat down in the sanctuary,
when others were bringing their
offerings. He wouldn't have been
sitting there, if He hadn't brought His
own. He gave and gave until He
gave His own life!

Jesus also taught that whosoever

gives to a prophet in the name of a
prophet, will receive a prophet's
reward. So, He believes in prophet's
offering. Likewise, He was addicted
to giving to the poor. In John 13:27-
29 where He said to Judas, “What
thou doest, do quickly”, the people
thought He was telling Judas to go
and give something to the poor.

So, Jesus believed in these four

dimensions of giving; that was why
He had a “bag” of prosperity
following Him. I would like you to
receive grace from God, to enter into
the four dimensions of giving.

There is that scattereth,

and yet increaseth; and
there is that withholdeth
more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty.

The liberal soul shall be

made fat: and he that
watereth shall be watered
also himself.

Proverbs 11:24-25

“The liberal soul”, not “the

receiver's soul” shall be made fat.
The giving soul shall be made fat.
He that blesses shall be blessed in
return. What you receive does not
make you, what you give is what
makes you.

Solomon, a man who one should

listen to in these matters, sounds this
note of caution:

There is a sore evil which

I have seen under the sun,
namely, riches kept for
the owners thereof to
their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Giving is living! If you're not a

giver, you're not living. The joy of
living is giving, so enjoy it! As God
has blessed everyone, so let him
give. Animals for instance, are in
sizes, and they eat according to their
sizes. When an elephant, despite all
it consumes daily, begins to excrete
like a cow or a cat, it's on its way to
the grave. Give according to your
level.

Everybody is giving, yes. But many

are under-giving, so sickness,
disease and frustrations continue. As
God has blessed each man, so let
him give. God will never demand
from you what you do not have. God
is not a task-master, His
commandments are not grievous.
Giving is living! Giving your size is
healthy living.

Give With A Willing

Heart!
Not every sacrifice is acceptable. If
it is not given willingly, it holds no
future. Paul said:

For if I do this thing

willingly, I have a
reward: but if against my
will, a dispensation of the
gospel is committed unto
me.
 1 Corinthians 9:17

Calling for offerings for the building

of the tabernacle, Moses said,
“Whosoever is of a willing heart,
let him bring...” (Exodus 35:5)
Willing hearted, not forced, not
coarsed, not cajoled!

Not every sacrifice is acceptable;

that’s why you have probably given
some offerings that didn’t bring you
any rainfall. Give willingly,
heartedly and cheerfully! Do it,
counting it a privilege from heaven.

In Phillipians 4:18-19, Paul said:

But I have all, and

 abound: I am full, having
received of Epaphroditus
the things which were
sent from you, an odour
of a sweet smell, a
sacrifice acceptable,
wellpleasing to God.

But my God shall supply

all your need according
to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.

If you give without it being willing-

hearted, it’s a failure. God is not
hungry; it is you that need to fill your
clouds.

Never be forced to give any offering.

Just be excited, so that it will be
acceptable. Why must you give an
offering that will be rejected? You
are not Cain. People who give
offerings that are unacceptable to
God, end up in anger and bitterness.
They are eventually overtaken by
some extreme acts of evil!

Don’t give out of a corrupt heart

either. Don't seek only what you can
get back; don’t be a trader. You’re
not loaning God money; far be it that
the Almighty will depend on your
wretched purse, rather, our wretched
purses depend on Him for
replenishing.

Don’t give an offering that will make

it difficult for you to fulfil your
financial responsibilities to your
family. Whatever you won’t do
willing-heartedly, don’t do it,
because it will not be accepted, and
you will end up in anger, and from
anger to bitterness and bitterness to
any other grievous offense.

And they came, every one

whose heart stirred him
up, and every one whom
his spirit made willing,
and they brought the
Lord's offering to the
work of the tabernacle of
the congregation...
And they came, both men
and women, as many as
were willing hearted, and
brought ...

The children of Israel

brought a willing offering
unto the Lord, every man
and woman, whose heart
made them willing to
bring...

Exodus 35:21-22, 29

If ye be willing and
obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land:

Isaiah 1:19
You don’t ever fill your cloud with
corrupt offerings. You fill it with an
acceptable offering, coming from a
willing heart. If it’s not a willing-
hearted commitment, it is empty and
has no reward.

Give Cheerfully!
Every man according as
he purposeth in his heart,
so let himm give; not
grudgingly, or of
necessity: for God loveth
a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7
God receives only offerings that are
cheerfully given. If you’re not
willing-hearted, you can’t be
cheerful in your giving. It is only a
willing-hearted and cheerful offering
that fills the cloud. Any other kind
dries up the cloud. Anything you
present to God as if it’s a burden,
multiplies your burden, so watch it!

You have the opportunity of giving

any kind of offering, as long as it is
from a willing heart.

And blue, and purple, and

scarlet, and fine linen,
and goats’ hair,

And rams’ skins dyed red,

 and badgers’ skins, and
shittim wood,

And oil for the light, and

spices for anointing oil,
and for the sweet incense,

And onyx stones, and

stones to be set for the
ephod, and for the
breastplate.

Exodus 35:6-9

The issue, therefore, is not as it

were, what you have brought, but
your attitude in bringing. In your
covenant walk with God, it is your
attitude that determines your altitude,
because He looks at the heart and not
on the outward appearance.
 Chapter 15

Working
He becometh poor that
dealeth with a slack
hand: but the hand of the
diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 10:4

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.

Abraham encountered the promise of

blessings by giving; but he took
delivery of the blessings by working.
In Genesis 12, God called him out
and promised to bless him. In
chapter 14, he gave tithes to
Melchizedek, King of Salem, who
blessed him. Yet Abraham was a
cattle - rearer! God has nothing to
bless when you are not working.

Blessed is the man that

walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of
sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the

law of the Lord; and in
his law doth he meditate
day and night.
 And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his
leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper.

Psalm 1:1-3

“Whatsoever he doeth...”, not

“whatsoever he giveth”! It is the
giving that positions you by the
rivers of water; what you do
thereafter is what then enables you to
take delivery of the blessings of this
privileged positioning.

The work of your hand is the channel

through which you take delivery of
the blessings. “And whatsoever he
doeth shall prosper.” There's no
future for the idle man in the
covenant. You have a choice
between hardwork and a hard life! I
made my choice for hardwork, so I'm
free from hard life.

The Bible says:

Except the Lord build the

house, they labour in vain
that build it: except the
Lord keep the city, the
watchman waketh but in
vain.

Psalm 127:1
This tells us that God can't bless you
until you, are busy working. It is
your working in the covenant that
attracts God's help to get the job
done.

Jesus said, “My Father worketh

hitherto, and I work.” (John 5:17).
Friend, let's stop wishing, let's start
working! Nothing works until you
work it! There's dignity in labour;
stop playing around, you may attract
a curse! Don't hang around looking
for who will dole out something to
you. No! That's not the covenant!

If you're not working, you will not

only become poor, you are signing in
to die poor! The Bible says anyone
who does not work should not eat (2
Thessalonians 3:10). That means, if
he must survive, he has to beg.

Kingdom prosperity doesn't stop at

giving, it continues in working. Very
many are givers, but far less are
workers, because majority think the
blessings will drop down for them
from the sky.

We give, but we have to create

channels for the blessings. When
you're not going out and coming in,
you're not a candidate for blessings.
Looking at Deuteronomy 28, you
will discover that every blessing is
poured out on the work of the hands
of the people —“All that thou
settest thy hand unto...” Our giving
is like the rainfall that falls upon the
work we do, causing a release of the
blessings.

However, your working (very hard)

will be labour in vain without the
giving covenant being in place. In
Haggai 1:11 God said:

And I called for a drought

upon the land, and upon
the mountains, and upon
the corn, and upon the
new wine, and upon the
oil, and upon that which
the ground bringeth forth,
and upon men, and upon
 cattle, and upon all the
labour of the hands.

Why? “Because My house was lying

in ruins and you are not bothered
about it, so I can't be bothered about
you”, God says. So, “When you earn
wages, it goes into pockets that have
holes.” Why? Because you're not in
the giving covenant.

When you're not a giver, but you're a

hard worker, you just keep suffering
in frustration. This is because God's
blessings are not on what you're
doing, so they cannot produce
results.
Remain Tireless
God's ultimate for your life demands
tireless input. God's Word says in
Galatians 6:9:

And let us not be weary in

well doing: for in due
season we shall reap, if
we faint not.

So, your ultimate in the kingdom

demands that you faint not. When you
faint, it fails. Jesus told a parable in
Mark 4: 26-28:

And he said, So is the

kingdom of God, as if a
 man should cast seed into
the ground;

And should sleep, and rise

night and day, and the
seed should spring and
grow up, he knoweth not
how.

For the earth bringeth

forth fruit of herself; first
the blade, then the ear,
after that the full corn in
the ear.

No matter how marvellous the

revelation you have received from
God, it will still bring forth results
in phases. It takes patience to make
the mark that God has designed for
us, in the school of prosperity.

It is that kind of patience that stirs

you up for tireless input. “For in due
season you shall reap, if you faint
not.” If you faint it fails!

For the vision is yet for

an appointed time, but at
the end it shall speak, and
not lie: though it tarry,
wait for it; because it will
surely come, it will not
tarry.

Habakkuk 2:3

Every revelation only speaks at the

end. So, you need tireless pursuit of
the vision, in order not to fail before
the end. Scriptures like, “Let God be
true and all men liars”, become
very useful at such times.

“At the end it shall speak.” There

are too many “Get-rich-quick”
Christians today, and they are the
quickest to be frustrated. Many, I
guess, may have looked at me at one
time or the other and said to
themselves, “Mm, Bishop is lucky.”
No, Bishop is “worky”! I work out
my salvation in givings and in
labour, and I've been doing that for
years.

I'm not into the teaching of

glamorous covenant wealth, but into
practical covenant pursuit. I
understand God's ways and I give
myself totally to it, knowing that the
One who has spoken cannot lie. So,
any time it comes is good time.

Every vision speaks at the end. Many

would have gone far ahead, but
unfortunately, just one more day to
their breakthrough, they faint. I curse
every force set against you, to make
you faint and fall in the covenant, in
Jesus' name!

You remember the way Saul failed?

He had waited, and just one more
minute for Samuel to come, he said,
“I can't wait anymore.” He lost his
kingdom to impatience. Just one
more day for a man's heavens to
open and reward his labours of many
years, and he says, “I don't think this
thing is working!” He gives up. That
will not be your case in Jesus name.

...But he that shall endure

unto the end, the same
shall be saved.

Mark 13:13

This is also repeated in Matthew

24:13. Receive the grace to endure
to the end now. It's time for God's
vision in your life to start speaking.
They have turned you into a laughing
stock in some quarters, but don't give
up, because you're just about
entering into your destiny.

When I first started preaching the

prosperity message, I was an object
of mockery, because I didn't look it
at all. God had encouraged me with
these words, “ ...As poor, yet
making many rich; as having
nothing, and yet possessing all
things.” ( 2 Corinthians 6:10)

So, I kept on doing what He sent me

to do—“Go, make My people rich.”
I had a choice to bang it, because a
very terrible wave of mockery had
risen up against me. But I knew in
whom I had believed. They called
me all manner of names then, but all
my mockers are in oblivion today.
Now the vision is speaking!

So, we must remain tireless, both in

our giving and working.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 tells us:

Better is the end of a

thing than the beginning
thereof: and the patient in
spirit is better than the
proud in spirit.

And verse 10 adds:

Say not thou, What is the

cause that the former
 days were better than
these? for thou dost not
inquire wisely concerning
this.

Your today is better than your

yesterday. That is godly wisdom.
That is what propels you and keeps
you going. Why? God's Word has
said, “But the path of the just is as
the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.”
(Prov. 4:18)

If God said it, why are you saying

something else? It is wisdom to
know that today is better than
yesterday, and that tomorrow will be
better than today. There's a better
tomorrow for you; all you need to do
is keep working towards it. At the
end it shall speak.

Every input is an investment; the

dividend must surely answer
someday. May you be there that
someday, when the dividend begins
to answer to your faithfulness. We
need covenant patience to enjoy
covenant blessings. God is not a
robber. God is not a thief. His name
is called “The Faithful Witness.” He
cannot deny Himself.

As long as you don't stop giving, and

you don't stop working, there is no
way it will not speak at the end.
Proverbs 14:23 makes us to
understand that, “In all labour there
is profit...” So, every input is a kind
of seed, the fruit will answer
someday. Just make sure your hands
remain working hands, because
working hands are blessed hands.

Our Covenant
Fathers
All our covenant fathers were hard
and tireless workers. Abraham at the
age of 75 was still a cattle - rearer.
Isaac dug a well, they filled it. He
dug yet another, and they filled it.
Then he dug the third one, “and for
that they strove not” (Genesis 26).
He tired out his contenders.

Another famine rose in the days of

Isaac, different from the famine that
was in the days of Abraham, but
Isaac rose up to the task. He was a
smart worker. Abimelech and his
chiefs went to Isaac to do obeisance
to him. “For thou art much mightier
than we”, they said to him. A
stranger became mightier than the
sons of the soil, because of his
giving and working life! He was
perfectly in the covenant.

If one job closes, open another. What

are you there mourning and moaning
for? Didn't the scriptures say, “They
shall come against you one way, but
they will flee before you seven
ways?”

You lost one job, yes! Do you now

want to lose your life along with it?
It's not your hands you lost, it's only
a job; so find another one
—“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
do, do it with all thine might.” Your
hand, therefore should be a finding
hand.

It is impossible to rise without

working. Anybody that won't
provoke you to work, is destroying
your destiny without knowing.
There are three levels at which our
covenant fathers worked:

* They were hard workers

* They were tireless

workers

* They were creative

workers

It was creative work that brought

Jacob out of the house of Laban.
Laban said to him, "All the stripped
shall be mine, the speckled shall be
yours." His plan was to keep Jacob
in perpetual slavery. Jacob then sat
down and considered, “How can I
make the cattle to give birth to
speckled calves?”

And Jacob took him rods

of green poplar, and of
the hazel and chestnut
tree; and pilled white
streaks in them, and made
the white appear which
was in the rods.

And he set the rods which

he had pilled before the
flocks in the gutters in the
watering troughs when
the flocks came to drink,
that they should conceive
when they came to drink.

And the flocks conceived

 before the rods, and
brought forth cattle
ringstreaked, speckled,
and spotted.

Genesis 30: 37-39

That was ingenuity; the power of

ready invention and the facility of
combining ideas. It is what I call the
ability to foresee and calculate for
results. All our covenant fathers
were hard workers (Abraham). They
were tireless workers (Isaac), and
they were creative workers (Jacob).

Friend, you're created to matter, so,

don't sell your birthright! You're a
creature of dignity, don't sell off!
Where you are is a fair place, but a
better place awaits you; so don't sell
off!

“Whatsoever he doeth shall

prosper.” Blessings don't drop on
people, they drop on what people
do. Whatever blessing God has
promised in His Word, will only
meet you on your job. Deuteronomy
28:4-6 declares:

Blessed shall be the fruit

of thy body, and the fruit
of thy ground, and the
fruit of thy cattle, the
increase of thy kine, and
the flocks of thy sheep.
 Blessed shall be thy
basket and thy store.

Blessed shalt thou be

when thou comest in, and
blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.

Don't sit down in your house doing

nothing, from morning till night.
You're not a candidate for blessing,
if you're not going out and coming in,
if you are not working.

If we work as hard as we give, we

will start off a revolution in the
world. We would have created
enough channels for the delivery of
our heavenly blessings.
“...Whatsoever he doeth, it shall
prosper.” That's an open cheque!

Don't be ashamed of whatever work

you're doing, as it is what determines
your worth. You're in a covenant
relationship with God and He will
bless “all that thou settest thine hand
to do.” So, celebrate your work, for
you will soon become a celebrity in
the society.

Increase answers to giving plus

labour. So, get started now. Get
started from where you are.
 Chapter 16

Thinking
In the course of my meditation, I
came up with the statement: “It is
wisdom that begets wealth.”

Wealth is the offspring of wisdom.

Happy is the man that

findeth wisdom, and the
man that getteth
understanding.

For the merchandise of it

 is better than the
merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than
fine gold.

She is more precious than

rubies: and all the things
thou canst desire are not
to be compared unto her.

Length of days is in her

right hand; and in her left
hand riches and honour.

Proverbs 3:13-16

We've talked about working, but

work alone does not make rich. It is
creative work that guarantees
productivity, and in turn wealth.
Thinking, in this context, is the
ability to co-ordinate thoughts
productively, for increased output.
Reasoning is what makes rich.

When Paul talked about “the eyes of

your understanding being
enlightened,” in Ephesians 1:18, he
was referring to being mentally
sound. That is, high-level productive
thinking. That is, somebody sitting
down and creating something
productive that will make living
great.

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.

The labour of the foolish

wearieth every one of
them, because he knoweth
not how to go to the city.

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. If we are wise workers,
then we can take greater delivery of
His blessings.

“The labour of the foolish”, we are

told, “wearieth everyone of them;
because he knoweth not how...”
When you know “how”, you begin to
get better results, and you receive
more of those blessings. You will
not labour in vain anymore!

All the wealth of the universe came

out of wisdom (Psalms 104:24).
That wisdom has no respect for
problems. It will obtain results in
any environment, under any
circumstance, no matter how
impossible the situation may appear.
That wisdom can locate treasures in
any place (Job 28:9-12).

Therefore, the economy of your

country is not your problem. It's your
mentality that needs to be adjusted.
You're a new creature, old things are
passed away, all things are become
new. You're not like the people of
the world. So, when they say,
“there's a casting down,” you should
say, “there is lifting up!”

If you see things the way the world

sees it, you will fall the way they
fall. The covenant is superior to the
climate; all we need is to engage our
covenant mentality for high-level
productivity.

Sit Down!
Jesus said no one builds a tower
without first sitting down to
generate, create and analyse ideas.
For instance, before our Bible
School started, I went out to find out
what other Bible Schools were
doing, so I would know how to get
better results.
It grieves me to see covenant people
go mentally asleep. It's time to
awake! There's so much treasure in
this “rock” (the Bible); wisdom will
cut it out, and the rivers in it will
flow out.

In spiritual warfare, we've talked so

much about studying the Word,
praying and fasting, but not much has
been said about sitting down to think.
Not just reading, or searching the
Word, that alone won't do; but sitting
down to make discoveries—
searching the way out of whatever
crisis you are faced up with.

For the Egyptians shall

help in vain, and to no
 purpose: therefore have I
cried concerning this,
Their strength is to sit
still.

For thus saith the Lord

God, the Holy One of
Israel; In returning and
rest shall ye be saved; in
quietness and in
confidence shall be your
strength: and ye would
not.

Isaiah 30:7,15

There's a place for sitting still to

locate the treasures in the Word, to
bring forth ideas that will enhance
productivity. What do you get when
you sit still?

And thine ears shall hear a word

behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the
right hand, and when ye turn to the
left.

Isaiah 30:21

As you sit down to quality

meditation, with a there-must-be-a-
way-out-attitude, you provoke the
treasures on your inside to come
forth. Friend, there's something
inside you. The answer is within
you, in your “house”.
Elisha asked that widow, “What hath
thou in thine house?” She said, “I
have nothing but a cruse of oil.” And
Elisha said to her, “You've got the
answer!” (2 Kings 4). The answer to
her crisis came out of her house. The
answer you require is inside you. So,
sit down and make it come forth!

Every event is an invention and

every invention is a product of
intuition. What is intuition? Nothing
but qualitative meditation, which is
the ability to co-ordinate thoughts
productively. The prodigal son came
to himself and found his way back
home by reasoning. I don't think it
took more than one hour of reasoning
to do that. This is one of the
forgotten, but most powerful forces
in life.

You have an excellent spirit, all you

need to do is to engage it. Your car
has a gear system, but until you
engage the gear, the car won't move.
So, let's engage our covenant
mentality for cheap victories in the
battles of life. You get things to
work, not just by prayer, but by
engaging covenant reasoning, putting
the facts on the ground and then
working things out. That is pure
wisdom!

So, the level to which you engage

your mind, determines the level of
results you obtain. If the way you
give is the way you work, and
coupled with the wisdom required,
this earth will shake under your feet.
If you see a better way of doing
whatever thing you're doing now,
what are you doing with the old
way?

You have a shop that is hardly

making any sales, why don't you sit
down and reason,“Do people really
need what I'm selling?” If they don't,
then, “What is it that they need in this
area?” You have gone to rent an
office space in a locality, but the
services you are rendering is needed
in another area. What lopsided
wisdom!

Friend, believe in results and stop

playing around with false images.
Somebody is jobless, and yet he sits
at home watching television! Sell
that television and buy a pepper -
grinding machine, put on an apron
and a chef's cap and get to work with
excitement! Let's get into productive
labour. It's productive thinking that
makes for productivity. One whole
day of sitting down to think, can
bring about that long awaited
lifetime change.

Creative thinking brought Jacob out

of slavery; I see you coming out of
the slavery of lack and want right
now!

Every throne is Created

Every throne is created, it is not a

gift; it is a creation of wisdom. The
heaven and the earth, including all
the wealth in the universe came out
of wisdom.

O Lord, how manifold are thy

works! in wisdom hast thou made
them all: the earth is full of thy
riches.

Psalms 104:24

The Lord by wisdom hath founded

the earth; by understanding hath he
established the heavens.

By his knowledge the depths are

broken up, and the clouds drop down
the dew.

Proverbs 3:19-20

The creative ability of God was put

to productive use, and all that we see
today came into being. The fulness of
the earth—the gold, the oil, the
diamonds, name it—all came out of
God's creative wisdom.

The Bible tells us that heaven is

God's throne, and the earth His
footstool. So, we discover that even
the Almighty had to create His own
throne. Likewise, everyone that
desires a throne on the earth, today,
must be ready to create one.

Let me stir you up for results with

this:

For who hath known the mind of the

Lord, that he may instruct him? But
we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16

“But we have the mind of Christ”!

We are heirs of God and joint-heirs
with Christ, and the Bible says,“All
things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made
that was made” (John 1:3). Also,
“...Christ the power of God, and the
wisdom of God.” (1 Corinthians
1:24)

If, therefore, we have the mind of

Christ, and He is the wisdom of God
by which all things were created,
then, we are by inheritance
possessors of divine creativity! It is
our birthright to operate in the
creative realms of God. The creative
capabilities of God reside on our
inside; let's go and stir them up! Let's
draw them out by engaging the sitting
down warfare strategy for exploits.

Let's sit down with God! You have

prayed, you have fasted, now think!
Engage creative thinking, for high
level productivity.

I believe in new things. Every new

thing comes out of new thoughts.
Why should God have a goal of
billions for you, and you're dying
with millions? Why should God have
a supermarket for you, and you are
there in a kiosk? No! Unto whom
much is given, much is required. You
have the mind of Christ!

Be willing to cut down on anything

that is seeking to cut down your
destiny, and focus on productive
living. Focus on productivity; it will
enhance your dignity.

If I have the mind of Christ, then the

world must mind me. When Jesus
was here on the earth, the world
minded Him. But the world will
never mind you, until you have
results to command their attention. It
is results that command respect.

Before you're through with reading

this book, God will visit you with
very strange productive ideas, ideas
that will put you on a higher level of
life.

Where are you really going? Look

like someone who is going
somewhere. Know where you are
going, and draw out a strategy that
will help you get there. You're an
enviable creature. You possess the
mind of Christ. By that same mind,
all things were created. That mind
carries life, and that life is the light
of men, which shines in darkness and
darkness cannot handle it! Friend,
wake up, for you have the Creator's
mentality! You can cut rivers out of
the rock, you can overturn mountains
by the roots and you can see every
precious thing in every difficult
situation!

May God help you to engage this

great gift on your inside
productively. You can make things
happen. What you're doing now, may
not be what you need to do to get to
where you're going. You need a
change, and change is a choice. You
make your choice and your choice
makes you! You need to change your
approach to the thing you're doing
now, so as to get better results out of
it.

I want you to be very excited,

because the mind that created the
world and all that is in it, is the same
one you possess. If that mind can
create the universe and it's in perfect
order till now, can't it create your
little world?

Three Kinds of Wisdom

There are three kinds of wisdom —

heavenly wisdom, earthly wisdom
and demonic wisdom (1 Corinthians
2:6-8; James 3:15). But that which is
from above is above them all. The
wisdom of God is superior to every
other kind of wisdom.

It is not found in the land of the

living, because it comes from
heaven. It is superior to
intellectualism; it is far above it! It is
superior to demonic forces, because
they're under our feet.

The Bible says this wisdom of God

is justified of all her children; so it
is your heritage in Christ. Paul told
Timothy:

Neglect not the gift that is in thee,

which was given thee by prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery.

1 Timothy 4:14

I prophesy an awakening upon your

mentality! The God of light will shed
very unique light on your path! That
light will distinguish you among your
peers! Your generation will
celebrate your birth! No more shall
you be mistaken for a nuisance! You
shall remain an asset on this earth,
no more a parasite! Whatever had
hitherto made for shame in your life,
as a result of an inadequate
engagement of your covenant
mentality, is destroyed right now!
Everything that is not making your
mind work the way it should,
vanishes from you now, in Jesus'
precious name!

God gave the three Hebrew boys

knowledge and skill in all learning
and wisdom (Daniel 1:17), and He
said, “I am the Lord, I change not.”
So, God is still in the business of
giving knowledge and skill in all
learning and wisdom. You have seen
enough sweat, it's time to taste the
sweet of the covenant, and the grapes
of life.

Wherever wisdom dwells, that's

where wealth is found. In Him
(Jesus), we are told, dwell all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
and He dwells in you. So, you're a
treasure of wisdom and knowledge,
not theoretical wisdom, but
productive wisdom.

I command the creative abilities of

God in you to begin to work, right
now! That better idea you need for
better results, receive it now, in
Jesus' mighty name! Be free from
every confusion, be free from every
depression. That weight on your
mind, that will not let it function at
its best, I command it to drop off you
now, in the name of Jesus!

Reasoning Makes Rich

Many of us are a concern to God.
This is because the things we cry
about don't require tears at all. They
just require taking the appropriate
steps, and then walking into victory.
But when you don't know what steps
to take, how do you take them? I'd
like you to know that God has made
every provision available for us, to
exercise our minds, so we can excel
in life.

The creative abilities in us will only

come to light, with the adequate
exercising of our senses. It is strong
meat for strong destiny.

Hitherto, many have thought that

sense knowledge is contrary to
scriptural or spiritual knowledge.
But without a good sense knowledge,
you can't understand the things of the
spirit. Your spirit can't instruct your
body, it is your mind that does that,
because the body only responds to
instructions from the mental region.
Your spirit illuminates your mind,
passing on information to it, and then
your mind dispatches it to the body,
for appropriate actions.

Please understand this: how much

mental exercise you engage in,
determines how much you will excel
in life. Remember, wisdom begets
wealth. It is reasoning that makes
rich!

Through wisdom is an house

builded; and by understanding it is
established:

And by knowledge shall the

chambers be filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:3-4

The Amplified Bible puts it in a very

colourful way:

Through skillful and godly Wisdom

is a house (a life, a home, a family)
built, and by understanding it is
establlished [on a sound and good
foundation],

And by knowledge shall its

chambers [of every area] be filled
with all precious and pleasant
riches.

Friend, it takes facts to become fat!

What they call “common sense” is
not really common. The moment you
cannot explain the step you are
taking, you don't have that common
sense. If you cannot explain to the
people around, the reasons for what
you are doing, or what you expect at
the end of what you're doing, then
you don't know what you're doing.
We have the mind of Christ. It's time
to exercise that mind, in order to
excel in life.

How to Exercise Your Senses

Now, let me show you how you can

exercise your senses for maximum
results.

Then Daniel went in, and desired of

the king that he would give him time,
and that he would show the king the
interpretation.

Daniel 2:16

Time is the greatest asset in the

school of creativity. It is the common
denominator, in our bid to excel in
mental exercise. Daniel said to them,
“No matter how hard the situation,
just give me time, I will get the
answer.”

Then Daniel went to his house, and

made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his
companions:

That they would desire mercies of

the God of heaven concerning this
secret; that Daniel and his fellows
should not perish with the rest of the
wise men of Babylon.

Then was the secret revealed unto

Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed
be the name of God for ever and
ever: for wisdom and might are his:

Daniel 2:17-20

This is what I call revelation-

expectant prayer. It is different from
healing-miracle prayer. It is
communicating with the unseen in
faith and opening up to receive
direction from on high. Revelation-
expectant prayers says: “Which way
Lord?” and is followed by listening
attentively in the spirit and speaking
quietly in tongues. “Lord, I need light
from You on this subject. Speak to
me, Lord, I'm ready to do whatever
You say...”
He said, “You have not because you
ask not... I am the Lord that leadeth
thee in the way that thou shouldest
go... I am the Lord that teacheth thee
to profit.” You may not hear Him
while you're in that prayer; but it
may be while you're asleep in the
night, as was the case with Daniel.

We suffer frustration because of

assumptions. It's better to be slow
and sure, than to be fast and fail.
When the Lord is your shepherd, you
shall not want. Every business you
rush into, many times, you come back
with regrets. But Psalms 112:5 says,
“He shall guide his affairs with
discretion.” If you lack discretion,
you're set for destruction! I guide my
affairs with discretion.

The enemy plays on time, but time is

your greatest asset in locating
direction. Daniel said, “Give us
time.” They utilised the time in a
revelation-expectant prayer.

SEEKING is also important in

exercising our God-given mentality.
You need to be informed in whatever
field of endeavour you are in; you
need facts to become fat. Decisions
based on quality information will
always lead to distinctions. You
need to locate current materials that
will enhance your decisions.
So, go after those who have excelled
in your field, and in their stories you
will locate their secrets, and with
those secrets you can make better
decisions. Businessmen, should seek
for materials of successful
businessmen and find out how they
excelled. That would help to boost
the quality of your decisions.

Daniel said, “I Daniel understood by

books...” (Daniel 9:2). Even though
God gave him wisdom,
understanding and light, with which
he could dissolve hard sentences, yet
he needed information for quality
decisions. The Word of God is our
principal reading material. Other
books related to our field of
specialization, will help boost the
quality of our decisions.

So, you don't only ask for wisdom in

prayer, you also seek for wisdom
through expanded knowledge, using
books and tapes to boost your
insight, as you exercise your senses.
That's why Daniel said, “Give us
time.” It takes time to encounter
light.

God's Word makes wise. We,

therefore, need to spend time in the
Word of God, and relevant materials
pertaining to our areas of pursuit. To
be informed is to be transformed,
and to be uninformed is to be
deformed. So, let's crave for quality
information; it will enhance the
quality of our decisions.

MEDITATION is the third way by

which we exercise our senses in
God. What is Meditation? It is
processing acquired information for
quality decisions.

If you look at God's Word, you'll

discover that every success related
matter is tied to meditation.

Blessed is the man that walketh not

in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor
sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
Lord; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted

by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1:1-3

The man is first a thinker, then a

worker — “...and in his law doth he
meditate day and night... and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
He ponders his steps in the Word of
God, and based on the information
he has acquired, he takes decisions.
God said, “Come let us reason
together. Produce your cause. Bring
forth your strong reasons.” He wants
you to be a strong thinker, and not a
baby thinker. In Isaiah 43:26, He
said, “Put me in remembrance: let us
plead together: declare thou, that
thou mayest be justified.” And in
Isaiah 1:18 He said, “Come and let
us reason together...” You see, you
have a thinking Father, so you can't
afford to be a mindless Christian!

In Psalm 1:1-3 and Joshua 1:8, we

see prosperity being tied to
meditation. So, let's settle down and
invest our time; it is our greatest
asset in our quest for creativity.
Time is all you need, and time is
what you have. Invest it now, and
you will see great results tomorrow.

You may perhaps be facing some

difficult financial times right now. I
would like you to sit up in your
privacy and say to yourself, “I know
there's a way out of this situation.”
Then pray a revelation-expectant
prayer, and lay hold on wisdom
materials to provoke your mind to
action, and light will surely come.
As you follow that light, you will
discover the answer is there.

Don't go to sleep with problems,

because by the time you wake up,
you will still find them waiting. The
Psalmist said, “Give me
understanding and I shall live.”
That's all you need. Don't sit around
a commodity that is not selling,
create something else that will sell.
There's a way out for you!

Let me conclude this sub-section by

saying this: the strongholds of life
usually reside in the mind.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 tells us:

For though we walk in the flesh, we

do not war after the flesh:

(For the weapons of our warfare are

not carnal, but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strong holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and
every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ;

So you can tame your thoughts. It

demands that you be vast in the
Word, in order to tame your
thoughts. The Word of God must
dominate your mind, for it to be able
to tame your thoughts. Remember
you have the mind of Christ. Stir it
up!

There is need to develop into

manhood mentally. Manhood is not a
function of age, but a function of
mental maturity.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a
son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

Government is placed upon the

shoulders of sons, not children.

The labour of the foolish wearies,

so, think as you work, so that your
labour will not be in vain. Be
creative in your approach to labour,
and you will never cease to be
productive.

You have the mind of Christ, you're

to be envied. You have no business
staying in the pit. People pity men,
because they're in the pit. Get out of
that pit; you don't belong there. What
God has put in you qualifies you for
a crown.

Sin Corrupts Mentality

The mind that we are talking about is

a gift from God.

For God hath not given us the spirit

of fear; but of power, and of love,
and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7

I would like to say that this end-time,

the Church of Jesus Christ is going to
experience such explosive
operations of our minds. The Bible
calls it the “manifold wisdom of
God.” Manifold, that is, many-sided,
complicated wisdom of God,
working in us freely and in all
realms.

Man was in control until sin came.

When sin came, man lost control,
and the beauty of creation was
eroded. Before sin came, man was
covered with the glory of heaven, but
after sin came, he was stripped of
that glory, and was naked.
With sin, man also lost his ability to
think like God. But God has stepped
in one more time into the affairs of
His creation, by His only begotten
son Jesus. Jesus came to recover
man back from that realm of mental
depravity and failure. So, everyone
that is in sin has automatically sold
off that sound mind that we now have
in Christ.

Every testimony of soundness of

mind in scriptures is rooted in purity,
e.g. Joseph, Daniel, Job. Sin is a
destroyer of mentality, sin corrupts
creation. You can't live in habitual
sin and expect to remain sound. No!
The first Adam couldn't make it, you
can't make it either.

Before the fall, Adam singularly

named all the animals that we see
today. Whatever name he called
them, that was the name God called
them. He was on the same mental
frequency with God. He was in total
dominion, but lost it to sin!

I believe that adultery eroded

Solomon's mentality. The Bible says,
“and his wives turned his heart away
from the Lord.” The same Solomon
who 1 Kings 3:3 said, “and Solomon
loved the Lord,” was corrupted by
adultery.
Samson's mentality was so
corrupted, that when Delilah told
him, “Tell me where your power is”,
he told her. She actually bound him
and called the Philistines to arrest
him. When Samson got up, he killed
those who came upon him, but
ironically, he left the woman! Who
should he have first killed? Isn't it
Delilah? But Samson had lost his
mind to adultery!

Watch every adulterer, they're dull-

minded. That's why a man in adultery
doesn't think of his family. He goes
around town with women, leaving
his family at home with plenty of
problems.
No habitual sinner has mental
soundness, no, not in the kingdom. A
drunkard for instance, has no mind of
his own. He may have common
sense, which of course is not
adequate to handle uncommon
problems. You can decide whether
to operate a dull head or a sound
mind. Sin corrupts mentality, only
righteousness quickens it.

But there is a spirit in man: and the

inspiration of the Almighty giveth
them understanding.

Job 32:8

It is sin that quenches that spirit,

which is what connects with
understanding from on high. So,
when you give in to sin, you have
quenched the candle of the Lord in
you that searches the inward part of
the belly, resulting in mental
prowess

Ephesians 4:23 instructs us:

And be renewed in the spirit of your

mind;

That's what makes our wisdom as

children of God superior to
intellectualism. Intellectualism is
limited to the ordinary mind, the
spiritless mind of the unregenerated
man. But when you're born again, the
Holy Spirit is fired into your mind to
quicken that dead mind and bring it
on a redemptive frequency, where it
can deliver at the level of God.

Before you came to Christ, you had a

mind. The mind was there, but it was
a dead mind, acquiring only dead
materials, to produce dead results.
But a one-day old Christian who has
received the touch of Jesus and the
fire of the Holy Spirit, can easily
deliver results, because he's now on
a higher level. The Spirit of God is
fired into his mind to quicken that
once-upon-a-time dead mind, so it
can now function on a redemptive
frequency and in the class of God.

Sin is what quenches that Spirit. The

Bible says, “Quench not the Spirit.”
At another time it says, “Grieve not
the Spirit.” When you don't stop
grieving the Spirit, you end up
quenching Him; When that happens,
the candle of the Lord inside you is
quenched, destroying the ability to
search the inward parts of your
belly.

There is no kind of physical exertion

that can bring any Christian into
mental dignity. There is, therefore,
need to subdue and overcome the sin
matter, so that your mind will be
released to function at the correct
frequency.
Mental dignity is your birthright,
iniquity is the only way to sell off.
The purer you are, the brighter you
are mentally. Jesus knew no sin, and
they marvelled at His wisdom.

He that walketh with wise men shall

be wise: but a companion of fools
shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20

If you're reasoning with the wise,

you can't be a fool. So, you need to
establish a good relationship with
the Word of God. Note that
friendship with the world is enmity
with God. It's time to decamp from
the world, and camp with Jesus for
extra-ordinary results.

The sin matter is a capital issue, we

have to keep going back to it,
because our redemptive colours will
never come forth until sin is
permanently dealt with. Sin corrupts
mentality, righteousness is what
quickens it.

The wisdom of God is first pure, so

it is purity that can guarantee pure
wisdom. Sin gives birth to
corruption, which corrupts the mind,
the Spirit, and the body. Don't give
room to sin. Victory over sin
guarantees soundness of mind, so,
settle down and tell sin to its face, “
You won't send me out of my Eden
the way you sent Adam out.”

Watch out, you will begin to

encounter very strange light, as you
destroy the hold of sin over your life.
Your redemptive mind will be
quickened back to life for divine
encounters.

Keep Your Spirit Alive

Your spirit is the vital force in you

and it is vulnerable to sin. When sin
comes, it dies! Sin makes it sick, and
if it's not quickly and properly
treated, it dies.

Your level of illumination is

determined by how alive your
spiritman is; so keep it alive always.

I command the Spirit in your mind to

come alive, in Jesus' name! I curse
every trap of corruption, you shall no
longer be a victim! Enjoy the
blessings of divine creativity. God
created His throne by wisdom, go
and create yours too. Every extra
input you make from now on, will
attract extra results from above. I
command your mind to stay awake,
in the mighty name of Jesus!
 Chapter 17

Trusting
The next step to getting blessed is
trusting. We have established the
place of giving, the place of working
and the place of thinking. Now, let's
establish the place of trusting in the
school of prosperity.

Quite a number believe God, 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.

Jeremiah 17:7

Trusting is the highway to continuous

triumph.

O taste and see that the Lord is good:

blessed is the man that trusteth in
him.

The Lord redeemeth the soul of his

servants: and none of them that trust
in him shall be desolate.

Psalms 34:8, 22

In Matthew 6:31, God 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 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 God.
Why? They are not dependent on
God 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. I don't have
needs, because I'm trusting Him. It's
my natural lifestyle. No needs, no
begging, no borrowing!
There are many, who would have
built their own houses, if only they
knew how to trust God. Trusting God
is simply beautiful!

My trust is not in the congregation I

pastor, as I don't do my planning
based on the number of the
congregation. I plan based on my
knowledge of God. Since the day I
heard, “Woe unto him that trusts in
man”, I decided to avoid woes.

Listen to me, you won't know true

triumph, until you learn trusting. It is
your understanding of the mystery of
trusting, that brings you to the realm
of true triumph in life. Many love
Him, but very few trust Him.
Multitudes worship Him, but very
very few trust Him.

They that trust in the Lord shall be as

mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever.

As the mountains are round about

Jerusalem, so the Lord is round
about his people from henceforth
even for ever.

For the rod of the wicked shall not

rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest
the righteous put forth their hands
unto iniquity.

Psalms 125:1-3
If you want to enjoy true prosperity,
you have to enjoy the mystery of
trusting Him.

One of the things that easily

commands people's trust is money.
Many people's souls are tied to and
anchored on their money. God does
not bring multiplication the way of
such people, because it will lead to
their destruction. The moment your
trust is in money, God withdraws it
to a level where you will keep
believing God for every meal.

He that trusteth in his riches shall

fall: but the righteous shall flourish
as a branch.
Proverbs 11:28

When money is what determines

your countenance, it shows that that's
where your trust is. Paul told
Timothy:

Charge them that are rich in this

world, that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in
the living God, who giveth us richly
all things to enjoy;

1 Timothy 6:17

That money in your bank account or

in your pocket, is not what holds
your tomorrow. I don't trust in it. I'm
not putting away money that my
children will spend tomorrow. No!
They are learning now how to
possess their own possession. I don't
trust anybody, including myself; I
just trust God. Money is crazy,
there's nothing in it. So, to now go to
the terrible extent of borrowing is
making God feel unworthy of
handling your life.

The only way to show that you don't

trust in money, is to give it out. You
trust it, that's why you can't give it.
When you trust God, friend, He gives
you all things richly to enjoy. As you
keep on demonstrating your trust in
Him, He keeps on blessing you with
His favours, night and day. Oh, I just
trust Him!

Your earthly savings could amount to

losses, particularly, if you trust in
them; but your heavenly treasures
guarantee you a future and a fortune.

Now, quite a multitude have passed

the test of giving, and many are
creative thinkers. But we need to
train up ourselves into the realm of
trusting, that will make for
outstanding and profound triumphs.
Don't trust in your expertise or your
contacts. Just put your trust in the
Living God.

Also, many have overcome trusting

in men, but are yet to overcome
trusting themselves.

Let's trust Him. Trusting delivers

from trials. When you trust God for
everything, you are free from trials
in everything . Let me show you
another secret for Job's wealth in
Job 31:24:

If I have made gold my hope, or have

said to the fine gold, Thou art my
confidence;

Job was recounting his integrity

before the Lord, and he included the
fact that gold was not his hope. Fine
gold was not his confidence. His
wealth was not an attraction to him.
He said if it had been, “I would have
denied the God that is above.”

Whatever else you trust, apart from

God makes you a betrayer.

They looked unto him, and were

lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.

Psalm 34:5

There is no substitute for trust, in the

school of prosperity. In Psalms 112
(the prophetic chapter that provides
insight into God's kind of wealth) the
Psalmist tells us that the man's heart
is established; he shall not be afraid
of evil tidings, because his heart is
fixed, trusting in the Lord. He has
dispersed, because he's not afraid
(he's trusting); he's giving to the
poor, his righteousness endures
forever and his horn shall be exalted
with honour.

That's what happens when you trust

God. I command your freedom from
the tensions of unbelief. Every
unholy marriage with money, I
command a divorce right now!

If therefore ye have not been faithful

in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true
riches?

Luke 16:11
God's riches is held in trust, but
delivered on trust to those who trust
in Him. If you can't trust Him for
supplies, He can't trust you with His
provisions. The reason people play
financial pranks, is because they
can't trust God to meet their needs.

Let's see David's secret:

The Lord hear thee in the day of

trouble; the name of the God of
Jacob defend thee;

Send thee help from the sanctuary,

and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Remember all thy offerings, and

accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Grant thee according to thine own
heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and

in the name of our God we will set
up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy
petitions.

Now know I that the Lord saveth his

anointed; he will hear him from his
holy heaven with the saving strength
of his right hand.

Some trust in chariots, and some in

horses: but we will remember the
name of the Lord our God.

They are brought down and fallen:

but we are risen, and stand upright.
Save, Lord: let the king hear us when
we call.

Psalms 20:1-9

My offerings are given in trust that

He is my source. I am not depending
on my ability, but on His resources.

Trust is an expression of
commitment. The three Hebrew boys
said:

If it be so, our God whom we serve

is able to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace, and he will deliver us
out of thine hand, O king.

But if not, be it known unto thee, O

king, that we will not serve thy gods,
nor worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.

Daniel 3:17-18

Friend, we are not on contractual

relationship with God, but in a son-
father relationship with Him.

Trusting is what gets you satisfied in

famine. Let's look at various
scripture references, in the book of
Psalms:

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon

them that fear him, upon them that
hope in his mercy;
To deliver their soul from death, and
to keep them alive in famine.

Psalms 33:18-19

The Lord knoweth the days of the

upright: and their inheritance shall
be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil

time: and in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied.

Psalms 37:18-19

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings:

his heart is fixed, trusting in the
Lord.
Psalms 112:7

Trust is it! It's what gets you

satisfied in hard times. It's wonderful
to trust in the Lord.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to

put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to

put confidence in princes.

Psalms 118:8-9

Things don't get better, until your

trust goes higher. As you trust Him
more, things get better, they get
sweeter, and come more cheaply.
There's a great future for us, as we
put our trust in God. Don't trust your
purse anymore, trust in the Lord.
Money has never finished in my
hand, because the source from which
I am drawing never finishes! I don't
celebrate what I receive, I celebrate
what I give, because what I give is
an expression of my trust.

Your trust becomes practicable,

when you just enjoy your state per
time. It will free you from anxieties.
Enjoy your state per time, and you
will enjoy God for life. It's so sweet
to trust the Lord.

Faith and Trust

Let 's distinguish between faith and
trust. Faith is confidence, trust is
commitment. Faith breeds
confidence, while trust breeds
commitment; they are two different
levels of life.

Faith can fail, but trust cannot fail!

Remember what Jesus said to Peter?

But I have prayed for thee, that thy

faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Luke 22:32

Confidence can be cast away:

Cast not away therefore your

confidence, which hath great
recompense of reward.

Hebrews 10:35

Confidence can be cast away,

depending on the weight of the
conflict. But trust can never be
removed.

They that trust in the Lord shall be as

mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever.

Psalms 125:1

Faith believes that God can do it, but

trust says, “even if He doesn't do it,
my position remains the same.” Trust
says: “If I perish, I perish!” Until you
get to the realm of trusting, you never
see true triumph in life. I don't trust
anyone, including myself. You know
why? Anything and anyone can fail,
but whatever you place in His hand
is secured.

The Bible refers to faith as one of

the elementary principles of the
doctrines of Christ. But trust is the
advanced level. At the trust level,
you become unbeatable on the earth,
because you're one with God.

It's one thing to be a giver, it's

another thing to be a worker and a
thinker. But it is yet another to be a
“truster”. Do you trust Him? If God
is your source, what you have will
never become your god. It's this
realm of trusting that brings you into
the realm of sweatless giving,
because you count on God for the
next supplies.

Confidence is not as strong as

commitment. In the face of a fiery
furnace, confidence may fail, but
commitment will stand. How far you
go with God, determines how far you
go in life. A great tomorrow awaits
you, you only require great steps to
get there.

Quite a number believe God, but

very few trust Him. Trust is eternal.
It stands out! It cannot be removed,
its authority is irrevocable. “I know
my God can. But if He does not, that
does not change my position.” That's
commitment! But faith says, “I know
God can. God will, and God must do
it.” When he can't see it, he is cast
down.

We have been confident all this

while, but let's now go on higher and
be committed. “Whatever I don't
have now is not good for me. The
One I'm seeking says since I seek
Him, I will not lack any good thing.
So, whatever I lack now is no good
thing.” That's trust! Say with me,
“Lord, help me to live trusting You.”
It is the way to live a triumphant life.

Take Your Rest!

Trust commands your rest. From

scriptures, we know that rest
commands results.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye

shall hold your peace.

Exodus 14:14

God only fights, when you take your

rest, because in your state of rest,
you provoke divine intervention.
When God fights for you, who can
doubt the results? It's time to take
financial rest now. That's one of my
secrets in life.

Jesus said, “Take no thought for your

life, what you will eat, what you will
drink, what you will wear. Just seek
first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things
shall be added unto you” (Matthew
6:31-33).

You need to enter into the realms of

additions now, by entering into a
supernatural state of rest around you.
This is a missing covenant detail,
which has made life lopsided for
many. Every man and family needs
rest. Don't be encumbered by your
needs, there's more to life than
possessions.
Let's look at one mystery behind trust
in 2 Chronicles 20:17:

Ye shall not need to fight in this

battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of the Lord
with you, O Judah and Jerusalem:
fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow
go out against them: for the Lord will
be with you.

Are you tired of struggling? God

says, “Set yourselves, stand ye still,
and I promise you divine
intervention.” When you stop
trusting, you stop triumphing,
because a state of doubt is a state of
doom.
Friend, go and take your rest. You
are struggling to collect things that
are beyond, that's why your body is
not at rest. A state of rest is
consciously created. It's not a thing
you wish; it's a thing you programme.

God says in Psalms 46:10:

Be still, and know that I am God...

When will you know that He is God?

When you are still. Then and only
then will He steps in. Nothing upsets
people as much as finance, and that's
the reason why many are in financial
lack, today. Remove money, and all
the high blood pressure cases we
have in the world, today, would be
reduced. Remove money, and the
crises in homes will be greatly
reduced.

You will not see divine interventions

in your finances, until you take your
rest. Enter into your rest, and that
business will not die. Enter into your
rest, and your children's children
will never beg. Enter into your rest,
and the devourer will not devour the
works of your hand. God is not a
liar!

You're a giver, you're a worker,

you're a thinker, now begin to trust
Him, and no one will be able to stop
you from getting results. After
Hannah heard the word of Eli, she
took her rest; then the atmosphere
became conducive for God to
intervene, and she brought forth a
man child!

No matter what that obstacle is in

your life, a state of rest will convert
it into a miracle. Take your rest, and
you won't miss your destiny in
Christ.

Look at this:

The liberal soul shall be made fat:

and he that watereth shall be watered
also himself.

Proverbs 11:25
That is, the giving man shall be made
fat.

The soul of the sluggard desireth,

and hath nothing: but the soul of the
diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 13:4

The working man will also be fat.

...He that putteth his trust in the Lord

shall be made fat.

Proverbs 28:25

The trusting man will likewise be

made fat. All these three go together
to guarantee your prosperity.
Abundance is impossible, without
trust. They are all in one package.
When there's no empty vessel, there's
nothing for God to fill. It takes trust
to empty your vessel.

If you don't trust Him, you can't be a

good and cheerful giver. If you're not
a cheerful giver, your labour will be
wearisome.

It's so sweet to trust in Jesus. Please

trust Him. The One who has
successfully managed the entire
universe till now without any failure,
cannot mismanage your little life!
God will bless them that trust Him.
So, if you trust Him, you're a
candidate for His blessings.
 Chapter 18

Waiting
For when God made promise to
Abraham, because he could swear
by no greater, he sware by himself,

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless

thee, and multiplying I will multiply
thee.

And so, after he had patiently

endured, he obtained the promise.

Hebrews 6:13-15
This is the eagle's secret. God 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”, requires 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, God 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. In
1981, God spoke to me, saying, “The
hour has come to liberate the world
from all oppressions of the devil,
through the preaching of the Word of
Faith.”

That was a revelation for a

worldwide ministry, but the mandate
to go into Africa never came until
1994! Can you see the waiting
period? “But at the end it shall
speak.” When you run with it, it will
speak at the end. Very many people
miss that end, so it looks as if the
vision or revelation is not true.

Please understand this: quick

prosperity will always end in
grievous austerity, because it lacks
the required foundation for lasting
results.

Why Wait? Your lifting with God is

for appointed times and due seasons,
and He's the only One who knows
when your due season has come. If
you strive to lay hold on something
before you're due, you'll be doomed.

And let us not be weary in well

doing: for in due season we shall
reap, if we faint not.

Galatians 6:9

Don't be tired in your covenant walk,

because there is a due season. If
you're on your feet when that season
comes, you will reap your harvest,
but if you faint, you fall.

“If it will work, it ought to have

worked by now.” That's murmuring.
When you murmur, you destroy your
seed sown, and then you will have to
begin all over again. God runs a due
season calendar on each one of us.
When you are due, He will not deny
you. But if you faint before you are
due, you lose it all. It's better to wait
or you waste. Abraham heard from
God directly, yet he needed patience
to obtain the promise. If you will not
be patient, you may as well end up a
patient in the hospital.

I caught the revelation that I cannot

be poor in 1981, but that was not
equal to automatic prosperity. But
because I knew what it takes, I never
had occasion to beg, nor was I ever
tempted to borrow.

But that on the good ground are they,

which in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, keep it, and
bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 8:15

Though the seed fell on a good heart

and good ground, it could only bring
forth fruit with patience. In a society
that's ever in a hurry as we live in
today, we need an understanding of
God that will keep us above the
system. God said, “I know you're
honest, but you need patience. The
day you are due, I will not deny you.
Wait! Wait! Wait! The day you are
due, you will see Me at work.
Wait!”
God cannot deny Himself. Haven't
you heard what He said in Psalms
89:34?

My covenant will I not break, nor

alter the thing that is gone out of my
lips.

So, we can count on Him in the

morning, we can count on Him in the
afternoon, and we can count on Him
in the night. Everyone in this
covenant has a future, but that future
is continually being contested by the
enemy. It takes covenant intelligence
to beat him hollow. Waiting without
staggering, is the secret of all high
flying Christians.
Concerning Abraham, the Bible said:

He staggered not at the promise of

God through unbelief; but was strong
in faith, giving glory to God;

Romans 4:20

Waiting without staggering and

undaunted by negative circumstances
very important. There's a ch ange
coming your way, but that change
requires waiting without staggering
like Abraham did. Job said:

If a man die, shall he live again? all

the days of my appointed time will I
wait, till my change come.
Job 14:14

Your change is guaranteed, if only

you will wait. There is no shame to
them that wait for Him.

Waiting is your access to great

heights in life. That is, despising
negative circumstances and holding
on tightly to the Word, to a point that
everybody thinks you are a fool. You
need to wait for every change,
before you change. If you change
before the change comes you may be
charged. Adjust your taste to match
your level per time. God knows your
size, you don't need to impress Him.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but

those that wait upon the Lord, they
shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 37:9

Wait on the Lord, and keep his way,

and he shall exalt thee to inherit the
land: when the wicked are cut off,
thou shalt see it.

Psalm 37:34

Friend, it doesn't come overnight, it

comes in phases. Wait for it. Live
the anxiety-free life, don't be ruled
and guided by material possessions.
Rather, be guided by the principles
of life that have been delivered to
you, and you will live well.
It takes a lot of discipline to wait,
but God is never late. When you
miss God, you miss good. But when
you start counting on God, things
start opening up for you. It is the
blessings of God, not the blessings
of merchandise that make rich and
add no sorrow to it. Don't look for
shortcuts, wait. Be contented and
excited with whatever level you are
in per time.

Your change is coming! The One

who brought changes into my life, is
the same God. You, too, will
encounter positive and amazing
changes in your life, only wait! God
will prove you, before He places
you. He won't let you see His wealth
until He has found you worthy to
retain it and hold it in trust. There is
no shame to them that wait for Him.
Please wait! God is never late.
Whatever time He comes is the best
time.

Chapter 19
 Chapter 19

Talking
For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10:10

God prospers us through our giving,

working, thinking, trusting, waiting,
and then talking. Talking is the sixth
pillar of kingdom prosperity.
Whatever you are not able to say,
you have not believed.
We having the same spirit of faith,
according as it is written, I believed,
and therefore have I spoken; we also
believe, and therefore speak;

2 Corinthians 4:13

When God was introducing Joshua to

his access to prosperity, He said to
him:

This book of the law shall not depart

out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt have good
success.
Joshua 1:8

There are many great doers, but very

few doers and talkers. So in spite of
their great doings, they remain small.
In the world of the spirit, your mouth
is what gives expression to your
choice.

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
That is, “whatsoever he doeth not
withstanding, he shall have only
whatsoever he saith.” So, God sees
what you say as the conclusion to
your expectation. He said to Joshua,
“This book of the law must not
depart from your mouth. Because it
is in your heart, observe to do
whatsoever it says, then will you
make your way prosperous and have
good success.”

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”, and God 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.

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? No matter how many people are
angry, I will never talk poverty! I
didn't, when poverty was my next
door neighbour. So, I won't much
more now that it has ceased to be my
companion. That would be most
unwise. Until you talk prosperity,
you will never prosper! That's the
Word of God.

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), 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.

I talked prosperity, until poverty

gave up on me, because God is
committed to the words of His
servants, and the thoughts and
counsel of His messengers (Isaiah
44:26). Until you talk it, you can't
take it! I command your tongue to be
sanctified right now, so it will not
stop your access into the land that is
flowing with milk and honey.

Don't look poor and expect riches,

God weighs actions too. If you
exhibit actions of poverty, you are
only expressing poverty. Let your
appearance and language express
abundance. Don't try to impress, but
let it be something on the inside that
cannot but be seen on the outside.
You speak out of the abundance on
your inside. You don't get drunk with
wine to the point of misbehaving, by
just a few sips. An “established”
drunkard needs about eight bottles of
beer to lose balance.

Friend, talk prosperity! Until you

talk it, you can't take it. Until you talk
it, you really don't believe it. Until
you believe it, it cannot be
performed in your life (Luke 1:45).

Prosperity is produced on the ticket

of faith, and faith is given expression
through your mouth.
For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10:10

Many give, many work, many are

thinkers, but very few are talking,
particularly when they're among
sinners. They are not talking,
probably because that light is not in
them yet. The reason you can't say it
with your mouth, is because it's not
in your heart yet. If it's in your heart,
your mouth can't keep it, for “out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.”

I came out and declared, “I cannot be

poor!” Nobody taught me, and I had
never read it in a book, nor had I
heard it said by anyone. But when
that light became abundant in my
heart, my mouth just spoke it out; I
couldn't keep it. Do you think
drunkards plan what they say? No. It
is out of the abundance of the wine
they're filled with, that their mouths
speak. Friend, go ahead and talk it.

A man shall be satisfied with good

by the fruit of his mouth: and the
recompense of a man's hands shall
be rendered unto him.

Proverbs 12:14

That means, what you do and what

you talk, weigh the same. Do you
want to see good things like
prosperity in your life? It will come
by the fruit of your lips. What you
say determines the good you will
experience.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of

his mouth...

Proverbs 13:2

All those negative poverty talks you

engage in, in your privacy, is the
reason for the equally private
sufferings you're experiencing. There
are certain things you must never
say. I have never talked need with
my wife, since we got married. Not
one day have we had any private
discussion about trouble.

Death and life are in the power of

the tongue. So, your mouth is the
trigger for the blessings you're
looking for. Until you talk it, you
can't take it; this is one major lesson
in the school of prosperity.

Let me quickly say that when you're

not doing it, but are talking it, it's an
empty talk. But when you're on
course, and you're giving it
expression with your mouth, you're
ready for your manifestation. Those
who talk what they shouldn't talk
will eat violence; they will never
cease from having troubles.
Note that whether you speak it to
someone or to yourself, it weighs the
same. Just as the prodigal son talked
himself back home, many people talk
themselves away from home.

Somebody says, “This prosperity

they have been talking about, I think
the whole thing is a matter of luck,
because for the past how many years,
I 've been giving...” But you see, it is
that way you've been talking that
won't let your giving produce. You
are talking that way, because you are
thinking that way. Prosperity is not
by confessing it, it is by reality,
doing what it takes to make it
happen. I always tell people, “Until
you do what I do, you'll never see
what I see.”

The children of Israel had come a

long way, they had travelled 40
years. But when it remained just a
few more days to enter the promise
land, their mouths did not allow
them.

A man's belly shall be satisfied with

the fruit of his mouth; and with the
increase of his lips shall he be filled.

Proverbs 18:20

Stop sharing trials, as what you talk

is what you possess. Rather, start
talking testimonies. Don't kill that
business, don't destroy that
enterprise, don't bury your destiny
through ignorance. It's time to come
on line with God's covenant
demands for kingdom blessings. No
one enters the land flowing with milk
and honey, until he talks it.

Anybody else is free to stay in the

desert, but you have a destiny with
God that guarantees you a dwelling
place in the land flowing with milk
and honey. If you're doing what He
demands, go ahead and talk it, so as
to enhance your speed of
accomplishment.

I'm not telling you to go about

bragging, no. What I mean is you
giving expression to your stand in
God, making it your lifestyle. I
talked my way out of the midst of
mockers, who are still paupers and
beggars today. Ask God for the grace
to talk your way into the land
flowing with milk and honey. Ask
God to touch your tongue with a coal
of fire, so that it will not stop you
from entering your land flowing with
milk and honey.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad,

that favour my righteous cause: yea,
let them say continually, Let the Lord
be magnified, which hath pleasure in
the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms 35:27

“Let them say continually.” He said

to Joshua, “This book of the law
shall not depart out of thy
mouth...then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous and then thou shalt have
good success.” But it can't get to
your mouth, until it is full in your
heart.

“Let them say continually.” Not in

church only, but continually! No one
succeeds by accident. What you say
matters to your destiny, and the
realisation of your redemptive rights
in God. The way you look and talk
determine what awaits you in life.
The tongue is a world of evil, when
you don't know how to put it to
work. It has cost many their lives,
because, “death and life are in the
power of the tongue.”

What man is he that desireth life, and

loveth many days, that he may see
good?

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy

lips from speaking guile.

Psalms 34:12-13

Keep your tongue from speaking the

things you don't believe in. You want
to see good? Speak good! Say with
me, “Lord, teach me how to speak,
because I know that prosperity is
tied to the tongue.”

What you've been doing with your

hands not withstanding, it is your
mouth that ultimately determines
your results. Why should you allow
your tongue to destroy your destiny?
If you fail the mouth test, then you
have failed indeed, because
everything answers to what you say.
 Chapter 20

Thanking
And now, O ye priests,
this commandment is for
you.

If ye will not hear, and if

ye will not lay it to heart,
to give glory unto my
name, saith the Lord of
hosts, I will even send a
curse upon you, and I will
curse your blessings: yea,
 I have cursed them
already, because ye do
not lay it to heart.

Behold, I will corrupt

your seed, and spread
dung upon your faces,
even the dung of your
solemn feasts; and one
shall take you away with
it.

Malachi 2:1-3

Thanking is the seventh unshakeable

strategy for unlimited prosperity.
The prophet of prosperity began in
Malachi chapter one with, “Give
quality seed.” In chapter two, it was
“Give glory.” And in chapter three
he said, “The whole world will
know the difference between you and
others.”

Giving glory to God, is your final

step into the realm of unlimited
prosperity.

Hearken to me, ye that

follow after
righteousness, ye that
seek the Lord: look unto
the rock whence ye are
hewn, and to the hole of
the pit whence ye are
digged.

Look unto Abraham your

 father, and unto Sarah
that bare you: for I called
him alone, and blessed
him, and increased him.

Isaiah 51:1-2

God is saying, “Look at Abraham.

Watch and follow in his footsteps,
then I will convert your wilderness
into a garden of Eden.” Still talking
about Abraham, let's look at Romans
4:18-20:

Who against hope believed in hope,

that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that
which was spoken, So shall thy seed
be.
And being not weak in faith, he
considered not his own body now
dead, when he was about an hundred
years old, neither yet the deadness of
Sarah's womb:

He staggered not at the promise of

God through unbelief; but was strong
in faith, giving glory to God;

It was his giving of glory that opened

him up for his miracle. Nothing had
happened, but he kept on giving
glory to God, he considered not the
deadness of his situation.

Friend, you're either thanking and

giving glory to God or you are
murmuring against Him. 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 God. He was strong in
faith, giving glory to God. He was
thankful to God, even before he saw
what he was believing God for. He
was able to do so, by refusing to
consider any contrary thing other
than God 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.

Let the people praise

 thee, O God; let all the
people praise thee.

Then shall the earth yield

her increase; and God,
even our own God, shall
bless us.

God shall bless us; and

all the ends of the earth
shall fear him.

Psalms 67:5-7

You don't praise after the increase

has come, but before, it is the praise
that provokes the increase. Abraham
gave glory to God, and then God
responded.
Everytime you sit in the corner of
your room wondering if God is still
there, if His Word can still be relied
upon, whether He is Who He says
He is, or whether the preachers are
just playing smart on you, you remain
on the same spot. Everytime you're
cast down, you can't go up. Those
who look up to the sun don't see the
shadows.

They looked unto him,

and were lightened: and
their faces were not
ashamed.

Psalms 34:5

I will lift up mine eyes

 unto the hills, from
whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the

Lord, which made heaven
and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot

to be moved: he that
keepeth thee will not
slumber.

Psalms 121:1-3

My help is alive, my help is alert!

Awake thou that sleepeth! All these
stylish murmurings, grumblings, and
grudgings are the reason your life is
not shining. You are never fruitful,
until you're thankful. You don't give
thanks after the fruits, because you
don't see fruits without thanks.
Thanking comes before the fruits and
continues after it.

Until you give thanks, nothing

multiplies. Jesus gave thanks over
the five loaves and two fishes, and
they multiplied and fed 5,000
people, with 12 baskets left over!
There was no multiplication until
Jesus gave thanks. You have
complained enough about that
business of yours, give Him thanks!

Watering Your Seed

Sown
I have planted, Apollos
watered; but God gave
the increase.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I regard giving, working, thinking,

trusting and waiting as seed planting,
while I consider talking and thanking
as watering.

Paul planted and Apollos watered.

So, we do both the planting and the
watering first; then, and only then
can God give the increase. Until we
have planted and watered, God is
not committed to bring increases our
way.

When you put a mirror before your

mouth, and you speak or sing, what
do you see? Moisture on the mirror.
So, when we're talking or singing,
we produce moisture, a form of
watering. So many have planted, but
very few have successfully watered,
so, there's no increase.

Talking and thanking is the watering

dimension in the school of
prosperity.

A man shall be satisfied

with good by the fruit of
his mouth: and the
 recompense of a man's
hands shall be rendered
unto him.

Proverbs 12:14

The fruits come out of his sown seed

as he speaks.

Don't walk with murmurers, it's

contagious. Don't sell your birthright
to unproductive friendship. Don't be
where your spirit cannot be relaxed.
When they say, “How are things with
you?” say, “Fantastic, praise God!”,
and they will leave you alone.

You know giving is serving God,

and He said:
 And ye shall serve the
Lord your God, and he
shall bless thy bread, and
thy water; and I will take
sickness away from the
midst of thee.

Exodus 23:25

You've been giving your best, that's

why God is giving you these
strategies, so you can bring home
your harvest. There will be no more
wastage in your life again. None of
your seeds will be wasted anymore.
Grace to live a life of thanksgiving
and to remain thankful no matter
what, receive it right now, in Jesus'
name.
Take Hold of
Opportunities
Every opportunity holds a fortune for
the opportuned. May God help you to
grab with your two hands, every
opportunity that comes your way.

One of my sons in ministry wrote in

his book, Making The Most of
Opportunity, “Success is not closer
to you than failure is. They are both
equally close; you just choose the
one you want.”
What you receive is not what makes
you, what you give is what makes
you. It is the gift of a man that makes
room for him and brings him before
great men. It is your giving that
establishes a throne for you, not what
you receive.

But I rejoiced in the Lord

greatly, that now at the
last your care of me hath
flourished again; wherein
ye were also careful, but
ye lacked opportunity.

Philippians 4:10

Several God-ordained opportunities

will keep coming your way. There
are also men-created and prophets-
proclaimed opportunities. All these
are opportunities clamouring for
your lifting.

It is opportunity that begets dignity.

Many don't see it when it comes by,
but the ones that see it fly with it.
May God help you to see
opportunity, when it's passing your
way.

Every opportunity for sacrifice

always results in outstanding liftings,
and guarantees the turning of
captivity.

As we have therefore
opportunity, let us do
 good unto all men,
especially unto them who
are of the household of
faith.

Galatians 6:10

Giving, therefore, takes advantage of

opportunities. Those who can see it
enter into financial dignity, and all
the blessings that follow it.

One day many years ago, I had 700

naira with which I wanted to buy a
motor-bike. But a need was
announced in a fellowship I
attended, and I believed God was
creating an opportunity for me. So, I
dived in and I didn't need to buy a
motor-bike again! I have at present
given over 20 cars out to people !

Don't dodge opportunities, as it may

turn out to become a lifetime regret
for you. Dive into any opportunity
that comes your way, and God will
make sure you live by it. Every
opportunity holds a fortune, let's
respond to them.

When the Lord turned

again the captivity of
Zion, we were like them
that dream.

Then was our mouth filled

with laughter, and our
tongue with singing: then
said they among the
heathen, The Lord hath
done great things for
them.

The Lord hath done great

things for us; whereof we
are glad.

Turn again our captivity,

O Lord, as the streams in
the south.

They that sow in tears

shall reap in joy.

He that goeth forth and

weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall
 doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing
his sheaves with him.

Psalms 126:1-6

Every acceptable sacrifice to God,

turns the captivity of men.

There's a difference between giving

and sacrifice. A sacrifice must cost
you something (2 Samuel 24:24). It
is that cost that eventually
determines your worth. This
testimony would bless you.

“In August last year,

during the Breakthrough
Seminar, the Bishop,
quoting from Psalm 50:5
said, ‘Gather all my
saints together unto me,
those that have made a
covenant with me by
sacrifice.’ He also quoted
from Psalm 126:5, which
it says, ‘He that soweth in
tears shall reap in joy.’
He then told us to give the
most precious thing we
had, that anyone that
obeyed would be
gloriously exempted from
the horrors that would
visit the earth.

Right there, I heard,

‘Your T.V’, I said, ‘My
wife will not allow this.’
It was a 21-inch colour
T.V. If you come into my
living room, you will see
it standing very
beautifully there. So,
when the voice came
again, ‘Do you want to be
exempted? Between your
T.V and eating fine and
having all the things you
desire, which do you
choose?’

I was afraid, because I

didn’t know how to
convince my wife.
Everyone in the house
loved the T.V. They were
always there watching it.
They even forego their
food to watch it.

On getting home that

night, I asked my wife
what she had in mind for
us to sow as seed to the
kingdom. She was talking
about a wrist watch and
the likes, but I said, ‘No,
that T.V. is going.’ By the
time we were ready for
the service the following
day, my household was
gathered in the living
room, watching the T.V. I
told my house - girl, who
also loved the T.V., to go
and put it off. Without
talking to anyone, I
packed it back into its
case and carried it out. I
waved down a taxi, and
with my wife, I came to
church.

By the time offering was

being collected, an usher
helped me to carry it
forward. On returning to
my seat, I saw tears in my
wife’s eyes. I told her that
she was embarrassing me,
but she said, ‘No, my
tears is because the Lord
has accepted our
offering.’ Deep inside me,
I too was weeping. But
when I remembered the
Bishop saying, ‘There is
no reward for what you
don’t do willingly,’ I said
this weeping might rob
me of my blessings. But I
remembered verse 6 of
Psalm 126 — ‘He that
goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come
again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with
him.’ I said, ‘Lord, my
weeping is tears of joy,
not that I’m not willing.’

And between January and

now, I’ve not only
replaced that T.V. set
with another beautiful
one, I’ve also paid a six
figure amount as tithe! I
used to pay a four-figure
amount last year as my
AGIP subscription, but
this year, I increased it to
a five-figure amount and
I’ve paid till April. I’ve
acquired a vehicle worth
half a million naira. A
 house I abandoned in my
home town since 1989 has
been roofed, and is all
completed now. Things
are just growing on their
own accord for me!”

— Oguelu, K.

The same man, a few months later,

sacrificed a Mercedes Benz car,
when an offering for foreign
missions was raised in church! His
captivity was turned, and all the
witches sitting on his destiny were
destroyed — all by the mystery of
sacrifice!

When a call for sacrifice is made,

don't say, “I don't have.” The clothes
on your body can be given as a
sacrifice. If you let the opportunity
pass you by, you may end up in the
pit. Every opportunity is God's
design for the turning of your
captivity. Don't let it pass you by.

Remember that God is not in need.

He's only presenting you with
opportunities for the turning of your
own captivity. If you don't mind
opportunities, you're sure to lose
dignity. When you offer something
that costs you something, certain
plagues stop in your life, no matter
who put it there.

Noah built an altar, and it became

the place of his destiny. Once when
there was a need in the church, my
family gave and gave until milk and
egg disappeared from our house; but
see how they come in now! I
sacrificed my way to the heights I'm
living in now.

Everything that accompanies the

covenant of giving, becomes your
portion from this moment! Your
business will never go down! You
will never be trapped in borrowing
again! For every work you have
done, you will be paid! No devil
will cheat you of your labours
anymore! This day marks the end of
all your struggles! Enter into your
problem-free season in life, in Jesus'
mighty name!
 Part 5

The Hidden
Covenants

Chapter 21

Your
Responsibility To
Your Parents
 Children...Honour thy
father and mother; which
is the first commandment
with promise. That it may
be well with thee, and
thou mayest live long on
the earth.

Ephesians 6:1-3

A son honoureth his

father...if then I be a
father, where is mine
honour?

Malachi 1:6

Man’s placement is a function of the

secrets made available to him. As
you utilise these secrets, they will
enhance your position.

There are many Christians, today,

that it is not well with. It is neither
well with their business nor with
their families. If things are not well
with you, this might as well be the
reason.

“Honour thy father and

mother...”

This is the first commandment,

talking to the post- pentecostal
Church of Jesus Christ.

God has a place for our parents. We

have an undeniable responsibility
towards them. The way you relate
with them tells on your wellbeing.

You are eating so well out there,

enjoying yourself, while your parents
are somewhere else, suffering hunger
and deprivation. Watch it! It may be
well with you for a season, but not
for all seasons.

There are too many people, who are

paying tithe and giving offerings, but
it is not well with them, because this
major covenant is out of place. They
eat everything they get; they don’t
remember they have a father and a
mother.

It is your job to honour your father

and your mother.

Let me tell you something. You can’t

change your father, it is too late! Nor
can you stop honouring them, God
says, “I will dishonour you.”

You can’t be eating turkey, beef,

chicken, fish, salad, and all kinds of
stuff like that, while your parents are
out there virtually starving. God said
it won’t be well with you!

You say, “But I give my tithe!” Yes,

but the scriptures cannot be broken.
It is the one you are breaking that is
breaking you. There must be a
change!
We must respond to the demands of
the covenant.

You remember the same Ephesians

6:3 says:

“...and thou mayest live

long on the earth.”

This is an assurance, a guarantee that

accident can’t claim your life, nor
can witches and wizards, because
you are on a covenant wavelength
with God.

Many of you, your parents have

never seen your one naira, or one
cent, if you are an American. No
wonder, you are struggling and
sweating! There is something in
parental blessings. You better go and
look for it.

There was a man called Isaac, who

when he was about to die, called his
son Esau, and said to him:

“Now therefore take, I

pray thee, thy weapons,
thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field,
and take me some
venison; and make me
savoury meat, such as I
love, and bring it to me,
that I may eat; that my
soul may bless thee
before I die.”
 Genesis 27:3-4

Parental blessings are important to

our lives. They are as important as
the blessings of God. We must add
this to our Christian conscience. It is
part of the covenant that connects
you and I to divine providence.

It is your covenant responsibility to

honour your parents, according to the
level to which God has blessed you.
You don’t have the fattest calf in
your flock, and carry the blind and
the lame to them. You don’t take
friends to five-star hotels to feast
and then send some miserable
amount of money to your parents, as
though they are beggars.

You owe them a covenant

responsibility. It’s not an
admonition, it’s a command. You
can’t have parents who don’t have
food to eat, and you’re wasting food
in your home.

Proverbs 20:20-22 warns:

Whoso curseth his father

or his mother, his lamp
shall be put out in
obscure darkness. An
inheritance may be gotten
hastily at the beginning;
but the end thereof shall
not be blessed. Say not
 thou, I will recompense
evil; but wait on the Lord,
and he shall save thee.

I know many of our parents must

have done certain unforgettable
things. Forget that! Do what God
tells you to do. He says: Say not
thou, I will recompense evil...

Even if those your parents have done

you any hurt, that does not give you a
licence to dishonour them. No matter
what they did against you, you are
not permitted to retaliate. The
covenant forbids it. You are
forbidden to revenge.

This is essentially remarkable for

those from polygamous set-ups,
especially those whose mothers have
polluted their minds against their
fathers. Now you are a new creation,
old things are passed away and all
things have become new. Your light
will not be put out, in Jesus’ name.

I so loved my grandmother, who

taught me the ways of God, even
though she could not read. It was
from her I learnt the importance of
tithing in practical terms.

I always watched her tuck away

some amount of money all the time.
When I asked her about it, she made
me to understand that tithe was the
tenth of anything you have, which is
God’s own portion, and that is the
way to keep the enemy off the works
of your hands.

The first money I earned in my life, I

used it to buy two chairs, and a
centre table for her. She asked me
how I was going to feed, and I told
her the Lord will provide. Then, she
blessed me saying, “You shall be
great!” There is so much in parental
blessings.

Esau wept and wept, when he lost

his parental blessings to Jacob
(Genesis 27:38), but there was no
room for repentance. But thank God,
there is a place for repentance for
you, right now.

You have forgotten them long

enough. Write them now and tell
them you are sorry, and put a seed of
repentance inside. From then,
include them in your covenant
relationship with God, and watch
what will happen.

Until you start doing what He

commands, the struggle continues.

It is time to honour your parents on a

regular, viable budget. Something
must always go out in love from you
to them, with an understanding of
God’s secrets. Then their soul begins
to bless you.
After Isaac ate the venison, his heart
went out to Jacob and poured him
out a blessing, such that at the time
Esau came, he said his soul was now
empty of any more blessings. As he
blessed Jacob, you could see
something leaping from his inside. It
is time for something to start leaping
from your parent’s inside, towards
you. Whether they say it or not, the
covenant-keeping God will watch
over His Word to establish it.

The covenant is so strong. I found

this secret long ago. I am so
religiously committed to doing it like
I do to tithing. There was a level at
which I started, before I got to where
I am now. Stop eating everything, or
you will eventually eat up your
destiny!

There is something in their hearts

that you need to draw out, before
they depart this earth. Whether they
are rich or poor is irrelevant.

Is God poor? Is God in need? The

offerings you give to God, did He
complain to you that He has
problems? Why are you giving and
giving?

Your parents don’t have to be in

problem, before you fulfil your
responsibilities towards them. It is a
covenant demand.
I don’t care how much you are
earning. You have a duty towards
your parents. Let there be a new
beginning!

If you are still financially dependent

on any of your parents as an adult, it
is a curse. It is not scriptural. There
is nothing you do to them, that your
children will not do to you. Watch it!

Don’t ignore your parents in the

deceit of civilization. Make your
parents understand your Christianity,
and see how they will storm into the
kingdom! As you show them
practical Christianity, they will
embrace your Saviour, and enter
heaven with you.
As you walk in this covenant, as it
was with Jacob after Isaac had
blessed him (Genesis 27:25-29),
your smell will begin to change. You
become uncursable. You are not only
uncursable, but everyone that
attempts to curse you is already
cursed.

I am blessed from heaven, and I am

blessed from human beings, because
I am walking in this covenant with
full understanding. Words of
blessings that come my way, even
when I am not there, won’t let
anybody kill me. Because I’m
honouring my father and mother, God
has promised that I will live long. I
know no one can kill me!

You must not close your eyes to the

needs of your people. If you let your
parents enjoy you, you also will
enjoy your children and your
children’s children, because
whatsoever a man sows, that he shall
reap. Your children will build
houses, fully furnished, and hand
over the keys to you, because you
sowed that seed before.

It’s time to start sowing those seeds!

Start from somewhere. What you
don’t start does not grow. A child
that is not born does not grow into a
man. Start from where you are
presently.

If your parents are still alive, write

them and let them know you love
them. At the slightest opportunity, be
on your way to see them, with a
blessing in your hand, to collect
blessings from them.

The Word of God says you will live

long, you shall be full of health and
vitality, success and victory, if you
honour your father and your mother.
It also says it shall be well with you.
That is, God will make sure it is
well with your business, your family,
your career and your ministry. You
won’t lose anything to the devil
anymore!

We minister to our parents, as we

minister to the Lord. It is a
command, not an admonition.

Isaac said:

“Give me the
venison...such as I
love...that my soul may
bless thee...”

Everytime you respond to your

parents, you are giving them the
venison that they love, and their soul
will bless you.

The blessing that Isaac placed on

Jacob, made it impossible for a
curse to work against him. He was
not a candidate for success at all!
Even from his name, he should have
been a failure. But he was the one
who brought the venison, hence, he
was the one that got the blessing.
Anyone who brings the venison, is
the one who gets the blessing.

While Esau was still taking his time,

Jacob went through with the venison,
and every blessing in the heart of
Isaac was poured out on him. By the
time Esau came, there was nothing
left. Nobody must take your blessing!

If you want it to be well with you,

your business, career and family, you
must not curse your father or your
mother, or your light will be put out
in obscure darkness! You must not
live as if you are dead, to them.

Somebody met me and said, both his

father and mother are dead, and he
knows he did not do what he should
have done when they were alive. He
was thus asking what he should now
do. I said to him, "Whatever they
should have been doing, if they were
alive, be doing it on their behalf." I
think it’s time for a change.
 Chapter 22

Your
Responsibility To
Your Family
Likewise, ye husbands,
dwell with them
according to knowledge,
giving honour unto the
wife, as unto the weaker
vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of
 life; that your prayers be
not hindered.

1 Peter 3:7

Any house that is leaking, is not

worthy for harvest. Tension within
the family system disqualifies it from
divine blessings.

Husband, give honour to your wife.

To be wiser than God is a risk.

Deal with your wife according to

knowledge, that your prayers be not
hindered. That is, that your
connection with God be not
disconnected. Deal with her
according to knowledge, otherwise
your heaven will be closed.

You see, every time you give, you

are asking, by action. The Bible is
here saying that every time you don’t
deal with your wife according to
knowledge, your prayers are
hindered. No response will come
from heaven. You are under a
leaking roof; it is not worthy of a
harvest.

If you have a leaking store, do you

keep things in it? If your family life
is leaking, your home is not
conducive for a harvest.

Disallow any leakage in your home

or the heavens will withold their
rain of blessings. Deal with your
wife according to knowledge.

WHAT IS THIS
KNOWLEDGE?
Ephesians 5:25 says:

Husbands, love your

wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and
gave himself for it;

That is the knowledge that will

check leakage in your family, and
help you to experience harvest.
You must not open - up your home to
malice. You must not allow discord
to enter into your home. You must
not give the devil a place, or your
access to God’s blessings will be
blocked. “Giving honour unto the
wife...” That’s against the African
mentality!

Let me ask you, if a car is involved

in an accident, who do you question,
the passenger or the driver? Who
should you blame?

When the ‘Eden car’ had an

accident, who was God looking for?
Genesis 3:9 says:

And the Lord God called

 unto Adam, and said unto
him, Where art thou?

I don’t care what your theology is, if

there is any problem in your home,
you – the man – are the number one
suspect. That is the truth!

Your knowledge of family life is

inadequate, that is what has led to
that eruption in your home. You can
avoid problems! You can subdue
them. You can overcome them. You
can prevail over them.

Let every man understand this today

—deal with your wife according to
knowledge, give honour to your
wife, and shut the devil out in the
dark. You will begin to have
fantastic experiences in your home
and in your relationship with your
wife!

Ephesians 5:21 says:

Submitting yourselves one

to another in the fear of
God.

When you want it your own way all

the time, that is the spirit of Pharaoh,
not the Spirit of God.

The moment your wife can’t talk as

your wife, your husband can’t talk,
that is the spirit of the devil! Where
the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty.

If the Spirit of God dwells in your

house, there must be liberty in your
relationship with each other. But by
the time you enter like the lion of the
tribe of your house, and everybody is
hiding under the bed, certainly the
Spirit of the Lord is not there.

The way you are living your life, that

nobody can talk to you, is the
shortest cut to destruction. Your
greatest help is your wife. Anything
that makes you feel otherwise, is the
devil.

Husband, you are commanded to

love your wife as Christ also loved
the church, and gave himself for it.
That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the washing of water by the
Word. You are to do the washing, the
cleansing and the sanctification.

Any leakage you allow in your

family, is the reason God will not
allow any harvest to come in there.
God hates waste. After the feeding of
the 5,000 men, He instructed them to
gather the remnants. You must block
every leakage in your home. I see
God giving you wisdom!

PROVIDE FOR
YOUR
HOUSEHOLD
Paul the Apostle came by a very
strong revelation in 1 Timothy 5:8:

But if any provide not for

his own, and specially for
those of his own house, he
hath denied the faith, and
is worse than an infidel.

The responsibility of providing for

the home, is the man’s job,
otherwise, he will live a life worse
than the sinners’ life. When the earth
is burning like an oven, he will also
be burnt.
Man, it is your covenant
responsibility to provide for your
household. When you stop looking
after your own children, you come
under a curse. No matter how much
you give to God, it is written off! No
matter the tithes and offerings you
give, the Bible says you have denied
the faith. That is, you will suffer
what the unbelievers suffer.

When you embrace the Word of God,

your destiny is established. To
provide for your family, is your duty
as a man. It is your job. It is not to be
shared with your wife or anybody
else. It must be joyfully accepted and
excitedly executed. You will not
disappoint God.

You must be concerned about your

wife and your children’s welfare.
You must be concerned. It must be
seen as your responsibility, you must
embrace it. You must be concerned
about the clothes your wife wears.
It’s your job, so you are not
disconnected from eternal life.

That your family has not eaten and

you’re going about town, is a curse.
Return home and make things right,
otherwise there is no prayer you
pray that God will hear.

The Bible says, “If any man provide

not...”, not if any man and his wife
provide not. No! If you are violating
this covenant, you need to tell your
wife you are sorry, and ask her for
forgiveness.

How can you be a man and not be

bothered what food your children are
eating or what clothes they’re
wearing? What kind of Christianity
is that? That is not right. It’s satanic!

You have no right to put on a tie,

except your children are dressed.
This is why all your tithes and
offerings and Kingdom investments
are not yielding anything. It is
because you are off course!

Man, your family is your covenant

responsibility, not a cultural or
social responsibility.

You should be glad to ask in your

home, “I hope you have all eaten.”
God did not give you those children
by force; you asked for them. Get to
work therefore! It’s time to walk in
the light, so there will be no more
occasion for stumbling.

You are not permitted to go about the

market, pricing tomatoes, crayfish,
pepper, etc, just because you don’t
trust your wife to handle money. No!
That’s not your job. I see it as an act
of distrust.

There will be no more leakage in

your family, in your home. No more
leakage in your finances too!

That out of the little money you earn,

you can still map out some amount
for each of your children, and it goes
into a particular account for them,
and it is there and available
whenever it is needed. What a joy!
What a father!

The Word of God says: “A good

man leaveth an inheritance to his
children’s children” (Proverbs
13:22). Now that you have not even
died and they are not enjoying you,
when will they enjoy you? You have
not died and they cannot see anything
coming from you. You might as well
write your will, instructing that when
you die they should open your
stomach and put all your money and
possessions in there, so you can go
with it!

We practise some strange things in

my family—all my children pay
tithe. I am initiating them into the
covenant walk. You know, when one
is a witch, for example, he makes a
witch out of his son. I am making
saints out of my children.

They pay tithe, they make Kingdom

investments. Every offering and
blessings people give them goes into
a bag that is their own. I don’t rely
on that to take care of them. I have a
monthly allocation for each of them.
Everybody living in my house has an
inheritance.

That is why I can’t go down! I am

too mindful of covenant details.

I deliver this to you, today. Please go

and walk in this light. Life can be
very fulfilling, when you walk in the
light.

If a husband and his wife are hiding

things from each other, such a home
is a dangerous place. If you enter
into a home and the place is “hot”,
won’t you know? You start
apologising for coming, and you
speedily find your way out.

Even so, when an angel comes with

blessings and enters such a home,
and senses such tension and hostility,
he will retreat (with the blessings).
Because angels only embrace
hospitality, and in a hostile
environment, you cannot be
hospitable.

May your home be open to angels.

You won’t lose your blessings
anymore! I see a new change
coming!

I see you accepting covenant

responsibilities and flying to untold
heights by it.
I see you looking at your children
with excitement, not with a burden.

I see you paying their school fees,

without frowning.

I see you buying them clothes with

excitement!

It is a new day for you!

“WIVES, SUBMIT
YOURSELVES...”
Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husband,
In the first home instituted by God in
the garden of Eden, Adam was the
head of the government, and God
presented Eve to him, to be under his
government. This is God’s divine
order in the home. Any wife that
despises it, has no access to
covenant blessings.

Adam allowed Eve to do whatever

she liked, hence she walked freely
and carelessly about, and got trapped
into a conversation with the devil,
which eventually led to their
downfall.

Many problems in the home, today,

are largely caused by wives over
whom their husbands have no control
—they buy whatever they like, at
anytime they like (according to their
whims and caprices), they dress
anyhow and go all over the places,
as if they don’t have a head. They
keep any kind of friends they like.

In God’s family government, the man

is the head, while the woman is the
subject. Woman, you must wake up
to your responsibilities. Your role is
to be a help meet for your husband.
You are not to lord it over him in any
way. You are meant to help him
carry out his God-given commission
on earth.

Hear this: God is not the author of

confusion. He will not give the man
a commission to go to New Zealand
and ask the wife to go to the United
States. A woman who supposedly
has a vision which is miles apart
from that of her husband, has not
seen well. A wife’s vision should
complement that of her husband, if
not directly subject to it.

The wife is to be subject to her

husband in all things, even as the
Church is subject to Christ. Total
submission is the word.

Take a look at the Church in relation

to Christ. With Jesus as head, there
is neither argument nor debate. He
gives the orders. He is the Head and
rules the Church in love. What the
Church does is to obey. We are all
soldiers subject to Christ. So, also
the wife is subject to her husband.

The only way to a fruitful marriage

is total submission on the part of the
wife. Until this is in place, every
other thing she tries to do will be out
of place.

Submission cuts across all spheres

of life. A woman who refuses to
submit to her husband, is disobeying
God. As a woman, you might even
be a minister of the gospel, and your
husband is not, the Word of God still
says you submit yourself to him. You
might be earning more money than he
does, but that does not in any way
make the Word of God of no effect.
Submit to him in action, in word, in
looks, etc.

Peter puts it this way:

Likewise, ye wives, be in
subjection to your own
husbands.

1 Peter 3:1

The wife is subject to her husband.

Note, however, that subjection
without meekness is fake. It takes
meekness to be submissive. Sarah is
a perfect example of a woman,
whose submission to her husband
was total. When he told her to tell
inquirers that she was his sister, she
readily complied.

Pharaoh, the king of Egypt took her

in. She was in danger, but she stuck
to her husband’s command. God was
moved. He came down and
intervened (Genesis 12:10-20).

God can only intervene in your

affairs, when His instructions are
being adhered to. A woman should
be submissive to her husband in all
things, and not only when he is good
to her.

A submissive woman is precious in

the sight of her husband. My wife
respects me, and believes in
everything I do. She never raises an
eyebrow about any decision I take.
This is the reason she is enjoying the
rewards of total submission today.
She does not need to ask for
anything, before she gets it from me.
I give her all the honour and love
due to her. This is the secret of
marital bliss and success in every
endeavour of life. Obedience to
covenant demands, will always
establish covenant blessings.
 Chapter 23

Keep Your Eyes

On The Plough
And Jesus said unto him,
No man, having put his
hand to the plough, and
looking back, is fit for the
kingdom of God.

Luke 9:62

Unfortunately, many Christians have

become Lot’s wife in business. They
look backwards all the time. Those
who look backwards remain
backward. Only those who look
forward, go forward.

Jesus, in the scripture above, says

that anyone that puts his hand on the
plough and looks back, there is
nothing the kingdom has to offer that
will be available to him.

Those who do know their God, they

shall be strong and they shall do
exploits. Exploits in the kingdom
therefore, has its root in the
knowledge of God (Daniel 11:32).
Those who “know their God”, not
those “who cry or weep”, not those
“who run around”.
There was famine in the land, yet
Isaac prospered. There was famine
in the days of Abraham, yet he went
forward. There was famine in the
days of Jacob, yet he could afford to
import food from a foreign land.
Those who do know their God shall
be strong, and do exploits.

Your problem is not in the

environment; it is in the mind. It is
not the happenings around, it is the
happenings within. The environment
is not harsh. Many are having the
best of time, while many are having
the hardest of time.

Don’t say, “It is because I know

God, that is why things are like this
for me.” Those who know their God
don’t go down! The knowledge of
God does not bring a man down, it
lifts a man up!

Don’t say, “It is because I’m a

Christian. If I was still there like I
was before, and doing the things we
used to do...” Beware! otherwise
you will become a pillar of salt!

Those who look back don’t see the

front, neither do they get to the front!

It is not possible for life outside

Christ to be comparable to life in
Christ. No! To say that the former
days are better than now, is to act
like a fool. It cannot be sweeter
anywhere else than with Jesus, nor
can it be better anywhere else.

There is nothing that has value

outside of God. Nothing!

I would like to show you what it is

like outside Christ.

In 1923, there was a company of

people, about seven of them, who
met in Chicago. They were the
world’s greatest financiers. Among
them was the president of the largest
private steel industry, the president
of Bank International Settlement, a
member of the president’s cabinet,
etc. These seven men controlled
more wealth than the wealth of the
United States of America’s treasury.
But all that was outside Christ!

Three of these seven world’s

greatest financiers ended up
committing suicide! One of them
became insane! Another ended up in
prison! The president of the world’s
largest private steel company died
penniless, after living on borrowed
money for five years.

That is the bitter end of possession

outside salvation!

But for the believer,

Better is the end of a

 thing than the beginning
thereof: and the patient in
spirit is better than the
proud in spirit

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Life outside Christ is worthless! It

doesn’t matter what you think you’re
worth, if it is outside Christ, it is
deception!

God’s ways might be slow, but they

are sure! If the facts are in place,
your destiny is certain!

God is more than enough! In spite of

whatever economic constraints and
pressures you find yourself in, you
can work by His principles and still
thrive and make great progress in
life.

It is also important to mention that

you are by destiny a fruitful person,
because you belong to the household
of Israel, according to Isaiah 5:1. All
you need is to apply yourself to the
things you are hearing.

There is no dry land, there are only

dry men! You can stand out and stand
right, overcome, win, and flourish!

After the black man was set free

politically from slave trade, he re-
entered it personally. Just like in the
days of Joseph in Egypt, when there
was heat in the land and people
offered themselves for sale— "Buy
us...” they cried out—Africans in
search of solutions, re-entered
situations and established more
problems for themselves.

But thank God the prison gates are

lifted! You will not be enslaved
anymore.

There is nothing wrong with any

land; there are only things wrong
with the people!

There is a ministry in a certain

country that wrote us, desperately
desiring financial assistance. But in
that same country, there is another
ministry that has built a university.
They call the man “the Oral Roberts
of that country.”

Whatever is wrong with you, God

will correct it!

There was no food in Egypt,

Egyptians were dying, yet God was
blessing Israel! The Egyptians were
offering themselves for sale, and
Israel was increasing on the other
side, in the same Egypt! (Genesis
47:27).

What was the reason for the

difference? Covenant!

Push the covenant! Nothing

compares in value with the covenant.
The other man is pushing drugs, you,
push the truth! That other man is
using charms, you, use God! Let’s
see which is greater—God or
charms?

The problem with people is that they

don’t want to face the root of their
problems. They would rather look
for how to explain other people’s
success.

There is nothing you need that is not

provided for in the Bible. Therefore,
go for it! From the Word of God, we
have seen that even if money fails,
you still have room to succeed.
Is it not you God told that you will
be a succourer to the hungry? He
said, I was hungry, you didn’t give
me food... (Matthew 25:42). That is
because He knows you have food to
give.

You will not beg! You belong to that

royal company; you can’t keep living
like a slave!

It has nothing to do with the

government in power in your
country. The government of heaven,
of which you are a citizen, is still
intact and in power. It is your
attitude that must change!

Jesus is still the King of kings and

Lord of lords. That means, you are
not controlled by the policies of your
nation; you are controlled by the
covenant of God with His chosen
people.

You cannot run your business like

the heathens in your country or you
will fail as they fail. You cannot beg
from under like they do or you will
keep crawling underground! You
cannot be giving money from behind
or you will stay behind for life!

Any business that will not let you

walk with God, is a business that
will walk you down to hell! Get out
of it into something else! We have
heard diverse testimonies that show
that Jesus is more than sufficient, to
make a star out of anybody who will
stick with Him. He said in Hebrews
10:38:

Now the just shall live by

faith; but if any man draw
back, my soul shall have
no pleasure in him.

You belong to the order of the

choicest vine. Hence, you must mind
the little, little things that make it
difficult for you to be fruitful and
successful. Mind them, and then be
able to free yourself from them.

All I am saying is to help you know

that where you are facing is the right
way to face, and what you have been
told to do, is the right thing to do. If
you follow it that way, you are on
your way to the top.
 Chapter 24

The Little Things

To Mind!
When you embrace the Word of God,
your destiny is established.

These hidden covenants of blessings

you now know about, are the
minutest details that may not appeal
to “charismatic yankees”, yet they
are details you cannot neglect.

These are all hidden covenant

mysteries that make your seeds to
bring forth in hundredfolds, now in
this life, and in the world to come.
They are what make “give and it
shall be given unto you” effective.

Thank God for all that you have

given to the Kingdom. Thank God for
all your tithes. Thank God for all
your offerings. These are other
covenant responsibilities that make
those ones produce. They are all
hidden issues that make life bouyant.

You know why God is showing you

all these? He is eager to reward you.
He sees your faithfulness,
commitment, dedication and zeal,
hence, He has to open these seals to
you, that will help your rewards to
reach you.

You are too dedicated and

committed to fail! These little, little
foxes must be taken off.

You know how it is that a cocoa

plantation needs to be fumigated, to
kill certain insects that won’t let the
cocoa trees stay healthy. They are
the things that want to kill your
cocoa trees, and make them
unproductive. You are killing them,
so they don’t destroy the labour of
your hands. Your labour will not be
destroyed anymore!

Oh, what a blessing to know where

to place these things in the covenant!

It’s time to allow for a change that

will reflect in the work you are
doing. You display things in your
shop, and nobody is buying them?
Can’t you find out what is
happening?

The covenant is power! Discover it.

Make it a lifestyle!

See yourself as a responsible

Christian, walking in the covenant,
by giving the right place to every
instruction. Instructions are the ways
of wisdom, telling you how to do
things to get your desired results.
Proverbs 24:14 says:
 So shall the knowledge of
wisdom be unto thy soul:
when thou hast found it,
then there shall be a
reward, and thy
expectation shall not be
cut off.

These little things will help you out,

no matter how tough the situation.
You will not go down any more, in
Jesus' Precious Name!

FORGIVE!
Therefore is the kingdom
of heaven likened unto a
certain king, which would
take account of his
servants.

And when he had begun to

reckon, one was brought
unto him, which owed him
ten thousand talents.

But forasmuch as he had

not to pay, his lord
commanded him to be
sold, and his wife, and
children, and all that he
had, and payment to be
made.

The servant therefore fell

down, and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, have
patience with me, and I
will pay thee all.

Then the lord of that

servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed
him, and forgave him the
debt.

But the same servant went

out, and found one of his
fellow servants, which
owed him an hundred
pence: and he laid hands
on him, and took him by
the throat, saying, Pay me
that thou owest.
And his fellowservant fell
down at his feet, and
besought him, saying,
Have patience with me,
and I will pay thee all.

And he would not: but

went and cast him into
prison, till he should pay
the debt.

So when his
fellowservants saw what
was done, they were very
sorry, and came and told
unto their lord all that
was done.

Then his lord, after that

he had called him, said
unto him, O thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all
that debt, because thou
desiredst me:

shouldest not thou also

have had compassion on
thy fellowservant, even as
I had pity on thee?

And his lord was wroth,

and delivered him to the
tormentors, till he should
pay all that was due unto
him.

So likewise shall my
heavenly Father do also
 unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every
one his brother their
trespasses.

Matthew 18:23-35

If anybody is owing you, and you

know he is not in a position to pay,
just say, “I forgive you”.

God has more for you than what any

man is owing you. Forgive the
person, then watch to see whether
God is more than that or not.

Don’t bind your brother or sister

because he or she is owing you.
Don’t make them live under tension.
Perfect love casts out fear. Fear has
torments. Don’t torment your
business any more!

Now, tell me, if that money was

taken by your son and he is not able
to pay you, do you disown him?
Jesus said,

So shall the Lord do to

everyone of you, if you
will not from your heart
forgive your brother.

Where the person is not in a position

to pay you, don’t become possessed
with the situation. Every form of
hatred has torments! Today, that
brother or sister needs help, but
tomorrow he can become a source of
help to you.

God is faithful! You can let go today.

OBEY YOUR
MASTER
There is another powerful covenant
in Ephesians chapter six, which
forbids servants undoing their
master.

Servants, be obedient to
them that are your
masters according to the
 flesh, with fear and
trembling, in singleness
of your heart, as unto
Christ.

Ephesians 6:5

And again 1 Peter 2:18 says:

Servants, be subject to
your masters with all
fear; not only to the good
and gentle but also to the
froward.

Not with eyeservice, as

men-pleasers; but as the
servants of Christ, doing
the will of God from the
 heart;

With good will doing

service, as to the Lord,
and not to men:

Knowing that whatsoever

good thing any man
doeth, the same shall he
receive of the Lord,
whether he be bond or
free.

Ephesians 6:6-8

Many servants get into undoing their

masters, in a bid to rise. Every step
you take against your master, robs
you of your promotion. Every step
you take against the source of
blessing that God has placed around
you, goes on to undo your destiny.
Proverbs 27:18 assures you that:

Whoso keepeth the fig

tree shall eat the fruit
thereof: so he that
waiteth on his master
shall be honoured.

When you wish your master evil, you

have invited evil upon yourself. No
matter what you have sown as seed,
it dies and curse replaces blessing!

Everytime you begin to undo the

place where you are working, you
are undoing your destiny! If you
don’t have goodwill for where you
are working, you will not enjoy
goodwill. For whatsoever a man
sows, that he shall reap.

Please take note of this, because the

enemy has trapped many in this
curse. You must not allow God to
touch you for evil. Honour
whosoever He has honoured, and
bless whosoever He has blessed.

You must ensure that you keep a

clean heart, and allow goodwill to
ooze from you, all day long, towards
your master, the place where you
work, then your destiny is
guaranteed.
The only way to be honoured, is
when you recognise the position of
people that are placed over you. You
are not to worship them, but to hold
them in honour and not allow your
heart to curse them.

When you wait on your master, his

kind of heart is transmitted to you.

As in water face
answereth to face, so the
heart of a man to man.

Proverbs 27:19

You also reflect the dignity and

honour he carries. Please lay hold on
this secret.
In 1 Samuel 24:5-6, we see a man,
David, who waited on his master,
even to the point of taking his own
life in his own hands—for if Saul
had woken up, David would have
been a dead man. Saul did not wake
up, yet David did not kill him. He
dared not touch God’s anointed! He
kept the covenant and the covenant
kept him.

In 1 Chronicles 29:28, it was said of

him that,

...he died in a good old

age, full of days, riches
and honour: and Solomon
his son reigned in his
stead.
Because he did not destroy the
throne of Saul, his throne was not
destroyed. He saw his son to the
throne. God protected his throne for
an everlasting covenant, because he
protected Saul’s throne.

Friend, nobody needs to die for you

to rise! The one who needs to die for
you to rise, has already done so. His
name is Jesus!

Leave the curses alone, and go for

the blessings. If you see a man who
has no regard for his master, run
away from him. Run for your life!
This is the secret behind your
welfare and long life.
Your level of giving is amazing,
please let your level of rewards
received be equally amazing.

A great spirit is the only way to go,

without curses. Be sure from today,
that you keep a good heart.

Servants, be obedient to them that

are your masters in the flesh. I don’t
care where you are working, be
obedient to your master, with fear
and singleness of heart as unto
Christ. Do service as to the Lord and
not to men.

Many businesses have been

destroyed, today, by the people who
are working there, either with their
mouth or with insincerity in their
dealings. It is not enough to pay tithe
and give offerings, and invest in the
Kingdom, it is also important to
represent Jesus where you are
working.

Concerning Joseph in Genesis 39:2-

6:

And the Lord was with

Joseph, and he was a
prosperous man; and he
was in the house of his
master the Egyptian.

And his master saw that

the Lord was with him,
and that the Lord made
all that he did to prosper
in his hand.

And Joseph found grace

in his sight, and he served
him: and he made him
overseer over his house,
and all that he had he put
into his hand.

And it came to pass from

the time that he had made
him overseer in his house,
and over all that he had,
that the Lord blessed the
Egyptian’s house for
Joseph’s sake; and the
blessing of the Lord was
upon all that he had in
 the house, and in the
field.

And he left all that he had

in Joseph’s hand; and he
knew not ought he had,
save the bread which he
did eat. And Joseph was a
godly person, and well
favoured.

That establishment, that business

where you are working should not
die, if you are standing right with
God. As long as you don’t desire the
rise of the place where you are
working, neither will you rise
yourself. If you are not faithful in the
thing, which is another man’s, no one
will give you that which is your own
(Luke 16:12).

Let every clerk know that if he

doesn’t want to die a clerk, it is time
to be faithful and do his service as
unto the Lord. Joseph was a
houseboy and God blessed the house
of his master for his sake.
Consequently, he enjoyed favour and
promotion, until he ended - up as
Prime Minister, in a land where he
was a stranger.

Many people have been paying tithe

and giving offerings diligently, yet
nothing is forthcoming as harvest!
Something is wrong. It is the little
foxes that spoil the vine. A car
doesn’t need to have a major
problem, before it is grounded. Just
a faulty plug is enough.

God is showing you these things, so

you can escape. Servants, let your
heart bless your bosses! If you want
honour, wait on those whom God has
placed as leaders over you. You will
in turn enjoy the shields over their
lives. Curse them, and you are
cursed! That is the covenant!

PAY YOUR
WORKERS WELL
 ...For the labourer is
worthy of his hire.

Luke 10:7

If you are in a business where you

hire labourers, people who work for
you, and you are living in splendour
without considering them, you are a
fraud! Your business will not
flourish. That is the Word of God;
the scriptures cannot be broken.

To put a secretary on seat to work,

from morning till late at night, and
all you pay her is 1,200 naira. That’s
wickedness. You don’t need a
secretary. Carry a pen and paper and
be writing the things down yourself.
I’m glad to tell you that God pays
His people. He is a rewarder of
those who diligently serve Him. If
you are not in a position to pay your
workers, let them know and give
them a chance to choose either to go
or to stay. May you allow people
under you to grow!

Pay your workman or do your work

yourself. You go to Five-star hotels
to squander money, feasting friends
and so-called business associates,
and you pay your workmen 1,000
naira a month! You are a wicked
fellow.

Mind you, a maid or slave today is

not going to be one tomorrow; don’t
look at him as a slave. Remember
Joseph? Remember, your Father in
heaven is a loving father.

You will eat all the fruit of your

labour. From today you shall be
reckoned with, by all around you as
very great!

There will be no more leakage in

your home and in your family. There
will be no more leakage in your
finances too! Let’s invite the harvest.

GIVE YOUR JOB

ALL IT TAKES
Black has nothing to do with the
colour of your skin. Slothfulness and
lack of commitment to your job, your
business or your responsibilities are
what make you black.

Look not upon me,

because I am black,
because the sun hath
looked upon me: my
mother’s children were
angry with me; they made
me the keeper of the
vineyards; but mine own
vineyard have I not kept.

Songs of Solomon 1:6

God has delivered you; don’t put

yourself back in chains. There is
enough to do in your own country
that will bring you lifting. May you
find it!

Never mind the retirement age of the

government. At 75, Abraham was
still a worker. At 92, he led an army
out to war. He was a cattle - rearer.
He became very rich in silver and in
gold.

Listen to me, if they retire you at 50,

it is for a new chapter to open in
your life. If you go to sit down at 50,
you will decay before you are 60!

If Abraham was strong at 100, by the

time you are 100, you will have the
strength of a 40 - year - old. Caleb
said, “40 years ago, I came out here
and 40 years later my strength is still
intact” (Joshua 14:11). That shall be
your testimony.

Put in your best, where you are

working. Even though they don’t
know it now, they will know it later.
The covenant will locate you and
your lifting will come and your
future secured. Give it all you have
got!

Solomon said:

Whatsoever thy hand

findeth to do, do it with
thy might.
 Ecclesiastes 9:10

Be known with your job. There

should be no more trial and error.
There is enough time to be the best
God has created you to be. Have joy
in the work you are doing. Be
excited about the labour of your
hands! There is a future in it. Never
catch yourself doing nothing, for one
whole hour.

This end-time, the Church is getting

back to her position. We are taking
our position back as a pacesetting
community. It shall be so, in your
own private life. In your business,
they will know you very shortly as
the one in - charge. In your career
too! From now on your hand will be
strong to labour!
 Chapter 25

When Is My Due
Season?
And let us not be weary in
well doing: for in due
season we shall reap, if
we faint not.

Galatians 6:9

This series on prosperity will not be

complete without this subject being
treated. When you have an idea of
when your due season is, it becomes
easy for you to stand strong in faith,
not wavering.

“When am I due for blessings?”, you

may be asking. God says:

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.
 Malachi 3:10

“When will these windows open?”

Cast thy bread upon the

waters: for thou shalt find
it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

“We’re in a scientific age. I need to

know what many days means?”, you
may be asking.

Give a portion to seven,

and also to eight; for thou
knowest not what evil
shall be upon the earth.
 Ecclesiastes 11:2

Everytime you give, you’re laying a

foundation for the times to come.
“So, when is my due season?” When
your cloud is full!

If the clouds be full of

rain, they empty
themselves upon the
earth: and if the tree fall
toward the south, or
toward the north, in the
place where the tree
falleth, there it shall be.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

You are not due until when your

cloud is full! Until you have cast
enough up there, laying up treasures
for yourself in heaven, your rain of
blessings will not fall upon you here
on earth.

How Do I Fill Up
My Clouds?
You fill up your clouds by casting
your bread upon the waters, and
when it is due it will rain down
blessings for you. Every opportunity
to give a sacrifice brings you closer
to your due season, because it helps
to fill up your cloud faster than
regular input. That’s why with every
acceptable sacrifice, there’s a
forceful turnaround of destiny. The
cloud suddenly becomes full, and the
“rain” begins to fall!

Each man plays a principal role in

determining his due season. Some
have been regular Christians for 20
years. Others have been around for
just five years, and they have filled
their clouds again and again, and the
“rain” just keeps falling time and
again for them.

It is evaporation that leads to

“raination”! If nothing is going up
from you, nothing will come down
for you! Every rainy season is a time
of refreshing and refreshing answers
when your cloud is full. When
evaporation is taking place, the earth
gets drier and drier. But suddenly
(when the water evaporated has
condensed and the clouds can no
longer contain its weight) the
windows of heaven open and it
comes back to the earth as rain.

Your due season does not answer to

prayer. It is only after the cloud of
your giving is full, that they empty
themselves upon the earth as
blessings. Your programmed efforts
should be towards filling up the
clouds again and again, by giving
and giving till the cloud is full.
The rain will fall for every man,
who fills up his cloud. Every
opportunity for sacrifice is to
expedite your rainfall. It comes
down with speed, because suddenly
the cloud is full. I love this scripture:

Charge them that are rich

in this world, that they be
not highminded, nor trust
in uncertain riches, but in
the living God, who
giveth us richly all things
to enjoy;

1 Timothy 6:17

There is a responsibility that will

help to keep you under heaven’s
refreshing.

That they do good, that

they be rich in good
works, ready to
distribute, willing to
communicate;

Laying up in store for

themselves a good
foundation against the
time to come, that they
may lay hold on eternal
life.

1 Timothy 6:18-19

God is not against you having

pleasures. The Bible says that in His
presence is fullness of joy, and
pleasures for evermore at His right
hand. He believes in it, hence the
streets of heaven are paved with
gold! But doing good is the only way
to keep your enjoyment and
pleasures on.

People may keep greeting you, “Well

done” for your giving; but until your
cloud is full, the rain will not fall.

...in due season, you shall

reap, if you faint not....in
due season, you shall
reap, if you faint not.

Many faint before their due season.

God is not a man that He should lie.
You can’t be due and be denied! Job
34:10 says:

Therefore hearken unto

me, ye men of
understanding: far be it
from God, that he should
do wickedness; and from
the Almighty, that he
should commit
iniquity.Therefore
hearken unto me, ye men
of understanding: far be
it from God, that he
should do wickedness;
and from the Almighty,
that he should commit
iniquity.
When you are due, the rain will fall.
But until you are due, you can pray
for as long as you like, but nothing
will happen for you! Why is there no
rain in the desert? There is no
evaporation there, so, there is no
way they can have rainfall; as what
becomes rain takes off from the earth
as vapour. If nothing is going up
from you, you can have a desert-like
destiny, with nothing coming down
for you. God is not mocked, says the
Book of Galatians, whatsoever a
man sows, that also he shall reap.
Friend, stay on course, until your
heaven is full!

Every giving we do answers in

heaven, and when it’s due, God who
cannot lie, and cannot deny Himself,
who will never break His covenant,
makes it answer to you as blessings.
Every opportunity for sacrifice,
accelerates the filling up of your
cloud, particularly kingdom -
building opportunities. God takes
pleasure in it, He is glorified by it
(Haggai 1:3-11).

“When am I due for harvest?” Jesus

gave a parable:

And he said, So is the

kingdom of God, as if a
man should cast seed into
the ground;
And should sleep, and rise
night and day, and the
seed should spring and
grow up, he knoweth not
how.

For the earth bringeth

forth fruit of herself; first
the blade, then the ear,
after that the full corn in
the ear.

But when the fruit is

brought forth,
immediately he putteth in
the sickle, because the
harvest is come.

Mark 4:26-29
The subject of when is the due
season for harvest, has for long,
remained a mystery among
Christians. People think due season
is, when God thinks you’re due. No!
Your due season is not when you
have a need either. Your due season
is when you are due! Your due
season is determined by your
rigorous investments. How much you
lay up there in heaven, determines
when it comes down.

...where the tree falleth,

there it shall be.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

Whether you are living in the south

or in the north, in the village or in the
city, no matter where, if your cloud
is full, your rain will surely fall!

Solomon filled up his cloud in one

day. When he sacrificed a thousand
burnt offerings unto the Lord. God
smelt a good savour and came down
by Himself that same night (1 Kings.
3:4-5)!

Noah built an altar and sacrifice of

every clean beast, and every clean
fowl, and the Lord smelt a good
savour and responded. Noah’s rain
fell the same day (Genesis 8:20-22)!

Abraham laid Isaac on the altar on

Mount Moriah, and the voice of God
sounded forth from heaven and
Abraham’s rain fell the same day
(Genesis 22:1-19)!

Every kingdom opportunity for a

sacrifice, accelerates the filling of
your cloud, and the outpouring of
your rain. Note that:

He that observeth the

wind shall not sow; and
he that regardeth the
clouds shall not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

“Can I do it? Should I do it?”, and

all manner of considerations, can rob
you of your blessings.
You don’t wait for due season; you
programme your due season. You do
so by a deliberate fast filling up of
your cloud.

Let me sound a note of warning here.

Never go ahead of your due season.
If you do, you’ll be doomed. For
instance, if your neighbour or your
friend starts building a house, and
just because you have a piece of land
somewhere, you begin to consider
and say to yourself, “By next week I
will have to start building my own
house.” Probably his due season has
come and yours is still on the way.
Please don’t go ahead of your due
season, it can take you out of the
faith.

If you impatiently go and uproot your

natural seed in the ground in search
of a harvest, what you have is just
roots. It is the same thing with your
financial seed. Leave that seed to
mature; the due season is very close.

Why God Appoints a

Due Season
There is one nature of God that is not
often taught, but which exists.

And thou shalt remember

 all the way which the
Lord thy God led thee
these forty years in the
wilderness, to humble
thee, and to prove thee, to
know what was in thine
heart, whether thou
wouldest keep his
commandments, or no.

Deuteronomy 8:2

He wants to know what is in your

heart—whether it is God or money.
That’s why He appoints a due season
for your harvest.

And he humbled thee and

suffered thee to hunger...
 Verse 3

So, when you see food you will

recognise and appreciate the source.
Why does God appoint due season?
So He can be satisfied that you are
worthy of the blessings He is
bringing your way, to prove you, to
know what is in your heart. There’s
no point blessing you, when He’s not
sure of what you’ll do with the
blessing. Having then proved you,
He giveth thee power to get wealth.

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy

God: 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

God proves you first, so that the

wealth will not become your wreck.
The power to get wealth is released,
after you pass the test. This is why
waiting is a compulsory course, in
the school of prosperity.

And let these also first be

proved; then let them use
the office of a deacon,
being found blameless.

1 Timothy 3:10

When you are a committed and

kingdom-addicted Christian, you can
easily get God committed to
whatever concerns you. But when He
sees that you’re a lover of money, a
lover of position, a lover of status,
He keeps them from you, so they
don’t destroy you. Listen to this
admonition in James 1:3-4:

Knowing this, that the

trying of your faith
worketh patience.

But let patience have her

perfect work, that ye may
be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.But let
patience have her perfect
work, that ye may be
 perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.

It takes patience to walk

into the realm of no lack.
Job said:

But he knoweth the way

that I take: when he hath
tried me, I shall come
forth as gold.

Job 23:10

You will pass the test! Your

tomorrow is great, It’s amazing and
enjoyable! Friend, God is never late!
Anytime He comes is the best time.
He is always right on time, so wait!
 Chapter 26

Blessings Of The
Giving Covenant
And ye shall serve the
Lord your God, and he
shall bless thy bread, and
thy water; and I will take
sickness away from the
midst of thee.

There shall nothing cast

their young, nor be
barren, in thy land: the
 number of thy days I will
fulfil.

Exodus 23:25-26

Our givings don’t only bring in

material blessings, they also bring in
other covenant blessings that money
cannot buy.

Many have always thought that

prosperity means just to acquire and
stack-up money. No! Prosperity
means enjoying a state of wellbeing,
and money is only one of the many
things that make for wellbeing.

Now ye Philippians know

also, that in the beginning
of the gospel, when I
departed from
Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as
concerning giving and
receiving, but ye only.

For even in Thessalonica

ye sent once and again
unto my necessity.

Not because I desire a

gift: but I desire fruit that
may abound to your
account.

But I have all, and

abound: I am full, having
received of Epaphroditus
 the things which were
sent from you, an odour
of a sweet smell, a
sacrifice acceptable,
wellpleasing to God.

But my God shall supply

all your need according
to his riches in glory by
Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:15-19

The giving covenant (the covenant of

prosperity) covers all your needs.
You are not just to enjoy financial
blessings, but you’re covered in all
areas of life.
However, it’s one thing to be in the
giving covenant, it’s another thing to
know what the package offers you.

As far as your eyes can see, it shall

be given unto you. (Genesis 13:14)
Many people see only money, but
there’s more to the giving covenant
than money. There is: sickness-free
life, barrenness-free life,
miscarriage-free life, death-of-
children-free life. You also freely
have longevity and defence, so much
more than money can buy! Let’s look
at them one by one.

Strong, Sickness-Free And Fit!

...And I will take sickness

 from the midst of thee.

Exodus 23:25

...And strenghten thee out

of Zion.

Psalms 20:2

Covenant people are not weaklings.

Abraham went to battle at over 80
years of age! Jacob travelled on
horseback to Egypt at the age of 130!
Listen to Caleb:

And now, behold, the Lord

hath kept me alive, as he
said, these forty and five
years, even since the Lord
 spake this word unto
Moses, while the children
of Israel wandered in the
wilderness: and now, lo, I
am this day fourscore and
five years old.

As yet I am as strong this

day as I was in the day
that Moses sent me: as my
strength was then, even so
is my strength now, for
war, both to go out, and
to come in.

Joshua 14:10-11

Covenant people are energetic

people!
 They go from strength to
strength, every one of
them in Zion appeareth
before God.

Psalms 84:7

The giving covenant brings you into

encounters with unique strength, all
the days of your life. When you’re in
the giving covenant, sickness is not
permitted to torment you, the
doctor’s report not withstanding.

The Lord will strengthen

him upon the bed of
languishing: thou wilt
make all his bed in his
sickness.
 Psalms 41:3

When God spreads your bed,

sickness will disappear from there!
That means, God will tell you, “Get
up, I want to make your bed; let Me
see the sickness that will come and
lie on it!”

Every branch in me that

beareth not fruit he taketh
away: and every branch
that beareth fruit, he
purgeth it, that it may
bring forth more fruit.

John 15:2

How do you bear fruits? By sowing

seeds. When you are a seed-sowing
Christian, God prunes you, and takes
off the parasites that won’t let you be
healthy. He applies insecticides, to
destroy the parasites that won’t let
you bear fruit to full capacity. He
makes you fit. The covenant of
prosperity makes fit!

Sorrow-Free!
The blessing of the Lord,
it maketh rich, and he
addeth no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 10:22
Sorrow-free blessings have only one
source — God! It's not any bank, not
America, not Europe, nor struggling
and sweating. No! All the sorrows in
your life must end this hour!

Curse-Free!
Noah’s acceptable sacrifice in
Genesis 8:20-22 caused God to lift
the curse He had earlier placed upon
the ground when Adam sinned.

And Noah builded an

altar unto the Lord; and
took of every clean beast,
and of every clean fowl,
 and offered burnt
offerings on the altar.

And the Lord smelled a

sweet savour; and the
Lord said in his heart, I
will not again curse the
ground any more for
man’s sake; for the
imagination of man’s
heart is evil from his
youth; neither will I
again smite any more
every thing living, as I
have done.

Genesis 8:20-21

Something moved God to lift the

curse. It was Noah’s sacrifice. In
response to any sacrifice you offer to
God, every curse upon your life is
lifted for ever. When you offer a
good odour offering to God, He
breaks every curse upon your life; no
matter who might have placed the
curse, it returns to him or her.

How shall I curse, whom

God hath not cursed? or
how shall I defy, whom
the Lord hath not defied?

Numbers 23:8

No demonic cult anywhere, can

reverse a blessing from God. Once
God has blessed, He has blessed!
Defence
Then Satan answered the
Lord, and said, Doth Job
fear God for nought?

Hast not thou made an

hedge about him, and
about his house, and
about all that he hath on
every side? thou hast
blessed the work of his
hands, and his substance
is increased in the land.

Job 1:9-10

Giving creates a hedge around you.

The giving life of Job provoked a
hedge to be built around him and his
house and all that he had on every
side. When you enter the giving
covenant, you enter into the
stronghold of life. God builds a
hedge of fire around you, your house
and all that you have.

Money can’t buy this. That’s why it

is called the true riches of God.
When you enter into the covenant of
giving and receiving, you don’t only
receive money; all your needs are
also covered by it.

Yea the Almighty shall be

thy defence...
 Job 22:25

When God becomes your defence, no

armed robber can break through to
attack you. They call Him Jehovah,
the Man of War! He doesn’t shoot
arrows to win in battles. He slays
His enemies, with the breath of His
nostrils!

That’s what you enjoy in the giving

covenant. It takes you to a point in
your life, where anybody that
touches you touches Him, and God
will arise and fight your battles for
you. God becomes your defence, so
that if they break through the wall,
they’ll find God there, ready for
battle! That’s why He never sleeps
or slumbers, He’s always there.

Can money buy that? Psalms 20:1-3

says:

The Lord hear thee in the

day of trouble; the name
of the God of Jacob
defend thee;

Send thee help from the

sanctuary, and strengthen
thee out of Zion;

Remember all thy

offerings, and accept thy
burnt sacrifice;Remember
all thy offerings, and
accept thy burnt
 sacrifice;

When you’re in this covenant, you

are on God’s hotline!

Thou shalt also decree a

thing and it shall be
established...

Job 22:28

The covenant of giving puts you on

God’s hotline, in the times of
trouble. In other words, it gives you
a prayer advantage with God. When
Satan came to take one of our
children, I looked at her and prayed
a less-than-two minutes prayer, and
every devil in hell could no longer
come near.

Thou shalt make thy

prayer unto him, and he
shall hear thee, and thou
shalt pay thy vows.

Job 22:27

And Psalms 20:2 says:

Send thee help from the

sanctuary, and strengthen
thee out of Zion;Send thee
help from the sanctuary,
and strengthen thee out of
Zion;

Finances is not the only area where

you need help.

Long-Life And
Pleasures!
...The number of thy days,
I will fulfil...

Exodus 23:26

God is committed to your longevity.

One million witches can’t take your
life, if you’re in the giving covenant.
At the age of 130, Jacob still rode on
horseback to Egypt. Friend, there’s a
rejuvenating power in the covenant,
that makes you younger by the day!
When you give, you overcome
troubles, and you have longevity.

And Abraham was old,

and well stricken in age:
and the Lord had blessed
Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:1

And Job 36:11 says:

If they obey and serve

him, they shall spend
their days in prosperity,
and their years in
pleasures.If they obey and
serve him, they shall
 spend their days in
prosperity, and their
years in pleasures.

I have never had a sleepless night

over this ministry. That’s pleasure! I
have never had a problem that
required discussion, with anyone or
at a board meeting That’s pleasure!
You won’t know problem any longer
from today!

Problem is not your heritage —

you’re a child of promise, not a
problem-child.

It Is Well With You!

 Say to the righteous, that
it shall be well with him...

Isaiah 3:10

When you’re in the covenant of

giving, it becomes well with you.
Tracing the giving ordinance from
chapter one of the Book of Malachi
to chapter 3:18, where God said,
Then shall ye return, and discern
between the righteous and the
wicked..., we see that giving is
righteousness. Those who are not
doing it are not righteous, but the
ones doing it are “the righteous”. For
such, God said, it shall be well with
him...
When you’re in the giving covenant,
God makes it well with you; He
takes you out of the realm of begging
and stealing, because you have the
God that is more than enough on your
side.

Giving is serving God. He has

promised in Exodus 23:25 that when
you serve Him, He will bless your
bread and your water, He will take
sickness away from you, and much
more; all these guarantee your total
wellbeing.

No Barrenness!
 There shall nothing cast
their young, nor be
barren in thy land...

Exodus 23:26

You are not permitted to be barren,

when you are in the covenant of
prosperity. No, you don’t need
prayers for that; you just need a
violent stand for it. When you’re in
the giving covenant also, you are not
permitted to suffer miscarriages, or
to bury your children.

Paul was saying to the Philippian

Church, No Church communicated
to me concerning giving and
receiving, but you. Therefore my
God shall supply all your need...

Is finance your only need? No! All

your needs! Your need for help, your
need for mental soundness, your
need for understanding, your need
for strength, for peace at home,
peace at work, peace on the road —
all your needs!

That’s the mystery behind the

covenant of prosperity. It brings you
into the realm of all your needs being
supplied.

Friend, the covenant of prosperity

guarantees your all-round wellbeing,
so you must enter into it today, now!
 Chapter 27

Make A Choice

For Change
But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass
the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same
image from glory to
glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
 2 Corinthians 3:18

The essence of God’s Word is to

effect changes. Just a Word from
God, can change the entire course of
your world.

Change is a choice. It is your

reaction against the present that
creates a future.

Judas heard the Word, just as much

as all the other disciples did; but it
did not produce a change in him,
because he did not choose change.

Having heard all that is said in this

book, anyone who ends it all with,
“He’s just lucky. I have been
working all my life, I mean, I don’t
know exactly what they’re talking
about,” is resistant to change;
therefore, he remains in chains!

When you don’t respond positively

to the Word of God, you remain in
captivity, whereas the Word is meant
to set you free. John 8:32 says:

And ye shall know the

truth, and the truth shall
make you free.And ye
shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you
free.

Judas heard the most direct message

in the world (from the Word
Himself), but he didn’t give room for
a change. He stayed on in chains,
until he arrived in hell! That won’t
be your case, in Jesus' name!

Change is a choice! What

information does is to provide
opportunity for a change. But your
response to the information, is what
determines your choice for either
change or chains.

For instance, olympics star, James

Owens’ outstanding feats in
athletics, was as a result of the
success keys his coach gave him
while in school. He was probably
not the only one that heard the
information that came from the coach
on the four things needed for one to
be an athletics star (determination,
dedication, discipline and attitude),
but he was the only one perhaps, that
responded to them. At the end of the
day, he became a world record -
breaker, a legend in athletics, whose
long jump record could not be
broken 22 years later! All, because
he chose to change.

Change is a choice! It is never

forced on anyone. It is a choice that
you have to personally make.

When God called me into ministry, I

saw what it was like to be in
ministry then — that everybody had
to lean on somebody to work the
work of God. But I chose to come in
and establish another way of doing
it. My choice is speaking today!
Change is a choice!

I would like you to determine for a

quality choice, because if at the end
of all you’ve read from this book,
and you still do not make any quality
decision, then your frustrations will
continue.

You make your choice, and your

choice makes you. On 4th October
1981, I made my choice against
borrowing. I said, “If it means
wearing a pair of shoes for four
years, we will never borrow.” I
have never borrowed since then! “If
it means not having food to eat for
days, we will never beg!” I have
never begged!

If you enjoy borrowing, that means

you really need to work hard on
yourself, particularly borrowing to
eat. That means, your stomach has
become a god to be worshipped.

I made my choice for prosperity, I

made my choice for health — “I
cannot be sick!” Jesus said, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I
work. That’s why I’m tireless. You
make your choice for such things.

There’s nothing called luck. In

Deuteronomy 30:19 God said, I lay
before thee life and death, good and
evil, choose life... What becomes of
you tomorrow, is your choice today.
We’re all hearing the same things,
but because we’re not making the
same choices, we get different
results. Your choice makes you.
Every change is a choice, and every
choice effects a change.

I choose not to be like Judas Iscariot,

who had every opportunity but
banged it. I’m going to stay on and
enjoy the choices of my life, as those
choice continue to make me.

Prosperity is taught. Everywhere it is

taught, it is anchored on the Word,
because the Word of God is the
gateway to the wealth of life. You
can’t be tired of the Word, because
when you’re tired of the Word of
God, you’re tired of the wealth of
life. You have encountered the Word
of God on kingdom prosperity, now
make a choice for change!

Prosperity is a state of wellbeing.

That’s not just financial wellbeing,
but a state of general wellbeing, a
state of rest round about. Please
enter into it.

We now have the best opportunity,

having been taught the rudiments and
ordinances of divine prosperity. You
now just swim in them, by a
deliberately programming yourself
into.

The time to favour you has finally

come! Remember what I said in the
course of the teachings: your destiny
is not in the hand of any man. It’s not
in your uncle’s hand, it’s not in the
hand of that company where you are
employed, neither is it in your
profession or your career. Your
destiny is in God, and wrapped - up
in the covenant. You can stand strong
in the covenant and see your destiny
established for you.

Say with me, “This is my time for

prosperity! I can understand the
ways and plans of God now. I’m
excited!”

Every ungodly dealings that might

have tied your business down, I
command your deliverance through a
genuine repentance right now, in the
name of Jesus! You shall not be
trapped by any force of the devil
anymore! This time, God will visit
you! From this day, no one will ever
identify you with poverty anymore!

I decree the flow of life that is in the

Vine throughout your life time, in the
name of Jesus! Whatever is not
lacking in the Vine, will no longer be
lacking in your life! Whatever is
obtainable in the Vine, will forever
be obtainable in your life!

Your season of flourishing has come!

God has blessed you, no devil can
curse you! Enter into your prosperity
now! You will not be stagnated
anymore in your life forever! Now, I
commend you to God and to the
Word of His grace, which is able to
build you up and give you your own
inheritance, among them which are
sanctified, in Jesus' precious name!
Amen!