HE’LL PROTECT YOUR SUBSTANCE;

“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).

The Spirit of God admonishes us to honour the Lord with our substance and with the firstfruits of all our increase, but many of God’s children have never given Him their firstfruit offering. This is not because they don’t want to, for the most part it’s because they don’t know enough to give it.

The revelation of the firstfruit actually came before the Law of Moses. It is a principle in God’s Kingdom. In Genesis 4 we read about two brothers who came before the Lord with their sacrifice. The Bible says Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain (Hebrews 11:4) because he gave his firstfruit. Let’s see what the New Testament says about firstfruit.

“For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches” (Romans 11:16). ‘Holy’ means sanctified, separated or consecrated! In other words, if you give God your firstfruit, He’ll sanctify the entire lump. When you receive a raise in your salary or a blessing of any kind, and you separate the firstfruit unto God, the Bible says everything you receive afterwards is sanctified as well. That means He will watch over your remaining resources.

If God gets your firstfruit, it means nobody can touch your money; nobody can touch your property because God will watch over it by Himself. He will defend the lump! If you want God to defend your possessions and everything that He has blessed you with, give Him the firstfruit because it belongs to Him. But if you don’t give Him the firstfruit then you are keeping your resources in bags with holes.

This is what many Christians have never realized, but the way to keep the devourer away from your finances and substance is by giving the firstfruit.

Further Study:
Exodus 13:12;
Haggai 1:6

COMMUNICATION DEEPENS Fellowship!

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen” (2 Corinthians 13:14).

Every relationship without communication suffers; be it relationship with your children, your spouse, your co-workers, or with God. Communication— good and frequent communication—helps or enhances relationships. If you have a relationship with someone you don’t talk with, that relationship will suffer setbacks. No matter how proximate you may be to the person, without continually exchanging thoughts by talking to each other, your relationship won’t grow.

This is the reason we’re to constantly fellowship with the Lord through prayer. Our opening scripture says “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.” This is an indication of the kind of relationship we’re to cultivate with the Holy Spirit; a communion; a sharing together. The Father and the Son are in heaven, but the Holy Spirit is here with us. Hence, He’s the God we know and relate with in the earth today, and He lives in us, fostering this extraordinary communion with divinity.

There’s no other way to develop an intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit aside communing with Him constantly in prayer, and through meditation on the Word. Consciously create time to talk to and with Him the same way you’ll perhaps schedule to talk to a friend, colleague or loved one.

Remember, the Holy Spirit is a person with emotions, will and intellect; therefore relate with Him as such. The highest means of communication with Him is by speaking in tongues; and as you do, He’ll make the presence of God real to you and the miraculous your constant experience.

Further Study:
John 15:5 MSG;
2 Corinthians 13:14

WALKING WITH GOD; THE KEY TO TRANSLATIONAL POWER!

“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God”(Hebrews 11:5).

Enoch had an intimate fellowship with the Lord; he was translated that he should not see death. Death is not just the cessation of biological life; it represents poverty, defeat, sickness, failure or destruction. You can walk with the Spirit of God in intense fellowship where you enjoy such translational power over failure, poverty, defeat, sickness or any other thing the devil throws at you.

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen” (2 Corinthians 13:14). The Greek word for “communion” is koinonia which expresses very deep fellowship—a drinking together. The Holy Spirit will transport you from one level of glory to another; He puts you in a place of advantage over everything and every situation. This is His ministry in your life!

As a child of God, your success in life is based on your walk with the Holy Spirit. Jeremiah 17:7-8 says, “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.” This scripture is talking about a life that’s not influenced by circumstances of this life. It means the situation that’s destroying others won’t affect you in anyway because you’ll be transported above them by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is God’s plan for His children. And, for you to experience such translational power in your life like Enoch, you must walk with the Holy Spirit.

Further Study:

Job 22:29;
2 Corinthians 2:14

MANAGE YOUR MIND TO PRODUCE EXCELLENCE

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. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God
(Romans 12:1-2).

Did you know that you can manage your mind? That’s what renewing the mind is about. You can get into your mind and decipher what files need to be “deleted,” and what files need to be “downloaded” and installed, as it were. You can determine what changes to make in the structure of your thinking; that’s mind management; it’s the primary principle for increasing your value, multiplying your success and upgrading your state. Where you are today is a function of your mind.

Your personality is the expression of your mind, and as a Christian, you must learn to manage your mind. If you don’t manage your mind, it’ll keep giving you what it already has stored up, good or bad. Sometimes people ask, “What more can I do? I’ve tried hard about this; I’ve prayed and fasted; I’ve done this and that, and I still haven’t had much success.” Manage your mind.

Our opening scripture says, “…be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” That means you have the responsibility to transform your life from glory to glory; you have the responsibility to manage your mind to produce excellence. God expects this of you; He instructs you to do it because He has put the ability within you for that purpose. Your life: How you live, what you do, the character of your words, the totality of your personality, is the expression of your mind. What changes do you want to make? What more would you like to add to, or take out of, your life? You can achieve these by renewing your mind with the Word, synchronizing your thoughts with the Spirit of God. The Bible says as a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7). You’re the character of your thoughts; therefore, manage your mind to produce excellence.

Further Study:
1 Corinthians 2: 16:
Philippians 4:8