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Divine Empowerment
Contributed by Nkwor Sunday Sunny Azuka on Oct 5, 2021 (message contributor)
Summary: Life is full of struggles without Christ. Life is not for he that willeth nor runneth but of God that showeth mercy hence by strength shall no man prevail. Anyone that must make it in life, must be connected to Jesus.
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Then in
Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE DIVINELY EMPOWERED?
To be divinely empowered is to receive grace and favour of the Lord for successes in life. It is moving from a point of little begining to an overflowing blessings by the power of God.
It could mean removing devourers from attacking our resources according to Malachi 3:11 where God said:
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.
It could mean receiving restoration for your wasted years as promised in Joel 2:25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you
WHO CAN GIVE DIVINE EMPOWERMENT?
1. GOD
Only God has the power to give divine empowerment.
Psalms 24:1 says The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Then God said in
Haggai 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
2. YOURSELF
You can empower yourself or keep yourself in poverty according to:
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
And
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Hear this advise:
Proverbs 6:6-9 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
3. YOU MUST BE READY TO SERVE
Everything in life is learned. Jesus said anyone that must be a master, should first be a servant. This is why the yahoo yahoo boys of today make billions in an hour and still end in poverty. Getting wealth and retaining wealth must be learned. Submission to authority and accepting to be taught helps one to be empowered in due time.
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE DIVINELY EMPOWERED
1. YOU MUST KNOW AND REMEMBER GOD
Deuteronomy 8:18 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.
Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4 called on the name of the Lord God of Isreal.
2. YOU MUST DO OR HAVE SOMETHING
2 Kings 4:1-2 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Very interesting. Someone said, my huaband is dead, he died in debt, creditors want to take my children to be slaves and I want you to help me, then she gets this reply; what do you have. This is the principle the banks use today. They call it equity contribution. If you invest nothing you reap nothing. The principle of empowerment is that of investing. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
3. YOU MUST PAY YOUR TITHE
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.
4. YOU MUST PRAY AND COMMIT YOUR ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES INTO GOD'S HAND
Jabez asked and received of the Lord, Hannah asked and received of the Lord.
I heard someone say, a closed mouth is a closed destiny. If you dont ask how can you get? Jesus said in
