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The Keys To Financial Breakthrough
Contributed by Peter Balogun on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: The steps to take to enter into God’s promise of prosperity.
The Bible says that the rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty. (Proverbs 10:15). It therefore lies in the choice of every man to pick where he wants to belong. Honestly speaking, poverty is not just a problem, it’s a curse.
Why did I say this? God says above all things; His wish for us is that we prosper. Not prospering therefore is out of the will of God for us. In fact, money answers all things. Prosperity is God’s own idea (Psalm 84:11)
I have also discovered that the poor commits sins easily more than the rich. A poor man gets angry without any cause for it. When the wife of a poor man asks for money to go a shopping, he gets angry. Sometimes he yells out, ‘is it only shopping you know about?’ When you drive past a poor man in your air-conditioned car, he gets angry especially when he feels you are not careful enough with your driving (he has never driven before anyway), he queries at how you got the money to buy the car!
A poor man is prone to stealing than the rich man. The poor man quarrels much more than the rich because he has no integrity to protect. Men, it’s bad to be poor. And that is why you must make up your mind not to stay poor. Poverty is too expensive, I cannot jus afford it! Oh, I hate poverty! Poverty is a catalyst to destructive thoughts, it is a destroyer of destiny. People that should be living decent lives as company executives, first ladies are prostituting their destinies away for money. It’s terrible to be poor.
However, God has made provision for everyman to prosper in life. If only you would follow his instructions, you can become rich in life, the economic situation of your country notwithstanding.
The following keys would unlock the door of financial breakthrough toyou:
1. LOOK UP TO GOD AS YOUR SOURCE: (PHILLIPIANS 4:19)
When in need, the question to ask is not ‘what is my source’ but ‘who is my source?’ When God supplies, He does that of the economy of heaven that does not get distressed anytime. Jeremiah 17:5-8
2. LEARN TO GIVE
God only multiplies that which you give. Your offering is a seed which God waters to bring increase to you. When what you are getting in life is not satisfying, check what you are giving. Give sparingly and reap sparingly. Give bountifully and also rep bountifully. It is not even how much you give that always matter but how proportional to what God blessed you with you are giving back to him. You should also give consistently. Inconsistent giving will result to inconsistent and erratic harvest. Ecc. 11:1-6. You mujst also pay your tithe regularly (Malachi 3:9-10). Giving is the shortest route out of lack and debts.
3. EXPECT A MIRACLE
When you give, don’t just give. Tie an expectation to your seed. The spirit with which you give always clothe your seed. John 9:1-7
4. BE HARD WORKING Proverbs 22:29
Laziness will close doors of blessings against you. The reward of laziness is always poverty. Be up and doing doing the right things and at the right time too.
5. BE PERSISTENCE:
You must develop stamina to withstand discouragement due to delayed harvest. Delay surely is not denial. Keep working, keep sowing because in due time, you shall reap, if you do not relent.
May you prosper in life in Jesus Name.