Rev. Dr. A. A. Obe (JP)
January 19, 2020
DESTROYING THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY
TOPIC: DESTROYING THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY
TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 8: 18; MATHEW 7:17; MATTHEW 25: 1; PROVERB 10:22, 28: 20; ISAIAH 2:8
MINISTERING : REV. Dr. A. A. OBE (JP)
SUNDAY 19th JANUARY, 2020.
DEFINITION: POVERTY IS LACK OF MONEY OR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. IT IS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY DEBTS, FINANCIAL HANDICAP, ETC.
*POVERTY IS A FORM OF SLAVERY*
SPIRIT OF POVERTY IS THE SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO PROSPER FINANCIALLY, MATERIALLY, ETC. IT IS A TERRIBLE SPIRIT.
WHAT TO NOTE!
A. GODS KINGDOM EMBRACES PROSPERITY NOT POVERTY.
B. POVERTY WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR LIFE TO LIVE UP TO YOUR POTENTIALS.
C. UNDERSTAND THAT TOILING WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR WEALTH, ONLY GOD CAN.
STAGE TO NOTE.
A. DEVELOPING OR HAVING POVERTY MENTALITY OR POVERTY THOUGHTS
B. HAVING POVERTY BELIEFS
C. BECOMING POVERTY ADDICTED
D. DEVELOPING A POVERTY MAGNETIC SPIRIT.
I. HOW THE SPIRIT OPERATES.
1. IT PUTS BLINDERS OVER BELIEVERS EYES
2. IT PUTS FEAR IN THE HEART OF BELIEVERS
3. IT STEAL AWAY YOUR AMBITIONS
4. IT MAKES DREAMS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
5. IT TEAR YOU DOWN BY REMINDING YOU OF YOUR PAST FAILURES
6. MAKES YOU FELL LESS QUALIFIED THAN OTHERS
7. DRIVES YOU INTO THE BACK ROW OF LIFE.
8. IT TELLS YOU THAT THE BIGGEST WIN WOULD BE TO LOOSE
9. IT WILL TWIST SCRIPTURE ABOUT MONEY, WEALTH, GREED AND COVETOUSNESS.
II. HOW TO GET OUT OF IT.
HOSEA 4:6; LUKE 6:38
1. COMMIT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FINANCE, YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST.
2. TRY AND UNDERSTAND GOD’S PRINCIPLES.
(LIVING BY GOD’S PRINCIPLES)
3. THEN SET UP A REALISTIC BUDGET.( SPENDING MUST HAVE PLANS AND CONTROL)
4. LEARN TO BE FAITHFUL TO GOD IN ALL THINGS AT ALL TIMES
5. TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO KILL ACCUMULATION OF DEBTS BECAUSE IT KILLS
6. LEARN TO SOW AND SACRIFICE TO GOD, THE HOUSE OF GOD, THE MEN OF GOD AND THE NEEDY.
7. ALWAYS CONFESS FAITH AND SPEAK WORD OF CONFIDENCE AND POSSIBILITY IN ALL THINGS.
CONCLUSION AND PRAYER
1. MY FATHER, I TEAR INTO PIECES POVERTY MENTALITY BY FIRE IN MY LIFE, FAMILY AND FINANCE IN JESUS NAME.
2. I ENTER THE GRACE OF PROSPERITY IN JESUS NAME
3. EVERY GARMENT OF POVERTY ON ME SPIRITUALLY TEAR TO PIECES IN JESUS NAME.
4. OH LORD, I BAPTISE MY LIFE, MY FAMILY, MY BUSINESS, MY FINANCE WITH THE BAPTISM OF PROSPERITY IN JESUS NAME.
5. I SHALL PROSPER IN THIS 2020 IN JESUS NAME. AMEN