Ebenezer Okronipa

Theme: BECOMING FINANCIALLY FREE

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

To become financially free means getting to a state where you are free from stress with regards to your basic needs. God wants us to live a stress free life. 

BASIC PRINCIPLES TO KNOW

1. God wants you to prosper. Deuteronomy 8:18. Deuteronomy 28:15-18

2. Obedience of faith is the key to profit in the Kingdom of God. Isaiah 1:19. Genesis 12:6. 

Every giving in the Kingdom of God, is an expression of your love and faith. Matthew 22:37-40

Kinds of Giving

1. Tithing

2. First Fruit

3. Seeds

4. Free Will offering

Theme:  KINGDOM PROSPERITY

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Three mentalities to receive Kingdom prosperity

1. God does not need me for anything, I need God for everything

2. God does not depend on me for anything, I depend on Him for everything. 

3. God will never need what I have, all I have will come from Him. 

4. The ground does not need your seed, it is your seed that needs the ground. 

Kingdom prosperity does not respond to prayer and fasting. Deuteronomy 8:18, When you do your part, God does His part. 

SEED FAITH

Genesis 8:22

A seed is a prophecy of a harvest. Luke 6:38

Theme: BREAKING THE CURSE OF POVERTY

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

CONSEQUENCES OF POVERTY

1. A poor man is limited in his choices. 

2. A poor man is not respected. Proverbs 14:20

3. A poor man has no defense. Proverbs 13:8. Ecclesiastes 9:15

4. A poor man is a servant of the lender. 

5. A poor man cannot push the gospel. 

WHY DO PEOPLE GET POOR?

1. Lack of wisdom and knowledge regarding money and  money making ideas. Proverbs 29:18

2. Laziness. Proverbs 10:4. Proverbs 6:6-11

3. Borrowing and indebtedness. Deuteronomy 28:12

4. Love of pleasure; extravagant lifestyle. Proverbs 21:17

5. Generational transfer of poverty. 

6. Ignorance. Proverbs 29:13

Theme: THE COVENANT OF PROSPERITY

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Deuteronomy 8:18

The reason for financial constraint was because of a curse. 

Why are people not getting rich?

1. There is a curse

2. Lack of knowledge

3. Inability to do

The secret for prosperity is humility. 

Financial prosperity does not respond to prayer but it is a covenant. You need to have faith in the covenant. 

God's character is a stable character. Malachi 3:6

One must understand the terms of the covenant to take advantage of the covenant. 

When God gives, there is a part that belongs to you and a part that belongs to God. What you sow is what brings the harvest. Without the seed, you cannot experience the harvest.

Theme: MENTALITY FOR PROSPERITY

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Everything in the Kingdom operates by faith;

Hebrews 11:6  Romans 10:17

True prosperity is having the presence of God. Genesis 39:2-3

Financial prosperity is a part of God's prosperity plan for His children. 3 John 1:2

In the Kingdom of God, mentality affects everything. It directs your faith. Your thinking can affect your faith. Genesis 13:14

What you cannot think, you cannot have. 

WHY YOU CANNOT BE POOR?

1. Poverty is a foreign thing in the Kingdom of God. 

2. God your father is super rich. Haggai 2:8. 1 Chronicles 29:11-12

3. God your father delights in your prosperity. Psalm 35:37

4. The covenant makes you rich by default. 2 Corinthians 8:9

Theme:  BUILDING THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

The church is the gathering of selected and called out ones. 

The church of God must be built. 

1 Corinthians 3:9-10

Why must the church be built? Matthew 16:18

1. We are Christ's body. Ephesians 1:21

The church must be viewed in two ways;

1. The Catholic Church (Universal church)The mystical bod of Christ. 

2. The Local Church (Local Assembly). The gathering of believers in various locations. Hebrews 10:25

Theme:  UNCOMMON FAVOR

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Esther 1,2

Uncommon favor means preferential treatment that rarely happens

It is a protocol breaker

It is help that comes to you when even others who are better and qualified are there. 

It results in unusual promotion

It provokes speed

Others are inconvenienced for your convenience 

Theme: BUILDING THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Matthew 16:14-18

The church is a specially sanctified ones who have been called out to form one unit. 

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE CHURCH.

The church is not a building but a spiritual body. 

The church is not a social gathering. It is the a revelation of the mind of God

The church is not a money collecting center

The church is not a societal organization. 

WHAT IS THE CHURCH?

1. The church is the expression of the wisdom of God. Ephesians 3:10. Acts 20:28

2. The church is God's new man project.1 Corinthians 15:45,47. Go relates with all who come to Him through Christ

3. The church is the household of God; family. Matthew 12:46-50. Hebrews 2:11-13

Theme: MOVING UNTO MATURITY

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Hebrews 5:11-12, 6:1-12

We all come to Christ as spiritual babes, but we cannot remain that way if we are going to experience the best of God. 

Reasons why God wants us to mature?

1. He wants to fellowship with us. Hebrews 6:4-5

2. He wants us to bless our world. Hebrews 6:5

3. He doesn't want us to be cursed, but blessed. Hebrews 6:7-8

4. He wants us to walk in our inheritance as His children. Hebrews 6:10-12

Theme: SUPERNATURAL FAVOR

Speaker: Rev. Ebenezer Okronipa

Types of favor

1. Human benevolence (favor)

2. Supernatural favor

How to receive favor?

1. Fasting and prayer

2. Be righteous

3. Get understanding from the word of God. Proverbs 13:15

4. Follow people who are favored. Genesis 13:1-2

Be a kingdom promoter. Psalm 102:13-14