Prosperity for Posterity

Cheer Up!

“I’ve told you this so that my peace will be with you. In the world you’ll have trouble. But cheer up! I have overcome the world.””

‭‭John‬ ‭16:33‬ ‭GW‬‬

If you’ve lived any number of years in this world you’ll agree with me that Jesus’ statement here about having trouble in the world is ever true.

Everyday comes with its own trouble - if it’s not external trouble of war and rumors of war, heartless kidnapping & killing of innocents, poverty and the unceasing cry for help - then it’s the internal/personal troubles of lack, betrayal, failure, heartbreak and the like.

Even Jesus says

Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

But hey, Thanks be to God that Jesus did not leave us hanging and desperate for answers. Here are His assuring words that I’ll love to echo to you today - “…But cheer up! I have overcome the world.””

But it did not start there - Jesus said “I told you this…”

To thrive in this world to the point where other people look at you and wonder how you do it despite all the troubles within & without - HIS WORDS must be your anchor.

This is what I do - when faced with any trouble - I look for what the word of God says about it and His promises over the matter

Here is a few:

When you’re afraid of the troubles in the streets:

Gen. 25:15 - Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go

When you’re worried:

‭‭John‬ ‭14:1‬ - ““Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14:27 - ““I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”

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‭‭Matthew‬ 11:28-29 - Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

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When faced with perpetual battles:

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭68:19‬ - Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation!

John 16:33 - “I’ve told you this so that my peace will be with you. In the world you’ll have trouble. But cheer up! I have overcome the world.””

Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, we are grateful for your word that has been the anchor for our souls in this troubled waters called the world. Daddy we pray that you grant us the grace to always remember your word and fill our mouth with your praise in Jesus name! Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!

Fullness of Joy

Psalm 16:11

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Are you weary, sad, confused, depressed? Has your heart been disappointed and torn apart? I have good news for you - there is fullness of joy in God’s presence.

Here is an invitation from God to you - Isaiah 55

vs. 1 - ““Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!”

vs. 3 - ““Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.”

vs. 6 - Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.

vs. 12-13 - “You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.””

The path to lasting joy and peace is in God’s presence.

Have you ever thought “I need to get myself together first THEN I can come to God” - well that’s a lie from the pit of hell. How do I know this? Jesus Himself said - they that are well need not a physician; but they that are sick.

God is calling you - yes, your broken self - just the way you are. It is He who will put you back together.

His hands are open wide to receive you - do not delay any longer. Come into God’s presence. Seek His face and you will not be disappointed. Because in His presence is fullness of Joy.

Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for you open door policy that the death and resurrection of Christ bought for us. Daddy, I pray for as many as are under the bondage of depression that they will receive the grace to seek you so that they may enjoy your joy to the fullest in Jesus name! Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!

When God Arise

Psalms 68:1,3 & 4

“God will arise. His enemies will be scattered. Those who hate him will flee from him. But let righteous people rejoice. Let them celebrate in God’s presence. Let them overflow with joy. Sing to God; make music to praise his name. Make a highway for him to ride through the deserts. The Lord is his name. Celebrate in his presence.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭68:1, 3-4‬ ‭GW‬‬

I must have been around the age 9 or 10 when this incident happened. All I could remember was that I found myself fighting with this boy in the neighborhood and he ended up giving me the dirtiest slap I have ever had in my life till date - I saw stars - literally. I staggered back in my steps and while I was still trying to recover from what just hit me I saw my elder sister appear in the distance walking towards my direction, I pulled myself together with confidence that now I will be avenged but the boy, on the other hand, started fidgeting.

Two reactions happened in my story there - I was happy that my defender was near but the boy knew he was in trouble.

We can relate this to when God arises on behalf of His children, one thing is for certain - the enemy WILL scatter - the workers of iniquity cannot stand in His presence - THEY WILL SCATTER. But the sad part is THE RIGHTEOUS - we sometimes don’t recognize this move of God. Like Paul and Silas, we pray and worship in anticipation of God’s intervention and when the rumbling of earthquakes start because God is on the move - we sometimes mistake for more of the enemy’s handiwork.

Do you remember the Father that brought his child to Jesus - after Jesus arrived and commanded the unclean spirit to leave him - the boy was thrown into a fierce episode of the attack to the point that he was presumed dead but we all know now that it was just the demon trembling/scattering at Jesus’s command.

So what do you do AFTER you have prayed but it seemed as if the enemy got stronger? It appeared the situation got worse rather than better. I want you to remember this - that is them trembling and scattering because God, your redeemer is here.

It is time to LET yourself rejoice at His rising, do not be preoccupied with the chaos that ensued as a result of the enemy scattering. It’s time to get your praise on.

God will arise. His enemies will be scattered. Those who hate him will flee from him. AND NOW let righteous people rejoice. Let them celebrate in God’s presence. Let them overflow with joy.

Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you because you are with us, you are for us and as the scripture says - if God be for us - who can be against us. Daddy we pray today that you help us remember that you our redeemer is near no matter how fierce the battle may be. We rejoice oh God for we are victorious already!

Saved to Serve

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭

“For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Thanks be to God our Heavenly Father who through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ has freed us from the grip of death that accompanies the law.

You have been saved from

from terrible pit of sin, abuse, lack, failure, addiction

Now what?

Do you know your experience has a purpose?

“who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:4‬ ‭AMP‬‬

God freed you from that web of addiction in order that you may help others struggling with the same thing through your redemption story.

I was sharing this same lesson I learnt from Apostle Paul with a group of women - the lesson is that at every opportunity he got, he shared his story of redemption and through this - many scholars were saved through him - these were people the “unlearned Fisherman Peter” wouldn’t have been able to reach.

Your story is what somebody needs to hear to break from the lie of the enemy that tells them “THEY CAN’T BE FREE”

“YOUR STORY TELLS THEM YES THEY CAN”

Hear this - what if the longer you stay mute, the longer you procrastinate, - the longer they stay bound in their affliction.

Okay… this is one excuse I allowed myself to be held by for so long - I used to tell myself there are many other people that are telling their story - that should suffice. But I realized - there are generations tied to my destiny and they are eagerly waiting - not for the other person, but FOR ME.

You were saved to serve - it’s time to quit indulging yourself and step up NOW for your PURPOSE CALLS.

LET US PRAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, we are grateful for our glorious destiny! Thank you for saving us. I pray you grant us the grace and the power to will and to do for your good pleasure. Our heart is willing and our hands are ready to serve. in Jesus name! Amen! Amen!! Amen!!!

Do No Lose Your Confidence

Hebrews 10:35-36 GW

“So don’t lose your confidence. It will bring you a great reward. You need endurance so that after you have done what God wants you to do, you can receive what he has promised.”

Did you know that Only 8 Percent of People that Set Goals Actually Achieve Their Goals? Have you ever stopped to ponder why this is the case?

As a Christian, when you received that word of promise from God, either through prophecy or personal revelation - you held on to it and were highly expectant that the breakthrough is around the corner.

You believed the word of God and you set out to lay hold of what was promised by setting goals to achieve them but along the line, because hope deferred makes the heart sick so you started doubting the word of God - “maybe, I did not hear Him well”; or “per adventure, that prophecy was not meant for me” and sometimes the devil, the accuser of the brethren, might even convince you God can not perform His words because of your sins.

I am here to remind you today according to Hebrews 10:23:

“…hold tightly without wavering to the hope you affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:23‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Go back to God, wait on Him.

Confess any sin and repent immediately

Remember how you felt when you got the word

Recount all the ways God has confirmed His words to you from the beginning

Pick up your goals again and break them down to actionable steps

Prayerfully follow through with each

Get accountability partner to help remind you why you started

And in all - DO NOT LOSE YOUR CONFIDENCE - IT WILL BRING YOU A GREAT REWARD.

Let us pray:

Father, thank you for your glorious hope and mercy that I enjoy everyday. I pray for renewed confidence in your promises and for the grace to endure that I may lay hold of your promises without wavering. In Jesus name! Amen! Amen!! and Amen!!!

Obedience: Key to Victorious Living

2 Cor. 10:4-6

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not [a]carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

Living in obedience to God as He leads you through His words and instructs you in your day to day activities guarantees your victory over the attack of the enemy.

The scriptures confirms this for us in Proverbs 16:7

“When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.”

The legal ground you have to bind and loose and cast out - is your obedience to God’s word.

In other words, the enemy’s legal ground against you is your disobedience.

In what ways have you been disobedient to the word of God?

Signs you might be living in disobedience:

You are not hearing further instructions from God - we see that in the case of Abraham that God ceased to speak to him until Lot was no longer with him, afterall the instruction was:

“Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

But he took Lot with him - that a partial obedience

Another sign you might have given the devil a legal hold against you by your disobedience, is when you seem to be overcome by little battles. We see that in the Israelites example with the small city Ai.

Examine yourself today - God is calling you to total obedience:

…and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

Let us pray:

Repeat after me -

Father, I thank you for this glorious day. Thank you Lord for opening my eyes to this key to victorious living - my obedience.

Father, today, I pray, forgive me of every form of disobedience and grant me the grace to be obedient to you no matter the cost.

No more partial obedience or delayed obedience - I surrender to your will and your leading in Jesus name!

Amen! Amen!! and Amen!!!

The Temple of the Living God

2 Cor. 6:14-16

14 Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil[d]? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:

“I will live in them

and walk among them.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.[e]

17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,

and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.

Don’t touch their filthy things,

and I will welcome you.[f]

18 And I will be your Father,

and you will be my sons and daughters,

says the Lord Almighty.[g]”

One of your identities as Christians according to the scriptures is that you are the temple of the Living God.

You are the dwelling place of God.

You are Holy

You are carriers of God.

Because you are His ambassadors in the world with a glorious mandate.

You cannot afford to associate ourselves with filth;

You cannot partner with just anyone.

Which means you must be discerning

When choosing life partner

When teaming up with someone in business

To fine tune your discernment, then you must be in constant communication with God. Get His approval before you go into any alliance.

The alliance might carry a lot of promises with it, but we must remember not to walk by sight, you must discern. Don’t be carried away with mere promises of bliss or profits but rather know for yourself who God will have you team up with.

Benefit:

One of the benefit of being discerning when it comes to choosing a partner is that it prevents LOSS

Loss of time

Loss of resources

Loss of your soul

Let us pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for life and for reminding us we are your holy temple. Father, we ask that you help us to always yield to your leading and not be wise in our own eyes in Jesus name. Give us, Lord, the spirit of discernment in Jesus name. AMEN!

Thank you for tuning in to today’s episode of Prosperity for Posterity Podcast.

Today’s episode is dedicated to my hero. It is my intention that you will be challenged to take steps towards making a lasting impact in your generation and generations to come.

The topic of today’s episode is in a question format - I like topics like that because it makes me think deeply about the topic of discussion and I intend it does the same for you.

In this episode,

• You will discover the need to live out your life of impact by being intentional about your legacy

• You will be able to craft a legacy tribute to yourself, from the perspective of others sharing how you have impacted their world.

The worksheet introduced in the podcast can be downloaded using this link: https://shor.by/p4p-legacyworksheet

I will love to hear what you have come up with. Feel free to share it with me - send it to [email protected]

Always remember that your choices today affect generations to come - CHOOSE TO BE GOOD!

God speaks to us incrementally. As you implement that God-idea, keep Him in the loop with constant reporting, receiving feedback & confirming next steps.