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A new year does not necessarily mean a new you if you have not done anything about it. To ensure that the prophesies spoken over your life come to pass this year, it is important that you plan.

Nothing happens by chance. Set measurable targets for your growth. Plan and allow the Lord to direct your steps.

We learn more about this in this teaching.

We serve a God that leads by prophecy and this is our advantage. We can have things spoken to us and have it happen in the new year. As long as God can say it, he will do it.

Vantage is anything that puts u in a better position when entering the new year. When we enter the new year with vantage everything changes. Our advantage in 2024 is that our perspective has changed. Irrespective of the situation, our vantage is that we serve a God who backs up his word

This sermon teaches us about partnership with the Holy Ghost and the power of God that we can walk in as believers.

The Holy Ghost partners with us for ministry, zeal, wisdom, direction, and power.

Power is a redemptive commodity, it bears witness with the function of Christ.

The supernatural is still possible in our day. There are signs that follow the gospel when it's preached but why many members of the church aren't effective is because of knowledge problem. The day you know, the devil has no hold of you.

Without faith, you can't appropriate everything you have received in Christ. The same faith it takes to be saved is the same faith it takes to walk in power. When one has the knowledge, one puts it to use with simple faith so one can be effective.

We must understand certain words in reference to its usage in scriptures and not the popular or dictionary definition. The word "blessed" or "blessings" isn't relegated to just materials or finances, it means that God has approved His will over a situation or He has spoken well of it.

Spiritual blessings mean that you’ve believed the gospel and are in Christ, God chose us to be holy and without blame before him in love. This is worth more than any earthly riches.

Every believer is a spiritual being and this means that we should not only focus on the earthly things that we see now. There is eternity for us. A time when the only thing we will be able to do is worship God forever. So do the assignments God has given to you now in service to His will and be sure to do it by the Spirit.

As believers, there's a way we should conduct ourselves. A believer's walk has to be highly accurate with the word of God.

Walking circumspectly talks about a carefulness on our walk as believers and it starts with what the word of God says. We are to walk worthy of the Lord so we can please Him.

In the natural world, you prioritize and are diligent with things like education and career however, we don’t pay as much attention to the things of God because we don’t understand the goal and the plan of God. Before His ascension, Jesus emphasized making disciples meaning making students. As believers, we have to have the attitude of a learner and student, following carefully with all your heart ready to learn, and ready to receive.

Good theology must lead to good praxeology which must lead to good doxology. There is a way that you must walk and conduct yourself as a believer.

The presence of God is context-specific. It can either be the omnipresence of God, the indwelling presence of God or the manifest presence of God.

A reputation used to understand the omnipresence of God is El-Roi, the God who sees. He sees both the good and the bad, He sees beyond our actions and faces, He sees our hearts.

Mankind was created for fellowship and communion with God and best functions in the presence of God. Scriptures show us that David understood this and longed for the presence of God. But what David wished for, we as believers have in abundance because God dwells in us. Thus, by the indwelling presence of God, we have treasures untold.

The same Spirit that gives revelation gives wisdom. Knowledge is important but it is important you learn how to apply it. For whatever you receive, you need wisdom to use it. God is a God of principle.

Areas you must be wise in:

- Your time

- Your finances