The Boldness of Righteousness

 Proverbs 28:1:

A wicked person runs away even when nobody is chasing him. But a righteous person is as brave as a lion.

What does it mean to be righteous and how does righteousness make us bold or confident? How does it make us confident especially in the place of prayers – that is what we are looking at today!

Sunday 30th March 2025 - Davies Bamigboye

“How 10 Spies Doomed a Generation”

Key Text: Numbers 13–14

I. INTRODUCTION – “The Voice that Shifted History”

Hook Story:
Imagine standing at the edge of your lifelong dream. House keys in yourhand. Everything you prayed for just within reach. But then… a few trustedvoices say, “You’re not ready. You’ll fail. It’s too risky.” You believethem—and walk away.

That’s what happened in Numbers 13. Ten spies’ fearfulperspective infected millions. One generation died in the wilderness—neverentering what God had promised.

Big Idea: What you believe—and what you say—caneither activate or abort destiny.

II. THE RECON MISSION – “God Sends, We See” (Numbers13:1–25)

Biblical Setup:

Modern Parallel Story:
A startup founder gets green-lit for funding. She sees the opportunity—buther team only sees market threats. “What if we fail?” “What if the competitioneats us alive?” Fear spreads. She pulls out. A year later, another companybuilds the same product—now worth millions.

Takeaway:
God may open doors—but how you see the opportunity determines if you’llwalk through.

Action Point:
Ask yourself: When God shows me a promise, do I evaluate with faith or withfear?

Dt 1:20-25

Psalm 106:21-25

Heb 3:10-14, 19

Hebrews 4:1-2, 11

Summary

Finally, Remember the woman with the issue of blood? Why was she healed? Because she said in her heart “If I touch the hem of His garment, I will be made whole” but have you wondered why that faith came from? It was because of what she had heard about Jesus!

Mark 5:24-34: 25And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 32And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 34And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

What is the first result that the word of God produces? It builds faith in the hearer – as a seed planted in the heart but to produce fail-safe results, it must be heard but it must be heard over and over.

How to make your words empower your expectations.

Proverbs 23:18: Surely there is a future [and a reward], Andyour hope and expectation will not be cut off.

The word “expectation” is from the Hebrew Word “tik-vaw”  literallymeans a cord (as an attachment or figuratively means expectancy, hope, live,thing that I long for. 

1) cord
2) hope, expectation
2a) hope
2b) ground of hope
2c) things hoped for, outcome

What you long for serves as a cord that is attached to you.It is an outcome that you hoped for. God expects us to have a positiveexpectation.

A positive expectation is called “hope” and a negative oneis called “pessimism” which leads to doubt.

Let’s start with negative expectations.

This is how it works:

·      Negative expectations often manifest frompessimism and doubt.

·      These doubts lead to hesitancy because theycreate “failure scenarios” in your mind.

·      You expect to fail, and therefore all your decisions and actions willundoubtedly lead you away from your goals and towards failure and mistakes.

·      Decisions and actions are premised from thoughts(what you decided in your mind that formed a belief of your heart) and theactions you take on the back of your decision.

·      Pessimism + doubt = hesitancy + failure scenarios= negative expectations

·      Negative expectations produce decisions andactions that push the goals away into failures and mistakes.

I declare over your life that:

·       The Lord your God has set you high above all your contemporaries. His gift in you shall cause you to flourish everywhere you go in Jesus name

·       Only blessings are allowed in your life. These blessings are for you and for your children even those yet unborn in the name of Jesus:

·       You are blessed in the city and you are blessed in the field.

·       Your body is blessed and fruitful

·       Your ground is blessed and fruitful

·       Your enterprise yields intergenerational blessings in the name of Jesus

·       Your workforce and every tool you need to work for you are blessed in the name of Jesus

·       You are blessed in your storehouses, bank accounts and investment vehicles

·       Your kitchen is blessed and your household is blessed

·       You are blessed coming in and blessed when you go out

·       You are blessed in your journeys and you are blessed when you are at home

·       You are blessed everywhere you go for the blessing of the Lord is your shield

·       Every enemy of yours who rises up against you are declared defeated before your face in the name of Jesus

·       Every challenge facing you right now is declared incapacitated for the Lord God will fight for you in Jesus name

·       The Lord has commanded the blessing upon you in your storehouse and in all that you undertake.

·       The Lord has blessed you in the land which the Lord your God gives you to inhabit.

·       Since God has made His heir, you are blessed with all the blessings of the earth in Jesus name

·       The Lord establishes you and He has made you holy, blameless and without a single fault in His eyes

·       You are a saint of God and are called by the name of the Lord.

·       The Lord has promised to never leave you nor forsake therefore I decree that in this month, you shall experience the presence of the Lord and His Kingdom life in Jesus name.

·       Those who hate you shall be afraid of you. You shall be a voice to bring the gospel to those in your sphere of influence.

·       You shall have a surplus of prosperity  and abundance in every area of your life – in your business, your career, your investments, in relationships, through destiny helpers, in your health, in wisdom, in knowledge, in skillfulness, in prudence and over all the earth in Jesus name.

·       The Lord opens to you now His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain over your life in its season. You shall be like a tree planyted by the rivers of water that brings its fruits in its seasons. You are always fruitful and productive by the spirit of the Lord.

·       The Lord blesses the work of your hands and caused it to prosper beyond your wildest imagination.

·       You are a lender not a borrower and if you borrow you shall make good use of it in investing right in the name of Jesus.

·       The Lord has made you the head – and you shall be above only.

·       The Lord is with you, you are a success in every area of your life and in every way.

How the devil works for you not to keep the word

1)      Through offense: Matthew 3:20-21: 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

2)      Through over-busyness: Matthew 3:22: 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

So, what is the way out?

1)      Schedule time to study the word

2)      Find a gospel based teaching and listen to it

3)      Minimise your reliance of entertainment or media that sows doubt in your mind

4)      Refuse to be offended by anyone and anything

5)      Find time in your busyness to spend time with the Lord

Favour Affirmation for the year

The favour of God surrounds me like a shield producing supernatural increase, promotion, restoration, honour, increased access, greater victories, recognition, prominence, preferential treatment, petitions granted, policies and rules changed and battles won that I don’t have to fight. Favour is mine in all things. This is my set time for God’s favour. God is doing for me what my natural abilities and connections could not do. I am blessed and highly favoured of God in Jesus’ Name!’

Favour Affirmation for the year

The favour of God surrounds me like a shield producingsupernatural increase, promotion, restoration, honour, increased access,greater victories, recognition, prominence, preferential treatment, petitions granted, policies and rules changed and battles won that I don’t have to fight.Favour is mine in all things. This is my set time for God’s favour. God is doing for me what my natural abilities and connections could not do. I am blessed and highly favoured of God in Jesus’ Name!’

The Power of the “Kept” Word

Luke 11:28: KJV: 28 But He said, “Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.”

Other translations:

AMP: 28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it.”

NIV: He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

NLT: Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

NASB: But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

SLT: And he said, Rather, happy they hearing the word of God, and watching it.

3 words to pay attention to:

·       Blessed is from Makarios – and it meand to be fortunate or favoured by God

·       Hear is from akuo – and it simply means to hear what was said

·       Keep – it is the Greek word “Phulasso” – and it means through the idea of isolation, to watch i.e. be on guard, observe

So, a person is favoured by God or is deemed fortunate when he hears the word of God and observes or obey it or puts it into practice

How do you put it into practice?

First you must hear it.

This is the reason why you can’t have faith beyond what you constantly hear.

Rom 10:17 NLT: So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Faith comes by hearing the Good News  - not the bad news.

Fear will come by hearing the bad news

The word of God (specifically one based on the finished work of Christ) will build faith in you hence why you must hear it and hear it and hear it.

Don’t hear the gospel today and tomorrow go and hear fear-based message, it will destroy your faith or rather, your faith will become leaky!

If you have never heard a message that God has healed you in Christ, then you can’t believe for it and when you don’t believe for it, you can’t experience it.

Favour Affirmation for the year

The favour of God surrounds me like a shield producing supernatural increase, promotion, restoration, honour, increased access, greater victories, recognition, prominence, preferential treatment, petitions granted, policies and rules changed and battles won that I don’t have to fight. Favour is mine in all things. This is my set time for God’s favour. God is doing for me what my natural abilities and connections could not do. I am blessed and highly favoured of God in Jesus’ Name!’

One way to obtain favour from the Lord is to

What is Wisdom? Wisdom is the

What is Godly Wisdom: Proverbs

Proverbs 4:7 NIV says: The

AMP: The beginning of Wisdom is:

Why is wisdom important?

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Luke 2:52:And Jesus grew in

2 Chron 1. 11-12: Solomon

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 Why is wisdom important?

Job 28:28 NASB95 “And to man

Proverbs

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