Don't Greed for Money, but Seed for Jesus!!!

Dr. Tunde Bakare shared with us that, "we must seek God on ways to handle our finances lest the devil comes and destroy us with it"...

He said that many people made greed into their creed and to achieve the state of financial blessing, we need to understand and put into practice some of these Kingdom Principles:

1) God will send you His provision grace to do His work;

2) The greed for gain will take away its owner's life (Proverbs 1:19);

3) God will not receive from you what He has not given to you from the start (1 Chronicles 24:14);

4) The life of a man depends not on what he possesses but on how he lives; and

5) Selfish people will learn only from selfish people.

He continued with 3 levels in financial blessing: feeding/survival, sustenance/success, and significance (the Missing Factor)...

The missing factor is Jesus i.e. the Tree of Life and God's Word...

The Tree of Life speaks of Jesus and it bears forth fruits of:

1) Wisdom and Peace in Financial Governance (Proverbs 3:13 - 18);
2) The fruits of righteousness as Soul Winners (Proverbs 11:30);
3) Wholesomeness of our tongues (Proverbs 13:12); and
4) Healing to the Nations (Proverbs 15:4).

The Word of God is used in dealing with Kingdom Financing:

1) Our Doctrine: Principles of living;
2) Our Rebuke: Reprove of sins;
3) Our Correction: Realignment of self; and
4) Our Training: Righteous discipline.

We all must learn not to impress people with our riches but to invest into the Kingdom...

1) We must learn to first sow the seeds before reaping the fruits;

2) We are not called to be money-makers but people-planters;

3) Prosperity is not what you have but who you are in Him;

4) When you get right with God, money will follow you; and

5) Recognize the 9 Christian Enterprise: Hands, Legs, Ears, Eyes, Nose, Throat, Mouth, Heart and Head.

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