Have Faith in God’s Love for You

Do you believe that God loves you and are you experiencing it in your life? Many Christians believe that God loves them but they fail to tap into the blessings of the love of God. Being rooted and grounded in the love of God sets you above all circumstances. This post gives you the reason to have faith in God’s love for you.

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself] – Ephesians 3:17-19 (AMP).

God loves you and He wants you to experience His love in your life. It makes no sense if you call yourself a child of God and you don’t know what it means to be loved by your Father. Every child expects his or her father to show his love for him or her. Are you expecting God to show His love for you or are you doubting His willingness to do so? Your expectation shall not be cut off (Proverbs 23:18). Have faith in God’s love for you!

You need to go beyond knowing that God loves you to experiencing His love in your life. The Father’s love for you is amazing and endless and it surpasses the knowledge you have about it, it is best experienced. O! What love God has for you.

Apostle John, the beloved of Christ (John 21:20), knew this love and truly lived in it. The books written by Apostle John reveal this amazing love of Christ more than the rest of the books of the New Testament. He wrote out of his experience of Christ’s love for him (1 John 1:2). He too in return loved Jesus dearly and put his trust in Christ as a child would. Apostle John was always among the three often separated to be with Christ (Matthew 17:1-13, Matthew 26:36-38) and interestingly, Jesus committed His mother, Mary to him to take care of (John 19:25-27). His deep love for Jesus made him to desire to be close to Him at all times (John 13:23) and he ended up with deep revelations of God’s love for man (e.g. 1 John 4:7-21).

Expectation on God’s love for you

What are you to expect from God’s love? You are to expect that

1. He will keep His word concerning you.

When you have faith in the love of God for you, you will expect Him to fulfil his word in your life. You will not doubt His willingness to do what He said He will do in your life; Christ Himself said He is willing (Matthew 8:3). God will do what He said He will do (Numbers 23:19). Read more...

Operating Your Bank Account in Heaven

When last did you deposit or withdraw from your account in heaven? Many Christian believers’ accounts in heaven are dormant; some are empty, while others are not empty but without transactions. However, there are some accounts in heaven that are very active, their owners deposit and withdraw steadily. Which category do you belong to? This post encourages you to make use of your heaven’s bank account.

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also – Matthew 6:20-21 (NKJV).

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you – Matthew 6:33 (NKJV).

For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them – Mark 11:23-24 (NKJV).

Every child of God has an account with God in heaven. The day you received Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour, an account was opened in your name. Hallelujah! And from that day you were expected to be operating the account: depositing and withdrawing from it.

Unfortunately, many people seem not to be aware of this account or they don’t how to operate the account. As such, many Christian believers are expecting to receive so much from God when they have deposited little or nothing into their accounts, while others are depositing so much, but failing to draw. These latter people wonder why the scriptures are not being fulfilled in their lives with all they are doing in and for the kingdom of God.

Like bank accounts here on earth, you operate your accounts by depositing and withdrawing from them. Let’s look at them one after the other.

DEPOSITING INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN HEAVEN

Many Christians pay more attention to how much they have in their accounts on earth more than their accounts in heaven. Jesus admonished that you should not lay up your treasures on earth but in heaven where you are sure nothing will happen to it: where it will not be affected by economic crisis or stolen by thieves. However, the Lord added that your decision of where to store your treasure or pay more attention to is a function of where your heart is (Matthew 6:19-21). Where is your heart?

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The Tragedy of Ungodly Riches

Are you envious of the wealth of the wicked? Do you consider obedience to God to be in vain when you see the ungodly prospering? Many believing Christians find themselves querying the justness of God when they compare the results of their work with God with the riches of the ungodly. This is not right before God, for it shows lack of knowledge of God and trust in God. This post gives the consequences of ungodly riches which no child of God will desire.

When I thought how to understand this, it was too painful for me— until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end – Psalms 73:16-17 (NKJV)

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase – Proverbs 13:11 (NKJV)

The fear of the Lord prolongs days, the years of the wicked will be shortened – Proverbs 10:27 (NKJV).

Many times Christians have been harsh against God through their words: they say it is useless to serve God and they call the proud blessed (Malachi 3:13-15). However, you are foolish, ignorant and like a beast before God when you do so (Psalm 73:22). Asaph found himself in such a situation, he queried the justness and faithfulness of God. Thank God he went into God’s sanctuary and got the answers (Psalm 73:1-17)! I encourage you to go to God’s sanctuary in prayers when you don’t understand a thing instead of saying and doing the wrong things before God.

In Psalms 37 and Psalms 73, King David and Asaph wrote of the tragedy of the wicked who seem to be prospering. O child of God, read and gain understanding. Be rest assured that the book of remembrance shall be written before God for those who fear Him, and you shall again discern between those who serve God and those who don’t serve Him (Malachi 3:16-18).

Now, what are considered as ungodly riches?

These are riches or wealth gotten out of wicked actions: through cheating, lying, bribery and corruption, killing, oppression and every ungodly act. Read more...

Why Unbelievers and Non-Tithers Prosper

“Why is it that some people don't even tithe nor believe in God, yet they're blessed financially i.e., they have high paychecks?” somebody asked me recently. I believe many people ask this same question, especially Christians. This post aims at answering this question by explaining that the law of giving and receiving is a spiritual law.

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich – Proverbs 10:4 (NKJV)

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich – Proverbs 13:4 (NKJV)

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you – Luke 6:38 (NKJV)

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty – Proverbs 11:24 (NKJV)

Truly, there are many people who don’t know God that are genuinely rich, not out of crooked or wicked means, but through hard work. And there are many believers who even tithe but are poor. What can be the cause? The answer lies on the spiritual law of giving and receiving.

Giving and receiving is a spiritual law that governs everyone – both Christian believers and non-believers. Anyone who walks according to the principles of this law will enjoy the benefits anytime and anywhere, regardless who they are.

Two of these principles which some unbelievers also walk by and so prosper include:

1. Diligent hands.

The scripture in Proverbs 10:4 makes it clear that a diligent hand will make its owner rich but a slack hand will make its owner poor. When you are diligent in your business you will reap the labour of your hands (Psalm 128:2). A lazy person, they say, has no future.

A tither who is lazy and is not diligent with his hands gives God nothing to bless. When the Lord opens the heavens (Malachi 3:10), the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands (Deuteronomy 28:12) and finds no work of yours, you will miss the blessing. Read more...

Benefits of Walking In the Covenant of Financial Prosperity

Have you ever wondered whether you really need to walk in the covenant of prosperity? Some people think that it is not necessary to tithe and give offering in order to prosper. As much as this may seem true, there are other benefits other than physical cash attached to tithing and offerings? This post points out these benefits of walking in the covenant of financial prosperity.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says the Lord of hosts – Malachi 3:10-11 (NKJV).

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it – Proverbs 10:22 (NKJV)

A covenant relates to the agreement between two or more parties, whereby each party has a part to play in order to reap the benefits of the covenant. In the covenant of financial prosperity, it is an agreement between God and His people for financial blessings. Malachi 3:10-11 is an example of such agreement between God and His people. It states what is expected of God and His people for them to enjoy the benefits of the agreement. The man is to bring all his tithes into the house of God and God will release His blessing (benefits of tithing) upon him.

Benefits of walking in the covenant of financial prosperity

1. Abundance of God’s blessing – Malachi 3:10

Tithing provokes God to pour out for you blessing in abundance such that you will not have enough room to receive it. The scripture says that God will open the windows of heaven in order to pour out this blessing. Try and picture how many windows heaven has and their sizes, and then imagine the amount of blessing that will be POURED out from them. Read more...