THE POWER TO GET WEALTH

TOPIC:       THE POWER TO GET WEALTH

SPEAKER: PST. EMMANUEL NKWOCHA

TEXT:           DEU. 8vs 16 - 18

Deuteronomy 8:16-18 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁶ He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. ¹⁷ You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” ¹⁸ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
 

Jesus came that we might have life and have life in abundance; The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. i have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly (John 10:10 NIV). God's covenant with us is not based on what we do but based on what Jesus already did. God want us to access or recieve everything we need to accomplish our purpose on earth. the word " POWER" in English translated to Hebrew means "KAOSH", which means Divine power, Divine Ability, substance, wealth or Divine Strength to lay hold on something that is beyond our strength to lay hold of.

God gives Divine ability to obtain wealth and resources it is part of His covenant with us today; "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich (2Cor. 8:9 NIV.)" and "giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light" - Col. 1:12 NIV. 

HOW TO PROVOKE THE POWER TO GET WEALTH

1. Walking in the love of God; "He who does not love does not know God is Love" - 1John 4:8(NIV), "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love" - 1John 4:8.
2. Giving in love to promote God's Kingdom or kingdom based project: giving on its own does not attract God's attention, it is love motivated giving to promote church project that triggers or provoke God to increase you; "in the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: "Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses  be paid from the King's treasury and also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God" (Ezra 6:3-5 NIV) and Isaiah 45:1-3. The heavens over some Christians are shut because they have no time to build God's Kingdom.
3. Be an addicted tither (Gen. 14:16-21, Lev. 27:30): Tithing is one tenth of your income. It is giving to the church where you are fed with God's word. Freewill offering is what you give to God willingly after tithing (Deut. 16:16). You cannot earn more and give less, your offering increases as your income increases, never give God below what you give outsiders (Mal. 1:7-8). 
4. Give to your prophet and to the poor (Pro. 19:17): God is more interested on the poor in the church than the poor outside (Gal. 6:10).