7 KEYS TO GENUINE FULFILMENT AS A CHRISTIAN PART 3
Thanks so much for your patience for a week now since I brought you the
part two of this series of teaching. Since then I have been so busy with
other duties around which made me not to have enough time so much to
sit behind the computers to give you the part 3.But I give all glory to
God that today I have to sacrifice some time to quickly fix this thing
up because I love you so much but I tell you truth God loves the most.
May I ask you my dear friend, how have been enjoying the previous
articles? Please let me know by sending me a mail, this will really help
me to know if you are really benefiting from them and if you have any
advice or suggestion for me, feel free to let me know so that I can
serve you better in the will of God.
Well today, I am giving you the part 3 of the teaching, but for the
benefit of those of you who may not have been following us; in the first
part we looked at the key that will make us to have a genuine
fulfillment in life which is: YOU MUST KNOW AND FOLLOW GOD’S WORD IN
EVERY AREAS OF YOUR LIFE. Key#2: YOU MUST BE FOCUSED IN THE WORSHIP OF
GOD.
Alright et’s go straight into today’s teaching
KEY# 3: YOU MUST BE FAITHFUL IN GOD’S WORK.
“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will
give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and
the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and
thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou
mayest eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit;
and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth
you. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as
frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children,
speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest
by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou
shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the
land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days
of heaven upon the earth. For if ye shall diligently keep all these
commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God,
to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Then will the Lord
drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess
greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Every place whereon the
soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and
Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost
sea shall your coast be. There shall no man be able to stand before you:
for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you
upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if
ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this
day” (Deut 11:13-27)
Service to God is very vital
Service to God brings a godly responsibility on you.
Service to God will give you a godly rest
Service to God will bring you gracious rewards
"And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest
eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And
then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit;
and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth
you. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as
frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children,
speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest
by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou
shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the
land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days
of heaven upon the earth. For if ye shall diligently keep all these
commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God,
to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; Then will the Lord
drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess
greater nations and mightier than yourselves. Every place whereon the
soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and
Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost
sea shall your coast be. There shall no man be able to stand before you:
for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you
upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if
ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this
day;And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your
God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go
after other gods, which ye have not known.” (Deut 11:14-28)
Service to God will give you a godly re-assurance that you belong to God.
Service to God is obligatory not optional. You are saved to serve. You are born to reproduce.
Serving God will bring great blessings.
Service to God is a privilege. You must have decision to serve God with
all your soul, strength and substance, and in all your situations.
“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God,
and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That I will
give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and
the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and
thine oil. (Deut.11:13)
It is displeasing to the almighty God to see believers sitting down
idle, not practically involving in the work of the ministry. Everyone
must be a worker in the Church. We must move out of our convenient
places and reach the lost souls. We must be determined to populate
heaven and depopulate hell.
THINGS YOU SEE IN THE LIFE A FAITHFUL PERSON
1. He is a man/woman of Character
2. He is a man/woman of Strong Convictions
He is not a man/woman you can easily toss to and fro
3. He is a man/woman of Commitment
He/she is Committed to Hard Work
He/she is Committed to Honest Work
He/she is Committed to Hearty Work
He/she is Committed to Holy Work
4. He is a man/woman of Consistency
5. He is a man/woman of Compassion
OTHER QUALITIES YOU SEE IN A FAITHFUL PERSON
1. He/she is Dependable
2. He/she is Dedicated
He/she is dedicated to his Saviour
He/she is dedicated to his Superior
He/she is dedicated to Scriptures
He/she is dedicated to the Saints
He/she is dedicated to Souls
He/she is dedicated to Service
3. He/she is Dutiful
4. He/she is Determined
• He/she is determined to Distinguish Himself
• He/she is determined to Succeed Where Others Failed
• He/she is Different
• He/she is Decisive
• He/she is a Goal Getter
• He/she is an Achiever
• He/she is Result Oriented
At this junction let me give you the PATHWAYS TO FINANCIAL FULFILMENT as a true Christian.
PATHEWAY#1: FAITHFULNESS
We are stewards of every of God’s resource that he has given us. Whether
we have much or little God experts us to still be faithful.
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much:
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore
ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to
your trust the true riches?” (Luke 16:10-11)
PATHWAY#2: SACRIFIAL GIVING
“Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on
the churches of Macedonia; How that in a great trial of affliction the
abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches
of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond
their power they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much
intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship
of the ministering to the saints. And this they did, not as we hoped,
but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of
God. Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would
also finish in you the same grace also. Therefore, as ye abound in every
thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence,
and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. For ye
know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet
for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be
rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:1-7, 9)
God gave His only begotten son
Abraham gave Isaac the dream Seed
Jesus gave His life for mankind
If you see somebody who can’t give sacrificially to God it is because he / she have not given himself or herself totally to God.
There is no way you can give yourself completely to God that you will not give to God.
We must realize that God own us and our resources completely, therefore,
we can’t withhold anything from Him. (Psalm 112: 5, 9; Romans 28:27).
PATHWAY#3: ALWAYS FULFIL YOUR VOWS
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that
they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be
hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few. For a dream cometh through the
multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of
words. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath
no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that
thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
(Ecclesiastes 5:1)
When you make a vow and does not redeem it, God regards you as a fool.
You are a fool because you do not respect God. As a matter of fact, He
will not prosper a foolish child. (Jonah 2:8-9)
The moment a man is having difficulty in giving to God is a sign that he
is backsliding and it will affect God toward him. God says “He honour
those who honour Him”.
Those who are genuinely saved have the following in things in them;
1. They give Benevolence
2. They give Cheerfully
3. They give Increasingly
4. They give Sacrificially
5. They give beyond popular Practice
6. They don’t consider their Periods
7. They don’t consider their Possessions
8. They don’t consider their Problems
9. They don’t consider their Poverty
10. They don’t consider their Peculiarity
11. They don’t consider their Predicament
12. They don’t consider their Projects
There is always Readiness in them
There is always Forwardness in them
There is always Performance in them
THINGS YOU MUST AVOID WHILE GIVING
1. Never complain of what you are giving
2. Never be left out in any opportunity to give
3. Try to outperform others to God’s glory
4. Never reconsider negatively
5. Never inhibit or discourage others for giving
Rather
Be a man of continuous giving
Be a motivator of giving
Be a means for giving
Be a model for giving
Be a mobilize for giving
Beloved, I have no doubt in my heart that the Lord have used this
teaching to talk to you. The best thing you can is to take your time to
ponder over this message and do your best to act upon all of them and I
surely guarantee genuine fulfillments in your life in the name of Jesus.
If you feel led to obey the leading of the Lord in your heart to start
obeying him for great blessings, you can even start now by sowing a seed
into our ministry. Anything you feel led to sow – whether cash or kind
will gladly received all to advance the kingdom work. We shall also be
strongly standing you in persistent prayers, so make sure you also send
your prayer requests.
Thanks so much and anticipating to hearing from you soon.
Yours in His Service
JOHN FAVI, PhD (Min)
President of:
1. HARVEST FIRE MINISTRIES WORLD WIDE, INC.
2. JESUS’ WORD IMPACT OUTREACH, INC.
3. IMPACT BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE, INC.
4. INTERNATIONAL CHURCH HEALTH CONSULT, INC.
5. HIGH IMPACT LEADERSHIP CONSULT, INC.
6. HOPE FOR AFRICAN CHILDREN CENTRE, INC.
TILL NEXT WEEK, STAY BLESSED AS YOU SUPPORT US AS WE ARE DETERMINED NEVER TO FAIL GOD IN THIS LAST HOUR OF THE WORLD.
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