Financial revival: Breaking out of famine

Financial revival: Breaking out of famine: "Breaking out of famine In our last blog we spoke about “Fight the famine” and we highlighted a number of key points namely. What is famine,..."

Breaking out of famine

Breaking out of famine

In our last blog we spoke about “Fight the famine” and we highlighted a number of key points namely. What is famine, the types of famine, why famines come and the dangers of famine. That was a powerful exegesis of the Life of Abram, Isaac and the story of Elisha and the famine of Samaria. Now these notes would not be complete without empowering you on how to break out of famine.

In my current series “The blessed life” Life as God intended it I have gone to great lengths to help the church to understand that our position of blessing is an established reality its not in question. What we do with our position and privileges is where we need to look and examine. According to the book we are blessed the heavenly auditor has concluded the deal. In this teaching you will find some principles or points that will help you appropriate what has been given.
 

1. Have a burning desire to be free from famine. Success must become an obsession
The king heard the woman’s story and it created a desire for change, as he went to the prophet the turn around began. How much do you want to be wealthy?
Pursue wisdom knowledge and understanding. It is through desire that a man separates himself and intermeddles with wisdom.
Your desire will create new realities that never existed before. You must want to see change so badly you will pursue it.
It will shape your world anew and redefine your parameters. You are bigger than you have been told
 

2. Go to (God) the man of God
The king went to the man of God with the intent of killing him but got a breakthrough that stopped the famine the following day.
Enquire of the Lord, often when people are in famine they run from God, run to him and ask questions with a desire to know
The king was going to kill the man of God but it brought about turn around
1 Kings 18 Ahab sent Obadiah to look for the man of God because the famine was bad

3. Believe and receive the Word of the Lord
The king and his servant did not believe the prophetic word and the servant died because of it. Fear doubt and unbelief will kill you even in the midst of a move of god. Believe the Lord …a and believe His prophets and you will prosper
What you believe with your heart you will act upon and you will create a new world. Check your faith. What do you really believe?

4. Take steps of faith (the lepers began to walk)
There are times when all you have is a frustration about where you are and what you are experiencing. The lepers where desperate to live and to change their situation they chose to die trying and guess what they lived and the city lived
Sometimes you have to take leprous steps towards your vision and God does the rest
Refuse the opinion of the well-calculated experts that sit on the high towers of reason. The observers on the wall told them there is a trap lets not go but the king came to his senses and said lets send a few people to see. It does not hurt to go and see
Fear has paralyzed many people into inaction, its time to walk on even if you feel to weak to do anything just walk on by faith
Take action, do a CV, do a business plan, do your hair, make a phone call (she is waiting), meet the banker, talk to your boss. What step of faith can you take in your situation that God can use to create a miracle for you?

5. Take care of you
Get some stuff and hide it for yourself. The lepers hid a few consignments of food for themselves. You need to save some stuff for you, reward is a motivator. Do you go to work for you neighbor or for yourself? This does not sound too powerful but you are not very helpful in your broke and discouraged state. Yu need to eat and dress well and live well then you will be able to give well and be a blessing. God said to Abraham I will bless you “first” then you will be a blessing. People feel guilty sometimes about looking after themselves its Godly
1st timothy 4 vs. 15-16
Deuteronomy 8 vs. 6-11
Enjoy the goodness of God
Let your testimony be established

6. Share the good news
Go and tell the city that there is good food, after you have tasted the goodness of the Lord go back and share with others.
Announce the good news “The famine is over”
2 Kings 7 vs. 9
This is that which was spoken by the prophet “by this time tomorrow…”
Go and proclaim the good news

There was a financial revival after a long painful famine. This is Gods plan for you.
Luke 4 vs. 18-22
Lets go tell the world the good news. Christ died that you might live, He became sick that you may be healed He was forsaken so you can be accepted in the beloved he became poor that you through His poverty might become rich.

Jesus is alive and the same way He was anointed He has anointed me to preach good news to you…
This is the good news my brother the Famine is over its been over since Jesus hung on that cross for you. God bless you

Fight the famine

Living the Blessed life “Life as God intended

Fight the famine

The Lord began to speak to me about the famines in the Bible and how that there are similarities to the famines we experience in our lives. In this blog I want to challenge you and encourage you all at the same time to stand up and fight the famine. To refuse anything that does not look like Gods plan for your life. If you are in a famine this will also help you because you should not was the experience of being in a famine come out with some wealth and some increase in your life as you will see in the life of Abraham how God used the famine to take him to a new level of wealth. Now that’s worth reading about isn’t it.

Genesis 12 vs. 10

10 At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner. 11 As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife. Let’s kill him; then we can have her!’ 13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.” 14 And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone spoke of Sarai’s beauty. 15 When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace. 16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her–sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. 17 But the Lord sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!” 20 Pharaoh ordered some of his men to escort them, and he sent Abram out of the country, along with his wife and all his possessions.

Also read 2 Kings 6 vs. 24 to chapter 7 vs. 1-20

The Lord has just blessed Abraham and he finds himself in a famine. You can be a blessed person and still see things go the wrong way in your life. This is not a time to cry it’s a time to hear from God and see the opportunities that are hidden behind the situation. Know that God is at work even in times when things look dab. When the famine is at its worst great miracles are cooking on your behalf.
There was always a miracle behind every famine, it’s a setup

I have come to learn that these famines of money and resources’ are nowhere near as bad as the famines that I want to list below. In fact the financial famine is often a result of one of these. But few deal with the real problem when there is a famine in their lives. We would rather work on the symptom of a lack of money rather than the real challenge.

Do a quick assessment of your life and identify an area where you could be facing a famine situations and draw up a plan to get yourself out of it.

Types of famine
Famine=Shortage, dearth, want, scarcity, deprivation, food shortage
1.    Famine of the Word of God (logos and rhema) 1 Samuel 3 vs. 1
2.    Famine of Prayer and true spirituality 1 Kings 10 vs. 13-14
3.    Famine of wisdom
4.    Famine of vision
5.    Famine of ideas, Creativity and imagination
6.    Famine of Morality and values
7.    Famine of Purity and holiness
8.    Famine of money, food and resource’s (note this last famine is a result of all the others)

Therefore when you see a famine of money, wealth and resource’s you must look at the other types of Famine. I have been mentoring a group of wealth creators and one of the conclusions that we have come up with is if we are to be wealthy we must have many ideas, we must generate some IP intellectual property because that will produce ideas that will create wealth. I can tell you they are better of now after three months on the program they are wealthier than they ere before and I mean not just in money they would not have had but also in the mindset they have adopted as wealth creators.
 

Genesis 26 vs. 1-25

This is an amazing passage of scripture that will bless you to read and meditate on it. Isaac was facing a famine situation just like his father and God told him not to go to Egypt but remain in Gerar. Interesting wow God said to one go to Egypt and to another don’t go, so there is no formula you just have to listen to Gods instruction. While there he lied like his father about his wife being his sister until they see him fondling his wife (Maybe I should do a blog in Married and loving it about Isaac fondles his wife {No under 21}) but again God uses this situation to bless Isaac and establish his wealth and influence. There is a pattern you better pick.

When Isaac is chased away he leaves and has the famous fight over the wells he dug till God makes room for him and he grew in wealth and stature until Abimelech comes looking for him to make a peace treaty. God can bless you in your famine season s much that the enemy will come and say I see the Hand of God is on your life lets be at peace so that when you become great you don’t fight me we will be friends

Pharaoh dreams of famine (Genesis 41) The dream shook him so much he had to find a solution and the good news is here was a solution. SO there is hope for you there is a solution.

The dangers of famine
From 2 Kings 6 vs. 24 to chapter 7 vs. 1-20 the passage we read earlier there are some thing we learn about being in famine. Here is a strong warning against languishing in famine and not doing anything about it.

1. People become selfish, sinful and self-centered (self preservation is the name of the game)
2. People become enemies, kings become murderers, friends become foes and mothers become cannibals
3. People fail to find a way out. They are all wired to think, “This is our lot in life”
4. The king said & “from where shall I help you?'' When rulers become helpless there is a crisis 2 Kings 6 vs. 26-27
5. We cease to be creative and imaginative we only see dead ends...
6. Hope differed makes the heart sick... Discouragement overwhelms the hearts of the people
7. In famine we begin to eat our future investments. Mothers were killing their children and eating them because of desperation. The world today is killing its future because of famine.
8. Even when answers present themselves to you; you fail to see them as answers all you see is death. You blame God for the famine 2 Kings 6 vs. 33

Well let me stop here and we will finish our study tomorrow as we look at what to do when you are in famine. There are some practical bible based steps that you can take that will bring you out of the famine seasons in your life

Financial revival: The Blessed life (Faith) Part 1

Financial revival: The Blessed life (Faith) Part 1: "Faith. The foundation for the blessed life Life as God intended it Romans 15 vs. 29 The blessing of the gospel. God intended for you and..."

The Blessed life (Faith) Part 1

Faith. The foundation for the blessed life
Life as God intended it

Romans 15 vs. 29
The blessing of the gospel. God intended for you and me to enjoy the blessings of the gospel (Good news) so we see Paul talking about how the church was to have access to this blessing when he comes. He was a representative of the Kingdom of God and a divine distributor of these blessings.
 

You need to be connected to a place of worship where you can have access to an anointing that will empower you to live the blessed life.
Galatians 3 vs. 11-14 (The blessing of Abraham)

What is the blessing of Abraham?
The blessing was…
1.    Ability to create (God is creative, we are made in His image)
2.    Real estate (land and buildings)
3.    Multiplication (family relationship and growth)
4.    Influence (favor, open doors and preferential treatment)
5.    Relationships (connected to key people)
6.    Wisdom, knowledge and understanding
7.    Ability to bless others and bring community blessing (Be a blessing and others walk in blessing because of you)
8.    Financial and material blessing
9.    Protection (sickness, disease, enemies) Shalom
10.    Global influence, control of territory (Dominion, authority and rulership)
This is what has come upon the gentiles
In order for this to happen I have to walk in line with the Word and activate the laws that cause the blessing to manifest
 

What is the blessing of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Salvation (Soteria)
SALVATION DEFINED
•    The word salvation is taken from the word “soteria” which means rescue or safety (physically or morally)
•    Salvation talks about a total package of Deliverance, Preservation, Safety, Health, Prosperity, Well-being, Help, Welfare, Victory and Salvation.

What Does All This Mean?
•    When God saves you it covers every facet of your life.
•    Throughout the Old Testament we see many pictures of God’s intention to save man.
•    Sickness, disease, poverty, bondage and all the other negative things came as a result of the fall of man.
•    Therefore, it was never God’s intention for man to suffer.
•    Salvation is God’s bringing us back to His original plan.

➢    A saved man has dominion over natural things because he is principally a spirit and it is natural for a spirit to dominate.
➢    Salvation is having dominion; being saved from dominion of the flesh.

That the blessing of Abraham may come upon the gentiles through faith
Through faith... Scriptures (Notice how faith makes you powerful because through faith you can do amazing things)
 

2 Timothy 3 15-17
Hebrews 6 vs. 11-16-20
Hebrews 11 vs. 32-37
Hebrews 10 vs. 19-25 & 35-39
Chapter 11 vs. 1-6
 

Hope deferred makes the heart sick have a picture of a desired end (Proverbs 13- vs. 12)
Law of visualization: You have to see what you desire before you can create it or release your faith for it. (Jacob and the flocks of Laban)
 

Abrahams desired end was having many sons....
If the devil can erase or temper with the picture inside you he can defeat or limit you
Satan tempered with picture God had placed inside Adam and notice he used words
 

Words create a picture the picture creates a desired reality
The words you are constantly hearing are shaping the world you are living in now
Now understand that the world was created by faith.... Hebrews 11 vs. 3
 

Don’t miss part 2 tomorrow