Wisdom Diary on Righteousness
Introduction
Wisdom Diary is a collection of powerful,
faith-building, success-motivating and life-transforming
quotes from Dr. David O. Oyedepo.
These quotes, as you meditate on them (along
with the corresponding scriptures), will fortify and
encourage you to rise up to a more meaningful and
productive Christian life.
They are words you will never forget! They are
words you go to bed with, and you wake up full of
electric ideas that will make a shining star out of
you.
They are words brewed in a hot pot of a heart
full of insights and revelations, with spiritual
understanding that has been proved in 27 years
of adventurous Christian living, and 15 years of
committed ministry.
They are not words of an academic mind, No! They
are words of a mind that is breathing with the
intensity of the life of God, contacted through a
diligent study life.
They are words coming from a wealth of
knowledge, gathered through excited fellowship
with anointed books, and ceaseless search in the
Bible—"God’s wisdom bank", as Dr. Oyedepo calls
it.
As you treasure these words of wisdom, your life
will surely blossom into an enviable treasure on
the earth.
Don’t only read these words, think them, talk them
and do them. They will mould your destiny.
Righteousness controls our tomorrow.
—Proverbs 4:18Righteousness is not a curse, it's
a blessing.
—Psalm 112:1-10The righteous is
protected by heaven.
—Psalm 34:19-20The
beauty of salvation is in righteousness.
—Psalm
1:1-3Sin was the beginning of shame for
man; righteousness is the only way to have
honour restored.
—Genesis 3:1-10Everyman's
beauty is in his holiness.
—Proverbs 12:26While
the wages of sin is death, the wages of
righteousness is life more abundant.
—Psalm
92:12-15Righteousness satisfies!
—Matthew
6:33There's a lot of pleasure in righteousness
than there is in sin.
—1 Chronicles
29:17Righteousness holds a guarantee for
your prosperity.
—Psalm 92:12Righteousness
causes men to shine as stars.
—Daniel
12:3Honour is guaranteed when practical
righteousness is in place.
—Proverbs
14:34Righteousness announces promotions
for the righteous.
—Psalm 45:4Every
persecution against your righteousness is
announcing your promotion.
—Job 17:9When a
son, he becomes a dog!
—Revelation 22:15When
you're saved from sin, your covenant colour
emerges.
—Colossians 2:13-14It's consecration
time; you're either set or you're beset!
—Hosea
10:12-13The lack of desire for righteousness,
is the reason for the captivity of sin.
—Proverbs
13:13Nothing glorifies, nothing beautifies like
holiness!
—Psalm 45:7-8Honour will locate you
if you make your choice for righteousness
and holiness.
—Genesis 39, 41It takes a
pregnancy of purity to give birth to power.
—Psalm 110:3Until you're thirsty for purity, you
never taste power.
—Romans 1:4Whatever
throne unrighteousness places you on, it is
so that it can bring you to utter shame at the
end.
—Psalm 73:1-20If you don't mind
consecration, you will be desecrated.
—1
Corinthians 3:17Until sin goes, Christ's death
is of no benefit to you.
—Romans 6:6To
experience honour, avoid things that make
for impurity.
—1 Samuel 2:30Holiness is God's
answer for sin.
—Leviticus 20:7God's presence
is not guaranteed without consecration.
—Exodus 19:9-20Consecration guarantees cheap
communication with the throne of God.
—James 5:16You have no access to revelations
when you live in sin.
—Mark 4:11When you
Hebrews 12:3-4Nothing is a susbstitute for
holiness.
—Leviticus 20:7Giving in purity is
what results into plenty.
—Malachi 3:4Before
the enemy destroys you, destroy him first!
—Ephesians 4:27It's better to miss anything
that will make you miss God.
—Philippians
3:7-8Nothing makes you look like God more than
holiness.
—1 Peter 1:16If you take
constant "Word baths", you will stay clean.
—John 15:3If you mock what God is saying,
you'll become a mockery tomorrow.
—Proverbs
13:13Purity gives birth to beauty.
—Psalm
45:7No calling or gift is equal to holiness.
—Psalm 93:5If you have any other god, you're a
misfit in the kingdom.
—Jeremiah 2:11-13When
holiness takes its place, boldness before His
throne is guaranteed.
—Hebrews 4:16If you're
not contented, you'll be contentious.
—1
Timothy 6:6-8Until God becomes your
possession, the love of possessions will keep
tormenting your life.
—Luke 12:15Abundance
answers to uprightness before the Lord.
—Job
1:1-3Until you count all things as dung, you
may become dung.
—Philippians 3:7-8If your
Christianity is still one-leg-in, one-leg-out,
you don't have a future.
—Revelation
3:15-16When you look away from God, you enter
idol in your life burnt, otherwise you'll get
burnt.
—Jeremiah 17:5-6I count all things of no
value, so I can retain my value with God.
—Philippians 3:7If you won't let go your idols,
leave God alone!
—Matthew 6:24Idols make life
dull!
—Isaiah 44:9-20Righteousness is your
sure foundation for a glorious Christian walk.
—Job 1:1-3Any other thing you add to God
makes Him leave you.
—Exodus 20:1-6Idolatory
brings affliction!
—Jeremiah 2:11-17When you
exercise yourself against any form of
unrighteous-ness, heaven will declare your
righteousness.
—Genesis 39:7-12; 41:37-46The
reason the Church has been sinking is
because it has been sinning.
—Proverbs 14:34In
the race for righteousness, man is the
determining factor; not the devil.
—James
1:14-15When you're able to locate the value of
righteousness, you will work your way out of
sin.
—Jeremiah 33:8-9Hell has broken loose, we
must become violent!
—Matthew 11:12Holiness
is the fastest vehicle on earth to anywhere
you desire to get to.
—Proverbs 14:34Idolatory
puts God off!
—Exodus 20:1-6If you join the
world in the pleasures of sin, you will also
join them in the prize of failure, and in
suffering regrets.
—Numbers 16:1-3,32Every
price you pay to let go of sin, will lead you to
matter your gifts, with sin, there's no place
for you in heaven.
—Revelation 21:27If you see
holiness as an impossibility, captivity is
inevitable!
—Romans 6:14Righteousness is a
preserver of destiny.
—Proverbs 11:4Prosperity
is fast becoming our identity, so we must
crave for purity!
—1 Timothy 6:17-19If you
don't hold fast to your integrity, you'll never
experience dignity.
—Psalm 25:21The holiness
you desire is a product of the spirit of
holiness.
—Romans 1:4Give up on sin, Satan
will give up on you!
—James 4:7The blood way
is our access into the realms of holiness.
—Hebrews 9:3-7Satan has vowed your
destruction, you must vow his devastation!
—Proverbs 7:6-18When you're in sin, you're in a
relationship with the devil.
—1 John 3:10If you
will dedicate your life to sanctification, you
will always walk out on the devil at will.
—1
John 3:3,8With sin in your life, your spirit is
not free; because sin is a sickness of the
spirit.
—2 Corinthians 7:1You can stop the devil
if it is your will to be clean.
—James 4:7If God
said, "Be ye holy...", it means you can be holy
if you want to.
—1 Peter 1:15-16The pleasure of
sin is a deception; give it up!
—Hebrews
3:13Immorality erodes dignity!
—Proverbs
6:26If holiness is not reflected in your
with God.
—Ephesians 1:4If it is your will to be
clean, the taste for sin will die now!
—Colossians 3:1-3Immorality is the cheapest
way to miss divine programme.
—1 Corinthians
10:8When you're in relationship with the
devil, your destiny is not secure.
—Numbers
22:31-32Everyman that toys with sin tears
down his destiny unknowingly.
—Judges
16:20Purity is your covenant kingdom
identity; if it's not there, you don't belong.
—Matthew 5:8With sin, you don't have value in
the sight of God.
—Romans 3:23Satan has
vowed to kill you, you must vow to live.
—James 4:7If you don't give up on sin, God will
give up on you.
—Hebrews 10:26-27Until the sin
question is dealt with, everyman's future is
in doubt.
—Isaiah 59:1-2You never enjoy
refreshing with sin.
—John 5:14When purity
begins to operate in you in its fullness, life
begins to answer to you in fullness.
—1Timothy
4:8The anointing only breaks the yoke, but
righteousness makes you to flourish.
—Psalm
92:12Crave for purity, embrace it, maintain it,
and you'll be healthy!
—Jeremiah 33:6-7Unction
is a gift of God, but it is devotion that gives
birth to righteousness.
—Hebrews 12:28Every
Christian that behaves foolishly is showing
24:7Until sin is successfully treated, man's
relationship with God remains sour.
—Isaiah
59:2Until you stay away from sin, you will not
be in touch with God.
—Psalm 32:5-6It is
impossible to live the holy life while still in
accord with unholy people.
—2 Corinthians
6:14Sin causes plagues; but when sin goes,
plagues go.
—Psalm 119:67Until God hears your
voice of repentance, He won't hear your
voice of afflictions.
—2 Chronicles 7:14Until you
encounter purity, you can't manifest power.
—Psalm 110:3If you want to live right, keep the
right company! Relate with the right things!
—Proverbs 13:20If you desire liberty, you can
walk out on the devil.
—James 4:7Every sin you
have not repented of constitutes a blockage
in your communication with God.
—Psalm
66:18Every time your sin comes to
remembrance, God's mercy is turned off!
—Hosea 7:1-2It is holiness for wholeness!
—Hebrews 12:4Before you're abandoned,
abandon sin now!
—1 Thessalonians 5:22-23Sin
is destructive, righteousness is constructive.
—Proverbs 14:34When you enter the oath realm
in your conflict with sin, you have ended the
strife! The match is over!
—Hebrews 6:16Until
sin goes, signs don't flow.
—2 Chronicles 15:8-9,
covereth his sins shall not prosper."
—Proverbs
28:13Hear this: Holiness is an adventure, a
possible adventure!
—1 Peter 1:15-16Sin is not
a friend, it's a destroyer any day!
—Romans
6:23Purity is the booster of power!
—Psalm
110:3Friends, immorality erodes intelligence,
it mars wisdom!
—1 Kings 11:1-3Sin is sin, no
matter who commits it.
—Ezekiel
18:20Continuity in sin destroys destiny.
—Romans 6:1,15When you continue in sin, your
future is damned.
—1 Timothy 5:6Before sin
finishes you, finish it now!
—Job 22:21-23Great
temptations accompany mighty
manifestations.
—James 1:2-5Sin is so subtle,
but the Holy Ghost can cheaply arrest it.
—Isaiah 59:19Sin is a spiritual heart disease!
—1
Corinthians 3:17Stop sin before it stops you!
Kill it before it kills you!
—Ezekiel 18:20Nothing
works when sin is enthroned.
—2 Chronicles
15:2-6When sin stings and it's not treated, it
results in death.
—James 1:14-15When you get
close to the holy God, you will see how much
you need to enhance your holiness in God.
—Amos 3:3Sin will never have God's approval.
—Habakkuk 1:13The treatment for the sting of
sin is repentance.
—Acts 3:19Sin makes men
ugly!
—Psalm 68:21Sin is at the root of every
sickness continues!
—Matthew 9:6When you
refuse to be convicted, you become a convict!
—
John 16:7-11Before sin sinks you, sink it!
—Romans 8:13Rebellion is a costly poison; don't
take it!
—Numbers 16:1-2, 28-33Sin is
pleasurable, but unfortunately, it is
destructive.
—Hebrews 11:25It is your personal
discipline that determines your great future.
—1 Corinthians 9:24-27There's no salvation in
gold and silver; enough of running after it!
—Mark 8:36Contentment is the answer to
covetousness.
—1 Timothy 6:6-8Sin is a silent
killer!
—Romans 6:23Wherever sin reigns,
shame reigns
—Genesis 3:10The love of gold is
a killer disease!
—1 Timothy 6:10Walk straight
and your path will be straight.
—Proverbs
11:3When God is out of your riches, it
becomes risky.
—Deuteronomy 8:19When you
go after the god of gold, you become a fool!
—1 Timothy 6:9-10Every pitfall is by your
allowance.
—Ephesians 4:27Lovers of money
will never have it!
—Proverbs 23:4-5When
you're not rich towards God, no matter what
you have, you're a poor man!
—1 Timothy
6:12-19God prophesied your lifting; you don't have
to be crooked to get it.
—1 John 3:3When your
best friend is an ungodly man, friends, you
are in the "best" trap!
—2 Samuel 13:3-5,
32Unfaithfulness is a trap of the enemy to
make you a failure.
—Luke
16:11-12Discontentment brings down your speed
and makes you defenceless.
—Luke 12:15You
don't reign as a debtor, you reign as a
lender.
—Deuteronomy 15:6True liberty from sin
is impossible without the operation of the
Spirit of God.
—2 Corinthians 3:17When Gehazi
ran after greed, he was baptised with
leprosy.
—2 Kings 5:20-27Sin has no more
dominion over you; so exercise your
dominion over it.
—Romans 6:14Sin has been
destroyed; make your choice to be free from
it.
—1 John 3:8In the conflict with sin, your
choice is supreme.
—Daniel 1:8Sin will never go
on its own; if you don't rise, sin won't go.
—Colossians 3:5Sin guarantees prayer-failure.
—Psalm 66:18When you disconnect from sin, all
the products of sin (in your life) die!
—Colossians 2:13-14When you walk in the flesh,
you don't really have a future.
—Romans 7:5If
you live your size per time, your size will
know no limit.
—1 Timothy 6:6-8You are not
tempted to lust, it is your lust that attracts
the temptation.
—James 1:13-15Sin is a form of
leprosy; it seperates you from God.
—Isaiah
59:1-2When confronted by spirits, we can
36:27Temptation is not equal to sin;
submitting to it is what makes you a sinner.
—1 Corinthians 10:13A fifty-fifty Christian
journey always ends in a crash.
—Revelation
3:16If you embrace sin, you will sink; and
before you sink, you will stink!
—2 Samuel
12:9-11Every Christian that goes back to his old
nature is a dog.
—2 Peter 2:20-22The
association you keep will either raise or
erase you!
—Proverbs 13:20When your choice is
made, Satan is finished.
—Luke 15:18Sin is so
weak that your mind can handle it.
—Genesis
39:8-9Evil companionship will keep you in
sin.
—1 Corinthians 15:33Nothing paralyses
mentality as immorality!
—Judges 16:4-21If you
choose life, death cannot withstand you.
—Deuteronomy 30:19It's time to slay sin before
it slays you!
—Proverbs 11:3The world is
waiting to hear you; don't let the devil
destroy you!
—Romans 8:19If Satan the man of
sin is under your feet, sin cannot be your
problem!
—Romans 16:20God is not a tempter;
He equips us to deal with temptations.
—1
Corinthians 10:13Clean up! Time is running out!
—
Isaiah 52:11
Wisdom Diary on Divine Presence
Wisdom Diary is a collection of powerful,
faith-building, success-motivating and life-transforming
quotes from Dr. David O. Oyedepo.
These quotes, as you meditate on them (along
with the corresponding scriptures), will fortify and
encourage you to rise up to a more meaningful and
productive Christian life.
They are words you will never forget! They are
words you go to bed with, and you wake up full of
electric ideas that will make a shining star out of
you.
They are words brewed in a hot pot of a heart
full of insights and revelations, with spiritual
understanding that has been proved in 27 years
of adventurous Christian living, and 15 years of
committed ministry.
They are not words of an academic mind, No! They
are words of a mind that is breathing with the
intensity of the life of God, contacted through a
diligent study life.
They are words coming from a wealth of
knowledge, gathered through excited fellowship
with anointed books, and ceaseless search in the
Bible—"God’s wisdom bank", as Dr. Oyedepo calls
it.
As you treasure these words of wisdom, your life
will surely blossom into an enviable treasure on
the earth.
Don’t only read these words, think them, talk them
and do them. They will mould your destiny.
God’s presence is for only revived souls.
— Hosea6:1-3
The beauty and colour of the end-time
Church hinges on divine presence.
— Psalm 16:11You
can also grab God’s presence with praise.
— Psalm22:3
When you become God’s sanctuary, trouble
can’t stand your appearance.
— Psalm 114:1-8God’s
presence is what establishes a man’s
dominion.
— Acts 10:38Every move of God is
characterized by divine presence.
— Zephaniah 3:17You
provoke God’s presence with practical
righteousness.
— John 8:29When you walk in the
fear of the Lord, you enjoy divine presence.
—John 8:29
Evil can’t stand where God stands; and
God will not stand where evil stands.
— Psalm68:2
Until you’re set for God, He doesn’t come.
—Revelation 3:20
God’s presence is the ultimate of a
man’s search.
— Matthew 11:28No matter how weak or
un- talented a man is, if he has God’s
presence, he will make a difference.
— Exodus4:10-12
When God’s presence dominates you,
everything loses taste to you; then God
begins to make your life tasteful.
— John 4:32When
you praise, you create a conducive
atmosphere for God to come.
— Exodus 15:11It is
iniquity that turns God off. His eyes are purer
than to behold evil.
— Isaiah 59:1-2One genuine
encounter with God can last a man a lifetime!
— Genesis 32:24-30
God’s presence is your guarantee
for victory in every conflict of life.
— Isaiah 43:2God
commits His presence to anything He has
commissioned.
— Mark 16:17-20No price is too much to
pay to secure God’s presence.
— Psalm 45:7God’s
presence makes you unbeatable,
un-molestable, and invincible!
— Romans 8:31In His
presence is fullness of joy and pleasures
forever, not pressures.
— Psalm 16:11God’s presence
is the magnetic force that causes a release of
the supernatural.
— Psalm 114:1-8Every revival is a
celebration of God’s presence.
— Zephaniah 3:17The
presence of God is what makes your praise
powerful.
— Psalm 22:3It is divine presence that
makes the difference.
— Acts 10:38When the
All-wise God comes in the midst of a people,
their mentality shines forth!
— Acts 2:1-47God’s
presence automatically confers blessings.
—Ezekiel 36:33-36
The presence of God revolutionizes
mentality.
— Acts 4:13When God’s presence comes,
everything around you comes alive.
— Genesis47:27
With God’s presence, you enjoy divine
backing.
— Romans 8:31The ultimate of every revival
is encounter with divine presence.
— Hosea6:1-3
When you be- come God’s sanctuary,
sickness can’t wait for you!
— Psalm 114:1-8God will
can’t have God’s presence until you give it
what it takes.
— Exodus 19:10-16Every failure is a proof
of God’s absence
— Numbers 14:40-45God’s presence is
your strongest evidence in your Christian
walk.
— Hebrews 2:4There’s a level of walk with God
that brings you to a place where trouble can’t
wait for you!
— Psalm 114:1-8Divine presence is
always proved by mighty acts.
— Zephaniah 3:17If God
is not there, nothing is sure!
— Numbers 14:40-45When
God dominates you, you dominate your world!
— Acts 10:38
When God comes, every evil leaves.
— Psalm 68:1-2God’s holiness demands our holiness to
enjoy His presence.
— Amos 3:3You work your way
into divine presence.
— Philippians 2:12Be thankful and
bless Him, and you will command His
presence 24 hours of the day.
— Psalm 100:4If you’re
on course with God, Satan has no power over
you.
— 1 Peter 3:13God’s presence makes you a
demonstrator of mighty acts.
— John 3:2When God
is not given His place, you’ll be displaced.
—Deuteronomy 28:15
When God’s presence dominates
you, things begin to answer to you.
— John15:7
God’s presence makes your life tasteful.
— John8:29
If God is there, the proofs will be there.
— Mark16:20
God’s presence will mark you out!
— Acts10:38
Everytime you’re connected to God, you’re
connected to good.
— Mark 16:20Problems flee when
comes, lack is converted to plenty.
— Joel 2:23-27When you are "God-full", every devil is
subject to your authority.
— Acts 10:38Just
being "thanks-full" makes you
"God’s-presence-full"!
— Psalm 100:4Until you stay out of
touch with sin, you will not be in touch with
God.
— Proverbs 1:23The nearer you are to God, the
brighter your light shines here on earth.
— Psalm16:11
What makes heaven heavenly is God’s
presence; when God’s presence comes your
way, heaven has come down for you!
— John14:21
God’s presence is the end of man’s
struggles on the earth.
— Psalm 114:1-4Everytime
you’re beaten, it’s a proof that God is not
there.
— Romans 8:31You don’t confess God’s
presence, you work it out!
— John 14:21It’s one
thing to feel His presence, it’s another thing
to have His presence.
— John 8:29God’s presence
guarantees total victory in all spheres of life.
—Acts 16:26
It is the presence of God that makes you
a celebrity.
— Mark 16:20Every obstacle trembles at
God’s presence; so when you begin to
tremble, God is not there.
— Psalm 114:1-4It is divine
presence that determines the effect of the
anointing.
— Acts 10:38God’s presence is the answer
to all your struggles.
— Psalm 16:11Without God’s
presence, you can’t make the difference.
— Johnthe dignity you need, in your earthly walk.
— John5:30
When you dwell in His presence, you’re
unreach-able.
— Psalm 125:1-3Show me a man that
carries God’s presence; he can’t carry
problems at the same time.
— Psalm 114:1-4There’s a
level, a realm where you become war-free; it
is in His presence!
— Revelation 12:7-12The presence of
God demands holiness.
— 1 Peter 1:16When you
break through into His presence, you have
broken through indeed!
— Psalm 16:11When you
carry God’s presence, heaven comes down to
announce you on the earth.
— Matthew 3:16-17When
love is not there, God is not there.
— 1 John4:12
When you succeed in carrying God’s
presence, Satan sees you from afar and runs.
—Psalm 114:1-5
If His presence in the midst of Israel
could neutralise snake poision, imagine what
it will do today.
— Numbers 21:9God’s presence
eliminates weakness and sickness.
— Exodus23:25-26
God’s presence is the trigger for signs and
wonders.
— Mark 16:20The more of God you
encounter, the more you shine, because He’s
the Bright and Morning Star!
— Revelation 22:16When
God’s presence is secured, anything goes.
— Psalm16:11
Just get His presence like Jesus got it,
then you’ll be able to do the works He did.
— Acts10:38
Jesus knew no sin; no wonder God’s
presence, you walk in authority that
provokes dominion.
— Acts 10:38The absence of His
presence is the reason many are frustrated
and stagnated.
— Psalm 16:11Wisdom Diary on Prosperity
Introduction
Wisdom Diary is a collection of powerful,
faith-building, success-motivating and life-transforming
quotes from Dr. David O. Oyedepo.
These quotes, as you meditate on them (along
with the corresponding scriptures), will fortify and
encourage you to rise up to a more meaningful and
productive Christian life.
They are words you will never forget! They are
words you go to bed with, and you wake up full of
electric ideas that will make a shining star out of
you.
They are words brewed in a hot pot of a heart
full of insights and revelations, with spiritual
understanding that has been proved in 27 years
of adventurous Christian living, and 15 years of
committed ministry.
They are not words of an academic mind, No! They
are words of a mind that is breathing with the
intensity of the life of God, contacted through a
diligent study life.
They are words coming from a wealth of
knowledge, gathered through excited fellowship
with anointed books, and ceaseless search in the
Bible—"God’s wisdom bank", as Dr. Oyedepo calls
it.
As you treasure these words of wisdom, your life
will surely blossom into an enviable treasure on
the earth.
Don’t only read these words, think them, talk them
and do them. They will mould your destiny.
If God enthrones you, no environment or
situation can dethrone you.
— Psalm 75:6-7Life is not
designed for struggles, it is designed for
fulfilment.
— Jeremiah 29:11It’s not the will of God for
you to be small.
— Jeremiah 30:19Where you are is not
what determines who you are; who you are is
what determines where you are.
— 1 Chronicles4:9-10
Your imagination makes or mars you.
— Genesis11:6
You’ll never rise higher than your
thoughts.
— Mark 5:28What you think determines
where you end.
— Proverbs 23:7When you imagine
good, good comes; when you imagine evil,
evil comes.
— Proverbs 4:23God’s Word renews your
mind to think God’s thoughts.
— Romans 12:2The
devil knows he has no access to you without
your mind, so he seeks to corrupt your mind.
—Job 3:25
Any day you fail to tithe your blessings,
you’ve unconsciously made life tight for
yourself.
— Malachi 3:8-10Your spiritual well-being will
determine your material and physical
will walk away.
— Proverbs 16:7Where you are today
is a good enough place to step out from.
— Joshua1:3
When you dodge the demand of scriptures,
you miss profits.
— 2 Timothy 3:16-17Those who dodge
the challenges, never get at the crown.
— 1Corinthians 9:24
Every time you’re undoing your
workmen, you’re undoing your destiny.
— 1 Timothy5:18
When you enslave your workmen, you
enslave your destiny without knowing.
— Ephesians6:9
When heaven backs you up, everything
bows to you.
— Romans 8:31Eat it all and lose it all.
— Psalm 41:1Where you’ve not made any input, don’t
expect any output.
— 2 Thessalonians 3:10The true God is
the only true source of true riches.
— 1 Timothy6:17-18
Those who worship God with their means
never lack means.
— 1 Chronicles 29:2-5When you’re
running after God for means, you will always
run out of means.
— John 4:23Those who live for
means will always lack it; but those who live
for God will never lack means.
— Joshua7:20-25
Covenant sense makes a star!
— Genesis26:12-14
Anything you will worship, God won’t let
you have it.
— Isaiah 42:8The Almighty that manages
the heavens and the earth cannot mismanage
your little life.
— Jeremiah 32:17Get out of afflictions,
step into additions! It’s your birthright.
— Psalm84:11
Until you enter into an oath of love with
get wealth.
— Deuteronomy 8:18When your heart begins
to go after God, good begins to pursue after
you.
— 1 Kings 3:3-14Do not live for gold or you’ll miss
God; when you miss God, you live with lack!
— 1Timothy 6:10
The windows of heaven are eternally
open when you do what it takes to make
them open.
— Malachi 3:10You can’t look sickly and
live healthy.
— Joel 3:10God is your heavenly
Father, not your heavenly banker!
— Deuteronomy26:10
The richest man that lived (Solomon)
never asked for it; he just worshipped into it!
—1 Kings 3:4-14
You worship into God’s abundance;
you don’t pray for it.
— Proverbs 3:9-10A good
understanding of the covenant will free you
from every tension in life.
— Luke 6:38If God will
bless your bread and your water, it is
because you serve Him with your bread and
your water.
— Exodus 23:25If your blessing is not
coming from God, it will disappear.
— Proverbs10:22
Pay your tithe so that things will stop
being tight for you.
— Malachi 3:8-10No matter what
blessing you stumble into, God’s portion
must be preserved, or the blessing becomes
a curse.
— Malachi 1:6You have! Don’t carry the look
of "I don’t have."
— 2 Peter 1:3Everytime you
despise a good thing, you reject it for
yourself.
— 2 Kings 7:1-2Every good thing you hate,
you’ll never live to share in it.
— 2 Kings 7:2When
you grief.
— Romans 13:3When God makes you, no
devil can unmake you.
— Numbers 23:20If you live in
the midst of profit and you’re recording
losses, you’re an odd man out.
— Hebrews 4:2It’s
more dignifying to live a life that blesses,
than to live a life that collects.
— Acts 20:35If you
must win, you must be joyful.
— Isaiah 12:3When
God empties His heart on a man, no devil can
stop that man!
— Numbers 23:8When you touch God’s
heart, He touches your life with favour.
— Genesis22:17
Except God be for you, nothing will work
for you.
— Psalm 127:1-2When you go the way He
shows you, you won’t push; you just win!
— Psalm32:8
If you’re not a happy son of God, you will
never be a winning son.
— Deuteronomy 28:47-48For your
voice to be heard, you cannot afford to be
poor.
— Ecclesiastes 9:16A winner does not quit, and a
quitter does not win and cannot win.
— 1 Samuel4:9
His commandments are not to grieve you,
but to groom you.
— 1 John 5:3There is something to
do in the secret in order to shine in the open.
—Matthew 6:3-4
You will never become a financial star
until you engage in financial covenant
exercises.
— Psalm 126:5-6Titles are mere identities,
but status is an accomplishment. It is worked
for.
— 1 Corinthians 15:9-10It takes covenant exercises to
become a kingdom high-flyer.
— Job 29:2-25Never
from heaven.
— Proverbs 22:13It takes the key of
sacrifice to gain access into the realm of
sweat-less success.
— Psalm 126:5-6When you reflect
the marvellous light, you begin to exhibit the
marvellous life.
— 1 Peter 2:9-10You are not in lack
because you are black; you are in lack
because you are unconnected to the
covenant.
— Romans 10:12It is your Word-position
that determines your life-position.
— Proverbs13:13
When you stop considering testimonies
you begin to fall.
— Psalm 119:14If you must shine,
you must position yourself at a covenant
angle to the Sun of Righteousness.
— Malachi 4:2If
you don’t arise, you will remain in darkness.
—Isaiah 60:1-2
If you reject His counsel, you will be
rejected of Him.
— Hosea 4:6Until a man gets the
Helper, he is still miserable.
— Psalm 60:11You don’t
become acclaimed until you proclaim the
Word.
— Daniel 12:3Everytime you appear in Zion,
there is a ‘rainfall’. Zion is a city of blessings.
—Obadiah:17
Those who serve God don’t beg bread.
— Psalm 34:10When your blessing is of God, it is
irreversible.
— Numbers 23:20Outside the blessings of
God, there is nothing called riches;
everything else out there in the world is
fake.
— Proverbs 10:22The true riches are the results of
the blessings of God.
— Proverbs 10:22Because God is
truth, His riches are true riches.
— Psalm 112:3When
Acts 10:4
The road is never closed walking with
Jesus.
— Ecclesiastes 9:4It is His blessings that
guarantee plenty, not our struggles.
— Proverbs10:22
When you want to go through men to rise,
He makes sure you don’t rise.
— Psalm 147:10-11It is
the blessings of God that make the
difference, not man’s profession or
expertise.
— Psalm 1:1-3Whatever can disconnect
you from His blessings has disconnected you
from plenty.
— Job 36:11There’s nothing you have
that can compare with His blessings.
— Proverbs10:22
Most of the "Money bags" in the world are
also "Sickness-bags". But when God
enriches, He enlivens!
— Exodus 23:25-26God’s favour is
superior to any connection on the earth.
— Psalm132:13-18
Financial unfaithfulness leads to
financial failure.
— Matthew 25:24-28You don’t travel the
devil’s track and expect to encounter God’s
blessings.
— Jude 11If it’s God that makes rich,
then get on the line for His riches.
— Psalm 75:6-7If
you don’t want to see the people under you
rise, God won’t let you rise.
— Ephesians 6:9As long as
you’re spiritually resourceful, you’ll never
lack material blessings.
— 1 Corinthians 9:8-11The reason
many businesses are down-trodden is
because the ones in charge want it all, yet
will not do it all.
— James 5:4As long as you can’t do
it all, don’t eat it all!
— Luke 10:7We are not called
investment.
— Ephesians 5:16Anytime you lean on
men, your future becomes uncertain.
— Jeremiah17:5-6
Don’t join the protestants, settle with the
progressives.
— Proverbs 13:20God will direct you,
instruct, rebuke and correct you, so He can
position you.
— Hebrews 12:6If you’re not
open-hearted, you’ll be stranded.
— Proverbs 28:14The
things you seek don’t come from abroad, but
from above.
— James 1:17Not every open door is
God’s door; many are traps in disguise.
— Proverbs14:12
When you’re encumbered by the cares of
this world, your spiritual ears go deaf.
— 1 Corinthians2:14
Do you want to see God in action? Free
yourself from worries.
— 1 Peter 5:7If you’re careful
for things, God won’t hear you from heaven.
—Philippians 4:6
Every prayer you pray under worries
does not go through.
— James 1:6-8Those who
celebrate problems never get free from
them.
— 1 Thessalonians 5:18Everytime you want a rise,
get a song, and the Voice that raises men will
come.
— 2 Kings 3:15The cheapest way up is to forget
the past, make the best of today, and be
excited about tomorrow.
Bible Sense for Destiny
The Commission
"The hour has come to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil,
through the preaching of the Word of Faith; and I am sending you to undertake this task."
Introduction
People have erroneously thought that fate and destiny are synonymous. According to them, destiny is wherever you find yourself. But this is not so. Wherever you find yourself in life is fate, not destiny.
Destiny is about driving towards a definite goal or destination. Unlike fate, where you accept whatever comes your way, destiny is based on the knowledge of your purpose on the earth. Your destiny is delivered to you by God.
God hasn't created you a purposeless being on the earth; you are a creature of purpose, and have a clearly defined destiny. Hear what He says about you in Jeremiah 29:11:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. God has an expected end for you; that is your destiny. But it is your responsibility to discover it through a search.
Discovering your destiny in life begins with your identifying your purpose. To be purposeless is to be powerless, because energy is only released when you are driving towards a well defined goal or destination.
I once drove for 17 hours 30 minutes to Maiduguri and discovered that as long as your destination is defined, no matter how long it takes, there is a constant supply of energy to accomplish your goal. After every 100 kilometre, there was always a fresh supply of energy urging me on towards my destination.
Nothing produces energy like purpose or goal. That is why a day without any set goal is a very tiring one.
Destiny begins with an identified purpose; men of purpose are men of power. Martin Luther King Jnr. said if a man has no purpose for living, he is not fit to live. Life remains a burden to him, because he is a burden to existence.
God's Destiny For You
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified,
them he also glorified.
If you are born again, God has destined you for dignity. You are redeemed to be glorified, not "shamified". God's purpose or destiny for you as a Christian is not failure, frustration or mediocrity. So, if you fail, it's your choice, not your destiny. Some have chosen to fail because some fellows have told them that they are jinxed or that they are being hunted by some witch. But my Bible tells me that goodness and mercy are what follows you if you are following the Shepherd.
As long as you are born again and justified by the blood of the Lamb, your destiny in God's scheme of things is glorification. He wants you to end your journey on earth as a glorified and dignified Christian.
You must, therefore, locate where you are going in life, as that is the only way to generate a continous supply of energy that will take you there.
God bringing you in contact with this book means that He has concluded that you have a great role to play in your generation. You have an impact to make, and your generation will thank God that you were born.
Let us now consider the scriptural steps to take in approaching the issue of your destiny.
Catch It!
The first step to realizing your destiny is to catch it. You catch it by a Delivery, Discovery or Desire. Let us examine them individually:
Delivery.
This is when God directly unfolds to you where you are going. You stand upon the tower and watch what God will say to you, and then you write down the vision (Hab. 2:1-2).This occurs often in receiving a call to ministry. It has nothing to do with your natural abilities, but God's ability at work in you, because, "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it" (1 Thess. 5:24).
Discovery.
There are certain endowments in you, which when discovered can be traded with. Jesus told a parable, in which the master gave each of his three servants talents to occupy them till He comes. The first two traded with the talents, gaining five and two more. To them, the master said, "Well done" (Matt.25:14-30).
Another way of locating your destiny is by your discovering the giftings of God within you that can profitably occupy you till He comes. Hear this brother's testimony:
"I came to Winners' Chapel in January, 1995. Miraculously, God led me into doing business and I became a distributor of some foreign products. But in 1996, the business dwindled, because it seemed like the source of those products had closed up.
This was about the same time the Bishop launched the Creativity Support Scheme. So, I decided to apply for a loan, because I felt if I had money I would be able to do some other things.
I came to church that day (the last Tuesday in November 1996) and sat in one of the overflow classes, writing the application. As
I wrote, God said to me, `My son, it is not money you need; you need more ideas to shake the devil.' I said, `God, I don't have ideas.' He said, `I will give you ideas. Now, turn the back of that application paper.' I did, and He started dictating things to me.
The wonderful thing is that I studied English Language, but what God dictated to me was how to produce and package food and spices. He directed me to where to go for more information, if I needed any, and even told me what should be on the labels of the packages.
To the glory of God, today, we have five products in the market, and more are still coming!
Olafusi, O.
There is no ungifted person on the earth. Everyone is divinely endowed for a profitable life. This brother's destiny would have been lost, if he had not discovered it.
In case you have not heard a voice or seen a vision, look inward, with a view to locating what natural endowments you carry, that can be profitably traded.
Desire.
Your destiny may also be determined by what you
desire; that is, a particular area of life where you desire to make an impact. This is because God respects your choice.Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalm 37:4
...I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deuteronomy 30:19
God made man a creature of choice, so He respects the desires of a man's heart.
If your destiny is not delivered to you through God's call, and you are unable to discover one for yourself by locating the
giftings inside you, you can locate your destiny by a choice. This is especially in areas like academics, business and professional practice. Your career can take you to your place of destiny. And your desire is as potent as the delivery of God's plan.
So, God has not left you purposeless. You are a creature of purpose, and you can catch it by delivery, discovery or desire. You cannot just go about saying, "I'm waiting for what God will say to me." The same way He has given you profitable talents, He has also given you the right of choice, to desire a productive goal. Which ever way, your discovery, delivery or desire are equally potent in the determination of your purpose or destiny, so catch one! After this, you move on to the second stage.
Believe It
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars...So shall thy seed be. And he believed
in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:5-6
It is not enough to catch a purpose, you need to believe it before you can become it. What you don't believe, you can never
become. The Bible says:
And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke 1:45
So, no matter what you have seen or heard, there is a demand on faith. Until you believe it, it may never be performed.
Abraham believed God, and today we are children of Abraham by faith. As Isaac was, we also are children of promise. We are the fulfilment of all that Abraham saw up there when he counted the stars in the sky.
Prophecy often go unfulfilled in many people's lives because they do not know their faith is required for the prophecy to be fulfilled. It takes faith to fulfil your purpose, whether it is received by delivery, discovery or desire. You are going somewhere, but you need God to get there, and it takes faith to get God. To get faith, you need the Word of God, for faith cometh by hearing and hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17).
The faith required here is not the one that only confesses, "I know God will do it", particularly when your confession is not based on any discovered truth. The faith needed for the actualization of your purpose is the one based on the Word of God.
Men of faith have the greatest accomplishments in life. All the great deeds recorded in Hebrews 11 were produced by men of faith. Therefore, if your journey must end with good report, you require true faith as oppossed to mere mental assent, for the just shall live by his faith (Hab. 2:4).
So, catch it and believe it, as you commit God by laying hold on His Word, and you are on your way to the third step.
Understand It
God says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..." (Hos. 4:6). They know where they are going, but they don't have an understanding of what it entails to get there.
Every outstanding result in any field of human endeavour is a function of the operator's understanding. Your understanding of a business, for example, will determine how outstanding you will become in it. This, therefore, calls for the acquisition of relevant information that will help give motion to your purpose.
You need to invest time to get detailed and up-to-date
information on that career, job or profession. It will make the difference between your succeeding or failing in it. The Bible says:
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 13:15
Hardship in the realization of any goal is, therefore, a function of inadequate understanding.
For instance, as a minister of God, I knew I was going to be very rich, because I had a good understanding from Scriptures of what it takes to be rich. I knew that a pastor didn't have to go from house to house, looking for someone who God has laid in his heart to give his ministry something. Such hardship is
unnecessary, if you have the understanding that divine provision operates on the basis of impact.
When your ministry begins to touch the lives of men, God will move them to communicate material substance to you. That is the whole essence of Galatians 6:6:
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
When Jesus was going about ministering in Luke 8, the Bible says the people He ministered to ministered back to Him of their substance.
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary
called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many
others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
Luke 8:1-3
Prospering in ministry doesn't require running about town. It
takes running around God to impart men and command abundant supply that will change you from a beggar to a distributor of
every good thing.
As large as our church is, and filled with loving people, I have learnt not to knock at anybody's door. With good understanding, I am able to command supplies from heaven with dignity, simply by doing my work from my heart. I have so many sons and
daughters with big ministries all over the world today, who come to greet me with heavy substance because of impact.
A long time ago, the Lord said to me, "I sent you TO them. You're not sent BY them, you're sent to them.
So, if you carry out My assignment to them, you won't need to look unto them to enjoy the best of life."
Nothing is outstanding without understanding. You need good understanding to enhance the dignity of your destiny. That shame around you is not programmed by God. Its source is inadequate understanding.
If somebody knows the way to where you are going, even though he may be younger than you, ask him to show you the way. If you are going into a business, be humble enough to sit under somebody who is ahead of you in that same business, and let him educate you on the things you need to know.
The truth is, if you refuse to use your brain, no matter how born again and anointed you are, you will soon lose value. God said to be spiritually minded is life and peace. That means to be spiritually mindless is death and crises. Not to use your mind to appreciate and logically analyse and understand what God is asking you to do will keep you on the same spot.
Pursue It!
Catch it, believe it, understand it, and then pursue it.
...Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habbakuk 2:2
It takes physical input to attain outstanding results. The vision you don't pursue, you never obtain. The race of life answers to runners (1 Cor. 9:24-26), not sleepers or idlers. If you must win a prize in athletics, you must have very good legs, which must be put to work in constant exercises long before the day of the contest.
Life becomes very exciting when you start pursuing your destiny. So put your feet on the ground, knowing that you never accomplish a purpose you don't pursue. It is pursuit that culminates in accomplishment.
God told Abraham to get out of his country and his father's
household to a place He will show him. In addition, God promised to make of him a great nation, to bless him and make his name great, and to bless them that bless him and curse them that curse him (Gen.12:1-3). And the next verse says, "So Abraham
departed, as the Lord had spoken..." In other words, the pursuit
Pursuit is the mystery behind accomplishment. You don't just sit down, waiting for your discovered destiny to accomplish itself. Some people took delivery of visions many years ago, but today, the visions have died, and they are still celebrating stories around it. They tell you, "Do you know what I had in mind?" I don't want to know what you had in mind, I want to see what you are doing now!
When Paul discovered his purpose, he said he immediately arose in its pursuit, not conferring with flesh and blood (Gal. 1:16). When Jesus called Peter and Andrew from their boat, the Bible says "straightway" they forsook their nets and followed Him (Mk. 1:18). He called Matthew from the tax collection point, and he arose immediately and followed Jesus (Mk. 2:14). Distinction answers to men of action, not story tellers.
In case you have disappointed God in time past, start afresh in the pursuit of your glorious destiny, and stop telling stories all about town. Pursuit is what gives life to purpose.
The next thing to do after pursuit is to persist.
Persistence
Persistence in the pursuit of your destiny is what breeds
prominence. Don't stop until you achieve your goal, for the Bible says:
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9
Every notable man in any area of life is a man of persistence. He has encountered challenges that would have discouraged others, but he stayed on.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will
surely come, it will not tarry.
Habakkuk 2:3
The vision shall only speak at the end, not at the beginning or at the middle. So, while it tarries, you are to tarry as well, because it will surely come. Don't disappoint destiny by giving up before the appointed time. There is a due season for your reaping, if you faint not. That due season is not when you are in need, but when
you are considered due.
For instance, if you are the boss of a company, and one of your staff has a financial need on the 10th day of the month, are you obliged to pay him his salary? No! You owe him nothing, since he is not due for his pay until the end of the month.
So, your due season is not when you are in need. Your times are in God's hands (Ps. 31:15). He is the One to determine when you are due for the next phase of life. He assess what you have done with the pursuit of your purpose to determine when you are due for a lifting.
Psalm 75:6-7 tells us that promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge. Your reward will only come to you when God judges that you are due for it. But before it comes, keep on going. Persistence is a requirement, if your destiny in life must be realised.
Accept Responsibility
Now you know what to do to realise your destiny. All these goalless utterances such as, "God will do it" have kept many down for ages. It is true God will do it, but He has left you with some responsibilities. He has given you the brain, so you can give Him rest. If you refuse to use your brain, no matter for how long you have been born again or how anointed you are, you will lose value on the earth.
Someone says, "When I first gave my life to Christ, things were happening for me of their own accord, but it's not so anymore." Things are not working the way you expect them to because you have not accepted responsibility. God now considers you old enough to take steps on your own; so He watches you, and won't step in until you first take a step.
When a new baby is born, the feeding bottle is held in his mouth for him. After some time, he is left to hold it up by himself. And as time goes by, the bottle is no longer put in his hand; he is told where his food is, so he can help himself when he is hungry. As the child grows older, he is simply told where the food stuff is, so he can cook for himself when he returns from school. Finally, a time comes when he is not even told anything, but left to take
decisions for himself.
So, destiny is where your purpose in life is concerned. If you don't accept responsibility for your destiny, you will live like a destitute and liability.
You are a child of destiny, so accept the responsibilities. Please make these declarations:
"I am a child of destiny, I stepped into my destiny the day I met Jesus. No one can come to Jesus except the Father draws him. The Father has drawn me, because I'm a child of destiny. He justified me, so He can glorify me. I will not disappoint destiny, in Jesus' name!"
I curse whatever makes you ineffective in the pursuit of your purpose, in the name of Jesus!
I curse whatever drains you of energy and makes you weak in the pursuit of your purpose, and command a restoration of health and vitality to your body, in the name of Jesus!
Bible Sense for Progress
The Commission
"The hour has come to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil,
through the preaching of the Word of Faith; and I am sending you to undertake this task."
Introduction
God has programmed the end-time Church for enlargement.
Isaiah 2:2 says:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
This is echoed in Micah 4:1-2 and several other Scriptures throughout the Bible.
However, this enlargement is not for the Church as a body alone, but also for the individuals that make up the body. The Bible describes the end- time as a time when at least ten unbelievers will take hold of a believer by his skirt and say, "We will follow
