According to the Bible, all of God's children will need some type of necessities in life, be it money, comforts of living like food, clothing, a home, car and maintenance of them.

 

            IT IS GOD'S OBLIGATION to assure that his children live a comfortable life.  Note that I said a comfortable lifestyle, not a lavish one.  But what about Prosperity Preachers that assure that God wants to give you more than you can imagine? Is this in the Bible too?

 

Luke 18: 29  So He(Jesus)  said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30 who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

 

What about the giving and it shall be given back, cast your bread upon the waters and it will come back to you. (Eccl. 11:1) There are seven promises that are “guaranteed” by God's word to the tither who shall be blessed beyond measure provided that you give to the work of the Lord and to the preachers who “feed” you His word.  What about the poor that are God's children yet they seem to have been neglected because they can't even meet their financial obligations be it their rent, their food for the month, etc.  If they can’t do that how can they possibly give their money to someone else?  It seems that every other day they are in a crisis of some sort because their car broke down and they do not have enough money to fix it. Can and will God step in and rescue them from their financial nightmares?  The answer will surprise you

 

            Have they (the poor in the body of Christ) been forgotten by God?  Maybe they are church goers and are living a wholesome Christian life.  Yet something is lacking in their life and they feel God is not exactly fulfilling His obligation to meet all of their needs.  Somewhere in their life they feel they made a terrible mistake and are now paying the price by living a life of emptiness and lack of goodness because they can't even manage to meet the simple pleasures of life like their neighbours seem to enjoy.

 

            If you feel like the person just mentioned above, then this ministry is for you.  Week by week, new insights into God's word will reveal what God wants and expects from his children and how he wants them to live.  There are more life lessons about money and the management of it in the entire Bible, than any other topic passage of scripture.  God knows that money and the sources that money brings can make someone live a blessed. prosperous life or one of devastation. 

 

            Each week we will review a life lesson in the Bible that pertains to money and how step by step,  with the right attitude,  using the proper keys and combinations you can open the doors to your treasures and truly experience the open windows of heaven where God will outpour upon you blessing after blessing and money miracle after miracle.  You too can live an abundant life of prosperity.   In the same measure that your personal spiritual life is exemplified and living righteous, equally God assures us through His word that you will begin experiencing financial prosperity, more money to go to the end of the month to meet your money/ debt obligations and actually begin to surpass them so that you will no longer be in debt (what the Bible calls the tail).  Rather God wants you to begin living a life of excess poured out blessings of prosperity that reveals extraordinary living so much so that people around you will being questioning what happened to you—so much increase that you have exceeded your simple necessities in life and are actually indulging in a few extras that really make you begin enjoying life that much more (where the Bible refers to living as the head and no longer the tail).

 

 

This weeks Life Lesson derived from:                                                                                           Week of November 5^th, 2007

 

Jesus feeds 4000 Thousand (Matthew 15:29)

 

            Jesus performed a miracle and multiplied the loaves and fishes to the four thousand who were hungry and went 3 days journey with Jesus along the Sea of Galilee only to find that they were in a crisis... no food!

            These people were amazed when they saw Jesus heal the sick, the crippled walk, the mute were healed (Mat. 15:31). They were so amazed at the miracles that they continued 3 days journey with Jesus.  Imagine having church for 3 days, a revival non-stop where miracle after miracle is performed by God and all those around experiencing this are so amazed that they want more, continue watching, waiting for the next miracle that Jesus will do.  These people were probably not in need of a miracle themselves or by now would have most likely been healed by the Master healer who was with them. 

 

            The people who followed Jesus were the deciples, and families made up of men/ women/ and children who were seeking to get closer to God by experiencing first hand the miracles being performed that was so life changing for those who received the miracles that even the witnesses were under that great cloud of Glory, within the very mist of miracle dew from heaven, experiencing and witnessing this great power themselves.  They were revival seekers, praising God and worshipping Him at every turn along the way of their journey to who knows where as long as they had Jesus with them, then that was enough.  As long as they experienced this miracle working wonder power of God, that should do it for them. >As long as they were captivated by Jesus and the very essence of God living amongst them, that was enough for them.  Yes, they were filled with the spiritual awakening power of God themselves and they could not just leave this very presence of God that they strived for all these years, the revival that they had been seeking was now being lived before them and they just could not get up and leave.

 

            The multitude found themselves on a mountain top, 3 days into the journey with nothing to eat.  They probably have been fasting for some time but little mention or notice went toward that because somehow they had felt full, they were filled somehow they were not neglected or forgotten for the very basic element of survival—food.  All along the way for these three days they most certainly had their full of spiritual food and that kept them going, fuelled their appetite for the Gospel that Jesus was preaching and fulfilling before their very eyes. 

 

            Jesus turns to his disciple and says that he has compassion for these people.  Whenever Jesus had compassion for someone that would mean another miracle was ready to be birthed.  When you have compassion for someone you feel sorry and yet troubled for that person.  Compassion means Jesus experienced an emotion for his fellow men and women who journeyed with Him.  Not only did Jesus want them to experience the miracles, He wanted them to partake with them also.  He knew that this group of people would not be satisfied until they themselves experienced a miracle upon themselves. The seven loaves they had and a couple of fish now became the basis and ground work for a miracle that these people can experience themselves.  Jesus performed this miracle as an example that should be involved in every believer, the breaking of bread in a congregation in remembrance of Jesus should also remind us of this miracle of multiplication. 

 

            This miracle is a reminder that God is concerned with our very essence of living and feeding ourselves equally as impressive as showing Him that we hunger for His righteousness and we hunger to see Him in His ultimate Glory.  Let us be spiritually hungry to see Jesus the way He truly is: He is the Miracle Worker; God-Performing, Father Revealing, Life Restoring, Inspirational Healer that He is-- type of hunger .  Should we continue to seek Jesus in this manner, we too can and should initially be feeding on the same type of spiritual food this multitude in the Bible were experiencing \at that time.  Should we be meditating on these words to bring about the “seek ye first the kingdom of God” attitude, then Jesus will have compassion to your physical needs as well! (Please re-read this point until it gets into your spirit realm.)

 

            In the Gospel of Mark 6:30, Jesus feeds 5000 people at another time in His ministry with equally the same type of lesson to learn.  He turns to see a lad who had a few small fish.  Jesus directed them to sit down in groups.  There was order here and the people were obedient.  Obedience in God's word also performs miracles and births the right attitude to see plenty explode before your very eyes, so much so that you have more than enough for your need.  The disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.  And the number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

 

            There are life lesson keys the lad discovered that released the multiplication miracle in his life and those around him so that there was an overflow of abundance.  Would you like to have these divine keys of understanding that can change your money situation and have more than enough for you AND those around you!  God says that when He blesses you, He will make you a blessing to those also around you that they too experience the blessing overflow that you are experiencing!

 

KEY 1:  The lad was the first in the bunch to offer what little he had to help those around him meet the very basic simple essentials of life.  He gave of whatever he had for the benefit of others.  He forgot who he was and his need and put other's needs before him.  Can you do that?  Is your life a self-less centred on God's principles first, that you care to help another in more desperate need than your own.

 

KEY 2: He recognized that even though he gave, it would somehow come back to him because he was with the Master who was in charge of his life.  The loaves and fishes he had were seed sown to bring forth a greater harvest than that which he had which was few.

 

KEY 3:  He chose to do that which Jesus commanded him to do.  Despite what it may look like in the natural, he chose to forget that possible outcome of possibly starving should he give what little he had and trust in Jesus to take care of his needs as he chose to care for the needs of others. In other words, he understood that God was his source of supply.  Phil 4:19 says “My God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches and Glory”.  Yes God is rich and has an overabundance of supply for all His children and that includes YOU!  Let God be our source and money miracle multiplications will be evident in all our lives because God is no respecter of persons (meaning that what He did n\for one He will do to another in exactly that same circumstance).

 

KEY 5:  The lad knew that he could not claim the promise for himself and the blessing without first being qualified to do so.  God called him out and he responded, thus he became qualified to experience that miracle.  Are you willing to respond to the call today?  Will you give to someone else in need before your very own.  It doesn't have to be money, it could be offering your time to a local church, and as such God will redeem your time.  (What you sow that you will reap)  Give and it shall be given back to you pressed down and shaken together.  (Luke 6:38)

 

            The bread represents the needs in your life.  We all need bread to live. The bread is very symbolic because that is what He wanted to be remembered by.  It was the breaking of bread that symbolizes the body of Christ and partaking in His Glory whenever someone would do this in His memory.  The fact that Jesus multiplied this bread means that He was showing that those who wish to be partakers of this Holy Communion are also partakers of His blessings outpoured on every believer.  His blessings include ALL blessings of the Bible, from the Abrahamic covenant, to His New Testament which is the New covenant for all who believe in God. (Read Galatians entirely)  When Jesus multiplied the bread this was also significant.  Multiplication of numbers means that from one who is Blessed, being Jesus, the multitude will also be blessed, taken care of, fed, and looked after.  With this same assurance, we can face all obstacles in life knowing that the same Jesus who could bless the multitude then can also bless us as believers in Christ today.  No matter what situation we face and experience hunger pains, God will fill us and give us the desires of our hearts.  (Psalm. 37:4)  We can hunger for food, a better life, a new car, a bigger house, better employment…each situation in our lives God promises to make better and restore…provided we continue in partaking in this bread with Him as a recognition of being in the body of Christ and as a reminder to God that we still hunger for Him.

 

The fish represents the amazing multiplication power of God.  The fish were plentiful at the command that Peter was given when he was fishing all night and caught nothing.  But at the very command of God who told i\him to cast at the other side of the boat, there was plenty.  It was not that the fish were never there, it was at the moment Peter decided to listen to God and do what he commanded that it brought about a miracle manifestation and plenty of prosperity.  The fish represents the obedience of believers who are followers of Christ!  Obedience to God’s word brings about multiplication of whatever scenario.  With the right attitude of obedience brings about a miracle every time.  Only God could perform the amazing miracle of multiplication of 2 fish into MORE THAN ENOUGH to feed the entire multitude.  Only God can release this amazing multiplication anointing upon you so that everything you touch will also supernaturally multiply and bless many around you as you are being blessed. (Note the Abrahamic covenant wher3e God says I will bless you and make you a blessing to others- Gen. 12:2)  We are blessed to be a blessing to those around us.  Are you ready to be blessed so that you can be a blessing to others?

 

            God is ready to provide for you too should you follow these simple steps and keys of abundance. Lets pray:

 

Father God, I am ready to follow you and do what you say so that I can reverse this situation I am in financially and so that you can provide for me in my situation of need.  My God, I know that you own it all, every resource in this world is for your Glory because You have made it to be returned to you.  Today I make a commitment to change my ways so that I put you and your heavenly Kingdom in its rightful place in my life.  You are the #1 priority.  I acknowledge your work so that souls are changed for the better.  Make me a blessing Father through Your Son Jesus Christ, who died on the cross in exchange for my sins so that I can be a partaker of the many  blessings through Him and believing in your Goodness for me. I believe He died on the cross and came back to life and now  I believe in your renewing of my mind body and spirit to receive the multiplication anointing for my life today.  You are a Good God and I trust in you completely.  You are my source, my provider: Gen 22:14 declares that you will provide for me a way out of my situation and provide the means to do it.  I declare this blessing into my life right now.  I will qualify myself to obey in my giving to the church and for your missions and to your Glory.  I will commit to going to church and giving my time to do your work and turning my life around for the good.  I will commit to reading your word daily and you showing me the new ways that brings life and life more abundantly.  Thank you God and I praise you for your Glorious work you are performing in me now and forever more.  Amen!

 

 

 

 

NOTE: If this sermon has been a blessing to you, please give generously in time or money to the following missions this ministry currently is supporting and you want to partake in this blessing.

 

(Identify a need in your life you want God to get you out of that is similar to another)

 

1. Youths and young adults in the Jane and Finch neighbourhood who have been in poverty to find a means and a way out with better jobs and employment opportunities.

 

2. Donate to I have a Dream: I have a Vision mission that honours Martin Luther King Foundation.

 

3. Christian Children and families currently in poverty stricken situations who need food or clothing and you want to give to the Daily Bread food Bank.

 

4. Donate through this ministry to the Habitant for Humanity where the poor can find cheap shelter.

 

5. Donate to Christian drug and rehab programs for youth at Teen Challenge.

 

6. Donate to Messianic Jews for Jesus foundation and For Zion’s Sake: Christians United for Israel

 

7. Donate to Serge Gizzo for Christ ministries in support of teaching people the Biblical ways to prosperity and how to get out of debt.

 

(direct your giving by circling your choice: you will have a measurable seed that brings measurable results you can reap)