Prioritizing God's Kingdom: Trust, Stewardship, and Renewal

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"I've trusted that God would take care of me because I said Lord my heart is set on seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness first in my life and I have even said this I said Lord if when I'm seeking your kingdom and your righteousness first in my life you don't take care of my needs then that I will be the first person in human history who God broke his promise and he did not meet this person's needs even though he sought God's kingdom first it cannot happen it cannot happen heaven and earth will pass away that word will not pass away jesus said all your needs my heavenly father will provide for you even your physical needs seek the kingdom of God first and his righteousness and I believe that every Christian is to manifest that truth that I've spent my life seeking God's kingdom and his righteousness and gods added all my needs to me." [00:15:17]

"Money is something that God gives you and he tests you to see what you do with it you didn't realize it was a test it is a test he gives us earthly things to see whether we can be faithful with them and if you're faithful in those earthly things he'll give you the true riches see what it says Luke 16 and verse 11 Luke 16 verse 11 says if you are faithful with these earthly riches that God gives you that is your salary and whatever earthly wealth you get inheritance for your business profits that is something God has given to you to test you to see whether you are faithful in using Ying's if you are God will give you the true riches and that is the main reason why so many Christians are poor spiritually." [00:17:00]

"Why is it this so little of anointed preaching from many pulpits today why is it we have so many preachers who are just entertainers who crack jokes and make make people laugh Jesus never stood up in a pulpit and made people laugh and crack jokes those are all today's entertainers who claim to be preachers in our preachers they're entertainers they have learned from the rough world rock music world how to entertain tea it's because they don't get the true riches you can't claim to be have the anointing just because you say fifty hallelujahs in your message." [00:18:14]

"So what am I saying always keep money as your servant you control it don't let it control you and at the end of your life at the end of your life as we will all come to the end of our life one day and all the secrets of men are made manifest one day as it will be manifest at the judgment seat of Christ it should be manifest in your case I want it to be manifest it might be it should be manifest in your case here is a man here is a woman who spent his life seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness he was not a full-time worker but he spent his life seeking to glorify God in his earthly profession he was upright in his job he never cheated anybody he never told lies to make money he was upright in his business he sought God's kingdom and everything and God provided all his needs this physical means his health means his financial needs his children's needs because he honored God that should be your testimony at the judgment seat of Christ when your entire life is portrayed on a video screen for everybody to see." [00:21:05]

"Let your glory be but at least from some point in your life maybe from today onwards you bang I began to seek God's kingdom first in the times of ignorance isn't it wonderful to hear that right up until today you were ignorant and God says I will overlook it I will overlook it I will not call you to account for it you were ignorant but from today God is now telling everyone everywhere to repent to repentance turn around and put God first in your life and you know I told you the church is called the body of Christ and it's not only preachers who are supposed to build the body of Christ every person was born again was made Jesus Christ Lord of their life can do something to build the body of Christ maybe you can pray for God's servants regularly maybe you can give a tract to somebody maybe you can take a little book little booklet that hardly cost anything let's blessed your heart and with a good prayer give it to some friend of yours and pray that that man will come to salvation." [00:24:09]

"God overlooks the times of ignorance in your life the time when you were ignorant that your attitude of money determined your attitude to God maybe you were ignorant of it until today maybe it's only today that you really came to know that you were serving money all these years even though you claim to be a Christian okay thank God you came to know of it today so that at least from today till the time Christ comes you can start putting God first in your life not money I'm not saying you've got to give up your job keep your job earn as much as you can by all means but make sure they are your servants make sure it's under your feet make sure your joy is not found in your bank account but in Jesus Christ always and you got to fight it because the devil is always trying to take your joy away into something of this earth I don't want my joy to be even in my health I thank God for very good health that God's given me in 78 years of my life it's not my ability it's God's goodness but I don't glory in that he doesn't make a difference to me whether I am healthy or sick I will still serve God so don't glory in these things of Earth and shall all perish." [00:25:32]

"At the end of your life as we will all come to the end of our life one day and all the secrets of men are made manifest one day as it will be manifest at the judgment seat of Christ it should be manifest in your case I want it to be manifest it might be it should be manifest in your case here is a man here is a woman who spent his life seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness he was not a full-time worker but he spent his life seeking to glorify God in his earthly profession he was upright in his job he never cheated anybody he never told lies to make money he was upright in his business he sought God's kingdom and everything and God provided all his needs this physical means his health means his financial needs his children's needs because he honored God that should be your testimony at the judgment seat of Christ when your entire life is portrayed on a video screen for everybody to see." [00:26:11]

"Let your glory be but at least from some point in your life maybe from today onwards you bang I began to seek God's kingdom first in the times of ignorance isn't it wonderful to hear that right up until today you were ignorant and God says I will overlook it I will overlook it I will not call you to account for it you were ignorant but from today God is now telling everyone everywhere to repent to repentance turn around and put God first in your life and you know I told you the church is called the body of Christ and it's not only preachers who are supposed to build the body of Christ every person was born again was made Jesus Christ Lord of their life can do something to build the body of Christ maybe you can pray for God's servants regularly maybe you can give a tract to somebody maybe you can take a little book little booklet that hardly cost anything let's blessed your heart and with a good prayer give it to some friend of yours and pray that that man will come to salvation." [00:27:15]

"God overlooks the times of ignorance in your life the time when you were ignorant that your attitude of money determined your attitude to God maybe you were ignorant of it until today maybe it's only today that you really came to know that you were serving money all these years even though you claim to be a Christian okay thank God you came to know of it today so that at least from today till the time Christ comes you can start putting God first in your life not money I'm not saying you've got to give up your job keep your job earn as much as you can by all means but make sure they are your servants make sure it's under your feet make sure your joy is not found in your bank account but in Jesus Christ always and you got to fight it because the devil is always trying to take your joy away into something of this earth I don't want my joy to be even in my health I thank God for very good health that God's given me in 78 years of my life it's not my ability it's God's goodness but I don't glory in that he doesn't make a difference to me whether I am healthy or sick I will still serve God so don't glory in these things of Earth and shall all perish." [00:28:14]

"At the end of your life as we will all come to the end of our life one day and all the secrets of men are made manifest one day as it will be manifest at the judgment seat of Christ it should be manifest in your case I want it to be manifest it might be it should be manifest in your case here is a man here is a woman who spent his life seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness he was not a full-time worker but he spent his life seeking to glorify God in his earthly profession he was upright in his job he never cheated anybody he never told lies to make money he was upright in his business he sought God's kingdom and everything and God provided all his needs this physical means his health means his financial needs his children's needs because he honored God that should be your testimony at the judgment seat of Christ when your entire life is portrayed on a video screen for everybody to see." [00:29:12]

"Let your glory be but at least from some point in your life maybe from today onwards you bang I began to seek God's kingdom first in the times of ignorance isn't it wonderful to hear that right up until today you were ignorant and God says I will overlook it I will overlook it I will not call you to account for it you were ignorant but from today God is now telling everyone everywhere to repent to repentance turn around and put God first in your life and you know I told you the church is called the body of Christ and it's not only preachers who are supposed to build the body of Christ every person was born again was made Jesus Christ Lord of their life can do something to build the body of Christ maybe you can pray for God's servants regularly maybe you can give a tract to somebody maybe you can take a little book little booklet that hardly cost anything let's blessed your heart and with a good prayer give it to some friend of yours and pray that that man will come to salvation." [00:30:11]

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