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Category: Christianity

  • Understanding the Financial System of God | Principles & Protocols

    If you want to be financially rich the God way, kindly read and understand this. It’s a new era of utmost possibilities and God is pouring tremendous financial favour on nations for intensive and extensive kingdom work. I am compelled to teach you systems – instead of mere goals – so that the system built in this era of seasons is not lost when the season closes, just like Joseph taught Pharaoh.

    Every system has a structure, and every structure has strategies. I will soon discuss the structure and strategies of the Systems of God in general for your understanding. A system is held by a structure. A structure holds up your circulatory system, for instance. The structure keeps the system in a loop such that the system is not linear but cyclical. Once any part of the structure falls short, it affects the entire system.

    Now that you understand this fundamental, know that God wanting to make you rich is not about you singularly. It’s nice to know that God wants to make you rich – and I know you have received prophecies – but it’s not about you. Systems have individual components that are not standalone; they are interconnected. Your heart needs blood but this blood is to the benefit of the whole body. If you want to be rich for your own selfish ambitions and to satisfy your own lusts, then you can never be rich the God way. Even the devil makes people rich to sponsor his agendas.

    If you want God to make you rich so badly, He will take you through a series of tests that will kill many hidden and known carnal desires in you. I will discuss these tests into detail God willing next week. Peradventure you want a soft life because you are fragile and don’t want to struggle in life in any way? This mindset must die, because life is generally tough and will sway you to and fro. What you rather need is to be immovable, unshakable despite the rain (prosperity), flood (overflow/persecution) and wind (disasters). I really do hope you learnt a lot from this because God does not settle for less.

    Blessings without Sorrows: the God Way

    The financial blessings of God are without sorrows. Meanwhile, those who love money and seek to be rich will be pierced with many sorrows. So for God to give you His financial blessings, He must first of all work on you to remove everything that will cause you sorrows. Indeed, you cannot go through God’s financial system and not end up becoming generous. However, you can choose to pursue money without God and still become extremely rich. That one comes with so many sorrows.

    In this era, we should be careful not to measure someone’s prosperity by their spirituality. Wicked people can prosper. The Bible says it many times. Financial prosperity is not proof of true Christianity. We should not think that the reason people pray more is because they have less. Therefore, if they had more they would pray less. That is very sorrowful. Our financial prosperity is not inversely proportional to our spiritual life. This is why God will take the Body of Christ through these series of tests I will discuss (next week) by the Mercies of God.

    Principles of Kingdom Prosperity

    Remember these principles forever, especially if you are to be a Kingdom financier. In fact, write down in your journal. 1. God is a God of abundance, not waste. 2. God will not sponsor a project He did not initiate. 3. Your ability to manage His resources determines how much of His resources He releases to you.

    There is so much more to share but there’s not enough space to share it.

    When I talk about the strategies and structures of the Kingdom, you would realise that God has specific keys for specific doors. You cannot use the Blood of Jesus to do what requires the Name of Jesus. You can’t use prayer to replace humility. Every principle has its own place, and every element has its own structure. It is only prayer and meditating on the Word that forms part of every solution. So, what does the structure of financial prosperity require? There are kingdom covenant practices to activate and sustain financial blessings.

    Everything is a gift from God, yes! However, God will play His part and we will play our part. God is all-Powerful but He will not play our part for us. Once you understand this partnership, you will not sit there and be waiting on God as if you have no part to play. The Bible is littered with specific things one ought to do to activate financial prosperity. One is giving. Another is tithing. Yet another is honouring those worthy of double honour, including honouring our parents. Another important one is management. Generosity, yet another. Go and find the rest as a good student.

    One will say…”but I have been giving my tithes and offerings for as long as I can remember. How come I’m not rich by now?”. If we now start giving because of what we can get, we lose the real essence. We are rather giving because we are willing to lose it all for Him. Giving is our expression of love. “God so loved…that He gave..”. In fact, one of the Hebrew words for love is “ahava”, which means to give. Therefore, our giving is not a transaction but our expression of love. Imagine if your Mom provides for you because of what she can get from you. Let us not give to God with that corrupt mindset.

    What tithes and offerings also does is that it regulates our hearts from being more attached to the temporary things of this world. It is God’s regulation system of our hearts from the love of money. If you can’t pay tithe when you get $20, you can never pay tithe when you start to get $200,000. Tithes and offerings is a system God put in place as our form of worship to Him so that money remains a tool and not an idol in our lives. It is a reminder that it is His, and we are willing to use it how He wants it. If it becomes a transaction, it is no different from gambling.

    Next week, God willing, we will discuss the various tests one has to pass in order to become a steward of God’s financial favour. The test of management, the test of abounding and abasing, the test of education, the test of generosity and the likes. Once you pass all these tests faithfully, all your carnal desires to become rich in order to satisfy your cravings will die. What will be left is a vessel of honour worthy of the Master’s use in His Kingdom agenda.

  • Financial Systems of the Kingdom of God: Mammon Must Be Dethroned

    The Prosperity Gospel, often linked to the Faith movement, has reshaped the landscape of many churches today. At its core, it teaches that material wealth and financial success are the ultimate signs of God’s favor. While it is true that biblical principles of stewardship, diligence, and generosity lead to prosperity, the Prosperity Gospel distorts the essence of Christianity—reducing faith to a transaction and God to a means for personal gain.

    Beneath this distortion lies the worship of Mammon—a spirit of materialism and greed that Jesus directly warned against (Matthew 6:24). Instead of calling believers to pursue the Kingdom of God, many modern churches have become platforms for financial manipulation, self-centered desires, and spiritual deception. The consequences of this shift in the modern-day church are devastating—both for individuals and the body of Christ.

    Distortion of Gospel

    The Prosperity Gospel takes the focus off of Christ and places it on material wealth. Instead of centralising the Christ,  it preaches:

    “If you have faith, you will be rich.”

    “If you are poor, it is because you lack faith.”

    “Name it and claim it.”


    This reduces God to a divine ATM—one that dispenses wealth based on how much a person gives. Yet, this is entirely contrary to the teachings of Jesus. Nowhere in Scripture did Christ promise financial riches as proof of faith, nor did the early church equate spirituality with wealth. This Gospel places the individual and what one desires above the Will of God and the person of Christ. Nobody is saying we should be poor but how can you place becoming materially rich above becoming Christlike?

    Glorification of Mammon

    Jesus made a bold declaration in Matthew 6:24:

    “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon.”

    Yet, many churches today have blurred this distinction. The relentless pursuit of wealth has replaced true devotion, leading to:

    ✔ Christians prioritizing financial gain over spiritual growth
    ✔ Manipulation of believers through deceptive “seed-sowing” tactics
    ✔ The transformation of the church into a business rather than a house of worship

    Where money becomes the focus, God’s presence departs. When Mammon is exalted, faith is reduced to financial transactions, and the message of the cross is overshadowed by the promise of prosperity. Have we reduced the Will of God to a Ponzi scheme?

    The early church gave to the needy, while the modern Prosperity Gospel takes from the needy to enrich a select few. This is not biblical Christianity—this is spiritual extortion. The Apostles never exploited the poor. Instead, they ensured that the needs of the weak were met (Acts 2:44-45).

    Misinterpretation of Faith


    The Prosperity Gospel preaches a formula for guaranteed success—if you have enough faith, you will prosper. It has reduced faith to a magic wand, making it contrary to working diligently, managing well and building businesses to acquire wealth. Why do all that when you can “name it and claim it”?. It only works for the super-rich celebrity pastor, of course (who actually got the wealth by using Mammon tactics, by the way). When these promises fail to manifest in the lives of believers, they begin to experience:

    ✔ Disillusionment with God

    ✔ Loss of faith

    ✔ Deep frustration and spiritual burnout


    God is not a bank. He is a person. He desires relationship. Imagine if you had a friend who only comes to you when they need something? Do you literally think Christ suffered so much so you can drive a V8 and get a free trip to Dubai? Have we now reduced the riches and blessings of God to perishable things? Really?

    Do we not understand biblical faith anymore? The Bible does not teach that faith eliminates hardship. Jesus’ own disciples endured suffering, persecution, and financial struggles. Yet, Prosperity preachers ignore this reality, creating a false expectation that ultimately causes people to question God’s faithfulness.

    Misappropriation of Wealth

    The Prosperity Gospel promotes a self-centered view of money, teaching that wealth is for personal luxury and status. Yet, in God’s Kingdom, wealth is meant for:

    ✔ Advancing the Gospel
    ✔ Helping the poor and needy
    ✔ Supporting missions and Kingdom work

    True prosperity is not about hoarding wealth but about impact. When wealth is misused, it leads to spiritual decay and judgment (Luke 12:16-21). Wealth is not the goal—obedience to God is. People want to be so rich desperately. Meanwhile, money is a tool, not a destination. What are you going to use the tool for? Oh, so your life will become more comfortable? Oh, so you want to relax without doing anything impactful in life and you want God to sponsor it? This is what we do when we place acquiring wealth over fulfilling purpose.

    We are commanding God to release financial blessings. Meanwhile, they don’t even have an agenda for the wealth. Do we think God lacks sense or what? Even a human investor will not make this foolish mistake.

    Declination of Spirituality

    When financial gain becomes the driving force of the church, the following spiritual disciplines suffer:

    ❌ Prayer and fasting become secondary to financial strategies
    ❌ Holiness and righteousness are overshadowed by material success
    ❌ Evangelism and missions take a backseat to church revenue growth

    Where we fast and pray, it is for “prosperity” reasons. The Prosperity Gospel does not create true disciples—it creates consumers. Instead of seeking God’s presence, people seek financial breakthroughs. Instead of longing for spiritual maturity, they long for material gain. This leads to a powerless Christianity—one that lacks the transformation of the Holy Spirit. In fact, it is one that has no view of eternity. This is dangerous, as anyone lacking an eternal view is likely to be enticed by temporary glitters and pleasures offered by the devil.

    Back to the Bible


    The Bible does not condemn wealth, but it warns against the love of money (1 Timothy 6:10). Biblical prosperity is not measured by luxury but by:

    ✔ A life of contentment (Philippians 4:11-13)
    ✔ A heart of generosity (2 Corinthians 9:6-8)
    ✔ Spiritual riches in Christ (Ephesians 1:3)

    Jesus became so poor that we might become rich. Sorry, it has very little to do with money. The eternal riches of God cannot be reduced to the temporary monetary systems of man. Also, God blesses His people not to build personal empires, but to advance His Kingdom. The Prosperity Gospel fails because it promotes:

    ❌ Wealth without responsibility
    ❌ Faith without obedience
    ❌ Success without sacrifice

    True prosperity is about obedience, not accumulation.

    The modern church must reject the worship of Mammon and return to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. Wealth is not evil, but when it becomes the central pursuit of faith, it leads to deception.

    ✔ Seek first the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33)
    ✔ Be faithful stewards of the resources God provides
    ✔ Avoid financial manipulation in the name of faith
    ✔ Use wealth to bless others and fulfill God’s purpose

    The Prosperity Gospel is a deception that must be exposed and rejected. Let us return to a Christ-centered faith, where God—not money—is the focus of our worship.

  • Communication Systems : the Kingdom of God

    Communication is the transfer of information from one entity to another through a medium. What makes communication possible is understanding. This is usually why it needs a medium. We can be discussing (exchanging ideas) or conversing (receiving feedback from making inputs) without communicating. If I speak a language you don’t understand, you can reply every time I say a sentence but we are not communicating. The foundation for communication is understanding. This post is meant to communicate the systems God has put in place so you understand the feedback He gives you when you talk to Him. No more one-way street in your praying anymore. Amen?

    The Medium

    The only medium through which one can communicate with God is via God. God in the Old Testament was tremendously misunderstood by many generations. It took the coming of Jesus to reveal the Father to us. That’s what John 1 is about. Jesus is the Only Way we have a relationship with the Father. He is the Mediator, the medium. He is God and Man, revealing God to man and presenting man to God. The thoughts of God are higher than our thoughts but through the Mind of Christ, we are able to communicate the thoughts of God to ourselves and even to others. God is Spirit and only communicates via spirit. We being spiritually dead was a tremendous hindrance to our communication with God. It’s not that God was not conversing; we just didn’t understand because we were dead in that way. Now, because of God the Son, through God the Spirit, we communicate with God the Father. We have been invited into the communion of the GodHead.

    The Model

    The speakings of God is multi-dimensional. That means when God communicates one thing, He communicates that one thing in several ways. A lot of people seeking God cry out to Him for years, asking God what their purpose in life is. Jesus said He has a lot to tell us but we can’t contain it now. Thus, He uses a season as a preparation period to bring you to the place where you have the capacity to even do what He has purposed for you. There’s the knowing part and the doing part. Let me break it down;

    How does God communicate His Will for us on a daily basis? He is a Lamp to our feet and a Light to our path. Sometimes He chooses to communicate it to us in a step-by-step manner, being a Lamp to our feet. You don’t know what He wants you to do in 10 years time but you know what He expects of you in this current season. Do you know Mary was not pre-informed that she was going to give birth to the Messiah? This has been God’s most important agenda but the woman who will give birth to Jesus did not know until 9 months prior. Other times, He chooses to Light your path. You get to know what is written in your books; when you are 50, 12 years from now, when your 3rd child is born, when a nation is 250 years etc. In both cases, you still walk step-by-step on that set path. God in His own Wisdom chooses which method to use and in which period to use it.

    In the doing aspect, trust that although God had not given you all the details for you to know, He was still training you. Mary immediately gave in to be used by God to give birth to the Messiah. Although she didn’t know, God had trained her to bring her to the place where she will submit to God’s Will fully. Same goes for Joseph. God does not leave anything to chance. As long as you heed to every Word that comes out of the mouth of God, you are walking in the volume of the books written of you. You can know what to do and still not do it. If you got to know all the things you had to go through, this current version of you will give up today. Trust the Wisdom of God to draw you to a place where you are capable and willing to do what He wills for you.

    The Method

    As long as we are in this limited flesh, we can only see in part and know in part. However, we are dealing with a limitless God so He can be fully trusted. Never forget this; God has never done anything without pre-informing someone. Anyone who tunes into His frequency will pick up signals. He is ALWAYS communicating. Jesus told Nicodemus that if he doesn’t understand earthly things, how can he understand heavenly things? Do you get it? Since the bedrock of communication is understanding, God will only communicate what we can understand. God will only speak in vocabularies we understand. I thank God so much for the gift of tongues because hitherto there was such a huge barrier in communication and expression.

    If God is always communicating, and communication is based on our level of understanding, then what are the signs? When Jesus was born, we see several communication methods God used for different groups. Mary encountered an angel and so did the shepherds. Joseph, just like the Old Testament Joseph, was reached through dreams. The wise men picked a sign from the stars. The birth of Jesus was thoroughly communicated to the whole world, yet people from afar picked the signal while those nearby may have missed it. Increase your capacity to communicate with God. Take your dreams seriously, and see how He begins to communicate frequently through your dreams. Take those promptings seriously. Don’t be ignoring your convictions and intuitions. God is communicating with you everyday. Are you listening?

    The Meaning

    The people of Israel understand the importance of signs. They know God doesn’t do anything without first communicating it. On Pentecost day, for instance, there was a sound from Heaven, a mighty windstorm and tongues of fire. The first question they asked was, “what does this mean?”. In other words, when did God in past times pre-inform us of what we are seeing? Peter got up and explained that it was from Joel 2:28. We Gentiles rather love wonders. Signs can be everyday occurrences. A sign that you shouldn’t go can be a car fault from nowhere. A sign that Balaam shouldn’t go is how his donkey is behaving. A wonder that he shouldn’t go is that the donkey began to talk.

    There are signs littered everywhere. Perceive, receive and believe. Be open to the signs. The sign is as powerful as your ability to understand and communicate it. This Kingdom has no room for assumptions and guesswork. A baby you see in your dream can mean marriage. You don’t base it on your reasoning. Sometimes God communicates signs that are hard to understand so that He can draw us in to inquire. Rebekah felt her babies kicking a lot and inquired of the LORD, only to realise she had two nations in her womb. You have been seeing a lot of signs. Inquire! God is communicating with you everyday. Are you listening?

    The Message

    This is one of the reasons why the Bible is the most primary way of communicating with God. The Bible is complete. There is nothing major that will ever happen that hasn’t been already communicated in the Bible. All the signs till the end of the age, and even in the ages to come, have been revealed in Scripture. Tell me what God wants to do in the next season and I will show you a sign from Scripture. We love to see wonders. We want God to rain bananas to confirm that that guy is the one. Meanwhile, He has been communicating signs. He is using everyday things you can easily understand. God is communicating with you everyday. Are you listening?

    So you see, our faith is not blind. We are not hoping that Christianity is true and all other religions are false. We are not hoping that our decision will be right. We are not hoping that there is an afterlife. We are not hoping that God is indeed real. No, that’s not where our hope lies. We are witnesses to these signs. It has been clearly communicated to us. It is not “blind” faith. Our faith is based on this solid truth. It is logical faith, for our faith is based on the Logos, the Word. Logos is a greek word from which we get the word “logic” from. Faith is the realest way of seeing. The message has been clearly communicated to us, and we fully believe it because the signs have been fully confirmed.

  • Righteousness, Peace, Joy: the Kingdom of God

    The Bible is such a wonderful book. It gives us in great detail the signs and symptoms of any cause while stipulating into great detail the protocols for which anything is established. Thus, we can ascertain for sure when the Kingdom of God arrives at a vicinity because three signs of such a reign will be evident; righteousness, peace and joy. Of course, there are more signs and evidence. However, one cannot say the Kingdom of God is within a people when these signs are not evident, and these three signs cannot be at a place where the Kingdom of God has not been established.

    The very first thing to note in all this is the Holy Ghost. The three signs emanate from the presence of the Holy Ghost. If you are indeed seeking the Kingdom first, these fruits will be produced by the Spirit in you. A righteous, peaceful and joyous person is one filled with the Holy Ghost. For the Kingdom of God is in the Holy Ghost and not vice versa. When we say “thy Kingdom come”, what we mean is, we want the government of God to be established so He rules and reigns in our lives and neighbourhoods like He rules and reigns in Heaven; so that there will be no difference between our lives & neighbourhoods and Heaven.

    Righteousness

    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of God’s throne. That means God rules in righteousness. That also means what is righteous is what is pleasing and acceptable in the sight of God. Thus, righteousness is right standing with God. We cannot stand before God if we are not righteous. We cannot also represent God if we are not righteous. God alone is right, good and true. He is the only determiner, definer and demonstrator of what is right. Something is only right because God makes it so. Therefore, we cannot seek the Kingdom of God without seeking His Righteousness. His Righteousness is His Way of being and doing right. That means He determines how we become righteous and what deeds are righteous.

    The sin of Adam and Eve is that they ate the tree of death after listening to the voice of the devil. Thus, they gained the knowledge of good and evil. In other words, they now determined what was good and evil without God. We cannot be righteous outside of God. Ask atheists; the foundation of good and evil collapses when God is taken out of the equation. Without the presence of God, we cannot even differentiate between good and evil anymore. Nothing is inherently right without God. If God says go and you stay, you have faulted. He is the Judge of All, and He judges what is right rightly because He alone has the right to determine what is right.

    The Nature of Righteousness

    Righteousness is first of all a nature. You don’t do to become. You become, then you do. You can never do righteous deeds if you are not righteous. Righteousness is what is pleasing in the sight of God. That means God alone gets to determine what is good and what is evil. However, we were not able to live fully according to His Law. Therefore, we couldn’t stand before Him blameless. The Law was only to show us that we will never achieve righteousness by what we do. Jesus became our substitute in this regard. He is the Righteousness of God. Therefore, if we believe in Him and accept His Life, which is a righteous life, we gain access to the presence of God. By this same access, we are able to live the life of righteousness God has fashioned for us.

    This is why Righteousness comes first in the order. Righteousness is when we accept the Lordship of God. This means we give Him the full right to rule our lives and be the one to determine how we live. You cannot claim to be in the Kingdom if you are living according to your own understanding. We ought to seek first His Kingdom and Righteousness. His government and constitution. The nature of righteousness then flows into our words, works and ways.

    Words, Works & Ways

    Your input determines your output, in computer language. You cannot say you are righteous when you do not bear any fruits of righteousness. Yes, righteous is who you are. Righteousness will naturally flow into what you do. What you do cannot make you righteous but you being righteous will flow into what you do. It’s that simple! Feeding a child does not make you a mother but a mother feeds her child. Being a mother is who you are and it will naturally flow into what you do. Therefore, you are making excuses when we don’t see your righteous works. The very first “output” we will see is your words. The Righteousness of God is the Word of God. If you have the Righteousness of God, you will speak the words of God.

    There are works God has predestined for us to walk in. These works are righteous, for they please the LORD. This is God’s way of doing right. Because we have the Spirit of God within us, we are able to perform the Kingdom duties given unto us. Wherever the Kingdom of God is, the Righteousness of God is established there. Our ways refer to how we do things as our works refer to what we do. How we do things is as important as what we do. The Righteousness of God makes sure that we don’t try to use evil to achieve good. God has His Way of doing things, and righteousness demands that we follow that particular way. Don’t try to help God by giving birth to Ishmael.

    Peace

    Peace is a fruit of the Holy Spirit produced in the hearts and minds of His own. Peace is not the absence of war. It is the presence of God. If it were the absence of noise, that would be understandable. However, once the peace of God floods one’s heart and mind, it transcends all understanding. It is such a peace that can cause Jesus not to panic after rising from sleep in a sinking boat. The situation was affected by His peace (“Peace, be still”), not the other way round.

    Peace does not originate from our minds first. Peace of mind is the overflow of the peace of heart. Again, peace is not at the end of the storm. It is present even in the midst of the storm. The storms are important as it comes to shake away the shakable, so that only the unshakable remains. If your peace is strippable, then your “peace” is conditional.

    Peace of Heart

    The world cannot give us the peace of heart. The only peace the world can offer is a version of peace of mind that is conditional and temporary. The ways of the world are filled with many sorrows, are insatiable and are only pleasurable at the beginning. Let us not confuse lustful pleasure with the pleasures of God. Lustful pleasure is like eating stolen bread; it tastes nice at the beginning because rebellion is filled with risk that thrives the human soul. However, the aftertaste is bitter because it’s filled with guilt, shame and the fearful expectation of being punished.

    The pleasures of God are at His right hand and are forevermore. It includes a river of peace that flows from His Throne into our hearts, saturating our soul and filling the words of our mouth until it flows out of our belly. People will see you and hear your story, and although they haven’t been through half of what you have been through, they are encouraged by the fact you are still standing. It surpasses all understanding, riding us of fear. Although we may be in trouble, our hearts are not troubled. A testament that you carry the Kingdom is that you have the peace of Christ.

    Peace of Mind

    Until our hearts and minds are changed into that of Christ, we cannot experience that type of peace. God only runs this new update on the upgraded software. A new creature in Christ is a new prototype, never before created. Such a person has received a new heart and undergoes training to renew the mind. Once the mind has been renewed, the person is able to think the higher thoughts of God and access the mind of Christ. God has peace of mind. If you have this peace of mind, giving people a piece of your mind will not be insulting them. Rather, it will be communicating the very thoughts of God to them.

    The quality of a man’s life is the condition of his heart and mind. Out of the abundance of one’s heart the mouth speaks, for out of one’s heart flows the issues of life. Anyone with a changed heart and renewed mind will live the God life and exhibit the Kingdom life. His ways will please the LORD because His nature pleases Him. Indeed, there is a dimension where peace in our hearts and minds flows to become the peace in the land. As Hebrew 12:14 instructs, this is the kind of peace we ought to work at. It should not end with us. People should see the peace we make with our presence and be able to easily identify us as children of God. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God”.

    Joy

    Peace and joy are siblings. Once you have peace, joy is inevitable. Joy is very proactive. Joy is not being positive-minded. This goes beyond psychology. Any kind of joy that does not have its root in the spirit will run out. This is a joy unspeakable. It bubbles in our spirit until you cannot contain it anymore. The third sign that the Kingdom is within a man is that He carries joy. When the disciples were lashed for preaching the Gospel in Acts 5:40, they left rejoicing because God had counted them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus. The truth of the matter is, we receive a crown and many rewards for suffering for Christ.  Jesus Himself made that promise in Matthews 19:29 and Revelations 2:10.

    These rewards are eternal rewards; rewards that will last forever, unlike any other thing in this world. Joy is based on this understanding. If we are being persecuted because we have Christ (not because of our own foolish mistakes by the way), then it is God who has given us an opportunity to receive these kinds of eternal rewards. Therefore, the more trials we face, the more joy we have. Now that you see it in this light, stop complaining about all you are going through. In fact, rejoice because of what you are going through. Laugh with the one who sits in Heaven because you are seated with Him. This changes everything!

    Joy ✓ Happiness ×

    There is a big difference between joy and happiness. The Christian life is not a life of happiness, actually. God never promised you happiness. That might sound harsh to you because we are in a culture of happiness. Everybody is wishing for a soft life and all. Christianity is not a soft life. If you are not being persecuted, you are becoming too comfortable. Happiness is based on happenings. The circumstances and situations ought to be favourable so as to sustain happiness in the air. When things get tough, happiness fades away. However, that is when joy begins to overflow the more.

    Our strengths are not in our abilities. The joy of the Lord is our strength. Even the youth shall faint and be weary, and young men shall utterly fall. However, there is a breed that can wear spirits out. They can “weary” the devil until he rather gives up. Because the more we are put in prisons, the more praises we lift up in the prison cells. We are immovable, unshakable. We have joy in chaos, and peace in the middle of the storm. What can really stop us? We are more than conquerors! We are not babes tossed to and fro by any wind. We are the Kingdom of priests, for the Kingdom is within us.

    Rejoice

    In actual fact, we are in a long line of people who stood for God regardless of their situation. Jesus Himself told us that we will be persecuted because a servant is not greater than his master. If the Master was persecuted, then I’m not expecting a soft life. I’m expecting a joyous life. Let them speak evil against you. Stop threatening God because He is doing nothing about it. Have you not read? Great is your reward in Heaven. We are not after the riches of this world which is temporary. We are after the eternal riches of Christ, which cannot be eaten by moths and rats. I can never be poor, because my home is full of great riches. Everything I pass through, I will overcome, thereby increasing my exceedingly great reward in Heaven. Rejoice!

    So you see, the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink. Thank God for soft life. Thank God for money. However, we live for something greater and eternal. The proof that we carry the Kingdom is that these 3 are evident in our lives. We have an eternal perspective, and our desperate cries pull the eternal into the temporary. That is another mystery for another season. Proof that the Kingdom of God is here is not more money, the freedom to do whatever you want and the number of possessions one can amount for themselves. It is Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost.

    Jesus was born in a manger with fecal matter all around and animal stench all over the place. People who look at physical things will not see any majesty in this; just a poor family who couldn’t even afford a good place to give birth to their child. However, the Righteousness of God was born, there was peace and goodwill towards men, and the angels were rejoicing.

  • Family System: the Kingdom of God

    When God created mankind in His image and likeness, He commanded man to be fruitful and multiply. Fruitfulness and multiplication, although it goes beyond mere reproduction, is as a result of the system God created. The family system ensures that there is always flesh and blood on earth to take care of His creation. One advantage we have over angels is that we are all intertwined into one family whereas angels are standalone creations that cannot reproduce after their own kind.

    Yes, we are all one family. Inasmuch as we find a way to chasm each people group, we are all one big family tree (people who lived, people alive and people who are yet to live). No one can be human without subjecting themselves to this system created by God. Thus, when God became man even He had to be born of a woman. The family system overlooks 4 areas I have identified; reproduction, accountability, inheritance and discipleship.

    Inheritance

    God designed our lives to move from faith to faith, strength to strength and glory to glory. God intends that our personal victory becomes a corporate blessing. Moses had to go through rigorous training to sustain an extraordinary walk with God. Since he fathered Joshua through the process, God promises to now walk with Joshua like He walked with Moses. This is what a family system enables.

    If you die with your blessings and your children have to work for the very things you worked for, what good were you to them? A righteous man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children. The next generation should enjoy the benefits from the battles of the previous generation while also battling new wars for the next generation. Don’t live for yourself. Leave for a generation you will never see.

    God did not intend to just bless you. The end goal is to make you a blessing. In Judges 8:28, because of the presence of Gideon alone, there was peace in the land for 40 years. Inheritance has a system on its own that makes sure that whatever portal someone opened in times past is still kept open. May you be an open Heaven of wisdom in your territory. May your presence alone in the land cause an outburst of unusual breakthroughs for even strangers.

    Discipleship

    Discipleship is a system on its own but it is better seen in the light of a family system than a mentorship system. Naturally, a child cannot mother a child. Nature has ensured that anyone who can parent a child is past childhood age. Therefore, you can’t be a father until you are fathered. Why is this generation calling some brothers “Papa”? How is a man who is only 5 years into being born again be your spiritual father?

    Until we are under authority, we will have no right to wield authority. Because the goal of discipleship is that the student becomes like the teacher; the son becomes a father. Being a Christian (little Christ) is a journey. We are nurtured by our fathers and mothers until Christ is formed in us. Gone are the days when the main pastor was so high in stature spiritually while the rest of the congregation were babes, leaving them to totally depend on the man of God like babies do.

    Have you realised there are apostles, evangelists, teachers and prophets but in this era, God has made each of these offices also have the office of a pastor? You may be an Apostle but people call you Pastor more than anything else. God has also given you a shepherd’s heart. Do you know why? Because we are getting ready for the biggest harvest from the biggest revival and greatest awakening this end time. Churches all over the world are going to be filled with zealous first timers and they will need a pastor to disciple them. Any Christian who is not being discipled is already a burden to the Kingdom.

    Accountability

    When your friend gives you a gift, they have little to no say on how you use that gift. However, it’s not so with your parents. Growing up, if your parents bought you, say, a watch; they had 100% say on how you kept the watch. God is not going to judge as a friend on judgement day by the way. God has already put everyone in a family system that holds you accountable for your actions. You can’t do what you want, in reality. Your family will make sure of that, even as an adult.

    You will always be your mother’s child, no matter how old you become. After all, the age difference will never reduce. Your siblings will have a say in certain decisions you make. When you start your own family, your spouse will be your accountability partner. That’s God’s system in place so you don’t lose guard. Without accountability, the best of us will begin to fool. God will hold you accountable for every gift He gave you. He is not shy to ask youhow you used it.

    Grace is free, and you can ask as many times as you want. However, you will account for how well you used the Grace. God gave you your mouth and you will account for every idle word you said with it. God gave you your body and He has promised to destroy anyone who destroys the body. Even Jesus had to account for the disciples God gave Him. You will account for your children, disciples, ministry, every opportunity and every action. So next time your mother is advising you to stop that bad behaviour, remember that it is God’s system to ensure that you don’t fail.

    Reproduction

    There is a major difference between producing and reproducing. If I produce a biscuit and I create a system that makes the biscuit able to produce after its own kind, that is reproduction. Reproduction means one is sourced from a parent. A river, they say, cannot rise higher than its source. Everything we see came from a source, and that source is from above. Even a spiritual father has a spiritual father. Nobody becomes their own source. If we cannot trace you to someone, you are in error.

    This is why we are one big family tree. There’s a system that interconnects us. It is the same system that made us all subject to death when Adam sinned, and it’s the same system that makes us all alive in Christ as 1 Corinthians 15:21 says. Once I disciple and leave an inheritance for the ones I have reproduced, I have already fulfilled half of what is written in my books. If I fail this part, I have done the next generations a great injustice. Whatever I become, my true success, if there is any, is that I reproduced one in my image and likeness. Since my image and likeness conforms to the Image of His Son, who is the visible Image of God, I have made another man in the image and likeness of God.

    If we align to the family system of God, this is the fruitfulness and multiplication that will be evident. Selah!

  • Political Systems of the Kingdom of God

    Government Systems

    Democracy is the best possible government system ever created by man. Why? Because when bad is voted into power, they will not rule forever. However, evil finds a way to maintain its rulership perpetually over the people. Of course, spiritual ordinances override physical procedures. That means if the people are being ruled spiritually by an evil force, they will continue to be ruled by evil although they keep voting for a new person every election year.

    All the same, it’s the best possible system humans could come up with.  In a monarchy, an evil person as a king needs to be overthrown. If he isn’t, evil will rule throughout his lifetime. With democracy, however, evil as a person can be voted out, but evil as a system cannot be rooted out using votes. This is because evil as a system will always present two evils for the people to choose their lesser evil. Mind you, the tree of death has two main options; a Godless good option and an evil option. That’s why it is called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. However, whether you choose that kind of good like Eve did, or blatantly choose evil, you have chosen death.

    The political system of God is called theocracy. Theocracy is just a theological word; Jesus called this rulership the Kingdom of God. I named this write-up the Political System of the Kingdom of God for lack of better ways of phrasing it. If you remember the prophecy given to Daniel, the devil and evil men (as also prophesied in Psalm 2), have collaborated to establish various evil political systems; Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. Their precedence is Babel and Egypt. In these 6 main political systems of evil that ruled their known world, we saw how evil quickly spread to affect most people.

    These 6 are not my focus; I would have talked about their main manipulation strategies on the hearts of men. Babylon the Great is the encapsulation of all the political systems of evil the devil has ever established, and they are making great waves this last days. However, just like in Daniel’s vision, a stone came and hit the statue and collapsed all these kingdoms. The stone grew into a mountain, the mountain of the Lord. There is a way God rules in the affairs of men, and the system He has put in place for the kingdoms of this world to eventually become the kingdom of our God. Evil will not prevail forever. None of the systems of evil are eternal. God has only used this as an avenue for us to behold and be amazed by His eternality and glory. Revelation 17:17 says so.

    How Elections are Made

    In God’s system, He is the determiner of all, including good. This is His Kingdom, therefore His Righteousness rules. The Righteousness of God in expression is His way of being and doing right. He is the determiner of what is good and right (that means nothing is good in itself. It is only good because God declares it so). His election of anyone are predestined according to His purposes. The offices in this Kingdom are eternal. That means when you are elected by God into an office, you rule with Him forever. You were not voted in so you cannot be voted out.

    What do you do to be elected by God? His elections rest on His Grace and Mercy. There is nothing you can do to deserve that. However, once you are elected, you ought to live worthy of your calling and walk in the good works predestined for you. To shame the wisdom of the world, God elects those who are the most undeserved. There are 24 elders who rule with God among the angels. The “24 elders of men” are the 12 sons of Jacob and the 12 apostles. None of these men did anything to deserve their election. However, anyone God calls ought to live according to God’s expectations and be found faithful, so that God is justified in choosing them.

    If you don’t understand, remember when James and John came to ask Jesus that they want to sit on the right and left of Jesus in the place of honour? They were called by the Father to sit with Him. However, to be chosen by the Father, they had to be prepared by the Father. It takes grace to be called but you need to be tested in order to be chosen. This is why many are called but few are chosen; because many of the called are not found blameless and faithful after being tested. God’s choice of you must be both gracious and just.

    How Ruling is Done

    In the system of the world, the leaders lord over the people. In the pyramid of rulership, those at the top are served. However, it is the opposite in the Kingdom. It is an upside down Kingdom to the world but in essence, it is the right side up Kingdom. A leader is a servant in the Kingdom. The highest amongst us is the meekest. The way up is going down, for anyone who lifts himself up will be brought down. Believe me, Jesus took His time to teach His disciples this.

    We are called to servant-leadership. We are not kings who are served. We are kings that serve. We don’t lose our servitude when we become kings or friends of God. Who was the leader after Jesus ascended? Wrong, it’s not Peter. It was the 12. How can 12 people rule together? Because there is one Lord. Peter did not count himself as better or higher than the rest of the apostles, although he was the most outspoken. In Acts 8:14, the 12 could choose to send Peter and he went.

    Jesus is the first person to use the word “apostles” in Scriptures. He “borrowed” this secular word at the time which meant a king sending his troops on a specific mission; colonizing a territory and transforming it to be just like the territory they had been sent from. We are cultural catalysts, transforming conformed people. We are the light of the world, helping to translate people from darkness into His marvelous light. We are a peculiar people, a holy nation. We are not affected; we affect. We are the Kingdom of God on mobile feet, having been given all authority and power. Until the average Christian understands this, they will live life as victims instead of victors.

    Can An Elect be Replaced?

    Can an elect be replaced in this Kingdom? If you are not bearing fruit, the vinedresser has every right to cut your branch off. If God asks a man to do something, it is a privilege. If the man does it, how wonderful. If the man doesn’t, how terrible. God used Moses to rescue the people out of Egypt but God, throughout Scriptures, kept saying He is the one who rescued them. If God could do it without Moses, why did wait for Moses for 40 years to be prepared? It’s not that He needed Moses; He just wanted Moses to partake in His purposes. What if Moses never went? Remember Mordecai’s advice; Moses will be destroyed but the people of God will still be rescued from Egypt.

    If you are in a position where God is using you, don’t ever think you have attained sovereignty. Never think God cannot do without you. Who are you? God’s ultimate Will still stands, regardless of whether we fail Him or abort our God-given mission. No man or devil has the power to stop God from establishing His Will. You are the only person who can do what God has called you to do. He is not willing to replace you in any way. However, if you try to stop Him or fail Him, you only take yourself out. In the establishment of the Will of God, God doesn’t need you. You need God.

    Prophets, Kings and Priests

    In the Old Testament, we see the government of God in these 3 areas. The king acted like the executive body of government while the priests handled the legislative hand. The prophet, who updated the Bible on God’s judgements, was like the judiciary. I’m only making these comparisons for understanding sake. In reality, prophets, kings and priests went far beyond the executive, legislature and judiciary. In the times of the Judges, judges like Eli and Samuel were all 3 at the same time, making them models of New Testament realities.

    How were kings established? By the hand of a prophet and a priest. In some cases like Samuel, he was both prophet and priest. However, it took Prophet Nathan and Zadok the priest to anoint Solomon as king. How were priests established? By bloodline. A priest had to be of the lineage of Levi, and his clan predetermined what faction of priest he would be. That means being a priest was for a lifetime, and you serviced the altar until you died. A king had the power to unmake someone a priest. The prophets were handpicked by God, and another prophet could choose someone as a prophet when commanded by God.

    In the New Testament, we are all called to be kings and priests unto God. There are 5 offices, who are gifts to the body of Christ, to help mature the body into a full and complete stature of Christ; apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Not all believers are called to minister to the body via these offices but we are all called to maturity as kings and priests. This fivefold, like Christ, are servant-leaders. Before we can manifest kingship, we ought to be first priests. We are a royal priesthood. God Himself rules from His Throne in Heaven serviced by His Altar. It is this same altar that will compel all things to come under the feet of Christ at the end of this age.

    Jesus is not a President. He is King of kings. He is the King of us who are kings and rule with Him. When He sat in the Right Hand of the Father, we sat with Him because we are One with Him. It is by operating from Heaven towards earth that we partake in establishing the Will of God on earth as it is in Heaven. This is the Kingdom of God! The system of the Kingdom of God is such that Christ, the author, made little Christ of His disciples who in turn makes disciples of the world, until all who receive Christ became Christ-like. The system is so fail-proof and sure as the Blood sets anyone who believes free from the imprisonment of the world system, the Water (of the Word) transformed the conformed and the Spirit develops such a person into the full stature of Christ.

    Next week, we will talk about the family system of God

  • The Systems of the Kingdom of God

    Everything God created, He put in a system. Nature is embedded in an ecosystem. The heavenly bodies are held in a solar system. Even our nourishment is managed by our digestive system. Anything built in a system meant to keep it running is sustainable. This is one of the things the devil learnt from the rulership of God. The day iniquity was found in him, he decided to also establish his own kingdom and run it via systems.

    Since the devil cannot create anything, he decided to employ the resources and entities from God’s kingdom into his. In our series on the Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness, he realised how that kingdom is not as haphazard as we used to think. They are very strategic in their approach and systematic in their battle orders. All that was a corrupted counterfeit version of the original everlasting Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is well-structured, well-organized and systemized.

    God is the only person in existence that possesses omniscience. The devil is not all-knowing. We overestimate him in that regard. Only God is. Therefore, there is nothing that has happened, that is happening and will happen that will catch God by surprise. He has not changed His purpose one bit. There’s no time He went, “Oh no! They’ve spoiled my plans. Time to re-strategize”. He is All-knowing.

    The amazing thing is, He is not just all-knowing. He is all-Powerful. Sometimes you can know something will happen but you don’t possess the power to do something. It’s like seeing a mango fall from a tree at a distance but not having the ability to stop the fruit from hitting the ground. Although He gave His creation free will to start something without Him, He alone possesses eternality. That means anything that is not part of any of His systems will not last. What a God!

    In the upcoming weeks, I am going to show some of the systems, structures and accompanying strategies of the Kingdom of God. God is not haphazard. God is reasonable. God is logical. It will interest you to know that when I wrote on the Logic of God, we established that the Word (translated logus in Greek) is where we get the word “logic” from. The Word of God is the Logic of God. He is the God of Logic, for His invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – has been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.

    Justice is a system. Grace is a system. There are defined ways to access anything in the Kingdom. There are expressed principles on how to use the resources available in the Kingdom. There are defined instructions on what to do and how to do it. Instructions are scaffolds that build His structure within us; instructions. Information in the Kingdom forms His formats inside us. Thus, we are not informed but formed into what He has predestined us to be. His structure and formation is systemized.

    Even the Body of Christ is an amalgamation of systems, just like the human body. There are patterns to be seen, precepts to discover, practices to walk in, prayers to partake in, promises to take hold of, prophecies to ascertain the foreshadows, and principles to apply. This series will do well to capture the Christmas season in God’s bigger picture. It’s going to be an exciting experience to explore the knowledge of God and be in awe of the one who knows all things and holds all systems together.

  • Be Faithful – by Pastor Andy Obeng-Kwakye

    I want to share with you a Word that from last week till now, keeps ringing in my spirit. Today is Sunday, so on Friday, I saw myself in a church. Specifically, I saw myself at Grace Mountain. I saw Pastor Elvis Agyemang seated. He was praying for people. When I got to him, he took a mic, gave it to me and told me to go and preach. After I took the mic, I didn’t even remember where I was standing in the church. I then told them that I was preaching on “Be Faithful”. As the message was going on, there was an awesome experience in the atmosphere. This is a message that God gave me Himself. I heard it so clearly: Be faithful in this season. Be faithful. Be faithful. Be faithful. It pays to be faithful. It pays to be faithful. It pays to be faithful.

    So this morning, that is what I want to share with you. It’s straight from above, and I believe that in our walk with God as believers, we must hear and ask Him to help us to be faithful. We must bring out the fruit of being faithful as Christians. You know sometimes we say that we are human beings. With all our weaknesses, how can we be faithful? No! Sometimes we must ask God to help us to be faithful. We must intentionally seek faithfulness. If you want to handle greatness or enter the realm of greatness, you must be faithful. God will always reward you out of His mercy but I tell you that mostly, He qualifies you with the little that He saw that you’ve been faithful over, then He chooses you.

    It is required of us, as servants of God, that we be faithful. God has handed over mysteries to us. Look at the mysteries we know in this dispensation. When you sleep; the dreams you have. Sometimes before you go somewhere, you have a conviction within you that you don’t understand. These are all mysteries that God gives to us. And the Lord is saying that as His children and servants, we ought to be faithful. We cannot walk with God without being faithful. Yes, we may have weaknesses, but it doesn’t excuse us from being faithful. God rewards faithfulness. It is important that as believers, in our walk with God, we remain faithful to what the Lord has entrusted to us.

    In the Parable of the Talents, we see how faithfulness matters. A master travelled and gave his servants talents. One was given five, another two, and another one. No matter what God has given you, work with it. The one with five talents worked and doubled his, bringing five more. The master commended him, saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.”

    The one with two talents also worked and gained two more. The master likewise said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.” But the one with one talent, out of fear, buried his talent. When the master returned, he said, “Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. I was afraid and hid your talent in the ground. Look, here is what is yours.”

    The master rebuked him, calling him a wicked and lazy servant. He took the talent from him and gave it to the one who had ten talents, saying, “To everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.” The servant with five talents could have been tempted to relax, thinking he had received much. Yet, he worked faithfully. The servant with two could have envied the one with five, but instead, he worked faithfully with what he had. If you want to have plenty; if you want God to entrust you with more, be Faithful.

    Faithfulness is required in every aspect of life: in ministry, in marriage, at work, and in our relationships. It pays to be faithful. God looks at our faithfulness with what we are entrusted with. He rewards it with more responsibility, more blessings, and greater opportunities. So I encourage you today, whatever God has given you—whether it seems small or insignificant—work faithfully with it. You prepare for where you are going by being faithful where you are. You prepare for where God is taking you by being faithful to where you are today. Let us remain faithful in all we do, trusting that God sees and will reward us in His time.

    “See, everyone can pray for power. Yes, you can pray and pray, and power will come. But you see, authority, you cannot pray to receive authority. Authority is given by God. When you are faithful, He will give you authority. That is why He said, I have given you authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions. He gives it to you. So when the servant was faithful over the five talents, He said, Now I have given you authority to be a seer over many things. If you want to have authority, if you want God to entrust you, pray, God, give me nations. God, give me a large crowd. God, give me a company. God, give me this. And God gives you two people to disciple. Look at the two disciples. Those two people will lead to more. It depends on how you disciple them—that will determine your next level.

    You may ask why. When we were under the tent, I had to prepare for the congregation, no matter how small. You can ask my wife. Sometimes, I would even spend two hours in preparation and reflection. That is what God observes—how you handle small responsibilities. Tomorrow, when He gives you greater responsibilities, like a large crowd He gave Pastor Yonggi Cho, He knows you will not take it for granted. You will prepare in the same way you prepared before. How faithful will you be with what God has given you?

    If you want to rise, yes, God’s mercy will let you rise. But God will look at your faithfulness and choose you by that grace. Friday, when we were praying at the leaders’ meeting, I told them about Apostle Arome. He used to come to KNUST campus. He met with small groups. People didn’t know him. By then, I think I had encountered him through a friend once. He would come and meet with small groups, unnoticed by many. Today, those small groups have grown.

    There was a man who used to preach in prisons. He needed a keyboardist, so Apostle Joshua Selman would carry his keyboard and follow the preacher to prisons. While the man preached, he played. The preacher didn’t always give him anything, except perhaps a word of thanks. Sometimes, after the meeting, they would share some Coke or Fanta but he was faithful with that. If you can be faithful over prisoners—those who are physically bound—God will give you a large crowd of prisoners who are spiritually bound, so that you will preach and save them. Because you were faithful over physical prisoners, God entrusts you with spiritual prisoners.

    Luke 10:19 says, Behold, I give you authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. He gives us authority. Be faithful when you are given a task at church. Be faithful. Prepare to serve. Even if it’s for ten minutes, it pays to be faithful. God rewards faithfulness. He does. He does. He does.

    In marriage, be faithful. In ministry, be faithful. Sometimes I deal with many people. Sometimes, you realize a person you are speaking to is so vulnerable. It makes me understand why some pastors take advantage of members. I truly understand how some exploit others, and it is wrong. For example, I know a lady who had bought everything for her marriage. Let me show the extent to which they had gone; the venue was fully paid. The photographer had received half-payment and all. Yet, the man cancelled at the last minute. She was vulnerable and confused. It’s in such moments that some take advantage, but God calls us to be faithful, to never exploit others.

    On Thursday, after the online prayers, a woman called me. She prayed for me and said, May God reward you. May God bless you for being faithful. You never took advantage of me. That was a confirmation of the message I was preparing: to be faithful. At your workplace, be faithful. They may not like you. They may hate you for one or two reasons, but be faithful in the work you are assigned. Faithfulness matters.

    I am not saying you should stay in a place where they want to harm you. Pray and ask God. If He confirms you should leave, then leave. If you are in ministry or anywhere else where you feel oppressed, seek God’s direction. I am not saying you should stay in a harmful marriage and suffer abuse. Faithfulness does not mean accepting harm. Sometimes, faithfulness means saying no. Yes, sometimes saying no is the most faithful thing you can do. When you read the story of Joseph, the Bible says that day by day, Potiphar’s wife tempted him, but he said no. It wasn’t a one-time event. The temptation was persistent until the day she physically grabbed him. Faithfulness brings and creates rewards. God will always look at how faithful you have been with what He has given you.

    In marriage, be faithful. Marriage will demand a lot from you, but it is worth the effort. I remember when I was in a relationship with my wife. As young as I was, I had to trust God to guide us. After school, even with limited resources, I chose to do the right thing. I didn’t want to fall into temptation. God honoured that decision. I wasn’t even financially stable, but within a short time, God provided a place to stay, furniture, and everything we needed for the wedding. God proved Himself faithful because I trusted Him and made the right decision.

    Faithfulness in relationships, in ministry, in parenting—it all matters. Fathers, be faithful to your children. Don’t leave all the responsibility to the mother. There are things only you can teach and handle as a father. Be faithful to your children. It’s not that you have money today, they go to school; you don’t have money tomorrow so they are at home. They go to school as and when you have money, no! Sometimes, some fathers can go 2 months without seeing their children. It’s not the best.

    Nobody comes out of nowhere. It is out of faithfulness that God chooses people. Look at David. He was faithful in taking care of his father’s sheep. That faithfulness prepared him for greater battles, like facing Goliath.In the bush, when a lion or a bear attacked the sheep, David fought them off. That faithfulness in the bush made God say, I have found a man after My own heart. God saw how David took care of sheep and trusted him to take care of a nation.

    Faithfulness pays. God sees how you handle small tasks and rewards you accordingly. Be faithful. Be faithful. No faithfulness goes unrewarded. Sometimes, you may feel unnoticed or unappreciated, but God is watching. Continue to be faithful. Tomorrow, He will reward you greatly.

    Let us rise and pray:
    Lord, grant me the grace to remain faithful. In my ministry, my finances, my relationships, and my service to You help me to be faithful. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Amen.“

    This is an excerpt from the message of God’s servant Prophet Andy Obeng-Kwakye preached on the 17th of November, 2024 at 11 am GMT. Prophet Andy Obeng-Kwakye is the Head Pastor of the GloryMount Nation in Accra, Ghana.

  • Welfare Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness

    Having talked about the Generational Chasm Strategies and the Doctrinal Strategies, let’s talk about the Welfare Strategies. Ephesians 6:11 says “put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil”. So obviously there are strategies against your (helmet of) salvation, (shield of) faith, (belt of) truth, (breastplate of) righteousness, (shoes of) peace and many more. As aforementioned, it will take a lifetime to ascertain all the strategies but all of them are generally summarised under the 3D Strategies as captured in John 10:10. The Welfare Strategies are very dicey and are geared towards the soul and all its emotions.

    One of the departments that suffer the most in a true church is welfare. That is very tactical of the enemy. Good messages, Spirit-filled songs, God-ordained church but welfare is suffering. Some spiritual people don’t even know why someone should leave the church because of welfare reasons but we are all human. Not everyone is at the same maturity level. In fact, I’ve never heard anyone leave a church because the messages don’t bless them but someone can leave because the pastor is not friendly.  After the spirit is fed, the soul is next. After all, about 50% or even more of pastoral duties is mainly around welfare. So these are aspects we shouldn’t trivialise. Let’s delve in quickly!

    Tolerance (Widows of Ephesus)

    The church as a support system can easily be treated as a fan club by many. Just like the young widows of Ephesus, they joined the Church because the Church is obliged to help widows and orphans. These women, because their breadwinner was dead, were not working, always idle, wandering from house to house to gossip; busybodies (1 Timothy 5:13). They are doing absolutely nothing but want the church to tolerate them because they wear “widow” like a badge of honour. Paul told Timothy that if a widow is under 60 years, they shouldn’t be added to the number the church is supposed to take care of (1 Timothy 6:9). Some people love their misery because of the privileges it comes with. Don’t tolerate such people. It sounds harsh? Not at all! It rather deters the right people who truly have a need. Give because you are moved in your spirit, not your soul.

    There were real widows who had no relatives, always trusting in God for the next meal and had given themselves to prayer for the rest of their lives (1 Timothy 6:5). As a church and even as a person, you ought to put godly boundaries around your generosity. Otherwise, you will begin to tolerate entitled people and fabricated liars. The church should not be burdened with welfare. Yes, we are supposed to take care of each other but not to the detriment of the divine mandate God has given the Church. It’s not a fun club. God intended that the family system should be the first go-to point to solve certain welfare problems. The church as a body can’t pay everyone’s child’s school fees. That is secondary to the main reasons why God established the Body of Christ. That is why Paul said that if anyone does not provide for his household (but expects the church to), that person is worse than an unbeliever (1 Timothy 5:8).

    Distraction (the Early Church)

    In line with what we are discussing, the early church faced a similar situation. The church had multiplied and some factions began to complain because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution of welfare. This is the story of Acts 6. Jesus had told His disciples to go into the world and make disciples. He didn’t add that they should serve tables. Don’t get me wrong; breaking bread and fellowshipping is a very important aspect of Christian living. However, we ought to resist the temptation of not making the main thing the main thing. If, as a church, you use welfare strategies to win souls for Christ, you have to use welfare strategies to keep them. You can’t dazzle me with entertainment and now you want to bore me with Bible reading.

    The apostles passed the test. We are not going to leave the Word of God and serve tables. We are waiters, not in restaurants, but on God. We will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the Word (Acts 6:2,4). The divine mandate cannot be delegated so we choose to delegate the welfare. The ministry of the Word and prayer are non-negotiable. In these last days, the devil will plant churches where they don’t pray but eat. A church that satisfies the soul and flesh but leaves out the spirit. After the main things have been done, we can break bread and have fun. Christ ought to be the centre, not the church member.

    Self-Righteousness (Ananias & Sapphira)

    As we grow in the Lord within our communities, there will be a lot of temptation to look more spiritual than you really are. The supernatural is now replaced in the spectacular as holders of the microphone dazzle the crowd with their soulish gimmicks. Oh my God, a lot of “highly spiritual” people find themselves in this situation. Their prayer life is dead. They don’t read the Bible much. They are still operating under an old unction but their congregation does not notice. They have no sacrifice of righteousness before God anymore but men hold them in a limelight because they appear super-spiritual. No wonder Jesus called the Pharisees hypocrites. The messages they preach to others are messages they should preach to themselves. They are different from the message that they carry. Self-righteously, they give in public so all can see. Their welfare is rotten inside but appealing on the outside. That’s the lifestyle Ananias and Sapphira were about to start in the church so that men (instead of God) will be pleased with them. Self-Righteousness is basically doing the right things with the wrong motives.

    “Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don’t make a performance out of it. It might be a good theater, but the God who made you won’t be applauding. When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘play actors’ I call them—treating prayer meetings and street corners alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out. And when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people make a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for fifteen minutes of fame! Do you think God sits in a box seat?

    Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace. The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need. With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. (Matthew 6:1-8 MSG version).


    There is more; pity, burnout, offence, pleasure and celebrity Gospel. We will discuss them in the coming weeks by God’s Grace. Of course, God has welfare strategies. The devil’s counterfeit is to ensure that we place the soul’s influence above the inner witness of the spirit. Selah!



  • Generational Chasm Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness

    Last week, we started the series on Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness. We discussed Cain, Ishmael and Esau Strategy. This week, I have streamlined the strategies we will discuss under Generational Chasm. Sometimes when one generation overly overcomes the enemy, he focuses more on the next one. Some of his strategies also involve using the next generation against the previous one. The true testament of a generation lies in its ability to pass on its glory and victories to the next so the next one moves from glory to glory (and victory to victory). The enemy seeks to fight and win generational battles. Let’s see how he makes a generation inherit curses instead of blessings;

    Absalom Strategy

    Any generation that does not honour the foundation laid by the previous generation is destined to fail. Absalom literally means father of peace, but he died the death of an accursed man and did not fulfill destiny in any way. He was never known for his fatherhood or his peace. He was rather known for the opposite. What’s the lesson here? Regardless of the prophecies concerning the next generation, if they fail to honour they will die prematurely.

    Exodus 21:17

    How do you dishonour the previous generation? Absalom thought he could rule the nation better than his father (2 Samuel 15:4). Who actually anoints himself king? A servant is not better than his master. Any man who rises against his father shall die before his time. Any woman who dishonours her mother can never become greater than her. You resentfully know all your father’s mistakes? Well done. Let’s see how good of a father you turn out to be.

    Absalom was the most handsome man in all of Israel (2 Samuel 14:25). He was so full of himself. He kept resentment in him for two good years because his sister was killed (2 Samuel 13:22) and because of that, he didn’t see his father David for 5 solid years (13:38, 14:28). When he became king for a few months, he slept with his concubines in public display as a sign of utmost rebellion (2 Samuel 16:22), thereby inheriting the curse of Reuben. If you ever find resentment in your heart or you begin to rebel against your parents, beware! Don’t succumb to the Absalom Strategy.

    Two Birds, One Stone Strategy

    The Bible vividly says Saul loved David (1 Samuel 16:21). Whenever two generations are on a pedestal, the enemy throws a dynamite. He uses one stone to hit two birds. What was the stone here? Just a seemingly innocent song of women. Whenever a new generation of, for instance, pastors come on the scene, the people hail them as better than the previous pastors. Just as it’s Saul who believed in David to represent Israel against Goliath, the new generation forgets that they are only standing high because they stand on the shoulders of the previous generation.

    This strategy is so effective that one “bird” is almost always easily hit by the stone. When a generation bashes a general like Pastor E. A. Adeboye, I become greatly distressed. Instead of people celebrating you when you are about to cross the finish line, the enemy will throw this stone. The agenda is to either get you to leave with bitterness in your heart and curse the next generation, or get the next generation to think they are better because of the praise of women. One song; Saul lost it from there; David did not let pride consume him. He went back to his father’s sheep. Once you dance to the song, you will live your life to please them in order to stay relevant.

    Gehazi Strategy

    Gehazi was the servant of the man of God, Elisha. At the end of the day, he didn’t inherit a triple portion. He inherited Naaman’s leprosy. What happened? See, the fathers know the ways of God. You need to realize the weight of their words. Once you have a spiritual father, every error you make stains them too. Gehazi premeditated a lie (2 Kings 5:20), swore by the name of the Lord, and went for Naaman’s gift in the name of Elisha. What makes you think you can get away with that? Are you sinning in the name of Grace? What makes you think you can get away with that?

    The entire lesson was for Naaman to taste the goodness of God. “Freely you have received. Freely give”. He had the chance to redeem himself but Gehazi lied to Elisha after hiding the gifts. Naaman goes back to his country thinking he paid to be healed. The next generation ought to realise that there are certain mistakes they CANNOT afford to make, especially a mistake the previous generation never made under no circumstances. The Glory of God does not tolerate evil.

    Do you love money? Stay away from the pulpit of God. Paul told Timothy not to choose overseers and deacons who love money (1 Timothy 3:3,8). Cultivate the fear of God before you even think of receiving any mantle. Anyone who catches fire and plays with it will be burnt. The Gehazi strategy seeks to bring dishonour to the name of the Lord and his servant, attracting a transgenerational curse.

    Absalom cultivated resentment in his heart and thought he was better than his father David. Saul became demonized and spent the nation’s resources to chase David for about 15 years. Gehazi inherited a curse for generations yet unborn. Kaishh! May you never think you are better. May our generation never think we are better. We choose the way of honour. We shall not dance to the song of empty praises. May the Lord help us 🙏

  • Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness

    Might may win you a battle but it is Strategy that wins a war. Pride is such that one doesn’t admit one’s mistakes so you can be sure that the devil doesn’t admit the fact he will lose the war against the people of God. In fact, his strategies have won him some battles. Who changes a winning formula? Not even the devil. That’s why it is important to know these strategies because he will reuse them time and again to deceive the world. The enemy tried to weary my flesh and convince my mind to stop this write-up so kindly pay attention and take heed. Here are 3 kinds of strategies of the Kingdom of darkness;

    The Cain Strategy

    The most successful man in his day, Cain was an architect, real estate developer, founder and entrepreneur. Looking prosperous, yet cursed and banished from the presence of God. From Genesis 4:17-24, we see how his family line also became successful in the line of business. Can you believe it? The first man to build a city was cursed. This strategy has worked so successfully in our day where we worship Success. We worship God, pray fervently and contend for breakthroughs. When we get it, we wave God goodbye.

    Most of what the people of God seek is what the people of the world are enjoying. So the people of God feel as though God has deprived them of success. They put their hands on the plow and look back. When God’s people begin to envy the world, you should realise it’s the Cain Strategy at work. If Prosperity becomes your ultimate goal in life, you will never realise it when God is substituted with Mammon. The world will never listen to a church that craves for what the world are already enjoying. Ask yourself; do you want to be near the Garden of Eden or you want to go to the city Cain built?

    Ishmael Strategy

    When the devil sees that he can’t stop you from being good, after some time he will leave you to do good. It’s not rest. He is changing strategy as he waits for a kairos moment. Abraham believed in God 25 years before he received Isaac. The devil can’t stop Abraham from believing or Isaac from coming. What does he do? Operation Ishmael Strategy! The devil wants the same source of good to become the source of evil too. James said it this way; “blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!” (James 3:10).

    It is very easy to mix good with evil. One of them is trying to help God when He hasn’t asked you. It is evil to help God. “The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise (Galatians 4:23)”. You cannot use evil for the purposes of good. You are cheating on someone so they learn a lesson? You are lying to someone so they change their attitude for the better? It’s a lie. You can’t use evil to achieve good.

    Esau Strategy

    Of all the hall of fame evildoers in the Bible, the Bible records only one person that the Lord Himself said he hates. Even before He was born, God foresaw Esau’s choices and declared that he hates Esau. God chose Isaac over Ishmael, but with Jacob and Esau, even his Dad Isaac preferred Esau. There are a lot of great people with a great future but they are too blind to even realise it. The Esau Strategy has been used on them. They can sell their whole birthright for a bowl of soup. They can sell their destiny for a new iPhone. They can sell their purpose for a foolish boy.

    Google mess of pottage. That’s what I’m talking about. Once you are born great, they will use the Esau Strategy on you till you begin to realise who you are. Until you come to your senses like the prodigal son that you can be a Prince in your Father’s house, you will be wasting your time competing with pigs for sustenance. Everyone else sees their great potential except them. Very great, yet settles for less. They can even sell a whole Messiah for just 30 pieces of silver.

    I hope you enjoyed it. Next week, I will show the “two birds, one stone” strategy and many others. By the time we are done with this series, I pray we all become more aware of the devices of the enemy so that we don’t fall prey to his cheap tricks. May the Good Lord help us all. May He deliver you from envying the city Cain is building. May he save you from birthing Ishmael while you wait for Isaac. May He keep you from belittling who He has made you so you don’t exchange your soul for the whole world. Amen 🙏

  • The Heart of Pharoah



    There have been many instances of men throughout history who ruled the world as an antichrist. They epitomized the devil so much that men worshipped them as gods. The pharaohs of Egypt fell into that category. Not only did they rule the known world at the time, but they were worshipped as one of the many gods. A devil incarnate, if you will. Cain in his city, Nimrod in Babel, and Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon are men of that “calibre.”

    Therefore, God, in his encounter with each of these men, replicated the prophetic degeneration the devil is bound to experience. It all began with how great these men became, encapsulated with self and pride. These men of evil were able to drive away the spirit of good and fight against the people of God with success. However, all were miscalculated by the evil one. A grievous miscalculation. God knows how to preserve His own.

    It’s amazing that the God of justice still finds an unexplainable way to show grace. Evil deserves justice, but evil will be destroyed with grace and justice. For God’s Wrath is an exhibition of His Glory. They are not different; only distinct. In His Wrath, He administers grace. In His justice, He shows mercy. The more sin abounds, the more grace abounds. What is happening is a compounding of sin for the revelation of His Wrath. Selah!



    God has never been in a hurry to punish evil. He is slow to anger. He exercises divine forbearance in punishing evil. No matter who evil is found in, God, first of all, gives a long rope of grace. What evil wants to do is for God to destroy everything. God rather chose to separate us from evil to pour out His full Wrath on evil. However, when one stays in evil for a long time, one gradually becomes one with evil until both entities are indistinguishable. On the broadway to becoming one with evil, God pours out His judgments as acts of love.

    Pay close attention and make sure you understand! When you sin and God disciplines you, He loves you. He doesn’t want you to become one with sin. Oh yes, it is more susceptible to becoming one with evil in this world and age. God uses the inside-out approach. Evil uses the outside-in approach. Once evil makes its way into your heart, it begins to grow. God will discipline you out of love. He will punish you as a sign of mercy. For the first 5 plagues, God told Moses that Pharoah would harden his heart. For the last 5, God said He will harden Pharoah’s heart.

    When you become one with evil and begin to multiply and deploy evil, God will arrest your heart. This is why the devil cannot repent even though God has the heart to forgive Him. What has happened is that God is the one who has hardened his heart so that he cannot repent. He is in the category of vessels prepared for destruction. Whether you are on the Lord’s side or not, at the end of the day, everything will become an avenue for His Glory.

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    And in the same way, although God has every right to unleash his anger and demonstrate his power, yet he is extremely patient with those who deserve wrath—vessels prepared for destruction.

    Romans 9:22 TPT‬

    The question now is, are there men that God has intentionally hardened their hearts? God hardens the hearts of men who have hardened their hearts. Once you exhaust the long rope He has given you and you have become one with evil, He will harden your heart to give Him the moral justification to pour out His full Wrath on you. If He doesn’t harden your heart and you cry out to Him for mercy amid His unleashed Wrath, He is so faithful that He will lavish you with Mercy. He will never overlook a contrite heart. He will never turn away a repented soul. Therefore, for you to serve the full measure of His Wrath, He hardens your heart beyond redemption.

    Yes, He turned the Nile into blood to remind you of the injustice you caused when you shed innocent blood by commanding all Hebrew boys to be thrown into the river. You asked for forgiveness, and He took it away. In 9 plagues, God demonstrated that He is the One who controls the elements of nature, not the principalities of Egypt at the peak of their witchery. The presence of evil caused the degeneration of nature while still revealing the power of an Eternal God, the One who the devil thought he had shut out of the earth because there was no man to perceive God. 9 times Pharoah asked that the Wrath be taken away. 9 times He promised to obey God. 5 times He hardened his heart. 5 times God hardened his. When the final justice was administered, it was irreversible. For Pharoah, He bruised His son. In our case if we continue to live willingly in sin till we become one with evil, we bruise the Son again.

    ‭Romans 9:15-22 GNT‬
    For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish.” So then, everything depends, not on what we humans want or do, but only on God’s mercy.  For the scripture says to the king of Egypt, “I made you king in order to use you to show my power and to spread my fame over the whole world.” ‭So then, God has mercy on anyone he wishes, and he makes stubborn anyone he wishes.

    But one of you will say to me, “If this is so, how can God find fault with anyone? Who can resist God’s will?”  But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, “Why did you make me like this?” After all, the man who makes the pots has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from the same lump of clay, one for special occasions and the other for ordinary use.

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    And in the same way, although God has every right to unleash his anger and demonstrate his power, yet he is extremely patient with those who deserve wrath—vessels prepared for destruction.