FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH

JEREMIAH 29:1111 FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU,” DECLARES THE LORD, “PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE.

PLANS = BLUEPRINT = MAP = TREASURE!

FIRST THINGS FIRSTANDREW CLEARS HIS THROAT… AND THEN…

FIRST THINGS FIRSTI (ANDREW) DO NOT GET A SALARY OR DIVIDENDS OR WHATEVER FROM THE CHURCH SO I STAND TO GAIN NOTHING IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY FOR TEACHING YOU THESE KEYS. I DO IT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND WANT YOU TO BE FINANCIALLY FREE!

COOL?

COOL!

WHY MOST CHRISTIANS STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY:GET READY TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN!

THEY ASK FOR THE WRONG STUFF!

Solomon asked for wisdom!

Malachi says that tithing unlocks blessings.

Blessings are not MONEY, blessings are favour and practical wisdom!

Deut 28 gives a long list of awesome things that will happen to you, all of them involving the work of your hands and favour!

THESE PRINCIPLES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER YOU ARE SAVED

OR NOT.Matthew 5:45

45 …He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

CHRISTIANS EMBRACE GOD BUT REJECT HIS PRINCIPLES

UNBELIEVERS REJECT GOD BUT EMBRACE HIS PRINCIPLES.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.

PHILIPPIANS 4:1212 I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE IN NEED, AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO HAVE PLENTY. I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT IN ANY AND EVERY SITUATION, WHETHER WELL FED OR HUNGRY, WHETHER LIVING IN PLENTY OR IN WANT.

CONTENT:

HAPPY

COMFORTABLE

RELAXED

AT EASE

GRATIFIED

SYNONYMS

WHY IS PEACE SO IMPORTANT?BECAUSE IT EMPOWERS YOU TO MOVE AT GOD’S PACE!

GALATIANS 6:99 LET US NOT BECOME WEARY IN DOING GOOD, FOR AT THE PROPER TIME WE WILL REAP A HARVEST IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP.

RIGHTO…

READY FOR BREAKTHROUGH?

WHAT TO ASK FOR:

THE TRUE OBJECTIVES ARE WISDOM AND FAVOUR!LIKE JOSEPH AND DANIEL WHO HAD FAVOUR IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

IMPORTANT!You do not want riches before your time! That is like helping an chick out of it’s egg or putting a child in a full body cast. It will make you VERY weak! Muscles wont develop etc.

Depending on your destiny, you need a certain amount of resistance to strengthen you for what lies ahead.

Joseph, David, Moses, Joshua and many others all needed very specific trials to prepare them for their assignments.

Romans 5:3-4

3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. Hope is the most powerful catalyst for inner drive. It keeps you going through the worst situations imaginable.

FOR MOST PEOPLE, IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH WILL GET THEM INTO A DEEPER HOLE THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE.70% of Lotto winners lose it all in 7 years and when it is all gone, relationships are in tatters, bills are higher and depression is often the end result.

90% of people will increase their debt with salary increases.

90% of people spend at least half of cash boosts (that could save them) on useless luxuries - comfort spending.

Compulsive and comfort spending are the ultimate catalysts of financial destruction.

THE ULTIMATE GOAL, PRAYER OR DESIRE:

TO GROW IN WISDOM AND FAVOR.LUKE 2:5252 AND JESUS GREW IN WISDOM AND STATURE, AND IN FAVOUR WITH GOD AND MAN. YEAH BABY!

WISDOM AND FAVOUR WILL UNLOCK SALARY INCREASES, PROMOTIONS, SPONSORSHIPS, MEGA DEALS AND EVERY OTHER CATALYST FOR THE FLOW OF BLESSINGS.

LUKE 2:52

FAVOUR WITH GOD AND MAN. YEAH BABY!

HOW TO GET WISDOM AND FAVOUR WITH GOD AND MAN?

PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEAT AND FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT. AND ALSO MAKE SURE YOUR SEAT BACK AND FOLDING TRAYS ARE IN THEIR FULL UPRIGHT POSITION. WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE OFF.

THE EPIC BLESSING (W+F) UNLOCKER:

“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”

If you already have the fullness of this revelation you can go home now.

Lets pop it into context though… church giving has been manipulated and distorted out of context so much that many

people have completely shied away from it.

PHILIPPIANS 4:10-1910 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 15 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. 17 Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account. 18 I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Now that bit is in context!

OK LEKKER!

BOOGIE TIME!

THE 3 UNDISPUTABLE KEYS TO FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH.APPLY THESE AND YOUR LIFE CHANGES FOREVER.

KEY 1GIVING IS NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW OF THE OLD TESTAMENT (YOU DON’T GET KILLED FOR NOT DOING IT PROPERLY).

BUT IT STILL WORKS 100%

2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-156 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;    their righteousness endures forever.”

10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

SEE?

It still works lekker!

KEY 2APPLY THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER.

DEUTERONOMY 28:1

28 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands (instructions, directions) I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth… (and a couple of pages of blessings).

Half measures don’t work. It’s like using half an umbrella or half a parachute. You don’t apply half a principle, you apply the WHOLE thing!

SO JA…

Here comes those instructions…

Disclaimer:

This the stuff I apply and it works like a bomb! GWW baby!

I cant be held accountable for bad results if you apply the things ‘slap pap half pipe moegoe –”kom ons traai maar” lui bergie style!’

God’s Word Works! If you are careful to apply it!

THE BIG FOUR:1 - COVENANT GIVING.

2 - CHURCH GIVING.

3 - THE POOR.

4 - MEN OF GOD. WHAAAAAAAT? YUP!

1 - COVENANT GIVING (TITHE AND FIRST FRUITS).

Malachi 3:10 Tithe

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing (wisdom and favour) that there will not be room enough to store it.

Proverbs 3:9-10 Firstfruits

9 Honour the LORD with your wealth,    with the firstfruits of all your crops;10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,    and your vats will brim over with new wine.

WHY I DO IT.Consistent covenant means consistent blessing. (I don’t wait for the rain before I build a roof or buy an umbrella).

Firstfruits are for those big payouts that come through – that’s epic celebration giving and is an awesome opportunity to sow seeds that have big ‘surprise’ harvests. This one is awesome, it really is a great opportunity to acknowledge God and sow again because your faith is pumping like mad and that is the BEST time to sow!

People come with all kinds of reasons to NOT give. I scratch around like mad for reasons to give. Where your heart is your money is… I’m keen for reaping so I sow. Simple as that.

2 – CHURCH GIVINGMark 12:41-44

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

The bigger the breakthrough you need, the higher percentage you need to sow! Remember, you need to be 100% focused on wisdom and favour and God can move in someone’s heart who can change your life forever! Weekly giving is prayerful giving and is all about sacrifice!

WHY I DO IT?

I need lots of wisdom and lots of favor with man to achieve my dreams. Money is not enough, I need doors to open in business, governement and I need favor with the public. Thus, every time I give, I confess over my sacrifice and strengthen my faith.

We don’t need to sacrifice lambs and stuff anymore, but money sure as heck counts as a blood sacrifice! I don’t just toss it in the basket, I lay it on the altar! Jesus paid for my sin with his blood, I’ll pay with mine to get the revelation of His sacrifice into every mind out there!

3 – THE POOR

Matthew 19:21

21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Proverbs 14:31

31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,    but whoever is kind to the needy honours God.

This is the only kind of PHYSICAL giving where you actually store up treasures for yourself in heaven.

WHY I DO IT.

It is my assignment.

All that I am and all that I have goes to this particular department.

Time, energy, money… I chuck it all into destroying poverty and it’s mother – ignorance.

Riches being stored up in heaven for me is cool and all but I honestly don’t worry about the rewards part.

HIS kingdom come, HIS will be done on earth as it is in heaven! All I care about.

4 – MEN OF GOD

We should all be ‘men and women of God’ but I use the term in its traditional context as is widely accepted in the same way that ‘church’ is understood to be a weekly meeting in a building as opposed to the entire body of Christ.

Just helps you sort it out in your mind.

Before I go further, as the teacher of this message I cannot accept any direct gifts – this may cause people to stumble and would defeat the purpose of this message.

1 TIMOTHY 5:17-1817 The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honour, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. 18 For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.”

A lot of people think ‘honour’ means ‘respect’ and it does in many ways but here in this passage you see how God feels about financially blessing those who give themselves to his full time service.

To the wise, secure, selfless Christian, ‘honour’ is spelt M.O.N.E.Y those who love it cling to it like crazy and will even leave church if the subject is brought up. Even though giving is a MAJOR theme in the bible, old testament AND new!

Check what happens when you take care of God’s servants:

KINGS 17:10-15

10 So Elijah went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what theLORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.’”

15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.

WHY I DO IT

It is the ultimate catalyst for physical, financial blessing.

Tithing, first fruits and Church giving all unlock wisdom and favor.

Giving to the poor stores up riches in heaven.

Blessing an emissary of God creates massive multiplication.

We see it with the bread and fish which were brought to Jesus, the oil and flour with Elisha and…

THIS…

1 Chronicles 13:14-14

14 The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he had.

Those who have dedicated their lives to carry God’s word are like the Ark of the Covenant (The ark contained the 10 commandments).

I bless them because it brings massive blessing on my house and brings me great favour wherever I go. God does not play when it comes to blessing those who look after his servants!

KEY 3SOW NOW.

WAIT WITH EXPECTANCY.

REAP IN DUE SEASON.

GALATIANS 6:99 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper

time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Aint no instant coffee or fast food here baby!

Things take years and you reap when the harvest is ripe, not a day before!

THE BEST TIME TO SOW?

When your faith is high.

If your faith is low, it’s like sowing in winter. Hard ground, very little rain (faith) and extreme temperatures (stress).

You need to sow when you find fertile soil (one of the big four) and a rainy season (high levels of faith).

The best time to sow is the exact moment your faith feels pumped up. Usually a revival service at church, worship session at home, vision casting session etc. really build your faith.

HOW TO WAIT… LIKE A BAUS!Thank you Father for wisdom and favour!

Thank you for favour with my employers, favour with my clients and favour with you!

Thank you that the floodgates of heaven are open and the insight of Solomon is mine!

Thank you for guiding my words and actions to the right people at the right time.

Thank you for SUPERNATURAL favour with people.

Thank you that people WANT to bless me!

Thank you that clients (or bosses) WANT to give me more business and refer their associates to me.

Thank you that your word works!

I stand on your promises my Lord and thus I rejoice that you will give me the strength and ENERGY to stay focused REGARDLESS of circumstance!

I sow abundantly and thus I have the faith to REAP abundantly.

Serving you is awesome Lord, thank you that YOUR WORD WORKS!

HALLELUJAH!

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU REAP?

Sow those fisrtfruits while your faith is pumping.

High faith means fertile soil, an expectancy for rain and definite results.

Yeeehawwww!

SO WHAT NOW?WHAT DO I DO NEXT?

LOOK AROUND!

Help someone in need! It doesn’t have to be nmoney, maybe it’s a bed, bicycle, corckery.. Whatever! Breakthrough needs action so take action now while this message is still fresh in your spirit!

If you believe in the Godlife vision to plant schools and smash poverty then make a strong commitment now.

Remember – what you are trusting God for is wisdom and favour!

WISDOM AND FAVOUR UPON ALL OF YOU!LETS BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH! AMEN?