How to Receive FINANCIAL MIRACLES and SUPERNATURAL PROVISIONS | E.W Kenyon Revelations — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome to E.W. Kenyon Revelations
2. 0:02Channel, where we explore the truths of
3. 0:03God's word and discover the realities of
4. 0:06the new creation in Christ. Get ready to
5. 0:08grow in revelation knowledge and
6. 0:09discover who you truly are in Christ
7. 0:11Jesus.
8. 0:13What do you do when you believe God, but
9. 0:16your financial situation keeps telling
10. 0:18you that you are in trouble? Your salary
11. 0:21enters your account, and before you can
12. 0:23even breathe, it has already been
13. 0:25divided among the people you owe. One
14. 0:28person is calling, another is sending
15. 0:30messages. Your rent is waiting, your
16. 0:32family has needs. There are bills you
17. 0:35cannot postpone, and promises you made
18. 0:37that you do not know how you will
19. 0:39fulfill. Then night comes, everywhere is
20. 0:42quiet, and your mind becomes noisy. You
21. 0:44calculate what you owe, you calculate
22. 0:47what you have, then you calculate again,
23. 0:49hoping the figures will somehow change.
24. 0:51But when you finish, the numbers are
25. 0:53still the same. Maybe you have prayed,
26. 0:55maybe you have fasted, maybe you have
27. 0:57declared scriptures over your life, and
28. 0:59yet you are still asking, "Lord, how
29. 1:02will I come out of this? How do I
30. 1:03believe you when I cannot see a way
31. 1:05forward?" Before we say anything else,
32. 1:08hear this. God is not indifferent to
33. 1:10your debt. He sees the pressure, he
34. 1:12knows the figures, and he is interested
35. 1:14in bringing you out. Psalm 34:17,
36. 1:17"The righteous cry, and the Lord
37. 1:19heareth, and delivereth them out of all
38. 1:21their troubles."
39. 1:23There is a woman in the Bible who stood
40. 1:25exactly where you are standing.
41. 1:27Second Kings, chapter 4.
42. 1:30Her husband had died, and a creditor had
43. 1:32come to take her two sons. That was a
44. 1:35real debt and real pressure, and God did
45. 1:38not look away. He met her at that door
46. 1:40and led her step by step all the way
47. 1:42out. We are going to come back to her.
48. 1:45This message is anchored in the book
49. 1:46Faith for Finances by E.W. Kenyon,
50. 1:49together with the word of God. And we
51. 1:51will walk through practical steps that
52. 1:53move you from confusion toward a plan. I
53. 1:56am not going to tell you to pretend your
54. 1:58debt does not exist, and I will never
55. 2:00tell you that being in debt means you
56. 2:02lack faith. Whatever brought you here,
57. 2:04you are not disqualified from God's
58. 2:06help. The present condition of your
59. 2:08finances does not have to become the
60. 2:10final definition of your life.
61. 2:12So, here is the question that will guide
62. 2:14us. How can a believer exercise faith in
63. 2:17God for provision while also receiving
64. 2:19wisdom and taking practical steps? And
65. 2:22what if God is also pointing you toward
66. 2:24an opportunity to recognize or a step to
67. 2:27take? Let us begin with the foundation.
68. 2:30Do not let debt become your identity.
69. 2:32When a person lives under constant
70. 2:34pressure, debt can begin to feel like
71. 2:36who you are. Instead of saying, "I made
72. 2:39a mistake," they conclude, "Nothing ever
73. 2:41works for me." Instead of saying, "My
74. 2:43income is not enough right now," they
75. 2:45say, "I will never get ahead."
76. 2:48Pay attention to that change. A
77. 2:49financial situation has quietly become a
78. 2:52statement about the whole person and the
79. 2:55whole future. Second Corinthians 5:7,
80. 2:58"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
81. 3:01That does not mean we refuse to look at
82. 3:03the facts. It means what is happening
83. 3:05today does not have to become a prophecy
84. 3:08about every day that follows. You may
85. 3:10owe money today. That is a fact to face.
86. 3:13It does not mean you must stay in this
87. 3:15place for the rest of your life. Think
88. 3:17about two people who owe the same
89. 3:19amount. The first says, "I am finished.
90. 3:22There is no way out." That is an
91. 3:24understandable reaction. But, because he
92. 3:26expects defeat, he avoids the figures,
93. 3:29ignores the messages, and never seeks
94. 3:31advice. The second says, "This is
95. 3:33serious, but I will face it. I will seek
96. 3:36God for wisdom and take the next
97. 3:38responsible step." And the debt does not
98. 3:40vanish that day, but the second man has
99. 3:43stepped into the place where God's help
100. 3:45can meet him. His circumstances are not
101. 3:48instantly transformed. His direction has
102. 3:50changed. Proverbs 23:7, for as he
103. 3:54thinketh in his heart, so is he. And the
104. 3:56psalmist, Psalm 42:11, "Why art thou
105. 4:00cast down, oh my soul? And why art thou
106. 4:02disquieted within me? Hope thou in God."
107. 4:05He did not pretend his soul was fine. He
108. 4:07told it where to look. So, instead of
109. 4:09saying, "My life is over," say, "I am
110. 4:11facing a financial challenge and God is
111. 4:14helping me address it with faith,
112. 4:15wisdom, and integrity." Instead of
113. 4:18saying, "I am a failure," say, "I can
114. 4:20acknowledge my mistakes without making
115. 4:22them my identity." These are not magic
116. 4:24phrases. They are truthful statements
117. 4:27that refuse to let despair govern your
118. 4:29thinking. Now, we have to go deeper. If
119. 4:32you are going to approach your finances
120. 4:34through faith, what are you actually
121. 4:35placing your faith in? In the money you
122. 4:37have? In the person who promised to
123. 4:39help? Or in what you know of God and his
124. 4:41word?
125. 4:43That brings us to the next foundation.
126. 4:45Now, let us look at something many
127. 4:46people skip when they are under
128. 4:48financial pressure.
129. 4:50They begin with panic. We are going to
130. 4:52begin with the Father.
131. 4:54Matthew chapter 6. Jesus is speaking to
132. 4:57people who are anxious about daily
133. 4:59needs, food, drink, clothing. And he
134. 5:03says, verse 32, "For your heavenly
135. 5:05Father knoweth that ye have need of all
136. 5:07these things." Notice those words, "Your
137. 5:10Father knows."
138. 5:12You are not approaching a stranger who
139. 5:13has never heard about human need.
140. 5:16Jesus presents God as Father. He knows
141. 5:18that you need food. He knows that you
142. 5:20need shelter. He knows about the rent,
143. 5:22the school fees, the repayment date.
144. 5:25Some people pray as though they have to
145. 5:27convince God to care, as if he is
146. 5:29distant or has not noticed. But Jesus
147. 5:32points us in the opposite direction.
148. 5:35Psalm 103:13,
149. 5:37"Like as a father pitieth his children,
150. 5:40so the Lord pitieth them that fear him."
151. 5:43And Romans 8:32, "He that spared not his
152. 5:46own son, but delivered him up for us
153. 5:48all, how shall he not with him also
154. 5:50freely give us all things? If God has
155. 5:53already given you his son, he is not
156. 5:55looking for a reason to ignore your
157. 5:57need. He is interested in you. He is
158. 5:59interested in bringing you out. Matthew
159. 6:027:11, If ye then, being evil, know how
160. 6:05to give good gifts unto your children,
161. 6:07how much more shall your Father which is
162. 6:09in heaven give good things to them that
163. 6:11ask him? If you want good things for the
164. 6:13people you love, how much more does he?
165. 6:16Philippians 4:19, But my God shall
166. 6:18supply all your need according to his
167. 6:20riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Not
168. 6:23according to your bank balance, not
169. 6:25according to your credit score,
170. 6:26according to his riches in glory. Psalm
171. 6:2934:10,
172. 6:31The young lions do lack and suffer
173. 6:33hunger, but they that seek the Lord
174. 6:35shall not want any good thing. Hold on
175. 6:38to that promise and do not turn it into
176. 6:40a deadline. You do not have to tell God
177. 6:43the date by which the money must arrive.
178. 6:45You can trust the God who supplies to
179. 6:48know the right time and the right way.
180. 6:50And remember that the way may surprise
181. 6:52you. Provision may come through work, a
182. 6:54customer, a new job, a practical idea,
183. 6:57an act of kindness, advice that changes
184. 7:00how you handle your situation, a door
185. 7:02you had not considered. Picture someone
186. 7:04praying, Father, I need money to pay my
187. 7:06debts. That is a good prayer, but
188. 7:08suppose that person has a skill that
189. 7:10could earn income and has never used it.
190. 7:13Suppose there is a better job they have
191. 7:14been afraid to apply for. Suppose they
192. 7:17are paying avoidable charges because
193. 7:18they have never called the lender to ask
194. 7:21about a new arrangement. Could part of
195. 7:23the answer to their prayer be sitting
196. 7:25closer than they think? This does not
197. 7:27mean God cannot provide in extraordinary
198. 7:29ways. He can, but we do not want to
199. 7:32become so fixed on one kind of miracle
200. 7:34that we miss the open door in front of
201. 7:36us.
202. 7:38So, when you pray, make room for his
203. 7:40guidance. You can say, "Father, I need
204. 7:43provision and I'm asking you for help.
205. 7:45Give me wisdom to recognize the
206. 7:47opportunities before me. Show me what to
207. 7:49change. Help me to act with courage and
208. 7:52integrity and keep me from decisions
209. 7:54that would deepen my difficulty." That
210. 7:57is not a lesser prayer. It asks for both
211. 7:59provision and the wisdom to walk toward
212. 8:01it. Now, here is a question. If the
213. 8:04Father knows our needs, why do so many
214. 8:07people remain trapped in worry even
215. 8:10after they pray?
216. 8:12The book Faith for Finances speaks about
217. 8:14something we need here, receiving.
218. 8:16Asking and receiving are not the same
219. 8:19experience. It is possible to ask God
220. 8:21for help and then live all day as though
221. 8:24no one heard. Philippians 4:6 and 7. Be
222. 8:28careful for nothing, but in everything
223. 8:30by prayer and supplication with
224. 8:32thanksgiving, let your requests be made
225. 8:34known unto God and the peace of God,
226. 8:37which passeth all understanding, shall
227. 8:39keep your hearts and minds through
228. 8:41Christ Jesus. I notice that thanksgiving
229. 8:44is part of the instruction.
230. 8:47When you pray about debt, you may not
231. 8:49yet have the money. You may not know how
232. 8:51you will meet the next payment, but you
233. 8:53can still thank God that you are able to
234. 8:55seek him for wisdom. You can thank him
235. 8:57for the scriptures that guide you. You
236. 8:59can thank him for the strength to face
237. 9:01what you have been avoiding. You can
238. 9:03thank him for the people who may advise
239. 9:05you and the opportunities you are about
240. 9:07to investigate. Thanksgiving is not a
241. 9:10trick to force God to act. It is an
242. 9:12expression of trust in the one to whom
243. 9:14you have prayed. And here is what often
244. 9:17happens. A person prays, "Father, I
245. 9:20trust you." The prayer ends and the mind
246. 9:22returns to panic. What if the money does
247. 9:25not come? What if the creditor calls?
248. 9:27What if nothing changes?"
249. 9:29If that has been you, do not feel
250. 9:31guilty. Financial pressure is real and
251. 9:34fear is not easy to manage. We are only
252. 9:37learning to notice the cycle so that we
253. 9:39can respond to it differently and that
254. 9:41is where we go next. So, what do you do
255. 9:44when the anxious thought comes?
256. 9:47You do not have to pretend it never
257. 9:49appeared. Acknowledge it and then turn
258. 9:51your attention back to what you know and
259. 9:53what you can do.
260. 9:56You can say, "I am concerned about this
261. 9:58payment, but panic will not solve it. I
262. 10:00will review my plan, seek advice if I
263. 10:02need it, and take the next step, and I
264. 10:04will keep trusting God for wisdom and
265. 10:06provision."
266. 10:08Then act.
267. 10:09If the next step is to contact a
268. 10:11creditor, do it. If it is to check the
269. 10:13real balance, check it. If it is to ask
270. 10:16someone knowledgeable for advice, reach
271. 10:18out. And if there is nothing useful you
272. 10:20can do at that moment, return to prayer,
273. 10:23to rest, and to the responsibilities in
274. 10:25front of you.
275. 10:27First Peter 5:7, "Casting all your care
276. 10:30upon him, for he careth for you. For he
277. 10:33careth for you." That is not a small
278. 10:34phrase. The one you are praying to is
279. 10:37interested in you. Psalm 55:22,
280. 10:40"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he
281. 10:42shall sustain thee. He shall never
282. 10:44suffer the righteous to be moved." Cast
283. 10:46it. Do not carry it alone through the
284. 10:48night. Isaiah 26:3,
285. 10:51"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
286. 10:53whose mind is stayed on thee because he
287. 10:55trusteth in thee." And Isaiah 41:10,
288. 10:59"Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be
289. 11:01not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will
290. 11:03strengthen thee." "Yea, I will help
291. 11:06thee. I will help thee." That is his
292. 11:07promise to you in the middle of the
293. 11:09pressure. Receiving God's peace does not
294. 11:12mean the problem has already
295. 11:13disappeared. It means the problem does
296. 11:16not have to consume every part of your
297. 11:18inner life. You can be working through
298. 11:20debt while learning to live without
299. 11:22constant panic. You can be waiting for
300. 11:24an opportunity without treating every
301. 11:27delay as proof that God has abandoned
302. 11:29you.
303. 11:30And this matters because panic pushes
304. 11:32people into worse decisions. A person
305. 11:35who feels desperate may accept a loan
306. 11:37with punishing terms, put money into a
307. 11:40scheme they do not understand, or
308. 11:42promise repayment on a date they cannot
309. 11:44keep. Proverbs 14:15,
310. 11:48"The simple believeth every word, but
311. 11:50the prudent man looketh well to his
312. 11:53going."
313. 11:54Peace gives you room to look well to
314. 11:56your going, to ask, "Is this wise? What
315. 11:59will this cost me? What happens if the
316. 12:01expected money does not arrive? Is there
317. 12:04a safer way?" Now, let us talk about the
318. 12:06words we speak. Mark 11:23, "Whosoever
319. 12:10shall say unto this mountain, 'Be thou
320. 12:12removed, and be thou cast into the sea,
321. 12:15and shall not doubt in his heart, but
322. 12:17shall believe that those things which he
323. 12:19saith shall come to pass, he shall have
324. 12:21whatsoever he saith." Faith for finances
325. 12:24stands in a tradition that takes those
326. 12:26words seriously, and they invite us to
327. 12:29listen to our own language under
328. 12:31pressure.
329. 12:32Listen to yourself for a day. Do you
330. 12:34keep saying, "I am finished"? Do you
331. 12:36tell yourself you will never prosper? Do
332. 12:38you call yourself a permanent failure?
333. 12:41Proverbs 18:21,
334. 12:44"Death and life are in the power of the
335. 12:46tongue, and they that love it shall eat
336. 12:48the fruit thereof." The things we repeat
337. 12:51shape our expectations. If you keep
338. 12:54saying there is no way forward, you may
339. 12:56stop looking for one. If you keep
340. 12:58calling yourself incapable, you may
341. 13:00avoid the very steps that could help you
342. 13:02grow.
343. 13:03But faith is not pretending. Speaking
344. 13:06faith does not mean denying your debt,
345. 13:08misleading a creditor, or announcing
346. 13:11that money has arrived when it has not.
347. 13:13Faith is confidence in God that changes
348. 13:16how you respond, not confidence in a
349. 13:19formula, confidence in a father who is
350. 13:21interested in your way out.
351. 13:23So, you can say, "I owe this money, and
352. 13:26I am taking responsibility for it. I
353. 13:28believe God can give me wisdom and help
354. 13:31me recognize opportunities. I will not
355. 13:33surrender to hopelessness. I will act
356. 13:35with integrity or my income is not
357. 13:38enough for my present obligations, so I
358. 13:40will make changes. I am seeking God for
359. 13:43wisdom and taking practical steps. Those
360. 13:46statements do not deny the problem. They
361. 13:48refuse to let defeat have the last word.
362. 13:51Hebrews 10:23, Let us hold fast the
363. 13:54profession of our faith without
364. 13:56wavering, for he is faithful that
365. 13:58promised. Hold fast because the one who
366. 14:00promised is faithful and let your words
367. 14:03and your actions agree. If you confess
368. 14:06integrity, be honest with the people you
369. 14:08owe. If you confess wisdom, read the
370. 14:10terms before you accept a loan. If you
371. 14:13confess diligence, follow through on the
372. 14:15work you have decided to do.
373. 14:18One more thing, a financial setback does
374. 14:20not mean you spoke the wrong words. No
375. 14:23one should use this teaching to accuse a
376. 14:25struggling person of causing their own
377. 14:27hardship. Our words are meant to express
378. 14:30faith, truth, and hope, not to
379. 14:32manipulate God or to blame people. God
380. 14:34is not asking you to speak perfectly. He
381. 14:37is inviting you to speak truthfully and
382. 14:39hopefully. But what if you have been
383. 14:41praying for money and it has not come?
384. 14:43There is something else to look at, the
385. 14:45resources and abilities already within
386. 14:47your reach. Let us return to that
387. 14:49question. What if you have been praying
388. 14:51for money and it has not come? Before we
389. 14:54ask God for something new, there is a
390. 14:57better question. What has he already
391. 14:59placed in your hand?
392. 15:01Deuteronomy 8:18, But thou shalt
393. 15:04remember the Lord thy God, for it is he
394. 15:07that giveth thee power to get wealth.
395. 15:09Notice what God gives, not only money
396. 15:12that falls from the sky, power, ability,
397. 15:15opportunity, the strength to produce.
398. 15:19When people hear the the supernatural
399. 15:21provision, they may think of an
400. 15:22unexpected gift or a debt paid by
401. 15:25someone else. God can do that. We should
402. 15:28never limit him, but provision can also
403. 15:30come through ability that he helps you
404. 15:32develop. Now, I promised to come back to
405. 15:34a woman, 2 Kings chapter 4. Uh her
406. 15:37husband had died. A creditor was at her
407. 15:39door ready to take her two sons. She
408. 15:42cried out to the prophet Elisha, and
409. 15:44Elisha asked her a question, verse 2,
410. 15:47"What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what
411. 15:49hast thou in the house?" She answered,
412. 15:51"Thine handmaid hath not anything in the
413. 15:53house save a pot of oil." A pot of oil,
414. 15:56that is all she thought she had. And
415. 15:58notice something, she did not hide her
416. 16:00debt. She cried out. She brought her
417. 16:02need to someone who could help. Shame
418. 16:04keeps people silent, but she brought the
419. 16:06problem into the light. But she was not
420. 16:09left alone with it. Elisha told her to
421. 16:11go and borrow empty vessels from her
422. 16:13neighbors, [snorts] not a few, then to
423. 16:15shut the door and pour. And she did. She
424. 16:18poured and the oil kept flowing until
425. 16:20every vessel was full. And when there
426. 16:22was not a vessel more, the oil stayed.
427. 16:25Then she told the man of God, and he
428. 16:27said, verse 7, "Go, sell the oil and pay
429. 16:30thy debt and live thou and thy children
430. 16:32of the rest."
431. 16:33Pay thy debt and live of the rest.
432. 16:36Hear what God did for her. He did not
433. 16:38only clear the debt, he gave her a way
434. 16:40to live afterwards. He was interested in
435. 16:43bringing her out completely. And look at
436. 16:46how the miracle and the action worked
437. 16:48together. She had a need, a small
438. 16:50resource, and instructions to follow.
439. 16:53She asked her neighbors. She closed the
440. 16:55door. She poured. She sold. And she
441. 16:58paid. God's provision met her obedience.
442. 17:01And sometimes your next step involves
443. 17:03other people, too. People who have what
444. 17:06you need.
445. 17:07So, here is a question for you. What is
446. 17:09in your house? It may look empty, but an
447. 17:11empty-looking house is exactly where God
448. 17:14asked the question. Maybe you are a
449. 17:15tailor, a designer, a mechanic, a
450. 17:18teacher, an editor, a cook, a
451. 17:21technician. You have an ability that
452. 17:22serves a real need, but you have never
453. 17:25thought carefully about making it more
454. 17:27productive. Could your next step be to
455. 17:29sharpen the skill, improve your work, or
456. 17:32find a better way to reach the people
457. 17:33who need it?
458. 17:35Proverbs 22:29,
459. 17:37"Seest thou a man diligent in his
460. 17:39business? He shall stand before kings.
461. 17:42He shall not stand before mean men."
462. 17:45God honors the person who develops what
463. 17:47he has put in their hands.
464. 17:50Maybe you are employed, but your income
465. 17:52cannot cover your responsibilities. You
466. 17:54might explore training that raises your
467. 17:57earning potential or a small extra
468. 17:59service that will not put your job at
469. 18:02risk. Maybe you have a business and
470. 18:04sales have fallen. You might review the
471. 18:07value you provide, who you serve, your
472. 18:09costs, and how you speak to your
473. 18:11customers. None of this is a guaranteed
474. 18:14formula. A job application may be
475. 18:16rejected. A skill takes time. That is
476. 18:20why we ask for wisdom. James 1:5, "If
477. 18:24any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
478. 18:26God that giveth to all men liberally and
479. 18:29upbraideth not, and it shall be given
480. 18:31him." Upbraideth not. He will not scold
481. 18:34you for asking. So, ask. What ability do
482. 18:38I need to develop? What opportunity
483. 18:40should I look into? What habit is making
484. 18:42things worse? What am I avoiding because
485. 18:45I am afraid? What can I do with what I
486. 18:48already have?
487. 18:49Then listen and act carefully. Do not
488. 18:52spend money you cannot afford on a
489. 18:54scheme that promises guaranteed returns.
490. 18:57Do not take a dangerous loan for an
491. 18:59untested idea just because you want a
492. 19:02quick breakthrough. Do not mistake
493. 19:04pressure for direction. Courage and
494. 19:06discernment belong together. And do not
495. 19:09despise a small step. Zechariah 4:10,
496. 19:12"For who hath despised the day of small
497. 19:14things?" A phone call, a job
498. 19:17application, a course, a careful review
499. 19:19of your spending. The provision you need
500. 19:21may begin with an ability you develop,
501. 19:23an opportunity you recognize, or a
502. 19:26decision you finally make.
503. 19:28Before we continue, I want to mention
504. 19:31something that may help with exactly
505. 19:33this. Our Secret Place Devotional, a
506. 19:3690-day practical journey with the Holy
507. 19:38Spirit, is now live. It is made to help
508. 19:41you listen for his guidance day by day.
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510. 19:44description below.
511. 19:46And now, a practical question. How do
512. 19:49you tell the difference between waiting
513. 19:51in faith and using faith as a reason to
514. 19:53avoid responsibility? Here is how you
515. 19:56tell the difference. Waiting in faith
516. 19:58moves, hiding behind faith stays still.
517. 20:02James 2:26,
518. 20:03"For as the body without the spirit is
519. 20:05dead, so faith without works is dead
520. 20:08also." But before we talk about what
521. 20:11faith does, we have to settle who is
522. 20:13doing it. Because a frightened person
523. 20:15and a conqueror can look at the same
524. 20:17bills and take completely different
525. 20:19steps.
526. 20:22The heart of the message in the book
527. 20:24Faith for Finances is this declaration.
528. 20:27God is not poverty-stricken, and he does
529. 20:30not produce poverty-stricken children.
530. 20:33Hold on to that. Your father is not
531. 20:35short of anything. Haggai 2:8, "The
532. 20:39silver is mine, and the gold is mine,
533. 20:41saith the Lord of hosts." Psalm 50:10,
534. 20:45"For every beast of the forest is mine,
535. 20:47and the cattle upon a thousand hills."
536. 20:50That is the father you are praying to,
537. 20:52not a god stretched thin, not a god
538. 20:55waiting for the economy to improve, the
539. 20:58owner of the silver and the gold. Psalm
540. 21:0123:1,
541. 21:02"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not
542. 21:04want."
543. 21:06And you are not a beggar at his gate.
544. 21:08Romans 8:16 and 17. The spirit itself
545. 21:13beareth witness with our spirit that we
546. 21:15are the children of God. And if
547. 21:17children, then heirs, heirs of God and
548. 21:20joint heirs with Christ. Children, then
549. 21:23heirs. You came into this family by
550. 21:25birth, and sons do not live like
551. 21:27strangers in their father's house. 2
552. 21:29Corinthians 8:29. For ye know the grace
553. 21:33of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he
554. 21:35was rich, yet for your sakes he became
555. 21:37poor that ye through his poverty might
556. 21:40be rich. Jesus gave himself for your
557. 21:42sakes so that you could share in his
558. 21:45riches. Galatians 3:14. That the
559. 21:48blessing of Abraham might come on the
560. 21:50Gentiles through Jesus Christ. The
561. 21:52blessing has come. It is not a distant
562. 21:55hope. It is part of what redemption
563. 21:57already placed in your hands.
564. 22:00This is the revelation underneath the
565. 22:02whole message. When you were born again,
566. 22:05you were not born to be defeated. You
567. 22:07were born to be a conqueror.
568. 22:10Romans 8:37.
569. 22:13Nay, in all these things we are more
570. 22:15than conquerors through him that loved
571. 22:17us. In all these things, including these
572. 22:19bills, including this phone call,
573. 22:22including this month.
574. 22:24And the book gives three simple
575. 22:26instructions to a conqueror. Think
576. 22:28victory, not defeat. Speak triumphant
577. 22:31words, not words of failure. And act
578. 22:34like a conqueror because in Christ you
579. 22:36are one. Think victory. Speak triumphant
580. 22:40words. And now,
581. 22:42act.
582. 22:43Because here is what a conqueror does
583. 22:45not do. He does not hide from the
584. 22:47enemy's numbers. Proverbs 27:23.
585. 22:51Be thou diligent to know the state of
586. 22:53thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
587. 22:56So, a conqueror sits down and writes
588. 22:58down every debt, the balance, the
589. 23:01interest, the minimum payment, the due
590. 23:04date. Habakkuk 2:2, write the vision and
591. 23:07make it plain. Fear grows in the dark,
592. 23:10but a written figure has edges. He works
593. 23:13out what is needed for food, shelter,
594. 23:16and necessary things, and what can be
595. 23:18paid toward the debts. Then he calls the
596. 23:21people he owes and speaks honestly.
597. 23:24Romans 12:17,
598. 23:26provide things honest in the sight of
599. 23:28all men. He does not promise what he
600. 23:30cannot pay. He asks for an arrangement
601. 23:33he can keep. He chooses a plan, pay the
602. 23:36minimums, and put any extra toward the
603. 23:38debt that costs the most, or clear the
604. 23:40smallest balance first to build
605. 23:43momentum. The best plan is the one he
606. 23:45will actually follow.
607. 23:47He does not borrow more in the name of
608. 23:49faith without counting the cost. Luke
609. 23:5114:28,
610. 23:53for which of you, intending to build a
611. 23:56tower, sitteth not down first and
612. 23:59counteth the cost? And if the matter is
613. 24:01serious, with legal threats or secured
614. 24:04assets, he gets proper advice. Proverbs
615. 24:0711:14, in the multitude of counselors
616. 24:10there is safety. Notice that none of
617. 24:13this is fear. Fear hides, fear delays,
618. 24:16fear avoids the phone. Faith walks
619. 24:19toward the problem because it knows who
620. 24:21is walking with it. This is where
621. 24:23confession and action meet. The book
622. 24:26speaks about how confession leads to
623. 24:29possession, and the words you speak must
624. 24:31match the steps you take. So speak it
625. 24:35and then do it. I have faith for
626. 24:37finances for my family. My father is not
627. 24:40poor. I am not defeated. I am more than
628. 24:43a conqueror through Christ. I will face
629. 24:45my figures, and I will not face them
630. 24:47alone. Say it again tomorrow morning,
631. 24:50and then pick up the pen. And if all of
632. 24:52this feels like too much, do one thing
633. 24:54today. Write down what you owe. That is
634. 24:57a conqueror's first step.
635. 25:00A conqueror also knows how to give and
636. 25:02how to wait. That is where we go next. A
637. 25:06conqueror also knows how to give. E
638. 25:10And I want to say this carefully because
639. 25:12giving is where many people get hurt.
640. 25:14So, let us begin with the Father and not
641. 25:17with the offering. John 3:16,
642. 25:20"For God so loved the world that he gave
643. 25:22his only begotten son." He gave first.
644. 25:26Everything you are able to give flows
645. 25:28from a father who gave first. Second
646. 25:30Corinthians 9:7, "Every man according as
647. 25:33he purposeth in his heart, so let him
648. 25:36give, not grudgingly or of necessity,
649. 25:38for God loveth a cheerful giver."
650. 25:41Cheerful, not frightened, not cornered,
651. 25:44not pressured. The Father who gave his
652. 25:46own son does not need to frighten you
653. 25:48into giving. So, if anyone has told you
654. 25:50that the only way to receive a miracle
655. 25:53is to give a particular amount to a
656. 25:55particular person, or that your rent
657. 25:57money must go into an offering, or that
658. 25:59you should borrow in order to give, that
659. 26:02is not the voice of your Father. Your
660. 26:04giving is a seed, not a payment. God is
661. 26:07not a machine that releases provision
662. 26:09when the right amount goes in. He is a
663. 26:11Father.
664. 26:12And here is the revelation. Second
665. 26:14Corinthians 9:10,
666. 26:16"Now he that ministereth seed to the
667. 26:18sower both minister bread for your food
668. 26:20and multiply your seed sown." Look at
669. 26:23that. The Father supplies the bread and
670. 26:25the seed. Even your ability to give
671. 26:27comes from him.
672. 26:29Luke 6:38,
673. 26:31"Give and it shall be given unto you.
674. 26:33Good measure, pressed down and shaken
675. 26:35together and running over." So, give
676. 26:37willingly. Give wisely. Give from what
677. 26:40you have in line with your convictions
678. 26:42and your household's needs and let the
679. 26:44Father who sees in secret be your
680. 26:47supplier.
681. 26:49Now, let us talk about waiting. Yet, you
682. 26:51have prayed. You have started acting,
683. 26:53you have called the creditor, you have
684. 26:55sent the application, and the debt is
685. 26:57still there. Mark 11:24, "Therefore, I
686. 27:00say unto you, what things soever you
687. 27:02desire, when you pray, believe that you
688. 27:05receive them, and you shall have them."
689. 27:07Believe that you receive. That is what
690. 27:09the book means when it speaks about
691. 27:11receiving, not pretending the debt is
692. 27:13gone. Receiving in your spirit what the
693. 27:16Father has promised, and then walking in
694. 27:19the direction of it. Habakkuk 2:3, "For
695. 27:23the vision is yet for an appointed time,
696. 27:26but at the end it shall speak, and not
697. 27:28lie. Though it tarry, wait for it,
698. 27:30because it will surely come." Galatians
699. 27:336:9, "Let us not be weary in well-doing,
700. 27:36for in due season we shall reap, if we
701. 27:39faint not." In due season, in his
702. 27:41season, not the one we wrote on a
703. 27:43calendar. Hebrews 6:12, "That you be not
704. 27:46slothful, but followers of them who
705. 27:48through faith and patience inherit the
706. 27:51promises."
707. 27:52Faith and patience together.
708. 27:55Lamentations 3:22
709. 27:58and 23, "It is of the Lord's mercies
710. 28:01that we are not consumed, because his
711. 28:03compassions fail not. They are new every
712. 28:05morning." Psalm 37:5,
713. 28:08"Commit thy way unto the Lord. Trust
714. 28:11also in him, and he shall bring it to
715. 28:13pass." He shall bring it to pass. He is
716. 28:15interested in finishing what he began
717. 28:18with you. Remember the widow. She poured
718. 28:20behind a closed door before anyone saw a
719. 28:23result. She did not wait to see the
720. 28:26money to start pouring. Faith does the
721. 28:29next thing in the quiet, and the harvest
722. 28:31is seen afterwards. So, how does a
723. 28:34conqueror wait? He keeps eating the
724. 28:36word. Not only the evidence of his
725. 28:39difficulty, he feeds on what the Father
726. 28:41has said. He keeps speaking triumphant
727. 28:44words. "I am working through this. My
728. 28:46Father is with me. I will take the next
729. 28:48step. He keeps acting. If he has agreed
730. 28:51a repayment, he honors it. If an
731. 28:53opportunity appears, he examines it. If
732. 28:55a plan is not working, he adjusts. He
733. 28:58stays teachable. There is no shame in
734. 29:00learning and no shame in asking for help
735. 29:03and he does not isolate himself. He
736. 29:05finds a trustworthy person who can help
737. 29:08him think clearly. Isaiah 40:31,
738. 29:11but they that wait upon the Lord shall
739. 29:13renew their strength. They shall mount
740. 29:15up with wings as eagles. They shall run
741. 29:18and not be weary and they shall walk and
742. 29:20not faint.
743. 29:22Waiting on the Lord does not drain you.
744. 29:24It renews you. Say it with me. My father
745. 29:27is not poor. I give with joy and I give
746. 29:30with wisdom. I wait without fainting. I
747. 29:33walk without shame. I am more than a
748. 29:35conqueror in this season. Now, let us
749. 29:38make this very concrete. If you are in
750. 29:40debt, what can you do over the next 7
751. 29:42days? Before we close, I want to tell
752. 29:45you why this teaching has been shaped
753. 29:47the way it has.
754. 29:49I am not here to hand you a budget. We
755. 29:51have touched on a few practical steps
756. 29:53today and in part two of this teaching,
757. 29:55we will walk through them carefully, one
758. 29:57step at a time.
759. 30:00But today, I want to anchor your trust
760. 30:02in one place, in the God who is able to
761. 30:05pull you out.
762. 30:06Isaiah 59:1,
763. 30:08"Behold, the Lord's hand is not
764. 30:10shortened that it cannot save, neither
765. 30:13his ear heavy that it cannot hear." His
766. 30:15hand is not too short, not too short to
767. 30:18reach your debt. His ear is not too
768. 30:20heavy to hear your cry. Jeremiah 32:17,
769. 30:24"Ah, Lord God, behold, thou hast made
770. 30:26the heaven and the earth by thy great
771. 30:28power and stretched out arm and there is
772. 30:30nothing too hard for thee."
773. 30:33Nothing too hard. Not the figure that
774. 30:35frightens you. Not the creditor's
775. 30:36deadline. Not the years you have carried
776. 30:39it.
777. 30:40Now, look at how the Bible describes the
778. 30:42way he delivers. Psalm 18:16. He sent
779. 30:45from above, he took me, he drew me out
780. 30:47of many waters. He drew me out. Not a
781. 30:50god standing on the bank watching you
782. 30:52swim. A god who sends, who takes, who
783. 30:55draws out. And verse 19, he brought me
784. 30:59forth also into a large place. He
785. 31:01delivered me because he delighted in me.
786. 31:04Because he delighted in me. You are not
787. 31:06a burden to him. You are his child.
788. 31:09Psalm 42.
789. 31:11He brought me up also out of an horrible
790. 31:14pit, out of the miry clay, and set my
791. 31:17feet upon a rock and established my
792. 31:19goings. Out of the pit, out of the clay,
793. 31:23onto a rock, and then established my
794. 31:25goings. He does not only lift you out,
795. 31:28he studies your feet so that you can
796. 31:30walk.
797. 31:31Psalm 34:19.
798. 31:34Many are the afflictions of the
799. 31:35righteous, but the Lord delivereth him
800. 31:38out of them all. Out of them all.
801. 31:40Remember the widow. Her creditor stood
802. 31:43at the door. She had a pot of oil and a
803. 31:46prophet's word. And the god who heard
804. 31:48her cry did not only clear her debt, he
805. 31:51gave her a way to live from the rest.
806. 31:54That same god is your father. And the
807. 31:56book we have drawn from says it plainly,
808. 31:59god is not poverty-stricken and he does
809. 32:01not produce poverty-stricken children.
810. 32:04Second Corinthians 9:8. And god is able
811. 32:07to make all grace abound toward you,
812. 32:09that ye always having all sufficiency in
813. 32:12all things may abound to every good
814. 32:15work.
815. 32:16God is able. Say it. God is able.
816. 32:18Ephesians 3:20. Now unto him that is
817. 32:22able to do exceedingly abundantly above
818. 32:24all that we ask or think. Above all that
819. 32:27we ask. Above all that we think. Perhaps
820. 32:29you can only imagine one way out. He is
821. 32:32able to open doors you have not yet
822. 32:35imagined. When King Jehoshaphat faced an
823. 32:37army he could not defeat, he prayed.
824. 32:40Second Chronicles 20:12, "We have no
825. 32:43might, neither know we what to do, but
826. 32:45our eyes are upon thee."
827. 32:48And the answer came, verse 15, "Be not
828. 32:50afraid nor dismayed, for the battle is
829. 32:53not yours, but God's." You may not know
830. 32:55what to do tonight, that is allowed, but
831. 32:57where do your eyes rest? Not on the
832. 32:59figures, on him. Isaiah 43:2, "When thou
833. 33:02passest through the waters, I will be
834. 33:04with thee, and through the rivers they
835. 33:06shall not overflow thee." He is with you
836. 33:08in the water, and the river will not
837. 33:10overflow you.
838. 33:12Psalm 46:1,
839. 33:14"God is our refuge and strength, a very
840. 33:16present help in trouble." Present, not
841. 33:19distant. Abraham did not have a way, he
842. 33:22had a promise. Romans 4:20 and 21, "He
843. 33:25staggered not at the promise of God
844. 33:27through unbelief, but was strong in
845. 33:29faith, giving glory to God, and being
846. 33:32fully persuaded that what he had
847. 33:33promised, he was able also to perform."
848. 33:37Fully persuaded, that is the place we
849. 33:39are going. Not hoping God might,
850. 33:42persuaded that he is able. So, do one
851. 33:45thing tonight, do not calculate again.
852. 33:47Stop and thank him. Thank him that he is
853. 33:50your father. Thank him that he is not
854. 33:52poor. Thank him that he is able, and let
855. 33:55his peace settle where the fear has been
856. 33:57sitting. Let us pray. Father, in the
857. 34:00name of Jesus Christ, we come to you as
858. 34:02your children. You are not poor. Nothing
859. 34:04is too hard for you. Your hand is not
860. 34:07shortened, and your ear is open to every
861. 34:09cry.
862. 34:11For everyone listening who is carrying
863. 34:13debt tonight, be their helper. Draw them
864. 34:15out of the deep waters. Set their feet
865. 34:17on a rock. Open doors they have not
866. 34:20imagined. Give them your wisdom, your
867. 34:22peace, and your strength to stand. Let
868. 34:25them know that you are interested in
869. 34:27bringing them out. We put our trust in
870. 34:30you, not in the figures, not in our own
871. 34:33strength, in you, in the name of Jesus
872. 34:35Christ. Amen. If this has strengthened
873. 34:38your trust in God, write this in the
874. 34:41comments. I will walk in faith, wisdom,
875. 34:44and godly financial discipline. Share it
876. 34:47with someone who is carrying this
877. 34:48weight, and subscribe to E.W. Kenyon
878. 34:51Revelations for more teaching on the
879. 34:54word of God, faith, and the believer's
880. 34:56life in Christ, and watch for part two,
881. 34:59where we walk through the practical
882. 35:01steps together.