C H O F Ministry

Tag: Finances

  • “Run Your Enemies Off”

    Run your Enemies off
    Psalm 68:1 (NLT)
    1 Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies.
    Let those who hate God run for their lives.

    Happy Sunday to you Beloved,

    Beloved allow me to ask you a question: What are you letting stand up against you in your life? In other words, what are you directing your words, energy and thoughts on? You might say, “Oh, it’s just so hard right now. My finances are tight.” “My health doesn’t look good.” “Somebody walked out on me.” No Beloved!!! 😀 You’re concentrating on the wrong things. You’re letting downfalls, dissuasion and self-pity rise up. Why don’t you turn that around and say, “God is still in control!!!

    Somebody may have walked out on me, but I know God is going to bring me somebody better.” “I may be hurting right now, but I know God is the restorer of my soul.” “I may have an unexpected debt, but I know God is my provider. He’s supplying all of my needs. He’s fighting my battles.”

    Beloved, when you give God glory and let Him arise in your life, you can’t stay defeated. 😀 No foe can stand against you in the presence of Almighty God. Your enemies will run off in all directions trying to get away!!! They’ll tremble at your words of faith!!! Beloved, let God arise and embrace the blessing and victory He has prepared for you!!! 😀

    Will you Pray with me?

    Dear Heavenly Father, at this time I release any undesirable, self-defeating opinions or attitudes. Instead, I select to let God arise in my life. I affirm that You’re worthy, You’re holy, and You’re the center of my joy, peace and strength.

    In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen and Amen.
    Have a blessed Sunday Everyone. 😀

  • “God’s Strategy for Your Finances”

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    Hello Beloved.

    This week I want you to know that God has a strategy for your finances. Money is a resource and gift given to us from God. Just like water, wind or electricity, money can work in cost-effective ways when allocated properly.

    But, if not allocated properly, money can wreak chaos on our lives!!!

    God has a strategy for our lives concerning money and our finances. There are over 2,000 scriptures in the Bible that have to do with how we handle our money and manage it.

    Proverbs 21:5 says,
    “Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity.” Beloved, planning a financial vision and working with God guarantee a profitable return.

    In the parable found in Matthew 25, there was a master who gave three of his servants each talent to manage while he went out of town. Two of them managed the talent well and were good stewards with what was given to them. Therefore, in the end, each were given more talents to manage. It’s not the same story with the third servant. He hid the talent in the ground because he was afraid. His plan of ignoring his talent didn’t earn a profitable return, it earned a harvest of no return.

    Beloved, how many of us feel like doing that today? At the beginning of implementing a financial plan, we get afraid just like this servant and wish we could bury our own situation!!! We might be afraid to crunch the numbers, and actually see how far behind we are, or acknowledge the amount of debt we have.

    But God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love, self-discipline and a sound mind. You see, we have to face the conditions we’re in, in order to change the situation.

    In other words Beloved,
    change needs to be conceived on the inside before you perceive it on the outside. You have to work with God. It all starts with the decision to change.

    In the Old Testament, there was a widow who faced a severe financial situation. She was in such financial need that the creditors were after her and wanted to take her son as a slave. The prophet Elisha showed up at her house with instructions from God for her situation and it had to do with her small amount of resources that she had. All she had was one jar of oil. With one jar, and obediently gathering jars from her neighbors at the request of Elisha, she backed up her faith with actions and obedience.

    Beloved,
    she followed a plan. When her miracle occurred, she not only had enough oil to fill each jar and pay off her debts, but she was now well off, and actually became an entrepreneur. She could now sell the oil and live comfortably.

    Beloved we serve a God that’s running over with prosperity. You may feel like the widow with one jar of oil, and feel like digging your situation in the ground like the servant from Matthew, but today I want you to be encouraged to develop a vision and a plan to work with God. Start by eliminating your debt. Work with what you have now as best as you can and as faithful as you can.

    Beloved, by staying faithful with a little, He will entrust you with more.

    “Be blessed in the Lord”