Say, my life, as I know it, is about to change. How many excited about a change? Hallelujah. Praise God. Will we welcome everybody into the house of God?
Welcome everyone that is watching live stream. Welcome to the house of victory. Praise God.
And we're so glad that you are here this morning and I really sincerely, honestly believe that we're about to experience change like we never have before. Amen. Every time we hear the word of God, there ought to be some change that take place in our lives. So if you would bow your head with me and pray, let's get into the word of God.
Father, we're so grateful, so thankful once again to be in your presence. So thankful to be in the house of God this morning. posture ourselves to hear from you, Lord God. We need a word from the living God. Father, allow us to see the season that we're in and know how to conduct ourselves to know what to do.
God, we thank you once again that you give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart to understand. Our lives will never be the same again. And for this, we give you praise.
And everybody agree. Say amen. Amen.
Amen. You may have your seat. Proverbs 4.25, the Passion Translation says, set your gaze on the path before you. Somebody say with fixed purpose.
Somebody say fixed purpose. I hope you're getting this in your spirit for this year. This year being a fixed purpose, but you know, when we talk about a year and seasons, we're talking about something not just 365 days.
This is the lifestyle that you and I live in as a believer. We have seasons that God has chosen. to do certain things and times in our lives.
And the season that you and I are in is the season you're born into. Hallelujah. And this is your season of fixed purpose, that we're doing things purposefully, looking straight ahead, and we're ignoring life's distractions. And along the ways, how many know there are a lot of life distractions? But if we focus on the fixed purpose, the reason why we do what we do.
and having purpose resolve in why we do what we do, then we'll see that fixed purpose manifest in our lives. And so again, we're getting ready for a change. We're getting ready for things that will shift and change in the season that we're in.
And I say that because in your lifetime, there are things that will take place in your life. There are seasons where God has chosen to manifest specific things in your life. that he has made already available for you and I. Much like a parent, a good parent, that will prepare things for their children at a certain season, they reach a certain age, they have things that you have already prepared for them.
My children was 15 years old, 15 and a half. We bought them a car. We just tired of being taxi driver.
So we had... Before they turn 16, you got a car, you're going to get your license, you're driving your own self to school. There are things that you have prepared for your children at a certain season when they are mature enough to have, then you provide those things. God has provided certain things for you and I.
He has keys to cars that you're going to drive when you reach a state of maturity that God has already orchestrated and planned for your life. Somebody said this is my season. Hallelujah. And so God is getting ready to, there's another season of your life that we as a body of believers are about to embark upon.
It's a season of change. How many ready for the change? And I believe this change will definitely include your financial status. I said this change is going to include your financial status.
Maybe you don't need a change in your financial status. I'm going to preach to Pastor Toye now. We need a change in our financial status.
Hallelujah. Glory to God. And I believe that God has already provided all things for us. And so I'm ready to step into my new season of change. And we as a church, we know what it takes to experience change.
God says anytime you can see the word, anytime you can hear the word. Anytime you can understand the word of God, that is the time that you and I will experience change. Now, understand that God has things for us that he will unveil to us or reveal to us through the word of God so that we can experience this change.
But how many know it's the same 66 books that we've been reading for thousands of years? Hallelujah. And it almost seemed like nothing's changed.
But it's progressive revelation that God is bringing us to a place of understanding so that we can experience change. Hallelujah. So when we read scripture, you can't listen to the scripture so I heard that before. Because you need to be hearing what God is saying. Man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
And so when God speaks a word. How many ever had a word that you've heard before, but all of a sudden now you got a revelation of that word and it changed everything? Well, that's what we want to do.
We want to change everything by God opening your understanding so that you can see what God is saying. You can hear what God is saying. You can understand the word of God. And so we're looking through the lens of what God is saying to you in this season so that we can receive what God has for us.
So we're starting this thing called prospering on purpose. Somebody said I'm prospering on purpose. That means I'm prospering intentionally. I have a resolve, a determination that I'm going to see manifestation of the prosperity that God has already provided for me. And so, listen, your resolve has to be like David's.
In Psalms 30, verse 6, he said, I said, in my prosperity, I shall not be moved. Hallelujah. Somebody said, in my prosperity, I shall not be moved.
What am I saying? God has provided certain things for me already. And so I'm not going to allow the circumstances of life to change what I believe that God has already provided for me. Amen.
So in my prosperity, I shall not be moved. Glory to God. So when it comes to prosperity, you know, everybody wants answers. Everybody wants to prosper. And I'm talking financially.
And everybody wants some money. Everybody believes that that's the answer to your problems or the things that you are facing in life. But the thing about it is we don't always want it to come from us. We always want it to come to us.
Hallelujah. And so when it comes to offering time, we just had offering time. So none of y'all are here.
So when it comes to offering time, you know, we don't want to hear about giving because all we can think about is what we need and it coming to us. And so we don't want to hear. All we're looking for is a handout. We don't want to hear our part in it and what God has for us. And then when we do.
hear it and we talk about sowing a seed or giving, you're like, I did that. It didn't work for me. I still don't have it.
You know, we have all those things that the enemy tells you in your ear, but somebody said, in my prosperity, I shall not be moved. Hallelujah. Do you know that Jesus preached on money in the Bible more than any subject there is? More than any subject. And yet money is the least, you heard Pastor Tony preach, it's the least thing.
I believe he preached out of Luke chapter 16, verse 11. Yeah, write these scriptures down so you can go and medicate on them. He says, if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who would trust with you the true riches of heaven? So there are true riches of heaven. And then there's worldly wealth.
And so God says, you got to be trustworthy with the worldly wealth so that you can know and experience and have this area of the. The true riches of heaven. And we discovered that true. One of the true riches of heaven was this grace called favor. Hallelujah.
Somebody say I am blessed and highly favored of the Lord. Now, this is a true riches from heaven because we discovered that it's the favor of God that will bring us into financial prosperity. Well, we'll experience what God has for us.
But not only that, it will open doors of opportunities in some cases where money cannot buy. Hallelujah. And so it's this grace called favor that would allow you and I to experience the prosperity that comes from God.
And so in First Chronicles, chapter 12, verse 32, we're talking about prospering on purpose and experiencing the change that God wants us to walk into in this season. of our lives. There is some stuff, y'all, that God has made available to you and I, and it's just now your season and your time to be elevated in a place where God can entrust in you the wealth of this world.
Hallelujah. Somebody said, I'm ready for it. So in 1 Chronicles chapter 12, it talks about David. You know, he is now crowned as king.
He is gathering his army together. Each tribe of Israel has so many men that are coming to be a part of David's army. And in verse 32, it talks about the tribe of Issachar. And this was, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives.
And all these men understood the signs of the times. and knew the best course for Israel to take. Now, understand, they just made David king, and they're gathering armies, and they're literally going to fight against the Philistines and anybody else that was getting in David's way.
And so here's this tribe of Issachar. These other tribes, they were good with spears. They were good with slings. They were good with so many different things that they could do.
But here's this tribe of Issachar. They understood the signs. of the times and they knew the course that Israel should take. And so God is saying to you and I, there are signs in the times that you and I are living in, and I want to begin to impart into you the course that you should take to experience this prosperity on purpose. Are you ready to get into the word of God so we can understand the course that God has given us to take?
Now there's an element of... natural understanding of things that you and I could do to experience prosperity in your life. But it's nothing like going the course that God has set for you to take to prosper or to see what God has for you.
And one of the ways that we've already talked about, and we will touch on it very a lot, is this area of favor that God wants to give over to you in your life. Listen, I remember 20-something years ago when Pastor Tony and I believed God for our first jet. And we were looking, and we were, you know, Pastor Tony was looking at different jets. He was looking at pricing of different jets. We even had a company that was looking for us.
And I remember he got a call, and a guy called him on the phone and says, Hey, I found this nice jet, and it's really, really inexpensive. It's a great price. You need to jump on it right now.
And Pastor Tony was like, yeah, that sounds really good. And he's calculating in his head how we can make that happen to get this jet. And this will be great.
And he's actually, I think you might have talked to a couple of people about it. It's like, yeah, that's a great price. That's good.
And we was like, yeah, this is good. And he's on the phone with a guy and the Lord said, no, that's not the course to take. And then he's thinking, man, okay.
And then he tells the guy, no, I can't do it. The Lord said, no. He says, man, this is a great price.
You're missing out on a great deal. He said, yeah, I believe I am. He said, but God said no.
And so he said, okay, God, I'm not going to go that route. But y'all know the end of that story. You know, we got one for free.
I mean, no, free is better than paying for one. So in this season, God will give you the. course that you should take. You're trying to calculate how to get the house. You're trying to calculate how to get the car.
And those things are okay, but God has so much more better for you. There are some true riches that God wants to give over to you. And this thing, this grace called favor will get you more than what this worldly wealth could give to you. Because when God gives you something and it's free, snatch a man can't come get it because you ain't paid for it. They're not putting your stuff on the curve because you ain't have enough money for it.
Are you hearing me? There's a favor that God wants to give over to you when you understand the season and the times that you are in. And he'll tell you the course that you should take.
God, I got a lot of stories concerning this. There's a lot of things that God wants to give over to you that we're just trying to figure out how to do it on our own. But God has a way of doing things.
He has a way of believing. You're in a season of divine favor. Glory.
Are you hearing me this morning? Divine favor. God in this season is causing you and I to see things from a supernatural point of view.
Things are going to happen supernaturally. Things that you've been trusting and believing God to do that we're still trying to figure out how it's going to happen. But God wants to do it supernaturally in your life, especially in the financial arena.
He wants to show you the best course to take. Always listen to me. Always remember that God is our source.
Now, we can have a certain amount of money you may have set aside to pay for something or to buy something. But ultimately, you have to remember that God is your source. And you have what you have because of the grace of God.
You know, Paul said in Galatians 1 that I am who I am by the grace of God. And I tell you, you have what you have. by the grace of God.
You may have saved for it. You may have gotten a raise for it. You may have gotten another job for it, but I'm telling you, no matter how you got what you got, God is your source and you have what you have by the grace of God. Deuteronomy 8, 17 and 18, you know it, Amplified Bible says, and be aware lest you say in your mind and heart, my power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.
But you shall earnestly remember the Lord your God, for it is he that gives you power to get wealth. Somebody say, God gives me power. Somebody say, power.
That means he gives you an ability, an anointing. He gives you the favor to get wealth that he may establish his covenant, which he swore to your fathers as it is this day. We have a covenant with God, that covenant that he made with...
Abraham a long time ago that God has that same covenant with you and I and he wants to establish his covenant in your life but you have to remember that it's the Lord your God he is your source he gives you the power to get wealth so he can establish that covenant and I like the fact that it says as it is this day somebody said this is my day hallelujah Every time you read it, it's always this day. What is that saying to me? This day, I'm looking for the favor of God to establish something that he already established in my life to manifest in my life this day. Hallelujah.
Do your thing, Jesus. Establish your covenant in my life this day. And he said, remember, so this means that you could forget. You could easily forget that God is your source.
Remember, God is your source. He's the one that takes care of you. And this is a lesson.
If you have not learned it, every believer will come to this place in life. If you ever think that because it's your good government job or anything that you're doing that provides for you and have you have what you have, then you're going to come to a realization that God is the reason that you have what you have. And it's by his grace and that God is your source.
And if you haven't, if you haven't got the revelation, get it. quickly. God is your source.
Hallelujah. We've learned this early on in life with everything that we trusted and believed God to do in our lives, that he is our source. He's the one that we have to look for to give us everything that he has already provided for us.
He says you have to learn and do this. Look at Psalms 34. Hallelujah. He said, verse 8, in the easy to read version, he says, give the Lord a chance to show you how good he is. Great blessings belong to those that depend on him. Give the Lord a chance to show you how good he is.
You're going to receive great blessings when you depend on God. You can't depend on your spouse. Listen to me. You can't depend on your children.
You can't depend on. specifically the church to meet your needs. You got to have this dependency of God. Great blessings belong to those that depend on him.
Give God a chance. We don't give God a chance. First thing, when you need to have a need, who can I ask?
Who can I borrow the money for? She look like she got something going on. Let me go ask her. Oh, I heard her testimony. She just got a raise.
Let me go ask her. No, you can't depend on anybody. You got to trust God for everything. I know there's a level of dependency that we have on one another in the body, and especially in our covenant of marriage.
But you've got to learn how to depend on God for everything that you need. Give God a chance. Don't be mad at your spouse because they're not doing what you want them to do.
Don't be mad. Depend on God. He is your source.
Could it be that God is telling them to withhold from you because he wants to be that to you? He wants to show you how good he is. Hallelujah.
I've learned early in our marriage not to depend on Pastor Tony for anything. And it wasn't because he wasn't a provider or that he couldn't give me anything that I wanted. I had to learn how to depend on God for anything. Because I know in relationships, ladies hear me, in relationships, if you have a need and your husband cannot meet that need, it does something to him.
It almost devalues him like he's not in his position or not in his place. And so you got to be very careful how you depend on him to meet the needs of your life. And if you trust God, God will use him as an instrument to channel what you desire through him. But my dependency is not on him.
It's on the Lord Jesus Christ. And so it doesn't devalue him as a man. But I know that anything that he gives me, it came from God because I trusted in the living God. I had a dependency on God to meet that need. Yes, there were times that I messed up.
I would go to him for something. And he says, oh, no, we can't do that. And I said, oh, my bad, I messed up.
I shouldn't have never asked you in the first place. Hallelujah. And I said, let me go back to the source, because God don't tell me no.
I said, my bad, I'm sorry. Don't worry about it. I got it.
I got it. God, let me give you a chance to show me how good you are. Hallelujah. Praise God. Our dependency has to be on God.
And do you know that man would come back to me and say, I'm sorry, baby, what you want? I got it, I got it. I said, I know you do now because my God, he supplies.
Are you hearing me? Give God a chance to show you how great he is. You can't depend on your husband. You can't depend on a friend.
You can't depend on the church. You can't depend on anybody. You got to remember that God. is your source.
He wants to show you how great he is. He wants to favor your life. Hallelujah. John chapter 3 verse 27 in the Amplified, it says, John answers that a man can receive nothing.
He can claim nothing. He can take unto himself nothing except as it's been granted to him from heaven. A man must be content to receive the gift which is given from heaven. There is no other source. Somebody said there is no other source.
Whatever source you use, it's because of the grace of God. And so God says there is no other source. He is our source. Proverbs 16 and 20 says in the Passion Translation that one skilled in business discovers prosperity.
Now there is a prosperity that comes from this natural world or this business world. A lot of you are in business, and one skilled in business will discover. I said skilled in business.
One skilled in business will discover prosperity. But the one who trusts in God is blessed beyond belief. Oh, my God.
Oh, Lord. I'd rather be blessed beyond belief. My business will bring me a little prosperity. But when I'm trusting in God. When I make God my source, God will bless me beyond belief.
Thank you, Lord Jesus. Remember, it wasn't because of anything that you and I can do. It's because of the favor of God. He's the one, you got to remember, he's the one that gives you the power to get wealth.
He's the one that will cause you to prosper. He is our source, not because of anything that you and I could do. Psalms 44, verse 3 in the King James Version, it says, For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arms save them. But thy right hand and thy arm and the light of thy continents, because thou hadst favor unto them. So God made them a promise, a covenant promise, that you're going to go into the land.
flowing with milk and honey. You could drive out the Jebusites, all the Israelites. You're going to drive them all out and you're going to go and possess the land.
But he's saying to them that you possess the land, not by your own sword. It wasn't by the sword that you took over the land. It wasn't even by your own arm that saved you.
It wasn't by your right hand, but it was the right hand and the arm and the light of God's countenance because thou had favor. Unto them. Somebody said I am walking in a grace called favor. I'm prospering on purpose Glory to God. It goes on to say thou art my king.
Oh god Command deliverance for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies. Through thy name we will tread them that rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved me from our enemies and have put them to shame that hated us. And God, we boast all the day long and praise your name forever. Think about it. Say, I know it wasn't my sword.
I know it wasn't anything that I did that caused me to possess the possessions that I have, but God, it was all you. It was because of your favor. It was because of your favor that we were able to push down our enemies. As a matter of fact, in Psalms 41 11, it says, this is how I know that you have favor and delight in me because Lord God, you do not allow the enemy to triumph over me.
Hallelujah. Listen, it's more of them than it is with us, but God, you didn't cause them to try over me. And it wasn't anything that I could do. It was all because of you. You have chosen to favor me.
Hallelujah. It wasn't my good business skills. It wasn't all the things that I know.
You have blessed me beyond belief. I know, God, it wasn't by the sword. I know it wasn't because of my right arm. It was your right arm.
It was a light of your consciousness. In other words, you favored me. You shined a light on me. You singled me out, God.
You favored me. Glory to God. And as a result of that, I prospered. So how many know it was supernatural? You ought to expect the supernatural.
Somebody say expect the supernatural. Expect supernatural provision. Expect supernatural prosperity by the grace of God.
Listen, his grace allows you to live life outside your human ability. It is an empowerment that comes from God, empowering you to be and to do what God has created you to be and to do. It's not by your human ability.
I know that there's a favor on my life. I wasn't educated for that job, but I got it. Hallelujah. I don't make enough money to be in this neighborhood, but I'm here.
Glory to God. And so I understand that it's supernatural that God will cause these things to happen in my life. And so I'm stepping into something that God had made available to me so that I can experience the prosperity that comes from God. It's a supernatural grace.
And you know, Pastor Tony talks about there are dimensions to the grace of God. There's multiplied multifaceted of God's grace that we have to learn how to step into. And one of the graces is obviously we've been talking about this grace called favor.
But when it comes to prosperity, we think it's about how much money I have. Or what I can afford. And we discount the favor of God. He knows how to multiply every seed you sow. Oh my Jesus.
Glory to God. And so let's look at this. Let's look at this in 2 Corinthians chapter 8. And we won't finish this whole thing, but I want us to look at 2 Corinthians chapter 8. I'm going to read this to you in the Passion Translation.
For your homework this week, I need you to medicate on 2 Corinthians chapter 8. Amen? Praise God. Let God speak to you.
So it says, Beloved ones, we must tell you about the grace poured out. upon the churches of Macedonia. There was a grace poured out.
Somebody say, Lord, pour out your grace. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. It says, for even during a season of severe difficulty, tremendous suffering, and extreme poverty, their super abundant joy overflowed into an act of extravagant generosity.
Now, it looked like they were in a season of severe difficulty. I'm not going to re-preach the message that Pastor Tony preached, but in this position, in the natural, it looked like they were not in a position to give. They were in extreme difficulty, tremendous suffering, extreme poverty on one hand.
But on the other side of that coin, they had extravagant joy. And that's so important because we understand that joy is a fruit of the spirit. It is a part of the fruit that causes you and I to overcome whatever the circumstances you may find yourself in. And so they had extravagant joy, tremendous joy. Overflowing acts of extravagant generosity because of the joy of the Lord that they had.
Look at verse 3. For I can verify, Paul's saying, I can verify that they spontaneously gave, not only according to their means, but far beyond what they could afford. Now, how many know in the natural that doesn't make any sense? I'm giving far beyond what I can afford. But yet these people, they did it spontaneously. In other words, I hear God is speaking to me about giving.
And I can't afford to give. But I'm not going to waste no time thinking about it. I just gave.
Hallelujah. Way beyond what they could afford to give. Pastor Tony and I were in this building fund at a church we were going to at the time. This was many years ago.
And they were taking up money for a building fund. They was meeting with everybody and they were saying they needed X amount of money for the building fund. So they had people to give up and say how and ask how much they were giving. And the pastor got up and he says, we want people that's going to sow a seed, you know, of a thousand dollars to stand up.
Pastor Tony jumps up. That's me. We ain't got ten dollars in the bank, but that's spontaneous.
Way more than we can afford. You hear what I'm saying? He jumps up. And you know he jumbled it and then the past said there are those that can give 2,000 he jumps up That's me. That's me He goes on and gone people are standing up all over place.
He said 3,000 he jumps I grabbed him by the coattail We got 10 cent in the bank and you talk about 3,000 $3,000, like he might as well have said $3 million. But it was extreme poverty. He had super, I'm telling you, he had super abundant joy. He jumped up like we had million dollars in the bank. I do it.
Hands raised, make sure to pass. Me, me, that's me, that's me. More than we could afford. But it was spontaneous giving. Y'all know the end result of that.
We gave that. He's not only according to their means, but far beyond what they could afford. Verse 4, they actually begged us for the privilege of sharing in this ministry of giving to God's holy people who are living in poverty.
They exceeded our expectation by first dedicating themselves fully to the Lord and then to us according to God's pleasure. that is why we appeal to Titus since he was the one who got you started and encouraged you to give so he could help you complete this generous undertaking on your behalf you do well and excel in every respect and unstoppable faith and powerful preaching and revelation knowledge and your passion devotion and in sharing the love which you have shown to us so make sure that you also excel In grace-filled generosity. Somebody say grace-filled generosity. And so here again, this grace is this human element, this element about God's power that allows you to step outside your human ability.
It's more you giving far than you can afford because I'm not trusting in what I have. I'm trusting in the living God. He is my source. He supplies my need. He takes care of me.
This grace-filled generosity. And so they overcame the poverty that they were in. Hallelujah.
How did they do it? Number one, they had super abundant joy. You got to have joy in your giving.
We'll talk about it later. But how many know God loves a what? What kind of giver? The Amplified by His Love. He can't do without you.
Somebody who is cheerfully given. They had super abundant joy. They had spontaneous giving.
You know, somehow, let me go home and pray about it. Let me go think about it. God already spoke to you in that moment that you heard the call.
And if you act spontaneously. I know a lot of people tell you don't do that. You don't do no spontaneous giving.
You have to go pray about it, check your checkbook, make sure. Don't write no faith checks. We ain't taking that. You better know that you. But they had spontaneous giving.
I'm not telling you to write no faith checks, all right? Spontaneous giving. They, and number two, number three, they gave themselves to the Lord.
You got to be dedicated to the Lord. Totally sold out to Jesus. Hallelujah.
It's not even about what I get in return. It's about my giving because he's been too good to me. You can never out give God.
Hallelujah. They gave themselves to the Lord. And then it says the next one, number five, lost my page.
Then he said in verse number four, and then to us, or they gave to Paul's ministry, they were giving over to the poor. Number five, they tapped into the grace that was poured out. There was a grace poured out to them in that time.
They tapped into that grace. They was able to give beyond themselves and to see God move on their behalf. They learned how to tap into the grace that God has provided. They learned how to access what God had already supplied. There was a grace already poured out.
They tapped into it, what God had already supplied. Wealth and riches had already been supplied to every single one of us. Paul was a witness to what they gave, and they gave beyond their ability to give.
God was their source. Hallelujah. He's the source of every resources that you and I need. So it goes beyond your ability, beyond your job, beyond your spouse, beyond the things that you've looked to trust into. God was their source.
So don't look to yourself to determine what you can do. There's a grace that God has made available to you that goes beyond you. And it's what he's already provided for you. And it is by our faith that we have access to this grace. You've got to believe God for that in your life.
Romans chapter 5. Hallelujah. It says in Amplified, it says through verse two, through him also we have our access, entrance, introduction by faith into this grace. And this grace is the state of God's favor.
We have access by our faith to stand in a state of God's favor in which we firmly and safely stand and let us rejoice and exalt in our hope. of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God. So we live in this supernatural area or lifestyle where we are standing in the state of God's grace. This season of change, we stepped out of the ordinary into the extraordinary, out of my human ability into God's ability, not depending on the world's wealth, but now I'm experiencing the true riches of heaven, which is the grace and favor of God. that God has made available to us in this designated moment, in this season, in this time in my life, that God wants and chosen to favor me.
You are very familiar with Psalms 102, verse 13. He said, Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor you, yea, the set time has come. Hallelujah. Somebody said, it's my season.
It's my time. Again, how do you know it's your season? How do you know it's your time? Because you're here.
You could have been born in any other season, in any other time in the face of the world. But God chose you to be born in this season and in this time. And because you're here, it's your season. Thank you, Lord Jesus.
It's your time. The Amplified Bible says you will arise and have mercy and loving kindness for Zion. But it's time to have pity and compassion on her.
Yes, the set time has come, the moment designated. Hallelujah. Somebody say, this is my moment designated.
So Jesus came to give us this abundant life, a life of favor. Y'all know John 10, 10, he said, the thief comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy those distractions. But I've come that you may have what?
Life. And that you would have. life abundantly or this abundant life.
Hallelujah. The passion translation is the thief has only one thing in mind. He wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy, but I have come to give you everything in abundance more than you expect life in its fullness until it overflows.
Amplified Bible says for out of his full, John chapter one. John 1. Y'all looking at me. John chapter 1, write it in your Bible. Verse 16. Remember, he came to give you this abundant life.
His life. Now, everybody has an idea of what abundant life looks like. You may have a picture in your mind what an abundant life looked like, but he came to give you abundant life.
The abundant life he came to give you was his. It was his life. Hallelujah.
That's going beyond your belief. Hallelujah. Exceeding your highest expectation.
Abundant life. John 1 16 Amplified says, For out of his fullness, abundance, out of his abundant life, We have all received, all had a share, and we've all been supplied with. Glory to God.
Somebody said, I've already received. I already have a share, and I already have a supply. He said, he's already received. You already have your share.
He's already supplied. There's no such thing as there's not enough. Or everybody else has it and I can't get it.
You have your share that God has already given you out of his abundance. He's already given you your supply. Hallelujah.
You already have received. Thank you, Jesus. He says, what have we received?
One grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift. Heaped upon gift. So we already have received.
We already have a share. Somebody said, I have a share. Listen, there's enough supply from heaven itself where your prosperity is concerned that everybody, God has already designated a share. He's already designated a supply.
You've already received this out of his abundance, what God has for your life. Hallelujah. Last scripture, and let me close with this. Proverbs 21, verse 21 in Passion Translations, is the lovers of God who chase after righteousness will find all their dreams come true. Can you dream?
Hallelujah. He said an abundant life. Here's that abundant life.
What is it? Abundant life. Are you looking at your Bibles? Do y'all have the Passion Translation? He's an abundant life, what?
Kind of like, are you looking at this? Drenched with what? Wait a minute now.
He's giving me an abundant life. Drenched. I'm soaked in favor. Drenched with favor and a fountain that overflows with satisfaction.
God says, I'll drench you in favor. I will overflow you with flavor. favor until you are satisfied. Hallelujah.
Glory to God. God wants you to be satisfied and he will drench you with favor, soak you up with favor, and you will overflow with favor until you are satisfied. Come on, stand to your feet.
Hallelujah. Father, we recognize. that this is our season, a designated moment in time where you have chosen to favor us, God, and you will give us the course of action of what we should do in this season. You have already provided all things for us. There is a divine supply.
There is, Lord God, everything that you have for us in your abundant life. We have our share. God, we thank you. It's not by our hand, not by our might, but it's by your spirit, Lord God, that you have provided all things for us.
God, I declare in our prosperity, we will not be moved. You cause the favor of God to cause us to stand and be established like a mountain. We will not be moved. God, we thank you for our share.
We thank you for our supply. We look to heaven. It comes from you, Lord Jesus. We thank you, Lord God, for the blessings of God. Show us how good you are, Lord God.
Exceed our wildest dreams. Drench us with your favor, Lord God, until we are satisfied. God, this is the season. It is the timing for VCCI, Lord God.
It's our time. It's our time. It's our time, Lord God. You have so much for the house of God. God, we thank you.
We believe we receive. We receive the prosperity that comes from you, Lord God. We are blessed to be a blessing in this community, Lord God.
Father, we thank you for the new building. We call it in now in the name of Jesus. God, we thank you that we have everything that we need.
God, I believe for debt cancellation for your people, Lord Jesus. Our decree will never be without. The favor of God rests upon us.
We receive it, Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. God, we settle it this morning over the communion table.