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Jehovah mean= God
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Pastor Kong @ Jurong West / Service 1
27 Sept 2008/ 3:30PM

Testimony from Yi Lun family:

- Yi Lun father and mother take out 40% of their retirement fund to give the building fund. After they give, God blessed them 5 times more what they give, and now the fund still growing. Yi Lun grandma also receive Salvation! And they have total of 90 members, and they are like pastor starting a church with these amount of people. God of course is good and faithful, God not only bless their spiritual family, but also bless their natural family, Yi Lun now pregnant.

Galatians chapter 6 verse 7
7 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap;

- Yi Lun and Eugene give whatever they have, they give their marriage money for the building fund, and they receive more than what they give, they been blessed up to 10times what they give. They even been blessed with a car!

- Yi Lun younger brother sell away the drum set and give whatever he receive to the building fund, and one of his friend shifting house, give him a new drumset.

- God not only blessed them in financial, spiritual, studies and natural, God bless them in alot of way.
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10 REASONS WHY GOD WANTS YOU TO PROSPER

Joshua chapter 1 verse 8
8 This book of the law should not depart from your mouth, and you must in an undertone read in it day and night, in order that you may take care to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful and then you will act wisely.

Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 18
18 And you must remember Jehovah your God, because he is the giver of power to you to make wealth; in order to carry out his covenant that he swore to your forefathers, as at this day.

1. God wants you to prosper because it is His nature

Genesis chapter 17 verse 1-2
1 When A´bram got to be ninety-nine years old, then Jehovah appeared to A´bram and said to him: “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and prove yourself faultless.
2 And I will give my covenant between me and you, that I may multiply you very, very much.”

We don't serve a stingy God.
God name is El Shaddai=God Almighty & Jehovah Jireh=Provider

2. God wants you to prosper so He can establish His covenant in the earth

Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 18
18 And you must remember Jehovah your God, because he is the giver of power to you to make wealth; in order to carry out his covenant that he swore to your forefathers, as at this day.

3. God wants you to prosper so you can provide for His church

Malachi chapter 3 verse 10
10 Bring all the tenth parts into the storehouse, that there may come to be food in my house; and test me out, please, in this respect,” Jehovah of armies has said, “whether I shall not open to YOU people the floodgates of the heavens and actually empty out upon YOU a blessing until there is no more want.”

Church also can mean= Storehouse of God

4. God wants you to prosper to keep finances out of the devil's control

Malachi chapter 3 verse 11
11 “And I will rebuke for YOU the devouring one, and it will not ruin for YOU the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field prove fruitless for YOU,” Jehovah of armies has said.

All dollar satan have is to do with drugs and prostitution and etc. . . So we need to prosper and take control of the finance.

5. God wants you to prosper so you can help the poor

Proverbs chapter 19 verse 17
17 He that is showing favor to the lowly one is lending to Jehovah, and his treatment He will repay to him.

6. God wants you to prosper so you can honor and glorify Him

Proverbs chapter 3 verse 9-10
9 Honor Jehovah with your valuable things and with the firstfruits of all your produce.
10 Then your stores of supply will be filled with plenty; and with new wine your own press vats will overflow.

7. God wants you to prosper so you can leave an inheritance for your family

Proverbs chapter 13 verse 22
22 One who is good will leave an inheritance to sons of sons, and the wealth of the sinner is something treasured up for the righteous one.

8. God wants you to prosper so you can prove the sincerity of your love

2 Corinthians chapter 8 verse 8
8 It is not in the way of commanding YOU, but in view of the earnestness of others and to make a test of the genuineness of YOUR love, that I am speaking.

If you love someone, you sure want to give he/she something, so is the same for God, if you love Him, you sure want to give Him something!

9. God wants you to prosper so you can lead and influence society

Benny Hinn and some foreign pastor want to go to China and reach out, but reject and not allowed. But Bill Gate come to China, the president come and fetch him and shake hand with him.

Bill Gate donate: 210 Million to Cambridge University and 1 Billion to Negro Society

So that's why God wants us to prosper, so we can have influence power to go and reach out to the society.

Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 11-13
11 “Jehovah will also make you overflow indeed with prosperity in the fruit of your belly and the fruit of your domestic animals and the fruitage of your ground, on the ground that Jehovah swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 Jehovah will open up to you his good storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain on your land in its season and to bless every deed of your hand; and you will certainly lend to many nations, while you yourself will not borrow.
13 And Jehovah will indeed put you at the head and not at the tail; and you must come to be only on top, and you will not come to be on the bottom, because you keep obeying the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you today to observe and to do.

10. God wants you to prosper because He is a good God and He wants to bless His children

Psalms chapter 35 verse 27
27 Let those cry out joyfully and rejoice who are delighting in my righteousness,And let them say constantly:“Let Jehovah be magnified, who takes delight in the peace of his servant.”

I will prosper and have good success if we live by the Word of God.
Dictionary say prosperity:
Financial material abundance

Dictionary say success:
Wealth = Money
Honor/Fame
Influence/Leadership

God test you in little, not much!

Pastor don't treat us like heart lander, but future multi millionaire.

Matthew chapter 25 verse 14
14 “For it is just as when a man, about to travel abroad, summoned slaves of his and committed to them his belongings.

God is not a God or orbit, but principal.
The word is "STEWARDSHIP" -> God work according to stewardship.

Matthew chapter 25 verse 15
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to still another one, to each one according to his own ability, and he went abroad.

We no need to be Rocket Scientist then God can use us, normal people God can entrust His things to us.

1 Talent convert to U.S dollar is US$500, 000.
So God is not a stingy or poor God, He always want to entrust million to us.

In 1 Chronicles chapter 29 is the 2nd time David give to build God house, 1st time David give is Billion, the second time is even more.

Matthew chapter 25 verse 20-23
20 So the one that had received five talents came forward and brought five additional talents, saying, ‘Master, you committed five talents to me; see, I gained five talents more.’
21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
22 Next the one that had received the two talents came forward and said, ‘Master, you committed to me two talents; see, I gained two talents more.’
23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Luke chapter 19 verse 17 & 19 (minas convert to U.S is $10,000)
17 So he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because in a very small matter you have proved yourself faithful, hold authority over ten cities.’
19 He said to this one also, ‘You, too, be in charge of five cities.’

God pattern is: He want to prosper you. God want stewardship!

Luke chapter 12 verse 15
15 Then he said to them: “Keep YOUR eyes open and guard against every sort of covetousness, because even when a person has an abundance his life does not result from the things he possesses.”

God is ok you to have things, but not things have you. Because covetousness lead to greed and lead to sin and more to more and to death...

Luke chapter 12 verse 16-20
16 With that he spoke an illustration to them, saying: “The land of a certain rich man produced well.
17 Consequently he began reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, now that I have nowhere to gather my crops?’
18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my storehouses and build bigger ones, and there I will gather all my grain and all my good things;
19 and I will say to my soul: “Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.”’
20 But God said to him, ‘Unreasonable one, this night they are demanding your soul from you. Who, then, is to have the things you stored up?’

This man acted as if all things are his, as you can see how selfish he is.

Luke chapter 12 verse 21
21 So it goes with the man that lays up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

You can replace the word I highlight toward to "for".

Haggai chapter 2 verse 8
8 “‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ is the utterance of Jehovah of armies.

All things belong to God, even today I die, the shirt I wearing will still be here, I'm just a steward for God things.

1 Chronicles chapter 29 verse 1-5
1 David the king now said to all the congregation: “Sol´o·mon my son, the one [whom] God has chosen, is young and delicate, but the work is great; for the castle is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
2 And according to all my power I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the goldwork, and the silver for the silverwork, and the copper for the copperwork, the iron for the ironwork, and the timbers for the timberwork; onyx stones, and stones to be set with hard mortar, and mosaic pebbles, and every precious stone, and alabaster stones in great quantity.
3 And since I am taking pleasure in the house of my God, there is yet a special property of mine, gold and silver; I do give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house:
4 three thousand talents of gold of the gold of O´phir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for coating the walls of the houses;
5 of the gold for the goldwork, and of the silver for the silverwork and for all the work by the hand of the craftsmen. And who is there volunteering to fill his hand today [with a gift] for Jehovah?”

1 Chronicles chapter 29 verse 10-12 & 14
10 Consequently David blessed Jehovah before the eyes of all the congregation and David said: “Blessed may you be, O Jehovah the God of Israel our father, from time indefinite even to time indefinite.
11 Yours, O Jehovah, are the greatness and the mightiness and the beauty and the excellency and the dignity; for everything in the heavens and in the earth is [yours]. Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, the One also lifting yourself up as head over all.
12 The riches and the glory are on account of you, and you are dominating everything; and in your hand there are power and mightiness, and in your hand is [ability] to make great and to give strength to all.
14 “And yet, who am I and who are my people, that we should retain power to make voluntary offerings like this? For everything is from you, and out of your own hand we have given to you.

This is a mindset of Steward, even King David behave and think this way.

1 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 2
2 Besides, in this case, what is looked for in stewards is for a man to be found faithful.

There is millions dollar and million of things God actually want to entrust to you, but are you faithful?? Example, are you faithful in tithing. Every one year, pastor will share about tithing. As you got read, ever since from the Book of Genesis to Moses time and Jesus time and to the Book of Hebrew, they keep talking about tithing and tithe faithfully.

1 Corinthians chapter 16 verse 2
2 Every first day of the week let each of YOU at his own house set something aside in store as he may be prospering, so that when I arrive collections will not take place then.

You guys know, if you don't pay tax, you can get charge and go to jail. You can say the queue is too long, or I'm tired and busy, then the IRS will come and visit you and bring you go prison. :) haha... you see. In the old time, if you never tithe, they can charge you another 10percent, that mean you give 20percent. But thanks God now we live in Grace and not Law.

Grace is greater responsibility= That mean we will be automatic, God is in our heart ready, when we get our salary, we will automatic set a side the 10 percent. And this is what I always do. But don't learn my past mistake and spend the tithe. That you are not faithful ready, and then when is time to give tithe, you will end up squeezing money from here and there.

"Don't expect God to deposit something to you, when He can't withdraw anything from you."

- Don't kid yourself by saying I will tithe later in my life when I have 10,000, when you got 100 and can't tithe 10 dollar. God don't test you in much, but in little. :)
- That's why God have a fair system. 10 percent. Not a set rule of $50. To some other 50 is peanut, travel from Jurong West to Expo, and that's it. To other's they don't have that much money, especially student or unemployed. So God say 10 percent, unequal amount, but equal commitment.
- You may say, what if I have 0 income, then you take 0 times 10 percent is zero, and you come to God and say, here is my zero income, and He will say, good and faithful servant, and now I will make you fruitful to have something in your hand, so next time you come you can produce and give me something. Amen!

Luke chapter 12 verse 21-31
21 So it goes with the man that lays up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
22 Then he said to his disciples: “On this account I say to YOU, Quit being anxious about YOUR souls as to what YOU will eat or about YOUR bodies as to what YOU will wear.
23 For the soul is worth more than food and the body than clothing.
24 Mark well that the ravens neither sow seed nor reap, and they have neither barn nor storehouse, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more worth are YOU than birds?
25 Who of YOU by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span?
26 If, therefore, YOU cannot do the least thing, why be anxious about the remaining things?
27 Mark well how the lilies grow; they neither toil nor spin; but I tell YOU, Not even Sol´o·mon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
28 If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation in the field that today exists and tomorrow is cast into an oven, how much rather will he clothe YOU, YOU with little faith!
29 So quit seeking what YOU might eat and what YOU might drink, and quit being in anxious suspense;
30 for all these are the things the nations of the world are eagerly pursuing, but YOUR Father knows YOU need these things.
31 Nevertheless, seek continually his kingdom, and these things will be added to YOU.

Verse 31 tell us very clearly is added, not times! So when we talk about add, is slowly add on and add on.

2 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 6-10 -> multiply
6 But as to this, he that sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he that sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
7 Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8 God, moreover, is able to make all his undeserved kindness abound toward YOU, that, while YOU always have full self-sufficiency in everything, YOU may have plenty for every good work. 9 (Just as it is written: “He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor ones, his righteousness continues forever.”
10 Now he that abundantly supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating will supply and multiply the seed for YOU to sow and will increase the products of YOUR righteousness.)

Our mindset need to change.

Seek his kingdom is priority=> focus and multiply in giving, not add on to your giving, when we multiply our giving, God will add our needs :) => True steward is not keep busy and worry for worldly things like money and etc. Of course we need to plan our finnacial well, but there is more life than paying bill.

You may be poor today, but ever since you follow God, you not going to poor forever!

Ps Kong and Sun last time rent flat in Pasir Ris, but now Ps Kong have own retail business, and Sun is a singer and staying at overseas and doing humanitarian work and singing all over the world. All these come from multiply in giving.

How to seek his kingdom and righteousness: MULTIPLY YOUR GIVING!

Ps Kong want to qualify you as a steward today.
- The way to qualify is "tithing". If you have not be a tither, start to be one today.
I remember when I was primary school, I got 3 dollar, I tithe 30cent. Remember, God test us in less, not much.

Don't think that God want take all your money and suck all thing. Talk about giving, people very scare, they think will God call me give all things and left nothing for myself. Of course no la. Unless God spoke to you in a very special way. As you can see, after so long we keep giving, we still live so happily and never lack of anything.

There is a time someone receive 50dollar, and he say to himself is a blessing, God say to him is a return. Then God challenge him to give, and he abit reluctant, and God spoke to him directly, you can keep the money and I don't need! Overall in the first place, God create all these things, do He lack?

God is a giver, not taker, blesser and not robber.