Recognizing Our Source

But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.(Deuteronomy. 8:18).

After the Lord knows that He can trust a person, then He releases power that he/she may 

get wealth.But that is not the end of the story! The whole point is the establishment of God's 

covenant with his children,covenant of blessings, which overturns the curses which  the evil causes because of our sin and disobedience.

Pride is the greatest temptation to a successful marketplace minister. When we begin accumulating wealth, manage people, and become known for our marketplace expertise, we are most susceptible to falling to the world's most devious sin in God's eyes -- pride. The Bible tells us that God is the reason we are able to produce wealth. It is not of our own making. As soon as we move into the place where we begin to think more highly of ourselves than we ought, God says he will take action. "You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me" (Deuteronomy 8:17). "If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God (Deuteronomy 8:19-20).

These are strong words from God. It demonstrates His utter impatience for any people who think that what they have accomplished has anything to do with their own power. It is God who gives us the skill, the mind, the resources, the energy, the drive, and the opportunities in life to accomplish anything. When we become prideful in heart, He will begin a process of reproof in our life.

Evil may come in anytime after God's blessing;  God warns us:

God may release power for wealth, but if we start worshiping the wealth instead of The Wealth-Giver, then it is like worshiping Mammon. The Lord said that we cannot worship BOTH God and Mammon, for surely, we shall love one more and despise the other.

When He gives us wealth, it is for the purpose of using it to establish the Kingdom of God on Earth, by giving as He directs us.

Today is a good day to examine whether you have fallen prey to pride. Are you sharing what God has entrusted to you with God's people, or the needy? Are you being the instrument of blessing that God desires for his people to be? What areas of pride have crept into your life? Ask the Lord to show you this today. And avoid being put on the shelf. Nothing is worse than being cast aside because of our own pride.

The Proper Foundation

Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain (Psalm 127:1).

Imagine spending years building an expensive home with the finest materials and craftsmanship. It is a work of art. The project is almost complete. The day arrives to move in. A building inspector arrives just before you are to move in. He hands you a notice. That notice condemns your beautiful home because it doesn't meet code.

Many Christian business people invest years in their businesses who will one day stand before the Lord and realize THEY were building the house, not the LORD. God is very picky about motives behind the actions. Before we act we must ask WHY? Why are we doing what we are doing? Has God called us to this task? Or is the real motive purely financial? Or control. Or prestige. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work (1Corinthians 3:12,13).

David learned this principle by the end of his life. Throughout his life he learned that God always tested David to find out what was in his heart. And what his motive was in his actions. He instructed his son to acknowledge the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole hearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts"(1Chronicles 28:9).

Today's Prayer:

Dear Father in Heaven, 

Thank You for all You provide for me and for the opportunity to create wealth in my business. I remember Thee, my LORD my God, for the Bible tells me that “it is God who is giving me power to make wealth.” (Deuteronomy 8:18) 

I pray that You would fill me with wisdom and understanding as Solomon of old (1 Kings 4:29) and Thy “Spirit, light, understanding and excellent wisdom” as Daniel. (Daniel 5:14) For it is through thy Spirit, light, understanding and wisdom that we gain wealth and succeed. 

Father, please prosper me that those around me may prosper as well -- that I may bring honor and glory unto Thee. 

I ask and pray these things in Jesus’ name, Amen

Biblical Principles in Network Marketing

As a Pastor, Bill Nissen was against Network Marketing for years.  In 2003, a friend helped 
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