Law of Sowing and Reaping

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By Sunday Joseph Adenuga

Let's read from the Bible book of Genesis 8:32

While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease

Also in the Bible book of Galatians 6:7-9, we read

Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap everlasting
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

Seed time and harvest time shall never cease as long as this earth remains. This means that if you plant, you will harvest. No matter how good or bad you are, you will harvest what you planted. Success in life does not answer to been good or holy, it does not respect fasting and prayer alone, it responds only to sowing and reaping. Three things must be continually sown by you if you want to experience a continuous harvest. They are your Time, Talent and Treasure.

Your Time
First it is profitable for you to invest your time for the things of God, then for your family after that your business or work. The more time you give for God, the more favor God gives you, and the more supernatural power of God works on your behalf. Also as you invest quality time on your family, you are able to influence and give your family a good direction. When you invest a very good time for your business, you will become more profficient in that job.

Your Treasure
Giving your money is very essential. You must to God qualitatively and generously. Solomon beyond the normal one big offering, he gave a thousand offerings and God blessed him beyond the normal natural blessings. Give your money, your tithes, sow a big seed into the kingdom of God, these are the spiritual raw materials that goes on to build the pillar of success that no man or force on earth can shake. Bless your pastor, envelop some money and give to him. This is for your own good, you are the one to benefit from such giving, not the one to whom you give, or the one receiving it from you. Financial prosperity answers to giving, not fasting, not a holy life, I sincerely hope you will understand this simple fact of life without distorting it or misunderstanding my point.

I learnt the art of giving from Bishop David Oyedepo through his books and tapes, initially it was difficult for me to understand it. The truthis that the things of God are not meant to be understood, they are meant to be fully believed and obeyed, that is why we are called believers. I then began to sow good seeds into people's lives, the offerings I give began to increase, my tithes became more regular and guess what? God has not ceased to bless me ever since.

Dear Reader, give to God, sow good seeds into the Kingdom and your harvest will be a big one. As you give to God, you must also invest your money into a profitable business venture. You can never be rich collecting salary, it will only make you comfortable. If you want financial prosperity and independence, then you must invest in a profitable business venture.

What kind of business is good for you?

There are a thousand and one businesses, but you must know yourself and what you love doing, if you do what you love, you will not get bored or tired, though you are working hard, it will be fun doing it because you love it. It is also good to study your environment and watch out for a need, find out what is lacking; what you can give in terms of products or services that people will gladly pay you for with appreciation.If you can find a need of the people in your environment and make a plan to proffer a solution, this is how to locate a hot business business.

You can make it, only let your motive be right, let it be to help others, to proffer solution to their problems, to help meet a need, then in a matter of time you will see yourself becoming a big success in your community. Your financial increase will be unstoppable by any force on earth.

May I suggest that if you are a salary earner, you should begin to think of how you will fire your boss. Think of what you can give to mankind in exchange for their money; think of what you can invest that can yield millions back to you in real time.
David C Joe said that, “you will either resign, retire or be retrenched in your present job” Why wait till you will be retrenched or retired? Why don't you resign now to begin a business; though the beginning may be small, with time and hard work, you can turn that small business into a mighty multinational company.
As I write this, I feel in my spirit that someone reading this book is getting out of slavery; someone is moving up the ladder; are you the person?

GIVING YOUR TALENT

You must be ready to give all your talent to whatever you finally decide to be doing as a business. Your all, must be given into that business, your thinking, your energy, all your ability, everything.
Check yourself, which special ability have you found, I mean that thing you find easy and interesting, that is your talent, use it and exploit it to the fullest. That is your rod, that is what will divide the red sea of life before you, use that talent. A lot of things and people will gain from that talent of yours if you properly channel it to the right direction. You are not a biological accident, you are not a waste, there is a reason for your existence, find it out and fulfill your purpose.

How To Operate An Online Ministry

Hi, my name is Sunday Joseph Adenuga, I am the Senior Pastor and Founder of The Success Dimension Church, Ibadan, Nigeria. When God called me, He gave me a mandate to teach people how to succeed in spite of any difficulties they may ever be going through in their lives. This implies that I have the mandate, the ministry and the assignment to help as many people as I can to make a success of their lives despite problems, difficulties or challenges that they may be facing at the moment.

This is a clear call, but I have a challenge, and it is this, how do I get many people around the world to hear this good news? I have the cure for people's problems but nobody knows I have the solution, how do I get people to know that I have God's word that can bring them success in the midst of their difficulties? I know that Radio and Television are a great means of blasting my beliefs and teachings to the world but they are too expensive and unaffordable for me at this initial stage of my ministry. I thought for a while and then decided to begin the production of a quarterly magazine which I distributed free of charge, but due to financial limitation at that time, I could only reach my immediate environment, but my target was the whole world.

I knew it was time to do some as fast as possible to get the message out to those going through difficult times that they too can succeed in spite of diificulties. I needed to reach the whole world with the message to teach as many people as I can the principles God asked me to teach them that will surely help them to succeed in spite of any difficulties they may be going through in life.

At a point in time the idea of Internet Ministry came to my heart, even though I did not have a personal Internet ready computer, I could still have an Online Ministry to the people around the world by using the available cybercafe's around me. Thank God I now have my own internet ready computer, if you don't have you can start the way I started - using cybercafe. I knew it would favor me, it would be able to do the following if only I can invest some little amount of money and time:

(1) Have a free website/blog to post all my teachings
(2) Another website free or paid to show the world all my ministry activities
(3) Preach on video for free and have people anywhere in the world with computer and internet access to see my video presentations and hear my messages of hope.
(4) Have an audio recordings of my sermons uploaded to my website and ready to be listened to by people around the world.
(5) Sell my stuff on the internet to earn Dollars or Naira. I can sell e-books, real books, video or audio messages on CDs and DVDs or downloadable, the opportunity is vast.
(6) And many more benefit.

With the above information, I ventured into online ministry and the story of my life have changed ever since. Right now I enjoy all the above facilities, people phone me from all over the world after hearing and seeing me preach on the internet. God have used this internet ministry in my hand to bless many people around the world, more than 5000 people have downloaded my book "Winning In Life's Battles" other books have also been given freely, and many people are sending mails to thank me for allowing God to make me a blessing to them. Many are now happy and willing to support my ministry and offerings are now coming in through foreign currencies like Dollars and Pound Sterling, praise God.

I have packaged this same product for you Pastor, Missionary, Evangelist or even Singer to help you start your very own online ministry with little or no stress. The packaged is now on CD and can be downloaded on your computer hard drive through the internet. After reading through some of these materials, you will be able to start your own website in less than ten minutes from now, begin your own audio and video internet prodution and like me be a blessing to your generation all around the world. No longer will distance be a barrier to reaching people all over the world. If you buy into this package now, you will be able to do the following:

1.Have a website called 'blog' where you will be able to publish your articles, audio messages and printed sermons as often as you may ever want to publish it all for free

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TRAINING

We train pastors and ministers in their churches, if you want us to come to your office to give you a one on one intensive training on how to use internet facilities to put your ministry to international frontiers, then call me on 08054041462. The price range is as follows:

Churches/Ministries in Ibadan and environs will pay N20,000
Churches/Ministries outside Ibadan will have (in addition) to the above, cater for our transportation fees, lodging and meals for the three days of intensive training. At the end of the training, we shall give you all the necessary software you will need to make a good success of your online ministry.

The Art of Worship

Pastor Sunday Joseph Adenuga worshiping the Lord. Learn to thank the Lord and worship Him every time and in any situation you may find yourself. It is the will of God for you to worship and praise Him. You should especially shorn the habit of complaining about the hard times you are going through. Somebody said "Ungrateful people never become great," so learn from now to appreciate God for His love for you and towards you.

The Mystery Of Tongues

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By Sunday Joseph Adenuga

One day as I was meditating on the word of God, I heard a voice spoke to my heart these words, “I will teach you about the mystery of tongues”. I turned around to see the one who had spoken, seeing no one, I knew the Holy Spirit wanted to teach me something. As I thought about those words, I turned to
Gen 11:1-9
1. And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech...

Language or tongue is a unifying factor on earth. People of the same tongue naturally gravitate to one another, there is a natural affinity or bond between people of the same tongue. In 1988, I participated in the National Youth Service, a Yoruba man, I was called to serve in the Northern part of Nigeria which consist predominantly the Hausa's. Getting to Sokoto, all Yoruba men I saw became automatic friend and close confidants. You will be surprised how we were bounded together just because we were of the same tongue. There were no distinctions, you are Ijebu or Ijesha, I am Ondo – no, we saw ourselves as one; why was it like that? Because we were in the foreign land, the best thing to do is to unite.
All Christians are citizens of heaven, we are here (on earth) as foreigners, as ambassadors of heaven, we must speak our language (faith). Faith is our language, when we speak that language, we understand each other and communicate with home station and we receive help anytime we need it.
The people united together to build the tower of Babel because they are all of one language. The unity and power that comes from it can surmount any problem on earth. They of the then world were so powerful that God said in

Genesis 11:6
6. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one and they have all one language and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be refrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

The unity that comes from language and tongue results in a very powerful influence that even God acknowledged that “nothing will be restrained from them.
The only solution was for God to bring confusion among them by making them not to speak the same language and tongues again. If that was done, God would now be able to stop them from achieving their purpose.
Who you hear speak to your life goes a long way to affect you. Man is a product of WORDS and so is affected by words (for good or bad).
In I Corinthians 13:1

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, …

This implies that there are tongues of men (which comprise of different languages) and of course, there are tongues of angels (which we speak anytime we speak in tongues or in divers kinds of tongues).
When you speak in tongues, you are speaking the tongue of angels, you are working in harmony with God’s spirit, you are becoming united, in agreement with the forces of God. When you are constantly doing this, you are generating such powers that make for success in any endeavor in life. When you agree with God in language (faith) and tongues (speaking in the spirit), you are positioned for success unlimited. Let’s see I Corinthians 14:2

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh no unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; how be it in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

The mystery of tongues make for success or failure in this world. Speak the tongues of angel and they will help you fix most problems that are seen and unseen they will help you bring your file to God’s table and ensure they help you to have a speedy execution of all your request. They (angels) will naturally gravitate towards you, when you form the habit of speaking in the spirit (or speak in tongues). Like you read earlier, every man will naturally fall in love with his towns man in a foreign country. We are citizens of heaven, we are seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly places (Ephesians. 2:6), we are in a foreign land, we need to speak our language and tongue to get our people and government to help us succeed in all things. Dear reader, team up with God and His Angels and you will be able to build your success unhindered by any power or force in the universe. Let’s see I Corinthian 14:4

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself …

To edify means to build up, when you speak in tongue, you build up yourself, your business or ministry, your home, your children, your health etc.
See also I Corinthians 14:14,15. If you want to hear God’s voice or opinion on any matter learn to speak in tongues often in your prayers (Jude 20), this makes your spirit open and sensitive to God to hear his direction for you life.
We are ambassadors of heaven here on earth; we are not of this world even though we live in this world; we are citizens of heaven. Speaking our language (faith) and tongues (praying in tongues) will attract the forces from our home country (heaven) to come to our aids each time we need support. We always need constant support from home if we must make it to success land and shame the devil in this world. The mystery of tongues is the secret of power. The heavens love and are gravitated towards her citizens who do not forget their home language and tongues. May the Lord give you a good understanding of these things in Jesus name.

The Reward Of Meekness

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By Sunday Joseph Adenuga

The Bible says that the meek shall inherit the earth (Psalm 37:11 and Mathew 5:5). Meekness was the magic wand that made Moses to be very successful in his chosen career. If you want to have good success, you must be meek and if you are not, pray for it.
Have you ever considered the reason God picked on Joseph to be the earthy caretaker of our Lord Jesus Christ?
On the 28th of September 1996, I was ministering alongside with Evangelist Gboyega Ajadi in Iree Polytechnic Gospel Student Fellowship and the Lord ministered to me and asked me this question, “have you wondered why I saw it fit to use Joseph to take care of the formative years of Jesus Christ on earth?
The Lord revealed a lot of qualities found in Joseph that qualified him for this privileged position, I will share some of them with you in this book.
In Mathew 1:18 – 25

18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise when as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.

Joseph suddenly discovered that though he had not known Mary, yet she was pregnant. This means, he had not have deep intimate relationship with Mary that may have led to sexual intercourse. He did not know what had happened, we know today because we have read it, and we have learnt about the life of Christ; but back then, Joseph did not know what we know today. He did not know that the child in Mary’s womb was of the Holy Ghost. How many men today will be able to bear that?

19.Then Joseph her husband being a just man

(The Bible says that Joseph was a just man, he was meek and cool- headed and was open to sound reasoning.)

and not willing to make her a public example was minded to put her away privily.

Some men today would be so angry, they could cut off her head, but as Joseph was thinking about it, an Angel appeared to him in a dream to warn him. He did not seek a confirmation, he just believed, he did not despise the dream, he did not demand to hear an audible voice or to see the angel physically in real life like Manoah the father of Samson. He just believed God –it was a simple faith. He did not quote scriptures that, “out of two or three witnesses every word shall be confirmed” He simply believed and obeyed the word or voice of God which happened to be the perfect will of God.
How many people today are led (through dreams) but rejected the dream as a mere thought of their mind. Joseph was obedient to God, it didn’t matter whether God spoke through dream, audible voice, inner still small voice prophecy, a visitation of an Angel, or anyhow else, he just obeyed. He obeyed the angel that God sent to him in the dream – this is meekness. No wonder, God choose to use him to bring up and nurture our Lord Jesus Christ in the flesh.

Joseph acted God, by becoming the father of God’s Son, he was good enough to teach Jesus some basic things of life (humanity).
When they went to Jerusalem the time Jesus was twelve years old, Jesus went to the temple, ‘to be about my father’s business’. They looked for him sorrowing for three days. When he was found, Joseph did not lift up his hand to beat or cane Jesus, many men today would be so angry that the first thing they’ll do would be to slap that child. It was Mary that spoke and said,

“Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing”.
It was never recorded that Joseph was ever angry (or loose his temper), he never over reacted to the situation, He was a man full of wisdom and understanding. Wisdom is believing God even when you do not understand what He is doing, saying or planning. In Luke 2:50, the bible says

And they understood not the saying (of Jesus) which he spake unto them.

Joseph may not understand but he believed God, yet he did not maltreat Jesus, he loved Jesus for who he was – what a father, much like unto the Almighty God. In the same vein we are not called to understand everything about God or His Word, we are called to believe Him and His word and that is real wisdom. In Mathew 1:25, we read

And knew her not till she had brought forth her first born son; and he called his name Jesus.

Joseph was disciplined enough not to have sex with Mary, they lived together, slept together in the same house yet he did not do it. Everybody knows that it is O.k to have sex with your pregnant wife but Joseph did not. What kind of reward do you think Joseph will receive? Think about the father of Jesus, who had the responsibility of taking care of the Lord, he lived an exemplary life, he did not go about getting drunk, sleeping with girls, lying, cheating etc. He was meek and disciplined that even God (I mean Jesus Christ) could learn from him how to be a good carpenter, he taught ‘God’ so many things in the flesh. He protected our Lord Jesus Christ, took him to Egypt when Herod sought the life of the Saviour. Meekness is the word that described the totality of Joseph’s life.
If you can show yourself a meek man, heaven and earth will see you and recognize you and reward with a sounding success in all your endeavour.
If you study your bible very well, you will understand that Joseph was a very successful carpenter. As the fame of Jesus spread abroad, people wondered as recorded in Mathew 13:55

“Is not this THE CARPENTER’S son? ….”

Joseph was the carpenter of his city, meaning he was the foremost, the most popular, the most successful carpenter. Joseph through meekness was so successful, people traced Jesus back to him, why? This is because Joseph was conspicuously successful, he could not but be noticed.
Some people are so successful today that nobody remembers or recognizes their fathers, because they do not have successful fathers. The father of Jesus was a successful father because of meekness, be meek. A meek man is too gentle to fight, he doesn't know how to argue, he is too pre occupied by his purpose that nothing else mattered. So because of this 'weakness', God Himself have to fight all his battles. A meek man cannot fight: God fights for him. If you can fight and avenge yourself of your enemies, God did not need to fight for you. Moses didn't fight with any man who rose up against him in rebellion, God did. Even when his senior sister Miriam misbehaved to him, God had to teach her a lesson for seven days that you don't toil with a meek man. When you see a meek man be afraid because God Himself is the One fighting for him. So, why not pray for the spirit of meekness now?

The Wonders of Belief or Faith

By Sunday Joseph Adenuga

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever BELIEVES in HIM should not perish but have everlasting life” John 3: 16.

What is in ‘believing’ Jesus that makes it very important? Why is God’s only demand that simple? In another place the Bible says that, “whosoever believeth in Him shall not be put to shame.” In fact Christians are called believers because, in all the Gospel of Jesus Christ, this word seem to be the strongest. When Jesus was commissioning the disciples, in the book of Mark 16:15-17, we read,

“ Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that BELIEVETH and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be. And these signs shall follow them that BELIEVE: In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak in tongues…”

The emphasis in the above passage as in all scripture is believe, the signs shall follow those who believe. These signs are the manifestation of the power of GOD; the power will come upon, and follow only those who believe. Many times, if not in all cases, the only requirement of Jesus from those seeking healing was this, “only believe”. He was always quoted as saying, “be not afraid, only believe”, or “weep no more”; this was said to the widow whose only son just died. And in another situation He said, “If thou canst believe thou shall see the glory of God”.

What is in believing that makes it so thick?

When everybody was pressing hard on Jesus, nothing happened to any of them, but a woman came with faith or believe, that if she could only touch the tip or helm of His cloth, she would be healed. This simple act of believe brought her healing from the Master Healer, the Lord of the universe, Jesus Christ the Anointed One. The force of this faith or believe drew out this virtue or power from the Lord. Many people fast and pray but could not get the job done, but when there is a heartfelt believe or faith, the miracle is always on the scene. Why is ‘believing’ so important? We read in Mark 11: 23,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass he shall have whatsoever he says.

The Holy Spirit opened my understanding to know that the art of believing is the major difference between a successful man and a failure. Faith is the only difference between somebody who receives answer to his prayers and the one who do not. This same faith in God is the only difference between a saint and a sinner. Do you know that nobody will go to hell because of sins like adultery, stealing, killing, etc? People will go to hell because they have refused to believe the son of God, they refuse to believe the testimony of God that have enough power to liberate them from the power of such sins like adultery, stealing, killing, etc.
Please understand this today, it will help you, faith is a very deep and important concept of life. Believing touches the very heart of man, which is the core or center of man; faith is very spiritual, and we are spirit beings. Friend, the only avenue by which we can browse the spiritual realm is through our faith.
Faith in something has a far-reaching effect on man that last beyond this material time and realm. Have you ever seen or heard of a notorious man, maybe an armed robber, or a hard drug addict who gave his life to Jesus Christ? You see the change; it’s so obvious; that change came about because of simple faith in Jesus; that faith has changed his life and destiny. The reason is very simple to understand, you see, the faith touches his heart; your heart is your spirit, your spirit is the real you. Anything that has the power to change the real you can change everything around you: and that thing is faith. Faith flows out from your heart, your spirit and it is capable of changing everything around you called your circumstances.

Enjoying The Grace Of God

By Sunday Joseph Adenuga

God is not partial, except you believe this with all your heart; the devil will succeed in deceiving you and make you to settle for what is less than the best for you. When you know that God is not partial, you will have nothing restraining you, you will know that if God did it for him, then He can also do it for me. When you know this, you will never envy anybody henceforth, this knowledge will make you to celebrate other people’s success because the same God who did it for them can do yours also.

God’s Promises for All

Jesus said in Mathew 28:20, ‘… 10, I am with you always …’. That is to every one of us. He is with you now, even in that problem. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” Psalm 46:1. I remember when we were in the primary school; early in the morning the teacher must register all those who were present. From the list, he calls the names of the pupils one by one and we all say present sir, anyone who is absent would not be there to say present sir, rather we would answer on his behalf by saying absent. When the bible says that God is the very present help in trouble, it means that when trouble comes calling, God will answer for you, saying ‘present’. Why? This is so because He is the VERY PRESENT HELP. You have problem(s)? HELP is present.

Please, get this, whenever you have problems or struggles or challenges, know surely that the help you need to solve the problem is present with you. Of course, it may not be conspicuously or glaringly clear, but if you switch inward, it will come out, I mean the help will come out, I mean the help will come out of you clean and clear. So therefore, instead of weeping and seeking for sympathizers, think and meditate on the word of God, he said ‘I AM with you’; He said, ‘I AM the very present help in trouble”. So what’s your problem?

Many are looking for those who will pity them, no, do not look for pity party, they will put you into the pit. Here the word of God, ‘When you pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not burned: neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”. Isaiah 43:2. If God is with you and He is, why then are you still looking for sympathizers? Stop weeping; start rejoicing. Stop complaining; start thanking God. He has promised to help you Isaiah 41:10

Your Response to the Troubles

Be bigger than your problem. This is a decision you have to make NOW, do not wait till tomorrow. See yourself as someone who is bigger than that large dept, you are bigger than that sickness, you are bigger than that marriage problems, you are bigger than those needs. I John 4:4 says
“You are of God … and have overcome them because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world”
There are problems in the world; God is in you. That makes you bigger than any problem, I see them as challenges and I am bigger than them.

You are a spirit, you can never cease to exist, if you die, you will still continue to exist. All those problems, whether physical or spiritual are temporary, they will soon pass away, but you will not pass away, you will not cease to exist, you will live forever (either with God or the devil, the choice is yours). If you will not vanish away form existence and this is the TRUTH; but no matter how long it stays, your problem will vanish one day, then it means you are bigger, better, stronger and more important than your problems. Friend, believe this, you are stronger than that problem: it is too weak to weaken you, wake up the sleeping giant in you. Thomas Edison failed ten thousand times, but he continued and so he succeeded in making incandescent lamp. You are of more value than any amount of money; you are priceless. The best houses that were built two hundred years ago are now out of fashion. Things come and go but your value cannot depreciate.

Nothing Shall Hurt You

Somebody said, “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going” and Robert Schuler said “Tough times never last but tough people do”. If you are tough, as I have recommended for you from the beginning of this book, nothing can stop you.
Jesus Christ our Lord said in Luke 10:19
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you”.
Do you believe this? You have power; Jesus gave you the power the day you got born-again. When got filled with the Holy Spirit, you received a greater dimension of God’s power. You are supper loaded with power. The bible says in Micah 3:8
“But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment and of might …”
The power to tread on serpent and scorpion is the power to ride victoriously and triumphantly over difficulties and problems of life.
Problems cannot hurt you, they are not that powerful except you give them the power and allow them to hurt you.

There is power within you

1John 4:4 that we quoted earlier gives testimony to the fact that there is something IN YOU that is special. You have to know it and accept it, there is something in you, and it is called power. That thing can solve any problem, that thing can over come every temptation, that thing can make you to achieve all your dreams, that thing is the POWER of God inside you.
You have it, it is there, a giant, which is sleeping, you need to wake it up and let it work for you. If you feed it well, it will cause every people and things to gravitate towards helping you. If you encourage the power within you, it will cause the whole world to stand at attention and pay homage to you. Joshua discovered this power and when he was in battle against Adonizedec, Hoham, Piram, Japhia and Debir, he commanded the sun and the moon to stand still, till he defeated the enemies, the sun and moon stood still for 24 hours. Read the story in Joshua 10:1-14.

Joshua knew that he had that power within him; it doesn’t work for those who do not know it. You have to know it for it to work for you – understand?
If you know this power and you activate it, it will make you to always win in any battle of life. It will make life to say yes instead of no, that was what rescued me in the office of the great man of God that I shared with you in chapter one. That power is in you. Let’s see the scripture in Rom. 8:9-11
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the spirit of God swell in you. Now if any man has not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the spirit of Him that raised up Christ from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His spirit that dwelleth in you.

Friend, this is the crux of the matter, the spirit of God dwells in you. You are not ordinary; you carry grace and unction.
If the spirit of God is in you, how dare you say that you are "a nobody"? Come off it friend, you are somebody real and special.
Never should you debase yourself because of problem, you are bigger than that problem. Never consider prostitution as a way out of your present financial crisis, this will mean belittling your big and valuable self.
This is the truth and the Lord knows it, in the face of financial crisis in my life, it is one of my policies to take the problem to God in prayers and after that I rest my case. It is not my custom to go a begging (or go borrow), I don’t beg, I don’t go for loans because my God is more than enough. I think it has to do with what the bible calls contentment. When there is much, I give thanks to God, and when things look dry, you see, I believe God and He has never failed me. Never go down so low as to lower your standard because of things, especially money.

Esau was the firstborn son of Isaac, but because of food, he was ready to sell the right of first born to Jacob. He had that thing called the power of first-born and all the privileges and opportunities attached, but he willingly let go of it only because of food. Never go begging, never consider prostitution; to lie because of money is to under-estimate the power of God. For God’s sake, you are the king’s kid, stop worrying yourself to death.
For me, any condition that refuses to go away will no longer get my attention. I drive out such trials by my negligence of it, why? This is because I see it as nothing to me.

You know, some situations come so strong that if care is not taken, you begin to doubt the WORD. Never in your life doubt the word of God, the word works, yes it works, no matter what you are going through, only the word of God can lead you out of it.

Please note this very carefully, you should never allow the situation to bow you down to the level of weeping or crying. Your tears and sorrow is the joy of devil the enemy.

You want to know why I am so bold? It is because after all, the worst any problem can do for me is to kill me. In that case I will go to a better place, enjoy a better life with God, but you see I am very strong on the WORD of God that says “I shall not die, but live …” from the outset, I tell the problem, I shall not die but live so pack your load. The truth is that, the problem has no option but to leave me alone, you will find out that some problems may want to stubbornly persist, so I also persist in speaking to the problem. At the end, I always win; I’ve never lost at any time.