In Your Bible Read This
2 Corinthians 8 and 9.
Here Is Your Memory Verse
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though
he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his
poverty
might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8.9.
Afterwards Talk About
This
Be honest with yourselves. Have you been accepting poverty as
inevitable
and made no attempt to wage spiritual warfare against the
powers of darkness that impose it on you?
Something To Do Before
Next Time
Find every reason to disprove this lesson. If you cannot then
get together
and formally repent before God for accepting a curse as normal,
and in prayer
in the name of Jesus, standing on the word of God, serve notice
on Satan
that war against his poverty has begun.
Written Diploma Work
Write a page to explain what the three-humped camel
might mean in practice.
Meditate Word By Word On
This Verse
Psalm 23.1
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Arabs and immigrants
- Vast oil income,
Kuwaitis are Muslims, immigrants may be Christians
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Be sure to
teach this lesson to others.
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Always pray
and prepare well adding
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your own verses and stories to
bring it to life.
Riding A Three-Humped Camel
People say that riding a camel with one or
two humps is uncomfortable, so imagine a long journey on a camel
with three humps. But that is exactly what we are called to do in
a life of Christian service. Listen to Paul talking about his own
financial lifestyle in Acts 20, 33-35:
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I have not coveted anyone's silver
and gold but . . you know that these
hands of mine have supplied -
My own needs,
The needs of my companions
And the needs of the weak . .
because it is more blessed to give
than to receive.
Hump one - meeting your own needs.
Hump two - having enough money to help your
companions;
Hump three - having enough money to give to
the poor. The goal is having enough for yourself and even more to
give away to others. It could be that you find it hard to pay
your own bills, so how could you ever think about giving so much
away?
Faith To Fight Poverty
Without faith it is impossible to please
God, and faith comes by hearing and believing the word of the
Lord. So what does the Lord have to say?
Hebrews 11.6, Romans 10.17.
God Gives Ability To
Produce Wealth
Deuteronomy 8.18 affirms that it is God who
gives ability to produce wealth. God does not give you wealth, he
gives you the ability to produce it. Have you asked for that
ability?
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God Is Able
What is he able to do?
He is able to -
Make all grace abound to you,
so that in all things,
at all times,
having all that you need,
you will abound in every good
work.
The key is sowing generously in order to
reap a harvest. If you will do that Gods word promises that
you will be made rich in every way. Why would God do that? So
that you can be generous on every occasion, to your companions
and to the poor, and your generosity will result in thanksgiving
to God. 2 Cor. 9, 6-11.
God’s Indescribable Gift
Paul concludes his chapters on financial
freedom by giving thanks for Gods indescribable gift. What
is this gift?
The Gift Is The Lord Jesus Christ
It is only because of Jesus and all of
his suffering and work on the Cross that any of Gods
blessings are in our lives.
What Happened On The Cross?
Jesus took away all the things that
were damaging to us and gave us the blessings of God. A
divine exchange took place.
He was crucified for our transgressions.
He was crushed for our
iniquities.
He was punished to bring us
peace.
He was hurt for our
healing.
Isaiah 53, 5-6; 1 Peter 2.24.
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Jesus took our sin and gave us Gods
forgiveness. We believe this and fight every attempt
of Satan to rob us of our salvation. Yes?
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Jesus took our sickness and gave
us healing. We believe this and fight Satans
attempts to steal our health.
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Jesus took our punishment and gave
us Gods peace. We fight every attempt of Satan
to steal our peace.
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Jesus took our curses and gave us
his deliverance from evil. Galatians 3.13. Jesus was
rejected more than any man to bring us Gods
acceptance. We believe this and fight every attempt
of Satan to rob us of our inheritance. Matthew 27.46;
Eph. 1.5.
Let Us Go One Step
Further
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became
poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2
Corinthians 8.9
Jesus was rich in heaven with all the
blessings of God. For you he became poor. A poor man is
destitute, has no possessions and cannot help himself. On the
Cross Jesus became that destitute man. Why? So that you
through his poverty might become rich. Closely study the
original words and you will find that rich, the words plousios
and plouteo, simply mean materially rich, and poor,
ptocheuo, means the depths of destitution.
Paul Did
Not Mean Spiritual Riches
Jesus who was rich took your poverty and destitution, and
gave you material riches to receive by faith.
Will You Believe This?
You believe that you are saved and you strongly resist
Satans attempts to rob you. You believe that you were
healed at the Cross and you fight Satan for your health. You
believe that you were set free from curses at the Cross and
you break every one Satan tries to lay on you, but do you
fight poverty in the same way?
Or do you compromise with the enemy,
accepting his lies and arguments that because everybody
around is poor then hunger, suffering and insufficiency in
Gods work is inevitable and to be accepted, although
the Bible says that poverty is a curse. The highest truth is
that because of Jesus and the Cross you are essentially a
saved, healed, loved, free and a person whose needs are met by the grace and
favour of God who has chosen your position in life and provides all that you
will need to maintain it. Why receive
one blessing and not the other? Of course when it comes to handling
the provsion of God the question is what will you do with what He gives - is
it all for you, or will you be His hands of generosity and mercy towards
others?
See also the Jonathan Frusher book, free on http://www.dci.org.uk/main/library.htm
titled God Wants His Money Back.
Jesus Said, It Is
Finished’
His work on the Cross left nothing for man
to do other than to believe. John 19.30. If you are lacking any
of Gods benefits who is robbing you ? What are you going to
do about it ? If you will get this foundation of faith in place
and fight the curse of poverty by persevering in faith, prayer
and actions then circumstances will eventually begin to conform
to the truth of Gods word.
Taken from the
Joshua Project Unreached Peoples List
these people have no church and as yet
no cell, church or mission has committed themselves
to prayer, adoption or church planting among this people.
Malaysia
|
People Name |
Language |
Population
|
Banjar (Banjar Melau) |
Banjar |
221,000
|
Brunei |
Brunei |
54,000
|
Butonese (Wolio) |
Wolio |
12,000
|
Orang Negeri |
Negeri Sembilan Malay |
300,000
|
Sama, Central (Sinama) |
Sama, Central |
40,000
|
See all of the
lessons |