Supernatural Increase and Multiplication

 

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

Supernatural Increase and Multiplication

by Olga Hermans

 

The Word of God enlarges our capacity to receive the power of God whether it is in your healing, whether it is in your finances or your family. We have to develop our faith and enlarge our capacity; you need to be transformed by the renewing of your mind to these things.

We live in a crucial time in the life of our economy; we must be build up and renew our minds to the word of God. To fulfill the plan that God has for us we must prosper. In the same way that we are to be healed and whole; we are to prosper.

You know, people try to increase themselves and he does that through toil. There is a supernatural increase and a supernatural multiplication that we ought to operate in, in the Kingdom of God system. Super means above and beyond, natural is of this world. So, we are looking at the above and beyond the natural course of this world. That’s why we are not subject to the times; we might have the same conditions around us, but we experience different results. That is why we thrive and not just survive.

Psa 115:12-16 says: The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

The Lord shall increase us more and more and we pass it on to our children. God increases us; it is the will of the Lord to supernaturally increase us and to supernaturally multiply the seed that is sown. The Hebrew word says that we are added continually over and above. Isn’t that exciting? We will increase supernaturally even in times of economic stress. God has increased us and he is going to increase us.

Psa 67:5-7 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

It says here that when we thank Him for all the things He has done, that the earth shall yield it increase. When you praise Him, you say something good about God. You talk about how good He is and how big He is. “Father, I thank You in the name of Jesus how much You are blessing us and how You are supernaturally increasing us. How You took us from a low estate and You lifted us up into higher places. I praise You for that. Can you do that? Sure you can!

The Message says: “You mark us with blessing, O God”. We are marked for prosperity, for success, for abundance, for healing, for blessing.

There was a time that people were persecuted for preaching the new birth, but we have accepted that now. There were people who were persecuted for preaching about healing, but now we have accepted that. Now there are people who are persecuted for preaching the message of prosperity. Why? It is good news to the people who are poor. There are people who are in dire strait right now, you might be one of them and you need to know that God wants to increase you.

The lord wants to increase us, we are marked with blessing.

I want to share one more great scripture with you and then I will be back in the next few days with more; here we go:
Lev 26:9  For I will be leaning toward you with favor and regard for you, rendering you fruitful, multiplying you, and establishing and ratifying My covenant with you. Ampl.

The Word of God is not contingent to the economy we live in. Our blessing come out of heaven and it manifests in the earth and it affects the earth, but it comes out of heaven and the earth has to respond. God gives the increase.
God leans toward you with favor and renders you fruitful.

Do you believe it? Are you making a choice to receive the Word of God that we just read? Choose to Believe! Did you know that you have been given the power of choice? The gift of free will is one thing that characterizes God as a Father. He gives us His guidelines for life in His Word and then allows us to make our own choices. We have the power to choose a life of blessings or curses. Our futures are completely in our hands (Deuteronomy 30:15-19).

Your Life is Choice Driven!
See you soon: Olga

The Wealth Of The Wicked Is Laid Up For The Just

The Wealth Of The Wicked Is Laid Up For The Just

The Wealth Of The Wicked Is Laid Up For The Just

by Olga Hermans

 

We are living in the most critical hour of our adult life time in these days. A Word from the Lord came through Charles Capps in 1978 which is a long time ago, yet in God’s timing it still is applicable for today. If we do not contend for this word of the Lord, it will just drift away. But, we are not going to let it drift away, because it is alive. This word of the Lord is talking about today!

This is the toughest time since the great depression; it is a serious time. This prophesy is given for our time; this time right now!! Please read it and release the Lord for your finances! There is a Financial Inversion and we are in it right now! If you would picture the Hoover Dam and picture that dam exploding and all the reservoirs that have been held up are bursting and they are breaking. The rush of all that water would flood the land.

Pro 13:22  A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. The Ampl.Translation says: The wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up. There is a work that churches all over the world have to do and it takes finances to do it. The reservoirs of the wicked will be drained into those that God can trust.

Job 27:16-17 NIV says: Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver. So, it is laid up for the righteous. Jesus makes us righteous. The NLT says: Job 27:17-19 But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

God is in charge of the wealth transfer; so, we don’t go and ask the rich for money. Believe God! Faith only puts pressure on the word; we do not put pressure on people.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. I want to please God, you? We have to be those who please the Lord.

How do you please the Lord? We walk by faith. We obey the word; we do what He says and we walk in love.
When the children of Israel left Egypt, there was a major wealth transfer that took place from Egypt into the children of Israel. Psa 105:37 He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Most of the time and rightfully so, we see the word “feeble” as there was none sick among them. That was supernatural healing. You, probably watched the 10 commandments and saw all the Israelites coming out of Egypt, hobbling and wobbling on their walking stick, walking slowly because they were weak. That was NOT SO!!

It says: not one feeble! The word feeble in the Hebrew says there was not one pauper among their tribes. The dictionary describes pauper as an extremely poor person. A person without any means of support; a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare or charity. There was not one person.

There was not one person poor; if they were poor before, they weren’t poor any more. Because there was a wealth transfer. They had been slaves from where they came from and suddenly the curse of poverty was broken. There was not one person without any means of support. There was not one destitute person who depends on welfare funds or charity. That is the way we should be walking, that our dependence is upon Him. All were enriched by their oppressors. The Israelites had worked for them and they owed them big time.

But, not one left as a pauper. That’s what God’s will is for us. When the Jews left Egypt, there was not one pauper; they weren’t sick and they weren’t poor. They were enriched; there was a wealth transfer that took place. That is a picture of us. We have been delivered from Egypt; in the New Testament we have been transferred from the Kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Light when we got born again. So, we left the Kingdom of darkness with a great inheritance on our name. We might not have known it at the time; all we have to do is get in the Word of God and see what He says about it.

We have to actively believe God and release our faith for that wealth transfer. It is out there; we need to receive it. Jesus said, whatever you believe you receive when you pray, you receive it. That word “receive” means ‘to take” and “to cease with a grip that cannot be shaken.”

Heavenly Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we stand on this word that You gave through Charles Capps and we stand on the Word of God, that gives us the benefit of the wealth transfer that is laid for the Just and God, there is much to be done in the Kingdom of God. There is much to be preached in the Kingdom of God. We receive that right now into the Household of faith. We receive it with a grip that cannot be broken.

Psa 105:43  And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness and singing.

Choose Today to believe for the wealth transfer to come into your personal life and into your household! When we choose to believe, we receive it by faith with a grip that cannot be shaken. The power of choice has been given to you and me; make sure that you make that choice and to not let go of it. And God said,…”I’m sticking with you. I’ll make every word I give you come true.”

Make A Choice For The Household Of Faith

 

Make A Choice For The Household Of Faith

Make A Choice For The Household Of Faith

by Olga Hermans

 

Economy is defined as the management of resources of a country or a community. For a believer, economy can be defined as God’s divine plan for the blessing. A vital part of that plan is financial freedom and overflowing abundance.

Believers are not subject to the world’s economy when they follow God’s direction. An obedient believer can thrive when economic challenges are creating havoc in the world.

Pro 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Psa 52:8 But I am like a green (green = flourishing) olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

You can declare this: “we are like a green olive tree in the house of God”; we are flourishing! Even if this is not the case in your life right now; you may be under intense pressure right now, you need to begin to peak words of faith! That is what we do in the household of faith! You live in the household of faith, don’t you and you are not moving out aren’t you? Well, then speak out loud!!

That’s what we do in the household of faith!

Psa 112:3  Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. Everything is going to be ALL-Right in the household of faith and we flourish! Speak: “wealth and riches are in our house”. God will fill up your home with precious and pleasant riches. The Blessing is upon your and my household!

Jer 17:7 -8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

The person that is blessed and the person that trusts the Lord shall be like a tree planted by the waters. That is what we have to do in these times; this might be the toughest thing to do in these times. We look at what is going on and it breeds fear.

The news tells us how bad the times are and how bad the times are going to be. You should press the pause button for a moment and speak out loud: “we are flourishing, we are growing, we are enlarging, we trust in God and our hope is in Him!” Have a praise session right at that very moment. If you are going to watch the news; you are going to have to talk back to it.

We are like trees planted by the rivers of water and we flourish even in times of drought. It is impossible in the natural for trees to flourish in drought, but they can with God. It is a supernatural action. We are a picture of Isaac in that time of famine where he sowed and reaped the hundredfold return. That is a picture of us.

Jer.17:8 says: his leaves shall be green and when you research the Hebrew, it means prospering and thriving and flourishing. No matter what is going on, we never stop producing fruit.

Psa 36:7-9  How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge and put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. We relish and feast on the abundance of Your house; (So, in the household of faith, we relish and feast on His abundance. ) and You cause them to drink of the stream of Your pleasures.
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light.

Son 2:4  He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. In the household of faith we flourish because it is a banqueting house.

Pro 11:28  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

We do not trust in riches, we trust in God and we flourish!

Psa 27:4  One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

You know what you need to do? You need to get all these scriptures on the inside of you by meditating them over and over again until they are yours! When do you know that they are yours? When they start speaking back to you throughout the day! You have to get them down on the inside of you; especially in these times. It is imperative that you keep the word of God transforming your thinking!

It’s up to you; it’s that time for making the right choices. The power of Choice is calling for you! 🙂

Your Time Has Come

Your Time has Come

Your Time Has Come

by Olga Hermans

 

Did it occur to you that it is getting darker out there? We need to know how to stand on the Word of God where prosperity is concerned, where health is concerned, where protection is concerned.

The world I’ll tell you again is in serious trouble. Some very hard things are coming in different places around the world. Very difficult times in a lot of places. They’re that way now but they’ll not get better. They will continue to get worse and worse and worse. It is on a downhill run that the world cannot stop. But for the household of faith everything is going to be all right. Everything is going to be all right.

We have to make a choice what we are going to do; we have to make a choice that we are going to live in the household of faith!

Psalm 92:12-15 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. It is not my own righteousness; I am righteous because I was born over again. Jesus made us righteous and He is the Lord of my life; what about you?

Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

We have to go over to the household of faith and live by faith. It says here; when we are planted in the house of the Lord that we will flourish in the courts of our God.

In the Hebrew the word flourish means to flower, to blossom, to bloom, to break forth and to spread out. To flourish means to enter in to a “state of prosperity”. It means to increase in wealth, favor and honor. In the household of faith, we flourish, we are increasing in wealth, we are increasing in favor and we are increasing in honor. The word flourish means: to grow vigorously and exuberantly; to enlarge and to expand.

So, we shouldn’t just to expect to survive and get by. That word to flourish is a very powerful word; it also means to become extremely successful. That is the picture that God has for us. That is the desire that He has for us. We have been redeemed from the curse of the Law; the curse of shortage, poverty, lack, deficiency, unpaid bills. We have been redeemed from all that and we walk in the blessing of Abraham. We are not just surviving, we are flourishing.

When you read the blessings; it is outrageously good and it is ours! You can go back to the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy and get it down on the inside of you. I would recommend reading in different translations. The commanded blessing is upon my storehouses. Read it for yourself and you will get happy about all the blessings that are mentioned there.

It is a good scripture to read when somebody gets married!

Here are some more scriptures on flourishing: Proverbs 14:11 Even when the natural people are overthrown, we can flourish, because we are in a different household. Even when we have the same economic conditions, we have different results. We in the household of faith experience different results. Our times are in His Hands. When you look at cities; you always see the neighborhoods of the rich people and then there are the neighborhoods of people that don’t have any money. There is a difference. We are citizens of heaven, we live out of a different Kingdom; it is a spiritual thing!

Here is a confession that you can speak over your own life:
I am not moved by what I see
I am not moved by what I hear
I am not subject to the times
I will keep obeying God
I will keep tithing
I will keep sowing seed
I will walk by faith
I will keep going to Church
I am separated from the curse of lack
I am connected to the BLESSING of Abraham
I am thriving, flourishing, increasing, enlarging, experiencing God’s supernatural provision.

Here you go, make a choice. Choose to believe that you flourish and all the things that you spoke just now. Your Time Has Come and your time is NOW. You have the power of choice to choose to live by faith. When you desire to please God, you know what you need to do “the just live by faith”.

Until next time:
Olga

The Wall of Redemption

The Wall of Redemption

by OLga Hermans

 

In the book of Exodus the children of Israel were separated from the swarms of flies, their cattle didn’t die. Can you see that picture in front of you? One pasture was full of hail and the other pasture had green grass. Yep, we are talking about making choices. A choice to thrive and not just survive, a choice to thrive and to prosper in tough times.

Yes, we choose that we are not subject to, and not live under the dominion, rule, control of influence of whichever way the economy and world system is going at the moment. The times are subject to the authority of the Word, the Blood and the name of Jesus spoken and acted upon by the believer. The times are subject to us. We are subject to and governed by another economy and another system; the Kingdom of God.

You know, I lived in a little town in The Netherlands, (I was born in the Netherlands) and at the time we lived there, our house was on one side of the street and that town was called “Amstenrade”. Then the other side of the street was called “Treebeek”. And the thing was that both towns had different rules for their own community. One thing that always stood out was that they picked up the garbage on different days; that was always one of the things that reminded us that we belonged to another township so to speak.

You know, there were times that this particular issue was mentioned in our conversation when we had people over. And usually they would say something like…”hmmm, isn’t that something”? Maybe the Israelites said that to each other “Isn’t that something”? But that is what they experienced right in front of their own eyes.

Exo 8:23  says: ”I’ll make a sharp distinction between your people and mine. This sign will occur tomorrow.'”

1.       Exodus 8:20-23 No swarms of flies in Goshen!
2.       Exodus 9:1-7 “Not one animal that belongs to the Israelites will die”
3.       Exodus 9:22-26 There was no hail in Goshen!
4.      Exodus 10: 21-23 Except for the Israelites: they had light where they were living.

The Lord will do that with businesses. If you are in the real estate business; don’t say that the real Estate Business is down. Say: “The Blessing is on my Real Estate Business.” The Bible talks a lot about land; land is important! You know, we all have the same conditions around us, but we of the household of faith, we have different results.

You know, Isaac sowed in the time of famine and he reaped a hundredfold return while everybody else was losing their crop. Isaac got the biggest crop he probably ever got.

Jer.17:5-8 talks about the man who is cursed and the man who is blessed. The man who is cursed is out in the desert and not producing fruit and failing in a time of drought. But the man who is blessed; even in the time if drought, he produces fruit. Even in the time of economic drought; we are separated unto God. We are not subject to those times. We are subject to the blessing.

Jer.17:8 They’re like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers; they never worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season. That’s the picture of us! Isn’t that awesome?

When you hear the news or read the news in the newspaper; you make sure that you will read the good news. Read what God says; we are not of this world, we are in this world, but not of the world. How come? It is because the blessing is upon us.

God’s will for us that we prosper and thrive; it is not that we talk God into it. It is God’s idea! Prosperity is God’s idea. The Blessing can change you and your finances AND your nation. When we believe for our own prosperity, we need to lay hold of the prosperity of the nation that you are living in. You have authority in the nation that you are living in.

We have the Power to Make Choices to our own benefit, but we have to make them and then live by them. The Power of Choice is very, very powerful. You can change your own life around by making the right choices. It starts in the mind. I hope that by these posts, you will gain enough knowledge to come up to a higher standard of living. Have Faith In God and Every Thing is Going To Be ALL-Right.

 

God Wants Us to Prosper

God Wants Us to Prosper

by Olga Hermans

 

God wants you to prosper; do you believe that?  I am telling you; you better make your choice to believe that with everything that is within you. If you are determined to make better choices this coming year; this should be one of them.

We are called to thrive and not just survive; you and I are called to flourish and not fail. The Bible makes it very clear to us that we are not subject to the times; we are separated unto God from these times, that we are living in right now.

It doesn’t matter what is going on around us economically or that the stock market is going up or down. We are to be unaffected by the times. We are not subjected to the times we are living in; that means that the economic system cannot rule over us. We are not to live under the dominion, the rule, the control or the influence of whatever way the economy and the world system is going at the moment.

You might be asking now; how is that possible? How can we do that? Well, we as Christians, we live in the spirit and everything is subject to that, because we are subject to the Spirit of God. It’s the same with healing. When you find out that healing belongs to you; you actually are saying that you are not subject to sickness. It’s the same with prosperity; we are not subject to recession or depression that is going on. We are blessed and we walk in the blessing.

We are subject to and governed by another economy; the Kingdom of God Economy, we live in a different Kingdom.
Psalm 27:1-5 Verse 5 especially here: “For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock”. We are separated from the curse and separated to the blessing. In the time of troubles; He hides us; He hides us in His pavilion.

Psalm 32:6-7 tells us also that we are not subject to the times; the economy and the direction of the economy. We are subject to the Kingdom of God.

Psalm 31:14-16 Verse 15 says: “My times are in Your hand”; so, our times are in His hands. I want you to see this that “our times are in His hands”. We are in Him, in Him we live, thus we are separated. We are redeemed from the curse of the law; the curse of poverty. We are IN Him; we are NOT in poverty.

It is the will of God for that we thrive and not just survive. Surviving means that we barely get by. That is not you and me; we are thriving, we are flourishing, we are succeeding, we are advancing, we are prospering. Let’s look at the prayer that Jesus prayed that separated us form the evil in the world. John 17:13-14 tells us clearly that we are NOT of the world. We are IN it, but we not OF it. We are separated from the affects of the world.

John 17:15 is very important for us. We are kept from the evil of poverty. Poverty is an evil thing, it is of the curse. We are kept from the evil of lack and from the evil of poverty. We are kept form the evil of shortage and of not enough; that is an evil thing. It is an evil thing not to being able to pay your bills. It is an evil thing when the creditors are calling; that’s evil!

Matt. 6:13, Gal 1:4, 1John 5:18, poverty is a wicked thing! Lack is a wicked thing; it says that wicked one touches him not! 1s made a way of Cor. 10:13 God has made a way of escape for you to escape the curse of the law and to walk in fullness of the blessing of Abraham.

Let’s go back to John 17:16-17 “Sanctify”, that is a great word. It means to be set apart, to be cut away from. You and I are separated by the truth; we are in another Kingdom. There was light in the land of Goshen. When the hail was coming down on the Egyptians; the children of Israel were separated by the wall of redemption. There was a line. And the devil with everything that he had was not able to cross that line. There was a division.

John 17:17 Jesus prayed for you and me to be sanctified, to be separated from the world’s system. We are separated form the world’s system and we are separated from the affects of the world’s economy. We live in a different economy. It is time to get out of debt and to owe nobody anything. You are not subject to the times. When you are in Christ; you are not under the dominion and the subjection to the curse of the law.

You have to go and read this prophesy; for the Christians “everything is going to be ALL-right, but for the world it is getting worse”. So you have to choose which side you are going to be on. It is a serious time that we are in. But, we are not subject to the times; our times are in His hands.

So, if you are reading this and you have never given your heart to the Lord. This is a perfect time to do that. Do not procrastinate or postpone it. Right now you can make that choice; it’s the best choice you will ever make.

Jesus is still waiting for you to make a choice ….. So pray right here: “God in Heaven, I come to You in the name of Your Son, Jesus. I confess that I haven’t lived my life for You. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that He died on the cross and rose again from the dead so I might have a better life now and eternal life in heaven. Jesus, come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior. From this day forward, I’ll live my life for You to the best of my ability. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.”

The Power of Choice is in our hands; think about that! When we engage our will and be determined to make Godly choices in our life; we live in the blessing. Our life is truly choice driven.
Talk to you soon again!
Thanks for your reading,
Olga

My Times Are In Your Hand…

You Have two Choices

My Times Are In Your Hand

by Olga Hermans

 

There are two choices right in front of you here: … I call heaven and earth to record this day against you that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life that both thou and thy seed may live.

Deut.30:19 The Power of Choice is is given to each one of us.

You have two choices!

  1. You can thrive or
  2. You can survive.

To survive means to barely get along and merely exist.
To thrive means to flourish, succeed, advance and prosper no matter what the times are like.

John 17 establishes the fact that we may be in this world, but we certainly are not of this world. We are separated from this world’s failing system. In the prayer of Jesus to the Father, He asked to “sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17 The word sanctify means “to separate or cut out away from.” Through the prayer of Jesus, we have been cut out away from the world’s failing economic system. We are not subject to the economy. We thrive and flourish in spite of what is happening around us.

I have been reading in Exodus lately and it came really strong to me that God wanted to make sure that Farao and the Egyptians would know that Israel was His chosen people. That he treated them differently as them. He had set them apart from everything that was going in during all the plagues that came upon Egypt. God told them what to do to be in His protection and he was always faithful to His people. God made a clear distinction between Egypt and Israel, because God kept watch over all the Israelites.

The Israelites didn’t understand everything what was going at that moment when they were in a tight spot between slavery and freedom, they were complaining and murmuring, but Moses told them “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do His work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you are never going to see them again. God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!” Ex.14:13-14 Message

How does this apply to us now?
Gal.3:13-14 tells us that Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law. We have been redeemed, separated and cut out away from the curse of fear, sickness, lack and debt. Jesus paid in full for you and me to live above whatever is happening in the world’s system. He keeps watch over us.

Because of Him, we prosper. “Take a good look at your debts TODAY for you are never going to see them again”, do you believe that? Because of Him, we are separated from the evil in this world! Jer.17:5-8 says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.”

Here is the redemptive part: “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green and they never stop producing fruit.”

3 Characteristics of a cursed man:

  • Trust in man
  • Makes flesh his arm (power of trust)
  • His heart departs from God

3 Results if you put your trust in man:

  • He is like the heath in the desert Jer.17:6
  • He does not see when good comes.
  • He will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness

2 Characteristics of a blessed man:

  • He trusts in the Lord Jer. 17:7
  • His hope is in the Lord

6 Results If you put your trust in Jehovah:

  • He is like a tree planted by waters Jer.17:9
  • He spreads his roots by the river
  • He shall not see when heat comes
  • His leaves will be green
  • Not careful in the year of drought
  • He never ceases to bear fruit

The person who “makes flesh his arm and whose heart departed from the Lord” did not produce anything. The person who trusted in the Lord did not “cease from yielding fruit.” When it says his leaf was green that word in Hebrew means, “to enter into a state of prosperity and become extremely successful.” One man failed, the other succeeded.
All that because of the Redemption. We are set apart, we are separated from the world’s system and live in prosperity of God’s Kingdom of heaven right here on earth.

I just want to let you know that you have two choices that are set before you; the choice is up to you. What do you believe? Do you believe that you are going to survive or do you believe that you are going to thrive? God choose you and he paid the price for you to be redeemed; so, that is settled! Now, you have the power of choice before you.

6 Financial Deceptions; Who Has Them?

Take A Stand to NOT Be Deceived

6 Financial Deceptions; Who Has Them?

by Olga Hermans

 

1.    “My Money Is My Money”
“Approximately two-thirds of Jesus’ parables are about money and financial management.” Let’s not only remind each other that “it’s all God’s money.” We know that money does not originate from God’s hand. BUT!! He has put you in charge of a certain amount of it. In that sense, your money is your money to manage. God expects us to use it well and not to abuse it. Money is for managing first and spending second. The difference between the two is the difference between the financially foolish and the financially confident people.

2.    “Tithing is not for me.”
God himself is willing for you to put him to the test with tithing and He has never failed yet. Your 10% is foremost and exclusively a gift to God, not to an organization, as a voluntary act of worship. The church is simply the vehicle for putting God’s money into circulation. God made up the 10% rule so to speak. The tithe represents the first 10 percent of our income. Prov.3:9-10 That means before taxes (gross, not net) and before we pay any other bill. Give regularly as part of your worship. Your attitude is what counts, not the size of your gift.

3.    “Use Credit Now and Pay For it Later.”
While there are forms of debt that are necessary, such as a house mortgage or school loan, credit that guarantees high interest rate payments is a trap to avoid. S– Set aside your credit cards in a drawer, T-talk to someone to start a repayment plan, O-only use cash, P-practice self-control.

4.    “A Successful Career Is More Important Than Being At Home With my Children.”
Life is all about choices. Some of the choices you make affect your life for years to come.. One of those choices is the decision to have children. Once you have children, you face a whole new series of choices on how to raise them. Society tells us that a woman who forgoes a career to stay at home with her kids isn’t contributing to the world. WRONG!!! I would say; what do you say?

5.    “I’ll Have Plenty Of Time To Save Money Later.”
We can make elaborate plans for our lives, but really we have no idea what the future holds. Only God knows what will happen in the future. David wrote in Psalm 31:15 “My times are in Your hands.” The way we handle money revels a lot about the state of our emotions and spiritual growth. The extremes: hoarding money on the one end and spending every cent of it on the other, show our fears and our focus on self, rather than on God. God wants us to be responsible with the resources He gives us, including money.

6.    “What He Earns Is His; What I Earn Is Mine.”
Jesus said that marriage is all about people coming together and becoming one. Matth. 19:4-6 To put it in business terms, a marriage is a partnership when it comes to finances. This partnership has a set of shared expectations that lead to mutual benefits. Finances are a volatile issue and a leading cause of divorce. Unsettled conflicts over money can cost you what is truly valuable; your marriage. Take preventative measures to protect your marriage; don’t allow money to divide you.

Every day you hear (and subsequently believe) deceptions/myths that the world tell you. Satan’s tried-and-true weapon against you is lies. I exposed the tip of some of the deceptive thoughts that people have. Please study the Bible to find the truth about a certain thought that you have, especially when you are not sure about it. Explore what the Bible says about it so that the next time you think that certain deceptive thought, you will be able to name the lie and replace it with the truth!

Our life is all about choices; the power of choice has been given to you and me. Use it to your own advantage; you will meet your choices down the road whether you like them or not.

Thank you for your reading:
The Choice Is Yours!
Olga Hermans