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to Logos Rima Al with God's servant, Reverend Dr. Joseph Baalbin,

Head Pastor of Harvest Chapel International Kumasi. And now, to

today's message.

Amen. Let's take our confession from Joshua 1 verse 8.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the Lord shall not depart out of

my mouth, But I shall meditate in it day and night,

and I may observe to do according to all that

is written in it. For then I will make my

way prosperous, and then I will have good success. Amen.

Why don't you take your seats in His presence as

we continue to wait on the Lord in His presence.

And God bless you for taking part in day one

of our fast. Tomorrow we will do the same. Since

we are talking about giving, we can't give something that

we don't have. Anytime we talk about giving, we make

it clear that there are at least three key basic

things that we can give. We can give our time,

we can give God our talents, and then we can

give God our treasures or money. And so we'll be

praying for these resources. God should show us where we

can identify them, particularly financial resources. So material, financial, spiritual resources.

We can't give what we don't have. So I'm just

giving focus for our fasting. So as you examine yourself,

some of us have money, but we've not been yet

able as yet to identify spiritual resources or gifts that

we can bring and can put it at the altar

and serve God at the altar. So for you, most

of your asking is going to be for spiritual resources.

Maybe as the choir sang, this is not just raw talent. Amen.

It's a mixture of talent and then unction. Hallelujah. It

is because they gave those talents to God and presented

it at the altar. No amount of wishing And last

thing for ability to sing and minister will do the

trick unless you enroll. And when you enroll, it's going

to take you a lot of time. It's going to

take you a lot of investment in rehearsal before the

unction will come on you. It is never the case

that God annoys you and say, go and sing. No,

it's going to be the raw and the crude, if

you like, talent. But it would have to be refined

by God himself for it to be acceptable to him.

That's what God does. Amen. But then you have to take.

He throws the invitation. You take the first step towards him.

And then he anoints you when he judges that you

are sincere. God is never mocked. The anointing will not

just come on you.

Amen.

You must thrust yourself upon him. You must let go everything.

Total surrender. Then the unction comes upon you. And then

the sacrifice. It's accepted. So we can have time, the

same thing, talents and treasures. We are still talking about

order and giving. So this preamble, I believe it's well placed. Yes.

So as we fast and pray, we have not yet

discovered the length and the breaths of what we can

bring to the altar. Let's pray to God. And as

I'm saying, if you realize that I need, I want to,

I want to join the harvest squad, but I'm hesitant

because I, I'm not too sure if my grace is

there as we pray. God is going to throw lights

on it. Hallelujah. And for some of us, it's going

to be time. Sometimes we look at our time and

we have lasted to do something for God all these years.

When we see people serving God, we just wish that, oh,

I could also do the same. But once again, my time,

my time. And so we are unable to take the leap.

I'm going to pray that God will show you where

you can find the time. Amen. God will throw lights. Hallelujah. Amen.

Some of you, you have to walk to your boss

and say, boss, you know, I want to come and

negotiate my time and my lunch hour. I'm going to

work through my lunch hour so that on days that

I have to go for service, on days that I

have to go for rehearsal or whatever, I can be

able to close early. And you'll be shocked that he

will say, okay, That's a good deal. You can even

offer that, instead of eight, can I start at 7.30?

You know, you give the workplace 30 minutes, jala, free

of charge. God will give you the innovative ways. It

doesn't just work like that. I mean, it just happens

like that. Amen. And then for those of us who

want to give God a lot of money, but the money,

you see, Babu says, God is going to pray. Yours

is going to be, the focus is God. Where can

I get money? I want to be giving, but my

money is small. And God is going to also pinpoint

to you how you can have those financial resources. So

we are praying for spiritual resources because it takes that

to be able to do the work of God and

to build the kingdom of God. It is not by power.

not by might, but by my Spirit, seeth the Lord,

shall it be established. With the arm of flesh, we

shall prevail. Hallelujah. And so in all the giving that

we give, it has to be backed by spiritual resources,

the unction, the enablement, the ability to do that comes

when the Holy Spirit comes upon us and we are

cooperating with Him. Hallelujah. Then... You can sense the power

of God, ability to do coming down upon us. And

you and I, where we are going, where God has

promised to take us, we need a lot of spiritual

energy and stamina to be able to get there. Hallelujah. Amen.

We are on track. We have come this far, but

we are not there yet. And we need a push,

spiritual resources. And so tomorrow, it will be the focus

of our fasting and praying and trusting God that He

will show us how we can get these three resources, talent, time, treasures,

including spiritual resources, financial resources. material resources so that we

can be able to complete and make progress in the

assignment that God will never complete because it's a lifetime assignment.

Immediately this finishes, then God says, now can we turn

to this? At a point in time, you'll find out

that you are doing a lot of things. Amen. God,

most often you'll find out that you are multitasking and doing.

So this one will finish, then this one. When God

realizes that this one is about to finish, then another

one will come, you know, so that we can serve

him all the days of our life. That's when we complete.

Sometimes that's when people say, I finished. And then you relax.

Then the ancient dreams, and then boom, before you realize,

the old man just pops up. Hallelujah. One of the

ways that we can, you know, put the old man

at bay is to be always present at the altar serving.

Because then the refiner's fire would best burn the drawers

in our lives so we can shine. Hallelujah. And be

energized and empowered to do the will of God. Amen.

So let's continue with our discourses, our text for the man.

Order in giving, Matthew 6, 24. No one can serve

two masters. For either he will hate the one and

love the other, or else he will be loyal to

the one and despise the other. You cannot save God

and mammon. And this is coming from Jesus Christ on

the Sermon on the Mount. From the horse's own mouth,

God is saying, there's no two ways. You cannot do it. Hallelujah.

But then, as we are arguing, we still need the resources.

We need the mammon. We need the money. We need

the welfare so that we can be able to do

things for God. And at the backdrop of all these

discourses that God keeps on reminding us and I pray

that we'll never forget it. Hallelujah. Because I believe that

is the rallying point or turning point in your life

or a lifetime of giving. If you recognize that God

is the one who gives life and breath and everything.

He says the earth is the Lord's, the fullness thereof,

and all them that dwell therein. Meaning that all the

resources in this world belongs to God, including the wealth,

including that which is currently in your purse and in

your bank account. Can you wrap your mind around it?

And when God makes a demand, are you willing to

be able to give it back to him? That's the

challenge with many of us. Amen. We have not as

yet been able to wrap our minds that whatever wealth

that we now control or have acquired, whatever acquisition, whatever,

including our time, our talents and treasures, they belong to me.

And there's no way you're going to be able to

get this thing out, except once again, you just hold

in with God during those crucial times and moments when

you have those one-on-one conversations with God in your devotional time.

That's why the Bible says, have no anxiety about anything,

rather by prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving. Let all your requests

be made to God, and that the peace of God,

the passive all-understanding, hallelujah, will wrap our minds around, hallelujah, amen,

and form a wall and a garrison around our mind.

so that we can be able to do whatever God

is calling us to do. Amen. Amen. He says, you

come and let us talk. And God is open to

every form of conversation. That is how we've made it.

It doesn't just happen. We also went through seasons of apprehension, fear, anxiety,

debate within our hearts. Should I do it? Should I not?

And then the invitation of the scriptures is there, but

Thrusting ourselves on the authority of the word. Sometimes we

are hesitant. Will it work out? Will God bless? If

I give my time, won't I be shortchained? If I

give my time, won't I be shortchained? Am I not

going to lose? So most often we are there, but

we are hesitant. And the only thing we can do

is to encourage you. But as for the leap, it

is you who have to do it. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. Amen.

So we are continuing with our lessons, and I hope

that we'll just look at the life of Abraham because

I think he gives us, you know, he's an example

of what all that we are reading about the people

of Israel. We are in Deuteronomy 8, verse 1, and

Deuteronomy 8:1

we are trying to look at it. We said in

Deuteronomy 8, verse 1, we can pick five lessons there

Deuteronomy 8:1

that God on our pathway to acquiring Divine wealth. And

that's what we said. We should be mindful of the

whole commandment. Not pick and choose. I like this. I

can do this. I can do that. No. Every commandment,

that's what God said. Every commandment which I command you today. Amen.

And then the second point there, he said, be careful

to do walking obedience. Be careful to do obeying. All

the commandments. Man shall not live by bread alone, but

by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

He says when we do that, then the third point

we have gone over is that we will live and multiply.

We will increase. Remember Adam and Eve before God and

the creation. He says what? And God blessed them and

said what? Increase. Multiply. replenish the air. That is what

blessing means. There is increase. There is multiplication. There is replenishment.

There is dominion. Whatever assignment that God gives you to do,

your hand is strengthened Your heart is committed. The faculties

of your mind are zeroed in on the assignment. And

you will realize that you are able to do it.

There is no, I can't do it in your mouth.

It is eliminated, like Paul would say. I can do

all things through Christ who strengthens me. Amen. The task

may look on us and beyond you, but nonetheless, you

tackle it. Amen. And you will realize that God will

be by your side and he will empower you and

he will be golden in your own and say, go, go, go.

You can do it. Hallelujah. That you may live and multiply.

And then we say the fourth one, you go in

and possess the land. And number five, we say the

Lord swore. God is under oath to bring us into

the blessing. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Amen. So we are going and

possess the land. And we learned that Israel was led

to the very brink of the land. But then, as

we see, Moses died. They are the brink of it.

And then God comes and encourages them. We said, go

in and possess the military. That means that what? Occupy

by force. Hallelujah. And they were only able to enter

into the blessing when they obeyed. They did it. Hallelujah.

And as I said, we'll look at the life of

Abraham and look at some of the lessons he teaches us.

But then let's finish up. Let's wrap up this one.

Go in and possess the land. Let me buffer what

I've just said with some scriptures. Deuteronomy chapter 6, 10

Deuteronomy 6 · chapter mention

to 12. I think the other day we were making

the point that for every particular person, God will give

you a certain specific person you know, commandment that when

you obey, boom, you are going to go into it. Abraham,

he encouraged him to, in Genesis chapter 12, to leave household,

Genesis 12 · chapter mention

to leave father, to leave family, and then to follow.

And God said, I'm going to bless you if you

do that. We saw in the case of Isaac that

in Genesis chapter 26, when there was famine and he

Genesis 26 · chapter mention

wanted to leave to Egypt, God came on the scene.

He said, no, don't leave. Stay in this land and

I will bless you. And as a result of his obedience,

the Bible says he obeyed. And despite the drought conditions,

that was adverse to, if you like, planting or sowing.

The Bible says that because it was a supernatural instruction,

God appeared to him and said, so. And Isaac obeyed

and sowed in the midst of the drought. And boom,

the Bible says he reaped a hundredfold blessing. Hallelujah. Amen.

So we are saying that how are you and I

going to enter into the blessings that God has? It's

not one strategy. It's not one specific instruction. We are

just learning all the principles Ultimately, it boils down to

you hearing God giving that instruction and you being and

I being willing to obey. And then God will reward us.

There's always rewards for obedience. Amen. Hallelujah. So look at

Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 10 to 12. Let's show up

Deuteronomy 6:10–12

the principles with the word of God. So it shall

be when the Lord your God brings you into the

land of which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac,

and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which

you did not build. Houses, this is Israel's promise, houses

full of all good things which you did not fill.

Hewn out wells which you did not dig. Vineyards and

olive trees which you did not plant. When you have

eaten and are full, then beware lest you forget the

Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt

from the house of Bande. So this is for them.

This is what God, so when he said, go in

and possess, God had in mind all these, I mean,

it couldn't have been clearer that I am taking you,

but you are going in to possess it. The blessings

that I have called you, I have said, I promise,

it is all waiting for you. But there's something that

you have to do. If you don't do it, you're

not going to come into it. Did they do it?

Now look at Psalm 44, verse 3. And then we

Psalms 44:3

look at Joshua 24. 12 to 14, just to tell

you that. Because they obeyed, they came into the blessing.

Psalm 44 verse 3. There's a commentary on that. But

Psalms 44:3

they did not gain possession of the land by their

own sword, nor did their own arm save them. But

it was your right hand, your arm, and the light

of your cantina, because you favored them. God, the blessings

come from God ultimately. So when Israel went in, And

they possess, as we are reading in Deuteronomy chapter 8,

Deuteronomy 8 · chapter mention

and God is saying, be careful that at the point

in time, your heart is not going to be lifted

up and you say that by my degree, by my connections,

by my PhD and the other master's degrees that I

have done, that is why I have come into this

place of wealth. Then your heart is being lifted up.

But you shall remember that it is the Lord your

God that gives you the power. To create wealth. Amen. Hallelujah.

So here the psalmist is acknowledging. But it was God.

Your right hand. Your arm. And the light of your countenance.

That's it. When God says I love you. That's it.

You and I. The grace is favored. I say because

you favor the period. Hallelujah. Now let's look at Joshua's

commentary on it. In Joshua. God was speaking. That was

the last sermon of Joshua. And listen to us. God.

The Holy Spirit was speaking. He said, Joshua 24, 12

to 14, how they conquered Cana ultimately and why the

victory was God and why the booty that they entered

into the blessing, the wealth, they owed it to God

to honor him with the wealth. Amen. He said, I

sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from

before you. Also the two kings of the Amorites, but

not with your sword or with your bow, I have

given you a land for which you did not labor

and cities which you did not build. And you dwell

in them. You eat of the vineyards and olive groves

which you did not plant. Now, therefore, fear the Lord.

Serve him in sincerity and in truth. And put away

the gods which your father served on the other side

of the river in Egypt. Serve the Lord. Amen. Hallelujah.

So all that's we have read is just trying to

tell us that God, when God says, I'll bless you,

God says, I'll increase you, I'll multiply you, He has

the capacity to do it. And He knows just what

He will do for each and everyone. I mean, should

I use the word specificity? Hallelujah. So you don't go

and convert what somebody else is doing. There are some

of us here, the blessing is waiting for me. I

know that the blessing that will come to me, that

has come to me since I gave my life, is

to serve at the altars of God. That is why

I'm always there serving. Rain or shine. Hallelujah. Amen. And

I know and I acknowledge whatever rewards I get from

serving at the altars, it belongs to God. So when

he makes a demand, I'm not hesitant to give it

back to him. Amen. Because that is his promise. And

that was what he was telling Israel of all. Hallelujah. Amen.

And the blessing of God, when we talk about blessing,

we are talking about fruitfulness, increase and multiplication. And for

each one of the children of God, it is tied

to our obedience. Let me make this point. It is

tied to our obedience in pursuing our life assignments. Amen.

So if you agree that you are able to work

at that pharmacy because of God, when your salary comes,

you'll say this one, it belongs to me. I had

an interesting, you know, I had an interesting text this

morning from one of our university students. And I said

I'm going to weave my discord around it. And it's

very telling in it. She said, you know, in the

course of the lecture for the day, I think she

was still at the lectures, and then she just sent

me the text and said, you know, this is what

my lecturer has been saying, you know, and he spoke

quite extensively. I doubt it's the lecture, but maybe, you know,

a university lecturer sometimes they meander off in my days,

that's what they, and talk about life, other things, and

all that, and then they will come back just to make,

so she said to you, He had been talking on tithing,

and he says that, no, as a student there, tithing

is not compulsory, you know, so you can decide. And

I said, we've heard this. One of my roommates used

to say that, ask for tithing, no way. You give

to God by your own tithe, because the parents have

already tithed. You know, so now she says she's now confused.

And then, I mean, if she has to tithe in church,

when she goes home too, she has to tithe in

her local church, and then sometimes the resources that she

has to use to type, I mean, student money, you know,

so she's confused whether to continue with typing or maybe

she has not even started. So I said we will

engage each other, you know, but I gave a snippet

of what we will discuss and said, there's no way

that you type and then God will shortchange you. in

my experience. There's no way. Amen. He is the one

who commands the blessing upon us. Amen. And that's why

that we read every time, you know, bring ye the

tithes and the offerings into my house so that there

will be meat in my storehouse and prove me and

see if I'm not going to open the windows of

heaven and pour you out such blessing that there shall

not be room enough for us to eat. You have

heard it all, but you say, this one there. It's

not for me. This instruction is not. But the people

who obey, they enter into the blessing and can testify.

Whether it's an Old Testament commandment or whatever. Like I

always say, you don't want to be legal with God.

Particularly when you understand who God is. To Abraham, he

said what? God is the possessor of heaven and earth.

What brought him into this experience? What he saw unfold

in his life and his walk and adventures with God. Hallelujah.

That's why the Bible calls him a man of faith

because when he had the sermon to leave country, home,

and household, and family, and everything, the Bible says he obeyed.

It doesn't mean he didn't debate. It doesn't mean he

didn't have to answer. I mean, it would have been

a very strange family if when Abraham packed his bag

and everything and he was going, they didn't ask him, son, Abraham,

where are you going? It's logical that they would ask him.

And then he says, God wants me to leave. I

don't know whether he said he told them, you know,

just like some of us, I'm coming. Hallelujah. But probably

he told them because Lot also said, I'm going to

go with you. But he had to give an answer

and said, where are you going? He says, I don't know.

I don't know. God says a land that he will

show me. I don't know. He says he has a

blessing for me. And that through me and my offspring,

all the families of this world will be blessed. And

yet still, at 75 years, no child. But by faith,

the Bible says he obeyed and he left. Hallelujah. Amen.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Are you heaven-leading?

Are you seeking the face of the Lord for a

mighty deliverance and breakthrough?

Then get ready.

Harvest Chapel International Kumasi presents IPIP2, the highly anticipated second

edition of If I Perish, I Perish Fast. Get ready

for three days of power-packed worship, intense prayer, and continuous fasting.

This year, God is giving us rest for our souls.

taken from Matthew chapter 11, verse 28. It is happening

Matthew 11:28

from the 4th to 6th of September. The venue is

Harvest Chapel International, the Nyami Kumasi, on the Sunset Hotel Road,

close to the Mickey Hotel. Come, lay down your tools

and labor, and receive divine rest from the Lord.

Shalom.

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