WEALTH BUILDING #3
Greg Howse, April 16, 2014
Break through: Immediate discovery of opportunities
Overcome obstacles and restrictions
Achieve success where there has been failure
Advance beyond the enemy’s lines
The Breaker: Gate-crashing
Micah 2:12,13 Wall-breaking ANOINTING
Obstacle removing
This anointing is for CONQUERING and DELIVERANCE
The Breaker enforces pressure on the gate in order to break open a way for His people to move into a wide-open expanse
of freedom
Breaking life-long cycles of dysfunction
Open door . . . a very large, very wide door
New era / frontier / cutting edge . . . across the threshold into an enlarged room
A new momentum is rising . . . what’s next? . . . what is the sequence?
Breaking limitations . . . what has been preventing your advancement?
Breaking traditional shackles . . . mindsets (prevailing belief systems) & mentalities (behaviors) . . . families . . . churches . . . business life/workplace
A sense of urgency . . . Go up and possess it! . . . Let us go up at once / We are well able!
New partnerships . . . no more being suspicious . . . a renewed ability to trust
Know and yield to God's ways (Psalm 25:4)
EXTRAORDINARY:
Amazing; exceptional; marvelous; out of the ordinary; outstanding; particular; peculiar; phenomenal; rare; surprisingly uncommon; unheard-of; unique; unprecedented; unusual; remarkable; noteworthy
To go beyond what is usual
To exceed the common measure
Normal . . . the opposite of living an extraordinary life
Usual . . . the opposite of living an unusual, remarkable, noteworthy life
There is an internal desire in every human being to live an extraordinary life . . .
Spiderman The Avengers Batman / Dark Knight
Ironman The Bourne series Transformers
Star Wars The Lord of the Rings Indiana Jones X Men
Captain America Thor
EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS BY FAITH
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
1. NOW is always the time zone for the exercise of faith.
Faith is always active in the present tense . . . NOW
2. EXPECTATION that is directed at promised things that haven’t happened yet.
Romans 4:18-22; Philippians 1:19-21; Hebrews 10:23; 11:11
The object of faith is the faithfulness of God.
3. PERCEPTION of the invisible spiritual realm.
II Kings 6:16,17; II Corinthians 4:18
Faith is being certain of what we do not see with our natural eyes.
è When we don’t see into the invisible realm . . . we begin to lose hope
è When we lose hope . . . we start thinking that the promises of God are questionable, and they are way off in the future instead of seeing tangible results now
è When we question the Word of God . . . we become dull of hearing
EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS BY INTENTIONALITY
Numbers 13:30
Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to
overcome it.
Deuteronomy 1:21
Look, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged.
Isaiah 1:16,17, 19
16Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, 17learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land . . .
GET WEALTH
è WEALTH is what God owns because He created it (Psalm 24:1; Haggai 2:8)
WEALTH biblically includes land, gold, silver, precious jewels, and people
The land is our vital connection to our God, the Creator . . . it is His gift to us
(Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob / Genesis 13:2; 24:1,35,36; 26:12-14; 30:43;
Matthew 19:29)
Deuteronomy 8:18
And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
REMEMBER: Mark the covenant; keep acknowledging Him; keep mentioning
the name of the Lord
POWER: Vigor; Capacity; Ability; Might
GET: To accomplish, or have charge of; leading to a process; deliberate and intentional; daily decisions
“GET” is a term that leads to a process (exert yourself) . . . ability to adapt and change with the times and the currents of the system (Borders didn’t adapt to on-line books; Barnes and Noble did adapt with “the Nook”
Bringing forth as in birth
Seeing what others do not see
Aggressive in battle
· WEALTH: Strength; power; a force; goods; the ability to affect; efficiency;
an army; capability(skills; get things done); influence; to be firm;
to accumulate more than enough
Army, valor, soldiers, company, host, valiant, war
WEALTH involves . . . the way we think
the condition of our hearts
the relational connections we have
the properties we own
innovation, creativity, and strategic thought
BUILDING YOUR LIFE & ORGANIZATION
Stage #1 Stage #5
Head & Spine Mobility development
Stage #2 Stage #6
Rib cage Muscle building
Stage #3 Stage #7
Sensitive organs / heart & lungs Developing stamina
Stage #4
Systems
Stage #1
Head & Spine
HEAD: The focal point of soundness
Thought; decisions; see; hear; speak
SPINE: The focal point of structure
Core values; Accountability to a line of authority; Purpose (seasonal);
Strengths (add to them); Biblical world view (paradigm)
In moments of testing you will face the contrast between principle and personality
PRINCIPLE & PERSONALITY
Principle: The law; the way a thing is
A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior
Personality: A collection of qualities unique to the individual
The individual coming under the principle
Psalm 138:2,3
2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all Your name (God’s Word is the principle / His name is the personality).
3In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.
OUR NEEDS IN THIS ARENA:
1. The ability to self-evaluate
A contractor will always use a level to discover the point of
balance
Thinking more highly of yourself than you ought
Thinking less of yourself than you should
2. Someone to evaluate you
Our interpretation of a principle may be out of balance
Someone to hold you accountable to the principle
Lucifer was a great personality in heaven, but he refused to yield to the principle; and he violated the principle
The fallen angels were influenced by Lucifer’s personality
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