0:00 You are not a tighter, you end up [music] a beggar. You have to pay correct tight. If you want your life not to be tight, [music] if you don't want your life to be tight, pay correct what you give offering to, you'll be poorer than poor. Any believer who does not tithe and you give money, you be things will be tight for you. Like I've been a victim of such >> once I don't pay my tithes, things are tight for me. I said I remember when I was pastoring in Maryland, I was trying so hard to convince this girl that she was experiencing loss not because she didn't pay tithe and she was arguing with me that you don't understand pastor you see
0:46 once I don't pay my [music] tithes things are tight for me. I you know at a particular point I say be it unto you according to your word because do you know how preposterous it is to think that because you didn't give God [music] money you didn't give me I be you will see your washing machine will spoil you I will spoil it go and touch the wire people think like this you see that kind of person can never get to a point of generosity some people have never met God [music] pampers is how you see him If you change your mindset today that God [music] can never be against me, just watch the torment will stop. If God is dealing with your greed, don't listen to people that say don't pay tight. One guy I saw him, I went to evangelized
1:32 to him in the US. He said he was a Christian and then now he's a Muslim. I was very surprised. I said, "You have it the other way." And he said something and if you were not a Muslim before, you have no chance to understand what he said. He said, "I left Christianity because it is too complicated." Actually, what he was saying is Islam is very straightforward. It's law, but Christianity is too relational. Why is it that as Samson everybody's drinking, but you can't? If God is dealing with your greed, don't listen to people that say don't pay tight. Yeah. Because in grace you are in a personal scheme and your curriculum is context specific to your destiny.
2:18 >> You know when I was coming to Nigeria there were clothes I knew I couldn't bring I can't bring it because of where I'm going. >> So if God has said you'll be a kingdom financier, you will give first fruit. >> We know first fruit is Christ. We can doctor let me explain that the first fruit is actually Christ. But in this your own personal curriculum your first fruit is you drop your money. You have to be detached from it because what he wants to do with your life is you will not be getting money. Money will be flowing through you. So the venom and sting of guilt he will first remove. I'm saying people can salmonize you out
3:04 of your breakthrough with scripture. One girl on campus said God told her that she should not wear trouser and she should not do we so one of my friends I wish pastor was here one of my friends said God can say it that so and right there he started giving her an apology why God can say you know and I stepped back I said when he finished talking to her I said why did you tell like that first of all this is a young with you that has put aside what she wants to please God what you can't do and instead of you to first commend her
3:49 the first thing you did was make her feel dafted and I told her and I told him have you read about Samson you know a lady told me that God told her this is a sister in our church in Georgia she said God told her that she should not eat rice when she said it I said ah But I also remember that his ways are not our ways and it's not. So I said she said pastor what do you think about it? I said to be honest you I'm hearing this for the first time in my life. If you are not eating rice what will you be eating? She said but she just sense that God told her that she should not eat rice. And this is another thing. Thank you Holy Spirit. Per adventure God gave you instructions. It can be for a season. Yes sir. So don't also make the mistake that because
4:34 God said don't eat rice when you hear a voice saying you can now eat rice. Don't say ah he's devil because the same God that said kill Isaac said don't touch him. Are you getting what I'm saying? So if not he will kill you Isaac from 3 days ago word. So God can say and God can say [music] okay lift it now. So when she said that I said I said if you feel like that's what God is leading you to do all well and go do it. So obviously he's right. She couldn't do it. So one particular day I went you know myself and my wife went to it was just me went I went to you know visit her and her husband in the house. She said PD you know I saw your face the guy told you God told you not to eat rice but now I understand why. She said because that season I needed to pray a lot and rice
5:22 makes me heavy. Are you getting what you hear? So God told her not to eat rice so she can be light to wake up to pray. Now if I if she tells me that and if I don't understand God's ways, I can say God can never say that all things have been certified by the blood. You certified by the blood of prayer. And this person is missing out on breakthrough. The day God humbled me was the day I was preaching Genesis 12, walk before me and be perfect. In our church in Georgia, somebody was tuning in in Synindo. this guy you she was tuning in in Singapore and she had crutches and she heard walk before me and be perfect and she said she dropped her crotches and started walking.
6:07 Now you know I thought deeply because she sent me an email so I said [music] can I call you give me your number cuz it was very surprising to me this was about 2 years ago I told her I said I would like to video call you hope you don't mind. She gave me a number because I want to see the leg. So I video called I greeted her. I said, "Ma, please recount your testimony. I read it in the gym." [music] Said, "Oh, thank you very much. This and this." when you were preaching, you know, I just you just said, "Walk before me and be perfect." She said I said, "But that's not the meaning, you know." And I said this sincerely, you know, just the the, you know, the theological side of me, but that's not the meaning of the text. The woman looked at the camera straight said, "Pastor, do you want to collect a miracle?" In other words, you know, I thought
6:53 about that thing. I said, "Holy Spirit, if I needed a healing, that scripture can't work for me." >> So now my theology is my limitation. >> That means theology is for God. It shouldn't box you.
