FAITHFULNESS IN STEWARDSHIP

WONDERWORLD CAPSULES BY APST JORDAN AKADA

THURSDAY 31ST AUGUST, 2023

TOPIC: FAITHFULNESS IN STEWARDSHIP

“The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:9-10)
Be Faithful. Be trustworthy. Be reliable. Be upright, Be transparent.
Faithfulness is planted in the heart. It is one of the character traits that should be found in believers.
It finds expression in attitude speech and actions. Is your heart stubborn or dull heart?

Characteristics of a dull or stubborn heart:

• They can barely or hardly hear with their ear.
•Those with a stubborn heart have closed their spiritual sight.
•They are void of understanding of the ways of God,
•They can’t be converted to the Lord for their restoration even though they have repented.
•They are easily thrown off balanced with every wind of doctrine. (Matthew 13:15)
•It has to do with an undue familiarity with God and the house of God. Every day of their life as they come to church they are wounded.
• They go about with all manner of wounds and they can’t function properly. Check your heart
N/B: With such a heart, faithfulness is questionable.

Is your heart full with evil and foolishness?

“This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.” (Ecclesiastes 9:3)
With a foolish and evil heart, you can’t be faithful in the discharge of your duty to the Lord and to the Lord’s servant. (Matthew 15:19-20)
Is your heart filled with hypocrisy? Hypocrisy means extreme insincerity. Pretending to be what one is not.
[Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men. (Matthew 15:7-9)
A hypocrite will always claim to be faithful to God but display disloyalty to God’s servant in a technical way. Caleb and Joshua followed God wholeheartedly and they made it.
“Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed” ( 1 Samuel 2:3)
MEDITATION:
I am the manifestation of God’s faithfulness
PRAYER:
1. Abba Father, give me the grace to remain faithful as a steward in the kingdom.
2. I refuse to deviate from my responsibility as a steward in the kingdom.
FOR EXTRA DOSE DWELL ON; Matthew 15:19-20
TESTIMONY:
God delivered me from a spirit of stop work. This demon was stopping people from helping me. People have been promising me jobs and other things without fulfilling them. When I approach them the story will be the same they will behave as though they never met me let alone offer to help. I was disturbed and developed a constant headache that defied medication not knowing it was a demonic manifestation from the spirit of ‘stop work’ After deliverance the first thing I noticed was that the constant headache was gone. Praise the Lord.
I was also delivered from the spirit of smoking in the dream when my father mentioned my case I was happy. I have been having this strong passion for alcohol in my dreams almost every night for some months but thank God for the King of Kings in action am delivered and set free in Jesus name. Sis I. E