A Heart of Wisdom

“You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms;” Jeremiah 51:20

In the scripture above we see a bold statement by the Lord concerning His children and our role in His agenda. God Himself describes us as battle axes and weapons of war. But the Bible also tells us in Ephesians 6 that the battle we’re fighting isn’t with flesh and blood which means we are spiritual battle axes. Knowing that God has made us His battle axes, weapons to be used to advance His will and His kingdom brings up a few questions:

❓Who or what are we coming against in the battle?

❓How are we to function as God’s battle axe in the marketplace?

❓What is the purpose of the battle?

❓What does winning the battle look like from God’s perspective?

This series we are taking a deep dive into what it means for a believer to be God’s battle axe in the marketplace and why it’s a privilege for us to function in this capacity. We pray that the Holy Spirit will use this study to bring revelation and transformation as He shows us who we really are. Click here to download the study.

“The Lord God has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.” Isaiah 50:4

God is always speaking, and the Bible tells us that every morning He shares instructions with us. When the Holy Spirit speaks to us, He brings rebuke, instruction and inspiration, all designed to ensure we fulfil our destinies both in time and eternity. This means that when we don’t hear from God, we lack His counsel in these areas, which is a dangerous position to be in- especially in dark days such as these.

Unfortunately the reality most of us experience is that we can’t claim to hear the Holy Spirit on a regular basis, not to speak of every morning and there are many reasons why this is the case.

How then do we hear from the Holy Spirit and how can we operate in a manner that we constantly know what God is saying concerning every area of our lives? Stay connected as we dig into these and more. May the Holy Spirit use this series as a tool to awaken our ears to  hear Him. Click Here to download the study.

“For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12

The Bible lets us know that we are in constant warfare, it is a consistent and continuous engagement. We are always fighting battles – we either just finished fighting one, are about to finish one, are in currently one, or about to start one. It’s inescapable and inevitable that there are and will always be battles.

Most of us will spend the majority of our productive years in the marketplace as a provider of either goods or services or in some cases both. Every day we get up to go to work, we must understand that we’re going into a battleground as the marketplace is a critical location because of its sensitivity. This makes it imperative that we understand what marketplace warfare is and more importantly how to win.

This series we are digging deeper into the tools for rulership in the marketplace and pray that the Holy Spirit will bring illumination, clarity and victory. Click here to download the study.

“But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.”
Proverbs 4:18

“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19

The life of a believer is designed by God to be one of continuous growth, sponsored by constant transitional seasons that ensure we are always being enlarged. Understandably we love and welcome the idea of a new season because it generally speaks of freshness, expansion and new possibilities. However, something we often neglect to give attention to is that entering a new season isn’t an event but a process and that process will be accompanied by battles. This is because the enemy knows the impact a believer can have when he/she is transited by God to a higher level as such the kingdom of darkness will do everything possible to frustrate the transition process.

Consequently there are battles believers will face before, during and after a transition and we must be prepared for them so the enemy doesn’t take advantage of us. This series we are highlighting some of the battles we will face in transitions so we can identify and prepare in advance for them by the help of the Holy Spirit. Click here for the study.

‘The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.’ Proverbs 4:18

‘The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.’ Psalms 32:8

The Lord’s design for our lives is that as we walk closely with Him, He causes our oaths to shine ever brighter. This means He will take us through various seasons in our life, with each season designed to bring us into a deeper dimension of our relationship with Him.

As the Lord leads us into new seasons, He also connects us to people in whom He has placed specific things we need for that season and at times even beyond. Even if He speaks directly to us and we receive specific instructions and anointing for an assignment, there are people we need to have in our lives to help us actualize what God has said. But if we don’t know this, we may be ignoring the vehicles the Lord has assigned to help us.

Our prayer is that as we explore the divine connections that God can orchestrate to equip us, we recognize the reason we must pray them into our lives. We pray that we receive spiritual discernment, enabling us to identify them and align with what God has purposed for the connection. We also ask the Holy Spirit to open our eyes to the role people already in our lives are meant to play according to our divine mandate. Click here to download the study.

‘And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— ‘ John 14:16

‘Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.’ John 16:7

When Jesus concluded His earthly ministry, He promised to send us a Helper – The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit’s assignment is important because it’s through His ministry that Jesus entrusted the continuity of His work to believers not because we have the capacity on our own, but through His help.

As the Holy Spirit’s help is so vital to our journey, then we must understand what He helps us with. Most times we think of Him in terms of helping us pray, but there is so much more to Him and His role in our lives. This series we are diving into some of the ways the Holy Spirit helps believers to be all Jesus desires us to be. Click Here to download the series.

‘…And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.’ Matthew 24:7

‘What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.’ Ecclesiastes 1:9

‘They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough.’ Psalms 37:19

All the way from Genesis through to Revelation the Bible speaks of different occurrences of famines which impacted people to varying degrees. In Matthew 24, Jesus Himself tells us that the last days will witness multiple famines – which can also be termed recessions in today’s context. And we are seeing a lot of this across the globe today.

While famines/recessions today and onwards will have their nuances, we know for certain that they will come. Our prayer as we delve into how to prepare for what is to come or already happening in some environments is that the Holy Spirit helps us understand what happened in the past, how best to position for what is to come and that He guides us through such seasons when they come so we are not overwhelmed. Click Here to download the study.

🌟”You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you.“ John 15:16 AMP

🌟 ‘The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord’ Isaiah 11:2

Jesus is committed to His agenda and intentionally plants us in various areas in the marketplace, so He has representation in every sector. He is also very intentional about ensuring we represent Him effectively and that we shine and bring Him glory. This is why in addition to planting us, He also empowers us, so we are fully equipped for success in our respective fields. There are different forms of equipment available to us but the most potent key to success in the marketplace is the Holy Spirit.

This series we are looking at 5 ways the Holy Spirit equips us through:
📍Direction

📍Instruction
📍Exposure
📍Insight
📍Illumination

We pray that as we go through this series, we see how to lean on the Holy Spirit in every area of our careers/businesses so that we consistently function as the light of the world. Click Here to download the series.

🚨Dominion

“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:28

🚨Sonship
“For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” Romans 8:29

🚨The Marketplace

 “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold and silver…and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. Revelation 18:11-13

Every marketplace (formal and informal) has both physical and spiritual dimensions and God’s mandate to us in the marketplace is clear. Successfully dominating in the marketplace, is a function of governance based on identity not necessarily hierarchy. How we operate and what we demonstrate is closely tied to who we represent. So as representatives of Jesus must understand 5 key areas that will impact our execution of this mandate:
📌God’s agenda
📌Our assignment
📌Our empowerment
📌Our tribe
📌Our opposition 

This series we are digging into these 5 areas, trusting that the Lord will equip us to impact the marketplace we function in as He desires in and bring Him glory. Click here to download the study.