How are you?
Good thank you.
Please also ask me: “How is your progress?”
The phrase “How are you?” has lost its essence, let’s get real and sharpen each-other by being more specific. Instead, you could ask me:
Hello Francisco–
- How is your Relationship with God?
- Is your time alone with God increasing?
- What was the last thing that God told you?
- What was the last thing that you obeyed God with?
- Who did you brought to Christ lately?
- Who did you help to receive the Holy Spirit lately?
- When was the last time you got someone healed?
- When was the last time you casted out a demon?
- Where did you plant your last seed?
- Where is your next project starting?
- etc.
These questions would produce more quality conversations.
We can all use a bit of extra accountability.
Could you explain the issue of money in ministry?
In 1st Timothy 6:10 we find the infamous verse:
“For the love of money is the root of all evil..”
Notice it reads “the love of money”
It does NOT read: “money is the root of all evil.
The love of it, that’s a direct reference to greed without no purpose.
Once God Himself gives you and shows you your purpose, things are much different.
Prosperity for the sake of Prosperity is Stupidity
Prosperity for the sake of Purpose is Divinity
Dr. Charles Ndfon
Do you take donations?
No, I do not personally take monetary donations, NOR my ministries solicit for donations, nor tithes, nor offerings, neither will we in the future
Do you get paid as a Minister?
No, I’m a volunteer. God blesses our businesses to supply for our household needs and for financing ministries.
Do you Tithe?
YES, we give our tithes and offerings to God through different Ministries around the globe who have proven to be fruitful soil and to people in need as God leads.
Should people Tithe?
YES, I do it and it works! The reason I’m blessed abundantly is because God always keeps His promises. One of my assignments is not to stop people from tithing, it’s to help leaders NOT to depend on their congregation’s tithes but in obeying God to be financially productive themselves.
Is it prideful of you not to accept donations?
- Certainly, there are those who won’t accept help even though they really need it.
- There are also cons who take advantage of people financially on “behalf of God”.
How is it humble?
Giving is the most humble action anyone could do.
Philippians 2:3 explains real humility is considering OTHERS more important than yourself.
Settling with the egocentric phrase “just enough for me” is demonic ego disguised as humility, because it limits you to give only to yourself.
When you PRODUCE and give to OTHERS, then you are truly humble.
“Give me your offerings, so we can give to the needy” is an OXYMORON.
There’s a third party leaching in between, posing as a charity broker.
The real order is:
I’LL be FRUITFUL and I’LL GIVE, most specially as a LEADER.
Could you please expand with more scriptures?
After you finally entered certain levels in the spiritual realm, you get baptized in The Holy Spirit, you come out casting devils, healing the sick and raising the dead, you get your ministry credentials/tittle and your sent on your mission, there’s a hard lesson coming your way, it can cause you to crash if you have not been exposed to the correct wisdom. It’s the subject of finances. Expenses overwhelm you and you might start doubting God.. you might start pressuring your congregation and blaming them, you might start prostituting your anointing by ministering only if you get paid.. etc, This gives unbelievers more ground to distrust Christian Leaders, atheist now have a stronger case against you. “If your God is All Powerful, how come you are broke?” very valid question..
Deuteronomy 8:18 States God does NOT make you wealthy, instead He gives YOU the power to PRODUCE wealth.
Joshua 1:8 States God does NOT make you prosperous, instead He gives YOU the INSTRUCTIONS to make your own way Prosperous.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
So if you’re a true Minister of the Gospel and you’re truly broke, is not God’s fault, and He WILL NOT get you out of poverty.
It is YOU who needs to humble yourself and OBEY Him, take action to build wealth, work hard, stop being lazy, stop being a leach to The Kingdom of God, start receiving education on finances so you can PRODUCE, be FRUITFUL and than you will be able to MULTIPLY.
We often here these two following scriptures:
Malachi 3:10
“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
2 Corinthians 9:6
“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
Both of those are 100% truth, the problem is, when they are thought out of context, they are used for manipulation.
Jesus also said:
“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” Luke 12:48
He also told the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30
Stewardship is wisdom that has been long lost. Laziness prefers to blame God for lack or use Him as a vending machine, trying to bring Him small monetary offerings for Him to multiply instead of being disciplined enough to obey Him and multiply what He has already given us in the past.
God will deal with those manipulators in time. Interestedly enough, those who were manipulated and gave with a pure heart even to their sinful manipulators, will still be bless by God anyway.