WAIT ON THE LORD AND ON HIS WORD. FAITH COMES FROM HEARING AND HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.

  CONSTANTLY EXPOSE YOUR SPIRITMAN TO THE WORD OF GOD

And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. (Mark 11:20-26 ASV)

HAVE FAITH IN GOD

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 ASV)

FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE\THE ASSURANCE

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17 KJV)

BELIEVE GOD CONCERNING EACH ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT YOUR HOPE WILL BE A REALITY. WHAT WORD  HAVE I DISCOVERED. HAVE I BROUGHT MYSELF INTO THE WORD OF GOD

HAVE FAITH IN GOD. FAITH COME BY HEARING AND HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.

HOW DOES GOD SPEAK WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES, MARRIAGE....IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW GOD SPEAKS, HOW CAN YOU,DEVELOP YOUR FAITH....1) BY HEARING THE WORD....2)HEARING THE UTTERANCE OF THE SPOKEN WORD...IT WILL COME BY HEARING

IF WE HEAR WRONGLY, WE CAN'T KNOW HOW GOD SPEAKS......E.G IF SOMEONE SAYS GOD SAID HE OR SHE SHOULD GET MARRIED TO AN ALREADY MARRIED PERSON

EVERYTHING WE HEAR MUST ALIGN WITH THE WRITTEN WORD

SOMETIMES WE CAN HEAR THE WORD, EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER READ IT BEFORE

BE CAREFUL OF DOCTRINES BORNE OUT OF SPIRITISM

I MUST BE VERY FAMILIAR AND CONVERSANT WITH THE SCRIPTURE. 

FIND OUT HOW GOD SPEAKS TO CERTAIN SITUATION BY STUDYING THE WORD, GOING THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES AND CONCORDANCE ABOUT MATTERS OF YOUR FINANCES AND THEN RECEIVE THAT WORD TO HELP YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS WILL BE MET

DON'T REST ON WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HEARS

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. (Matthew 26:6-7, 13 KJV)

THE WOMAN CAME AND ACTED ON WHAT SHE HAD HEARD ABOUT JESUS AND SCRIPTURE USES HER TESTIMONY TODAY THOUGH SIMON THE LEPER HAD NOTHING IN THE SCRIPTURE

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:1-4 KJV)

HABAKKUK SHOWS US A PATTERN ABOUT HOW TO RECEIVE THE WORD AND HOW TO KNOW AWHAT GOD IS SAYING TO US THAT WE CAN HEAR AND AS THE MATTER IS CONCERNED, WE ARE UNSHAKABLE

I WILL STAND, I WILL TARRY....I WILL REMAIN WHERE GOD IS SPEAKING...ESPECIALLY THROUGH HIS WORD...I WILL WALK IN THAT DIREECTION....THE PASTOR MAY PREACH, ELDERS MAY COUNSEL YOU BUT WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, WHAT WORD ARE YOU STANDING ON...

PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF A WATCHMAN MEANS, HE IS VERY SENSITIVE..TO MOVEMENT, SOUNDS ETC...WHAT HE HEARS OR SEE COMING WILL DETERMINE WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO TO TAKE ACTION

WE CAN'T BE RUNNING UP AND DOWN AND MIXING THE WORD WITH OTHERS PEOPLES EXPERIENCE. GODS WORD IS GREATER THAN ANYONE'S EXPERIENCE

YOUR EXPERIENCE MUST BE GENERATED ON THE WORD. WHAT IS YOUR INNER MAN SAYING.

ARE YOU ABIDING IN THE WORD OR POLLUTING AND CORRUPTING YOURSELF WITH OTHER MATERIALS... 

DO YOU READ WORLDLY MAGAZINES, BOOKS ETC OR YOU ARE ALWAYS READING CHRISTIAN BOOKS, LISTENING TO TAPES ETC

YOU NEED TO GET TO THE POINT THAT YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SAYING

WHEN GOD SAYS IT, HE WILL BACK IT UP. 

GOD IS NOT A MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:1-4 KJV)

THE WAY TO RECEIVE IS TO STAY THERE.....WHEN STUDYING THE WORD FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY WISH OPEN TO THE BOOK OF HABAKKUK BUT AS YOU'RE FLIPPING THE PAGES YOU JUST JAM A SCRIPTURE THAT HITS YOU AND YOU RECEIVE IT..

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63 KJV)

DANIEL OPENED THE BOOK..STARTING POINT IS WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED WHAT IS WRITTEN AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: (Daniel 9:2-3 KJV)

HE RECEIVED THE WORD BEFORE HE BEGAN TO PRAY

WHAT WORD HAVE I RECEIVED

FIND OUT WHAT AND WHERE IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT YOUR SITUATION

OUR PATHS ARE WRITTEN IN THE SCRIPTURE AND WHEN YOU FIND IT, IT'S LIKE IT'S WRITTEN TO YOU

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:16-19 KJV). 

WHEN WE FIND IT THERE WILL BE A REWARD 

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39 KJV)

IT WILL BE CLEAR TO ME THAT GOD IS DIRECTLY SPEAKING TO ME AND NOT THE PROPHETS, ISRAELITES...ALL OUR PATH IS IN THE WORD...AS WE READ, MEDITATE AND LET OUR MIND WALK THROUGH THE WORD

WE MAY JUST PRAY, AND THEN WALK AWAY WITHOUT LETTING GOD SPEAK TO US THOUGH HE HAS HEARED US

DANIEL'S PRAYER WERE ANSWERED BUT HE WAS ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WAS ALREADY PROMISED

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21 KJV)

PRAYING FOR FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH AND WHAT YOU HEARED IS GO AND MEET A FINANCIAL NEED OF SOMEONE.....I.E GIVE TWENTY THOUSAND NAIRA (N20,000.00). DON'T BE LIKE THE WIDOW OF ZAREPATH...

12 And she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.

13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.

14 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'"

15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.

16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.

SHE OBEYED ELIJAH AND CONTINUOUSLY WAS FEEDING WELL

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21 KJV)

WE MUST BE SUBMISSIVE TO THE POINT OF ALLOWING AND BELIEVING THE WORD WE HEAR IN OUR SPIRIT WITH MEEKNESS WHEN WE HEAR WHAT HE SAYS CONCERNING OUR SITUATION....SOMETIMES WE MAY TARRY LONGER...JUST BE HUMBLE AND HONOUR GOD'S SILENCE...TARRY THERE TILL YOU HEAR SOMETHING

DON'T MOVE UNTIL YOU HAVE HEARED. HABAKKUK WATCHED TO SEE WHAT GOD WILL SAY AND HE WROTE IT. BE SENSITIVE TO KNOW WHAT GOD IS SAYING

1 I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 

2 And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. 

3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end-it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. 

DO YOU HAVE NOTES TO WRITE WHEN GOD SPEAKS

YOU GET TO THE POINT THAT YOU KNOW WHEN GOD SAID IT, HE WILL DO IT.

HOW DOES HE SPEAKS OVER ALL THOSE AREAS

ARE YOU ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS TO WHAT GOD IS SAYING. PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD WILL DROP POINTS INTO YOUR HEART. THE SPIRIT SEARCHES THE DEEPEST THINGS.....HE MAY SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE OR SOMEBODY AND GO AHEAD AND DO IT.....IT CRUCIAL.