GOD IS TURNING THE TABLE IN YOUR FAVOR

Today, many Jews still celebrate the feast of Purim. The name Purim is derived from “the lot” which a Gentile, Haman, cast concerning the fate of the Jews when they were in Persia under King Ahasuerus.

Haman, the villain in this story in the book of Esther, hated the Jews and sought to exterminate them. He got King Ahasuerus to allow him to issue a decree to annihilate all the Jews in one day — the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar. But God used Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai, both Jews, to turn the tables on Haman and save the Jews.

Haman was hanged on the very gallows that he had constructed for Mordecai! Then, the king allowed Queen Esther and Mordecai to issue a counter-decree to allow all the Jews to defend themselves and destroy their enemies in one day — the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar!

So instead of the Jews being exterminated on that fateful day, their enemies were destroyed! God turned an evil day for the Jews into good days. He turned their mourning into rejoicing and gave them victory over their enemies.

Listen, God can do the same for you today. He only wants you to remain in your position of rest in Christ. You see, because of Jesus’ finished the work at the cross, you and I are seated in heavenly places in Christ, far above every principality, and evil assault the devil can throw at us. (Ephesians 2:6) Just as Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, and refused to stand up and bow to Haman, let’s not “bow” to the devil by being persuaded to move from our position of rest in Christ. Don’t allow him to get you worried, frantic remember he's homeless, he has no place, GIVE NO PLACE to the devil.

Queen Esther was also in a position of rest before Haman was executed. (Esther 7) She was seated on the Kings couch as Haman pleaded with her for his life. While doing so, he accidentally fell over the couch where the queen was. The king, thinking that Haman was assaulting his queen, sent him to the gallows!

So remain at rest in Christ’s finished work, and He will turn your evil day into days of rejoicing and feasting!

Amen!

LEVIATHAN THE SPIRIT OF PRIDE!

In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 27:1

In the book of Job, the whole context is an ongoing debate between Job and his friends. Finally, God announces that He has had enough and demands an answer.

Where was thou when I laid the foundations of this earth?  Declare if thou hast understanding. Job 38:4 

God goes on to give Job an entire discourse about leviathan. "And now, Job, who are you, who dares not arouse the unmastered leviathan, yet who dare resist Me, the beast's Creator; to My face?  Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore who can have a claim against Me?";  Leviathan is the climatic revelation of the book of Job.   The fact that the Bible denotes an entire chapter, Job 41, describing leviathan to him indicates his importance.

God uses the sea-monster, Leviathan, to reveal to Job that Job's problem is pride.   There is a strong evil spirit named Leviathan.   Leviathan is an evil demonic spirit of pride.

God reveals the monster.   Some call him a crocodile or something else, but the Word calls him a dragon, sea-monster, or sea-serpent.

In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.  Isaiah 27:1

Strong's Concordance gives this definition:

Leviathan- livyathan, (3882), a wreathed animal or serpent, a large sea-monster.   The constellation of the dragon, Draco; also as a symbol of Babylon: mourning.

Dragon / Dragons- tanniyn (8577), a marine or land monster, sea-serpent or jackel; sea-monster, serpent, whale.

The context suggest some form of aquatic monster which dwells in the sea.   In the scripture, the sea represents nations of people.   There is a dragon in the sea (people or nations), and God is going to slay that dragon.

The nations of this world are consumed by this dragon or sea-monster.   This sea-monster is pride. This evil, demonic spirit of pride manipulates and controls the masses of this world.

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. (Of all the beasts, he is the proudest, he reigns supreme over all the pride of the earth.)  Job 41:34

Another way of stating this is, 'he looks down on all who are haughty; he is a king or ruler over all those who are proud'.   Pride and leviathan are practically synonymous. It is hard to separate them. 

The spirit of Leviathan's most crucial work is in the area of keeping people from receiving the things of God and of the Holy Spirit and from moving into the very presence of Almighty God.   Leviathan's primary purpose and goal is to stop all true moves of the Holy Spirit, and all spiritual growth in the lives of the Believers.   He wants to stop the flow of the Anointing.

The modern church today is largely asleep because of the spirit Leviathan's work.   He loves to eclipse things.   Mythology associates him with the eclipse of the sun.   He wants to eclipse the S-O-N, Christ Jesus, in your life.   Leviathan wants to eclipse the True and Holy things of Almighty God in your life.

 Leviathan resides in the Holy Place, and is a counterfeiter.

We are three part beings; we are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body.   Our soul is a type of the Holy Place where Leviathan works. He is at work in our soul; in our mind, emotions, and will. 

The spirit of Leviathan attempts to keep us from entering the Holy of Holies, into the very presence of God.   No man could go there except Moses and the High Priest; and then only once a year.   This is the third veil, and Leviathan does not want us there.   This third veil was rent when Jesus died on the cross.   This was the veil between the Spirit-filled realm and the very presence of God.   Here Leviathan stands to block entrance. 

The spirit of Leviathan attempts to snuff out the lamps (knowledge and understanding); cut off the bread (the manna); and he tries to keep us from offering up daily incense (prayer in the Spirit).   He does not want us to move in the Holy Spirit; to have words of knowledge, speak in tongues, or any other spiritual gift.   He will choke us off with spiritual deafness and blindness, causing us to be tongue-tied.   Leviathan will imitate the Holy Spirit and cause false gifts, healings, and even miracles to manifest in the believers. 

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron (His nostrils belch forth smoke, thick as the fumes of a seething pot.).     Job 41:20 

The smoke from Leviathan nostrils is false prayer and false worship at the altar of incense, and he is commissioned to counterfeit the genuine pentecostal experience.   Because the person is so bound up with pride, he cannot really praise God.   He is too important, too bound up in himself, to give any real praise and worship to God. 

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal (His arrogance and haughtiness stems from the tight sealed scales covering his body.).   Job 42:15

Leviathan's scales are so close one to another that no air can come between them.   The scales are joined one to another and cannot be pulled apart.   In scripture; air, breath, and wind are synonymous with the Holy Spirit. 

The reason many people get so shut in is because of the effects of Leviathan's tight coils around them, inhibiting the moving of the Holy Spirit.   They cannot hear or discern the Holy Spirit, and they say they never get a word from the Lord or move in the gifts.   The reason is that no air of the Holy Spirit is able to get in because this demon has such a strangle hold.

The spirit Leviathan wants us to have the counterfeit; and if we get that and are satisfied with it, he has us.   Leviathan in the pastor, teacher, evangelist, etc. charms or hypnotizes the people, and they are deceived and seduced into believing they are operating through the Holy Spirit.   Today, many are experiencing counterfeit gifts.   Many are requiring deliverance from false, error filled ministries.   Increasingly, deliverance ministries are having to cast out spirits of false tongues.

One of Leviathan's chief jobs is to mock, come against, and block deliverance and/or deliverance ministries.   Most people who fight the deliverance ministry have powerful leviathan demons; and are, therefore, raely delivered.   Many of the ministers who refuse to open up to the ministry of deliverance are being controlled by a leviathan spirit.

The reason pastors, teachers, evangelist, etc. accept leviathan's lies is because they refuse to believe that they may have demons and are in need of deliverance.  It's not a 'shame' to have demons, the shame is not acknowledging, repenting, and getting rid of it through deliverance.   Instead, they teach the people 'Christians cannot have demons'. 

The 'true' deliverance of God is casting out demons according to Mark 16:17- 18: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils;  .  .  .  they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.    Mark 16:17-18

The Bible says that if we do not love the truth, God will cause us to believe a lie.   The only way to get rid of the demonic influence of Leviathan is to 'cast him out in the Name of Jesus'. 

I pray that this teaching will enlighten us to not be ignorant of satans devices but to grasp the truth and function in the truth. Amen.

IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR HEART!

Just like the root determines the fruit, your heart determines your spiritual advancement, and your blessings in life. That is the root of all spiritual encounters because God sees our heart before He hears our voice. He responds to the state of our heart much more than He responds to our utterances and our acts. 

In Acts 8:21, the apostles encountered a man who offered them money to buy the power of the Holy Ghost and Peter said to him, “Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.  ” Which means, if your heart is right your part is guaranteed! The state of your heart determines the measure of your part. It is not the volume of your prayer that determines the volume of your blessing but the state of your heart. Men may commend your utterances but God answers your heart. 

Nothing happens on this earth without a root in our heart. Every happening around us is a function of what is happening within us. We can never encounter a change on this earth until there is a move from our heart. It is the move of our heart that determines the changes on our earth. There is nothing a man cannot accomplish when his heart is in the right place with GOD. 

In Jeremiah 29:11 God said, “…I know the thoughts that I think toward you…thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” But in verse 13 He said, “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart…” What moves God to perform His great thoughts towards us is measured by the state of our heart. So, ensure that your heart is connected, ensure that your heart is fervent, pure and right before God. When God finds a man or woman with a right heart, He has found the right man or woman to be anointed, empowered and blessed! 
 

OPEN FAVOUR!

The word “FAVOUR” simply means: “friendly or kind regard; goodness; approval; loving-kindness.”

The FAVOUR of God simply means that, God will:

1. Regard you as his FRIEND – “No longer do I call you servant but my friend.” (Jn 15: 15)
2. Be KIND to you – “For he is Kind even to the unthankful.” (Lk 6:35)
3. Shine his GOODNESS on you – “Do you know that the Goodness of God leads you to repentance.” (Rom 2 : 4)
4. APPROVE you – “Salute Appelus approved in Christ.” (Rom 16:10)
5. Show LOVING-KINDNESS towards you – “I will show my loving kindness toward you says God.” (Jer 9:24)

OPEN FAVOR of God will give us:

1. UNEQUAL ADVANTAGE – This UNEQUAL ADVANTAGE will enable us to DEFEAT Satan,  who is already a defeated foe,  SUBJECT his demons under us, who have already been made subject to us through Christ and for us to KNOW the PLANS and PURPOSES of God, for which Satan will never know. (Rom 3: 1 )
2. POWER OF ATTORNEY – God will give us to REPRESENT HIM, so that we can ACT on his behalf, SPEAK HIS WORD for him and OPERATE in the same POWER and ANOINTING as He did. Satan cannot override us, because we now become the REPRESENTATIVES of Jesus Christ here on earth. (Acts 9:15)
3. TO GO AHEAD OF HIM – Jesus will SEND us forth ahead of him to PREPARE the way as John the Baptist did. We will go to every place that God wants his PRESENCE to be made manifest. Jesus will send us to places to ESTABLISH APOSTOLIC BASES, in our homes and churches, that will allow his PRESENCE to be seen and felt. (Lk 10:1)

5 INSTANCES OF SUPERNATURAL PROVISION IN THE BIBLE

Exodus 16: 4-6 - God provided manna to the Israelites through supernatural means

1 kings 17:1-7- God fed Elijah during the famine through the Raven

2 kings 4: 1-7- God helped the widow to clear her debts through supernatural means

Luke 5: 1-9 – Jesus helped Peter to catch fish through supernatural means

Matthew 17:24-27-Jesus provided money for paying tax through supernatural means

KEYS TO SUPERNATURAL PROVISION

God has established keys which can connect a believer to supernatural provision.

We must create Room for the word of God.  God spoke to Abraham and he obeyed God’s word. We cannot just build our lives on personal opinion and preferences.

We must Pass the God sent Tests.  God tested Abraham and he never failed the test.  Some of the things we go through are nothing but God sent tests.

We must operate with Extra Ordinary obedience and faith.  What God asked Abraham to do demanded extra ordinary faith and obedience.

We should become people of Prophetic confession. Notice what Abraham confessed: V5 -We will come back to you; V8 -God will provide the lamb for sacrifice.  Notice that Abraham got what he confessed. What you confess becomes your portion.

We should have room for Sacrificial giving.  It's sacrificial giving which opens the door of supernatural provision.

WHAT IS SACRIFICIAL GIVING?

It is giving which leaves us with pain

It is giving which leaves you with nothing

It is giving your very best.

In conclusion I want to emphasize the point that every child of God should have two doors in their lives through which blessings enter their environment. 

What fails to enter through the natural door must enter through the supernatural door.

Generational Strongholds

A major source of strongholds in people’s lives comes from past generations in their families. In other words, strongholds that aren’t dealt with in one generation are passed along to the succeeding ones as iniquities. You get an insight into this from the Ten Commandments. Our Lord, jealous for His love, promises “to show love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments” (Exodus 20:6; see also 34:6,7), but to “[punish] the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me” (Exodus 20:5). God desires that each generation love Him. The Hebrew word for love here is ahav, a devoted passion for the One you love, a yearning to be in His presence. (See Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37.)

When a generation fails to love Him or to repent of their sins, God chastises them and their successors to the third and fourth generation through demonic strongholds that they give way to as iniquities. Yes, God uses Satan and his demons at times to serve His purposes. For instance, when God wanted to test Peter’s faith we’re told, “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers” (Luke 22:31,32).

When a generation fails to love Him and repent, God uses demonic forces to drive people back to Him. When any generation receives light concerning their oppressed condition that’s been handed down from their forefathers and turns from their sins, He mercifully forgives them for the sins of all generations.

Our Hebrew spiritual forefathers, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, understood the importance of asking forgiveness for the sins of prior generations: “Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you” (Nehemiah 1:6; see also Jeremiah 3:25, Daniel 9:8). These prophets had not themselves walked in sin, but they bore spiritual responsibility anyway for not only their own burden but also that of their ancestors.

You may come from a family that has been under the influence of iniquity within strongholds for several generations. For whatever reason, our Father may be showing you the light so that you can repent on behalf of your family. You can end the oppression of the strongholds that have plagued generations of your family by first demolishing your own strongholds; second, walking in the freedom Jesus promises so you can help the rest of your family and relatives become free.

An Example of How the Stronghold of Rejection Might Form

• Think of a situation in which you totally misperceived the motive or intent of someone close to you. How did that misperception affect your relationship with that person?

If you have never felt accepted or valued as a worthwhile individual, you might suspect that your friend was only trying to benefit himself or herself. The stronghold of rejection may become manifested as that spirit arouses unwarranted suspicion or even withdrawal from your friend.

• How did you feel when you realized that you had wrongly interpreted that person’s intent or actions?

You may have felt tremendous guilt or a sense of unworthiness. The stronghold of rejection will try to cause you to believe that you don’t deserve friends because you are such a poor one yourself.

My prayer is that we all realize the severeness of generational curses, and make positive confessions after true repentance.

Jezebel has not changed, except she is meaner than ever when she starts to loose control.  People who must be in control are unknowingly being controlled themselves, by a powerful evil spirit, named after one of the most wicked women that ever walked planet earth, Jezebel, 1 Kings 18:4.

For years, Queen Jezebel has defied and mocked our Father’s kingdom, using everything in her power to control or destroy His people.  He finally had to kill her and humiliate her by having the dogs eat her flesh and lick up her blood.  Gross, you say, not when you understand how GOD feels about anyone who assumes His position of authority to bring people into bondage, while He is trying to set them free,  2 Kings 9:30-37.

Insecure men and women are her easiest prey, because control gives them a sense of worth and importance.  Taken to the full extent, they become tyrants who think nothing of murdering millions to cleanse the earth of anyone that threatens them.  This control demon enters many insecure believers seeking popularity and significance by becoming church leaders.

Bible schools and seminaries often help prepare the road for demons to control them by teaching how to control a congregation like a corporation.  Newly trained leaders being anxious to be a success in ministry, are ignorant of the fact the sheep belong to JESUS.  JESUS said I seek to save them and then woo them and call them to let Me take charge of their daily steps.  I desire a moment by moment working relationship with every believer, never to control them as puppets.

Our Father has once again given the orders for His angelic hosts to throw down all Jezebel’s and set His people free.  You are about to witness churches and 501c3 organizations everywhere, fall apart and crash to the ground.  Within hours, He will send in the media, and government dogs will eat up what’s left.

He has cried, LET MY PEOPLE GO, for the last time! Control freaks beware, wether you are behind a pulpit, on Facebook, a military leader or behind a desk, your time is up, GOD is setting his people free, as he shakes everything loose from our control! God's people will no longer fear jezebel's intimidation, and jezebel will no longer manipulate God's people to satisfy her ego!  “Woe be to the pastors and leaders that feed themselves! should not you have fed the flocks?” Ezekiel 34:2.

In the last days many churches will hear the Father say: “I have a few things against you, because you tolerated that woman Jezebel, which called herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce, and control my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols…..  And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am He which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to they’re works.”   Revelation 2:20,23.

YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH YOUR MARAH TO GET TO YOUR ELIM

Exodus 15:22-25

"Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested (proved) them.

Numbers 33:8-9

"They journeyed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days' journey in the wilderness together and camped at Marah. They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there." 

Marah
Marah (H4781) means "bitter." Chemicals made the water unfit for drinking. Arabs seldom even permit their camels to drink from it. The experience at Marah was just another in the training of God's people. 

ELIM
Elim the name of the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It had "twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm trees."

SEE WHEN THE FIRST TIME DONT WORK TRY IT AGAIN, THE DEVIL HAS A PATTERN OF SENDING YOU THE FAKE ONE BEFORE GOD SENDS THE REAL ONE.

THE ISRAELITES DIDNT SETTLE FOR MARAH, BECAUSE THEY REMEMBERED THE PROMISE GOD GAVE TO MOSES TO GIVE TO THEM, MARAH WAS A TEST, ELIM WAS THE REWARD FOR GOING THROUGH THE TEST.  

TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR ITS ONLY A TEST.   ELIM IS JUST UP THE STREET.

ELIM HAD 12 SPRINGS OF CLEAR WATER AND 70 PALM TREES, DONT SETTLE FOR YOUR LITTLE WHEN GOD HAS A WHOLE LOT.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR MARAH WITHOUT MUMBLING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ROUTE WE ARE HAVING TO GO DOWN,  YOU CANT START ON THE AUTOBAHN, TOO FAST, YOU HAVE TO WORK YOUR WAY UP, FROM THE BACK ROADS, THE POT HOLES, AND EVEN THE NO ROADS BEFORE YOU GET ON THE AUTOBAHN.  COME ON SOMEBODY.

SEE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH:

Darkness before light 
Sacrifice before blessing 
Marah before Elim 
Wilderness before Canaan 
Humiliation before exaltation 
Death before life 
Travail before birth
Mortgage before redemption 
Tribulation before patience 
Suffering before glory 
Work before reward 
Cross before crown 
Fight before victory 
Temptation before overcoming 

GIVE OUR GOD SOME GLORY.

THE FIRST FRUIT IS THE ROOT TO ​BEAR FRUIT!    
 
Principles of finance have been put in place by God himself for two reasons. The first is to activate our obedience to Him and the second is to generate wealth to furnish the Kingdom of GOD. 

As believers in Christ we practice a three fold giving which IS: First- fruits, Tithes and Offerings.
 
First:  First Fruits and Tithes are separate from each other.

2 Chronicles 31: 5​ As soon as the command went abroad, the Israelites gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, vintage fruit, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

Nehemiah 10: 37 And we shall bring the first and best of our coarse meal, our contributions, the fruit of all kinds of trees, of new wine, and of oil to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God. And we shall bring the tithes from our ground to the Levites, for they, the Levites, collect the tithes in all our rural towns.​

Nehemiah 12:44. On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by law for the priests and the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served [faithfully].
 
When we accept Christ into our lives we need to understand that we leave behind a life of financial bondage and enter into financial prosperity and freedom. This ability and location is handed down to us by our Father himself but He has put certain principles in place for us to give heed to. These principles unlock financial prosperity and freedom that is due to us.
 
What is the First Fruit?  It was the first of the cattle, corn, fruit and sons that was offered to God. This was the first of the entire harvest.

Exodus 22: 29-30 29 You shall not delay to bring to Me from the fullness [of your harvested grain] and the outflow [of your grape juiceand olive oil]; give Me the firstborn of your sons [or redeem them]. 30 Likewise shall you do with your oxen and your sheep. Seven days the firstborn [beast] shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
 
This was done according to the law but we are now living in a period of grace. You see although we are living in grace, the principles of God have not changed. There is an immense favour decreed over children of God that only God’s principles can unlock. Principles of wealth existed before the law, during the law, during the times of the prophets, during Christ’s time here on earth, during the times of the apostles and it still exists to date.
 
Children of God assessed their First-fruits in the following way:
 
Fourth year crop of a new tree was given to God. The entire crop was given to God; the people only partook of the fifth year’s crop.

Leviticus 19: 23–25 23 And when you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit of them as inedible and forbidden to you for three years; it shall not be eaten 24 In the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy for giving praise to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you may eat of the fruit [of the trees], that their produce may enrich you; I am the Lord your God.
 
First reaping in a new land, if you were to come into a land that Lord has given to you and dwelled there then the first crop was given to God.

Deuteronomy 26: 1-2. 26 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance and possess it and live in it, 2 You shall take some of the first of all the produce of the soil which you harvest from the land the Lord your God gives you and put it in a basket, and go to the place [the sanctuary] which the Lord your God has chosen as the abiding place for His Name [and His Presence].
 
First reaping in a new season, year by year the first-fruit was brought to the house of the Lord, to the priest who ministered there.
 
Before we assess our First-fruits; take note: 

Our First-fruit giving; represents our whole year’s income. It represents 100%; we are saying to God I surrender my year’s income to you. It is showing God that He is greater than any amount of money. Please note I used the word represents. You don’t sow 100% but a potion that represents your whole year’s income.
 
How do we assess our first-fruits?
 
In this period grace seasons are declared, bringing in a first-fruit declares an apostolic season; it is declaring the fourth year. Know this; after the fourth year the people were able to reap themselves. So there is a leap in harvest reaping just by living out God’s principle.

Leviticus 19: 23-25. 23 And when you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit of them as inedible and forbidden to you for three years; it shall not be eaten.24 In the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy for giving praise to the Lord.25 But in the fifth year you may eat of the fruit [of the trees], that their produce may enrich you; I am the Lord your God.
 
Anything new that generates wealth, some of the first income should be given to the Lord.
 
Examples of new is: A new job, a job promotion, a financial increase at work, a new business, a new business order, insurance payouts, inheritances, if you were to sell your car, house or belongings.  

Deuteronomy 26:1-2. 26 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance and possess it and live in it, 2 You shall take some of the first of all the produce of the soil which you harvest from the land the Lord your God gives you and put it in a basket, and go to the place [the sanctuary] which the Lord your God has chosen as the abiding place for His Name [and His Presence].
 
Year by year we bring in a portion of our first income to the Lord as a representation of the whole years income. This is all income, example first salary, first profit, first sale commission, first weeks pay, etc.
 
Calculation:
 
Leviticus 23: 10-11 “When ye be come into the land which I give unto you and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the priest: and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.”
 
The Lord asks that we bring a sheaf (a bundle of grain tied together) of our harvest; our harvest is our entire first income.A sheaf is a bundle of grain, a stack of grain is made up of many sheaves. Note the crop is only harvested when it is at its best, so the sheaf will also always be the best.
 
In preparing our first-fruit we must ensure, at all times, that it is, the best that we can offer to God. To some it may be a week’s salary. To some it may be a week’s profit, but at all times it must be our best.
 
A day’s salary is also a bundle and so to is a week’s salary. They all represent the full harvest, which is; your full year’s income. 

Remember God builds you up to accuracy but He simply loves your obedience. I strongly believe that releasing a day’s salary as a first-fruit activates the first-fruit principle, because a day is also a sheaf but if your best is a day this year, your best can be more than a day next year.

As the years of prosperity increase our sowing should increase also to one full week and ultimately sow a full month; this is the entire month’s harvest. Simply because we are living in a period of grace and the grace bestowed upon us is unlimited.
 
Calculation for businesses
 
Now I was asked this question several times: How do I calculate my First fruits as a business? There are different types of businesses which generate income at different times in the month.
 
Your first profit drawn is your first harvest, now some people draw at the end of the week and others at the end of the month. That entire profit is your first harvest and you need to bring a sheaf of that harvest to the house of the Lord. Remember this is separate from your tithe. A days profit is a sheaf, and so to is a week’s profit; you decide.
 
Calculation Examples:
 
If you are earning 4000.00 a month.
A day’s salary will be 200.00; a week’s salary will be 1000.00.
 
If you bring a profit of 10 000. 00 a month.
A day’s profit will be 500.00; a week’s will be 2500.00
 
The whom is the First Fruit given?
 
Now at this point we need to understand the manner in which God operates. The many that are called get separated from the few that are chosen. You see the first fruit was given to the priest of the temple, in our case it would be to our Pastor or Apostle of KBCM.  

Deuteronomy 18:3-5  3 And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. 4 The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first or best of the fleece of your sheep you shall give the priest. 5 For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name [and presence] of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

Ezekiel 44:30. And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priest the first of your coarse meal and bread dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.

 Nehemiah 10:35-36   35 And [we obligate ourselves] to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the first of all the fruit of all trees year by year to the house of the Lord, 36 As well as the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as is written in the Law, and the firstlings of our herds and flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in [His] house.

Leviticus 23:10-11 10 Tell the Israelites, When you have come into the land I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, that you may be accepted; on the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it [before the Lord]. 
 
Why Do We Bring in a First-Fruit?
 
The main purpose is to honour God.  The Lord has brought us into this location that allows us to enjoy the reaping of many harvests and we therefore need to honour God for this.
 
Obeying this principle ensures that our entire year’s income is kept holy and protected. We tell God that He is far greater to us than any amount of money. When we do radical things for God, He does radical things right back at us.

Proverbs 3:9-10. 9 Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the firstfruits of all your income;10 So shall your storage places be filled with plenty, and your vats shall be overflowing with new wine.

Romans 11:16​    16 Now if the first handful of dough offered as the firstfruits [Abraham and the patriarchs] is consecrated (holy), so is the whole mass [the nation of Israel]; and if the root [Abraham] is consecrated (holy), so are the branches.
 
Some Benefits of bringing in a First Fruit
 
Abundance.    Proverbs 3:9-10
 
Blessing Will Rest in your House.  Ezekiel 44:39
 
Ensures that your finances to come, is Holy.  Romans 11:16
 
Substance (the widow never ran out)​1 King 17:10-16