No More Toil– Discovering the secrets of sweatless victory –

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TDEDICATION

To my wife, Mayowa, for all your encouragement and

support. Thank you for standing by me in life and

ministry over the years.

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TACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful to my staff at KingsWord International Church, Chicago for their assistance in making my dream a reality.

Aisha Duke - Thank you for your exceptional com-mitment;

Yemi Kembi - Thank you for your selfless service;

And the rest of the staff - Thank you for helping me to create a productive atmosphere.

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TCONTENTS

Introduction .................................................................... 1

1. Toil: A Product of the Curse ................................... 7

2. The Laws of Existence ........................................... 19

3. The Work of Faith ................................................... 31

4. Keep Your Mind at Rest ......................................... 41

5. Expand Your Mind .................................................. 57

6. Abide in God’s Will ................................................. 69

7. Sow Financial Seeds................................................. 77

8. Be Conscious of Your Identity .............................. 85

9. Live the Blessed Life ............................................... 97

10. Fall in Love with Rest ......................................... 107

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TINTRODUCTION

There really isn’t anything new under the sun.

Evil in its manifestation may seem to have

risen to heights unimaginable today but

it’s still the same old stealing, killing and destroying

tactics of Satan. Hell’s game plan has always been to

lure humanity away from the refuge of God’s Word

to the unsafe zone of unbelief and doubt so as to

wreak havoc. This twisted scheme, as predictable as

it is, still holds sway in countless lives today. Even

Christians are caught in the web. Sometimes, it’s hard

to convince people of the claims of scriptures, that

the evil one has really been defeated.

However, there is no reason to doubt the Word of

God! Remember, that’s the enemy’s goal in the first

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place. The Word is the truth; it is the instrument for

consistent enlightenment, defense and productivity.

It is the standard through which we can easily tell

what is right or not because it is the only entity that is

always right and can make things right. Every lasting

success in life is achieved by abiding by the principles

of the Word; every failure happens by falling short of

its dictates. It’s as straightforward as that!

Little wonder the enemy’s camp is busy building

barricades in the minds of people so that the truth

will not sink in let alone be acted upon. Believing

its barrage of lies instead, people are being denied

the grand benefits of walking in the truth, they are

deprived of such benefits as life, peace, prosperity

and wholeness.

One word captures this deprivation and that is

TOILS. It encompasses everything that has to do

with struggling and sweating with little or nothing to

show for it.

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There is a vicious cycle of sin and death on rampage

causing happenings of struggle and hardship.

However, the real problem is not those happenings but

the mindset being built by analyzing them. By natural

reasoning, people have come to accept suffering and

struggling as normal. They have accommodated it in

their minds and so it keeps happening. This is a major

score against mankind.

Alas, Christians are the worst victims! While

unbelievers just accept their fate or try crooked means

to “alleviate” their distress, most Christians (no matter

how brainwashed by the lies of the enemy) still find

the truth nudging them from time to time. A situation

that could be very frustrating because they have not

fully embraced the truth.

In that state, mere religion sets in with devilish theories

like “life is meant to be rough and hard” and “poverty

is part and parcel of our calling.”

How some people have turned the scriptures upside

down to fit this thought pattern amazes me. Attaching

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the Christian faith with toil! This is the height of

crookedness!

Nevertheless, the truth stands sure. Though the

word toil appears in the Bible many times, there was

no reference to it as the lifestyle of a new covenant

believer. Everywhere toil is mentioned, it is either in

respect of the curse that came upon mankind after

the fall, or concerning people not walking by the

principles of faith in God. It is evidently clear that

toiling is not God’s plan, for Christ has redeemed us

from the curse of the law. We have been accepted in

the beloved to act in faith towards the Father without

a shadow of doubt or fear of being turned down. We

only need to move from the realm of works to the

realm of faith – believing in the goodness that the

Father has in store for us irrespective of the challenges

we may be facing.

This book is set to remove all false notions and ideas

about living a low-rate life as it opens you up to the

mind of the Father regarding your wholeness and

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prosperity. From different accounts of scripture, you

will come to a life-transforming understanding that

will make you shrug off any form of hardship and set

you on a pedestal that will make you expect, believe,

act and eventually have the best in life. By this truth,

you will outgrow the mindset of toiling and develop

instead, the mindset of reigning. No More Toil is

not just a fancy title; it is a prophetic phrase that will

release an anointing over you to bring an end to every

form of curse in your life. From lack you will move

to productivity and from scarceness to abundance. As

you affirm it and declare it based on the revelations

from scriptures that you will encounter in this book,

the wheels will turn for you, to the frustration of the

enemy.

Receive a life-changing encounter as the truth finds its

resting place in your heart. No more toil!

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TCHAPTER 1

TOIL: A PRODUCT OF THE CURSE

The words “toil” and “work” are used

interchangeably in our world today.

However, looking at their real definitions

they are not as synonymous as people think. While

both of them have to do with applying effort, they

greatly differ in results. While work simply implies

giving your energy and time to a particular cause

to bring about a worthwhile result, toil connotes

expending much resources, energy and time yet with

little or nothing to show for it.

The original intention of God is that we work and not

toil. That was evidenced in the beginning when God

created the Garden of Eden for Adam. God told

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Adam to tend the Garden (Genesis 2:15). In essence,

God said: “Adam, manage and run this whole garden.”

That was his job description: caring and looking after

his place of assignment. That was not toil; that was

work. Why? Eden wasn’t some desolate garden that

Adam would have to struggle to keep. The garden

already had everything good and desirable. It was a

perfect environment where everything was working.

Adam did not encounter any stress doing his work

otherwise the Bible would have indicated that. Instead,

he was having the time of his life in the garden. Though

he was diligent at his duties, he was not worn out by

them. He was in complete dominion over the garden

and he had all resources at his disposal. Even the

essential need of a life partner came while he was busy

working. He had time to fellowship with God in the

cool of the day. He also had time for companionship

with his lovely wife; they both had time for recreation

and enough time for rest. Translate that to our day

and you will realize that this man Adam had the best

of jobs. He owned the job; the job didn’t own him.

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Another thing you will notice is that Adam was not

working in order to make ends meet. He was not in a

rat race in the bid to cater for himself or his household.

All the fruits and herbs of the garden were for him

to enjoy freely. Everything had been designed for him

and he was never to lack or be broke. The benefits

that go with this job were, to say the least, mouth-

watering. They comprised all the goods and services

of the most functioning estate!

The Curse

A drastic change occurred when Adam and his wife

ate of the forbidden fruit and sinned against God.

God’s judgment landed immediately on them and their

existence was greatly altered as a result. Something

really bad had happened!

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake…

Genesis 3:17

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The ‘curse’! It’s one word that no one in his right

senses wants to be identified with. In literal meaning,

it implies an empowerment to fail You have probably

seen some people who are under some kind of a spell

and with all the efforts they put into what they do,

things keep crumbling.

When God declared, “cursed is the ground for your

sake,” the whole environment became empowered

to fail. That means the land, which had been yielding

plenty before the curse, started yielding little if

anything at all. The soil that was tender and soft before

suddenly became hard. Everything went out of order

so much so that “Eden” suddenly was no more. What

was left was a terrain of hardship and turmoil.

It was at this point that toil came into the picture.

Because the environment had been cursed, man was

left with no other choice than to sweat and struggle.

For him to get something out of the ground, he had

to exert extra energy. For the woman to give birth,

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she had to labor painfully. It was a far-cry from what

obtained before the fall. The curse had started taking

its toll.

…I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception;

in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children…in sorrow

shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also

and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt

eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt

thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out

of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust

shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:16-19

Toil was a product of the Curse!

The Blessing Versus the Curse

In the realm of the spirit, there is no vacuum. Before

the introduction of the curse, another force must

have been prevailing in the Garden of Eden which

made conditions very rosy for Adam and Eve. Going

back to creation, we can see this force responsible for

the good environment of Eden.

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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be

fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and

subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,

and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing

that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them, and that was it! The blessing was

the force responsible for Eden. It is the exact opposite

of the curse. While the curse is the empowerment to

fail, the blessing is the empowerment to succeed, excel

and prosper. When the blessing was in operation in

the Garden of Eden, toiling was not heard of. Instead

of the land to be hard and unyielding, it was soft and

tender. Little wonder God told Adam to tend the

garden (tend and tender do relate)! You don’t tend a

hard ground!

What therefore determines a man’s output is not first

of all the kind of work he is doing but the kind of

force and atmosphere he is operating under. Adam

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and Eve could later tell the difference clearly. A blessed

environment will bring about great results optimally.

You don’t need to break your back or have constant

headache over it. Under such environment, your job

comes with such fun that people around you would

love to be like you. A cursed environment is just the

reverse. This is why the application of efforts under

the blessing is termed tend and under the curse it is

termed toil.

The Blessing is Here

The story did not end with Adam. The episodes

continued until Jesus came to the world to deal with

the curse and reintroduce the blessing. The whole

essence of Jesus’ coming to the world would not be

complete without dealing a blow to the root of toil.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being

made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one

that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham

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might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that

we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:13, 14

Praise God! In Christ Jesus there is no curse. Not any

longer! Thus, there should be no more toil. The last

Adam (Jesus), by His sacrifice, has reversed the order

from curse to blessing. Anyone that is known by His

name can work under the conducive and convenient

atmosphere of the blessing. No More Toil! The nature

of the ground has once again been changed from

hard to soft. There is an invisible Garden of Eden

that each Christian has been placed. In that garden,

his needs are met and his bills are paid without stress

because there’s provision already in that garden.

Things certainly have to work!.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1:3

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If you have made Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior

the blessing is yours. People without the blessing may

need to do something extra on their ground, but the

Bible says where you are concerned that will not be

necessary. The earth ought to produce for you of its

own accord as you become diligent in the work (not

toil) that God places in your hand. This was settled

over 2,000 years after your redemption took place.

You shouldn’t toil again!

Dissociate from the “Hard Life”

Yes, toil was prevalent in the time gap between Adam

and Jesus and may still be the order of the day with

the unbelievers of our time. However, it is not meant

to be your portion. Christ has redeemed and separated

you from it. You are called to tend. It’s abnormal

for you to toil. It may be normal for that unbeliever

neighbor of yours but it should be absolutely odd and

strange for you.

Let me spell it out to you in modern day terms.

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Barely surviving and living from paycheck to paycheck

is toiling. Working with little or no time to rest

because you are trying to make ends meet is toiling.

Laboring with nothing to show for it at the end is

toiling. Being enslaved to a job position no matter

how much you are being paid is toiling. Looking for

a job, accommodation or admission for years with no

way out is toiling. Waiting for breakthroughs that are

taking forever to manifest is toiling.

You need to dissociate from all these. Things are not

meant to be that hard, actually they’re not meant to

be hard at all. Even if you are presently experiencing

such, tell yourself it is not meant to be. Rise up with

a consciousness and realization of the blessing. You

are empowered to succeed, excel and prosper. You are

the head and not the tail, above and not beneath. No

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We live in a world where people’s idea of work is

hard labor or exertion of effort. God did not design

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work originally to come with toil. Work is meant to

be enjoyed; it ought to bring fulfillment. The original

intention is that you work in your given place of

assignment and His blessing multiplies your work for

a great result. You are not a beast of burden. You

shouldn’t work like one!

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THE LAWS OF EXISTENCE

This truth needs to be properly established

because it is a matter of life and death. It

is the difference between those that have

lasting success and those that peak prematurely or

never take a flight in life. There are certain laws and

forces governing our existence. We need to know these

laws and forces so that we can position ourselves to

have and enjoy the best in life.

The curse that was pronounced upon mankind after

the fall messed up the system of this planet. It ignited

the operation of the law of sin and death. This law

brought about all sorts of manifestations of death

(sickness, poverty, accident, physical death etc.)

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translating to a life full of toil for man. Before the fall,

these plagues were not in existence. In the Garden

of Eden, before sin came, there was no indication of

toil. When death, sin’s accomplice, showed up on the

scene, toil started prevailing. This was the origin of

whatever hardship any man is facing right now.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is

eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23

When Jesus came, He introduced another law, the

law of the Spirit of life. This law allows anyone who

operates it to put aside everything that has to do with

toiling and really enjoy life the same way Adam and

Eve did in the Garden. The law of the Spirit of life

started coexisting with the law of sin and death, and

it works for whoever yields to it.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:2

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Between Adam and Jesus, There was another law that

was introduced called the law of works. This was the

set of dos and don’ts given to Moses. This law was

introduced so that man could know there was a sin

problem with a penalty attached. This law however,

could not help matters. As a matter of fact, man’s

problem worsened. The law had come to increase the

consciousness of sin without solving its problem. It

had come to set a boundary for man that he could not

help himself from crossing. How much of the law

could he keep, when sin was reigning supreme?

For a long time I did not enjoy reading the books of

Leviticus and Numbers. I could picture the dilemma

of those people that wanted to keep all the numerous

rules. It was a goal that was way too high. You give

it your best shot to obey all but if you fail in one or

two, then you have failed. No matter how hard you

try, you cannot be justified before God by works. It

would always result in a fruitless effort. The law of

works was a law of toil – it was a principle that further

enhanced sweating and struggling.

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Due to the law of sin and death, the people couldn’t

stop sinning. In the law of works, they had rules

judging and condemning them each time they sinned.

For the people, it was double toil.

…Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had

not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not

covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment,

wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without

the law sin was dead.

Romans 7:7-8

The law was an unfair taskmaster - on one hand

requiring of them up to do right (as if they could

always be right) but on the other hand so quick to

point out the wrong when they missed it.

Man got used to Toil!

This definitely had a direct impact on man’s daily

duty. The failure to meet the full requirements of

the law created a resonance in man’s pursuit of daily

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bread. Because the ground was already cursed, man’s

excessive laboring to get something tangible out of

the land, which usually proved abortive, sent the same

message of toil. This background knowledge soon

took over as a major stronghold in the mind. Phrases

like “making ends meet” developed from this mindset.

Man became, for want of a better word, a hustler.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under

the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that

continueth not in all things which are written in the

book of the law to do them.

Galatians 3:10

The law of works, as far as toiling was concerned, was

the nail in the coffin. However, for everything evil you

see in this world, know that there is a good. In fact, the

evil must be the later fake version because everything

was made originally good in the beginning. Before

the law of sin and death came into being after Adam

sinned, there was in operation the law of the Spirit of

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life, which Jesus later came to reintroduce. Evidently,

this law was responsible for the beauty and excellence

of the Garden of Eden. The blessing, already defined

as the empowerment to succeed, excel and prosper

operates under this law. You can understand why

Eden was a “heaven on earth” because everything

therein was empowered to prosper. After Adam

sinned, the law of the Spirit of life was relegated to

the background in the affairs of man. The law of sin

and death then took the driver’s seat.

That means Eden was a product of the law of Spirit

of life. Jesus had come to reintroduce this law by His

death and resurrection. Anyone that accepts Him as

His Lord and Savior can experience the blessing of

Eden. By the sacrificial love of Jesus, we have been

legally set free from toil. This is the great liberty for

man.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which

are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but

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after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in

Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and

death.

Romans 8:1-2

Here we are, separated from the vicious cycle of sin

and death.

The Law of Faith

The question is: If indeed all Christians are qualified

to have the law of the spirit of life working for them,

why is it that not so many are experiencing the blessing?

Why is it that a lot of Christians are still finding it hard

to put food on the table and clothing on their back?

There is a universal principle of cause and effect that

we need to look at to answer that question. God says,

for example, give and it shall be given unto you. That

means a person causes a harvest to come to him when

he gives. Every effect upon a man, good or bad, is a

result of something he did or caused.

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As it has been established, the law of sin and death is

a direct impact of the curse upon mankind. However,

what amplified and made it pronounced was the law.

The law of works, as it is called, was and is the cause

for the effects of sin and death. They go hand in

hand. When a man operates by the law of works, he

automatically experiences the curse.

The blessing-ushering law of the spirit of life was also

an effect. And its cause is revealed by Paul:

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit

by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Galatians 3:2

The law of the spirit of life is activated by faith. The

law of faith is the cause for the effect of the law of the

spirit of life. Without faith there is no manifestation

of the blessing. And when there is no blessing there

will automatically be toil!

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That the blessing of Abraham might come on the

Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the

promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:14

There are therefore two separate pairs of cause and

effect. First is the law of works with its effect, the law

of the sin and death. Second is the law of faith with

its own effect, the law of the Spirit of life. Both the

effects of sin and death and spirit of life co-exist in

the world today and each man’s experience, whether

curse or blessing, rest or toil, depends on the kind of

cause he is engaged in, works or faith.

The reason why a Christian, though he has been set

free, can still experience the curse has now come to

light. If a believer will not walk by the law of faith

but instead walk by the law of works, he will not

experience the blessing. Rather, he will experience the

curse because that is all the law of works can bring

about. It is quite simple: You do the law of works

and you attract the effects of the law - sin and death.

You do the law of faith and you attract the effects of

the law of the spirit of life, no matter who you are or

what law you are legally under.

You are not an Old Testament saint; you are a New

Testament believer (the law of works was for the Old

Testament folks). You are not a natural Jew; you are

a spiritual Jew. You are legally under the law of the

Spirit of life. So, don’t operate by the law of works

that attracts the curse. Embrace the law of faith and

quit sweating. How much sweat will you have to

gather to become your dream? The greatest factor

to your success is not sweat; rather, it is grace (the

New Testament word for the blessing). By grace you

were saved through faith. By the same grace through

the same faith, you will get to the top of your career,

business or ministry.

This is a vital discovery. It is one truth the devil is

desperately wishing we would not get hold of. But

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thank God it has come your way. The chapters that

follow are dedicated to this law of faith and the

different ways and avenues of acting by it in order to

enjoy a prosperous and fulfilling life, without toil.

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THE WORK OF FAITH

Evidently, a child of God should not go

through life suffering or barely making it.

From the Word-of-God perspective, it is

simply absurd! However, it happens, all around us! In

every single case, however, it is not because the person

has not been set free from the curse but because he has

not really come to believe or act in accordance with

the reality that he is now blessed. Mere mental assent

to this truth will not yield results. Putting a poster

with the caption THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I

SHALL NOT WANT in your living room and having

the mentality of THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

can never translate to the reality of the former phrase.

For there to be a change, the mindset of toiling has to

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be removed completely by the Word.

The effort necessary to cause this change is what most

Christians have not given themselves to.

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any

man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:11

The children of Israel in the wilderness were not ready

to walk by faith. They were trusting in their effort and

scheme to get them to the Promised Land. They toiled

in the flesh going through a journey in forty years that

really should have taken forty days. Eventually, they all

died in the wilderness all because they did not believe

in the power of God that brought them out of Egypt

and achieved many signs and wonders in their midst.

What a sad story!

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter

therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered

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not in because of unbelief:

Hebrews 4:6

If God is asking us to labor to enter into rest and

the children of Israel could not enter into that rest

because of unbelief, then it is evident that the labor

to enter into God’s rest is the labor of faith. For the

New Testament believer who is building, maintaining

and acting in faith is the number one assignment. It

must be prized higher than our daily jobs and routines,

whatever they are.

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that

meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the

Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the

Father sealed.

John 6:27

It is true that the Bible commands us to work and be

diligent in our business. This is part of the faith process;

the person claiming to be walking by faith and not

working is walking in foolishness. Work is important

and relevant and should never be neglected. But you

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need more than natural effort to be successful. What

your work does is supply the seed for your desired

future destiny. Your faith then activates the grace that

will make your seeds become fruits.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him

labor, working with his hands the thing which is good,

that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Ephesians 4:28

God expects us to work but he does not expect us to

trust in our work.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you;

that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may

abound to every good work.

2 Corinthians 9:8

Without grace, which comes by faith, your seed of

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work will not find the nutrient to properly germinate

and grow. Lack of faith brings the law of works into

operation and this always edges a person to experience

the curse. Toil is always the eventual result of a life

that is focused on work without faith.

People are suffering because they have traded time

and effort for every other thing apart from what really

matters most – the Word of God. The Word is the

fountain of grace that everyone is really looking for to

succeed. Grace is activated by laboring to extract faith

from the Word. It is a labor that is worth it.

There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased

from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labor

therefore to enter into that rest…

Hebrews 4:9-11

The labor in the flesh does not give lasting or

satisfactory result. A man that will not labor in the

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Word of God will only have in life what his natural

effort can fetch him. If he is an employee, for instance,

all he gets is a salary at the end of the month. Even if

the pay is quite substantial, it most likely cannot meet

all his financial obligations. Assuming it can, it cannot

stop him from being sacked or prevent him or his

children from getting sick; it cannot guarantee he will

not have a crash or guarantee his next level. But grace

can do all that. There is no need that grace cannot

meet and no bill that it cannot pay. Grace removes

every burden.

Jesus came to this world to do his Father’s will, and

He called it business (Luke 2:49). For three years,

this business of His held the world spellbound

with outstanding testimonies of miracles, signs and

wonders. He became very successful at what He

was doing, which was teaching and ministering to

the needs of people. Jesus had such great results in

His business because His faith in the Father was in

operation all through. That faith was tested in several

situations.

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When wine finished at the wedding, when multitudes

were hungry and there was only a handful of loaves

and fishes around, when He came face to face with a

situation of raising a man who was already dead for

four days and in the grave etc.. These tests would have

made the average minister or businessman to quit, but

He held on still and produced results. Jesus spelled

out the secret of his success to his disciples when they

asked him a question that showed they had seen in

Jesus the difference between toil and rest.

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we

might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said

unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on

him whom he hath sent.

John 6: 28-29

This is the work of God: To believe on Him that He

has sent.

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Work to Believe

The primary work or labor that God expects us to

do is to believe. Our quests and successes in career,

profession or occupation should be a direct product

of our faith in God. That was the secret of Jesus’

success in what He was called to do. He believed to

fulfill His assignments on earth. He came face to

face with different kinds of challenges but He never

buckled under any problem because of His faith

in His Father and His assignment, and His love for

people that He had come to save. All the miracles He

performed should have been opportunities for worry

and anxiety but His faith turned them into times of

testimonies.

Though you and I as believers will face challenges in

life, God expects us to ride over them and not toil

under them. Where issues of life are concerned, He

expects you to walk by faith and not by sight. Your

mind should not be on the problem, it should be on

the power of God that will solve the problem. No

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matter what the devil throws at you, believe that you

will overcome. Know that God is with you even in the

valley of the shadow of death. Know that you have

a company of angels ministering for you. While your

mates going through the same challenges are worried

stiff and sore afraid about the future, you are rejoicing

your way into the manifestation of your breakthrough.

Someone says, “It is a time of depression. They are

laying off people at my place of work. I need to figure

out what to do …” God is saying, “Before you start

getting agitated in the flesh, pick up your Bible and

meditate on my promises of prosperity and affirm

them as true in your life. Do it and keep doing it. Let it

become a regular duty to you.” “Things are quite tight

these days; nobody is really making it again in my line

of business. I have got to switch to something else.”

God is saying, “Before you start jumping from one

uncertainty to another, seek my will until you get a

direction for the next step.” It will definitely take you

some time and effort but the Christian that thinks this

is too much a labor is shortchanging himself.

He is settling for a life of hardship. Laboring in the

Word for a season should be desired above a life

sentence of toil, shouldn’t it?

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 11: 28-30

It’s time to quit toiling. There is rest in learning of

God. You need to esteem the Word of God more

highly than your natural source of income. You need

to embrace the law of faith because it will take more

than your natural effort to get you to the top. The

biggest thing about your life is not the position you

hold in the establishment you work for now but the

grace of God that can take you to any position in life.

As we see different aspects of life failing, portending

a future of serious hardship, there is only one antidote

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The God-kind of faith is a function of the

spirit. Bible states that with the heart man

believes. The spirit however has the mind,

a vital part of man’s soul, as its gateway. Whatever

revelation the spirit will receive will have to pass

through the mind. While faith is built in the spirit solely

by the Word of God, the mind is fed by any kind of

information from the physical senses. When the mind

gateway is clouded with information contrary to the

Word, it is difficult to develop or maintain faith in the

heart.

The devil is really capitalizing on this. He is doing his

best on a daily basis to get our minds saturated with

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news and information that are anti-faith. As a result

of this, it is easy for the mind to actually get in the

way of the Word entering the heart instead of serving

as passageway for faith to develop. People become so

aware of the problems around them that they cannot

find the strength to simply accept God’s promise of

solution to the problem. Toiling starts right there – in

the mind!

Worry is nothing but mental toil. And at times, it

is even more serious than physical toil. More than

anything, it sets in motion a negative supernatural

force that hinders the operation of God. It can make

one literarily sick. People have developed high blood

pressure by engaging in worry. However, Jesus’ rather

logical advice is enough to make one to halt when

worry wants to set in.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,

what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for

your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than

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meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of

the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather

into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are

ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking

thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why

take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the

field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his

glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if

God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is,

and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much

more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no

thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we

drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Matthew 6:25-31

Focusing on the problem has never changed anyone’s

stature or status for the better. Rather, it usually

worsens it. So, why worry?

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Worry Over Time

Worry stems from situations and problems that the

mind on its own cannot capture solutions for. When

there is time-constraint, worry tends to hit harder.

Apart from the pressure that won’t do the mind and

body any good, worrying because of time distracts

from what should be done to really solve the problem.

God is an eternal being; He doesn’t live in time and

therefore cannot be moved by time. What moves God

is His purpose and counsel. When people become

hasty because of a seeming delay so much that they

stop reckoning with God’s plan and purpose, they

make matters worse (My book, Jehovah-on-Time,

deals with this in more detail).

A single woman who is all troubled in her mind

because she is yet to have a marital partner should

consider God, who can bring her desire to pass in no

time. Definitely, God knows the kind of husband she

needs for her destiny and He is getting her prepared

and ready for such a man. But if all she wants to do is

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to have a pity party around herself, that man in God’s

will for her will not show up. God will have to wait for

her to be ready so that the man can come.

No regard for God’s purpose, no desired manifestation!

And how mental toil can easily cloud one’s judgment,

and ultimately get one derailed completely from God’s

destiny. Many people have been victims of this.

Too Smart for God

Yet there are others, on the other extreme that are so

given to natural ideas and information that they doubt

the promises of God. They are so used to the natural

course of events that they cannot believe in a miracle.

They got educated at the expense of their faith. Jesus

brought the Word of life that could transform any

situation to His home town. But instead of His people

mixing the Word with faith, they were offended. They

felt Jesus was toying with their intelligence. “How

can he be the Messiah?” they reasoned. “We know

His brothers, sisters, cousins; He is nothing but a

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carpenter’s son.” (Mark 6:3). As a result of their

unbelief, Bible states that Jesus could not do many

miracles there.

I thought education was supposed to improve people,

but I’ve come to realize that education has destroyed

more people than any other thing. The special adviser

to the king in the book of 2nd Kings was such a

person. He was highly developed mentally – that was

what got him the job in the first place. When the

prophet declared that there would be surplus by the

next day at the gate of Samaria, his analytical mind

could not fathom it. He learned a few formulae and

principles, he had become so full of himself that he

could no longer believe God. “Scarcity today, surplus

tomorrow, how could that be?” Yet while he was busy

analyzing, the miracle had begun. At the end of the

day, what he said could never happen actually did but

he was not there to enjoy it according to the word of

the Prophet.

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The last thing you want to analyze is the power of

God. The few times I had tried to analyze God in

times past, I nearly went mad. When that power is

in manifestation by the declaration of the Word, let

your mental processing accommodate the miracle.

You may not know how it is going to happen, but just

stop your analysis right there and accept the promises

of God like a child will simply accept the promises of

his father. That was what that adviser to the king did

not do. Peter, on the other hand, after toiling all night

received his miracle just by believing and acting on a

simple instruction.

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon,

Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a

draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master,

we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing:

nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And

when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude

of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned

unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that

they should come and help them. And they came, and

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filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When

Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,

Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For

he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the

draught of the fishes which they had taken:

Luke 5: 4-9

Only Believe

What report are you doubtful and anxious over right

now? What situation around you is breeding worry?

Whatever it is, there is a counter that always works,

and it is encapsulated in this phrase, only believe. The

Bible is filled with people, who in desperate situations,

just believed the Word of God that was spoken

to them. They brought a report to Jairus that his

daughter was dead but Jesus looked at him and said,

“only believe.” And the child eventually came back to

life (Luke 8:40-42, 49-56). The children of Israel in

the days of King Jehoshaphat were surrounded by an

allied force of nations, but the word of God to them

was “believe in the Lord your God.” (2Chronicles

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20:20). Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told she would

be pregnant without the involvement of a man and

she somehow believed that word from God (Luke

1:31-38). As incredible as it was, it happened. If only

we will fear not and doubt not, but only believe!

Jesus told His disciples, “take no thought”(Matthew

6:25). He is still saying the same thing today. He

knows that when your mind is not at rest because of

an issue, you will not be able to move in the direction

of faith and the will of God about that issue. A lot

of times, people have even attracted negative things

to their lives because of unnecessary fear. A lady

came to me after the service one day and told me that

her company was planning to lay off 200 workers in

her company and she was troubled with the thought

that she could be one of them. “Is your name 200

workers?” I asked her, sharply jerking her back to her

spiritual senses. She would have been a victim if she

continued because worry and fear bring the worst in

any situation.

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Fear, doubt and worry are deadly arrows the devil is

firing everyday and you need to raise your shield of

faith and wield the sword of the spirit to deal with the

source of the fear. When you hear negative news, don’t

act as if nothing has happened. Actually, something

just happened. The enemy of your soul has just fired

a poisonous arrow at you. You need to act fast before

it gets inside you and infiltrates your mind and heart.

Out of the abundance of the Word of God in your

heart, speak out the will of God. If you don’t have a

scripture to counter that negative thought, quickly get

your concordance and locate scriptures and unleash

them by speaking. Continue speaking until you have

not only cleared your mind of the thought but have

dealt with that source of fear, at least for a season.

Never give negative thoughts a foothold in your mind.

Don’t say you are busy and you will deal with it later.

Take a break from what you are doing, if need be.

Remember this is your real work. It is the work of

faith – the work of building and staying in faith. It is

your primary assignment.

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When you hear news about recession and how people

are losing their sources of livelihood, tell yourself

and anyone that cares to listen that the Lord is your

shepherd and you shall not want. When news of

danger of an epidemic, vices or civil unrest is being

spread around, let the promises regarding protection

already stored in your heart rise to the surface and be

voiced out. Never keep quiet or just go on with life

until you have dealt with that root of fear or doubt.

The creative power of God lies on your lips. Use it

to deal with wrong thoughts and generate right ones.

That way, your mind will be able to stay on the Word,

not on the problem.

Negative thoughts in your mind are actually

temptations, which the devil wants you to fall for.

He wants you to speak in line with them so that the

thoughts can prevail. Until you say (for or against)

something, it is not established. Someone says, “I

think I am going to have flu.” Then comes the full

manifestation of the flu! “But I am just expressing the

way I feel,” he might want to argue. No!

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You don’t need to express the way you feel. You

only need to express what you want. Bind negative

thoughts with the Word of God.

…Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in

heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be

loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18:8

When you have declared the Word of God, it is time

to praise God for He is true to His Word. This you

do until you see the manifestation. Never allow your

mind to go back to toil over the matter. The battle

line has already been drawn between God and the

challenge. You are not to fight; you are to relax and

watch how God will deal with the trouble. The battle

is not yours; it is God’s.

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants

of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith

the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by

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reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not

yours, but God’s. Ye shall not need to fight in this

battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation

of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear

not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them:

for the LORD will be with you…and all Judah and

the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,

worshipping the LORD.

2 Chronicles 20:15,17-18

The children of Israel in the above scripture praised

God and got their victory. In another instance when

they needed to bring down the fortified wall of the city

of Jericho, they only needed to shout. How God gives

odd instructions! Just to shout and praise in a life and

death matter? Crazy! But such instructions usually

get the result that a lifetime of worry can never get.

By praising and shouting in faith, you take the posture

of someone that is at rest. When you do that, and

continue in that, no matter what the circumstance is

dictating, the trouble tends to hit the reverse. Rest and

peace of heart become yours as you do this.

Instead of worrying, you will always have a hope of a

good final outcome in every situation by maintaining

an attitude of gratitude to God all the way. You will

not walk in grudges or malice, and as a result you will

keep your level of mental productivity high and also

receive answers to your prayers. To cap it all, you will

be able to capture and accommodate in your mind the

next miracle and exercise the patience to see it come

to pass. God’s love and care for you will be displayed

to the whole world when you learn to cast your cares

on Him.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

1 Peter 5:7

Tell yourself God cares for me so I will not fret or

worry over my life. Fear not and only believe. There

may not be any reason in the natural to do so but

let your unqualified committal to God remain still. If

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He takes care of the birds of the air and the lilies

of the field, He will take care of you. If every other

creation of God has their provision then you will not

lack in this world. All you need is to keep laboring in

the Word of God, this will translate to faith that will

keep your mind at rest at all times. Whatever will cost

you to get the Word of God into you, is only saving

you a lifetime of an outward show of toil. So, labor

in the Word so that you will not toil! Remember, His

yoke is easy and His burden is light.

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If there is anything God is looking for, He is

looking for people that will believe Him. That

is why the Bible states that without faith it is

impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). Faith will

not only keep the mind at rest in the face of trials, it

will also help the mind to develop a big capacity in

order to have and enjoy the best of God. While the

rest of the world is lamenting hardship, a real man

of faith is not moved because he simply cannot see

himself lacking. His mind has been developed for

surplus and abundance.

People are desperately in need of a breakthrough but

they are not positioned for the miracle that would

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really turn things around. The problem here is two-

fold. On one hand, many people have attached their

rewards solely to their physical labor. They make

statements like nothing comes easy or cheap. They

stress the hard in the phrase “hard work” so much

that all that comes to mind is toil. I prefer by far to say

“I am diligent” rather than say “I work hard” because

of the wrong connotation the latter usually conveys.

I met a middle-aged man sometime ago that boasted

that he had worked and sweated for everything he had

to the last cent. He wanted to impress me really, but I

pitied him instead. As dignified and pious his assertion

sounded, it only showed that he had traveled through

a rough road in life. Where is the place of grace and

favor? I completely disagree with such thinking; I

wouldn’t mind at all if things I did not sweat for show

up at my doorstep.

God’s people end up struggling because they have toil

on their mind. The problem is no longer the curse –

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that has been taken care of in Christ Jesus. It’s now

a mentality thing! It does not matter what a man’s

stand or status is. He may be rich or poor, young or

old, privileged or deprived, in the will of God or not

– once he does not have the proper perspective of

work, he will keep chasing money and positions all to

no avail. Though a man may have a perfect job or may

be a CEO of his company he will still toil because

he has such mentality and expects things to be hard

and people to be hard on him. Even the best boss

or colleague can turn to a monster because the guy

doesn’t expect anything less. The monster is actually

his mind’s creation. The innocent boss or colleague

just conforms to that image.

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man

to man.

Proverbs 27:19

I will rather be the one lending to others and not

borrowing because part of my inheritance is to have

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enough to lend to the nations. I will rather be the one

money is working for even while I’m sleeping and

not working day and night for money. I will rather

celebrate my own money and not celebrate debts in

disguise. God has called me to have dominion in this

planet, and I will not allow a servant or borrower

mentality to rid me of this great responsibility.

Increase Your Capacity

I will not just believe once but I will keep believing

and as a result increase the capacity of my mind to

receive from God. The problem at times is not that

people are not standing in faith; but it is that their

minds can only capture something small. They only

ask or try to believe God for the little their minds

can accommodate. They are drawing, as it were, with

a small and limited container. If they were ever to

receive, it would be an overflow that is still not enough.

In 2 Kings 4, a woman was in dire need of a

breakthrough. Her husband had died and his creditors

were threatening to take her sons in place of the debts

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she owed. When she relayed her predicament to Elisha

the prophet, he asked her, “What do you have?” She

answered, “Only a little jar of oil.” That means her

capacity was very small. The prophet knew something

drastic had to happen before she could receive the

level of breakthrough she really desired. He told

her, “Go borrow vessels and borrow not a few.” In

essence, he told her to go and do something about

her capacity so that it would be increased a great deal.

The woman went out in obedience and did gather as

many jars as she could. Then the miracle happened: at

the command of the prophet, the jars supernaturally

kept getting filled with oil and this did not stop until

the last jar was filled. The prophet then told her to go

and sell the oil so that she could pay her debt.

There are two points I want you to note here. One,

if the woman did not increase her capacity by getting

more jars, even if the miracle happened, only her jar

of oil would have been filled. That would be grossly

insufficient to fix her problem. The other is that the

flow of oil actually ceased as soon as the last jar of oil

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was filled. That means it wasn’t God or the prophet

that stopped the miracle, it was her capacity. God was

ready to keep pouring but she ran out of vessel and

could not contain more. If God continued to pour, it

would only be a waste. If the pouring had continued,

it would soon become a flood, a disaster.

God wants to transform someone from an employee

to an employer and all he is seeing is a 3% raise in

salary! What change could that really bring? God

wants to give someone a whole estate and all he is

preoccupied with is paying his rent. The earth is the

Lord’s and the fullness thereof (Psalm 24). He has

given us the ability to dream free of charge in order

to possess the earth. The wonderful promises of the

Bible are meant to be translated into big dreams and

pictures that will blow minds. Possessing your rightful

inheritance depends on how much of the inheritance

you can see.

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…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where

thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and

westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will

I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 13: 14-15

You have to be hungry for excellence enough to

stretch yourself and increase your capacity so that you

can attain it in life.

One good way to increase the capacity of your mind

is to hang around those that have their minds enlarged

already. I met a man in the Philippines years ago who

helped me to increase the capacity of my mind by the

grace of God upon his life. This man walks in unusual

favor to own properties and businesses. He has been

my friend since. Another friend of mine from that

part of the world is a Bishop that oversees over sixty

churches and has the governor of his province as one

of his church members.

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If all your friends are in the income range of $40,000

to $60,000 a year, and you earn $75,000 and as a

result they all look up to you, making you their local

champion, you really need to reposition yourself very

fast before you “retire” prematurely. If you are in the

league of those that anticipate lack before lack shows

up or picture the end of the month without money

before it comes, you need to change your association

and start moving with those that give out a major part

of their salary as seeds and yet don’t lack in any way.

Look for someone who has a bigger vision or

experience than you have. That was what Lot did. He

wasn’t the one that God spoke to; it was his uncle,

Abraham. However, Lot went with him because he

perceived a great prospect for increase. As a result as

Abraham was getting blessed, he was getting blessed as

well. He and Abraham each had so many possessions

that the land could not contain them.

There is no point talking about prosperity without

increasing one’s capacity.

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Prosperity will come but if your container is small,

all your testimonies will always fall short of God’s

best which is for you to own the world. Go read the

biographies of people who have achieved some great

feats in their lifetime, you will realize that these men

were exceptional because they didn’t conform to the

order of the day. They were people with higher level

of capacity than most people of their age. They saw

beyond their generation. They believed their goal

was achievable and they just went ahead to achieve it.

Many of them did not even have the Spirit of God.

They were just determined; it was just their minds at

work. If you are a Christian, you are more privileged.

You have a mind and a spirit that has the nature of

God in it.

What happens when you have almost filled your

present capacity? Go get yourself some new vessels -

increase your capacity. There is something called the

next level, which will require a higher capacity. There

is a way you can become so attached to a particular

level that you will stop expanding your horizon.

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If you don’t prepare for and move to the next level as

required, then you will be subjected to toiling. If you

will need to get involved in a different field, plan to

do just that. What is wrong with preaching on a pulpit

on Sunday and holding a seminar on investments and

how to make money on Monday? What is wrong with

being an employee in a company and floating your

own business alongside? As long as God is involved

and you are sincere and of integrity, then you are on

course.

A lot of people are stuck at their present places of

work. They are tied down to the security that these

companies offer. I read about a very successful

African businessman who, in spite of the fact that

he is already successful with decades in business, is

still dreaming bigger dreams. Whereas, some twenty-

something-year-olds working in some companies

are already thinking they are going to retire there.

Preposterous! Why can’t you dream of becoming one

of the big boys? A big God lives in you! Abraham was

big in his days, so were Isaac and Jacob.

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Laban was trying to keep Jacob forever but Jacob

would not settle for someone else’s dream. He would

not allow his employer to mark out a terrible boundary

around his destiny. With an increasingly big capacity,

the capacity of someone who is covenant-minded, he

rebelled against his present status and made the move

for the next level even though it was risky. And by that

one move, he eventually became the rightful owner of

his employer’s goods.

There is a major shaking happening in the world’s

economy and it is for the benefit of the children of

God, this is the time to position yourself for it. The

question is: How far can you see? As long as you keep

seeing only the people behind you, and not people

ahead of you, you will not be able to accommodate

the great increase God wants to bring into your life.

Are you ready for your next level? I feel something

good is about to break loose over you which is

bigger than what you have ever seen before, but you

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have to position yourself for it. Enough of servant

or borrower mentality, and smallness of the mind!

Grow the capacity of your mind by meditating on

the promises of God and associating with people

of developed minds. Read the Bible and other great

materials that will open you up to the possibilities in

your world. Liberate the forces of God in your spirit

for great exploits as you take the limits off your mind.

The truth remains: If you can supply more jars, God

has more than enough to fill them up.

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ABIDE IN GOD’S WILL

Have you ever met someone that does not

love rest? Something must be wrong with

such a person. Somehow, abnormality has

become normal. Such a person has been completely

taken over by toil. There is no rest for a toiler! Even if

he ends up taking a one-week vacation in a whole year,

he will be too tired to enjoy it. A man rising up early

and sitting up late as a constant routine all because

he wants to feed his family is not fulfilling God’s will

because God gives His beloved sleep!

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in

vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the

watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise

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up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for

so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Psalm 127: 1-2

One of the ways, therefore, to exercise faith is to walk

in the will of God for us. It is an integral part of

the labor of faith that we have been called to do in

order to have His rest. The blessing manifests fully

when the will of God is embraced but it is hindered

when God’s will is rejected. This is the reason for the

struggles a lot of people are experiencing.

Finished Before You Began

We are living in a finished planet. You and I, like all

other creations of God, were finished long before

we came into existence in this world. There was a

purpose in the mind of God that he wants us to fulfill

now. Toil is not part of that plan because everything

needed to succeed in every phase of life was already

factored in. The tragedy is that a lot of people are

walking away from this original intention of God.

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Therefore, instead of them being celebrated, they

remain commoners.

Again, let’s take Adam and Eve as an example. The

Garden of Eden was a place God furnished and

finished for this couple. It was made suited for them.

They were not created for the garden; the garden

was created for them. They did not have to toil in

the garden; it was their garden, their place. Things

had to work for them because everything was created

for them. The ground was not hard, it was tender.

They were not involved in hard work. They were just

tending the garden. That was all the work required.

When they disobeyed, however, things changed.

Things became undesirable as the curse took its toll.

Why? The foundation of the Garden of Eden, which

was the will of God, had been tampered with.

Jesus, the second Adam, understood this when He

came to the earth. He made God’s will His priority.

He did not stay back at His father’s carpentry shop

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unduly but showed up at River Jordan to be baptized

in water and by the Holy Spirit. He did not yield to

Satan’s temptations in the wilderness or opt out of

God’s will at the Garden of Gethsemane in order to

follow through God’s path for Him. He just would

have nothing to do with anything that would get Him

off His course. Jesus wasn’t jumping from one job to

another. He knew He had a calling, a life assignment,

and He told everyone that cared to listen that He

came to fulfill that calling. It wasn’t about Him. It was

about what had been designed for Him to implement.

Jesus knew His course – to showcase the kingdom

and die for humanity. He understood everything and

everyone would have to cooperate with Him. There

would have to be John the Baptist that would herald

His coming. There would be Peter, James, John

and the rest of the disciples that would follow Him

throughout His ministry on earth. Although one of

them, there would be Judas that would betray him.

There would be people that would minister to Him of

their substance in such a way that He would never lack.

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There would be many needs and problems that would

be translated to miracles. There would be religious

rulers that would be against Him and instigate Gentile

authorities to have Him crucified. Everything was

ready as far as Jesus kept Himself in the will of God.

Everything was finished before He came to the earth.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it

is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Hebrews 10:7

A man’s Eden is God’s will for him. It is following

God’s original intention that makes every aspect of

a man’s life to become so beautiful. Greatness is tied

to the ability to recognize the plan and agenda of

God. When you line up with God, your star shines.

It may take a while for certain things to come into

manifestation in your life, but your faithfulness and

consistency will see you through. There is no way you

will walk with God faithfully and you will be put to

shame.

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I studied Pharmacy in a reputable university. With all

due respect, Pharmacy is a high-flying profession and

I was already looking forward to a life as a Pharmacist.

I used to brag to my mates studying other courses

that there would be a job waiting for me after college

because of the high demand for pharmacists at a time

when the unemployment rate was very high. However,

in the middle of it all, I received a call into ministry

with a vision from God: “Raise Me a supernatural

army.” That was the turning point in my life as I had

to embrace the original intention of God for me.

Immediately, I started taking steps towards fulfilling

His will for me. I had to believe in that vision when

nobody did and when it seemed I was just wasting my

time. Today, I am qualified to write a book titled “No

More Toil”.

I have seen God’s faithfulness over the years. My land

is really producing – it is soft and tender. I have been

blessed beyond what any ambition of my own could

ever have fetched me, and this is just the beginning.

I am not struggling to make things happen and I am

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not moved by what is happening in the world. If they

say the dollar is coming down, it is only coming down

to my house. If they say prices of landed properties

are going up, it won’t be beyond me. Once it is God’s

will for me to have it now, I will have it no matter

how much it costs. I am an ambassador because I am

in His will. Ambassadors don’t suffer; rather they are

catered for. They are immune to the sufferings of the

land they live in. They are only subject to the laws of

their nation and the will of its ruler.

Yours may not be to start a ministry. It may be to stay

in your course of choice or to move into another line

of profession. Whatever it is, lay that good foundation

for the pursuit of God’s original intention for you.

Don’t settle for just anything. Make up your mind

that your life will not be in vain. Follow natural clues

like interest and passion, but most importantly, seek

God to find out what exactly He has ordained for you

while you are still faithful with what your hands find

to do. As soon as you get a direction, start taking steps

towards it. That is your work of faith in this regard.

Rest comes in the place of one’s assignment. Working

without involving the One that has finished it all

amounts to toil! People that got it right by aligning

their occupation or day-to-day tasks with God’s

original intention find themselves doing what comes

easy to them and end up making great returns on it.

But people that will not reckon with their gifts and

calling and are just about anything that comes their

way, set themselves up for average or low results.

The big picture of your work is to fulfill your God-

given assignment, and not toiling all over the place in

order to feed your family. Your family will be taken

care of much better when you are established in

God’s will. If you really desire a fruitful and fulfilling

life without toil, find out what God has designed you

for and get yourself engaged with it.

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Why would someone want to struggle

for what grace has already achieved?

If indeed we are supernatural people,

then we must act accordingly. The victory has already

been won. We only need to maintain it.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:8

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

1 John 5:4

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That victory manifests by faith – simply believing and

acting out the Word of God. No More Toil is by faith.

You don’t sweat your way through the challenges of

life, you believe your way through them. People that

don’t realize this have had their miracles delayed for

so long, because they are not causing the miracle

to happen. This alone is enough toil, because hope

deferred makes the heart sick.

There is an act of faith that is very important for

total-life prosperity. That is sowing financial seeds

to produce financial and all other kinds of harvests.

The Bible is very particular about this. Many of the

parables of Jesus were to show the importance of this

principle of seed-time and harvest so that we may

become seed-conscious rather than need-conscious.

…so is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast

seed into the ground;

Mark 4:26

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Every farmer knows the place of a good seed.

Without the seeds put in the ground, there cannot

be any expectation whatsoever for a harvest, unless

the farmer is just deceiving himself. However, if he

plants and cultivates his seeds, he will naturally have

an assurance of a harvest. A harvest is much larger in

size than the seed. That means the farmer secures his

future by planting just a little out of his current stock

in the barn to bring back such returns that can fill the

whole barn. This multiplication is the power in a seed.

You have Seeds to Sow

One cheap lie the devil always loves to sell is that there

is nothing to give. And he wraps it around logical

thinking so much that one can easily take it for the

truth. The enemy says, “Well, you sure won’t mind

giving but you are still struggling to pay your bills; Boy,

you need to be excused.” The people that accept such

a lie are the ones that have been kept in a constant

state of hardship. Giving is not just a command of

God. It is a principle to ensure that you have more

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than enough.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,

pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,

shall men give into your bosom. For with the same

measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you

again.

Luke 6: 38

A man that has seeds in the ground cannot be denied

for “while the earth remains, seed time and harvest

shall not cease.” Money, promotion, and the good

things of life only manifest as a harvest of a seed.

Therefore, whenever you want to make something

happen, just find a seed. Yes, you have a seed. Don’t

let the devil deceive you that you don’t have a seed. It

may be something little, something out of the little or

all that you have, give it in order to cause your miracle.

Elijah met with the widow of Zarephath with her last

meal. According to her, she and her child were to take

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that meal and afterward, die of starvation. That is

usually the end of toilers; dying in frustration. Suicide

cause exposed! However, the prophet asked her to

sow it as a seed. As a result of her obedience, she got

a harvest big enough to feed herself, her child and

the prophet in a time of no rain (1 Kings 17:8-16).

Another widow in the time of Jesus gave two mites

and she got instant recognition because while others

were giving out of their abundance, she gave all that

she had (Mark 12:41-44).

If everybody in need can understand this and act

in line with it! The time of need is not the time to

close your eyes to giving. It is the time to look for

opportunities to give out of the little you have so that

you can have enough to meet the need. Do it joyfully

because it is an act of faith. Cultivate your seed and

make it grow by confessing that your harvest comes.

While the people around you are crying over economic

situations, you are declaring your harvest. You are no

longer operating by the system of this world; you are

operating by the system of the Kingdom of God that

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can never fail.

It does not matter how much suffering and hardship

exist in the world, your seeds will guarantee you a

great future. It will be for you a real fountain of wealth

running not on credit but by grace. It will create for

you your own money and assets. It will ensure that

your account does not read minus. Instead, it will be

reading plus and surplus. You will be celebrating over

your own money, not some borrowed money in your

account.

Your financial seed is not only capable of opening

financial doors for you. It can open any door. It can

open doors of healing, relationship, protection, long

life and salvation of loved ones. Most importantly, it

can preserve your destiny, making you walk in God’s

path and causing things and people you need to come

into your life in due time. You cannot afford to trade

this for whatever sense of lack you have right now.

The truth is that you are not really in lack because you

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have a seed. Sow that seed and believe God for your

harvest. The so-called lack, like all other afflictions,

is for a moment and is working for you an eternal

weight of glory. Where is the problem?

Give and as you give believe that God will cause

people to give unto you. Don’t eat your harvest in the

form of a seed right now. You will have no right to

demand for a harvest if you do so. This is a common

practice with people that toil through life. Their focus

is on consuming the little they have while they look

for more. However, it does not work that way. No

farmer reaps a harvest like that. Anyone that wants

to reap greatly in life must simply know how to cast

seeds into the ground.

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There is an inheritance for you in God. Jesus’

death and resurrection has ensured that.

His victory over the enemy is your victory.

You are joint heirs of all that the Father owns with

Him. Life will be enjoyed and not endured once you

can see things from this perspective. Your needs are

not meant to be met by your natural income but by

your inheritance.

The purpose of work is not provision. Your real

provision is by inheritance. Remember, God told

Adam to tend the Garden. He also told him that there

were fruits already in the garden for him to eat. So,

there was work on one hand, and there was provision

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on the other hand. What most people have done is to

bring the two together - connecting their livelihood

only to their jobs. How erroneous! Where is the place

of the inheritance as sons of the Father God, who

owns all things?

Assuming a man has a million dollars willed to him by

his father. On claiming that inheritance, he is not going

to drag his feet to one office the next day because he

wants to pay a bill. He most probably would resign

from that job and first take a long vacation visiting

the finest places in the world. Whatever financial

hardship he was facing, he now has the money to

fix it. If a man can have such an amount of money

bequeathed to him by another man and as a result

have his whole existence move to a much higher level,

how much more can we claim from God?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Matthew 7: 11

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Servant Mentality

God the Father, who owns all things, has freely given

every good thing in life to us His children. That is

His will. We however need to know the Father and

understand how His system works before we can

enjoy the proceeds of this great inheritance. Not

understanding our position and standing as God’s

righteousness is a major reason why Christians lack

and suffer. This keeps the people of God as babies

and does not allow them to enter into their inheritance.

How much responsibility can one commit to a child?

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,

differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of

all;

Galatians 4:1

A child continues to be treated like a servant until he

grows up. The growth here is not automatic – it does

not necessarily come by age. It comes by revelation

and insight into the Father’s love. No matter how

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many years or decades a person has been a Christian,

if he will not grow up in understanding from a child

to a son, he is going to end up toiling. People have

remained children long enough that they don’t know

any better. As a result, they have built a servant

mentality.

A dividing line is drawn right there. Servants and sons

are not treated the same way. A son has intimacy with

his father and therefore walks in certain privileges

that the servant who is busy serving, without knowing

his right from his left, cannot walk in. Sons are bold

to take their inheritance while servants cannot see

themselves owning anything. Rather they are owned.

So, they take anything that comes to them; they don’t

have a say of their own.

Prodigal but Bold

The story about the prodigal son that Jesus told in

Luke 15: 11-32 really buttresses this. The difference

between the two sons of the rich man was in their

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mentality. The younger son, though prodigal, had a

mentality of a son while the older one who was even

more faithful had a mentality of a servant. While the

younger son could approach the father to claim his

inheritance and still had the audacity to come back

home after he had squandered it all, the older one

could not even ask for anything and was angry to

see the fatted calf killed for a feast to celebrate his

brother’s return. His father’s soft but firm answer to his

displeasure conveys God the Father’s feelings towards

those that go about struggling in the kingdom.

…And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me,

and all that I have is thine.

Luke 15:31

Everything was His but his mind would not allow him

to enjoy. Toilers are indeed losers!

We have been made to think the moral of the story is

just not to be prodigal but I feel it has another great

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lesson, which is: “Don’t be a servant when you ought

to be a son”.

Serving in God’s kingdom has its great benefits but

whatever benefits it has, they must be received by faith.

Faith comes by the understanding and revelation of

one’s identity in God. So, it is one thing to serve Him;

it is another thing to claim the benefits of serving

Him. The foundation of the son-father relationship

must first of all be there so that your service can make

meaning. In as much as God wants you to serve Him,

He is more interested in your relationship with Him.

It is that relationship that should move you to serve

Him. You are not supposed to be a servant in His

kingdom. You are supposed to be a son that chooses

to serve because of your love for your Father and His

Kingdom.

There is a way one can get busy with kingdom

activities and not have a kingdom mentality; serving

God for 25 or 35 years yet, still broke simply because

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of a servant mentality! Some people with religious

mindsets even point accusing fingers at people who

are much younger in the faith but are accessing their

inheritance with proofs to show for it. They say things

like, “Those prosperity preachers are not teaching the

right thing. All they talk about is money.” Yet things

are so hard for some of them that their homes are

almost falling apart. By now such people should know

that something is fundamentally wrong with their

thinking.

The Father’s desire is that we rise up to take our

place as sons and come to the level of enjoyment and

fulfillment He wants for us. Toil is not in the picture

at all. In fact, by accessing our inheritance, we will

help others to deal with toil in their lives. This was

why the father of the prodigal son was full of joy

when he came back. He did not allow him to finish

his story before he asked them to clothe him with the

best clothing and commanded a feast. His summary

of the whole episode was:

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For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was

lost, and is found...

Luke 15:24

The son was lost and dead in toil but because he came

back to himself, catching an understanding of the

love of the father and as a result came back home, he

was delivered from toil. In other words, the boy said

to himself, “No More Toil!”

If everyone battling with one habit or the other can

just act the way this younger son did! If everyone

caught in the toil of sin, sickness or poverty can turn to

the Word of God having received a revelation therein;

the Father will heartily accept them as sons and make

them walk in the inheritance that is already theirs in

Christ. He will not cast anyone away. No! He wants

to restore everyone to his rightful place of a son. It

doesn’t matter how much time has been wasted. Note

that when the prodigal son came back to His Father’s

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house, he took his place as a son, attracting the envy

of the older brother. Almost immediately, he was

already doing better than his brother.

I had an experience as a young Christian that was

quite similar to this. In my first year on campus, I used

to be among a Christian gathering that was feeding

on messages of religion and condemnation. At the

height of trying to do the right thing and falling

short, I decided to walk away from God. My sojourn

in the world which lasted eight months at that time

ended abruptly one day when I was asked to share

from the Bible at a birthday party of a friend. Those

days, because of a general respect for God that even

unbelieving youths had, such things were accepted as

the norm in most gatherings.

I tried to convince my friend that I had nothing to

share but he prevailed over me. Probably, there was

nobody that was saved amongst all of us. I felt this

was a set up. There I was, standing in front of people

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to share the Word that I had shied away from for

eight months! To my greatest surprise, as I opened

my mouth to speak, the anointing came upon me and

I preached a message in that place that got everyone

arrested for the Lord, including me the preacher.

That night, I lay on the bed pleading with God to

forgive me of all my shortcomings, making a fresh

commitment to serve and obey Him. Days later, I

joined a church and quickly became a member of a unit

in that church. When I resumed back in school (this

preaching encounter happened during the holidays),

I was a different person entirely. People that knew

me as a bad boy the previous semester could notice a

change in me. I was on fire for God as I went ahead

to develop myself in the Word of God by reading

Christian literatures and teaching the revelation I

received to whoever cared to listen. I started walking

in the gifts of the Spirit and soon people were getting

blessed all around me.

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The news soon got to the committee of elders of

this religious gathering that I first belonged to. To

my surprise, their reaction was that of scorn and

contempt. They acted exactly the same way the older

brother of the prodigal son acted. These men had

been born again for years but they could not walk in

the reality of the Gospel they claimed to be preaching.

They were unable to walk in their inheritance as sons.

They were acting like servants in the house of their

father.

A year later, God revealed to me my life vision, which

is to raise for Him a supernatural army. Some of them

that saw me start a fellowship to that effect said, “Let’s

watch him fall apart.” It’s been several years now, and

the work is growing and spreading across the nations.

While others were playing religion, my hunger was for

building intimacy with God and it is really paying off

now. The promises of God that I believed at that time

have since been producing results for me.

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Are you just hanging around God? Do you really

know Him? It is only those that know Him that get

blessed. When you come into full expression as a son,

the fullness of God for you will be established. Do

away with religion. Grow out of spiritual babyhood

and position yourself for your inheritance. As long

as an heir remains a child, he is treated like a servant.

And the reality is, servants toil but sons enjoy the

inheritance.

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As it has been established earlier, toil is not

God’s intention for man. It came along the

way when Adam sinned. God’s original

intention is that we walk in the blessing. Immediately

God created man, the blessing came into operation.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after

our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of

the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,

and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing

that creepeth upon the earth…And God blessed them,

and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and

replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion

over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,

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and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:26, 28

The blessing is the original package God gave to man.

The capacity for fruitfulness and dominion resides in

the blessing. Without the blessing, life will be hard

and difficult. Everything was designed to work by

the blessing. As far as our existence here on earth is

concerned, the blessing is everything!

When Adam sinned, the blessing was compromised

and what was the result? Toil! But thank God, Jesus

came to reverse that order.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being

made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one

that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham

might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that

we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:13-14

Now we have the blessing. But we need to walk in the

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blessing for it to really manifest for us. No Christian is

meant to live broke, have a broken home or have his

body riddled with diseases. Why? The blessing makes

whole. Even when there are challenges in these areas,

the blessing takes care of them. The power to prosper

ought to come into play and destroy the yoke and

remove the burden.

The problem is that a lot of Christians don’t know

what they have. They are so conscious of the curse

(that is no longer legally theirs) than of the blessing

(that is legally theirs). They throw the word “blessing”

around carelessly, in every little occurrence. “Bless

you, Sir” is not supposed to be a pious greeting or a

way of being polite when someone sneezes. No! It is

much weightier than that. It means to be empowered

to succeed, excel and prosper. When someone is said

to be blessed, it means he is empowered with some

kind of divine power or energy that positions him for

prosperity, success and excellence.

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Why should one go through life therefore without

this empowerment? Why should one toil and struggle

when he can tap into the divine power for success?

And this power – the blessing – is available for

everyone, accessed and harnessed through the Word

and the Spirit of God. After you have made Jesus

the Lord of your life, this power comes to reside in

you. You only need to be conscious of it, and also

keep walking in the ways of God so that you will not

hinder its ability.

The reality of the blessing must hit your consciousness.

It must dominate it so much that you see everything

with the eye of the blessing. You should sleep and wake

up thinking the blessing. You should walk around your

house, go to your workplace and do your job with the

consciousness that you have been wired for success.

You are no longer cursed. Now, you are blessed. And

everywhere you are, you carry the atmosphere of the

blessing and people and things respond to you.

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This consciousness comes by meditating on the Word

of God about the blessing. You need to go on a journey

in the Word. Mark every scripture that talks about the

blessing; read and say them to yourself over and over.

See from scriptures the blessing working in the lives

of blessed men like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,

David, Daniel and Jesus. See it until you begin to see

life in a new light. Meditate – and keep on meditating

– until you are obsessed with thoughts of the blessing.

In the end, you will become a transformed person

with your mind totally renewed. You will come to that

point where you boldly say goodbye to manifestations

of toil. That would be the end of the devil trying to

destroy your destiny.

Choose the Blessing by Your Actions

Just as you are conscious of the blessing, you also

need to allow your actions to align with the blessing.

The blessing works based on the Word of God, and

actions that are contrary to the Word will hinder it

from working. There are things we do that will release

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the blessing and there are things we do that will hinder

the blessing.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of

the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor

sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in

the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate

day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by

the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his

season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever

he doeth shall prosper.

Psalm 1:1-3

The blessed man does not play with sin in all its guises,

because sin compromises the blessing. He watches his

relationships and people he associates with. He is not

found in the company of fools, gossips or backbiters.

When people come to him and start talking against

men of God, he quickly changes the subject or leaves

the scene. When someone is manifesting an attitude

that does not go well with the blessing, he does not

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make that person his friend. He is all out to protect the

blessing because he knows the blessing is everything.

The next time your spouse says something you don’t

like, before you lash out, remember the blessing.

Though you don’t like what was said, you cannot

afford to be mad. If you have friends that are always

gossiping about other people’s lives, don’t hesitate

to send them out of your life. When you feel that

temptation to commit a sin, just remember that the

blessing is on the line. For your good, it must not be

compromised.

You love people and are good to others because you

respect the blessing. You forgive people when they

wrong you. You will not allow any strife to build

up where you are concerned because where there is

strife, toil will definitely show up. You develop an

anti-blessing detector where you easily pick things

that are not in line with the blessing and run from

them. You are smart by loving the blessing and doing

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everything to protect it. By choosing the blessing, you

choose life.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,

that I have set before you life and death, blessing and

cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed

may live:

Deuteronomy 30:19

The blessing is a product of your choice. The decisions

we make either align us with the blessing or distract

us from it. Every day you are doing something for the

blessing or against it. It is not just in shouting, “I want

the blessing.” It is in the choices you make.

…therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may

live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and

that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest

cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of

thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the

LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac,

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and to Jacob, to give them.

Deuteronomy 30:19-20

Choose life by choosing the blessing. Nothing must

come in the way of the blessing. It is the root that

will produce all the fruits you desire in life: spouse,

children, cars, houses etc. It is the antidote for stress

and lack. It takes the blessing to live a toil free life as

God has designed. In your actions, always go for the

blessing.

Be smart! Act in line with the blessing and you won’t

have to work round the clock with nothing to show

for it. You will not be a beast of burden. Rather,

things will happen for you in their seasons. All that

you lay your hands upon will prosper. It does not

matter the weather or climate. It does not matter what

is prevalent in the society. The blessing will be your

source and sustenance.

What the devil is out to attack is the operation of

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the blessing in your life. Never fall for his distraction.

The blessing is everything. Choose the blessing; be

a blessed man in your attitude and conduct, and you

will not have to toil.

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FALL IN LOVE WITH REST

In the book of Genesis, we are made to realize

that God rested from his works after the sixth

day. The commentary after the creation was

that everything He made was good. We are living in a

finished planet of which we are the best work of all

creatures. God finished the planet by making man and

He had to rest afterwards. Man was God’s motivation

to rest.

You have been called to live in a finished planet. This

call is not to hustle and struggle; it is unto rest like

God did when He created the planet. The whole Bible

from Genesis to Revelation supports this calling.

Jesus’ coming to the earth was because of your rest.

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He was harassed, molested, crucified, raised from the

dead and is now seated in heaven because of your

rest.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:

yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and

afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he

was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our

peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53:4-5

But the earth is still filled with people – God’s people

– overworking themselves every day and constantly

being stressed emotionally and mentally. They are still

trying to eke out a living when there is grace available

to rest in the revelation of the finished work of God.

They labor in vain.

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in

vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the

watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise

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up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for

so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Psalm 127: 1-2

If you are God’s beloved, you have a right to sleep.

Rising up early and sitting up late and ending with a

bread of sorrow is vain. You should not live and work

in vain or drive to work and come back in vain. You

should not be thinking of retirement just because you

are tired. You ought not have nightmares every time

you close your eyes because you always have your

mind clouded. You need your sleep!

Rest means a state of refreshing, freedom from

exertion, cessation of activities, and freedom from

mental and emotional anxiety. It is a demonstration

of faith in God. That process of faith is interrupted

the moment worry and anxiety are introduced, and

rest is compromised as a result. By the definition

above, people that complain and grumble don’t rest.

Even when you are having spiritual exercises, you

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must have them in rest. Praying without resting in

God’s promises is vain. Before, when and after you

have prayed, be careful for nothing. As you fast from

food, also fast from worry so that worry will not mess

up your fast from food.

In the Old Testament, God was trying to paint a

picture of rest for the people when He commanded

that they should work only for six days and reserve a

day for rest, called Sabbath. He was trying to paint a

picture of a lifestyle that really should not be once a

week affair but every day. It is a lifestyle that allows

you to work without stress attached to it because you

are resting in the promises of God.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of

entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come

short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as

well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit

them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard

it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he

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said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter

into my rest: although the works were finished from the

foundation of the world.

Hebrews 4:1-3

It is Sabbath everyday for us. That does not mean

we do not work but we are not bent over because

of work. We don’t get into the worry mode because

we know there is a way out in every challenge. The

promises of God are there for us. In the Word, we

know we have a shepherd.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 23:1

Check out the relationship between the sheep and

shepherd. A sheep does not worry about how and

where to go to get its daily fill because there is a

shepherd in front, guiding all the way. As long as it is

following the shepherd, it will be taken care of.

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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth

me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he

leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s

sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the

shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with

me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 23:2-4

You have a shepherd. His name is Jesus. You should

rest in that. Never allow the feelings of unrest to set

in by thinking you are alone by yourself. Never say

you don’t know what to do. You have a shepherd who

cares for you and wants to fix you up. Even when you

don’t feel like anybody loves you, know you have a

shepherd. It is not your business to take care of you,

it is His business.

There are many testimonies about God’s faithfulness

to keep his own that you can hold on to. There are

many people that came from nothing to everything by

the help of God. If God did it for Joseph, He will do

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it for you. If He did it for Moses, Joshua, David and

Daniel, He will do it for you.

Don’t always look at things externally; look at things

from your heart. In the natural, it seemed Joseph

was going down. But what happened at the end? His

lifting! This young man was excited through different

horrible stages of his life. In the pit, in Portiphar’s

house as a slave, in prison, he never allowed worry

to set in. While you are going through difficult times,

hold on to God’s promise and rest.

If your landlord is about to throw you out of the

house, make sure he is throwing you out into your

rest. It is not your life that is being thrown out - it

is just things. Gather those things and tell yourself,

“I am still resting.” When busybodies come to you

pointing out all the reasons you should be worried

about your life, shout your rest!

Don’t pick up projects of worry for yourself. That

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is what some people do - acting like mad men in the

process, always angry with everyone. Before they were

engaged, they worried about how they were going to

get engaged. Then they got engaged, they worried how

the wedding was going to happen. They managed to

have the wedding; they started getting worried about

how they were going to get pregnant. When they got

pregnant, they were scared of the labor ward. Then,

they had the baby, they wondered how the child would

be raised properly and not turn out bad. The worry

went on and on: How their children would marry

right, how they would have their grand children. Such

people’s lives are defined by stress.

Your life must not be like that. You must know how

to enjoy the goodness of God. You must learn how to

cast your cares on God and enjoy the present despite

the troubles on your way to a brighter future. No bill

must be on your mind persistently. The truth is, Jesus

by His death and resurrection, has paid for that bill.

The blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross has

taken care of it. Just take a position of rest about it

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once and for all. Refuse negative thoughts.

A Stress-free Life for the Kingdom

This rest will allow you to do the work of the kingdom

as your workplace becomes a ministry place. Because

you do not take thought for your life, you will be able

to seek the kingdom and its righteousness. If you are in

the medical profession, you have a great opportunity

to witness to patients. At such states, people are at the

lowest points of their lives and would be ready to listen

to anything you want to tell them, most importantly,

the gospel of Christ. Right there, slot Jesus in!

Don’t let anyone talk you out of being a witness for

Jesus at your workplace. You spend the most active

hours of your day in the office, so your workplace is

one of the best places to witness for God. If you can’t

be a witness for Jesus in your office, what are you

doing there laboring in vain?

People should come to the knowledge of the Lord

at your workplace because of you. That is why your

lifestyle must communicate Jesus. You must radiate

the joy of the Lord, not stress and hardship, not face

frowned and fists clenched. If you act this way, you

will be misrepresenting him. No matter how difficult

your job description is, no matter how wicked your

boss, if you are still meant to be in that office, do your

work with joy and excitement.

Fall in love with rest and hate everything about stress.

Always have sound sleep on your bed. Even if certain

expectations of life delayed, be at rest. Remember,

Moses started his ministry at the age of 80, Abraham

had his child at the age of 99. Lazarus had been dead

for four days, but Jesus declared that his case was not

unto death but unto life.

You are a miracle going somewhere. You are already

finished by God. Your end in God is sure. Don’t allow

anything to move you from your position of rest. Be

free from all form of toil by developing the good

habit of rest. No More Toil!

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Due to the failing world system, there is a strong im-pression of struggle and suffering that has sunk deep into the minds and hearts of the majority – believers inclusive. But biblical truths completely differ: Toil is a result of the curse and is indicative of sin and lack of trust in the One who has freely promised and given.

By precepts and examples, the author in this book reveals the root of hardship and failure, and consoli-dates on why and how such are not to be our experi-ences as children of God. NO MORE TOIL is an echo of God’s Spirit calling His children into their inheritance.

Whatever the world calls it – global recession, eco-nomic collapse, depression or desperation – you can make the most of your life by plugging into God’s plan of prosperity for you, an agenda that clearly makes NO MORE TOIL not just an inspired teaching but a prophetic message to change one’s state from toil to fruitfulness. Here is transformation!

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The Plan of Salvation

Ever since the fall of man, sin and death became the nature of every man. Hence, the need arose for man to be regenerated from the inside in order to recon-nect with God.

Jesus offered His life to pay the price of sin for man. He sacrificed His life to bring mankind back to His lost glory. Jesus has done His part by offering Himself as the sacrifice for your sin through His crucifixion.

Now you need to do your part by acknowledging what He did for you in His death and resurrection. Simply put, you need to be born again.

I encourage you to pray the following prayer in order to receive your salvation ...Heavenly Father; I come to You in the Name of Jesus. Your Word says, “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21). I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart and be Lord over my life according to Romans 10:9-10. “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” I do that now. I confess that Jesus is Lord, and I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead.

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About the Author

Kayode Ijisesan is the president of KingsWord Minis-tries International, a ministry dedicated to the preach-ing of the gospel in the nations. He heard the call of God into full time ministry while training to become a pharmacist.

Precisely, in August 1990 God spoke these words to Him, “raise me a Supernatural army.” Pastor Kay as he is fondly called is the Senior Pastor of KingsWord International Church, Chicago in the United States. He also oversees other branches of the ministry in Africa and Europe.

He travels extensively around the globe proclaiming the message of victory by the Word and the Spirit. Kayode and his wife, Mayowa are blessed with two children - Tolu & Temi. They currently reside in Wil-lowbrook, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois.

Learn more about KingsWord Ministries Internation-al by visiting our website @ www.kingsWord.org

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