Obedience is the shortest route to the top. God is the ultimate Wisdom and God don't need me and you for anything but we need Him for everything. When we are fully dedicated to God, He will change our life forever. The I AM THAT IAM is not looking for who to use, He is looking for who to bless. Serving God is a platform created to channel blessings into our lives.
Below are some Wisdom keys on Dedication from Bishop David Oyedepo. As you read and digest them, you will be bless indeed.
Change Your Position with God
2 Chronicles 15:2
"If your status must change, you must change your position with God."
Job 36:11
"If they obey and serve Him, they will spend their days in prosperity and their years in contentment."
Proverbs 3:9-10
"If you won’t seek God with your means, you’ll soon run out of means."
Daniel 6:4-28
"Moderate Christianity will produce moderate results, and extreme Christianity will produce extreme results. Make your choice!"
First with God
Genesis 39:8-9; 41:40
"When you make God first, you cannot be last."
Luke 16:13
"Devotion to things robs one of devotion to God."
Daniel 6:4-28
"Carry God in your heart and He will carry you on His shoulder."
Heart for God
Mark 8:38
"Where you place God in your heart determines where He places you on the earth."
Mark 10:29-30
"Your heart for God is your access to plenty."
1 Chronicles 4:9-10
"A heart for God makes a star out of a mediocre."
Respect and Attention
1 Samuel 2:30
"The God you cannot respect has no respect for you."
Matthew 6:33
"Until God secures all your attention, you don’t have His attention."
Jeremiah 29:13
"Give Him all your attention and you are guaranteed all His attention."
Trust in God
Jeremiah 17:5-8
"For God to say, 'woe unto him that puts his trust in men', He means, 'I AM ENOUGH.'"
Philippians 3:8
"When you walk with God, what matters to men will not matter to you."
John 2:1-10
"Whatever He tells you to do, do it; that is the only way your wine will not get finished."
Connection with God
Matthew 6:1-2
"Many who impress men don’t impress God."
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
"Call it by any name, whatever disconnects you from God is a risk."
1 Chronicles 29:1-5
"Your practical involvement in building the Kingdom of God is the only way to building a solid financial future for yourself."
Struggle and Lordship
Psalm 127:1-2
"Until God takes over, 'the struggle continues.'"
Isaiah 42:8
"He must be Lord of all or not Lord at all."
2 Chronicles 15:1-19
"When you change your position, God will change your situation."
Devotion and Service
Exodus 23:25-26
"When you are lost in His will, He will be lost in your welfare."
Mark 16:15-20
"We are not saved to serve self; we are saved to serve God."
3 John 5-8
"Genuine service to God is living for others to live."
Reliance and Strength
Jeremiah 17:5-6
"If your life is built on people, you’re under a curse."
Isaiah 40:31
"Waiting on material things weakens your spiritual stamina. But waiting on God will always renew your strength."
Job 22:23-25
"Those who seek gold miss God, those who seek God meet gold."
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Wealth and God
Exodus 32:1-6
"The gold that you will not use to serve God, will soon become your god."
2 Chronicles 15:1-19
"Until you destroy your alternatives, they are likely to destroy you."
Luke 12:16-21
"We are too busy seeking self; that is why many of us are self-destroyed."
Kingdom Focus
Matthew 6:33
"When you become concerned for the kingdom, every anxiety leaves you alone."
Acts 10:1-4
"It takes devotion to encounter distinction."
Genesis 22:1-18
"If you will let Him get the throne of your heart, He will secure a throne for you on the earth."
Final Words
Matthew 6:33
"All you need is to focus on the kingdom, every other thing will fall into place."
Matthew 11:28-30
"When you become a love-slave of Jesus, all your struggles in life will end."
Colossians 3:2
"Friend, you need a heart that is positively beating after the welfare of God’s kingdom."
Matthew 6:10
"Prayers that don’t have kingdom emphasis may never produce great results."
