Apostle Joel Obuobisa

Romans 8:28
 -God is standing by to be included in your life
 -God has given us the privilege to touch Him in the supernatural through prayer
1) Don't believe in the supernatural
2) It is not the first thing that they give
3) It is not ten percent
4) Don't have patience
  -when people don't have patience, they tend to cancel doing the right thing
  -Ecclesiastes 3:1-5
  -when it's the season for something, it's easy to find; not scarce
  -patience will properly arrange things in your life
5) Negative confessions
  -you can't use/receive your blessings with negative confessions
  -Genesis 1:1-3
  -light is a new word God created, it wasn't in there in the beginning 
  -You are acting like God when you choose to speak positively than negatively
  -Mark 11:23
   -every negative person says the negative, but wants the positive
   -everyone's heart is reflected on their faces
   -it will not cost you anything to speak positively

Isaiah 59:1-2
Psalm 127:1
1) They can't recognized God's purpose and plan on their life 
     -Proverbs 3:9
2) They don't give it first
3) It is not 10%
Leviticus 27:30
    -the tithe is holy and belongs to the Lord
    -possession is not the same as ownership
4) They do not have patience
    -Hebrews 10:36
    -Numbers 23:19
    -our expectations of God is what we have experienced from people

Leviticus 27:30
1) They can't recognized God's provision when it comes
Joshua 24:8-10;12;14
   -struggles are not strange and it doesn't mean that God isn't with you
   -God can show up anywhere in your life, if your life belongs to Him
   -look at what you have overcome already; don't focus on what your haven't overcome
2) They don't give an acceptable offering
  3 types of offerings that are not accepted by God:
      i) Offerings that are given out of unrighteous lives
          -Isaiah 1:11-17
     ii) People secretly worship other gods
          - Amos 5:22-27
     iii) They are not in proportion to what a person has
          -Deuteronomy 8:18;16-17
          -2 Corinthians 8:12

1 Corinthians 2:6-14
1 Corinthians 1:25
Isaiah 45:2-3
1) They don't believe in the supernatural 
2) They don't give it first
Proverbs 3:9-10
  -when you don't pay your tithe first, you rob yourself of being a cheerful giver
  -some people treat their tithes like standby passengers
Exodus 20:2-5; 34:13-14

Joshua 24:9-10; 6-24
Romans 8:28
2 Peter 1:5
1) They don't recognized God's provision when it comes
2 Kings 5:13-14
     -sometimes what makes us miss our blessing is our expectation of how we feel God should bless us

Deuteronomy 28
        -God can create a debt situation for you when He is unhappy with you
1) Tithing makes provision for the house of God
2) Paying your tithes is your way of investing into God's house
3) You reap whatever you sow.
4) Unless God helps you, you will not own or build a house
      -Isaiah 42:2-3
      -You need a supernatural engagement with God to make you rich
5) God objects to people living happily in their houses when they have not made provision to the house of God
     -Haggai 1:2-9
     -your blessings begin when God is pleased with you
6) God will be touched by your efforts to build a house for Him
2 Samuel 7:1-16
     -building God's house is an opportunity for a blessing for us
7) God will build a house for you as He did for Solomon himself
1 Kings 6:1; 37
    -always have positive thoughts and feelings in your heart

Malachi 3:8
   - stealing is done in secrecy
    - robbery is done with awareness
    -Leviticus 27:30
    -the only power you have over tithing is to give it to the Lord
    -robbing the Lord means not giving the Lord what belongs to Him
1) 10% of your income is property of the Lord
2) Not paying your tithe is stealing God's property
3) The bible admonishes the thieves not to steal anymore
     -Ephesians 4:28
     - contentment is great gain when you add it to godliness
4) There will be no thieves in Heaven
     -Matthew 6:20
5) Stealing brings a curse
    -Zechariah 5:3

1 Corinthians 2:6-7
   -God has a wisdom path for glory
   -Ordained: this is the chosen path 
    Malachi 3:10-12
How Tithers Make God Build A House For Them
1) Tithing makes provision for the House of God
2) Paying your tithes is your way of investing into God's House
     Nehemiah 10:34-39; 13:10-14
3) You reap whatever you sow
    God will build a house for you as you have helped build His House
4) Unless God helps you, you will not own or build a house
     Psalm 127:1
5) God objects to people living happily in their houses when they have not made provision to the house of God
6) God will be touched by your efforts to build a house for Him

How God has intended for people to prosper
   -it's mysterious; His ways are mysterious
1 Corinthians 2:6-7
  -when You want to justify wisdom, you must follow it long enough
How Tithers Make God Build A House For Them
   1) Tithing makes provision for the House of God
        Malachi 3:10
 2) Paying your tithes is your way of investing into God's House
 3) You reap whatever you sow.
     Galatians 6:7
4) Unless God helps you, you will not own or build a house
     Psalm 127:1
5) God objects to people living happily in their houses when they have not made provisions for the House of God
Haggai 1:2-9

Mark 16:15
  1) We have been commanded to go into all the world
  2) To avoid a murder charge one day
      Ezekiel 3:18-21
 3) Preachers need to be sent in order for the Gospel to be preached
      John 3:16-17
     Romans 10:9-15