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Isaiah 1:19. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: Covenant practice is the divine pathway to the fulfillment of godly expectations.

When a believer commits to the covenant, expectations move from hope to manifestation.

Many children of God have strong expectations but very poor manifestation of those expectations. You can have expectations by desire but only covenant engagement can bring their fulfillment. God doesn’t respond to our emotional wishes but covenant practice.

Note:

Covenant practice is simply living by the terms of our agreement with God.

No matter how we desire anything, until we back it up with our committed responsibility we cannot receive the expectation.

Understanding how God work out our expectations

(Prov 23:18, Roms 8:24)

God doesn’t honor expectations that contradict his word or will. (1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:)

Every expectation must anchor on what God promised.

God doesn’t honour our wishes but demands that we follow biblical principles (of faith, seed sowing, service, obedience, etc)

Why our expectations fail

1. Lack of willing obedience towards our covenant
2. Neglecting kingdom service
3. Faithlessness and doubt
4. Inconsistency in your other relevant covenant practice (tithes, obedience to authority, prayer, fellowship, givings)

How to commit God to deliver your expectations

1. Willingly pursue your kingdom service
2. Add seed-faith to your covenant commitment
3. Always remind God in prayers
4. Maintain willing obedience to his word and commands.

The need for consistency

Expectations don’t come overnight – covenant practice requires time before approval

God honor the consistent and not the inconsistent

Only those who endure in practice that will reap their harvest.

Take note:

Covenant reveals what God has committed to do for you, while your level of faith determines how much of that promise you will experience.

In Gen 12:1-3, God establishes covenant by grace to Abraham, while by faith Abraham responded by believing and aligned with God’s terms. (By faith he moved) (Gen 11:8-9).

Walking in faith is how man says yes, to God’s covenant. (Gen 15: 6 And he believed in the LORD;

and he counted it to him for righteousness.)

Foundation for faith operations

1. Try and understand what God has committed Himself to do for you. (Exd 23:25-26) Believe Gods word above circumstances – (Rom 3:4)
2. Walk in obedience and not emotion – Obey even when it’s inconvenient (Heb 11:8)
3. Speak covenant languages – (2Cor 4:13)
4. Practice covenant service responsibly (1Cor 4:2)

How faith helps your covenant practice

1. Faith activates covenant practice: covenant practice requires prayer, obedience, service, sacrifice, holiness and thanksgiving. But none of them can be done without faith.
2. Faith is what turns covenant practice into spiritual transaction. (Heb 11:1)
3. Faith sustains covenant loyalty: Every covenant practice requires consistency no matter the situation. (Prov 12:24) It is only faith that helps believers to remain loyal when promises seems delayed. (Job 14:14)
4. Faith refuses to let circumstances define covenant truth: Even though Abraham knew that he and the wife has past the season for child bearing yet he staggered not in unbelief but was strong in hope (Rom 4:18-21)
5. Faith sustains trust to covenant delivery in the face of impossibility: Covenant people do not deny reality on ground but they interpret life through God’s promises – Duet 28:1-2.
6. Faith leads to action (James 2:7) – Faith pushes us to exercise covenant demands, The work requirement of our covenant is carried out on the platform of faith.
7. Faith helps us to walk in willing obedience: In covenant practice if assignments are not carried out in freewill obedience, it cannot be rewarded. (Job 36:11, Isaiah 1:19).
8. Covenant rights are enforced through faith: When our rights in the covenant seems to be delayed, with faith through prayers we demand their manifestation. (Eph 6:16). Whenever our covenant rights are breached, we fight back because we believe that God cannot fail in his promises. (1Sam 1)
9. Covenant fulfillment timing is always determined by faith: The quantity of faith each of has is what determines how fast our covenant rights should arrive.
10. Faith helps your endurance in the face of delay: Your faith keeps you believing in hope when our expected time is running out. (Heb 10:36).

Exd 23:25-26.

Aim of this: To prove that long life is sustained through covenant alignment and not by chance. Everyone desires long life, but few understand the law that sustains it.

According to scripture long life is a covenant reward. (Exd 23:25-26) (Psalm 91:16,)

Isaiah 65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old;

That is to say God have a numbered lifespan for every believer, it is fulfilled by covenant compliance. Exd 23:26

It is a covenant promise claimed through covenant practice (Duet 5:33)

Longevity is tied to:

1. Living in Willing Obedience: Isaiah 1:19. Obedience to God’s Word – Duet 28:1-2 – Obedience to spiritual parents – Eph 6:1-3, Obedience to biological parents – Duet 5:16
2. Walking in God’s ways – Jer 6:16 – Living within divine boundaries.

Take note: Prayers without practice is powerless

Key covenant practice that guarantees long life Fear of the lord – (prov 14:27)

It preserves you from reckless living Keeps you from destructive habits Protect you from early death.

Obedience to divine instructions – (Duet 7:12-15)

God connects obedience to health, strength and freedom from disease

Honouring parents and authorities -Eph 6:1-3

That it may be well with you

That you may live long

Walking in love and forgiveness – Mark 11:25

Bitterness poisons the body and opens door to diseases

Forgiveness is medical.

Covenant health consciousness – 1Cor 6:19-20

Know Your body is the temple of God. Therefore what what you eat, how you rest and how you live. Kingdom service – Exd 23:25-26, Job 33:11

Your kingdom service activates: – Divine coverage, Divine health, Divine longevity

If you live for God, you won’t die anyhow.

Conclusion: When you walk in covenant practice, death will lose grip and authority over you.

Did you know that financial limitation is one of major challenges many God’s people are facing today? So many of us work very hard yet experience little progress, repeated losses or constant struggles and unexplainable financial setbacks.

Financial limitations can manifest as (persistent lack, despite every effort, Business or Carrier stagnation, inherited poverty cycles, or closed financial opportunities)

But there’s a system God had put in place that’s capable of breaking these challenges. Though many of God’s people are yet to understand this system that works.

Text: Mtt 6: 33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Even if poverty has built monument in your family, if you can effectively follow this system, you will definitely break off from the grips of poverty.

Kingdom service an ultimate game changer

Kingdom service is-:

👉Kingdom service is not exploitation but partnership with Gods agenda – Job 36:11

👉Serving God willingly and faithful with your talents, time, resources and living a life that honor

God.

👉 Kingdom service is When God becomes your priority, He takes responsibility for your needs. (Phil

4:19)

👉kingdom service makes God your pay master and your bankroller, it makes God your employer and your life insurer.

Heb 6:10. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

How kingdom service Breaks financial limitations

1. It provokes Divine Favor: Every willing service attracts God’s attention that open doors of favor. (Acts10)
2. It Connects you to Covenant Provision:(Exd 23:25), God always supplies for those who are committed to his kingdom.
3. It opens you up with divine opportunities: Helpers, Ideas, Promotions, Contracts, flows towards kingdom workers. (Psalm 5:12)
4. It establishes financial protection: Kingdom workers rarely suffer financial loses, tragedies or business mishaps.

How to use kingdom service to produce financial results

👉Serve from point of genuine love for God: (Psalm 8:17-18)

👉Serve faithfully and consistently (Prov 22:29)

👉Serve with your resources (1Chron 29: 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,)

👉Serve with covenant practice mindset (psalm 50: 5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.)

👉Put Gods agenda above personal goals. (Luke 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?)

👉Don’t forget to practice generosity and tithing (2Cor 9: 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.) 👉 Don’t fix God’s time into your own convenience time but fix yourself into God’s fixed time: (Eccl 3: 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time:)

1Sam 10: 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

No matter who recommends you, whoever you may know, or who knows you. The fact remains that unless God touches the heart of anyone, you can’t be helped.

When devil decides to close the hearts of men against you, no matter how nice or competent you may be, they won’t consider you.

Saul had the approval of a trusted prophet Samuel, had the pedigree of the tallest and strong man in Israel yet, many still despised him. (2Sam 9: 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people).

Every progress or help we receive is dependent on whose heart God has touched.

Acts 16:14

14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Many people heard Apostles Paul and Barnabas but only Lydia’s heart was opened to them. We mustn’t forget to fight powers that shut men’s heart against us.

Anyone whose heart is open toward you is a potential helper.

1Chron 12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.

22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

God kept touching the hearts of men and opening them for David.

God touched the heart of Shunemite woman for Elisha, and she constrained him to turn over to her home. (2King 4:8-9).

God touched the Israelites to bring offerings for the building of God’s house. Exd 35: 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

Introduction: Before we proceed, I want to remind you my conversation with God concerning you. (Exd 23:25-26 – Five points agenda)

Dictionary meaning of Lifeline is simply anything that provides you with essential support or help in difficult time.

It’s like a rope tied to a worker that helps him from falling even if he slides. That thing that helps a person to sustain or continue even in the minds of danger is called lifeline

The purpose of this covenant is to provide Divine preservation, continuity of life and your destiny fulfillment.

Take note: Many successful children of God didn’t succeed because the devil never fought or resisted them but because their life line with God is so strong. So even when the enemy fights the can still move on.

People of God don’t live by chance but through the system God provided which is called covenant

(Psalm 50:5)

Covenant of life is God’s agreement platform for both of you to strengthen your covenants that guarantee your expectations.

In covenant of lifeline these are very important

You must know what you agreed with God (your expected reward from him and your responsibility in the covenant towards him)

Knowing that God does not fail, you must obediently sustain your responsibility in the covenant

You must have covenant practice consciousness by being committed to:

Kingdom service – Exd 23:25 (Get seriously committed to your kingdom service.

Seed faith – Gen 8:22 (set aside a financial seed each month representing your expected harvest) Monthly prayer of remind – Isaiah 43:26, 2Tim 1:16 These three puts you in check until expectations come.

Introduction: We can make ourselves important, useful or significant in the kingdom of God. God takes note of them that has made themselves relevant in his kingdom.

Job made himself so relevant that God bragged with him before Satan (Job 1:8)

Men like Abraham (Gen 18:19), Moses (Numb 12:7-8) Paul (Acts 9:3-4), made themselves relevant that God recognize them.

Every believer has what it takes to make himself relevant in the kingdom of God.

How Do you make yourself relevant in the kingdom?

• You must live a life that matters to God (Gal 2:20)

Your life should advance His purpose on the earth (2Cor 5:20)

This life is not about fame, but about impact, obedience and spiritual fruitfulness. (Col 1:10) But first of all, you must understand your kingdom identity 👉 Mtt 6:33

Jesus saved you to represent God

Your identity shifts from worldly status to kingdom assignment. 👉 when identity is clear, purpose becomes clearer.

• Secondly you must prioritize the kingdom before anything

👉 John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Kingdom relevance grows when kingdom agenda becomes a priority. (1Sam 2:30).

When King Solomon prioritized God by building his temple first, God gave him wisdom, fame, honour and wealth.

• Thirdly you must live a life of kingdom service

Kingdom greatness comes through service and not titles. (Job 36:11) Faithfulness in small assignment leads to bigger impact. (Luk 19:17)

Though the pastor and other members may not notice your service but heaven has taken record. Rev 2:19, 3:8)

• Fourthly you must be consistent in your spiritual growth

A disconnected believer would soon loss relevance. (Col 4:14, Philemon 1:14, 2Tim4:10) Therefore keep fervent your fellowship, prayer, service (Heb 10:25)

• Fifthly, maintain kingdom character

Daniel maintained kingdom relevance with many kings because of his character of excellence and fear of the lord. (Dan 1:8, 6:3)

Gift may bring you to visibility but character is what keeps you longer in relevance (Samson lack character and loss his relevance)

• Sixthly become a soul influencer

Your relevance is all about leading men to Christ (Mark 9:50)

Your godly behavior that encourages men to Christ is very important How many lives you touch is the proof of your relevance.

Text: psalm 5:12, 89:34

Duet 28:1-2

Divine favor is not luck or coincidence

Favor is a covenant outcome, not a random experience. Whenever covenants are obeyed favor is released

Understanding divine favor

It is God’s gracious advantage upon a person. It brings:

1. Unusual access – like Joseph had before Pharaoh
2. Unusual acceptance, – David had before King Saul and his servants
3. Unusual approval – Like Noah had before God which results to
4. Unusual speed – Joseph had at Egypt palace.

Did you know that favor causes you to be preferred, not because of merit. Covenant as the foundation for favor (Gen 12:1-3)

Of course, you know that covenant is a binding agreement between you and God. God is covenant-conscious, and does nothing outside his covenant

Covenant gives God legal access to step into our affairs

It is covenant that guarantees favor

Willing Obedience triggers covenant favors (Isaiah 1:19) Every willing obedience activates covenant promises Nothing limits favor like partial obedience.

Favor follows obedience and not excuses. (Roms 2:1)

Kingdom service is your covenant responsibility that generates favor (Gen39:2-4, Prov 22:29) It is service that positions a child of God for favor

Joseph in adversity attracted favor because he served faithfully.

Sacrificial giving, gateway to favor (Mal 3:10-12, Luk 6:38) Did you know that willing giving is a covenant practice

Sacrifice provokes supernatural favor

Giving creates access to what labor cannot secure. Righteous living preserves favor (Prov 11:3, psalms 84:11)

Integrity sustains favor

Holiness keeps covenant favor intact.

Gratitude and thanksgiving multiply favor (1Thess 5:18, Psalms 67:5-7) Gratitude keeps Favor flowing

Thankful people attract more favor When covenant practices are practiced consistently favor become inevitable

1Cor 12: 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Gentiles are people that don’t know God, if you don’t know God, you will likely be carried away by idols

Gen 35: 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

If we must win in the battles of success this year, we have to put away strange gods and idols we had served over these years.

There’re levels you can’t get to until you rid yourself of idols and idol worship. Idols are strange things that has replaced the place of God in our life.

We pursue them with all our strength and are ready to eliminate or do away with anyone who tries to advise us or counsel us.

Idols are so powerful that when anyone is enticed by them, we find it difficult to listen to godly counsel and reasoning.

The greatest modern idols are in form of (our business, chase for money, or careers).

Anyone that can skip fellowship because of money or business is an idol worship. When men begin to worship idols, their worship for the living God will drop. Matthew 6:24

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Love for idol worship opens anyone to all dangers and evil. 1Tim 6: 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Gal 6:7-9.

Did you know that God has designed a system that prolongs life? Did you know that covenant of seed faith is one of them (Gen 8:22)

Therefore, if seed time continues, harvest which includes the harvest of long life must continue.

Understanding the covenant of seed faith

Seed faith is sowing with revelation and expectation of divine delivery.

Take note: Every seed has (a voice, has a future, and has harvest) – Gal6:7, says we must reap what we sow. How you consistently sow would determine how long and how well you live.

How seed faith provokes long life

1. Seed faith activates divine preservation: Psalms 91:16 – long life is a covenant reward. Every giver walks under divine coverings.
2. Seed Faith renewed strength: Isaiah 58:10-11 – It strengthens bones, renew vitality. When we seed faith, we reduce our dependency on our strength and depend more on God. Do you know that stress shortens life.
3. Seed faith sustains fruitfulness in old age: Psalms 92:12-14, You don’t just live long; you also remain relevant in long time.

Practical ways to seed faith for long life

1. Sow financially into God’s work: Mtt 6:33,
2. Sow service in the kingdom: Exd 23:26, Job 36:11
3. Sow obedience to divine instructions – Isaiah 1:19-20.
4. Sow prayers and intercession for the church: Eph 6:18
5. Sow thanksgiving continually – Psalm 118:1

Living long and finishing strong (Deuteronomy 34:7)

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.)

Josh 14: 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

12 Now therefore give me this mountain, Seed faith is a lifeline covenant practice. Your seeds today speak for your tomorrow You will finish well.

Raising the altar of life

John 11: 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

Altar is a place of encounter, sacrifice, covenant and power. While altar of life is where life is defended or restored

It is a spiritual place where death is reversed. Premature death is terminated on the altar of life. At this altar we enforce long life (Psalm 91:16)

How do we raise the altar?

1. Declaring your faith in the finished work of Christ
2. Maintain covenant practice of service, seed faith and obedience.