Monday, February 22, 2021
Month Theme: Fire
Topic: Defeating the Monetisation Spirit
Scripture Reading: Acts 8:1-24; Galatians 5:1-21
Main Text:
Acts 8:18
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Monetisation is the action or process of earning revenue from an asset or business. Simon Magus must have had a lot of money – city-wide money. He controlled the entire city of Samaria and possibly the new believers in Samaria (Acts 8:8-11). Simon Magus tried to tempt Peter to monetise the power of the Holy Ghost but failed (Acts 8:18-19). The monetisation spirit has the money and knows the value of spiritual power.
Sorcerers and sorceresses within and outside the church use money to control churches and even pastors. This spirit has to be defeated:
• SPIIRITUALISE — Pastors, believers and churches must spiritualise life – money is not everything (Luke 12:13-15). Mammon should not be exalted beyond true riches.
• SUPERSEDE — We must supersede the unbelievers in possession and willingness to give. Boaz superceded the kinsman. He was not a poor man (Ruth 4:3-6). We should not be satisfied with being at the bottom.
• SUPPORT — Peter had money at his feet (Acts 4:34-35). We must support our ministries to prevent the wrong people from doing so. We cannot be broke and we should not be unwilling to give.
Peter had money in his hands (at his feet), and money could not possess his heart – thy money perish with thee (Acts 8:20). Cast out riches from the belly of the serpent (Job 20:14-18). Money cannot remain in the possession of wrong people.
Prayer: Pray and command the money of sorcerers and sorceresses around you to perish with them.
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