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well

today i'm concluding

uh my rising series as you know for some

time now i've been talking about

different things

with the word either arise or rising or

rise

in them i began with let god arise

and then i spoke about rise up and walk

and then we spoke about rising

above our shortcomings

and then last week i spoke about rise

and depart and so i'm concluding

uh today with

arise and take

what god has given you

arise and take

what god

has given you

as we read the scriptures

we see that many times when god

wants

to do

things for people

or he wanted people to do

things for him

he would usually command the people

to rise up

to arise

and

it's

so many times expressed in scripture so

we're going to look at four examples of

those commands where god tells people to

arise to possess something and so we're

going to look at four scriptures the

first one will come from genesis chapter

13. the second will come from

deuteronomy chapter 2 and then joshua

chapter 8 and then judges chapter

9

the first reading genesis chapter 13

verses 16 to 17

this is god talking to abraham about the

land that he was promising him and i

want you to pay attention to what god

says and god says in verse 16 and i will

make

your descendants as the dust of the

earth

so that if a man could number the dust

of the earth

then your descendants also could be

numbered verse 17

arise

walk in the land through

its length and its worth

for i give it

to you

note that arise

walk in the land through its length and

it's with

for i give it

to you then deuteronomy chapter 2

verse 24

this is when uh

god commanded israel

to

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that he was giving them

at the promised land

and it says deuteronomy chapter 2 verse

24

rise

take your journey

cross over the river anand look i have

given into your hands sihan the amorite

king of hedgeborn and his land

begin

to possess it

and engage him

in battle he says rise take your journey

begin to possess it

and engage

in battle

joshua chapter 8 verse 1.

now the lord said

to joshua

do not be afraid nor be dismayed

take all the people of war with you and

arise go up to ai

see i have given into your hand the king

of air his people his city and his land

again god tells joshua to arise and

final uh scripture is in

judges chapter 7 verse 9.

this is god's instruction to gideon

after gideon had cut down the number of

his army to only 300 people

and then god says to him in verse now it

happened on the same night that the lord

said to him arise

go down against the camp for i have

delivered you

for i have delivered it into

your hand

now if you look at all these four

scriptures

something is very common god told each

one of them to arise and take something

that he was offering to them

he told abraham i have given you the

land but you must rise and walk in the

land

he told moses i have given you the

amorite kings and the alliance but you

must rise and engage in battle he told

joshua i have given you the city of ai

but you must rise and go up against it

and then he told gideon i have given the

media knights into you but you must rise

and go up against the account

in each of those cases

god tells them what he has do and what

they must do

god tells them i have given you the land

but you must rise and take it i have

given you the land but you must rise

and take it so there are two ideas first

we must know what god has given to us

we must know what god has given to us

we cannot live our christian life

just hoping that things will happen well

for us we must live our christian life

with a certainty with the knowledge of

what god has given to us

and then secondly we must take

what god has given

to us

know it

take it

know it

take it

so god says i have given it to your hand

that's the knowledge but rise and take

it that's their taken we must know what

god has given to us

and we must

take what god has given

to us

so what god says i have given to you

is if most of the time if you look at

those verses the tense is in the past

it's something god has

already done he has concluded

because god concludes things in the

spirit

but what he has concluded in the spirit

must be manifested in the natural so he

says i have given it to you it's done

rise and take it you must now actualize

it you must take what is concluded in

the spirit realm and bring it into the

natural realm

between

knowing what god has given to you

and taking what god has given to you

is that word

arise arise

and that's what he told all of them i've

given it to you take it but in between

that

arise everybody say arise

the three

thoughts

that explains arise to us

first to arise means to stand upright

to stand upright to take on the task

be ready

to take on the challenge

to be alert

to be set

arise

stand upright

take on the task

when god says i've given you

something

it doesn't mean it's just happened in

the natural it's happened the spiritual

but he wants us to take it by first

standing up

taking on the task arise also means to

show up

to show up

that means to work towards what god has

given to you

and thirdly

arise means

to establish it

to make

it

happen

so he said to each one of them

i have given it to you

rise

take it

so

given to you

taking it

in between sandwiched in between that is

rising

standing up

taking on the task

showing up

not running away from the battle

and

establishing it

making it

happen

so we we see from the scripture

that we cannot be passive

about the blessing of god

we cannot be passive about the goodness

of the lord

we cannot just sit and say well god has

done it so there's nothing for me to do

god says i have done it i've given it to

you but you must arise and engage in

battle

so

there is always activity on our part in

relation

to the word of god

and the promise of god

and we're going to look at

a statement made by

a character in the bible a gentleman

called jephthah

most of you must might have read about

jephthah jephthah was one of the

uh judges of israel

in the time before israel had kings in

those days uh go to raise judges and

these judges were basically

fighters or deliverers or warriors and

they would go and fight the enemies of

israel deliver them from bondage and

then

the time of the judge will pass

and then they will get into another

bondage and then go to raise another

judge and jephthah was one of the

judges that god raised

and uh he he had to fight the ammonites

or amorites

and uh

jefftha was

sort of a bad boy

uh

a vagabond

because uh

his

his mother was not the rightful mrs

so he was sacked from town then he

became a vagabond

but he became a fighter

and when israel got into trouble they

said well who to fight for us but this

guy we didn't believe in so they went to

pick jephthah

and jeffrey decided to fight for them

and i want you to listen to something

jeff just said to the enemies of israel

at that time in judges chapter 11

verses

23

and 24. i love it so much

now

at this time the people of ammon the

ammonites have come up against israel

and and and they said we're going to

fight you

and we're going to fight you because

when israel left

egypt and was coming through to the

promised land they took our land from us

so that's what the ammonites are saying

you took our land from us so we have

come back to take the land back from

from you because it was ours and you

take it away from us and that's why

they've gone to jefftha to come and help

them

to protect the land because the

ammonites

are saying hey it's time our rent is

over the lease is over give us back our

land

now

listen to how jephthah responded to that

when the ammonite said give us back our

land so judges chapter 11

verse 23 to 24

and these are the words of jephthah he

says now the lord god of israel

has

dispossessed the amorites

from before his people israel

should you then

possess it

verse 24 i like it will you not possess

whatever

chemos

your god gives you to possess

so whatever the lord our god takes

possession of before us we will possess

do you get the logic of jephthah

jephthah is saying

you guys you worship chimos

and if one day chimos says i have given

the land of israel to you won't you obey

too much and come and take our land

how much more if jehovah god says i have

given the land of the amorites to you

don't you think we should also come and

take what jehovah has given to us so

whatever god has given to us jephthah

says we must possess it

i love that

we must possess

whatever

god has given to us

now jeff that did not say whatever god

gives to us is ours

that's not what he said

he said whatever god gives to us we must

possess we must make sure we don't lose

it

and because of that

you guys the reason we took your land is

because our god said we should take it

we didn't take it of our own our will

and accord we took it because

god said we should take it in the same

way as you would take our land if your

god

says you should take it

you know many times people who worship

idols are more obedient to their idols

than those who worship jehovah god

people who

consult juju power

are sometimes more faithful

than those who worship god

if if somebody goes to consult a fetish

and the fiji says i will make you a

millionaire or i will do this for you i

will do that for you i'll go and set up

a store and and give them instruction

believe you mean they will do whatever

they are told to do

if they are told to wear white on

fridays every friday they wear white

if they are told to go and sprinkle

something and people's shops in spite of

the shame they will sprinkle it

whatever they have been told to possess

what is

demanded

they will do it

and yet when it comes to believers when

god tells us i have given you the land

do this we don't do it

no wonder the people who worship chimos

are possessing the land

and the people who worship jehovah

are losing the land

if an unbeliever goes to worship to

you know a fetish and they say

go and put food in the junction

of a road they will go and put food

there

and then god will tell his people tithe

and i will take the devourer from you

they won't tie it

and if they will tight they will die

not

time

that is half of it

tie

that's why i like jeff the jephthah says

you guys think the land is yours because

chimo says it is yours we believe the

land is ours because yahweh says it is

ours and whatever yahweh says is ours we

will possess it

i love

that so when yahweh gives you salvation

you possess it when he gives you healing

you possess it when he gives you wealth

you possess it yahweh cannot say you are

rich and you say i am poor when yahweh

says you are rich you possess riches

whatever

the lord says he has given to us we must

possess it

and that is why jephthah says we are

ready to fight in this battle

because everything

god gives to us is surrounded in battle

everything

that god gives to us

is surrounded

in

battle

all the people god gave things to they

had to fight for it

why is it so because the enemy will

always challenge your claim

if you say god has spoken to me the

enemy will show up to challenge you

he doesn't sit down and say take it

freely

battles

birth

champions

battles

birth

champions

champions do not emerge from comfort

they emerge with battle bruises

if you love movies and you've watched

the rocky series

starring sylvester stallone in the rocky

one rocket two and three and four and i

think there is five

and rocky is a

boxer

but every battle

when it ends rocky is holding his title

and his lower

award

but his face is butted

there is blood from his mouth

he's he's been punched bad

but he's the champion

because in life you will be punched

but you don't lie down when you are

punched

you are punched you get up you are

punched you get up you are punched you

get up you are punched you get up

because god has called you to be a

champion and after you've been punched

and you stand many times in the end you

are like rocky you are holding on the

title belt but there is blood all over

your face battles

produce

champions

if you want to be a champion for god get

ready

for battle

you think

the devil is going to smile at your

blessing

you think your enemies are going to clap

for you because you have a plan

you think the world will be happy with

you

then leave planet earth

go to neptune

but if you live on this planet your

title will be challenged

but battles also

deliver

rewards

the spoils of battle

come out of the scars of battle

good things

come to those who win their battles in

all areas of life whether in academia in

our careers in our marriages in our

ministries everything comes from battle

if you see a married couple who have

been married for

60 years 50 years

and you look at them as oh it's so

beautiful to see these old people

married

oh look at them look at

you know they are laughing and they are

smiling look at how he holds her hand

you think that's how it's always been

go back roll back 60 years earlier

battles

quarrels

fights i don't mean blows i mean

difficulties

but they persevered

and now you are taking pictures of them

after 60 years

to say i wish i was like that

and you the little thing ah we are

incompatible

we don't agree

i like to sleep here my wife doesn't

want to sleep there i like my food this

where my life my wife doesn't like i

want my food caught she makes it cold

you will not get a picture after 60

years

because the rewards

come after their battle

the rewards

come

after their battle

whatever god gives to us

he gives us the grace to receive it

so

no matter the battle surrounding it you

have the grace to receive it

somebody say i have the grace for it

you have the grace for it

when you marry you have grace for

marriage

when you start your business you have

grace to succeed

when you start education you have the

grace to be the head and not the tale

whatever god entrusts into your hand he

will give you the grace for it

in the midst of the battle there is

grace

that's why sometimes people can look at

you and say we don't know how you

survive it is called grace

and how does god give us grace he trains

our hands for war

psalm 144 verse 1

blessed be the lord my god who trains my

hands for war

and my fingers for battle

if you don't know how to fight god will

train you

for the battle

he trains us ahead of our battles

and when you are in the battle don't

forget the training he gave you before

the battle

not only does he train us

for warfare he teaches us how to profit

he teaches us how to profit isaiah

chapter 48 verse 17 that says the lord

your redeemer the holy one of israel i

am the lord your god who teaches you

to prophet

who leads you

by the way you should go

he orders our steps in the right way

he told abraham

rise up

and walk in the land

for i have given it to you

he told israel

rise up

and

possess the land of the amorites i have

given it to you he told joshua rise up

and possess the promised land

he told gideon rise up

and deliver israel

each one of them had to battle for what

god had given to them

and for each one of them god to train

them for battle

for each of them god taught them how to

profit

you don't just sit with good intentions

you must rise up and take what god has

given to you

and don't be afraid of the battles

it's part and parcel of the package

what you must take you will battle for

it

but the lord is with you

you will be punched many times

your face will be swollen your mouth

will be swollen

you may lose a tooth

but thank god for dentists they will

give you a replacement

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but in the end

you hold the title

and may the lord cause you at the end to

hold the title

there are some of you who have been

punched so much you you just want to

quit

but the title belt has been promised to

you

don't quit

get up again

get to the battle again

try it again do it again start it again

move it again

because god has ordained you

for something and you must take it

you must possess it

my concluding thoughts

god

rewards

those who overcome

in all areas of life

when you lose the required battle you

get punished

but when you win you get rewarded

the reward always goes to those who

overcome

and when you look through the bible in

the last book of the bible the book of

revelation

this is how everything is ending this is

the book of revelation tells you this is

this is the

end this is how this whole thing that

started from genesis

is ending up

and i'm going to read to you some verses

from

the book of revelation

and what it says to us

who overcome

in in revelation

chapter 2

verse 26 revelation 2 26 it says

and he who overcomes

and keeps my words until the end to him

i will give power over the nations

somebody say i will have power

over the nations

revelations 3

12

revelations 3 12 and he who overcomes i

will make him a pillar in the temple of

my god he shall go out no more i will

write on him the name of my god the name

of the city of my god the new jerusalem

which comes down from heaven and i'll

write on him my new name

may god make you a pillar

revelations chapter 3 verse 21 to him

who overcomes

i will grant to sit with me on my throne

as i also overcame and sat down with my

father on his throne somebody say i'll

sit on the throne

revelations 21

verse 7

and 8 he who overcomes shall inherit all

things

i will be his god he shall be my son

but

the cowardly unbelieving abominable

murderous sexually immoral sorceress

idolaters

they wouldn't

receive the reward

but if you look at the last one in verse

27

verse 7 verse 21

he who overcomes shall inherit all

things

and then he talks about those who will

not inherit and the first on the list

they're cowardly

i mean you will not think cowardly

compares with

madres

but before he mentions madras

he talks about cowards

why

because being a coward in god's economy

is more serious

when god tells you something and you are

coward you are afraid you run from the

battle you give up you surrender

you are a coward

overcomers are not cowards

somebody say i'm not a coward

i'm not a coward

yes

we tell the world

we are ready for battle

we tell our destiny we will battle for

it

we tell our assignment we will battle

for it i will not stop battling until i

become what god says i would be if god

says i'm the head i'm gonna battle to

the headship if god says he'll prosper

me i will battle my way to prosperity

don't let poverty knock you down

poverty may blow you it may hit you it

may give you punches but you must get up

because

it should never be said

that here lies a man who was knocked out

by poverty

it knocked his father down

knocked his grandfather down and finally

succeeded against you

minus me minus my children minus my

children's children as for me and my

family we will fight

because we are not cowards we will push

through

because

god says it is ours

it is my heritage

and whatever the lord god says is mine

we will possess it

this morning i came to tell you

you are a champion

you are a champion you there is a reward

for you yes life has hit you very hard

but you are like rocky you are coming

out and your title is in your hand there

may be blood oozing from your nose but

you are a champion

somebody say i'm a champion

i'm a winner

i'm not a quitter

i'm not a coward

i don't surrender

i don't lie down

i rise

because whatever god has given to me

whatever god has given to me

whatever god has given to me

whatever god has said about me

whatever god has declared about me

whatever god has written about me

i will possess it

i will possess it

i will possess it

this morning i want you in the next

three minutes to do warfare battle

warfare prayer you are not going to do

some simple praising whatever will

happen will happen no question right

here we are praying to say lord what you

said i will be today i stand to possess

it i arise to possess it i arise to take

it let's pray now pray now pray

what god said about your marriage what

god said about your children what god

said about your business what god is

about his purpose is for you don't give

it up

don't surrender it don't throw it away

there is battle all around

there is battle to be fought there is

battle to be won

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in the name of jesus

in the name of jesus we refuse cowardice

push on push on push on the devil is a

liar

the devil is a liar

the devil is a liar

the devil is a liar you will make it

you will rise again you will prosper

the favor of god is upon you

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in the name of jesus christ

we possess our destiny we possess our

future we possess our destiny we possess

our future

out of the battle we emerge

from the scars of the battle we emerge

with our title

and so lord in the name of jesus

strengthen the feeble hands

strengthen the knees that are weak

strengthen your people lord

train their hands for battle

teach them how to profit

where they don't know guide them

what they don't know to do help them to

do it

speak to them by night speak to them in

a dream speak to them in a vision speak

to them through the scriptures speak to

them lord guide them lord by your spirit

within

and show your people

how to profit

in the name of jesus and we declare in

agreement with your word that whatever

you have given to us we will possess it

in the name of jesus

the son of god

amen

and amen somebody give a bottle shout

about a shout a bottle shout

a bottle shout

a bottle shout

a bundle shout

a bottle shout

a bottle shout

bottle shout a bottle shout

a bundle shout a bottle shout a bottle

shout

a bottle sound a bottle shout

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on this day lord heaven takes

notice

that we are back in the battle

and we are possessing

what god promised us

in jesus name give the lord a mighty

club offering somebody

hallelujah

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you