Friday, December 2, 2016

Steps to Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

It is the blessing of God that can make you rich, a lender to nations and not a borrower. Please see Deuteronomy Chapters 28 verses 12 and 13, 8 verse 18, 10 verse 29, 15 verses 1 to 18, 16 verses 15 to 17, 24 verse 19, 30 verses 5 and 9; 2nd Samuel Chapter 6 verses 10 to 12, 1st Chronicles Chapter 26 verses 4 to 8, 15, 1st Chronicles Chapter 4 verses 9 and 10, 1st Samuel Chapter 2 verses 8 and 9. Ask God to bless you.

Do not depend on a single source of income. Always expand your sources of income – multiple income streams. Oceans never dry up because they have multiple water bodies – seas, rivers, lakes, streams flowing into them.

Always invest and re-invest your income in high yield businesses. Expand your selling points – identify other sales outlets.

Deep calls unto deep. What you seek is in the depths of God’s word. Dig deep and you will find what you seek. Seek and you will find. Oceans run deep, have multiple inflow channels and therefore do not dry up.

Move Forward (Deuteronomy Chapter 1 verses 1 to 8). The only propeller for moving forward in life is the word of God. Please, see. Therefore, move forward and take over the entire land, the mountains, the hills, the plains, the lowlands, the seacoast, the great river, the North, the South, the East and the West. The land is before you. Move in and occupy. It is your land given to you by God for a possession. Move in and occupy.

Discard every Lot. Your Lot may not necessarily be your nephew, niece, brother, sister or cousin or friends that you invited into the business. It could be mediocrity, tunnel vision, or what have you. Whatever it is, ask God to help you get rid of it so you can internalize excellence and move on to global visibility, recognition and number 1 positioning.

Assess your intangible assets and what tangible assets they should generate. Any one, any activity that does not generate this or does not lead to the generation of this is not worth spending five minutes on. Give them fleeting seconds and move on to more fruitful activities. The determinant of activities and relationships should be how much they can generate in the long run.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

How to Turn Intangible Assets into Financial Resources

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Intangible assets are your knowledge resources, expertise, skills, talents, wisdom, understanding, military prowess, divinely generated money making ideas, excellent communication skills, etc.

Please see the following Scriptures for a deeper understanding of wisdom -  Proverbs Chapters 24 verses 2 to 4, 14, 8; 9 verses 1 to 11, Ecclesiastes Chapters 11 verse 10; 7 verses 11 to 12, 19; 2 verse 21, 9 verse 16.

Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh with his God given ability which you may call wisdom or knowledge or understanding but it is a divine deposit of intangible assets which gave him the number two position in the land and of course a mouth watering salary, perks and other privileges.

The Bible records that Daniel was gifted in understanding all sorts of visions and dreams (Daniel Chapter 1 verse 17). Consequently, he went to the King and requested time to tell the King the dream and the interpretation of the dream. Significantly, Daniel did not rely on the intangible assets of knowledge and skill in all literature that God gave him, or the understanding of all sorts of visions and dreams. Daniel humbly went to God for the answers and he co-opted his three friends. As they humbly asked God for mercies, God revealed the dream and its interpretation to Daniel and when it was told to the King, Daniel was promoted as ruler over the whole province of Babylon as well as Chief Administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. He was also given many great gifts. Please see Daniel Chapter 2 verses 47 to 49).

How to Turn Liabilities into Assets

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

A liability can become an asset if you know what to do. A liability is something written off as having no value because it cannot generate any value. Cars and electronics that have outlived their usefulness become liabilities if you do not discard them to get new ones. This is because the cost of servicing them can actually procure new ones.

Sarah had passed the age of childbearing and was written off as barren. She had also concluded that it was impossible for her to bear children so she gave her Egyptian maid to her husband Abraham to raise children for her. But unknown to Sarah, God had a better, best plan for her as He Who created her knew how best to rejuvenate her supposedly dead womb (Romans Chapter 4 verses 17 to 21, Genesis Chapter 17 verses 15 to 19, 18 verses 10 to 15 and 21 verses 1 to 3). In the fullness of God’s timing for her life, she became a mother.

Elizabeth was also written off as barren but in the fullness of God’s timing and plans for her life, John the Baptist was born at an age when it was impossible for Elizabeth to bear children.

Beloved, God is still in the business of turning liabilities into assets and who knows, you might just be the next candidate to experience such a miracle from Him. Therefore, explore the possibility of making whatever you consider a liability or liabilities into assets with the Word of God. Please see Psalm 107 verses 35 to 38, Isaiah Chapters 41 verses 17 to 20, 61 verse 4, 55 verse 13, 58 verses 10 to 12, 35 verses 1 to 2, 6b to 8 and Amos Chapter 9 verse 14.

Give Yourself Permission to Prosper 2

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Act: The army of Israel was immobilized for forty days and forty nights by fear on account of the boasts of Goliath. Fortunately, David showed up, took on Goliath and killed him. The army of Israel suddenly regained confidence, acted, chased the Philistines and plundered their tents. While David became a national hero and was handsomely rewarded by King Saul, the soldiers and the nation of Israel also benefitted materially and financially from the spoils of war. Please see 1st Samuel Chapter 17.

Isaac planted in famine and reaped a hundred fold and continued prospering. He did not sit in a spot or amongst complainers to lament the famine. He did something that mitigated the famine. He planted. Find something to do to come out of the present financial crisis you are experiencing. The God who blessed Isaac’s labor even at a time of famine will also bless the work of your hands in Jesus mighty name.

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Move: Refuse to be immobilized and rooted o a spot. The four lepers at the gate of Samaria moved from the city and gate of Samaria where there was famine to the camp of the Syrian army where there was abundance. Please see 2nd Kings Chapter 7 verses 3 to 9.


The four leprous men at the entrance of the gate at Samaria were probably beggars which explain why they sat at the gate to receive alms. But alms were not forthcoming because of the long siege by Ben-Hadad, King of Syria against Samaria. The siege resulted in a famine that made people eat up their children (2nd Kings Chapter 6 verses 24 to 33). Prices of food also skyrocketed. The King and people of Samaria were in a dilemma. When would the famine end? When and how would the siege end considering that they had no military might against Ben-Hadad? Besides inflation would continue to soar as long as the siege continued; and cannibalism would become the norm. Something had to be done and quickly too. The King threatened to kill Elisha and wondered why he should wait for God any longer when he was quite sure that the calamity was from God.

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Engage in Wealth Creating Activities

 Written by Uyoyou Charles-Iyoha

To make money and create wealth, you have to engage in an income generating activity.  Lydia was a business woman who sold purple – Acts Chapter 16 verse 14. The virtuous woman of Proverbs Chapter 31 verses 10 to 31 was a business woman – knitting and sewing, designing gowns and sweaters for sale. She also invested in agriculture. The widow of the indebted prophet was a business woman – she sold oil and became debt free, 2nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7. Aquila was a tentmaker and worked with her husband. At some point, the Apostle Paul joined them – Acts Chapter 18 verses 1 to 3.

Preachers and teachers are also engaged in the tasks of money making through the knowledge they share. That is why the Bible says that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel. Acts Chapter 9 verses 1 to 14.

In every instance of financial lack, insufficiency, and indebtedness in the Bible, the recourse was always on how to access financial resources either through paid employment (hiring your time, skills and expertise out for money as in the case of the prodigal son (Luke Chapter 15 verses 11 to 19); production and sales of products as in the case of the indebted prophet’s widow (2nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7); and engagement in  a trade as in the case of Peter who went fishing to get the required tax money.

In all of these instances, we find people engaging in income generating activities to raise the required financial resources. None went begging or borrowing or stealing. They engaged in economic activities. They also were not instructed to give away their financial lack, insufficiency or indebtedness by either begging or borrowing to give in order to receive a hundred fold return. They also did not mope around to say they were trusting God, pray against the enemies of their financial resources, divine as to who or what was responsible for their financial lack, insufficiency and indebtedness. They simply went in search of the money by engaging in income generating activities.

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Business is Warfare

Decide to be Wealthy 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

While poverty can be multi dimensional, the tools for eliminating poverty are also multidimensional. Therefore if poverty shows up as financial poverty, you start the elimination process by cultivating and maintaining a fervent relationship with God, repent of all the known and unknown sins that festered poverty in your lineage (most times poverty is generational), in you and  then ask God for what to do. You can start from the Bible where the promises of God concerning financial abundance are myriad. Please see Deuteronomy Chapter 15 verse 6, 28 verses 12 and 13, 2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9, 3rd John 1 and 2.

Certainly, there is a spiritual dimension to challenges but that dimension can be addressed spiritually by dealing with the spirits and satanic beings behind the oppression through the blood of Jesus Christ rather than dancing around the spiritual oppression through divination, complacency, pity parties and what have you. Complacency is actually quicksands. It sinks you deep into a rut where you are hampered by the inability to get out of whatever rut you need to get out of.

You can break out of poverty if you make up your mind to do so irrespective of the odds stacked against you. You can start now and immediately reject and renounce poverty no matter how long poverty has resided in your lineage. You can do this by a reorientation from generational mindsets regarding poverty and wealth. Study generational expenditure patterns, income generating patterns, wealth creation mentality, what people recourse to when faced by challenges. Do the members of this family ever seek out their divine purposes on earth? Do they exist to eat and breed children, with no generational impact on humanity other than just eat and breed children? Do they celebrate poverty as a mark of righteousness and piety? Poverty is not a mark of righteousness and piety. It is a mark of satanic opposition.

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Decide to be Wealthy 1

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Nobody was created poor by God. Everyone was designed to be wealthy in the original plan of God for man. However, sin interfered and brought poverty along which explains why Jesus Christ became poor so that humanity can regain wealth. Please see 2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9. Therefore, the choice and decision to be wealthy is yours irrespective of wherever you are now in the wealth pedestal and whatever circumstances assail you. The choice and decision to be wealthy has to be accompanied by a speedy and prompt mental paradigm shift that will dislodge all the mental strongholds of poverty entrenched in your mental processes over the years. 

Poverty means lack, absence of capacity. A state of lack or want is a state of poverty reflecting spiritual poverty, ignorance, poverty of ideas, financial poverty, emotional poverty, psychological poverty, material poverty, poverty of ethics, etc. Therefore, poverty incapacitates, most often to stagnate, to hinder or limit progress, to slow down and to progressively destroy. 

Poverty is satanic and manifests the following symptoms – spiritual poverty, mental poverty, including intellectual poverty, financial poverty, physical poverty, etc. Poverty is also multi dimensional and afflicts at various levels – mental, physical, intellectual, marital, spiritual, financial, economic, social and political. Even when poverty is satanically induced, it can be eliminated at the foot of the cross through total surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. God never intended poverty for anyone. It is a tool of the enemy to stop people from entering into and actualizing the plans and purposes of God for their lives. No matter the hydra headed dimensions of poverty, the satanic altars serving it, the events and circumstances in your life that make it seem like poverty is your lot in life, beloved, hear the word of God in 2nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9. From this Scripture, it is clear that poverty is not God’s plan for anyone. Secondly, poverty can be eliminated because over 2, 000 years ago, Jesus Christ paid the full price for the elimination of poverty. Please see Colossians Chapter 2 verses 12 to 15, 1st John Chapter 3 verse 8. Therefore, if poverty afflicts you on account of sin (be it personal, ancestral, community, national) or it is satanically engineered, Jesus Christ has paid the full penalty for it. What you need to do is take the poverty and all its branches and root to the foot of the cross for total destruction and elimination from your life and lineage. God is faithful and will gladly do it as His desire and plan for you is to live an abundant life in Christ Jesus.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Decisions Decide Wealth 2


Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Borrowing is often a symptom of impatience and impatience usually births hasty actions such as borrowing at high interest rates. As much as possible, always seek the face of God before borrowing money. When the indebted prophet’s widow cried to Elisha, Elisha did not instruct her to borrow money to repay the loan that had culminated in debt bondage for her two sons. Instead, he asked her what she had at home. She replied that she had a jar of oil. That was all Elisha required - something the woman could hold on to and trade in for the very urgently required financial resources to offset her late husband’s debt so that her two sons would not go into debt bondage.

You may argue that Elisha asked her to borrow vessels. Beloved, those were resources she would need to house the multiplying oil to the capacity that would fetch the money to pay off the debt as well as generate sufficient money for her and her sons to live on. These vessels would also serve to package the oil for sale to her neighbours and as the oil was sold for money, the vessels would be returned to the owners. This way, she would access vessels at no extra cost and earn money from what she had.

Borrowing should always be at the clear leading of God and not necessarily the circumstances that appear insurmountable.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Decisions Decide Wealth 1

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The owner and source of wealth is God. Significantly, He created you wealthy (Deuteronomy Chapters 8 verse 18, 15 verse 6, 28 verses 12 and 13). Connect to God through salvation by faith in Christ Jesus, invest in a relationship with Him today and become wealthy through Him.

Wealth acquisition and accumulation is progressive. It is not a one off event. Though the activities leading up to progressive wealth acquisition and accumulation may be a one off activity, the truth is that the process is progressive. No billionaire became a billionaire overnight. They progressively accumulated wealth and as each wealth grew progressively, they became wealthy (Genesis Chapter 26 verses 12 to 14).

Do not allow anyone to stifle you or the gifts of God in you. God deposited His gifts in you to enrich you, expand you and enlarge you to great wealth. If you therefore allow people to stifle you or your gifts, you become impoverished and poor.

Reject Aid. No one was born poor. People become poor on account of the choices they make in life. Aid truncates divine destinies. Aid limits people from applying themselves, stretching themselves to excel and to rise up to their potentials in Christ Jesus. Aid fosters a dependence mentality which ultimately translates to mental and financial poverty – Genesis Chapter 49 verses 14 to 15. Aid makes people complacent especially sustained aid.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Build and Sustain Generational Wealth 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

King David also had multiple income streams from tributes from the nations he conquered in battles, spoils of war. He was a warrior and made great wealth from the spoils of war and tributes from the nations he subdued. Significantly, David never relied on his physical strength or military prowess or strategy for defeating and subduing and conquering nations.  He relied on God for victory in every battle. God honored David’s dependence on Him and gave him victory at all times in addition to preserving him from destruction. Every battle strategy and victory came from God and David always returned the glory to God. It is also significant that David always consulted God before going for any battle. Despite several victories in battle, David never took it for granted to get into any battle without asking counsel, favor and direction from God. David’s strength was in his total reliance  and dependence on God. That was his own power  to get wealth and God added divine military strategies that gave him victory on all sides – he conquered and subdued nations all around him and they paid him tributes in addition to all the spoils of war. 1st Chronicles Chapter 18 verses 6, 13, 1st Samuel Chapter 16 verse 18.

King David was an extremely wealthy man in his time and nation but over time his children, great great grandchildren surpassed his wealth. Significantly, he was the father of King Solomon, the wisest and wealthiest king of his time. His wealth and wisdom surpassed the wealth and wisdom of other kings. He was the wealthiest king globally.

So also were Jehoshaphat and Hezekiah, other members of the Davidic lineage. How then did David, a shepherd boy who later became a warrior king make so much money that he gave one hundred thousand talents of gold , one million talents of silver, bronze and iron beyond measure, timber and stone for the building of the  temple? 1st Chronicles Chapter 22 verses 14 to 16. This figure was later increased in 1st Chronicles Chapter 29 verses 2 to 5.

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The Biblical truth about wealth creation is that wealth has to be created – Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 18. The indebted prophet’s widow alongside her two sons became packagers of an unlimited divine resource which they later marketed to generate money. Wealth was created.
The power to create wealth can be mental, spiritual and physical. Whichever, God deposited in you the power to create wealth. David for instance had military power and used that power to advantage in securing personal and national wealth in Israel. How? The nations he subdued brought tribute to him. In addition, the spoils of war, particularly the gold, silver and bronze pieces  alongside iron and opulent garments contributed to his wealth. The slaves taken in war also worked the land for agricultural produce.

Solomon was blessed with spiritual and mental power. His spiritual power lay in his total surrender, respect, honor and obedience to God coupled with his total dependence on God to help him administer justice. Consequently, God blessed him with the additional gift of wisdom. He was the wisest man of his time and globally he became a resource and reference on wisdom. People; especially kings and queens as well as people of great repute, social and economic standing came in search of him to hear his wisdom. They did not come empty handed. They came with quality gifts that translated into great wealth for Solomon. He became the wealthiest person of his time. Solomon also invested in intra region trade and had a flourishing bilateral trade treaty and business with Hiram, king of Tyre. This increased his wealth.