Moving from Scarcity to Sufficiency

Date: Sunday 16th February, 2020 Speaker: Pastor Babatunde Oresanya Topic: Moving from Scarcity to Sufficiency Text: John 6:1-13 Message As believers we should always have it in our minds that we will never be in Scarcity. This topic would be seen from the following perspective: What is Scarcity? What is Sufficiency? How do I move from Scarcity to Sufficiency? Scarcity is a state if a shortage supply of anything. It may be money, sleep, peace of mind etc. Money and everything can be scarce in your life but if the word of God is also scarce in your life as a believer, you will encounter problems. Poverty is in the mind-set as believers we need to remove the mind-set of Scarcity Signs of having a mind-set of Scarcity When you compare yourself with others When u find it difficult to be happy for someone When success to you means beating someone else. What is Sufficiency? This means enough and more than enough in every area of life. How can we move from Scarcity to Sufficiency? - We need to move from concern to compassion: Jesus was full of concern when He saw the crowd, and so He was moved to compassion. He wasn't only concerned and sympathetic he showed compassion. Compassion is what God wants us to have Compassion causes us to act. (Prov.3:27-38) We need to speak up when we have solutions to problems as this is part of having compassion -We need to move from fact and fear to faith. We need to remember God for what He has done in time past, He didn't change He will do it again. We move from fear to faith by spending time with God's word. If you are in a state of fear, don't remain that way spend time with God's word to revive your spirit We need to move hoarding to giving. We need to give especially as God has promised us Sufficiency. As believers we shouldn't hoard things we have especially if there are people around us who need those things. (2 Cor.8:1-9) Let us not neglect the poor and the needy around us. We must endeavour to pray to God for the grace to give beyond our abilities. We must move from being blessed to being a blessing. The miracle of multiplying is in our hands. (2Cor 9:3-8)Let us bring our everything to God with cheerfulness. We need to move from wasting to saving. We need to give out what we don't want to avoid wastage. We need to move from worrying to waiting. We need to stop worrying since God has promised us, it shall surely come to pass. We should endeavour remove our mind-set from Scarcity to Sufficiency, then we will begin to see closed doors opening. Prayers Grace to excel in giving beyond our abilities pour on us. Lord give us the grace to continually give ourselves to you always Lord give us the grace to seek your kingdom first in all things