Author: Pastor King James

• Finishing well is God’s plan / agenda for His children.
• It is important to start with God and finish with God.
Acts 1:16-20
• What matters more in life and destiny isn’t how you start but how you end.
• You may start poorly but by the grace of God, you may end well.
• You need God on your side in order to finish well.
• When a person is disconnected from God, they begin to run on an empty tank and can’t go far.
• You need to keep filling your spiritual tank every day.
• You fill your spiritual tank via prayer, the word of God, attending church services, etc.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FINISH WELL?
1. To walk with God personally to the end of your life
2. To make a positive contribution to God’s work with your time, talents and resources
3. To leave a heritage and children that will continue to do the work of God
4. Arriving at the end of your journey without failure, defeat or reproach in your life
5. Arriving at the end not less in impact, results and end-product than at the beginning
6. Exiting the world in a blaze of glory, on a note of victory
7. Ending with minimal regrets in life and destiny
8. To remain faithful to Jesus Christ throughout life and complete the tasks He has given you until you hear, “well done, good and faithful servant.” (Mat 25:21)
2 Tim 4:7, Acts 20:24

BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO FINISHED WELL
1. Job (Job 2:10, 42:12)
2. Joshua (Josh 24:15, 29-31)
3. Caleb (Josh 13:30, 14:10-12)
4. Daniel
5. Paul (2 Tim 4:7-8)

BARRIERS TO FINISHING WELL
1. Money (Acts 5:1-10)
2. Power(1 Sam 18:7-9)
• There is a right use of power and an abusive use of power.
3. Pride (Prov 16:18)
4. Things (possessions)
5. Illicit sex
6. Maintenance

5 THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU FINISH WELL
1. Have a vision (Luke 9:59-62)
2. Be disciplined
3. Continue learning (Phili 3:10)
4. Have mentors in life and destiny
5. Revival

FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I ASK FOR GRACE TO RUN THE CHRISTIAN RACE FAITHFULLY TO THE END. HELP ME NOT TO FAIL ALONG THE WAY.

• Dedication is the willingness to give a lot of time and energy to something because it is very important.
• Dedication refers to a strong commitment, loyalty and focused effort towards a particular task, cause or endeavour.
• It involves being devoted and steadfast in one’s efforts, often with a high level of determination and persistence.
• In short, it is the art of binding oneself mentally and physically to a course of life.
According to the bible, dedication means:
•A heart that follows hard after God (Psa 42:1-2, 63:1-2, 8).
•A life that is sold out to God.
• When you are sold out to God, your time, resources and energy are directed towards God.
• Dedication is being lost in God.
• If your life is truly lost in God, there is nothing that the enemy can do to you.
• Dedication is pure and undying passion for God.
• Dedication is a life set apart for God and His purpose in the earth, you will not allow yourself to be used by the enemy.
Phili 3:12
• Remove the arrival syndrome if you want to make it big in life.
• There is more that you can learn.
• Success is not an exclusive privilege of any race, place or family.
• Anyone who desires to succeed can do so by the word of God.
• There are not shortcuts when it comes to success, just be dedicated.
• You can use shortcuts in the physical but there are no shortcuts in the spiritual.
• A dedicated man is not moved, depressed or discouraged by any negative circumstance
1 Cor 15:58

• Because you know your labour in the Lord is not in vain, you go an extra mile in whatever you are involved in.
• Dedicated people invest in what they believe in.
• If your dedication costs you nothing, it will pay you nothing.
Acts 20:24

• Because you know your labour in the Lord is not in vain, you go an extra mile in whatever you are involved in.
• Dedicated people invest in what they believe in.
• If your dedication costs you nothing, it will pay you nothing.
Acts 20:24
• Until you die into your assignment, you will not succeed.

• As you dedicate yourself to your assignment you begin to reap the fruits of success.
• The most authentic measure of true spirituality is proven dedication to God.

• Dedication to God sets a life apart from others, both in this life and in eternity.
• Your dedication to God will take you to heaven.
• If you are not dedicated to God, you are going to hell.
• All the excuses you give are not of God, they are of the devil.
• God and satan know who is dedicated.
Dan 6:20, 3:15, 17-19, 28

BENEFITS OF DEDICATION
1. PROMOTION
2. PROTECTION (Dan 3:25)
3. PRESERVATION
4. LONGEVITY
5. UNCOMMON FAVOUR

PROOFS OF DEDICATION TO GOD
1. YOU LOVE GOD AND HIS PRESENCE
2. YOU LOVE HIS COMPANY IN PRAYER
3. YOU LOVE HIS WORD
4. YOU LOVE HIS HOUSE
5. YOU LOVE WINNING SOULS
6. YOU LOVE HIS PEOPLE
7. YOU LOVE TO DEFEND HIS CAUSE
8. YOU LOVE TO GIVE TO HIS CAUSE

PRAYER POINT:
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD TO ME TODAY. I RECEIVE THE GRACE TO BE DEDICATED FROM NOW.

⭕️Anyone can predict their future by their level of preparation.

⭕️Whatever you do throughout this month (January 2024) will determine what will happen to you throughout 2024.

Luke 14:28, 2 Chronicles 27:6

⭕️Not preparing is as good as preparing to fail in life and destiny.

⭕️You can choose to prepare or not to prepare.

⭕️The choice between being a ruler and being a slave is yours.

⭕️When people begin to see your great light, greater glory, they will give thanks to God.

⭕️The place of our inheritance is on the mountain top.

⭕️It is a sin before God to live an average life here on earth.

⭕️God sent us here on the earth to be His ambassadors.

⭕️God has no place for mediocrity.

⭕️God expects us to show forth His excellence.

⭕️Anything less than excellence is not of God.

⭕️Make a decision to walk with God and to run away from sin.

⭕️Serve God willingly, diligently and without being dragged to do so because that is where you will be blessed from.

⭕️Your life must be dynamic.

⭕️God does not expect you to be at the same spot.

⭕️Map out a clear vision for your life and run with it.

⭕️As mountainites, we have a clear vision of Great Light, Greater Glory for 2024.

Why is preparation important?

1.It strengthens the belief that success is not only possible but also probable.

2.It eliminates distractions and helps you to focus on God.

3.It reduces anxiety in your life

⭕️Nobody has ever become great in this life overnight. Greatness must be prepared for.

⭕️What you do not prepare for can never prepare for you.

⭕️Begin to paint pictures of Great Light, Greater Glory in your life

⭕️Any man that wants to do great things for God must not only live for this moment, but for the future.

Forces that will influence your destiny as you prepare

1.The force of spirituality

⭕️Your spiritual bearing determines your destiny.

⭕️Until you get it right spiritually, you can never get it right in destiny.

⭕️Your spiritual bearing will determine the intensity of your great light and the intensity of the greater glory that will shine.

⭕️The best place to prepare and fight for your destiny is in the spirit realm because the spiritual controls the physical.

⭕️Anything that will ever become a practical reality has already happened in the realm of the spirit.

⭕️Daniel is a case study of the force of spirituality (Daniel 6:10).

2.The force of mentality (Numbers 13:30, 33, Luke 15:13-20)

⭕️Have the mindset that you are a new creation, you are a winner, you can never be defeated, etc.

⭕️Prepare yourself to have the right mindset.

⭕️Caleb and the prodigal son are case studies of the force of mentality.

3.The force of responsibility (Judges 12:1-3)

⭕️As we prepare ourselves for Great Light, let’s prepare to be responsible mountainites.

⭕️Be responsible.

⭕️You don’t need the man of God to be behind your back for you to do something.

⭕️Accept the responsibility of engaging yourself in prayer.

⭕️Accept the responsibility of being in church gatherings, whether on ground or online.

⭕️Accept the responsibility of connecting to the Holy Spirit at all times.

⭕️Accept the responsibility of following God’s messenger Pastor David and the instructions He gives out at all times.

4.The force of living in the consciousness and company of His presence (Psalm 55:17, Jeremiah 15:1, Deuteronomy 34:7)

⭕️If you don’t enjoy God’s presence on earth, how will you enjoy it in eternity?

PRAYER POINT:

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO BE PART AND PARCEL OF THE 2024 AGENDA OF GREAT LIGHT, GREATER GLORY. I REFUSE TO BE SWALLOWED UP BY THE BATTLES OF LIFE, HELP ME TO ACTUALISE ALL THE PROPHECIES OF THIS YEAR IN MY LIFE.

THE POWER OF CONSISTENCY IN DOING GOOD IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Proverbs 22:29, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Peter 3:14

⭕️We must be diligent (consistent) in our service to God.

⭕️If you are not consistent in what you are doing, you will not have results.

⭕️Diligent means to be constant in effort in order to accomplish something.

Galatians 6:7-10

⭕️There is always a due season for a child of God who is consistent in what they are doing.

⭕️A due season may not be today, tomorrow, or after 3 months. It may even be after 5 years but the rule of the game is that there is always a due season.

⭕️Consistent means a quality of always behaving or performing in a similar way.

⭕️A major pathway to distinction in life is discipline.

⭕️If you want to be consistent, you must be disciplined.

⭕️Discipline is the practice of training people to obey rules or a cause of behaviour using punishment to correct disobedience.

WHY IS DISCIPLINE IMPORTANT?

1.It creates habits

2.It helps us to train our minds and bodies, enabling us to focus on our goals in order to regulate emotions

Hebrews 6:9

⭕️God is not unrighteous, He can never use you and dump you (Hebrews 6:9⭕️10).

⭕️When we maintain consistency we begin to do things naturally.

⭕️We don’t determine our due season, it is God who determines our due season.

CASE STUDIES OF CONSISTENT PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE

1.Cornelius (Acts 10:1-4, 44)

2.Elisha (2 Kings 2:1-15)

3.Dorcas (Acts 9:36-41)

4.King David (1 Samuel 18:5)

5.Daniel (Daniel 6:16, 20)

⭕️Daniel experienced favour from God because He was consistent in his walk with God.

⭕️Consistency is important because it cultivates faithfulness and faithfulness is the master key to increasing the anointing upon your life.

WHY IS SPIRITUAL CONSISTENCY IMPORTANT?

1.It develops routine and builds momentum

⭕️Every time you show up at that place of prayer, study of the word of God, you are building momentum.

2.It becomes a source of encouragement for yourself and those around you.

3.It makes us stronger in our spiritual life and walk with God

⭕️This will make God pleased with us.