PRI

CESFORTHETOP
SI
LASAMEH

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ONSPORTAL
I
NVADI
NGALLNATI
ONS

12THSEPTEMBER2019
 MOMENTOFWORSHI
P

Canwel i
ftupourvoicesandbegint
owor shipthi
smi ghty
God.Fatheryouaregood.Youar egr
eat,y
ouar ekind!Cango
aheadandwor shiphi
m wher eyouar
e..
.Fatherwegi vepr
aise.
Cany ouprayintheHolyGhost.

Godissett
olocat
eust
oni
ght
.Pr
aysomemor
e,pr
aysome
mor
e!Fori
nJesusnamewepr
ay!

Toni
ghtIwisht
or equestwepaycl
oseattent
iontowhatGod
wi
ll
bebri
ngingourway .Onegenui
neencounterwit
hGodis
wor
thmorethanali
fetimeofEff
ort
!

Weshal
lbeconsi
der
ingt
het
opi
c:
.

PRI
CESFORTHETOP!

Iwi
sht
ost
artbysay
ing,

 Li
fei
saGI
FT,

 Li
fei
sanASSI
GNMENT!

 Li
fei
sal
soaJOURNEY!

Inthejour
neyoflif
e,everyoneisgivent hesamet i
me,
pri
vil
egesandopportunit
ies!I
tiseit
hery ou'reattheBASE,inthe
MIDDLEoratt heTOP!Whaty oudowi thy ourlif
emoreof t
ent han
notiswhatdetermi
nest heclassyouwi l
l belong!Thetopisnot
forever
yone!Nobodysucceedsacci dentall
y !Nobodysucceedsby
mi
stake!

Ther
eisal
way
sawor
ktodot
ori
se!Per
mitmet
oadmi
tthi
s
t
oyou!

Today'
sCHOICESdet
erminestomorr
ow'sCHANCES!Ify
ouFAIL,
i
tyourChoi
ce,i
fyouSUCCEEDi ti
syourChoi
cesochosewhose
Faul
ttoCommit—KessyPr i
ce.
Oneofthemajorsecr
etsofr
isi
ngi
sPURPOSE!!!Thi
sis
because_PURPOSEisnotEMOTIONALandDESTI
NYi snot
EMOTI ONAL—Iti
sINTENTIONAL.
I
tisbytheInst
rumentali
tyofPURPOSEt hatri
ghtChoicesare
made!Wheny ouLivepurposef
ull
yevery
thingyoudowillbedone
i
nalignmentandinaccordancewithyourPurpose.Youdon' tj
ust
j
umpatt hi
ngsEmot ional
l
yorcasuall
y—y ouX-r
aythem tocheck
i
ftheyali
gn!

Oneoft
hemostPur
posef
ulChoi
cetomakei
stheChoi
ceto
PAYthePRI
CEfort
heTOP!
Af t
eramanhasdi scoveredwhathewant stodo,bui
ld,
achieveorget!Thenextmosti mportantquesti
onhemustask
hi
msel fis"Howmuchwi ll
t hi
scostme! ?"I
fitisahouse,bui
ldi
ng
acar eer,
lear
ningatr
ade,nomat terwhatitisthequesti
ons"How
muchwi l
lthi
scostme!?"i
sv erycruci
al!

Li
tt
lewondert
heBi
blesay
sin

Luke14:
28
Forwhi
chofy
ou,
INTENDI
NGt
oBUI
LDat
ower
,SI
TTETHnot
DOWNFi r
st,
andCOUNTETHt
heCOST,
whet
herhehav
e
SUFFI
CIENTtoFi
nishi
t?
[29]Lesthapl
y,aft
erhehat hLAI
Dt heFOUNDATI
ON,
andi
snot
abletoFini
shit,al
lthatbehol
ditbegint
oMOCKhim,
[
30]Say
ing,
Thi
smanBEGANt
obui
l
d,andwasNOTABLEt
o
FI
NISH.
Whatisthatcosty
ouneedt opayt
oguarant
eeyourrisi
ngt
o
t
hetop!Youknowhav i
ngawi shi
snotj
ustenough.I
fwishes
wer
ehorsesbeggarswill
ride.

Wheny ougotothemar kett

obuysomet hi
ng.
..I
fyoudon't
havetherequir
edamountneededtopurchaseit-y
ouwi l
lnotget
thatt
hing!Therei
sapricetaggedtoev
erythi
ng.Theabil
it
yto
desir
esomet hi
ngandgetitasdesir
edi
scal l
edeff
ecti
vedemand!

Lif
ewil
lnevergi
veyouwhatyouwant..
.Itgiv
esyouwhaty ou
demand!Betweenthereal
m ofi
maginat
ion,desir
e,vi
sionand
REALITYisagapcall
edEFFECTI
VEDEMAND( abi
li
tyt
opayt he
pri
ceneeded)
.

Pri
ceisthecostimpli
cat
ionsorthecostonemusti ncurto
getsomethingorgetsomethi
ngdone!God'sdesiresustorise.
ButGodwi l
lbecomeshelpl
essifwedon'tplayourpart
!Weneed
tocounttheCostofri
sing!
!AndtrustGodtopayourdues!

Thecostofr
isi
ngt
othetopever
yareaofourl
i
vesrequi
re
mor
eacti
onthanmerewor
ds!MoreDOINGthanSAYING!
 WHATARETHEPRI
CESWEMUSTPAYTORI
SE?

1.HONOUR

Tori
setothetopwemustlearnthepri
ncipl
eofHonour
!Ri
se!
Nomanr i
sesinl
if
ewhotreatpeoplecar
elessl
yand
di
scour
teousl
y!

Favourt
ravel
sinthedir
ecti
onofHonour!I
tisv
eryi
mpor
tant
weacknowl
edgepeople'
sgracesandgi
ft
ings!

Theanoi
nti
ngy
oudon'
tHonourcannev
eraddv
aluet
oyou!
QueenVashtil
ostherr
oy althronebecauseofDISHONOUR!
Estherunder
stoodthepri
ncipleofHonour !Thekingwasreadyto
giveherwhatevershewanted!Wemustt rustGoddeli
ber
atelyt
o
respectandHonourthosehebr ingsintoourli
ves!Godusesmen
toraisemen.Butifamanr efusest oposi
tionhimsel
fbyHonour
hemayl oosehisdesti
nyHelper !Wemustl ear
nt oGi
vehonourto
whomsoev erHONOURi sdue!

2.THEPRI
CEOFCONSTANTRENEWALOFOURMI
ND.

Thedi
ff
erencebetweenachi
l
d,ay
out
handanadul
tist
he
ki
ndofmi
ndsettheyhave!

PaulsaidwhenIwasachi l
d,Ir
easonedli
keachid.Youcan
l
nev
erexperi
enceanyri
singbeyondwhatyourmindaccept
s!As
amanthinket
hinhisheartsoi
she!

Tot
hisendwe'
readv
isedbyApost
lePaul
inEphesi
ans4:
23
..
.beRENEWEDi nthespir
itofyourmind.
..Werenewourmi nds
byKNOWLEDGE!Youcan' tri
seabov ewhatyouknow.Ev er
y
man'sIGNORANCEi shi
smount ain!Whereareyougoing,wher
e
doyouwanttoGo?Thequest ionis-Doyouhaveawor king
Knowledgeofwhatitt
akes!ThistakesustoournextPri
ce!

3.COMPETENCE

Wemustpayt hepri
cet
obecomecompet
enti
nwhat
soeverwe
wantt
odo!Wemustdowhat ev
erwehav
etodowit
hDext
erit
y
andatouchofexcel
l
ence.
..
.

InDan.1:4.
..Theki
nglookedoutf
ort
hosewhower
eski
l
lful
and
competent,
andwelll
earnedi
never
yarea.
..

Dani
el1:
3-4
[
3]Thentheki
ngcommandedAsh'penaz,
hischi
efeunuch,t
o
bri
ngsomeofthepeopl
eofI
srael
,bothofther
oyalf
amilyandof
thenobi
l
ity
.
[4]Youthswithoutbl
emish,handsomeandski l
fuli
nallwisdom,
endowedwi thknowledge,underst
andinglearni
ng,and
COMPETENTt oserv
eintheking'spalace,andtoteachthem the
l
et t
ersandlanguageoftheChalde'ans.
TheenemyofBet teri
sGood!AndtheenemyofBestisbet
ter
!
Nev
ersettl
ef orl
ess.
..Youcandomore,knowmor eandgai
n
moreexpert
iseonwhat soev
erGodhasputinyourhandst
odo!

I
fDani
elhadnotdev
elopedHi
msel
fsuf
fi
cient
lyr
isi
ngt
othe
t
hepal
acecoul
dhav
ebeenI
MPOSSI
BLE!
!!

4.I
NTEGRI
TY.

Oneoft hepri
cewehavetopaytori
seisthepr
icet
obecome
menofINTEGRI TY.Menmaylaughatusorcal
lusJew.
..Buti
n
t
heendintegri
tyalway
spaysoff

Pr
over
bs19:
1
Bet
terist
hepoorthatwal
ket
hinhi
sINTEGRI
TY,
thanhet
hati
s
per
versei
nhisl
ips,andi
safool
.
Str
iveMasiyiwasai
d_"I
NTEGRI TYi
smoreimport
antt
han
MONEY, whaty ourmoneycannotgivey
ou,I
NTEGRITYwil
lgi
ve
you!"
_Lieing,
cheatingWEAKENSt hePOTENCYofourcal
li
ngas
chi
ldrenofGod!

Iheardthestor
iesofpeoplewhopi
ckedmoneyupand
ret
urneditonlyf
orthem t
obeELEVATEDt othet
opwher
ethei
r
quali
fi
cati
onsmaynev erhavetakent
hem t
o.

Ther
earet
hingswedot
hatmakesitdi
ff
icul
tforGodtodo
whathehasdet
erminedt
odoforus!I
nusandthroughus!

5.OBEDI
ENCE

Godl
ovest
hosewhoobeyhi
m!Obedi
encet
oGodi
sa
NECESSI
TYf
orr
isi
ng!

Wewal
kwithCommonsense,
wer
unwi
thpr
inci
plesbutwe
f
lywi
thI
NSTRUCTI
ONS!

WheneverGodwantstol
i
ftordel
i
veramanhegiveshim an
I
NSTRUCTIONt obeobey
ed!Nomancanr i
sehi
gherthanhi
s
l
evel
ofobediencet
oGodandthesyst
emshe'sputi
nplaceforus
t
oobey!

AmancanbeAGED, f
ull
oftheknowledgeofwhatt
odoand
sti
l
lbegroundedi
fhedoesn'
tobeyGod'sINSTRUCTI
ONS!God
doesn'
tHonourAGE,
heHonoursOBEDIENCE.

Obedi
encetoGodisCOSTLY,wemustPAYaPRI CEtoObey
God!I
tmaybepainf
ul,
butobedi
encealwayspaysoff
!Whati s
Goddemandingf
rom y
ou!?Whatinst
ruct
ionhav
ey ourecei
ved!
Canyoutr
ustGodandobey!

Abr otherwasjobl essforyearsaft

erschool
,heprayedand
fast
esdandaskedGodwhatheshoul ddo-Godt ol
dhimt ogeta
wheelBar rowandstartpushi ng.Itsoundedweir
d!Meagr aduat
e
-wheelbarrow?Nonet helessheobey edandonedayhis
wheelbarrowscrat
cht hev ehicleofaweal t
hyman..
.Theman
rant
edandr ant
edraininginsultsonhim...Hewascalm and
apol
ogizedt otheman, whenhehear dhowgoodhi sEngli
shwas
heaskedwhoar eyou...?

Fastf
orwardhewasi nv
itedt
ot heman'
soffi
ceandhegota
wel
lpaidj
obthatcancel
edhisyearsofst
ruggl
es!Obedi
encei
s
i
ndeedakeytorisi
ng!
 Di
ff
erentpr i
ceshavetobepai
dforust or
ise,
DETERMINATI ON, DI
LIGENCE,I
MPORTUNI TY,HAVINGTHEI
-CAN
-DO-
ITMENTALI TYamongstother
sthathavebeenhandl
edi
nour
prev
iousteaching!

Last
lyf
ort
oni
ghtf
orwantoft
ime

6.SLEEPI
NGLESS.

Anymanwhosl
eepst
oomuchcannotr
ise!

Pr
over
bs6:
9
Howlongwi
l
tthousl
eep,
Osl
uggar
d?whenwi
l
tthouar
iseoutof
t
hysl
eep?
10Yetal
i
ttl
esl
eep,
ali
tt
lesl
umber
,al
i
ttl
efol
dingoft
hehandst
o
sl
eep:
Pr
over
bs6:
11
Soshal
lthypov
ert
ycomeasonet
hatt
rav
ell
eth,
andt
hywantas
anar
medman.
Pr
over
bs20:
13
Lov
enotsleep,
lestthoucometopov
ert
y;opent
hineey
es,
and
t
houshal
tbesati
sfiedwit
hbread.
Manypeopl ehavesl
eptawayv eryusef
ul andproducti
ve
year
softheirli
ves!Howmanyhour sdoy ousleepaday !?Great
menlikeBishopDavidOyedepo,Pst
.EnochAdeboy ethatwe
admireandothersaremenoft heni
ght!Torisetothetopwe
mustr
efusetoLov
esleep!
!!Sl
eepisgoodbutsl
eephasdepr
ived
manyofthei
rpl
aceatthet
op!Mayt hegoodLordhel
pustoPAY
ev
erypr
iceweneedtopayforourRI
SINGinJesusname!

Thanky
ouf
orf
oll
owi
ngt
hrough!

Ir
emai
nyourbr
other

AmehSi
l
as.

Formor
einqui
ri
esaboutt
het
eachi
ngandt
hegr
oup

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it
e

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ran

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