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    Overcoming Crisis: A Spiritual Approach
    Overcoming Crisis: A Spiritual Approach
    Overcoming Crisis: A Spiritual Approach
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    Overcoming Crisis: A Spiritual Approach

    By Idemudia Guobadia

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    Overcoming Crisis offers a spiritual approach to understanding crisis and how to deal with it. It discusses stakeholders involved in a crisis and who holds the key to overcoming the crisis.

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    PublisherIdemudia Guobadia
    Release dateJan 24, 2018
    ISBN9781370444342
    Overcoming Crisis: A Spiritual Approach
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    Idemudia Guobadia

    Idemudia Guobadia was ordained into the pastoral ministry in April 2006 and consecrated into the office of Apostle in August 2017. He is the lead pastor of the Overcomers in Christ Group of Churches located in Brooklyn, New York; Newark, New Jersey; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Idemudia Guobadia has resided and worked in four continents of the world and is conversant with various world cultures. He has worked as a university professor, attorney, government administrator, motivational speaker, pastor, and evangelist. He is married to his beautiful wife, Tayo and is blessed with two sons and two daughters.

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      Overcoming Crisis - Idemudia Guobadia

      CHAPTER ONE

      The Crisis On the Way

      The first crisis you had to face and which you had no clue about was your date of birth. You did not plan your birth and, yet you were the main actor in that plot. You survived that crisis because other personalities in the plot unbeknownst to you, were acting on your behalf. That crisis demanded that you leave the familiarity of your mother's womb to a world plagued with all sorts of adversities, intrigues, and crises. The familiarity of your mother's womb was no longer a justification for you to remain in it. You had outgrown the womb of your mother and it was no longer a sufficient environment to nurture you with the abundant life needed for the life journey ahead of you. In similar fashion, many have been limited from breaking into new frontiers of abundant living by the influence of the familiar. Often time, a crisis comes to compel us to move in the direction of progress.

      It was the unfolding of adversities and crises that eventually made Job curse the date of his birth (Job 3). 

      What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil. Job 3:25-26. 

      The crisis that Job was apprehensive of eventually came to him. Job was a man of substantial means and because of the interplay of divine forces, he lost his wealth and children in the most bizarre manner. The fact that Job was a righteous man that feared God and shunned evil did not prevent him from going through such a gruesome crisis. At the end of the crisis, Job came out stronger, wiser, and richer. God restored unto him that which he had lost and much more. The crisis that Job went through resulted in his promotion and in his experiencing of abundant life of a fuller and richer quality than he previously knew. In the peak of his crisis, Job refused to curse God and die. Rather, Job longed for an opportunity to plead his case and his cause with God. 

      One character of crisis is its accuracy at testing the heart of man. A crisis will easily show where you stand. Crisis is a good revealer and judge of character. Crisis will show if one is faithful to what he professes or if one has a spirit of compromise. A crisis provokes the real you to come out of the box. Until the real you comes out of hiding, you cannot appreciate the abundant life that Christ came to give. 

      The crisis of the cross brought Jesus Christ to a cross�road at the Garden of Gethsemane. This crisis demanded that Jesus Christ choose either his will or the will of the Father. As Christ experienced the crisis of the cross, all his followers forsook him and yet, he remained faithful to his Father�s will. The crisis of the cross eventually paved way for the glory of Christ�s resurrection. In crisis, there will be times that it will seem that you are all alone. You must choose God�s will over the fleshly desire to quit or compromise. 

      From Job 3:25, it appears that Job had a premonition that crisis was coming his way. A crisis can easily arrive at one�s doorstep unannounced. Many have this premo�nition like Job and cannot quite put their fingers to it. We are now in the season of great uncertainties where the abnormal is now seen as normal. Nonetheless, there is a wave of events soon to take place that will catch many unawares. It will be kind of like the famine in Egypt but only that this time around, very few are paying heed to the voice of Joseph. 

      As the powerful elites of the world clandestinely prepare to usher in a New World Order, a series of intense crises will certainly surround the birthing of this New World Order. It is the toll that this will have on mankind that makes this a crisis like no other in terms of severity of scope and magnitude. 

      In his earthly ministry, Christ presented two masters before the people: God and Mammon. 

      No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24. 

      Financial Crisis 

      The first wave of crisis that has already been released into the world is a financial crisis of enormous propor�tions. The United States and many western countries are burdened by an insurmountable debt burden coupled with currencies that are fast depreciating in value. Unemployment rates are rising, and the middle class is on a downward spiral. The world economy is intercon�nected and so obviously, many countries will be caught in a long term economic recession. All these of course, will influence the speed, the scope, and the depth at which the gospel of Christ will be financed. Those that live a Christ-centered life will experience an inner peace amidst this outward turmoil (John 16:33). 

      Most churches depend on the contributions of their members. When members are faced with their own finan�cial challenges, it becomes difficult for them to provide regular financial support to their own churches. The church of Christ must ask God for wisdom to navigate through the lean years. Church expenses like mortgage payments, rent, utility bills and insurance premiums will have to be met regardless of fluctuating income. The body of Christ is entering a season where the more affluent members will be expected to carry more of the burden so that the gospel will thrive and prosper. This in turn, will demand more transparency and accountability on the part of serious church leadership. A glimpse of this scenario which is most likely to come to the fore shortly, can be found in Acts Chapters 4 and 5. The Church must adopt a similar approach to remain relevant in this fast-changing world. Without adequate financing the work of the ministry will slow down. 

      32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God�s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles� feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need. 

      36 Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means �son of encourage�ment�), 37 sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles� feet. 

      5. 1Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife�s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles� feet. 

       3 Then Peter said, �Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn�t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn�t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.�  

      5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. 6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him. 

      7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, �Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?� 

       �Yes,� she said, �that is the price.� 

      9 Peter said to her, �How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.� 

      10At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events. Acts 4:32 � Acts 5:11. 

      Ananias and his wife Sapphira sought to impress the church leaders. They wanted people to think that they were giving to the work of the Lord wholeheartedly. Even though they gave, they were deceptive in their giving. In times of economic hardship, the temptation to be decep�tive will increase and we must overcome such temptation. With global financial crisis at the door, the Church will begin to experience new patterns and avenues of giving and must be ready and willing to adapt to changes swiftly. 

      Generally speaking, the way churches are birthed make it rather difficult for them to consider merging with a view to consolidating their strengths and minimizing their weaknesses. Churches, though under the same lordship of Jesus Christ, are gifted differently and tend to operate differently. Just like in the European Union where many member states are unwilling to surrender their national sovereignty for the common good, many churches, despite financial challenges, will prefer to work loosely with other churches than to commit to a legal arrangement that will cause a merger of churches. Churches tend to be jealous of their identity, which is often made more complicated by the cluster of denominations and independence within the body of Christ. However, it will not be surprising to see a few church branches within the same denomination and geographical area amalgamate to save operating costs. 

      Harsh economic realities will most likely result in an increase in crime. With inflation and lack of access to funds, people will get increasingly desperate. The church with an apostolic base and a prophetic voice will of a sudden be in higher demand. People in search of answers will flock to churches where God is speaking. Already, there is a trend with people getting dissatisfied with church as usual. The people that are looking for more of God have been frus�trated by the experience of more church, and less God. As financial crisis unfolds, people in desperation will begin to look toward churches that are less talk and more of a demonstration of God�s Spirit and power.

      Political and Social Crises

      Many countries that were created by colonial and other

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