The Wealthy Place: The secrets to a flourishing financial life

By Seyi Adebiyi

We have seen the world’s richest billionaire but we have not yet seen the world’s richest TRILLIONAIRE...

Have you ever thought about that? Yes, we have not seen the richest trillionaire! We have seen great things in the world of Science and Technology, but that does not mean we have seen the peak and the best of Science and Technology. You know why? Because you, yes I mean you, also have something greater, than what has been before, to contribute to this earth to make it a better place.

Consider various fields of the earth; science and technology, medicine, entertainment, Banking, Trading and Commerce, Politics, Education and so on. None of these fields are yet functioning at the peak of their existence yet. That automatically means we all are yet to fulfill the commandment of God that He gave to us in creation;
“...replenish the earth...” This book will show you how to replenish the earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Seyi Adebiyi
• Release date: Nov 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370488933

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SEYI ADEBIYI

THE WEALTHY PLACE

the secrets to a flourishing financial life.

Copyright 2017 Seyi Adebiyi

Published by Seyi Adebiyi

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Your definition of wealth

determines your acquisition of it

To Kemi Alaje-Merayebu...

You lived well, so you live on.

Acknowledgement

To the one true and living God, the only Owner of the Heavens and the Earth and the Giver of all resources, i humbly worship. You are the secret of this success and forever you are my God.

And to the circumstances that forced out the best in me, i say thank you.

To my parents, Rev. & Mrs. L.O. Adebiyi, your great and continuous encouragement has pushed me forward further.

To my Father and Pastor, Rev. Deji Olabode, thank you for believing in me Sir. In your steps eternally.

To my mentor, Rev. Ojo Stephen Gbadegesin, thank you for the opportunity to learn at your feet Sir.

To Rejoice Oluwayemisi, you said It's possible and I believed. Now i see better. Thank you for all.

To Busayo Ilelaboye, my covenant friend, the CEO of PENIL Concept, your light remains global.

To the church I pastor, THE WORSHIP CENTER ASSEMBLY, from where the light of the message in this book started shining. May you remain eternally relevant.

To my great brother who believes in possibilities, Engineer Femi Adebowale, you have shown me this world can be a better place for all.

To my first music leader, Mrs. Tutu Adeyombo, your support has made this a reality.

To my two great business moguls, Mr. Segun and Blessing Ige, may you remain successful.

To my relationship expert and Pastor, Pastor(Mrs) Udomboso, thank you for your support.

To my mentor, Dr. A. Adebowale, thank you for your continuous message on the emancipation of the youths.

To my impactful friend, Segun Israel Aderinto, may your hands remain lifted in greatness.

To Elder and Dr. Kayode, thank you for believing in this vision.

To Mrs. Bello Mikhail, thank you for your support.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement

Introduction: The Economically Successful Life

PART 1

Chapter 1 - Why God wants you to be Wealthy

Chapter 2 - Wisdom for Wealth

Chapter 3 - Understanding Wealth

Chapter 4 - Where is your Wealth?

Chapter 5 - Power to get Wealth

Chapter 6 - How to attract Wealth

Chapter 7 - Patience is Wealth

Chapter 8 - The Greatest Wealth

Chapter 9 - The Lasting Wealth

PART 2

Chapter 10 - Worry Not

Chapter 11 - Financing Your Future

Chapter 12 - The Negative Mindsets About Wealth

Chapter 13 - Breakthrough Imagination

INTRODUCTION

The Economically Successful Life

This is one of the best seasons on the earth. Hmmm! I see you don’t believe that. You have too many questions in your heart. How can this time be one of the best seasons on the earth? There is global economic recession. And looks glaring that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Well, who told you that the poor will no longer be? Even our Master, Jesus Christ, announced when He was on the earth The poor shall always be in your midst!a

Fellow, this is one of the best seasons on the earth for you. It’s no flattery! You picked up this book because you believe that there is truly a wealthy place for you. Maybe you are even there already or you are about entering there. All I know is that your sound will be global.

I was privileged to talk on the subject of wealth at a conference some time ago, and I made an astounding statement. Look at it;

We have seen the world’s richest billionaire but we have not yet seen the world’s richest TRILLIONAIRE…

Have you ever thought about that? Yes, we have not seen the richest trillionaire! We have seen great things in the world of Science and Technology, but that does not mean we have seen the peak and the best of Science and Technology. You know why? Because you, yes I mean you, also have something greater, than what has been before, to contribute to this earth to make it a better place.

Consider various fields of the earth; science and technology, medicine, entertainment, Banking, Trading and Commerce, Politics, Education and so on. None of these fields are yet functioning at the peak of their existence yet. That automatically means we all are yet to fulfill the commandment of God that He gave to us in creation;

…replenish the earth…b

To replenish means to refill, to renew, to supply again, to add a fresh quantity, to complete or to supply fully. And checking the dictionary again, I discovered that the direct opposite of the word replenish is deplete.

Are you very familiar with the phrase The depletion of the Ozone Layer? Of course I know you understand that the word deplete is the verb form of the noun word depletion.

Now, let’s do a little bit of Biology here. The Ozone layer is like an invisible shade God placed in the atmosphere to reduce the scotching intensity or hotness of the sunlight. It is what makes the sun not to burn our skin. Someone has put it right when he said It can only take God less than a second to destroy the whole Universe…if He removes all the Ozone layer

However, environmental scientists are complaining now that we are depleting, or wearing away, gradually the ozone layer by the gases that are released into the atmosphere by our petrochemical factories. That indirectly suggests that instead of man replenishing the earth literally and physically, he is somehow doing the opposite…he is depleting it.

But don’t worry too much, that is just a figurative expression of what I want to talk about. I’m not talking about the physical earth here because I drive a car too and release a gas that depletes the ozone layer into the atmosphere. If you are driving a car, you do too. The gas is called Carbon monoxide.

This earth I am talking about is not this physical entity that has trees, lands, oceans and rivers. I’m talking about the systems that govern the entity called earth. So I don’t want your conscience to prick you because you are cutting down trees, killing some sea animals, burning the bush etc. It is even necessary to do that sometimes. However, a botany Professor will fight you for cutting down trees and burning the bush (deforestation). But in actual fact, those activities are even some of the ways of replenishing the earth physically.

Now before you consider this introduction as a long sermon, let me tell you the summary. You are not likely going to be able to replenish the earth to your full capacity if you are poor.

The Riches of Poverty

It is a good thing to be born into wealth as princes are; but it is a better thing to have an experience of poverty. You say what? Yes, poverty has its advantages. But it is bad if it lasts for a lifetime.

There are some good lessons you can learn in your poverty. You can learn how to manage resources, how to save, how not to waste, how to persevere, how to be humble, how to be patient and many more. However, the challenge is that most poor people or people in poverty are somewhat learning nothing quite right. Most people, in their poverty are just learning how to have a pity-party for themselves every time they need help, how to beg when their needs are not met etc. Hence, they remain poor.

The truth be told; riches begin from poverty. If we are going to live a wealthy life, we have to learn the right lessons in our poverty state, we have to indirectly start practicing the life we desire to live as wealthy people. An old Yoruba adage puts it correctly like this;

"What you don’t want as a rich man,

reject it as a poor man"

And this begins from your mind. Living the economically successful life begins from your mind. It’s first a mindset before it becomes an experience.

The Realm of No lack

The Economically successful life is a life that functions at the realm of no financial lack. Lack is a terrible four letters word that no one desires or prays for. We all want to prosper financially. Yeah! It’s a good thing anyway. And guess what; it’s God’s desire for you.

God wants you to get to your wealthy place and function there. Your wealthy place is not a geographical location. Instead, your wealthy place is a state or condition in which it is glaring to all that you are prosperous, not just financially, but in all things.

It grieves God’s heart to see you need something and you can’t have it when you need it. It grieves God’s heart to see you suffer continuously. There is a difference between trekking as exercise or prayer-walk and trekking because you don’t have money to board a cab. God hates to see you experience the later. And God’s desire is to see you discover the root cause of the financial lack and overcome it. Lack should not lower your life.

Please never get deceived by the devil that wealth and riches belong to some aristocratic class as one of my longtime friend told me some time ago. I guess he was just tired. Perhaps he was tired of believing God for his financial breakthrough. So, he came up with this statement God already knows how to share the wealth…we are just trying. If we are part of them, we will have it. And if we are not part of them, we won’t

You notice I did not put that statement in bold letters…Yes! Because I don’t want you to rest your mind on it. If this is the belief of my friend, let it be for him. He will still be my friend anyway because I will be happy to share my wealth with him to prove him entirely wrong.

Perhaps this is the belief you have too. If so, let me announce to you; You have just been deceived. The wealth of this life is enough for everyone to access and enjoy; even children, many generations yet unborn. The will of God for you is to live an economically successful life, not just a life that will barely get by; a life of struggle, toil and distress. It is a life that should be prosperous in times of famine like it happened to Isaac the son of Abraham. God wants you to have more than enough to give to people even when many other persons are saying what they have is not enough.

Austerity Prosperity

No matter how terrible everything looks, God still wants you to prosper. No matter the austerity the world is experiencing, God still wants you to walk in prosperity. This is the form of prosperity called Austerity Prosperity. It is exclusively reserved for you.

It is the kind of prosperity that does not know famine, does not identify with lack, does not recognize insufficiency, and does not see rejection. It flourishes in abundance, it delivers expansion, it announces increase, it makes unimaginable exploits real, it gives access to attractive glory and it is an expression of fulfilling grace. And that is the symbol of the economically successful

PART ONE

Chapter 1 - Why God Wants You to be Wealthy

Wealth has purpose

You are familiar with the old adage if the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable. A child can’t help but waste a hundred thousand, because he does not know its purpose. If you also don’t understand the purpose of wealth, you will waste it. You now see the reason why many are poor.

Nothing in itself is wrong with wealth. Nothing absolutely is wrong with money. If you are a party to those who say the Bible says money is the root of all evil, you are limiting yourself in life. If that statement is true then it must have been written in the book of the devil, not the Word of God. The Bible, the Word of God, never said that money is the root of all evil. Let’s look at that scripture and see the way it is written.

"For the LOVE of money is the root of all evil; which some

coveted after, have erred from faith and pierced themselves

through with many sorrows" a

It is the love of money that is the root of all evil. No rich man is going to hell except the one that rejects God by not accepting and believing in His Son, Jesus. You can be wealthy and still make heaven. #Money is not the root of all evil…it is the love of money that is!

Nothing is wrong with being rich and wealthy. Nothing is wrong with money. However, money takes the character of the bearer. In the hands of a ritualist, money becomes a ritual money. In the hands of a thief, money becomes a stolen money. In the hands of a righteous man, it also becomes righteous money. It is the same money but different people who use it for different purpose.

Follow God’s way to wealth

Let me ask you a simple question. Who do you think is richer- the devil or God? I can hear you saying in your mind that I’m not even supposed to place them side by side, they are not the same. You are correct- God is the owner of all riches, including the ones the devil stole. But why is it that we somewhat have a lot of poor people who believe in God today and many financially okay unbelievers?

I don’t want to waste your time too much; let me tell you why I think so. Many of them are poor because they are pursuing money, pursuing wealth, the exact way the unbelievers are also pursuing wealth. That gets God angry several times.