About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of establishing spiritual foundations before undertaking any significant initiative in ministry or life.

Every initiative that lasts begins with a foundation that exists before the work becomes visible. This is true in business, in career, in ministry, and in the establishing of any structure meant to serve a purpose beyond the person who starts it. A believer who wants to build something enduring must first ask what has already been built in the environment he wants to enter, because no structure rises from nothing, whether that structure is natural or spiritual. The spirit does not work by wishful desire. What a person wants to see manifests in the natural world requires a corresponding foundation in the spirit, and that foundation has to be built or discovered before the building itself can begin. Paul establishes this principle when he writes to the Corinthian church about foundation. He tells them that no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:11). The principle he states about the person of Christ applies more broadly to the pattern of how God works. There is an order to building, and that order begins underground, in a place hidden from public view, long before anything above ground can be recognized. Foundation as the…

People in this episode

Host: Isaiah-Phillips Akintola

Topics covered

• intercession
• spiritual foundations
• ministry building
• enduring initiatives
• Christian principles

Keywords

• intercession
• spiritual foundations
• ministry
• building
• Christianity
• 1 Corinthians
• Paul

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 Corinthians 3:11

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