VOWS
PASTOR
BENNY HINN
God loves and
honors vows!
Throughout
history He has performed mighty miracles when people have made and fulfilled
vows.
What is so
important about a vow?
You can unlock
God’s miraculous Power through making a vow and fulfilling it. If you are
facing an especially large challenge, not knowing what to do, not knowing where
to turn, it may be time for you to consider making a vow before God.
We are told,
“Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most
High: And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify Me” (Ps 50:14-15 KJV).
Jacob vowed to
give a special offering if God would bless and keep him, and the result was not
only God’s protection but also His outpouring of abundance.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment to put on,
So that I come again to my father's
house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar,
shall be God's house: and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the
tenth unto Thee.
Gen 28:20-22 KJV
Hannah devoted
her son Samuel to a lifetime of ministry, and Israel’s future was changed.
And she was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O
Lord of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Thine handmaid, and
remember me, and not forget Thine handmaid, but wilt give unto Thine handmaid a
man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and
there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Sam 1:10-11KJV
Jonah made a vow
under great distress in the belly of a huge fish, and his adherence to that vow
caused a powerful revival to rock the city of Nineveh.
But the Lord sent out a great wind into the
sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
broken.
Then the mariners were afraid, and
cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship
into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of
the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and
said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God
will think upon us, that we perish not.
And they said every one to his
fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil
is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we
pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and
whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
And he said unto them, I am an
Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the
dry land.
Then were the men exceedingly
afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he
fled from the Presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
Then said they unto him, What shall
we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was
tempestuous.
And he said unto them, Take me up,
and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know
that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to
bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was
tempestuous against them.
Wherefore they cried unto the Lord,
and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this
man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for Thou, O Lord, hast done as
it pleased thee.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him
forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Then the men feared the Lord
exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.
Jonah 1:4-16 KJV
Chapter 2
narrates that Jonah prayed to the Lord God out of the belly of a fish, by
reason of his affliction.
Verse 10 says: “And the Lord
spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land” (KJV)
Are you facing impossible
circumstances? It is entirely biblical to make a vow when you are in danger or
up against impossible situations. And when you make vows to God, He listens.
Please
understand, a vow is not just a seed. A vow is not just an offering. There is a
difference, and there is uncommon Power in a vow! A vow gets God’s attention in
a way that a seed or an offering cannot.
Timing is crucial
for fulfilling your vows!
“I will go into Thy house with burnt
offerings: I will pay Thee my vows,
Which my lips have uttered, and my
mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.”
Ps 66:13-14 KJV
When you give for
the Gospel, Heaven responds.
God desires to
bless you beyond your wildest dreams.
Now He that ministereth seed to the
sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and
increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Being enriched in every thing to all
bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
2 Cor 9:10-11 KJV
Give your best to
the Lord today and watch what He will do for you!
There is power in
a vow!
Make and fulfil a
vow as God speaks to you, then get ready to see His Power unleash in your life
in an unprecedented way.
For the glorious
and eternal cause of our precious Lord, Jesus Christ.