How do you steward your life and ministry to withstand tough times, and bear fruit? Get the answer in this revelatory message by Joseph Prince. See what it really means to build your ministry on “gold, silver and precious stones,” as opposed to “wood, hay and straw.” Understand why everything you do needs to be built on the sure foundation of Christ and His gospel of grace, and begin to walk in greater effectiveness and anointing as a leader and channel of blessing in your home, workplace and church. Build on the right foundation today and enjoy God’s rewards and blessings in every season!

so the thing is this the foundation is

Jesus Christ but how you build on the

next verse please now if anyone builds

on this foundation with gold silver

precious stones wood hay straw if anyone

builds on this foundation with gold

silver precious stones wood hay straw

each one’s work will become clear for

the day we declare it because it will be

revealed by fire and the fire will test

each one’s work of what sort it is if

anyone’s work which he has built on it

and yours listening you better be

listening okay because this is about

your ministry whether you receive reward

or not how many know that God gives

reward what was the reward for for

Peters obedience it was practical it was

literally what fisherman wants amen

so he’s very practical so reward is

reward but what what gives you the

reward if your work is not burnt so we

come to this if anyone’s work is burned

he will suffer loss here’s where the

Apostle Paul he’s a great guy he don’t

forget right he’s very quick to say but

he himself will be saved they got

nothing to do with salvation

some people say your ministry I know

you’re you are you’re going to hell you

know they they try to associate

performance with your eternal security

so the Apostle Paul’s not he’s very

quick we’re talking about what what your

ministry alright if your ministry if

you’re if your works are burned you

suffer loss that means what no reward

but you’re still saved yet so as by as

true fire numbers you still go through

it all right but you’re saved means at

the end all right after the fire you

know you’re just a still standing there

you’re not dead the fire will never

touch your soul your spirit man so the

question that begs an answer is this and

and I’ve studied many commentaries I’ve

studied a lot of people that they seem

to go by the standard norm which is what

day is this they will say the day of

judgment so when I was young I still

remember imagining myself you know

standing before God you know

you got strong and then God says ready

fire

all right and the fire comes on you you

know all your works and all that stir

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then you one day

all right on your underwear you know

everything else burns you know so the

way the way some some commentaries would

write it when they were when they write

it they talk about day of judgment but

what so I asked a lot I if she said the

day of judgment the fire were happened

somewhere before God’s throne I’m gonna

send that then after that you know but

when I read this it’s talking about

ministry down on earth and then

something saved me

all right the Lord told me where do you

find the word day of judgment so I look

up it says what in verse 13 each one’s

will become clear for the day we declare

it the day we declare it there is the

day coming by the way they pass the

prince is Capaldi in the great there’s

no capital it’s put there by the

translators that day is a day of fire

that comes how many honey how many here

under the sound of my voice you went

through a day of fire before a season of

fire let me see your hands all of us

have and the season of fire actually

exposes our motives Ryan on how many of

you now you’re married do you remember

that time in your dating then you know

everything is lovey-dovey hunky-dory

Rosie Rosie

no sweetie sweetie sweetie pie all their

damn that you went through a fight a

huge fight all right and then you even

want to postpone your wedding and all

that kind of thing and you’re not sure

about each other anymore and all the

kind of thing all right but then it

exposed your real motif but do you love

the person after some time can I see

your hands show Mel just raise a hand

anyone else

okay why go to that so that your real

motives will be seen do you really love

this person are you able to handle it

when the going gets tough alright so it

was the day that it doesn’t mean 24

hours I don’t believe that the day can

be a season just like stand there for in

the evil day remember that it seems tell

me that evil Dave’s singular whereas he

they will love life and see good days so

I believe the seasons of good days are

longer amen then the seasons of testing

are you with me alright so that day were

declaring I do not know what the day

will how the day will be initiated by

will it be men testing you checking you

will it be something that exposes you

will it be something that you know we do

not know but it’s a day of fire and then

the real test all right when you go

through it so I’m telling you Church

that that the day of fire will reveal

what sort of work is built on I mean so

we have we have what if anyone burst 12

even one builds on this foundation gold

silver precious stones all right there

are one category they are called the

positive category the good category the

other category would be a straw is

negative how do you know how to divide

very simple fire comes and go alright go

still remains at the most

it melts all right under intense fire

silver remains precious stones remain

wood hay straw wood what happened the

wood when fire comes it burns up hey

burns up straw burns up okay would look

at would we have wood if fire touches it

what happens it will burn right hey look

at hey if fire touches it what’s

happened even a cigarette but if go into

it what happens it burns

I mean and we have straw fire touches it

it burns okay

so how do what are all these things wood

hay straw will something negative s

again wood

straw wood is always mankind all the

trees of the field will clap your hands

amen remember the Bible says a kasya

would Jesus the Ark of the Covenant

which is fully goal as well as also

would manhood deity so would represents

what mankind all the trees of the field

all right wood is men but if you depend

on your age any flesh if you depend on

your flesh your fleshly efforts you will

burn up

what is hey what is hay and straw let me

give give you Bible for it okay Isaiah

40 the grass withers ah grass straw hay

it’s made from grass the flower fades

because the breath of a lot blows upon

it surely the people are grass so you

have mankind t.v fight by the wood you

have people to be fight by grass okay

the grass withers the flower fades by

the word about God stands forever so the

flower is like you know the the greatest

men on earth people oh this guy is an

amazing singer look at how many albums

he sells look at all the people

screaming for him and all that but God

stays just grass that burns away in

James 1 it says the the flower falls

away sooner late day becomes 1 faiths

it’s not built on the foundation aren’t

you glad that we are talking about

things that were lost

are you listening enough Moses built his

health on the true foundation when he

was 120 his eyes was not deemed his

natural force not abated deal with that

think about that all right

people in the world they depend on human

effort they depend on human smarts they

try to do this try to do that and you

find that they just fade why it’s not

built on the solid foundation when the

fire comes it burns up are you with me

all right remember this verse the grass

refers to people the flower is the glory

of men

the glory of men so whenever you talk to

someone and he is a multi-millionaire

and you are not just remember you’re

talking to a flower okay whereas you you

got your feet on Jesus Christ don’t feel

intimidated the best of them the most

famous of them is just like flower of

the grass they both wither they both dry

up wait long enough it would dry up then

people start looking for new flower new

grass but you built your foundation on

Jesus Christ go back to first Corinthian

Street are you with me so far

all right now look at this the fire

would test each one’s book of what sort

it is is it gold silver precious stones

or wood hay straw so if you build your

ministry your leadership all right on

human performance fleshly efforts human

glory human applause the day will

declare it what thought your ministry is

made often are you listening people now

we all want to build on go silver and

precious stones right and Bible

interpret Bible what is go in the Bible

divine righteousness

what is silver in the Bible redemption

amen

in other words if your trust is always

in the finished work divine

righteousness is a gift of grace based

on the finished work amen silver is

redemption

look at this tabernacle Bible interpret

Bible maybe I thought they spent some

time back that all these golden boards

that you see up here they are all you

and I in the tabernacle we make the

Temple of God and we all stand in

side-by-side remember that is made from

wood the wood is overlaid with gold and

you know at the bottom all right are two

what we call tenants they call it hands

excuse me and the tenants of the silver

sockets the civil servants there are

actually two holes what they do is that

the the wood is like a wooden bar and

then the – they call it hands is

interesting underneath are the

everlasting hands of God Jesus says and

I and I know man

and pluck them out of my hand because

your your foundation is silver

redemption and you know what you’re not

a wood lying in the gold in the in the

in the in the desert all right you are a

golden board and your feet doesn’t touch

the world

it touches Redemption no foundation by

the foundation of Jesus Christ

are you listening people amen

so rest assured rest easy

your foundations are solid silver it’s

based on redemption in others it’s based

on the shore work of Jesus Christ

therefore you cannot be moved now you

may tremble all right when you hear a

storm coming whatever but you know what

you cannot fall because you’re not built

on your own performance on your own work

on your own glory on your own Fame on

your own flower you are built on the

solid work of Jesus Christ before you

can fall he must fall first because you

are in him and go represents

righteousness you see you don’t see the

wood you see the gold so what does it

mean if your ministry to be built on

gold and silver

it means listen carefully alright for

the pastor for the leader for those who

are listening

alright pastors and leaders has got a

pitch to the people like they are golden

boards not like they are wood that’s why

Jesus said don’t be ho the splinter in

your brother’s eye don’t look at the

wood his whole appearance before God is

goal he’s in righteousness but you

behold his wood all right you know why

you see his wood you don’t realize there

is a block of wood in your own I would

hear wood there

let me understand alright people hate in

others what they hate in themselves you

can always tell what you don’t like

about other people what you don’t know

about yourself by what you don’t like

about other people most likely you are

doing it I meant so wood here and here

big wood here the guy only has a

splinter but he see the guy is a big

block of wood and God says he’s a

splinter yours is a big block

so who says cheers I have a sense of

humor someone an amount he says this guy

walking around with a big telephone post

coming up his eye you know I’m sure

there was a response from the people and

the Pharisees was you know so you’re

saying don’t see the wood don’t see the

you know the fall in each other but see

each other in the divine righteousness

of Jesus Christ okay

are you with me and our foundation is

server all right see yourself that way

see your ministry that way and always

remember because when you see yourself

that way you always give the glory to

the Lord Jesus Christ alone alright one

more thing just now we go back to the

verse again we have precious stones

right go silver precious stones where do

you find precious stones in the Old

Testament look at the high priests

garments what do you have right at the

heart

don’t forget the high priests he

represents Jesus Christ what is right on

his heart his bosom a place of love what

do you find the names of his people the

twelve tribes all right put that to us

translate that to us interpret that to

us today what does it mean on Jesus hat

is Uni and how is it presented like a

stone normal stone is in the street like

pebbles no precious stones all of us are

precious stones so when we preach to

people when we think about ourselves we

better know that the way you build your

foundation all right is by seeing people

as precious stones doesn’t mean there’s

no correction there’s correction by the

correction will be a loving correction

not beating correction God calls us

pastors to feed not to beat and there is

correction in the world okay by the

loving correction are you with me people

so God is saying if you built your

ministry on grace all this I’m sharing

His grace if you built your ministry on

grace the day the fire comes it will

expose it all right it will expose your

ministry is built on Grace and guess

what you receive a reward why why a

reward because the devil has a think

twice before it brings the fire right

because now you’re left standing guess

what you get a reward you get a reward

for going to the fire and your fruits

remain

hallelujah come on church come on church

amen