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Live The Prosperous Life.

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. - Psalms 112:3 God created the Heaven and the earth that we(redeemed) may enjoy it. He didn't create all the treasures and wealth on the earth for the devil and his demons, NO, of course NOT! He created them for His children(the body of Christ Jesus). Nobody in the body of Christ have any business living in poverty, which is the case of many today, because we are missing it a great deal. For anyone to think living in poverty makes him/her humble, I will say categorically that you are wrong and far from the truth. Study your Bible, ask the Holy Spirit for guidance and renew your mind with the Word of God. Psalms 115:16  "The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men." If you look at the Bible through the Old and New Testament, God is always looking out for ways to bless His people. The Apostles didn't lacked anything(New Testam...

From Messes to Miracles

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. – Proverbs 18:7 We have what we say. As believers, we know that's a vital biblical truth. We can see it in Mark 11:23, Matthew 21:21, James 3:2 and many other verses. Yet we often let it slip. We allow ourselves to begin talking like the world instead of talking the Word. And eventually we get what we've been asking for—a big mess. If that's happened to you, remember, whatever you have in your life is a product of what you've been saying. In order to change what you have, you must change what's coming out of your mouth. To head your life in a different direction—from death to life, sickness to health, failure to success—you must take charge of your words. That's a lot easier said than done. But that's the key: It must be said in order to be done! How do you start? First, realize that it can't be done just in the natural. This is a spiritual law, so it must be handled w...

Heaven's Economy

Giving thanks unto the Father...who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. – Colossians 1:12-13 If, in spite of all the Bible's promises about prosperity...in spite of all the prayers you've prayed...you are still struggling financially, consider this question: Where do you think God is going to get the resources to meet your needs? Many believers limit God without even realizing it by training their eyes on the limited resources of this world rather than the unlimited riches of God's kingdom. Their faith fails when they think of the troubled economy on the earth, of the shortages and scarcity that surround them. They wonder, How is God going to bless me in the middle of all this? If that's what you've been thinking, here's some news that will turn those thoughts around! The Bible says God has "delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear So...

An Easy Command to Obey (Landfill Pt.4)

If you want to know how God pulls people out of the landfill of poverty and promotes them to the boardroom of abundance, there it is, right there. He says to all of us what Jesus said to His disciples that day. “Bring what you have to Me.” Some people think that’s a hard command to obey, but it’s really not. Once you have a revelation of what Jesus wants to do for you, once you really believe that on the cross He became poorer than any person ever, that He bore the curse of poverty so that you could become as rich as He is, it’s easy to put what you have in His hands. Even if you don’t have a penny to your name, you’ll be so eager to give something to Jesus you’ll go outside somewhere, find a decent-looking rock, polish it up and bring it to Him. You’ll be like the Macedonians and make an offering out of yourself! Why? Because you know He’ll do the same thing for you that He did for His disciples when they handed Him those f...

Start Paying Attention(Landfill Pt.3).

Think about this: Those verses were written, not about rich people but about the poorest of the poor. They were written about people in deep poverty who had almost nothing to give except themselves. Yet, Paul said God would multiply the seed they sowed until they were rich enough to abound to every good work! “Well, I just don’t see how that could happen,” you might say. Then you need to read Matthew 14, because the Bible shows us there exactly how it happens. It tells about a time when Jesus made His own disciples rich enough to feed thousands of hungry people, even though just minutes earlier those disciples didn’t have enough for dinner themselves. You probably remember the story. It took place out in the middle of the desert. Jesus had gone there to be alone and the multitudes had followed Him. He was so moved with compassion for them that He ended up having an all-day healing meeting. About sunset, His disciples started to get nervous. After all, they were...

Good News For The Poor

Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not against giving to those in need. On the contrary, I’m highly in favor of it. I make it a priority in my life and ministry because Jesus did. What’s more, I love it. It’s a joy. But even so, I’m always aware that just giving someone money cannot solve the poverty problem in his or her life. If it could, Luke 4:18 would read differently. Jesus would have said there, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to raise money for the poor.” But that’s not what He said. He said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor….” What is the gospel to the poor? It’s the good news that we don’t have to be poor anymore because Jesus set us free. He bore the curse of poverty for us so THE BLESSING of Abraham could be ours through Him. I’ll never forget how thrilled I was when I first heard this. I thought ...

Landfill

From the Landfill to the Boardroom By Kenneth Copland. If you’ve been struggling with financial lack, here’s some news that may surprise you: The solution to your problem is not more money. Most people will tell you it is, but they’re wrong. Poverty—or lack of any kind—is not a money problem. It’s a spiritual problem that came on mankind through the curse of sin, and it can only be solved by a revelation of what Jesus did about it on the cross. It can only be conquered by renewing your mind to the fact that “… though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). In the 46 years I’ve been in ministry, I’ve been shocked to see how dramatically that scriptural truth can transform people. When they stop believing what the world says about their financial condition and start believing what God said, poverty completely loses its hold on them. They move out o...

Money truce.

People make reference that "The Bible says money is the root of all  evil...." The Bible didn't say that at all. The Bible says, "For the LOVE of MONEY is the root of all evil" (1Tim.6:10). You could be guilty of that sin and not have a dime. It's not wrong to have money; it's wrong for money to have you. #prosperityreality

No Time For Clay Pots

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. – 2 Timothy 2:20 Are you destined for greatness in the kingdom of God? Ask most believers that question and they'll humbly assure you they're not. "You know we can't all be golden vessels" they'll say. "Like the Bible says, some of us are just called to be little clay pots." Praise God, the Bible doesn't say any such thing! Certainly there are going to be some golden vessels in the kingdom and there are going to be some clay pots, but we are the ones—not God—who determine which kind we will be. Second Timothy 2:21 tells us that "whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master...

Coming Restoration

LUKE 5:36–38 And he [Jesus] spake also  a parable unto them; No man putteth a  piece of a new garment upon an old; if  otherwise, then both the new maketh a  rent, and the piece that was taken out of  the new agreeth not with the old. 37 And  no man [no man!] putteth new wine into old bottles [or wineskins]; else the new  wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled,  and the bottles shall perish. 38 But new  wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. You must understand the illustration Jesus is using. These wine “bottles” were made of skin. Once wine was put into them, they would swell up and change shape.  As the skin became old, it became brittle, and if wine were put into an old skin, it would burst. Therefore, they would renew those old wineskins. First, they’d soak them in water for a long time. Second, they’d take olive oil and rub it into the  skin until it became soft and plia...

Step Across The Faith Line.

And being not weak in faith, [Abraham] considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. – Romans 4:19-20 In the years I've spent living by faith, there's something I've learned to do that helps me receive from God in the toughest of situations. It's something I call stepping over the faith line. A faith line is what you need when you want God to do the "impossible" in your life. It's what you need when you want to be firm in your faith and yet you keep wavering back and forth between your circumstances and God's promises—believing first one, then the other. It's what can make you like faithful Abraham. You know, Abraham had natural facts to deal with just like we do. He knew there was no natural way for God's promise to him to come true. Yet the Word says Abraham ...

Don't give up!

Don't think there won't be trials when God gives you a task. Just because tasks come, trials will mount up, that it looks like it isn't working doesn't mean the task isn't true. But I want to tell you—God does show up sooner or later. Sooner or later there comes a payday! #prosperityreality

Are You Righteous?

...not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. – Philippians 3:9 I don't care how badly you may have messed things up yesterday or how many mistakes you have made, I want you to begin this day knowing you are righteous! Not because of anything you've done but because you've received, by faith in Jesus, the very righteousness of God. Just look at the kinds of benefits the Word of God says that righteousness will bring: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree" (Psalm 92:12). "When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth" (Proverbs 11:10). "The seed of the righteous shall be delivered" (Proverbs 11:21). "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers" (1 Peter 3:12). "For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield...

Word Access.

When you hear the Word, when you learn to believe God—especially in the area of giving—you become dangerous to Satan! Jesus taught that the sower sows the Word and Satan comes  immediately to take out the Word which was sown (Mark 4:1-20). Why? For three basic reasons: 1.  The Word of God is the key to the laws of the Spirit. 2.  The laws of the Spirit govern the laws of the natural. 3.  Satan works in the natural world. When you take the power of these laws and function them by faith, Satan is finished! When you learn the rules of the game, he is through. He is a defeated foe! #prosperityreality

Let the World Know

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.... that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me.... – John 17:20-23 Over the years the Church has come up with all kinds of elaborate ways to evangelize the world. We get together and map out plans and strategies and raise money for it. But through it all, we rarely mention the plan that Jesus gave us. Most believers don't even realize that He gave us the key to winning the world, but He did. He prayed about it right before He went to the Cross. He asked the Father to bring us into a place of such oneness with each other and with Him that the world would know that He had been sent from God. If you and I and all the rest of the Body of Christ would get together and start loving each other, we'd evangelize the world so fast it would make your head swim. It's true. B...

Look Up!

Consider [Jesus] that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. – Hebrews 12:3 Look up...because in times like these, your very life may depend on it. Some time ago, the Lord showed me that a spirit of weariness is trying to work its way into our lives these days through all the pressure and bad news that surround us. It's working to get our eyes off the Word of God by bombarding us with negative forces. It's trying to get us to look down at defeat instead of up at Jesus. If you let that happen, your spirit man will begin to lose his dominion. And the Word tells us what the results of that is. It says you will "be wearied and faint in your minds." Jesus put it this way in Mark 4. He said that when the cares of this world enter into your heart and mind, they'll choke the Word and cause it to become unfruitful. And since your faith is the product of the Word, that means your faith will wither. Once that ...