3 John 2 beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers.

 Prosperity begins in the soul.

 Here is the secret to becoming prosperous in the kingdom of God. The word soul in this verse, as translated from the Greek means spirit and mind. In other words you must prosper in your spirit and in your mind before you prosper in your bank account. Another way of putting this is that is when you prosper in your soul your bank account will follow.

 How do I prosper my soul?

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Ps. 35:27 let the Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Are you aware that God takes pleasure in the prosperity of his people? How awesome is that? God is a wonderful heavenly father who has emotions just like we do and one of his emotions is pleasure. To understand the pleasure that God takes in our prosperity and well-being, is to understand the pleasure that an earthly father would take in the prosperity and well-being of his children. I take pleasure when my son does well and I take a lot of pleasure in the fact that my son is becoming prosperous.

 God does not want you to be poor.

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Christian finances and God’s will are seen here in Psalms 112:1-3 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord, that delights greatly in His commandments. Your seed shall be mighty upon the earth the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house and his righteousness endures forever.

 This is an awesome scripture. What the Bible is telling us here is that if a man fears the Lord and the delights greatly in his commandments you his seed shall be mighty on the Earth and his generation shall be blessed and wealth and riches shall be in is house. Did I say wealth and riches? Are God’s people supposed to have wealth and riches in their house? Well apparently so or this would not be stated in the Bible. This is very difficult for people to understand as most people believe that Christians are supposed to be poor and some Christians even take a vow of poverty, which is not found anywhere in the Bible. Yes, God’s people are supposed to have wealth and riches in their house.

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Psalms 23: the Lord is my Shepherd.  How many times have we read that verse and how many people really understand it? The key to understanding this verse, is understanding David’s relationship with God. David had a very unique relationship with God in as much as God was not only his salvation, but also his protector and provider.

 To David, his salvation with God was the most important thing in the world, to him. We get insight into that relationship in Psalm 51 after David said had sinned and was asking God for forgiveness and even tried to make a deal with God and said restore to me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit then will I teach transgressors thy ways and sinners shall become converted unto thee. David was actually saying to God, if you will forgive me and take me back I will bring people to you. This goes along the lines of what I said the day I got saved. I said Lord; if you will forgive me and accept me I will serve you all the days of my life. And I have. And I will.

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Deuteronomy8:18 but you shall remember the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as it is this day.

The word established, as used in this verse means to continue, when translated into Hebrew. God gives us power, or ability to get wealth because he made a covenant with our fathers and wealth is part of the covenant. Jesus told us in Luke chapter 13 verse 10 to verse 16 that healing is also part of the covenant.

The word wealth, as translated in this verse means plenteous in goods. And if you don’t mind me saying so what this really means in God’s covenant is for us to have plenty of good stuff. Now don’t get crazy on me that doesn’t necessarily mean that God wants everyone to be a millionaire but it does mean that God wants us to have nice things. I realize that people have a hard time with this but as you read through the Bible you will discover that God’s Word shows that it is his will for us to be prosperous. God never wants us to be poor.

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Second Corinthians 8:9 for you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that you, through His poverty might be rich.

 This is part of the divine exchange. The other two parts are second Corinthians 5:21 where Jesus took our sin so that we could become the righteousness of God through him. And, 1 Peter 2:24  Is talking about Jesus, by whose stripes you were healed.

 The divine exchange covers salvation, healing, and financial prosperity. Many people, unfortunately, will accept salvation and rejected healing and financial prosperity, which God has also provided for us. God wants only the best for us in every area of our lives and has provided a way for us to have it. Step number one, is to understand and except what God’s will is for us.

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God definition of prosperity

In 2 Corinthians 9:8 the Bible tells us and God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you will always have all sufficiency in all things and may abound to every good work.

This is God’s definition of prosperity. Enough money to pay all of our bills and money left over to give to every good work. People need to have more than enough money if they are going to give money to the church, give money to the poor and to fund the evangelist who is out there reaching the lost. Many people say as long as I have enough money to pay my bills I’m happy. Maybe they are, but if they just have enough money to pay their bills they are not going to be a financial blessing to anyone else. I enjoy having extra money to give to other people and to help the poor.

Whoa Jimmy?

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John 10:10 Jesus said the thief comes to steal kill and to destroy I am come that they might have  a more abundant life. 

 If you have a concordance look up the word abundantly. It means abundance or super abundance. Jesus came that we might have life and have it in abundance. People have trouble believing that God actually wants us to live an abundant life. This means plenty of money to live on and good health. I heard someone say a couple weeks ago that God needs us to be prosperous. It takes money to preach the Gospel, it takes money to keep the lights on in the church, it takes money to buy television time to broadcast the Gospel into the Moslem countries, it takes money to help the poor, it takes money to support the orphanages, it takes money to educate our children and it takes money to pay the preacher who brings God’s Word to us. The more money that is available the more you can do these things. God wants us to expand his kingdom and in order to expand God’s kingdom we must live an abundant life ourselves.

Whoa Jimmy?

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