{"id":4592,"date":"2022-11-18T13:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T20:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/withapurposeministries.com\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2022-11-18T13:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T20:33:52","slug":"prosperity-according-to-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/withapurposeministries.com\/lisa\/prosperity-according-to-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"PROSPERITY – ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Religion will teach you that prosperity is not of God. But that does not line up with the truth of God\u2019s word. It tells us in 2 Cor. 8:9, \u201cFor you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n The word rich in this verse means abundantly supplied; to be increased with goods, abounding in material resources. The word poor here means destitute as a beggar. Poverty means destitute of riches and abundance. When Jesus became poor for our sakes, it was while He was on the cross. This is where the exchange was made \u2013 He took our poverty\/our lack for HIS riches.<\/span><\/p>\n\n Jesus had a lack of nothing while He walked on the earth and that\u2019s what He desires for us and has made available to us if we will believe and receive what He did for us on the cross.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n God desires for us to be abundantly provided for in every area of our life where there is nothing missing, nothing lacking, nothing wanting.<\/p>\n\n So prosperity is not just financially, but it definitely includes that. He wants us to be prosperous in our spirit, body and soul as well.<\/p>\n\n When we take ALL limits off of God, this is when He can do exceedingly, abundantly above all we can ask or thing according to the power that is working in us (Eph. 3:20). And it will be in every area of our lives \u2013 spiritually, mentally, physically, financially, relationally.<\/p>\n\n Here are some scriptures on God\u2019s ways on how to be prosperous:<\/p>\n\n So as we can see in these verses, God wants us to prosper in every area of our life. And when we do things God\u2019s way, prosperity and success will follow us every time. And remember what it says in Luke 12:15, \u201cAnd Jesus said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.\u201d Being prosperous is not dependent on how much a person has, but really it is a condition of the heart that believes what God says about prosperity and receiving it HIS way!<\/p>\n\n I will close with 2 Peter 1:2-4:<\/p>\n “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power hath given unto us ALL things that pertain unto life and godliness<\/strong>, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Religion will teach you that prosperity is not of God. But that does not line up with the truth of God\u2019s word. It tells us in 2 Cor. 8:9, \u201cFor you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His …<\/p>\n\n
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