God Is The Master Giver

God Is The Master Giver

He is your total Source for every good thing you want to happen in your life. However, you must have the sensitivity to know when you need Him, the humility to pursue His mercy and the urgency to come boldly to Him. Many do not believe that God wants them to prosper. This is one of biggest lies of satan.

     God Wants To Reveal To You Where Your Financial Provisions Are Located. He proved this to the prophet Elijah. First, God fed him through the ravens that brought him bread and meat every morning and evening. Then, God provided a continuous supply of food through the incredible faith of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:16).

     God Is Concerned With Every Financial Crisis You Encounter. He will give you instructions how to turn it around. He always promises prosperity and blessing to those who are obedient to His laws and principles. You must realize that you are already prospering. Your talents...energy...friendships...ideas...blessings of every kind...are all gifts from God.

     You Are A Walking Warehouse of Seeds. Most people do not even realize this. They have no idea how many Seeds they contain that can be planted into the lives of others. Stop and inventory your own Seeds. Stop focusing on what you do not have. Something You Have Been Given Will Create Anything Else You Have Been Promised.

     Every Seed Is A Golden Door From Your Present Into Your Future. Ask The Holy Spirit to show you what you have been given, supernaturally and naturally, to plant into the lives of others. It will be one of the greatest steps of faith you will ever take in your life...faith births expectation. Expectation is the Master Secret to your Harvest.

     God Is Not Through Blessing You Today. Tomorrow is not here yet. You can still make it anything you want it to be. The key to your Future is in your hand. You already have enough to create what you do not have.

     You can write a new page in your life. You can create any Tomorrow you want. You already have in your hand everything it takes to make Tomorrow what God desires for it to be. This is one of the most powerful truths you can ever embrace in your life.

Prosperity Gospel

Monday, May 5, 2008

1. Prosperity Gospel

"I [Jesus] have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble [tribulation]. But take heart! I have overcome the world."1

A Daily Encounter reader from a much poorer country than North America asks, "Can you please write a message on prosperity teachings. [Some American preachers]…say it is a sin to be poor and when you are prosperous (have money) you are blessed."

Amazing isn't it?

If God has gifted me to be a good businessman and to make money, and I can do that honestly, then I'd say it would be my responsibility to make money … not for personal indulgences but so I would be able to give generously in supporting the Lord's work on earth.

I for one, however, don't have that gift or that calling. Neither am I a gifted fundraiser, so financing God's work for me has always been a challenge and probably will be until the day I retire or die … whichever comes first!

However, to some degree I have been gifted with an ability to communicate. Thus it is my responsibility to be trained in this area and communicate God's truth and the gospel to the best of my ability. Not to do so would be a sin for me as the Bible says, "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins."2

To claim that everybody is gifted to make money or to communicate effectively is not true—and, if claiming this to be true, could lead many to doubt God's blessing on their life. The same goes for those who are led to believe that it is God's will for every Christian to be financially prosperous.

Think of Jesus, for example. Was he prosperous? Not at all. Were the twelve disciples prosperous? Matthew, the tax collector, may have been at one time but through questionable methods. Peter and the other fishermen and disciples probably made just enough to make ends meet. True, Moses came from a well-to-do background, having grown up in Pharaoh's household, but he gave it all up to serve God and lead the people of Israel.

If, however, prosperity is God's will for everyone, then let's take this message to the poverty-stricken parts of the world where untold thousands of people are dying of malnutrition.

For the rest of us less prosperous ordinary folks, let's do the best we can with the gifts God has given to us to help make our world a better place in which to live.

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please grant that I will always be a messenger of truth and never be misled by false promises from false prophets who claim to be speaking in the name of the Lord. If ever I teach a false message, please reveal that to me so it can be corrected immediately. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name. Amen."

1. John 16:33 (NIV).
2. James 4:17 (NIV).

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