When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God. – Leviticus 23:22 REFERENCE Leviticus 23:18-22 The principle of prosperity is that to increase, you must release. The overriding principle to getting in the bible is by giving. God wants you to cultivate this prosperity mentality: “always leave some for others.” Don’t cook and eat everything in the pot, somebody may just...
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. - Hebrews 2:1 NKJV REFERENCE Hebrews 2:1-4 The context of our key verse today teaches us that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He is superior to the angels, for they are created, but He is eternally self-existent. Then the admonition goes further to say if people were punished for disobeying messages given through angels, how much more when we disobey the Lord of Angels - Jesus Christ. Our key verse however is very instructive. "Heed the word of...
Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.’ And Joshua stretched out the spear that was in his hand toward the city. – Joshua 8:18 REFERENCE Joshua 8:14-19 As you also stretch out your faith towards the promises of God for your life today, you will experience divine favors. Do not be sloppy and slack concerning a promised inheritance to you. Stretch out your hands towards it in faith and claim it. There is no situation you are going through right now...
[The purpose is] that THROUGH THE CHURCH the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and powers) in the heavenly sphere. - Ephesians 3:10 (Amplified) The living church of Jesus Christ is the hope of the dying world and the world at its worst needs the church at its best. The church may not have attained its place of perfection - of no wrinkle or spot, but it is still God's primary agent of change on earth, it is still the...
Better is a neighbor (friend) nearby than a brother far away. - Proverbs 27:10 REFERENCE Proverbs 27:10 As you reflect on God’s goodness in 2016, you can see the significant roles that people you are in close relationship with made in your life. Think about who celebrated you on your birthday, who sent those encouraging text messages, who visited you in the hospital, who lent you their car to go on that important trip, who helped you in your financial crisis, who was there beside you at the hospital while your wife was inside the theater to deliver a...
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. - I Timothy 1:15 REFERENCE I Timothy 1:12-17 Oh the nights of fears, the uncertainty about the future, the incessant harassments in dreams and the mental torment. It seemed there was no way out. Then the Light of Jesus’ love came into my heart. Then freedom came, then life made sense, then I had meaning...salvation came into my heart. I am who I am today because He is who He is - My Savior. ...
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day to save many people alive. - Genesis 50:20 REFERENCE Genesis 50:15-21 When bad things happen to us, or when we go through tough times, God is preparing us for a task ahead because nobody can truly help others solve their problems except they have been through those problems themselves. Problems don’t just come for problems’ sake, when God allows problems in our lives; it is because He has people in mind who need...
Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold. – Acts 4:34 REFERENCE Acts 4:32-35 If you do not understand the morality of prosperity, you will never see a need to be rich. There is great need for great prosperity. It is not to buy a big house, a big car or to live large but to be a blessing to many. If you look all around you, you will see someone who can’t pay rent, pay children’s fees,...
And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, 'The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!' - Judges 6:12 REFERENCE Judges 6:11-16 God called Gideon, "Mighty man of valor," when all around him, things were not adding up but rather falling apart. It looked like a contradiction but God has a way of talking to us about where we are going to and not what we are going through. We saw that play out in the life of the patriarch Abraham; God called him “Father of all nations” even when it looked...
For it shall come to pass in that day; says the Lord of hosts, 'that I will break his yoke from your neck, And will burst your bonds; Foreigners shall no more enslave them.' - Jeremiah 30:8 REFERENCE Jeremiah 30:1-10 God will not allow His children to be under any other influence but Him, especially enslaving influences. All through the scriptures we see how God delivered His children from their oppressors time and time again; from this we can clearly understand that God hates oppression, He hates the things that threaten the existence of His children and He...