MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDIES
Wednesday in the Word
October 19, 2011
Prosperity
(Our Participation in the Process)
FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS
- III John 1-2 (KJV & The Amplified Bible)
- God does not want you to tolerate things that are contrary to His will for your life.
- True biblical prosperity is not just money. (verse 2)
- I Thessalonians 5:23-24 (KJV & The Amplified Bible)
- True biblical prosperity is wholeness in your spirit, soul and body.
- Prosperity is peace in every realm – spirit, soul and body.
- Psalm 84:11(KJV & The Amplified Bible)
- Joshua 1:6-8
- To be strong in the Lord is to be strong in His word. (Scripture reference – Ephesians 6:10)
- It takes courage to stand on the word of God. (verses 6-7)
- You make your way prosperous by participating in God’s system.
INTRODUCTION
- Prosperity…
- Living a fulfilled life with all emotional, financial, relational, and spiritual needs met in abundance.
- God’s process of bringing the believer to the place of inner satisfaction.
- When you are satisfied internally, you will stop searching for another God, church, religion or doctrine; you are satisfied that God blesses the life of the believer through tithe, offering and first fruit.
- Biblical definition of fulfillment
- Jeremiah 1:4-5
- Fulfillment comes when you find and embrace your ordained purpose in life.
- I Corinthians 3:9
- As believers, once we have found and embraced our purpose, God must always have our participation.
- Jeremiah 1:4-5
- I. My participation in the process to prosperity
- Participation through personal meditation
- Psalm 1:1-3
- Meditation defined…
- Continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation
- A spiritual experience that imprints the end result from the word of God on your human spirit (heart) while in the midst of otherwise challenging and sometimes difficult situations.
- When what God has promised becomes more real than the pain of your present.
- Areas of meditation…
- Meditate on God’s “bigness” – His ability.
- Meditate on the word of God.
- Meditate on all that God has done (the works of His hands).
- Meditate on past victories.
- Participation through personal meditation
© 2011 George Matthews Ministries