MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDIES
Wednesday in the Word
November 2, 2011
Prosperity “101” III
(Summoning Courage for Prosperity)
FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS
- III John 1-2 (KJV & The Amplified Bible)
- Not all who hear the Word actually understand the power of the Word.
- The disciples, excluding John, did not understand many of Jesus’ teaching until after His death.
- St. Luke 10:19
- The more you know about the Word, the more you can prosper from the Word.
- Psalm 90:10
- I Thessalonians 5:23-24 (KJV & The Amplified Bible)
- Peace is the absence or lack of chaos.
- Prosperity is wholeness in your spirit, soul, and body.
- Spirit prosperity is receiving the salvation message (being born again).
- Soul prosperity is to think like God (you must settle that you live by the principles of God).
- Physical prosperity is a body free from sickness and disease.
- Psalm 84:11(KJV & The Amplified Bible)
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.
- Fulfillment defined in the scriptures
- Jeremiah 1:4-5
- Fulfillment comes when you find and embrace your ordained purpose in life.
- Parents should know the way of the Creator for their children to live a fulfilled life – Proverb 22:6.
- Jeremiah 1:4-5
- I. Summoning courage for prosperity
- Defining courage…
- Courage is not the absence of fear.
- Courage is how you respond in the face of negative situations, difficulties or pressures.
- Courage is required to walk by faith. David had to encourage himself in the Lord. (Scripture reference – I Samuel 30)
- Courage defined…to be strong getting stronger; to be brave, bold, secure; to be made firm; to be made obstinate
- Psalm 66:11-12
- Courage is necessary to get to your wealthy place because of the enemy that comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
- Joshua 1:6-8
- Defining courage…
- II. Courage is required when the following are detected in our lives:
- When there is any area in your life you have not surrendered to the Word.
- When you cannot endure short term discomforts that come from your obedience to the principles of God.
- Principle defined…
- A principle is an established truth that defines God’s order, reactions, and responses.
- Principles are truths by which God can be counted on to perform regardless of situations, circumstances, and conditions.
- Principle defined…
- When natural success [in one’s own mind] is accepted as proof that God is pleased with your life. We judge ourselves by the word of God.
- When your obedience to God is postponed or delayed.
© 2011 George Matthews Ministries