God and His Promises

One point is about redefining your prosperity, and the other point is about believing and living God's promises.

We all have our ideas about prosperity and what it means to us, and I'm sure if you asked several different people, you would get several different answers, but what's important is how to view YOUR prosperity.

Life's Reflection

In order to redefine your prosperity, you have to redefine your belief system. If you want more in life, then you have to believe you can obtain it or achieve it.

Whatever you want it life... it doesn't matter what it is, you have to believe it, before you can achieve it.

So define your prosperity. And if you ARE happy and content with the way your life is, then congratulations - you have done what most of us are still trying to do.

Is It Wrong To Want More

That we should settle for what we have and not want more. That it's okay to be poor, ill and unaware. That if we desire more in our lives - then we're greedy, sinful and ungrateful.

This is what I was taught, and this is what I believed for years. Until I got to thinking and reading, and reading some more, and came to the conclusion that it just didn't make sense.

Hearing And Reading Contradictions

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. II Corinthians 9:8

Or what about:

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14:13

Or this:

Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:24

And still another from God and His promises:

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phillippians 4.19

And what about this:

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you. John 16:23,24

And it goes on and on and on! But my favorite is a simple little verse that goes something like this:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1

I read a story once, about a man who prayed and asked God why his needs weren't being met.

God answered the man and told him that his needs were not being met because he didn't expect them to be met.

The man thought about this for a few minutes then told God that his needs were more like wants, and he had been taught to only pray for the things he needed in life.

God told the man, "Okay, you are a great believer in the Bible and the words within it, what does 23rd Psalm, verse 1 say?"

The man replied, "Why it says the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."

God said, "There you go, I supply ALL your WANTS and ALL your NEEDS!"

Today, a lot of people are finally coming to the realization that it's okay to have their needs as well as their wants fulfilled.

According to God and His promises, He doesn't want us to live in poverty, illness, and debt. He has given us all the guidance we need to go beyond that, and live our lives according to how He wants us to.

How Do You Think God Wants You To Live

To have them wanting and needing and never getting or having because they believe this is how you want them to live?

So redefine your prosperity, your wants and your needs - then trust and believe in God and his promises.