Real Prosperity

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Money, prosperity, Real Prosperty, riches, wholeness

Today many people are looking for quick fixes and overnight successes.  Most don’t really know what real prosperity is.  Real prosperity is not some quick fix or winning lotto ticket.  Real prosperity is Christ in us. Christ is our prosperity and because of that we prosper in every area of our lives.

Prosperity happens the moment we accepts Jesus Christ into our lives not when we see manifestations. That’s why it’s important for us to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and not give up.  Romans 10:13 says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Salvation is the all inclusive word for all the acts of redemption which includes prosperity.  “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich” (II Cor. 8:9). Therefore, the moment we call upon the name of the Lord we prosper even when we don’t see the manifestations of that prosperity.  It’s not what we do that prospers us we prosper what we do because of Christ in us.  Psalms 1:3 says, “…whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”

God blessed Abraham and he was a prosperous man. Genesis 24:35, “And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great; and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.”  Abraham was a prosperous man because the Lord had blessed and favored him not because of anything that Abraham did. When Abraham was in Egypt God caused Pharaoh to bless him. Genesis 12:26 “And he entreated Abram well for her sake; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.” God’s favor was upon Abraham and Sarah and Pharaoh gave to them abundantly.   But does this mean that we should do nothing? Absolutely not, remember Psalms 1:3 says, “…whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”  Therefore, if you’re not putting your hands to anything what are you causing to prosper?

When God blessed Adam in the Garden of Eden Adam had the responsibility to use the blessing to keep and dress the garden. He had the responsibility to prosper and expand the garden.  Likewise, we are responsible to advance the kingdom of God in the earth.  When Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dream of seven prosperous years and seven years of famine in Egypt he instructed Pharaoh to store up during the prosperous years against the years of famine.  Joseph used the blessing to not only save his family but also the families of Egypt.

So the question is how are you using the power of prosperity that’s in you to advance the kingdom of God in the earth? Christ is in you to prosper whatever you do.  As believers we don’t have to work to become prosperous because we have inherited all things in Christ.  Our job is to use what we’ve been given to be a blessing.

You Are Complete In Christ!

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better, complete, completeness, grace, Jesus, rest, restful, wholeness

Colossians 2:9-10

“For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.  And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power.”

Completeness is nothing missing and nothing broken it’s wholeness.In Jesus Christ dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead. In Jesus Christ there is completeness, there is nothing missing , nothing broken.  All knowledge, all wisdom and all power is in Him.  All that there is or was and ever will be was created by Him and He is Lord over all. “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions or principalities, or powers; all things were created by Him and for Him.  And He is before all things and by Him all things consist” (Colossians 1:16-17).

In all that He is and in all His completeness, He lives in us and we live in Him.  Therefore, we can boldly say we have nothing missing and nothing broken we are complete in Him.  Now, I know you might be thinking, “how can I be complete when I lacking?”  Well you are.   If the creator of all things is living in you and you live in Him that makes you complete because the source of all things lives in you.  All you need to do is to see yourself as having all things, nothing missing, nothing broken.

After God created Adam He saw that it wasn’t good that Adam be alone and He said, “…I will make a help meet for him” (Gen. 2:18).  “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man” (Gen. 2:21-22).   The grace that Adam needed was already in him, what Adam needed was taken from within him.  But it didn’t  come out until Adam was resting.

Likewise, the grace that you need is already in you because Jesus Christ is in you and you are in Him you are complete you have nothing missing and nothing broken.  God sees you as complete, He sees you as  having all that you’ll ever need to be successful and accomplish your purpose in life.  Rest in the completeness of Christ in you today because when you are resting the grace that is in you, will come out of you.

Issues Of Life

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blood, health, Issues, life, wholeness

Mark 5:25-34

“And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years.”

When I look at this woman I see a woman who is not only physically sick, but spiritually sick as well.  Her physical sickness was an outcome of issues in her life that caused the blood or the life to leak out of her.  Leviticus 17:14 reads “the life of the flesh is in the blood.” Because this woman couldn’t find help for the issues in her life she began dying a slow painful death. She went to many doctors and spent all she had trying to stop the flow on her own, but the scripture says, “she was nothing bettered but rather grew worse.”

Many people today have allowed issues in their lives to drain the life out of them. Children that don’t act right, martial problems, financial problems; and when they go to the mirror they see a person similar to this woman, dried up covered up and leaking life. And now you’ve come to a place where like this woman you’re sick and tired. Sick and tired of dealing with the same thing over and over again. Maybe you haven’t exhausted all your resources, but you’ve gone to all your friends and family and still you can’t find help.

Jesus said in John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” When this woman heard about Jesus, one who could not only heal her body and rid her of those issues that were causing her pain but restore to her the life she had lost, she determined in her mind to touch him. She didn’t allow the crowd, the person on her left, the person on her right, her family, friends, or anyone to hinder her from touching Jesus. She focused all her heart on Jesus the one who could set her free.

Today, I challenge you to be free from the issues in your life and allow the Master to touch you in the areas of your need. I want you like this woman to focus all your heart upon Jesus reach out and touch him and be made whole. It’s just that simple.