The Prosperity Gospel?

There is a lot of criticism when we hear about the health and wealth Gospel. What some call the Prosperity Gospel. They see it as false teaching or extreme teaching. A Bible teaching that is out of balance. Does God want everyone to have a million dollars? Probably not. Why? Well, honestly some Christians could not handle that amount of money. They would backslide in their faith. Yet the Bible speaks of Biblical provision for God’s people. Sure there may be extreme teachings, some errors of course. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water. Let’s have the right biblical motive for financial success. Let’s learn to be better stewards of God’s money. When it comes to prosperity for me it means having enough to pay your bills, to have a savings account, to invest, to give to the work of the ministry, and to have enough left over to be a blessing to others. With faith and time, we see a progression and growth in stewardship and finances. This can be a challenge for many but it is a great goal in life. Here are some scriptures supporting God’s will for us to prosper. Why don’t you seek God and pray about this, then be led by the Holy Spirit?

• Genesis 26:12-13 (NKJV)-¹²  Then Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold, and the LORD blessed him.¹³  The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;
• Genesis 39:2-3 (NKJV)-²  The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man, and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.³  And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand.
• Deuteronomy 28:29 (NKJV)-²⁹  And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you. Note: We are redeemed from the curse of the law. Gal 3:13. Jesus fulfilled the Law for us perfectly.
• Deuteronomy 29:9 (NKJV)-⁹  Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
• Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)-⁸  This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
• 2 Chronicles 14:7 (NKJV)-⁷  Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
• Psalm 1:2-3 (NKJV)-²  But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. ³  He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
• Psalm 12:5 (NKJV)-⁵  “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
• Psalm 24:1 (NKJV)-¹  The earth is the LORD’S, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
• Psalm 27:13 (NKJV)-¹³ I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
• Psalm 9:18 (PassionNTPsa)-¹⁸He will not ignore forever all the needs of the poor, for those in need shall not always be crushed. Their hopes shall be fulfilled, for God sees it all!
• Proverbs 3:9-10 (NKJV)-⁹  Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; ¹⁰  So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Proverbs 28:25 (NKJV)-²⁵  He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will be prospered.
• Psalm 34:6 (NKJV)-⁶  This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
• Psalm 40:17 (NKJV)-¹⁷  But I am poor and needy; Yet the LORD thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.
• Matthew 6:31-32 (NKJV)-³¹  Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’³²  For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
• Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)-³³  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
• Luke 6:38 (NKJV)-³⁸  Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.“
• 1 Corinthians 16:2 (NKJV)-²  On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9 (NKJV)-⁹  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
• 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)–⁸  And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
• 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 (NKJV)-¹⁰  Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, ¹¹  while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
• Philippians 4:19 (NKJV)-¹⁹  And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• 3 John 1:2 (NKJV)-²  Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
  • In Christ’s Love
  • Brent and Linda
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