Prosperous
In 3 John 2 we read that we are to prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers.
Let’s talk about prosperity today. Prosperity seems to be a dirty word in some Christian circles today because people associate the word prosperity with money. There is so much more to prosperity than money. You can be rich and not be well. That is not true prosperity. You can have a great job and making plenty of money and have a rotten marriage. You can be a millionaire and have children that are out on the streets in rebellion. Money is part of prosperity but not the whole pie. It is only one slice of the pie.
What is true prosperity? True prosperity is going to the highest level of excellence in all areas of one’s life, to be successful according to the Word of God. A prosperous person is someone who is healthy, wealthy, living in a wonderful marriage, with children obedient to the Lord and walking in the perfect will of God. I don’t know too many people like that. How about you? Did you know that it is possible? Did you know that is God’s plan for each one of us and that it is attainable?
God spoke through the Apostle John here in 3 John 2 and said that He desires that we prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers. Here is the key to total prosperity: a prosperous soul. Our soul consists of our mind, our will and our emotions. How do these three areas of our life prosper? They all prosper by the Word of God being number one.
Our minds are to be renewed with the Word of God. What does that mean? Before we were born again, our minds thought the world’s way and listened to the world’s word of advice. The world is satan’s kingdom. We are now living in a new kingdom, the Kingdom of God. We must learn how to operate in the new kingdom in which we find ourselves. How do we do that? We read the manual until we know the principles of operation in this new kingdom.
Our wills are to be conformed to God’s will. God’s Word is His will. When we need to know how to think, talk or act, we look to the Word of God to see what He has to say about it. What we find in the Word of God is our direction to be conformed to His will. It is no longer our will that we want to exercise. It is His will, because He knows what is ahead of us; He knows the end from the beginning.
Our emotions are to be tempered by the fruit of the spirit. It is not God’s will that we be fearful, upset, timid, fretting, tossed about by every human emotion. It is God’s will that we be led by His Spirit, operating in the fruit of the spirit of love, joy, peace, goodness, gentleness, faith(fulness), patience (consistency in the face of difficulty), meekness (humility, teachableness), temperance or self-control. When we yield to the Holy Spirit in every situation, these forces of His Spirit will come to the rescue. They are in us, ready to be put to work in all situations. The reason these fruit are not active in us is very simple. We let our flesh rule us instead of the Holy Spirit. We jump too quickly. For example, when someone accuses us of wrong, our fleshly reaction is anger and offense. The fruit of the spirit would be to react with love because loves takes no account of the evil done to it.
The three areas of our lives—our minds, our wills, our emotions, which make up our souls—are the determining areas that put us in the place to prosper. When we have conformed our minds, wills, and emotions to the Word of God, we will prosper in all areas of our lives. We will walk in health. We will have wealth to invest in the Kingdom of God. We will experience days of heaven on earth in our homes. We will win the world for Jesus.
Beloved, I desire that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s talk about prosperity today. Prosperity seems to be a dirty word in some Christian circles today because people associate the word prosperity with money. There is so much more to prosperity than money. You can be rich and not be well. That is not true prosperity. You can have a great job and making plenty of money and have a rotten marriage. You can be a millionaire and have children that are out on the streets in rebellion. Money is part of prosperity but not the whole pie. It is only one slice of the pie.
What is true prosperity? True prosperity is going to the highest level of excellence in all areas of one’s life, to be successful according to the Word of God. A prosperous person is someone who is healthy, wealthy, living in a wonderful marriage, with children obedient to the Lord and walking in the perfect will of God. I don’t know too many people like that. How about you? Did you know that it is possible? Did you know that is God’s plan for each one of us and that it is attainable?
God spoke through the Apostle John here in 3 John 2 and said that He desires that we prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers. Here is the key to total prosperity: a prosperous soul. Our soul consists of our mind, our will and our emotions. How do these three areas of our life prosper? They all prosper by the Word of God being number one.
Our minds are to be renewed with the Word of God. What does that mean? Before we were born again, our minds thought the world’s way and listened to the world’s word of advice. The world is satan’s kingdom. We are now living in a new kingdom, the Kingdom of God. We must learn how to operate in the new kingdom in which we find ourselves. How do we do that? We read the manual until we know the principles of operation in this new kingdom.
Our wills are to be conformed to God’s will. God’s Word is His will. When we need to know how to think, talk or act, we look to the Word of God to see what He has to say about it. What we find in the Word of God is our direction to be conformed to His will. It is no longer our will that we want to exercise. It is His will, because He knows what is ahead of us; He knows the end from the beginning.
Our emotions are to be tempered by the fruit of the spirit. It is not God’s will that we be fearful, upset, timid, fretting, tossed about by every human emotion. It is God’s will that we be led by His Spirit, operating in the fruit of the spirit of love, joy, peace, goodness, gentleness, faith(fulness), patience (consistency in the face of difficulty), meekness (humility, teachableness), temperance or self-control. When we yield to the Holy Spirit in every situation, these forces of His Spirit will come to the rescue. They are in us, ready to be put to work in all situations. The reason these fruit are not active in us is very simple. We let our flesh rule us instead of the Holy Spirit. We jump too quickly. For example, when someone accuses us of wrong, our fleshly reaction is anger and offense. The fruit of the spirit would be to react with love because loves takes no account of the evil done to it.
The three areas of our lives—our minds, our wills, our emotions, which make up our souls—are the determining areas that put us in the place to prosper. When we have conformed our minds, wills, and emotions to the Word of God, we will prosper in all areas of our lives. We will walk in health. We will have wealth to invest in the Kingdom of God. We will experience days of heaven on earth in our homes. We will win the world for Jesus.
Beloved, I desire that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 1:45 PM
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