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and on His people! Jesus' disciples had that anointing of increase on them even though they didn't understand it very well. As a result, they were able to cooperate with Jesus and become a source of blessing to thousands of people that day. They were able to give those folks not just a little something to eat, as Philip thought, but rather as much bread as they desired. God Can Handle It That was the plan of God. He didn't intend for those disciples to be at the mercy of the world's resources that day. He intended them to be the source of those resources! Had they realized that, they would have answered Jesus' question correctly when He asked them, "Where will we buy food that these may eat?" They would have answered, "LORD, there's no place on earth that has enough food for this crowd. It's going to have to come from heaven!" The same thing is true for you today. You don't have enough natural resources to be the kind of blessing to the world God wants you to be. You can't work enough hours to bring in all the money God desires to put in your hands. That means there's another way to get those finances. You'll just have to take the little God has put in your hands, and expect Him to multiply it! Instead of looking to your limited resources in this earth, you'll have to look to the unlimited resources of heaven! But to do that, you'll have to stop sitting around thinking about your own puny financial ability and what you can or can't do. Stop thinking within yourself and start thinking outside yourself. Start thinking inside The WORD and what God can do. When you get outside of yourself and begin to think inside The WORD of God, you get outside of your limitations and into the limitless power of Almighty God! And His power truly is limitless! He can handle any financial need this world can come up with. In fact, all of them together don't put any kind of strain on God's resources. You could take all the wealth in the world and put it together in a pile and it wouldn't impress God for five seconds. He created it all! So stop thinking about what you can't do and start thinking about what He can do. When there's a pressing financial need and you start to think, How in the world am I ever going to get enough to…? Don't even finish that thought! Instead, start thinking about Jesus. Let His WORD talk to you. Open your mouth and say, "My God supplies all my needs according to His riches in glory! He is able to make all grace abound toward me, that I, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work!" Start thinking outside yourself and inside The WORD—and let Jesus bless the world through you! GOD CAN DO MORE THAN JUST PROSPER YOU PERSONALLY, HE IS ABLE TO MAKE YOU A FINANCIAL BLESSING TO OTHERS AS WELL. 2 Corinthians 9:8 GOD'S PROSPERING GRACE WORKS FIRST IN YOUR LIFE BY PROMPTING YOU TO GIVE. 2 Corinthians 8:1 IF YOU ONLY HAVE A LITTLE TO GIVE, START THERE, AND BELIEVE GOD TO MULTIPLY THE SEED THAT YOU SOW. 2 Corinthians 9:10 "Stop sitting around thinking about your own puny financial ability and what you can or can't do." GIVING STARTS THE RECEIVING CYCLE. Luke 6:38 B V O V : 2 1