Profile of a Prosperous Believer
by Kenneth Copeland
Do you know why so many Christians struggle to have faith for finances? It’s because faith begins where the will of God is known, and a lot of believers don’t know for sure what God’s will for them is financially.
They’ve heard some people say God will prosper them abundantly, and others say He won’t do any such thing. They have one group of Christian friends who claim God promised to meet only His people’s most basic needs, and others who insist He doesn’t care about their finances at all.
Talk about a recipe for confusion! When it comes to God’s willingness to prosper us, people’s opinions are all over the map. Most don’t have even a grain of truth in them and even those that do aren’t very helpful because faith doesn’t come by hearing people’s opinions. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17).
To believe God for finances, we must find out what He says about the matter. Instead of listening to what everyone else says about it, we must ask Him directly, “What does a prosperous New Testament believer look like?”
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