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get a leading in my spirit, I follow it. As long
as it's in line with the written Word of God,
I know I can't go wrong. "But Gloria," you
might say, "I'm not confident I can hear from
God like that." Then just take His Book, read
it and do what it says. The more you listen
to and act on what He says in His Book, the
more sensitive you'll become to the leading
of His Spirit. By seeking God in His written
Word, you'll become increasingly attuned to
His voice.
Ken and I are blessed to know a great many
mighty men and women of God, and a lot of
them started out like we did—with nothing.
They had no money. They knew nothing
about the Bible or how to hear from God.
They started out their walk in the Lord at
zero. Yet, now they are prospering. They're
richly blessed and a blessing to others, and
God is doing great things in and through
their lives. I don't know one person like that,
however, who didn't sell out to God. They all
got where they are today by putting Him and
His Word first place in their lives.
No matter what kind of trouble comes your
way, that's the thing to do. It's always the key
to overcoming because the Bible says about
God's wisdom: "I love those who love me,
and those who seek me early and diligently
shall find me. Riches and honor are with
me, enduring wealth and righteousness"
(Proverbs 8:17-18, AMPC). When you do
things God's way, wealth and riches come to
you. You wind up prospering in every area
of life. Why? Because when you do things
God's way, you're doing them right. You're
in the anointing flow and He can move and
manifest Himself on your behalf.
Things will start happening to you like
they do for our friend Keith Moore, for
example. He's one of the most dedicated
people I know. He seeks the Lord with all
his heart (Jeremiah 29:13), so he just keeps
prospering. He tells about one time when
the Lord blessed him with so much stuŸ—
cars, boats and the like—that he couldn't fit
them all in his garage. When his neighbor
saw it all, he came over to find out what was
going on.
It's a tremendous evangelistic tool for
you to be prosperous and openly known as
a Christian. Money has a lot of influence on
people in this world. They're always looking
for ways to get more of it. So, when that
neighbor saw Keith prospering, he asked him
about it. And Keith was more than happy
to tell him that what he was seeing was the
goodness of God manifesting in his life!
God Will Meet You Wherever You Are
When we first became Christians, Ken and
I didn't know that God wanted to prosper
us. But since finances were our biggest
problem, when we finally did find out that the
Word of God was our answer, we went after
"By seeking
God in His
written Word,
you'll become
increasingly
attuned to
His voice."
