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Having never known anything but wealth, your attitude would be, Hey, this is just the way it is in my family. We are very, very rich. That’s the attitude you should have as a believer! Although in the natural your last name may not be Rockefeller, you’ve been born into the wealthiest family there is. You’ve been born again into God’s spiritual family, and it’s just as real as any natural family, only it’s richer and more powerful. No other family even comes close to God’s family! He owns the whole earth and all of its fullness (Psalm 24:1). He owns the cattle on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10). All the silver and gold in the whole world belong to Him. All the buried treasures and hidden riches are His and He knows where they all are (Isaiah 45:3). Our Father is a rich, rich God! He created all the wealth on this entire planet and put it here for His family to enjoy. In other words, He put it here for us! “Well,” someone might say, “I think that’s an extreme point of view. It’s just an idea you prosperity preachers came up with.” No, we didn’t come up with it. Our good and gracious God came up with it. Prosperity has always been God’s plan for His people. All through the Scriptures, as long as His sons and daughters would obey Him they walked in superabundance. Think about how wealthy Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden. Until they decided to disobey God and do things their own way, they had everything good they could possibly desire. Think about how prosperous Abraham was. He believed God, did what He said and wound up wealthier than the kings of nations. He walked faithfully in his covenant with God and became “very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold” (Genesis 13:2). The same was true with the Israelites. Even though they lived under the Old Covenant, when they obeyed God they had every need met. They were the head and not the tail. They had victory everywhere they went. They had a surplus of prosperity and THE BLESSING of Abraham was manifested in their lives. Now we, as believers, are Abraham’s seed (Galatians 3:29) and that same BLESSING has come on us. It’s just as powerful as it ever was, and we can walk in it more easily than the Israelites did because we have a better covenant: We’ve been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We have His Spirit inside us, and He’s given us a heart to obey Him. All that’s left now is for us to learn how to cooperate with Him. We just need to look in the Word and find out how to do things His way so we can live according to His laws of abundance. Don’t Fatten Your Bank Account by Starving Your Soul God’s laws of abundance are wonderful! They’re as dependable as the law of gravity. They work the same way all the time, and anyone in the family who walks in them can live a superabundantly prosperous life. Believers who don’t walk in those laws, on the other hand, will live far below their financial privileges. They’ll just have to try to get by in the natural the best they can. God won’t be able to do much for them financially because, even though they’re His children, where money is concerned they still believe and operate much like unbelievers. When they get in a financial bind, they worry and fret and try to figure out ways to get more money. When they want things they can’t afford, they get frustrated and rack up more debt. If their bank account isn’t as big as they want, they cut back on their giving and hoard up every cent of their income they possibly can. From the world’s perspective those sound like normal things to do. But it’s not the way God’s family operates. We don’t go after money and material things. We go after God, and things come to us. That’s the foundational law of supernatural abundance. It’s what Jesus taught in Matthew 6:33. He said: “Seek (aim at and strive after) first of all [God’s] kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides” ("Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). Talk about a great way to prosper! That’s the best way to do it—by living for God and putting His Word first place in our lives. * * * article continues on next page * * * *********** ADVERTISEMENT *********** "Time for a Spiritual Checkup" Gloria Copeland challenges you to check what you’re putting before your eyes, in your ears and in your heart…so you can be empowered to face any situation with confidence. "Time for a Spiritual Checkup" paperback $7.99 reg $9.99 #B180501 FREE standard shipping included. Offer price valid until May 31, 2018 kcm.org/mag 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) ******************************************** 28 : BVOV

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