Prosper & Be A Success

1. Prosper & Be A Success

2. God Has Plans 11“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. Jer. 29:11-13

3. Prosper In Every Way Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers [amp]. 3 John 2

4. Joshua’s Success 7Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Joshua 1:7

5. Joshua’s Success 8Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8

6. Prosperity Is Only Part of the Gospel 20How I did not shrink from telling you anything that was for your benefit... 27For I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God. Acts 20:20, 27 [amp].

7. Prosperity Is Only Part of the Gospel I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. Phil. 4:12 [amp].

8. What Is Success? • From Latin successus = “an outcome,” from succedere = “to succeed” • The accomplishment of an aim or purpose • The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted • The attainment of wealth, fame, popularity or profit

9. What Is Prosperity? • A successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune • A state of being well-to-do or well-off

10. Biblical Words (Josh. 1:8) • Prosperous[Heb. tsalach= “to push forward; break out, be profitable, to prosper or be made prosperous”] • Successful[Heb.sakal= “to be circumspect, intelligent: expert, prosper, deal prudently, skillful, have good success, understanding and wisdom, behave wisely, wittingly”]

11. Biblical Words (3 John 2) • Prosper [Gk. euodoo = “to help on the road; succeed in reaching or in business affairs; have a prosperous journey”] • Used in Rom. 1:10 (kjv): I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God. • Used in 1 Cor 16:2 (kjv): Let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prosperedhim…

12. Success Defined “To advance or make forward progress with intelligence, expertness, skill, wisdom and understanding; to achieve one’s goal or destination by fulfilling the plan, purpose and will of God; to prosper in every way and be profitable.”

13. KEYS TO TRUE PROSPERITY & SUCCESS • Seek God & His will • Meditate on & obey the Word of God • Keep God’s Presence in your life • Give generously as God prospers you

14. Key #1: Seek God & His Will 11“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. Jer. 29:11-13

15. Key #1: Seek God & His Will • He [Uzziah] sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success. 2 Chron. 26:5

16. Key #2: Meditate on& Obey the Word of God 7… Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Josh. 1:7-8

17. Key #2: Meditate on& Obey the Word of God 1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Psalm 1:1-3

18. Key #3: Keep God’s Presence in Your Life 2The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master [AS A SLAVE!]. 3When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did… Gen. 39:2-3

19. Key #3: Keep God’s Presence in Your Life 23The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did[IN PRISON!]. Gen. 39:23

20. Key #3: Keep God’s Presence in Your Life In everything he [David] did he had great success, because the LORD was with him. 1 Sam. 18:14

21. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 24One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. 25A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. Prov. 11:24-25

22. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 2… the LORD Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come for the LORD’s house to be built.’” 3Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 4“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” Haggai 1:2-9 (cont.)

23. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 5Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.” Haggai 1:2-9 (cont.)

24. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 7This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 8Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the LORD. Haggai 1:2-9 (cont.)

25. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 9“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the LORD Almighty. “Because of My house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house.” Haggai 1:2-9

26. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. 9:6-11 (cont.)

27. Key #4: Give Generously As God Prospers You 8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work… 11You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion… 2 Cor. 9:6-11

28. Conclusion 11“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. Jer. 29:11-13

29. Prosper In Every Way Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers [amp]. 3 John 2