Prosperity Blog #9: Attitudes to Cultivate

Prosperity Blog #9: Attitudes to Cultivate

Pastor Peter Samuels

Based on Chapter 21 of my Discipleship Training Course (http://tinyurl.com/disc-train-course)

Welcome to my ninth blog on prosperity. In my eighth blog we looked at some things we should avoid in our approach to prosperity. In this blog we shall look at some attitudes that we should seek to cultivate.

Firstly, we should seek to be rich towards God (Luke 12:21).

Secondly, we should value the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33), souls (Psalm 49:7-9, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:16-20) and the presence of God (Psalm 27:4) above temporal things.

We should also invest in the preaching of the gospel (Mark 10:28-30).

We should cultivate an attitude of hard work and diligence (Proverbs 12:24).

We should seek always to be generous (2 Corinthians 8:1-15).

We should cultivate a concern for the poor and needy and a have sense of responsibility towards our community (Job 29:12-17, 1 John 3:17-18).

We should seek to be content instead of overworking (Proverbs 23:4, 1 Timothy 6:6).

We should seek after wisdom, knowledge and understanding more than earthly wealth (Proverbs 2).

We should invest our talents (Matthew 25:14-30).

We should allow God to build us up in our souls (Isaiah 54:11-14) so that we have a sense of self-worth and can hold on to our possessions.

We should follow Biblical principles of giving, tithing and firstfruits, etc., being led by the Holy Spirit and not out of bondage to religion. We should speak over our giving by faith (Deuteronomy 26:12-15).

We should be willing to lay all on the altar before God (or, like Abraham, the thing or person in this world that we treasure the highest – Genesis 22:1-18).

We should seek prosperity firstly in our spirits (Matthew 5:3), then in our souls, then materially (3 John 2).

We should walk in righteousness and humility so that we prosper spiritually (2 Chronicles 26:5) and are sheltered on a day of judgment (Zephaniah 2:3).

We should trust God to provide in a season of lack (Habakkuk 3:17-19, Luke 12:22-34).

Thanks for reading and I look forward to sharing my final prosperity blog with you soon.

Pastor Peter Samuels 

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