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
PS: Which blog has ignited your spirit the most?
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ReplyDeleteGreat post Pst Peter, thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite attitudes to cultivate are seeking wisdom,
being content and investing in my talents.
Looking forward to the next post...
God bless you!