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In 3 John 2 - John prays "beloved, I wish
above all things that you may prosper in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers. (NKJV) Is it possible that the disciple
John included prosperity alongside health as an indication of God's
value on His people doing well in all areas of life? Oh that we
had an understanding of biblical financial principles in our youth
so that we would not have to experience the bondage of debt and
lack. This bondage has no boundaries and can transcend every race,
origin, and creed. Recently, at a major evangelical conference,
when asked to raise your hands if you were struggling with debt
or finances, approximately 95% of the conference attendees raised
their hands. God said he wanted us to prosper, not be in bondage.
Throughout the Bible there are written accounts
of God supernaturally canceling His people's debt. God is the same
God today as He was in biblical times. However, for the majority
of us, biblical principles are going to have to be applied in order
for God to restore our finances to the state that He intended them
to be. The first step in lining up our finances according to the
Word is to Tithe. Malachi 3: 9-10 teaches us unless we are honoring
God with our tithes and offerings we are positioning ourselves
for a curse. Likewise, if we follow this biblical principle, He
promises to open the windows of heaven. After we have begun to
obey spiritual laws we have to line up with natural laws. What
are we doing with the 90% God says is ours for our pleasure. Are
we saving and investing or are we disrespecting it? An exhaustive
study of how to apply spiritual and biblical principles for financial
breakthroughs can be found in the tape series "It's Not Lack, It's
Disrespect, Faith and Finances, Possessing Your Prosperity and
Ready for Blessing" For
purchase information, click here.
Increasing Financially
In the process of financial increase, pressure comes. But even under
pressure you can still increase financially?
Here's How:
Ten Steps to Increasing When the Pressure
Is On
- When the pressure is on and you're trying to increase
- You must TITHE! (Malachi 3: 8-12)
- When the pressure is on, you still have to SOW.
- Even when the pressure is on you still have to SAVE.
- If you have an automatic savings plan, an annuity
plan or a retirement plan on your job, put money in it.
One of the easiest ways to save is to put away a dollar a day. If
you can't save a dollar begin by saving your change.
- When the pressure is on you still need to INVEST.
Something needs to be receiving increase even while you're under pressure.
- When the pressure is on you are going to have to RESPECT the
money you do have.
- When the pressure is on you are going to have to REBUKE.
Rebuke Fear (False Evidence Appearing Real)
- Rebuke the temptation to go back and quit.
- Rebuke Loss Aversion (the fear of not wanting to
take a risk because you may lose something)
- Rebuke the Ten Dumb Things:
- The Chicken Little syndrome -- jumping
to catastrophic conclusions.
The sky is NOT falling. The Chicken Little Syndrome can paralyze
you.
- Mind Reading: "Well, they know
what's up so I don't need to say anything".
- Personalizing every challenge. "This
never happens to anybody but me!"
- Rebuke believing your press agent. Your
press agent says if you did great in one venture you won't have
to put any effort into another venture.
- Believing or inventing your critics. Don't
believe your critics, especially the ones that haven't tried
to do what you're trying to do. Don't make up critics,
(I know they're talking about me!).
- Rebuke perfectionism. Perfectionists
desire to be perfect in all things. This can handicap you
and magnify everything that is not right. The desire to
be 100% can take you to 0% accomplishment and take you out of
faith. There is only one person perfect in all things, JESUS
CHRIST!
- Rebuke "Comparisonitis", focusing
only on the negative comparisons
of you versus others and accepting negative comparison by others.
(2 Corinthians 10:12)
- Rebuke the "What If" thinking. Adding
what is highly not probable to what is real. The "what
ifs" takes the fact that you don't have all you need to
the square root power and over magnifies the negatives.
- Rebuke the Imperative Should. It
says if you do that you'll be sorry.
- Rebuke the "Yes, Butisms" which
always manages to find a negative to outweigh any and all positives.
In order to increase under pressure you're going
to have to apply something.
- Apply the Word
- Apply the Right Confessions
- Apply the Right Wisdom
- Apply the Right Information
The Ten Steps to Increasing When the Pressure
Is On was an excerpt from the Financial Increase Training
Conference. To purchase to this message in its entirety,
email us at principalthing@eaglessummit.org and
request the Financial Increase Conference Check-In Tape, November
2004.
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