Psalm 37:25-26

KJV—I have been young, and now am old;
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful,
and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

Amp—I have been young and now am old,
yet have I not seen the [uncompromisingly]
righteous forsaken or his seed begging
bread. All day long he is merciful and deals
graciously; he lends, and his offspring
is blessed.

Moffatt—I have been young and I am old,
but never have I seen good men forsaken;
they always have something to give away,
something wherewith to bless their families.

NIV—I was young and now I am old, yet I
have never seen the righteous forsaken or
their children begging bread. They are always
generous and lend freely; their children
will be blessed.

Psalm 84:1-12

Amp—How lovely are Your tabernacles, O
Lord of hosts! My soul yearns, yes, even
pines and is homesick for the courts of the
Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out and
sing for joy to the living God. Yes, the sparrow
has found a house, and the swallow a
nest for herself, where she may lay her
young, even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.

Blessed—happy, fortunate [to be envied]—
are those who dwell in Your house and
Your presence; they will be singing Your
praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and
calmly think of that]. Blessed—happy, fortunate
[to be envied]—is the man whose
strength is in You; in whose heart are the
highways to Zion. Passing through the valley
of weeping they make it a place of
springs; the early rain also fills [the pools]
with blessings. They go from strength to
strength—increasing in victorious power;
each of them appears before God in Zion.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah [pause, and
calmly think of that]! Behold our shield [the
king as Your agent], O God, and look upon
the face of Your anointed! For a day in
Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere
else]; I had rather be a doorkeeper
and stand at the threshold in the house of
my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents
of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the
Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and
[future] glory—honor, splendor and heavenly
bliss! No good thing will He withhold from
those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts,
blessed—happy, fortunate [to be envied]—is
the man who trusts in You, (leaning and
believing on You, committing all and confidently
looking to You, and that without
fear or misgiving)!

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Psalm 23:1

KJV—The Lord is my shepherd; I shall
not want.

Amp—The Lord is my shepherd [to feed,
guide and shield me]; I shall not lack.

Moffatt—The Eternal shepherds me, I lack
for nothing.

NIV—The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not
be in want.

Psalm 35:27

KJV—Let them shout for joy, and be glad,
that favour my righteous cause: yea, let
them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified,
which hath pleasure in the prosperity
of his servant.

Amp—Let those who favor my righteous
cause and have pleasure in my uprightness
shout for joy and be glad, and say continually,
Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes
pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.

Moffatt—May they shout for joy, may
they be glad, who love to see me righted!
May they have ever cause to say, “All hail
to the Eternal, who loves to see his servant
prospering!”

NIV—May those who delight in my vindication
shout for joy and gladness; may they
always say, “The Lord be exalted, who delights
in the well-being of his servant.”

Psalm 37:3-11

Amp—Trust (lean on, rely on and be confident)
in the Lord, and do good; so shall you
dwell in the land and feed surely on His
faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He
will give you the desires and secret petitions
of your heart. Commit your way to
the Lord—roll and repose [each care of]
your load on Him; trust (lean on, rely on
and be confident) also in Him, and He will
bring it to pass. And He will make your uprightness
and right standing with God go
forth as the light, and your justice and right
as [the shining sun of] the noonday.
Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him,
and patiently stay yourself upon Him; fret
not yourself because of him who prospers
in his way, because of the man who brings
wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger
and forsake wrath; fret not yourself; it tends
only to evil-doing. For evildoers shall be
cut off; but those who wait and hope and
look for the Lord, [in the end] shall inherit
the earth.

For yet a little while and the evildoer will
be no more; though you look with care
where he used to be, he will not be found.
But the meek [in the end] shall inherit the
earth, and shall delight themselves in the
abundance of peace.

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You don’t have to talk God into the idea of
prospering you. Since the Garden of Eden, prosperity
and blessing have been His idea.
Many times in the Bible, God promises His people
that He will bless them. And that word “bless”
encompasses a wide range of good things that He
wants to do for us. In Vine’s Expository Dictionary of
Biblical Words, “bless” is defined as “to prosper, to make
happy, to bestow blessings on.” Webster’s Dictionary
defines “bless” as “to set apart or consecrate for
holy purposes, to make and pronounce holy, to
make happy, to make successful, to make prosperous
in temporal concerns or pertaining to this life,
to keep, to guard, to preserve.”
God has always prospered His people. He made
the earth for mankind—for His people. He delights
and takes great pleasure in prospering you.
As you study the Scriptures, you’ll see that it
is clearly God’s will for you to prosper spiritually,
mentally, physically and financially.
He wants you to experience His abundant
provision in every area of your life.
When you believe God is not only able, but
also willing to meet all your needs, your life
will overflow with the abundant blessings
He always intended for you to enjoy.

Deuteronomy 7:13

KJV—He will love thee, and bless thee, and
multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit
of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase
of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep, in the land which he sware unto
thy fathers to give thee.

Amp—He will love you, bless you, and
multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of
your body and the fruit of your land, your
grain, your new wine, and your oil, the
increase of your cattle and the young of
your flock, in the land which He swore to
your fathers to give you.

Moffatt—He will love you, prosper you,
and multiply you, he will prosper the fruit of
your womb and the fruit of your ground,
your corn and wine and oil, the young of
your cattle and the lambs of your flock, in
the land which he swore to your fathers
that he would give to you.

NIV—He will love you and bless you and
increase your numbers. He will bless the
fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—
your grain, new wine and oil—the calves of
your herds and the lambs of your flocks in
the land that he swore to your forefathers
to give you.

1 Chronicles 29:11-12

KJV—Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and
the power, and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven
and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom,
O Lord, and thou art exalted as head
above all. Both riches and honour come of
thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine
hand is power and might; and in thine hand
it is to make great, and to give strength
unto all.

Amp—Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, and
the power, and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens
and the earth is Yours; Yours is the
Kingdom, O Lord, and Yours it is to be exalted
as head over all. Both riches and
honor come from You, and You reign over
all. In Your hand are power and might; in
Your hand it is to make great and to give
strength to all.

Moffatt—Thine, O Eternal, is the greatness
and the power and the glory and the preeminence
and the majesty, for all in heaven
and earth is thine; thine is the dominion, O
Eternal, and thine the supreme authority!
Riches and honour come from thee, who
reignest over all; in thy hand lie power and
might, and in thy hand it lies to make all
great and strong.

NIV—Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and
the power and the glory and the majesty
and the splendor, for everything in heaven
and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the
kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
Wealth and honor come from you; you are
the ruler of all things. In your hands are
strength and power to exalt and give
strength to all.

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When Gloria and I first caught hold of
the Word, God helped us understand that
the more we fed our spirit the Word, by
keeping it going in our ears and in front of
our eyes, the stronger our faith would grow.
So, we set our hearts to be obedient to the
Word. We agreed we would take every
truth we saw there and apply it in our lives.

At the time God first started teaching
Gloria and me about prosperity, we were up
to our necks in $22,000 of debt. We owed so
much, for so long, to so many, most of our
creditors never expected to get their
money. But when we saw some things in the
Word about God’s laws of prosperity, we
made a commitment to pay off those debts
and never borrow money again.

For a while it looked like we’d never
make it. Our minds gave us fits. But day by
day we declared, “God is able.” We looked
to Him for our deliverance and thanked
Him daily for the victory in our finances.

That was nearly 30 years ago, but the
principles we learned during that time have
held us steady through some turbulent
storms in many areas—not just finances.
Oftentimes, as believers, our concept of prosperity
gets limited to just finances and personal
wealth. But God’s laws of prosperity
govern everything. He wants us to prosper in
every area of life—including our finances.

To prosper means to succeed and flourish.
Prosperity is to advance or gain in anything
good or desirable. It also means
well-being. Over and over throughout the
Scriptures, God reveals that it is His will to
prosper His people.

He demonstrated His will in the Garden
of Eden when He surrounded Adam and
Eve with every material blessing they could
possibly need. He proved it again when He
prospered His friend Abraham almost beyond
belief. God’s desire to bless His people
is repeatedly evident in His dealings with
the Israelite nation. Has God changed since
then? No. The Bible says He is the same
yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Godly prosperity operates by putting
God’s Word in our heart, keeping it coming
out of our mouth, while we continue building
our lives upon it. What excites me so
much about God’s principles of prosperity is
they’ll work any time, anywhere for anyone.

The law of sowing and reaping, for example,
is a powerful force. Its principle of giving governs
everything in the kingdom of God and is
fundamental to godly prosperity. Faith in the
Word of God coupled with giving will always
produce a harvest of prosperity. Always.

Good stewardship is another principle
that is key to our financial increase. God
expects us to be faithful stewards of everything
He entrusts to us. But primarily, God
requires us to be faithful stewards of His
anointing. When we’re faithful stewards of
the anointing, we’ll walk in love to guard its
effectiveness in our life. We’ll walk by faith
to keep the anointing flowing strong. A
good steward of the anointing also knows
that money isn’t for hoarding—money is for
giving. He doesn’t love money—he loves
people. He uses money to bless people.

When you live like that, God will see to it
that you have all the money you need.
Why? Because God’s priority is to destroy
yokes and remove burdens by the power
of His anointing through you. He desires to
bless His people. And when your life lines
up with God’s priority, He’ll see to it that
you prosper spiritually, physically, financially
and any other way you can think.

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