Sermon - 25 August 2013 by Bruce McCallum

2. Key words in the Bible
'Believed' is used 272 times.
'Pray' ... 371 times.
'Love' ... 714 times.
'Give' ... 2162 times.

3. Understand how and why
God wants you to prosper

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5. 1. Prosperity brings pleasure to God.
Psalm 35:27 (NKJV)
27 Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who
favour my righteous cause; And let them say
continually, "Let the Lord be magnified, Who
has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."

6. Genesis 1:26 (NKJV)
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our
image, according to Our likeness; let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea, over
the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all
the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth."
2. Grasp God’s Vision

7. Galatians 3:13-18 (NKJV)
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the
law, having become a curse for us (for it is
written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a
tree"), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might
come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that
we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.
3. Prosperity with a purpose
Blessed to be a blessing.

8. 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the
promises made. He does not say, "And to
seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your
Seed," who is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the
law, which was four hundred and thirty years
later, cannot annul the covenant that was
confirmed before by God in Christ, that it
should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if
the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of
promise; but God gave it to Abraham by
promise.

9. Genesis 12:1-3 (NKJV)
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of
your country, From your family And from your
father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I
will make you a great nation; I will bless you
And make your name great; And you shall be a
blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you; And in
you all the families of the earth shall be
blessed."

10. Four practical ways to live under
God’s prosperity

11. Genesis 1:28 (NKJV)
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to
them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth
and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of
the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
every living thing that moves on the earth."
1. First receive God’s blessing

12. Luke 10:5 (NKJV)
5 But whatever house you enter, first say,
'Peace to this house.'
2. Decide to be a blessing

13. 3. God is our source.

14. Heb 11:6
‘6And without faith it is impossible to please
God, because anyone who comes to him must
believe that he exists and that he rewards
those who earnestly seek him.’
4. Believe God is who He says He is

15. "Compared to 1994, average real incomes have been
rising. However, South Africa still ranks among the most
economically unequal societies in the world.
Furthermore, while the poverty indicators show slight
improvement over time, just more than half of South
Africans - 52.3% according to Stats SA - still live below the
poverty line of R577. Also, 13.3% live in inordinate
poverty.
http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=1592

16. Ezekiel 16:49 (NKJV)
49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She
and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and
abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 16:49 (NIV)
49 “… they did not help the poor and needy.