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Breaking the Curse of Poverty  David K. Owusu

edification. Therefore, it calls upon every believer to be diligent in
their assignment. The very essence of why God would in the first
place trust us to manage the wealth of the nations is for the reason
that we have proved ourselves good stewards of what God gave us
in such that He will trust us with much greater wealth.

The scripture puts it this way

“A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the
righteous. Proverbs 13:22 [NIV]

Faith and Works: Spiritual Balance
Faith in the finished work of Jesus is what avails us the triumph
over the very struggle and labour that brought the curse of poverty.

As the King of Kings –Lord of Lords the Messiah hung on the
cross the he redeemed us from the curse of the law through the
affliction and the death he suffered on the cross. When he said
‘It is finished’ he permanently broke the curse of bareness, struggle,
poverty and all other curses from our lives.

“A jug of sour wine was standing by. Someone put a sponge soaked
with the wine on a javelin and lifted it to His mouth. After He
took the wine, Jesus said, ‘It’s done…complete” bowing His head,
he offered up His spirit”. John 19:30 [MSG]

The work of redeeming man to his initial state of blamelessness had
been restored. The redemptive plan of God finalized in an amazing

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