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Breaking the Curse of Poverty  David K. Owusu


                  Genesis 13:2 [ESV]

                  “The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, ‘Lift
                  up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward
                  and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that
                  you see I will give to you and your offspring forever…arise walk

                  through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to
                  you.” Genesis 13:14-17 [ESV]

               Isaac just like his father had his own fair share of the abundant life


                  Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a
                  hundred fold. And the Lord blessed him, and the man became rich,
                  and continued to grow until he became very rich” Genesis 26:12
                  [NASB]


               Say nothing of Jacob (Israel), Job (who being very rich in the land
               after the catastrophic events ended up with double of what he had,


                  The  Lord  restored  the  fortunes  of  Job  when  he  prayed  for  his
                  friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job
                  42:10 [AMP]



               While Solomon whom the Lord blessed to be the richest; exceeding
               all the kings of the earth in riches


                  Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular]
                  year was six hundred and sixty-six [a]talents of gold….So King

                  Solomon  exceeded  all  the  kings  of  the  earth  in  wealth  and  in


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