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INTRODUCTION

F
or many of us, our strategy for creating wealth begins and ends
with the fervent prayer, “Bless me, Lord.” Many Christians typically
pray and then wait, becoming increasingly perplexed with each
passing year of debt, and of just barely getting by. Some eventually
conclude that it is not the will of God that they should be blessed
financially. Others become disillusioned with “prosperity preaching”
and conclude it’s all a hoax, false doctrine, a deception.

Yet, the Bible consistently demonstrates that there is a blessing of
prosperity for those who follow God’s Word: The Scriptures tell us that
the Lord will grant us abundant prosperity if we obey Him and follow
His commands (Deuteronomy 28:2). Why then do we pray and wait,
year after year, for financial abundance that seems to never come?

Perhaps the answer to this question is to be found in the Lord’s
unexpected direction to Moses as Israel stood petrified at the edge of
the Red Sea, sandwiched between its impassable waters and Pharaoh’s
murderous army: “Why are you crying out to me?” the Lord said to
Moses, “Tell the Israelites to move on” (Exodus 14:15). Perhaps, as with
Moses, God has already provided in His Word a way, a way that leads to
prosperity; and as we stand immobilized and overwhelmed by our own
financial Red Seas, and as we continue to cry out, “Lord bless me,
prosper me!” perhaps God is saying to us; “There it is, I’ve already shown
you the way. Stop crying out to me and move on!”

This book has two purposes: (1) To help people to understand what the
Bible actually says about wealth and prosperity, and (2) to show people
how to obtain the prosperity that the Bible promises. The book is divided
into 4 parts:

 Part 1 explains what the Bible says about prosperity and
defines Biblical prosperity
 Part 2 examines the internal qualities that will position a person
to prosper financially
 Part 3 describes the external steps to take in order to prosper
financially
 Part 4 is about how to manage your resources so that your
wealth grows and remains

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