You Were Born Prosperous

Do you believe that the amount in your bank account determines your prosperity? If your answer is yes, it is incorrect. The money in your bank account does not determine your prosperity.

Society teaches us to measure our prosperity by the amounts in our bank accounts, the size of our investments, or our net worth.

In essence, this is not true because:

1. You were created in the image of an abundant God.

2. You already have abundance because you are abundance.

3. Money is a spiritual concept and circulation must take place.

What is circulation? Basically it is inflow and outflow. It is Inflow of money and outflow of money. You cannot only have inflow of money. Circulation needs to take place in your finances. Why? Because circulation is necessary in order for us to have a healthy economic structure. While there must be an inflow of money into your bank account, an outflow of money must take place as well.

When the outflow occurs, many people see the reduction of funds as a sign of depletion. Fear of loss begins to set in, worry surfaces, and they are followed by negative self talk like “I am broke,” “I don’t have enough money,” “I can’t afford that,” and “I’d better not buy that.” These negative states of mind stop the inflow from taking place. Thus, your negative thoughts and words stop the circulation because when you ask, you receive exactly what you are asking for.

When you begin to understand that this universe is never static, that it is always moving, you will then see that circulation is necessary in your finances.

Think about it for a second. God designed us in such a unique way that we do not force the circulatory process to take place in our bodies. It happens automatically. The same automatic circulatory process takes places in our finances. Outflow=Inflow, Inflow=Outflow. When you have an outflow, you are making space. You’re creating a vacuum for the inflow that is going to take place.

Are you discouraged by the lack that surrounds you? I have good news: you can change your negative thinking in an instant. You have that power. The moment you have a negative thought, get rid of it and take up the opposite side: the positive. Affirm in your mind that money flows to you easily and effortlessly, over and over again. Say it with feeling and emotion. Believe it! The first law of learning is repetition and once it is embedded in your subconscious mind, you will see the flow begin to come through.

However, it doesn't only require thinking positively. You ar going to need to change your consciousness about money. What are your feelings about money? Do feel you that it is a sin to have money? Do you feel that the rich only have money? Are you afraid to spend the money that you do have? Be honest, because whatever relationship you have with money will determine if you will attract it or repel it.

If you choose to live in fear, or worry about the money that surrounds, whatever you fear will manifest. When you despise paying your bills or become depressed when you write a check for your mortgage, you are focusing your energy on what you don’t want. More lack, more depression.

Instead of focusing on the amount in your bank account, or what is going out, begin to focus on the amount of money you would like to receive, express gratitude for what you already have, and watch avalanches of money begin to come your way. Fear is the opposite of FAITH!

God came so you may have life and have it abundantly!

Peace and love.

Grace Engel

Prosperity Is Your Divine Right

We are all familiar with the words prosperity, prosper, and prosperous? What do these words mean to you?

To me, the word prosper means the extent to which you are experiencing happiness, health, wealth, and abundance in your life.

Prosperity allows you to experience financial abundance, a balanced personal life, expanded knowledge, happiness, and a deeper spiritual walk. (Catherine Ponder)

Prosperous living creates a fulfilled and abundant life for you.

Do you think you can live an abundant life?

Let me go ahead and answer that question for you. Yes, you can. We all can. This is the life that God intended for us to live. It is clearly shown in the Bible when Jesus said, “I came so you may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). Jesus did not say that he came so that you may be broke, unhappy, or lacking. He said, “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).

If you are living anything far from an abundant life, know that you are not living the life that God has intended for you.

When you look throughout the Bible and study its great leaders—Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Elijah, Elisha, David, Solomon, and the virtuous woman in Proverbs—you see that they were all prosperous. They knew they had access to the abundance of God. They understood that no good thing would be withheld from them. They tapped into the POWER. The power of God that is more than sufficient to meet any need.

My dear friends, I am here to tell you that God is still the same. He has not changed. You can tap into that same power and you also have the same access to God’s unlimited abundance.

All the riches in the world are yours; they only await your acceptance (Raymond Barker).

Let’s get down to the dirty truth about poverty

Poverty is a spiritual blindness that causes man not to see the unlimited abundance of God. Poverty causes addictions, unhappiness, depression, and it drives intelligent men and women to live a life of abuse, crime, and unhappiness. Poverty drives people to do things they would never imagine themselves to do. (Catherine Ponder)

God is good—only good exists in him—and we are created in the image of God. Our purpose is to glorify God. Think about it for just a second: what use would a broke, poor, lacking person be to God? How would that glorify him? From this, then, you know that poverty is a state of mind because God is good and all that is of the Father is good.

This means that YOU choose whether or not you will live an abundant life or not. It’s called free will. God clearly shows an example of free will in Deuteronomy 28:1 when he states, “If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all my commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.” Furthermore, Deuteronomy 28:15 states, “If you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees he is giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.”

The choice to have or have not is yours

How do you make that choice? By obeying the commandments of God. By knowing and thinking the truth. The truth is that prosperity is your divine heritage. As a child of God, you have rights. You are and have always been prosperous, and you have access to ALL the abundance of your infinite source, God. The lies that you have fed yourself about prosperity, such as (1) prosperity is only available to a “select” few, (2) you need to have a certain degree, or (3) you need to have X amount of dollars in your bank account in order to be prosperous are ALL lies. Prosperity is a state of mind. It is not determined by your race, education level, or net worth. It is determined by your thoughts.

You cannot live a fulfilled life unless you are prosperous. If you are living anything less than that, you are living abnormally. God created YOU and when he was done, he said it was very good. This tells me that when he created you, he equipped you, and God has made his abundance available for you.

So if you are living abnormally, know that you can live a normal life. All it takes is a decision. Decide right now at this moment that you choose to be prosperous, that you choose happiness, you choose peace, you choose abundance, and you allow all these things to become a part of your everyday experience.

Your first step is making a decision to have what is rightfully yours right now, TODAY.

Remember…

Life is an act of faith. Struggle is optional (Iyanla Vanzant).


Peace and Love,

Grace Engel
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