GOD WILL LEAD YOU TO A PROSPEROUS LIFE

WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN…

• We show Loyalty and Kindness
  • GOD gives us Favour and a Good Reputation
• We pursue Godliness and Love
  • GOD gives us Life, Prosperity and Honour
• We Pay attention to Instruction and Put our Trust in God
  • GOD gives us Prosperity and Happiness

True HUMILITY and FEAR of the Lord LEAD to RICHES, HONOUR AND LONG LIFE - Prov. 22:4

GOD WILL LEAD YOU TO A PROSPEROUS LIFE

If you want what God offers, you've got to get there God's way

1. TRUE HUMILITY

If there is TRUE HUMILITY then there must be such thing as FALSE HUMILITY.  False Humility is a subtle form of pride!  So what is True humility?  It is  holding others in high esteem, rather than ourselves.  Humility relates to the ATTITUDE that we have:

• Toward Ourselves
• Toward Others

Me and Mine is a sign of immaturity... Humility is a sign of maturity – because it’s not about me!  Think modestly about yourself and extravagantly about others!

2. FEAR OF THE LORD

FEAR IS a distressed emotion such as anxiety, terror or panic.  But…that’s NOT the kind of Fear this text is talking about.  Fear of the Lord is an awe, a reverence a great respect.  We don’t Need to be FEARFUL, we need to be RESPECTFUL. The Fear of the Lord is Paramount to Produce a Prosperous Life!  Respect for God will propel you toward your Destiny of Greatness!  The fear of the Lord will produce benefits in our lives:

• Knowledge - Prov. 1:7
• Wisdom - Prov. 9:10
• Lengthens your Life - Prov. 10:27
• SECURE and a Fountain of life - Prov. 14:26,27
• Rest Content - Prov. 19:23
• RICHES, HONOUR AND LONG LIFE - Prov. 22:4

When you are truly humble, you will be blind-sided by God's blessing!

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PURSUE YOUR PURPOSE AND YOU WILL PROSPER!

Whoever pursues righteousness (godliness) and Unfailing Love will find Life,  Prosperity (godliness), and Honor - Prov 21:21

Pursue Your Purpose and You will Prosper:

• Pursue Righteousness – right relationship with God
• Pursue Unfailing Love - right relationship with Others

God First:  Pursue RIGHTEOUSNESS

Righteousness means character and conduct consistent with God’s Word

SIMPLE: Trying to live right, according to the Word

Pursue UNFAILING LOVE:

Unfailing Love is an eager desire to care for the needs of others

Prosperity Process:

• KNOW YOUR PURPOSE
• PUT YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT

AND THESE PRINICPLES WILL CAUSE PROSPERITY IN YOUR LIFE

LIFE – vibrant, energetic living

• the grass is brown and dead
• it’s dark when you go to work and dark when you come home

Living that is exciting and producing

• growth
• increase
• an excitement about what is coming next

 PROSPERITY – wholeness
“Whole in  your Spirit, Your Body and Your Soul!”

HONOUR – abundance and a good reputation

Loyalty and Kindness

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What 2 things do WE NEED TO DO?
A. Don’t forget the things I’ve taught you
B. Keep my commands in your heart

2 Things: GOD SAYS WILL  HAPPEN:
A. They will give you a long life  – anyone want a long life?
B. AND a Satisfying or Prosperous Life.

Satisfying or Prosperous means "health, wealth, peace and contentment"

Never let loyalty and kindness get away from you! Wear them like a necklace; write them deep within your heart. 4 Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will gain a good reputation.
- Prov. 3:3

Our GOAL is showing Loyalty and Kindness;
The FRUIT of that is Favour and a Good Reputation

Loyalty and Kindness will create a 'BOOMERANG BLESSING'

Loyal means "unswerving in allegiance"

We need to GET BACK ON THE LOYALTY TRACK!

Loyalty – focuses on "WE" not on "ME"
Loyalty – is the foundation of Unity

"Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice."
- Woodrow T. Wilson - 28th President of the United States of America

"Loyalty develops Unity which impacts Prosperity"

 
Kindness is "expression of love or thoughtfulness that is not seeking anything in return."

Do you think you deserve credit merely for loving those who love you? Even the sinners do that!  And if you do good only to those who do good to you, is that so wonderful? Even sinners do that much!

- Luke 6:32-33

We need to be people who do random acts of kindness!!

• Kindness with no strings attached;
• Kindness to people you don't know;

Kindness just to be Christ-like brings God's favour and prosperity!

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God Hates What Hurts Us And Others

We need God's Direction, Protection & Correction.  Proverbs 6:16 tells us about the things God hates.   It's easy to look for the things God hates in other people's lives, but we need to look in the mirror and be aware of things that may be in our own lives that God hates.  Every one of the following things will hurt us and hurt others.

4 PARTS OF THE BODY THAT CAN CAUSE INIQUITY:

1. God Hates EYES that look down on others

When someone looks down on you, they think they are higher than you.

For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him. - Romans 12:3

TWO MAIN AREAS WHERE PRIDE COMES IN:

1. IN NATURAL THINGS:

• What they HAVE
• What they KNOW
• How they LOOK

"Be careful of pride 'cause it's a quick slide"

2. IN SPIRITUAL THINGS:

• What they DON'T DO compared to others

In 2 Corinthians 12:6-7 Paul tells us could boast of many things but he chose not to. He didn't want anyone to think any higher of him than what they can see in his life and message. We have to make sure our walk opens the door for our talk.

1 Peter 5:6 - Humble yourself If you look down on others you won't be lifted up. If you look up to God you won't be taken down. Don't get taken down - get lifted up!

2. God Hates HANDS that shed innocent blood

The Bad News: We have all shed innocent blood because of our sin - Hebrews 9:22

The Good News: HERE is an INCREDIBLE truth:

• GOD HATES the SIN but he LOVES the PEOPLE!

3. God Hates a HEART that devises wicked schemes

To direct our thoughts toward doing things that displease God

"What we justify in your mind - it's only a matter of time before we are living it out."

Proverbs 4:23 says 'Above all else, guard your heart!'

Guard means to set a post like a night-watchman

Heart means the mind, thoughts, and seat of emotions

• The guard will discard all evil thoughts - 'I gotta guard & discard!'

How do you Guard Your Heart?

• Ask YOURSELF – Will these thoughts result in obeying God... or fulfilling the flesh?
• Ask GOD – to set a protection around your mind
• Ask a Godly Friend (HWC, Life Group Leader) – to pray for you that you will overcome every temptation

4. God Hates FEET that run into evil

• Your thoughts…will eventually become your actions
• Your future is your current thought life - all grown up!
  We don't fall into sin... we choose to sin!
• You’ve got to GUARD what you THINK and GUARD where you go! 'We can't play, we've got to run the other way!' 'You have to embarrass sin before it embarrasses you!'
• For your PROTECTION set your feet in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION! - 1 Timothy 6:11-12

"Because I belong to God, I'm going to run from evil; I'm going to pursue a godly life!"

CHALLENGE:
We need to guard our thoughts.  What comes into our thoughts becomes our talk and will eventually become our walk.  We need to guard the way we think, the way we speak and they way we go.  We need to run away from evil and pursue godly things, a life that pleases God.

CONFESSION:
"I declare over my life today that I choose to set a guard over my mind; that my thoughts and words will build up and not tear down and that I will pursue a godly life.  I declare that my feet will run from evil and run to the things of God.  I choose to set my feet in the right direction and go the way that you desire me to go!"