The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want….
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence
of mine enemies: thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over (Psalm 23:1, 5).

If you want to be prosperous, if you want to
have your needs met, start doing what the Word tells
you to do. Start giving instead of wishing. Start
the giving process, even if you have to start small.
That’s all right. Just remember, you are giving into
a much larger Body—the Body of Christ.

Too many Christians are not claiming much of
God’s bounty. They are just claiming the crumbs. I
want more than just the crumbs from the mighty
table of God. I’m going to pull up to the table and
have my fill. You need to do that, too.

I was especially blessed by Brother Kenneth
Hagin in a meeting one time. He was speaking from
Psalm 23 about the table that has been spread for
us by the Lord in the presence of our enemies. The
psalmist can’t be talking about heaven, he pointed
out, because there are no enemies in heaven. The
table that has been spread before us is here and now.
Because God is my Shepherd, I do not want.

I don’t want for healing. I don’t want for deliverance.
I don’t want for anything. My Shepherd takes
care of all my needs according to His riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.

I don’t owe anything to anybody anywhere on
the face of this planet, but I didn’t get to that place by
wishing for it. (We do have monthly expenses, such as
television, and they are paid as we are billed.) Gloria
and I settled our needs before God. I will tell you
frankly what I had to do to settle it, and you can do
the same thing.

Take Communion. Lift the cup of the covenant,
then lift the bread and say: “Thank You,
Jesus. I remember that You cut this covenant for
me. I remember that You shed Your blood for me.
I remember, Lord.”

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland