Since God’s covenant has been established and prosperity is a
provision of this covenant, you need to realize that prosperity
belongs to you now! Someone might say, “God can see into the
future. He knows that if I had money, I would spend it unwisely
or act ugly with it. That’s why I don’t have any.” Well, you are
probably right! The fact that you have more faith in this than you
have in the Word of God and in your own competence as a
Christian is keeping you robbed. Satan sold you that lie, not
God. You must realize that it is God’s will for you to prosper (see
3 John 2). This is available to you, and frankly, it would be stupid
of you not to partake of it! When a man realizes that prosperity
belongs to him, takes the Word of God, becomes prosperous, and
then gives it away, he is valuable. The Apostle Paul learned
the spiritual law of giving and operated it proficiently. He was
strong enough in the Lord to believe for prosperity, receive
it, then give it away. This is a valuable sacrifice; it really
means something.

The Word of God says, “Give, and it shall be given unto
you again.” As you begin to operate this law, you will see
that you can’t get rid of it! As you give, it will be returned to
you faster than you can keep giving it away! As we read in
Deuteronomy 8:18, God gives us the power to get wealth in
order to establish His covenant. He does it because He said
He would! When you fully realize that you have Him and
He has you, that you can do all things through Christ who
strengthens you (see Philippians 4:13), all the pride in your
heart melts and you know that without Him you can do nothing.
As you begin to understand these things, you won’t be
afraid to give. You won’t be afraid to turn loose of it. When you
give, you will receive and have even more to give, a constant
flowing! Praise the Lord!

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

God can make us honorable. He honors us with His own life.
What the Bible calls eternal life is administered to our spirit
man by the Holy Spirit. Then He instills in us the desire to
honor Him in how we conduct our lives.

When I was born again, I was suddenly filled with the desire
to honor God. When the little girl who had tried to kill her
family was born again, she was filled with the desire to
honor God and obey Him, even to the extent of honoring
her family.

God wants us honorable. If you are not honorable, now is
the time to go before the Father and ask Him to make you
that way.

Satan Will Try to Steal This Word

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way
side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard,
Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word
that was sown in their hearts. And these are they
likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately receive
it with gladness; and have no root in themselves,
and so endure but for a time: afterward,
when affliction or persecution ariseth for the
word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such
as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things
entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
And these are they which are sown on good ground;
such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth
fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an
hundred (Mark 4:14-20).

You must realize that honor is a powerful spiritual force,
and Satan will try to keep you from walking in it. He will
try to steal this word. I want you to know what he is
going to use against you to do it. You don’t have to fall
for his devices. Greater is He who is in us than he who
is in the world (1 John 4:4)!

In the parable of the sower and the seed, Jesus warned that,
when the sower sows the Word, the devil comes immediately
to steal it from those who have heard and received it.

He did not bother to talk about those who refused to
receive the Word. What was there to say
about them? Nothing. He talked about those who
did receive it.

They received it gladly, but some did not hold
onto it long. Many allowed the devil to steal it for one
reason or another. Some let him steal all of it. Others
let him steal fortyfold, and they only retained sixtyfold.
Still others did not let him have any of it.

You can depend on the fact that Satan will try to steal
the Word out of your heart. You need to study those
areas of the Word, particularly Mark 4, to learn how your
enemy operates. He only has five ways to attack you.
Read this passage again carefully to find out what they are.
Make the decision to resist the devil and his devices,
then stand firm on your decision.

Kenneth and Gloria Copeland