When Gloria and I first caught hold of
the Word, God helped us understand that
the more we fed our spirit the Word, by
keeping it going in our ears and in front of
our eyes, the stronger our faith would grow.
So, we set our hearts to be obedient to the
Word. We agreed we would take every
truth we saw there and apply it in our lives.

At the time God first started teaching
Gloria and me about prosperity, we were up
to our necks in $22,000 of debt. We owed so
much, for so long, to so many, most of our
creditors never expected to get their
money. But when we saw some things in the
Word about God’s laws of prosperity, we
made a commitment to pay off those debts
and never borrow money again.

For a while it looked like we’d never
make it. Our minds gave us fits. But day by
day we declared, “God is able.” We looked
to Him for our deliverance and thanked
Him daily for the victory in our finances.

That was nearly 30 years ago, but the
principles we learned during that time have
held us steady through some turbulent
storms in many areas—not just finances.
Oftentimes, as believers, our concept of prosperity
gets limited to just finances and personal
wealth. But God’s laws of prosperity
govern everything. He wants us to prosper in
every area of life—including our finances.

To prosper means to succeed and flourish.
Prosperity is to advance or gain in anything
good or desirable. It also means
well-being. Over and over throughout the
Scriptures, God reveals that it is His will to
prosper His people.

He demonstrated His will in the Garden
of Eden when He surrounded Adam and
Eve with every material blessing they could
possibly need. He proved it again when He
prospered His friend Abraham almost beyond
belief. God’s desire to bless His people
is repeatedly evident in His dealings with
the Israelite nation. Has God changed since
then? No. The Bible says He is the same
yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Godly prosperity operates by putting
God’s Word in our heart, keeping it coming
out of our mouth, while we continue building
our lives upon it. What excites me so
much about God’s principles of prosperity is
they’ll work any time, anywhere for anyone.

The law of sowing and reaping, for example,
is a powerful force. Its principle of giving governs
everything in the kingdom of God and is
fundamental to godly prosperity. Faith in the
Word of God coupled with giving will always
produce a harvest of prosperity. Always.

Good stewardship is another principle
that is key to our financial increase. God
expects us to be faithful stewards of everything
He entrusts to us. But primarily, God
requires us to be faithful stewards of His
anointing. When we’re faithful stewards of
the anointing, we’ll walk in love to guard its
effectiveness in our life. We’ll walk by faith
to keep the anointing flowing strong. A
good steward of the anointing also knows
that money isn’t for hoarding—money is for
giving. He doesn’t love money—he loves
people. He uses money to bless people.

When you live like that, God will see to it
that you have all the money you need.
Why? Because God’s priority is to destroy
yokes and remove burdens by the power
of His anointing through you. He desires to
bless His people. And when your life lines
up with God’s priority, He’ll see to it that
you prosper spiritually, physically, financially
and any other way you can think.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries