How do we define prosperity? It depends on whether we are defining according to God's word or the world's ideas. There is a worldly prosperity and there is a spiritual prosperity. What produces spiritual prosperity? Meditating on and obeying God's word; faith in God and His word; being content with Godliness and what He has given us. What is the value of spiritual prosperity? It abides and produces true success.

4. Luke 12:16-2116 And he told them a parable, saying,
“The land of a rich man produced
plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself,
‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to
store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do
this: I will tear down my barns and build

5. Luke 12:16-21
larger ones, and there I will store all my
grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to
my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods
laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink,
be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool!
This night your soul is required of you,

6. Luke 12:16-21
and the things you have prepared, whose
will they be?’ 21 So is the one who lays up
treasure for himself and is not rich
toward God.”

7. 3John 2
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in
all things and be in health, just as your
soul prospers.

8. 3John 2 (AMP)
Beloved, I pray that in every way you
may succeed and prosper and be in
good health [physically], just as [I
know] your soul prospers [spiritually].

9. So we have:
Worldly prosperity (financial)
Spiritual prosperity (growth)

10. We know why one would want
worldly prosperity (financial).
Why would one want Spiritual
prosperity (growth)?

11. • Meditating on God and His word and
obeying it
What Produces Spiritual Prosperity?

12. Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not depart from
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it
day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written in it. For
then you will make your way prosperous,
and then you will have good success.

13. • Meditating on God and His word and
obeying it
• Faith (belief) in God and His word
What Produces Spiritual Prosperity?

14. 2Chronicles 20:20
So they rose early in the morning and went
out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they
went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear
me, O Judah and you inhabitants of
Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and
you shall be established; believe His
prophets, and you shall prosper.

15. • Meditating on God and His word and
obeying it
• Faith (belief) in God and His word
• Godliness and contentment
What Produces Spiritual Prosperity?

16. 1Timothy 6:6-8
Now godliness with contentment is
great gain. For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out. And having food
and clothing, with these we shall be
content.

17. 1Timothy 6:6-8 (MSG)
A devout life does bring wealth, but it’s
the rich simplicity of being yourself
before God. Since we entered the world
penniless and will leave it penniless, if
we have bread on the table and shoes on
our feet, that’s enough.

18. • Meditating on God and His word and
obeying it
• Faith (belief) in God and His word
• Godliness and contentment
What Produces Spiritual Prosperity?

19. • It abides, it’s lasting
The Value of Spiritual Prosperity?

20. Matthew 6:19,20
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures
on earth, where moth and rust destroy and
where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay
up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys and
where thieves do not break in and steal.”

21. • It abides, it’s lasting
• Spiritual prosperity means true
success!
The Value of Spiritual Prosperity?

22. Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not depart from
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it
day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written in it. For
then you will make your way prosperous,
and then you will have good success.

23. • It abides, it’s lasting
• Spiritual prosperity means true
success!
The Value of Spiritual Prosperity?

24. Luke 12:20,2120 But God said to him, “Fool! This night
your soul is required of you,” 21 So is the
one who lays up treasure for himself
and is not rich toward God.