Kingdom Abundance

Jesus came to bring abundant life. The enemy has come to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). God wants us to live as an overcomer, and we need to know what we have access to and how to access it.

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which has been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:2–4

We have access to everything we need through Jesus Christ’s finished work on the cross by faith, which is our heavenly currency. God’s Word is true, and we need to believe it, stand on it, and live it!

We can live by the supernatural provision available to us by accessing the riches of heaven. The riches of heaven don’t only relate to money and finances but include love, healing, freedom, peace, provision, freedom, wisdom, understanding, etc. We activate our faith to receive these riches. Our faith grows each time we are stretched and becomes a stepping stone to bring us to the next level.

We need to bring God back into our finances! When we connect to heavenly portals of provision, there is no limit to what God can do. It has nothing to do with natural potential.

Patricia King states in her book Accessing the Riches of Heaven[1] that there are four realms of abundance (See Genesis 26:12‒13). A realm is a royal domain with authority that we need to work in and establish in our lives. We live in two realms, even as Jesus did. We live on the earth, but we are seated with Christ in heavenly places at the Father’s right hand. There is a promise of victory for everything we face, but we must pull it down into the earth.

Four Realms of Abundance:

1) Abundantly reap what we have sown

2) The realm of blessings is where everything we put our hand to prospers (Psalm 1:1‒3). Jesus fulfilled all requirements for us and made us worthy. God’s blessings are attracted to us.

The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. Proverbs 10:22

3) The realm of being rich in all things, e.g., love, faith, provision, etc. It’s different from blessings; riches are a sustained realm of personal overflow that we live in. When we don’t put our faith in money but in God’s provision, riches follow us as we follow the Lord.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor, that you, through His poverty, might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9

In his book Unlocking the Abundant Mindset,[2] Keith Ferrante explains that the word rich in this verse, according to Strong’s Greek Lexicon (#G4145), means “increased with goods; rich; wealthy.”

He continues to explain that Jesus became poor compared to His residence in heaven but never lived in poverty while He was here on earth. He had everything He always needed. If He needed anything more, He would ask the Father, who would multiply what He already had.

The critical question we must ask ourselves is, who are we trusting? Is it in what we can make or in God’s greater provision? Our priority is not to work for riches but to serve God first so that the return will be much more than we could ever imagine. God has infinite resources!

4) The realm of wealth to influence the world: Operating in this realm should be our end goal. Wealth is not just for us and our families. It’s not based on how much we have in the bank or our possessions. But to impact and influence others and our culture for the kingdom of God, for example, preaching the word, caring for widows and orphans, giving financial and material provisions, and preventing evil like human trafficking, drugs, etc. We will also reap an eternal reward in heaven and here on earth (Matthew 6:1‒34; 19:29). Wealth attracts wealth, revealing God’s goodness, and the world sees it (Isaiah 60:1–7).

Don’t confuse the source with the resource. God, our source, never changes, but the resources will, such as income, Social Security, pensions, donations, investments, etc. When our resources dry up, we need a Word from the Lord to determine our next steps (1 Kings 17:1-16). No one can take better care of us than our heavenly Father. The Holy Spirit can even tell us when to invest for gains or when to remove our money before losses. But we must keep our eyes on the source!

Last year, when I taught about dunamis, the power of God, we saw that one of the definitions of dunamis in Thayer’s Greek Lexicon is power and influence, which belong to riches and wealth. We create wealth for God’s glory and advance His kingdom.

Dunamis, or God’s power, gives us the ability to make wealth. God desires to bless us and establish His covenant with us so that we are a light to others (Deuteronomy 8:18)

One way to activate dunamis, get it flowing, and manifest in our lives is to honor God with our tithes and offerings, sow a seed, and believe for increase.

Tithing

All money has a spirit on it, either mammon’s or God’s (Matthew 6:24). We bring the tithe (one-tenth of our income) and first fruits to the storehouse, which is the church or ministry where we are being fed the Word of God. God redeems the rest from under the world or mammon’s spirit and blesses it. The quickest way to break the spirit and stronghold of mammon in our lives is to tithe to God. God reserves the tithe for Himself (Leviticus 27:30; Romans 11:16)!

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 3:10‒11

Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the first fruits of all your increase; so, your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine. Proverbs 3:9‒10

Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. And he blessed him, and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all. Genesis 14:19–20

In the book of Genesis, we can see that tithing began with Abraham, many years before Moses gave the law to the children of Israel. God is the creator of everything and owns everything (1 Chronicles 29:11‒12). We are simply stewarding what we are entrusted with. God didn’t institute the tithe to bring us under the law but to get blessings to us as His children.

When we tithe to the Lord, we put ourselves in a position for increase and blessing as the seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:13‒14). Even though we are under grace through Jesus Christ, He came to fulfill the law and receive our tithes because He is our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek (Matthew 5:17‒18; Hebrews 6:17–20). In Matthew 23:23, Jesus said that we should tithe and not leave the other things undone, i.e., justice and the love of God.

Tithing God’s way does not make sense, but it works! We can’t afford not to tithe! God looks to see what we will do with the tithe before He blesses us with more money. We don’t tithe out of obligation, religious duty, or thinking it is a law of God. We tithe because we know who God is and His goodness!

Giving

There are blessings when we give, which is a key to our prosperity. We are to give cheerfully, liberally, willingly, sacrificially (2 Corinthians 9:6‒11), with pure motives, not to get or buy favor from the Lord (Matthew 6:1‒4), in faith, with a good conscience (1 Timothy 1:19), and according to our ability (2 Corinthians 8:2‒5).

So, how do you know when, where, and how much to give? Jesus says that He will tell you if you ask Him and are listening (John 10:27)! It is essential to give yourself to Him first, then follow His lead in giving. God gives us His grace to give (2 Corinthians 8:7; 9:8).

“Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38

Sowing and Reaping

When we sow seed intentionally, we can reap the returns on our seed, and riches can come to us as an overflow of blessings even when we are living humbly. While our seed remains in the ground and we wait for it to bear fruit, don’t curse it with negative words. Call in the harvest and demand the seed to produce fruit. We receive it by grace through faith.

The kingdom of God has no shortage. Provision isn’t scarce. Multiplication is part of the kingdom’s economy. Many instances in the Bible tell us of how God multiplies in the Old and New Testaments (Philippians 4:19; Genesis 1:28; 22:17; Matthew 14:13‒21; 15:32‒39; Acts 6:7; 12:24).

In God’s kingdom, His sons and daughters multiply. Nothing happens here on earth until it happens in the spiritual realm first. We are in a kingdom structure when we ask our King for His authority and permission to do what we need or want to do. We partner with Christ, so it multiplies (Luke 9:10‒17). We need to use wealth and influence, but not under Babylon or the world system.

Money isn’t the answer—Jesus is! He reveals God’s love and grace through His finished work on the cross. We may get more money, but that will be gone unless we learn how to enter into God’s cycle of supernatural provision and kingdom economy based on sowing and reaping, which applies to every area of our lives. We expect an increase and harvest, giving us more to use and fold back into sowing.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is in the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7–8

God has set up laws concerning sowing and reaping. Sowing and reaping (seedtime and harvest) are perpetual as long as the earth remains (Genesis 8:22). Sowing involves seed, and the Word of God has much to say about the nature of a seed, seedtime, and harvest. A seed yields after its kind (Genesis 1:11) but must first die to produce a harvest (John 12:24‒25). We must sow our seed in faith since everything in the kingdom of God operates by faith (Hebrews 11:1, 6; Mark 11:22‒24).

But this, I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So, let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” Now may He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 2 Corinthians 9:6‒11

Harvest is a time we’ve all been waiting for. It is a time to reap what we have planted, tended, and believed for. It is God who has given seed to the sower and bread to the eater, and it has opened the door for God to meet our needs and give us enough to invest in the work of His kingdom. Yet, as believers, we often focus on sowing seeds but have forgotten to apply our faith to reaping the harvest. God has promised to multiply our seed and give us an abundant harvest.

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Galatians 6:9

If you haven’t thought of yourself as a harvester before, it’s time to start thinking of yourself that way. Jesus is the Lord of the harvest, calling you to help Him bring in His end-time crops, the biggest harvest of souls the world has ever seen (Matthew 9:37‒38). But it takes a harvest of finances to reap a harvest of souls! God will never call a warrior to go to war at his own expense. God will provide the finances for it!

When we give, God returns it to us through the law of increase (Luke 6:38) and multiplies the seed we sow by the law of multiplication, so we can expect a harvest but must sow to reap! Each seed can reproduce just as the seed in the natural world can, e.g., apple seed, etc., so each seed you sow can reproduce (Genesis 1:11, 29; Matthew 14:14–21).

In his daily devotional “From Faith to Faith,”[3] Kenneth Copeland states, “If you have a desire to give, yet financial failures keep holding you back, you may be surprised to learn that what you need is not more money. What you need is a spiritual breakthrough. You need to take the Word of God and shatter the images of poverty and lack within you. You need to replace them with a vision of the sufficiency of God. Then more things, including money, will come.”

Many people think they can’t tithe or give when in crisis or their resources are low. However, when we don’t give as He leads, it isn’t because we don’t have enough; it has to do with trusting Him and trusting that He will get it back to us when we need it. We need to trust that when we follow God’s leading and sow in obedience to what He is telling us to give, we will reap a harvest in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:2) and that we can receive a hundred-fold blessing (Genesis 26:1-14; Mark 4:20; 10:29-30)!

We are blessed to be a blessing (Genesis 12:2; Galatians 3:29), but many Christians have a poverty mindset. A poverty mindset creates a reality that is less than what God intends us to have. The enemy doesn’t want us to prosper, and there is a spirit at work behind poverty. The voice of the poverty spirit says things like, “When I get enough money, or when I get out of debt, or get a particular position or promotion, then I will take that step of faith and tithe or give or step out into that assignment God has placed in my heart to further His kingdom, etc.”

The spirit of poverty often says you don’t have enough, and you’re not enough; you will never get out of poverty, it’s impossible, it will never work, etc. The spirit of poverty has told the church that it is spiritual to be poor. But that is not a kingdom mindset. Our view of God as a poor King will attract poverty to our lives because that is how we view God, and we will end up living it because that’s what we expect.

Remember the story of the prodigal son and his older brother. One left home and squandered his inheritance, but the elder brother who stayed home drifted away in his heart and got upset when his younger brother came home. The father threw the younger son a party and welcomed him with open arms. The elder son had lived with his father but had not fully possessed the wealth his father had made available to him. The father told his elder son that he was living far below what he had given him because all he had was his too (Luke 15:28–31)!

So, this poverty spirit twists God’s Word concerning our identity, blessings, finances, and lack. It does this through deception, manipulation, discouragement, etc. It can rob you of your godly ambitions, cause you to compare yourself and what you don’t have to others, remind you of past failures, and highlight what you don’t have.

The poverty spirit attacks our thinking about our identity, for example, I’m not good enough, worthy, qualified, etc. We must live from our identity as sons and daughters of the King, not orphans.

The spirit of poverty’s assignment is robbery. The spirit of the antichrist is already at work in the world (1 John 2:18‒19; 4:3). Anti means instead of, opposite of, or in exchange of. The spirit of poverty opposes Christ’s favor and blessing toward us. It wants us to believe the lies of lack instead of believing in the Father’s love and the abundant life that Christ came to give us. It wants you to exchange God’s blessings for a curse.

In his blog, Here’s How to Break Free from the Poverty Spirit in Yeshua’s Name![4] Curt Landry explains that this spirit uses guilt, shame, a victim mentality, and pride to access our lives. We must recognize its characteristics and how it gains access to our lives to break free.

The spirit often manifests in our behavior by hoarding, worrying about spending, lack of generosity, envy, etc. These manifestations come from thinking that does not align with God’s Word.

We must seek God’s Word and keep it in our hearts to act in faith wherever and whenever the Lord asks us to (Matthew 6:33).

We must not conform to the pattern of the world but renew our minds daily with the Word to understand God’s will and ways (Romans 12:2). We must evict negative thoughts because negative thoughts become negative words (2 Corinthians 10:4‒5). We speak what God says (Ephesians 4:29). We know who lives inside of us and speak God’s truth with His power and authority to change circumstances. We tap into His creative power by decreeing and declaring His Word (Job 22:28).

The world’s mindset comes from accumulating wisdom and knowledge based on logic. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God (1 Corinthians 3:19). But we need to hear and see how God does things. We need to have a kingdom mindset and learn to think and speak in a kingdom way. The kingdom perspective comes from a relationship with Him through worship, prayer, and meditation on the Word. These spiritual practices connect us to God and allow us to make decisions based on His mind rather than logic and reason.

A kingdom mindset is how God thinks. He has given us a sound mind and the mind of Christ (2 Timothy 1:7; Philippians 2:5‒8; 1 Corinthians 2:16). The Holy Spirit knows the mind of God and reveals it to our spirit (1 Corinthians 2:9‒11). When we begin to change our thought patterns by thinking about all the good things God has done and provided for us, according to Philippians 4:8, we can’t help but be joyful as we praise God, and our lives and world change, even in the little things.

Our mindset is on heaven’s values, and we manifest the life of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Corinthians 1:30).

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:1–2

We must maintain this heavenly perspective with the continual hope of going from glory to glory and knowing that God is good (2 Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 27:13; 145:9)!

And one cried to another and said: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” Isaiah 6:3

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

As I was preparing this message, the Lord reminded me that whatever we need is available in His glory, e.g., jobs, healing, money, full provisions, etc. Look at how God’s glory provided for the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness. There was none sick or feeble among them, their clothes didn’t wear out, and God provided water and manna (food).

When Dr. Bree Keyton came to Genesis Upper Room Church (my church) a few years ago and shared this with us, it was a revelation to me. I had never considered that God’s glory is where His provision comes from. So, how does God’s glory manifest in our lives? It comes through believing!

Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” John 11:40

When we look to God for our provision and resources, we get free from living out of fear and trying to control our circumstances. Living by attempting to manipulate people to meet our needs out of fear or dire need is witchcraft. Some of you may feel bound by circumstances, your country, economic status, lack of income, etc. But the truth is none of these situations are more powerful than God, who is for you! He can lead you into a place of abundance!

It isn’t where the money comes from but how we view it and its hold on us that keeps us from realizing the dreams God has put in our hearts. A poverty mindset limits our potential and possibility.

Although some may have lavish housing and provisions while others live more modestly but sufficiently, the vital thing to remember is that we must have an abundance mindset. We need to have a greater revelation of God.

Is God the foundation for your provision? Do you believe that God has enough for each of us so that we can be generous with one another? Our God is good and gracious, abundant, and loves to provide generously for His children. There are more than enough blessings to go around!

We need the Holy Spirit’s help to reveal areas where we have counted on other people or things rather than God as our source and provider. God is the one who holds the keys to our destiny!

How can we tell if a poverty spirit is operating in our lives? Here is a brief checklist to review to see if any of these resonate with you:

Feeling discontent, worried, fearful, prideful, entitled, or bitter.
Struggle with chronic, long-term lack no matter how much money there is
Thinking I can’t tithe or bring offerings to the Lord because I don’t have enough
Constantly thinking about how expensive it is for items and to pay for a service
Struggle to make wise financial choices, which brings stress,
Failure to be happy for wealthy people or criticizing them
Feeling guilty for having money, lavish possessions, or dreams and desires

How do we overcome and break free from the poverty spirit?

We must recognize and acknowledge that these are not messages of hope and abundance from the Lord, repent that we have believed the lies from the enemy, and renounce partnership with this spirit (1 John 1:9; James 5:16).
We must agree with God’s Word and the spirit of generosity. We ask the Holy Spirit which truth we should believe from the Word of God to replace the lie. The Holy Spirit only operates through generosity. When we realize God is generous and gave His only Son, Jesus, to us, it restores the joy of His salvation (Psalm 51:12).
Cast down every thought that does not align with the knowledge of God and His Word before it can take root in our minds and hearts (2 Corinthians 10:4–5). We renew our minds and demolish strongholds by the Word of God. Be patient because renewing our minds and demolishing strongholds takes time.
Ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom in making financial decisions and stewarding money. Being a good steward doesn’t just apply to financial matters. It also means being a good steward of everything God has given you, even your gifts and talents (1 Peter 4:10‒11; Proverbs 3:27; Galatians 6:10)!
Praise the Lord for His work in our lives, and declare the breakthroughs He has given us. We need the Holy Spirit’s power to help us.

Prayer to remove the spirit of poverty (to be prayed out loud) (Adapted from Curt Landry’s blog)[5]

Heavenly Father, I confess that I have allowed a spirit of poverty to affect how I think and act. I acknowledge that this spirit has been on me and in my family line. I repent, ask your forgiveness, and come out of agreement with it in the name of Jesus. By the power of Jesus’s blood and Your Holy Spirit in me, Lord, I dismantle it and bind it from attaching itself to me or my dependents.

I cancel all poverty curses, hexes, and lies from my mind, will, and emotions in the name of Jesus. I speak Your blessings of prosperity over my family and myself for a thousand generations according to Your word in Deuteronomy 7 and 28.

I pray that my soul will process the Holy Spirit’s information through God’s Word as God’s voice. Thank You that I will prosper and be in health even as my soul prospers.

Holy Spirit, come now with Your fire. Burn out all lying spirits that have created doubt, unbelief, and false identities that do not belong to me. Fill me, Holy Spirit. I am a new creation in Christ Jesus; everything is made new.

I seal this prayer in Jesus’s name. Amen.

Decrees for Victory and Prosperity

I decree that I am diligent in all my work, and I reap abundance and increase (Proverbs 21:5).
I decree that I am a giver, and my generosity leads to great prosperity (Proverbs 21:26).
I decree that my trust is in the Lord, not in my own strength, and He grants me victory in every battle (Proverbs 21:31).

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Ephesians 3:20

[1] Patricia King, Accessing the Riches of Heaven (Bloomington: Chosen Books, 2019).

[2] Keith Ferrante, Unlocking the Abundant Mindset (Vacaville: Keith B. Ferrante, 2018).

[3] Kenneth and Gloria Copeland. From Faith to Faith: A Daily Guide to Victory (Tulsa: Harrison House, 1991).

[4] https://www.curtlandry.com/heres-how-to-break-free-from-the-poverty-spirit-in-yeshuas-name/

[5] https://www.curtlandry.com/heres-how-to-break-free-from-the-poverty-spirit-in-yeshuas-name/

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