THE DRIP - PART FIVE

ANOINTED TO PROSPER

I. Series Recap

A. What is the anointing?

Definition(s): the power of God through the Holy Spirit to destroy yokes and remove burdens; God’s ability replacing or swallowing up our inability; God on flesh doing what only God can do

The anointing is task-specific and purpose-driven.

The anointing to prosper is needed in this generation to break the yoke of poverty and remove the burden of debt.

The average person in Generation Z has a year’s salary worth of debt.

B. What is the purpose of the anointing?

As Christians (“little Christs”), we are anointed ones and must know the purpose of the anointing in our lives.

Luke 4:18–19 (ESV)

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

C. The anointing must be:

discovered (identified and defined), developed (nurtured and cultivated), and deployed (activated and used).

II. What is good news to the poor?

A. Who are the poor?

Lexham Theological Wordbook (πτωχός)

πτωχός (ptōchos). adj. poor, destitute. Refers to being poor, especially so poor as to be dependent on others for support.

B. What is the good news?

2 Corinthians 8:9 (ESV)

9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Lexham Theological Wordbook (πλούσιος)

πλούσιος (plousios). adj. rich. Refers to having abundant possessions.

3 John 2 (ESV)

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (2338 εὐοδόομαι)

2338 εὐοδόομαι (euodoomai), εὐοδόω (euodoō): vb.; ≡ Str 2137; TDNT 5.109—1. LN 22.47 get along well (3Jn 2+); 2. LN 57.64 gain in business, prosper (1Co 16:2+); 3. LN 68.30 complete, have a way opened (Ro 1:10+)

C. God desires to bless His children

Matthew 7:7–11 (ESV)

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

2 Corinthians 9:11 (ESV)

11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

III. The Purpose of the Anointing to Prosper

A. Our motivation for accumulation is distribution!

Luke 6:38 (ESV)

38 ...give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.

B. The power of the anointing destroys the yoke of poverty and debt.

Isaiah 10:27 (YLT)

27 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Turned is his burden from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And destroyed hath been the yoke, because of prosperity.

C. The anointing for prosperity comes on you for the purpose of helping others.

Proverbs 11:24 (ESV)

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Proverbs 11:24-25 (TPT)

24 Generosity brings prosperity, but withholding from charity brings poverty. 25 Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor.

D. Revelation brings transformation that yields impartation!

1 Samuel 10:6 (ESV)

6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.

Deuteronomy 8:18 (ESV)

18 You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

2 Corinthians 9:8–11 (ESV)

8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written,

“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever.”

10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

IV. Don’t Stop the Flow

A. Work hard!

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (ESV)

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

B. Be wise!

James 1:5 (ESV)

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

C. Don’t stop giving!

Luke 6:38 (ESV)

..give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.