Healthy Wealthy and Wise 2021

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You likely won’t be healthy or wealthy unless you use wisdom

Two different teachings in the body of Christ

Prosperity teaching
Poverty teaching
3 John 2 NASB95
2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

It’s better to be healthy and wealthy spiritually than physically

Luke 16:11 NASB95
11 “Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?

Watch out for three dangerous modes

The money mode (wealth and riches)
The nutrition mode (health and physical well being)
The wisdom mode (knowledge and man’s wisdom)

So what is God’s desire for His people?

Deuteronomy 28:1–13 NASB95
1 “Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 “All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the Lord your God: 3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. 4 “Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. 5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 “The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. 8 “The Lord will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. 9 “The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 “So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you. 11 “The Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 “The Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 “The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully,

Healthy

What does it mean to be healthy?

The condition of being sound in body, mind or spirit

How do we get healthy?

James 5:14–15 NASB95
14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
1 Peter 2:24 NASB95
24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

How do we stay healthy?

Work - Eat - Sleep

Exodus 20:9 NASB95
9 “Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Exodus 23:25 NASB95
25 “But you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 NASB95
12 The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
Proverbs 14:30 NASB95
30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.
Proverbs 14:30 AMP
30 A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 4:23 NASB95
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 17:22 NASB95
22 A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Wealthy

What does it mean to be wealthy?

To have an abundance (more than you need) of anything

Things to remember about wealth

Proverbs 22:1 NASB95
1 A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
Psalm 49:10 NASB95
10 For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.
Proverbs 23:4–5 NASB95
4 Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. 5 When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs 28:22 NASB95
22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him.

Wealth without the sorrow

Deuteronomy 8:18 NASB95
18 “But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Hebrews 13:5 NASB95
5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”
Philippians 4:12 NASB95
12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
Proverbs 20:13 NASB95
13 Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
Proverbs 14:23 NASB95
23 In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.
Psalm 122:6 NASB95
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.
2 Corinthians 9:6 NASB95
6 Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Malachi 3:8–12 NASB95
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. 9 “You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! 10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test 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 a blessing until it overflows. 11 “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the Lord of hosts. 12 “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.

Wise

What does it mean to be wise?

Wisdom is the ability to judge correctly and to follow the best course of action, based on knowledge and understanding.

How do we get wisdom?

James 1:5 NASB95
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
Proverbs 9:10 NASB95
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
James 1:19 NASB95
19 This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;
Proverbs 29:15 NASB95
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

To sum it all up

Proverbs 21:30 NASB95
30 There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the Lord.
Proverbs 3:5–10 NASB95
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. 8 It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. 9 Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.
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