Why God Want To Prosper You - Deuteronomy 8:18

1. Because It Is His Nature
   Haggai 2:8 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
   
   Genesis 17:1- 2
   1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
   2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
   (Birds of a feather flock together – Abraham had to look like God to walk with God)
   
   
2. So He Can Establish His Covenant In The Earth
   Deuteronomy 8:18 - But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
   
   
3. So That YOU CAN Provide For His Church
   Malachi 3:10 -  Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
   
   
4. To Keep Finances Out Of The Devil’s Control
   Malachi 3:11 - and I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
   
   
5. So That YOU CAN Help The Poor
   Proverbs 19:17 -  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
   
   
6. So That YOU CAN Honour And Glorify Him
   Proverbs 3:9-10
   9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
   10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
   
   
7. So That YOU CAN Leave An Inheritance For Your Children
   Proverbs 13:22 - A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
   
   
8. So That YOU CAN Lead and Influence Your Community
   Deuteronomy 28:11-13
   11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
   12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
   13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
   
   It is very had to lead and influence people without resources.
   Ecclesiastes 9:14 – 16
   14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
   15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
   16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
    
9.  Because He Is A Good God And He Wants To Bless His Children
   Psalms 35:27 - Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
   
   
10. So That YOU CAN Use Your Riches To Prove The Sincerity Of Your Love To Him
    2 Corinthians 8:8 - I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.