SUCCESS SERIES FOR PASTOR DANNY HAIGHT

INTRO

Finances is the #1 prayer request to Benny Hinn’s ministry.

Matthew 11:1-6 (KJV)
^11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
² Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
³ And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: Verse 5:

1    The blind receive their sight,

2    and the lame walk,

3        the lepers are cleansed,

4        and the deaf hear,

5        the dead are raised up,

6        and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

⁶ And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

            POOR              Strong's

          poor 30
          beggar 2
          poor man 1
          beggarly 1
          [Total Count: 34]

from ptosso (to crouch; akin to <G4422> (ptoeo) and the alternate of <G4098>         (pipto)); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public         mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas

mendicancy; American Heritage Dictionary;

Depending on alms for a living; Practicing begging

“The popular preaching of the mendicant friars encouraged emotional religion.”

·        WHY WERE THE FIRST 5 CONDITIONS IMMEDIATELY SOLVED BUT TO THE POOR NO MONEY WAS GIVEN?

·        POVERTY IS A MENTAL CONDITION NOT A LACK OF MONEY. 

·        WHAT SCRIPTURES CONFIRM THIS?

3 John 1:2 (NKJV)
^1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

Proverbs 21:5 (KJV)
⁵ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

·        THE GOVERNMENT OF MY MIND IS IN MY SOLE CONTROL.

·        HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT MY INNERMOST THOUGHTS ARE?  OUR THOUGHTS ARE REVEALED BY OUR MOUTHS; OUR MOUTH IS THE RUDDER THAT STEERS OUR BODY, OR OUR ACTIONS.

·        SINCE THIS IS TRUE HOW DO WE CHANGE OUR THOUGHTS SO WE CAN START ENJOYING MORE OF WHAT CHRIST AT THE CROSS PROVIDED FOR ALL THAT DARE TO BELIEVE?

John 15:7-8 (NKJV)
^15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
⁸ By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

John 8:31-32 (KJV)
³¹ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

·        WE MUST EMBRACE THE WORLD IN US BEFORE WE CAN CONQUER THE WORLD AROUND US.

The world in us as Born Again believers is a world of faith.  The world around us is a world controlled by fear.  Every decision in life presents us the opportunity to choose faith or fear.

            Billy Jean King winner of 12 major Tennis titles sends this text message to Maria Sharapova the Friday morning before Maria goes to play for the 2008 Australian Open title; “Champions take chances and pressure is a privilege.’  Maria won in straight sets.

Asking for a raise

Applying for a job

Going back to school

Teaching a class; Sunday school, home fellowship, substitute teaching

Auditioning for a new position

Making a decision: an investment, who to marry, what church to attend,

·        Anger can be rooted in a person’s fear that he won’t get his way w/o intimidation.

·        Procrastination is rooted in the fear of not doing something well

·        Shyness is based in a fear of people.

·        The need to try to control people is rooted in fear and insecurity

·        Hoarding comes from a fear of lack.

·        Doubt originates in a person’s fear that God’s word is not going to work for him.

• WHICH WILL YOU CHOSE, FAITH OR FEAR?

Many people believe in God but they don’t believe what He says, i.e. Israel spying the land of Canaan.

It doesn’t matter as much who I am.  What matters most is who is with me.

Believers with a natural fear rather than a supernatural perspective have their fears switched.  Instead of walking in the fear of God, they walk in the fear of the devil, in fear of death, in fear of sickness, in fear of poverty. 

Proverbs 19:23 (KJV)
²³ The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Hebrews 11:1-3 (KJV)
¹ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
² For by it the elders obtained a good report.
³ Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)
⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Luke 18:1-8 (KJV)
¹ And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
² Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
⁴ And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
⁵ Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
⁶ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
⁸ I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Always remember the focus of the NT is not on MY love for God as much as it is on ME coming to know and receive the love HE has for me.

·        WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Romans 12:1-3 (MSG)
^12:1 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. (1)Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
² Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, (2)fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. (3)Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
³ I'm speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it's important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. (5)The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.

            Renew your mind daily.

Do you watch the news, internet or read a newspapar daily?  Garbage in garbage out…i.u. basketball

Psalms 84:11-12 (KJV)
¹¹ For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
¹² O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)
¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Colossians 3:14-17 (NKJV)
¹⁴ But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
¹⁵ And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
¹⁷ And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Proverbs 13:20-22 (KJV)
²⁰ He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
²¹ Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Proverbs 19:22-23 (KJV)
²² The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
²³ The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Psalms 34:8-22 (KJV)
⁸ O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
⁹ O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
¹⁰ The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
¹² What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
¹⁶ The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
²⁰ He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
²² The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

PRAY DAILY IN THE HOLY GHOST

Why do you think God bypassed our lightning –quick mind and our damaged emotional makeup to baptize our power plant, our new nature, with His Spirit? 

He knew He had to get past all our problems and start building us above them from the inside out.  If I won’t stop praying, I’ll ultimately experience victory.

Jude 1:20 (NKJV)
²⁰ But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

1 Corinthians 14:15 (KJV)
¹⁵ What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

1 Corinthians 14:18 (KJV)
¹⁸ I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:

·        Prosperity and poverty are both a process, not an event. 

Proverbs 10:4 (KJV)
⁴ He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

We don’t become poor or rich in one moment.  Some of the poorest people are the ones who just won the lottery.  Their only change is they have temporary power to demonstrate their poverty to a bigger audience.  A person may lose their earthly fortune but can still be rich, because wealth is defined and accumulated by how one thinks, not by what one owns.

Slack: from <H7411> (ramah); remissness, treachery :- deceit (-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.—9 of the 15 total uses use the root word‘deceit.’

 our cashflow will increase but it will take some time, because god loves us and doesn’t want us to destroy ourselves. god’s order is for character to PRECEDE promotion.

Proverbs 23:4-7 (MSG)
⁴ Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself!
⁵ Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.
⁶ Don't accept a meal from a tightwad; don't expect anything special.
⁷ He'll be as stingy with you as he is with himself; he'll say, "Eat! Drink!" but won't mean a word of it.        

• THIS IS LIVING IN FEAR OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH WHICH IS WORSE THAN NOT HAVING ENOUGH B/C YOU HAVE PROVISION BUT CAN’T ENJOY IT.

            PERSISTENCE

Hebrews 10:36-39 (KJV)
³⁶ For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
³⁷ For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
³⁸ Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
³⁹ But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (SOUL here is the same as in 3 John 2)

Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
⁹ And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.  

Matthew 7:7-11 (KJV)
⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
⁸ For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
⁹ Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
¹⁰ Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

James 4:3 (KJV)
³ Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

CLOSE

Poverty is a mental condition.

We must first embrace the world in us before we can conquer the world around us.

Faith or fear, everyday what choice are you making?

It doesn’t matter who I am it matters who is with me.  Or said another way: (5)The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.

Renew your mind daily to God’s promises

Prosperity and poverty are both a process and not an event.  They both take time to manifest

Character is a forecaster and precursor to promotion

*Turning Nothing Into Something*

Blind eyes, lame legs, deaf ears are all just another opportunity for God to be glorified. 

We should never be overwhelmed by circumstances. 

There are 3 kinds of people in the world: the Wills, the Won’ts and the Can’ts. 

The Will’s accomplish everything, Won’ts oppose everything and the Can’ts fail in everything! 

The Wills turn into winners and the Won’ts and Can’ts into losers.  Here is what each says.

1.       Winners say, ‘Let’s find out.’  Losers say ‘Nobody knows.’ 

2.      When a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong.”  When a loser makes a mistake, he says, ‘It wasn’t my fault.’ 

3.      A winner goes through a problem; a loser goes around it and never gets past it. 

4.      A winner makes a commitment; a loser makes promises. 

5.      A winner says, ‘I’am good, but not as good as I ought to be.’  A loser says, ‘I’m not as bad as a lot of other people are.’ 

6.      A winner tries to learn from those who are superior to him. A loser tries to tear down those who are superior to him. 

7.      A winner says, ‘There ought to be a better way to do it.’  A loser says, ‘That’s the way it’s always been done here.’ 

·     The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. 

·     Success is like a duck-smooth and unruffled on top, but paddling furiously underneath.

·     You may be asking, ‘What can I do?’  Many times God’s answer to you will be a question, ‘What do you have?’  You may think your hands are empty, but they are not!  Your hands can always pray, praise, sow and serve.

·     Real Bible faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible. 

·     When you sow or pray expect a harvest every time.  Don’t just tell others about the labor pains you are going through, show them the baby. 

CLOSE

The devil doesn’t like his inheritance in the lake of fire.  So, he is trying to steal our inheritance as we are the seed of Abraham, because the whole world belongs to us.

Psalms 24:1-2 (KJV)
            ¹ The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

 ² For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Haggai 2:8-9 (KJV)
            ⁸ The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

⁹ The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peach saith the LORD OF hosts.

Psalms 115:16 (KJV)
            ¹⁶ The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to      the children of men.

            Proverbs 13:22 (KJV)
            ²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of            the sinner is laid up for the just.

·                    We can enjoy heaven on earth and then leave a will for our children and their children because Jesus has already paid the bill!  Read and believe the Bible like a will and enjoy liberation from those tormenting thoughts

·                    C.O.D. – World’s way is Cash on Delivery God’s way is Christ our Deliverer

·                    Never entertain a thought of poverty, sickness or lack again.  Faith gives us access to the favor and grace of God.  More importantly it gives God access to our lives.

·                    In Christ you are a winner not a loser.  1^st John 4:4