ALLOW GOD TO PROSPER YOU

By Tommy Franks

A. God wants YOU to:
1. Be Fruitful (Gen. 1:27‑28)2. Increase3. Fill the earth4. Subdue the earth (take dominion over)5. Rule (be a ruler)6. Be careful what YOU hear (Mk. 4:23‑25).7. Be careful HOW YOU hear (Lk.8:18). 8. Obey HIM (Ex.15:26, Deut.28:1‑2, Jer.7:22‑23, Jn.14:21 & 23, Jn.15:14)9. HAVE HIS BEST (Lk.12:32)

B. CONTINUE TO THINK BIG even when some people try to drive YOU batty. Be BIG Pray for them. Wish them well.1. YOU are what YOU think YOU are. If you think you are weak, you are. If you think YOU are strong, you are. If you think you are a loser, you are. If you think you are a winner, YOU are. "As You think in YOUR heart...(Prov.23:7)."2. Look important.3. Concentrate on your assets/strong points.4. Be REAL enough to recognize how good YOU really are !!!5. YOU are Blessed.6. Be B I G enough to realize that quarrels, arguments, feuds, and fusses will not help YOU to arrive.7. Do not think defeat. Think BIG. Setbacks are only temporary. They are also STEPPING STONES.8. Be persistent. Be tenacious. HANG TOUGH. A quitter never wins. A winner never quits. YOU ARE SUCCESS!9. SMILE...SMILE...Notify your face that you are excited and on your way to heaven; and in the meantime, YOU are going to bring a lot of heaven down to this earth to enjoy and share with others because it's the Father's good pleasure to give YOU the kingdom. You are SOMEBODY. God has never made a nobody. He loves YOU. YOU are the APPLE of His Eye.

His Divine Favor is upon YOU. YOU ARE A WINNER. Therefore, SMILE B I G.WE ARE BLESSED AND NO LONGER CURSED FINANCIALLY! A. Christ has redeemed US from the curse of the law. (Gal. 3:13)1. The sinful curse of poverty was placed upon Jesus just like all of our sins were placed upon Him. (2Cor. 8:9, 5:21)2. Poverty is under the curse. (Deut. 28:16‑68)3.

WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM POVERTY. PRAISE THE LORD!‑ Redeemed means: (Greek) to buy up, ransom, to rescue from loss, to purchase; (Webster) to buy back, recover, to pay off a debt, to set free, to deliver from sin and its penalties, to restore to favor, justify‑ He paid a debt HE did not owe.

We owed a debt we could not pay. He made Himself poor so that YOU and I could be RICH.B. Slewfoot the degenerate ignoramus is becoming very fearful and frustrated because the CHURCH (the Body of Christ) is waking up and becoming the spiritual GIANT she should be.

The following are three reasons that satan the STUPID is losing control over the Believer.1. The Believer is getting smart. He is no longer the un-read he use to be. He is outgrowing ignorance through reading and hearing the WORD. God's people are no longer being destroyed by lack of knowledge (Hos. 4:6). The Believer wants answers. He is searching the scriptures and becoming the intelligent Christian he should be. The present day Believer wants some substance to preaching, teaching, and exhortation. He is tired of being sick and tired. He refuses to continue in poverty. He is too smart to go backwards. He is tired of namby‑pamby, wishy‑washy poppycock from the traditionalist. He is becoming the spiritual GIANT and Superman of this age. He's a WINNER, not a loser. Whatever he touches prospers.

THE BELIEVER IS DANGEROUS TO lucifer the LOSER. Satan fears and trembles when he sees the Believer decked out in his full armor. He goes bananas!. The Believer is starting to BELIEVE. He is now taking Heb. 11:6 and Phil. 4:13 to heart.

He is believing the WORD and acting upon it. Instead of devils chasing him, he is chasing devils and running them out of town. The Body of Christ is becoming the MOST SUPER and DYNAMIC FORCE upon the face of the earth. WE ARE INDEED DANGEROUS TO THE ENEMY (the scumbag).3. The Believer is starting to obey and walk in complete obedience to the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Col. 3:23, Joshua 1:8, and Mt. 6:33 are becoming a reality to the Christian. The Believer knows that walking in obedience brings prosperity. Therefore, he is now in the midst of a great harvest of MONEY. He can afford anything that his FATHER has. His Father is so very rich! The Believer is now heir and joint‑heir to everything the Father owns. He does not have to wait until he dies to enjoy it.

Poem called: “The Dust Eater"
By Tommy Franks

Mr. sluefoot, on the bottom of my shoe you will findA favorite line of mine.
EAT MY DUST.
Since you are the low‑life rascal that you are
And a total ignoramus by far,
I don't have to say, "Make my day."
But I would simply like to convey
Three choking words...Eat my dust
ecause dancing on your head, I must.
ou are a dumb defeated foe
And where you are going is not too cold.
You are indeed so uncouth…
And by far the world's worst nincompoop.
You will spend all eternity in the lake of fire,
While I am with the Father and those I admire.

“Father we thank You for this day. This day, we have another opportunity to welcome the Spirit of God. This day, we have the opportunity to be blessed and empowered to prosper by Your Spirit. And Lord we're coming to the realization of understanding and knowing that without You we can do nothing, but with You we can do all things through The Anointed One and His anointing…which strengthens us.”

Gen.22:1-5 says, “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt (test) Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains in which I will show you. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and took the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place in which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, Stay here with the donkey; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.”

God tested Abraham. Why?Perhaps, this was not so much a test that would produce faith…as it was a test thatwould reveal faith. What do you think? God had been building Abraham slowly, piece by piece, into a man of faith for many, many years.Moriah: In 30 AD, another Son was also offered as a sacrifice on Mt. Moriah…Nowcalled Calvary. Who might that be?Isaac was the child of promise for over 25 years. Now, Isaac is about 30 years old.Therefore, 55 years earlier, God had made Abraham this promise. Why do you think God called Isaac…Abraham’s only son? Abraham (in fact) hadanother son (Ishmael).

Was it because Ishmael had been put away…as far as God was concerned?Abraham told the men that he and his son would return. How did he know?Gen 22:6-9 says, “And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.”Isaac had to carry the wood for the sacrifice even as Christ had to carry the cross.Where is the sacrifice? Abraham replies, "My son, God will provide Himself a lambfor a burnt offering (sacrifice)". Did Abraham actually know this?God had (in fact) promised Abraham (Genesis 21:12) that his descendants wouldcome through Isaac, and since Isaac had no children when God asked for the sacrifice, Abraham knew that, if necessary, God would raise Isaac from the dead.Like Christ, Isaac was a willing sacrifice. Isaac (30) could have easilyoverpowered his aging father (now 130 years old).

Abraham died at 175 years.How would we react if God asked us to do such a thing as this?Why did Abraham take the knife? Why didn't he just "forget" it. I believe that“the knife” was cutting into his own heart as well. I would have left the knife at home and told God that I forgot it! Yeah!Gen 22:10-14 says, “Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I. And he said, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only [son] from me.

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind [him] a ram was caught in a thicket by his horns. Abraham took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh (the Lord will provide): as it is said to this day, in the mount of the LORD it shall be seen (provided).”

Jehovah-Jireh: "God sees, God provides, God is our Provider". "In the mount of theLord it shall be seen" was a prophecy of the sacrifice of Jesus by the Father on the same mount. Is God still Jehovah Jireh?Gen 22:19: So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and wenttogether to Beersheba. Abraham had given his best to God. God rewarded him immensely. God said, “That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.

And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice” (Gen.22:17-18).Would God tell someone to do this today? This was done in Abraham’s day for aspecific purpose, specific plan, specific place, and to a specific person. We never see it again repeated. Some people say that Abraham had to learn the difference between trusting the promise and trusting the Promiser. I believe they are one and the same. Abraham responded to faith immediately: He never hesitated. Abraham rose early in the morning to do this. I doubt if he could sleep that night anyway.Abraham trusted God…even when he did not understand. He didn't debate or seek counsel from others. He knew what he had to do. How do you think Abraham felt inside?

Abraham was trusting God…even when he didn’t feel like it. He was truly walking by faith!Heb.11:17-19: By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," …concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

Abraham believed God. Abraham believed that should he kill Isaac, God would raise him from the dead, because God had promised that Isaac would carry on the line of blessing and the covenant. Abraham knew that in Isaac his seed would be blessed. Isaac had to have children. Abraham knew that God was not a liar! It was impossible for God to break His promise."I have learned that success is NOT to be measured by the position that one has reached in life, but by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed in life" (Booker T. Washington).

"OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD THINGS IS LIKELY TO BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE THINGS THEMSELVES" (Tozer)."

Happiness depends NOT upon the things around me, but on my attitude toward life. Everything in my life will depend upon my attitude" (Alfred Montapert).Today is a good day! (By Tom Franks):Today is a good day! How could anything go wrong?Today is a good day! No one is ever alone! Today is a good day! Yesterday has come and gone. Today is a good day! Let’s go run a marathon! Today is a good day! It may be a time to eat bonbons. Today is a good day! My ICON has gone to Mt. Washington. Today is a good day! I love and adore my family. Today is a good day! Time is short when you are having fun. Today is a good day! Many things are still undone and unsung! Today is a good day! Mercy and grace come from the Holy One!

Today is a good day! You are all heroes in the sun! I love you…Continue today in the Light of the Son!