Provision Webinar

The role of prayer, repentance, giving, wisdom,

blessing and thankfulness in provision

Deuteronomy 2:7

The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you and you have not lacked anything.

PrayerMatthew 6:9-15

• 9 “This, then, is how you should pray:• “‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,10 your kingdom come,

your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today our daily bread.12 And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.• 14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your

heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Ask!Matthew 7:7-12

• 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

• 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

You have not because you ask not!James 4:2-3

2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

Stories of Provision as a result of Prayer

• George Muller

• Personal Stories

Repentance

• “Some people have repented enough to get into the Kingdom, but not enough to see the Kingdom.” Randy Clark

• Time to repent for past financial mistakes

• Ask God to see if there is anything that is hindering you receiving the provision of God

Psalm 139:23 - 24

Search me, God, and know my heart;test me and know my anxious thoughts.See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all

unrighteousness.

GivingMalachi 3:6-12

• 6 “I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty.

• “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’• 8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.• “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’• “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—

because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the LORD Almighty. 12 “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the LORD Almighty.

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

• Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written:

• “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;their righteousness endures forever.”[a]

• 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.

• 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

10 Ways God Provideswww.briankluth.org

1. Main Income/Work2. Extra Income/Work3. Unexpected or Extra Cash4. Lifestyle Changes5. People’s help and hospitality6. Needed items7. Declutter & Deaccumulate8. Stored Up resources9. External resources10. Miraculous Provision

Wisdom

• Everyone’s individual financial situation is different

• You may be looking for different types of provision, not just finances, but words of wisdom or specific detail about how to manage your specific situation

Isaiah 11:1-3

• A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,the Spirit of counsel and of might,the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the

LORD—3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.

Lacking wisdom? AskJames 1:2-8

• 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a]

whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Colossians 1:9-14

9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[e] 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[f] to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

BlessingsWatch how you speak!

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:21

Psalm 1

• 1 Blessed is the onewho does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners takeor sit in the company of mockers,

2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,and who meditates on his law day and night.

3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.

• 4 Not so the wicked!They are like chaffthat the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

• 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Numbers 6:22-27

Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying, 'Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, "Thus you shall bless the

sons of Israel. You shall say to them: The Lord bless you, and keep you;

The Lord make His face shine on you,And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,And give you peace."'

So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I

shall bless them."

Blessings of God

• I am one who fully obeys the Lord my God• I am a follower of all the Lord’s Commands• I am set high above all nations on earth• I am blessed with all the blessings of God and they will come upon me• I am blessed in the city• I am blessed in the country• I am being blessed through the fruit of my womb• I am being blessed by the work of my hands• I am blessed when I come in and blessed when I go out• I am seeing my enemies defeated. They may come at one from one direction, but they flee from

me in seven.• I am receiving a blessing on my barns and on everything I put my hands to.• I am a holy person• I am blessed in the land that God has given me• I am walking and working under an open heaven.• I am a lender to many nations• I am not a borrower• I am the head and not the tail• I am a follower after God and I serve Him only.

Open my Eyes!

• Lord Open My Eyes so that I may See

• Lord Open My Ear so that I may hear

• Lord Open my heart so that I might understand

2 Kings 6:17

• And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Thanksgiving

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Are you thankful for the situation you are in at the moment?

Philippians 4:4-7

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 50:23

He who gives thanks, honors God and prepares the way for salvation to come!

Who can you give thanks to?

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