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8 Astonishing, Anointed, Powerful P’s to lack or not experience enough to make By Dan Woodworth us feel like weak people. We’re now well on our way in 2019. What “Thank You, Lord, for being my Perwill this year hold? Let’s look at 8 Astonishfect Prosperity.” ing, Anointed, Powerful P’s. The fourth powerful P is Provision. He The number 8 in Scripture means “resuris our perfect provision. When we speak, rection regeneration, new beginning and “Thank You, Lord, for being my perfect anointed.” When we follow our Living Lord, provision,” what happens? He becomes He radically reveals what we will see in Mark our perfect provision. 11:24 in the Greek: “For this reason I tell Listen to Psalm 23:1 as our Loving Lord you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe speaks to us: “The Lord is my shepherd. that you have received it, and it will be I will not lack. I have everything I need. yours.” I don’t need a thing.” Why does Jesus say ‘believe and receive’? He deeply desires for us to know that The astonishing answer is because He creHe is everything we want and need. Our ated us to live by faith. Our spiritual enemies spiritual enemies will lie to us and make continually attempt to make us feel the oppo- Dan Woodworth us feel we are lacking. Why? Because they site of these P’s. To obtain victory, we must know that our Loving Lord will always be our perfect proclaim out loud each P until we feel the truth of it. The first powerful P is Praise. He is our perfect praise. provision. They are sinister and out to steal, kill and When we speak, “Thank You, Lord, for being my perfect destroy. They will tempt us to look at others and compare ourselves to them and feel lack. That is why our Living praise,” what happens? He becomes our perfect praise. Lord has given us this transforming, powerful P. Psalm 22:3 in the Hebrew powerfully proclaims: “But We have a choice. We can either believe and receive You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.” His Living Word or we can doubt and reject His Living The Hebrew word “yashad” (“enthroned” in Psalm Word. 22:3) means “to sit, remain or abide.” In other words, He promises in Psalm 84:11 in the Hebrew: “The Lord our Loving Lord sits down and makes His throne in our God is a sun and shield. He will give grace and glory. praises to Him. No good thing will He withhold from those who walk How many times during the day do we experience complete and sound in Him.” doubt and pouting instead of praise? We wonder if our “Thank You, Lord, for being my Perfect Proviwords of praise really work for us. When we catch oursion.” selves feeling small or shrinking, irritated and whining, The fifth powerful P is Protection. He is our perfect that is the time to proclaim Him being our perfect praise. protection. When we speak, “Thank You, Lord, for being “Thank You, Lord, for being my Perfect Praise.” my perfect protection,” what happens? He becomes our The second powerful P is Peace. He is our perfect perfect protection. peace. When we speak, “Thank You, Lord, for being my Our Shepherd, Jesus Christ, protects us all the time. perfect peace,” what happens? He becomes our perfect He is constantly covering us and surrounding us. Think peace. of how many times we are not even aware of the hidden Listen to His living words in Isaiah 26:3 in Hebrew: traps and deadly hazards around us and how He is our “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is perfect protection. stayed on You because He trusts in You.” I was just remembering hundreds of times He has proWhen we realize He is our perfect peace, and we speak tected me from hitting or being hit by a car or any other Who He is to us, He becomes Who we speak. Instead object. How many times a day do we see Him being our of feeling confusion and turmoil overwhelming us, He deeply desires to be our perfect peace. The Hebrew word perfect protection? Listen to Him in Psalm 91:14 in The for peace is “shalom.” It means “completeness, soundness Message: “If you’ll hold onto me for dear life, I’ll get you out of any trouble.” and wholeness” in every area of life. When we confess that He is our perfect protection, we “Thank You, Lord, for being my Perfect Peace.” are instantly reminded that He protects us even more The third powerful P is Prosperity. He is our perfect prosperity. When we speak, “Thank You, Lord, for being than we desire to be protected. “Thank You, Lord, for being my Perfect Protecmy perfect prosperity,” what happens? He becomes our tion.” perfect prosperity. The sixth power P is Patience. He is our perfect paPsalm 35:27 in Hebrew powerfully proclaims: “Let them shout for joy and be glad who favor my righteous tience. When we speak, “Thank You, Lord, for being my perfect patience,” what happens? He becomes our perfect cause and let them say continually, let our Lord be patience. magnified who has pleasure in the prosperity of His How many times do we ask for patience every day? servant.” Why don’t we let Him be our perfect patience instead of The Hebrew word for prosperity is “tsalach.” The root meaning is “to advance, penetrate or rush.” Prosperity is trying to be patient? Think of 1 Corinthians 13:4 in the experiencing our Loving Lord’s blessings. Poverty means Greek: “Love is patient and kind.”
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