Two of the most challenging areas in the lives of many people are finances and health. Ask the next 10 people you see "How are you?" and you will be surprised at how many answers are along the lines of health and money. If people are not complaining about their health, they are complaining about how broke they are. If they are not complaining about how broke they are, they are complaining about how sick they are.

As someone who embraces the Christian faith, I believe God has taken an interest in our lives in the areas of prosperity and health. I believe Jesus Christ not only became the propitiation (substitutionary sacrifice) for our sins, but I believe God also sent Him to be the propitiation (substitutionary sacrifice) for our poverty and sickness as well.

1 John 4:10 (NKJ)
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:10 (NLT)
This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

Propitiation means sacrifice. Jesus became the sacrifice to take away our sins. He became the substitutionary sacrifice for our sins. He became sin so we could be righteous.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJ)
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Just as He became the substitutionary sacrifice for our sins so we could be right with God, He also became the substitutionary sacrifice for our poverty and sickness. He became the substitutionary sacrifice so that our poverty and sickness could be taken away just as our sin had been taken away.

If God loved us enough to give His only begotten Son as the sacrifice for our sins, doesn't it just make sense that He would make a provision for our prosperity and health through Christ as well? The following Scripture outlines God's will concerning prosperity and health for the believer.

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

The word "Beloved" refers to Christians, those who believe in Christ. The challenge is that many people have accepted Christ as their Redeemer from sin, but have rejected Him as their Redeemer from poverty and sickness. The Bible states that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law.

Galatians 3:13 (NKJ)
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree").

The threefold curse of the law is poverty, sickness and spiritual death, which is outlined in Deuteronomy 28:15-68. Take some time and prayerfully read through that portion of Scripture.

The Bible also says that God gave Jesus Christ to be the propitiation (substitutionary sacrifice) for our poverty and sickness. Jesus actually became poor so that we could become rich. He became sick so we could be healthy.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (NKJ)
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

Matthew 8:17 (NKJ)
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses."

The objective of Beyond Positive Thinking Ministries is to help you fulfill the will of God in your life according to 3 John 2. You will prosper in your finances and in your physical body to the degree that you prosper in your mind. The way you think about money and health will determine the way you believe about them. If your thinking is wrong, your believing will be wrong. You will prosper financially and physically just as you are prospering mentally. It all starts with your thoughts and the way you think and believe about these two areas of your life.

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