GO FORTH AND PROSPER!— Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

Some years ago, a young man came to me lamenting that everything he’d ever done had failed. I asked if he’d been born again for long and he said he’d been a Christian several years. I sat him down, opened my Bible and showed him a few scriptures. Then I asked him, “See here, who’s responsible for riches?” “God,” he said. “How about wealth?” “God.” “Strength?” “It’s God.” “Who makes men great?” “God,” he answered again. Then I said to him, “In the Name of Jesus, go forth and prosper and fail no more!” He began to prosper in all things from that day forth!

You’ve got to understand, however, that it’s all in the Word. You don’t have any reason to fail; that has been ruled out of your life. You’ve got to have that as your spiritual mentality, not just something you assent to in your head. You must receive it as a revelation in your spirit. There’s a new kind of thinking for the child of God, and the only way you get it is not by praying to God to give it to you, but by studying the Word of God.

The Word will change your thinking to line up with God’s thinking. For example, I can’t get healed from malaria or from any disease for that matter. Why do I say that? It’s because I can’t have it in the first place. The very fact that I’m claiming healing from malaria means I’ve agreed that I was infected with it. But I know I can’t have an infection because I’ve been declaring it for years and it’s been that way. You can declare the same and live a disease-free and disease-proof life.

Say this: “I’m going from health to health; from success to success; from strength to strength. I’m growing in knowledge, in understanding, and in wisdom. The ability of God is at work in me. I can never be a failure, I am a success. The Hand of God is upon my life, I’m moving forward and making progress. The strength of God is in me. The spirit of might is at work in me. I look ahead with great expectation because I know I have a great future. Thank You Lord Jesus!