Soul Prosperity - Part 1

Soul Prosperity - Part 1 God wants us to prosper in life - but only as our soul prospers. All external prosperity must be rooted in a strong, healthy and prosperous soul. If not, the gap between what we have and who we are can become our downfall. The writer of Proverbs puts it this way: ‘An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.’ Why? Because when sudden external prosperity meets inner soul poverty, the gap is very dangerous. Lottery winners have been recorded as saying that they wish they had never won for this very reason; they wanted the money but not the greater problems that sudden external wealth created for them internally, mentally, emotionally and even physically. So What is the soul? 'And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul". The soul is defined in the hebrew as "nepes" or nephes, a life, a living being; self, person or personality, mind, ;inner desires and feelings; heart. The unique personal life or self of an individual. OR defined in greek as Psuche root word for 'psychology'. Psuche is the soul as distinguished from the body. It is the seat of the affections, will, desire, emotions, reason and understanding. The soul is made up of our mind, emotions and will; or how we think, how we feel and how we choose. The soul is the primary battleground of our lives; the battle for our mind, emotions and choices is unrelenting. Peter said: "Dear friends I urge you as aliens and strangers in the world to abstain from sinful desires which war against your soul." *SpiritBody* There is a war against our soul, and the millions of resultant casualties and fatalities within the church indicate that we are not winning that war. Multiplied millions of believers have been taken out of the race because when the war hit their soul, they lacked sufficient inner strength to survive. Many of those believers were the most charismatic, tongue-speaking and gifted individuals in the church. And we who saw them backslide were left shocked that such spiritual people could fall. The reality is however, that most of our problems, challenges and temptations are not actually spiritual, they are mental and emotional; issues of the soul. Rhonda Ferguson-Lewis,CEO The Winning Image, Inc. Soul Prosperity - "Life Coaching for the Soul" rfl@rhondaflewis.com 786-431-6198