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God wants you to prosper. Here's How đ ⢠God's Plan of Prosperity Part 1 ⢠Rev Paul Jeyachandran
November 2, 2025 ¡ 28 min
Is prosperity really part of God's plan for your life? In this powerful and thought-provoking message, Rev Paul Jeyachandran unpacks Deuteronomy 8:7â18 to reveal Godâs heart for His people to prosperâspiritually, materially, and missionally.This sermon goes beyond the surface to explore:đ Why prosperity is not contradictory to the gospel, but part of Godâs covenant blessingđž How God gives the power to produce wealthânot for selfish gain, but for kingdom purposeâ ď¸ The dangers of pride and forgetfulness that can come with successđ Why obedience and humility are essential to sustain true blessingđź How business and entrepreneurship can be platforms for mission and ministryđ§ The role of training, preparation, and wisdom in fulfilling your callingđ¤ How to steward your prosperity for Godâs redemptive plan on earthWhether youâre in business, ministry, or seeking direction, this message will challenge and equip you to see wealth as a tool, not a trophyâa means to bless others and build Godâs kingdom.đ "But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth..." â Deut. 8:18đŻ If youâve ever wondered how faith, finance, and fruitfulness come together in God's economy, this sermon is for you.âđ Subscribe for weekly discipleship messages grounded in Scriptuređ§ Listen to Making Intentional Disciples with Rev Paul Jeyachandran on â â â â â Spotifyâ â â â â , â â â â â YouTubeâ â â â â , & â â â â â Pray.comâ â â â â đ Get FREE discipleship training and resources at â â â â â IDMC Collegeâ â â â â đ Discover more at â â â â â idmcmovement.comâ â â â â #GodsPlan #ChristianProsperity #Deuteronomy8 #FaithAndFinance #BusinessAsMission #KingdomStewardship #RevPaulJeyachandran #ChristianEntrepreneurship #BiblicalProsperity #ObedienceAndBlessing
Series IDMC Movement November 2, 2025 ¡ 28 min ¡ IDMC Movement
Is prosperity really part of God's plan for your life? In this powerful and thought-provoking message, Rev Paul Jeyachandran unpacks Deuteronomy 8:7â18 to reveal Godâs heart for His people to prosperâspiritually, materially, and missionally.This sermon goes beyond the surface to explore:đ Why prosperity is not contradictory to the gospel, but part of Godâs covenant blessingđž How God gives the power to produce wealthânot for selfish gain, but for kingdom purposeâ ď¸ The dangers of pride and forgetfulness that can come with successđ Why obedience and humility are essential to sustain true blessingđź How business and entrepreneurship can be platforms for mission and ministryđ§ The role of training, preparation, and wisdom in fulfilling your callingđ¤ How to steward your prosperity for Godâs redemptive plan on earthWhether youâre in business, ministry, or seeking direction, this message will challenge and equip you to see wealth as a tool, not a trophyâa means to bless others and build Godâs kingdom.đ "But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth..." â Deut. 8:18đŻ If youâve ever wondered how faith, finance, and fruitfulness come together in God's economy, this sermon is for you.âđ Subscribe for weekly discipleship messages grounded in Scriptuređ§ Listen to Making Intentional Disciples with Rev Paul Jeyachandran on â â â â â Spotifyâ â â â â , â â â â â YouTubeâ â â â â , & â â â â â Pray.comâ â â â â đ Get FREE discipleship training and resources at â â â â â IDMC Collegeâ â â â â đ Discover more at â â â â â idmcmovement.comâ â â â â #GodsPlan #ChristianProsperity #Deuteronomy8 #FaithAndFinance #BusinessAsMission #KingdomStewardship #RevPaulJeyachandran #ChristianEntrepreneurship #BiblicalProsperity #ObedienceAndBlessing ...more Show the full description Show less Is prosperity really part of God's plan for your life? In this powerful and thought-provoking message, Rev Paul Jeyachandran unpacks Deuteronomy 8:7â18 to reveal Godâs heart for His people to prosperâspiritually, materially, and missionally.This sermon goes beyond the surface to explore:đ Why prosperity is not contradictory to the gospel, but part of Godâs covenant blessingđž How God gives the power to produce wealthânot for selfish gain, but for kingdom purposeâ ď¸ The dangers of pride and forgetfulness that can come with successđ Why obedience and humility are essential to sustain true blessingđź How business and entrepreneurship can be platforms for mission and ministryđ§ The role of training, preparation, and wisdom in fulfilling your callingđ¤ How to steward your prosperity for Godâs redemptive plan on earthWhether youâre in business, ministry, or seeking direction, this message will challenge and equip you to see wealth as a tool, not a trophyâa means to bless others and build Godâs kingdom.đ "But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth..." â Deut. 8:18đŻ If youâve ever wondered how faith, finance, and fruitfulness come together in God's economy, this sermon is for you.âđ Subscribe for weekly discipleship messages grounded in Scriptuređ§ Listen to Making Intentional Disciples with Rev Paul Jeyachandran on â â â â â Spotifyâ â â â â , â â â â â YouTubeâ â â â â , & â â â â â Pray.comâ â â â â đ Get FREE discipleship training and resources at â â â â â IDMC Collegeâ â â â â đ Discover more at â â â â â idmcmovement.comâ â â â â #GodsPlan #ChristianProsperity #Deuteronomy8 #FaithAndFinance #BusinessAsMission #KingdomStewardship #RevPaulJeyachandran #ChristianEntrepreneurship #BiblicalProsperity #ObedienceAndBlessing
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Rev. Paul Jeyachandran leads the Intentional Disciple Making Church (IDMC) Movement, which is all about calling churches back to its disciplemaking roots. Visit us at idmcmovement.com
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0:00 At IDMC Movement, we believe that the heart of the church lies in intentional disciple making. We are calling churches globally to return to their disciple making roots, to intentionally walk this journey of0:12 faith transforming hearts and lives. Let's walk this journey together and discover what it truly means to live out Christ's great commission and build a legacy of faith that impacts families,0:24 communities, and nations. This is the call, a journey of intentional discipleship. I'm gonna take you to Deuteronomy chapter 8 verses 70:36 to verses 18, and I'm titling this sermon God's plan of prosperity. Let's look to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for this day. Thank you for giving us listening0:48 ears and a heart that is willing to obey mighty God. Lord, we pray that the Holy Spirit will be our teacher this morning. Open our eyes so that we may see all that you have prepared and planned for1:00 us, so that our lives will no longer be the same, but will be transformed into the likeness of Christ. We thank You in Jesus' name, and people of God said, Amen and Amen. Deuteronomy1:11 eight:seven-eighteen, and I'm titling this sermon God's Plan of Prosperity. When I was in US, 1 of the things that grabbed my1:22 attention is I noticed that many of the hotels were owned by Indians. They are Indians from India. Now as a result of my search1:34 to understand why this is the case, I was led to read a book, and the book is called Life Behind the Lobby. And this book actually1:45 records that there are over 55 percent of hotels in America are actually owned by Indian who have migrated to America, Indians.
1:57 And they all come from 1 particular state in India called the state of Gujarat. And it it highlights how people who have been farmers, agriculturists in their in their own
2:09 land, how they migrated to America, and how they caught up with the American dream, and they, were hardworking, diligent people, and they live in community. They help 1 another, and how
2:21 they have all become successful business owners. And as a result, 55 percent of the hotels in America are owned by Indian Americans.
2:33 Now, this is something of a phenomena. The reason why I want to share this today is because my burden as a pastor has always been not only discipleship, but also
2:44 entrepreneurship. Because we need to take the business world for Jesus. We need to be able to be productive in the kingdom of God. God has called us to be productive. God has called us
2:56 to be fruitful, not only in our spiritual arena of life, but also in our career, in our business endeavors, and especially God wants us to be entrepreneurial.
3:08 Now this is something I want to take you to a passage of scripture and then probably unpack it. Now what is God's view on prosperity? Many times we shun that word because we feel that
3:20 that word and gospel don't go together. I want you to listen to me carefully. God, the Bible says, delights in the welfare of his servants. Psalm chapter 35 and verse
3:32 27. In another translation, and that actual Hebrew word for welfare is the word shalom, and it includes prosperity. Another translation says, God delights in the prosperity of his
3:44 servants. So God is not the 1 that is against your prosperity or my prosperity, but God wants us to understand the plan that He has for us to prosper and what that
3:55 entails. So today, I'm gonna take you to the book of Deuteronomy. The reason I love this book of Deuteronomy is because this is 1 of the new Old Testament books that was repeatedly
4:07 quoted by Jesus. Jesus used text from Deuteronomy throughout his life and ministry. So you could actually say in some sense that it must have been a favorite book of Jesus in the Old
4:18 Testament. The book of Deuteronomy is an interesting book because it was written by Moses, and it records for us the last 3 sermons that pastor
4:30 Moses preached to his congregation. 3 sermons, 34 chapters. Now I wanna give you an overview. Every time we study the book or every time we study anything in the
4:42 text, I always give you a biblical background. So let me give you the biblical background or the overview of the book of Deuteronomy. It has 34 chapters. 3 sermons are recorded for us. The first
4:54 4 chapters deals with a review of God's goodness. Moses takes them back through the 40 years they have spent in the wilderness. Moses takes them back through all the way
5:05 to how God has led them, fed them, protected them, and how God has led them this far. So it's a review of God's goodness. From chapter 5, where he speaks to them about the
5:17 law of God, all the way to chapter 6, it's about revisiting God's law. Then from chapter 27 all the way to chapter 34, it is about the revelation of their future in
5:29 God. Now I want you to catch these 3 words. That's how you summarize the entire book of Deuteronomy. 1, chapter 1 to chapter 4, it's review of God's goodness. God's Chapter 5 to chapter 26, it's
5:40 the revisiting of God's law. What does it mean for people of God to have the law of God and how God is calling us to live a life that pleases him? Then from chapter 27 all the way to chapter
5:52 4, it is the revelation of their future in God. That's the overview of the book of Deuteronomy. I wanna give you a now a zoom in a little
6:04 bit and give you an overview of chapter 6, 7, and 8 because if I want to pinpoint what are some of the most important chapters in the book of Deuteronomy, it will be chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8
6:16 because in this, it addresses something. Moses addresses the heart for God in chapter 6 where he speaks about theology and how theology should govern the conversations
6:28 both in your workplace and at home, how you need to be teaching your children and modeling a life of discipleship to your children. Now that is Deuteronomy chapter 6. Deuteronomy chapter 7 deals with fears.
6:40 You have to understand they have been slaves for 400 over years. They have been wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. Now they are about to cross into the promised land. And here, they have fears because
6:51 they're gonna face they're gonna face giants. They're gonna giants. They're gonna face people like Jebusites, Canaanites, Amorites, Ammonites, and Moses is telling them, do not fear.
7:03 Why? Because they may be Jebusites and Canaanites, but you are favorites. You don't have to fear. God is with you. God is going in front of you, and he is giving you the land. Hallelujah. So he
7:15 addresses their fears. Then in chapter 8, he addresses their hope. Hope of what? Hope of how they would inherit the promises of God. Hope of their destiny, their
7:26 calling in God. So when I look at this, I'm I'm captured by this book, and this book usually helps me to ask 3 questions. The first question I ask is, who is
7:38 God? Second is, what God has done? Thirdly, who are we in light of what God has done, in light of who God is? So in other words, who is God? What has he
7:50 done? And who are we in light of who God is and what he has done? You when you study this book with these kind of lenses, it will unpack. It will come alive. But today, I wanna take you to chapter
8:02 8, and I wanna deal with the hope that they have once they moved into the promised land and the hope to have a good life, a prosperous life. And God was giving them,
8:14 through Moses, 3 reminders for them. I want you I want you to look at these 3 reminders, and then we will unpack 1 by 1. Number 1, God grants you the potential to produce. The first thing
8:26 they need to remember is God grants you the potential to produce. Secondly, God wants you of the peril in prosperity. When you begin to produce, you will end up in
8:37 prosperity. And God says, I warn you of the peril, the dangers in prosperity. Thirdly, God calls you to his purpose for possessions. In other words, we've got to understand
8:49 the reason why He brings us into a place of prosperity as people of God. So, firstly, remember that God grants you the potential to produce.
9:01 I wanna read Deuteronomy chapter 8 verses 7 to 10 and then verse 18. Shall we read it together? Come on. 3, 2, 1. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good
9:12 land, a land of brooks, of water, of fountains and springs flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of wines and fig trees
9:24 and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and out of whose
9:36 hills you can dig copper, and you shall eat and be full. You shall bless the Lord your God for the good land He has given you. Hallelujah. And then verse 18 goes on to say,
9:47 You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to get wealth, that He may confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers as it is this day. Hallelujah. So
9:59 what did we read from verse 8 to verse 10? We read that God was giving them a good land, and Moses went on to describe the way the good land is
10:11 going to be a blessing to them. He said it's a land flowing with milk and honey. It's a land filled with all the good things. It is a good land. I want you to go with me to
10:23 Deuteronomy chapter 6 and read verse 10 and verse 11 so that you can understand how God is bringing them into this good land. Look at this. In verse 10, he says, when the Lord your God brings
10:35 you into the land that he swore to your fathers. Now this is the land that was promised to Abraham and to his seed. Now it has taken them nearly 430 years they were slaves in
10:47 Egypt, but then they were 40 years in the wilderness. So now they are about to inherit it, And this is the land that was swore to to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob to give you with
10:59 great and good cities that you did not build. The first thing God says about that land is the land already has good and great cities that they did not build. I
11:11 wanna pause there and ask you what is good and great cities. Think about it. Now go to verse 11. Verse 11 says, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill.
11:22 Houses they did not build with filled with good things. Cisterns that you did not dig or wells they did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant. So there are 3 things I see
11:34 in these 2 texts that God is actually giving them in this good land. Number 1, God is giving them opportunities. What is opportunities? Opportunities is say he's saying, I'm giving you good
11:46 and great cities. Now you and I, we need to we we understand why people choose to live in metropolis like Sydney, why people choose to live in the cities. Why? Because cities
11:58 are better equipped, and they have better infrastructure for you to grow and to prosper, isn't it, for you and your family? I we live in the Hills District in Sydney, and it's 1 of
12:10 the flourishing areas for young families. And the reason why this is popular among the young families who migrate here and families here is because the infrastructure in place, there are greater
12:21 opportunities. Now cities gives us opportunities. So God was saying to them, I give you opportunities. Secondly, he says to them, not only I give you
12:32 opportunities, but I'm gonna give you good houses, houses filled with good things. Now what are these? This is ownership. He's giving them ownership. See, you gotta understand, these are people who were
12:44 slaves. They had nothing in their name. They never owned anything. They can never put their name into anything and say, this is mine. I own this. But God, for the first
12:56 time, is leading them into a new season where he is gonna give them ownership of the land, and they're gonna have that as an inheritance, not only for themselves, but for their generations. So this is a
13:08 new season, ownership of land. And that means prosperity is gonna come into their life. Thirdly, he's gonna give them occupation. See, he says vineyards and olive trees that you did
13:20 not plant. In other words, these are vineyards and olive trees is their occupation. They need to grow, and they need to harvest it. They they eat of it, and they sell the rest. And this is the occupation. So
13:32 God was saying to them, I'm gonna give you the potential to produce. That means the land that I'm bringing you into has the potential to produce. And who gives you the power to
13:43 produce? God is the 1 who gives you the power to produce. And people of God have opportunities. They have the opportunities to be owners of land. They have opportunities to take and
13:55 produce from the land. So now God says to them, be a producer. I want you to turn to your neighbor and say to them with this bold statement, I want you to be a producer. Come on.
14:07 The reason is because there are 2 kinds of people in the world, even in the kingdom of God. Ones that are consumers, the other ones are producers. In other words, God never asked us to just be a consumer,
14:19 just consume what other people have done. But the reality is God calls you into a season to be productive, to be fruitful, and to produce with your hands, to produce. And he says this
14:31 land will produce. That means the people of God must become producers. Now this is not just something that Deuteronomy highlights. This is something that way back in the
14:43 book of Genesis already God said to man when he created Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 1 and verse 28. This is what he said. Be fruitful and multiply, replenish the earth,
14:55 and take dominion. Have dominion, he says. Subdue the earth and have dominion. Now there are 4 things he highlights here. Now if you are part of a mentoring journey with
15:06 me, and if you're a business owner, and if I'm mentoring you, I usually give you these 4 things that you need to keep focused as a business owner. It and it comes from this verse.
15:19 This actually talks about business. Number 1, be fruitful. What does it mean? To be producer, to produce something. It's like producing a product or a service. Secondly, he says not only be fruitful, but multiply.
15:30 Multiply means keep producing the same thing over and over again. In other words, that's where he's talking about reproduction. In other words, manufacturing. You're not only creating a prototype, but now you're
15:40 manufacturing. Thirdly, he says fill the earth. What is that? Distribution. Think about distribution. How can I deliver what I produce through various channels, the distribution centers? So now he's saying
15:52 fill the earth. Fourthly, he says, subdue and have dominion. In other words, this is where you take market and you capitalize the market. You you take a market capitalization. You
16:04 you dominate a market. This is a business strategy. Now when you think about this, God was already giving them a clue that I call you to produce. I call you to be fruitful. I want
16:16 you to be productive. Now this is something that you and I, we need to pay attention to. Did the people of God listen? You know, when you read the book of Genesis, there are some interesting facts that I want to just
16:27 highlight to you. In Genesis chapter 5, there is a record of the lineage of Seth. Seth is the son of Adam and Eve, the third
16:39 son, and he is a godly lineage. And if you read Genesis chapter 5, his descendants are listed there and what they did. You know what they did? Most of them built an altar. They worshiped God, and they followed God,
16:50 but they didn't do anything else. But in chapter 4 of Genesis, Cain's descendants are listed. Cain's descendants the Bible says in Genesis chapter 4, they built cities.
17:03 Not only they built cities, if you actually read, they invented musical instruments. In other words, number 1 charts, chart hits came from them. The chart topper songs came from them. Then the Bible
17:14 says they also invented some of his sons also invented iron. In other words, they had to do mining and manufacturing. Not only that, they created
17:26 instruments, flutes, and other instruments. And, again, they were dominating music. They were dominating manufacturing and mining. They were dominating in building cities. I asked myself this. You know, what does it
17:38 take to build a city? City is building a civilization. It takes a lot of infrastructure to be put in place from entertainment and arts and entertainment, from media, from government, from economic management.
17:50 There are so many things that need to be in place, and the Bible says the descendants of Cain built those things. But what were the people of God doing? They were just they were just looking at
18:02 they just built altars. They were worshiping, and that's all they did. Years later, in the life of Joseph, I see this. The Bible says Joseph was favored among his
18:14 brothers, and in his father's house, he was a favorite. And you know what? The brothers got jealous. You know what they did? They tried to kill him, and then 1 of them came up with a clever idea. Why don't we
18:26 just sell him? So what did they do? They saw a group of Ishmaelites walking in in going in that in that in that area. They stopped them and sold them into slavery. If you
18:37 really pause and think about it, human trafficking began in the family of God. These guys, instead of dreaming about good things, instead of dreaming and creating good things, instead, their mind was was, how do
18:49 we get rid of this guy? And they were they sold him to Ishmaelites. And what were the Ishmaelites doing? The Ishmaelites were trading. They were traders. They were trading spices, and they were
19:01 bringing slaves from 1 place to another, and that's how Joseph ended up in Egypt. I want you to pause and just think about it. People of God, we are called to produce. We are called to be engaged with
19:13 the land. We are called to engage in in in producing. But the Bible says the Ishmaelites were doing it, but the people of God, Israelites, they were not at that time.
19:25 That's why in some in 1 of my studies, was I discovered this in the presence of God, that the reason why God would bring Joseph out of his family from a young age, and why would God
19:37 bring him to Egypt, and why would God put him in through in Potiphar's house and then ultimately end up in prison, the reason why God would take him through all that process. See, I'm a man who has gone through
19:49 a several painful experience in life, so I come before God and I cry out on those seasons. And this is what I gleaned from my study, that Joseph was not thrown into any ordinary prison. The reason
20:01 why God chose that particular prison is because that particular prison is where the top echelon of leaders in Egypt is held. People who directly offended Pharaoh.
20:12 They could be a political leader that offended Pharaoh. They could be a person who offended Pharaoh like Baker and Butler or Pharaoh that ended up in that prison. So it's a political prison. Now if Joseph was in that
20:23 prison, imagine what Joseph would have gone through. He would have had a 1 on 1 training by hearing what these guys are talking about. He would have had a training in political science. Listen to me carefully. The reason
20:34 why I'm saying this is because the Bible says in Acts chapter 7 that Joseph was actually trained in wisdom. Joseph gained wisdom. God gave him grace
20:45 to gain wisdom. Where did he gain wisdom? He gained wisdom in that prison as a young man. He learning about the constitution of Egypt, learning about pharaoh's temperaments and and and how to govern the
20:57 government, how to run the government, how to govern the nation of Egypt. He would have learned all these things from these guys because I do know people. Average minds speak about ordinary things, but great minds do
21:09 not discuss average stuff. They will be talking about how to run the country, like ideas. And this Joseph got trained in all this. Because Pharaoh 1 day recognizes Joseph and says, Joseph, you
21:21 have the spirit of God. There is a wisdom upon your life, and here is the country. You run it for me. It doesn't happen overnight. It is because God has taken him through a process of training. Today, he's a trained man,
21:33 and he's ready to produce. See, God calls you to produce, but God also trains you so that you can produce what he calls you to produce. Hallelujah. Now when I'm reading Deuteronomy, I think
21:45 of Moses. Moses was born as a Hebrew slave. But you know what God did? He plucked him out of his family and placed him in Pharaoh's family. The reason why he did
21:56 that is because the Bible says in Acts chapter 7 again, Moses was instructed in the wisdom of Egypt. In other words, Moses was trained to be a Pharaoh. God
22:08 put him in the pharaoh's house to be trained to produce what God will 1 day ask of him. See, this book of Deuteronomy is almost like a treaty written between a king and his subjects. It's
22:20 like a like a suzerain to to his vassal. He's giving them a treaty. And this book of Deuteronomy is written like a treaty from a king to his subjects. And 1 who understands this is Moses
22:32 because he was trained as as a king. He was trained to be thinking like a king, to run a government, to run a nation. Listen to me. God calls you, and if God calls you to produce, he also prepares
22:44 you, and that is why you go through certain necessary journeys of life. So don't be in a hurry to become an adult. Young people, listen. I want you to study. I want you to take every
22:56 opportunity to learn. I want you to surround yourself with people who can coach you in life, who can mentor you in life, who can give you things to think about in life. I want you to read books that you haven't read yet.
23:06 I want you to listen to sermons that you haven't heard yet. Why? Because I want you to grow and increase because God trains you because he calls you to produce. Hallelujah.
23:18 That's people of God who need to produce. But at the same time, the land that God is giving them will also produce. The land is going to produce, but this land is very different. There's
23:30 something about this land I want you to pay attention to. Deuteronomy chapter 11, and the Bible says in verse 10 and verse 11. Let's read it. For the land that you are entering to take possession of it
23:42 is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it like a garden of vegetables. But the land that you are going to possess is a land of hills and
23:54 valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven. He contrasts both these land, land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, the Promised Land. Land of Egypt
24:06 is part of a desert called Sahara Desert. In other words, in Egypt, they hardly receive rain. So how do they irrigate the place? How do they produce vegetables? The reason why they
24:18 how they're able to do it is they wait for the Nile, River Nile, to overflow. And when the River Nile is overflowing, they cut canals, and they and and they make the water. They irrigate the water to reach the to reach
24:29 all the vegetation. And as a result, they're able to sow and reap. They depend on their own human effort to bring water into their vegetation.
24:42 When it comes to the land, the promised land that God is bringing them into, the Bible says it is not like Egypt. In other words, it's a it's a mountainous region. It is of hills and valleys. In other words, it
24:54 only drinks water by the rain from heaven. There is only 1 source of water for the promised land, and that water comes from heaven. And who controls heaven? God controls.
25:05 Who controls the rain? God controls. That's why he says in Deuteronomy chapter 11, he goes on to say, if you obey and you faithfully carry out my commandments, if you indeed
25:17 obey my commandments that I command you today to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart, with all your soul, then he will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain, the latter
25:28 rain, that you may gather your grain and your wine and your oil. Can you see how this is? He says, you you don't have any control over nature. Rain, you cannot bring
25:40 rain down no matter what you do. You have to rely upon God. And that's what he says. If you obey me, if you follow my instructions, if you carefully follow me and fulfill the law of God, if you
25:51 carefully do what I ask you to do, I will send you the rain. And then you may gather in your rain. You may gather your grain and your wine and your oil. See, again, your grain for your
26:03 food, wine for your laughter and happiness, and oil so that you would be flourishing, you're prospering. That's what he's saying. For your prosperity, it is dependent upon God producing
26:15 rain. I want you to listen to me carefully. 3 reminders. The first reminder was, remember that it's God who gives you the potential to produce. The land has potential, but you need to follow God.
26:27 You have potential, but God trains you so that you can produce more. But you both have to depend upon God to produce. It is God who gives you the potential, the power to
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