Glory to God, Church Family!
Welcome back to our foundational series, The 10 Laws of Prosperity. We’ve already established the first two critical laws:
-
The Law of Revelation Knowledge: You must know and believe it is God’s will for you to prosper in every area.
-
The Law of Faith and Confession: You will have what you believe in your heart and consistently confess with your mouth, in alignment with God’s Word.
Today, we dive into a law that many don’t connect with prosperity, yet it is absolutely essential: The Law of Love and Forgiveness.
What Does Love Have To Do With My Finances?
Everything.
Let’s go straight to the Word. Proverbs 28:13 says: “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” This is a powerful principle. Walking in hidden sin, bitterness, or unforgiveness acts as a blockage to the flow of God’s blessing into your life.
Jesus Himself connected our receiving from God to our relationships with others. In Mark 11:24-25, after teaching on believing you receive what you pray for, He immediately adds: “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”
Why did He say this right after talking about receiving from God? Because unforgiveness and sin can hinder your prayers and block your prosperity. This isn’t about God being petty or withholding; it’s about a spiritual principle. God has already provided every blessing in Christ (Ephesians 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ). Our prayer is the act of receiving it by faith. But unconfessed sin and a bitter heart can obstruct that pipeline of blessing.
We must understand the character of God’s prosperity. The world’s system often operates on “survival of the fittest”, where your gain comes at someone else’s expense. This is not God’s way.
God’s prosperity is built on love. Romans 13:10 tells us that “love does no harm to a neighbor.” Therefore, any “prosperity” achieved by stealing, cheating, defrauding, exploiting, or harming another person is not from God. It might look successful for a season, but it is built on sand and will not last. It brings a curse, not a blessing.
Psalm 1:4-6 “The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish”.
True, lasting, generational wealth is built on biblical principles of integrity, love, and treating others fairly. As Psalm 1:1-3 promises, the person who delights in God’s law and avoids the counsel of the wicked “shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water… and whatever he does shall prosper.”
Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper”.
James 4:1-3 gives us an insight. It asks where fights and wars come from – from our own selfish desires. It describes people who lust, covet, and even engage in wrong deeds to get what they want, yet they “do not have.” They pray and “do not receive, because [they] ask amiss, that [they] may spend it on [their] pleasures.”
If you’ve been dabbling in shady business, unethical practices, or “get-rich-quick” schemes that hurt others, and you’ve started attending this church or listening to this Word, hear this: It’s the mercy of God. That path will stop working for you because God is pulling you out of destruction and into His light of life and legitimate blessing.
God wants you to prosper immensely, but He wants it to come the right way, the way that brings peace, honors Him, and blesses others.
-
Love people. Don’t build your success on the backs of others.
-
Forgive quickly. Don’t let bitterness and unresolved conflict fester in your heart.
-
Walk in holiness. Confess and forsake sin. Live a life that is “worthy of the Lord”, See Colossians 1:10 – “That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God”.
This law protects you. It ensures that your prosperity is sustainable, blessed, and a testimony of God’s goodness.
Let’s speak this by faith:
“I choose to love like God loves. I forgive like God forgives. I live a life that is pleasing to Him. Therefore, I do not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners. My delight is in the law of the Lord. I am like a tree planted by rivers of water. I bring forth my fruit in season. My leaf does not wither. And whatever I do, it PROSPERS!”
This is God’s design for your abundant life. Walk in it.
Listen to the Full Message Here.
Series: The Laws of Prosperity | Part 3: The Law of Love & Forgiveness
By Rev. Emeka Iduma,
Scripture City Church.