Author Archives: briansauder

We find El Shaddai in the Old Testament again by looking at the book of Malachi. “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if … Continue reading →

In Psalm 23, we read “I shall not want” and “my cup will be overflowing.” If a cup is overflowing it means there is more than enough to fill it. Sometimes I joke with people that they need to be … Continue reading →

When Elisha helped the widow of one of his prophets with financial provision, he instructed her to gather as many containers as she could find for the oil that was going to be poured out. Let’s read the story. A … Continue reading →

Now that we have defined from the Bible what “blessing” is, let’s look at what the Bible says “curse” is. Curse is defined in the next few verses in Deuteronomy 28. What we are going to find is that poverty is included … Continue reading →

What is blessing? If we look at Deuteronomy 28, we find both Lordship and prosperity. The first verses speak to fully obeying God (Lordship) and the verses that follow define God’s blessings. Let’s study this together. If you fully obey … Continue reading →

If our thinking is ruled by thoughts of poverty and lack, some of what we are saying might be hard to swallow. If this doesn’t make sense right away, then put it on the back burner, meditate on it and … Continue reading →

Is the name El Shaddai found in every book of the Bible? No…but the  nature of a God of abundance is found in every book of the Bible…we have found specific Bible references to El Shaddai in Genesis and Exodus. Now let’s … Continue reading →

If abundant blessing is really the heart and nature of God, we should find it repeated throughout the Bible. This is precisely what I want us to look at in these next few blogs. Let’s go to Exodus 36:3-7. Please … Continue reading →

Live long and prosper. That sounds too good to be true. Bingo! Though it sounds idealistic, I do believe the Lord wants us to live long and prosper. He has created us to bear fruit and he put us on … Continue reading →

Most people would say they would like more of both time and money. At the core of this statement is a desire to be more fruitful and productive. This is a good and godly thing. We were created this way. … Continue reading →