Living Within His Means Part 3: Breaking the Scarcity Mentality

In this teaching, John W. Stevenson shared how to break the scarcity mentality. The scarcity mentality is when a person believes “they don’t have enough; won’t have enough. The person holds on to what they have, using it sparingly or not using it at all because they don’t have confidence, they will have what is needed in the future.”

Two ways to break the scarcity mentality

1. Seek first His Kingdom. We seek the Kingdom of God, all that pertains to it, and align ourselves with the principles of the Kingdom. The life of abundance only works when we operate in Kingdom principles.
2. The most important discipline to walking in and living within His means (resources, abundance) is to have a constant diet, knowledge, and application of the Word of God along with obedience and a consistent prayer life.

5 Points to remember

1. Must remember God’s faithfulness to us and how He has kept us through the years.
2. Believe what God said He would do, He will (and is) doing it because of His covenant.
3. We must receive what God has freely given to us as a result of the Covenant. We have an inheritance
4. We must exercise our faith to see the fulfillment of the promise. Once God shows you His plan for your life, go out and possess it.
5. We must enforce our covenant rights, never back down, never back up.

As you listen to this teaching, meditate on these points and the passages that will be shared. Allow Holy Spirit to break any beliefs that may hinder you from living within His means.