SERMON SERIES: DON’T LIMIT GOD 

PART 4: FEAR OF PROSPERITY 

PROVERBS 16: 17-20 

MAY 17, 2020 

READ-UNDERSTAND-APPLY 

1) Many people have been brought down by ___________.

Elijah requested that he might die, he said, “O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.” From 1 Kings 19: 4

19 Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar. 2 Chronicles 26:19

2) It was good for me that I was__________.

That I might learn thy statues. Psalms119:71

George Foreman story

God uses affliction to change us to be more like him.

3) It’s important that we mingle with the __________ _________.

Jesus mingled with people.

7 Two things I request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
Feed me with the food allotted to me;
9 Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God. Proverbs 30:7-9

4) Trusting the Lord brings _______ and ________.

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

God is always working behind the scenes.

Prosperity of the wicked from Psalms 73

Challenge: Don’t let prosperity in any area of your life bring you down.
Encouragement: Follow scripture and you will do fine.