How To Have a Prosperous Soul

In 2018 we experienced a revival with many young people coming to our Bible studies and getting baptized, saved and becoming on fire for Jesus.

During that time while reading a book by EW Kenyon, we got a revelation that our minds are a tool for the Lord and must be spoken of and thought of with the highest of regard. This was a powerful revelation to us as we had heard the message of Spirit, Soul and Body we felt that it referred to our minds as if they weren’t clean and would need work till the day that we die. (Though we do need daily washing of the word, we have learned to think of Renewing our minds as a blessing rather than anything less.) We know Gods word says we’re clean by the Blood of Jesus, yet because we live in this world, our soul ish realm still needs a daily washing of the word. That’s just how life works here on this earth, and we shouldn’t feel bad about it. The revelation of ‘Spirit, Soul and Body’ teaches us that our Spirit is just like Jesus, perfect and clean, Holy and Righteous, and our Soul (our mind, will and emotions) are the human part of us that needs daily cleansing through the word. When we struggle, this is where we feel it. Our spirits lead the way, our souls need to be directed and our bodies follow. At the time we received this revelation from EW Kenyons teaching, he was speaking about the song and dance of the mind with Holy Spirit. And I thought, here we’ve been putting so much emphasis on renewing our minds and our minds have gotten somewhat of a bad rap. But EW Kenyon is showing us a higher way of how we are to see our minds. After that revelation I must say I basically scrapped the teaching of Spirit, Soul and Body temporarily, because I believed there was as a better way for me to see it my mind. But a few years later, during a year back in Canada in 2020, when going through some deep waters and seeking the lord for answers, I had a dream that my boys were toddlers, and I was taking them for a walk in their stroller and somewhere along the way and I accidentally dropped the book ‘Spirit, Soul and Body’. A friendly neighbourhood cop came and rang my doorbell and handed it back to me. Upon waking I knew the lord was leading me back to that revelation. So I read the book again. After that dream I realized the Lord was trying to show me that my soul needed attention, care and healing. I had become so accustomed to putting my own needs on the back burner that I was greatly neglecting the needs of my soul, and even the needs of my physical body, specifically concerning Rest. At the time I was a working myself to the bone. I was home and due to covid regulations I was homeschooling my kids, cooking, cleaning and drinking lots of coffee to cope with everything. It was a really hard year for me and I recognized my need for a change of some key things about the way I was operating as well as in my beliefs system. At that time I had watched an episode from the Sid Roth It’s Supernatural Series and in this episode, an Angel was speaking to someone saying ‘on earth you rest and sleep for recovery and refreshing, whereas we go to the throne room.’ This was a very powerful concept for me and one where I recognized that I needed to include rest into my schedule or else I would burn out. So the lord began taking me on a journey of learning to incorporate rest into my life in order to allow my body to get the internal healing that was needed. At the time I thought my mind was what needed healing but God kept leading me back to my heart. This verse was one He often highlighted to me. Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it come the issues of life. Through this verse the Lord showed me that the situation of concern was actually coming from my heart. I was holding onto some things that I needed to release. I also started seeing that this was a journey of receiving the Lord’s love so I could operate from that place of feeling loved and well cared for, and when my cup was full again I could easily release it on to others. It’s all about overflow. But we can’t give something we don’t have. I also realized that I had lost myself in motherhood and had developed this false mindset that serving myself into the ground made me a better mother. It didn’t. Moms need rest and care too. As human beings we need some basic things such as rest, care, sleep, healthy food, fresh air, sunshine, community and godly friendships and of course the word. We need to make sure we’re taking excellent care of ourselves as if we aren’t, we will be making things harder on ourselves than is necessary. So through this dream God was leading me back to Spirit, Soul and Body as I had been wondering why I was a believer and going through these deep things. And the Lord was highlighting specific things to me to help lead me out and back into peace and freedom. Sometimes we go through that pendulum swing. At times we find ourselves on one side, and when we see an imbalance we move completely to the other side, only to find that the healthy way of operating is often somewhere in between. Some time after returning to South Africa, I discovered a book called Prosperous Soul by Greg Mohr from Andrew Wommack Ministries. This added another piece of the puzzle to me. To encapsulate the teaching of this book, it was speaking about how the Lord gave Greg Mohr this Revelation that he discovered through reading this scripture 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, even as your soul prospers. Through this verse he discovered that he would prosper in health and financially to the degree that his soul was prosperous. So he went on a journey where he learned how to prosper in his soul. The lord led him both to the word and to some conferences and he was able to get healing from certain situations of difficulty and he started working with Andrew Wommack some time after that. For me this book shone a light on the fact that my soul ish realm was important to the Lord. Sometimes we can get a false understanding thinking that Jesus wants us either to be soldiers or to sacrifice ourselves into the ground thinking that the natural part of us isn’t actually that important when this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Even God rested on the seventh day.

Genesis 2:2 And Jesus went away to spend time alone with His Father in Luke 6:12. This was a Great Refreshing for him I’m sure. The Lord had been speaking to me about Rest for a long time, eventually I understood that He wanted me to Rest in my spirit and then one day He told me that to experience this Rest on the inside I would have to physically allow myself to rest too. This was a revelation to me. So from that time on if I needed to rest, I Rested. I noticed how much better I felt when I did this. I think my body was just on a massive overdrive from the constant pushing of myself that it just needed to stop and rest so I could heal. This healing wasn’t physical, as physically I was healthy. It was internally, in my heart, mind and soul. It was healing of my soul ish realm. Jesus wanted to teach me how I could prosper in my soul and stay in that place of soul prosperity, and how when I did then healing was able to flow to and through me effortlessly. When I read Prosperous Soul, I could see this was an important message and for me but it wasn’t just through reading it that everything changed. Rather it was a journey that the Lord still has me on, and which was and still is a process of receiving healing through learning to take care of myself both inside and out, and specifically that the physical part of me being cared for was directly related to the healing and breakthrough that I needed for my heart and mind. Last time I got my big breakthrough I fasted and prayed and went into a vision. When I came out I was healed and set free. And I was hoping it would work the same way this time. It didn’t. Last time Jesus came in and rescued me, so I didn’t actually have to learn the lessons He was trying to teach me or fully see what He wanted me to see. That’s what happens sometimes when you get an instant deliverance and healing, we don’t always see everything that the Lord wants us to see about how we got into that state in the first place, and how to get free. The Great thing about being instantly delivered is that when it happens Freedom comes in an instant. But the wonderful thing about allowing the truth to set us free is that we learn so many powerful truths and we can set others free by teaching others all that we’ve learned on our journey into freedom and healing. Sometimes healing is instant, but other times it’s a process. And if your healing is a process, don't be discouraged as I’ve found is that the healing is more effective in many ways because through the resistance Jesus is training us in many areas, teaching us how to overcome in every situation and how to be impervious and untouchable to the enemy. When we learn to live with a prosperous soul, fear can’t touch us. So we are able to move out of certain places and into deep peace, and then we can learn to operate from this place of complete peace. It’s a great place to live from. Please understand I’m not saying that God is allowing you to be sick to teach you something. We know all sickness comes from the enemy who tries to steal, kill and destroy. But when getting out of that false mindset, the lies we used to believe need to come to the light so Jesus can bring us out of those lies and into truth. Listen to the next verse 3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Here John is talking about the importance of believers walking in truth. Truth is the opposite of lies. If you’re believing lies, you need to start focusing on the truth in the matter at hand, and when you see truth you can automatically detect the false so you are able to chuck out the lies. Jesus wants to fine tune our eyes and tweak our vision so we can see clearly. He wants us to recognize and Receive His Voice of truth and reject the voice of the stranger. And as we learn to clearly discern His voice, we can help others to see and hear clearly too. Another ministry that greatly impacted my life has been Igniting Hope by Steve and Wendy backlund. The way their ministry has blessed and helped me has been one of the greatest gifts I’ve ever received! I did their course called Beliefs Training, where they assigned a beliefs trainer to me who did a few sessions with me. They taught me how to laugh at Lies and they gave me tons of resources which I use to this day and listen to. I love Steve’s Podcast and their books too. They’re full of hope and practical and sound help and advice which is everything this world needs. So sometimes on your own journey into healing there will be different things you learn at different times, and you will know when it impacts you deeply on the inside, and each ministry or book which you can see is another key and answer to your situation will bring a different piece of the puzzle together and the Lord will use each one to show you something else you weren’t seeing. But please bear in mind that with healing comes rejoicing, not condemnation. If you’re listening to teachings that are making you scared or fearful, just turn them off and put on something that makes your heart rejoice again inside. Celebrating life was another big thing the Lord has been teaching me. Learning to celebrate the small things that happen all around us each day, learning to live as if each day were a gift to be celebrated, and we can celebrate people too. These are ways the Lord has been teaching me we can learn to live from a place of peace, rest and with a prosperous soul. I believe if you receive this word and apply the principles taught, that your soul will begin to prosper too. And remember, life is a marathon, not a race, so enjoy the journey and just keep being faithful. Do your part and let the Lord do what only He can do - and believe me - He will!