I have enjoyed the privilege of growing up in The Way Ministry. From a very early age, I was taught how God cared for me and desired prosperity for me in every category of life. I have enjoyed getting to freely give to God by way of abundantly sharing and claiming His abundance in life through all sorts of circumstances.
III John 2:
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
One example that was very important to my wife and me occurred after we had been married for a few years. One day my wife misplaced her wedding ring. We knew that it was God’s desire for us to find this ring and that He would help us. The night we realized the ring was missing, we prayed and then we looked all around our home, but we did not find the ring. Even though we did not find the ring that night, I remember going to sleep peacefully, trusting that God would take care of our concern.
The next morning I was getting ready to go to work and preparing to take our trash out to the street for pickup. As I started to pick up the bag of trash, God put it on my heart to not take out the trash that day. I immediately stopped and told my wife that we should leave the trash bag in the house because her ring might be in the trash. At first, this sounded quite odd to my wife, as she would never intentionally throw the ring in the trash can; but we agreed to wait on taking out the trash.
Throughout the day, I reminded myself of how God desires for us to have an abundant life, and for my wife and me, that included finding this ring. After we put our kids to bed that night, I started going through the trash piece by piece. It was clear to me to do this task slowly and to make sure I saw each item of trash. As I went through the bag, I found a small can that was stuffed with food peels. I was sure that I needed to go through this can too, and at the bottom of it, I found the ring! It was still in the great condition it always was.
We realized that while preparing for supper the night before, the ring had gotten knocked off into some food peels that we eventually threw into the trash; however, this mistake was one that was easy to overcome with God. He made sure that even this small item continued to be a part of our abundant life.
This is just one example of how I have enjoyed victory by claiming the Word I have been taught in The Way Ministry.