VICTORY OVER LACK!

Eagle Mountain International Church • January 1, 2025

Welcome to 2025! It truly is the year that we will come ALIVE! Pastor Terri and I have a very high expectation for all that will take place in the lives of our congregation. Here is a great scripture for you as we step into this new year. Psalms 65:11-13 (New Living Translation) says, “You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy. The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!”

Thank you for your faithfulness to bring your supply of the Spirit to our EMIC services. We are so thankful for you! We are in agreement with you and believe you receive a massive, record-breaking harvest. According to Philippians 4:19 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition), “My God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

As I was praying over this letter, I heard the Spirit of God shout on the inside, VICTORY OVER LACK! The definition of lack is to “fall short, come behind, be destitute and deficient.” It also means “to exist in a state of being without and not having enough.” Lack is very much part of the curse of the Law.

Deuteronomy 28:38-40 (NLT) is a picture of total lack. It says, “You will plant much but harvest little, for locusts will eat your crops. You will plant vineyards and care for them, but you will not drink the wine or eat the grapes, for worms will destroy the vines. You will grow olive trees throughout your land, but you will never use the olive oil, for the fruit will drop before it ripens.” Verse 42-44 says, “Swarms of insects will destroy your trees and crops. The foreigners living among you will become stronger and stronger, while you become weaker and weaker. They will lend money to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail!” Jesus has delivered us from the curse of lack!

Galatians 3:13-14 (New King James Version) tells us that, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” Take a look at THE BLESSING: “The LORD will command THE BLESSING on you in your STOREHOUSES and in all to which you set your hand, and He will BLESS you in the land which The LORD your God is giving you” (Deuteronomy 28:8, (NKJV).

I really like what verse 11 in the AMPC declares. I use this quite often when believing God for supernatural provision. It says, “And The LORD shall make you have a SURPLUS OF PROSPERITY”! When we believe God, stand on His WORD, give and tithe in faith—we will NOT fall short, come behind, be destitute, be without, or deficient, in anything or in any way! Here are some outstanding scriptures to stand on to solidify our VICTORY OVER LACK.

  • Deuteronomy 2:7 (NLT)—For The LORD your God has BLESSED you
    in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through
    this great wilderness. During these forty years, The LORD your God
    has been with you, 
    and you have lacked nothing.
  • Luke 22:35 (GOD’S WORD Translation)—“Then Jesus said to them,
    ‘When I sent you out without a wallet, traveling bag, or sandals,
     you
    didn’t lack anything, did you?’ ‘Not a thing!’ They answered.”
  • James 1:2-4 (NKJV)—“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall
    into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces
    patience. But let patience have its perfect work, 
    that you may be
    perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
     (The Message says, “Not
    deficient in any way.”)
  • Psalm 34:10 (AMPC)—“The young lions lack food and suffer hunger,
    but they who seek (inquire of and require) The LORD [by right of their
    need and on the authority of His WORD],
     none of them shall lack any
    beneficial thing.”
  • Psalm 37:25 (AMPC)—“I have been young and now am old, yet have
    I not seen the[uncompromisingly] righteous forsaken or their seed
    begging bread.”
  • 2 Corinthians 9:8 (AMPC)—“And God is able to make all grace (every
    favor and earthly BLESSING) 
    come to you in abundance, so that you
    may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need
    be self-sufficient
     [possessing enough to require no aid or support and
    FURNISHED IN ABUNDANCE for EVERY good work and charitable donation].”

    (The Revised Standard Version says, “You may always have
     enough of everything.”)

Say this out loud: “I am redeemed from the curse of lack. The LORD supplies all my need. I have enough money and resources to do everything I need to do with much left over. No lack—only abundance. I attack lack with my declaration of faith. I have VICTORY OVER LACK!”

WE HAVE VICTORY OVER LACK!

Pastor George

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