Eps. 005 - What is the Difference Between a Spirit of Poverty and a Poverty Mindset

A Poverty Mindset versus a Spirit of Poverty are concepts that have often been used interchangeably as if they’re the same thing, but they are actually not the same thing. And what I want to be able to do in this episode is to reveal to you the differences between the two and I also want to give you the solutions between the two as well.

Let’s first start out with addressing the Spirit of Poverty. What the Spirit of Poverty is, is it’s basically the inner voice of the enemy that attacks your identity and gets you focused on the qualities and resources you lack to be successful. It’s the voice of the enemy that torments you, it can impact your ability to take action, it tells you that you don’t have enough, you aren’t good enough for God to use you, you don’t have what it takes… it’s not your voice or thoughts, it’s an outside voice that is getting you to focus on everything that you’re missing. It’s the enemy’s attempt to get you focused on what you lack.

The solution is fighting the enemy with God’s Word, knowing who God made you to be, and adopting your identity in Christ… and I will be sharing with you 5 powerful steps in order to do this in this episode.  

In contrast, a Poverty Mindset is when YOUR perspectives and beliefs around a lack of money and resources hold you back from God’s best. So, it’s not the enemy that’s lying to you, it’s you, it’s your thinking. A lot of times this is a generational problem... It’s a lack and scarcity mentality. 

The good news is a Poverty Mindset is a lot easier to break because the solution is a Kingdom Mindset and I’m concluding this episode by sharing 5 additional steps on how to break a Poverty Mindset. 

My hope is that this podcast will have brought some clarity today on the difference between the Spirit of Poverty versus a Poverty Mindset. My whole purpose, life mission, and assignment from God are to break off a Spirit of Poverty and a Poverty Mindset off of His children. That’s what I’m here to do. If I do nothing else on the earth but do that, my assignment is complete. My biggest prayer is that you get some AHA moments, the Holy Spirit revealed things to you, or you had some breakthroughs in your mindset, or confirmation landed on you.