Many Americans are facing financial pressure, and pastor and entrepreneur Kap Chatfield believes the solution is not waiting for a miracle check in the mail but realizing that God has already given people the ability to prosper. In his recent message titled “The Power to Prosper,” Chatfield urges believers to stop begging God for money and start activating the creative and resourceful power He’s placed within them.
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“God has so much more for you than just begging Him for money,” Chatfield said. “He actually wants you to live a life where you can be generous, where you can live out of an overflow, where you don’t have to worry about your bills being paid month to month.”
Drawing from Deuteronomy 8:18, Chatfield explained that God “gives you power to get wealth.” This, he said, is not about greed but about fulfilling one’s calling and blessing others. He noted, “It’s very tempting for me to forget that it’s not my donors, it’s not my customers, it’s God. He can shut the door of favor really quickly, but He can also open it really quickly too.”
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To help believers discover their own God-given power to prosper, Chatfield introduced a simple, practical framework he calls the 4 D’s Venn Diagram, a way to identify the intersection of gifts, passions, needs and opportunities.
1. Design: What Comes Naturally to You
Your design is what sets you apart. “What are you skilled at? What comes naturally to you that doesn’t come naturally to other people?” Chatfield asked. He used himself as an example: “I love videos. I love talking. I say that I’m a mouth with legs.” By identifying natural strengths and skills, he said, you begin to see where God has already equipped you to bring value to others.
2. Desire: What You Love Doing
Desire, Chatfield explained, is not inherently sinful. “Did you know that desire is actually a gift from God? It’s a magnetization that God has put in you that draws you toward the things that He wants you to do,” he said. The key is finding what makes you come alive. “Sometimes we’re good at something, but we don’t really love doing it,” he noted. True prosperity begins when passion and skill align.
3. Demand: What the World Needs
The third circle focuses on demand, the real problems in the world that need solving. “What are some real felt needs in the world?” Chatfield asked. “For me, I love creating videos and communicating the Bible. There’s a massive demand right now for people actually to understand Scripture.” He encouraged believers to identify where their talents meet others’ needs, explaining that service to others is at the heart of biblical prosperity.
4. Dominion: How It Creates Income
Finally, Chatfield described dominion as the ability to generate income from those gifts and desires in a way that honors God. “What are ways that people have actually generated revenue by doing this?” he asked, listing examples such as teaching, creating content, writing books or starting businesses. “This is about working hard, doing honorable work, and serving people,” he said.
When all four circles—design, desire, demand and dominion—overlap, Chatfield said, that is where your God-given power to create wealth resides.
“God doesn’t want you to be a beggar,” he said. “The Bible has zero instruction on how to ask for money, but it has a ton of instruction on how to give and how to generate it ethically.”
For Chatfield, prosperity is not about greed or worldly excess. It is about stewardship, character and faithfulness. He reminded listeners that God “delights in the prosperity of His servants” (Ps. 35:27), not for their sake alone, but so that His goodness and covenant promises can be seen in their lives.
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His message is one of hope for anyone struggling financially: God has already placed the power to prosper within you. Through faith, diligence and the right alignment of your gifts and purpose, you can live from abundance, meet your needs and become a blessing to others.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
