Why do some Christians who love God, tithe faithfully and pray still live in financial lack?
According to Kap Chatfield, it’s not because God wants them broke, it’s because they’re ignoring powerful spiritual laws that govern increase.
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In his Kingdom Business Hour broadcast, Chatfield walks viewers through eight biblical laws that he says can unlock the “financial anointing” — a divine empowerment for wealth-building grounded in Scripture. These laws aren’t about hype or manipulation, he says, but about aligning with God’s economic system.
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“This is going to change everything,” Chatfield says. “You’re going to be shocked at how much Scripture talks about this.”
1. The Law of Recognition
Key Verse: Deuteronomy 8:18
“Remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to get wealth.”
This law is about identifying the resources, talents and relationships God has already placed in your hands. “Follow the favor,” Chatfield said. “Sometimes I think we overcomplicate, ‘Where does God really want me to go?’ Look at what’s already in your hands.”
2. The Law of Vision
Key Verse: Proverbs 31
“She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.”
Chatfield emphasizes having a vision to multiply what God has given. “God blesses those who have vision and operate according to vision, not according to lack,” he says, also warning against the fear-based mindset of the servant who buried his talent: “The master said, ‘You wicked and lazy servant.’”
3. The Law of Planning
Key Verse: Luke 14:28
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost?”
“Planning honors God,” Chatfield says. “Faith actually looks like living on F, not on E,” he continues, using a gas tank analogy to explain that wise saving is not a lack of faith, but acting on it.
4. The Law of Diligence
Key Verse: Proverbs 10:4
“The hand of the diligent makes rich.”
Work was never a curse, Chatfield explains, but part of God’s original design. “Work honors God. Why? Because Jesus said, ‘My Father is always working,’” he says. “We are called to work hard as the people of God.”
5. The Law of Character
Key Verse: Proverbs 10:9
“He who walks with integrity walks securely.”
Chatfield didn’t hold back when discussing how bad moral choices ruin finances: “Bad character costs more than you want to pay, but good character rewards more than you can imagine.” He adds, “You will pay in the end for bad character.”
6. The Law of Appearance (Reputation)
Key Verse: Proverbs 22:1
“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches.”
While God looks at the heart, people look at the outside — and that matters in business, ministry and influence. “Your appearance will either work for you or against you,” Chatfield says. “Everything communicates something.”
7. The Law of Sowing and Reaping
Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 9:6
“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”
This principle isn’t about buying blessings, Chatfield warns, but about participating in God’s economic system. “A seed always produces a harvest of like kind,” he says. “You will reap according to what you sow.”
8. The Law of Expansion
Key Verse: Genesis 26:12
“Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.”
Even during famine, Isaac sowed and reaped abundantly. “You are not subject to the system of this world if you choose to operate according to the system of the kingdom of God,” Chatfield says. “God’s promises are still available for you and me.”
Warnings and Misconceptions
Chatfield is clear that none of these laws are formulas for manipulating God or gaining instant wealth.
“You cannot buy a miracle. You cannot buy a healing. You cannot buy deliverance from the demonic. You cannot buy salvation,” he says. “Any minister who says, ‘Give me an offering today, $1,000 seed to make sure your loved one’s saved,’ — no, that is not biblical.”
He also addressed critics of prosperity teaching: “I love prosperity. But the biggest problem that I have is I don’t love it as much as God loves it.” The real issue, he argues, isn’t prosperity itself, it’s the religious mindset that treats it as something dirty. “Why is there so much friction around this topic?” Chatfield asks, “because deep down, there are so many little areas of our lives where we truly do worship the spirit of mammon and we don’t even realize it.”
Still, he insists these biblical laws work, and the responsibility is on believers to walk them out in faith. “Take it or leave it,” Chatfield says. “But it’s what the Bible plainly teaches.”
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James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
Chatfield is clear that none of these laws are formulas for manipulating God or gaining instant wealth.
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Chatfield is clear that none of these laws are formulas for manipulating God or gaining instant wealth.
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