Qualifications for Walking in Prosperity – KENNETH E HAGIN
God wants to prosper His children. He is concerned about us and wants us to have good things in life. He said in His Word, “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land” (Isa. 1:19). But God doesn’t want us to put “eating the good of the land” first.

Moses was an example of someone who didn’t put material things first. For example, Moses, who was raised by an Egyptian, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter when he grew up.
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
—Hebrews 11:24-26
Think about what Moses refused! He was the son of Pharaoh’s daughter—and he was in line for the throne! Moses had prestige, honor, and wealth. He had all the things the world had to offer. Yet Moses esteemed the reproach of Christ as greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt. Moses saw a difference between the people of God and the people of the world.
Some people are more interested in making a dollar than they are in serving God. But spiritual things must come first if you are going to be spiritual. You must esteem the things of God —spiritual things—more than earthly things.

One qualification for prospering is to esteem earthly things lightly. You cannot put earthly things above spiritual things and expect to prosper as God desires you to.
No, it’s not wrong to have money. It’s wrong for money to have you. It’s wrong for money to be your ruler or master or for you to consume finances on your own lusts.
God wants you to prosper financially! But your prosperity depends on your putting first things first. There are qualifications involved.

In the Old Testament, God told the Israelites to keep His statutes and walk in His commandments (Deuteronomy 28). God desires the same for us today. To put God’s Word first and to walk in the truth is spiritual prosperity.
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, John writes, “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 2). In the next two verses, John goes on to say that he had no greater joy than to hear that God’s people are indeed walking in the truth of God’s Word.
God told the Israelites, “Walk in My statutes and keep My commandments. Do that which is right in My sight, and I’ll take sickness away from the midst of you, and the number of your days I will fulfill” (Exod. 15:26; 23:26). That’s physical prosperity or divine healing and health.
The Lord also talked to the Israelites about their “basket and store” being blessed, their barns being filled, and about them being the head and not the tail (Deut. 28:1-14; Prov. 3:10). That’s material prosperity. But notice their physical and material prosperity depended upon their spiritual prosperity.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest PROSPER and BE IN HEALTH, EVEN AS THY SOUL PROSPERETH.
—3 John 2
John is talking about financial or material prosperity, physical prosperity, and spiritual prosperity. Notice that material and physical prosperity are dependent upon spiritual prosperity.