BIBLICAL PARTNERSHIP:

God's Way to Financial

Increase

by

JERRY SAVELLE

SPECIAL DEDICATION

For those of you who are partners with

this ministry, I dedicate this book to you in

honor of your faithful support.

Your prayers and your contributions are

enabling us to reach masses of people all over

the world with the uncompromising Word of

Faith.

May God richly bless you in every area of

your lives.

In Him,

Dr. Jerry Savelle

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations

are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Biblical Partnership:

God’s Way to Financial Increase

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Biblical Partnership:

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God’s Way to Financial

Increase

How to Fulfill Your Vision

Do you have a dream in your heart that

you feel God planted there? Can you see

yourself walking in that dream? God has a

purpose for each and every one of His

children. He expects each of us to have a

vision for our lives and to strive to fulfill that

vision with everything that is within us.

So, what’s the secret to fulfilling our

vision? Obviously, prayer and seeking God’s

wisdom. But there’s another secret to

achieving the God-inspired plans for our lives

that most of the Body of Christ has

overlooked, and this is what I want to talk

about in this little book.

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One of the quickest ways to fulfill your

vision is to help your “fathers in the faith” to

fulfill their vision. What? You may be asking.

It’s true. The quickest way for you to achieve

your goals in life is to help your instructors,

your teachers in the faith, those who have

made the greatest impact in your life, to

achieve their goals.

I’m sure there are certain men and women

who have made a powerful impact in your

walk with God. It might be the one who

encourages you when you’re down. Every

time you put his or her tape on, your faith gets

energized and you’re now ready to march

after Satan and get back everything he has

stolen from you.

It could be the minister who taught your

family how to get out of debt. It could be the

minister who encouraged you to get over your

past and not feel ashamed and rejected

anymore. A father in the faith is one who has

instructed you, taught you, and helped you in

your walk of faith and continually imparts into

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your life.

I’ve had many people impact my life and

impart into me, but the three men who have

been most influential in my life and ministry

are: 1) Oral Roberts 2) Kenneth Copeland and

3) Kenneth Hagin. All three of these men have

made tremendous impartation into my life.

They are my mentors. They receive me and

accept me as their equal, but to me they will

always be my fathers in the faith. I listen to

their tapes. I read their books. I read their

magazines. I learn from them, and I honor and

esteem them highly.

Now with all the instruction these men

have imparted into my life, it would be a

violation of spiritual law if I didn’t support

them. Don’t close the book now just because

I’m talking about financial support. Read on

because what I’m about to share with you can

change your life forever. I’m going to share

something with you that I believe is very vital

to the Body of Christ all over the world. I

refer to it as the LAW OF RECIPROCITY.

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Now you may be saying, What in the world

did he just say? This is a spiritual law that we

see in the Word of God, and it’s something

that, by and large, the Body of Christ has very

little knowledge of.

Webster’s dictionary simply says to

reciprocate means to give or to return in kind.

For instance, if someone said, “Brother Jerry,

I would like to buy your lunch today.” So I go

to lunch with him and he buys my lunch. And

when I see him again, I say, “Remember when

you bought me lunch the other day? Well, I’d

like to take you to lunch today.” That is

reciprocation. What am I doing? I am giving

or returning in kind.

I believe it’s something that each and

every one of us should have a revelation of.

It’s something that should be operative in our

lives. If you’re not doing it, then you’re not

enjoying the fullness of God. If you don’t

understand this law and you’re not applying

this law in your Christian life, then you will

be limited as to how much of God’s blessings

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you will enjoy.

If someone blesses your life, ministers to

you frequently, invests into the growth of your

spiritual life, then it’s only right that you, in

turn, sow back into his or her life as well.

The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 1:11,

“For I long to see you, that I may impart unto

you some spiritual gift....” Every true minister

of God has the ability to impart a gift. I’m

talking about someone who is anointed of

God, called of God and walking in that

anointing, then there will be something in

their life that is transmittable. It can be

imparted into others.

There’s one word that comes to my mind

when I think of Kenneth Hagin’s ministry and

that’s the word “faith.” And because of my

association with Brother Hagin’s ministry,

through his teachings, his books, his meetings,

I believe that the same faith that is in his

ministry has come into my ministry. A

spiritual gift was imparted.

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When I think of Oral Roberts, I think of

healing and miracles. And because of my

association, that same anointing came into my

ministry. When I think of Kenneth Copeland,

I think of prosperity. His ministry has done

more for the Body of Christ perhaps than any

other ministry in the world in teaching the

Body of Christ how to prosper. And because

of his teachings and my association with his

ministry, prosperity has come into my

ministry.

So notice the three primary things that

have been imparted into my ministry as a

result of my support of their ministries: Faith,

healing and prosperity. It would be a violation

of spiritual law after all the faith that’s come

into my ministry, all the healing that has come

into my ministry, and all the prosperity that

has come into my ministry, for me to fail to

support these ministries. Not only would it be

a violation of spiritual law, but I would also

cut myself off from those anointings.

I encourage you right now to seriously

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pray about who your “fathers in the faith” are.

Who has made the greatest impact in your

life? If you aren’t supporting the ministries of

your fathers in the faith, I strongly urge you to

start now. Don’t ever forget your fathers.

Helping your fathers fulfill their vision will

enable you to fulfill yours.

Share All Good Things With Your

Teachers

Let him that is taught in the word

communicate unto him that teacheth in all

good things.

Galatians 6:6

The King James really doesn’t do this

verse justice because you can miss the real

meaning here by using the word

communicate. Most of the time when we use

the word communicate, we think in terms of

speech and talking. I’m communicating to

you, but in the Amplified Bible it says it this

way,

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Let him who receives instruction in

the Word [of God] share all good things

with his teacher [contributing to his

support].

Do you listen to tapes? Do you read

books? Is there a particular preacher that you

enjoy listening to his tapes perhaps more than

any other preacher? Are there certain

preachers in whom you identify; that is, they

really speak to your heart every time you hear

them preach? If so, then don’t ever forget the

people who have helped you the most. Don’t

ever forget the ministries that have changed

your life for the better.

Do you need a financial blessing in your

life? There’s only one way to get there. It’s by

obeying God’s Word. Paul is saying that if

you are being instructed, then you should

reciprocate. You should support that ministry

or ministries that are instructing you.

The returns or the harvest that you

experience in your life will be determined by

the contribution that you make to those that

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have helped you the most.

Our ministry, Jerry Savelle Ministries

International, has birthed a lot of other

ministries. There are men and women who are

in the ministry today because of this ministry.

Some worked with me, worked under me and

then they launched out into their own

ministries. Some never really worked with

me, but I was their mentor through tapes and

books. There are churches all over the world

today that started as a result of our ministry.

The sad thing is most of them do not support

this ministry. And that’s a violation of

spiritual law.

The thought never occurs to me to stop

supporting my fathers in the faith. I would

never stop supporting them. Why? One of the

major reasons why I am where I am today is

because of the instruction I received from

them.

How beautiful are the feet of them

that preach the gospel of peace, and

bring glad tidings of good things!

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Romans 10:15

For me and my house, Oral Roberts,

Kenneth Hagin, and Kenneth Copeland’s feet

will always be beautiful throughout eternity.

Why? Because it’s what they preached that

changed my life forever. I will never stop

supporting them.

How to Get God Involved in Your

Finances

STEP #1: TITHING

God expects you to be a tither. That is not

an option, it is a command of God. And if

you’re not doing it, I’m just going to be very

up-front, honest, bold and frank with you

today, you’re rebellious. If you think you’re

going to talk God into blessing you when you

won’t even follow the general commands of

God, then you’re just wasting your time... and

God’s too.

Everyone wants to be blessed. But there

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are principles or spiritual laws that determine

blessings, and you’ve got to be obedient to

those laws.

You’re not going to get God involved in

your finances if you’re not even tithing yet.

You say, “Well, Brother Jerry, I don’t have

very much money.” I can’t find anywhere in

the Bible where it says, when you get up to a

certain level financially, then start tithing.

God expects you to tithe where you are. You

say, “Well, I only have a little.” Then tithe

10% of it. “Well, I can’t.” Then don’t blame

me if you have financial problems. If you’re

not going to obey God’s Word, then there’s

nothing I can do for you, and there’s nothing

God can do for you.

“Well, we were told we don’t have to

tithe.” Then you were told wrong. “Well, our

church doesn’t believe in tithing.” Then I’d

leave that church because you’ll never prosper

going to that church. You’ve got to start with

tithing, but it doesn’t end there, that’s just the

starting point.

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Bring ye all the tithes into the

storehouse, that there may be meat in

mine house, and prove me now herewith,

saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open

you the windows of heaven, and pour you

out a blessing, that there shall not be

room enough to receive it.

And I will rebuke the devourer for

your sakes, and he shall not destroy the

fruits of your ground; neither shall your

vine cast her fruit before the time in the

field, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:10-11

You might be asking, “Well, where do I

tithe?” God says bring the tithe into the

storehouse. The storehouse is where you’re

fed. That’s where you’re receiving

nourishment and spiritual food. That’s where

you’re receiving revelation knowledge.

You cannot expect financial blessings if

you’re not a tither. So, if you’re praying, “O

God, bless me financially,” and you’re not

tithing, then you’re out of order. You can’t

expect help from God if you’re not a tither.

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God’s not trying to create something that’s

hard for you. What God’s doing is creating

something that will be hard on the devil.

When you tithe, it’s hard on the devil because

now you’ve got this promise: God will

personally rebuke him for your sake. God will

keep him out of your finances.

STEP #2: OFFERINGS

The Bible talks about tithes and offerings.

When you tithe, you haven’t even touched

your money yet. All you did is show God you

can be trusted with His money. God says,

“The tithe is Mine. It is Holy, bring it to Me.”

So, when you tithe, then all you have shown

God is you can be trusted with His money.

But when you give offerings over and

above the tithe, then you’ve shown God you

can be trusted with your money. When God

knows you can be trusted with His money and

you can be trusted with your money, then God

will increase your money exceedingly.

The returns or the harvest that you

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experience in your life will be determined by

the contributions you make to those who have

helped you the most.

The most blessed Christians on this planet

are those who help their instructors fulfill their

vision. I know without a shadow of a doubt

that I can trace the blessings of God on my

life to the fact that for 30 years I have been a

partner with my spiritual father, Kenneth

Copeland. That’s why I’m blessed. I have

been contributing to his vision.

It all started when I first heard him preach

the message that changed my life back in

1969. I didn’t have any money. None. I had

no money to contribute to him, but I wrote

him a letter and I said,

Dear Brother Copeland, your

teaching has absolutely revolutionized my

life. If I had a thousand dollars (that was

as big as I could think), I would give it to

your ministry so that you could go all

over America preaching to other Jerry

Savelles like me who need to hear what

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you preach.

I said,

Sir, I don’t have a thousand dollars. I

don’t even have a hundred dollars. I don’t

even have ten dollars. Sir, I don’t even

have one dollar I can send you.

I said, “But I’m not without seed.” This

was in 1969 and God taught me this when I

was less than three months old in the Lord. I

wrote,

Sir, all I’ve got to sow into your

ministry is my prayer time. I pledge and

promise that I will get up every morning

at 6:00 and spend the first hour of my day

praying for your ministry. That’s all the

seed I’ve got.

And I did it faithfully.

That was all the seed I had. And do you

know what happened? God honored that.

There came a day when I was able to walk up

to him and hand him a thousand dollars.

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Praise God. When I handed him that thousand

dollars, I looked him in the eye and I said,

“Sir, there will come a time when I’ll give you

ten thousand.”

I walked away thinking, Dear God, ten

thousand! But God honored that and there

came a day when I walked up to him, and I

handed him the check for ten thousand. What

am I doing? I’m honoring my father. I’m

honoring my instructors. I’m honoring those

who have impacted my life the most.

Consequently, I am a very blessed man.

Kenneth Copeland, Oral Roberts, and

Kenneth Hagin know they can count on my

support forever, and I attribute the blessings

of God on my life to the fact that I have

honored my fathers for 30 years. I will not

forget them. I am what I am today because of

the impartation they made in me when I was a

nobody. When Jerry Savelle couldn’t even get

out of town, much less go to the world, they

believed in me. They imparted into me. They

taught me. Kenneth Copeland took me in like

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a son and raised me on the Gospel. I am not

going to forget that man. I am not going to lay

his vision aside just because I have my own

vision.

Invest Into Your Fathers

For though ye have ten thousand

instructors in Christ, yet have ye not

many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have

begotten you through the gospel.

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers

of me.

1 Corinthians 4:15-16

You might hear ten thousand preachers,

but not all of them will be your fathers. Well,

how do you know a father? This is someone

who has invested into your life over a long

period of time and has faithfully instructed

you in the Word of God.

There are many preachers who may have

a lot of charisma. They may have a large

crowd, but if they never sow spiritual truths

into your life, then they’re not your fathers.

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And yet, the Body of Christ, by and large, is

more attracted to instructors than they are

fathers. There is a greater attraction to the guy

who comes in one time, stirs up a lot of

excitement, and has a lot of charisma than

there is to a father.

Brother Lester Sumrall told me years ago,

“Everywhere you go, plant something. Leave

something behind. If it’s nothing but tapes and

books, leave something behind so that the

people can grow.” That’s wisdom.

The Honorable Thing to Do

For it is written in the law of Moses,

Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox

that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take

care for oxen?

Or saith he it altogether for our

sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is

written: that he that ploweth should plow

in hope; and that he that thresheth in

hope should be partaker of his hope.

If we have sown unto you spiritual

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things, is it a great thing if we shall reap

your carnal things?

1 Corinthians 9:9-11

The Amplified says verse 11 this way,

If we have sown [the seed

of]spiritual good among you, [is it too]

much if we reap from your material

benefits?

In other words, Paul is saying it is not

unreasonable for me to ask you to sow back

into my ministry, to reciprocate. I’m sowing

spiritual things into your lives, now you sow

material things (finances) back into this

ministry. In reality, it’s what you should do.

Verse 12 says, “If others be partakers of

this power over you, are not we rather?”

What does that mean? In other words, if

you’re going to support people that just come

through but don’t help in your discipleship, if

you’re going to sow into them, shouldn’t we

expect you to sow into us since we’re the ones

who first brought you the truth? We’re the

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ones who are fathering you. The Amplified

says, “If others share in this rightful claim

upon you, do not we [have a still better and

greater claim]?” But then Paul says in verse

12, “However, we have never exercised this

right.”

The Amplified says,

We have never exercised this right,

but we endure everything rather than put

a hindrance in the way [of the spread] of

the good news (the Gospel) of Christ.

He’s saying, the reason I’ve never

exercised this right over you is because I

didn’t want to burden you. We have never

asked you for anything. We’ve been willing to

do all the sowing, but in reality, I’m entitled to

expect you to sow back into my life’s work.

If I keep doing all the sowing and you

don’t reciprocate, then you will always be

limited. I won’t be limited, but you will. So, if

we have sown the seed of spiritual good, then

it’s not too much for me to ask of you to sow

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back in material things. Isn’t that what Paul is

saying?

Render therefore to all their dues:

tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to

whom custom; fear to whom fear; and

honour to whom honour.

Romans 13:7

It is scriptural law to honor those in whom

honor is due. God expects you to honor those

who have labored the most, planted in your

life the most and have made the greatest

impact in your life. Honor those people. The

law of reciprocity opens the door to greater

blessings in your life.

When somebody does something good for

you, turn around and do something good back

to them. When somebody blesses you, bless

them. When somebody says a kind word to

you when you are discouraged, then, when

they’re discouraged, give back a kind word.

That’s the law of reciprocity.

I thank my God upon every

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remembrance of you, Always in every

prayer of mine for you all making request

with joy, For your fellowship in the

gospel from the first day until now.

Philippians 1:3-5

This was a partner letter from Paul. These

people were begotten through his ministry.

They had received instruction from Paul over

a long period of time.

[I thank my God] for your fellowship

(your sympathetic cooperation and

contributions and partnership) in

advancing the good news (the Gospel)

from the first day [you heard it] until

now.

Philippians 1:5 The Amplified Bible

And you Philippians yourselves well

know that in the early days of the Gospel

ministry, when I left Macedonia, no

church (assembly) entered into

partnership with me...

Philippians 4:15 The Amplified Bible

That’s a very sad scripture to me. Of all

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the churches Paul established and all the

churches Paul imparted into, only this one was

his partner.

Another sad verse is from the writings of

the apostle Paul at his death. Just imagine for

a moment, sitting under the ministry of the

apostle Paul. This is the most powerful man in

the Gospel of his day. This man wrote two-

thirds of the New Testament. But at his death

he makes this statement, “Only Luke is with

me.” Everyone else had left him.

Where were all those people who were

healed? Where were all those people who

experienced miracles? Where were all those

people who grew up and became strong in the

Lord? Where were they? They thought just

like the Body of Christ thinks today,

Preachers are a dime a dozen. Show us the

latest. Bring us the newest. Give us the one

with the most charisma. What about your

fathers? What about those who have invested

the most?

These are serious things, folks, and if the

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Body of Christ doesn’t wake up to this and get

a revelation of it, they’ll never experience the

fullness of God’s blessings. A revelation of

this will move you into a realm of financial

blessing that you have never experienced

before when you honor those who have

invested the most into your life.

But my God shall supply all your

need according to his riches in glory by

Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19

This verse isn’t for just anybody. He was

only saying this to those who had

communicated with him in giving and

receiving and were in partnership with him.

This verse is for every person who will do

what those Philippians did. Honor your

fathers. Honor the ones who have imparted

the most into your life.

The quickest way for you to achieve your

goals is to help your fathers achieve theirs.

The quickest way for your vision to come to

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pass is to help your fathers fulfill their vision.

Biblical partnership will change your

financial status and will bring you into a place

of the greatest blessings you’ve ever known.

Don’t overlook this powerful truth from

God’s Word. Now that you’ve seen it, begin

to practice it. Remember, it’s the doer of the

Word who is blessed in his or her deeds.

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OTHER BOOKS BY JERRY SAVELLE:

Take Charge of Your Financial Destiny

From Devastation To Restoration

Walking In Divine Favor

Turning Your Dreams Into Reality

Turning Your Adversity Into Victory

Honoring Your Heritage Of Faith

Don’t Let Go Of Your Dreams

Faith Building Daily Devotionals

The Force Of Joy

If Satan Can’t Steal Your Joy,

He Can’t Keep Your Goods

A Right Mental Attitude

The Nature Of Faith

The Established Heart

Sharing Jesus Effectively

How to Overcome Financial Famine

You’re Somebody Special To God

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Document Outline

- Biblical Partnership

- Special Dedication

- 1 Biblical Partnership: God’s Way to Financial Increase

- How to Fulfill Your Vision

- Share All Good Things With Your Teachers

- How to Get God Involved in Your Finances

- STEP #1: TITHING

- STEP #2: OFFERINGS

- Invest Into Your Fathers

- The Honorable Thing to Do

- Partnership Benefits

- Other Books by Jerry Savelle:

Table of Contents

Biblical Partnership

Special Dedication

1 Biblical Partnership: God’s Way to Financial Increase

Share All Good Things With Your Teachers

How to Get God Involved in Your Finances

STEP #2: OFFERINGS

Invest Into Your Fathers

The Honorable Thing to Do

Partnership Benefits

Other Books by Jerry Savelle: