You know, the Bible says in Philippians 4:19 that God will
meet your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus,
not according to your need. I have heard it preached that if you
ask God for $100 but need only $20, you’ll probably just get
$10. You won’t find that in the Bible, but God does say:

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of
the land (Isaiah 1:19).

What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have them (Mark 11:24).

…ye have not, because ye ask not (James 4:2).

When you act on the Word of God, the desires of your heart
will begin to grow and line up with God. Then He can cause all
grace to abound toward you (see 2 Corinthians 9:8). The first
step is to get your mind off yourself. Begin to take up the needs
of the Body of Christ as if they were your own. The Word states
very plainly that if a man comes to you needing food and
clothes, don’t just pray for him and send him away cold and
hungry. Feed him and clothe him!

Another thing, God will not just meet your needs according
to your job. Businessmen have come to me and said that these
things work for me only because I am a preacher, but this is
foolishness! I know preachers everywhere it’s not working for.
Some men say, “But I don’t have the opportunity for people to
give to me. I’m not out preaching. They don’t think of me when
they give. I have to work for mine.” Well, if you have more faith
in your job and your own ability to work than you have in the
Word of God, then it definitely won’t work for you. God will
certainly use what is available in your job to bless you or even
get you a better one, but He is not limited to your job unless you
limit Him to it. If you will stop and think for a moment, God
did not make His covenant with a preacher; He made it with a
farmer, a working man named Abram. The Scriptures show that
Abram turned to the Sodomite king and said, “I don’t even want
the string from your sandal because you could say a man made
Abram rich” (see Genesis 14:23). No man made Abraham rich.
God made him rich. Can you see this?

Kenneth Copeland Ministries