Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

In Osteen’s prosperity-oriented preaching, “prospering” is often framed as a holistic condition rather than a bank balance. The line emphasizes that flourishing can mean health, peace of mind, strong relationships, purpose, and spiritual well-being—forms of “increase” that may or may not coincide with financial gain. It also works as a corrective to a common caricature of prosperity teaching as purely materialistic: the speaker distinguishes inner abundance and life satisfaction from wealth. Read this way, the quote encourages measuring success by wholeness and gratitude, not by income alone, while still leaving room for material improvement as one possible (but not defining) aspect of a “blessed” life.