This ‘prosperity’ gospel is a problem in todays churches. I’m sure (and have seen) folks trying to make it happen by living beyond their means and hoping God will provide.
This is a distortion of the true gospel. We aren’t promised everything we ‘WANT’. But we convince ourselves that these ‘wants’ of ours are actual ‘needs’.
I do think it’s a shame that preachers and the church get blasted so much on this issue because of a few who stretch it out of proportion to gain followers. It’s not as bad as one would read in the media and through heresay.
The health n’ wealth crowd do get a disproportionate share of attention. It’s kinda like when you’re driving out on the road, you pass a thousand motorists who are driving fine, not doing anything foolish, then you pass one guy who’s driving like a maniac - he’s the one guy out of a thousand that you notice.
Most churches are doing their best to serve God in a fallen world, then you have one church that teaches it’s members they can believe their way to being millionaires - and that’s the church that gets noticed.
I attend church regularlly and have never heard the "prosperity gospel" preached in church. That's primarily preached by tv preachers who own thier own private jets.
There may be a good tv preacher out there some where but I don't have the time or inclination to weed them out, as a result I never watch any of them.