Posted on 06/07/2014 10:10:30 AM PDT by Gamecock
God has no obligation to make us rich. We are allowed to, sometimes. Sometimes we are not. Our job is to follow God where He leads, and let the rest stay in His hands:
"19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." - Jesus Christ
We are not promised riches, and we are told not to seek them. As Jesus said just a moment earlier:
Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Notice where Jesus tells us to pray for wealth? Me neither...
The Blab it and Grab It Preachers....claim that one can “demand” that God give them this that or the other thing and he will...
all if allegedly requires is faith...with no mention of ...yes... Work.
How does that work for them? Sounds like the old saw: God grant me serenity, and I want it now.
The Power of Persuasion seems to overcome both reason and repeated experience with such people.
Name it and claim it....so “”when your check clears the bank you will HAVE your “Miracle””
Remember this?
Joel Olsteen Joins With Catholics To Convert Confused Protestants
::groan::
Smiley grins up The Vatican
Osteen is the biggest phony in preaching. He has never been to a seminary and has no credentials whatsover that qualifies him to be called a pastor. The pope is making a mockery of the church. He should run those hand-waving holy roller “catholics” out the Vatican along with grinning Osteen.
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
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