What you believe about God and your money will determine how you pray and what you believe Him for. You say, \u2018But money is the root of all evil.\u2019 No, the Bible says, \u2018The love<\/b> of money is the root of all evil.\u2019<\/i> (1 Timothy 6:10 KJV) That means if you\u2019re a miser, God won\u2019t give you more. <\/p>\n
\u2018But haven\u2019t some preachers used the Bible to enrich themselves?\u2019 you ask. Absolutely\u2014and you wouldn\u2019t want to stand in their shoes when they answer to God! But don\u2019t throw the baby out with the bathwater. The best way to tell if a fifty-dollar note is counterfeit is to place it beside a genuine one. <\/p>\n
So here\u2019s the question: are you looking for a reason to doubt God\u2019s promises, or a reason to believe them? The Bible says, \u2018No good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 84:11 NIV) We all agree that providing for your family, getting a promotion, educating your children, and meeting other people\u2019s needs are all \u2018good\u2019 things. <\/p>\n
So when you \u2018do what is right\u2019 before God, you can expect Him to bless you\u2014though it may not always be in the way you expect. John wrote, \u2018Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.\u2019<\/i> (3 John 1:2 NKJV) <\/p>\n
Only when our children reach maturity and demonstrate responsibility do we entrust them with the keys to the family car, right? So maturity must precede prosperity. When you demonstrate maturity, you can go to God with confidence, knowing He\u2019ll meet your needs and bless you. Which raises the question: are you growing and maturing spiritually?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What you believe about God and your money will determine how you pray and what you believe Him for. You say, \u2018But money is the root of all evil.\u2019 No, the Bible says, \u2018The love of money is the root of all evil.\u2019 (1 Timothy 6:10 KJV) That means if you\u2019re a miser, God won\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}