Let\u2019s begin by saying it again: what you believe about God and your money will determine what you believe Him for. If the reason you want more is to \u2018keep up with the Joneses\u2019, or brag about what you own, don\u2019t expect God to bless your plans. <\/p>\n
The Bible says, \u2018God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble.\u2019<\/i> (James 4:6 NIV) Humility says, \u2018Lord, everything I have is a gift from You. And everything I\u2019ll ever need comes from You.\u2019 <\/p>\n
Before you ask God for more money, you must know that your heart motive is right. And when you know it is, you can stand on this Scripture: \u2018Whoever sows sparingly will\u2026 reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will\u2026 reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: \u201cThey have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.\u201d Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion.\u2019<\/i> (2 Corinthians 9:6\u201311 NIV) <\/p>\n
Who<\/i> does God give seed to? Sowers\u2014not hoarders. When<\/i> does God multiply your seed? When you sow it to fulfil His<\/i> purposes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s begin by saying it again: what you believe about God and your money will determine what you believe Him for. If the reason you want more is to \u2018keep up with the Joneses\u2019, or brag about what you own, don\u2019t expect God to bless your plans. The Bible says, \u2018God opposes the proud but […]<\/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\/1246"}],"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=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}