I LOVE this from today's "From Faith To Faith" by Gloria Copeland!
Priorities of Prosperity
No man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24
God isn’t against your having
money. He’s against money having you. He’s against your making it your priority
and putting your trust in it instead of in Him.
Why? Because He knows money makes
a lousy god. Its power is limited. It will only buy so much. It will only go so
far.
If you need healing from an
incurable disease, money won’t help you at all. If your family is falling
apart, money won’t mend it. But if you’ll seek God first, His prosperity will
reach into every area of your life.
God is so generous that He
desires you to have the best on this earth, just as you desire the best for
your children. His plan is for you to have all of your needs met
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Get in on that plan by
keeping your priorities straight. Seek Him first and His
righteousness.
Make pleasing God your No. 1
priority. Set your eyes on Him above all else and all these things will be
added to you.
AMEN! I have heard so many disparaging remarks about 'prosperity preaching' but THIS and what JESUS said in the Word of God show us exactly how HE feels about the subject! Look at John 10:10 and 3 John 2:
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it [overflows).
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.
Amen! Remember: Make pleasing God your No. 1 priority. Set your eyes on Him above all else and all these things will be added to you. Here is Hillsong with "You Are Life":
Shalom in Him!
