The PROSPERITY gospel teaches that God wants Christians to be prosperous financially, physically, spiritually, and in every other aspect of life. Could anything be more opposite to the teachings of the Bible than this! To say that material possessions, riches, health, and worldly wealth are promises from God is to completely discount the ultimate sacrifice that Christ made. Christ is our promise, not wealth, health, or success here on earth. When we turn our focus away from sharing the Gospel message and promote the promise of prosperity in health and worldly wealth, we are clearly forgetting the purpose of the Gospel. Jesus said if we want to be his disciples, we must to take up our cross daily and follow him. The phrase take up your cross means that you will face suffering in this life. Being a follower of Christ isn’t well taken in a world that is full of sin. There will be difficult times for everyone – that’s a reality. The prosperity gospel and biblical rebuttal: 1. God wants you to always have great relationships: Jesus’ family disowned him, his friends abandoned him, Judas betrayed him and the crowds screamed Crucify him. Jesus appears to have had occasional relational strains. 2. God doesn’t want you to have pain. Did Jesus ever suffer pain? He was beaten, whipped, and crucified – one of the most excruciating ways to die. 3. God doesn’t want you to be a victim, but a victor. Jesus was a victim: false accusations, false witnesses, trials, condemnation, an execution. Sounds like Jesus was victimized, doesn’t it? 4. If you really trust God, you won’t have anything to worry about and you won’t have any anxiety. Remember the Garden of Gethsemane? Jesus was stressed to the point of sweating blood. I'll leave you to pray on one of the most powerful verses that help us to understand the role of wealth and contentment in our lives found in 1 Timothy 6:6-9: “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful
Dear Lord, Your children on the Prayer Wall don't know who or what will cross their path today. But they do know that You are their Rock and their Fortress. You are their Shield and their Strong Tower. Help them to anchor themselves to You today. Teach them how to stand strong in You and choose only Your way today. Help them walk by Your truth and not their feelings. Thank You that You love each and every one of them and nothing can ever take that away from them! Even if they fail today and fall short, You whisper Your unconditional love deep into their soul and remind them that Your mercies are new every morning. Lord help them to remember that nothing is going to happen to any one of them today that You and they together can't handle. In the Name above all other names, Amen. . When others fail to love you, just remember no one loves you like Jesus. He knows the real you and loves you even with what he knows about you. That is true love! ❤️ https://youtu.be/-KicvBB2L68
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