Jesus tells us in Mark 4:19 that the cares of this world choke the word and make it unfruitful! We certainly don’t want that! And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. – Mar 4:19 KJV Cares: merimna (G3308) — care, anxiety, to be drawn in different directions Blue Letter Bible What Are the Cares of This World? The cares of this…
Who would love to see naive Christians send all of their resources off to strangers in foreign lands while they neglect the neighbors (and their own households) in close proximity?
In God we trust! 2 Corinthians 8:9 says that Jesus became poor so that through His poverty we may be made rich! That’s not the prosperity gospel. Just the FULL gospel! What this country was founded upon! Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty!
When we delight ourselves in the Lord, He gives us the desires of our hearts. This foundational truth is also relevant when it comes to where to give tithes and offerings. You will want to give where God is leading and guiding you as long as you are seeking Him.
When I was born again in 2008, the love of God was almost overwhelming. As an adult, I had only been to church pretty much as a CEO: Christmas and Easter Only. I certainly had no idea that Jesus literally meant what He said in Mark 11:24, “Whatever things you desire, believe you have received them when you pray, and you shall have them.” Later, I started attending a church, and I did become focused on trying so hard to…