Anyways they just can't seem to grasp that God never guaranteed wealth in this world.
malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,
and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts,
if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
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And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
deut 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God:
for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
2 cor 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
3 john 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
since i have thighed my income has doubled, fear not good people i am not greedy, i have left houses to preach, and reached deaply into my pockets to win souls, proof, is on my site sidewalk Bible school, i built that truck, my hands my money, which God abundantly supplied, ain't my first truck neither, me and the Lord talking right now about another one too. you know what was really disapointing about that truck though, i offered many diffrent churches (diff denominations) the free use of the truck, for there hoods, all they had to do was raise a crew from there assembly, if necessary i would train them, 1 truck could have done 3 services a weekend on the streets, no body wanted it. we did our site though over 400 won that summer, parents even stopped the service to get saved,
one of my pastors even commented i was the most generous man he had met, he wasn't talking about internal stuff, i may very well have been the poorest person in the assembly.
not boasting just tired of people accusing me about being greedy, the majority of those doing the accusing don't even go to church, if you read there posts. i find with holding the tighs to be extreme greed, talk about the love of money, love it so much they don't want to see the gospel go forth. not pointing fingers at this board, just some of them that have booted me off, cause i am a heretic.
Guess what the Holy Spirit told me today, be glad the church and state are seperated within this country, otherwise they would have already set you ablaze thinking they were searving. need a match brothers?? I reminded the Holy Spirit they are already killing us with their words and their pens, but i understand God has a real big pen, with a whole bunch of Books.