I wonder what God considers rich? I don't consider myself rich in this day and age but in the beginning i would be so rich.
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That verse describes how difficult it is for rich men to turn AWAY from the worship of money - you cannot have two masters, you cannot have God and money as your masters. You can only have one master:\n\nMatthew 6:24 - "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."\n\nThe thing is, back then, the reason men got rich is because they store up treasures on earth for themselves instead of storing up treasures in Heaven for themselves. If you put the money into use in order to expand the kingdom of God, then you are accumulating treasures in Heaven for yourself. If you deliberately keep back the money so to use it for your own luxury, your own comfort, then you show who you worship.\n\nYou can be rich from a high rate of income, but you should not be rich from hoarding treasures for yourself on earth.
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In the bible it says its harder for a rich man to enter heaven than a poor man.  But i think if you are faithful to the Lord he will provide you with the desires of your heart.  God Bless!!
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Well, I can see how you would believe that, but I have an inside track on something that has nothing to do with money.  I've felt the hand of God in my life.  I'm poor.  I've seen His miracles touch the lives of those around me.  I've heard His voice call to me from a distance and heard His voice whisper to me from close to me.  I know there is a God because I have felt Him in the inner most part of my being.  Doesn't matter who does what with money.  I have no money (save the less than $100 in my checking account), and I can still testify to the fact that there is a God that cares for me regardless of any business side to any religion.
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i havent read the Bible, so i cant confirm/deny what it says...but if i wanted to get to heaven just to have a mansion, i need to check myself. thats gonna p*ss God off....we want to get to heaven to be with Him...not to have material goods
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I no longer give power to others by allowing them to determine my worth. I have a conscious contact with God, and pray for his will. Any queastions I have about my life, faith, relationships, Christians, etc.....all I have to do is ask God directly, and he provides the answers.
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i have actually thought some of those things myself. I do feel selfish sometimes when it slips out when i ask God for petty things. i try to remember that God already knows what i need so theres no point in asking;   but i always pray for all the Mom's and babies in the world every day. and i always thank God for everything he has given me and my family. I hope that makes sense. I try to keep my prayers beyond winning the game etc. but i commonly ask God just to 'help' me or others just in general if they just need a boost.
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u speak this way bcs u are not rich and don't think u can become. \nyes i want to be rich!\ni want to have best life and for that u need money! lots of money!!!!\ni also want to do many good things with the money, like help in Africa, like support poor people and help them get up on there feet. \nit's true we are just visitors and with money we can only buy material things which we cant take with us, and still, now I'm here and as long as I'm here i want the best i can get and give for me and for as many people as possible.
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From a rich relative.... if you haven't any.... good luck.\nlol
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Happiness does not rely on possesions...I have been material and now I am on a very limited income.  I am greatful that I can keep a roof over my familys head, we eat well and my bills are paid!  I am happy with that.  I  use a bus, a car would be nice but I manage without it.  I foun d that by focusing on what I have I am much more positive about things.  When I was first unable to work all I could think about was what I couldnt have and I was very unhappy.  Now I thank the Gods for my priviledges, which are many compared to some...;
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THAT'S GOOD...\n  you don't ask GOD for money, you have to work for it....\n\n  GOD don't give what your wants, but HE provide your needs!!!!
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Spell work is a very private thing,  and being that you are not a "proper person" having not been intitated into the mysteries, I am not at liberty to discuss such a thing with you. But I can tell you  I don't ask for money, because I don't NEED to be "super rich. " I think the super-consumer lifestyle is a detriment to environment as well as to the human condition.  Materialism is an obsession that causes you to think only about yourself, what you wear, what you own, what you can buy.  You are so busy obsessing over the next fad or frenzy that you never take the time to look inward, to meditate, to experience true happiness drawn from the spiritual, not from the physical.  Power comes from within, all living beings possess it.  Witchcraft teaches you to direct that power to achieve goals. not everyone's goal is to be rich...You may think that is is hogwash, but I can assure you that it is not.  I haven't the folly to deny my own senses.
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As a believer in the Jesus, then you know that he loves those who help themselves.  You must also understand that what your friends have most likely is not what you need now in your life.  God knows what ye have need of and he will supply it.\n\nWhen I was young and my husband and I only had each other, we felt much the same way as you did.  We didnt have anything he was going to school, and money was not something we had any off.  So, one day we decided to change our thought.  To start doing that which was fun for us.  We managed to find those little things that helped us through the hard times, listening to music together, getting to know our neighbors more, and when our son came along, we dicide that it was just our little family and it would be the best family we could ever imagine.  \n\nJoy comes in small steps, but the first and formost step is always....Graditude for that which you have.\n\nWe also stopped all debt.  We cancelled all credit cards and went on a cash bases.  It was darn hard, but because we knew what our values where, and that we would not let the events determine our happiness or success we mangaed through it, reminding ourselves very often how much we had, and the baby certainly brought in a new perspective.  \n\nGet closer to each other, get close with those friends you like.  And rejoice for a new life is about to come into the world and Christ will be present at all your sides.
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When you are talking financial struggle you are talking about earthly goods. We make our own noose around our necks by thinking that we can have what we want when we want it and then the credit card bills arrive. Jesus said "accept ye become as little children, ye shall not enter the Kingdom of heaven" He was talking about childlike faith in Him. He also said "do not pile up things here on earth where moth and rust doth corrupt, rather look to the treasures that you can gather in heaven. You are being taught a lesson, perhaps the hard way, but you have already realised that earthly goods will bring you to your knees financially. God isn't giving you the trials friend, you have created the trials yourselves. Don't become hopeless, become faithful instead. Ask Him for His help and mean it!\nTip: cut up the credit cards! Thinking of you - Kay
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Would rather go to heaven.\nToo much money, I presume makes ones life not truly happy, too many people likes to meet you like you or try to meet you and you end up having no time for yourself nor your family anymore. There's not a total peace of mind either for you're always watching out your back who's a real friend or whose only after your wealth, makes you paranoid sometimes! So, if you don't know how to deal the kind of wealth Mr. Bill Gates have, you end up being eccentric as well as unhappy deep within you! Did you also notice people who have too much money kind of weird? \nBetter be an average person who lives life comfortably as well as having peace of mind at the end of the day.
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Hi, \n\nFantastic Idea, I WOULD BE RICH!!\n\nCheers!!
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Prosperity can take many forms, Sadly, in a world driven by material gain it is usually convieniently misinterpreted to refer to cold hard cash. It provides those who preach it with an even more convienient excuse for thier own focus on the accumulation of wealth.\n\nMatthew 6:\n 24"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
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It was spoken about people who love money more than god. For them the money comes between them and God. It's fine to have riches on earth as long as they are not your first love.