Comments on: Ugly Money, Ugly Truth http://www.glennsasscer.com/wordpress/2010/03/03/ugly-money-ugly-truth/ Glenn Sasscer's Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jodster http://www.glennsasscer.com/wordpress/2010/03/03/ugly-money-ugly-truth/#comment-1576 Jodster Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:12:19 +0000 http://www.glennsasscer.com/wordpress/?p=636#comment-1576 but God *does* provide for His people, always, always. Abraham told Isaac not to worry, that God would provide their offering, Jehovah Jireh. King David's Psalm 37 testifies that the righteous are never seen forsaken, nor their children begging for bread. Jesus tells His audience on the Mount that God provides for sparrows and field lilies, and we're not to fret, because He will provide even more so for us. i know, your article is about 'prosper', and i'm speaking of 'provide', but honestly......if the Lord of the Universe loves you and is meeting all your needs, well, that's prosperity, right? can it get any better? thanks for keeping on writing :) but God *does* provide for His people, always, always. Abraham told Isaac not to worry, that God would provide their offering, Jehovah Jireh. King David's Psalm 37 testifies that the righteous are never seen forsaken, nor their children begging for bread. Jesus tells His audience on the Mount that God provides for sparrows and field lilies, and we're not to fret, because He will provide even more so for us. i know, your article is about 'prosper', and i'm speaking of 'provide', but honestly……if the Lord of the Universe loves you and is meeting all your needs, well, that's prosperity, right? can it get any better?
thanks for keeping on writing :)

]]> By: Arlyn Scott http://www.glennsasscer.com/wordpress/2010/03/03/ugly-money-ugly-truth/#comment-1575 Arlyn Scott Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:13:03 +0000 http://www.glennsasscer.com/wordpress/?p=636#comment-1575 What you wrote: “Some folks may not know what I mean when I refer to the prosperity gospel. Simply put, the prosperity gospel is the religious belief centered on the notion that God provides material prosperity for those He favors, and furthermore that believers have the right to these “rich blessings” through their positive confessions of faith, tithes, and offerings.” Interesting. After I reread what the prosperity gospel says………….I would have to agree with you 100%. I believe more (after reading several scriptures on money) and hearing a great line from a great movie (Evan Almighty……I’ll explain that too), that it still comes down to being trusted by God to do what’s right with money. There are so many principles that are based on common sense. If God wants to get the money out there to help people………..common sense says he will bless someone who can handle money responsibly and is willing to use that money to make positive change in the world. It’s the same thing you and I would do if we had $1,000,000 to give away. Do you just give it to anyone? You give it to a responsible charitable person you can trust. If that person continued to do great things with that money, you would continue to bless that person, they would continue to bless people with ‘your’ money and the cycle would continue. There’s also this principle I find works and is based on common sense. If I pray for financial help…….does money from God land in my mailbox? Nope. But am I blessed to have the opportunity to make more money? Yes. And, that opportunity is a choice. If overtime is available at work………..(God’s answer to my financial prayer)………..I can take it or leave it. What do you think will happen if I leave it? Same thing you would do if a family member was in need of $$.........you have a job they can do…..and they say “nope…..I’ll wait for something better….no thanks.” Guess what. Think you’re going to offer them work anymore? Nope. Will God keep offering the blessings for someone who doesn’t want to work for them? Nope. I would be willing to bet that if I prayed for help…..God offered it (with available work)….and I turned it down, the work would go away and His answer would be “well, I guess go ask someone else for help”. Actually, I don’t pray for financial help. I pray mainly to stay healthy so I can work my tail off. I believe God offers the opportunity to prosper to people He believes will be responsible and giving. Again, common sense….why would He give it to anyone else? The ‘opportunity’ thing is from Evan Almighty. Ex: If you pray for bravery………does God make you brave or give you the opportunity to be brave. If you pray for a closer family……..does he fix your family for you or give you opportunities to bring your family closer together. An opportunity is still a choice. Just like following God is a choice. Anyways………good article. What you wrote: “Some folks may not know what I mean when I refer to the prosperity gospel. Simply put, the prosperity gospel is the religious belief centered on the notion that God provides material prosperity for those He favors, and furthermore that believers have the right to these “rich blessings” through their positive confessions of faith, tithes, and offerings.”

Interesting. After I reread what the prosperity gospel says………….I would have to agree with you 100%.

I believe more (after reading several scriptures on money) and hearing a great line from a great movie (Evan Almighty……I’ll explain that too), that it still comes down to being trusted by God to do what’s right with money. There are so many principles that are based on common sense. If God wants to get the money out there to help people………..common sense says he will bless someone who can handle money responsibly and is willing to use that money to make positive change in the world. It’s the same thing you and I would do if we had $1,000,000 to give away. Do you just give it to anyone? You give it to a responsible charitable person you can trust. If that person continued to do great things with that money, you would continue to bless that person, they would continue to bless people with ‘your’ money and the cycle would continue.

There’s also this principle I find works and is based on common sense. If I pray for financial help…….does money from God land in my mailbox? Nope. But am I blessed to have the opportunity to make more money? Yes. And, that opportunity is a choice. If overtime is available at work………..(God’s answer to my financial prayer)………..I can take it or leave it. What do you think will happen if I leave it? Same thing you would do if a family member was in need of $$………you have a job they can do…..and they say “nope…..I’ll wait for something better….no thanks.” Guess what. Think you’re going to offer them work anymore? Nope. Will God keep offering the blessings for someone who doesn’t want to work for them? Nope. I would be willing to bet that if I prayed for help…..God offered it (with available work)….and I turned it down, the work would go away and His answer would be “well, I guess go ask someone else for help”. Actually, I don’t pray for financial help. I pray mainly to stay healthy so I can work my tail off.

I believe God offers the opportunity to prosper to people He believes will be responsible and giving. Again, common sense….why would He give it to anyone else? The ‘opportunity’ thing is from Evan Almighty. Ex: If you pray for bravery………does God make you brave or give you the opportunity to be brave. If you pray for a closer family……..does he fix your family for you or give you opportunities to bring your family closer together. An opportunity is still a choice. Just like following God is a choice.

Anyways………good article.

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