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"Give me neither poverty nor riches— He prays that he may be kept from every condition of life that would be a temptation to him. Poverty is a great temptation. Poverty leads people to commit atrocities.
Everyone who aspires to be rich and enjoys rest should pray this prayer that God should take away from their flesh all corrupt principles, practices, and affections, from error and mistake, which are at the bottom of all sin, from the love of the world and the things of it, which are all vanity and a lie.
Before we begin to search for riches through any vocation it is expedient that we first sort God for wisdom. Before we go into labor for wealth we must first seek the favor of God.
Every other means of getting rich apart from God's way will land men in trouble. Trusting In the lord is key to having sustainable riches.
The fear of God is the beginning of living an honest and godly life. It is the beginning of honest business dealings it is the beginning of service with loyalty and honesty.
The first way by which you can walk in God's kind of love is to accept that God loves you regardless of how men treat you
The kind of love that will not allow someone to do anything to hurt others or a system by stealing from them is genuine love. Not selfish but kind. Not self-promoting but helping others to do well.
An act of stealing proceeds from the heart but when the heart is occupied with the right attitude to work the space for theft-related thought will not be available.
to be contented is a state of being happy with your present financial status and being hopeful that things shall surely get better.
Gratitude shifts your mindset from what you don't have to what you have and others don't have.
claiming an office item was lost for you to turn it to personal use and collect another one for official purpose is an act of theft.
It is annoying to discover that employees who should have the interest of the company at heart and do everything to protect it from losses are the ones stealing consumable items from the organization.
overbilling customers through a payment system is another way of stealing.
Hiking the selling price of commodities or overcharging for services rendered is a form of stealing.
When someone begins to feel deprived financially. He will steal if the opportunity comes. When anyone begins to think that what they should own is what others have in their possession. When anyone begins to think it's their right to be in a state of affluence that others are, then they begin to open the door of their heart to the evil of theft.
Sometimes most people who assume they are making money the right way are stealing from others but because they are used to the style they assume that's a legitimate way of making money.
Don't make bogus vows in times of distress.
Vows are good but we need to be careful of how we apply them in prayer, especially in times of distress.
Many are struggling financially today because of their inability to redeem the vow that they have made to God or a man who had been of help to them in the season of their trials.
Many today pay tax, pay landlords, pay for electricity, pay food, pay toll, pay internet, and lots more but refuse to give God what He deserves.
Most of the fear we have is what eventually attracted greater evil to us. Losing money to a business or losing a job is not the end but the end will come when we begin to exercise fear of what tomorrow will bring because of the loss.
At every point in life, some things will cause fear but there is a peace that comes when we realize that our fear cannot and will not solve the problem.
There are stories of beautiful and wealthy women who enter the trap of scammers by sending their nude pictures to young boys online because they think they are both in love.
The first thing anyone who desires to be rich should seek and pray for is wisdom. He should labor to have wisdom first because the quality of wisdom at his disposal will determine the longevity of riches in his hand.
Whatever we are privileged to have and whatever position God allows us to rise to in life we should always remember to be of help and not oppress those who are lower in opportunity and standard and look up to us in one area or the other. This will keep God's blessing and increase flow in our direction.
When you stand against an opportunity that will help other people's lives just because it's not favorable to you, you are oppressing the poor.
When you stand against an opportunity that will help other people's lives just because it's not favorable to you, you are robbing the poor.
To every resource that God brings or will bring your way, there is a portion for the poor in it. God already makes provision for the poor within the financial resources allowed to come into your hands.
Gain is good but when it is in excess because of greed it becomes a means of oppression.
To underpay those who deserve better pay is to rob the poor.
When you hired people to work for you either temporarily or long term but you keep denying them their salary or wages at the appointed time. You are robbing the poor and oppressing the afflicted.
When those who suppose to protect the helpless become the oppressor there will be no hope for life among the lowly.
Those who know by experience miseries of poverty should be compassionate to those who suffer the like.
A poor man who oppresses the poor Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.
That a person is rich today does not equal being rich every day. There is no permanent worldly rich man. Riches do diminish. It can reduce in value due to certain things
Thoroughly understanding your business and also your assignment in that business or vocation is very important to your success in that business or vocation.
Starting a business to make money is not good enough. Knowing the ways of that business will do you a whole lot of favor in the long run.
Lack of a solid financial base can end a family that has a bright future. Financial glitches in marriage can lead to divorce. No one should think marriage is an escape route from poverty. It can eventually become a highway to perpetual lack.
There is a temptation to spend on personal life immediately cash begins to flow from your vocation. It's normal but this feeling must be tamed if not it won't allow the best of that vocation to unfold.
"Prepare your work without" refers to giving attention to your vocation and thoroughly doing the work required to make your vocation stand.
Setting priority to live is key to financial growth and sustainment.
"Boast not yourself of tomorrow" is a caution against the presumption in the coming days. It does not mean we should not plan for the coming days.
if anyone will do well tomorrow he has to consider seeing tomorrow from the eyes of the one who had created tomorrow.
How to work with difficult bosses successfully.
Serving your superiors should not be an eye or lip service game. Though cruel bosses love those who do eye services, godly superiors, see through your act into your heart.
Those who cannot submit to a superior but long to be superior will not last. Serving your superior when it is convenient and not convenient is a seed that will produce fruit of honour.
The fig tree in the proverb represents all forms of vocation that we can be doing right now. it takes a fig tree between 3 to 5 years before it starts fruiting. The same goes for any vocation we are or might be thinking of starting.
Most of those who learn to be generous early in life especially when they have little will not have problems with contentment as their wealth increases.