Christianity & Financial Prosperity

Have you heard this issue phrased this way before? It’s almost as if they are supposed to be polar opposites. “Hey, I’m poor but I’m holy!” or “If your wealthy then you’re not truly devoted to Christ.” These types of comments couldn’t be any further from the truth of God’s Word. The way it should be said is God’s plan is for us to experience prosperity with a purpose!

For many people the debate of whether prosperity can be intertwined with our faith and devotion to Christ has been determined by our upbringing. Perhaps you have belonged to a church that preached that the two had no common ground and it was wrong to desire financial prosperity in your life. Or maybe you have been part of a ministry that went to the extreme opposite end on the issue, claiming that there must be sin or other issues going on in your life if you weren’t prospering financially. Biblically speaking, both of these perspectives are off base and need to be addressed with sound financial doctrine.

For this reason I will be starting a blog series called Financial Faith. Hopefully this series helps answer the questions you have regarding God’s perspective on His people being prosperous in their life on earth, principles for achieving His financial will for your life, and methods for putting everything into practice. We’re talking about financial doctrine here, so prepare yourself to grow and be challenged in your financial faith! If you have specific questions you would like addressed in this series, you can send an anonymous comment or a private e-mail at gabe@moneytalkwithgabe.com, and I’ll do my best to address and answer each one as part of the series.