Post by Prayer Adminstrator on Oct 7, 2015 11:37:15 GMT
Scripture: "Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven." Matthew 6:20
Reading about Stanley Tam was very inspiring. The principles he lived by are not common. As a high school teacher I have taught US History and remember reading about some of the great philanthropist that made America great, but today was the first day that I've read about a Christian who lived by these same principles of giving away more than he kept. As I was reading about Stanley Tam I simultaneously was thinking about The Preachers of LA. Stanley Tam says "A man can eat only one meal at a time, wear one suit of clothes at a time, drive only one care at a time. All this I have. Isn't that enough?" I have over the years heard people make this statement in one form or another. Listening to the Larry Burkett program, I've heard people's concern about purchasing a new car as apposed to a certified used car because of depreciation, they wanted to be a good steward of the finances God had given them. In today's world that seems so extreme.
My faith was stretched as I read "The same God that help George Muller raise tens of millions of dollars is the same God who helped Stanley Tam give away tens of millions of dollars!" and "He's the same God who can accomplish the plans and purposes He has put in your heart. If it's God-ordained, it's inevitable." My faith is challenged, because I yet struggle with the spirit of poverty, this spirit hinders my faith. I am a reflection of one of the paragraphs that says "the mistake we make in reading history, whether Biblical history or history in general, is thinking that those who lived before us where different from us." But I need to pray the price..."the Bible is a book to be believed (and after that to be obeyed)."
I am going to pray the price, I am going to increase my faith. This means intentionally reading about other people of God, who overcame this spirit, praying and asking God to show me how. How do I know it is a spirit of poverty you may ask? I never once in my life thought I would ever make this much money. I never thought I would ever have a bachelor's degree, let alone two masters degrees. Yet I still struggle financially, when I look at what comes in and what goes out, I don't get it. We had more left over when we made less...this is how I am able to identify the spirit of poverty, but this is not God's plan for my life. I tithe my money and my time. "I will prosper as my soul prospers" I am going to walk through this place...I know this spirit of poverty has been passed on from generation to generation, but God is going to give me the strategy to break this spirit off of my family, as He has given me strategies in the past to break off generational curses...He is the same God!!! Hallelujah
Roberta
Closing Thoughts: What we keep we ultimately lose; what we give away we ultimately get back.
Reading about Stanley Tam was very inspiring. The principles he lived by are not common. As a high school teacher I have taught US History and remember reading about some of the great philanthropist that made America great, but today was the first day that I've read about a Christian who lived by these same principles of giving away more than he kept. As I was reading about Stanley Tam I simultaneously was thinking about The Preachers of LA. Stanley Tam says "A man can eat only one meal at a time, wear one suit of clothes at a time, drive only one care at a time. All this I have. Isn't that enough?" I have over the years heard people make this statement in one form or another. Listening to the Larry Burkett program, I've heard people's concern about purchasing a new car as apposed to a certified used car because of depreciation, they wanted to be a good steward of the finances God had given them. In today's world that seems so extreme.
My faith was stretched as I read "The same God that help George Muller raise tens of millions of dollars is the same God who helped Stanley Tam give away tens of millions of dollars!" and "He's the same God who can accomplish the plans and purposes He has put in your heart. If it's God-ordained, it's inevitable." My faith is challenged, because I yet struggle with the spirit of poverty, this spirit hinders my faith. I am a reflection of one of the paragraphs that says "the mistake we make in reading history, whether Biblical history or history in general, is thinking that those who lived before us where different from us." But I need to pray the price..."the Bible is a book to be believed (and after that to be obeyed)."
I am going to pray the price, I am going to increase my faith. This means intentionally reading about other people of God, who overcame this spirit, praying and asking God to show me how. How do I know it is a spirit of poverty you may ask? I never once in my life thought I would ever make this much money. I never thought I would ever have a bachelor's degree, let alone two masters degrees. Yet I still struggle financially, when I look at what comes in and what goes out, I don't get it. We had more left over when we made less...this is how I am able to identify the spirit of poverty, but this is not God's plan for my life. I tithe my money and my time. "I will prosper as my soul prospers" I am going to walk through this place...I know this spirit of poverty has been passed on from generation to generation, but God is going to give me the strategy to break this spirit off of my family, as He has given me strategies in the past to break off generational curses...He is the same God!!! Hallelujah
Roberta
Closing Thoughts: What we keep we ultimately lose; what we give away we ultimately get back.