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Can I ask God to give me a lot of money?
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If your business blesses others and doesn't offer anything that is sinful - like a store that sells porno on the side as an example - then certainly pray for customers to come, and for creative business ideas, protection and guidance. The Father wants to bless His people if they are serving Him by blessing others.
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seashale76
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Notice how that scripture doesn't mention Job asking God to give him material wealth, because I did? God is not our magical genie waiting to grant us all of our 'name it and claim it, blab it and grab it' wishes just because we intellectually assent to a belief in Him and say the right incantations.
Here is a great article about what prayer is and how we should be praying:
P r a y e r
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Half a million is more money than we borrowed to buy our house, and it is taking us around 20 years to pay that off. Maybe what is spiritually beneficial to your soul is patience and being content with your lot.
Being debt free isn't always good for your family. Look into how many have marriages have ended in divorce just a few years after their winning the lottery.
Being debt free isn't always good for your family. Look into how many have marriages have ended in divorce just a few years after their winning the lottery.
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I serve the Lord in my Church, I give offerings with thankful heart,
at the same time I beg God to give me more money to clear my debt and realize some of my dreams,
I think this is totally OK.
I not gonna do evil with the money God gives me.
at the same time I beg God to give me more money to clear my debt and realize some of my dreams,
I think this is totally OK.
I not gonna do evil with the money God gives me.
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Sure. In fact the Bible says if you ask for anything in his name it will be granted. Then he says that it won't and then he says it will. Good luck with it all.
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You are free to pray for anything. It's not a sin to pray in need! However, put very short, instead of praying for money, I would urge us to pray with thanksgiving for the forgiveness of sins, and for wisdom and humility in equal measure. Above all things, pray "your kingdom come, your will be done".
A few verses it's good to be mindful of:
Mark 4:19 2 Corinthians 8:9 Philippians 4:11-13 Revelation 3:18
A few verses it's good to be mindful of:
Mark 4:19 2 Corinthians 8:9 Philippians 4:11-13 Revelation 3:18
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You are allowed to ask for your daily bread (Lord's Prayer). You may also ask for work to do.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied (Proverbs 13:4).
In one of Jesus' examples, a man who was wise in investing was asked to manage the resources of ten cities (Luke 19:17).
Benjamin Franklin was one who was entrusted with much and tried to avoid wastefulness and losses. He became wealthy through his inventions, publications and investments. He was made ambassador to France by the American government. Franklin published his advise about how to succeed financially in "Way to Wealth" (1758).
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/texts/1758 Franklin Wealth.pdf
Some will be asked to give. Jesus once asked someone to give all he had to the poor and to become his disciple. (Matt. 19:21). He asked this of one person, not of all he met.
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Deut 15
8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Deut 28 :12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
When we read the bible the Lord says he will bless the work of our hands. That means working for what we earn.
Surely the Lord can provide what we "need", often he does not provide what we "want".
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Why do we need to pretend that we do not need money in front of God?
Telling God that you just need a little bit money to survive is spiritual?
Is it God's will for his children to live in poverty and uncertainty?
Is God pleased to see we are jobless?
Telling God that you just need a little bit money to survive is spiritual?
Is it God's will for his children to live in poverty and uncertainty?
Is God pleased to see we are jobless?
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Who said that we should be jobless or in poverty? There is a difference between excess money and poverty. Do you need 3 trips to different continents or is that just somethingthing you'd like to do? Will you be on the street if you don't receive half a million dollars? That isn't "a little bit of money" that you "need". Ask God to help you do your best in your job and to give you the means to provide for your family.
Besides, look at the NT for examples of how to live in various financial situations to glorify God.
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I pray for God to meet my needs, and to bless me as he sees fit. But to make a lot of money? That's the devil talking. The love of money is the root of all evil. I should be praying for enough money to live comfortably, but after that it's in God's hands--Christ said to pray for our daily bread, not a swimming pool. Instead, I pray that God will give my heart freedom from greed.
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Sure, you can ask God for anything. And who knows... He may actually give it to you, only for you to discover it's a HUGE burden on your shoulders.
You're better off asking God to supply your daily bread, and if you have bills to pay ask Him to help you pay them.
You're better off asking God to supply your daily bread, and if you have bills to pay ask Him to help you pay them.
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The context of that verse is that he lost everything and all of his family was killed in the process. Job prayed for his friends who spent quite a few days trying to convince him that these tragedies all happened at once because of his own sins, i.e. it was his fault. Are you saying you want to go through something like that?
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We need to keep in mind that the Book of Job is a fictional tale with a moral lesson somewhat like an extended parable. Through the history of Judaism and Christianity there has been a recurring belief that a righteous man will receive his reward in the here and now. Keep in mind that the Jews did not originally believe in an after-life. This idea has been used to suggest that if you are rich you must be righteous and in favour with God while if you are poor it must be because you are not righteous and thus out of favour with God. In a rather crude way Job is trying to put an end to this notion. The reward Job receives in the end seems to be by way of compensation for the horrors that he had been put through.
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