philippians 4.19 (niv), and my GOD will supply all your needs.
that is so great that GOD will supply all your needs if you are a consistent, generous giver but you do see that paul says all your needs but not all your wants. and there's a big difference between needs and wants.
in 1890 a sociologist took a study and asked americans what they thought were the basic needs of life, the bare minimum necessities in order to survive. in 1890 the study revealed that americans thought there was 16 basic things every one needed in order to survive. the survey was taken less than 100 years later. and they found that americans think they have to have 98 things in order to survive. our wants have a way of being exaggerated into needs.
james 4.3 (nlt), when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong – you want only what will give you pleasure. selfishness. GOD has not guaranteed to provide you with all your luxuries.
there are two false ideas about money: one, that GOD wants everybody to be a millionaire. the other, that GOD wants everybody to be poor. they're both wrong. GOD is interested in you having your needs met. our needs though have a way of getting exaggerated. we watch advertisements that say "you need this product." the bible does not say, my GOD shall supply all your greeds. but GOD will supply your needs.
just a thought from the front porch…
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Psalm 16:2NIV I said to the Lord,"You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."
Not sure where in the bible it tells us, What the Lord giveth,He also can take away.
We are nothing without God and His Son and the gift of the Holy Spirit.
With these three on our side, who needs to be rich? I am rich in spirit. God gives me what I need when I need it and in His time it will be done, not always in our time. Ruth
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