October 12, 2018

[Music | Throwback] Download Tim Godfrey Ft. SMJ & Okey Sokay - Jo Ti E (mp3) | lyrics

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 Here Is a throwback on this gospel banger by Tim Godfrey ft okey sokay and smj tagged Jo Ti E

Produced by SMJ

Mixed & mastered by Okey Sokay for Rox Studios.
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Lyrics:
Tim Godfrey
Oya jo ti e
Alaga Rox Nation
Oya jo ti e
SMJ
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Okey Sokay
Oya jo ti e
Ble the Blessing
Oya jo ti e
IBK dem dey
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Pastor Adeboye
Jo ti e
Alhaji Dangote
Jo ti e
Otedola
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Pastor Paul
Jo ti e
Ambode
Jo ti e
Mummy Alakija
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Verse
Moti duro gba Jesu
Mofe ji jo ope
Baba God lori blessing
Enemy ma lo be
Mole f’ori jo
Mole f’apa jo
Ki tun f’ese jo

Mole f’ori jo
Mole f’apa jo
Ki tun f’ese jo

Chorus
Tim Godfrey
Oya jo ti e
Alaga Rox Nation
Oya jo ti e
SMJ
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Okey Sokay
Oya jo ti e
Ble the Blessing
Oya jo ti e
IBK dem dey
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Pastor Biodun
Jo ti e
Mike Adenuga
Jo ti e
Bishop Mike
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Sammie Okposo
Jo ti e
Frank Edwards
Jo ti e
Mike Abdul
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Verse 2
Call: Amen
Resp: Amen
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When the Spirit of the Lord
Comes Upon my heart
I will dance like David dance

Chorus
Tim Godfrey
Oya jo ti e
Alaga Rox Nation
Oya jo ti e
SMJ
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Okey Sokay
Oya jo ti e
Ble the Blessing
Oya jo ti e
IBK dem dey
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Bishop Oyedepo
Jo ti e
Pastor Matthew
Jo ti e
Pastor Kumuyi
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

DJ Ernesty ko
Jo ti e
DJ AQ
Jo ti e
DJ Module
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Tim Godfrey
Oya jo ti e
Alaga Rox Nation
Oya jo ti e
SMJ
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Okey Sokay
Oya jo ti e
Ble the Blessing
Oya jo ti e
IBK dem dey
Oya jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Oya jo ti e

Pnoing
Jo ti e
Miro Bouncing
Jo ti e
Squad Official
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Rejoice
Jo ti e
Gbogbo Media
Jo ti e
Gbogbo Everybody
Jo ti e
Moti jo te mi
Jo ti e

Verse
Moti duro gba Jesu
Mofe ji jo ope
Baba God lori blessing
Enemy ma lo be
Mole f’ori jo
Mole f’apa jo
Ki tun f’ese jo

Mole f’ori jo
Mole f’apa jo
Ki tun f’ese jo

Call: Amen
Resp: Amen
Call: Amen
Resp: Amen

Call: Amen
Resp: Amen
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Resp: Amen

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4 verses in the Bible to know when your spouse cheats on you.

4 Verses From The Bible To Know When Your Husband Cheats On You
Bible verses to know when your husband is cheating on you
At the point when individuals get married, they make promises to dependably love and respect themselves to death do them part. To a few people, marriage is as simple as breathing however to other people, it is an intense voyage.

One of the pledges is to remain reliable yet we are for the most part human and can fall into allurement and have something to do outside our marriage. Typically, it is the man to blame and ladies are cajoled to smile and bear it.

It is amid these harsh occasions that you may fall back on religion to solace and guide you. In case you're a passionate christian, here are four book of scriptures sections you ought to recollect when your better half undermines you.

1. Hebrew 13: 4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Consider the words. Comprehend your better half has sold out your trust and your sacrosanct association. Comprehend that you have an impact in the marriage yet he settled on a decision to fathom your conjugal issues in the face of your good faith as opposed to imparting his issues.

Relegate fault to him and settle that you both are currently confronting issues as a result of it. Lolling willfully ignorant or rapidly hiding it away from plain view won't benefit you. Acknowledgment is the initial step.

2. Romans 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Regardless of to what extent the time was, that you both were as one, you will feel a seething flame in your heart and outrage can prompt brutal choices. Try not to give it a chance to cloud your judgment or take control.

Locate a solid discharge for resentment and let it extinguish. Try not to endeavor to hurt him or yourself or jeopardize somebody's life. Try not to endeavor to pay him back and influence him to endure like you are enduring. Simply call God into the circumstance and appeal to God for true serenity.

3. Galatians 6: 7 – 8 
[7]Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

[8] For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

He will pay everybody back for what he or she has done in this life and your better half will be incorporated. He sowed his seed when he undermined you and will harvest what he sowed from that.

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In the event that he has seen the mistake of his ways, attract him closer to God by and by and make him discover approaches to offer some kind of reparation. In the event that he has gone down the way of consistent bamboozling, recall his fair sweets are coming to him.

4. Mark 11:25
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Absolution is a certain method for liberating yourself of any torment and severity. When you hold unto things, you recollect them and recall the displeasure and you will undoubtedly detesting that individual.

Notwithstanding, when you pardon, you free yourself of the weight and yo let love win. It is dependent upon you and your significant other in the event that you both choose you can move past his deceiving or proceed onward from your marriage. Nonetheless, ensure you genuinely pardon him and free yourself from the torment.

[Read] Methodist Prelate Dr. Samuel Uche lists political parties paying money to church leaders, as he warns them. | See

Stop collecting money from politicians, Methodist Prelate warns religious leaders.........
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The Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, Dr Samuel Uche, has advised religious pioneers in the nation against gathering cash from political gatherings and competitors.

He affirmed that a few priests have been getting cash from the People's Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and the All Progressives Grand Alliance to underwrite their hopefuls in the inevitable 2019 Nigeria general Election.

Talking at the Interfaith Initiative For Peace gathering sorted out by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar and the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, in Abuja on Friday, the Prelate, who was an individual from a board, expressed that a religious pioneer ought to have the capacity to oversee destitution or fortune.

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He stated, "I discovered that some religious pioneers gathered cash from APGA, PDP, APC. Life doesn't rely upon the measure of cash you have. A religious pioneer ought to have the capacity to oversee destitution or abundance. Religious pioneers should quit being admirers of cash."

Remarking on religion and the pending races, the Methodist Prelate noticed that religion would not assume a job in the decision of presidential competitors in 2019.

Dr. Uche expressed that while the APC presidential competitor, President Muhammadu Buhari and the PDP applicant, Atiku Abubakar were the two Muslims, it would be of no outcome to Christians and different Nigerians.

The pastor stated, "Nigerians would vote in favor of the hopefuls of the two major gatherings and they are the two Muslims; we couldn't care less about their religion, we just need somebody that can lead the country well.

"We will teach our individuals to cast a ballot as indicated by their still, small voice, the individual that we need is the one that can convey. We should develop above religious dogmatism.

"I go to Dubai on holidays and you don't catch wind of religion there. Those harping on religion are experiencing what I called 'compound stupendous ignoramus.'"

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah, scolded religious pioneers against fraternizing with government officials, taking note of that they should practice limitation.

He expressed that pastors must tell political hopefuls the state of the general population and request how the government officials intended to address the circumstance in the nation.

What do you think about his view?

[Must read] 10 facts about hell you have not been told

Facts about about hell fire, you don't know.

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Within time past we have been hearing about the second coming of Jesus Christ. Also the true servants of God have been lamenting on the consequences face by two categories of people, that is the believers and unbelievers. So many controversies has taken place towards these matter, some say there is nothing like hell fire, Earth is Hell, will God allow his children burn in hell, who will go to hell, which sin will lead you to hell, etc.

Now I will be revealing to you some mysterious facts about hell fire you  have not been told.

10 facts about hell you have not been told
  • Nobody is in hell now: this is made evidence by the bible in 2Peter 2:9 “The lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.”  Hence it is now after the judgment that people will be punished, it is now after the judgment that people will be taken to heaven or hell; judgment determine or reward or punishment. And just incase you are imagining when God judgment will be executed Tim 4:1 gives  the answer. When you read the passage above the “quick” in the king James version means the living, so it will not be until the second coming of Jesus that everyone’s faith will be decided. Matthew 13:40-42 confirms this.

  • The idea that people go straight hell or heaven upon death is a misconception. It is stated in some churches but it is not very biblical. You may be thinking in that case what happens to someone when they die? Do they roam about the spirits waiting for God’s judgment? I will explain that in fact number two.

  • The dead sleep in the grave: the bible uses the world sleep to describe the state of the death numerous times, let’s take for example the death   of Lazarus in John 11:11-14. Jesus described Lazarus death as asleep, while the death sleep in the grave, they are unconscious of what is going on around them Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, 10 explains it very well.

The death have no feeling like love and hatred because they are unconscious in the grave, they will continues in this state until resurrection. And that takes us to fact number three.

  • There will be two resurrection: According to the bible, there would be a separate resurrection, for the righteous and for the wicked according to the bible John 5:28-29. The righteous will be raised in the resurrection of life and the wicked will be raised in the resurrection of damnation and these two resurrection are only one thousand years apart. Revelation 20:4-5 stated it. 
The statement the first resurrection is talking about the saints who reigned with Christ for a thousand tears, not the rest of the dead, that is the wicked. Because subject of the passage (Rev 20:4-5) is those who reigned with Christ in heaven and that part about the rest of the death is just throwing nearer to let you know when the wicked will be raised. The reason the wicked resurrected after the righteous have resurrected is for them to be punished.
  • Hell is not eternal: Contrary to the popular belief, hell will not burn forever, for Romans 6:23 tells us the wages for sin is death not burning in hell forever. The death its talking about is not the coming death we will all experience but the second death. Rev 21:8 mentions this. It is called the second death because it takes place after the wicked dead have been resurrected at the end of the millennium, in other words the wicked will experience death twice; they die like everyone else, they will raise to receive their punishment at the end of the millennium, then cast into the lake of fire and die again. Now to mention, Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins and is penalty for sins was burning in hell forever, why isn’t Jesus in hell fire, he should be burning eternity but no!, he died on the cross so we don’t have to experience the second death. This contrast is also illustrated in John 3:16; notice that it is says that we will not perish but have everlasting life, perish doesn’t mean burning in hell forever. 

According to Google; it actually means to die especially in violent or sudden way; and it does not end there , Psalm 37:20 says more about it. These is a reference of the burnt sacrifices of the old testament, they were Actually burnt to ashes; this compared to destruction of the wicked, because the wicked will be burnt to ashes in hellfire. And just incase you are thinking is that what that really mean? Malachi 4:13 will erase that from your mind.

  • Eternal hell fire turns people away from God: The thought of torturing of lives in hell fire have done damage to the progress of the gospel. Reason being that it misinterpret the character of God. The bible describes God as being loving, just, but how will it be that he will torture people forever . the punishment of the wicked is stated accordingly in Luke 12:47-48.

  • Satan will be burnt to Ashes: Not only the wicked who end up in hell will burn to ashes, Satan also will burn to ashes. Because he is the originator of sin. Talking of the punishment of Satan it is stated in Ezekiel 28:18. Hell fire is really intended for the devil, for the devil and his agents. Matthew 25:41 calls it everlasting fire made for the devil and his angels. God does not intend for anybody to burn in the lake of fire, it’s designed for the devil and his angels. God has made a way for escape for us all, and that is Jesus Christ, if we accept him as our lord and saviour and repent for our sins we will be saved.

  • Hell will be on Earth: Popular belief that hell is between the earth somewhere, the bible indicate that hell will is on the earth Revelation 20:7-10 talks more about it. While reading that am sure you noticed the part the bible said, the devil, his agents and the wicked will burn to ashes, you will say Mr. writer what are you incinerating? Wait, remember that English is not the original language of the bible, and the phrase for everywhere is translated from ahee-ohn (search) in Greek which means an age or period of time along with what we think as forever depending on the context. The fact that the will burn in hell fire, is until they are finally consumed and that won’t take for one day.

  • Hell doesn’t always refer to the Lake of Fire: The word hell in the Bible isn’t always in reference to the lake of fire, and this what confuse many people for example, 41 times in the old Testament is translated from the Hebrew word Sheol which means the grave, one example is Psalm 139:8. In the new testament hell is translated from three Greek words which are HADES, TARTARS, GEHENNA. Hades is a Greek equivalent of Sheol. – Read examples of each translation 

 Hades: Acts 2:27
 Gehenna : Means a place of             burning Mark 9:43
 Tartarus is a place of darkness       2Peter  2:4

  • Hell fire will cleanse the earth: Aside from being intended for the destruction of the wicked, the devil and his angels, the purpose of hell fire is to cleanse the earth from sins, after this God will create a new heaven and a new earth. 2Peter 3:10-13.

  • God takes no pleasures in destroying sinners: Though the Bible indicates that there will be lake of fire and that the sinners will be destroyed, this is not what God takes pleasure in. God said in Ezekiel 33:11, the death of sinners in hell fire is necessary for sinners who don’t repent from their sins, because it’s demanded by God’s justice. 

He is not out for revenge for those who have broken his law, he wants all of us to be spared that is why he sent his son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.
In summary “Nobody is burning in Hell now, all those who have died are asleep in the grave waiting for judgment, Hell fire will take place at the end of the millennium and all fallen angels and unrepeated sinners will be burnt to ashes in preparation for a new heaven and new earth which God will create.

This will happen because God’s justice for breaking the law, but God takes in pleasure for the death of the wicked, we all his children by creation, and he wants all of us to be saved that is why he sent his son to die for our sin, that is how far he loves us.
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October 10, 2018

[Music] Steve Crown ft T- worship - Nations will rise and sing Anthem

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Gospel singer, steve crown, teamed up with gospel artist T-worship to bring up a new song in 2018 tagged "Nations will rise and sing".
Nations will rise and sing is an anthem song which will lift your spirit high.

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October 09, 2018

10 Proven Characteristics of a heathy Church (Gospelcity Blog)

What is a healthy church? Here are ten indicators of solid, Church health.
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A healthy church isn't merely a church bound up in continual introspection and self-purification. it's a church whole enamored with Christ and absolutely committed to His great Commission (Matthew 28:19–20). It isn’t a church wherever members are consumed with their own feelings and preferences, however a church where members are growing - church definition - severally and as a church family. 

Even with cognitive thought it is possible to have identify measurable characteristics of a church really flourishing in grace. When talking about an healthy church it is necessary to point out that healthy  a healthy church doesn't mean a church that is obviously seen as a fake church. In our upcoming article we will  discuss on how to identify a genuine church of God.

Here are ten indicators of solid, Church health:

1. Obedience
Obedience to the Lord is additional necessary than the exercise of spiritual ceremony. It doesn’t matter how we have a tendency to feel concerning our church or our worship if we are not obeying the Lord.

AND WHY CALL YE ME, LORD, LORD, AND AND DO NOT THE THINGS WHICH I SAY?—LUKE 6:46
BUT WHOSO KEEPETH HIS WORD, IN HIM VERILY IS THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED: HERBY KNOW WE THAT WE ARE IN HIM.—1 JOHN 2:5

2. Humility
A healthy church isn’t bound up in preoccupation over its benefit or good. it's full of members who volitionally serve the Lord and each other.

LET NOTHING BE DONE THROUGH STRIFE OR VAINGLORY; BUT IN LOWLINESS OF MIND LET EACH ESTEEM OTHER HIGHER THAN THEMSELVES. LOOK NOT EVERY MAN ON HIS OWN THINGS,BUT EVERY MAN ALSO ON THE THINGS OF OTHERS.—PHILIPPIANS 2:3–4

3. Love
Biblical love isn't an emotion; it's an act of sacrifice. Love is meeting wants of others.

HEREBY PERCEIVE WE THE LOVE OF GOD, BECAUSE HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US: AND WE NEED TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE BRETHREN. HOWEVER WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD’S SENSIBLE, AND SEETH HIS BROTHER HAVE WOULD LIKE, AND SHUTTETH UP HIS BOWELS OF COMPASSION FROM HIM, HOWEVER DWELLETH THE LOVE OF GOD IN HIM? MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE; HOWEVER IN DEED AND IN REALIT.—1 JOHN 3:16–18

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4. A Servant’s Heart
From the earliest days of the native church, there are opportunities to serve others.  Generally people new to a church investigate all that's already going down and suppose that they're not required. The reality is that each church has wants which once God adds somebody to the church, he's fitting them into a body that He is aware of wants them. once every member cultivates their spiritual gifts and grows in service, they increase the health of the church body.(who is an Apostle).

FOR AS WE HAVE MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY, AND ALL MEMBERS HAVE NOT A SIMILAR OFFICE: THUS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO, BEING MANY, AREA UNIT ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND EACH ONE MEMBERS ONE AMONG ANOTHER.—ROMANS 12:4–5

Cultivating a servant’s heart is over holding a conviction that God has given you an area within the body and a spiritual gift. it's being sensitive to the wants around you and serving others.

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5. Joy
Joy is our response to God’s work in our heart, soul and mind. we all trot out grief and suffering, however God wishes to allow us His ongoing, continual joy.

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS: AND AGAIN I SAY, REJOICE.—PHILIPPIANS 4:4

FOR THE DOMINION OF GOD ISN'T MEAT AND DRINK; HOWEVER MORALITY, AND PEACE, AND JOY WITHIN THE HOLY SPIRIT.—ROMANS 14:17

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6. Gratitude
Talk about a symbol of health—giving thanks may be a powerful and healing call. A church packed with people who key to God for who he's, what He has given, and the way he's operating may be a healthy church.

IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS: FOR THIS IS THE DESIRE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS REGARDING YOU.—1 THESSALONIANS 5:18

7.Answereability 
In a healthy church, members are involved for each other. They acknowledge that the church could be a body which God designed us to be responsible, not solely to Him, however conjointly to one another for religious growth, health and facilitate in times of struggle.

BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT, YE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS, RESTORE SUCH AN ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS; CONSIDERING THYSELF, LEST THOU ALSO BE TEMPTED. BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS, AND SO FULFILL THE LAW OF CHRIST.—GALATIANS 6:1–2

8. Forgiveness
The church cannot survive without forgiveness. Why? as a result of we don't seem to be excellent folks, and relationships are messy. There are not any real relationships without each the requirement for and also the giving of forgiveness, characteristics of God.

AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.—MATTHEW 6:12

AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING EACH OTHER, WHILE GOD FOR CHRIST’S SAKE HATH FORGIVEN YOU.—EPHESIANS 4:32

9. Vision
A healthy church maintains associate perspective of hope for the future. Indeed, death comes once memories of the past succeed vision for the future. we want a way of vision for our own growth in grace and for the expansion of our church reach.

BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS. TO HIM BE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOR EVER. AMEN—2 PETER 3:18

FOR FROM YOU SOUNDED OUT THE WORD OF THE LORD NOT ONLY IN MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA, BUT ALSO IN EVERY PLACE YOUR FAITH TO GOD-WARD IS SPREAD ABROAD; SO THAT WE NEED NOT TO SPEAK ANY THING.—1 THESSALONIANS 1:8  Salvation meaning.

10. Sacrifice
When it involves fulfilling the mission of the church, the question isn't, “How abundant will it cost?” however, “Who will we have a tendency to reach with the gospel?” A godly vision is merit sacrifice.

LAY NOT UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES UPON EARTH, WHERE MOTH AND RUST DOTH CORRUPT, AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK THROUGH AND STEAL, BUT LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN, WHERE NEITHER MOTH NOR RUST DOTH CORRUPT, AND WHERE THIEVES DON'T BREAK THROUGH NOR STEAL: FOR WHEREVER YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'LL YOUR HEART BE CONJOINTLY.—MATTHEW 6:19–21

A healthy church isn’t an ideal church; it's a growing church. it's a church wherever members are submitted to the Lord and performing as a church body within the ways in which He designed the church to function. And it's a church whose religious health permits it to continue reaching the lost with the gospel of Jesus.
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October 08, 2018

[Must Read] Why the poor will make heaven and not the rich | See

What the bible says about the poor making heaven.
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The Bible has a great deal to say in regards to being poor, and we have numerous precedents of needy individuals in Scripture. Since material riches is anything but a beyond any doubt sign of God's favoring, being poor isn't really an indication of God's objection. Truth be told, it is conceivable to be poor in material things yet wealthy in profound things (see Revelation 2:9). 


Obviously, some of the time being poor is the after effect of terrible decisions. The Bible cautions that Laziness will prompt being poor: "A little rest, a little sleep,/a bit of collapsing of the hands to rest—/and destitution will come on you like a cheat/and shortage like a furnished man" (Proverbs 24:33– 34; cf. 6:11). Following wild dreams will in like manner prompt destitution: "The individuals who pursue dreams will have their fill of neediness" (Proverbs 28:19), as will neglecting to notice savvy guidance: "Destitution and disrespect come to him who disregards guidance" (Proverbs 13:18, ESV). 

In different spots, the Bible depicts needy individuals as having been honored, and numerous who are rich are found in a negative light. Jesus Himself was poor, not having a home or a "place to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). The devotees and a large portion of Jesus' adherents were poor, in any event in common terms, yet wealthy in otherworldly riches. The pupils even left all they needed to tail Him, surrendering all they claimed, putting their full trust in Him to give what they required. Jesus said the poor will dependably be with us (Matthew 26:11). There is no disgrace in being poor. Our demeanor ought to be that of the essayist in Proverbs who stated, "Give me neither destitution nor wealth, however give me just my every day bread" (Proverbs 30:8). 

The rich are for the most part depicted contrarily in the Bible. Riches itself is viewed as a block to the individuals who want to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus announced, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!" (Mark 10:23), and He rehashed this announcement in the exact next section. For what reason did He put forth such a stunning expression? Since the rich tend to trust in their wealth more than in God. Riches tends to pull us far from God. 

The tale of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19– 31) shows the transitory idea of wealth. The rich man delighted in incredible extravagance in life however spent endlessness in hellfire as a result of his insatiability and avarice. Lazarus endured the outrages of extraordinary destitution yet was helped in paradise until the end of time. Jesus Himself left His royal position in paradise keeping in mind the end goal to go up against the modest type of a poor man. Paul said of Him, "For you know the beauty of our Lord Jesus Christ, that however he was rich, yet for the wellbeing of you he ended up poor, with the goal that you through his destitution may end up rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). 

Sooner or later, as Christians we should ask ourselves: What are we truly doing here in this transitory place? Where is our heart (Luke 12:34)? It is safe to say that we are truly denying ourselves? It is safe to say that we are extremely giving conciliatorily as did the poor dowager (Luke 21:1– 4)? To pursue Jesus is to take up our cross (Luke 9:23). This way to truly give our aggregate lives to Him, unhampered by the things of this world. In the story of the sower, wealth resemble "thistles": "The stresses of this life and the misdirection of riches stifle [the Word], making it unfruitful" (Matthew 13:22). 

It is those thistles, "the stresses of this life" and the "trickery of riches," the not really unobtrusive devices of Satan, that draw us far from God and His Word. The Bible paints for us a differentiation between the individuals who are poor yet wealthy in Christ and the individuals who are rich yet without God.