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Disciple of Prayer
Prophetic word of the month: Where your treasure is there your heart will be also. Where is your treasures? Article of the month: Do You Want to Be More Spiritual? By Adam Becker Spirituality is true wealth in this world and the next, the world says money, wealth and success is the goal, but it really isn’t. So many people want to be more spiritual, but a lot of people never get there. There was a time when I was a lot more spiritual and selfless than I am now. I was having many more spiritual experiences and it seemed like nothing in the natural shook me. As I look back to that time, I see a theme and something I was doing that I stopped doing so much. What was it that led to such spirituality? I was a giver and did not care about material possessions. I would literally give everything I had away. Money, things I loved, my only car. You name it, I gave it away and did not hoard new material possessions. I had hardly anything and it didn’t bother me one bit. The lack of material things and me giving everything away made me feel free. It freed me from this world and helped me to be more connected to the spiritual world and the kingdom of God. You see when you get a material possession it actually anchors you down to this world. Yes, it pulls you down to the natural world and away from the spiritual world. The more possessions and wealth you have the more anchored down to the natural world and less spiritual you will be. It’s just a fact. The Bible confirms it says; “where your treasure is there your heart will be also.” If your treasure is on this earth in the natural so will your heart. Your spirituality will lack, and you will be chained down by stuff. It's that simple. Being spiritual is not that hard, just store your treasures in heaven and in the spiritual realm and not on this earth. I am not saying to be homeless and live with nothing but don’t let your heart be in the ownership of your home, new car, your prosperous career, or the size of your bank account. Don’t let the American dream have you. The Bible speaks many times against material wealth and says to the man who asked what he must do to enter the kingdom of heaven to “sell all you own and give it to the poor.” The disciples and Jesus were very poor. The money taken as tithes and offerings in the early church was to be distributed to them equally and who has need. It was taken up so there would be equality among them. Ministers and people in the church who are living high off the hog while others in the church live like paupers ought to repent and be ashamed of themselves. Christianity is not about prosperity and wealth. The true prosperity and wealth is knowing Christ, the truth and the kingdom of heaven being in you. The abundant life Christ talked about was not about wealth, divine health and the perfect life it was about having an abundance of life as in eternal life. If you want to be more spiritual have your heart anchored down with less of the material and more of the things of God. It works, I guarantee more peace, happiness, and greater spirituality if you let go of your material things and prosperity and store your treasure in heaven. Be blessed! My recent email to a former pastor of mine, By Adam Becker Pastor Wayne, I have come to realize in recent years that I was wrong about prosperity. I thought that I would be rewarded and blessed for taking Darcy back all those years I did and raising the twins as my own among other things. I was wrong. The promise of blessings if you do this or that is old testament. The New Testament does not promise such material wealth, as a matter of fact, the New Testament speaks against material wealth over and over. The abundant life Christ mentioned had nothing to do with riches, perfect health and the perfect life. The abundant life meant that we would have an abundance of life as in eternal life not riches and perfection on earth. Jesus said to the man who asked what may he do to enter the kingdom of heaven and Christ said sell everything you own and give it to the poor and he also said it is almost impossible for a rich man to enter heaven. To another who was storing riches on earth and saying tomorrow I will do this or that He called a fool. We are to store our treasures in heaven not on earth. The disciples and Jesus were poor, dirt poor. They were not a success in the eyes of the world and they didn’t own much. The whole prosperity standard that the Charismatic movement, as well as many Christians, have set forth is dangerous and in error. We are blessed in our afflictions and lack of wealth as we have Christ and the truth. We are blessed because the Kingdom is in us not because we are prosperous. I sought riches and believed I deserved them. I thought that Christians were supposed to prosper and God owes us prosperity and divine health when He doesnt on this earth. If I am sick and die I do so to the glory of God and rejoice in my sufferings as Christ suffered. Life is hard, too many Christians seek the American dream and to be rich and have it perfect. The whole purpose of wealth is to give to others and to bring people into the kingdom. The early church took up an offering and people gave to it so that wealth could be distributed among them equally so there would be equality among them not someone living high off the hog while others in church lived like a pauper. All these ministers living better than people in their congregations out to repent and be ashamed as should all the other Christians in the church. I was wrong to believe in wealth and seek after it and the perfect life. I thank God that I am poor and nothing as in it I am Christ-like. If my life of having a disability and being poor doesn’t make people want to become a Christian and hurts my witness I am glad because if my life was perfect I would only be drawing people to Christ under deceit and for the wrong reasons. Christianity is not about wealth and carefree life and I am blessed to know that. I pray for others to see that also. Adam Becker
