Prosperity Blog #8: Things to Avoid

Prosperity Blog #8: Things to Avoid

by Pastor Peter Samuels

Based on Chapter 21 of my Discipleship Training Course (http://tinyurl.com/disc-train-course)

Welcome to my eighth blog on prosperity. In my seventh blog we looked at prosperity in business. I gave some practical tips about making a business prosper based on my own experience. In this blog we shall look at some things to avoid.

We should avoid following Biblical principles as a law or because of pride or greed (such as giving in order to get).

We should avoid the love of money, which Jesus called worshipping Mammon (Matthew 6:24), and holding on to wealth like the rich young ruler instead of being rich towards God (Mark 10:17-22).

We should avoid greed (Ephesians 5:5) and avarice – the desire to be rich.

We should avoid meanness as the righteous are always generous (Psalm 37:26).

We should avoid having a lack of self-worth which might lead us to give away things too easily when we ought to hold on to our blessings.

We should avoid being unconcerned for the needs of others and closing our hearts to the poor and needy – which was the sin of Sodom (Ezekiel 16:49).

We should avoid idleness (2 Thessalonians 3:6-15).

We should avoid overwork (Proverbs 23:4).

We should not judge others according to their material wealth or show favouritism to the wealthy (James 2:1-13).

We should not steal from our employers and we should avoid only working hard when we are being observed (Ephesians 6:5-8).

We should avoid selfishness, indifference and having no sense of community or responsibility towards the wealth generation of others.

We should not hide our talents in the ground instead of investing them (Matthew 25:14-30).

Finally, we should avoid looking to our own human resources to survive in a season of lack (Ruth 1:1-5).

Thanks for reading and I look forward to sharing again with you soon.

Pastor Peter Samuels