So many people are always trying to earn something from God.

But you can't earn something that has already been given.

How strange would it be for a wife to try to earn a relationship with her husband?

They are already married! If she remains in an earning mentality, it destroys the relationship because true intimacy is impossible when one spouse feels they have to perform for the other.

In Romans 8, we discover that God gave us right standing through Christ. He gave it to us because no amount of earning could ever buy it.

But if you keep trying to buy something that's already been given to you, it messes the whole thing up.

Receive the gift through Christ. You've been given right standing with God.

So, draw close to Him knowing you have the right to be there.

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Has your problem been around so long that you wonder if it is God's will for you?

Maybe you've been sick for a while, struggling financially, or dealing with something else. You've been praying, but nothing seems to change.

When God delivered His people from Egypt, He told them where He was taking them: to a land flowing with milk and honey.

Just a few days into the journey, they completely lost sight of God's promise. They became consumed with the wilderness journey.

Because they focused on the wrong thing, they turned an 11-day journey into forty years of wilderness living.

Don't pitch your tent in the wilderness. Keep your focus on God's promise and keep moving forward.

Healing is yours in Christ. Peace is yours. Joy is yours!

And your financial needs are sure to be met when you focus on God's Kingdom.

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Many believers are distracted by striving to do more for God.

It's a distraction that many never escape because it feels so righteous.

Jesus said, "Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."

You are either striving or abiding. You are either working to impress God or working with Him.

Jesus demonstrated what abiding looks like. He only did what He saw the Father doing. That's it.

You can't see what the Father is doing if you are busy doing things just to be doing things.

No more striving. Put all that effort towards being with your Heavenly Father.

He'll show you what to do. It probably won't be as much or as quick as you think it should, but you'll find that His ways are better.

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When the Bible rebukes a rich person, it's probably not what you think.

It has nothing to do with the amount of money. It's all about their relationship with money.

God has given us power to get wealth. There are many godly people in the Bible who were also wealthy.

Wealth is not the problem. But a wrong relationship with money is a huge problem.

So how do you know if that's you? There are a few indicators.

You would rather pad your savings than invest and be generous. You have no regard for the prosperity of others as you obsess over getting the best deal. You live to satisfy your every desire. You find security in the size of your bank account.

That's the rich person the Bible rebukes. But great wealth in the hands of God's generous people—that's what God wants.

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Many are working hard for the Lord, but they're working on the wrong thing.

God doesn't want you to work for Him. He wants you to work with Him.

To get there, we have to stop prioritizing doing and shift our effort toward entering His rest.

The Bible says that we ought to tremble with fear that some will fail to enter His rest.

The cost of failing to enter His rest is a life of doing much but accomplishing little.

Many fail to notice they are on this trajectory because they are so impressed with what they are doing for God.

The fulfillment that comes from doing and accomplishing is temporary. You have to keep going for more, which leads you further and further from God's rest.

So work hard to enter and remain in God's rest. That's the only way to live a fruitful life.

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If you want to start an argument amongst Christians, mention how God wants us to prosper.

But if you step back from the fuss and take an honest look at the Bible, things get interesting.

One of the men the Bible speaks most fondly of, Abraham, was incredibly wealthy.

How about Job? He started off wealthy, lost everything, and was restored to even greater wealth within months.

Then there is Jesus, who was loaded with valuable gifts as an infant and never lacked a thing from that point forward.

Now, I don't recommend you chase wealth. But I do encourage you to let God's power work through you to create wealth.

Get ready for the wealth of the wicked to be transferred to the hands of the righteous!

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