prosperity on Politics

Modern Language Version Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly ask that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bles...

Ultimately it is economic prosperity which makes possible for billions of dollars to be devoted to the less fortunate.

Ancient lens What’s the historical context? Wisdom Song It is not too far a stretch to imagine an eager young person sitting at the feet of a well-seasoned elder and receiving the words of thi...

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy and truth endure forever. Thank the God of heaven, because his goodness endures forever. Let Israel now say that his mercy endures forever. ...

God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth' Lord be with those who work and worship The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to ti...

Religion begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother.

Persecution has never hurt the church ... only prosperity.

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that is "finding his place in it," while really it is finding its place in him.

We are rich only through what we give: and poor only through what we refuse and keep.

The prosperity gospel is a theodicy, an explanation for the problem of evil. It is an answer to the questions that take our lives apart: Why do some people get healed and some people don’t? Why do som...

People are usually better in adversity, than prosperity. A prosperous condition is not always so safe. True, it is more pleasing to the flesh - but it is not always best. In a prosperous state, there ...

A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.

Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that...

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

For what good would their prosperity do them if it did not provide them with the opportunity for good works?

Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.

Leader: Happy are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding. People: For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. Leader: She is more preci...

This prayer may be offered with or without the congregational response. Due to its length, consider using two or more liturgists to lead the prayer. VOICE ONE: God of Creation, God of Life, In your j...

Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University and half the namesake of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, was an American minister who began his ministry in 1880. While he wrote and preached countle...

I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back...but God has a bigger shovel!

Context Psalm 72 is one of two psalms (along with 127) that is attributed to Solomon, and it fits within a slightly larger group of psalms traditionally considered “royal psalms,” perhaps used as cor...

Preaching Angles Having celebrated Christ’s reign on Christ the King Sunday in November and having sung (most likely) to the “King of kings” (forever and ever!) in the Hallelujah Chorus at some poi...

Almighty and most merciful Father, giver of every good and perfect gift, we give you thanks for blessing us so richly with your good Word and the holy Sacraments, and supplying so abundantly all our d...

It is prosperity that we cannot endure.

To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.

That only is worth my having which I can have forever. That only is worth my grasping which death cannot tear out of my hand.

The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God.

Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. And [w]hatever you do, work at it with all your h...