Many worldly and religious people will give you advice that arouses carnal desires. This is not compatible with biblical instruction and will lead to spiritual degeneration instead of maturity in Christ. No blessed gain will result from carnal desires. The only lifestyle that produces blessed gain is the willingness to bear your cross daily to follow Christ while enduring ridicule, embarrassment, and persecution. This does not mean that all or most of your life will be filled with pain and suffering, but it does mean that you will stick with your decision to be saved and become more like Christ no matter what comes your way or how much you must endure. Seeing and being with Him in heavenly eternity will more that make up for any struggles you must endure on earth.
Make up your mind to follow scriptural instruction, including biblical money management principles, no matter how bad people around you ridicule them. Such a lifestyle confirms for you and shows other people that your eternal hope is in Christ and is therefore sure. God desires to bless you abundantly to enable you to take care of your true responsibilities while on earth. And, His provision includes options that allow you to enjoy many things that are not true needs but are enjoyable. He simply does not want you to choose any desire that leads to the pursuit and engagement of ungodly options.
When you choose Jesus as Savior and LORD, He seats you in heavenly places far above principalities and powers. Let this reality and the hope (eager and sure expectation) of eternal life move you to live by His commands and principles. Your mindset in all areas, including finance, should not evolve from the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, or the pride of life where you assume that God wants you to have great wealth to heap pleasures upon yourself. Rather, it must evolve from the foundation laid by the chief cornerstone, Jesus Christ, who commands that we use our lives and wealth to glorify Him by abundantly financing the Great Commission and serving other people. This is the only pursuit that truly blesses you.
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Psalm 71:5, Colossians 1:4-5, Hebrews 11:1, 1John 3:3
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