{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Stewardship Coach Podcast","title":"Is It Wrong to Want More Money? What the Bible Really Says","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2765,"description":"Most people want God to bless them financially. Very few know why He wants to. Here are 5 reasons God wants to bless you financially, backed by Scripture, from the pulpit at Eagles Nest Church, where I serve as Senior Pastor.\nI spent 25 years managing portfolios for people worth tens of millions of dollars, and very few of them were happy. They had the money. What they were missing was the right values.\nIn this message, I break down what God says about money in Deuteronomy 8, why most of us pray incomplete prayers, and the 5 reasons God blesses you financially, from advancing His kingdom to enjoying it without guilt.\nThere is nothing wrong with having money as long as money doesn't have you.\nWHAT YOU'LL LEARN\n- Why the Bible has over 2,350 verses about money and possessions\n- What Deuteronomy 8:18 says about who gives you the ability to produce wealth\n- The incomplete prayer most believers pray, and how to finish it\n- Why money is not the root of all evil, and what is\n- How the Parable of the Talents explains why God doesn't bless everyone equally\n- Why Christianity is not a poverty competition, and how to enjoy your money without guilt\nTIMESTAMPS\n00:00 What you believe about money\n00:31 Why God wants to bless you financially\n02:25 Who wants more money? (everybody raised their hand)\n03:17 The wad of cash in the hallway\n04:55 Why talk about money in church?\n05:53 Over 2,350 verses on money and possessions\n06:56 Money affects everything that matters\n07:13 A million-dollar phone call\n08:35 Salvation is free, ministry costs something\n08:51 The emphasis is on WHY\n09:41 Deuteronomy 8: Before the promised land\n10:42 The temptation that comes with prosperity\n11:24 \"My power produced this wealth\" (Deuteronomy 8:17)\n12:34 Can you be rich and keep your soul? 25 years with millionaires\n13:48 The ability to produce wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18)\n14:38 Money is not the root of all evil\n15:05 The Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 12, Galatians 3:29)\n16:30 What God says about money: 5...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-Cr01vD7W-6zvXy5T8d8hs8h7py9l7SAksU8wg5vsj8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wOWNh/NDRjMzY3YmU1YjFi/NzgzMmY1YWNmNWM2/MTYzNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}