Things the Rich Do Every Day. So what do the rich do every day that the poor don’t do? Tom Corley, on his website Rich. Habits. Institute. Only 1. 2% of the poor do this. Happy Birthday calls vs. TV every day vs. 6% of wealthy watch reality TV vs. A Word from Dave. So to clear up any confusion from others’ blogs and comments about us, we are adding this commentary to this posting. We teach living like no one else so that later you can live and GIVE like no one else. Our lessons are about getting your family under control financially so you can take care of your own household first. Poor girl, I will be good to her. If we only had more such men as Judge Duffy. Items What could the poor girl do? All images; Print Cancel + o-^ Scrollwheel Zoom. What could the poor girl do? We also teach the importance of giving no matter where you are in the process, first with tithing and then with extraordinary generosity when you’re able. We have always taught that responsible generosity is the natural walk for a believer. Anyone who has attended our courses or read our work knows this is a fact. In addition to that, I have railed on things where the poor are oppressed in our culture—things like payday lending, rent- to- own, or our own government- sponsored oppression, the lottery. Because of this, I am amazed at how many of my brothers and sisters in Christ have attacked us because of a simple list posted on our website. Maybe it shouldn’t amaze me in our Twitter culture—where immature people now study, reflect, research and communicate in only 1. The piece in question is a simple list outlining the habits of the poor versus the habits of the rich. It could just as easily have been a different list of the habits of the obese versus the habits of the physically fit. What saddens me is that some members of our culture are so doctrinally shallow and so spiritually immature that the reaction was often rude, inappropriate or outright abusive. This reaction is sad because it’s focused only on this one little list, not on our body of work. When you actually bother to look into what we teach, you find generosity and grace taught throughout. This reaction is sad because it’s not even a reflection of what that little list actually says. This reaction is sad because it is a reflection of how politicized, immature and doctrinally ignorant some members of our Christian culture are. This list simply says your choices cause results. You reap what you sow. Is the research perfect? It is a small sample, but it does pass the common- sense smell test. Does this research or the reason for posting it have anything to do with third- world countries? Anyone with good walking- around sense can see that this is a first- world discussion. Is this list a way of hating the poor? Grow up. There is a direct correlation between your habits, choices and character in Christ and your propensity to build wealth in non- third- world settings. To dispute that or attribute hate to that statement is immature and ignorant. To assume that our ministry hates the poor is ludicrous and is a reflection more on you than on our work or our beliefs. Do Poor Women Have a Right to Bear Children? If a teenage girl does no schoolwork. But if the poor could still get medical.
Biblically speaking, poverty is caused and perpetuated primarily by some combination of three things: 1. Personal habits, choices and character; 2. Oppression by people taking advantage of the poor; 3. The myriad of problems encountered if born in a third- world economy. The third- world economy is and should be a whole different discussion. If you are broke or poor in the U. S. You can make better choices and have better results. If you believe that our economy and culture in the U. S. At that point your liberal ideology has left the Scriptures and your politics have caused you to become a fatalist. One of the main reasons our culture has prospered is because of our understanding and application of biblical truths. Bible- believing Christians believe in sowing and reaping—what the world calls cause and effect—as well as in God’s sovereignty and providence. The scientific method you should have learned in seventh- grade science class is based on sowing and reaping (cause and effect). Bible- believing Christians understand God has called us to have an impact, to take dominion, on our environment, and logic follows that our habits, choices and character have consequences and harvests. For over 2. 00 years, that belief system has led to life- changing industry, inventions and a standard of living never known before on this planet. This is not hate; on the contrary, it is love. My wife and I started our lives with almost nothing, eating off a card table and driving two cars that did not total $2,0. We were broke, but we did not believe that was our destiny. Over the next several years, we grew a real estate fortune, but lost all of that due to bad decisions and choices. And yes, it was all my fault. I was scared, beat up, beat down, and worn out with two small children and a marriage hanging on by a thread. But the Bible doesn’t say I’m a victim; God’s Word says I am a child of the King. So we began the long process of rebuilding our lives twenty- five years ago. God has blessed our efforts and we have done well, and for that I am incredibly grateful and humbled. Despite these blessings, there are others who have far more than I do. The talents and treasures on this earth are not distributed equally, and that is not fair—or is it? God has chosen to give most of you better hair than me, to make Tiger Woods a better golfer than me, to make Brad Paisley a better guitarist than me, and to make Max Lucado a better writer than me. With God’s grace, I am fine with that. I am not angry at them, and I don’t think they have done something wrong by becoming successful. As I’ve matured, I’ve come to realize that God is indeed fair, but fair does not mean equal. My team and I are loving teachers who understand that people’s best shot at having a better life is to make better choices, have better habits, and grow their character. Our long track record of helping people shouts what we believe. We love Christ, we love people, and we believe the Bible’s teachings are the answer to the world’s struggles. We will continue to put them forth in the marketplace, and we will fight for our right to do so regardless of whether you agree—or whether you have the capacity to understand. We will do that because we don’t work for our critics; we do our work as unto the Lord, and we won’t stop until He tells us to.
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