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2 Corinthians 9:11 AMPC‬ Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God.

A lot of people, believers included, don’t like the concept of born-again believers being rich. They think riches will corrupt us, makes us too much like the world, or take our dependence off of God. That may be true for immature believers, but as we can see from this scripture, God is not against believers having riches.

One beneficial reason to be rich is so that we can be generous to others. Our extra money is not solely for ourselves. It’s so that we can be a blessing to others. When we’re generous with others, our generosity will bring thanksgiving to God.

If believers didn’t have anything leftover to give, the truly less fortunate wouldn’t have anything to eat, no where to sleep, or clothes. We couldn’t help out a friend who was behind on their bills. We couldn’t give gas money to that teenager who’s trying to do something meaningful with their lives.

All of our generosity will bring glory to God. If you don’t want riches for yourselves, that’s fine. Believe God for riches in order to give everything you don’t need away so that God can be glorified.

‭2 Corinthians 9:12 NLT‬ So two good things will result from this ministry of giving—the needs of the believers in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God.

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