Title: 7 Signs of a Spirit of Poverty - From His Presence®
Headings: 7 Signs of a Spirit of Poverty
7 Signs of a Spirit of Poverty
And beloveds, it's time to kick the spirit of poverty to the curb.
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But the good news is that God is stronger, and Papa God says He's going to bless you.
ALL of God's Word consistently reveals God as our good, good Father who wants to bless us abundantly.
This post is about how to identify a poverty spirit so you can GET RID OF IT if you've embraced it.
So let's look at 7 signs of a spirit of poverty:
Sign #1 of a spirit of poverty: Chronic, long-term lack.
Sign #2 of a spirit of poverty: Thinking you have to give your work away.
And yet Christians do this thing all the time where they think they should give their work away.
It's about stewardship and honoring the Holy Spirit–or not.
And that, my friend, is an insult to the Holy Spirit.
To sum up Sign #2: YOU have value. Your message has value.
Sign #3 of a spirit of poverty: Refusing to pay others for their labor.
But you know what? I got convicted about it because I like to be paid for my work, so I felt like I should pay her too.
Why is not paying others for their work a sign of the spirit of poverty?
Sign #4 of a spirit of poverty: Not tithing or offering to the Lord.
And He asks us for a minimum of 10% in the Old Testament. Malachi 3:8-12 says:
For those of you who prefer the New Testament (NT) standard to the Old Testament one, here's the NT standard (hint: selling everything):
When we refuse to tithe and offer to the Lord, we are yielding to the lies and delusions of the enemy which state that the money actually belongs to us.
But the spirit of poverty tells you that we don't have to tithe and offer–all because it doesn't want us to be blessed or have the devourer (the devil) rebuked off our lives.
Sign #5 of a poverty spirit: Resenting the wealthy.
Some of the nicest people I've ever met are also some of the wealthiest.
Sign #6 of the spirit of poverty: A habit of making poor financial decisions.
I HIGHLY recommend Dave Ramsey's book The Total Money Makeover (affiliate link).
But in order to get ahead financially, I had to educate myself.
But if you will make a point to learn as much as you can about money! Then, oh, then, beloved … everything can change!
Sign #7 of a spirit of poverty: Criticizing someone for spending money they have.
The reason I say this is a sign of the spirit of poverty is because you can put two and two together and come up with four.
But if someone isn't in sin, but is just using their money in a way that you disapprove of–and you're in the habit of criticizing them–please, stop it!
So what do you do if you see any of these signs of the poverty spirit in yourself?
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Content: If I gave away everything for free, I would also be robbing you of a blessing. People value what they have to invest in. And if something costs you nothing, you'll care nothing about it … and I have actually done you a disservice, because the revelation contained in the teaching/book/ministry I gave away could have changed your life forever. Yet because people demonstrate by their actions that their messages have no value in their own estimation, people get robbed of transforming change and revelation, because the message of “no value” is communicated loud and clear. That's why I've seen guest preachers who, before they preach, will offer their products to the congregation. They'll hold up a USB drive and say: “There are 50 sermons on here. You can purchase one at the back table for $500. If you want somebody else's, you can buy it for $75. But if you want this revelation God gave me, it's $500.”