This particular subject has come up a couple times in the past few days, so I was inspired. Some people have a problem with Pastors and prosperity. I don't, however. Just because we are Christian doesn't mean we need to walk around broke, busted, and disgusted. If God owns cattle on 10,000 hills, why shouldn't we be able to live on top of one of those hills? Now if a Pastor happens to be extorting money from his church, then God has to deal with him/her regarding that. However, what we fail to realize is that NO ONE is putting guns to these folks heads or threatening their safety if they do not pay their tithes and offerings and sow seeds. They are doing this at their own will. Now will I give my last $50 KNOWING my light bill is due and then go begging to the church for money? Of course not. God gives us wisdom to know what we can handle, and he will bless us according to the condition of our hearts.

I believe that it is okay for Pastors to live lives of prosperity....no one is upset when MICHAEL JORDAN, TYLER PERRY or KANYE WEST gets a new Bentley, but as soon as Creflo pulls up in one, he must be stealing money....come on....we forget how many people's lives he touches on a daily basis in a POSITIVE WAY....while Kanye might sing about a golddigger and Tyler Perry is making millions dressing up like a WOMAN- but no one is questioning them.....aside from the fact that many pastors have other businesses and ministries that also supplement their income, but we don't want to accept that. Being a minister of the gospel doesn't mean walking around with holes in your shoes and a secondhand suit....would you go to a doctor who practiced medicine out of a cardboard box? Of course not....

What I will say is that I believe that Pastors should be teaching their members how to manage their money, and educate them so that they are equipped with the same knowledge. Prosperity should not be the primary focus of any ministry, but let's face it, the church is a business. NO CHURCH can run without money. We always say that the church should be the cornerstone of the community and reach out beyond the walls, but forgetting that it requires money to run a ministry to feed the homeless each day or provide tutoring to grade school students. The pastor also has to be paid as well....how easily we forget about that...

If we were really focusing on what's important in God's kingdom, we wouldn't have time to wonder about where some of these Pastors get their affluence from....because the bottom line is that none of us were there and have ever walked a DAY in their shoes or knows the struggle from which they arose....so let's get over it....and just help to advance the kingdom...