20 Things That Only Poverty Can Teach You

PEOPLE LOOK AT POVERTY AS IF IT DEPICTS SATANIC FINGER.

HOWEVER, POVERTY IS NOT LITERALLY A “BAD” THING AS IT WERE.

POVERTY IS ACTUALLY PART OF PROSPERITY. IT’S A POWERFUL INSTRUMENT GOD DEPLOYS TO SHAPEN THE LIVES OF BELIEVERS. POVERTY TIME IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG FROM GOD’S WAYS BUT HOW LONG OR SHORT IT TAKES DEPENDS ON HOW FAST INDIVIDUALS LEARN THE MESSAGE GOD AND LIFE IS TRYING TO PASS ACROSS AND QUICKLY MAKE RIGHT ADJUSTMENTS. (Galatians 4:1-6)

SO GOD ALLOWS POVERTY TIMES IN BELIEVERS LIVES FOR REASONS. THESE REASONS MUST BE VIEWED WITH A POSITIVE MINDSET NOT A MEDIOCRE MENTALITY OF A MERE POOR MAN WHO HAS ALREADY SEEN HIMSELF AS A FAILURE IN LIFE JUST BECAUSE OF TRANSIENT TIME OF WANT.

MY INTENTION HERE IS TO HELP ALL EXPECTANT BELIEVERS SMILE AT THE PRESENT FINANCIAL STORMS AND LOOK FORWARD TO A BRIGHTER TOMMOROW OF ABUNDANCE IN JESUS NAME.

SO LET’S GO….

(1) POVERTY MAKES YOU KNOW YOUR REAL FRIENDS ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE KIND OF RICH BEFORE AND THINGS WENT DOWN.
THIS STAGE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHO TO PERMANENTLY RUN AWAY FROM AND WHO TO KEEP CLOSE WHEN YOUR BOOM COMES AGAIN.

(2) POVERTY MAKES YOU KNOW THE VALUE OF BEING RICH JUST AS
LIGHT WILL MAKE NO SENSE WITHOUT DARKNESS.

(3) POVERTY IS A GOOD SCHOOL FOR GRADUATING INTO PROSPERITY. MANY LIFE TRAININGS THAT NO SCHOOL CAN TEACH YOU ARE BETTER TAUGHT YOU BY LIFE ITSELF DURING THIS TIME WHEN YOU ARE FAR FROM LUXURY.

(4) POVERTY BEFORE RICHES MAKES YOU UNASHAMED TO IDENTIFY WITH THE POOR AND YOU FEEL THEIR PAIN AND CAN HELP THE POOR EASILY WHEN YOU BECOME RICH.
SO MANY RICH PEOPLE LACK COMPASSION BECAUSE THEY BECAME RICH BY INHERITANCE AND NOT BY GROWING FROM GRASS TO GRACE.

(5) POVERTY TEACHES PRUDENCE AND SMART FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TO A MAN WHO HAS THE FAITH IN GOD TO BECOME RICH SOON.

(6) POVERTY EXPOSES YOU TO THE VARIOUS WISDOM OF OTHERS. THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE PITY THE POOR, THE POOR MAN ENJOYS DIFFERENT ADVICE AND COUNSELING THAT CAN HELP HIM BECOME RICH.

(7) POVERTY DRAWS MEN TO GOD BECAUSE YOU WANT TO OVERCOME THIS PAIN.

(8) POVERTY HELPS YOU PROVE YOUR LOVE TO GOD. YOU SEE POOR BELIEVERS HAVE THE CHANCE OF LETTING GOD KNOW HOW WITH OR WITHOUT MONEY HE WILL LOVE AND FOLLOW GOD THROUGH STICKING TO GOD’S RULES AND DEMANDS DESPITE THE FINANCIAL INCONVENIENCE. (Habakkuk 3:16-19)

(9) POVERTY HELPS GOD KNOW THE KIND OF BELIEVER YOU ARE AND WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART.
IT HELPS GOD TRUST YOU OR ABANDON YOU. Deuteronomy 8:2-4

(10) POVERTY REDUCES YOUR HUMAN ENEMIES EXCEPT SATAN WHO ATTACKS BOTH THE POOR AND THE RICH.
MANY WICKED PEOPLE SEE THE POOR AS ALREADY FACING LIFE “ENOUGH” PUNISHMENT ALREADY SO HE MAY BE LUCKY TO BE EXCUSED.

(11) POVERTY HELPS YOU HAVE TIME FOR SERIOUS PRAYER INVESTMENT FOR YOUR FUTURE LIFE OF RICHES.
THE SPIRITUAL INVESTMENT PEOPLE MAKE IN POOR TIMES GO A LONG WAY IN SUSTAINING THEM IN THE TIME OF THEIR ABUNDANCE.

(12) POVERTY MAKES A GOOD AND COMPASSIONATE LEADER OUT OF YOU IF YOU STILL REMAIN IN GOD WHEN RICHES COME.
MOST WICKED LEADERS HAVE NOT FELT THE PAIN OF HUNGER AND LACK BEFORE.

(13) POVERTY IS THE BREEDING PLACE FOR THE STORY BEHIND THE GLORY OF ALL LIVES.
YOU CAN’T TELL OF “STORY” WHEN YOU HAD EVERYTHING.

(14) POVERTY MAKES YOUR TESTIMONIES IN RICHES THICK, ENCOURAGING, INSPIRING, SOUL LIFTING AND TOUCHING ENOUGH TO MAKE PEOPLE VALUE YOU.

(15) POVERTY IS GOD’S INSTRUMENT OF CORRECTIONS OF BELIEVERS WAYWARDNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE SOMETIMES,
Job 36:11

(16) POVERTY EXPOSES TO YOU AND OTHERS YOUR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. IF YOU DON’T GET LOST IN POVERTY, YOU ARE LIKELY TO RETRACE YOUR STEPS BACK TO GOD IF YOU GET LOST IN RICHES LATER.
2 Chronicles 25:1-8

(17) POVERTY MAY HELP YOU MARRY A TRUE LOVER AS A MAN.
IF A WOMAN IS READY TO MARRY YOU DESPITE YOUR LACK, YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FOUND A WOMAN WHO WILL STAY WITH YOU THROUGH LIFE ESPECIALLY IF YOU DID NOT END UP HURTING HER.

(18) POVERTY EXPOSES YOU TO RIDICULES , MOCKERY AND SOME INSULTS. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO MANAGE ALL THESE CHALLENGES SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT LOSING YOUR DIGNITY AND IDENTITY, YOU WILL HAVE DEVELOPED THICK SKIN WHICH WILL END UP HELPING DESPISE ANY OF SUCH MALICIOUS MOCKERY AND INSULT THAT MAY BE CASTED AT YOU BY PEOPLE OUT OF JEALOUSY AND ENVY WHEN YOU ARE NOW RICH.

(19) POVERTY HELPS YOU PUT YOUR BRAIN TO TASK. IT HELPS YOU TRY MANY THINGS AND IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT WON’T WORK AND BY SO DOING YOU ARE KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY BECOMING WISE.

(20) POVERTY MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORD OF GOD CLEARLY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ATTACH YOUR FEELINGS OF PAIN TO THE EXPERIENCES OF BIBLICAL FIGURES WHOM GOD USED TO WRITE THE SCRIPTURES.
A MAN OR WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN A HOUSEMAID BEFORE CAN RELATE MORE TO THE STORY OF JOSEPH ETC.

I HOPE YOU ARE ENCOURAGED AND MORE ENLIGHTENED.

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