Poverty mentality or materialism is the state of focusing on and craving for earthly possessions rather than seeking God’s kingdom first and focusing on heavenly things. As you’ll see shortly, some of us inherited the poverty mentality from our parents as we observed their habits and heard them talk about money. And the rest of…
Christians who hate the world and refuse to conform to the standards of the world will experience pain. They discipline themselves to remain obedient to Christ. They deny themselves the pleasures of the world. Because of this, they’re hated and persecuted because they refuse to join their persecutors in sin.
“Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith.” (2 Corinthians 13:5)