Above and Beyond
Prosperity Gospel Early in my walk with God, I became well acquainted with what modern Christians call the “prosperity gospel.” That’s basically an interpretation of the Bible that says if anyone has enough faith, the right relationship with God, and the appropriate Bible teaching, they can expect a life of abundance, wealth, health, and plenty in all God’s blessings all the time. My faith in God today is not a prosperity gospel mindset, I was evicted from that genre of Christianity with a Parkinson’s Disease (PD) diagnosis. So, although Chris and I don’t believe that God is obliged to prosper us in all areas of our life just because we have some type of super faith or exulted knowledge, we do find in scripture encouragement to exercise faith in God for the “above and beyond.” Above and Beyond Gospel What I mean by above and beyond comes from the scriptures. In a letter by the Apostle Paul to the church in Ephesus, he writes that God is able to do far more abundantly beyond ...