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Attack Your Lack - Oral Roberts

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You Have a Divine Right to Ask, "LORD, What's in It for Me?"<br />

was doing exactly what God in Deuteronomy said<br />

NOT to do: "When you are wealthy, when you have<br />

great possessions, forget not the Lord your God"<br />

(Deuteronomy 8:7-20).<br />

When this man got prosperous, he started<br />

trusting in his money instead of the Lord. Now he<br />

finds it's not in his spirit to go back to trusting in<br />

God.<br />

It isn't that Jesus doesn't want to supply your<br />

lack of money or the things you need. But when<br />

you're trusting in material things you're not<br />

trusting in God. You can only put your trust in<br />

one thing. It is not possible to have more than one<br />

Source.<br />

In the very first commandment, God said,<br />

"You shall have no other gods before me" (Exodus<br />

203).<br />

"Before me." That means nothing out in front<br />

of God. That means God is not first. When you see<br />

other things in front of God, repent. Turn around.<br />

Get back to having God FIRST.<br />

This man's money was standing in front of<br />

God—it was a god to him. He had broken God's<br />

commandment not to have any other god<br />

BEFORE HIM. Jesus saw it and said, "It's<br />

impossible for people to get to heaven who trust<br />

in riches or anything else as a source. God is the<br />

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