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I feel like I have a fairly uncommon approach to the idea of wealth. Call me crazy, but I don't believe that the God of the Bible wants to give me money for the brand new Toyota Tacoma I've been eyeing through the targeted social media advertisements showing up on my feed. Even if I pleaded and prayed, justifying my capitalistic americanized prayer by convincing myself that it was within the "desires of my heart", I have to ask myself at a certain point, what am I really pray

In Luke 13:23-27, when Jesus is asked the question, "Lord, will those who are saved be few", His response is to strive to enter the narrow door, and to those who beg the door to be opened to "the house", those who will say: "‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’" The response of the Lord will be: "‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’" There is a paralleled instance of this verse also in Matthew