Gospel Poverty - Living Simply To Serve God And The Poor
April 21, 2009
Faith informs our spending
Gospel Poverty isn’t a term that is used much. We here a lot more about the Prosperity Gospel than we do Gospel Poverty, though the term has been around in Roman Catholicism for a while.
Gospel Poverty is not a vow to be poor. It is not destitution. It is the idea of living simply with few entanglements so that we can effectively serve God and the poor.
There are several areas included in Gospel Poverty
1. Stop wasting time. Less time on the computer or in front of the TV and more time loving the poor, serving them and serving Jesus.
2. Stop the information clutter. We often get caught up in “issues” of the moment. We need to be focused on the Kingdom of the moment. Listen to less “news” and listen to fewer “negative” people so that you can remain more focused and more positive.
3. Simplify the budget. What are needs and what are wants. Start dumping some of the wants so that more can be used for the real needs of the poor.
These are essentially the elements of Gospel Poverty from where I am right now. What do you think?
Here’s some resources for you:
My Gospel Poverty Site -called Gospel Poverty
If you check out my gospel poverty site, you’ll find a video where I interview my friend Joseph Cartwright on Gospel Poverty. If you’re interested that’s a great place to start.
Joseph is hosting a conference on Gospel Poverty in July where yours truly will be one of the Speakers. It will be July 10-12 in Arlington Texas in the heart of the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex. If you are interested in that you can check out the information here or here.
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