The Blessing of the Lord Will Make You Rich: Lifestyles of the Bibles' Rich and Famous

By Sue Ann Szczech

What would happen if King Solomon lived in this present age?
He would be a very good leader using his godly wisdom, which he had asked the Lord for when he first began to rule.
He would be a very good Christian writer; he wrote the proverbs and other writings. He would be a very good minister of the gospel; people and rulers came from all over the world to hear him speak and would bring gifts to give to him.
He, with his fathers financial help, built a magnificent church filled with gold, silver, and precious stones to glorify the Lord. He would be very wealthy, wearing very expensive and beautiful clothes; he would have many houses, and everything in them would be laden with gold and silver. Basically, he could have anything he wanted.
What would you think? What do you think when you see a minister of the gospel, pastor, or preacher on television, dressed very nicely, with expensive jewelry; a big, beautiful church; and a really nice car?
This book will take you on a journey through the Bible, studying the lives of the men and women who were blessed by God. It will change the way you think about what God really wants for us. He is a very good God and wants only the best for his children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449777227

Sue Ann Szczech

Sue Ann has received her Ministerial Credentials and Chaplancy Certification through ICCM. She is an Instructor for Dr. Chitwood‘s Building And Accumulating Wealth System. She has a BA in Theology from the River Bible Institute in Tampa Florida.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1    Abraham

Chapter 2    Isaac

Chapter 3    Jacob

Chapter 4    Joseph

Chapter 5    Joshua

Chapter 6    Ruth

Chapter 7    Hannah

Chapter 8    Elihah and the Widow Woman

Chapter 9    The Widows Oil

Chapter 10   Hezekiah

Chapter 11   King David

Chapter 12   King Solomon

Chapter 13   Queen Esther

Chapter 14   Job

Chapter 15   Daniel

Chapter 16   Jesus

Chapter 17   The Offering

Chapter 18   The Character

Chapter 19   Characteristics Summary

Chapter 20   Related Scriptures

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17

Preface

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it. Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, without painful toil for it. Proverbs 10:22 NIV

I chose this scripture as the title of this book because it describes just what the book is about. With the Lord’s blessing, we will be rich with no sorrow added with it.

The Blessing of the Lord, in the Hebrew means prosperity. The dictionary meaning of prosperity means the condition of being successful or thriving; especially: economic well being.

Rich, in the Hebrew means to accumulate and to grow or make rich. To make self rich, or make Kings.

And He added no sorrow with it, in the Hebrew sorrow means painful toil. Wow! So, in other words, The Lord wants to bless us without it being painful and toiling work. The Lord speaks in Deuteronomy about giving the Israelites great and beautiful cities which they did not build, and houses full of all good things which they did not fill, and wells which they did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees which they did not plant. That pretty much sums it up…having the blessing of the Lord will make you rich without making it grievous, but making it easy.

That sounds good to me, what about you?

Introduction

The decision to write this book has been on my heart for many years, and for many reasons.

One of the reason’s the Lord wants to bless us is so we can be a blessing to people and not walk away from hungry and hurting people.

Have you ever read the parable of the Good Samaritan, in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 10:25-37? Where the lawyer was asking Jesus how to obtain eternal life? Jesus asked him what the law said. And he said, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said that was correct. Then the lawyer asked who is my neighbor? Jesus replied and told him a parable about a man who was robbed and beat up and left for dead on the side of the road. Well, several people walked by and didn’t pay any attention to him. Then the Good Samaritan passed by and helped him by cleaning him up and bringing him to a hotel to stay until he was well and gave the inn keeper money in advance for anything that the man needed, and if there was any more money owing he would pay the inn keeper when he returned.

Have you ever thought to yourself, like I have, I wish that I had the money where I could actually do something like that? To actually put him up in a Hotel or a place for him to get well and pay for his stay until he was better?

Another important reason is that there are so many people that have the wrong perception of what God would want for us.

People talk about the fact that Ministers of the Gospel should not be rich, or shouldn’t talk about finances, or giving. Also, that Christians shouldn’t be rich or have too much money. Why not? Why can everyone else in the world be rich, but not the Minister’s of the Lord, or Christians? It