Have you ever wondered why good things happen to bad people? It seems you are doing all the right things, but geting the wrong results. Could our thoughts be the culprit? One of the things that can be difficult for Christians to overcome is the conflict between faith in God and the need for money. Some of us have been programmed to beleive that there is some shame or even sin in having or desiring to have an abundance of wealth. I believe our heavenly Father gets pleasure from seeing your prosper. He gets pleasure because prosperity brings you pleasure! He loves us so much and wants to bring us an abundance of goodness to our life. I mean how can he be a "good God" and not desire to give us good things? When I was young in my faith walk, I understood wealth and prosperity as being a bad thing. The believers that were around me were sick and poor, barely making ends meet. These were beautiful, loving and well-intentioned people. They truly believed that life outside of the st