Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).

You can’t be a good writer in the States anymore because to be a good one you have to have a country where you can be poor and still eat, and still make your living...

God will not judge by man’s standard of what is right, but by His own, and they are vastly different!

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to a higher standard of living.