Playing the Lottery vs Paying Tithes and Offerings

Many Christians may not admit it verbally, but their actions reveal that investing in the lottery will provide a better ROI than paying tithes and offerings.

Some Christians invest in the lottery daily; they study the lottery system faithfully using the lottery study guide books.  They have more faith in a system that they can see, rather than on God’s system that they can’t see.

There has been research done to show that most lottery winners go broke and for some, their lives end up worse than it was before they won.  The most astonishing aspect is that some winners do not even pay tithes or offering on their winnings.  They thank God, Jesus and all the angels in heaven-yet 10% of the winnings are a bit too much to offer.

If they spent the same amount of time studying the bible and investing daily in the propagation of the Gospel, their return on investment would not only be greater-but it would cover every aspect of their lives.   They would truly know what it means when God says he will bless you to be a blessing.  It’s a promise to every believer.

Use Your God Given Talents To Lay Hands On The Sick So They’ll Recover

Jesus essentially states in Matthew 28:18 and Mark 16:15-18  that we have been commissioned to go to the world.  There are many who do the work of spreading the Good News. 

Some are teachers, assistants, ministers, evangelists, etc.  God has given us multiplicity of craftsmanship, skills, and talent.  Jesus demonstrated signs and wonders as he went around spreading the Gospel.  He was not behind a pulpit every Sunday. 

So many people in the world are sick. Sick of their husbands, sick of their jobs, sick of their wives or just sick of their lives.  Sick of their friends, relatives or kids.  Some people are sick of food, TV, or the world.  Many people are sick of the Church and the Mosque.  We are simply catalysts and conduits used by God to reveal signs and wonders in peoples lives. 

People want to hear about God so that they can see miracles in their lives and come back to tell you what God used you to do in their lives.  Signs and wonders are not just demonstrated because you lay hands on someone and they fall out on the floor. 

Even a hairdresser can demonstrate Signs and Wonders in the Beauty Industry.  Because you are so filled with faith, the holy spirit will enable people to be healed because you colored their hair, applied hair extensions or braids, or simply put on your styling cape.

People were healed by touching Paul’s handkerchief, aprons or towels. Acts 19:11-12(Amplified) says “ And God did unusual and extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, So that handkerchiefs or towels or aprons which had touched his skin were carried away and put upon the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.”

Paul might not have even known about the signs and wonders that were taking place when people left him. But he was willing to be used as a vessel.

In the profession of hairdressing and beauty, women are looking for miracles not only to restore their hair, but to heal.  In the cosmetic and beauty industry, external beauty is much more important than internal beauty.  While we know that ones external attractiveness  is seen before ones internal beauty ;  it is a proven fact when one is healed from within their external physical attributes are brightened and improved.

 The study of science shows that if ones internal homeostasis is balanced they are able to do more physically. The study of  medicine asserts that healing is from within.  A person that shines shoes  can be used in their profession by God.

THE POWER OF GOD IN HAIR

Our hair has significance, according to Mathew 5:36(Amplified Bible) which says “Do not swear by your head for you are not able to make a singe hair white or black,” and Mathew 10:30(Amplified Bible) “But even the very hairs of your head are numbered.” With one strand of hair, scientists can take your DNA and tell your life story. They can recognize your blood type, your genetic make-up, or calculate your propensity to certain diseases.

God has put strength and resilience in our inner scalps and hair textures as he did with Samson, Judges 16:17. This year Paul Mitchell helped the world to recognize this when he and many others demonstrated the strength in hair when they used hair rolled into masses to absorb the oil in the oceans, lakes and beaches for the BP(British Petroleum) oil catastrophe.

So many hairdressers and stylists take hair for granted. Over time they tend to lose esteem for really preserving and maintaining the health of their clients hair. While fashion models can’t step onto the runway without a hairstylist creating a “show stopping” design in their hair; there are masses of women who hate their hairdressers for the destruction that their hands have caused to their hair and scalps-causing people to “stop” and pity them.


God did not make any mistakes with your beauty or worth when he created your hair in all his infinite creative diverseness. Luke 12:7(Amplified Bible) says “But even the very hairs of your head are numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many flocks of sparrows.

Hair is like an antenna whether we have too much of it or very little. Job(Amplified Bible) 4:14 says “Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of flesh stood up!” And we know God intended it to be that way. Even when some people tell lies, they have to scratch their head because it begins to itch in dismay.

Hair has life not just because of blood and nerve innervations, but because it has the ability to bring happiness, smiles, laughter, sadness, depression, awe and love to every human being. Song of Solomon 4:1(Amplified Bible) says “How fair you are, my love, how very fair! Your eyes behind your veil remind me of those of a dove; your hair makes me think of the black, wavy fleece of a flock of the Arabian goats which one sees trailing down Mount Gilead beyond the Jordan on the frontiers of the desert.”

Lets learn to respect the hair God gave us even if we want to style or accentuate it with hair extensions, braids, dreadlocks, or hair color. Don’t take care of the hair you have purchased with more love and neglect you own natural hair. Give your natural hair food and water both internally and externally. Use moisturizers, oils, and cleanliness. Your body is the temple of the most high God and that does include your hair!

Remember that your hair does have antennas so brush and comb it with love. Do not consistently covet, compare or criticize how you wish your hair was like other peoples hair. Have appreciation for the fact that People who are not bald by choice wish they just had hair period!