Have you listened to "What Is the Recession For?" yet? In it John Piper suggests that 2 Corinthians 8:12 might be the clearest "recession text" in the Bible, as it describes the roots of the joy of the Macedonian believers in their "recession".
In their "severe test of affliction" and "extreme poverty" their abundant joy "overflowed in a wealth of generosity". Their generosity didn't come from prosperity but from God's grace - and this grace rooted in "our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9).
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Sure: "For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have." The same goes with money. People got used to spending more than they earn. All those fancy cars and big houses.. Naturally for me as Vancouver realtor it is great to sell a bigger house than a smaller one but on the other side I hate to see a couple getting a huge mortgage when they could get much smaller one if they reduced their demands.
Take care,
Jay
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