Lesson13-Blueprint for Success II. Religious Background -BiblicalTeachings About wealth Wealth is dangerous to faith -When a person grows wealthy, even when he has done so by legitimate means, there is tendency to forget God. He warned the children of Israel about this when they were preparing to enter the land of Canaan: Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest-when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them and when you and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied..then you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.(Deuteronomy 8: 11-13, 17) W BT E To be continued on the next page.Lesson13—Blueprint for Success W B T L E Wealth is dangerous to faith—When a person grows wealthy, even when he has done so by legitimate means, there is a tendency to forget God. He warned the children of Israel about this when they were preparing to enter the land of Canaan: "Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when you and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied... then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’" (Deuteronomy 8:11-13,17) II. Religious Background To be continued on the next page. —Biblical Teachings About Wealth