James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

As a great philosopher Biggie once said, "Mo Money, Mo Problems." And frankly, he was right.

God is an abundant gift giver, but often we're too wrapped up in the wrong things to notice the gifts in the first place! Like little kids on Christmas morning who unwrap countless gifts and just eventually just start tossing things over their shoulder - how many of God's incredible, precious gifts have we just tossed aside? And even if we do receive the gift we've been hoping for, if we don't change our heart, "grow up" and have emotional and spiritual discipline, will the gift even matter - or worse, be the cause of our downfall? Ask the majority of lottery winners. Multiplying God's gifts means we have to seek him first in all things, because if we don't then every precious gift will just turn into our eventual downfall. The gift ISN'T the actual gift. But this? This is ...