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i have no desire to be rich so i can buy a rolex or a lamborghini. i want to be rich so i can control my time and go to the gym at 3pm on a monday. sit at a cafe and relax for an hour on a rainy afternoon. so i can cook meals at home with fresh ingredients. spend on my family and friends without worrying about a budget.

Police and military extorted ₦21.8 billion at South East roadblocks in two months. — Intersociety

The Romance between Poverty and Religion. 1. Poverty and religion feed each other. One provides the pain… the other provides the story to survive the pain. 2. You were not created to abandon your gifts just to fit into someone else’s idea of “holy.” 3. Many were raised to believe questioning religion is a sin. So instead of learning how life works, they wait for life to change by miracle. 4. Wealth gives options. Poverty gives dependency. When you don’t have power, you look for power through prayer. 5. Poverty teaches patience. People start tolerating what they should be changing, all in the name of “God will do it.” 6. When you blame the devil for everything, you never study the system. And when you never study the system, the system keeps winning. 7. Faith isn’t the problem. Ignorance is. 8. Religion teaches people to be grateful for anything... even when the “anything” is destroying their future. 9. Poverty trains people to wait. And the more you wait, the deeper you sink. 10.Some churches thrive because poverty thrives. A desperate man is the easiest man to control. 11. Poverty steals your confidence… and religion gives you words to hide the fear you don’t want to confront. 12. Religion is the only place where some people feel powerful without doing anything powerful. 13. Some people aren’t seeking God… they’re seeking permission to tolerate their suffering. 14. Some don’t want financial literacy. They want “divine alert.” 15. When you’re broke, every problem becomes “spiritual attack,” even when it’s just poor planning. 16. Poverty builds strong imaginations. People start seeing enemies everywhere. Sometimes the enemy is just hunger & frustration. 17. Some people’s entire financial strategy is: “God will do it.” Meanwhile, God is waiting for them to stand up. 18. Some people don’t need prophets… they need exposure. 19. Religion glorifies smallness. “You don’t need much, just be content.” That’s why many settle for tiny businesses with no future, while the world is built by goalgetters. A goalgetter is someone whose ambition is louder than their excuses. 20.Break the cycle: Pray if you want… but upgrade your skills, your environment, and your ambition. God blesses movement, not silliness. Don't repeat the mistake of your parents. 21. Generational wealth is not a prophecy... it is architecture. You build it or you don’t. 22. Some people never meet their true selves… only the version their religion approves. 23. The world loses countless great people because they were taught to silence their most authentic parts. Any belief system that kills your curiosity is robbing you of the mind God gave you. God does not fear your intelligence. Humans do. 24.If your faith cannot coexist with your growth, something is wrong... and it’s not you.