How to Be Rich: It's Not What You Have. It's What You Do With What You Have.

If you make $37,000, you are in the top 4% of income earners in the world. The majority of the world looks at me and you and believes we are rich. I don’t feel that way and you probably don’t feel that way. But we’re in the “top 4% club”. Whether we feel rich or not, we’re rich . . . globally speaking.We complain about things like bad cell phone service, computer problems, car trouble, fight delays, watering bans, etc. All rich-people problems. This shouldn’t make you feel guilty but grateful.“Rich” is a moving target. No matter how much money we have or make, we will probably never consider ourselves rich. The biggest challenge facing rich people is that they’ve lost their ability to recognize that they’re rich. -Andy StanleyHere’s the sad reality: The richer people get, the smaller the percentage of money they give away. The key is to posses money without it possessing you.how to be rich coverHere’s what the Apostle Paul says about us:Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. (1 Timothy 6: 17)To keep your hope from migrating toward your money, Andy suggests adopting this mantra:“I will not trust in riches but in him who richly provides.”In order to protect yourself from the negative side effects of wealth, Andy Stanley offers an antidote: generosity. Extreme generosity was the reputation of the first century Christians. They were inexplicably compassionate and generous. They had little, but they gave.There are a couple of chapters dedicated to helping you develop a generosity plan that is sustainable. Andy Stanley then closes the book by challenging Christians to not be average with their generosity but, instead, be rich.I recommend this book for anyone one makes or ever plans to make $37,000 or more annually.

This is a very well written and thought out book on the principles of money and generosity in the Bible. Every Christian should read this book. Highly recommend.

This book presents the Biblical concept of living generously as a basic principle of Christian faith. The author spends most of his time convincing his readers that by global standards they are already rich, with most Americans being in the top 4 percent of worldwide wealth. So, according to the author, becoming good at being rich is the great challenge, not grasping at attaining further wealth. Being good at being rich means generous giving to those who cannot give back. The idea of giving in order to gain more is the the antithesis of being rich. This biblically centered teaching on giving provides a breath of fresh air to the selfish, self-centered form of giving strictly in order to gain promulgated by the so-called prosperity ministers. However, I think that the author becomes overly repetitious in describing the problem of realizing that we are already rich and not nearly enough time in providing examples of what generosity looks like on a practical level. I have read about the Be Rich campaigns held at the author's church. The congregation is taught to not only give generously of their money to benefit charitable rganizations but also to give just as generously of themselves in volunteer work for these same organizations. This combination has a powerful impact on the congregants, their communities, and on charities around the world that have been the recipients of Be Rich campaigns. I was hoping that the book would cover the amazing results achieved on behalf of the needy by an ordinary church family that behaves much like the early church in its ministry of kindness and generosity. Replication on a large scale could revitalize churches, making them highly relevant to their surrounding communities and to worthy causes around the globe.

If you want it to, this book can change your entire outlook on money in your life. Instead of always trying to get ahead only to feel like you’re always behind, you can learn how to have peace. AWESOME BOOK!

Andy knows in order to change a culture of affluence, materialism, and consumerism, a shift in thinking, doing, and being must take place in the hearts of Christ-followers and His body, the church. In his usual style of teaching, he combines biblical truth with practical application to begin making this crucial shift needing to take place in the hearts of all believers and the church.This book is based upon this passage of scripture: "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain . . . " (1 Timothy 6:17) Andy then guides all American believers who reads this that we all suffer from our own little version of "the rich kid syndrome." And gives us this zinger, "To the average person outside of the US, there is no difference between Bill Gates wealth and my wealth!"In conclusion, the comparison of a virus/vaccine to the disease of affluenza that affects us all is brilliant and very enlightening. He asks such questions as "what is the disease of affluenza, what are the symptoms and is there a vaccine for it?"This book would make for a great small group study as well as individual study. As believers, we must begin to live out true biblical generosity and move away from the world's values and even religious institution's values!

I'am enjoying reading this book. The concept is so simple yet very easily missed. I recommended to anyone going through any season of life but especially a season of maturity where we need to be extra grateful for what we have and where we are in life.

"How to Be Rich" by Andy Stanley is one of the best books on stewardship I have read in a long time. It provides practical advice on how to be good stewards. It is a must read for those who desire to be faithful to God.

Love the practical ideas in this book

The theory of being rich without knowing and how to use the resources sensibly

This goes into the history of how our society and culture developed into trying to keep up with the Jonses. Andy gives good examples for Godly living through concrete ways to be rich in a culture that's broke. Great illistrations using Biblical examples