Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The general perception of this scripture can indicate that the Bible advocates poverty. But the truth is that the Bible does not teach man to live as poor man or stay in sorry or reproach or hunger, rather, here in this scripture, we find another kind of poverty that the Bible is teaching about. Poor in spirit shows: lack of our dependency on ourselves (on our self) or our efforts complete reliance on God's provision hunger for spiritual needs being passionate for the word of God and the work of God When Ananias and Saphira decided to depend on what was held back from giving to the apostles, instead of trusting on God to provide for their needs, we see that they failed to enter the kingdom of God. Whereas, when the widow trusted on prophet Elijah and decided to listen to His word to bring him some food inspite of her littleness, God blesses her and fed her and her family during the cou...