The Blessing of a half a grand. And what's wrong with a Prosperity Gospel For a seed offering of only $500, God will bless you out of your financial need!  This offering is for those that need to “Jump-start ” blessing from God.   As I heard these words emanating from the pulpit a lump formed in my throat. Whatever it was they were feeding me was just too hard to swallow, too hard to digest.  I could not believe these words were coming from this man of God. Had God changed gears on me?  Could I now squeeze the arm of God like a tube of toothpaste to get every last drop of blessings he had for me? Or has God now become a respecter of men that he would bless the have's and ignore the have nots? It could not be that God was justifying my blessing by my works, that would mean God had changed the rules to salvation without ever telling me [1] ?  Maybe the preacher needed the money and God is broke, so He now needs my money to help bless this pr...