The first (but least in value) of the Five Essentials is the financial area of your life. Christians seldom ever talk about the Bible’s principles on building wealth because they don’t want to be associated with “prosperity theology.” However, we do ourselves a great disservice by ignoring what the Bible teaches about our wealth. Proverbs 14:24 tells us, “The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.” What makes the Jewish people so prosperous? They have a different mindset towards money than most Christians do.