God and Materialism

I am a reality TV junkie. Yes I like all the bullcrap that people do in an effort to extend the 15 mins of fame that they have received. One that I used to enjoy on a very basic level was Jon and Kate plus 8. Now if you have ever seen this show you know that it about a woman and man who had twins then sextuplets. Now since I have watched from the beginning, I seen them come from a humble family who were thanking God for their needs being met to a family that seems to thank God for the wants that they are getting at the expense of their childrens lives. Now I won't get in to the explotation thing because honestly that isn't what this is about. Its about a simple question.
Does God love them more since he gives them their needs and wants, or is it simply that they paid for it by giving up their privacy and their childrens privacy.
I tend to believe it is the latter. I don't believe that God is this being who just gives things to some and doesn't do for others. I have a hard time with people saying that Jesus "blessed" them with something material. He isn't some dictator who sits on high and gives to some and not to others. From my limited knowledge and understanding, the greatest gift that God gives us is choice and free will. We can create things for ourselves. Now some people choose to get things at the expense of their very core. They will sale their soul to meet what ever need they have at that moment. Now I am not talking about addiction per se. I am talking about the people who use God as a crutch and a status symbol. They spend all their time thanking God for the things they have without ever telling what they have truly given up in an effort to get this want.
Now I am not saying that people are not blessed. Shoot truth be told I am very blessed but not in the conventional way that most people associate with blessings. No, I don't have this wonderful car. I can't walk by myself, My bank is not full of money and my child is far from an angel but I am blessed. I have a healthy child. I have a husband who is good for me. I have my needs. Sure I have many wants but I want them not need them.
I struggle with the idea that God is all in to this whole materialistic attitude that we have especially here in the US. We think that the only way God can love you is by giving you bling, or some other type of money. I mean look at it, this whole wealth preaching is making people alot of cash. Just ask Creflo Dollar and Bill Winston. Now this isn't to say that they are wrong because in my limited knowledge I dont know but I believe that there is more to life that being "blessed" by God with a BMW and trips to exotic locales. I would rather think that this came either by hard work, or you paid for it in some way.