This is a question to the christians and beleivers?

I've been dating a woman who is a devout christian and quite religious. I on the other hand am not. I beleive in God but I'm in no way a religious individual (read between the lines). Any way she tells me that she "wants a man that is pursuing God and wants a man that understands God and himself." she also told me how she sees it as a problem for a man (me) to "pursue money but not God"..... now here's my question.....I beleive in God, yes. But I also beleive in myself. I pray, yes. But I also do what I need to do to get what I need to get to go where I'm trying to go. The term "chasing money" she used to obviously describe how me and how I think, came from me telling my baby brother who spent his youth chasing girls and spending his money on impressing them which in turn put him in a lot of trouble. My advice to him wasnt to sit and wait for things to change for him nor to spend his entire earnings on women...but to focus on improving himself, his situation, his credit and of course become more secure financially..... in other words i told my brother to "focus on his money"...... and she took that and completely used it against me (among other things that I say and she twist them against me)....the advise I gave my bro was the same motto I used for myself and thus i have repaired my credit, I'm financially stable infact I've improved, not only financially but the wellbeing of my life has improved significantly, but i still pray and thank God for all of it....... anyway before I divulge into something else..... Christians, beleivers.... do i have it all wrong? Am I misguided?