Don't collect for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in steal. But collect for yourselves treasures in haven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don't break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
MATTHEW 6:19-21 HCSB
"All too often we focus our thoughts and energies on the accumulation of earthly treasures, creating untold stress in our lives and leaving precious little time to accumulate the only treasures that really matter: the spiritual kind. Our material possessions have the potential to do great good - depending upon how we use them. If we allow the things we own to own us, we may pay dearly for our misplaced priorities.
Society focuses intently on material possessions, but God's Word teaches us time and again that money matters little when compared to the spiritual gifts that the Creator offers to those who put Him first in their lives. So today, keep your possessions in perspective. Remember that God should come first, and everything else next. When you give God His rightful place in your heart, you'll have a clearer vision of the things that really matter. Then, you can joyfully thank your heavenly Father for spiritual blessing that are, in truth, too numerous to count." p192
"Wealth is something entrusted to us by God, something God doesn't want us to trust. He wants us to trust Him" - WARREN WIERSBE p193
"When possessions become our god, we become materialistic and greedy ...and we forfeit our contentment and our joy." - CHARLES SWINDOLL p193
"What we posses often posses us - we are possessed by possessions." - OSWALD CHAMBERS p193
TODAY'S PRAYER
Dear Lord, all I have belongs to You. When I leave this world I take nothing with me. Help me to value my relationship with You - and my relationships with others - more than I value my material possessions. Amen
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