Posted in wealth on Jan 29th, 2013
Wouldn’t it be great if we had never put our foot in our mouths?
Or thought something selfish and flesh-minded during the midst of a spiritual conversation?
The struggle against flesh never stops, no matter how active we become in personal ministry.
Even people in full-time, vocational ministry say really dumb things occasionally.
I speak from experience.
Hopefully, the frequency […]
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Posted in wealth on Dec 18th, 2012
We’ve all experienced times when our spiritual mood was being determined by our material inventory.
I’m talking about those times when we slip into a measure of discouragement, perhaps even despair, after a highly valued possession is stolen away by theft or by accident or malice of another.
I’m talking about those times when a business fails […]
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Posted in wealth on May 29th, 2012
Peer pressure pushes us sometimes toward compromises of integrity at the job, in our business dealings or even in internal family debates over how estates are divided.
I pray that you have avoided such compromises that promised the payoff of more wealth.
For you and I know that such wealth is both fleeting and far more […]
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Posted in wealth on Oct 21st, 2011
I want a settled heart and settled mind.
And I read seven words this morning that provide these to each of us if we’ll take God at His Word.
We could, of course, disbelieve what the Apostle Paul wrote in I Timothy 6:6. But that would be a big mistake.
It’s so much better to accept […]
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Posted in wealth on Apr 1st, 2011
It’s good when your relationship with God is all that you need in order to be happy.
The world says you need cool things and more of them than does your neighbor or sibling or co-worker.
The world also says you need to have total control of your calendar and total freedom to choose whatever junk food […]
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