Wealth and Poverty: hear

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Saturday, 23 April 2016

Direct and profound words

For where your treasure is, there your heart [your wishes, your desires; that on which your life centers] will be also.

Matthew 6:21

What we do with our possessions is a sure indicator of what's in our hearts.

When you hear people say, "I want more of a heart for missions" be comfortable in responding, "Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions, and your heart will follow."

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We law-abiding high-living consumers, satisfy our self-indulgent whims and appetites for comfort

or pleasure through clearly superior means--we buy ever-larger houses and fill them with ever-more goodies. "And

where is the harm in that?" we ask, not seeking or wanting an answer. We deny the obvious truth that there is always a

more Christian use for money that is spent self-indulgently. We even have the audacity to tell ourselves and others

that we "earn" or "deserve" the goodies that give us comfort and pleasure. We seem to have little difficulty divorcing

wealth, materialism, and self-indulgent consumption from serious contemplation of Christian morality. Randy Alcorn

Saturday, 23 April 2016

Direct and profound words

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