"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
Money and possessions are the most talked about subjects in the Bible — more than prayer, faith or salvation. Begin with acknowledging that everything belongs to God: 1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; Psalm 24:1 The LORD takes care of those who honor Him: 9 Honor the Lord …
Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth. Genesis 11:4 NIV Louis Sullivan, the inventor of the modern skyscraper, said, “The tall building … should be a …
Since I am a child of God, I am an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ, if indeed I share in His sufferings in order that I may also share in His glory. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will …
One Father & Creator 10 Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? Malachi 2:10 In Christ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for …
When someone asks, “What do you do?”, is your answer… “I am an ambassador for Christ.” 18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, …
You may not realize it, but what you think about God determines how you handle life. For example: If you think God is waiting and watching to punish you, you’ll attempt to clean up the messes in your life alone. If you God is for you and has your back, you will run to Him …
It is God’s desire Is this not the fast You have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke? Is it not to share our food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter; when …
Pride goes before destruction,and a haughty spirit before a fall.(Proverbs 16:18) When I am blessed with abundance,I will beware lest my heart becomes proud,and I forget the Lord my God who provided all goodthings, thinking that it was my power and the strengthof my hand that brought this wealth.(Deuteronomy 8:12–14, 17)
12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12 I will owe nothing to anyone except to love them, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You …
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