There is a question that we may want to ask ourselves often. We might want to stop and take a good hard look at what it really is that we strive for. Many times it is some kind of earthly gain. It could be accumulating some more earthly possessions or improving our own self-worth. But... Continue Reading →
The Teacher´s Word for Today
Is it because our attention and our affection go out to the things that we have gained, that the Lord says it is so difficult for the rich to come to Him? Or could it be that we can get so satisfied with what we have that we cease to hunger for more of Him?
Lacks Wisdom
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 NIV Two brothers were disputing over a question of faith. One was saying that God did not want us to simply pray over something and leave it... Continue Reading →
The Love of Money
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5 NIV The young man was just starting out on his own. Many of his close friends were out to make a good... Continue Reading →
The Love of Money
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.1st Timothy 6:9 NIV His heart was beating fast as he chose the green Nothing-to-Declare route through customs. A friend had offered to pay for his trip to this... Continue Reading →
Compared to Christ
What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ Philippians 3:8 NIV A man had reached the top. He had the kind of job we dream of. ... Continue Reading →
Who Jesus Pleases
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. John 5:30 (NIV) The Son of God is sent from Heaven above. He comes into the world born in the body of a Man, Jesus Christ. ... Continue Reading →
