Month: October 2021

wealth

Do You Have A Kingdom Attitude Toward Wealth?

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In the Old Testament God promised material prosperity to his faithful followers. He made Abraham wealthy with large flocks of livestock. Later, when God was bringing the Israelites to the promised land he promised prosperity if they followed the laws he had just given to them at Mt. Sinai. “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit” (Lev. 26:3-4, ESV). In the New Testament we find a new approach to material prosperity and possessions. In Matthew 6:19-34 Jesus teaches us how to relate to money and possessions: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth . . . but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there your heart Continue Reading →

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God’s Love For Us Is Everlasting – Weekly Words Of Encouragement

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But from everlasting to everlastingthe LORD’s love is with those who fear him. Psalms 103:17 (NIV) How long is forever? That’s how long Yahweh will love us. And he has loved us ever since he conceived us in his mind, for his love is also from everlasting history. If we fear and honor him for who he is – and why wouldn’t we? – then he will never stop loving us. He will bring us to a good end and we will live with him and his people in perfect harmony forever. It is important to ask ourselves how much we believe that God loves us. One way to do this is to repeat some of his declarations about his love for us and then take note of how our mind and heart respond. Are we able to fully believe his words in our heart or is there some doubt Continue Reading →

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Yahweh Has Compassion On Us – Weekly Words Of Encouragement

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; Psalms 103:13 Think about how we treat children when they are in pain. Do we minimize their pain? Do we neglect them? Do we expect them to act like adults? And think about how we treat children when they do something destructive. Do we berate them or put them down? Do we punish them just to hurt them? Do we withhold our love or support for them? Yahweh has compassion on us like we have compassion on children. If we fear him, honor and revere him, then he has compassion on our pain. He cares, he wants to comfort us and he does not put us down for being fragile. When we do something destructive he may discipline us for our own growth, but he does not punish us. He does not Continue Reading →