MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD! (part 1 of 4) It has been said that “diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, but of gold someone has said, “It is much better to have your gold in the hand than in the heart.” [Fuller] Though gold is held as precious and valuable, there is much that is more precious than gold. Join me over the next few days in meditating on some of the things the … [Read more...] about MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD! (Parts 1 -4 of 4)
Poverty
TOIL, NOT TALK!
Someone has said, “You can’t complain about the results you don’t see from the work you didn’t put in.” From the wisdom of Solomon, we should duly note. . . “(23) In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to … [Read more...] about TOIL, NOT TALK!
THE GREATER GAIN!
Within American culture there has been the idea that poverty was equated with sin and wealth with righteous living. Such thinking fueled a teaching of what has been called (among other designations) the gospel of prosperity or prosperity theology. The idea that good health and great wealth are ours if we only … [Read more...] about THE GREATER GAIN!
POOR POOR? (Part 3 of 3)
Again, as we have noted the last two days, how often have the poor been pitied while the rich are envied? Though there are those who live in spiritual poverty -- refusing to acknowledge sin for what it is as they live after their own fleshly desires (note Ephesians 2:3) -- there is a sense in which our spiritual poverty … [Read more...] about POOR POOR? (Part 3 of 3)
POOR POOR? (Part 1 of 3)
How often are the poor pitied while the rich are envied? Though poverty has its challenges, how often do those who possess less seem to express greater joy in life than those who possess much and are living with the stresses of managing it with fear of losing it? Now, I by no means wish to downplay life’s … [Read more...] about POOR POOR? (Part 1 of 3)
