With Jack Bailey
Scripture Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. ~Matthew 6:21, NLT Quote There is withinh the human heart a desire, a deep fibrous root to possess, always to possess, and then to possess more. ~Chuck Swindoll Only a very few of my readers will be able to relate to…
Scripture “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves breakin and steal.” ~Matthew 6:19, NASB Quote Never exalt your opinion above the word of God. His word is inspired, your opinion is not. ~Max Anders Max Anders, who wrote the commentary on Proverbs in the Holman…
Scripture True godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. ~1 Timothy 6:6, NLT Quote Money will open doors in this world, but not the next. ~Ray Comfort The world we live in worships materialism and wealth, but lasting contentment is not found in wealth. Genuine contentment is a gift from God that comes to those…
Scripture “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” ~Luke 12:15, NLT Quote Life is not measured by how much we accumulate, but how much we give. ~Corrie ten Boom Many people are building on sand or as Billy Graham says, “They are building on the wrong…
Scripture If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. ~1 John 1:7, NET Quote Biblical fellowship is never something done alone. ~Chuck Swindoll The Greek word for fellowship is koinōnia and it literally…
Scripture “Thus the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever.” ~1 Kings 5:27, LSB Quote When it comes to greed, we all claim exemption. ~William Wilberforce In over 50 years of serving churches, and I have had only one young man confess the sin of greed. It is a sin…
Scripture Mary then took a litra {Romand pound, 12 0z} of perfume of very costly pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. ~John 12:3, LSB Quote You cannot stop love from giving: the nature of love is…
Scripture Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. ~1 Peter 2:11, NLT Quote God has a tender regard for the souls of men and is infinitely willing to promote their souls welfare. ~Henry Scougal {Life of God: Souls of…
Scripture In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things. ~Hebrews 1:1-2, NIV Quote Meaning or significance for the rich, consist in how much they possess. ~Calvin Miller {Until…
Scripture “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” ~Luke 12:15, NLT Quote Having is not the first sin of materialism: The sin that precedes it is the sin of regarding what we have as our own. ~Calvin Miller There is a greedy little man in me…