Sell your possessions and give to the poor (Luke 12:33), because you cannot serve God and money (Matthew 6:24). For where our treasure is, there our hearts will be also (Matthew6:21). Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless (Ecclesiastes 5:10). My mother loved money and she owned a lot of property; but when she had a stroke, none of it meant anything. Family members took her money out of the bank; they tried to sell one of her houses before she even died, the Word tells us this will happen. Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal (Matthew6:19).
Father, help us guard against all kinds of greed; because life does not consist in the abundance of our possessions. Lord, let not the love of money corrupted us and brings dishonesty into our lives because dishonest money dwindles away. Father, keep us from being eager for money; so we will not wander from the faith and pierce ourselves with grief. Father, let us desire You, more than we desire money; so we will hunger for the things of the Spirit, and not the things of the world. Lord, we understand that we need money to live in this world, but we need things of the Spirit for eternity in Your Kingdom. Lord, let us not be so materialistic; and keep our flesh at rest, so we can become the people You created us to be, in Jesus name, Amen
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