So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to
another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Psalm 71:18
I stumbled upon a few resources that I thought I would pass along. Pastor John Piper has a free PDF of a book called “Rethinking Retirement” and a great [...]
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We all know that keeping up with the Joneses is not a winnable game. But somehow that knowledge does little to remove the temptation of trying to play this game to come out on top. Paul speaks in 1 Cor 9:24-27 about competing as if to win the prize, and that is exactly what we [...]
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As of last week, the country’s net worth (debt, really) officially crossed over negative $11 trillion. To be exact, it is now $11,033,157,578,669.78. To put it in perspective, if you spent $15 million every day from when Jesus was born until now, you still wouldn’t have spent more than what our nation is in debt! [...]
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He told them this parable, “The land of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do: I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I’ll store all my [...]
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Debt
The Great Spiritual Inhibitor
Last week we looked at Giving and what the Bible says about how to give.
This week we will look at Debt and what the Bible says about it. I have titled this post Debt – The Great Spiritual Inhibitor. I believe debt is often what often keeps us from freely giving [...]
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How to Give
If you think for a moment, you can probably name a few books that deal with how to pray, how to lead your family, how to teach, how to serve, how to study scripture, but how many books can you think of that teach you how to give?
I can only think of a [...]
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Understanding the Tithe and the First Fruits
What is a Tithe and is it important?
A tithe is defined as a “one-tenth” part of something or 10%. The importance of understanding the Tithe is seen in Malachi 3:8-10 as the Israelites are warned to not “rob God” by not giving 10% of the first fruits back to [...]
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Sending it on ahead
Your Net Worth in Heaven
The term “net worth” is a part of our everyday language.
Simply your net worth is the sum of things that you “own” or your assets minus your things that you “owe” or liabilities. In our society and culture, net worth is often related to our status. A [...]
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