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Wealth is Not the End-All
Luke 12:16-21“’…The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 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 will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And…
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Wealth Formula
Proverbs 10:4 “Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.” Principle: Wealth comes out of a decision to do something well and do it now. One of the most productive home developers of the last century was the Levitt family. From 1947 to 1951, they built 17,500 homes in one community, Levittown, N.Y.…
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Wages – for Better or for Worse
Proverbs 10:16 “The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.” Principle:Money and riches are neutral but have a powerful impact on the spiritual direction of a person’s life. Lyman Stewart of Union Oil Company was a millionaire in the 1900s. Being a co-founder of BIOLA University…
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Wanted, a Few Good Men
Matthew 9:9 “As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.” Matthew the tax collector probably knew Jesus beforehand. He later gave a big reception for Jesus in his house, which was likely a…
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The Way to Success – Listening
Proverbs 8:1, 10, 18-19, 21, 34 “Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? … Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold … With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver … bestowing…
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Wealth, Riches, and Praise
Isaiah 60:5-6 “’Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come. Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come…
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Wealth Is Temporary
Lamentations 4:2, 5, 9 “How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! … Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those brought up in royal purple now lie on ash heaps …Those killed by the…
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Wanna Be Followers
Luke 9:57-62 “As they were walking along the road … ‘I will follow You’ … Jesus replied, ‘ … the Son of Man has no place to lay His head’… to another man, ‘follow me’ … ‘Let the dead bury their own dead’ … still another said, ‘I will follow You Lord’ … ‘no one…
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Undemocratic
1 Timothy 6:15 “… God will bring about in His own time – God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.” Paul describes…