daily prayer

      Good morning! How are we faithing this beautiful day? Like everyone else, I struggle sometimes over money. Sometimes I'm lacking, sometimes I'm good and sometimes there's abundance. Man, I've spent stupidly over the years on seemingly foolish things and I've invested wisely too. Most people who have a reasonable attitude towards money do ok in so much as they ain't living under a bridge but they ain't a Rockerfella either. The Word tells us money is a root of all kinds of evil. Like what you ask? It's kind of like car shows. I knew guys that rubbed in your face how much they spent on their wheels and others who just enjoyed the hobby and the friendships. In music I've known guys who showed off their chops with a huge ego and then there are the guys who just played for the love of it. I don't know how many times I've heard,"If I hit the lotto I'd give to this charity or that charity". Buffalo bagels. If you are so stingy now, what makes you think it'll change with much? Our attitude has to come in line with the Word and the Word tells us to give from the heart, cheerfully and not out of obligation or show. A willingness to give, to help, to lift up cause we love and have Christ's compassion goes much further than just check writing thinking you've done something God can't do without. Ponder these;

3 John 2
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
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1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang.
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Luke 12:15-21
And He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions." And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man was very productive. "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?' "And he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' "So is the man who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
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Heavenly Father,

   Thank you for your wisdom in your Word so we may live upright. Help us not be fooled by the worlds view of material things. Help us be willing and able to meet needs of our own as well as others. Lord, forgive our selfishness. Lord, help us recognise it when it happens and we ask for courage to stand honorably. Lord we praise and honor you, in Jesus name, amen