Having denounced possessions, status and tradition, I had been attempting to walk lightly through the world of material illusions. When I met Jesus I came to understand that I was no different to the people I thought were uninformed and unloving. I realised I was also unloving, egotistical ...
Happiness is an attainable, vital desire in our lives, as evidenced by the Bible verses about happiness we've explored. The scriptures remind us that true happiness is not found in material possessions or temporary pleasures but through faith, love, and trust in God. By exploring these verses...
Others may have lost their respect for David, but he knew that ultimately any honor he received was from God and not from his position or possessions. God gave David’s life “weight.” In other words, it was David’s relationship with God that gave his life value – not his job, ...
However, think about it for a moment. Why would you choose not to return a tithe? Here are just a few of promised blessings for tithe paying. “Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your ...
Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. "For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exha...
30 But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.” 31 Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken.[ad] 32 We will cross armed in the Lord’s presence into the land of Canaan, and...
8:11-1211By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather together andprotect their lives-- to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their possessions... ...
his livestock and other material possessions with Laban in "hot pursuit". According to the New King James Version Bible, Jacob made an arrangement with Laban that whenever a sheep was born, he could keep it if the animal was speckled, spotted or brown. (Rather than brown, the NIV uses th...
"For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them. "To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. "Immediately the one who had...
After reading Harvey Nowlan’s blog post on stewardship as a Christian I have to agree with many of the points he was making about everything we own and consider our possessions in the material world, we own them to God. Our house, cars, bank account a many other things we treasure do...