Do you want lots of money? In all honesty do you want to be rich? I myself dont really want to be rich, I have seen what money does to ppl and I fear I would become greedy or go on shopping sprees all the time. but then a part of me imagines all the ppl I could help with all that money.
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Do you want lots of money?
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This Scripture suggests the middle class is best.
...give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. Proverbs 30:8b-9 NIV
...give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. Proverbs 30:8b-9 NIV
hallowbonnie
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I am a minimalist and a hippy at heart so I dont need much money or want it but I love to give good gifts and be a giver so in that way I wish I had so much more to help people with.Man there is no greater feeling to me.
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Gary
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Hugh Hefner
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His_nee (Jeff)
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"with food and clothes be content" and
"love does not desire what it does not have" and
"no one can serve two masters" and (with a PROMISE) >
Hebrews 13:5
Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
"love does not desire what it does not have" and
"no one can serve two masters" and (with a PROMISE) >
Hebrews 13:5
Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
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His_nee (Jeff)
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and 
Matthew 10:7-10
The Message (MSG)
5-8 Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:
“Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.
9-10 “Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light.
Matthew 10:7-10
The Message (MSG)
5-8 Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:
“Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.
9-10 “Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light.
Don't need lots of money, just a steady income. (I'm working on it.)
Interesting comment. I would counter with a question. How much is that?
Then, after you have achieved your goal and lived with it for about a year, I'll come back and ask you the same question again and I'm willing to bet your answer will be a higher value.
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His_nee (Jeff)
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if you're drafted into the military, you do what they tell you, when they tell you, how they tell you to do it. And they give you what they give you for pay/housing/benefits -everything needed for daily existence.
you don't have to think about anything - just do what the orders are each day, and 'they' take care of you.
Jesus offered His disciples similar instructions. "Take no thought each day for what you will eat, or what you will put on, or where you will stay... Your heavenly Father knows you have need of all these things." "The gentiles worry about all these things. You don't have to. But come, follow Me ... ... ... "
"... ... ... and I will make you fishers of men."
you don't have to think about anything - just do what the orders are each day, and 'they' take care of you.
Jesus offered His disciples similar instructions. "Take no thought each day for what you will eat, or what you will put on, or where you will stay... Your heavenly Father knows you have need of all these things." "The gentiles worry about all these things. You don't have to. But come, follow Me ... ... ... "
"... ... ... and I will make you fishers of men."
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His_nee (Jeff)
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Matthew 6:19-21 ESV /
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:24 ESV /
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Proverbs 28:20 ESV /
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Mark 4:19 ESV /
But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:24 ESV /
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Proverbs 28:20 ESV /
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Mark 4:19 ESV /
But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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His_nee (Jeff)
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in passing, there were some 'winners' who gave or donated to others most or all of their winnings, but they are not news-worthy .... so their not in the news much. they were much happier than the ones who kept what they won, btw.
a lot of the winners , about half of them, were much worse off and many said they wish they had never won anything!
"the was is wide that leads to destruction, and the whole world follows willy nilly(Hebrew 109)( ).
the way to life and heaven is narrow and few are there who find it."
a lot of the winners , about half of them, were much worse off and many said they wish they had never won anything!
"the was is wide that leads to destruction, and the whole world follows willy nilly(Hebrew 109)(
). the way to life and heaven is narrow and few are there who find it."
Classik
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It is simple. Problem is, some don't know how to use money...and even the little they had they messed up. Reminds me of that verse that says, you can't do well with big stuff if you can't do well with small stuff.in passing, there were some 'winners' who gave or donated to others most or all of their winnings, but they are not news-worthy .... so their not in the news much. they were much happier than the ones who kept what they won, btw.
a lot of the winners , about half of them, were much worse off and many said they wish they had never won anything!
"the was is wide that leads to destruction, and the whole world follows willy nilly(Hebrew 109)(
the way to life and heaven is narrow and few are there who find it."