{"id":10399,"date":"2019-02-18T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2019-02-11T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:27:46","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-2-18-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-2-18-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 2-18-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Timothy 6:9 (NKJV) 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Many people desire to be rich… financially blessed. It\u2019s no secret that having an abundance of money makes many aspects of our lives here on earth easier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But being wealthy also has its down sides. You might ask \u201chow so?\u201d. Wouldn\u2019t having lots of money make everything easier?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On the surface, it would seem like being wealthy would make a person’s life easier and more pleasant\u00a0in every aspect, right? Well, yes, it would seem that way. But it\u2019s not always true.\u00a0Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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First, let\u2019s be sure that we understand that being rich is not a sin. The Bible never, ever states that. But it\u00a0does<\/em>\u00a0teach us that being wealthy comes with a lot of responsibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If we look closely at the verse above, we need to be sure to understand what it\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0means, not just what we see on the surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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People whose trust is in God alone usually won\u2019t have as strong a desire to be wealthy as those who are less ethical. Again, it is not a sin to be rich, or to\u00a0want<\/em>\u00a0to be rich. But our desire to know and love God must be above all other desires, including the desire to be wealthy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If we are corrupt in our ethics, being rich will only cause us to become further corrupt and unethical. And many who start off believing that they are ethically sound, and who seem quite humble, will eventually succumb to the temptations that come with wealth, and their humility will falter if they are not very, very careful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the long run, we need to make sure our desires are in their proper order, with God being at the very top, 24\/7, 365 days per year. Then and only then can we ever hope to be able to handle financial blessings properly and in a way that doesn\u2019t threaten our walk with God and our eternal destiny.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1 Timothy 6:9 (NKJV) 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. Many people desire to be rich… financially blessed. It\u2019s no secret that having an abundance of money makes many aspects of our lives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[2751,4815,2750,1835,2752,2749,1833],"class_list":["post-10399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finances","tag-bible-verses-about-becoming-wealthy","tag-bible-verses-about-being-wealthy","tag-bible-verses-about-obtaining-wealth","tag-bible-verses-about-wealth","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-becoming-wealthy","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-obtaining-wealth","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-wealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10402,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions\/10402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}