If you live for this world, you are in the junk business. It's all just premature junk.
When you choose sin the baggage that comes with it is error.
It has been wisely said that you can take a child of God, put him in a dungeon with a Bible and a candle and lock him away, and he will know more about what's going on in today's world with the Word of God than all the pundits in Washington.
Never, never, never join a movement that persecutes people because of their faith.
Mediation gives you knowledge about God. Obedience gives you knowledge of God.
God doesn't need us to give Him our money. He owns everything. Tithing is God's way to grow Christians.