As you go through life, donโt let your feelings-real as they are-invalidate your need to let the truth of Godโs words guide your thinking. Remember that the path to your heart travels through your mind. Truth matters.
Randy AlcornTeach your children gratefulness. Do all you can to deliver them from our culture's poisonous entitlement mentality.
Randy AlcornChrist offers us the incredible opportunity to trade temporary goods and currency for eternal rewards.
Randy AlcornMaterialism blinds us to our spiritual poverty. Jesus rebuked the Laodicean Christians because although they were materially wealthy, they were desperately poor in the things of God . Puritan Richard Baxter said, "When men prosper in the world, their minds are lifted up with their estates, and they can hardly believe that they are so ill, while they feel themselves so well."
Randy AlcornIf we understand the dangers of materialism, it will help liberate us to experience the joys of Christ-centered stewardship. Jesus speaks of the "deceitfulness of wealth" . The psalmist warns, "Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them" . The dangers of materialism are far-reaching. We should not think that we're immune to the value-changing nature of wealth.
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