{"id":194709,"date":"2025-03-08T04:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=194709"},"modified":"2024-11-15T02:57:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:57:21","slug":"54-x-love-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/54-x-love-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"54.x. Love of Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"verseid:58.13.5\"><b>Heb 13:5<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/span><b>\u00a0Keep your life free from <\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>love of money<\/b><\/span><b>, and be content with what you have, for he h<\/b><strong>as said, \u201cI will never leave you nor forsake you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"verseid:42.8.14\"><span class=\"s1\">Luke 8:14<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"verseid:42.12.15\"><span class=\"s1\">Luke 12:15-21<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And he said to them, \u201cTake care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one&#8217;s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0And he told them a parable, saying, \u201cThe land of a rich man produced plentifully,\u00a0\u00a0and he thought to himself, \u2018What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?\u2019\u00a0\u00a0And he said, \u2018I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.\u00a0\u00a0And I will say to my soul, \u201cSoul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.\u201d\u2019\u00a0\u00a0But God said to him, \u2018Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?\u2019\u00a0\u00a0So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"verseid:42.16.13\"><span class=\"s1\">Luke 16:13-14<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No servant 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.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"verseid:45.1.29\"><span class=\"s1\">Romans 1:29<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"verseid:46.6.10\"><span class=\"s1\">1 Corinthians 6:10<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"verseid:49.5.3\"><span class=\"s1\">Ephesians 5:3<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But sexual im<\/strong>morality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Heb 13:5\u00a0\u00a0Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, \u201cI will never leave you nor forsake you.\u201d \u00a0Luke 8:14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/54-x-love-of-money\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;54.x. 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