Jeremiah 29:13
January 16, 2024
FEAST OF SAINT ANTHONY THE GREAT, ABBOT – 17th JANUARY
January 17, 2024
THE 16th OF JANUARY
LET US RUN FROM SIN AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. – 1 Timothy 6:10-12
We live in a world full of advertisements that praise self and promote sin to the highest level. At every turn, we are assaulted by evil and a multitude of things that contradict the values of God’s Word. All these so-called values are obtained with money, resulting in the love of money and the ways of making it become the root of all kinds of evil. Let us not be deceived; the source of accomplishment and happiness, is not the amount of money we have, but the level of intimacy in our relationship with our Lord Jesus.
If we are in the Lord’s will and where He wants us to be, even if the economy is declining, little becomes much, because the Lord multiplies our income and does not let us suffer. After all, the Lord’s plan is not for all of us to be rich and to just be able to waste money on personal pleasure. If He blesses us beyond our needs, He does it so that we can help others and be able to help the gospel go out to all the earth. Whatever we value more than God, becomes an idol causing us to sin, and to slip from the straight path in our relationship with Jesus.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Lord God, please help me everyday to have the right priorities, to desire what is pleasing to You and fulfill Your plan for my life. Please give me the strength and desire to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness and to accomplish Your will in all things, because I want to be Yours now and forever. Thank You for everything. Amen.
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