Re: Financial topics
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:22 am
Wealth is attended with power, by which bargains and oppression, carried on with worldly policy and order, clothes itself with the name of justice and becomes like a seed of discord in the soul. ... So the seeds of war swell and sprout and grow and become strong until much fruit is ripened. ... May we look upon our treasures ... and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions
- John Woolman, American Quaker, c.1764
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... r-unfair-a
Loss of superiority is not loss of equality. It is true that the right to refuse services based on a person’s race, sexuality or creed has diminished. Yet does that make a more intolerant society? Let the faithful have the right to express their faith but not to impose it.
Consider your garden plymouth rock and community to serve others first who indeed work for justice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQfOkOD4GT0
His name is Kelly Thomas.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/worl ... cle/366599
The 5.8 percent increase in suburban poverty and a 14.3 percent increase in urban poverty is real.
We are considered law breakers making bread according to the educated it was heard. Long live the bread of truth and we are level at the base of the His Cross.
http://www.detroitnews.com/Story_not_found it was about homeless students ---- Number of homeless students in Michigan increased 66% in past 4 years -----
Have you provided funding for your Grandchildren.
There may be financial circumstances in one’s life beyond his control that would prevent him from doing this. But in considering this passage, we should ask the question: What would it take for one to be able to leave an inheritance to his grandchildren?
Hard Work — The Scriptures teach that the way for one to earn money is through working. A man must be “willing to work” in order to be able to provide for himself (2 Thessalonians 3:10). Beyond one’s own personal needs, this money can also be used to help one’s family (1 Timothy 5:8) and others (Ephesians 4:28).
Good Stewardship — Life is uncertain. Therefore, all of our decisions (including financial decisions) must be made with an eye toward the future (James 4:13-15). Instead of being like the prodigal son who foolishly “squandered his estate” (Luke 8:13), we should rather be like Paul who worked “night and day so as not to be a burden to any” (1 Thessalonians 2:9), while being “content in whatever circumstances” he found himself (Philippians 4:11-12).
Selflessness — I hear many people say (perhaps jokingly, perhaps not) that they do not plan to leave any money to their children, let alone their grandchildren, because they earned it, so they’re going to spend it for themselves. There is certainly nothing wrong with one enjoying the fruits of his labor (Psalm 128:2). But we are also told, “do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4).
Hard work, stewardship, and selflessness.
- John Woolman, American Quaker, c.1764
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... r-unfair-a
Loss of superiority is not loss of equality. It is true that the right to refuse services based on a person’s race, sexuality or creed has diminished. Yet does that make a more intolerant society? Let the faithful have the right to express their faith but not to impose it.
Consider your garden plymouth rock and community to serve others first who indeed work for justice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQfOkOD4GT0
His name is Kelly Thomas.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/worl ... cle/366599
The 5.8 percent increase in suburban poverty and a 14.3 percent increase in urban poverty is real.
We are considered law breakers making bread according to the educated it was heard. Long live the bread of truth and we are level at the base of the His Cross.
http://www.detroitnews.com/Story_not_found it was about homeless students ---- Number of homeless students in Michigan increased 66% in past 4 years -----
Have you provided funding for your Grandchildren.
There may be financial circumstances in one’s life beyond his control that would prevent him from doing this. But in considering this passage, we should ask the question: What would it take for one to be able to leave an inheritance to his grandchildren?
Hard Work — The Scriptures teach that the way for one to earn money is through working. A man must be “willing to work” in order to be able to provide for himself (2 Thessalonians 3:10). Beyond one’s own personal needs, this money can also be used to help one’s family (1 Timothy 5:8) and others (Ephesians 4:28).
Good Stewardship — Life is uncertain. Therefore, all of our decisions (including financial decisions) must be made with an eye toward the future (James 4:13-15). Instead of being like the prodigal son who foolishly “squandered his estate” (Luke 8:13), we should rather be like Paul who worked “night and day so as not to be a burden to any” (1 Thessalonians 2:9), while being “content in whatever circumstances” he found himself (Philippians 4:11-12).
Selflessness — I hear many people say (perhaps jokingly, perhaps not) that they do not plan to leave any money to their children, let alone their grandchildren, because they earned it, so they’re going to spend it for themselves. There is certainly nothing wrong with one enjoying the fruits of his labor (Psalm 128:2). But we are also told, “do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4).
Hard work, stewardship, and selflessness.