Thursday’s Thought A Mid-Week Inspirational Message © 2003-2009 Ron Adams |
WHAT NOT TO LOVE (antidote follows) PREEMINENCE Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before stumbling. Proverbs 16:18 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. Romans 12:3 MONEY For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1Timothy 6:10 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed. 1Timothy 6:17-19 PLEASURE All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor. Ecclesiastes 2:10 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26 Instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age. Titus 2:12 WORLD Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 1 John 2:15-16 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2 Quotations from NASB |