The freedom and flexibility that money allows is a great blessing, but the money itself is nothing more than a tool we can use to do the things that God wants us to do. Don’t make the mistake of believing that creating wealth is your end goal. It is not.
If your money comes between you and God, it becomes your idol, your god. Remember that righteousness, not money, delivers from death. Jesus said it this way:
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” Mark 8: 36-37
It doesn’t profit you one bit simply to accumulate wealth, and no amount of money can save your soul. King Solomon said it a little differently:
“He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.” (Proverbs 11: 28)
Anyone who has faith in his own ability to create wealth and doesn’t actively involve God in his plans and acknowledge God’s role in his successes is worshipping an idol as well. That person is his own god, and he is worshipping himself. Don’t make the mistake of believing that you are the controller of your own destiny. You are not and the sooner you accept that fact the better.
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And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
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- Iran’s Changing Calculus: Will It Strike Inside the United States?
- When the Killer Is a Mother: The Tragedy of Three Murdered Teens in Canada
- Iran Unable to Stabilize Its Plunging Currency
- Iran threatens currency speculators with death
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- JUST IN: Romney : “I’m Not Concerned About The Very Poor”
- Obama Is Not The Most Polarizing President Ever
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- This Romney Quote Will Make Your Head Hurt
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The Jerusalem Post:
- Ban calls on Palestinians to stop firing rockets at Israel
- ‘Track down planners of cyber attacks at source’
- Egyptians protest SCAF after ‘Port Said massacre’
- Lebanon’s Hariri tribunal hopes for 2012 trial
- Jordan removes its monitors from Syria mission
- Barak commends German cooperation on Iran
- Three indicted for murder of Jaffa Christian leader
- Egypt’s ‘ultras’ soccer fans target army generals
- Syria locks down Hama on anniversary of massacre
- Feiglin complains: Likud results twisted
- Kochavi: Iran has uranium for 4 nuclear bombs
- ‘Israel needs to engage EU, not call it irrelevant’
Haaretz:
- Israel Vice PM: Military strike can hit all of Iran’s nuclear facilities
- Some 200,000 missiles aimed consistently at Israel, top IDF officer says
- Yair Lapid: Jerusalem belongs only to the people of Israel
- Likud primary shows magician Netanyahu may be losing his mojo
- Israel’s tallest skyscraper to be built in Tel Aviv suburb
- Paul Auster to Erdogan: Unlike Turkey, Israel still has free speech
- Russia official says Moscow will not stop sale of weapons to Syria
- Jordan withdraws from Syria monitoring mission
- Syria’s Alawites, a secretive and persecuted sect
- Palestinians throw shoes at convoy carrying UN chief Ban Ki-moon into Gaza
- Pro-Palestinian hackers claim to publish details of 26,000 more Israeli credit cards
- Israel asks U.S. to prod Palestinians to continue peace talks
- Likud MKs fear Feiglin will drive centrist voters away
- IDF Chief: Iran Calling for Israel’s Destruction and Building the Tools to Do So
- Palestinians in Gaza Fire Seven Rockets at Israel
- Facebook Photo of IDF Soldier Was Faked
- Half of Syria No Longer Under Assad’s Control, Opposition Says
Israel Hayom:
- Iran was working on rocket ‘capable of hitting the USA’
- Terrorists fire barrage of rockets into Israel as Ban visits Gaza
- Israel may seek Right of Return for Jews who fled Arab nations
- Egypt soccer violence kills 74, fans turn on army
- Turkey’s PM takes aim at writer Paul Auster over Israel
- Germany upgrades Palestinian diplomatic status
- Netanyahu decries Palestinian praise of Fogel family killer
- Likud primary results: Netanyahu 77%, Feiglin 23%
- IDF ‘forgets’ soldier in Palestinian village after operation
- Education ministry expands school-sponsored Hebron trips
- Bill seeks to raise election threshold in next Knesset election
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- A Cold War Hot Victory: The Meaning of Assad’s Fall
- Assad masses loyal troops in Damascus after he was warned of a military coup
- Arab Upheavals Leave Hamas Looking for New Home, Sponsors, Strategy
- Leaked NATO Report: Pakistan-Backed Taliban Expects Victory After US Pullout
- BBC Bias Alert: Justifying and Humanizing Terrorist Murderers
- Israel Responds to Guardian Child Abuse Charge
- Muslim Brotherhood Criticized for Being “Soft” on Israel
- Turkey and Hamas Grow Close
- IDF Military Intelligence: “Iran Has Enough Nuclear Material for Four Bombs”
- Endgame in Syria
- Iceland’s Foreign Policy: Alone and Adrift
- Russia Has Pride, Contracts at Stake in Syria
- Iran Launches Spanish TV Channel
- Four British Islamists Admit Planning to Bomb London Stock Exchange
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What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Business:
- Bernanke: Fed will protect U.S. economy from Europe
- Bernanke Sees Improvement in Economy
- Bernanke urges caution in overly rapid deficit cutting
- Mortgage Rates for 30-Year US Loans Fall to Record-Low 3.87%
- Jobless claims fall, jobs market slowly healing
- Deutsche Bank Dented As Trading, Greek Debt Hammer Earnings
- AMR Poised to Open Labor Talks With 10000 Job Cuts Possible
- Unemployment benefit claims, worker productivity fall
- Layoffs Leap 28% in January as Retailers, Banks Slim Down
- NY Times Co. reports profit drop, agrees to sell more of its stake in the Red Sox
World:
- Egypt army, police blamed for soccer bloodshed
- Pakistan helping Afghan Taliban – Nato
- NATO Ministers Mull Afghan Drawdown
- Arab League softening Russian stance on Syria resolution
- UN Syria Draft Resolution Removes References to Power Transfer
- Arab League meeting on Syria delayed, awaits UN
- Russian lawmaker warns against Libyan scenario in Syria
- Iran Atomic Tensions Ease After IAEA Books Tehran Return
- S. Korea Optimistic Aid Will Bring North Back to Nuclear Talks
- Huge implications of Indian court’s mobile phone ruling
- More deaths amid Europe’s big freeze
- Putin Aims to Dodge Kremlin Runoff as Stability Loses Appeal
- Sweden followed normal procedure over Julian Assange arrest, court told
- From shipwreck in Italy, a treasure now beckons
- Widening Kuwait opposition seeks gains in parliament election
- South Sudan’s Leader Rejects AU Proposal for Oil Deal With Sudan
- Treasure hunters must return $500m haul
- Lawmaker: Police Probe London Times Email Hacking
United States:
- Poll: Romney has 20-point lead in Nevada
- The attack the GOP should be waging against president
- Holder says no one punished ‘yet’ during testimony on controversial ‘Fast and Furious’
- US No-Fly list doubles in 1 year
- WA State Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill
- Gay Couples Celebrate Wash. Senate Marriage Vote
- Obama links economic policies to Christian faith
- GOP resurrects federal pay freeze as part of payroll-tax deal
- Dallas-Fort Worth Emerge From Drought
- Congressional Conference Committee Meets on Payroll Tax Cut
- Cost Impasse May Provoke Shorter Payroll Tax-Cut Extension
- Paul: Immigration not solved by barbed wire, guns
- Bipartisan Call for Senate to Move Quickly on Insider-Trading Bill
- Farm State Outrage Intensifies Over Labor Dept. Proposal to Ban Child Labor on Farms
- Romney Plan for Replacing Obamacare Light on Details
- Panetta: US combat in Afghanistan to end next year
- NYC Councilmember Says ‘We’re Running Out of Time’ Before Schools Kick Out 60 Churches
- Indiana joins right-to-work ranks, gov. signs bill
Opinions:
- Victor Davis Hanson: The un-Obama
- Michael Barone: After Big Win, Romney Faces Tough Opponents in a Long War
- Judge Andrew Napolitano: What Is a Just War?
- John Ransom: Mitt Presumes to Tell Big Government to Make Wages Fairer
- Debra J. Saunders: Why Super PACs Outspend Candidates
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- Daniel J. Mitchell: Debating at U.S. News & World Report, I Explain Double Taxation to the Economic Heathens
- Dave Ramsey: On Business, Dave Says Don’t Go All In
- Emmett Tyrrell: Exit Newt
- Kyle Olson: Michigan School Uses Kids, District Resources to Push for Tax Increase
- Bob Beauprez: Avoiding the Obvious Solution to Entitlements
- Steve Chapman: Inoculating Against Religious Freedom
- Michael F. Cannon: Obamacare’s Contraceptive Blowback
- Michael Tanner: No More Bipartisan Bailouts
- Mike Shedlock: Obama’s New Plan to Bail Out Everyone Except You
- Jeff Carter: The Santelli Exchange
- Dana Milbank: A grandstanding plan
- Fareed Zakaria: Romney’s chest-thumping ignores reality
- George Will: States burdening political speech
- David Ignatius: Two cheers for the ECB’s ‘Super Mario’
- Jennifer Rubin: Romney derangement on the right
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- For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance
- Panetta says U.S. hopes to end Afghanistan combat mission in 2013
- Immigrant’s aptitude for activism
- Lowering the cost of college
- Va. Senate passes bill requiring ultrasound before an abortion
- Scores dead in Egyptian soccer riot
- Philippines: Three top terrorists killed in raid
- Pakistan’s top court to charge PM with contempt
- Washington Senate passes gay marriage bill
- Obama announces mortgage help
- Justice: Fast and Furious deadline ‘impossible’
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- Intl. conference of monotheistic women opens in Tehran
- ‘Enemies seeking to create security challenges for election’
- Ahmadinejad submits $416b national budget bill to Majlis
- Intl. peace activists around the world to stage pro-Iran rallies
- MPs not satisfied with govt. representatives’ answers
- France concerned about Iran oil embargo: Iranian MP
- Iran to unveil new missile systems during Ten-Day Dawn
- Iran rejects Turkey’s request for cheaper gas
- Cambodia to import oil from Iran
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If You Voted for Obama in 2008 to Prove You’re Not a Racist, You Need to Vote for Someone Else in 2012 to Prove You’re Not an Idiot explains why voters in the United States need to elect someone besides Barack Obama to lead them. Whoever is elected President of the United States in 2012 will have to contend with the monumental problems that Obama’s misguided policies have caused both at home and abroad. One thing is certain, though. It should not be Barack Obama. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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- Unions and Occupiers vs. the Super Bowl
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- Courting Disaster in Afghanistan
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- Mitt Romney: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”
- Show Me Santorum
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- Reading the Taliban
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- Facebook unveils $5bn public stock sale
- Egypt mourns football clash dead
- Scores saved off Papua New Guinea
- ‘Militants killed’ in Philippines
- Pakistan PM faces contempt charge
- US ‘will cut’ Afghan role in 2013
- ‘Progress made’ at UN Syria talks
- American Airlines cut 13,000 jobs
- Merkel in China on eurozone talks
- Treasure hunter claims $3bn find
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- Cameras vs fists: Can technology save Palestinians from beatings?
- Moscow won’t support a “raw” resolution or arms embargo on Syria
- Petrodollar pumping US policy on Iran, backfire looms
- US intelligence: Iran could launch terror attacks on America
- Leaked NATO report: Taliban to fight Afghanistan back
- Libyan shadow over UNSC
- Assange makes last-ditch attempt to remain in UK
- Calls to stop Syria ‘killing machine’ at UN as Russia, China slam sanctions
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- No sight of quick UN resolution on Syria
- Facebook IPO: a blessing mixed with curse
- 74 killed in Egyptian football match riot: TV
- Russia not to soften position on Syria issue: UN envoy
- Security Council discussion crucial for Syria’s fate
- IAEA to intensify dialogue with Iran, sets out date for new talks
- German chancellor starts China visit
- Israel, Palestinians urged to resume direct talks
- China ready to defend its rare earth polices at WTO
- Pakistani FM’s visit to Kabul fence-mending effort
- Putin may offer posts for opponents if elected
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- Intervention in Syria? Don’t Count on it
- Guilty: Muslim Family in Canada Convicted in Honor Killings
- What We Need Is More Apathy in this Country
- No More ‘Peace Talks,’ Please
- Is That The Onion? It Only Seems Like an Onion Parody! It’s the N.Y. Times Corrections Page
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- Welcome Home, Governor Perry
- Wrong number call may have saved her life
- 5 Tips for Choosing an M.B.A. Concentration
- Investors Increasingly Tap Social Media for Stock Tips
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- Europe’s cold spell to last for days
- Many dead in Egypt football clashes
- Ferry sinking ‘a major tragedy’
- ‘Progress made’ on Syria plan
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Yahweh to Jeremiah—Jeremiah 16: 21
“Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.”
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- The Myth of Palin’s Influence
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- Operations in Afghanistan Can’t End Early
- Electoral Map Shifts to Obama’s Disfavor
- Is NATO Expansion Really More Dangerous Than the Status Quo?
- Why Won’t Palin Just Endorse Newt?
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- Taliban Far From Ready to Give Up Struggle to Take Over Afghanistan
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback.
God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.”
Exodus 3: 15
