EARTHLY PLEASURES OR HEAVENLY TREASURES? (18 OF 28)
Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21
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Earthly Pleasures or Heavenly Treasures? (18 of 28)
Series: Principles of Kingdom Living
Dr. Darrow Perkins
Matthew 6:19-21
‘‘Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’’
Matthew 6:19-21
The American Dream basically says that if you work hard enough, do the right things, meet the right people, and stay focused on reaching your goals, then you could have the nice house, several nice cars, two and a half kids (figure that one out!) and not have to worry about how you would take care of yourself and your family. There are other people who will take a different approach to success by heading to the casino and betting all the money they have on trying to hit it big at the crap table, the blackjack table, or the slot machines. Still others will spend great amounts of time and money standing in line waiting to get that lucky lottery ticket for the mega- jackpot and power ball! They’ve got their formula as to how they pick their numbers: ‘‘I use my mom’s birthday; how many close friends I have; the number of years at this current job; and break down the year I graduated from high school and college!
There is a mindset in our society that the more you have, the better off you are, but I would take exception to that when I look at shows like ‘‘Hoarders’’ where you have people with an over abundance of ‘‘stuff,’’ but that does not make them any richer or happier. Most times, the ‘‘stuff’’ is trash, old food, or things the people feel they can’t live without.
To the hoarder, it brings them pleasure to have all that ‘‘stuff’’ but the problem is that they are dealing with some psychological issues because they don’t or can’t see that their over abundance of ‘‘stuff’’ is not normal.
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Series: Principles of Kingdom Living
Dr. Darrow Perkins
Matthew 6:19-21
‘‘Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’’
Matthew 6:19-21
The American Dream basically says that if you work hard enough, do the right things, meet the right people, and stay focused on reaching your goals, then you could have the nice house, several nice cars, two and a half kids (figure that one out!) and not have to worry about how you would take care of yourself and your family. There are other people who will take a different approach to success by heading to the casino and betting all the money they have on trying to hit it big at the crap table, the blackjack table, or the slot machines. Still others will spend great amounts of time and money standing in line waiting to get that lucky lottery ticket for the mega- jackpot and power ball! They’ve got their formula as to how they pick their numbers: ‘‘I use my mom’s birthday; how many close friends I have; the number of years at this current job; and break down the year I graduated from high school and college!
There is a mindset in our society that the more you have, the better off you are, but I would take exception to that when I look at shows like ‘‘Hoarders’’ where you have people with an over abundance of ‘‘stuff,’’ but that does not make them any richer or happier. Most times, the ‘‘stuff’’ is trash, old food, or things the people feel they can’t live without.
To the hoarder, it brings them pleasure to have all that ‘‘stuff’’ but the problem is that they are dealing with some psychological issues because they don’t or can’t see that their over abundance of ‘‘stuff’’ is not normal.
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