Any wealth gained by the wrong means

has serious consequences.

Read the following verses.  Think and pray about the verse that applies the most to your life.

Job 20:17-24 (The wicked man) shall not enjoy the goods he stole…His labors shall not be rewarded; wealth will give him no joy. For he has oppressed the poor and foreclosed their homes; he will never recover. Though he was always greedy, now he has nothing; of all the things he dreamed of -- none remain. Because he stole at every opportunity, his prosperity shall not continue. He shall run into trouble at the peak of his powers; all the wicked shall destroy him…God will rain down wrath upon him. He will be chased and struck down.

Proverbs 11:1-5 The Lord hates cheating and delights in honesty. Proud men end in shame…the evil man is destroyed by his dishonesty. Riches won’t help you on Judgment Day…the wicked shall fall beneath their load of sins.

Job 27:19-20 (The wicked) goes to bed rich but wakes up to find that all his wealth is gone. Terror overwhelms him, and he is blown away in the storms of the night.

Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest money dwindles away.

Jeremiah 17:11 Like a bird that fills her nest with young she has not hatched and which will soon desert her and fly away, so is the man who gets his wealth by unjust means. Sooner or later he will lose his riches and at the end of his life become a poor old fool.

Hosea 12:8 Ephraim boasts, “I am so rich! I have gotten it all by myself!” But riches can’t make up for sin. 

How much better to be honestly poor than questionably rich.

8-Year-Old Boy Gets To Go To Camp

My office worker’s grandson was visiting in the office one day. Little Isaiah was 8 years old and his parents were going through a difficult divorce. Isaiah came up to my office to say hi and I asked him if he had anything special he was going to get to do over his summer vacation. He looked down at the floor and said, “No, we can’t afford to do anything fun this summer.” The LORD prompted me in my heart to help send him to a Christian camp for a week. “Isaiah,” I asked, “How would you like it if I talked to your mom and helped send you to a fun Christian camp this summer?” My heart was touched as his eyes lit up with excitement as he said, “That would be awesome!” God cares about hurting children and when we learn to give to help a needy child, we get to please the heart of God.

This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian Kluth of www.GiveWithJoy.org and www.kluth.org

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