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  How we conduct ourselves and the way we spend our money can have a direct impact on our happiness and the potential on how we spend our money. There are principles taught in the Bible and by Jesus, that can give us council and direction on our financial wealth or lack of it. One thing we must consider is how we treat other people. This has a direct impact on our money. In Luke 6:31 Jesus says,  “ Do to others as you would have them do to you.” How we treat other people directly affects the way we manage money. If we are generous with our time, talents and abilities, God sees that, and knows that we are acting in a way that He can bless. In proverbs 11:25 the bible says; “Generous persons will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”  Although practicing biblical principles in regards to wealth doesn’t guarantee that you will become rich, but it does guarantee that God will bless you! The bible teaches that when we are generous with our wealth when it comes to

  God made a covenant with Abraham, Genesis  17:1-8 “ When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[ a ] walk before me, and be blameless,  2  that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”  3  Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,  4  “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.  5  No longer shall your name be called Abram,[ b ] but your name shall be Abraham,[ c ] for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.  6  I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.  7  And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.  8  And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasti

  God is a holy God, and for Him to overlook sin would be going against His nature and His Will, which He cannot do because He is God. Yes, there is forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ, but if you are no longer repenting of your sins, you probably have some sins which are not forgiven. Yes, when we repent to receive Jesus as Lord and Saviour, all of our sins are forgiven in the abstract, but there is still the practical aspect of walking with God in your sanctification process with out which you will not see God, (Hebrews 12:14.)   What does it mean to be sanctified after you receive salvation? Sanctification is a process in which you work with the Holy Spirit to resist sin and to live a holy life. Some churches teach that your sanctification is your salvation, but that is wrong. Yes part of going to Heaven is being holy, but unless you have the initial faith, your efforts to live for God will go unrewarded. Because the Holy Spirit lives in a saved person, the Holy Spirit will be

  Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.  2  For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.[ a ]  3  Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger,     ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” (Hebrews 4:1-3) The Sabbath rest is a day, but it is also a condition of our faith and our standing before God. Until we rest in God, we will ever be restless, as St. Augustine said, ( Our  heart is  restless until  it rests in  you . ) Faith that refuses to believe cannot be rewarded by God, and unless we truly believe, we won’t find the rest that God is trying to bring us to. We won’t fully understand what faith is unless we abandon ourselves to the truth that God is trying to teach us.  When we are tested by hardship, we

When I was 21, I understood for the first time who Jesus is. I had a nominal Catholic faith, but was introduced almost by chance to the meaning of salvation. I was never an overly religious person in my life, I had family members who were, but for the majority of my life I had a faith but it wasn't based on knowledge (Romans 10:2). What does it mean to be saved and believe the gospel? I believe I have a good explanation and I'll share it with you. I was born again in 1995, in my childhood bedroom. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Saviour. You don’t have to join a club to be saved, you have to hear the Gospel being preached. You must turn, (repent), of your sins confess Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart, that God raised him from the dead. You have to apply his death on the cross, as payment for your own sins, and you have to receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and commit to following Jesus, for all your life. Confession, (repentance), acknowledg