Daily Reading - "Don't Be Greedy, For...The Things Of This World." Colossians 3:5 NLT

Here is how it read today...

"DON'T BE GREEDY, FOR...THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD." (COLOSSIANS 3:5 NLT)

"I want it now!"

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A big credit card company has a TV commercial with the slogan, "You can have it all now!" Sound familiar? Not much has changed. Satan said to Adam and Eve, "If you want that apple, take it." Leave payday till "some day." Go ahead; put it on your credit car. Better yet, get this new, low-interest car and pay nothing for one year. That's right folks, no interest and no payments for one full year." If you're the typical overextended family carrying a per capita credit card debt of $10,000 to $20,000, don't take the bait. It's time for getting out of debt, not deeper into it. If you want help, try using these four Bible principles:

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(1) "Don't be greedy for the things of this life, for that is idolatry" (See Col 3:5 NIV). Stop craving things you don't need. Instead, try enjoying what you've got. (2) If you're not tithing, start now! You'll be switching from the world's faltering economy to God's fail-safe economy. When you tithe He promises to protect your interests and send blessings "there shall not be room enough to receive" (See Mal 3:8-12). (3) "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it" (Ps 24:1 NIV) and He guarantees to "supply all your need" (Php 4:19). So before you go shopping, try praying! Ask God for what you need, then wait for Him to respond. (4) Begin giving away some of what you've got. "It is possible to give away and become richer...[and] to hold on too tightly and lose everything...the liberal man shall be rich" (Pr 11:24-25 TLB). Go ahead, do it! Obey God, be patient, and watch what happens.