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Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 22, 2010 * Knowledge
2 PETER 1:2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
I've heard people say that they lack faith to believe for the things of God.... Things such as healing and deliverance.... So, the question arises; How do we get "More Faith"? Faith is established based on our knowledge of God. The better we know Him, the more understanding we have of God's Love for us. If we have absolute confidence in God, based on the knowledge of His Love for us, we can do anything. (Galatians 5:6)
There are things which just don't come naturally with most people. That's because we tend to rely on our five senses.... (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch) If it's not in the physical realm, we tend to question the reality of it all... Science, especially in the 20th century, has taught us to think that way. People look for "evidence" to confirm the works of God... as if a miracle needs to be scientifically explained... Isn't the end result evidence enough? People who don't believe that the Lord will always act on our behalf just don't have an understanding of God's Love for us. (1 John 4:8) Faith always works when we give it all to Him.... He is everything we will ever need.
Faith is based on the knowledge of God. We can't pray for more faith. When we are born again, we already got all of the faith that we will ever need. (Romans 12:3) Faith is already in us. We've already got it... it's what's between our ears that creates all of the problems. It's our head that establishes unbelief in our spirit. Belief, coupled with trust (faith) generates Godly results every time.
So, how does one eliminate "unbelief"? Again, it comes from the knowledge of God, who He is, and how much He loves us. There are only a couple of ways that we receive knowledge of God... Through the written Word, or by hearing the Word (Romans 10:17)... when the Holy Spirit reveals it to us. When we receive it, the Word changes our thinking... and faith comes by what we "think". If we think wrong things (doubt), we get wrong results..... When you think on God's Word and God's promises, then positive results develop. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7)
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 21, 2010 * Mediocrity
ECCLESIASTES 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven....
There is a season for everything.... There is a reason for all things here on earth. We, too, are here for a purpose... From the time of our first breath, until we part this world, we were made to magnify the Creator of the universe.... We are here to honor and glorify the One who holds all time and space in the palm of His hand...
We were never created to live a mediocre life... It is not God's will that we "compromise" our time on earth. Too many settle for mediocrity. To "settle" means to accept things as they are. Yet, we were created for purpose... and we only get one shot at this life. There are no second chances, no "do-overs".... This life was never meant to be a waste of time. Too many Christians who were once in hot pursuit for God have put their lives on cruise control.... become lukewarm, so to speak. How does that happen? I believe that we, too often, grow weary of resisting the devil and just learn to settle.... Life becomes mediocre... mundane.... and boring. That's really sad to think about. It's not God's purpose for our lives.
So many of us spend time doing foolish, useless, meaningless things.... "Ordinary" life is just so dull, boring, ......mediocre. If we could learn to spend "time" like it was money, perhaps we would "invest" it into things that have a guaranteed return... I've come to understand that time is more precious than gold, silver, diamonds and rubies.... These things can be earned, lost, and gained back again. But time, once spent, is gone forever... (Except to God, of course, as He is omnipresent.)
I guess the point is this: The time has come to raise our hearts to the King of Glory, the God of everything.... Truly, there is a season and a reason for everything.... Think about it..... This is your season.... Use your "reasoning" talent to understand that we were made for one purpose, ....to magnify the One who holds all things together.
Don't settle for mediocrity.... Exalt God in you life to magnify His Glory. It's your purpose, your design, ...and it's built into your DNA.
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 20, 2010 * Image of God
GENESIS 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
GENESIS 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.
Many people have this thought: "We are made in the image of God, God made us to be like He is...." Let's just agree that God made Adam, originally, in His image.... Here is my understanding of "our" image before God...
In Genesis (1:26-27), God said "Let us make man in our image..." Which they did. Adam was formed out of the dust of the earth... And Eve, as we know, came out of Adam (Genesis 2:21-24), .....from his rib. They were both created in the image of God. They were like God, and He gave them dominion over the earth and all that was on the earth. Life was good...... And then there was the deception of Satan, the Fall, and dominion of the earth passed from Adam to Satan. Legally speaking, all that Adam had (dominion), Satan obtained. (Which explains why Satan can come before the presence of Almighty God, as in the book of Job, because he had a "legal" right to do so.. through Adam's covenant. ...until Jesus entered the scene....)
It was God's original desire and intention that mankind would bring children (sons and daughters) of God into the world, through procreation. However, due to the Fall, children cannot be born "in the image of God", but rather, in the likeness of Adam.... (who no longer had God-like qualities...)
We are not His until we become His through the "born again" experience. Our sin nature prevents us from being God's children and experiencing eternal life with Him. In order to change the circumstances of our ungodly lives, God had to give us an opportunity to be "born" into His Kingdom..... That opportunity came when He gave us His "only begotten" Son, who became a sacrifice for us, so that we could be recreated in His image. (John 3:16) This is what 1 John 4:17 means when the Word says; "As He is, so are we in this world." We are created in the image of God only when we become born again.... When we surrender our life to God, we are created (transformed) into the image of Christ.... and become "Christian".... (which, translated, means "little Christ")
So, once again we are the image of God.. God is a Spirit (John 4:24), and it's our spirit that will become Godly......
Rick
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 19, 2010 * Monastery
MARK 16:15-18 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; The shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
MARK 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
In the Wilderness, .....in the Sinai desert, east of the Red Sea, and on a mountain called Sinai, there is a monastery. (Holy Monastery of St. Catherine) In the center of the monastery is a very big, very old bush. The Monks believe that it's "the bush" that God used (burned, without burning) to speak to Moses.... The "Monks" do what all Monks do.... spend their lives in isolation, doing their daily chores and routines, praying often, ....and I suspect that they spend a lot of time in the "presence" of "the Bush", ...talking to it? Waiting for it to catch fire? Listening for a Word from God?..... I dunno... (Didn't Jesus speak to a fig tree?) That bush would have to be over,4,000 years old... Is that the same one? ....I mean the "one" that Moses spoke to? And why are Monks there anyway? ...Shouldn't it be Jew's instead? Monks are supposed to be Christian based, ....while Jew's look to Moses as being their greatest prophet....
What this monastery and "the bush" represent if a form of idol worship. The last thing that Jesus told his followers to do was to go out and tell somebody the Good News.... To tell somebody about Jesus... How are His instructions being followed by people who are locked away in isolation? They are seeking spiritual enlightenment? It's sorta hard to understand how this got all turned around backwards... If we are to be His hands and His body, ...how effective will we be if we don't mingle with the lost?
In the Wilderness, .....in the Sinai desert, east of the Red Sea, and on a mountain called Sinai, there is a monastery. (Holy Monastery of St. Catherine) In the center of the monastery is a very big, very old bush. The Monks believe that it's "the bush" that God used (burned, without burning) to speak to Moses.... The "Monks" do what all Monks do.... spend their lives in isolation, doing their daily chores and routines, praying often, ....and I suspect that they spend a lot of time in the "presence" of "the Bush", ...talking to it? Waiting for it to catch fire? Listening for a Word from God?..... I dunno... (Didn't Jesus speak to a fig tree?) That bush would have to be over,4,000 years old... Is that the same one? ....I mean the "one" that Moses spoke to? And why are Monks there anyway? ...Shouldn't it be Jew's instead? Monks are supposed to be Christian based, ....while Jew's look to Moses as being their greatest prophet....
What this monastery and "the bush" represent if a form of idol worship. The last thing that Jesus told his followers to do was to go out and tell somebody the Good News.... To tell somebody about Jesus... How are His instructions being followed by people who are locked away in isolation? They are seeking spiritual enlightenment? It's sorta hard to understand how this got all turned around backwards... If we are to be His hands and His body, ...how effective will we be if we don't mingle with the lost?
God always uses people to accomplish His will on this earth. These isolated Monks are like the parable where the man was given a coin, which he buried in the ground, ....where it earned nothing. (Matthew 25:14-29) The "coin" is the Good News message... If you don't invest it somewhere, in someone, then it's considered a "dead work". There are "dead works" on mountain tops all over this planet. Christians are not to be isolated, but very involved in all areas of the world. Christian Isolationists are basically misfit Christians. It's like getting born again, receiving knowledge of Christ, and keeping it all to yourself. That's wrong! It's our responsibility to be like Christ. ...And thus it is our responsibility to 'intercept" the lost in this world, pointing them in the right direction... and "investing" ourselves and our holy, God given gifts into their lives... giving them value... giving them hope.
As tempting as it may sound to get alone with God for awhile, ...to get away from the world, ....it's not to be done on a permanent basis... We are "commissioned" of Christ to go into the world.... (Mark 16:15-18) It's hard for me to comprehend the value of a monastic life. While it may benefit the "monk" himself, it would appear to add very little value to God's Kingdom. God, who is in you, longs to come out.... Release Him.
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 18, 2010 * Measure of faith
COLOSSIANS 2:6-7 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
ROMANS 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
People are constantly looking for ways to build their faith... But that's not really the issue. We all have been given the same measure of faith.... (Romans 12:3) The question is: How do I get my faith to work? .....How do I get results from my faith? .....How do things in the spiritual realm become manifested into this physical world?
Everything we need, or will ever need, has already been created and prepared for us. The verse in Colossians 2:7 reveals a key that unlocks the gifts that God has for us. This verse says that we "abound" in faith through "thanksgiving". To "abound" implies an "abundance" that has already been supplied. So, if we want to abound (have abundant life) in this world, we access that through "thankfulness". We need to be Thankful to God for all things. And, ....come on, ....you can never thank Him enough.
If praise and thanksgiving are constantly on our mind and coming from our mouths, you can't help but to develop a positive attitude. You can't praise God, honestly, and be a negative person. Also, if we are constantly praising and thanking God, we cannot be giving the devil very much time and attention either..... Too many Christians are pre-occupied with the enemy. Instead of paying attention to what the devil is doing, set your mind on what God has already done! He has already done it all..... God is not doing anything new. We need to get our minds in the "Answer"...... not the "problem"...
When we give "thanks" to God for things, ...for everything, .... it's not about what we want. We give thanks for what we already have. Healing, deliverance, eternal life, gifts of the Spirit.... We simply need to appropriate the things that He has already given us. Praise, worship and thanksgiving are all a process of accessing what is already ours. We do this by faith... We do this by having extreme confidence that God is who He says He is... and that His Word is Truth. If God's Word says it, then I believe it. God cannot lie! (Hebrews 6:18)
Christ suffered and died for it all... Once and then He said "It is finished". (John 19:30) Jesus isn't going to be beaten, scourged and crucified again to "re-supply" our needs. It is a finished work! You have no excuse for denying Him.
Rick
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 17, 2010 * Seat-belts
PSALM 91:11-12 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Seat-belts? Yeah, they're a hassle, they're not comfortable... and they just don't look cool.... I can remember back in the 1960's when seat belts in cars became mandatory. We all thought that the government was trying to micro-manage our lives... and we just didn't like it. So, most people simply refused to use them. Then the shoulder strap of the "seat-belt" was required, and it really was an aggravation. Being "strapped in" just wasn't kool.... Only "grandparents" would tell their grandchildren to put them on... because, ....well, ......they just believed that they could save lives. Government regulations...! But...we would only wear them on occasion....
The obvious benefit to wearing a seat-belt is to keep your face out of the windshield, in the event of a fender bender. But the fact of the matter is that they really do save lives. Seat-belts have been around for so long now, (40 years?) that most folks buckle-up without even thinking about it. There are generations today who know of no other way.... It's natural.
Sandy's daughter, Haley, is alive today because she was wearing her seat belt a few weeks ago. Fortunately, there was also another "government mandated" regulation in Haley's car.... air bags. All cars are required to have them... (at least in the USA).
About two months ago Haley got a ticket for not wearing her seat-belt... besides not liking the discomfort aspect of riding "strapped in", I guess it just wasn't a habit.... Anyway, you never know what the Lord has in mind.... because, getting a ticket turned out to be a blessing. Due to the expense of the ticket, the "fine" caused her to start buckling-up.... So, get this: About a week later, traveling the highway at night, going 55 mph, a car with a woman and 2 kids, pulled out in front of her and she t-boned it. ....Long story short, the seat-belt worked, the air bag worked, and Haley climbed out of the "totaled" car and walked away from it. (The other lady and two kids were okay also.... they, too, were "buckled and bagged") I give all the glory to God for her safety... It was only through divine intervention that Haley survived the collision. Truly, the Lord works in mysterious ways...
As I think on it, all of us are on a collision course with death.... It's gonna happen, without a doubt. We all need "protection" if we want to survive. Jesus is our "seat-belt", our "airbag", our "shield", and our only hope to avoid total destruction. Our body is like the car we drive, ....and we are going through life at full speed. An "accident" can happen at any moment. My recommendation?... Read your "safety manual" (Bible) and "buckle-up" (put on Jesus, your robe of righteousness, Isaiah 61:10) if you want to live. He is your only hope.
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 16, 2010 * Hope
ROMANS 8:24-25 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Look up the word "hope" in your Strong's concordance.... You will find that the Bible has a lot to say about "hope". (146 entries) Paul, especially in the book of Romans, expresses hope for many things.... We cannot have faith for anything without first having hope for it. ...Hope produces faith, ....and faith produces patience, ....and out of desperation, great works are produced for the Lord, which brings Him glory.
In today's world, there seems to be very little hope... What we do hear about is a lot of pessimism. The news media is all about doom, gloom, death and destruction. ...But the Good News is that Christ is all about "hope". He promises us many things, with eternal life being right up there on the top of the list. The Holy Spirit ministers hope to us constantly as we read the Word, ....as we meditate on the Word, .....and as we absorb the Word into our spirit. Hope has a way of welling up in us and "converting" to faith. If we get deep enough into the Word, we learn to believe for anything. If God says it, I believe Him and that's the end of it. The better that we know the Lord, the more hope that is injected into out hearts, and the more confidence that we have in Him. We can learn to operate in a realm where all things are possible... (Mark 10:27)
Paul writes in Romans 8:24 that "hope" believes in things which we cannot see with our physical eyes. In other words, hope believes in things that show no physical evidence. Hope is having confidence that God will help us get the results that we so desire, ....because if you truly are a child of God, it's His Holy Spirit that places the "desires" into your heart in the first place.
It's not easy to overcome what our eyes tell us.... It's not easy to see your sick baby laying before you, and you're feeling helpless to do anything for him.... Sometimes it's not so easy to trust God for all things, especially if it involves someone other than yourself....such as a loved one. We tend to look at the physical evidence and feel hopeless... and we are, in ourselves.... But to trust God with everything, ..totally everything, ....well, that's a real gutsy move for many people. Honestly, there are times in your life where "hope" is all that you have to hold on to .... And that's when you need God. If you can't count on God, then your situation is hopeless.....
I heard someone say recently that they can believe God for some things, ....but not everything. Believe me, I understand that completely. Been there and done it. I have come to understand, though, that we have a part to play in this too.... We are responsible for representing Christ in the world. However, because of unbelief, our faith cannot be fully developed.... So where do you go from there? Jesus tells us in Mark 11:24 these remarkable words: "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" ....Everything hinges on what we believe..... Everything.
People struggle with faith, like it's some massive weight that they must lug around and swing at something that needs to be moved..... That's not it at all.... faith is super Light, and no burden at all... in fact, the Word tells us that our "burdens" (yoke) is light... (Matthew 11:29-30) That's because Jesus is there pulling most of the weight. We simply need to understand this basic principle: We must have hope first..... because "hope" leads to faith, which enables us to expect victory every time.
Rick
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 15, 2010 * Fear
2 TIMOTHY 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
LUKE 18:16-17 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Last night our grandson, Taylor, spent the night with us. Taylor is 10 years old and a pretty sharp kid.... By "sharp", I mean that he hears things and actually thinks about them.... I guess you could say that he's a "meditator".... Usually, you can look at boys that age and you don't have a clue what's going on inside their heads... (But then, I guess it's often that way with adults too.... hummmm?)
We switched over to daylight savings time last night... It often confuses people as to which way to move the hands on their clocks.... up an hour/back an hour??? Anyway, I was "springing forward" three wall clocks that we have downstairs, about 10:30pm, and Taylor calls out to me from the top of the stairs, saying; "Hey, Pop, have you locked all of the doors?" I thought that was kinda strange for a kid to be thinking about such things.... I said, "Yeah. Why do you want to know?" Taylor came downstairs and said "Cuz we don't want any bad guys breaking in." Thinking that maybe he had been looking at some scary movies or something, my response was, "Why? Are you afraid of something?" .....Then, out of nowhere, Taylor said, "To be afraid of anything is to sin against God." .....That caused my head to snap around backwards and I looked right at him... I thought, "hey, this kid's been reading my mail!" So, I asked Taylor, "Why do you say that?" His response: "Because when you're afraid, you doubt that God can protect you, and because that's a lie, it's a sin." ....."Wow!", I thought, "He understands what most Christian adults don't... fear is a tool of the devil, designed to keep people in submission." ...So, I said, "Really?" Taylor said, "Yeah". So I asked "Where in the world did you hear that?" ...He said, "I dunno,...in church?". I said "That's great! Let's go tell Mamaw (Sandy)". Back upstairs I had Taylor repeat what he had just spoken to me... Sandy (Mamaw) just grinned and said, "I'm so proud of you, Taylor!"
I've heard it said that out of the mouths of babes, the angels speak... I believe it. Today's devotional is brought to you, courtesy of a 10 year old boy, Taylor Dixon.... Destined to proclaim God's Word to the Nations.
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 14, 2010
2 CORINTHIANS 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-8 Therefore
we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we
are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are
confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be
present with the Lord.
Have you
ever been on an emotional roller coaster? This was one of those days for
our family. Today there was a death in our family, and a birth
also. My son in law (David) saw his dad transition from this life to the
heavenly realm... and just a few hours later my niece (Heather) gave birth
to her second son...
On such
occasions we often hear these words: "The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh away, blessed be the Name of the Lord." ...But when you
really stop to think about it, that's putting the Lord in a bad light....
It's not His desire, or His nature, to "take" anything away from
us. The Lord gives, ....and He gives, ...and gives some
more... Only Satan takes from us. (John 10:10)
We are
initially given life on this earth, which is a gift from God, ....given favor,
.....and ultimately, every gift of God is available to us... That
includes the gift of eternal life. David's dad was a born again Christian....
He received the greatest gift of all. I have no doubt that he is truly
enjoying all of the wonders of heaven... Isn't that what we all aspire to
do? Isn't that our hope for everyone?
Mourning over someone is really
something that we learn to do.... it's something that we have been
taught.... Sure, it's an expression of grief, from our heart, due to our
separation from someone we love. Doesn't it seem odd to pray for someone
to be saved and go to heaven, then become upset because they have
gone...? As Christians, we can have confidence that we will see our
loved ones again. This is a promise from God. We all long to be
present with the Lord, and while we certainly are present with Him here, it's
"there" that we long to be.... Oh, how we long to be
"there", in a place of perfection.... where no evil exists. We
mourn over "the separation", but need to understand how much more the
Lord, our Father, mourns over His separation from us.... He gave
everything to bring us back home. I'll not disappoint Him. Neither
should you.
And then
there's the new arrival in our family..... (Baby Zane)
It's awesome to think that He, just hours ago, arrived from the presence of God....
If he could just speak a few words to us.... just listen to the wonders
that he could reveal... We would be astounded at the glory of it
all... Can you even imagine such a thing?
One new
life transitions into this world, and another is returning to the place from
whence he came.... It's like earth is one big "airport",
some are arriving, others are waiting for the next flight home, and others
still are in the process of "boarding" ... and then
there's those "confused ones" (lost) that are stuck in
"customs". Jesus is the only "flight" leaving for
heaven.... Got your boarding pass?
Rick
Daily Devotional - The Lamb's Way, March 13, 2010
EPHESIANS 3:19-20 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God, Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all the we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us...
When God created Adam and Eve, everything in the Garden and on earth was already prepared for them. He anticipated, ahead of time, everything that they would ever need... Likewise, today God has provided everything we will ever need for both our spiritual and physical life. It's all done! He has provided everything and is not making anything new. That's kinda hard to think about, isn't it? Everything we will ever need is already here for us, including every blessing and every provision. Nothing is going to catch God by surprise... He is all knowing, all sufficient and always present with us. In fact, it's approaching blasphemy to say that God is unable to meet your needs... Blasphemy is serious business!
We must understand that God has already anticipated and met our needs. Our faith doesn't move God to supply our needs, because He already has! The problem is not with God, it's with us! God's "giver" is not broken.... it's our "receiver" that needs attention and adjustment. When we pray, study, trust and believe for all of God's provision, our "receiver" lines up with God's "storehouse", and all of our needs are met. In "economic terms", it all boils down to the "supply and demand principal"... Only that God's supply has already far exceeded all of the demands that we will ever have; .... and not just at a minimum level, but met "exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think". (Ephesians 3:20) He is not going to short change His children, but will open the entire treasury of heaven. God is not some stingy little guy who holds back things that we need in this life.... Our God is a Great Big God who is filled with love and compassion for us all.
Rick
When we are "born again", we are placed into a new Paradise.... Though we may not know it, we have been welcomed back into the Garden... All of our needs have already been anticipated and met... We just need to wander through paradise and find out what He has available for us. Everything God gives us is good.... Even the Tree of Life. Unlike Adam and Eve, we are invited to eat of that tree.... That's because we now have life eternal through the cross of Jesus (John 3:16). Jesus said, I come to give life, that you may have it more abundantly... (John 10:10) The fruit on that tree? It is the Word of God. When we commune with Jesus, we are invited to "eat and drink" of Him. (Matthew 26:26-28) He is the Word (John 1:1) and the Life (eternal life) of man. Every provision that we will ever have need of is found in His Word.
If you could get rich reading the Word of God, many would be "mining" that resource constantly. The Bible is filled with gems for us all. But if you think about it, the riches of God far exceed anything that is found on this earth.... "Mine" the Book and you will be wealthy, healthy and wise beyond anything that you could ever imagine. It's how God communicates with us.... He tells us how to find the keys to the Kingdom treasury... Really? Yeah, look it up for yourself.
Rick
