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(ASV) Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. Heb 13:5 Some time back I started worrying about how to save money for some of the needs I am having in my life. As this worry crept into my mind, there are traces of worry hovering around my mind. As I was going through the bible, God showed me the above verse. I have seen this verse many times before, but this time some how I felt God is speaking to me through this. This verse can be divided into the following components: To be free from Love of Money Contentment Promise To be free from Love of money Love of money is also refered as covetousness, greed or lust for more money. Paul also compared the love of money to idolatory. King James Bible mentiones that our conversation be without covetousness, which indicates that it is not good to even converse or talk about coveting more money. Covetousness leads to worry a

NOTE: Taken from Chapter 2 of the book "The Pursuit of God" by A.W.Tozer Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mat 5:3 (Holy Bible) Before the Lord God made man upon the earth He first prepared for him by creating a world of useful and pleasant things for his sustenance and delight. In the Genesis account of the creation these are called simply 'things.' They were made for man's uses, but they were meant always to be external to the man and subservient to him. In the deep heart of the man was a shrine where none but God was worthy to come. Within him was God; without, a thousand gifts which God had showered upon him. But sin has introduced complications and has made those very gifts of God a potential source of ruin to the soul. Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine and 'things' were allowed to enter. Within the human heart 'things' have taken over. Men have now by nature no peace within thei