Jesus warns in Luke 12:15, “Be on your guard against every form of greed”
What is greed? One dictionary definition is “a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed”
I think the key word in the definition is “selfish.” When we always focus on what we have and worry excessively about losing it, or diluting it by giving some away, whether it be our money, our time, “our” parking place, “our” position in the line, we are being greedy.
To guard against greed, I like to remember this part of a well known hymn, “All that we have is thine alone, a trust O Lord from Thee.”
Dear Lord, help us remember that you gave us everything we have, and your desire is that we use it to love and serve you and our neighbor. Help us always keep this in our minds. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Well God is so amazing I’ve been receiving these emails and have not ever really clicked on them until today these past few months we became homeless and we’ve been praying very hard on our knees I’m a mom and have five children that depend on me and we were living in a hotel exactly today I signed the lease and get keys to my new apartment thankfully so many programs were available to assist us to make this possible but all in all was only possible because of God he gave us this I knee prayer really works and then I see this message it’s amazing and God is surely speaking to us to me All glory be to God!