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22 “You must not exploit a widow or an orphan. 23 If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I will certainly hear their cry. 24 My anger will blaze against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows and your [...]

The Dow took a huge hit today! It was the second largest point drop so far this year (-311). The biggest was -416 on February 27, 2007. The largest point drop in history was when the market opened back up on September 17, 2001 after September 11th (-685).
The thing about any drops (or gains) in [...]

  
1 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war [...]

  
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
Ephesians 4:28 (NKJV)
Stealing includes “borrowing” the company’s pens or paper clips and acting like it’s a “perk” of working wherever you work. Whenever you [...]

  
10 Here is my advice: It would be good for you to finish what you started a year ago. Last year you were the first who wanted to give, and you were the first to begin doing it. 11 Now you should finish what you started. Let the eagerness you showed in the beginning [...]

3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3 (NLT)
This is another verse on how works alone does not cut it. Even if you gave everything you owned to [...]

  
41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; then indeed all things are clean to you.
Luke 11:41 (NKJV)
From the Life Application Bible:
The Pharisees loved to think of themselves as “clean,” but their stinginess toward God and the poor proved that they were not as clean as they thought. How do you [...]

Here’s a real easy Quick Tip for you! This is not my idea. This is from David Bach. Do you want to know how to shave 7 years off of your 30-year mortgage? This is not a get rich scheme or anything illegal at all! All you have to do is say the words “biweekly [...]

Sorry about the lack of Verse of the Day’s in the past couple days. I’ve been at the Joyce Meyer conference in L.A. Here’s one for today!

21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in [...]

  
1 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:1 (NKJV)
Remember that when you give to charities, to people, or to the church, don’t let your motivation be to please men or to impress them. [...]

  
7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
Proverbs 13:7 (NKJV)
From the Nelson Study Bible:
rich…nothing: The paradox of greed causing poverty, and of generosity causing wealth, is a recurring theme in Scripture (see 11:24; Matt. 6:19-21). The point is not [...]

1 Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with mockers.
2 But they delight in the law of the LORD,
meditating on it day and night.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing [...]

17 Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” And in another place, “Those who work deserve [...]

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV)
From the Life [...]