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Wise Up and Wear a Crown of Wealth

Posted by cr0cus ... on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, In : Seed & Harvest 

"The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly." [Prov 14;24 NIV]

Some people who are held wise do not have a crown. Sad to say, they are poor. Being wise and poor present complications. And that, in itself, is a paradox.

How can someone wise be poor? Can’t the wise use their wisdom to avoid poverty?

A crown is displayed for all to see. What do poor people show off but misery and unrepaired brokenness? It is foolish to remain poor. Poverty yields foll...


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Enriched to Reach Out

Posted by cr0cus ... on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, In : Undershepherds 

"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"" (Rom 10:14-15 NIV)

And how can they be sent if they are not financed? Pastors are recipients of monetary resources to accomplish the will of God - primarily to bring about the salva...


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