Hard questions...

One of the beautiful parts of walking with God is that it forces me to ask myself hard questions.  Questions that might be more easily ignored than answering and actually following the answer that is aligned with Gods word. This is one of the hard ones...


Matthew 13:23, "As for the one sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the word, but the anxiety of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches choke the word,and it becomes unfruitful."


Matthew 6:24, "No one can slave for two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick to the one and despise the other. You cannot slave for God and for Riches." 


What are you slaving for? 



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