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TODAY’S WORD…

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“You say, ‘I am rich and well off; I have all I need.’

But you do not know how miserable and pitiful you are!

You are poor, naked, and blind.”

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– Revelation 3:17 (GNT)

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REFLECTION…

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This dire warning comes from God’s love, not His anger.

It is His affection that leads Him to reprove and correct His people

– in this instance, those who because of their worldly prosperity and contentment

are tainted with pride and conceit

and have also become spiritually lukewarm.

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Sure, let us use the things of this world,

but we must put our trust in the things of eternity.

We can never be truly satisfied by material possessions,

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Even if we owned every good thing in the world

we would not be happy and blessed,

for our blessedness and joy is in God, who created all things.

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Our happiness is not in what is seen and admired by others,

but in what the good and faithful followers of Christ seek.

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Our happiness is in what the spiritual and pure of heart sometimes experience in this life,

even though it is meant for the next.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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In You alone I place my trust, O Lord.

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