Matt. 6:8 -Can't serve God and mammon. We must have one absolute, that which is worthy to be worshipped above everything else. Jesus is the absolute, the way, the truth and the life. All our reference points begin with God. The plumbline stands among us.

God's love is unconditional, loves us without conditions, this is the plumbline by which we judge all of life. Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, He is life, the very meaning of life. Jesus is the only value in the world. To think of money, position, possessions, etc, is abomination. Repentance is stating that the entire foundation of my life is wrong, what I trust in. Must start again, look at the plumbline.

Holy Spirit is my plumbline. Always go back to the plumbline, the Holy Spirit. Build your life according to this plumbline, the ultimate value. Whenever I have a need, turn to the Holy Spirit, not to my employer or whatever. I reach beyond the circumstances of life, and stretch toward God he is my source and resource. He is my supply, a very present help in time of trouble.

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We cannot serve God and mammom, the other plumbline. Mammon means to trust money to the bank, the trusting of money which becomes a demon god, the power of riches. I trust in riches because absolute power is in the money, this is the real value and meaning of life. Money makes us lie down in green pastures, it is my refuge and strength, etc.

The life of God is love, the love of money is greed, and possessions become my security. Worry over food is making an offering to mammon. If all my security is in money, then I will be worried always because there is never enough to keep me secure. Riches become my god, and count on it for security.

Put away covetousness which is idolatry, the only sin called a god. Promotion in life comes from God. We can't worry anymore because it reveals a lack of knowledge of God.

Fear is directly fractured from the plumbline which is Jesus. Fear is replaced by love by being directly related to Jesus. Learn to worship to bless God, and not to bless God in order for me to get God to meet my needs. Your needs are always met, just praise God ahead of time.

God gave His life to give me an abundant life. Now I am to evaluate all my thoughts and actions to ascertain am I worshipping God and living from Him and not to Him? I am in the absolute plumbline from God, and I allow His life to flow through me, and not my efforts to get God to do something which is already done.

God is interested in the material, the body and its needs. Little faith deals with big stuff, like heaven and hell. But in-between, living on earth is forgotten.

Blessing is to be empowered in the spirit, body, soul and mind, to be prosperous in these areas of our being. Prosperity is the spirit being full of the Presence of God, that I walk with God, He fills my mind, I am enlightened by God at all times. Prosperity of the emotions is that I have the peace and joy of the Lord-that is the riches of His blessings. Where there is no way, God will make a way.

The first miracle Jesus did was to turn water into wine 180 gallons of it. God linked Himself to the stuff of creation. Little faith is concerned with the supply rather than the Supplier. Faith does not strain because it rest on the Giver and the Supplier. Great faith is in the Supplier, not concerned with the immediate supplies.

Faith does not mean I have a lot to show you. Faith means I have no worry or concern for the morrow. I know it will be there, I know not how. Total peace and faith is in who I depend upon not upon what I have. Little faith is incapable of generosity. Faith is generous because of the revelation it has seen.

I give to glorify God and not on the expected return. Hell says to grab and hold on but God says 'give and slay hell in the face.

To give is to worship. If God loves the world, then I shall be part of this world by giving as God does - by giving to mankind.

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