If riches increase, set not your hearts upon them: so if friends increase, set not your hearts upon them, but trust in the living God, let it be the living God that you rest on even for all outward things in this world.
Interpretation
Value spiritual trust over material wealth and social connections.
This quote emphasizes the importance of not becoming overly attached to wealth or even friendships, suggesting that true trust and rest should be placed in a higher power, specifically the living God. The message encourages individuals to seek inner peace and stability through spiritual faith rather than through external and often transient sources like money or social status.
In practice
During a sermon about the importance of relying on faith rather than wealth.
Now this is a mystery to a carnal heart. They can see no such thing; perhaps they think God loves them when he prospers them and makes them rich, but they think God loves them not when he afflicts them. That is a mystery, but grace instructs men in that mystery, grace enables men to see love in the very frown of God's face, and so come to receive contentment.
You may think you find peace in Christ when you have no outward troubles, but is Christ your peace when the Assyrian comes into the land, when the enemy comes?...Jesus Christ would be peace to the soul when the enemy comes into the city, and into your houses.
The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said, that uttering nonsense and half-truth without cease ends by destroying Intellect
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning.
Though I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness.
Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets.
I was going to be a surgeon at one point, and I remember being taught that the surgical heroes aren't the ones that can staunch the bleeding; what you want is the surgeon that doesn't cause any bleeding in the first place.
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