Treasures in heaven

Where is your heart set upon? Treasure and hearts

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The theme for the day is love and we’ve covered this in our previous post on LOVE.

The other word associated with this day is heart. Love and heart-shaped decorations fill the day, but what exactly is the significance of the heart?

Love is a choice and an action, while heart is the motivation and the force behind the action.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” Matthew 6:9-21

If you were to list three most important things in your life right now, what will they be? Do they have lasting value? If not, are you willing to give them up in exchange for something of more lasting value?

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Gain World Lose Souls

What good is it for us to gain the whole world but lose our souls?

 

“For what profits a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?”Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:36, Luke 9:25

 

This is a simple yet profound question.

To gain the whole world is to receive all the world has to offer—money, fame, pleasure, power, prestige, etc.

To lose our soul means to trade/ forfeit our soul by giving it to Satan and doing evil/ harm to gain the riches that the world has to offer.

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