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Genesis 41:35-36 reads, "Gather...in the good years...Otherwise this famine will destroy the land."   Joseph gave Pharaoh some sound financial advice that we would all do well to live by: "Gather into the royal storehouses all the excess crops of the next 7...

Proverbs 21:20 reads, "The wise have wealth...but fools spend whatever they get."   It's foolish to buy things you don't need and can't afford, especially when your bills are overdue and you've nothing set aside for the future. Your financial security is determined by...

Philippians 3:13 reads, "Straining toward what is ahead, I press on."   Developing your faith is like taking swimming lessons. Observe:   1) Fear is like water; if you let it, it will take you under. 2) You can only tread water for so long before you drown. 3) When...

1 Corinthians 1:26 reads, "Remember...few of you were wise in the world's eyes...when God called you."   Max Lucado writes: "Edith Hayes was a spry 80-year-old with thinning white hair, a wiry 5-foot frame, and an unquenchable compassion for South Florida's cancer...

Acts 1:8 reads, "You will be my witnesses."   A witness is someone who sees and experiences an event, then testifies to it in court in a way that convinces others. And that's what you have been called to do! You say, "But I don't feel qualified." God doesn't call the...

1 Samuel 14:6 reads, "Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf."   During the early days of Saul's kingship, the Philistines controlled the western border of Israel, and battle lines were drawn at the pass called Michmash. Saul seemed content to sit on the sidelines,...