Have you ever watched an object floating on the water? All it will do is float along and it won’t sink—unless water is allowed to come inside. It doesn’t matter whether it is a huge ship on the ocean carrying thousands of containers of cargo, or just a plastic bottle cap on top of a…
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Coveting to be Content: A Subtle Trap
Paul appeals urgently in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Hebrews to Christians to be content with what they have. Since we are still traveling through this world, we are still subject to the trouble it can bring. Coveting (an excessive craving or longing for some part of this world’s wealth) is the opposite…