Money and the Heart
Where your treasure points.
An honest look at money and faith.
The big idea
Money isn't the problem — what it does to your heart is.
What does “Money and the Heart” walk through?
Where Your Treasure Is
Matthew 6:21 · KJV
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
In plain English
Wherever your money goes, your heart follows.
Follow the Heart
Want to know what you love? Look at where your money and time go.
Love of Money
1 Timothy 6:10 · KJV
For the love of money is the root of all evil.
In plain English
Loving money — making it ultimate — is at the root of every kind of evil.
The Real Trap
It's not money but the love of it that pulls us off course.
Pray
Lord, hold first place in my heart, above anything money can buy. Amen.
Write it down
What does your spending reveal about your heart?
You finished: Money and the Heart
Where your treasure goes, your heart follows. Aim it well.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Matthew 6:21, 1 Timothy 6:10. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 5 minutes for the whole thing, or 5 short sittings.
- Matthew 6:21
- 1 Timothy 6:10
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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