No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. (Matthew 6:24) For a long time, I read this part of the Bible and never really understood what it meant. This was what I understood: the person referred to in this passage who 'served' money and love it more than God was someone who would do anything to get it - kill, steal, destroy. So, obviously, this had nothing to do with me because I would most likely never go that far to get money. It's safe to say now that, with my new understanding of Matthew 6:24, 'serving' money may be a lot closer to home than I might have thought. Recently, it's been tough for me in regards to money, and I've had to adjust my lifestyle significantly to make ends meet. It's not an uncommon story; there are so many of us who have to go through that, but, all of a sudden, I found that money went from
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