“Blessed are you who are poor,
for the kingdom of God is yours." (Luke 6 : 20).
What is your attitude to money? Are you scared to death of poverty? Don't be ashamed. I used to be in that club a little while ago. When you discover the truth of the real freedom and victory that Jesus came to give us, you will be laughing and jumping for joy.
Today is the feast of St John Chrysostom, Father and Doctor of the Church. John was the Archbishop of Constantinople, now Istanbul (Turkey), then the 2nd most important city in the world. St John Chrysostom challenged the rich and powerful to find and enjoy genuine freedom and victory in their lives by sharing their wealth with the poor. He said among other things:
"Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs."
(Saint John Chrysostom).
The pathway to victory and freedom passes through the doors of the poor.
"Seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth." (Colossians 3: 1- 2).
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