SFB

This sermon really enforces what I really believe in. It really prepared me further on what I can do to guard my heart against Mammon. It also helped me in deepening my understanding of this subject. For instance, my friend invited me to this business club's conference just last week. The business club is good! One can learn a lot about investment there. About the pitfalls of investment, what are the different types of investment, what and who to invest and much more. It is really a good place to start your investing career. They have a community of seasoned investors to guide one and all! Honestly, I was drawn to it, because I was interested in investment. But, there was one major problem. People there love money. I have to use the word love because that was how the club's chairman described his relationship with money. An it scares me, because I know the truth that the love of money is the root of all evil. God just reminded me time and time again that I cannot serve 2 masters, I can either serve God or mammon, never both. It would be tempting to believe that one can serve both, but in fact, we cannot and if we think that we can, we are not serving God but mammon. After my experience at the conference, I met my another friend who recently joined my friend(the one who invited me to go the conference). He further convinced me that I should join the club because it is good investment. I gave several reasons why I would not join and he said something that I cannot forget. He said, next time when I am "up there", I will throw a rope down and let you catch. So, that was it. I told myself and God that money really changes people, not because of it, but because of the love of it. I was conversing with God and telling God about how really good an investment it would be, and He just told me. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Which is really what pastor shared in the sermon. I am extremely encouraged by this sermon and greatly enriched about it. It may be a good investment and all, but if God is not in the center, what good would it be if we gain the world and lose our soul?