{"id":934,"date":"2021-09-18T21:53:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T21:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=934"},"modified":"2021-09-18T21:53:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T21:53:15","slug":"the-root-of-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Root of Evil\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Absorbing God Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the love of money\u00a0is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith\u00a0and pierced themselves with many griefs.\u201d 1 Timothy 6:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Applying God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some say that money is the root of all evil, but the root of all evil is really the LOVE of money. Chasing after money or riches can be a slippery slope when we lose our focus and replace the one true God with the Gods of this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It reminds me of a childhood board game we played called \u201cShoots &amp; Ladders\u201d. The winner is the first player who makes it to the top by avoiding the long slides that take you right back to where you began. The game pretty much describes my life prior to meeting Jesus, but now the focus has changed. It\u2019s not about winning or getting more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Louise and I are not wealthy, but we are becoming better stewards of what God has blessed us with. We don\u2019t have to look very far to find someone in need or ministries to support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are working harder to make God the Lord of what we have, say, and do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I chasing after more of God or more of the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God Word \u201cFor the love of money\u00a0is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith\u00a0and pierced themselves with many griefs.\u201d 1 Timothy 6:10 Applying God\u2019s Word Some say that money &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=934\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}