Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, April 22nd.

Money is extremely important, so we need God's perspective on it.

Listen closely to discover how he uses finances to get your attention and develop spiritual maturity.

According to the scriptures, what strong desire which motivates

millions of people every day if attained will bring about the following consequences.

It will tempt people to fall into sin. They will be tempted to fall into a trap. They will probably

be mastered by some foolish desires. They will engage in harmful desires. They will

eat away their character. It could plunge them into moral ruin.

It could ultimately destroy them.

It would cause them to wander from their faith.

And it could cause many griefs to pierce their soul.

What kind of desire would cause all of that to happen? In fact, it's the desire that motivates millions of people.

You know what it is?

The desire to get rich.

The desire to get rich.

1 Timothy, Chapter 6, verses 9 and 10 list all of those things,

which he says are dangers for those whose desire in life

is to get rich now there's nothing wrong with being wealthy because there's some very very godly people

who are wealthy very very generous people who are wealthy and there's nothing in the bible that says

that god takes great pleasure in poverty

or keeping people poor. The problem is the issue of balance. And that is, it's one thing to be

wealthy and trust God. It's something else to be wealthy and the wealth be your God. So we're

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