Welcome to this weekend's In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley.

Earthly objectives, like wealth or success, may be attractive, but for believers in Jesus,

humility should be our goal. Today's podcast reminds us that earthly objectives will provide

only temporary satisfaction at best. What is your favorite Bible verse?

Well, you say I have many favorites.

Well, all of us have probably one or two that surpass all the rest

when we think about what our favorites are.

And it's a good thing to have a good Bible verse,

as a good Bible promise in our life.

Those promises are very meaningful to us, and I think God intends for

us to claim those promises, and especially when you think about why he gave them. For example,

he gives us promises that will give us peace, for example, when we're going through those

difficult times in life, that will lift us up when we feel down. They will energize us when we feel

wary or when we are searching and reaching out for those goals in life. Also those that will

encourage us when we go through the tough times. And certainly, he gives us those promises

that will strengthen our faith when our faith really gets tested.

So God has promises in his word for very specific reasons.

Now, what you'll notice is this, that most of the time those promises are conditional.

There are two kinds of promises.

There is an unconditional promise which God says, here's what I'm going to do, period.

No exception. No anything says, here's what I'm going to do, period. No exception,

no anything. Just here's what I'm going to do, and that's it. Then there are those conditional promises. In fact, most of them are conditioned upon something that you and I must do. For example,

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