Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled, Unshakeable Faith, was written by Anne Cetus.

Kevin walked into the nursing facility after his dad passed away to pick up his belongings.

The staff handed him two small boxes.

He said he realized that day that it really didn't take an abundance of possessions to be happy.

His dad, Larry, had been carefree and always ready with a smile and an encouraging word for

others. The reason for his happiness was another possession

that didn't fit into a box, an unshakable faith in His Redeemer, Jesus. Jesus urges us to

store up treasures in heaven. He didn't say we couldn't own a home, or a car or save for the future or have numerous possessions,

but he urged us to examine the focus of our hearts. Where was Larry's focus? His heart was set

on loving God by loving others. He would wander up and down the halls where he lived, greeting and encouraging

those he met. If someone was in tears, he was there with a comforting word or listening ear

or heartfelt prayer. His mind was focused on living for God's honor and the good of others.

We might want to ask ourselves if we could be happy with fewer things that clutter and

distract us from the more important matters of loving God and others.

Where our treasure is, there our heart will be also.

What we value is reflected in how we live.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from Matthew

Chapter 6 verses 19 through 24. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the

lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if

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