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"Do not store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal.

20Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves. 21Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be." Matthew 6:19-21 (NLT) 

 

Only heavenly treasures are _____________. "

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven."  Matthew 19:21 (NIV) 

 

"Then Jesus said to them, 'Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. Life is not measured by how much one owns.' 16Then Jesus told this story: 'There was a rich man who had some land, which grew a good crop. 17He thought to himself, 'What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.' 18Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and other goods. 19Then I can say to myself, 'I have enough good things stored to last for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!' 20"But God said to him, 'Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?' 21"This is how it will be for those who store up things for themselves and are not rich toward God."  Luke 12:15-21 (NCV) "

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age." 1 Tim 6:18-19 (NIV) 

"Whoever trusts in his riches will fall."  Prov. 11:28 

22"Your eye is a lamp for your body. A pure eye lets sunshine into your soul. 23But an evil eye shuts out the light and plunges you into darkness. If the light you think you have is really darkness, how deep that darkness will be!"  Matthew 6:22-23 (NLT) 

 

 ____________ is always used as a symbol for good. ______________ is always used as a symbol for evil. 24"No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."  Matthew 6:24 (NLT) 

 

We treasure what we are really _____________ to.