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OUR  DAILY  BREAD                   Sunday,   October 9,1994
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READ: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

                     "CHECKBOOK CHECKUP"

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

                       - Matthew 6:21

Some evening when you have a spare moment, get out your  old
checkbook  registers  and read through the entries.  You may
find it interesting, and perhaps somewhat startling, to dis-
cover just how the money you've earned has been spent.

The entries will read like  a  family  history  book.   They
chronicle  every major event - births, deaths, and illnesses
- and quite accurately reflect your tastes, habits  and  in-
terests.

They record your vacations, travels, and other moves.   They
also tell much about how expensively you dress or how extra-
vagantly you eat.  The total spent  in  each  category  will
pinpoint  the  things that make the greatest demands on your
income - either because of need or by choice.

Such a checkbook checkup might also show our spiritual  tem-
perature.   The  contributions given to the work of the Lord
compared with the expenditures for the unnecessary things of
life offer some clues.  If nothing has gone to the church or
to people in need, but large sums were  spent  for  personal
gratification, we need to examine our values.

Does your checkbook indicate that you've been "rich in  good
works, ready to give, willing to share"? (1 Tim. 6:18).

Try doing a checkbook checkup today.

Author:  Richard W. De Haan

 It's not what you'd do  with  a  million
 If riches should e'er be your lot,
 But what you are doing at present
 With the dollar  and  quarter  you've got.

                   - Anonymous

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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We show what we love
   by what we do with what we have.

The Bible in One Year:  Ezra 8-10

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