“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys 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. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.'
- Matthew 6:19-24
What does it mean to get closer to God?
'Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you... '
- James 4:8a
To get closer to God is to know His love and love Him more.
'We love because he first loved us. '
- 1 John 4:19
'And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. '
- Matthew 22:37-38
We should give God our hearts - but that’s easier said than done.
No one can serve two masters...
- Matthew 6:24a
Giving money to God can help us give our hearts to Him.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Matthew 6:21
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light…
- Matthew 6:22a