<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="pr+12:1-8">Proverbs 12:1-8</span></span></p><p>We continue thinking about the fact that as soon as the psalmist considered the end of the ungodly, everything dropped into focus. Their true position became so clear to him that his language in the rest of the psalm indicates that he not only ceased to be envious of the ungodly but began to be sorry for them. Indeed, the same thing will happen to us too - the more we focus on the ultimate end of the unconverted, the more compassion we will feel for them. How grim and cheerless is the non-Christian view of life, especially as it relates to the end. Dr Marrett, a rationalist and head of one of the colleges in Oxford, wrote, as he neared the end of his life: "I have nothing to look forward to but chill autumn and still chillier winter and yet I must somehow try not to lose heart." H.G. Wells, who ridiculed and scoffed at Christianity with its doctrine of sin and salvation, said at the end of his life that he was utterly baffled and bewildered. The title of his last book summed up his view of things: A Mind at the End of its Tether. When he was dying, a noted atheist asked one of his relatives for a lighted candle to be placed in his hand. "Why a lighted candle?" asked the concerned relative. "Because I am afraid to go out into the dark," was the reply. How foolish to look enviously at the lifestyle of the ungodly, focusing only on their present successes and the marvellous time they seem to be having, without considering their end. We should never forget that no matter how glittering their lifestyle, the death of the ungodly is a terrible thing. </p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">O Father, let this sobering thought not only free me from envy but stimulate within me a deep concern for those who do not know You. May I be used in some way to halt the progress of someone on the road to a lost eternity. In Jesus' Name. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="1ti+6:1-10">1 Timothy 6:1-10</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="ps+49:10">Psalm 49:10</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="pr+23:5">Proverbs 23:5</span></li><li>27:24</li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>What truth did Paul reflect to Timothy?</li><li>How does the same truth affect the way we live our lives?</li></ul></div></div>

Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.

Every Day Light with Selwyn Hughes

"Wicked men are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm." (v. 7)

<p>My son, give me your heart. § Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.<br><br>Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?  § Put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. § Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare… For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows… You, O man of God, flee these things.<br><br>If riches increase, do not set your heart on them. § My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver. § For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. § The Lord looks at the heart.</p>

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Evening Daily Light

 Keep yourselves from idols. 

<p>Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap … Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin … Do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind … Your Father knows that you need these things.<br><br>Having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.<br><br>The cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.<br><br>Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.</p>

 Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 

<p><span class="bible-text "> <sup class="verse-num ">10 </sup>For the love of money   is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith   and pierced themselves with many griefs.   </span></p>

For the love of money<cr>1</cr>  is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith<cr>2</cr>  and pierced themselves with many griefs.<cr>3</cr> 

1 Timothy 6:10

 10 For the love of money   is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith   and pierced themselves with many griefs.  

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 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

<p><span class="bible-text ">For the love of money   is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith   and pierced themselves with many griefs.   </span></p>

 For the love of money   is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith   and pierced themselves with many griefs.  

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