A Matter Of The Heart

A Matter of the Heart

What do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

Mark 8:36-37

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Galatians 5:24

Frugality is one of the most difficult disciplines to practice because it gets to the heart of what most keeps us from God—pride.

How might God be asking you to continue the practice of frugality?

Over the past week, how easy or difficult has it been for you to be frugal? In what areas have you struggled—a desire for pleasure or comfort, pride in thinking of how others might view you, a belief that you can spend your money any way you want, or conviction over debt?