{"id":1028,"date":"2020-04-06T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glitterandgraceteens.com\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:43:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:43:59","slug":"where-is-your-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"Where is your treasure?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cDon\u2019t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202d\u202dMatthew\u202c \u202d6:19-21\u202c \u202dNLT\u202c\u202c<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As quarantine continues, many people have found themselves \u2018storing up treasures on earth.\u2019 Just look around, grocery store shelves are empty, toilet paper has magically disappeared, and people are rushing in and out of stores with carts full of random items they don\u2019t even really need. When the government shut down non essential stores like furniture, clothing, and craft stores, people panicked even more. Last<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, I drove by Lowes and Walmart and the parking lots were crammed pack! People were everywhere despite the risk of spreading the virus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon and online shopping sales have spiked in the last few weeks as well. Since people are stuck at home, they are spending more time online shopping and improving their earthly homes with more items they don\u2019t really need. Based on where their \u2018treasures\u2019 are being stored up, what do they find most important? Eternity or this world? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People are so worried about their lives on earth that they aren\u2019t even concerned with their eternity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible says, \u201cSo we don\u2019t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202d\u202d2 Corinthians\u202c \u202d4:18\u202c \u202dNLT<\/em>\u202c\u202c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I challenge you to think of a way you can \u201cbuild up your treasure in heaven\u201d instead of on earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By focusing on eternity, you\u2019ll start to see how little and insignificant our earthly struggles are. Our struggles on earth are temporary just like our time. We need to use our time wisely and use it to bring others closer to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.\u201d Matthew 6:21<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where are you treasures? Do you desire to bring others closer to God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change your focus. Change lives!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May God bless you and show you His grace every day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praying for you always!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kayla Rampey <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cDon\u2019t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.\u201d \u202d\u202dMatthew\u202c … Continue reading Where is your treasure?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-devotions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}