Bragging On Jesus

Proverbs in 365 Devotions For more go to braggingonjesus.com His Poverty, Our Gain Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. 7 All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. You may have heard the saying “It’s all about the money”. Well that's the way it works in the kingdoms of this world. We find that people in the broken world give to those who are wealthy in order to gain more for themselves. That’s how it works in politics and thats how it works with our neighbors and acquaintances. In Politics people give support including money to their chosen candidates… not with hopes to overflow their favorite nominee’s pockets with cash but to better their own pockets and those of their own families. As for our rich acquaintances, we fall into the same trap as we do in politics. We seek for them to be our friend with gifts and various forms of flattery, not for