Poverty
It’s Important to Listen to Instruction
Date: May 11, 2020
Passage: Proverbs 14:18–23
Men often are too proud to listen to instruction. Lasting honor only comes to those who humble themselves and receive instructions from Godly men (v. 18) while poverty and shame will come to those who think themselves too advanced for such instruction. I find this often …
IllustrationA Multimillionaire Living in Poverty
During the depression Mr. Yates owned a ranch in West Texas. With little money for clothes or food, his family (like many others) had to live on government subsidy. Then an oil company came into the area and told him there might be oil on his land. He signed a lease contract and …