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What if Your Art Doesn’t Pay the Bills?
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. Habakkuk 3:17-19 In Old Testament times you made your living from agriculture. Your financial condition was tied directly to the condition of the fields, fruit, herds and flocks the Lord had…
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What’s the Place of Money and Fame?
This is the fifth of 7 blogs on releasing your creative potential. Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
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Follow the Gold
Ever have money thrown at you? Israel did, as they left Egypt… Exodus 12:35-36 (ESV) 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. I’m sure the clothing helped as they went into the desert. The silver and gold, however, what became of that? What becomes of the gifts the Lord has given you? How do you steward over the things God has graciously placed in your…
