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                    PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALISM
In Randy Alcorn’s book: God, Money and Possessions, we find some worthwhile principles: 
1. God owns everything. 
2. My heart always goes where I put my money. 
3. Heaven, not earth, is my home. 
4. Giving is the only antidote to materialism.
                    
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                    ILLUSTRATION
The test of a financial loss would reveal whether or not we are depending on God and whether or not we understand that our possessions belong to him. Once the great evangelist John Wesley was on a trip, he got word that fire had destroyed his home. Instead of being upset, he declared
                    
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                    MATERIALISM BUYS
One highly successful advertiser stated "I am a success because I can convince people that the longing they have in their lives can be fulfilled with the stuff I have for them to buy. I know that they will buy into my item and in turn buy my product only to discover that after a
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MARKED AS A POSSESSION
Phillip Keller writes, "The day I bought my first 30 sheep, my neighbor and I sat on the dusty corral rails that enclosed the sheep pen and admired the choice, strong, well bred sheep that had just become mine. Turning to me, he handed me a large, sharp killing knife and
                    
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                    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 26, 2009
                
                
                
                    MATERIAL GAINS ARE NOT ENOUGH
William Bennett is a great American, Secretary of Education, and a compelling writer. He wrote in wrote in his best seller, America: The Last Best Hope, "Material gains will never be enough for America, if we achieve full employment, have great economic growth, have
                    
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                    Contributed by Daryl Grimes on Sep 25, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    DEMON-POSSESSED MAN
People had written him off a long time ago. He was just a crazy lunatic that no one wanted anything to do with. They kept their children away, they kept their wives away and they kept themselves away. He lived like a pig, his body odor was almost unbearable and to make matters
                    
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                    There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of
                    
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                    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 26, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SO MANY VALUABLE POSSESSIONS
Waylon Prendergast, 37, of Tampa, Florida, committed a spur-of-the-moment robbery while on his way home from a late-night drinking session. A very inebriated Mr. Prendergast forced his way into the house through an open upstairs window, filling a suitcase with cash and
                    
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