Reading: Luke 16.13-18 NLT

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

The Pharisees, who dearly loved their money, heard all this and scoffed at him. Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

“Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in. But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God’s law to be overturned.

“For example, a man who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery. And anyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”

Prayer: Heavenly Father – fill me with a love for and your way of doing things. Lord Jesus – help me keep my eyes on you and the prize of eternal life. Holy Spirit – may my “yes be yes and my no be no.” Make me a person who keeps my commitments through thick or thin. And may Jesus receive all the glory and honor. Amen.

Music: “The Wedding Song” – Kenny G