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                 And put on the new self, created in God's way in righteousness and holiness  of truth.                                                                                                                 -Ephesian 4:24       I weighed my heaviest at 235 lbs. That's why I decided  to get back in shape. I exercised and ate healthy every day. After three months. I dropped to 95 lbs. my medium clothes since my old ones  were to baggy already. But I didn't let go of my extra -large clothes, just in case I need them again. Guess what? After six months, I gained back all the weight I lost.         Why did I revert my old body? Because I always believed  that I should be a "BIG" guy! I may have a new body, but I was stuck in my old thinking and old beliefs in myself.         The same goes for every area four lives. I know  of many people renewed by God but slid back to their  old sinful life. I know of people who started investing and saving, then w

                                 " I am so old  that I may now die at any time" - Genesis 2:7     outside one of the chapels during a wake, I saw paper maches of a house, car and yacht. "what' s that for ?"  I asked my Chinese husband. He explained that the Chinese believe that by burning these, they were sending them ahead for the deceased. that way, they d have a huge house, cars and boats to use in the next life.         I just laughed. " You can' t take anything out of this world with you when you die," I said . My Husband grinned, " if  he's Chinese, he'll find a way."        My husband was right. There is a way to send earthly wealth in advance to heaven. But not in the way he was talking about.         When we 're generous to others, when we give our tithes to the Lord, when we support minitries, we are using our money to build God's kingdom on earth.          Friends, let's use our earthly wealth in su