American Dream.

American Dream
Scriptural Basis
Mark 8:34-37
Ephesians 5:25-33

I really like the way the NLT version puts Mark 8:37:

37 Is anything worth more than your soul?

A person could have everything earthly they dreamed of but still have nothing. Does that make sense to you? It does to me. When I die and they put my body to rest the ground will not care how much I made. The ground will not care what car I drove or clothes I wore. The ground will not care how well I did in the business world. The ground will only hold my dead body. A poor body is the same as a rich one.

So that leads us to the question, what is worth anything then? I would have to say your destination after death. Where that destination is totally relies on you. That is right you control your own fate. You have the power to go where you want. Sounds easy huh? Well the problem is that people don't want to admit that the world (ground) is not the answer. They won't listen to God calling out to their hearts. Instead they drown out Christ with the world.

This song is as powerful as one can be. I like this part:

He use to say "Whoever dies with the most toys wins"
But if he loses his soul what will he gain in the end?
I'll take a shack on a rock
Over a castle in the sand.

The final passage of scripture simply states that the marriage commitment is to be held highly. If you put Christ first, family and then the rest you will begin to see that the eternal far out weights the worldly.