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Are You Materialistic?
greater his materialistic interests. This is natural and
inevitable.
The American people do · have more physical
possessions than any other people on earth, but that
permits us to be the most idealistic people on earth.
We have less regard for physical things than any other
people on earth because we can acquire them so easily.
Americans give away more things and support more
causes than any other people on earth.
Such has occurred, not because we are more
generous by nature, but because we have so much to
give. Accordingly,
I
have ·always dedicated myself to
convincing our young people that, in their getting of
material goods, they should not let material goods
possess them. If we gain the whole world and lose our
own souls, we have made a poor bargain indeed. More
on this later.
Additionally, I always urge our students to develop
marketable skills, core competencies, so that they can
earn a respectable living, without having to work seven
days a week at two jobs. This frees them to voluntarily
give of their extra time, talents, and money to be of aid
and influence to others for the good of the Kingdom
around the globe. There is much to be done.
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