Today I call us to examine the desires of our heart. These are the desires of the heart. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean'. It is the things within that defile us.
Covetousness becomes a poisonous misery to the heart and soul.
Not only must we examine our own hearts for greed, but teach our family members to shun it. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.