Money & Stewardship

Sown Among Thorns

Matthew 13:7

… money by very queer practices? It little matters how you make money nowadays; only get it, and you will have plenty of admirers and the deceitfulness of riches …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… Only notice, first, that the riches of the Grace of God are above all limit. A man is not rich when he can count his money, or miss …

Psalm 112

Psalm 112

… Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness endureth for ever. He is not the worse for his wealth, nor drawn aside by the deceitfulness …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… description! His riches were vastly more wealthy than any of the gaudy wealth which the world can bring—which is but transient and corruptible wealth! He was rich …

Psalm 49

Psalm 49

… For ever must the attempt to redeem a soul with money remain a failure. Death comes and wealth cannot bribe him; hell follows and no golden key can …

Buying Without Money

Isaiah 55:1

… who had money was at a great advantage with regard to heavenly things, so that when the Lord said, "How difficult shall they that have riches enter into …

A New Year's Wish

Philippians 4:19

… God's riches in Glory are beyond all thought! Consider the riches of God in Nature—who shall count His treasures? Get away into the forests—travel on …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… so neither must we repose in money. Gain and fame are only so much foam of the sea. All the wealth and honour the whole world can afford …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… He amassed a world of riches, for his wealth was beyond estimation. As for his gold and his silver, he kept little account of them, and his precious …

Fifteen Years After!

Job 1:21

… plentifully endowed with worldly wealth. David spoke truly when he said, "A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked." So, let …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… amazed to think what wealth and what mines of riches they must have possessed ere such works could have been accomplished. Solomon’s riches are perhaps best judged …

Filling the Empty Vessels

Philippians 4:19

… as becomes His wealth—"according to His riches." There are several ways of doing most things. There is more than one way of giving a penny to a …

The Glories of Forgiving Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… Oh, come and receive the mercy which the Lord gives lavishly, according to the wealth of His goodness! "According to the riches of His Grace"—that means unquestionable …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… There is a responsibility attached to wealth which some do not seem to realize. Among our great men, how few use money as they should! Their gifts are …

The Silken Fetter

Hosea 3:5

… Money is compared in Scripture to thick clay, because it sticks. And what is more, it sucks a man into itself. Many a man sinks in wealth like …

The Duty of Remembering the Poor

Galatians 2:10

… their wealth, if he so pleased to turn their minds; he could make the richest, the greatest, and the mightiest, bring all their power and riches to the …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… is but a shadow! Our wealth? It is a child's plaything in His sight—it is nothing compared with His boundless riches! Let us also note that …

The Hunger-Bite

Job 18:12

… But every ungodly man ought to know that riches are not forever and often they take to themselves wings and fly away! Men of colossal fortunes have dwindled …

The Three Whats

Ephesians 1:18-20

… We carry a bag of spending money in our hands, but the bulk of our wealth is deposited in the Bank of Hope. What, then, is the Christian …

The Prosperous Man's Reminder

Hosea 13:5-8

… Alas, this is an evil into which many fall! They increase in riches and they set their hearts upon the riches instead of the Giver of the riches …

Lovely, But Lacking

Mark 10:21

… Say, then, my dear young Friend, with all your excellences, do you lack the giving up of your heart, the full giving up of yourself to Christ? Oh …

A Threefold Slogan

Luke 10:44

… So our childish minds are often fascinated with the flaunting flowers of fortune and fashion—craving after wealth, fame and worldly distinction—but our better reason, if it …

Forgetting God

Hosea 13:6

… If you have acquired a certain amount of money and you feel that you are a person of importance simply because you have so much wealth, you are …

The 'Beau Ideal' of Life

Psalm 90:14

… Men may amass as much wealth as they will, but if, with the money, they have not acquired something better than the best metal that ever came from …

Christ's Poverty, Our Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… If there were any such rule laid down in the Gospel, it would destroy the beauty of spontaneous giving and take away all the bloom from the fruit …

The Condescension of Christ

2 Corinthians 8:9

… But as for the comprehension of thy boundless riches, as for being able to tell thy treasures, or to reckon up thy wealth, that were impossible. All we …

First Things First

… What opportunities most of you possess! Your station, your education, your wealth—all give you advantages for serving the Lord. Are you using them? It is a great …

Earnest Expostulation

Romans 2:4

… preached word of God; in this you prove the riches of God’s goodness. Do you despise this wealth of mercy? Possibly you have enjoyed the further privilege …

A Cheerful Giver is Beloved of God

2 Corinthians 9:7

… To all the Church, also, it is given, and to each member in his measure, to serve God by giving. Some are enabled, being made stewards of wealth …

Joseph's Bones

Hebrews 11:22

… But it was never said, "Not any great men, not any mighty are chosen." God has selected a few in places of wealth, and power, and influence who …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Our Lord Jesus Christ did not come into the world to become poor with regard to money, or that you and I might become rich in worldly wealth …

Knowing and Doing

2 Corinthians 8:9

… God of very God," and none can be compared for riches with God, who has boundless wealth. God was able to create the heavens and the earth at …

Sudden Sorrow

Jeremiah 4:20

… Blessed be the name of the Lord." You lament that you have lost your riches. Are you surprised at that? Do you keep birds? Do you wonder when …

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… wealth. Many of us can recollect persons who seemed to have unlimited riches which enabled them to exercise enormous power over their fellow men. Solomon said that "money …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… Content with the Divine will is better than increase of riches, or removal of affliction, for with wealth no peace may come and out of prosperity no joy …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. The substance he had gathered, and the mischiefs he had wrought, were his boast and glory. Wealth and wickedness …

The First Beatitude

Matthew 5:3

… And in the poorest nation there will be some few possessors of wealth. But alas for our humanity! Its whole store of excellence is spent and its riches …

The Good Man’s Life and Death

Philippians 1:21

… I see many of you whose whore thoughts are engrossed with the things of earth; the mere getting of money; the amassing of wealth, seems to be your …

Joseph of Arimathaea

Mark 15:43-46

… that have riches enter into the Kingdom of God." Riches do not strengthen the heart or make men daring for the good cause. Albeit wealth is a great …

The Road to Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… You are not enlisted by giving anything, but by receiving the King's money. Take Christ by faith. Receive Him! Stretch out your hands. He shall be the …