Money & Stewardship

Pictures of Life

James 4:14

… He heaps up riches and knows not who shall gather the . He has cut his corn and it stands in sheaves in the field, but his enemy comes …

Pride Catechized

Job 34:33

… Moreover, He requires the giving up of all known sin, the hating of all sin—and the objector says, "But may I not retain my one darling sin …

A Question for Hard-hearted Hearers

Amos 6:12

… Money is tight and, therefore, he must hold it tight and when money brings in so little interest, he finds another reason for being the more niggardly. He …

Serving The Lord

Romans 12:11

… True servants of God, again, are always such as are born in His house as well as bought with His money—"You must be born again." Preliminary to …

The Strong One Driven Out By A Stronger One

Luke 11:21-26

… Dainty dalliances he offers to some—overflowing cups that sparkle to the eye he presents for others! Glittering wealth he gives to the avaricious and the trump of …

The Turning Of Job's Captivity

Job 42:10

… Though we have neither risen to Job's wealth, nor will, probably, ever sink to Job's poverty, yet there is the same God above us if we …

A Blow at Self-Righteousness

Job 9:20

… humanity, the father of the poor; he employed the wealth of this world only to procure the riches of the next; and leaving a balance of merit in …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… See the greedy man as he accumulates money! Look at the beginning of it—he puts out his money to interest and makes out his bonds. He takes …

The Redeemer's Face Set Like a Flint

Isaiah 50:7

… There have been hundreds and thousands of cases in which men's characters appeared to be opening like a rose—but the worm of wealth was gnawing at …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… And you shall see an enemy in My habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in your …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… I have plenty of money and have only to call it in when I need any, so it will be all right." You were persuaded by him and …

Jesus Calling

Matthew 11:28

… We know some generous men, of whom it is said that they are never so happy as when they are giving their money away. If you know where …

A Promise and Precedent

John 16:14

… If I hear Your voice giving me a message to deliver from You, then shall I be able to tell the message with all the greater impressiveness and …

Psalm 114

Psalm 114

… At the giving of the law at Sinai, Horeb and the mountains around, both great and small, shook with a sudden and mighty earthquake, like rams leaping in …

Good Cheer for the New Year

Deuteronomy 11:12

… Perhaps imagination suggests the time of prosperity, when business prospers, wealth is growing, and the mind is happy. Ah, Beloved, to be without our God then, why it …

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… God, to append to such a simple thing as asking the promise of giving! He has not said, "Deserve the blessing," but, "Ask for it." He does not …

Nevertheless, Hereafter

Matthew 26:64

… The poor, almost-blind world cannot see beyond its own nose and so it must have its joys and riches at once. To them, speedy victory is the …

The Christian's Helmet

1 Thessalonians 5:8

… If a Brother is possessed of a considerable amount of wealth, there is a great danger in that wealth unless there is a wealth of Divine Grace as …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… We know the value of ourselves, of our time and of our money and we are not apt to wear ourselves out by any excessive exertion. We have …

Separating the Precious From the Vile

Exodus 11:7

… Here are two men in trial, the same trouble has befallen them both; they are partners in business; their money is all gone; the house has gone to …

Underneath

Deuteronomy 33:27

… How blest are they who have such arms beneath them! I heard of a man who was spending a great deal of money, living in grand style and …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… Reason and the flesh do attribute more to riches, and such other worldly helps as man seeth and knoweth. All such carnal helps are very idols, which deceive …

Salvation by Grace

Ephesians 2:5

… We were not saved because of our wealth, for most of us have none. We were not saved because of the excellence of our disposition, or the holiness …

A Poor Man's Cry—and What Came Of It

Psalm 34:6

… Your merit is poverty, itself, but the mercies of God are unsearchable riches! The power by which you are to be saved lies not in your own spirit …

Hope, Yet No Hope—No Hope, Yet Hope

Isaiah 57:10

… They will hunt the frequents of wealth. They will travel the pathways of fame. They will dig into the mines of knowledge. They will exhaust themselves in the …

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… To the instructed Israelite there was a wealth of meaning about each court of the temple, and every one of its golden vessels. Not a ceremony was without …

The Enchanted Ground

… And I am afraid there be some rich men who know not how to use their money, who will sink to hell, strangled by their gold, hanging like …

The Exaltation of Christ

Philippians 2:9-11

… If we once got rid of that, sorrow would be sweet, sickness would be health, sadness would be joy, penury would be wealth, so far as our feelings …

Hope for the Worst Backsliders

Jeremiah 3:22

… They do not want to keep the counterfeit money which they once reckoned to be great riches—they are anxious to be rid of it! Yes, Brothers and …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… And dost not increase thy wealth by their price. If Jehovah had been glorified by all this wretchedness it could have been borne patiently, but it was the …

Under The Apple Tree

… I am very poor; but He hath all riches, and His riches overshadow my poverty. I am most unworthy; but He is so worthy that if I use …

The Question Between the Plagues

Exodus 10:3

… Here is a man who has been very lofty and proud, but already he has been brought from wealth to poverty. At this moment he scarcely knows where …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… God, in infinite long-suffering, waits to be gracious, giving men space wherein to repent and to be reconciled to Him. Jesus has come into the world for …

Preceding Grace

Galatians 1:15

… And he that has no money, let him buy wine and milk, without money and without price." "Whoever will, let him come and take of the Water of …

Crowding to Touch the Savior

Mark 3:10

… and famous? That he made so much money and died, as men say, worth so many thousands? How can his wealth serve him if his soul, in all …

A Warning to Waverers

James 1:6

… He would sooner get the money honestly than the other way but, still, he means to make money somehow! Well, that kind of praying is impudence, and worse …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… Archdeacon Hare was giving a lecture at Trinity College when a cry of, "Fire!" was raised. His pupils rushed away and formed themselves into a line to pass …

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… But how seldom have you ever thought of thanking Him? You have ascribed your wealth to your own prudence; your competence to your own industry. If you have …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… If he is impure, then that wealth allows him to gratify his impure taste and he sinks deeper in impurity! Does a pure man come to poverty? Then …

Jesus!

Matthew 1:21

… be monopolized by the ears of princes, sages, priests, warriors or men of wealth—it is a name to be made a household word among common people! He …