Money & Stewardship

Morning, January 9

Je 31:33

… The capacity of our wishes who can measure? But the immeasurable wealth of God can more than overflow it. I ask thee if thou art not complete when …

'The Desire Of All Nations'

Haggai 2:7

… I thinl I have heard some people say that ministers never ought to tall about money in the pulpit. The Prophet Haggai did, however, and it is because …

Morning, August 26

Ps 111:9

… The covenant is a treasury of wealth, a granary of food, a fountain of life, a store-house of salvation, a charter of peace, and a haven of …

Morning, June 4

Tit 3:4

… When we meditate upon this amazing love, and behold the all-glorious Kinsman of the Church endowing her with all his ancient wealth, our souls may well faint …

Evening, May 28

La 3:21

… That same recollection which in its left hand brings so many gloomy omens, may be trained to bear in its right a wealth of hopeful signs. She need …

Evening, April 26

Rev 16:15

… Or if wealth be not the trial, worldly care is quite as mischievous. If we cannot be torn in pieces by the roaring lion, if we may be …

Morning, October 11

La 3:41

… While it is an application to divine wealth, it is a confession of human emptiness. The most healthy state of a Christian is to be always empty in …

Evening, May 3

Ps 46:1

… Thou art poor, but then thou hast “a kinsman, a mighty man of wealth.” What! wilt thou not go to him, and ask him to give thee of …

Evening, October 26

Ec 1:7

… The sea is not a miser’s storehouse for a wealth of waters, for as by one force the waters flow into it, by another they are lifted …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… You did not know that the man who sat next to you at the Lord's Table would not tomorrow inform against you and get blood-money for …

Morning, September 11

2Co 6:17

… pleasures of the gay, And splendours of the proud; Up where eternal beauties bloom, And pleasures all divine; Where wealth, that never can consume, And endless glories shine.

Morning, July 19

De 5:24

… Your troubles have enriched you with a wealth of knowledge to be gained by no other means: your trials have been the cleft of the rock in which …

The Pastor's Life Wrapped Up with His People's Steadfastness a Pleading Reminder for the New Year

1 Thessalonians 3:8

… Well did one say to me the other day who has risen to riches, "I almost regret that I have ever changed my position, for I find my …

Evening, March 15

2Ch 31:21

… God does not give harvests to idle men except harvests of thistles, nor is he pleased to send wealth to those who will not dig in the field …

Morning, August 27

Nu 14:11

… Jesus is the Son of the Highest, and has unbounded wealth; it is shameful to doubt Omnipotence and distrust all-sufficiency. The cattle on a thousand hills will …

Prayer 3 — The Love Without Measure or End

… We cannot say, "He is worthy for whom Thou shouldst do this thing," nay, but we are altogether unworthy and Thy gifts are according to the riches of …

Evening, December 4

Ro 8:23

… Some men groan after wealth—they worship Mammon; some groan continually under the troubles of life—they are merely impatient; but the man who sighs after God, who …

The Profit Of Godliness In The Life To Come

1 Timothy 4:8

… And while we pointed out that godliness did not ensure wealth, or health, or even a good name—for all these, even to godly men, might not be …

Evening, April 25

Rev 3:20

… treasure-house of God which will not open and yield up all its wealth to the soul that lives near to Jesus. Are you saying, “O that he …

Evening, December 2

Ec 1:14

… whole of it vanity? O favoured monarch, is there nothing in all thy wealth? Nothing in that wide dominion reaching from the river even to the sea? Nothing …

The Unwearied Runner

Isaiah 40:31

… They speak about— "I do believe, I will believe That Jesus died for me," and then they live in the world as if making money, or bringing up …

Refined, But Not With Silver

Isaiah 48:10

… In all this, Divine Sovereignty operates in connection with Divine love and Divine wisdom, purifying all the sons of Levi, giving to each one his own separate purification …

Evening, October 19

Job 35:10

… When wealth rolls in abundance around him, any man can praise the God who gives a plenteous harvest or sends home a loaded argosy. It is easy enough …

Preparation Necessary for the Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… He never stinted you. 'The Lord has dealt bountifully with you' and He is dealing bountifully with you even now in giving you the opportunity to come back …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… Do not be miserable money-grubbers, or sordid earthworms. Do not be pleasure hunters and novelty seekers. Do not set your affection upon these children's toys which …

Mahanaim—or, Hosts Of Angels

Genesis 32:1

… This seems to me to be God's objective in giving to any of His servants a clearer view of the powers which are engaged on their behalf …

An Instructive Truth

Jeremiah 10:23

… Have you property? Remember that wealth has wings and that it flies away like a bird upon swift pinions. Have you health? Then think what a marvelous mercy …

The Lord's Supper—simple But Sublime!

1 Corinthians 11:25

… Often, over the rich men's grave, there is a squabble as to who shall share his wealth—but there is not any such quarrel in this case …

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… If He has riches in pardoning, supporting, instructing, illuminating, sanctifying, preserving or perfecting Christians, they are all ours. Is His blood precious? It is mine. Is His righteousness …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… Life is better than riches! And if the loving kindness of God is better than life, then we have a very high price set upon it, but none …

Justification And Glory

Romans 8:30

… It has been a very profitable invention! More money has been paid, I suppose, for getting souls out of Purgatory than people have been tempted to pay in …

The Model Home Mission and the Model Home Missionary

Acts 10:38

… Brethren, because we feel that we are justified by faith and not by works, are we to cease from good works and suffer the giving of alms to …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

… What riches of grace, that in his bitterest hour Jesus should remember the lambs of the flock! And what does he entreat for them? it is that they …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… to bed at night, they voluntarily give up all their energies to making money. I would like to whisper in their ear very softly, "Let Jerusalem come into …

To You

… But if those of wealth and rank should glance at this book, the Holy Ghost can impress them also; since that which can be understood by the unlettered …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… He, before long, was filled with his own ways, for, tormented with remorse, he threw down the blood-money he had so dearly earned, hanged himself and went …

How to Please God

Hebrews 11:6

… Without Christ? Oh, it were infinitely better to be without your eyes, without your hearing, without wealth, without bread, without garments, without a home rather than to be …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… So, too, guard against little sins if you would be clear of "the great transgression." Look after the little approaches to worldliness, the little giving in towards the …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… Indeed, I said, nobody ought to go off the ground without giving something. I was struck with one Brother who had no money with him, but who brought …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… Home, friends, health, wealth, comforts — all lost their luster that day when He appeared, just as stars are hidden by the light of the sun. He was the …