Money & Stewardship

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… Our next remark is concerning URGENCY OF NEED. "When the poor and needy seek"—what? Money? No, that is only to be poor and needy. Bread? Yes, that …

"Your Salvation"

Luke 2:28-30

… When God Himself, Incarnate, came under the Law so as to have redemption money paid for Him, we understand it all, for it is written, "But when the …

The Right Kind of Fear

Proverbs 28:14

… Or it may be that he was strongly tempted to make money very quickly—and quick money-making and honesty never go together except by a very extraordinary …

A Sad Interior and a Cheery Messenger

Mark 16:10

… And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large sums of money to the soldiers, saying, Say you, His disciples came by …

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… Maybe he had saved his money for months, that he might pay his fare to Joppa and he had counted down the gold freely for the joy which …

The Hairs of Your Head Numbered

Matthew 10:30

… Your money-grubber is always poor, how can he be otherwise but poor in the worst sense of the word? Oh, it is a blessed thing when one …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… the Lord, in your assembly, for graciously permitting me to live, and for giving me some hope that I shall yet again be among you in vigour. It …

Choice Comfort for a Young Believer

Psalm 138:8

… You have not a very large sum of money in the bank and you have not a very large sum in your pocket, either, and sometimes you are …

A Honeycomb

Hebrews 12:3

… But if you go to Him for every Grace that brings you near and ask that without money—He will give you everything! He will freely bestow them …

Bad Lodgers and How To Treat Them

Jeremiah 4:14

… When they cannot hold their money any longer, then they will give it up—a wonderful sacrifice to God! But he that would serve God acceptably determines, "I …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… For Peter said, "Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the Holy Spirit can be purchased with money." "I perceive that you are in the …

I Will Give You Rest

… it is founded; but they know it, and it brings them an inward wealth compared with which the fortune of an ungodly millionaire is poverty itself. May we …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… Companies will ask for your money with which they may speculate, and they say that they are sound, but they are oftentimes found to be rotten. Though some …

Psalm 148

Psalm 148

… They fulfil his purpose in giving fruit to refresh, and shelter and shadow for a covert, and their murmur is the soft cadence that chants mercy and grace …

True Prayer—True Power!

Mark 11:24

… If you have not money enough, if you are in poverty, if you are in straits, state the case. Use no mock-modesty with God. Come at once …

Reasons for Turning to the Lord

Hosea 6:1

… He had plenty of money and he spent it in riotous living. He was in fine health and lived in the fastest style. Wine and women soon took …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… There may come a season of sickness when all your money bags, if they were laid upon your suffering body, could not heal it, and when all your …

On Raising Questions

… by the death of a relative, fallen heir to a considerable amount of money. He was cutting up a pig at the time. After reading the letter, he …

Till We Meet Again

Revelation 22:21

… the loving Grace of Christ which passes knowledge! May you grasp the unsearchable riches of Christ. This is no small treasure—this Grace of a Divine Person. Yet …

Farm Laborers

… is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Our great Master means that every laborer on his farm should receive …

Later Literary Works

… The total amount of money thus contributed for the Lord’s work would need to be represented by almost fabulous figures. Those who are the privileged possessors of …

Christ’s Estimate of His People

Solomon 4:10-11

… The man has got his money’s worth; he cannot say I am a rogue or a cheat. There are tricks in many trades, but I will not …

“Forward!”

… No chloral can ever equal their discourse in sleep-giving properties. No human being, unless gifted with infinite patience, could long endure to listen to them, and nature …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… Your thought is that you can get nothing without paying for it— God's thoughts are, "Come to the waters, and he that has no money; come, buy …

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

… When we are going too fast, and giving way too freely to regrets, it is well to cry, "halt, "and pause awhile, till more sober thoughts return. Verse …

Awakening

… We ask him what is the matter, and he answers, “I have lost my pocket-book, and it contained all the money I have in the world.” He …

All Or None—or, Compromises Refused— a Sermon With Five Texts

Exodus 10:26

… It is nothing better. "Look," says Satan, "I do not ask you to be profligate with your money, be penurious with it—be very thrifty. Everybody will pat …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Continued)

… languages in which he continues, from the printed page, to proclaim the unsearchable riches of Christ. The text most commonly used concerning him is, " He being dead yet …

Plenteous Redemption

Psalm 103:7

… rumour came, that in some distant nation they had raised a sum of money to purchase the freedom of slaves—that some wealthy merchant had dedicated of his …

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… not be married to another— "Stronger His love than death or Hell, Its riches are unsearchable! The first-born sons of Light Desire in vain its depths to …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… No! “The prayers of the congregation are he has need of much grace to keep him humble in the midst of riches.” That is the kind of prayer …

Hatred Without Cause

John 15:25

… It is a well known fact that let a man be ever so good, if he be at all lifted above his fellow-creatures by riches, or by …

April 2 — TRUE HEART-ENERGY

I Tim. 4:15

… 4:15 This is, practically, a promise that, by diligent meditation and the giving up of our whole mind to our work for the Lord, we shall make …

March 2 — GIVING WITHOUT A WHISPER

Matt. 6:3

March 2 GIVING WITHOUT A WHISPER "But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in …

Sept. 24 — THE LIFE-GIVING STREAM

Ezek. 47:9

… 24 THE LIFE-GIVING STREAM "And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live" Ezek. 47:9 …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… belongs to him is better than anyone else can procure for love or money, be it his house, or his horse, the water from his well, or the …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… grace which Thou hast given them, an inheritance infinitely more precious than the wealth of empires. “We praise Thee for the love to Jesus which Thou hast enkindled …

The Ship on Fire—A Voice of Warning

Genesis 19:17

… Did those who were rescued from the “Amazon,” have time to save their money and their gold? We are told that they were utterly destitute when they landed …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… the talent, the zeal, the number, the influence, and (in some cases) the wealth of the members of the new church made it needful that it should have …

Morning, May 20

Ps 17:7

… with such a warm pressure of our hand, that the manner of his giving is as precious as the boon itself. He will come into our houses upon …