Money & Stewardship

The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption

Romans 8:15

… Therefore deal with me according to the riches of Your Grace. My soul delights herself in You, for You are my God and my exceeding joy." Who but …

The Preacher’s Power, and the Conditions of Obtaining It

… We may dishonour the most lovely countenance by giving to its most striking feature an importance which puts it out of proportion with the rest; for beauty greatly …

Morning, October 5

1Ki 19:8

… Some of us have yet to learn much concerning the design of our Lord in giving us his grace. We are not to retain the precious grains of …

Evening, January 12

Job 36:2

… From the hidden springs within let sweetly flowing rivulets of testimony flow forth, giving drink to every passer-by. Hide not thy talent; trade with it; and thou …

Imitators of God

Ephesians 5:1

… If you are imitators of God, give, for He is always giving. Give, for if He were not to give, our lives would end! Give, for He gives …

The Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

… It is sad enough to be blind, but If a man that is blind is in possession of riches, there are ten thousand comforts which may help to …

Heaven

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

… he might have seen king Solomon upon his throne, surrounded with all his riches, and the people resting in peace and tranquillity in the promised land; and he …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… tender point, namely, in his pocket, when Jesus overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold doves, I cannot tell. But, certainly …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878

… precise Christian ought to object to draughts or chess,—if not played for money,—for they help to develop and improve our powers of thought, and calculation, and …

Following Christ

2 Samuel 15:21

… All the wealth of India, could it be poured into one's lap, were but a mockery of a soul that damned itself by casting away its confidence …

The Tabernacle of the Most High

Ephesians 2:22

… The depths beneath of hidden treasure, of God’s unutterable riches—all these are for his people. There is nothing which he hath from his blazing crown to …

First Literary Friends (Continued)

… Some of his sermons are charac- terized by great mental poverty ; some, and most, by a great mental wealth; so is it with all preachers, even those who …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… when they marched with thousands of flying banners and with all kinds of riches borne with them. Now you are to take that as the basis of my …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… The merchant places his money in the care of a banker, and trusts altogether to the honesty and soundness of the bank. He entrusts his capital to another …

Powerful Persuasives

Matthew 11:27-28

… Ye that stew and toil for wealth, ye merchants, with your many cares, labourers ye are. He bids you come. Ye students, anxious for knowledge, chary of sleep …

A Sad Confession

Isaiah 53:3

… I will glory in it! The reproach of Christ is greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt! Hide not, then, your faces from Him, Beloved, nor shrink …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… But it was on a market night, when he had been selling wheat and some fellow had marked him on the Exchange taking money—it was then that …

Psalm 71

Psalm 71

… A sacred conservatism is much needed in these days, when men are giving up old lights for new. We mean both to learn and to teach the wonders …

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… His mercy and entreating that it may be bestowed upon them through the riches of His Grace in Christ Jesus— "Justice upon a dreadful Throne Maintains the rights …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge that are to be found in Him!" The queen of Sheba is also to be …

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… beloved President entered into the spirit of the situation, paid the man the money, took the book, and then said, “That’s the way to show how it …

“In Labours More Abundant”

… Can you remember the contributions you have given out of your wealth ? What do they amount to ? Add them up. Think of what you have done for Jesus …

The Guilt and the Cleansing

Psalm 51:7

… Give your money to the poor. Endow a row of almshouses. Become monks. Lacerate your backs. Tear your flesh," and so on. But Jesus said nothing of the …

Limiting God

Psalm 78:41

… the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price!” And thou art thirsty …

The Faculty Baffled, The Great Physician Successful

Mark 5:25-28

… They tormented their patients, but seldom relieved them of anything but their money. Even a few hundred years ago many of the articles which were given to patients …

Two Wilderness Incidents

Numbers 21:1-6

… There are other friends, in business, who try to persuade us that they are always losing money, yet they appear to live in considerable comfort—and we would …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… There is no one church in the world that has any right to take a farthing of national money any more than I have. And if there are …

The Candle

Matthew 5:15

… May we have serving salt and the diffusive light! Our thoughts will now run on giving light and I pray that I may be helped to move the …

The Priesthood of Believers

1 Peter 2:5

… A Jew heard of a good business where there was much money but no synagogue—and of another where there was a synagogue though but little trade. And …

The Two Effects of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

… to proclaim, Sabbath after Sabbath, and week-day after week-day, “the unsearchable riches of Christ.” Having said thus much, I may draw the inference—to close up …

The Cause And Cure Of Weariness In Sunday School Teachers

Galatians 6:9

… A cruel hardness is abroad which talks philosophy and renounces giving alms for fear of disturbing our delightful social economy. Alms giving, if we are to believe some …

God's Time for Comforting

Psalm 119:82

… tolerably good year." That is all that they will say even when their money is rolling in, in floods! Many a farmer, when his ground is bearing as …

The Hope That Purifies

1 John 3:3

… have nothing to do with it! If I cannot make money without sin, I will lose money, or change my business, but I will not do what is …

Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints

Matthew 12:20

… You do all you can; but when you have done it, it is nothing; you can neither help us with money, nor talents, nor time, and, therefore, you …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… thousands and tens of thousands in an hour, on, on they sweep—the riches of Nations grinding the roadway, and multitudes of men, women, and children wearing away …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. Even us, whom he hath …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… and the degraded family to which you belonged that you may magnify the riches of His Grace who espoused you in your low estate and has so bound …

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved

Psalm 127:2

… all the flowers, and where shall I be? Clutch thy gold, miser; for “riches make to themselves wings and fly away.” Hug that babe to thy breast, mother …

The Prodigal'S Reception

Luke 15:20

… At last he drew out what money he had in the business of a respectable family, came up to London with four hundred pounds and in about five …

Faith Working By Love

Galatians 5:6

… But it must be true faith—the genuine silver and not a mere plated article. "Money answers all things," says the wise man, but then it must be …