Money & Stewardship

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five

Matthew 20:3

… They may have riches, or they may have a great craving for riches—and this may stand in the way of their coming to the Savior. If any …

The Best Donation

2 Corinthians 8:5

… Yet here he is disappointed about money matters and he is writing of his disappointment. But do not run away with a mistaken idea of what Paul meant …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… The Gospel is founded upon giving and its spirit is giving. Buying and selling are unknown in spiritual things, unless we buy without money and without price. Payment …

John Ploughman's Pictures

… He that gives God his heart will not deny him his money. He will take a pleasure in giving, but he will not wish to be seen, nor …

Early Wedded Life

… of imperial purple velvet, embroidered all over with golden bees ! All the wealth and riches of the great sanctuary were then pressed into service, and the result was …

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Joel 2:25

… And here is the promise of His Grace—"I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten." By giving to His repentant people larger harvests …

Christian Sympathy

Job 30:25

… The selfish man thinks that he has the most enjoyment in laying out his wealth upon himself. Poor fool! his interest is vastly small compared with the immense …

The Joyous Return

Hosea 14:1-3

… Out of the freeness and riches of His love, He calls them to Himself. He swears by His own life that He wills not the death of the …

The Secret of Happiness

Matthew 9:2

… I can understand a man in business who only lives to make money, being crushed when he becomes a bankrupt. But I cannot understand your being like that …

Hindrances to Prayer

1 Peter 3:7

… God has given them enough wealth to be able to retire from business. They have time upon their hands and they have even to invent ways of spending …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… and I have no doubt that the money will be forthcoming, — that matter is no burden to me. Some of you have done a great deal, but you …

The Christian's Manifestation

1 John 3:2

… with a great store of wealth? Because he is in his nonage and if he were trusted with a large sum of money at so early an age …

Joshua's Obedience

Joshua 1:7

… Through thick and thin, through fair and foul, through poverty or wealth, through shame or honor, Christian, cling close to your Master! Be among those virgin-souls, who …

The Hope of Future Bliss

Psalm 17:15

… Give a man riches, but let him have envy, and there is the worm at the root of the fair tree; give him happiness, and if he envies …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… We who were once lost like the prodigal son, lost like the wandering sheep, lost like the piece of money—we who needed seeking, needed finding, need saving …

The Way to Heaven

… But dost thou say, “I will leave my wealth, after I have gone, to charities; I will build a hospital, or feed the poor?” Then let men pay …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… As Peter’s fish had the money in its mouth, so have sanctified trials spiritual riches for those who endure them graciously. IV. Lastly, all this works something …

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… The mass of them find that wealth does not yield them satisfaction, their outward riches cannot conceal their inner poverty. To many men it is given to have …

Psalm 127

Psalm 127

… this kind of sleep is better than riches and honour. Note how Jesus slept amid the hurly burly of a storm at sea. He knew that he was …

Evening, July 26

Ps 113:8

… the heavenly grace.” Among princes there is abundant wealth , but what is the abundance of princes compared with the riches of believers? for “all things are yours, and …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… I cannot imagine Him giving His only-begotten Son and feeling no more than a heathen idol of stone could have done. I think that the Father, in …

Morning, November 24

Is 33:21

… Through our Redeemer we have commerce with the past; the wealth of Calvary, the treasures of the covenant, the riches of the ancient days of election, the stores …

Morning, March 12

Mt 5:43

Morning, March 12 Go To Evening Reading “Thou shalt love thy neighbour.” Matthew 5:43 “Love thy neighbour.” Perhaps he rolls in riches, and thou art poor, and …

"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"

Genesis 26:29

… You have often borne with my weaknesses and bestowed upon me a wealth of affection which I am sure I do not deserve. So, though I use the …

Evening, January 20

Ps 119:37

… of riches. A man may follow vanity as truly in the counting-house as in the theatre. If he be spending his life in amassing wealth, he passes …

A Catechism for the Proud

1 Corinthians 4:7

… But here again, if a man commits himself to the nobler pursuits of science and learning and renounces the more groveling ambitions of mere wealth and station. If …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… The human side of the covenant has been already fulfilled by Jesus, and there remains nothing now but the covenant of giving, not the covenant of requirements. The …

Evening, February 28

1Ki 17:16

… You might spend the wealth of the Indies, but the infinite riches of God you can never exhaust.

Plowing Rock

Amos 6:12

… That lie upon beds of ivory.They were men of wealth who spent their money upon all manner of luxuries while the poor of the land were perishing …

Strangers and Sojourners

Psalm 39:12

… He heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. "Do you think," says an old writer, "every time you lock up your money in a box …

The Warnings and the Rewards of the Word of God

Psalm 19:11

… He that loves the Inspired Book shall have wealth for his mind and sweetness for his heart. But David is mainly aiming at the practical. So, having introduced …

Vile Ingratitude!

Ezekiel 16:1-2

… The Lord Jesus has bestowed all his wealth, and all heaven’s wealth upon his Church, and you and I are the inheritors and wearers of these precious …

The Joy of Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… get money, covetousness, trickery and sins which come from desires to be rich, or else pride, luxury, oppression and other sins which come of having obtained wealth, prevent …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… Go away, little ships; an argosy shall come home to-morrow—a very fleet of wealth;” and so they let to-day’s wealth go by because they …

Jacob Worshipping on His Staff

Hebrews 11:21

… daughters what wealth you please, but as for us, our longing is to see our children and our children's children blessed with the riches which come from …

The Preciousness of the Promises

The promises of God are to the believer an inexhaustible mine of wealth. Happy is it for him if he knows how to search out their secret veins …

The Weaned Child

Psalm 131:2

… get there in the midst of riches, for David was a king and yet he did not suffer his worldly wealth to canker his spirit. He was as …

Unto You, Young Men

1 John 2:14

… That habit of weekly storing for Christ and then giving to Christ out of his own bag instead of giving from your own purse is a most blessed …

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… Good-bye to your money bags! Farewell to the market and the exchange! You have got your wealth with much labor, but you are forced to leave it …

A Feast for the Upright

Psalm 84:11

… The Lord will give Grace and Glory! He has given them, is giving them and will give them, for the tense may be taken as you choose. He …