Money & Stewardship

Evening, August 5

Nu 32:6

… if we do not make some return to the church of Christ by giving her our best energies, we are unworthy to be enrolled in her ranks. Others …

Evening, December 6

Rev 1:13

… surrounding our entire nature, keeping each part of our character in order, and giving compactness to our whole man. If in heaven Jesus unbinds not the girdle, much …

Morning, January 19

Song 3:1

… Did you lose Christ by sin? You will find Christ in no other way but by the giving up of the sin, and seeking by the Holy Spirit …

Evening, June 3

Php 2:8

… did he not empty out his inmost self, pouring out his life-blood, giving up for all of us, till they laid him penniless in a borrowed grave …

Evening, May 6

Job 14:14

… Nothing reflects so much honour on a workman as a protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the ordeal without giving way in …

Morning, May 16

1Ti 6:17

Morning, May 16 Go To Evening Reading “Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” 1 Timothy 6:17 Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not …

Why Christ Is Not Esteemed

Isaiah 53:3

… formalist starving his body to fatten his pride, the merchant laboring to acquire wealth or the spendthrift recklessly scattering gold with both his hands, the profligate black with …

Morning, January 16

Is 41:14

… In helping thee, I am giving thee what I have bought for thee already. If thou hadst need of a thousand times as much help, I would give …

Morning, August 31

Is 51:5

… Dishonour not thy Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be strong in faith, giving glory to God. Show the world that thy God is worth …

Morning, May 19

Ec 10:7

… The Holy Spirit loves order, and he therefore sets our powers and faculties in due rank and place, giving the highest room to those spiritual faculties which link …

Evening, October 22

Jn 16:15

… grace before we seek for grace! Here is as much glory in the giving as in the gift. Happy people who have the Holy Ghost to bring Jesus …

'Whose Goodness Never Fails'

John 10:11

… The life that is in the Man, Christ Jesus, He is always giving for us. It is for us He lives and because He lives, we also live …

Good Cheer From Christ's Victory Over the World

John 16:33

… set up an established Church and have maintained it by the power and wealth of the State. A temple might have been built in every parish in the …

An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer

Genesis 24:49

… How many of our hearers have thus, for years, turned their back upon Christ by the simple method of giving no answer at all? "We hear what you …

The Light of the World

Matthew 5:14

… If the Believer grows in Grace, his obtaining more light involves the giving of more light. If yonder light on the tower of the House of Commons could …

What Are the Clouds?

Nahum 1:3

… fair and honorable; I intended, if God had prospered me, to devote my wealth to him. I am poor, my business never prospers. Lord, why is this?” And …

Memorials of Jesus

… to an avaricious withholding from the Church of God, think of thy Saviour giving up all that He had to serve thee! And canst thou then–when thou …

Memento Mori

Deuteronomy 32:29

… It would cool that ardor of covetousness, that fever of avarice, always longing after, and accumulating wealth, if we did but remember that we should have to leave …

'Let Us Pray'

Psalm 73:23

… He could not understand how it was that God could be just and yet give riches to the wicked while his own people were in poverty. At last …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… shall be servants to the king of Babylon?” The destruction of Hezekiah’s wealth must come, because he is proud thereof. But for the most notable instance of …

Strong Faith

Romans 4:20

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "But was strong in faith, giving glory to God." Romans 4:20 . ABRAHAM is the father of the faithful. When children have …

Overwhelming Obligations

Psalm 116:12

… and exalted Person? Daughters of music, bring your sweetest songs! You men of wealth, bring Him your treasures. You men of fame and learning, come lay your laurels …

Three Sights Worth Seeing

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… The first is, ministers giving thanks. "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing." Then we have the cause of it, which brings up a second beautiful …

A Divided Heart

Hosea 10:2

… But however great their numbers, however enormous their wealth, however splendid may be the talents with which they are gifted, they are powerless for good the moment that …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… dungeon to ruling in the land, like Job from the dunghill to double wealth, like David from the caves of Engedi to the palace in Jerusalem. This He …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… I will give Him a song, even now." "Yes, the property has gone and I shall be brought from wealth to poverty, but now, instead of fretfulness, I …

Sympathy and Song

Romans 12:15

… glad of it, yet I cannot be sure, if the prosperity deals with wealth, that it is, on the whole, the best thing in the world. But when …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… And envy"—how easy it is for us to envy one man his wealth, or another his health, or another his talents—but "all envy" the Christian must …

The Minstrelsy of Hope

Psalm 67:6

… to comfort our lives, His every attribute to enrich with more than royal wealth! The man who can truthfully, out of a pure heart, look up to the …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… The ground of a Christian's faith is not moved in the least degree by the time of his spiritual day, or the state of wealth in his …

The Pilgrim's Longings

Hebrews 11:15-16

… But when our heirship shall be fully manifested, and we shall come to the full ripe age'oh, then shall we come into our inheritance, to our wealth …

Christian Diligence

… ye My People. ” God never gives His children a duty to do without giving them the means to do it ; and when He tells us to “comfort” His …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… Most men court the acquaintance or esteem the friendship of those among their fellow creatures who are in anyway distinguished for rank, for learning, or for wealth. There …

'Trust in the Living God'

1 Timothy 4:10

… courts are sustained, not by the tribute of men, but by His own wealth. If His sovereign state stands, not by the might of armies, but by His …

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… that one part of the building was smeared with the yellow hue of wealth—or that another part of the building was decorated after the classic manner of …

The Need of Decision for the Truth

… Of the wealth, the pedantry, and the stupidity of our large populations. A string of carriages is seen ‘setting down’ and ‘taking up’ at the door where an …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… There is a story told of a man who married his fourth wife, who had brought him money. The like had been the case with each of her …

God's Valiant Right Hand

Psalm 118:16

… The Church began with feeble numbers, with small wealth. I might add, with comparatively little talent, but she was clothed with the Holy Spirit—she was, therefore, mighty …

The Carpenter's Son and His Relations

Matthew 13:55

… be the wearer of an earthly coronet or crown or possess the greatest wealth of gold or diamonds!" When Piety is assured of her own personal relationship to …

The Solar Eclipse

Isaiah 45:7

… Your penury, your sickness, your bereavement, your contempt, all these things are as much ordained for you, and settled in the path of providence, as your wealth, your …