Mark 4:19
Matthew 6:24
THE INWARD LIFE OF A STEWARD Viewing and Handling Possessions No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. Jesus said in Matthew 6:24, No one can serve two masters; […]
Matthew 6:19-21
Ecclesiastes 10:19
THE INWARD LIFE OF A STEWARD Viewing and Handling Possessions [The fool believes] money is the answer to everything. Ecclesiastes 10:19 says, [The fool believes] money is the answer to everything (NASB). There are two powerful lessons we can learn from this verse. One, some people believe that more money is the answer to everything. […]
Ecclesiastes 5:13
THE INWARD LIFE OF A STEWARDViewing and Handling Possessions There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt. Part 1 Solomon gives us keen insight into those who have, but do not give. He observes in Ecclesiastes 5:13, There is a grievous evil which I have seen under […]
Proverbs 23:5
Job 41:11
Lesson 1: A Motivated Giver
The reason many believers are not significant givers is because they have never been significant receivers. They have never fully accepted God’s extraordinary flow of unconditional love that constantly pours over them. Until you fully receive God’s unconditional love, you will never be passionately motivated to love Him back.
Tithes and Offerings
Freedom from the law of Old Testament taxation is not freedom to give less. It is freedom to give in the ways and the amounts that properly reflect our deep, abiding love and gratitude for our Father and His Kingdom. It should reflect our desire to give to Him with the same sacrificial abandon that He gave to us when He sent His son to rescue us.
When You Really Love
When you really love… money is no object, giving is a delight, and no sacrifice is too great.