God says, “Do not plan with that which is in your pocket, but with that which is in my pocket.”
Finances
Martin Luther
There are three conversions necessary: the conversion of the heart, mind, and the purse.
Stephen De Silva
A farmer knows when to plant and how to plant so there will be a significant harvest. Be like that farmer and don’t get caught in the trap of thinking only about your current situation. Pray into your future!
John Gray
Money isn’t favor, don’t confuse the two. There’s people with money who don’t have Gods favor. but if God has favored you, you have it all.
John Mark Comer
Basically: don’t invest all your time and energy (and money) in things that get old and rust and go out of style and can be snatched from the back of your car if you park too far from the streetlamp. Instead: put your life into things that matter, like your relationship with God and life in his kingdom. Because where you put your resources is where you put your heart. It’s the steering wheel to your engine of desire.
Richard C Halverson
Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man’s real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact index to a man’s true character. All through Scripture there is an intimate correlation between the development of a man’s character and how he handles his money.
Julia Loren
If we live in God’s value system, we begin to learn that love has both emotional expressions and material expressions. Financial prosperity positions us to either hoard up wealth for ourselves and live comfortably in this life or release greater expressions of God’s love toward others. Jesus told one rich young man to give all his wealth away if he wanted to consider himself a follower of Jesus. But the young man chose instead to walk away from following God and retain his wealth in this lifetime—forsaking the true wealth that could have been his (see Matthew 19:16-24). He valued his money over a relationship with Jesus.
Seth Dahl
If we don’t get out of worry, we risk getting into idolatry. Idols are anything we need to check with before we say yes to God, and quite often, money is something people are checking with, and worrying about it only reveals we are trusting it instead of Him.
John Wesley
Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?
Max Lucado
February 1, 2020
Better to be married to a happy person with a thin wallet than a miserable person with a thick one.