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God’s
Wealth: What does God want you to do with His Property?
It’s
All God’s: God owns everything, as He is the Creator of the
Universe.
Psalm
24:1
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains.
The world, and those who dwell in it.
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and
apart from Him nothing came into being that come into being.
Proverbs
22:2
The rich and poor have a common bond; the Lord is the maker of them
all.
I Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
You are the Steward of God’s property:
God wants you to manage, plan, and keep more of His wealth in His
Kingdom.
Ephesians 5:15-17
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise,
making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of
the Lord is.
1 Peter
2:11
…Abstain from fleshy lusts, which wage war against the soul.
James
4:17
Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not
do it, to him it is sin.
God’s
Rewards: He gives wealth and good character to his children.
Proverbs 13:21
…The righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.
Proverbs 15:6
Much wealth is in the house of the righteous, but trouble is in
the income of the wicked.
Proverbs 24:4
Any by knowledge the rooms (of a house) are filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is crooked
though he be rich.
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives,
so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
Proverbs 28:20
|A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who makes haste
to be rich will not go unpunished.
Luke 14:28-30
For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first
sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete
it? “Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not
able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying,
“This man began to build and was not able to finish.”
Proverbs 15:22
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, but with many counselors
they succeed.
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure
men.
Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses the poor to make much for himself…will only
come to poverty.
Proverbs 13:11
…But he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.
God
& Philanthropy: Challenge
God, He will deliver!
Luke 21:1-4
And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. And He saw a certain poor widow putting
in two small copper coins.
And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put
in more than all of them; for they all out of their surplus put
into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she
had to live on.”
Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord from your wealth, and from the first of all your
produce; so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats
will overflow with new wine.
Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will never want, but he who shuts his eyes
will have many curses.
Luke 6:38
“Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed
down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap.
For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you
in return.”
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning, will not be blessed
in the end.
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12a
Wisdom along with an inheritance is good and an advantage to those
who see the sun. For wisdom is protection just as money
is protection…
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink
and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under
the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him;
for this is his reward. Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches
and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive
his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
Proverbs 11:28
He who trusts in his riches will fall…
Ecclesiastes 10:19b
The fool believes money is the answer to everything.
I Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present world not to be conceited
or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who
richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
Proverbs 21:20
In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but
a foolish man devours all he has.
Matthew 6:19-21
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
“But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in
or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
BIBLE
VERSES ON MONEY:
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun; riches
being hoarded by their owner is his hurt.
Proverbs 28:27b
But he who shuts his eyes (to the poor) will have many curses.
Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through Him, who gives me strength!
Philippians 2:5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 43:18
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
Gal. 5:22,23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness and
self-control.
Jeremiah 29:10
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord.
They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future
and a hope.
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 16:3-9
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed…in
his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
Proverbs 21:20
The wise man saves for the future, but the foolish man spends whatever
he gets.
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender.
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before Kings; he will not stand before obscure
men
Proverbs 27:23
Be sure to know the condition of your assets.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old
has gone, the new has come!
Proverbs 18:15
The intelligent man is always open to new ideas.
In fact, he looks for them.
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