Biblical Truth for the Financial Crisis
10/18/08 12:58 PM
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for it suddenly sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:4-5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
I Timothy 6:6-8
Proverbs 23:4-5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
I Timothy 6:6-8
In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, authors James Patterson and Peter Kim revealed some shocking statistics how how far people in this country would be willing to go for money. When asked what they would do for 10 million dollars. . .
-----25% would abandon their entire family
-----23% would become prostitutes for a week or more
-----16% would give up their American citizenship
-----16% would leave their spouses
-----10% would withhold testimony and let a murderer go free
-----7% would kill a stranger
-----3% would put their children up for adoption
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
I Timothy 6:9-10
We’ll be finishing up the series Grateful Hearts, Generous Hands tomorrow. I’m going to be sharing the above statistics, plus a lot more as we unpack I Timothy 6:6-19 and look at how to live grateful lives in a greedy world. In the message a couple of weeks ago, I had promised to share a really cool (true!) story. I haven’t forgotten, I’ll be sharing it tomorrow.
-----25% would abandon their entire family
-----23% would become prostitutes for a week or more
-----16% would give up their American citizenship
-----16% would leave their spouses
-----10% would withhold testimony and let a murderer go free
-----7% would kill a stranger
-----3% would put their children up for adoption
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
I Timothy 6:9-10
We’ll be finishing up the series Grateful Hearts, Generous Hands tomorrow. I’m going to be sharing the above statistics, plus a lot more as we unpack I Timothy 6:6-19 and look at how to live grateful lives in a greedy world. In the message a couple of weeks ago, I had promised to share a really cool (true!) story. I haven’t forgotten, I’ll be sharing it tomorrow.
